Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-02-09

| DrrrG,TISN MUST HAVE coNcGR"hn - ,own
t,.aa In, q. ,,r. Calhoun, which II was 80 ~,
.,,,a n,ir,mcau, the united vote oil inc 'ou'o,
n u,,.n;r,i;y vas all important, rs we 10 T.
n,trn hc-;. told, wh, not unlIe on IA W.. e.s
,.;h ichich no man con .tnd J@la al
mother. wih the measures oi WHICH, "ss;hlc
-. :, ia representations, II was i'hP".'. -,
ls''o -, - .hn,,d he sstis6edl mcagre ma]oriy
'.,a' a.. r7 c.rried Mr.. Caihouns address over
S1r Rerriens, after the latter had been u"a" na
mousIy recommended by the com;nI!lese VI n,r Al
from each State. The entire vote IN ~ ,h;rd
INC adop1ed report, did not amount 70 Wv. four
or tho Southern delegation. Oh the ."'' IA No,
~. nrcspme.. there was not man Who 70.
,yree viii the sentiments Of Mr.. oer''e orar
nor,s where then was that ireho'ns noh
,,oss FIR nnanj,nity. of which we near - ~, -
WHEN A REPORT UPON WHICH IT "As .iao and an
-, vou,n .aaEE. was thrust asioe' alu "a
n,her mon which it was clearly ase e -,
here wauId be division, substituted 10. ~ ,ho
.Was !, after All. mere afectatlon' o'' -.
,b;rtv. eur in very TRUTH not desire ,n1 uaa
mi,y Of which they spoke so much was 'ae sa
object. from tie beginning to maze oap''A''
NOT 10 suhserye the ends OF palrlo'lshh
We hope The read or vii. note these ren,a'A :,
well We are hero told that the tone w
Mr.. Berricus Address is such as no SCUM
crn man need be ashal ued to adopt" "aa'
6ut the spuit of |ae..oe 'atd hGre 1e1eclsN l"s
d,.s-1a address, ptta The sentiments ~ i0r'e"
eps,v man + tie Soutis,n det ga''on mus AaOs
cotcuriea?'
We will look to the proceedings OF the
,,o,,ber, members, and see what was The course
OF the Wings favorites, Messrs Preston & Co.,
towards an address thus strongly characterized.
Al the meeting of the 18th January, lmme
disely after the reading of MIR. Calhoun's Al
dress, with the avowed object OF defeating all
action on The part Of Southern members;
oMr CLAYTON moved to lay tho whole SUBJECT
a. the table The yeas and nays being de-
uanded, the motion was rejected yeas 70
nays 80.
sThose who voted in the affirmative arc
"Messrs. Clayton, Spruance, Pearce, h.
Johnson, Metcalfe, Underwood, Bell. Chapman
Crisfeld, Roman, Goggin, Clingman, l. b.
King, Barringer, Stephens, Foombs, Wore
head, Barrow, Cooke, Crozier, Gentry, Has
kell, Cabel, Flornoy and Preston-2o."
ALI Wings.
After this vote, Mr. Berrien moved to recon-
nit the original Address, with the view OF suo-
| s,itutiug one Of the character Of that he hnally
presented His motion prevailed. And at once
with the purpose of breaking up the meeting
and preventing further action, Mr.. Stephens
moved that the meeting adjourn sine die. The
yeas and nays being demanded, it was decided
in the negatiye-yeas 20, nays 49,
| Those who gocd in The affirmative arc--MessrS.
| CLAYTON. .Sprnance, Pearce R. Johnston, un-
derwood lIecalc, Bell, Chapman, Girls
field, Roman, Gogsin, T. 3. King, Stephens,
Toombs Morphead, Barrow, Cooke, Crcz'er,
| Gentry Haskell and Pyeston-20.-All Wings.
On the 22t Of January the meeting again con.
yened. MIR. king, chairman Of the Commute OF
fifteen, reported an address 10 The people Of the
States, which he committee recommended as
] substitute for the address which was read At the
| last meeting The address was read by Mr.. ber-
| ren, the chairman nt the sub.comnttee.
| With what reception did this address, wnicn
the Wing culcgizes 50 highly, meel3 Let the
| history OF In, transaction answer. The Union
says:
"Mr. Bayly explained the moives when had
| influenced him and others oil The committee, IN
| acouiescing in The report OF the substitute. he
| had yoted aginst it Ill The committee; out ne was
| oyerruled The hope was hell out that Inc SUD-
slitute would remove the objections 81 nose VINO
| mad opposed the first address; and thai II the
friends oi the latter should agree 10 This adoption,
an apn.uxilnation 10 unanimhy among southern
pco,bers would b. attained, and toe movement
| III, diyesled Of The slignles, appearance OF party
He considered this 81 essential in every respect,
,ha. he was prepared 10 Surrender ms strong
preference Tor the original address, and over.
come his decided objection TO some features OF
The substitute, To attain 50 desirable resuu.
Blu, be hal taken the prccaullou 10 inform me
committee il it was no, likely Ia b4 attained, ne
should fail back on his original position
Mr. venable made similar explanation.
How was this overture me'f
Mr.. Bayly was followed by Mr.. Gentry OF
Tennessee, who also explained his position. lie
had agreed to the report Of the substitute; but
he reserved 10 himself however, the right to
oppose it in the meeting, it, upon reflection, ne
should co lclude that its adoption was unwise
He had come 10 the conclusion to oppose am
action.
Mr.. Stephens expressed himself as still OPP
posed TO any action; and to test the sense OF the
meeting on that point, he moved correspond
in, re olulioa, which is as follows:
"Resolyed, That It is inexpelient at this
time for any address TO be published by the re
representatives. of the slayehoding States, or that
any action should be adopted apart from our
proceedings 10 the respective Houses Of Con
| gress
Sir. Bayly moved to sy Iris resolution on
The table; and Il, jcas and nays being de-
manded, it was decided in the Affirmative
yeas SO, nays Is.
Those who voted in the negative arc
Messrs. Metcalfe, Underwood, .Rusk, Flour
noy, Gogsin Preston, Clingman, John w.
Jones. I. b. King, stephens, Toombs. tiilliard
Morehead, Cooke, Crozier, McLane, Roman
and Chapman-i8.
All Wings, except Ru.t and McLane.
After the rejection Of dc. billiards motion
to ad iourn 10 the % OF February, Mr.. King
of Alabama, moved to strike out the address
submitted to the last meeting, and insert as o
substitute that read by .lr. Berren to this meet.
ing.
The yeas and nays being demanded, it was
decided in the nesatwe-yeas 81, nays "a.
Those iu the affirmative arc
Mes.rs Berrien, Metcalfe, Turney, Johnson
; of Louisiana, Downs, Foote, King, Sebastian,
Rusk, S. Houston, Flournoy, Fulton, Pendleton
Daniel, Hara son, Hill, Cabell, Kaufman,
Clark. Mcdowell Ligon, Iversou, Cling9an
and Hillard--27.
will any body tell us, what had become of
Messrs. Underwood, Goggan, Preston, J. W.
Jones, 7. B. King, Steuhens, Toombs, More.
head. Cooke, Crozier Ron and Chapmani-
All OF these twelve voted on the preceding rsso
luton, and if they had voted on this for Mr.
! porr;.n,. Address II mould hare been 0dopted