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

Mr. Duheld next discussed the question Of
appeal.
Mr. Fisher next got the floor, and address
ed The house for some Time on the same side,
Mr. Mathews followed in reply.
MT Smiley then replied to Mr. Mathews
When he concluded, Mr. Matthews follow
ed in replication.
After some further discussion, the House
adjourned to 10 o'clock tomorrow.
- WEDNESDAY,, Feb 10, 1912.
In The House this morning, Mr. Williams, from
the committee on the Planters Bank, made long
IePOFt, Of which $500 copies were ordered to De
printed.
Mr. Boyd dissented, as one Of the committee,
and gave notice that he should present counter
report.
Mr. Harvey presented minority report on the
Union Bank bonds, OF which 25OO copies were
ordered q be printed.
Mr. Briscoe offered q resolution to change the
rules Of the House, 80 as to enable bare MAORI !
y TO sustain the call for the previous question
Mr. Oldham raised point OF order, and de-
nounced the motion.
The chair decided the resolution in order, and
it lies over one day.
Mr. Hargrovo called up the resolution from the
Senate, to al Ourn on the 2lst instant,
Mr. Williams moved TO strike out the 2lst and
insert the nth instant.
After considerable discussion on adjournment,
the censuring resolutions of yesterday were taken
u2, and postponed for few minutes to take into
consideration several messages from the Senate,
which were acted upon.
The House then adjourned to 3, P. M.
AT o'clock, the consideration Of the censuring
resolutions IVere postponed to IL O'Clock tO-mOr-
row, whereuPOn Mr. Briscoe sent to the clerks
desk paper endorsing the resolutions of censure,
signed by Is or 90 anti-hOndeTs, which he desired
should 60 on the journals This proposition to
censure the wing members by ndrectiOn, was at
once met and exposed; after which it was with
drawn.
The bill to prevent fraudulent bankruptcies
was then taken up in committee of the whole
discussed at some length,-and laid on the table.
A quantity Of other business was transacted du-
nng the day--Of not much importance, however.
The resolutions Of censure will come up to-
morrow, as well as Briscoe's resolution to change
the rules Of the House.
Nothing important transpired in the Senate.
THURSDAY, Feb. IL, I842.
AS soon as the journal was read this morning,
the Speaker called up the journal Of Tuesday, and
called the attention Of the House to the fact that
Mr. TOmpkins' amendment to BesaneOn's resOlu-
tons Of censure was spread upon it. He declar-
cd that as the amendment had been declared out
Of CldeT, ithad no right on the journal, and asked
If the House would correct.
Gen Stewart and a number Of the whig men,
ben Immediately protested against this measure
as gross violation of the CONSTITUTIONS and an in
famous outrage upon tue IlBnla Ol inc HllHOlAty'
The Speaker decided that the question was not
debateable. Several members raised point oil
order.
MessrS Williams and Clarke contended that the
time for correcting the journal had passed by. II
IL could be corrected at all, 1t should have been
done yesterday.
The chair ruled this motion down.
Several members appealed from this decision
but the chair refused to put the appeal,
Gen Williams then asked If the journal exhlb'
tied correct report OF what occurred on Tuesday
To this the Speaker answered it did.
Gen Williams then asked if the journal was ic
be mutilated because it did not present the facts
properly, or a matter of form!
To this the Speaker replied that the facts were
properly presented, but that it to be corrected
as matter Of form.
The question was then put, will the House
strike the amendment from the journal!
Upon this question, the ayes and noes were de
manded, and the journals Of the House of Repre-
sentaves, which by the constitution it is required
TO keep, was nIUtiLGted by vote of as to &c.
As soon as this vote was announced, the viii
members commenced retiring from the hall.
Mr. Montgomery, from Oktibbeha, rose and coll
ed on the whig members to leave the hall and at
tend a meeting at Gen'l StewaT's room in te
minutes. This call was Immediately responde
TO, and the wings retired in body.
Mr. Mcintyre moved call of the House, an
that the SergeOnt-at- Arms be sent after the ali
sentees. The ma Ority, however, very PRUDENT
declined acting on this motion.
The wings met in few moments at Genera
Stewards room, and held a consultatlOn as to III
proper course to be pursued, and returned to the
places in the hall.
AS soon as they had resumed their seats, Gen
Stewart demanded that the resolutions of censul
be taken up and acted upon forthwith. He d.
clared that the minority were now resting undo
an implied censure, and they desired the vote
be taken Immediately.
The chair decided that the orders Of the da
must be suspended, and that it would require tolG
ffthS.
Messrs Dufield and Mount declared that the r.
solutions of censure took precedence Of all order
They were the unfinished business of yesterda
and were only postponed to IL O'Clock, NJ; the
must come up.
Pending this motion, some one moved to adoul
10 3 O'Clock, p.
The ayes and noes were demanded upon Il
motion to adjourn, and the motion lost.
Gen Stewart pressed his motion to call up Il
resolutions Of censuTe, andthe ayes and noes b
ing demanded, the motion prevailed.
The House having consented to take up the r
solutions, motion TO adjourn to 3 o'clock w
made and carried.
At 3 O'Clock the House went into considerable
Of the censure resolutions, when Mr. MATHEW
moved 90 postpone the whole matter indefinitely
Several speeches were made in favor of postp
ming. They we're willing to say, that, as the viii
m10 GuuSGAGAuOuS AAEotlNGsS tuey 6nOu
not be censured.
Messrs BriscOe, Boyd and Mcintyre opposed d
pOstponement. L.#...
MT Coleman said he thought contempt h.
been committed, but looking 10 the good of 4
country alone, he was anxious to get rid Of Il
exciting question.
M Mount replied 10 MesSrs Leake and III
grove in indignant terms, and said
Il desire the ear Of the Speaker one nome
for the. honor OF myselts my honorable cOnstii
ents. whom ia part represent on ths floor, as W
a for the consideration Of the people at large,
distinctly and uHequiVocally cay, that the e