The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-05-31

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| the President of the Senate.
The resolution was read and ordered to Sc
cond reading.
The Senate then resumed the consideration
of the Apportionment bill.
Mr.. YOUNG moved to reconsider the vote by
which the proposition to insert IA ,399 in the Dill
as the ratio Of representation was rejected; pu'
the motion did not prevail-yeas 20, nays 70.
Mr.. BARROW moved to fill the blank with
71,259.
| Mr.. WALKER suggested to the Senator to mo-
dify the amendment, by placing the ratio at
70,755.
After some remarks by Messrs. KING, WALK
Err, MGR oBERTs, PORTER, CALHOUN, BAGBY,
ALLEN, WOODBURY. BARROW, and HENDERSON,
| Mr.. BARROW so modified his amendment as
to reduce the ratio to 70,68O, and he remarked
that if it should be- rejected, he would vote
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against every proposition until they came down
to the ratio agreed upon by the House.
Mr.. CRITrENDEN submitted few remarks IN
favor of large representation OF the people,
and argued that numbers alone had not merely
a political, but great moral power.
| Mr.. PRESTON maintained contrary opinion.
Mr.. TALLMADGE said that, at the commence
ment of the debate, he voted for the highest ra-
ito, and all the arguments which he had since
heard had tended to confirm the views which he
then entertained. He expressed himself IN Ia
vor of the amendment proposed by Mr. Barrow.
Mr.. WRIGHT still adhered to his preference
for small ratio.
Mr.. KING would prefer the ratio of $4,000, or
50, 900, to that now proposed, because IT the
7O,6sO should be adopted, some of the small
States would materially suffer with regard to
fractions.
| Mr.. YOUNG said that unless they adopted
some ratio to correspond with the fractional re-
presentation agreed upon by the Senate, MUS
tice would lie done to Alabama and Tennessee.
The question was then taken on the amend
ment of Barrow, to insert 70,68O as the ratio
of representation and it was decided in the at
6rmative-Yeas 80, nays IS, as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Archer, Bagby, Barrow, Bayard
Berren Buchanan Calhoun, Clay ton, Conrad, Crafts
Cuthbert, Evans, Fulton, Graham, Henderson, Linn,
McRoberts, Mangum, Merrck, Porter, Preston Rives,
Sewer, Sturgeon, Tallmadge, Walker White, and
Wilams-28.
NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Bates, Benton, Choate,
Crttenden, Huntington, Kerr, King, Morehead,
Simmons Smith, of CT. Smith, of Ia, Sprague, Tap
PAM Wilcox Woodbury., Wright and Young-ls.
| So the amendment was agreed to.
The question was stated on agreeing to the
to the second section, viz: to strike out the
words enclosed in brackets, and insert the
words in italics:
SEC. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That, in every
case where State entitled to more than one Re-
preventative, 1.-THE number to which each State shall
be entitled under the apportonment shall be elected
by districts, composed of contiguous territory, equal
in number to the number of Representatives to which
said State may be entitled-no district e!ecting
more than Representative and The election in such
State sha under the la,cs thereof, be made by districts
such districts shall be composed Of contiguous territory,
and each shall contain representative population equal
the number whic by the eristing ratio, shall be required
for member nearly may be and district
shall elect more than member.
Mr.. ALLEN moved to strike out the entire
section.
Mr.. HUNTINGTON said that as this was ques-
ton which would, in his judgment, give rise to
debate, he would move that the bill be laid upon
the table, with view of going into an Execu-
tive session.
The motion prevailed, the Senate went into
| Nl I'll, Il
journed.