Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-08-19

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| interruption, and he hoPeo '"o'' " '
| INDUCED ., tho Senator
. ;,bdraw his motion for ten or fifteen minutes 'hal
several bills now before them might DC a,sPos Dom
ar BUCHANAN remarked to the senator i'u"'
| LLAMA that the Executive business ALLUDED 70 oy tue
cn,tor from Virginia. would not occupy hVe M''u'e'
Il AR SMITH would not object
i And The Senate went into an Executive session.
i IThe mater in question, II IS uhuefstooo, ha ~
.pce 10 the recent treaties
When the doors were opened after snort lline- -,
The Senate proceeded 10 the consideration OF the OIL,
to provide for oscefianing and d'sposhg o 'ne ~a
> mineral lands in the States OF Illinois ana ArkansuS'
"mJ The Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa
MIR LINN stated his objections 10 the Dill
MIR SMITH, OF Indiana, replied.
And the bill, after being amended, was leau 'n'u
I time and passed. a., ,:, &c
,nnc;pality No. Of the city of New Orleans to GER
,oin lands within said municipality, and now In Inc &C.
, cuna,ion of the u. s., taken up, when
Mr. CONRAD delivered his remarks IN support "
the bill. c, ohss-,,,;ons
'fMr BUCHANAN moved TO postpone the iurther
consideration of the bill until the next SESSION =. w"
,ess and called for the yeas and nays whch were Or
dered and the question was decided III tie
yeas &c, nays 10. 49,. A.
The bill; for the payment of Florida militia, and The
hill entitled Gan act TO amend the acts OF io'o ana
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/. rally read third time and passed. ,...
NJ Young moved take up the joint resolution
from the House designating Monday, the 22d nst as
the day for the adjournment sine d'c oil the TWO HOUSES
The CHAIR announced that the resolution, having
bsen mnde The special order Of the day was now before
r the Senate. ,,. = it,
MIR, PRESTON moved to lay the resolution on Inc
, table until Thursday next Inc Senae eou,u . do a.
nm in the meantime If they should think proper 20 90 SO
. MIR. YOUNG would be glad # the body wond 'no
cafe the time when they could leave the city Tor .heI
homes as they had now been in session ior more ina"
e light months. ,, /. hr o.,
ons;aer the resolution on Thursday, but he desired
r that il should lie upon the table, with the
;ng however, that they would take it up as early Us
possible .. ;oh
h Mr.. WRIGHT called Tor the yeas anu hays' "
!. Mr. BUCHANAN would say, distinctly, that he
), would not vote for fixing day Of adjournment unl
they had given the House OF Representatives iui tune
y to act on q revenue bill, go,
/ ICr;es of "oueslion question:!
And il was then taken and decided in the affirmative
ir yeas g. nays ~, as follows: No..
itas-Messrs Archer aes Bayard Benton ReIen em
nan Choac Clayton, Conrad Crafts, Crttrnd-h nay.on'
y Evans HUNTINGTON Kerr Miller Morehead Porter p'e''o"'
Rsfs sy Of l asSy calhoun" Fulton Nero
bcr,s. Manrun SEWER Walker White Woodbury. Wright
d, MT ALLEN moved that the Senate take up the re-
e. solution heretofore submitted by the Senator from
e. South Carolina, (Alr Pres,on, providing tor the re-
endorsement the Treasury OF moneys pad uhoe' ln
:" dian treaties.
e [Cries of "No! no. .,.,:. ,ho ,sr,,;ve
n The question was taken, and decided in the negative
~ yeas ~ nays To- c,L
$, Mr. ALLEN gave notice that on the opening oil Inc
III Senate tomorrow morning, he would ask Tor Inc re-
y consideration OF the resolution, ana, OH 'ual 'o ~
re ed for the yeas and nays . :.
I'd The bill 10 authorize the selection of school lands IN
lieu of those granted to the Sac and Fox lndians was
read third time and passed
OF The act for the relief of Charles r. Sioooio wa'
rs considered but without coming 10 any CONCLUSION
thereon,
III The Senate adjourned.
in HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
u Mr. GREEN presented a report from the COMMITTEE
no on Expenditures :,
% readv piyen notice that he would move to lake up
y. BILL The title of which had been read the other day
In conformity with that notice. he asked permission
e report the bill.
- Objection was made
n Mr. JOHNSON then offered a resolution that Sc
ect committee should be appointed 10 consider the pro
prety of reporting his bill. Objection beng Hiaae
the reception of the resolution he moved suspense n
a. refused His motion to suspend was lost the vote be
n ing taken without count.
- Mr. BARNARD moved that the House should re
i solve itself into Committee of the Whole the state
10 of the Union. His object, he said, to move tina
be the bill providing for the remedial justice in the courts
20 of The U. S. be taken up.
&c On this motion 81 voted in the affirmative and gu II
~ the negative. No quorum
Of MIR. ARNOLD moved call of the House. Not car
;, ried.
n Mr.. BARNARD observing that there was evidently
10 a quorum in the House. called for ,eers They were
70 ordered. ~ then voted in the affirmative, and AZ In
70 the negative So the House resolved itself into Com
20 nittee of the Whole, Mr.. r. Ingerso in the Chair
70 Mr.. IRWIN moved to take up the bill making ap
preparations for the Cumberland road in certain Suites
r. - hasl
The bill proposed by Mr.. Barnard taken up by
NJ vote Of 70 10 76. The bill read through, and MIR
60 Barnard addressed the committee during his allotted
hour in favor Of it.
til Mr.. lNGERSOLL said the question one of great
% importance, and connected with foreign relations
the time when treaties under consideration else
T. where which may involve this subject. Until more
:. known, he would move the postponement of the
question.
Sc Tellers were ordered
"A voted in the affirmative, and 76 in the negative.
. Mr.. J. G. FLOYD protested against the bill as being
attempt OF The majority to strip the States OF their
sovereignty and independence-as being raught with
s. especial danger New York. with her three or four
Sc hundred miles of fronter-and which invited every
petty Canadian officer 10 come the lines and
> plumber and rob the people of that State The State
,c courts in the case of Mcleod, fully compe
tent to try these cases. Mr. F. objected TO the hurry
J. in passing obnoxious bill.
e. Mr.. GORDON thought that this bill, with others
which had been passed, would celebrate the present
Congress Tor It's feoeral, hg-llanded measures, and
its entertainments upon the Constitution. In passing
a Bank bill, Bankrupt law, Distribution, Apportion
i men they had violently stretched the Constitution
bnt This the browning act, viz to rob the States
of their jurisdciion-and TO put down the judiciary of
New York This law could not be enforced. He
quoted from the second Section of the third Article Of
Constitution, to show that the Federal Judiciary had
the power to try crimes committed in State by
the citizens of another of adjacent country but
civil CONTROVERSIES.
II Mr. SMITH, of Virginia, we'll knew that the fate of
this bill already determined upon in caucus,
and nothing which he could say could induce the
RI jorty alter their purpose Of passing it. II was of
piece with the Alien and Sedton Laws and arose from
disrust of the States He always made it cardinal
rule take power from the States but when il was