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MI. duncan o. Ohio called up bis b II
providing Tor The cAoice Of Electors o
Presidentand Wee Ptesden, on one anC
th- sarge day 10 eli the States Of the u.
Mon mr.. ID. moved the Previous O ues.
lion, which the House refused 10 SECOND
Dya vote Of As ayes IS hoes.
Mr. DiomgooIe OF v ,. moved an a.
,mendmen,io the Bill which did not please
Mr. Doncsn. .e
Mr Duncan, said be had no pride ia
+ this Bill. aud thai he was willing that a
ny eeLilemant~should hare the honor Of
lis introduction. He feared, however,
ibal.his bin was 10 Be killed with kindness,
hugeed add embfsced 10 death. and this
he wished 10 prevent He did not deabt
that his Yirginia friend meant well 10 the
till. -ob. no.-he was too good friend
il any thing. and in common with others
was killing it with kietness.
I Mr.. Duncan said be could not prohz-
tly draw so good Bill as the gentleman
from Virginia. lie had not his skill, nor
his knoWledge Of parliamentary lsw-nor
would be have for the best farm ia Yir-
GINA. for he was pretty sure that if he
knew as much as the gentleman from
Virginia upon these subjects. he2 should
knox nothing else. (Laughier.)4
Mr. Campbell Of S. c.. proposed that
the bill should name the Isl Monday Of
Dec. Tor lis operation.
Mg. Dromgooie disciaimed having any
pride 10 this matter. he merely gayefihe
House preference between his own Bill
and the Billlof the member from Ohio.
Mr.. Rheit Of S. O., desired that the
Bhtshnuld be referred to Committee.
He did not like the Bill as il was. South
Carolina from The Foundation Of the Gov.
eminent had seen proper 10 authorize
her Legislature TO choose Electors. She
had never changed Der practice while O.
theirs had done So. The Bill in hisview-
was an attempt to'cosrce South Carolina
to change one Of her well established usa.
ges.
Mr.. Winthrop Of Mass. forcibly im-
pressed nponihe House The true position
Of The "Deniocraiic party in and out Of
The House UPON this Bull The Wings OF
the Senate and House had been violently
hsduced for not passing a Bill, which
both ID form and As 10 lime was tenlold
more exceptiodable than he Bill before
the House. The Globe, the official or.
gao OF the House. this very day. appear.
ed with an article in the same spirit aud 4
temper. But the debate developed the
TACT to the contrary that the party here in
power were themselves altogether disa-
greed IS 70 the form of the Bill.
Mr. Campbell OF S. G. SAID upon con- 4
snttation be woeld now propose 10 modify
bis amendment sosthai il would exempt
his State and al who chose Electors by
the Legislatures from its operations.
Mr.. DrcngooIe would vote for no law |
which excluded any State. The Bill
might as well read that The law should
include every State erstpt South Caroli-
ma. .
Mr.. Hale moved the Previous question
which was now seconded. and ihe' nj sip
Question ordered The House were cali
ed up 10 vote for The amend ment OF South
Carolna, and exempling South Carolina !
from The operations OF the bill.
+ The amendment was rejected by large
vote. Ayes 81, noes III.
DECEMBER l6.
Senate
The Resolusien.of Mr.. Johnson, inquir-
ing into the expediercy Of amending the
present Naturalization laws. was then
brought before the Senate. and gave rise
to an interesting discussion, which oceu-
pied mosieof he day. 'i
The Resolution was adopted.
Hoasscf Representatives.. \
Mr.. Duncan Of Ohio called for the con.
sidersiion at this time for the one day e.
lection Bill
The pending question was shall the
Blk be engrossed1?" Mr.. Duncan de-
handed The yeas and nays. and the. vo:e
was-ayes l67, noes i,-JohnrA. Wood
lard, Of s. c.