The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-12-09


Mr: John /. Middleton briefly replied to
nlr. Perry. He thought the member from
1reenv'lie had made premature movements
on The subject; that no designation could
nc made unIl our representation was
ascertaineh under the new census. He
Thought, therefore, the iirs, sec,lou Of the
oi'l vas defective. He s,iJ, he was among
those who did not feel Tho imperative
Necessity OF tho change. lie said the
Incmher from Grcenv.l'e hnl charged that
tho System worked III lie dill moi believe
u. lie referred to The carc Of General
iIWkDcy, and stnred iiui It was not
because The people D South Carolina Old
not kn"w h'ln. but becsnsc, at the Ccrl lod
"'rrred fo, lie 'vnsa member Of wba, WAS
called Tic Federal Parry: aud that his was
inc rca' on, ana the on; reason, why The
v"e o' ihc State was cast against him. Mr..
Middleton took the ground that ii every
vote cast by the State for President, tho
popular npIr''n was fully reflected by the
Leg stature, He said that in all cases
members VIII" had 10 vote wcrc elected in
thc October preceding, and that their
views were generally nscertalncd on The
subject. MIR. Middleton answered some
o'her arguments of Mr.. Perry, aud stalled
that It was undoubtedly the intention of the
convention WHO framed The Constitution to
lcn'c the mode OF this election TO the Leg
Isature.
MIR. Hutson next addressed the Chair not.
nc, sasd, To discuss The merits of tins
n'Ii, Tor he believed it beneath the dignity OF
The crisis through which Tho State is
passing tic rnsc to offer II preamble and
resolution, IL the effect That the com.
m'ttee rrpor: 70 the House tia, The bill do
not pass. AT the suggcst,nn oi Mr. Tore,
tho mover Withdrew The preamble.
Alter some further desuitory debate. The
committee rose and made The following
report, bc ng the resolution introduced by
MIR. lluts,n:
The Committee of The Whole House, to
WHICH was referred ga bull 10 provide for
the election of electors of Pres den, aud
Vice President OF the United STATES in
South Carolina by the people," beg leave
10 report.
Tint they have had SAID matters under
consideration, and are nf oplni"n that il is
incXi.cdicnt at this time to ag,;ute the
State by any attempt to change The present
mode OF elcc,.ng electors for President OF
the United States. They therefore re-.
commend that the bill submitted do no,
pass"
After some remarks by Mr.. Tucker and
Mr.. y. w Tho nSon. The qu, -t;on was,pu,,
aud "n mot'cn Of Mr. B. T. Perry The
yeas and nays were ordered, and resulted az
iol."ws:
EAs.-sIcssrs. Abncy, Addison, Ar
thur. Aver, Barton, Benton. Blackwell,
Blum. Bowers, Brownlee. Barnet. Clark,
r. NJ, Crukshank, Cunningham, Organ,
Dunca". J. W., Dunkin, Evans, 5. W.,
Garvn, Harrison, Hearst. Hayward, j. b,
licyward. y, Hudson, Jcnn.ngs. jcrrnn.
Johnson. Is J., Johnston, A. r.. Jones, a,
jordan, kc,,t, l.. NJ, Ket,, W. J. Kunsler,
l.awton. l.yies, MrCau. NJ, Krwn, Alan.
gnul'. Marion, Memm,ngcr, Middleton, J.
l. Middleton, n. r., Montgomery. Nor
ange, Nelson, Owens, Perry, J. b..
Pope, Preston, Read, Richardson's, Rob.
er,sop, Wln.sR Rews...l, Seabrook, Sink.
Ter. Sullivan, Tore, Vance, VerticT,
Wagner. Waters. Wh,tcfclL, W,sial,
Wilkinson, d. j., Wrigh,-G5
Massachusetts. Alexander. AShmore,
i'""scr, Bradley, Bro, k.nau, Camphc!.
Can cy, Chrsnut, Clark, II. II. Curcr,n.
Nc'", Duncanp. l.. Evins, NJ. r., Gar.
lington, Grsssc,tc, Hammond, Huntington.
Haskell, Hunt, Irhy, Johnson, 4. G.. Jmc~,
+ i, kInard, Lcsc,nc, Lowry, McAlilcy,
Mcdonald, McEiwcc, McGuwcn, VI tchcil,
Moore, Mnornan, Myers. Patterson Perry.
Is f., Philips, Poppcnhci.n, Robertson. 4 +,
Sn,!ih, L. u, Snl,h, John, Summer, Tay.
ior. Thnnp~nn, a. W.. Thnup>nn. Thos.
Tu:kcr. Wilkes. Williams, Mr SPEAK
rr--lS.
\ A'er some other unimpor,ant business.
the House adjourned unliI to morrow at