Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-08

pec.ds, lie geiicGan from Tennessee or afnoi"
OCCUPIED peculiar position. laughtef'
Mr.. SMITH was understood 10 reply, that tie gen
tIcm.n from North Carolina (Mr. Stanly) appeare'
very familiar with extra allowances; anu tbul Ie MAJ
no, vet received the supply which he would receive:
mir. STANLY. um ready; and shall be very gla'
10 receive ilicni
fCries Of "order, s'order.
hlr. PROFIT, after repeated attempts, succeeded
in getting the floor, nd said he presumed the Hons
would now see the necessity of coming to something
ike order fIaughcr He referred TO the wide range
of this discussion that had been, and would still be Ia
ken if this debate allowed TO CO. on and wished
the People to understand that the House was now so
lemny eliberaling whether would let an Illegal deoa
prorress lie called the yeas and nays on the appeal
and challenged Oh the vote Of yeas and nays expires
sion of opinlon Of the House whether they should have
order for the next SIX months.
Mr. ARNOLD said he desired to reply 10 the gentle
man. Mr.. Speaker, continued he,) you have been
raised in the Western country and lived in log cabin
and seen hungry mouse on trencher hunting
crumb of bread and [ponng to Mr. Profl there are
Just exactly such animals this ioor You have seen
another small anImal--
Mr. BOVINE inquired Of The Speaker if the gentle
man IN order:
Mir. ARNOLD inquired " hat The gentleman point
of order was lie sad lie only talking about small
unlmals-
Several gentlemen here addressed The Speaker, who
decided that
MT. y Il
Mr. b. said he did not propose deiain The House but
for few remarks. The House had wasted some egh,
or ten DAYS of time in discussion ofthe simple ques-
ton To what committee portion OF the Pfesiden,
Message should be- referred We had heard personal
allusions examinations, and ordinations; and where,
during all this time, was the dignity of the Represen.
,atycs Of the People Of the U. :. here assembled:
They heard from side OF this Hall the cry go forth
that the People were in Distress that ruin staes them
IN the face that the wheels Of Government will haVe to
sion: and what were the Peoples Representatives
doing: Why sitting here and wasting time in pro-
filess discnsson-a discussion which would be proper
at the proper time, but wholly irrelevant and
out of place BY the previous question The House had
soemnly said that the debate had endured long enough;
aud we gentleman getting up to move re-
consideration Of the voe not 10 vote for the reconsde-
ration himself, but to open this subject anew; not to
speak the question: bnt Tor personal attacks on midi
vdnal members Of tins House.
The Speaker had decided that this debate was not
strictly in order but that il must be allowed from The
latitude already taken. Had this decision been made
before the previous question sustained by the
House, ne (alr. b. should have submitted; but now
that the debate had been ended, and the question set
tied struck him that the decision singular one
This matter could profit them or The people nothing;
and he hoped for the honor oe House. and the credit
of The nation that the decision OF the Chair would not
be sustained.
Mr. BARTON Of Virginia obtained the foor and
rema rked that lie had been for years in public life, and
had never made the motion he intended, and
which he thought should be carried out OF sefrespect;
he moved tina, the House adjourn.
Which motion prevailing, pending the question on
the appeal,
The House adjourned.