Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-20

; go, @ss"0ia''N' esAlnS On act OF ineorpo-
BY Mr. Boyd-Frcm IN, Trustees Of r. --.iS-s.
Macon College, Zoe the passage oG an &C, authorize
ing the bHaro Of Public Works to msLs loan to
BY MIR ByrJ-rrom q. ". Gun and others OF the
town OF Winchester, asking the Incorporation OF a
Savings institution.
BY MIR Armstrong-From citizens Of the counties
OF Harrison, Tyler, Levi, and Wood for the fot.
ties.
Also, from ci,izess Of Harrison for the passage Of
an act TO stay executions in civil cases.
by Mr. Clsndena - From citizens OF Logan fos
the creation OF a new coUoty out OF part of the
counties OF Logan and Kanawh,.
MIR Jones of Boookc, presented the proceeding.
OF public meeting Of the people Of said county or
me subject OF the seapporonment OF representa-
ton.
MIR M'RSe-The memorial Of Philip q. Jones
remonstrourg against the petition OF John Fersu.
son, Sergeant OF the CRY of Richmond.
RESOLUTIONS.
ny MIR Dorm1n-'rhat the committee Tor Courts
OF Justice be instructed 20 rquirc INTO the exped.
ency OF making convicted defendants for crimes and
misdcmeanors when they have properly sufficient,
hiole TO the paymen, of constablcs' fees, and any
l pther costs now chargeable 10 The Commonwealth.
! Also, that the committee on Finance be instruct
cd To inquire into the pediency of reducing the ex-
penses OF criminal charges TO the Commonwe cath.
by Mr. N'Cauley-That the committee on MILF
ia Laws be instructed to inquire into the cxpedien
cy OF furnishing the l57th Regiment with drums
and 6ies.
By MIR Rimcy-That the Committee on Mi.iti,
Laws be instructed to inquire INTO the expedency
nj authorizing the formation Of company OF mount.
cd Rih-men in the county of Loudoun TO be attach
cd ~ the 81 Regiment
By Mr. BaYly-'rhat the committee on Courts of
Justice be instructed to inquire into tho eNpedency
OF providing by law, that the estates of decedents
sha" oe exempt from Liabilities in consequence of
Tie execution OF any Obligation IN his or her life
! H!nei WINCH IS not a matter of record from
time notice be given by the obisce in said under
taxing TO the personal representatives OF the oLlsor
of The said obligation.
BY MIR Hiden-
RsSo5rsd by hs General Assemble Of Virginia
That our Senators III Congress bn instruc,e4 and
our Representatives requested, IN use ihtir best
er'ion' tn procure from Congress an additional rn
p'oprinuon ct lands TO satisfy the outstaniins NJ II
t-ry Bounty Land Warrant issued undo, Tn. IN
ihority OF this Commonwealth to the officers and
SOLDIERS OF the Revolution, their legal representa-
tives.
Rssoired, That the Governor of this Common.
wealth be requested to transmit copy OF the above
resolution To each of our Senators and Rep-cx.nia
tlves in the Congress of the U. 5.
The House then took up the Joint Resolution for
TIE election of u Pr;siden, OF the Court Of Ap.
peals.
Mr. Baldwin said he had been requested hy n
number OF gentlemen 10 nominate for that office
VIM. IL. Cabell, Esq, an ornament to the trlbuna;
on winch ne satan ornament tOhuman nature
I
genera satisfaction.
MIR B. was then requested. by tho Speaker. to in.
form the Senate that the House was ready 10 90
into an election for Judg, 10 suoply the vacancy
occasoned ny the resignation OF Henry St. George
Tucker, and that VIM. III. Cabe.l was the ONLY no.
mnation before this House.
The Senate informed the House that It was ready
to proceed to the election and that no Other name
had been added to the nomination OF the House OF
Delegates.
MIR Baldwin, from the joint committee to ascertain
the result, of the election, reported that the whole
numrsr Of votes given, were AZ
Necessary to choice. -
mat WIN. IL Cabe!l had received lil
Scattering,
Mr. DOrman, by general consent, offered Il fol-
lowing resolution:
Resoirsd That this House will, by JOINT vote
with the Senate, proceed Weines lay, % n inst
70 elect Judge Of the Supreme Court OF Appea's
10 supny the vacancy accustomed bv the election OF
VIM. ii. Cabs to the Presidency Of the said Court
BANKRUPT ACT, &c.
The unfinished business Of yesterday wa, Then
taken up, being the Resolution offered by MIR Bay
ly, with the amendment OF Mr. Toler.
The motion Of MIR Daniel to postpone indefinitely
the question before the House
MIR HOPKINS said, in accordance with the inti
nation he had given yesterday, he asked the indu,.
gence OF the House while he gave his views on this
vastly import ut subject. He could not promise tic
eoqucnce Of the gentleman from Richmond, nor In.
u.
but he would endeavor TO submit his views IN an
ineligible manner. He ron,itcred he Blnkrupt
Law as one OF the high Federal measures of the Elk
ira Session, IN comparison with which the lien and
Sedlton laws sank into insgnifcance. IL involved
in It's passage dangerous ana alhrmin. violation OF
the Constitution. IL was but the icrerunner of on
pressve legislation on the part Of the General Go
VernmeDt. He cared not for tie coSt,-he was and
he believed that the people Of Virginia would at all
hazards, be wiring 10 meet the expense that might
he incurred IN arresling such course of legislation
He counted not the cost. The Bankrupt Law was
the only question now before the House, and the
gentleman from Richmond had not touched the sui
Jeci. NO one denied the power Of Congress TO enact
bankrupt Law, but neither the States nor Con-
gress had power TO impair the obligation ofcontraots
What were the contracts TO which the law refcrret3
Ihcy were those which had been formed before the
passage Of the act There could he no law by " bi.h
obligation which he had entered in'o could be
destroyed, which was not violation OF the Copstj-
tuition.
BE had another ground fot his opposition TO this
la~, lthad an * posi- faeio operation. According
TO the gloomy pictures which gentlemen had drawn,
the distress that pervides the country was the
result OF contracts which had been formed 10 81 and
3; end this net TO have effect upon thos, con
tracts; and the passage OF such law was express y
PROHIBITED. Ito was opposed 10 tho law IA al IT,
de'oiis. IL reached no, ony 10 civil debts,-dcbt.
due by bond cOn'rac,, but cOnilictcd with the
Avs OF the State. Il would ease debtors from
conhocIdent who were placed there 10y the laws OF
Virginia.
He asked gentlemen to look At the offtc, Of the
Bankrupt avs Of England; they were sufficient To
warn rs from pursuing "a similar course. lie re
viewed the system Of Bankrupt Laws IN thst coun
Try, aId declared that constant complaints haI been
made Of the commission oi frauds; that they were
engines Of oppression; and az this day ~ ind
her Iurs:s and statesmen complaining against them
and asserting that it would be better II those lnws
had never been enacted. tle chilled upon gentle
men TO weigh we'll the evils which such law would
produce.
II It were wise in the trainers OF the Constl.
tuition 10 confer on Congress the power to onnct q
Bankrupt Law-ior twelve years members oi
Congress. we're wise enough not pass such
aw, and the repesl Of the law Of $500 was caused
by It's harsh and unjust operation. IL was passed
under tho Federal Admins ration Of the EdcS
Adams, and repealed under the Republican Admin
straiion OF eferson.
This law WAS connected with The chain OF Federal
measures pissed at the Extra Session. II grew out
of poitica fanalcsm and u necessary the Poop
should know ihis-thnt Il was BOT part Of the
proceedings NJ Congress at thst time. and init
mstely associated with the act Ivy which $4,000
we're paid for one years salry the President with
tho National Bank and TIC ID stribution Act. IL
WIS a specimen Of Fedora legislation similar 10 that
witnessed under the Elder Albums. The law 0ns
passed by surprise, without the appreciation a
tho people, and this was another reason why he
objected to IT,
lie sad tho subieci OF Federal Relations had
been introduced by one Of the most distinguished
members of the wing Party. Mr. Scot, OF r., and
that the Democratic party we're not chargeablo Wi.b
the waste OF tire IN their discussion.
fMr III. was here corrected by MIR Iackroo tvLo