Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-10

mir. MERlWETHEK declined 10 @Itnasan i.
for the previous question, and 1t was seconded /.
House, and the main question having been orde,sf
Mr.. CAMPBELL OF South Carolina called 4,
veos and NAYS on the main question, which we,. !.
ed and
The main question, Shall the petition rof 80 en-.
of H,yrrhiiI. Massach usetts TO dissolve the I'm.
received; was put; when
MIR. BURNELL of Massachusetts asked 10 i.
cused from voting on it, and gave his reasons r..
string to be excused. Loud cries of "No, no !"
on taking the vote, the House refused 10 excu<.
B. by large majority.
MIR. MARSHALL wished 10 he excused from -,
He said motion lad been made TO censurc one Il
members of this House, for presenting petition /,
solve the Union, and the House had soemny cs..
TO lay the proposition on the table. That d-cs
would be considered both here and by the conn,r,,
settling of the question in favor Of The GENT.
wbo offered the petition, and that the gentleman H,
rioht 10 present petition of that sort Now lie +.
10 be excused from voting on the proposition lhl
pet,ion shall he received, until the question w..
rectly settled that such right existed. lie w,he.,
House TO decide whether the people of the [ 81
had the RICH, to ask that House to do that which VI
involve the commission Of perjury on The psrl ii
House.
The House refused 10 excuse the honorable ~.
man.
Mr.. HUDSON also asked 10 be excused. ii.
House refused 10 excuse him.
Mr. UNDERWOOD inquired whether he c,4'.
fer motion TO reject The petition, because The Il
had no power 10 grant rs prayer!
The SPEAKER said Il was not in order
The question Of reception was then taken, :at
cided in the negative ~ nays lCG. as iao3.
yea.-Messrs. Adams, Allen, :. Andrews, Arnold t
BabcocS, Barnard. Brdseye, Bots, Bnrne William b. al
Richard d. Davis, Everett, fesscndcn, John 9. floyd
Foster, Gates, Gddlngs Granger liasrG w : Has,
Howard. James, Lam. Maynard, Morrow, H. Kendall, ;
stall Siair Slratton, TinsaaSt, Toand, Winthrop aat
.yags-,Icssr.. l.. W. Andrews, Aiher;on, Baker J.
Rcr.,,n Bidlack Blair Boasdrnan, BOVINE Boyd Bte4.
briggs A. " Brown, VI. Brown, 4. Brown. Burke Nn
William o. Butler, G. W. Caldwell. Patrick e. Caldwell
Campbell VIM. b. Campbell, T. J. Campbell, CarGthtf..
Casey Chapman, Clifford Clinton, Coles, C"qnH, ru~en.,
Cushing, Daniel, Garrett Davis, Dawson. l'ean, Deles 4
Dus, Eastman John Edwards John C. Edwards, Eert &,
Fillmore. Charles 4. Floyd, Fornance Thomas T. Foster 4
ble Gently Gerry, Glmer Gorsn, g. Goode Gordon, Gt
Green Cuisine Gwin abersam, Harris, John ilasns,, IT,
Hopkins Houck, Houston, HUBBARD, Hudson Hunter, n
William ". Irwin, Isaac II. Jones' krim, John r. Krnntdy
drew Kennedy, Lane, Lawrence, Lewis, Ltiedcld, ~
Abraham Mcclellan, Robert Mcclellan, Mallory Matrhalt
Marshall. Thomas +. Marshall sanDn Mason, John lhcu
Mason, Maihot, Mathews, Matncks, Maxwell, Mrdl, s.
wehc Miller Moore, Morgan, Morris, Ne" hard, Osborn
ley Parmentrr Partridge, Payne Prarcr, PcndIron rc.,
Rr,i Rdrwnv Riggs Rogers Roosevelt W. Russell j.
arll sanford Saunders shaw, SHEPHERD, Shields, Siuoa
m
StokrIy Ales H. II. stuart, John r. stuart summers. >u-
sweeney Taaierr", John -. Thompson, Richard ". ThuHg
Jacob Thompson, Toalnson, Trpiett, nrnry, Chtsrwo
Rensselaer, Wallace, Ward, Warren, Washington Waiter.
Westbrook, Edward F. White Thomas ". Williams, JAM.
Williams Lewis Williams, Christopher H. Williams, J'~c,
Williams Wise. Wood, York-, and Augustus foung-l.C
The SPEAKER then said that the mex, bushes,
order the reception Of Petitions and called io
titions from Massachusetts
Mr. ADAMS rose and said that he had two petite
TO the same tenor and effect the the House
lust refused 10 receive, one from New York, and d
from PENNSYLVANIA. He mentioned this 10 sLow 4.
the feeling which Influenced the petitioners Of Have
hill, was not confined TO them only.
MIR. BOVINE asked what part Of New York tla2
titon came from. He wished 10 know what portion
the people Of New York would petition on such a -
ject.
MIR. ADAMS replied that the gentleman would .
that if the House wonld consent 10 receive tie ~
tons In the present disposition of the House, h,
ever, he would preserve these petitions for future
casion.
Mr.. ADAMS then continued the presentation u 4.
lilion petitions Of every description such as petitions
the adjustment Of slavery and the slave trade il
District Of Columbia for the recognition Of inteFe
cncc of Hayti demonstrating against the the aJni,,
Of Texas into the Union; against the admission d
rida for the repeal OF the 2St rule 10 remove tie
Of Government Of the free States III the a'ena
Vi slavery it " 'bttl
cenSuring the conduct Of the American Consul Al y
sau, New Providence III relation 10 the murccN &.
Creole, and requesting his recall Some Of these pe'
coming under the 2lst rule were not received ald gu
had the question Of reception raise on them anil !,
question was in each case ladon tie table. Nj ADJ
in conclusion. said that he had now got through wla
hi, petitions, with the exception OF The two todi>>ls
Union, and as he had before observed, he would. VI
present disposition Of the House preserve them fora
iure occasion.
Petitions from Massachusetts We're also prescrlel
Aie>>rs. Winthrop, Gushing, SaonStall, Hudson !
Calhoun, the Two last presenting Abolition lel.,t
which were not received.
New Hampshire BY Messrs, Shaw, Hastings Blu
Anterior and Eastman.
mr.. Burke presented the petitions If Hudah Snl
Polly Chase Elizabeth Hail. T.. Smith, Alice Villa
Lydia Sanders, Susannah Nintcn, Isabel Bae'c,, !
Mercy Wood, widows Of Revolutionary soldiers r.
ing 10 be restored to the pension list
From Maine: BY Mc>Sr>. Randall, Li,tcfeii
Fcs>endcn. After which,
The House adjourned.