Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1834-05-17

IN SENATE.


which was referred to the Committee OF
la6ian Affairs.
BY Mr.. TIPTOS:
ResoJsed, That the daily hour for ,h<
meeting Of the Senate shall be o'clock
till otherwise ordered.
SPECIAL ORDER.
Ate quarter before the usual hour
Il O'clock,) Mr.. POINDEXTER stated
chat the Senate seemed averse to the con-
sideranos Of any legislative business uo-
I'll the Protest had been disposed Of, and
moved to proceed to the consideration
Of the special order; which was agreed
"a 49,
PRESIDENTS PROTEST.
The Senate resumed the consideration
of the special order, bcing Mr.. B1BB'S
amendment TO Mr.. POlNDEXTER'S res
oiuaion.
Mr.. CALHOUN having the floor from
the previous day, spoke at length against
tho Protest Of the President, and on con-
GLIDING.
Mr.. BIB withdrew his amendment
Sthat the Protest be not received"
Mr.. FORSYTH then spoke in reply
10 Calhoun, in defence Of the course Of
tho President, and in justification o. the
Protest, and moved to strike ont all after
the word resolved, in the resolutions, and
insert the following:
/. That the Message Of the President
protesting against the resolution Of the
Senate Of the 2S.h Of March, be enter
cd on the journals according to his re-
quest.
2. Resolved, That leavin, 10 the
States, to whom the Senate is alone res
ponsible, 10 judge whether the resolution
complained Of il, or 10 not, within the
constitutional competency Of this body,
and called for by tho present condition
Of public affairs, an authenticated copy |
Of the original resolution, with list Of
the ayes and noes, Of the Presidents
Message, and ofthose resolutions, be pre-
pared bv the Secretary, and transmitted
by the Vice President to the Governor Of
each State Of the Union, to be by him
laid before the next session, az the only
authority authorized to decide upon the
opinions and conduct of the Senators
respectively.
Mr.. FORSYTH however withdrew
the amendment for the present, to enable
Mr.. CALHOUN to offer the following,
IS an amendment to MIR. POINDEX- l.
TER'S resolutions: u
Resofred, That the President Of the =
United States has no RICH, to send Pro- y
test g the Senate AGAINST ay Of it. pro- |;
Wssoi,ed, Tia, the sL.sse do no. re-
ccive the Protest Of the President.
Upon these propositions Mr.. CAL-Iy
HOuN asked the yeas and nays; which J
wore ordered. i
Mr.. PRESTON then spoke at some II
length against the principles contained in %
Tho Protest, but in favor of receiving the q
document.
Mr.. WEBSTER also followed briefly Q
On the same side, and moved that the
questions be taken separately on Mr.. q
propositions. ~
Mr.. CLAYTON then expressed. lse
wish that Mr.. Calhoun would with. sts
his I'd resolution.
This Mr.. C.. yielded 10, but it was OPP
posed by Mr.. FORSYTH; and as it re- :
quired the unanimous consent Of the Sen
ate TO withdraw
Mr.. CLAY moved to lay the resolution
On the table.
Tho motion was decided to be out Of
,rder. (M.. King, Of Alabama, in the :.
.hair,) on the ground that two resolutions :, !
we're on amendment. !,
Mr.. CLAY appealed from the decis- =
ion Of the chair; and L.
Mr.. FORSYTH asked the yeas and !
nays on the appeal; which were ordered, :
and nrc rs follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Bell. Benton, Black,
Brown, Calhoun, Ewing, Forsyth, Fre-l..
Grundy, Hendricks, HILL,
Kane, Kent, King, King Of Georgia, :
knight, Leigh, Linn, Mexican, Poindex-
ter, Porter, Prentiss, Robbins, ShePlev, :
Silsbee, Smith Swift, Tal!madge, Upton,
Tyler, Webster, White, Will |.
NAYs-Messrr. Clay, Clayton, Nau- :
dam, Spracue-4. II
So TIE decision Of the Chair vas sus- {
tanned. /,
The question recurring Mr.. CALL.
HOuN'S FIRST resolution was then taken, !,
and decided in the affirmative, as follows, :
10 vii: if
YEAS-Messrs. BELL, Bibb, Black, .
Clay, Clayton, Ewing. Freiing- 3
huysen, Kent, Knight, Leigh, Naudain, :
Porter, Prentiss, Preston, !;
Silsbee. SPraeue, Smith, Swift, +
Tyler, Wa:saman, Web I
yter-05. h
NAYS-Messrs. Benton, Brown, For +
Nth, Gr,ndy, Hendricks, Hill. Kane, I
King Of Alabama, King Of Gesrgia, Linn a
Mexican. Sheplev, Tnllmadge, Upton, \