The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1844-01-05

Mr.. Brown, OF Tennessee, moyed TO lay
,he resolution on the table, which motion
he withdrew nj tho request Of
Jr. Smith, of Illinois, who said he re-
presented number OF Germans, and
thought il proper 10 print IL German. He
was surprised TO see the opposition made
n tha resolution. Ii was due TO a re-
soeclable and worthy class Of eur citizens
,bsl il should be adopted.
Mr.. Beardsley opposed The resolution.
i was Just as proper 10 print in the French
he Spanish, the Italian, Sec. as German.
The Germans, he believed, we're good citi-
gens but the English was the language of
Inc country, aud the Germans should ne
onire il. The documents would be print.
Ell il the German newspapers, and Ia thar
form would reach this class Of persons.
Mr.. J. lngcrsoIl made some remarks
| in favor ofihe resolution.
A motion was made to lay he resolution /.
on the II Bile. The vote was taken on this
motion by yeas and nays, and decided IN
|ihc negative: Yeas 81, nays 80.
Mr.. Weller called for the previous
Il lesiion and there was second.
MANY inquiries were here made of the
hair what was The state of the question
cfore the House.
Mich confusion in The order of business
a,ins occurred, on account ol the mod ii.
/ .'ion Of tie original resolution and the a.
kianjmenis by the authors Of them, as the
,cussion progressed
The Char remarked that there were
rec positions before the IloEsc---firs, the
rsolliion 10 print 5000 copies Of the
Message IN German; TO which an amend.
cui aas Offered, 10 include the same mum.
j. Of the reports of The heads Of the De. :
|rlments; and an amendment TO the a. \
(eadmeni, 10 print 1000 copies Of both :
The tgeuch.
The discussion was continued by Messrs. Y
dell, Thompson, Bidlaek, aud other J
|nbers. y,
Mr.. Barnard, Of New York, said, in op. .
|slng the resolutions, that we were an
|gla.Salon race, and We should preserve 81
| language We derived from our ances. u
! 5. He was opposed to doing any thing,
-alaed 10 Introduce distinct and scpa.
e Interests aud feelings among the pop.
Ion Of our country. When ioreige.
|cmigralcd here he desired 10 see him II
outlying himself, not only with the I'D
ba.iy, but With It's language ALSO We tc
|u|I be homogeneous people. Rul n H.
Flll portion Of the people could not read ),
slist, who could read at all. Ii the -
|ws of gentlemen were carried out, III
|uld member be elected 10 this House, 30
, could not read tho English language, er
Would be necessary 10 conduct the pro. III
|dings IN two languages. These are but wi
|@ OF the points made by Mr.. Il. It's
pr. Wise moved to lay the resolution i.e
amendments on the table. The vote on i
motion vas taken by yeas aud nays, SIN
a there vas tie vote. The Speaker 90
p IN the affirmative and gave the pre-. tai
|ie!aucc ~ the affirmative. The rcso. the
b and amendments were therefore laid me
be table. The
yctal resolutions were offered by dil. IRE
70 members aud laid on tho Clerks vo,
hy general consent. MIR. Rhett, Of 10
+ Carolina, offered one, directing the
a'licc Of Ways aud Means TO inquire RI.
The tvpedicncy Of resembling the Ia.
ass u 1912, aad 10 lieu of the same, an,
passage Of another, imposing rs a max.
h rate Of duties on imports, 20 per 70
cd valorcm. pre-
jceuon was made to is reception. toll
l.. RAcit moved TO suspend the rules, the
L to enable him TO Introduce IL. pot
4 tia, motion the yeas and nays were req
bred. The vote being taken the mo. frc
dad aol carry, ayes ~ noes ] 80 as fol. sid
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|EAS- McsFrs Asho, Atkinson. Bolscr, l. the
lack, a Blaca, Blackwell. Rover, Bow she
Floyd Jacob Brinkerhpod, A. V Brown. W zoe
|o3n, Burke, Burt. Campbell, II. Chapman
Chapman, Cobb, Cross, Gallon, Daniel =,
Il Davis, J. ". DAVIS, Dcan, Dcberfy "
hso0, Douglsss. Duncan Dunlap. Fickln. sla
bon, Henley, licrick, liolsses. Ilogc, tions In
tiahafd, Hughes, J. u Hunt, Jameson. G. A.
seH, 4. Johnson. Geo. v. Jones Kennedy
Is, Laels, Lumpkin MaeIay. Mcclellan. 81
| .ernand, Mcdowell. J J. Mckay, Mathews, STA
= Murphy, Norris, Owen, Petit. D. s. Reid, fur
|ns, Rhe,t, st, John, Saunders, r. II Sey. do,
Z simpson. 7, Smith, r. Smith, s,ccnrod, ~.
Stone, Strong Taylor. Thompson, Wei '''
" ehtN 9th, Wise, WOodward-77 rel
Afa-- Nesrs. Adams, Anderson, Birriuu the
afard, Belrdsgy, Benton. Biilaek, James III
(, Booier, Brodhe1d. NJ. Brown, J Brown. "a.
lngto1, Caldrul, Cary, Carroll. cailiu, Cuap.
Chiffon, Clingman, Clinton, Collamer, 70
Is'on, Dana, x. u. Davis, Dcllet, Diekev, the
1gham, Ellis, Elmer, Faflee Fish, Florence, 50,
Foster French, Prick. W Green, d Green, 90,
fnell' Grder Hamlin, Hardin, Harper. HAYS, =.
|slns, liubbell, Hudson, llungcrford Wash. ~
lon Hunt, q. J. lngersoll, J H. Iugorsor, II. -
Ienks T. johnson, +, King, d. T.. King. an
patrick, Labfanehe McCauslen, McIlyaine. III,
Morris, J. Morris. Mosolcy. Ncs, Newton.
pnedter, Paterson, Peyton, Phnnix, T.. r.
'ef, z D Potter, Pratt, Purdy. Ramsey. Raul. co
= A. Reed, Relic, Ritter, Robinson, Rus su
sample, Scntef, D. J.. Seymour, Smons.
'aH, a. Smith, j. I. Smith, stephens, Stat.
A. stewart, J Stewart. Sykes 'fnomassun,
h.us Iidon. Tyler, Vance, Vanme,er, Vim. s,f
"aealon, White. Williams. Wilkins, Win.
|p' "m' Wright, J. A. Wright, Yosi -.lOT tfi