Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-19

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YESTERDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Correspondence Of the Baltimore American.
wAsnisoros. August ~, isis.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
The Senate have devoted the day to the consider.
alton OF the Treaties. |FTT
The contingent Appropriation Bill was passed
and sen, to the House. The other business in pub.
lie session was OF no Importance.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
MORNING BUSINESS.
NEW EFFORT FoR REVENUE mn
Inc House between ten and twelve O'Clock this
| morning presented a scene Of unusual excitenent
g,o~ing out OF new effort TO pass a Revenue
lBl.
Tho movement was made by Mr. hfcllENNAN
OF PENN who moved to suspend the Rules for the
purpose OF receiving the following Resolution.
R's,trsd, That 1t is expedsnt to pass new Re-
venue Bill in The form Of the Dill returned with tho
objec ions OF the President, with the exception Of
the 27h section, and the items imposing a duty
| upon tea ond coffee.
| The Resolution having been read, created a con-
siderable sensation among the members Of lie
House.
A call OF the House was 6rs, ordered. and after
nearly an hour had teen consumed in brin. ing uo
h"chSeis s"SehcE, ioo members answered To their
names. 1 he doors were opened and two bundled
members were within the Hall. The motion va,
renewed TO suspend the Rules to receive the Re,o.
| lulion-rhe vote Was
| For suspension 100
| Against il, So
! The announcement OF the vote created a li,tle
sensation among the members.
The next motion was submitted by MIR CHA'S
BltOWN OF Ia who moved that the Rules Of tho
House be suspended in order 10 20 into Committee
OF the Whole upon the motion to reconsider the
Bill from the judiciary legulizng the existing Re
venue Bill.
MIR Brown called for the yeas and nays upon a..
motion to suspend, and the motion was lost iI3 to
81.
MIR. McKENNAN'S MOTION.
| MIR FILLMORE moved n reconsideration Of tia
vote by which two-thrds had declined TO receive
! the resolution.
The as and nays wee again ordered, AMI the
vote was $50 TO TO-
The vote having been reeonsiiered. the question
was lett precisely where il was at the outset. A
new motion was submitted by MIR MckENNAN
10 suspend the Rules The yeas and NAYS
were again ordered, and the vote was 1872 to ~ not
"o-th'rds, aud 6S oil the 70 members in the OPP.
| position.
| MIR ADAMS now called for the orders of the
day which were the Resolution concluding his Re.
port, and the Reports of the Committee OF thirteen
Mr. WIN. C. JOHNSON moved to take the Re.
venue Ball from the table, with view to proceed
to its reconsideration.
The yeas and nays were called, and the motion
10 suspend the Rules prevailed majority now
was 1913 to IL.
| MIR JOHNSON was entitled to the floor, HAVING
submitted the motion. He addressed the Commit
tee ut length upon his own course Of action At the
present session Of Congress, which he conceived
had been misunderstood, and was highly import.
ant. The land Distribution system was defended.
and with all the zeal which MIR johnson is known
20 have for Distribution.
The ia vorte prniect of Mr. Johnson aI.< r..o;v.I
share OF attention, which is TO create a Govern.
ment Stock for the relief Of the State based upon
the Public Lands. Mr. Johnson said he voted a.
gaInst the Resolution this morning to strike oct the
2Ith section, but he was ready 20 sir Ike out DistI
bu ion If the House was ready to insert a better
| clause IN place OF IT,
Mr Johnson consumed his fal' hour upon the Bill,
4 he had closed.
The fortunate competitor was Mr. ARNOLDof
ienn' who moved the previous Ques,i1n. There
was some remonslr1nce but sufficient to prevent
the seconi. The main question was ordered by
reclamation. and the vote was soon taken upon the
question prescribed by the Constitution "shal the
bi pass notwithstanding the objections of the
PRESIDENT" The yeas and nays were required by
call from the Speaker, no mo,ion being necessa-
ry.
| Several Wings were absent, not expecing that
the question would be taken. The vote was 81 in
favor oil the bill, and 81 against if,-a majority Of
four votes when the Lil before passed the House
Of Representatives, and which would have been at
east ten bad not the previous question had the oil.
f-ct oil stealing march upon the Wings
REPORTS.
| Mr. ADAMS now, for q second time, called for
the special orders Of the day, and the Reports from
the COMMITTEE ofThrieen were made the next or
der OF business. srt--
| mir ADAMS addressed the House for five or ten
| minutes upon the subject Of the veto bower He
did not, he said, desire TO debate the subject. IL
was well understood in the Resolution which ho
proposed.
The country, he minated, might hitherto bavs
0een adverse to the proposed amendment of the
Constitution, but the sentiment was not lonser in
conformity with this opinion. lie had been theore-
ucally IN favor Of the Veto Power but he couId
not stand IT'S repeated exercise. IL was an abuse of
power, pernc;ous in its practice and if tolerated
would lead TO destruction OF legislative indenen
dence. IL was IN Lref question whsther tina En-.
ecutlve should possess himself of the whole legis-
lalive power.
Mr. ROOSEVELT OF N. Y. spoke briefly in
defence OF the course Of the minority and in favor
oil an early adjournment and concluded with n
motion Tor the Previous Question. Here an hour
was consumed upon second call Of the House.
which having been gone through with the doors
were ro-opened. To the Previous Question there
was second. The main question was ordered,
and the motion was submitted 20 lay the Report
upon the table. with the Resolution.
This was voted down, l0i to IS, by yeas and
nays.
The question required upon the Report and Re-
solution proposing an amendment TO the Consti.
tuition.
A division was called for, and the Report wac
adopted by vote Of 100 10 go.
The question was then taken on the adoption of
the resolution 10 eXpunso the veto power, and tho
vote stood ayes %, noes 30. Two.thrds being ne.
eessnry-the resolution was lost.
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