Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-03-10

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appeal TO the heart al the Senator from South oaro.'ha,
he was sure that twenty-five years ago, II wou'a not
have been made IL VAN.
Ie ais, presented Il memorial from Huntington
county, Pennsylvania, relating to ile IRON interest
and ,his subject he recommended to the Senate gene
r,l,r lint ,,r,icularIy to the Senators from Pennsyl-
wanna also the petition OF u number OF cItizehs oi
Northern Alabama, stating that they hau heafu WIN
regret, that a disposition existed III Congress 10 post
none The operation OF the Bankrupt law' ana asserting
their belief that II SUSPENSION oil 'h.s s''u'ais' ; ""u
humane act would operate oppressiveiy upon 4 worthy
nf citizens. and likewise protesting and remonstTa-
unp against its pos,penement or ITS repeal lhis pe.'-
ton was accompanied by a letter'roma gentleman ~n"
expressed his desire that the law would not DC repeated
although he did no, wish to avail himself OF lis prov'-
sions.
Mr.. KING inquired wha; vas the name OIL 'he wF''er
OF the letter.
Mr.. CLAY replied, Levi Todd, who stated that the
petition expressld the general op'nioa upon The SUI
ject IN Northern Alabama, ami That IL was sished ny
both Denoc-a,s and Wings. lie was glad TO hear 1t ;
~ !, shovad ,h,, H., Democratic friends, especially his
Democratic friends Of '9o aud the war, and NIL along
that time. had come out from their party associations
IN support OF this las, notwithstanding iney approved
OF the yeloes and some other measures equally ooho1
ious. :,
MIR. KING would only say that, il the lndividua!
- ho wro,a IN. i.,,er vas not more correct when he
said that he did not want the benefit OF the law than IN
saying that the greater portion oil the people oil North
ern Alabama were in favor OF 1t, then he was very inuch
in need of il indeed; and he (Mr. King would venture
to saw tina, not only three-tourths of the people oil
Northern Alabama, bat Il majority OF the people OF The
entire State. were opposed TO this law.
Mr.. CLAY SAID that the petition was signed by n
hundred Wings and Democrats; aud, II ths Senator
would look over the names, he would find those OF some
of his Democratic trends.
Mr.. KING remarked that there was no doubt oil thal,
as some oc,hem were, unfortunately, bankrupts.
MIR. BUCHANAN, in presenting seven memorials
from iron manufacturers ol Pennsylvania, ASKING uat
the duty OH iron may be restored to what II was IN
ls3o. said he thought that the Senator from kentucky
was unkind, when he (Mr. Clay presented the petition
of :, many LADIES', and give him (Nlr. Buchanan) the
IRON manufacturers, and recommended them 10 MS par
ticuiar care.
Mr.. CLAY did not feel that he had inflicted any in
iury upon The Senator from Pennsylvania. lie had re-
commended TO him the petition OF the IRON mahuiae-
turers because they happened TO be men OF fennsylva-
MIA: and the reason why he had not recommended the
memorial of the ladies' was, that the Senator had hved
for fifty. five years, and upwards, without having taken
mn lady under his protection.
Nj. BUCHANAN SAID that, old as the Senator him
self was. he wished 10 lake all the ladies under his pro-
lection.
He then presented u memorial from Lancaster, Le-
banon county, pennsylvania, complaining of the Com
promise act, and asking for a general protection OF DO
nestle manufactures; also, a memorial from the repair
ers and dresSers of raw quilts, asking that the duty may
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imported article.
Mr. STURGEON presented a similar memorial.
MIR. CALHOUN presented the petition OF A. H.
Abrahams, praying that certain articles collected under
the revenue act OF the extra session may be remillea'
and STATING. us n reason for making this request OF Con-
rress. that. at the time The articles were shipped at Bre-
men, they were by the laws of the U. 5. duty free, but
when ,l,ey were brought into this country a duty OF
moro than seven hundred dollars was levied upon them
NJ the Charleston custom house, TIE revenue law having
4, .-.I l,r,,r IiS oisancp and nj which he knew
NOTHING unit! his return home. MIR. Calhoun remarked
,b,, man, persons were similarly taken by surprise, and
an act of injustice had thereby been committed by hasty
egisatton.
The memorial was referred to the Committee Oh FL
nance.
Mr.. BERRIEN presented the memorial of the Board
of Aldermen aud the Chamber of Commerce OF Savan-
nah, Georgia, asking Congress 10 make an appropr'a'
ton for the erection OF n new ~custom-honse IN that city
Mr.. T~ALLMADGE presented three remonstrances
AGAINST a repea. or a posiponensnt oil the bankrupt
law; \ memorial from tifty-seyen citizens OF Cayuga
county. New York, against the admission OF Texas IN
:, the Union; a petition from citizens of the city oil
New York, praying that CongesS VIII pass a law 10
authorize the construction OF detences on the Gun OIL
Mexico, the petition OF two hundred anu sixty citiZehs
of Hudson. PRAYING that a law may be passed to prolecO
The man featuring interest against foreign goods oievery
form and from every nation; also the remonstrance o
the marine insurance companies OF New York and the
owners Of lines of packets, against the repeal OF the n
lot bill.
MIR. SIMMONS presented the memorial from pa
per manufacturers, asking for protection also, the re
solutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island on the
subject O. a uniform mode of eIecting the President
and Vice President Of the L. 5. by fixing the same
dav for that purpose, throughout the Union.
On the motion Of Mr.. WOODBURY., ii was Re
soired. That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed
to Law before the Senate 4 schedule of the expenditure:
for the fourth quarter of the year ISL.
MIR. SEWER submitted i joint resolution, authoriz
iny the President of the u. States, by and with Tho
consent of the Senate, To appoint three commissioners
to hold their office for SIX months, to a~djudicate the
claims of the Cherokees residing east ot the MisSis
sippi river. and ascertain and pay TO each claimant thu
amount iustlY due hum out OF such money az has beef
set aside for that purpose, and as yet uneXpended, un
der the treaty Of l-33 and SO.
The resolution was referred TO the Committee on In
dian Affairs.
THE BOARD or THE EXCHEQUER.
MIR. TALLMADGE SAID that as there were severa
special orders which had precedence OF the Excheque
bill. he would take tins occasion 10 move that lis con
sideration De postponed until tins day two weeks-th
t2lst instant; and the motion was agreed To.
TIE DISTRICT EANK BILL"
The S"natc then proceeded 10 the consideration o
the bill 10 suspend, for n limited time, the operation G
a portion of the act entitled San act 10 revive and eX
tend the charters of certain banks IN the District {
Columbia" as follows:
BE ii enacted BIZ the Senate and House Of Representa-
tires If he Jnited States If .lmeriea in Congress ASSN
Med, Tina, 50 much ofthe act entitled "An act 10 revi@
and extend the charters of certain banks in the Distric
OF Colunbia," approved August %, ISL, us inhibi'
the banks, in said act mentioned, from and after the J:
day of March, 1872, from paying out, or lending ont til
notes Of any suspended bank, or any paper cu7renc
whate yer which is not equivalent to gold and silve
shall. be, aud the same is hereby suspended in It's opc
ration until the Isl day Of March, lSl3; provided sal
banks shal! not lend or pay out any bank notes which
at the time OF such loan or payment, are not receivabl
at such bank at par in payment OF debts.
MIR. ALLEN addressed the Senate, contendlng tht
the banks had violated their charters.
MIR. BAYARD replied.
MIR. ALLEN moved that the bill be laid upon th
table, to enable him TO offer 4 resolution.
The question was taken and decided in the negatlv
yeas II, nays -, rs follows
leas-Ncssrs. Allen, Benton, Buchanan, Fultor
King, Linn, AlcRohcrts, Smith of Connecticut, S'u'
geon, Tappan, Wilcox, Williams, Woodbury., Wright