Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-01-13


l.. hi.,5!S .a,., IT,. would oee4s.o" de'4y' be
had Q. ohjecloa tia. the gentleman SHOULD nave
leave to put ia his report; ont the pending qhesuo" es-
iug Tor The ecrmfa'u,ant d the report, t4t motion
sh uld be d, c;dad ef,mai'v, The gentleman woulu
MT be under the necess y 9. "aS!"s uno.'y vfo'
becanse the rvcomIil;uisi wotl1 'hf"" Tue Ha''s'
back before the committee.
Lea:e "a, s--an;ed /, inroduce The minority report;
ano tho House hen proceed 70 the consideration OF
Tie ordee Of the drv.
M,. A. v BROWN who Lad the Goor, observed
that ,ae propos Of ,hr gentleman 'r"a fi'sn'i,
tAlr. US L. .a'hlt tuoFity reqait IN hts i!a:i-
ii lds,ueot gresty 80: Of ne question before The
.iuus ard he had s;Fooe d,r5s Whether u would n'
te belt r 10 rcs'?c"e tny 'utiaef ecuon on '"'
.uhiect I'm sucn ns when the whole oil II should Oe
teiose them
Mr.. CLINTON obscrved that il the gentlemen
would give way, he would nose 70 postpone 'hr in;
ihcr consde; Of the subject, I'll the -3i OF '''S
month.
M- ELMER inquired whether tie molten would not
require vote Of two-'hlrds.
The SPEAKER sad that il would not.
Mr.. ADAMS. Not take vote o. two-ta'fas, MIR
Sneaker, 10 pos pnna 10 a day certain:
The SPEAKER ihought II would not
Mr. ADAMS. The proposition is II postpone 10 q
day certain this day Two weeks Does inc Iha'
think this proposition change the order OF business
ch has been taken up by vote OF Two th'fds, can
be carried by majority
The SPEAKER thought tina. when sni.]scs WIS un-
der consideration by the House, though II lsh' De a
special ORDER further consideration might De post
p,ned by mainyiy vote. the subject howe vef' ~'n'a
no, lose Il; character Of special order; though The
House could, any time, by majority, postpone 'he
order OF business.
Mr.. ADAMS appealed from The decision Of the
Chair
The SPEAKER said he could refer the gentleman
To IL least 80 cases in wbct the House. by ority,
had postponed a special order
Mr.. ADAMS knew of no such cases. He thought
the position Q: The Speaker destroyed totally the rule
which required vote oil tHo-nrcs 10 change t'e o''e
cf business .
Dir. vINTON inquired whether this proposition II
postponed would require vote OF Nv thirds 10 take
itup.
The SPEAKER The proposition, ii postponed Will
come up on the day 10 which IT may be postponed as
the special order.
Mr., WHITE addressed The Chair in favor Of the ap-
peal and in opposition t, iha decision Of The Char
Mr. BROWN of Ia. moved to lag the whole subject
on the table
Mr. WHITE called for the ycas and nays which
were ordered
Mr. W. then asked if i, would require vet, Of
two-ihrds take up, should the SUBJECT be la'c OF
The table.
The SPEAKER answered, that it would require a
vote OF two-,hrds TO take it up out of its order
Me BELSER inquired whether the existing rules
would remain in force the motion to lay on The liable
pre- vailed.
The SPEAKER replied 10 the affirmative.
The question was then taken and decided IN the ne
pative-yeas 76 nays l07 as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Barrnger, Beser, Bidlaek, James
Black, James A Back, Blackwell Boss'er, Bower
Boalin Boyd jacob Brinkerhof, Aaron V. Brown
Milton Brown, William j. Brown, Burke, Burt
CALDWELL, Campbell, Reuben Chapman, Augustus a.
Chapman, Cobb Coles, Cuom Daniel, Dawson,
Deberry, Dde;, Dickinson. Flckin, French, Gilmer,
HARRISON, henley, Houston, Hubbard, Hughes jane
son, Cave johnson, George w Jones, kennedy La
btanchs Iesis, Lucas, i.umrkiu, McCernand, Mic
Council, McKay, Murphy, Newton, Norris, Owen,
Payne, David Reid, Redng, Relic, Russell, saan-
ders, Sener, Simpson, Sildel, Robert Smih, S;een-
rod, Stephens, Su.9, Stone, Strong, Summers, tay-
lor, Thnmasson, Thompson Tbbs'ts, Weller, Went
WORTH Wise, Woodward, and fost-76.
.Ndus-Messrs. Adams, Anderson, Ashe, Barnlrd,
Bsa.dslev Benton, Edward J Black, Bfodhead, Je-
remain Brown, Burlington, Cary, Carol, Catin,
Chiffon, Chngman, Clinton, Co!lamer, Cranston,
Dana, Garrett DAVIS, Richard D. DAVIS Dean, Dckcy,
Dillingham;, Duncan, Dunlap, Ellis, Elmsr, FarIee,
Green Byram Green, Gsinnell, Order, Hale, Hainn,
Hardin, Harper, Hays, Herrick, HuSbell, Hudson,
Hungerord, Washington Hunt: James b Hunt,
Charles J. lngersol, Joseph R. Ingers,, Irwin,
jerks, Peilsy Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Preston
King, Daniel P KING, Kirkpatrick, Leonard Lyon
McCauslen sIaclay, McCslland, Mcdowell, Nell
vaine, Marsh, Edward ] Morris, Joseph Morris,
Morse, Moseley, Murphy. Mes, Parmenter, Patterson,
Pest Phpnix, Elisha r. Potter, Emery D. Potter,
Pratt, Ramsey, Ra,hbuu, Charles NJ. Read, Ritter,
Rodney, Rogers, pie, Schenck, Severance, Jhos
II. Seymour, David l.. Seymour, Smons Albert
Smith, John T. Smith, Stetson, Andrew Stewart,
Ter, vnton, Nheason, White, Williams, W
William Wright, and Joseph A. Wright-lO7.
So the subject not laid on the table.
The appeal Of the gentleman from Massachusetts,
MIR Adams] from the decision Of the Guar that ma
joy vote could postpone this subject to TINS day two
weeks and give then the prec' dence which IT had
this morning. up tie next question: and on this
a brief conversation onsued in which Nlessrs. WISE,
J. CAMPBELL SAUNDERS, ADAMS. BLACK,
CLINGMAN, WHITE, MCDOWELL, CLINTON,
JAMESON, HAMLlN and the SPEAKER took part
The decision OF the Speaker then sustained by the
House.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
The first business order the reference OF the
various portions oil the Presidents Message 10 appro
PIRATE cornmitees-the clause imms dately under
sderaton being the reference oil 50 much Of M mes
sage relates TO the Improvements OF the Western
lakes and rivers, TO the COMMITTEE Oh Commerce.
Mr.. w ELLER, who entiil-d tae floor, adj
dressed the committee at length, and followed by
Messrs. WENTWORTH, SEYMOUR, and BAR
NARD, when
Mr.. FlCkLlN obtained the floor, upon whose
ton the committee rose, and the House adjourned