The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, June 20, 1840, Image 2
By Authority.
Lams of the United States,
Passed at the first Session of the ticcnty
sixth Congress.
[Public?No. 9 ]
AN ACT to revive an act authorizing
certain soldiers in the late war to sur
rentier the bounty lands drawn by them
. and to locateothers in lieu thereof, and
for other purposes. . . =
Bt it enacted, by the Senate and House
, of Representatives of, the United States of
America in Congress assembled* That
the act of the twenty-second of May, one
thousand eight hundred and twe&ty'Six,
entitled "An act authorising certain soU
-4 5 diers in the late, war to surrender thebouniv
ty lands 'drawn by them, and to locate
others in lieu thereof," be, and the same
, .... t is hereby, revived and continued in foroe
for the ternvof five years; and the provisions
of the above recited act shall be, arid
are hereby, extended to those having like
claims iu the States o( Illinois and Missouri.
,
R.M. T. 1I0NTER*
Speaker of the House ,of Representatives.
RH. M. JOHNSON,
Vice President of the United States,
and President of the Senate.
Approved, May 27th, 1840.
M. VAN BUREN.
f Pi; b lic?No. 10.]
AN ACT to extend for a longer period the
several arts now in force for the relief
of insolvent debtors, of the United
States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, Xhat
the act entitled "An act for the Telief of
certain insolvent debtors of the Uncled
t States," passed on the second day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-one, aud an act in addition, thereto,
passed on the four?eenth day of July, pne
thousand eight hundred and thirty-two,
and an act to revise and amend the said,
-acts, passed on the seventh day of June,'
-one thousand eight hundred and thirtyfour,
be, and the same are hereby, revised,
extended and continued in force for three
years from and after the passage of this
net, and until the cases then pending shall'
be determined for the. purpose of finally
. disposing of such cases, but for no other
' purpose.
' Slc. 2. And'be it further enacted, Thai
the provisions of the said several' acts
shall apply to cases .of insolvency, which^
shall have occurred, on or before the .pas-.
sage ot tnis act, or snaii occur uuruig rne
said three years.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury shalj be
-authorized to cause satisfaction to be en*
tered of rccorifupon all/judgments against
any debtor or debtors who may have
heretofore been released under the provisions
of any of the acts which areextended,
continued and revised by Ibis act,"or
who may hereafter be released by the said
acts: provided, The district judge in the
district ia which such judgments are on
record, shall certify that it has not been
made to appear to the satisfaction of the
suid district judge, by evidence submitted
to him by the District Attorney of the
United Stales, that the debtor is j)ossrs's?d,
of or entitled to any property which was
not disclosed and set forth to the commissioners
of insolvency at the time of the
examination of such debt ?r, under his, her#
or their petition, to be released from liis,
her, or their indebtedness to the Untied
States* Every application for such cer
tificate shall be made to a judge at Chambers,
and ten days', previous notice slialj
be given to the. district attorney for ihe
district wherein the said application
made, togA'ther wiili copies of; aUlne p^
pera on which such application 6a,
made. And so much of the said recited,
acts, or either of jhem, as is inconsistent
: ,* herewith, or is hereby altered or suppl^edjj
be and the same hereby is Repealed. 1
cel. Approvkd, May 27th, 1840. j ' ?
d .{ \ ?? r. '''
' [FuBLIC?Noll];.
% AN ACT authorizing ;Sippican and Mat;.
' " t.ipoisett, within the township of'Rochester,
in the State of Massachusetts,'
to be known hereafter as ports unddr
. those names.. . , .. . "
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States:6f
America in Congress assembled, That
Sippicun and Mattapoisett, harbors within
the township of Rochester, in the Stafeof
Massachusetts,' be hereafter, respectively
known as ports under those names within'
the collection district of New Bedford:
and that the respective inhabitants thereof
he authorized to describe, as the law requires,
their vessels as belonging tp the re1
Iiefoo/I n f !? n/thn^t AM
b JI*iU II V u jliUV.C9 uiofcuiiu 1/1 m/vutovtl I
Approved, May 27th, 1840.
[Public?No. 12.]
AN ACT supplemental to the act entitled
"An act to grant pre-emption rights to
settlers on the pul.lic lands," approved
June twenty-second,, eighteen hundred
< and thirty-eight. ' *" " '
lie it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United St-ate&'oj
America in Congress assembled, That
%
all cases where a filler on the public 11
lands may reside, or have his dwelling l
house upon one quarter section, and cul? >
tivate land on another and different quar- 1
ter section, such settler may make his 1
selection under the act to which this is all
supplement, to outer either of said quarter i
section, or legal sub-divisions of eachr so I
as not to exceed one quarter section in <
all. i
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
in all cases where an individual may have
made an improvement on the public land, i
and had afterward leased or rented such, i
improvement to another person, who was I
in possession of the same on the twenty- <
second of June, eighteen hundred and i
l\?*?t?r_aink t anil iko norin/l a fnnp I t
months next preceding, or when the lessor s
tffld lessee,-together, occupied such im- i
provement during said four months, the <
person who made sucn improvement, and <
] #(> rented or leased the same, shall be j
"entitled to the right of pre-emption, not- <
'Withstanding he may have been out of
? pMssession of his improvement during said 1
four months, or any part thereof ,
?> Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That |
? every settler tin the public lands, which 5
: were not' surveyed at the passage of the (
/act to whith tnis is a supplement, and (
'who, since the survey of such public lands j
' lias been ascertained to have resided .at the \
. date of said act, and lbr four months pre- (
ceding, on a sixteenth section, set apart |
for the support'of schools in any town-. '
ship, shall be entitled to enter at the mi- (
nSmunr-priee any other quarter section of ,
the public lands lying in the same land f
district, to which no other person hag the \
right of pre-emption, on making satisfac- ,
tory proof of his or her residence as afore- .
said on such sixteenth section, before the <
register and receiver of the land office of t
said district. {
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That 1
every person who may have been a settler, |
within the meaning of the act to which g
this is a supplement, on any public land ,
before its selection by any State for the t
purposes of a seminary of loarning, under s
any act of Congress authorizing such selec- [
tion, on satisfactory proof of the facts "be- t
fore ihe register and receiver of the dis- (
trict in which his improvements were s
situated, shall be permitted to enter at the N
minimum price, any other quarter section (
lying in the same land district, to which c
'ho other person has the right of pre-cmp- r
tion, .. ,
Sec. 5. And be it f urther c-nacted, That 0
the ""Act to grant pre-emption rights to
settlers on the public lands," approved (
June, twenty-second, eighteen hundred a
and thirty jeig'bt,J>Q, ahd the same is hereJtiy,
continued iq -fulJ force till the twenty- |,
zerond day of June, eighteen hundred and
forty-two; and the. right of pre-emption, c
Under-its provisions, shall be, and hereby |
.is, extended to. all settlers.011 the public n
lands at the date of this act, with the same (
exceptions, whether-general, or special, D
and subject to all the, limitations and con- n
ditions coniainod in the above recited act,
and with the explanatory provisions of the rj
preceding, sections of this act, and noih- u
ing in the last proviso of .the act of the. .jj
twenly-gecond of June, eighteen hundred ,6
and thirty-eight, shall be so construed as j
to defeat any right of pre-emption accru- p
ing under said act, or wider this act, or 8
under any prceeding act of Congress, nor
shall 6aid pre-emption claims :be defeated 0
by any contingent Choctaw location. f(
.....Approved, June 1st, 1840. p
"7 * ~~~" i V
[Resolution? Public?No. 3 ] h
A RESOLUTION concerning the statue f,
of Washington, by Greenough. p
Resolved by the Senate and House of h
Representatives of ihe Vnited States of j
America in - Congress assembled, Thai
the Secretary of the Navy be authorized j,
-" -1 - " "'I a *olrn moaciiKM fnp |Kp .1
qliU nipuutvcu kv/ lURli li:v.aam?.*? twv y
importation and erection of the statue of c
Washington,*by Greenough>
^ .Approved, May 27th, 1840. n
. if
i? ' From the New Orlcanu Snn of June 7. n
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF DAVID e
L-" ,v.- IUNES.' ^ r
LifjPujcauant to promteo, we this morning 5
publish some incidents fn the Tile of (Dr.) ^
JDf^vid Hines. a villain who has long gone a
l*?iiMwhipt of jjnstice," bat who is now on i: i
charge of nelgro stealing, confined in the t
perish Priso?of Orleans. ' To brfllg indi- s
ijiklual. character before' the public eye, [
^hraagk/Uio press, win ordinary circura- 1
jtpnces, and eyerithoBgli necessity arges c
il; always a source of pain, but the char- t
acter which we arc now about to trace in (
Ijjies too faipl, is so blackened by the very r
vfdkt dye of villainy, that it is no less a ,
pleasure than it is certainly an imperative \
doiy imposed upon every conservator of t
tftepubjic morals, to lay bare to the exe- \
cralion of the wohl. t
' 'David Ilines was born of respectable pa- J
retrtSi itf St. Stephen's Parish, Charleston e
District, S. C. He was respectably edu- j
ctfted, and in the course of his approach to <
manhood, was remarkable for his quick* ?
ness of perception, great plausibility ond ]
firmness of purpose. In 1827, he was tri- t
f ed in Charleston for forging a draft, and t
obtaining the money thereon from a mer* j
cantile house in that city, but for want of |
scfficient proof was acquitted. He left the ,
city immediately after his acquittal, and j
went into Georgia, and passed himself as (
Dr. Hamilton, and borrowed from and ]
swindled every person at whom he could |
get a^cliance. 'He was arrested and lodged 1
I in jail at Augusta, on a charge of horse (
| stealing, but was acquitted on the plea of ?
having hired the horde. In 1833 he was (
. again.tried in Charleston for negro steal- ]
ing, and was acquitted?the evidence only |
showing that he had the negro itr his pos- ]
a |
t . *
session, and that Hie had called on sevaal
persons offering to sell them a negro
answering the description of the one he
fiad stolen. In 1834, he visited New Organs,
and during the same year returned
to Charleston, where be was tried for assault
and battery on a female, with intent
to kill. Upon this charge he was senten
led to and served two years imprisonment!
in jait.
Having done this service, he, in the year
1637, returned to New Orleans, and after
staying a short time, took passage in a
steam packet for TeJtas. During his trip
lie insinuated himself into the confidence
if a Mr. White, a fellow passenger, and
ilthough Mr. White had been cautioned in
regard to him by some of the other passengers
who knew Dr. Wines, yet he would
lot believe their assertions. The consequence
was, that they travelled together
>ver Texas, and before they parted at Galveston,
he swindled White out of nearly
jvery farthing he had. It was for this that
White published him in one of the New Orleans
papers as a swindler and a villain.
rThie man's infirmities have been so
numerous that he might well be dubbed the
nodern Robert M'Caire. In the spring
if 1838. we recognize him in Mobile with
i number of drafts to large amounts on
Seneral Hamilton in his pockets. From
h*n<;e came to New Orleans, and swindled
i gentleman from Texas, named Cozzens,
o the tune of 6ve or six thousand dollars.
Phis business being*neatly performed, he
ietermined upon going north, and, accorHngly,
took passage on a steamboat bound
or Louisville. On his way up he was deleted
in robbing a fellow passenger, and
iut onshore. During this trip he induced
t negro boy on board the boat to steal a
;arpet bag and secrete it. The bag was
nissed and search made, and Dr. Hines
iccused of having stolen it. He promised
o deliver up the bag, provided they would
lot prosecute him, which they agreed to,
tnd he gave up the bag. Arriving at Nash-1
rille he nnid Gen. Jackson a visit?told I
heGeneral he was a staunch friend of his,
nd lhat his character had been traduced
>y a 8et of scoundrels who were opposed
o him in politics, and that he intended to
:ommence an action against them for dam*
iges for injuring his character?that he
vas short of funds?asked the favor of the
General to endorse his note for three hun.
Ired dollars. The Gen. told him he could
lot endorse his note?that he was old, and
rished to bring his business to a close, and
lot to make any more transactions.
Nol being able to operate on the eld
ileneral, he look passage for Louisville,
nd upon his arrival there, put up at the
Gait House." For some degradation
ie had to leave that house in a huiry, and
te concluded to take the mail boat fur Cininnati,
where he selected the Broad way
louse as the most fashionable, and the
nost favorable for his operations. In
Mncinnati he passed as Dr. Hayne, the
lephew of General Hayne, of S. Caroli
ia?spoke largely of his cotton plantations
n Mississippi, his cotton bags and negroes,
le're he was for a time all the go. He was
raited upon by the aristocracy, ogled by
he ladies, and adored by the blocds, who
onsidered it "glory enough for one day,"
rive him to Brighton, or the Apollonian
prings. He got the fac similie of the
ignatures of some of the largest houses '
a the city, and came it pretty extensively
vcrsome of his masonic friends, he "put"
or Pittsburg?took the canal from that
il'nce to Philadelphia, upon his arrival at .
rhich place, be put up at-Sanderson's, had
is trunk placed In the bar, and borrowed
orty dollars from the landtard to settle his
assage. Here, for some misdemeanor,
e was arrested; and a number of forged
rafts were found on his person, purportdg
to havebeen drawn by different houses
d Cincinnati upon the banks in Phila- j
elphia. For some legal flaw, or deficicny
in testimony he was acquitted.
The Doctor is next discovered in Baltilore;
here he passed himself off as Col.
lenton, of Hinds county, Mississippi, and
icphew of Thomas H. Benton, rcpresentd
himself as n planter, and wishing to
lurehase slaves; he engaged 15 of Colonel
Hatter, and of Major Bailey 5, and promsed
to pay for them as soon as he negocir
4ed some bills he had on the U. States
ianlt. In the mean time he succeeded in
>orrowing a little iponey, and getting a
nit of clothes from a tailor, without payng
for them, was arrested at the suit of
he tailor, and lodged in jail. While in
ionfiiiement, he writes to a reverend genlenian,
who pays him a visit. He told
he preacher that he had been wna, ana
nucli of a spendthrift, thai his parents
verc very old and and very religious, and
hat he was imprisoned for the sum of 60
lollare, and that without some person
vould have him released, he would put an
rnd to his existence. The preacher told
lim he was sorry for him, and would try
ind raise money enough to have him re?
eased: On leaving the prison lie enquired
of the keeper the character of Hines,
ind was informed of his real character.?
Pailing in this scheme, he was not long in
rying another; a German was put in jail
jnder some criminal charge; he had $60
n money and a silver watchi Ilines told
he lierman it he would i>ive him the mo*
lev and watch, he would get him out of
irison, to which he agreed; he sends for
he tailor, pays him, gets discharged, and
eaves the other prisoner to get out the
>est way he could. He then goes 10 N.
fork, passes himself as Mr. Alston of S.
Carolina, marries a respectable girl, was
irrested for swindling some merchant out
>f several hundred dollars worth of goods.
He is again set at liberty, and is next
leard of in Cincinnati, Ohio. In October
1839, he visited New Orlcaus, in compa
ny with a female as Dr. Haynes and lady,
of Souih Carolina, and puts up at the St.
Louis Hotel, leaves without paying his
bill, and in November is arrested at Orangeburg
Court House, S. C. having a servant,
carriage and pair of horses. He was
released as there was no charge against
him. A few hours after he was dischar
~ ^ ?? ? I?I1 il*A Aiimnp nf
geu lrum v/i ctngeuui g J<"i? n'c "
the carriage and horses comes in pursuit
of him.
At Montgomery, Ala., the Dr. arrived,
and here be shone forth like a constellation.
A public dinner was tendered him
by the young men, which he accepted, but
on the morning of the appointed day, he
was detected in stealing a watch. He
again escaped and arrived at Mobile, where
he dropped into a clothing store, tried on
a suit of clothes, found them a complete
fit; told the clerk to call at his hotel at 11
o'clock, for the money. But when Ire
called, he found the Dr. had just left for
New Orleans.
When he came to N. Orleans, he found
it necessary to steal a negro, which in
cpmpany with two persons named Johnson
and Jones, he took to Natchez, and
sold at auctiou, at the store of Jacob Soria
& Co. Coming back, he thought it as
well to steal a negress, belonging to Noah
Barlow, of the Natchez City Hotel, which,
having brought here, he sold to a poor
Dutchman, named Orgcl II. Marils, lor
83S0; about all the Dutchman was worth.
He gave a bill of sale in the name of James
Ilagan, of Batoh Rouge. The gil l disappeared
the same day she was paid for,
and was found in possession of Ilines,
when he was arrested, on a warrant from
Natchez.
He displayed great science in trying to
evade the officers and even after he was
taken, wounded one of them. Before the
Court, he pretended to be a very ill used
young man indeed?asseverated that thry
had robbed him of his money, his watch,
?kc.; but it all would not do, and he now
lies in the Parish Prison, under the {internal
care of the Criminal Court, where
every honest man hopes he will receive
the sweet reward of his toils.
This is a mere skeleton of the character
of Dr. Hin?s, but it is full enough to show
what a pure disciple of honesty he is.
In conclusion, Ilincs is a fine looking
fellorv, well set, middle height, of good address,
and between 30 and 35 years of age;
rather a young man, to require so long, so
sad, so sickening, and revolting a history.
From the Southerner.
MlI VAN BUKEN ON ABOLITION
AND THE ABOLITIONISTS.
The letter from Mr. Van Huron, which
we publish below, cannot fail to attract
attention, and to satisfy every southern
man, of the indexible opposition of the
President to any plan calculated to disturb
the peace of the country, and of the
south in particular, or to violate in any
shape, and by any device, the spirit and
letter of tlie federal constitution. Mr.
Van Bureri's opinions, as expressed in
former letters, in his inaugural address,
and in the letter now published, go further
to satisfy his friends, of the purity|
of his intentions, of his patriotism, and
of his determination to be governed, as
he has hitherto been, by a literal con-,
struction of the constitution. This open
and fearless disclosure of his opinions, ex- j
hibits a striking contrast with the conduct
of his competitor for the presidency. As
we cannot publish all the particulars connected
with this letter of Mr. Van Buren,
we must briefly state what produced die
writing of it by that gentleman.
During the session of the Kentucky
legislature a few months since, a general i
meeting of the democratic party was held, J
at which a central committee was appointed,
composed of Messrs.' Levi Tyler,1
T. J. Read, D. Meriwether,' F. Geiger,1
and S. Penn, Jr. At that session of the j
legislature, in which the whigs wore in a
D . . . 0, . |
large majority, a preamble an1 resolutions
were adopted in regard to abolition and
the abolitionists, in which it was declared,
"that we view with indignation, the attempts
of a sect calling themselves abolitionists,
to disturb the amicable relations
subsisting between the slave holding and
non-slave holding states of this union, and
would not by our votes aid in elevating to
ojjice any citizen allied to that ruthless faction
of misguided fanatics, or coinciding
in their opinions ami plans* During the
debate on those resolutions, the democratic
members made the observation, that
General Harrison had not, and would not,
come forward, in a manner most unequivocal
and explicit, declare his opinions in i
regard to such an important and vital
question to 'he slave holding states. The
whig members friendly to the election of
General Harrison, replied "that if the
General was interrogated on the subject,
by any gentleman or set ot gentlemen, he
would promptly and unequivocally respond
to any inquiry that might be put
to him, and if no friend of the administration
would do it, they would do it themselves,
or cause it to be done by some
whig."
Authorized by the resolutions adopted
by the Kentucky legislature, and urged
on by tlie whig members, in their speeches
and declarations, the Democratic Central
Committee of the Republican Party of
that State, addressed a letter, similar in
words, to the two candidates for the presidency,
in which it is requested of them
to reply whether they concur in the view
taken of the abolitionists, and the tenden
cy jof their action, in the resolution adop^'
ted by the majority of the House of Re- m
presentatives of Kentucky, and, whether ^
if elected President, either would go into ;
office determined to veto any biu that
might be passed by Congress for the-abo- fi
lition of slavery ki the District of Colunv A
bia, or in any orie'or more of the States* |
On the 10th of .April last,the letter ad- |
dressed to General Harrison by the Gen- j
tral Committee, was- delivered into his a
own hands by Messrs. Chambers and Talk H
Buskirk; and the reply of the General J
was, that M nothing could induce him to 9
answer such interrogatories, coming from - M
either friends or foes." % mk
Mr. Van Buren immediately on the rc- '
ception of the letter of Central Commit
tee, which was dated ".Louisville, Apni ;
2, 1840," replied as follows:
Washington, April 21st, 1840.
Gentlemen:?I have received your
letter of the 2d inst, and cheerfully comply
with your request. Yoq have inadvertently
fallen into an error, in supposing *
that the questions propounded to me by
the Hon. Sherrod Williams, in 1836, embraced"
the subject of Abolition. My
views and opinions in regard to it were,
however, communicated to the people of
the United States, in reply to a letter received
in the same year, from Junius
Amis, Esq., and other citizens of North
Carolina, and also through other channels.
Perceiving that I cannot do justice to your
inquires in the form which vou have given
to tbem, by a general reference to the
ans\fyprs I have heretofore given, I will
repeat the substance of them.
First: iThat the relation of Master and . r
Slave, is a matter which belongs exclusively
to each State within its own-boundary,?that
Congress has no authority to
interfere, in any respect whatever, with
I the emancipation of the slaves, or in the
treatment of them in any of the1 States; *
and that any attempt to ao so by the govemment
or people of any other State, .-*
or by the General Government; would
not only be unauthorized, but violate the
spirit of the compromise, which lies at the ,
basis of the Federal Compact; and which '
is binding in honor and good faith on all
who live under the protection of the Fede- '
ral Constitution, and participate in its benefits.
This doctrine is in strict conformity
to the principle embodied in a Resolution
passed by the House of Represent^
lives of the United States, 1790, upon
j the report of a Committee, consisting al)
most entirely of northern men.
! Secondly; That conceding to Congress,
; the abstract power of interfering with, or
abolishing slavery in the uistnct 01 Columbia,
under the broad grant of exclusive
legislation in all cases whatsoever over *'
that District, there are, nevertheless," objections
to the exercise of this po^er
"against*the wishes ofv the slave holding
States, as imperative in their nature and
obligation, in regu'ating the conduct of
public men, as the most palpable want of
constitutional power would be."
Thirdly: That I desired the people of
the United Slates then to understand,
that, if elected, I would go into the Presidential
chair the inflexible and uncomprimlslng
opponent of any attempt on the i
pail of Congress to abolish slaver}' in the * 1
District of Columbia, against the wishes
of the slavcholding States; and also with >i
a determintion equally inflexible, to retUrt
r.lfr?U*Ar4 in4ormt?an/to nri k tko ciih. i
S131 U1C ail^tlUOl AV^I VilVV >T 1VII UIV ?JUU" i
ject in the States where it exists.
| The Twenty-Fourth' Congress, whose
constitutional term expired at the moment
rwhen mine, as" President, commenced,
had avowed its belief that it was "extremely
important and desirable that the ' ,
agitation of the subject of slavery should
be finally arrested, for the purpose of restoring
tranquility to the public mind,** \\
and made it the batis of exclusive and de
berate action in both Houses. In the
House of Representatives, a Committee
1 (a majority of whom were from non-slave1
holding States) reported, puisuant to in'
structions, two resolutions; the first was J
?" that Congress possess no constitutional
' power to interfere in any way with the
i institution cf slavery in any of the States
\ of the confederacy;'' the second, " That
I iMicrlit n/\? tn4A?*r/M?A trt nrtvr ttrntr
I vuugicoa uupii nut iu imc: iuc in aujr >?aj
with slavery in the District of Columbia;" v m
and a third, which was, in substance, that
all papers and motions bearing upon the
subject of slavery, should be laid upon the
table without further action thereon.?
They were accompanied by an elaborate
and very able report, setting forth at large
the reasons in favor of the opinions reported,
and the course recommenced by \ i'
the Committee. The whole subject waft
finally discussed, considered and decided 1
upon. The first resolution passed by a f
vote of 182 to 9?the second, of 132 to
45?and the third, of 117 to 63. In the
Senate, the matter was considered upon
I n mo mAno 1 (Vwm im arbr OOtlTI AT
a "ItHU'llai IIVIII IIIC V(U(1IICJIJ> luvuwg
of the Religious Society of Friends, praying
for the Abolition of domestic slavery
and the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
The subject was by that memorial
presented in terms which offered no. M
violence to the feelings of any class of 41
citizens, and were best calculated to se- j]
cure to the questions involved, a fair hear- Jj
ing and impartial decision. After several .If
days' discussion, the prayer of the m.e- morialists
was rejected, by a vote of thir- *
ty-four to six.
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