Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-15

At present, the n.n,nel. mcra TO receive 81 anu
the Chair 81. That ll-t woa!G escape tie ,an,iy
of the Senate, aud thus We should have Tie whole
scene acted Ggan.
Mr.. f. expressed ii rs his belief, that member
here would sit longer account oi his pay Certainly
II the people knew of such man, 1T would never be
permitted To here apa;n. why discuss bill 10
liu tie sessions, a.en the on remedy would he found
| in attention 10 business: All the people wanted was
fdcify md industry examination ut all subjects to
the best Of our ability witlou. extreme haste IN our
legislation This duur, they did not begrudge us the
81 PR item. We all know the sacrifices winch are
made by those who accept Of seats on this i!oor-he
pecunary losses which they suffer by neesecting their
business. Tie, Tor one, had 70 make great sacritces
Stl he proud of the confidence ut his people, and
did not repine ut any pecunary losses But continued
Mr. b. til" pay reduced To -, utter the 30 days are
out, such gentlemen do not choose TO stay Will go
home and leave few, who actuated b. sense Of
duty, 10 stay and complete the business. Experience
told that members always anxious To get
Mr.. CEuTcHFiELD rose 10 notice Of The remarks
of the gentleman from Preston but for which he 5hould
not have troubled the House lie had supposed that
gentleman was friend of the bill and had concluded
to vote for it. Why should he have so determined I'M
| less he had good reasons Now however, he would
oppose it because, he says, the Senate will amend H.
Mr. Z. could not see what they would have 10 do with
the pay of the Speaker, why the superstition, that
they would amend it, should defeat the BILL The gentle
man from Preston had argued that all had 10 make
pecunary sacrifices 10 here and that could not
| live 81 per day. Now, he, Mr.. g., we'll aware
OF this, aud II of the why he wished to
get away possible The gentleman from Eau
quer had said il was reflection tins body TO reduce
the paw Mr.. G. thought the House need not he told
about reflections itself. They were too common
hat the frequent calling of the ayes and but
Il reflection on the members Was the roll called in
order that poserity might know how members had
voted: No. Nine times out Of ten, il was called to
bring members 10 the stand and make them vote
sderalely by letting their votes 70 before their cons
tuents Mr.. c. therefore hoped the motion 10 postpone
would be rejected, and the bill allowed pass Tor what
It worth.
Dir. SrKnruER did not regard the bill Of very
import lie was, howcve-, dsposcd To- take
an experiment, in order that might whether
not we had found panacea FOR what ali earnestly
desired 10 remedy.
Mr.. MoRGas said he had in vain listened to the de.
bate thus far, for tie purpose Of hearing
urged against II, which would place its improperly
true light before the country. In order 10 place him.
self right before his constituents he would make few
remarks, assigning the grounds upon which he felt it to
be his imperative duty 10 oppose the bill He protested
against all the proceedings in relation to the BILL from
first 10 last He did not doubt the patriotism and the
upright motives Of its aulhors-yet he must speak Of
things as they When he entered upon his du-
ties here he solrninly sworc that he would discharge
them faithfully properly, and to the besto his ability
Now Tie proposition before The House fleets directly
upon The integrity of the members. Ii a member has
discharged his duties, he IS bound BY his oath ad.
jnurn. As the adoption of thus bill would, effect,
say TO the world, that the House is seconvicied Of
perjury, Mr. NJ begged gentlemen 10 pause and con.
slider what they were doing But it might be SAID that
il would not affect us II moi, whom would il affect
our SUCCESSORS How dare this House say that they
will perjure themselves by not dung their duty, and
remaining session longer than they should do Or,
was the bill intended 10 reflect predecessors
Are all 10 be considered parcel Of perured
loaiers; For himself, he protested against beng
sderad as participating IN the passage Of such bill,
and these considerations had induced him 10 raise his
voice against IL.
The motion to postpone Indefinitely was then reject
ed, follows:
.4ycs-Aessrs Alworlh Rives, Holloway, IIarvie,
Baldwin, Mayse, Cox ii Braxton and Lewis, Jones o
Brooke, Harrison of Brunswick, Jones Of Buckingham
liaskns, Moore, 1oler Cox Of Chesterfield, Irving
Semple, Scott Of Fauquler, Foster, Mclaughlin, Des
kns, Early, Wood Gucrrant, Carroll Mullen, kinche
loe, Armstrong, Mocr, Kennedy, Smith Of kanawha,
Dabnry, Woodard, Taylor Of Loudoun, Mclhaney,
Marshall, Martin Of Marshall, Diggs, Boyd, Scott OF
Mecklenbnrg Morgan, Harrison Of Mononeal,a, Ca
per,on, Lyon, Watts, Fitzgerald, McPherson, liner,
Wallace Of Petersburg, Grimes, Hopkins, Brown Of
Preston. Wilson, Heath, Elliott, Daniel, Walker, Mar
tin of Tyler, Buck, and Mayo-Go.
.IDcS-hlessrs. Souihall, (Speaker) Kinney, Wing.
field, Mitchell, Hunter, Newkrk, Riddick, Nowl.n, |
Appe-son, Cardwell, Hroadus, Vaughan Brown Of Eli
zabeih City and Warwick, Thomas, Payne, Woods, |
French, Robins, Erskinc, Clark, Vance, Pugh, Thomp-
son, Mcsae, Grggs, Bowden, Wallace Of KING George,
Edmouds, Clendenn, Ramey, Banks, Davis Of Mont
gomery and Pulaski, Ilarrcl, Taylor Of Norfolk Boz
rough, E,herdge, VERIFY Smith of Northumberland, |
Edgington HiGen, Cheatharn Keen, Williams, Dey, |
STROLLER. McCnney, Leyburn, Shipman, Smith Of
Rockingham, Cowan, QnilIen, Gatewood, Crawford, |
Tate, Urquhart, Cruciliieid, Ford, Warren, Bowen,
and Jacksonville.
Mr. IRviSc then obtained the floor and said he wish
cd mistake into which many gentlemen had
fallen. They had declared that The law might be re-
praled at the next session. when such not the fact
Mr.. then quoted The Constitution 10 show that no |
Legislature could alter the law fixing the pay 10
aiirc, their interest. If this bill should pass, we
should he compelled To sill here a. 81 per diem; and
who could look far into nurty 10 be able TO say
tina, some business would not arise demanding the i'm.
mediate attention of the Legislature, and supernducng
the necessity for long session. Under such crcum.
stances, would 1t be just to SIT at 81 per day
The main question then ordered, and the bill
passed by Tie following vote:
.ins-Messrs. SouliIa (speakrr,) Kinney, Wing
field Mitchell Hunter, NcwkiTk, Rddick, Jones OF b.
Moore, Nowin, Apperson, Cardwe Broadus, Brown OF
Elizabeth City and Warwick, Vaughan, Semplc, Tho
mas Payne Woods, French, Robins, Carroll. Eskine,
Clark, Vance, Pugh Thompson, NJ Rae, Grlggs, Bow
den, Wallace Of X. c., Edmonds, Woodland, Clendenin,
Raney Banks, Davis Of NJ. X r., ilarrell, Taylor OF
n b. E.hcridgc, Yerby, Smith Of H., lliden, Cheat
ham, Keen, Williams, Dey, Brawner Strother, Nc
Canley, Leyhnrn, Shipman, Smith Of Rockingham,
Cowan, CULLEN, GatewooI Crawford, TATE, urqu-
hart, Cru'chield Ford, Warren Bowen, Buck, and
Jackson-63.
.roes-Alessrs. Ailworth, Rives Holloway, Ilarvie,
Davis of A., Baldwin, Maysc, Cox Of b. x l., Jones
of b., Harrison of L., iaskins, Tocr Cox of e. Irving,
Scott Of f., Mclaughlin, Deskins, Wood, Guerrant,
Watkins klncheloe, Armstrong Moler, Smith Of X,
Kennedy, Tayl of L., NJ llhancy Marshall, Martin OF
NJ, Dipas Boyd, Scott Of NJ Morgan, Harrison of NJ
Caperton, Lyon, Watts. Fitzgerald, Edsngton, Nc
Pherson, Iincr, Wallace of r, Grimes Hopkins, Will
son, Brown of P, Heath, Elliott Daniel, Walker, Mar
tin Of T., and Mayo-33
Thursday, jan. IL.
communication received from the Senate,
announcing the passage in that body Of the following