Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-27
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TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
OF the Balrimors American.
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SENATE OF THE UNITED STATE

correspondence OF the BALTIMORE American
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SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
The President Of the Senate eontinuingi ndisposed
me Char this morning was taken by Mr. SMITH
OF Indiana.
NAVY BILL
The Clerk of the House appeared with the NAVY
Appropriation Ball, and on motion OF MIR EVANS
OF Maine, 1t was referred 10 the COMMITTEE Of Fl.
nance.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Mr. MERRlCk Of Md. from the Committee on
Post Roads, reported a Bill for paying certain tenn
potary Clerks employed ny the Department.
STENoGRAPHERS.
MrBAVARD OF Del. presented a Revolution
providing Tor the employment of regular corps Of
S'enosrsphers Tor the Senate. The Resolution lies
over.
APPoRTIoNMENT BILL
THIS Bill wascalled up on motion OF MIR Buchan.
an OF fenn. who moved to postpone the previous
orders. The motion prevailed. and the Bill was
orough: forward as IN Committed OF the Whole.
MIR BekRIEN of Georgia, having charge OF the
bi'i, SAID no was too much lndisposed TO enter large.
" INTO the subject, but he would do as well rs he
was able. MrB 3. said he preferred to have a larger
ratio OF representation, but as the ratio was a mat
ter which belonged exclusively to the House or
nearly so, the Committee thought It should be left
10 the House. The report Of the Commute con-
io.med substantially TO the Bill Of the House. Thir-
teen representatives had been added to the SOC
agreed upon by the House, one in each Of the fol-
lowing States:
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, New
York. Delaware. Maryland, Georgia, Alabams,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana, Illinois and Arkan.
sas.
The District amendment was then explainsd-a
matter made necessary from its complicated chnruc.
ter. IL provides, in q few words, that The States
shall elect by Districts, under the laws thereof, and
that such Districts shall he composed OF contiguous
territory, and each shall contain n Representative
population equal 10 the ratio, and no District have
more than one Representative.
The Bill was debated at considerable length pro.
and con. and in reference to all its provisions.
Mt WALKER of Miss. commenced the discus.
SION IN quite an attack upon the House of Repre-
sentativeS Tor adopting n ratio which was so unjust
TO the State of Mississippi. MIR w. expressed his
dissent also from the Disiric, amendment, though
much prsferrirs 1t TO the provision agreed upon IN
the House of Representatives.
MIR CRlrrENDEN, per contra. favored the
House provision by which the States were required
TO adopt the ID strict system. The provision in the
House Bill was defended in a short bu, yery able
speech.
MIR BUCHANAN argued that the fractional PRO.
VISION 10 the Bill before the Senate was unco stitu-
uonal. To sustain his opinion he referred TO the
hrst speech Of Washing zion which was unon the
Apportioumeni.
MIR CRlrTENDEN made a good argument 10
prove that there was no parallel in the Bills or the
cases. They were very different.
he discussion was continu 81 10 a late hour hy
Messrs: RIGHT, BAYARD, WOODBURY.,
WALhER, KING and others, and is going on as /