Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-25

Ar C.prRTos rose aud SAID tina, the gentleman IRON,
Accomac had commenced BY asking whe'her he WV" NV
follow in the wake Of the professional ,'
CITY, Mr.. C. desired 10 know !. ,ne s Nv. ,.aL. of
,andsa 70 intimate that he would follow III the wake oi
remarked that he did not so understand
the gentleman from Accomac. :, ~, ,o,,,
Mr. BAyLY said that had he thouenl Tue ~:
,naan, 70 SANDER him, he would not notice II on TINS
g. IN. elsewhere Indeed, he thought he was per
hans rong in referring to others here whom lie "ou'
notice elsewhere. 49,, o,;a, for the pre.
ors question: but spoke in SO low tone as scaiee :,
., he heard amid the confusion then prevailing IN tue
b,n He referred to the remarks oil tue geii'ie.
from Preston who undertook to MAKE i sPeee" 60 g.,
the Bankrupt law, and embraced IN II every suuJ
connected with politics IN general VIZ ilos;,oe 81
that if nny evidence were required oil tne osPos =.
the Wbgs 10 economise the time oil The HOUSE, u We"
he found in the fact that at the close Oh 'la
thouoh many were disposed to do SO, no menioe c.,
Wing party rose 10 reply. Inc gen''eH'. anpcad
.r,yen,a moved the previous question AT an auf
;are IF the discussion and he (alr conceived 'ne',
Yas wide difference between calling Tor II 'hei' au
when n question had just been sprung uPo" ' -
Then too, the Previous Question was no. 49, a r.,
the resolution itself, but upon the '''e'e ''''
MIR F. said he not prepared TO vote on Va, ,h,
,ut;on He was not ready 10 give MS soie'" VIZ WI ;,
the Bankrupt law should not have oeen en 80
abr
:; ,h history of this country when such law was
,ed;ent and proper that time was the present ~
was unwilling to TO repeal measure "i'o. W. ~
unsbackle and emancipate thousands no" p'oe.a.e
utter and hopeless ruin he though. .at nccenta.
rbt he adopted that would render IT entireiy acoep
Me AGAIN he begged that the Previous QusS,'ou
might no, be put when the speeches on The
Ill been ON one side. For himself, ne should oppose
any HsIEap.y then obtained the door, for the pur-
oso as be said of making few remarks upon tue ''
preston sought be created by sevefai gef'Is ~
Thev declared themselves opposed 10 Tue llrsous
Question Why They said they wished TO aise !n@
.t.o.oln,;on and TO offer amendments--thus oi""s
the hoodpa,es of debate. Not long s,noe' l =,
would recoec they declared thrinSeieS ,,p,p
,be discussion Of Federal Relations III 'l' u,, -,
~. ,hn, nev, could be offered on the suelecl' anu
t. ,har the House nor the country would be en-
,Hs,anad hv q debate Did the Democrats, asked MT
II desire discussion, They did not VIVA. so,. ~ .
debate was it that they had been accused oy Tue
&c ',;sh;n1 70 cut off: A debate, which they (ihe
Wh;asl had declared would do no good, ana whch hau
been Termed by one Of the gentlemen, iaie ana
THE Democrats he repeated, only desired 10 come ~
vote on the question; without an elaborate ana pro-
longed Debate This disposition Oh ant'l ~ a ho Ind
.noLen in favor of the motion 10 take up the 'eso'uo
of the gentleman from Preston. II gentenien' Nv.
.ror were DISPOSED TO have DEBATE, let 'ilei' VIZ
down the motion for the previous aOnd the re-
neonle would then know upon whom res'ea tue !, re-
nons;b;Itv of wasting the time OF the House III us
chasing subject about which members were so wen
agreed. ,, ,.. ha had hoen
MIR CArERros rose and remarked that ne hau oeeh
ar unfortunate as not hear the reply OF the gentleman
Of Accomac his nterrogatory he asked nun 'ne's'
fore to repeat what he then SAID
M RAyLY wished to know what reply the gentleman
referred TO. .r.;,a
ed to intimate that slanaereo MN " ioo " "
wake of any sandcrer. 80,
Mr BAyLy ! did not charge the gentleman VITA
slandernr me Had he done 50, would nave noucea
Il in another way Ifhe is not satisfied with that reply
he get no other. a.; ao
d hut inst and proper TO state that through the nteIpo
,tion OF mutual friend Monday the dlihcuily aio
misunderstanding between Messss Capefton ana Dayly
was amcaby aad satisfactorily adjusted IN tne ROUSE
The debate was then continued By Mr. fEEB', VINO
rofssed his reluctance to speak at all on the occasion
lie protested against the test insisted upon oy more
thnn one gentleman who had addressed the House
that the responsibility of the discussion rested on te
Who's On whom did 1t really iaiI: on lhose ""'
hid amused the introduction Of Federal relations from
tho yery outset, and who now perseVsfeo IN he'r op
nos;t;on 10 the consideration OF all suc suoscts SURE
an,, The gentleman from Louisa, however, hac
said the Democrats did not wish dScusson o'l "o'o
come to direct vote. The professions o, gentlemen
o,v It,le accorded with their Practice however, since
49, had entered into au elaborate and proiracied dis
cnss;on Now under such circumstances lie lMt. i
protested against being confined to single proposon
e tho resolution had to be considered ne preferred
that an opportunity should be afforded oil aooP.ns
in the most acceptable form 10 tne iiouss ,"u W
n,-r Auain-npain he asked, had not the preoic
lions Of himself and those acting win nun, oee seI
sd, Did they moi, the first mention o federa
pala,ons foreiell the long debate, trouble ana uiii
nnltv which had come to pass Ought they not 10 o'
CHARGED with it, who first agated the snnjec,: w n '
o, Tho frankness in saying that the responsibility a''
=, the door of the Wing party: lie called upon I'M
country to say what Ind been The Oh n'
course pursued by gentlemen OF the opposition party
r. n-otes,ed against the test which gentlemen wel
naaa vor;ng TO force upon US, by means OF i'eSou
nSss,;on and gag.law worse than caient ana stee'
Tic r,eed himself from the responsibility oil having d."
aasocv in these proceedings lie lald II a. lne prop
door Upon the gentlemen from iies'o" III a.; :
uoI' all who had introduced resolutions eaoing
anu uPoA n,ns rest the responsibility OF consumin
n 80 ~ The House and wasting the money OF III
lne l Tic ;n,roducers ofresouons, and none otner
Pms, ho resnopsible That was the gfoupa oi VIM
he stood. and meant tc urge upon the cohS1e'ao0'
his people ,c..,,,ahe comnetent shout
the main question be now o'ue''"'
he intended TO give.
The SPEAKER answered. no. IT. >,
Mr McRAr then said, that he should vote for the re
o,,,;on before the House without dIicuty stniine
tho same time, that he much preferred tue eo 80
.nhm;t,ed by the gentleman from Fauqu'er; lhoeee
Ia honed IN see 1t amended so as to embrace wa
nost;on He should vote to sanction q repeai OF III
Psant Rank rupt Law; but he did not thereoy inte"
r. ,,ress The opinion that it would be good ana oene
Sc;al in its effect "Suicent unto the day is tue e'
thereof" -, :, re,,v I
az aan,lem.n from Northampton, the question was 70
~, o the motion for the Previous Question ana oe
c;ded in the negalive-Ayes 6l, noes 3D.
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