Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-10

ELECTION OF PRESIDENT.
On motion of MIR. WRIGHT the House
then went into committee of the whole
on the state Of the Union, Mr.. TAYLOR,
OF New-York, in the chair, and resum-
ed the consideration Of the rules re-
ported by committee) to be observed
by the House in conducting the cleo
ton of the President.
And, the question being on striking
out the last clause of the third rule,
which provides that the galleries may
be cleared at the request ofthe delega-
ton of any one state
Mr.. MAGNuM, of North Carolina,
who had the floor, (having suspended
his remarks when the committee rose
on Thursday LAST addressed the House
in conclusion of his views on the SUBJ
ject.
He was followed by ]. S. BARBOUR,
in reply.
Mr.. M'LANE, succeeded, in defence
of his first positions, sc.
This able and very interesting dis
cussion was stopped by the proceedings
which follow.
From want of room we are under
the indispensable necessity of deferring
to our next report Of this part Of the
debate.
Mr.. WEBSTER, adverting to the
shortness of the time for making the
arrangements for conducting the cleo
ton of President, and DESTROYS to put
an end to debate which, in reality,
had no relevancy to the subject before
the House, moved that the committee
rise, in order to discharge it from the
further consideration of the subject,
and bringing it directly before the
House.
The committee then rose without
opposition.
On motion of Mr.. Cooke, the COM
mittee of the whole on the state of the
Union were discharged from the fur
Their consideration of the rules referred
to it; and they were laid on the ia
bic, They were taken up, and read in
order. The first rule is in the follow
ing words:
''1st In the event of its appearing, on o.
pening all the certificates, and counting the
votes given by the Electors of the several
states for President, that no person has ma
iority of the votes of the whole number OF
Electors appointed, and the result shall have
been declared. the same shall be entered on
the Journals of this House."
This rule, having been read, was
agreed to.
The second rule, on motion of Mr..
BAssETr, was amended, by inserting,
after the word House, the words "by
states ;" and, thus amended, it read as
follows:
's2d. The roll of the House, by States, shall
then be called, and, on its appearing that a
member or members from two-thirds of the
states are present, the House shall immediately
proceed, by ballot, to choose President from
the persons having the highest numbers, not
exceeding three, on the list of those voted for
as President; and in case neither of those per-
sons shall receive the votes of majority of all
the states on the first ballot, the House shall
continue to ballot for President, without in
tenuption by other business, until President
be chosen"
And thus amended, it was agreed to-.
The third rule having been read,
motion was made to strike out the last
clause, which orders the galleries to be
cleared at the request of the delegation
of any one state.
On this question Mr.. McDuFFIE rose,
and had proceeded some time in reply
ing to observations made in committee
of the whole-when he was called to
order by Mr.. WEBSTER, in a friendly
manner, on the ground that it was not
in order to reply, in the House, to
Speeches made in committee of the
whole.
The SPEAKER decided that the OBJ
servations of Mr.. Med. were not in or
der, for another reason, viz, that the
whole scope of the Debate was irrele-
want to the question actually before the
House.
Mr.. MuDuFFlE, upon the latter
ground, submitted to the decision of
the Chair.
MIR. McD's remarks, as far as he
went, will appear in our next, in con-
nection with the preceding part of the
Debate.
The question was then put on the "a
mendment and carried.
Mr. WRleHTmovedfu further to amend
the rule, by inserting, after the word
Senators" the word "Stenographers,"
which wrs carried
And the rule, as amended, was adopt
ed, and read, as follows:
Esd. The doors of the Hall shall be closed
during the balloting, except against Members
of the Senate, Stenographers, and the Officers
of the House."
The fourth rule was then read, and
adopted, as follows:
"4th, From the commencement of the bal
loting until an election is made, no proposition
tn adiourp shall he received unless on the