The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-04-14
Tmemtp=Sgbenth congress.
y- SECOND SESSION.
IN SENATE,

SECOND SESSION y
IN SENATE,
TUESDAY, April IL, 1912.
Mr.. PHELPS presented the memorial of certain
persons engaged in the manufacture of glass In Bur
ngton, Vermont, asking for increase OF tariff TO
protect not only this but every other manufacturing
Interest," the proceedings of sundry meetings OF cti
Zens of Vermont the same subject praying for
the enactment of such measures by Congress as may
revive the manufacturing and agricultural interests
also, memorials from individuals. He observed that
hei etofore he presented the resolutions OF the LIE
gisature of Vermont, with regard to the tariff, and
1t gave him pleasure, at that time, to say that they
were adopted with unanimity in one branch, and In
the other, which was the largest, by vote almost
unanimous, there being but three dissenting voices
and it gave him equal satisfaction to say to the
Senate that these memorials contained opinions
in common with the people OF that State, and
| came from provident and intelligent men at,
tached to both of the great political parties OF
the country-and they furnished on their face
the most satisfactory evidence that the protection
of domestic industry not in that portion of The
country, made party question
Mr.. SPRAGUE presented the resolutions of the
Legislature of Rhode Island, stating that the embar-
raised condition of the public Treasury, and the crili-
cal state of foreign relations call most Imperative
y upon all parties in Congress to unite for the relief
! and defence of our common country
bill to surrender the States of Missouri and Arkan
alternate sections of certain lands reported as not
worth the exp ense Of survey for the purpose OF IN
creasing the value of the public domain.
Mr.. MERRlCK, from the Committee on the Post
Office and Post Roads, reported bill to provide for
the revision and publication of edition OF the
laws and regulations for the government OF the Post
Office Department.
Mr.. TAPPAN gave notice that he would, to-mor-
row, ask leave to introduce bill to amend an act for
III >f nF
Columbia.
THE LOAN BILL.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the Loan
Bill-the question being on its third reading.
Mr.. CLAYTON moved to reconsider the vote by
which the bill had been ordered TO third reading If
that motion prevailed, he would then move to recon-
slider the by which the third section stricken
out. He made this motion at the request of several
| gentlemen, for whom he had much respect, and who
thought that there had not been fair expression OF
| the Senate in consequence of the absence of Sena-
tors from their seats when the vote was taken, and
not from any change of views any determination on
his part to give different vote from that which he
gave yesterday.
Mr.. KING said that he would not object to giving
the Senator from Delaware an opportunity of getting
rid of the odium occasioned by his association with
those who had voted to strike out this third section
but, whether that gentleman was opposed to reinsta-
ting it or not, the inevitable result of his motion if
successful would be to restore that section to which
the Senator says his judgment is so much opposed.
Tho object in striking it out to protect the Trea
sury from fraud, and to prevent these bonds from
being used as circulating medium; and if the SEN
ator from Delaware and the party to which he be-
longed we're not content that the country should
pect them Of being willing to do indirectly, what
they dare not do directly, they would vote against
the consideration. The principle contained in that
section was calculated to do mischief 1t twas novel
in its character, suspicious in its appearance, and
would he extremely dangerous if adODtcd
Mr.. CLAYTON SAID that he had not changed
his mind and that he took up his own opinions for
hnsoif being his own and not those OF Others. he
would repeat that he had been induced to make the
motion by gentlemen who believed that the vote was
not fair expression Of the opinion ofthe Senate, and
that they wanted to know whether those who were
yesterday absent would vote to strike out the
third section or not. But he would not change his
vote. His opinions were his own and, if he chose to
make motion to reconsider, it was matter of his
own and that of nobody ese
The question was then taken on re-considering the
vote by which the bill was ordered to third reading
and it decided in the airmative-yeas % nays lS
Mr.. CLAYTON moved to reconsider the vote by
which the third section, which is follows, was
stricken out
Sec 3. And be ii further enacted, That the certi
Gates hereafter to be issued for said loan may when
required be in such form shall be prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury that the stock may
be transferable by delivery of the certificate, instead
of being assignable on the books of the Treasury
Mr.. EVANS called for the yeas and nays which
were ordered He said that since the vote taken
yesterday, he had understood that the Secretary
considered the section very important, it en-
braced the terms which loans negotiated in
Europe The omission of similar provision was
made objection last fall by persons who were call
ed upon to lake up some portion OF the former loan.
The section Of more Importance than he had sup
posed to be- and therefore he hoped that the Senate
would conform the bill to the prevailing usage abroad
The question then taken, and the vote re- |
considered-yeas g. nays 90 as follows:
YEAS.--Messrs Archer, Barrow, Bates, Berrien,
Choate Crittenden, Evans, Graham, Henderson,
Kerr Mangum Merrick, Miller, Morehead, Phelps,
Porter Preston, Rives, Simmons, Smith, of Indiana,
Southland, Sprague, Tallmadge, White Wood
brdge-25.
NAYS Messrs. All>n, Bagby, Benton, Bu-
chanan, Calhoun, Clayton, Fulton, King, Linn,
McRoberts Sewer, Smith, of Connecticut, Stur-
geon, Tappan, Walker, Wilcox, Williams, Woodbu-
ry, Wright, Young-20.
The question recurring on agreeing to the
original motion to strike out the third section, it
decided in the negative by yeas and nays as fol-
lows
YEAS-Messrs. Allen, Bagby, Benton, Buchanan,
Calhoun, Clayton, Fulton, Henderson, King, Linn,
McRoberts, SEWER Smith, of Connecticut, Stur-
geon, Tappan, Walker, Wilcox, Williams, Wood
bury, Wright, Young-2l.
NAYS.-Messrs. Archer, Barrow Bates Berrien
Choate, Crttenden Evans, Graham, Kerr, Mangum
Merrick, Miller, Morehead, Phelps, Porter Preston
Rves, Simmons, Smith, of Indiana, Southard
Sprague, Tallmadge, White, Woodbridge-24.
The question was then stated, shall the bill be
read third time when
Mr.. CLAYTON enumerated the reasons why he
would vote against the bill. He perfectly will
ling that the terms of the loan of July last should be
extended and that it might be obtained on such con-
dtons the Administration desired. Should thew |
succeed this amount, in addition 70 what had already |
been guaranteed to the Government, would in his
opinion, be sufficient to meet its necessities.
Mr. SEWER called for the yeas and nays, which
were ordered.
HOLM Il IL.