The Madisonian., 1840-01-01
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
ERipAY, Deee Der 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
ERpAY, Deee Der 80
The House came to order az Roon, and the Jour
nal ayiDg been read
| A communication was laid before The House by
the Speaker, from The Hon. CHARLES FESroN MEs-
cER, resigDing his seat as a member.
On motion ol Mr.. IALIAFERRO, il was laid
on Ihe table
MISSOURI AND IOWA.
The following communication Was received from
the Presidehlof the United Staies
Iotse HOUSE of Representatives. Of hs Uiiea States;
herewith eonlnunc ate to Congre, copies Of let
from the Governor Of Iowa to the Secretary Of State
aud OF tie documents transmitted with ii, the sub
Ject of dispute respecting he boundary sae Of MIS-
souTi The disagreement TO The extent ot their
speclive jurisdictions has produced state Of such
great excitement that think II necessary to invite
your early attention the report OF Compls ,ioner
appointed TO run the line IN question under the act Of
| the 18th Of june, which to both Houses of
Congress by ihe Secretary Of State tie 30t Janua
! ~ last.
NJ VAN BUREN.
WasHiNsroa Cry, Dec - 1889
| The message read and ordered 10 lie ca the Ia
! ble and TO be printed
The point resolution from the Senate 'or tse spp.n,-
ment Of two Chapains taken up aud agreed TO
| Mr. HOFFMAN. from ihe Commute. 10 Revise
| the Rules of Order, introduced resolution extend
ing the time for which those OF The las, Conorcss
have been adopted na HE l0h day Of January
| next.
| The resolution was agreed TO-
| Mr WISE, 90 leave ntHoaaced resolution that
me Char appoint The standing committees Of the
/ House
Before lis adoption. Mr.. w said he wished 10 ad-
dress, through The Char word 10 his constituents.
which was the expression Of his tesFe that he might
be excused from being placed On any OF lhe standing
committees u tie Hoasc hr. IS reques. was
4 aH .itl No. ,lfpft. ~.
committees was then agreed to. .%.
| On motion Of Mr. BRIGGS, il was resolved that
when the Ioase adjourn adjourn to meet ON Mon
day next
Mr. LEWIS. Of Alabama, at the request Of =
| friend nom Georgia, Mr Cooper, moved a recon
sderation Of tie vote BY which the House had
agreed lo the JOINT resolution rom the Senate, for
The appointment o Chaplainsi but, as Mr.. l. had not
voted N the affirmative on that question the motion
was declared cut of order under the rule.
PRINTING FoR TIE uossE-
The question now recurring from Tuesday last on
tht t'rosoiuionS moved by Mr. DAWSON of Georgia,
n relation tolbe public prialing-
Mr. GiDDlNGS, Of Ohio, who had she floor on
those resolutions, 10 address the House when
MIR, /. THOMAS said ,here had been an inter
change Of opinions on that side OF the House, and
be believed there was now general wish that this
subject Of the election Of prinler SC be postponed
no longer than the ID of January next; aud Ne un-
derslood the mover was willing 50 10 modify his
solution.
The CHAIR said This MODIFICATION could only be
done py general consent
Mir LEWIS WILLIAMS suggested that the
po,tponemenl extend 10 the 10th OF January And
after desWIory conversation, in which MessrS F.
THOMAS, DAWSON, BRIGGS, CUSHING, .
FILLMORE, STANLY, BYNUM and EVE
RE n took part The first resolution mod fed by
Mir UAwSoN, the mover, as 10 postpone lo the
luA of ,ianuafg, instead Of the bl OF February
The second RESOLUTION was adopted with slight
modification and the consideration of the third was
postponed TO The f0th of JaaaSrU
1 he following are the resolutions:
Rcsoired That the order OF this House in relation
10 The election OF Printer be postponed until the
tenth day uf January nrM
Rcsoived further That the Clerk OF this House be
authorized in the mean time 10 employ some suitable
person persons 10 execne The Necessary printing
ol ths House in the manner prescribed BY the Joint
resolntion o. 1870 until said tenth day Of January
next.
ResoIred further That select committee be ap-
pointed to inquire whether the public printing Of
this House cannot be better and cheaper done by
contract Than by the existing mode.
MIR. CRABB renewed the moton Of Mr. LEWIS
for a reconsideration oi the vote for appointing
Cbaplains he did So he said at ihe request OF his
colleague, Mr.. Lewis y and as he had votsd in the
affirmative, the motion, coming from him, was in
order and on this motion deblte forthwith arose,
in which the motion was advocated by MIR. COOP
ER, moi on the ground OF any disbelief ~ the truth
Of religion, the prolrety and necessity o. acts OF
public devotion, but because the commence ment Of
The daily siuings OF the House not proper time
nor lhe hall where il met proper place, for such
obeervances because they were thInly and irreve-
renv at.ended and were productive oi no geed, but
only evil and that continually; and because The
spectacle Of ministers escioaeerhg for lhe appoint
ment VS. Disgusting 10 every well constituted mind
and injurious 10 The cause of religion more espe-
cialiy when the political opiniUua OF candidate
were openly ged BY his friends iaS mad more than
been The case as The Chief reason tof his APP
poinlment And, finally, because there was no au-
thoriy Ia the Constitution for such application Of
the public money and the danger, from such prac-
iice that there should creep in hereafter the prn-
cple o! the union OF Church and Stale
Mr. RiCE GARLAND supported the motion on tho
same general grounds Of Objection
Mr. WISE, N very solemn manner, protested
against the reconsideration. asowed his irm belief IA
the connexion between the fats of nations and the will
OF az overriding Providence, and earnestly contended
for the propney Of open official act Of natisna
know ledgmeut Of the being and providence OF tho
Ruler OF the World IN support Of which view, he
yertsd to the example by the hrst Congress- IN the
earliest and pures, days OF the Republic He denied
that such 40 observance involved, in any degree n
un,o Of ChnIrh aud State, but only the union Of io-
roa with free government He differed in opinion as
to the bent Gcra erct OF morning prayers upon such
members as did attend aud alluded TO their influence in
assuagng the bitterness of party feeling, and sshninr
the heags Of political contest lie ayowed bis belief
tha, one hypocre, least had occupied the station
but passed warm enlogy the humility and pety of
several Of the former Chapans OF the House.
Mr. NlSBEr Of Georgia, took the same side in an
eloquent Speech whch wnh the residue of this debate
il is not now il IN our power lay before our readers.
The debate was conilnued by MessFs Slads, Crabb,
Cooper Crag and Rice Garland, when
Mr. HOPKINS rose, be said for the purpose OF put
ting an end 70 debate which seemed 10 hin, augo m
necessary And he moved the previous question
which vyas seconded and the nam question Vas or
deIeJ to be taken.
I Mr. J DAVIS, Of Pennsylvania asked the yeas and
NAYS on the Inaiu question, wleh ordered