Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-12-12


Mr. ROBERTS proposed further to amend, By
adding section requiring the Commissioners to peat
conspicuously three copies Of his assessment before
he makes his return 20 the County Court
Mr. DUNLAP. The bill does not change that. That
remains in the law.
Mr. ROBERTS Then I would withdraw my
amendment. But I think that provision is re-
pealed.
Mr. ROULST0N also proposed to amend.
Mr. RICHARDSON said the amendments Of gen.
tlemen properly belonged to revenue bill. This
was not areyenue bill.
Mr. NEWMAN demanded the previous question.
and under its force the Senate bill in lieu as amead-
ed, was concurred in by the House Of Representa-
tives. $50
TIPPL1Na. INK
On motion by Mr. POLK, the House now took up
the consideration of the Senates Tipping BILL enti-
tied bill to re-estsblish the Tipping law-the
question being on thssthird and last reading.
The bill as amended was read through by the
Clerk.
Mr. D0BSoN proposed further amendment to the
bill, in these words:
stProvided no person shall keep grocery, or sell
spirits under the provisions Of this act within one
quarter of mile of any church, house, or place of
Worship in this State"
On motion by Mn WILLIAMS. the amendment was
laid on the table.
Mr. sCHMITTOU proposed to amend, by adding
section to this effect:
ssBs it enacted, Sc, That all persons desiring 10
sell spirits by the quart or any greater quantity may
have the privilege Of so doing, BY paying the same
tax therefor as the law requires TO be paid upon
other articles of merchandise in this State provided
the same shall be drank the premises where sold;
and be it further enscted, that all dstilers shall
have the privilege of selling in any quantity Ito be
drank on the prernises,) without paying any tax
whatever"
Mr. WILLIAMS moved to lay this amendment on
the table.
Mr. sCHMITTOU (by leave) proceeded to defend
his amendment upon revenue considerations, and
sugges ed by, and founded upon the constitution
al provision, exempting from taxation all articles
manufactured in the State of Tennessee except for
the payment of inspection fees.
Mr. RICHARDSON demanded the yeas and nays
Mr. Williams motion, aud Che same being ordered
and taken, resulted-yeas %, nays 40-as follow:
Ysas-Messrs Anderson, Bentley, Bieknell, Brad
ford BrazeltOn, Carter of Hardin, Cooper, Dunlap,
Frazer, Fulton, Harvey, King, Low, Msris, New
bern, Newman, Polk, Randolph, Roberts, Shrews-
bury, Taylor, Thompson, Turner of ROane, Williams
and White Of Hamilton.-25.
Nays.-Messrs Algee, Bayless, Beale, Blackburn,
BulOeh, Caldwell Carter OF Carter, Copeland, Da-
vie DOdsOn, Estes, Ewing, Cannon, Golladay,
Hamilton, Holmes, Ivie, johnson, Kendrick, Kee-
ney, Lackey, Lamb, Lloyd, Roulston, RenshaW,
Richardson, Rose, RoWles, Saunders, Savage,
SchmittOu, Senter, Smart, Stanton, Stevall, Will
son, White OF Knox, Wood, Vaughn, and Speaker
So the House refused to lay the amendment on
the table
MIR ESTES proposed to amend the amendment by
adding; 81.
"SEc. =. Bet further enacted, That all persons
so engaged in the manufacture sale of spurious
liquors, shall in all cases, be liable to all the res
quirements, pains and penalties required of, and
imposed upon, all persons taking tipPlng license
lar selling the Sabbath, selling to slaves and
keeping disorderly house concerned"
The amendment 10 the amendment was adopted
and the question required on the adoption Of the
amendment as amended.
Mr. POLK. 1t was manifest that gentlemen oppo-
sed to the Quart Law, were trying TO load this
bill down with amendments. Under this amendment
any dstiller might sell, free of tax, in every civil
district in the county.
Mr. NEWBERN supported the amendment and de-
Tended the integrity of his own purpose in offering
his amendment submitted yesterday.
Mr. THOMPSON submitted, that the amendment
would be fatal the bill. He explained his posi-.
ton the whole premises. He would cut loose all
restraint this traffic, if it were not for the ne
cessity to protect slaves from its blight upon
that description of property.
Mr. SCHMITT0U read again the Constitutional
provision-article IL, section 30-and urged its
force and applicability here and submitted that gen.
tlemen 10 choose between their feality to the
Constitution and their love of their negro property
Mr. WILSON defended the effort to amend the bill
without reference to this amendment of the gentle
man from Dickson. He had voted against tabling
this amendment, out Of courtesy to that gentleman
He could not but regard it public calamity, to
return to the tipping law without amendment. He
rehearsed the history ofthe ofthe tipplng law
the last session of the Legislature. desired to
amend the bill in good faith He thought he undeIs
stood the policy of forcing the bill through without
amendment. 1t was his opinion that if this bill
were passed without amendment, no other bill mod
flying the law this subject, could be passed du-
ring the present session. He urged that all amend
ments conceded to have merit, should be applied
now, in the good faith in which they are offer
ed He desired to see something done, which the
people would allow to remain without change for
more than two years. He would vote for any amend
ment for the protection of property in slaves and to
secure the faithful execution Of the laws. But he
would not vote for amendments that would involve
the vender in nothing but succession Of difficult
ties. He stated fact, that, during the Christ
mas holidays of 1856, seven murders were commit
ted in the State of Tennessee. This was under the
operation of the old tipping law During the holi-
days of 1856, there was no tppling law, and there
was murder committed in our State. 1t was abb
surd to talk about good order in connection with
keeping tipping house. Under the old tipping
law, there was never a court in his orderly county
town without fight or two. Since its repeal, he
had not heard of fight there in term time.
Mr. BULLOCK submitted Mr. NeWbern's pr0posi-
ton of yesterday, with verbal amendments) by way
of amendment in lieu: but before any other amend
ment was taken,
The House took recess till two o'clock, P. N.