Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-02-13
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 1855
The journal Of yesterday was read.

WITHDRAWN.
Mr. BENTLEY had leave to Withdraw from the
Clerks files, the bill No. Ill
PETITION.
Mr. ROULSTON presented the petition Of sundry
citizens Of Marion county, praying for arestoratiOn
Of the Sewanee Coal Company. sc, to Marion cOun-
ty, which set of to Grundy county at the lat
session Of the General Assembly: which was read
and referred to the Committee on New Counties and
County Lines
ANDERSON AND ROANE-RUTHERFORD AND COFFEE.
The Senate amendment to the bill 'CNo I4O)
changing county lines, viz. changing the line
between Anderson and ROane-striking out the
House amendment in the 7th section attaching c.
H. Bean TO Eranklin-Changing the line between
Rutherford and Coffee cOunty-Were seveTally con-
Cured IN, excepting the last; Whereupon-
On motion by Mr. RICHARDSON the subject was
passed over informally.
BILL NORTHUMBERLAND QUESTION
The SPEAKER now announced the consideration
Of the special order, viz: the resolutions of the
Senate in relation to federal politics"
Mr. WHITE of Knox moved to make the subject
the special order for O'Clock, P. NJ, this day.
Mr. RONLES was willing 10 hear the gentleman.
if he would speak now, but he wanted the vote
He demanded the yeas and nays the motion TO
postpone, which being ordered aud taken, resulted
yeas p, nays 30.
So the House refused to postpone, and the cues.
ton required on the ADOPTION OF lue resolutions.
Mr. BA1LESS did not want 10 extend this discus
sion, did he desire 10 repress legitimate de-
bate. lie hoped gentlemen would coufne them
selves to the resolutions
After further conversation
Mr. ROWLES submitted proposition to amend
the resolutions, as follows:
"Bs it further rss0lUe9 That our Senators in the
Congress Of the United States, are hereby instruct
ed and our Representatives requested, to vote
for the admission Of Kansas, an independent
State, under what is termed the Lecompton cons /
tuou, transmitted to the Senate aud House of Rep
reseutatiyes in Congress assembled, by President
Buchanan in his message to them, dated the second
day Of February, 1858"
After further conversation across the
House
Mr. ROWLES demanded the yeas and nays on
the amendment, and the same being ordered and
taken resulted-ysss Sc, nays p:
Ys1S-Messrs. Bate, Bayless Bentley, Blackburn,
CantreI, Carter Of Hardin, Copeland. Dobson, Dun
lap, Estes, Fulton, Cannon, Griffith, Hamilton,
Harvey, Johnson, King, Lamb, Maris, Mickey,
Newman, Roberts, Rose, RoWles, Sohmittou, Smart,
Stovall, Summers, Taylor, Thompson, Turner of
Rosne Turner of Sumner, Williams, Wilson Wood,
and Speaker DonelsOn--S6.
NavS-Messrs. Algee, Anderson, Beale, Bicknell
Brazelton, Bullock, Carter of Carter Cooper, Davie,
Ewing Frazer GOlladay, Holmes, Kendrick, Keeney,
Laekey Lloyd, Nancy, Randolph, RoulstOn, Rich
ardson, Sanders, Senter, Shrewsbury, White Of
Hamilton, White Of Knox, and Vaughn
Mr. GOLLADAY, when his name was called, said:
In the vote which he should cast he made no ex-
preston Of his views the admission Of Kansas.
be confessed that he had not yet fully made up his
mind on that question. He desired his Democratic
friends TO come forward and vote for the Bell reso
lutiOns without membranes. He wanted them to
share with the Senate all the odium that 50 justly
attaches to it.