Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-01-20

HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
FRIpAY, January 7th, 1919.
gANKgrPT ACT.

Ihe motion oil Mr.. Drown, OF TTeStoH
to take up the resolution relative 10 The
repeal Of the act Of Congress, establishing
a uniform system Of Bankruptcy, which
was under consideration yesterday, wher
the House adjourned, was again consid
ered.
Mr.. Brown spoke for some time in sup
port Of his motion. Shortly after com
mencing, Mr.. Hunter called him TO order
for taking a wider range than the motion
to take up warranted.
The Speaker decided that Mr.. B. was
in order, aud that the motion to take up
necessarily involved to a considerable de-
gree the merits Of the question, particu-
larly es il had been announced by u of
the parties in the House thot the question
on taking Up would be made a test ques-
ton, whether resolutions on Federal re-
~lations should be considered the present
session.
Mr.. Hunter appealed from the decision
OF the Chair, and the question being pro-
pounded on the appeal, the House sustain.
ed the decision of the Speaker.
Mr.. Brown continued his remarks. en-.
tering into a full discussion Of the Bank.
rupt Law, which he argued was uncon-
stitutional, unjust and oppressive, and
ought to be repealed, and that il was in
cumbent upon the Legislature of Virginia
TO condemn the net. He referred to the
motives of the Wing party in passing it,
charging that il was an ~electionecrIng
s~cheme-and also touched upon the late
Presidential campaign, and the devices of
the Wings to obtain their victory, dc.
scribing what he called the "hard cider
deluge." He appealed to the House 10
pass he RI solution, and thus speak the
voice Of Virginia, which ought, he con.
tended, to be heard upon a measure so
obnoxious.
When Mr.. Brown copcludt d, Mr..
.Crutch6eld moved the previous question.
Mr.. Hopkins protested against the pre-.
vious question, and required to former
cases when it WIS propos Ito apply this
question, on which he grounded an appeal
to the Wings TO forbear to force the rule
now.
Mr.. Hunter made some remarks in ex-
PLANTATION Of part OF the Legislative his
tory to which Mr.. Hopkins had referred,
and thought the application OF the previ-
Gus question in the present instance DIFF
ferent from those cases referred to.
The question upon Mr.. C~rutchheld's
motion was then negatived-6l to SO.
Mr.. Holiday took the floor, and made
a defence Of the right Of Virginia to inter-
pose her voice relative to the Legislation
of Congress- and Of the preprie,y Of her
expressing her opposition to all important
Federal measures that were obnoxious To
her. He read extracts from the respons $
Of various States to the Virginia Resolu-
tons Of $50, TO show that those who now
opposed this right Of the State. agreed in
sentiments with the Federal States which
then denied the right, and that the argu.
ments now advanced against il, were the
same set forth by those States. He en-
tered into a long argument on this head,
which he urged with much earnestness
He denied that Virginia had lost her in
ed-he declared that her voice was MS po-
%tential as ever. He contendcd that i,
was importan, thni Virginia should speak
out upon the subject Of the Bankrupt
Act, the Distribution Law, and the ques'
ton of a Bank. He replied to passages
in the remarks OF several gentlemen.
When MIR. Holiday had concluded,
the question upon taking up was pro-
pounded ard decided in the negative, as
follows.--Ayes 65-Noes 65.
SATURDAY. Jan. 9Th, 1s4a.
On motion Of Mr.. Appers,n ",
Resolped, That the Committee for
Courts OF Justice be instructed to inquire
into the expedlency of prohibiting FREQ ne
grocs from hiring slaves within this Com
monwealth,
STATE DEBTS,
Mr.. Dorman offered the following reso-
luton, which on motion Of Mr.. Brown, OF
Preston, who was in favor Of the resolu-
ton but objected to the preamble,) was
laid on the table for the present.
1.-THE General Assembly of Virginia,
viewing with deep concern the manifesto
ton OF a disposition in other quarters to
repudiate the public liabilities, and feel.
ing sensiblv the wound which is inflicted
upon all the States, when any one ofthem
shall, upon any pretext, refuse TO fulfil &c
the letter NIL her public engagements
and this General Assembly being unwill-
ing that any doubts or surplcions shonlo
exist as TO the curse which Virgins
will, at all times, pursue in relation 10 hei
public liabilities and unwilling that hei
public faith should res. upon promises ont
professions only:
BE ii therefore Resolved, That the
Committee of Finance be instructed te
bring in a bill, setting apart and solemniy
appropriating adequate and certain por'
tons OF the public revenue, arising from
taxation, to the discharge OF the interes
of the public debt, and the surplus to bs
applied to a sinking fund for the final re-
dcmpiion of the principal"
Mr.. Dorman thought the Preamble the
most important part Of the resolution
but acquiesced in the motion of Mr.
Brown.
On motion OF Mr.. Hunter,
Resolved, That the Committee o
Courts OF Justice inquire into the exredi'
ency of changing the time of the session.
Of the Circuit Superior Courts ofthe coun
ties OF Morgan and Berkeley.
A Petition was presented by Mr.. Hun