Yeas.—Willis Alston, jr., George M. Bedinger, Silas Betton, Phanuel Bishop, William Blackledge, Joseph Bryan, William Butler, Levi Casey, Martin Chittenden, Christopher Clark, Matthew Clay, Frederick Conrad, Jacob Crowninshield, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, junior, John Dawson, Elias Earle, Peter Early, James Elliot, James M. Garnett, Edwin Gray, James Holland, John G. Jackson, Walter Jones, Thomas Kenan, Robert Marion, Josiah Masters, William McCreery, David Meriwether, Thomas Moore, Timothy Pitkin, jr., Thomas M. Randolph, John Rhea of Tennessee, Thomas Sanford, O’Brien Smith, Thomas Spalding, Samuel Taggart, Samuel Tenney, David Thomas, Thomas W. Thompson, David R. Williams, and Thomas Wynns.
Nays.—Isaac Anderson, John Archer, Joseph Barker, John Blake, jr., Thomas Blount, Robert Brown, John Chandler, John Claiborne, Joseph Clay, Leonard Covington, Richard Cutts, Ezra Darby, Ebenezer Elmer, William Ely, John W. Eppes, William Findlay, James Fisk, John Fowler, Peterson Goodwyn, Andrew Gregg, Isaiah L. Green, Silas Halsey, John Hamilton, Seth Hastings, David Holmes, David Hough, Nehemiah Knight, John Lambert, Michael Leib, Joseph Lewis, junior, Matthew Lyon, Patrick Magruder, Nicholas R. Moore, Jeremiah Morrow, Jonathan O. Mosely, Jeremiah Nelson, Thomas Newton, junior, Joseph H. Nicholson, Gideon Olin, John Pugh, John Rea of Pennsylvania, Jacob Richards, John Russell, Peter Sailly, Thomas Sammons, Martin G. Schuneman, Ebenezer Seaver, James Sloan, John Smilie, John Cotton Smith, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Henry Southard, Richard Stanford, Joseph Stanton, Lewis B. Sturges, Philip R. Thompson, Uri Tracy, Abram Trigg, Philip Van Cortlandt, Joseph B. Varnum, Peleg Wadsworth, John Whitehill, Robert Whitehill, Eliphalet Wickes, Marmaduke Williams, Alexander Wilson, and John Winston.
Mr. Jackson moved to strike out the proviso of the bill, which motion was disagreed to; when the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading to-morrow—ayes 69.
Thursday, February 6.
Another member, to wit, from South Carolina, Richard Wynn, appeared, produced his credentials, was qualified, and took his seat in the House.
Friday, February 7.
Non-Importation of Slaves, into Territories.[32]
On motion of Mr. D. R. Williams the House came to the following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether any, and if any, what additional provisions are necessary to prevent the importation of slaves into the Territories of the United States.
A committee of five members were appointed.