Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-01-09

about "inmola,ions and ''sacriiccs' but would not
now occupy the lime of the House.
Mr.. CRurcurIELD knew nothing about the printing
and the OF the deay-A he knew was, that the
reports and evidence ordered to be printed, and
that they had not yet come in. He again reprobatcd
the idea Of forcing the House into decision before
members had had any opportunity of examining the
evidence.
MIR. CRorPER said, that from the first commence.
ment of This business, there had been evident design
TO save oft the subject, and they had been induced TO
delay their action for few days under the assurance
that injury could possibly result and now they were
told hy.the gentleman from Petersburg, that it would be
useless 10 take the resolutions the stockholders had
reelected the President And this course was adopted
To shield President who was elected by even mino.
rty of the stockholders; for If all the stock had been
represented, DR.. Brockenbrough would not have had
the majority. With regard to the remark of the
gentleman from Spottsy vana, that they could mol
with proprety proceed 10 the consideration of these
resolutions until they had the printed evidence be.
fore them, he would venture TO affirm, that there
were not five members in the House who would read
it when it laid before them. There was ev
dence enough before the country to convict the Pre-
sident of negligence, by which they had suffered
severely. and this fact was not denied in the
report of the gentleman from Richmond City lie did
hope that the House would TO decision this
question: and lie put it to those who crying aloud
for "reorm and the reformation of all abuses, wei
as to those gentlemen who had even in and ou
of season, been most perseveringly denonncng "Banl
Arstocrats he put it to those gentlemen whether they
would not insist upon rigid inquiry into the whole
affair, and not shrink from the performance of public
duty. He did hope that these anti-hank gentlemen
would preserve their consistency upon the present
son and he happy say that he had been
by gentleman of that party that he prepared Il
90 with them for full investigation.
Mr. RIDLEY reminded the House that he had ex
pressly stated, when the sub being discussed
the other day, that the stockholders did not canccv,
~ Ia ha thar Inf ia in1n all
much il could not be effected or influenced in any
way by the decision of that House. Gentlemen
therefore, could not say that they taken By
surprise He was prepared 90 for The strlctest in
vestiguton, and TO march hand in hand with those
who would correct the many abuses Of their Banking
system.
The question was then put, and decided by aye.
| and noes, as follows:
ayes-Messrs. southall, (speaker,l Chopper, Coles
McCue Stuart Burwell of b., Mitchell, Vandoren
rryatt, Jackson Jones' Kyle, Toler, Irvine, Coleman
Cardwell. Broadus, Irving, Cotton, Mclaughlin, Payne
Woods, Hale, Smith of e., Wilkinson, Erskine, Vance
Odell, Thompson, Mullen, McRue, Hamlet, Smith q
Isle Of Wight, Gregory, Stephenson OF Jefferson
Wor,hngton, Dabney, Tayloe Of l.. & R, Beard
Romcr, Harrison, Caldwell, Clayton, Orrcl, Hair
r4ll, Brown Of Nelson, Taylor Of Norfolk Borough
VERIFY, lliden, MCPHERSON, Cheatham, Iliner, Keen
Porter, Brown of Preston, Burke, Dry, Elliott
Strother, Dormau, Lcyburn Cowon, Init Ridley
Stephenson Of Tyler, Walker, Stephenson Of Wood
/ + uIlOn-US
.Socs.-aIessrs. Bayly, Carpenter, Wiley, Byrd
Hannah, Haskins, Meredith, Burlington, Corbn, Cox
| Burwcll of {. Il W., Vaughan, Sangstcr, Deskins
Gather, Johnston, Guerran,, Butts, Taylor Of Hal
Lee, Armstrong, Davis, 1abern, Ballard Marshall OF
Lun., Boo,on, Diggrs Bryan, Goodr, Tanzey, Chap.
man, Wade, Smith Of North, Fitzgerald, Mcconnell
| Heath, Radcliffe, Robertson, Snidcr, Shipman Bevins
Conn, Cruchfeld, Warren, Prince, SPOTS, Goodson-
A..
The question that the resolutions be now taken up
and considered, being decided in the Affirmative
Mr.. STrrnEysoS ofTyler moved that they be made
The order ofthe day for tomorrow.
/ Mr. BAyLY objected 10 this motion in speech oi
considerable length, hasng, however, his whole argu
ment the fact Of the inability of members 10 decide
in when they had not the evidence before them
He had only just had pcrusa of the most mpor,am,
document Of ALL the address of Dr. Brockenbrough Ii
the Stockholders, and That had carried conviction hi.
mind; but how few in that House had ever read
that report tie must oppose the making the resolutions
the order Of the day for tomorrow.
Mr. VERIFY would propose amendment which he
trusted would satisfy oil parties. He would propose
that the resolutions be made the order Of the day fol
Friday.
Mr. SMITH Of !. Of w, was in favor of the mmc
date settlement Of the queston-he had read the Ad
dress of Dr. Brockenbrough, referred 10 by the gen
tleman from Accomac and it tended materially Il
strengthen his opinion of the cul pable negligence Of
the President.
Mr. May had never intended 10 say, that the action
Of that House should be dependent upon the opinion
the action Of the ockholders: he had only commended
that the action of that House must depend upon the
unal,crable nature of things He did not that the
House could effec. their object, supposing them
10 adopt the resolutions before them.
The consideration of the resolution then made
the order of The day for Friday.
On motion of Mr.. LEE, the House adjourned