The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-02-26

ihe opportunity. Olher counsels pre-.
vailed. The mover Of The section now
moved 10 ADHERE 10 in. This woold
have defeated the bill iErelrieEably. No
subsequent movement could have saved =.
Why. then. was the motion mades Was
il resolved upon that The WHOLE Sill.
with all lis appropriations. should BE- lost.
beeanse the Senate had not consented 10
put Ihree millions af dollars Al the dispo
sal Of Ihr' President There Vas vel
tine enough. II was not twelve o'clock.
and there was . quorum. Vel. il this
motion had prevailed. die bill would have
been lost with time and quorum both.
9 The course taken exhibited liked pur
pose that no appropriation should be
made Cor any ~ ihe forli6ealions. unless
this large sum was granted; and this most
improper and unconstitutional demons,ra.
lion Of confidence Vas manifested towards
the President Was IL deemed neeessa-
". - an oifse' against The unanimous
rejection af his advice ard the refusal n
give him the power of making reprisalss
Mr.. Mercer moved that the House re-
cede. This would have ended The con-
troversy. and saved the appropriations
for Notifications, amounting " $500. OslO.
And how. sir. was his motion met! Mr..
POk. the chairman of tho Committee Of
WAYS and tieans. urged that the mo:lon
TO aihsrs was first in ordered, and ~ Be
first put. And, IN no very measured
language towards the Senate. Mr.. LYLE
sustained him; thus aiding he movement
Of Mr.. Cambreleng 10 Giisre. defeat The
whole bill, and try to throw the blame
upon he Senate.
The Speaker then Mr.. BsLD decided
that the question on receding must be
first taken. Ii was put aud rejected hy
l07 to So. journal. 5l9) 6
Upon boih of the motions 10 recede
the yoles are recorded. u was an al.
most precise division Of parties Those
who are called opponents Of The Admi
nistrstion voted 80 as To save the bull. but
lose the contingent section. LIS friends
voted to save the grant Of money To The
Executive. az the hazard cf the whole
bill. In this stage oi these extraordinary
proceedings. Mr. Hubbard land he de.
serves thanks for breaking rank moved
for q conference Journal 5I9.) II Was
asked and promptly agreed Ia by the Sc
nate. although they had voted 10 a,ihsre
" their rejection of the section. Jour.
237. II Iiey had desired IL defeat the
bill, why did they waive their vote To
adhere and agree to tn conference! They
might have refused u. and been prefeclly
Jusufied by parliamentary rule aud pro-
pFleiy. Even the desire to throw the
responsibility on the Senate could no,
have put them in the wrong. There is
potent authority on this point in the JOUR.
nails Of this body. IN January. ls28.
the two Houses had before them a yery
important MEASURE Judiciary bill, hag.
ng the same object a. thai which has
recently passed the Senate. The bill from
the House was considered. debated on
several days. amended, and sent back.
The House voted not to accept a part
If the amendments. and returned u To the
Senate. The Senate. on the motion OF
Mr.. Van Buren,. then chairman OF the
! Judiciary Committee, adhered to their
appointments. The House asked a Gun
ference. The message asking the con-
ference was referred to the Judiciary
COMMITTEE. and the same chairman made
report refusing the conference That
rer,rt is worthy Of the respectful con-
sideration of all those who nov condemn
the Senate. Ii sustains the positions
which have advanced in defence of the
course of the Senate on this occasinn.
1t iusLifies the vote to adhere. without the
vote TO insist. Ii places the duty of call
ing for the conference un the house which
first insists. II refuses conference after
the House had asked it. because it was
not the intention of the Senate To recede.
and conference was therefore unneces>
! sary. The Senate sustained the report,
BY "a IT, Is: and among the majority are
! found the names Of Messrs. Van Buren,,
! Benton, Berrien. Branch. Dickerson,
/ Eaton. Hayne. Rowan, TazewelI. White.
Woodbury.. The bill was lost by this de-
cision. The report and vote may be
found in vol. I6 of Senate Journal. pa
ges 306-3l2.
If this be correct parliamentary doc
trine, and our opponents will not deny
it. and il the Senate had desired To defeat
this bill, why did we not refuse the con-
ference, We did not. We were re-.
solved to resist the three millions, but
we sought. earnestly. the passage of The
bill. and waived every rule Of practice,
in such cases, To accomplish it. Yet we
are now charged with the defeat of the
bill. The conferees. on the part Of the
House. were Messrs. Camberleng, Hub