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CONGRESS-.
TiIE sUB.rREAsuRY BILL

Well. the Sub-Ifeasury bill, which
pissed the S1ns,e several weeks ago, has
now passed he House OF Representative,
aud. 'ln spite oi the llmenis atoms here OF
elsewhere and Is now the law Of the
land.
But. AOV did that bill passi BY what
E4eaHs has IL beea forced upon a resisting
nod protesting People What triumph
can is contriyers boasti With every Ad.
ninIstration Member of the House OF Re.
presents,ives at has post. excepting Mr..
Howard, Of Indiana. aud Mr.. Fisher
(who considered himself Instructed a.
gliost the bill the votes for the bill were
ia; add he vote OF Mr.. Howard. aud
there would have been l20. Take from
this number the FIVE New Jersey mem
bers unconstitu,ionally elected by The
House OF Representatives in lieu of those
returned as elected by the People. aud
suppose the House To have been full. (ss
II would have been had there been any
prospect of defeating the bill, and there
would have been l20 votes for the bill,
and l20 against Il
This shows hOto The bill passed. and by
what gh-handed and arbitrary means its
passage was effected. Three times re.
jscted by the real Represe natives Of the
People. this scheme Tor sireng,he Ming the
Executive power. and enlarging its pa
,ronage against the will Of the People has
been thus fastened upon the People by
means which would make il odious and
deiesiAble were AZ not otherwise obiec-
! ton able. To doubt that the People. in
the exercise Of their sovereign power
through the ballot-box, will resent and
T abate the nuisance. under the cIrcum-
Stances which have attended itf passage,
would be 10 suppose them inSensible alike
10 their interests and 10 their rights.
The following are the Ayes and Noes
on the passage OF the bill:
4 YEAs-MesSrs. j. Allen, II. ]. An
= derson. Anterior, Banks. Beatty, 3eirne.
: Black Blackwell. Boyd. Brewster. A. v.
y Brown. a. G.. Brown. Burke. s. II. But
! Ter. w. o. Butler. Bynum. Carr. Carroll,
e Chapman. Clifford. Coles. COlquiit. Con-
a nor, NJ. A. Cooper. w Il. Cooper. Craig
Crary. Cross, Dana. Davee, John DAVIS,
c J. w. Davis, Dickerson, Doan. Doig,
}. Dromgoole. Duncan. Fad. Eastman, Ely.
!, Fine. Fletcher. Floyd. Fornancc. Gal
braith, Gary, Griffin, Hammond, Hand,
Hawkins. John Hastings. Hill, OF n. C.,
kins. Hubbard. Jackson. Jameson. Jo-
seph Johnson. Cave Johnson, Nalbaniel
Jones, John w. Jones, Keim. Kemble
kille Leaibeuer. Lee,. Leonard Lewis
Lowell. Lucas. Mcclellan McCulloh
Mckay Mallory. Mafchsnd. Medill. Mil.
Ter, MonIsyne Montgomery, S w. Nor
ris. Newhsrd. Parish. ParmenieT. Paris
Paynier. Petrikin. Pickens. PTentiss, Ram.
sey. Reynolds. Rheti, Rives, Robinson
Ed. Rogers J. Rogers. Ryall, Samuels
Shaw. Shepard. Albert Smith. J. Smith
T. Smith, Sisfkweather. S,eenrod Srong
Sumter. SWearineen. S~esuy, Taylor
Francis Thomas. p. +. Thomas. Jacot
Thompson, Turney. VAnderpoel. Vroom
David ID. Wagner. Watierson. Weller
Jared w. Williams, Henry Williams
Worlhing,on-l24.
NAYs-Messrs. Adams, Afford, Jobs
w. Allen, Andrews, Baker. Barnard
Bell Bildle. Bond. Botts, Briggs. Brock
way, Calhoun. John Campbell, William
B Campbell, Carter. Casey, Chinn, Chit
ienden, Clark, James Cooper, CJsAb
Cranston. Crockett, Curtis, Cushing
Davies. Garrett Davis, Dawson. Debeuy
Dennis. Dellet, Edward, Evans. Ever
, etl, Fillmore, James Garland. Rice Gar
" land. Gates. Gentry, Giddngs. Goggin
'e Goode. Graham. Graves, Green, GTinnell
y Habersbsm, Hall. William s Hasting'
~ Halves. Henry, John Hill, OF Va. Hol
81 nan, Hunt James, Jenifer, G. Johnsou
;" VIM. Cost Johnson. Kempshall King Lin
'" cola McCary. Marvin. Mason. Mitchell
&c. Monroe, Morgan, G. Morris MAYOR, M,
NJ bet Osle, Osborne, Palen. Peck, pope PRO-
g e.. Randall Randolph, RSnden, Rsynei
g Reed, Ridgeway, Russell. Salionstal
: Sergeant, Simonion. Slade Truman Smiit
g Sanly. Stuart. Talialeuo, Waddy Thomp
son. 'TiIIinghas,. Toland. TnpIeti. Tfum
: bell. Underwood, Peter Wagner, Wa;
req. Edward d. White, J White. Wict
+. ~. Williams. Lewis Williams J.
Williams Christopher II Willisms-l01
After The passage 81 tie biIi, The nel
question was on 10 little.
Mr.. Cooper, Of Peaasylyania, move
TO amend the hile by sinkinapui the pre-
scot title. and inserting IN leo thereof Oh
following n biH 10 re,lvCe he Uaiss {
property. he Drodaeil Of ne frmer an
fhs S8gss oft1s iqborer; 10 dssisoy fie "a
d,bisd portion ef ne commnaiiy end
place NE Trsqsary II ne nation IN n
binds 81 .fhe Prsfidsai.
Mr. Cushing moved 70 amend the I
mendmeni % o. 20 read a. follows. "A
sei 10 ssabis Pc psti'c rosey - b drq's
from ne Treasury gifhoaf sgpseprisiio
made BY iav.'
10 support Of this rrolion Mr. Cushiu
went into speech 30 ahich. after q,
verting 20 this a. the last act Of 'he DRAW
he Ifsfuased u.fh much enafuv a comet
tuionsl objection toihe bill.
NJ Gave Johason inqaged whether
diCUWion Of consiilulionsl qnesiio
could Be 20 oriar on q moiion % amer
she hile If e ball
The speaker decided that u might
u sect 70 show that the hilo oaghi 10
q, changed.
= ~. Psifikin objected 10 Tbs decision
~ The Chair directed him 10 reduce b
- Doin, OF orier 20 writing