Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-08-10
SATURDAYS Proceedings.


The point Of order under MIR. Benions resolution
again up, and occupied considerable portion OF
the day. sNinc only of the eight Federal Sem
could be brought to sustain MIR. Southland altered
opinion OF the ovcrnights connection. II was power
fully and thoroughly rcfuted by Mcssrs. Bayard and
Prentss, who maintained, i'll debate, the ground trs
assumed by Mr. Calhoun aganot It, Messrs. King,
Walker Linn, Woodbury., Allen, and others OF the
Democratic side of the Senate, entered with deep emo
ton into the debate In the of his speech, MIR
Walker touched the Bank Bill. lie asked how that
famous BILL of which Mr. Clay the author, passed
"Sir, the vote the compromise amendment ot The
Senator from Kentucky TO his Bank bill carried
here By vote OF twenty five to twenty -four but the
next morning Wing Senator who did not vote, came
in and declared III open Senate that he absented HIM
self avoid the VOTE aud that, i. present, he would
have voted against the amendment and, therefore, had
he voted, the amendment must have failed, and 1T IS
adopted against the will Of majority Of the Senate.
Thus the bill forced through the Senate the VIII
of the nnarity. Now in the House there are two hun
dred and thirty members now here, and The vote
OH passing the bill in the House was @ 10 49, III all two
hundred and lwen,ysx votes, and yet immediately pre-
cedinp but l05 hers voted in favor Of this compro-
mise amendment and therefore minority only oil The
House were favor Of tn amendment, and yet has
been kept in the BILL and has the form oi an act which
has received the sanction Of majority Of both Houses,
when in fact j, is against the viii Of both. Whose
bill then is IL IL is the bill oil the Senator from Ken
tncky and has the form Of the sanction OF the two
Houses but wants their real aud actual consent. And
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nen against the real will Of both Houses Of Congress-
it is announced in The House. that the President has no
discretion reject that bill either nexpedent
CONSTITUTIONAL and that he must sign against his own
Judgment and against his expressed opinion as TO such
a Bank as this in his Message at the commencement
of this session So the Houses and the President
are To become registers to record the cdIcts of
single individual, and his will is to be the law. We
in the first year Of an American Arstocracy, the
dictator his throne, and if this b under these
ri m becomes
enacted by single Senator in the first year Of his
reign that this Bank BILL amended, shall be The law,
against the ascertaned will OF an actual majority ofthe
Senate and of the House, and Of the President OF tie
! L. s, and in defiance ofthe Constitution.
The yeas and nays on the question "shall the deci-
sion Of the Chair be sustained the point # order
made by Mr.. Calhoun, were as follows:
Clay If Kentucky CLAYTON, Evans, Meftick
Miller Mcre!iead Phelps, simmons and Ialmadre-9
rags-sessrs. Allen, Archer Barrow, ayard, Brntcn Blu
Henderson, King, Linn McI"brs, Mou,on, Nicholson, Pierce
Snrseon Tappan, Walker, Williams, Woodbury., Wright and
Youns-J0. Go5e.
sion Bill was read THIRD time and passed as amended
Yesterday, and days previous. Mr.. alangum Of
y. c., after the bill hud been passed, ironically re-
marked that sthe Senate had had glory enough for
day, and moved an adjournment, which was carried
without division.
On motion Of Mr.. Irwin Of Pittsburg, Pa The COM
mi,;ee took up the Bankrupt bill.
And after It had been read through, MIR. Briggs
moved to lay aside the Bankrupt BILL and take up the
Sub.Trcasury Repeal bill.
| Objections taken by many gentlemen.
Mr.. Barnard of \. Y. said, as they could probably
get through with the Sub. Treasury bill today, he
in favor OF laying the Eankrup, bill aside by general
consent until Monday.
The question was then taken by tcers and there
were-ayes l04 noes 10.
/ No quorum voting,
MIR. Profit and others demanded tla, the committee
should rise, and the Chairman report the fact TO the
House. Various opinions seemed to prevail.
/ The Chairman was about to put the question over
again to the House, when
MIR. King Of Georgia. amid tremendous uproar
moved that the committee rise.
/ The motion carried in the affirmative, and the
| Committee rose.
A motion made by Mr.. Sergeant Of Pennsyl-
vana TO discharge The Committee OF the Whole from
the further consideration Of Senate Bill No ], TO
| peal the Sub Treasury.
Mr. King moved the Previous Question, and asked
that order might be preserved in the House.
| motion made TO adjourn.
The yeas and NAYS were demanded, and taken
this question, and there were-yeas -, nays lis.
Mr.. Bidack Of Pennsylvania rose to question of
order. He said III amendment Of the committee
there proposition TO repeal law in relation to
pensions and therefore the committee must debate the
4 bill
Mr. Bidlack quoted Rule No. 10 10 sustain his ques
ton which, is as follows:
"All proceedings touching appropriations Of money
shall be first discussed in committee Of The Whole
| House.
The Chair overruled the question Of order.
An appeal was taken by Mr. Bdlack, and the House
sustained the Chair without count.
/, number of appeals were taken by gentlemen all
around, but in every the majority sustained the
Chair.
The House decided that the main question should
now be pu,-ycas 103, nays 102.
The main question, I" Shall the Committee of the
Whole be now discharged from the further considera-
,., S,p,ta Hill No 10 repeal the Sub Treasury.
and The amendments of the House comm'irr was put,
and carried in the affirmative, hy-ycas l03, nays lH2
Mr. Adams said he did not vote, and wished TO give
| his reasons. Not in order.
lie asked if the Sub Treasury bill! was pso tacto the
| first question before the House
| The Speaker decided that it was
Mr. Hopkins appealed, and demanded the yeas and
nays 1t now discovered tina, !he mn was before
the House, the first in order any how, because it was
Senate bill No. |.
| Mr. Hopkins now withdrew his appeal
Mr. Pierce of Maryland rose 70 address the
Chair, and was recognized by the Speaker
Mr. Adams rose TO question Of order tie asked
the Speaker 10 record The fact that he had decided
that the bill TO repeal the Sub Treasury was OF itself
the first in ORDER because the House had voted to DIS
charge the Committee Of the Whos. from The iurlher
consideration of the same.
The Speaker said there no qnession oeiore Tue
| House, the appeal having been Withdrawn, i
| Mr. Adams said he appealed from the decision, and
demanded the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Pierce demanded the floor on the Sub treasury
Bill, and the Chair decided that he was entitled 10 IT.
Mr.. Pierce then proceeded 10 answer the argument
of Mr. John Thompson Mason, made several days
since, the Bank BILL
Mr. Mason rose and made an explanation.
MIR. Pierce then continued his remarks
MIR. Mason replied to MIR. Pierce at some ieng, 200
lie conendcd that the decision of the people IN loo9
in Mr. P.s district was stronger evidence to his mnd
of their sentiments, than the mere,opinon OF the no.
norabe gentlcmans opponent as 10 those sentiments
and who declined the poll just before the election aho
thereby left the field free of opposition Mr. Fierce,
he said, came here without opposition; and was his
mere presence under such circumstances, to reverse
the decision of the people of 1892 He then proceed,
cd to show that Mr. Pierce had totally msrepresentea
his arguments; either that he had misunderstood .t
nature or was not able to understand them from the