Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-11

The question laying the instructions on The table
was then taken by yeas ard nays and resulted yeas
| 30, nays III.
MIR. LANE asked his colleague to withdraw the pre-
vous question for moment, permit him 10 explain,
his vote. MIR. Profit withdrew it'll Mr. l.. then
proceeding TO state his views, when Ic was interrupted
by the Speaker who Informed him that If any debate
should arise, the petition must lie Mr.. Lane then
| renewed the previous question.
MIR. THOMPSON of Mississippi, earnestly and re-
peatedy requested the gentlema from Indiana to with
draw the previous question: TO permit him to say few
words.
Several gentlemen said-"No, no, and al renew il
then"
Mr.. BARNARD asked the yeas and nays on the pre-
vious question; which were ordered.
The House then voted that the question be now
put-Yeas 100, nays o.
The question then being the Instructions,
| Mr. HOWARD moved to adjourn.
On the question of adjournment, the yeas and nays
being ordered,
| Mr. HOWARD withdrew the motion.
| MIR. BARNARD renewed it.
| On motion Of Mr.. STANLY, the yeas and nays
were ordered.
! The House refused 10 adlourn-yeas -, nays l67
| The question then recurring on the lnstructions,-
| MIR. MILTON BROWN asked if il would be in or
der at the present stage of the question TO move ar
amendment 10 the instructions.
| The SPEAKER answered, IN the negative The
House had already ordered the previous queson.-The
main question must now be put
The vote upon The question OF instructions being Their
taken by yeas and nays, resulted thusyeas lo' nays
I94
So the House voted 10 instruct the Committee or
the Judiciary to report bill TO repeal the Genera
Bankrupt Law.
Mr. CAVE JOHNSON then moved to reconsider
the vote Just taken.
MIR BROWN moved to adjourn, but withdrew it be
tore the question was taken
The House then refused to reconsider, bya very large
vote, without division.
The presentation of petitions beingShen renewed, ir
the order of States interrupted by the adjourn
ment Yesterday
Mr. MARSHALL Of Kentucky presented two nu
merously signed, asking for a repeal OF lhe Genera
Bankrupt Law. lie moved that they b. referred Il
the Committee on the Judiciary, w's instructions ''
report bill repeating the Bankrupt Law-roRTmwIru
i Mr. STANLl objected TO the wort, 'torhwith. =
Il was used in the New Jersey in the last Con
gress He had hoped 1t would nevtr be used in q
Wing Congress.
Nj MARSHALL "But this is a Locofoco Con
gress.'
Mr. MARSHALL then said that, ut the suggestion
of some gentlemen near him, he would modify his mo
lion SO as to instruct the committee 80 report repea
on Monday next. He subsequently modified it 50 Al
10 order them 10 report on Tuesday, that being the re
guar day of the meeting of the Committee the Ju
dietary
Mr. MARSHALL having moved the previous ques
81: y; y; +; $ I; ::: e:
fore moved call OF the House.
The SPEAKER decided that it was ton Ia,e. The
House had already decided the previous question The
motion not in order
| Mr.. IRWIN then moved to adjourn.
The House refused.
! Mr.. TILLINGHAST raised question o. order
The rules provided that ifany debate On petition
it must lie over The object Of the rules to prevent
any one petition from blocking ,hJ presentation 0
others. The effect of the previous question, and the
vote to lay the table, the same as debate The
rule itself provided for the laying the table in case
Of debate HIS point was that the present question
was ont of order.
| The SPEAKER overruled the objection.
| On the question of referring the petitions to the
Committee the Judiciary, with instructions to re
port bill repeating the General Bankrupt Law, or
Tuesday next, the House, on motion OF Mr.. FILL
MORE, ordered the yeas and nays.
The question thus referring and instfuctng being
| then taken, resulted as follows:
reasMssss Arlington, AtIer'on Barton BrSrson Bdask
samson H. Butler, William Butler William o. n;ler Green
Caldwell Patrick c. Caldwell, John Campbell Thomas Camp
@ panr o st ny Rna DAVIS Dsa
Dog Eastman, John c Edwards Egbc Ferris John G. Floyd
Charles A. Floyd T. f. Foster, Gentry, Gimer, Cog
gin, ". o. Goode, Gordon, Graham, Greene, CUISINE Harris
Hunter G j. nseso jack Cave Johnson Krim Andrew
NEEDY, Lewis Lowell, Abraham Mcclellan, Robert Mcclellan
Thompson Mason, Matthew'S Marock-, Mcdll, Miller New
bard owsley rarmenr Partridge, Payne, Pnntr Pope rrcI
II
perd, William Smith Snyder soler- srenod, alexander H.
Stuart, Summers, Sumter, sweeney John H. Thonpson Tnpc
lurney, Underwood, Van Buren, Ward, Waierson, Weller
Weshrook, James w Williams, Christopher H. Williams Wise
and Augustus ioung-ll2.
aay-Aessrs. Adams Allen, Sherlock J. Andrews, Arnold
Babock Baker, Barnard Blair Boarduan BORDEN Brewster
Briggs Brockway, Bronson Milton Brown Bunell, Calhoun
Chttenden, John c. Clark, Sary " Clarke Cooper Csnson
Dawson Deberry Fessenden Fillmore 4. Lawrence Foster
Gamble CAFES, Granger GwIn, fiabeTsiiam Hail. Henry How
Hudson Hunt, Joseph Il. ngetsol, James irwin VIM w
James, William Johnson, John r. Kennedy. Lane
Lawrence, Linn, Mckeon, Samson Mason, Mathoi Maxwell
MAYNARD Morrow Osborne Pendletun benjamin Randall Alex
andcr Randall Randolph, Rdgway, Rodney Roosevelt William
RUSSELL j. ". RUSSELL Saltonsall Smonon SHADE L. Smith
Sany Stokely, aon John T. Stuart; Taaerru, Richard w
Thompson Thompson. Tinehast, Toand, Tomlinson
Trumbu Van Rensselaer, Wallace, Warren, Washington Tho
mas W. Williams, Lewis Williams Joseph L. Williams, Win
ihrop, Wood, Yorke and John ioung-Se.
So the House have instructed the Committee on the
Judiciary to report Tuesday nexa bill TO repeal the
present GESEKAL BAS2eupT LAW.
Mr.. GENTRY then moved reconside ration; and
that, moved the preyious question. The House re-
fused 10 reconsider
MIR. JOHN CAMPBELL then said this "isa great
national festival. It's the eighth of January there
fore move that the House ADJOURN General cries Of
order.
MIR. STANLY called for the yeas and nays.
The House then voted 10 adjourn Yeas 1l3, nays
SO.
Adjourned at three O'Clock.