Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-07-23

iht nl hs coeagues to deununee every movement in aither House, lav. of ihe Wo.kiUg ulen of Mo bile, unless Il pleased, and caue through ihem, was losl hy the following vote lSee page 23 of lls Jour nal)
 Iho'e ahn voted io lhc afGi mntteap Mrss.' BATES, hrl Bradir, Campbell nost-r Gthip of :, Hal, aOL- llNaER, hn"ttr, Infe, t,ANGDON. lHHe. hanfdm. haan, icAiHia hctoy. McGil Mel more. Aoare oi Bi4 ti"n Moa,, B hwphs, Preae'e. ferklns, FRINGE ~'m- mons ans iaaHs.
 Those who ,',e!lole tlr bt'ke IL ve.e Messs Sp"aker. Adams Adrian, AaNaude, Asas,s Bsekshrar, Bo@t U, hr"nrnor ,lemets cohh Crtn,haw bs'id>oe, Davis of A.. Datis of l.. bSon nouslH,s tirmtng. fuw lrr tfiin of M, iiae. Hi honsou Hughs Hatch ns"n Jemson. iohes Kelly King 9lsl ard Maj, Asnks MeIuy hcGtunnallan Mccullough, AeM'lhon, nl R. mcM 'hon "i ]. Moore fl Mad Mor,s, Norts. Nn, wopd, Pyncs Ram doph, Reynolds, Rice Russell. SanAdeis. smth of j. Smih of l.. SIone S,rode Walker of Walker uf l. anu Nrnn.
 In this manner, Langdon, Bates Prince anl lIol- finger declared by teT votes that they did mol think the dstranch,sed voters in this ely worthy at all to he heard in the House of Representatives..
 Defeated in llis first attempt to destroy the bill, A second was instantly made by particular party sociate of our delegation. Mr. Little, of Sumpier, prompted without doubt by the city members, mo. cd the indefinite posponement of the bill. (journa page 2l) The debate upon these pertinacous efforts to strange local bill SD obviously republican and equal became animated The Representatives from this county expressed much resentment that any member from another county should interfere with their right to kill any that did not please them. hlr. Langdon thought it mpertinent in Mr. Houston, of Washington, and Mir. Moore, of Madison, '' to su- persede the direct agents of Mobile county, just the old lady in the story astonshed that strange constable should interfere with her right to whip her own sisters child to death He wanted nobody in Mobile to speak by any mouth but his his col leagues, and they must talk 10 sut him, or not at all
 Mir. Bates grew tacetiOus. and wanted 10 know why the demand m the b stopped as Il did. He thought all restrictions of citizenship, residence, &g might as well he removed ihe property qualihca- ton of the richer class. & Poor man! he could not understand, and perhaps il not hs fault. the diff ference between a uniform qualification and a dis tnctve one giving property peculiar right over la- bor," He came up 10 the point in inc end howeV- CT, by particular hng sailors and fStamen, suy- ing Has mt biobiie equal 7gh to profect herSe through her Cfy goprnmtat, from that Hd ot iafaeRcf ,chch aoayS gatherS n aiage seaport, ond le7ch ' necessary guard againsf2'' imputation against that useful class of which he win not repeat when he IS asking them tor their votes for the Sen ate.
 Mir. Prince followed Mr. Bates in the same vein. He, too. thought it nperinent m any body m that House to advocate the rights of the working of Mobile without Mir Princes consent, against his wishes He, too, volunteered to say impudenl things Of the opponents of the city charter, and Ia lawn on the property holders lie said, |" to the Common Council belongs the duty of assessing taxes city property. Is t not proper that they should be elect ed by those who are be affected " their measures
 
 ty controlled by foreigners, strangerS, and eosry kind Of fOdting population that might for while hover the city! The respectable portion of Mobile do moi desire it.
 Now, Mir. Prince knew this was an untrue repre- sentaon of the objects of the bill, unless he meant to say-and perhaps he did-thai the qualified voters for Mayor and Aldermen, who were demanding 10 be made equal to the voters for the other branch, are such as no respeetaJie'' person would trust with the franchise. By respectable" Mr, Prince un- doiibiedly meant ' rich"
 ''For Mayor and Aldermen, suffrage s universal, but there is large distinct proserty interest," that too must have suitable representation. Who so competent as the owners of this property 10 select their owu guardians of it They do not wish to give the control of their property 10 the multtudS ho hang about MobiLe, and Uho n,thRg for HS proSpeif The taxing power k NOW in RIGHT HANDS; the charter has placed it there; but the gentlemen from Waslungton has enoeoding Sympath 7 orROGUES, THIEVES and lNCENDIARlES- cannot bear to them di$ranchiStd, he coils . He takes upon himscf the character of guardian to all Such pmtJeS. l am glad they have able d representative as the gentleman from Washington. He is not correctly in formed of the mschefs the bill would occasion fine knew of the BURNINGS, THE ROBBERIES, the MURDERS that are committed in the city, must do him the justice to say he woul not be ready defend THAT GLASS. No complaint has been heard from Mobile, and nothing surprised me as much as the appearance of this bill. "
 This is Mr. Langdon's opinion of ie people who want a repeal of the distranchSing cl lse. Openly the floor of the legislature he proclaimed them to be abettors of ROGUES, THIEVES and lNCEN- DIARIES favorers, if not actors, in 'sburnines '' ROBBERlES and MURDERS
 All this, of the simple proposition to admit the ters for Mayor and Aldermen 10 vote also for Com mon Council, to restore equal privileges with the land holder, the class of men whom Bates, Langdon and Prince now courting for votes carry them to the legislature
 Mir Honstnn nf Washnufon ahly dafanJod tha working of Mobile, against the insoIent vitupe- ration of their own representatives And when the question was taken upon postponing the bill ndef- nately, Bates, Prince and Langdon, were defeated by the following vote-( Journal page 24.)
 Those who iu the affirm ve (o kill the bill) are Messrs Ashu s BATES, Bell Bowen, adley, ioouph Campbell Daviison Doster, Griffin of & Hall, HoILIN- GER, Hunter, Inge, Jernison Jones, Kidd, LANGDON, Lit,le Mangum, Mann, Mccoy McLemore Michel Moo e of Mari Mo Murphy, Peeuese Perkins, Peters, Pe- ter son, PRINCE sqrmll, Womuek and ioung--35. Those who voted in the negative Me SITS Speaker Adams, Adrian Alexander, Bouia Clemens Coh, Cren- shaw, Davis Davis ofB Davis ofI. DiSon Douglass, Fleming Fow Ter, Griffin of M iae, Hill Hostor Hugls Hutchinson Kelly, Kin Malhrh, Narchbanks, McApln, Me ay. McCanhahan, McCuougl Mctiili, NIcNilon of B. mcMicn ofJ. Mn oreof Mad. h"rr Norris, Norwood, Pyne>, Randolph, Reyno d Rice Ruhers, Russ H. Sauu- ders, Shanks Simmons, Smith of Smith of i Stone, Sttode, Walker of Walker of L. Wanu Williams, Wil- son, Winston of DcK. Winston offs. and Wiun-a7. But Mir. Langdon was not yet done he immedi- ately moved that the consideration of the bill be post poned until Monday, the 26th, evidently with the view of defeating it by delay as there would be but two days of the session left.
 On that day, the bill came up in it's reading. It was read and referred to select committee of three of which Mir. Iangdon was chairman. That gentle man in a quandery He would as soon have swallowed prussc acid, touch that bill. He kept away from it carefully as though it was an Indian with knife. The next day he was reminded of his duty by the officer of the house delivering to him the bill; but his disincination to act so apparent that a resolution introduced to compel him to report forthwith. The house wanted no opinion but the bill only which he persisted in keeping in hls pocket. The next day the last of the se ssion and still no report from MT. Langdon. Then Mr. Smith, member of the committee took upon himself to report the bl but it was too late. The house was about dispersing, and no quorum could be got upon the bill. A was taken as follows-BATEs, LANG DON and PKIN cE, still in small minority in the negative-(Journal page 49.)
 Yeas-Dlessrs. Adams A Adrian, Alexander, Brough- ton, Cobb, Crenthaw, Davis of A. Davis of L. Doug lass, Hutchinson, McClannanon, McLemore, Norris, Randolph, Reynolds Rice, Roberts, Smith of J. Smith of L. Strode, Wilson, Winston of s. Womack, and Winn-24.
 Nays-Messrs.S Speaker, Barron, BATES, Blouut, Campbell, Hunter, Inge, LANGDON, Moores, Mitchell and PRINCE-ll.
 No quorum present and the bill was lost.
 And now, General Joseph Bates, C. c. Langdon and Thomas Nc c. Prince, are before the people of this county for renewal oftheir trust. Among those people are large portion of the nhabjants of this city, who have complained of this grevious local op- pression,-who have remonstrated against its impo- siton upon them, badge of intoerahle servitude who have, again and again asserted that if they are qualified as honest men and good citizens to select