Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-11-14

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On the first day of February, ls45-the session beo,s
Colonel Johnson member-a bill TO provide aoye,r
mcnt for Oregon before the House of Representative
in Committee Of the Whole. Tie Congressional GLoss
page 232 says:
"rhc 9Th section being under consideration
"9r. WISruRop moved an amendment, 10 add proyi.,
that slavery involuntary scrvtude except for the pun
ment of crime whereof The party shall be duly conyrt
shall not exist in said Territory. ~
This provso carried in Committee OF the Whole by
OF IS TO So Twodays afer-to wit the Sd Of Fb
lSi5-he bill before the House. We quote from w.,
Congressional Globe, p. 236 ''
lhe next amendment being tha, adopted BY the commit
motion of Mr. Winthrop added The 9TH section rh
following proviso -
'iroriGcd ho,sercr. That there shall n,i,ho, +, ~
nor involuntary scrvitudc in The said Territory o,he-
than in The punishment of Crimes whereof The norv h
have been duly convicted" ~
This the Winthrop proriSo. Ii aroed n ,.,,;,,
north Of the Missouri Compromise line. Nj Wimn,i ny
viso intended to apply to any territory ACQUIRED ,
Mexico, whether north or south OF that line NJ Nm
throps provisn adopted without dlicalt; or ii
nasmuch il had no praciica! effect; and hen tho I'm
tanning it, passed The House by The decisive y,, ~
proof positive that sectional issl" was .nol,
volvcd. Casting eyes over the list O: ;hos. ,, ~
for the BILL we these names: Atkinson NJ VIZ;
Black of South Carolina, Linn BuyG 4 Y n,' S ~
Caldwell Cobb, John W. Davis NIunr,, u,aJ' I nul'
din Hopkins Hubbard, Cave Johnson .t ., >'", iiaf-
Morse, Reid. Rhett, Woodward of Sn,h = HH""nson,
f"ncey OF Alabama Is 1t Pgspos"so,s 20 snnnn n
these woGi have vote. Ter the Wino, proyisnp va
the RcnnOnu papers Chi i."n having
the restriction n The Ofcg"u I'LL. To-! watch Col Jolnsa
voted, was identical "!i IL, provision u the bill nn,'
ell above Tie truth Is l4t III. W.!ma, proyiso had va
been heard OF when either this l!c that FOR which Cno,i
Johnson voted was passed The southern mcN,tc.. NAV.
no issue OF the Winthrop prGrsO. .Eey kntw that The Nj
sour! Compromise eXcu,i.d slavery from Oregon Ccia,I
Johnson voted against Sr. Wnhrop's proyso a> oi:rnya
sulpnsage; but Ike The gentlemen whose names Ne han,
mentioned above, he did think il r.h. leave Ory,n
detenccss because OF the anstica feelings whs .o
| rite.
BY request, PUBLISH from The Enquirer he 18Th ana
20th of January ISIS, the following proceedings Of lie
House of Delegates, bill ITO d.:r.: til" expenses N
Cured al York, the reception OF Genery Lafayette
tslOl7S"
SATURDAY. JAS. Is lS25.
The bill providing r tie pay:rHt Of certain expenditures
at York. lncu!re- the reception oi Gen. lafayette va.
! taken NJ.
Mr.. yle explained the circumstances under which tia
De, swri!-d from 81 900 10 SO rs lhe oil was ordered
10 b. cnsTUSsed !or IhIrd Icata--ayts -, noesY
WEDNESDAY, JAS. 10 l52j.
Ga Mr Iary;cs motion the Dill concerning the eyprni
! lures n York. was taken up.
NJ upshur offered preamble 10 the bill which vas re-
y@cted
The bill called forth speeches, and ae pw Of
elJqu,Ecc i"r four hours Tie lobby and gallery "ee
lhron.cd with Spectators az! among ih"'l many !rS
whose feelings all enlisted in favor 81 the oil.
The bill was supported by Messrs Tyler Gordon Miller
OF Norfolk, Mason of Southampton "a'kn- ct PInc" I'd
ward Jones o Work Winston CHRISTIAN, E,o.e !iar!e ot
Rch,ond Ua-nr anu Paticsun. |: was opposed Mc>fs
GnnlSOn and Mayo.
The question .ssn a3ooi clock, oy yeas and nss
! a.d the bin paSse:-~aycs rs. noes 80.
AyEs-a!as,:s Gordon, i;aG ',1JN al A5cnlrlc II 0y,
Booker Jecr, Gtrlint stuart, Na!crj'nc. !irG!on Nc
Cntick Robinson ..ttni, Hu!weI, iief,man, Pse>on,
Wilson Ca, Rv.iy, Parker, irler A,m>tcat, Caring
ton .: Charlotte H..nGE. MctuC Wilson ot Cumberland
Randolph OF Cuncrnni, Res Pryor Collier, Ms, Ma.
son 81 f.. Thompson OF f., Wallace, Marshall, >IIHan
SeXtrn Morris I'll GMuceSttr, Page. Gryn", NoaIns 81
(:uhIanI Smith OF lirccnb-r i.unLv. Darlington H.