Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-08-03

special interest all other business. Why then
should ii De considered nt tscourtesy Ia IN.
Senator from Massachusetts, WY should il be con.
sidefeu anything nnusla! IN refuse Ia take and
tohsirr his !e="Gtiun, the pos ponernrGt
SION II the mpciu business OF III. session in The very as,
month Of the session. when everything mus necessarily bo
usceed IN some crg!cc III asle Why should nsd
cred an act ci GscuIr'tsy 10 him postpone
nhHe interest however lrporuni, take up aud consider
NAT wheh appehcnd neither he himself nor cEv ohe-
upon h!s ti"of wo"d say 10 have any p'aclichi
pp"iat"n here certainty b.ncIcia operaon-uI"n
o"s'e@s Which L. penaiB" brrrr ana
Ivy attend ~, this tine, ana arrd 10 assiduousv
mere 's N i'y opinion, ci>"usng !ac' that If This
N'J=' - oy one senator il viii cgi pr'h discus
sion ifon other Stnl"ts there j. no telling hen il is
oncc oDen. wien Il vii tc closed Now M President
appeal "a lie two pa,es conpu,e In. Gate az
the representatives, o: III. Amcfcan States whether when
~t adopted t- Compromise calico We d: not
:anc solemn pledge and II ho:n 2ses do mol no" eand
Pledged only by ner here but teir
recently held IN neiahbo.ing city, 10 pursue such
rs s.l Keep out 81 The councils OF he naton and The pub
tic discussions ot the they De able 10
do So al conside subject winch hes always
been a.itatnl county which hiss always been evil
IN lis Consequences and dangerous the integrity of this
urnt. that To- MANY of those measures was opposed
am not gong Mr. President lao discussion ul hr mer-
rs. simply wish 10 state my position When those mea
passed by constitutional manriues in the Two
Hoasss OF Congress- a:d received The otal junction OF
the President Of the United States whtcTer opposition
might have felt them, felt DouGd by OF duty 10
ne country 10 yield my oppos!on and acqutscr Tor Tue
sake OF peace, und quiet and harauEy the counry aud
the preservation of this Union
II Senators ana Representatives who had Objections ana
yielded thcm upon considerations of this SOFT feel bound
sustain he the great object for which
hey passed and sustain what has been said 10 ba
he accom- phinent uf that great object ask, The
who app,ove! Of h,m, who voted for them oil, who
sustained lhcn here and proclaimed htm peace Offer
ing, and as having accomplished The object they are nor
bound 10 carry the pledge sosmniy made ard nee
often soemny reiterated by their and BY their de-
cicd action here keep OF the Senate o HE T.
States md leave the matter al s tar rs We can ana
practical dulesl Fo. III, Sc conscientious,
shDU ypfr uatustr siIrrinU lhp
Mr.. HUNTER Ii seems to be likely that We shal ccn-
su,ne ali our time in this preliminary debate.
Mr. SHIELDS. wish To To postpone the tesolu-
ton until next Saturday
The PRESIDENT The resolution Is under consiie.
ratInn The slmpie question is po-iponng the orders
with view taking un, and that question the yeas
and nays have been ordered.
Mr. HUNTER The Senate will rcC0lcci that The bill
making appropriations tor the Indian Department has been
may say. before the Senate for three DAYS 1t
ted day, Yesterday ascn up und The Senate nd
lourned while II ptning
Mr.. SHIELDS. | wish nsk the Chair whether 1t ID
competent 10 10 postpone The motion Of the Scna
tor from Massachusetts until Saturday
Mr. HUNTER This Is question in relation Ia the or
der OF business and cannot be postponed but must be de
eIded
The PRESIDENT The question il on pos ponng the
orders with the view Of taking up The resoluonn the Sen
from Massachusetts, Tic question cannot be post
poacd: il must be taken
The being taken by and nays resulted
yeas TO- nays 32 as follows:
YEas-Messrs Clarke Davis Dodge OF WISCONSIN,, Foot,
Hamlin, Seward, Shields, Summer, Upham Mate--l0,
NAYs-Messrs BGrland, BrUdhead Brooke Cass, Chail-
ton, Clemens De Saussure Dodge OF Iowa, douglas,
hanguIn Mason, Meriwehe Miller Morton, Norris PSarce
PraI Rusk, Sebastian, Smith, Sorc SprGance, IouceY
Weler-32.
So Tic motion 70 take the resolution was not agreed to