Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-12-07
NUMBER 215.
TENNESSEE EEGTsLATURE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
MONDAY Defender 5th, 1853.

FaEE NEGE0Es.
The House resumed the consideration Of the com.
mittee on Free Negroes and Slave Population bill
H. B. 1877 FOR the expulsion OF free persons Of col
or from this State; upon iIs second reading. Ths
question being on Mr. BENEFITS motion to make il
the special order iUr tomorrow. adE
Mr.. BENEFITS mind ESs not satisfied on tia
esnstitutiOnslity Of questions contained in the bill
aud RETAINED from committing himself Re would
vote for proposition to send Oft free negroes If the
means were provided for their transportation. They
have rights 10 erjoy liberty aad properly and their
rights are recognized BY the laws Of tie lsnd and
thus 1t IS that the constitutional question arises
He urged The adoption Of his motion 70 pOsipone
Mr.. SENTER favored the bin as It now stands
He Of opirion that the committee did not recoe-
nize the rights Of free persons Of color and that
We had the right to exPel them from the State II
We fit.
Mr.. HEBB was satisfied Of the great importanes
Of removing free negroes from the State; and that
at an early day
Mr.. BENNETT Withdrew the motion.
The bill was passed the second reading.
Dir. PORTER moved to make il the order for
Thursday week
The motion was agreed 10.
TIE LEGISLATURE.
The House resolved itself into COMMITTEES OF the
Whole ON two or three bills relating 70 the length
of sessions and the pay Of members Of the Gsneral
Assembly, and after i've or ten minutes playfully
spent therein. .he committee rose, reported EMO
progress ana asked le&ve to SIT again
The House refused to grant leave and disposed
Of them as follows:
HOUSE BILLS on THE SECOND KEADISG.
The following House bills sere laid on the table.
rejected or passed the second reading;
Mr.. BAyless, 45-To limit Session Of Legislature
one hundred days, if finished the public business.
Rejected.
Mr.. Martins, 46-TO regulate pay Of members.
$500 snd mileage. Laid on the tsble-ysas IS,
Rays 2s.
Mr.. TreWbiFs, 500 prevent seductiOn-ua-
King it nis4emesnor. Judiciary Committee re-
commended passage Of bill in lieu
On motion by Mr.. EAST, Mr.. Benefits amend
nent, providing that man marry the female Sc
iaced, with her consent such act shall have no ef
ect upon lin. was laid the table By yeas AS,
Rays 10, as follows:
YsaS-Messrs. Armstrong, Baker, Of Perry, Bs-
Ier, Of Weakley, Bsrksdale Bayiass, Beatty, Bick-
'el, BrazeltOn, BriltOn, Caldwell. CoWden, Davis,
Davidson, Doak. Dudley, East, Ewing, Farley, Far
ELY, Frazier Can't, German, Greene Guy, Harris,
iebb, Hurt, Ingram, johnson, Kenner, Kincaid, o {
'laiborne, Lea, Lsckhart, Msyfeld. MCsbe, Nor
his, Nall, Norman, Porter. Vaughan, White, OF
dickson, Williams, Of Franklin, williamson and
peaker WhiithOrne-45.
RaVs-Messrs. Bennett Butler, Criiz, Ford, HEV-
on, Jones, Kineaid. Of Anderson, Richardson, Rob
rs, Russell, Ssnter, Shrewsbury, SoEsll, Frsshit,
'rsvitt, White, Of Davidson, Williams, Of HicEman,
Williams, of Knox, and WOOds-le.
The bill was then passed
Mr.. Bakers, Of Perry, 56-To regulate Shsrif's
&c bills, Sc. judiciary Committee recommended
election, and il was rejucted-yeas H. nays IS.
Mr.. Dudey's. $50 regulate pay Of members
0 days-S6 for first 30; 81 for next and Sc foe
ext. Laid on the tAble-yess 81, nays Z.
And then.
On motion. the House adjourned till tomorrow
lorniDg 9 O'Clock