, 1840-03-07

these dogs.
In the Senate yesterday, Mr.. Clay spoke
two hours in opposition to tho repor, and res.
%olutlons on the subject Of the assumption of
State debts.
In concluding he moved the indefinite
postPonement Of the whole subject. Hs
was followed to-day by Mr.. Sewer of Ar.
kansas.
The committee on elections are equally
divided OIL the New Jersey election case.
and Mr.. Campbell the Chairman will NOT
agree with either side.
Mr.. Campbell rose in his seat and gave a
detail OF reasons why the Committee Lad
not reported-he was permitted to proceed in
his statement Of what had been done in the
Committee, and amongst other things said
that the Committee had passed Il preliminary
re solution, that the certificate Of The Govern.
or gave a prinaa .facie right to u seat in con-
gress. Mr.. Fillmore another member of the
Committee but unfortunately a whigin reply
to Mr.. Campbel's statement or rather an
explanation Of the course of the Wing por-
ton Of the Committee, was about reading a
resolution which had been adopted by the
Committee when he was called to order, and
The Speaker decided that he was out of Or
der, because it conilicted with a rule Of the
House that a member cannot refer in debate
10 what is lone in Committee.
The debltes sprung up on the motion of
Cave Johnson to print all the evidence taken
and proceedings had before the committee,
and another rule of the House IS that no
member shall be called on to vote on any
panor x.t.ho,t IT, b,,y,p baon ~.c ~
the question of order growing out of these
two rules, the House was engaged until
one O'Clock when the hour for morning bust.
mes expired. The Speaker is clearly wrong,
and Mr.. Adams appealed from his decis-
ion, aud was sustained by the most able par
l,amentarians in the house.
Mr.. Fillmore disclosed the fact, that the
committee had postponed the consideration
OF the whole subject, until the first Of April
next. TO allow, as il alledged, an opportuni-
t. TO collect additional testimony.
The House was occupied when left,
with the bill Tor taking the census.
CONGRESS.
In the Senate, Feb. 81, Mr.. Wright PEE
scented memorials praying the cnacmeni Of
uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies.
The Senate spent most Of their sitting in
considering a joint resolution, introduced
some time ago, which requires that all claims
which have been decided against vice, shall
not be brought up again, unless some new
evidence shall be presented that could not
have been procured before.
In the House of Representatives The whole
OF the forenoon was taken up in the discus
SION OF points of order, connected with the
proceedings OF the committee of Election
A, length the decision of the Chair was sus-
tanned, that Mr.. Fillmore. of New ""ork,
'ad no right 10 read a resolution adopted in
the Committee of Elections, which had not
been reported to the House, the question he
ing taken and nega,ived on an appeal from
that decision. On Mr.. Fillmore proceeding
TO address the House, Mr.. Petriken objected
that LAYING been called to order, Mr.. F.
could not proceed without the leave Of the
House. Mr.. Bell sustained Mr.. F's right to
speak, and another member submitted a mo-
tom tina: Mr.. F. be permitted to speak, to
which Mr.. F. objected, stating that, being
entitled to the floor, he would not submit to
receive permission from the House. Here
the debate was arrested by a motion for 90
ing into the orders nf the day. The ones
ton then came up whether the private bills
the Speakers table, from the Senate,
should be regarded as the orders, and. being
decided in the affirmative, the consideration
Of these private bills occupied the remainder
Of the sitting.
The House then adjourned to Monday.
E'ro,, yb, ~ T,,;s p,,II,y.