The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-12-31

best mode TO settle it. He suggested, as
middle course, to adopt the rules of the
last session. Mr.. Stanly approved the
suggestion, made motion to that effect,
and called the previous question.
Messrs. Profit, Adams, and others con-
tended that, the house being withoutrules,
the previous question could not be called.
But the speaker having decided that the
previous question was i'll order, an appeal
was taken, and the chair sustained by
vote of lat to II.
A committee was now appointed, on
motion Of Mr. Wise, 10 DIN the commit
Tee of the senate and wait on the president
to inform him they were ready TO receive
any communication he might make.
The motion of Mr.. Stanly was then
gatved-yeas SO, nays 81.
SO the amendment of Mr.. Adams
yeas 81, nays 81.
The house then adjourned.
Dec. -Senaic-ImmedateIy after
the senate had met, Mr.. Robert Tyler. the
presidents private secretary, appcaredbe
fore the bar with the presidents message.
He advanced and delivered it to the secre-
tary, who read it to the senate.
Mr.. Mangum moved that the message
and accompanying documents be laid on
the table and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Benton could not consent to vote
for this proposition. lie objected to that
part Of the message respecting fiscal
agent,-hc objected to leaving the details
of the bill to the secretary Of the treasury,
and likewise TO such an issue Of paper
money at all. The trainers of the cons,i-
tuition designed this to be hard money
government in contradislnction to a paper
money government; and this was a new
proposition, utterly unknown TO General
Hamilton when he submitted his first plan
of a national bank. The whole idea of
this government issuing exchange bills
came from Il. Biddc, who borrowed il
from the times Of George II. and the adj
mnistration Of Robert Walpoc. This,
however, was not the proper time to dis
cuss the subject, but he could not sit still
and hear this proposition to change the
currency, without expressing his disap-
proyal of it, calculated as it was, to ASST
initiate our condition to that Of England,
whose enormous debt began with a small
amount, and he gave notice that he should
avail himself Of the earliest opportunity to
discuss this subject fully.
The usual number was then ordered to
be printed and the senate adjourned.
U0usc.-The house having met, Mr.
Robert Tyler appeared and delivered the
presidents message in the usual form, and
twas read by the clerk.
Mr.. Wise then rose and moved that the
Message be laid upon the table, and that
the usual number and 10, eco extra copies,
with the accompanying documents, be
printed for the use Of the house.
Mr.. Mason, Of Ohio, desired to ascer-
tain whether the gentleman from Virginia
included amongst the accompanying do
cuments' the "ProspecWs cf the Con-
gressional Globe and ApPondiX' which
he found on the last page Of The Message
which had been laid upon his table
Mr.. Wise replied that he had moved to
print the paper which had been read by
the clerk--the manuscript mcssagc-and
not that which had been laid upon their
tables. Mr. Wise then proceeded to re-
mark, at some length and with much sar-
casm, on the i'll natured and sardonic en-
qury, as he called it, of the gentleman
from Ohio. Mr.. Mason replied in ST.
mIar strain, accusing the president, Mr..
Wise, &c. Of locofocoism. and all that
and then the motion of Mr.. Wise was
agreed to without division.
Mr.. w. Cost Johnson now pressed his
motion to adopt temporarily the rules OF
the Goth congress, and, the previous Ques
ton having been called, the vote was tax.
en- and the motion adopted-97 to 95.
The regular hour Of meeting, for the
present, was fixed at II o'clock, and The
house then adjourned.
Dec. S.-Scnaic-Thc senate met a
IL o'clock, and, after agreeing to elect ;
chaplain to interchange weekly with ;
chaplain to be appointed by the house
adjourned.
House-Aiter resolution appointing
committee to direct the expenditures o
the library had been adopted
Mr.. Caruthers rose, and said there wa
aquestion in which he had apersonal in
terest, which he wished the house now Il
settle. Crhe members all listened witt
breathless attention.) He alluded to dis
pute as to the right of a seat in this house
(Cries of "reler it to the committee OF
elections.") He alluded to the right of
seat IN this house, and the gentleman wit
whom he had the dispute was present
but neither Of them felt at home until tn
question was disposed of. The facts O
al, n Il.