The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-25

cred 20 him and disregarded.
Therefore, resolved further, that the Hon. !
Robert J Walker be, and he is hereby requi- |
red forthwith to resign his Office as Senator, |
to the end that the will of the people may be
fairly expressed.
As soon as the resolutions were read, Mr..
Grant moved to lay them onthe table.
Mr. Cooper, however, was determined TO
be heard on this occasion, and maintained his
position on the floor, amid repeated cries OF
order' 'order!' until motion TO allow him
to proceed was made and carried.
He then addressed the House for some time
in explanation. He said said he should not
vote for his resolutions himself, that in offer
ling them he was actuated by no feeling Of
unxindness to Mr. Walker, or Of disrespeci
for the House. He had high authority for
the course he was pursuing, and he wished
to be heard in his defence.
| Some one here declared the resolutions out
of order, which being sustained by the chair,
they were laid on the table.
| Mr. Coleman now demanded the previous
Question, but it was lost.
Mr. Cobb offered the following by way ofry
der:
Resolved, That the third resolution shall
not be construed as an expression of opinion
on the part of this House, that any PROPOSE
ton to create permanent national debt was
contemplated at the extra session of congress.
This was Immediately declared out OF or
der, and laid on the table.
Mr. Tompkins then offered the following /:
Provided, however, that these resolutions
shall be taken and intended as an expression
Iof the Legislature, and not of the opinions
lOf the people of the State of Mississippi.
| Mr. Tompkins addressed the House for an
hour or more.
The question was put on his ProvisO, and
rejected by vote of So to "a.
1t was now dark, and calls Of 'question =
question: were heard through various parts
of the hall. The question, shall the resolu.
J tons pass?' being put, call for the ayes and
noes was made.
The ayes and noes were called, (several
: members refusing to vote, and resulted in
! the final passage of the resOlntions-ayes SIS,
noes 2.
We will now briefly alIude to the charac
ter of the preamble and resolutions.
The preamble first sets forth with a recital
of portion of the celebrated resolutions o
Virginia and Kentucky, and concludes with
solemn sanction OF. the principles contained
in them.
Cd. 1t denounces and protests against thu
IIu6dSulCS VI Tic CAbId CCSSlOl VI NOukIcGS-
the bankrupt Law. the Distribution Act, anC
r the Loan bill; declares that the wings have
/ fastened permanent national debt' upol
, the people, i'll a time of profound peace
Declares Congress has no power under thu
Constitution to create National Bank.
: Then come six resolutions.
LIST. Re-athrming as true at all times tht
+ Virginia and Kentucky resolutions.
, I'd. lnstructing our Senators to vote to re
peal the bankrupt law, or to amend it so a
10 include corporations.
Sd. Insirucis them 10 vote for a repeal O
t so much of the distribution act as relates Il
: distribution.
4th. Instructs them to vote against dis
a eliminating tariff recognizing the protective
principle.
: 5th. Insructs them to vote against an,
National Bank, having the power to discoun
e or deal in exchange.
It 9Th. Instructs them TO conform in goo,
: faith to the foregoing preamble and resolu
tons.
!. Here, then, were a variety of propositions
d each having not the slightest connection wit
II the other, but being in itself distinct and Sc
j. parate.
The wings were willing and anxious t
/ vote for the Virginia and Kentucky resolu
tons, and the resolution re.afirming them
If They were willing also to vote for the reso
e luton against tariff, but they could NOS vet
If for the whole batch without proving recre
% ant to every principle they have ever cher
: ished. To have done this would have bee
l. making a sacrifice OF principle which ma
n of honor cannot make, and which treeme
If never will make.
/. rule of the House declares that wher
question is divisibIe, member has a rgt
Tr to demand a division. That the differe1
sections of the preamble, and the various re
ID solutions are divisible, no sane man who ht
E. any honesty in his heart will. for momen
deny. And yet the majority deliberateI
il tTampled upon this rule, and the rights
So the minority, and the rights of those they re
ID present.
to SATURDAY, Feb. 10, 1912.
ID This day was set apart for the considerable
of local bills some days since.
at After the reading of the Journal this morI
le ling, Mr. Mitchell, of Kinds, read a probes
" signed by himself and Mr. Loper, against IL
passage Of Coleman's resolutions, which
" desired should be spread upon the iourna
er Mr. Harvey also offered one, signedby hin
self only. s,8 s4
re The char decided. it was not in order
]. consider any business except local bills.
ID Mr. Williams moved to RECONSIDER the vo
ne on Mr. Coleman resolutions. The chair
ID cided the motion out Of order.
ii. The motion was finally entered on the lou
o. nal to be acted Oh next Monday.
wi Several private bills were read and actc
as on, after which the bill to incorporate Il