Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-02-06
prHfiC LANDS.

The committee proceeded 10 Inc consiueiI.ioa
OF the bill TO graduate the price OF puonc iaio' -
favor Of actual settlers ard culliyatois'
After some debate in which MesSrs = IN ~ =,
Maine, TIIOMASSON, STEW an u Z a'1
PAYNE participated, =, ,,,,,ss
rose: and The Speaker having resumed Inc chaif'
| the gentleman from Ohio submitted rcsolu'ioh'
which was adop,ed 10 terminate The deoa'e 70,
| morrow al one O'clock, when the commune shai'
nroceed 10 vote on The amendments pehuiho VI
which may be offered. ..d ,ho
Mr.. SEYMOUR Of New York Opposed 'he
bill. There was now alreadya large 9uah'". =,
lands in the market, and which hau long oeei
open for sale in the land ds'rlcts. =. - 49,
that this bill would increase inc evil amu n@''
tendency still further 10 benelil lic si,e'
Mr.. d. L. SEYMOUR conli'ueo VIZ -
opposition 10 The BILL
MIR JAMESON replied I'D =, ii.
Mr. HaMI.IN obtained The floor; and on MS
| motion the Commillee rose ana iePoi'eu p'0-
sress. c.,o rece;ved their
first and second readings and were referred 10 P-
| propriate committees. ....,.a o,,;on
He moved 10 reconsider the vote on laying on ihe
table the resolutions OF the LOUISIANA Lesisia'u'e
| on the subject OF the annexation VI AeAds.
-
reconsidsra,ion of these resolutions was 10 notice
certain assertions which he found in The Globe
This morning rs having passed in this building IN
relation n he lae Presidential election in Loul-
! siana.
| mir slile alluded 10 the remarks OF Senator
Barrow If I.onisana, made in the Senate yeslcr-
day relative 10 eciion frauds in LOUISIANA pup-
| lished in the Globe oflasl evening. The rules
Of the House precuded MIR. S. from speaking OF
what had taken place in the Senate.
Mr.. SCHENCK called Mr.. Slideli 10 ORDER.
Mr.. sLlDELL said he did not lniena 10 Vio-
late the rules Of order if he should DO SO lhe
| Spcoher would call him 10 order. lie hao not
been willing 10 intrde petty party squabbies INTO
the discussion OF so grave Subject as me an
nexa,ion Of an extensive territory and gallant
people to this confederacy; and for that reason
f for no other, would he have declined replying
10 The illusions made 10 election frauds IN Lou
isiana BIZ an. honorable gentleman iromNoftn "a
roina Other considerations, too, existed lot
such forbearance, which would readily Suggest
themselves 10 Inc House.
Rnt The source from which the wholesale
charge OF fraud IN the Globe emanacs, impera,,
lively required that il should be promptly noticed
and repcled. =. ~
lie denied, then, emphatcally, that the late
election in Louisiana had been carried by fraud.
He asserted that The Democratic electors received
= larger majority Of legal votes than The Official
canvass indicates. He would freely admit that
there may have been, and probably were, lnstan-
ces Of illegal votes cast fer the Democratic ticket
Such instances always occurred in every warmly
contested election, and more especially IN districts
where parties are not nicely Balanced. bul ne
did deny that the leaders OF the Democratic party
in Louisiana either encouraged or sanctioned
such illegal voting Ii was true that arrangements
had been made by The Democratic party 10 give
property qualification TO persons having he other
constitutional requisites as electors; but IN so do
ing thew were only acting partially, and in com
paratively limited district, upon system which
the Wings had organized throughout the Stale.
He had no doubt whatever, that il balance
could have been struck of every vote on either
side, illegally rejected or illegally received, The
result would have been large addillon TO Inc
Democratic majority in the State OF LOUISIANA.
He had no disposition 10 occupy The time OF inc
House By entering into details which would.
probably iuteres, no one there; and lie would,
therefore, reserve any more ex ended explanation
until he should have seen from some responsible
person a more definite charge than had yet been
made.
He would rot indulge in the acrimonious Ian
aussc which had been used in another part oil ms
building, and to which the rules oil his Hcuse
would no, permit him more particularly 10 re-
fer. Some paiaiion for II might perhaps DC
found in The bitterness of disappointed hopes
Blu, he should feel that he was not doing justice
10 the Democracy Of Louisiana, il he did not de-
clare i, TO be his solemn and deliberate convc-
ton, that nine.enths of all election frauds that
have ever been perpetrated in that State were OF
Wing origin, and in favor OF Wing candidates
Mr. S. then withdrew his motion.
DISTRICT COURT OF LOUISIANA.
Mr.. SAUNDERS, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported bill from The Senate entitled
An act 10 repeal the act for the better orsaniza-
ton OF the District court of the United States for
the dstric, OF Louisiana; and,
On motion BIZ Mr.. SLlDELL, the bill was
put uron its passage, and read The third time, and
passed.
The House adjourned.