The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-08-28
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
THURSDAY, August %, |.


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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Thursday, August 20, l64l.
The journal of yesterday read and approved.
| Mr.. AARON ". BROWN asked the House to
excuse him from further service member of the
Committee on Elections.
Mr.. B. said that he was the last Of those who had
served upon that committee during the last Congress
and every body knew how aborious the duties
| which had been performed by il.
Mr.. WARREN and Mr. ARNOLD made re
mark understood to be in objection but the Reporter
could not hear what twas.
The motion then put, and Mr. B. excused.
Mr.. BRIGGS offered The following resolution
Resoired That at IL o'clock M this day all debate
in Committee of the Whole the bill mo 30) 10
make appropriations for the Post Office Department
shall cease, and the committee shall then proceed TO
vote on the amendments then pending that may he
offered TO said bill and the shall then be report
| ed TO the House, with such amendments may have
been agreed to by the committee Prorided, That
thing In this resolution shall prevent the committee
from reporting the bill to the House earlier hour
| if it shall think fit
| Mr.. ANDREWS, of Kentucky, inquired if that
was privileged question
| The SPEAKER replied that it
MIR. ANDREWS, Of Kent lucky, moved TO amend
the resolution by inserting IL O'Clock next Monday
instead of this day
On which motion Mr.. A. asked the yeas and nays
which refused
Mr.. LINN moved a call Of the House.
Mr.. YORkE asked the yeas and nays on that mo-
ton; which were ordered, and, being taken were =:
Yeas rs, nays 46
So the call was ordered.
And The Clerk having called the roll, $50 members
answered to their names
And, on motion of Mr.. LINN all further proceed
ings on the call were suspended.
The question recurring on the amendment Of Mr..
ANDREWS
Mr. WARREN moved the previous question
And there was second as
And the main question (being first on the amend
menD was ordered, and, being taken, decided in
the negative.
So the amendment rejected
Mr.. ANDREWS, of Kentucky then moved to Law
the resolution the table, and asked the yeas and
nays on that motion; which ordered and being
taken were Yeas 62, nays sc.
So the resolution not laid on the table.
And the question recurring on the adoption of the
Mr.. ANDREWS, of Kentucky asked the yeas
and nays, which were ordered, and, being taken re-
suited as follows:
YEAS-Messrss. J. Andrews Arnold, Aycrigg,
Babcock, Barnard Birdseye, Black. Blair. BoaIdman
Borden, Bolts, Briggs, Brockway, Bronson, Nj Brown,
BurneH, VIM. Butler, Thos CamIbe Caruthers,
Cbluenden J. c. Clark, S. N. Clarke, Cowen Grams
ton, Cravens, w. c. Dawson, John Edwards, Ever
EFT Fillmore, A. L. Foster Gamble, Gentry. Goppin
P. G. Goode, Graham, Green, Greg, Habersham''
Hall, HalsteJ, VIM. s. Hastings, Henry, Howard
Hudson, James Irwin, w. w Irwin, James John p
Kennedy, Lane Lawrence, Linn, Samson Mason,
Mathot, Nattocks Maxwell, MAYNARD Moore Nor
Benjamin Randall, Alexander Randall, Randolph
Rencher Ridgway, Russell, SaonstaiI,> Shepperd,
Simonion, Slade, Smith, Stra,ton, A. H. HI. Stuart,
John I: Stuart, Summers, TaiaieHo J. b Thomp
SON. Il. w Thompson, Tinghast, Toland, TON
lnson, Tripett, Trumbull, Underwood, Wallace
Warren, w ashngton, J. L. White, T. w. Will
llams, Lewis Williams, C. H. Williams Winthrop,
Yorke Augustus Young, J. Young-9s.
NAYS-Messrs. Adams L. w. Andrews, Ar
rington. Anterior, Beeson, Bidlack, Bovine Boyd,
A. " Brown, VIM. O. Butler, John Campbell, W.
B. Campbell, Clifford, Clinton, Cross, Gushing, II d.
Davis, Dean, Doan, Dog Eastman, J. G. Edwards,
Ferris, J. Floyd. Cha les A. Floyd, Torrance Ger
ry, William .. Goode Gordon, Cuisine Harris, John
Hastings Hays, Honck, Houston, Hunter, Ingcrsoll,
Jack, Cave johnson, keim, A. Kennedy Ltlefed
A. Mcclellan, Mckay, Mallory, Marchand, John +
Mason, Miller, Parmenter, Payne, plumcr, Reding,
Reynolds, Roosevelt, Sanford, Saunders, Shaw, Sny
der, Steenrod, Sumter, sweeney, Van Buren,, Wat
tcrston, Wesbrook Wood-6S.
So the resolution was adopted
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
On motion Of Mr.. BRIGGS, the House resolved it.
self into Committee OF the Whole on the state of the
Union, MIR. EVERETT, Of Vermont, in The chair and
resumed the consideration of the bill making appropri
atoms for the Post Office Department.
The pending question being on the following
amendment, heretofore offered by Mr.. GiLMER
Prorided, That the money hereby appropriated
shall be accounted for by the Post Office Department
hereafter, when the condition of It's funds shall permit
and be refunded into the Treasury or deducted from
any sums which the Post Office Department may here
tofore have paid into the Treasury.
Mr. ANDREWS, Of Kentucky, was entitled 10 the
floor which, however he yielded for purposes of ex
planato on to
Mr.. BOLTS, who said he would occupy the atten-
tion OF the committee only few minutes
II might be expected, afe the remarks made by the
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr Cushine) yester-
day, that he Mr.. should offer some observations
upon the question which occupied the time of the
mit,ee-not upon the bill under consideration, but
upon the question which occupied the attention Of tho
| committee
| The gentleman had accorded to him, what he Mr..
b checrully conceded to that gentleman the right
| to think Tor himself and to speak for himself hey
differed very materially in their the
Of the President of the United States the subject
referred TO, and TO the results OF those views. That
| however, matter Of opinon--of judgment; he
(Mr had no disposition interfere with that gen
iieman's opinion with the expression Of il nor
did he (Mr b mean TO havehis opinions OF his judy
ment the expression Of those opinions arrested COR
nrraigned here he thanked the gentleman for the
word) 50 long as he was a Representative from the
State Of Virginia.
| The gentleman had not invited but had challenged
an argument this subject lie (Mr b took the
gentleman at his word-he acce;aed the challenge,
| but not at this moment. Yesterday he had said that
the time bad not yet arrived for il; bot the time would
come, and when it did if he should be fortunate