The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-08-19

% long before hen There laid behind u another iu-
portant MEASURE with which The honor hnd chaiae,t
III the country most Immediately CONNECTED sGd
which he hoped would be taken ~, and passed. iin1
datey after the decision Of the bill nov before ~ n
He alluded the measure, Which 4 ~ss nscssssts FL
adopt tins session otherwise, heiofe The middle = -
cenber next the GoteTDmrni and the county "rult
10 agfound unless they IesoIted y some other uan
bills He hoped, Therefore that they would pfoc,,d
with the bill. lie did not ask gentlemen Y Frcef'd
with precipitation, bot be tntIeaied them TO consume
a. lille time az possible, and allow the bill q (,
decided.
They were told that i veil had been lifted ,a,tr
side lfthere had been there was also Nti ufttd IL
HE other side ard had appeared that that siao ild
been INDUCING IN transports Of JOY. P.fhaFs uote5
ration and consciousness Of the Ncissiudcs Il human
affair should not be- overlooked. tie hoPd Il ihD.r
transports had been INDUCED IN, on lhe Other ,d oi
the House, that they would have occasion y etsnge
them and that they would give Nay 10 other parr la-
rioic transports az The 81 the other
10 which the Senator from lndlsna bad alluded lie
believe this bill would pass, although he did not An9~
The Senator had spoken OF other measufrs shi
hereupon gentlemen chose 10 say that tie SthatI
from Indie a had connected those other 18th
this Il was an unjust inference, susalncd,ty pf,-
misses Had there no, been other measures litd
they not passed the bill TO refsa the sub Treasury Re-
And while he Was vet speaking, he had the IItarGte
TO communicate 10 the other side of The House ~
passage Of the BANKRUPT bill in the House 81 Refre.
sentatiyes Then this measure II passed, ~e1ld not
90 a1one--t would 90 ~ good company Would ~
with this bill, with lhe Loan bIg ttf toiiHcatbit
bin, the Home Squadron bill the Navy AppraIfa
ton bill tie bill 10 repeal the sub. Treasury ard last
though not least although be confessed be hoped ~
most against hope-he trusted, too, tina, a bank .
competent efficient Bank OF the United States, might
also be established before the termination Of the
sen He wished he had confidence 10 assert
tina, ii would be- but he should continue TO hope for ~
The last moment while the sesson remained uniern-
mated by adjournment
The Senator from Alabama had spoken Of consul
tation in caucus Would the Senator tell them when
they had had any caucpsl lie would compare Jour
nal with journa-,he journal of their caucu-es WIN
those the friendly consultations OF those with whom
he acted and he would venture 70 say that 4 th,re
had been affirmative decisions on questions Which
they desired 10 pass, on their Joofnals there "eud e
quite many negative ones On the other sde among
those gentlemen who occupied-what should he say
the opposition benches he supposed 50, though would
not 10 be in conformity with their recent Trans,
ports of JOY.
AS 10 This amendment. Which the MOS,
sonable mode Of spportionment of the distribution
If they took the representation thy took that which
le surpusses or Iesdues but If they took the resptc
tive population, it meted equal justice 10 all Why
should they wish distribute benefits more han tax
alton, by the Senatorial representa- alton Tie hoped
there would be deviation from the usual ooufsr
Three times had the Iue obtained the sanction 81 the
Senate, of taking the simple population OF the coun-
try with all It's fractions beyond the quota Of repre-
sentaon, as the standard Of distribution and he
hoped the majority OF the Senate would persist IN r.
tanning this principle.
MI LINN sad an implication Of delay their
side had been made by the Senator from Indiana
(Mr White) He denied its truth they were prepared
and offered week ago take the question, but the
friends of the bill not prepared. II had been
enGeayored by the viles deception 10 bury up truth,
but it should be disnlerred How had they passed
their Bank bill How had they passed theiI
Bankrupt bill There was very little doubt but the
system Of compromise that began at the Harrisburg
convention still worked here; and II would work TIL
the people back on them with vengeance. Yes,
he rejoiced when the President OF the United States
put his Veto that BILL and he should rejoice.
They would however prepare another measure. lie
had never had but one opInon-tbat the majority
would not 90 home without something, without some
fig leaves 10 their nakedness, at least sat
Of old clothes Gas the fellow said tina, asked for 10
reign embassy, and gave up with asking for old
cothes) They would have something. Such
riss of they would have! Their hand
bill would pass pretty much as their Bank bill and
Bankrupt bill had ii would pass. He would thank
The President for having vetoed the Bank bill and
knew that all they would get would be suit OF old
clothes.
After further remarks by Messrs. FULTON,
KING. and SMITH Of Indiana, the Bankrupt bill
having been received from the House with amend
ments--
Mr. WALKER expressed his ardent joy at the
passage of thi bill by the House which impe
riously demanded, measure OF great relief to a
suffering community which he desired should not be
held in suspense another night but that they should
immediately take up the amendments and act on them.
the table
Mr. LINN called the yeas and nays on this motion
He would give the history Of the case, They had de-
layed the Veto Message two days, and nav, after a
lecture from their young friend from Indiana Mr..
White had got upon the Distribution bill Now his
friend om Mississippi proposed 10 take up the Bank
rup, bill DID he suppose IT was 10 be passed so easily
(Mr WALKER. They are but formal amendments,
and will require no tlme.) They did not know (con-
tinued Mr. ID but the amendments would open the
subject to debate.
The motion was then carried and thus the Distr-
button bill laid the table, by the following vote
YEAS-Messrs Archer, Barrow Bates, Bayard,
Berrien, Choate, Clay, Of Ky, Dixon Evans Hen
dcrson, II bennington, Kerr, Mangum, MeIrck Miller
Morehcad, PHELPS. Porter, Preston, SIMMONS Smith
ofla, Southland, Tamadge, Walker, White Wood
bridge-26.
NAYS Messrs Allen, Benton. Buchanan, Cal
houn, Clay, of Ala. Clayton Cuthbert, Fulton, Ora.
ham King Linn McRobeIts Mout"n, Pierce, Sc
yier, Sturgeon, rappan, Williams, Woodbury.
Wright Ioung-2l.
Mr.. WALKER then moved to proceed TO the con
sijeration OF the amendments Of the House to the
Bankrupt bill. Which agreedto
The amendments then read, being merely 10
fix the time for the h 10 take effect, the Isl of
february next, instead of Isl Of November and an-
other merely vCrhal.
Mr.. BERRlEN briefly explained the proprety Of c
amendments
Mr. BUCHANAN said, from the state Of both
Houses and from the tone ofhe ttcs he had received
from politicians, and those differing with him he should
advise his friend from Mississippi (Mr w alker) not
he quite soft as, his eagerness 10 pass this b
70 agree to thus amendment pos,poning the time for
to take effect To February would be repealed he
fore It's operation commenced; although it was now
made price OF the passage OF the Distribution bill
tie telt not PARTICLE of doubt but there would y,
violent attempt to repeal Il next session MIR BEN
TON They will attempt 10 repeal in ten d5ys after
the commencement of next session Az parry man, Il
he would not want better capital than this bill to work
on tls great objection 10 this bill was that il would