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Mr.. Adams rose. and remarked thatl
the gentleman from Virginia had been
permitted 10 make remarks. In introduce
ins his resolution. and
Here Mr.. Adams was INTERRUPTED
by loud cries Of Order. and the Speaker
Pfoaouncing him out Of order, whilst n
motion for the previous question Was
depending.l
MIR. a. resumed his seat.
The main question being ordered, IL
was put on the adoption OF the resolu-
iion. and Was decided in the ArriRMA-
TIVE. by the following vote:
fEAS-SIe.srs. Anderson, Andrews.
Atber,on, Beatty. Beirne, B,cknel.
B'rdssll. Boon. Bo.lj,n. Brodhesd.
Bruyn. buchanan. John Ca.hoon. Cam
bieieng, WIN. b. Campbell. John Camp
bell. Tino'hy J. Carter. YIN. Is. Car.
ter. Casey. Chapman. Chea,hain. Gil.
ley. claiborne. Gle, elaud, Cluwnev.
Coles. Craig. Crockett. Cu-hmau, De-
berry. DcGtsT. Dennis, Dronyool-.
t.dw ards, FatrinsOn. Fairfield, Fry. ].
Garland. J. Graham, Grautiand. Graves.
Hammond, Harlan. Harrison, Hawe,
HAWKINS, HAYNES, Hoisey. Holt. Hop.
kins. Howard. Hubley, William fl.
Hunter, J. Jackson, Joseph Juhn.on.
J. w. Jones, kcmble. Klingensmith,
La~ier, Legare, Logan LOOMS. LYON,
Mall Dry, James M. Mason. Martin,
Maury. May. Mckay. Robert McCleI
Ian. Abraham Mcclellan, Mcclure
Mokim, Mercer, Miller. Montgomery,
Moore, Morgan, :. w, Morris, Muh-
icnberg. Murray, Noble. Palmer, Par
ker, Patton. sayn,er. Pennybacker,
Petrikin. Phelps. Pope. Pratt, Pren,iss,
Rely, Reneher. Robertson A. II.
Shepperd. c. Shepard. Shields, Sny-
der Southgite, Spencer. Sianly. Sew
ART Stone, faliaierro. Taylor, Thomp-
son, Titus, Turney, Underwood, Vail.
Wagner. Weeks. John White. Tho
mas /. Whil,!esey. Lewis williams,
Sheirod Williams, Jared w. Williams,
Joseph l.. Williams. Christopher IL.
Williams. Yell-l22.
NAiS-Messrs. Alexander. II. Al
len, John w. Allen. Biiile. Bond,
Borden, Briggs, Brownson. William B.
tslhoun, Cheney, Colin Corwin
,.ranston. Curtis, Gushing. Darlington,
Davies, Duncan. Dunn. Evans. Eve
rrtt, Ewing, Richard Fletcher. Isaac
Fletcher. Fillmore. Foster. Goode. w.
Graham, Grennell, Haley, Hall. Hamar.
Hastings. Henry, Hcrod, Hoffman, Ing
ham, Hllxore, Leddbe,ter, Lincoln.
Marvin, Samson Mason, Maxwell, Nc
KEENAN,, MIlligan, Matthias Morris. Cal
vary Morris, Naylor. Noyes, Oslc. Par
menier, Patterson, Peck, Philips, Potts.
Potter, Randea, Randolph, Reed. Ridy.
way, Russell, Shelter, Shcplor. Sibley,
Slade. Smith. Stratton, Tillinghast, To-
land, Toucey, Webster. A. T. White,
Elisha Whittlesey, Yorkc-1l.
30 the resolution was agreed to.
When the roll was about being call.
cd, Mr., Duncan Of Ohio asked if il
would be in order to state the reasons.
at that time. for the vote he should give;
The Chair responded in the mega
tive.
When Mr.. Adams name was called
he arose. aud, amidst cries Of Order
made the following statement:
- i hold the resolution 10 be a viola.
lion of the Constitution Of the United
States, Of the right Of my constituents.
and OF the People Of the United States
TO petition, and Of my right to freedom
OF speech, as a member Of this House. :"
MIR. Sawyer, Of N. c.. asked TO be
excused from voting when his name
was called.
The Chair decided that the request
was not made in the proper time.
Mr.. Wise did not vote on the oues-
ton at all. but rose and remarked tina,
he Mas here. He did not hold II as a
proper question for him, as the repre-.
sentative OF his constituents, to vote
upon.
Mr.. Adams (aller the Clerk had read
over the list remarked that he did not
hear his name recorded. lie asked to
have his answer recorded.
The Speaker said the only answer
that could be given TO the call vas Az
or No.
MIR. Adams moved that his answer
be entered upon tie Journal as he gave
liz.
The Chair decided that such motion
was not in order.
Mr. Adams requested that his request
and the Speakers decision be recorded
as a part of the Journal