Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-01-10
MR.. BENToN's MOTION.


- 49,, Senate IN wednesday, the VICE
PRESIDENT having announced the opeoi"i
Order. being the Report of the Secretary OF tle
Treasury on the removal Of the deposltes, inc
onest;on being on the amendment offered ny
Asr SOJITHARD then rose and sald thGt nc
mad come prepared to express the views VIZ" VIZ -
had aided him in making up hiS u 'S 49, -;
bis own vote but an amenoment !i'u 80
troduced to which he did not deslsn W aSp!
vs,, of h;s observations According to all par
Ganentarv usage, while this amendment was
rand;ng he was bound to address himself 10 II;
+ WAS therefore. his wish that the question shouiu
he at once taken on the amendment, anu ua'
until that was done, he might reserve wnas nc
had to say. He hoped the guesllon w. ha do o.
once be taken on the amendment, ana ne ue
sired that il should be taken by yeas ana nays
The yeas and nays were then ordered
Mr. FORSYTH said that the quesuon ndu
come on him Unexpectedly. The mover. OF the
amendment was not present, anu ne WIN
therefore move to lay the whole suoJect on the
table.
The motion was lost. 80. ..
Mr. GRUNDY said he was not disposed 10
vote for the resolutions III the form III which
thew were offered but he wished the oeha tt
from Missouri to be present he thouSht tne
suggestion of the gentleman rom Mem .er ,ro,
~
ner one and wished that delay OF lew hi
ppntes MIGHT take place. until the Senator rom
Missouri could be sent for He had no desire 10
saw a single word on the subject
Mr. KING considered the sugSesuoh Vi Tue
gentleman from New Jersey as incorrect ana
e. The whole subject was now as completely
omen for discussion as If the amenoneht were
Nh POINDEXTER, wished to make one re-
mark. The subject which had been discussed
and the resolution Of the Senator from hentoc-
XIV grew out of the report OF the secretary vi
the Treasury. and related to the removal OF the
deposites The amendment which had Deeh
presented by the Senator from Missouri, nad no
yeleyance whatever to that question. twas en-
trely distinct proposition, when the oenatoI
from Missouri might present IN dl1Ierent lorni'
when. if he desired the testimony OF tue Flesi-
dent of the United States Bank, or any other
testimony. he could submit proposal Tor
Committee of the Senate, before which II might
no obtained upon oath. But now, While the fea-
sons of the Secretary were under discussion,
the Senator from Missouri had closed lour
days' speech. by making proposltion wnich
was absurd, and had no posslpie thnt
with the subject. Therefore, ne thought, that
the Senator from New Jersey was correct IN
drawing q line between the amendment and the
resolutions of the Senator from Kentucky. tie
hoped that the question would be at once Id
ken on the amendment, to which, IN anotner
position of grand jury putting an lhoiVioual
on his trial.
rFOaSYTH repeated that he could not have
anticipated that the question would nave Deen
faken this morning. He had come to the Sc
nate, expecting to hear the remarks OF tne yen
tlsman from New Jersey, and he was not nm
self prepared to vote on the amendment. he
had no objection, however, that the question
shonld he taken. but he desired to see every
member in his seat, especially as the amend
rnent had been so severely, and, as ne thougnt,
so uniustly assaulted by the Senator from MIS-
sissinni He thought that the amendment had
q reference to the subject under discussion, ana
referred the Senate to the reasons asslned Tor
ahe removal of the Deposites, by the Secretary
of the Treasury, among which are the enof-
NOUS curtailments of the issues OF the Bank,
and the application of its funds to elechoneer-
ing purposes. Now, the amendment had re-
ference to both these points. He was not quit
satisfied that the course of the Senator from
Missouri was the correct one, but assuredly the
amendment had reference to the subject, and
did not deserve the epithets used by the gentle
man from Mississippi. He was not disposed
10 take the reasons OF the Secretary on one
hand. or the argument of the Bank on the
other without further Investigations but he
wished that examination to be by committee
of the Senate.
Here Mr. BENTON came In.
Mr. KANE moved division of the question,
so that 1t be hrSt taken on striking out.
The CHAIR decided the motion to be out OF
order
The question was then taken on the amend
ment of Mr.. BENTON, and decided in the mega
tive as follows:
YEAS-Messrs Benton, Brown, Grundy,
Hill, Kane, Linn, Morris, Sheply, Tallmadge,
Upton, White, Wright-12.
NAYS-Messrs Bell, Bib, Black, Calhoun
Chambers, Clay, Ewing, Forsyth, Frelinghuysen
Hendricks, Kent, King, of Ala. King, of Geo.
Knight, McKean Mangum, Moore, Naudain
poindexter, Porter, Prentiss, Preston, Rivess,
Robbins, Robinson Silsbee, Smith, Southland,
Sprague, Swift, Tomlinson, Waggaman, Web
ster, Wilkins-34.
So the amendment was rejected