The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-02-16

winch no u9u stdtou, no cOuiu now SEQ w uO,Se',j
for the resolution and therefore he moved that u DO
laid upon the table.
MIR HENDERSON having said that he would vote
against the motion
MIR CLAY withdrew his proposition to enable the
Senator TO submit his observations and
Mr.. HENDERSON remarked that he hoped that
the Senate would fix upon AN early day for an adj
Journment; for, after the termination Of the extra
session, he merely had time TO reach home, and, be-
fore he could attend to his private business he was
Obliged to return to Washington. II was full time 10
arrest almost nterminabe Debates and he felt salts
fled that if the members had the time fixed for the
adjournment, this evil would be remeded, and the
business OF Congress made to conform 10 the period
designated
Mr.. CALHOUN hoped that the resolution would
be adopted, and that If the Senate would go TO work
earnestly they could get through their business by
the 3Oth OF May. They mad been io the greater pa I
In session since the Administration had been IN
power and # this state of things should continue
gentlemen would necessarily have to make many pr-
vate sacrifices.
Mr. CLAY renewed his motion, and
Mr.. KING asked for the yeas and nays, which
were ordei ed and he observed that, although any
marks might now be ought OF order he trusted that
he might be permitted 10 say that the evils grow
ing out of the procrastlnaton OF business ought
to be resisted by the good sense OF the coun-
try and if the resolution should be land upon
the table the prospect Of fixing upon early day for
an adjournment would be mecuded.
The question: was then taken, and the resolution
was laid upon the able-yees ", nays 10, as follows
YEAS-Messrs. Bates, Berrien, Choate Clay
Clayton, Evans, Graham, Huntington, Mangum,
Merlck Miller, Morehead, Phelps, Porter, Prem
iss Rves, Simmons, Smith Of Indiana, Southland,
Talmadge, While Woodbndge-2.
NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Barrow, Benton, Bucha-
nan, Calhoun, Fulton, Henderson, King, Linn,
Pierce Sewer, Smith, of Conn, Sturgeon Tappan,
Woodbury., Young-l6.
AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATION BILLS.
Mr.. MERRICK submitted resolution, joint
rule Of the Houses TO the effect that amend
men which proposes TO appropriate money not called
for by any pre- existing law shall be received made
TO any appropriation bill
Mr. SMITH of Indiana, doubted the propricty
OF such resolution; IT. however, II were SO modified
as To provide that amendment which proposed to
approp pirate money should be moved by any lndi-
yldual unless the amendment had undergone the in
esligaon of committee, II would have a better Ell
feet but the shape in which the resolution now
presented prevented any amendment whatever to be
made to appropriation bills by the Senate.
d MIR. KING rendered his thanks TO the Senator from
Maryland for introducing the resolution. Every SEN
ator knew that whenever appropriation bills cameup,
they were overloaded with amendment after amend
men to which Senator's often obliged to assent,
otherwise the bills could not pass both Houses was
evil which gentlemen perceived at every session. and
bills were very improperly thrust through in this
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the shape of books He hoped that the Senator from
Indiana would the proprety OF this resolution, and
let it pass as it would disembarrass appropriation
bills and confne Congress to the appropriations made
in pursuance OF law. ,.
Mr.. MERRICK desired to remark TO the Senator
from Indiana that he mistook his intention, and he
seemed suppose that if the rule should be adopted
the Senate would be cut OIL from their right OF ma
king amendments to appropriation bills, Now, the
resolution expressly excluded only such amendments
n,
by pre-exsting laws, and the general scope OF appro
priation bills to appropriate for what was pro-
vded by law but this rule was to prevent the intro
ducton of objects not at all german.
Mr.. CLAY was in favor OF the resolution, but, it
came on the Senate somewhat by surprise, he would
move that it be printed and laid upon the table,
that Senators might turn their attention to its princ
Piles, and at future time adopt this or some other
resolution, with view to accomplish desirable an
object as designated
Mr. MERRlCk acquescel in the suggestion Of
the Senator from Kentucky.
posTPoNEMENT OF THE BANKRUPT LAW.
Mr. BEN TON said that he was anxious tv ascer-
tain the Ut the Senate the bill to postp
the o era ion of the Bankrupt law until the 1T day
of July, 1872 and for that purpose hefmo,ed that
the Senate now proceed 10 It's consideration,
Mr.. CLAY Agreed, agreed.
Mr. BEN ION. All | want is an expression Of
the sense of the Senate
Mr. CLAY. We had better take up the bill and
vote 1t at
The bill was then taken up, and The question being
g Shall the bill be read thlrd iime ~ and the yeas
and nays having been ordered
Mr.. RlVES begged leave to say word or
~ D, and roma kcd that he had voted against the
passage OF the Bankrupt bill, and he had asu
voted in favor of lis repeal; and since then his
mind had not undergone the slightest change
He felt deep sympathy for those whom the act was
designed to benefit but he had not after the most at
tentive consideration been able To bring his mind to
the conclusion that 1t ought to be law OF the land
aud he thought that it would not continue. But he
saw sort of necessity in agltatng the public mind
with regard to postponement of its operaon--t
could do no possible good He might say, therefore,
that, while his former convictions remained I'M
changed and while he held himself at liberty to vote
for repeal of, for an amendment to, the law, he
could not vote for the proposition now before the
Senate, it involved the interests of numerous
portion of the community He would repeat, that,
while he was ready to vote for repeal, he could
not consent to agltate the public mind upon this
question.
The question was then taken and decided in the
lS, nays %, as follows:
IEAS-Messrs. Allen, Benton, Buchanan, Cal
houn, Fulton, Graham, King, Linn, NcRoberts
Pierce, Sewer, Smith, of Connecticut, Sturgeon
Tappan, Walker, Woodbury., Wright, Young-lo,
NAYS-Nlessrs. Barrow, Bates, Berren, Choae,
Clay Clayton, Evans, Huntington, Henderson, Kerr,
Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Morehead, Phelps, Porter
Preston, Rives, Smith, of Indiana, Southard Tall
madge, White, Woodbridge-23
So the Senate refused to order the bill to postpone
the operation of the Bankrupt law to athird reading
THE DISTRICT RANKS.
A message received from the House, sta ing
that they had passed an act to suspend for limited
time, SO much of he charters of the banks Of the
District OF Columbia as prohibits them from clrcuat-
ing the notes of n-spece-payng banks of the adj
joining States.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
The resolutions of Mr. CLAY, proposing uend-
mcnts 10 the Constitution, were taken up for conside-
ration, and
Mr. MOREHEAD addressed the Senate in sup
of lhr Irsnui.ln with reIaLl ~ lhr Iea ION