The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-01-09

teen States, with the population Of each annexed,
had instructed their Senators and requested their
Representatives to vote for the payment Of Gen.
eral Jacksons fine, and that, therefore, the debate
now cease upon the bill which proposed to ac-
| complish that object
Mr.. THOMPSON said he would accept this
resolution as an amendment if the time was
changed. saS<e -3 gstte1
The SPEAKER said it would be necessary to
suspend the rules before the resolutions could be
received. 1
Mr. THOMPSON moved the suspension. a5.
Mr.. ADAMS called for the yeas and nays;
which were ordered, and the rules were sus-
pended, (two-thrds voting in the Affirmative
yeas III, nays 81.
Mr.. DAVIS, of KY, here announced that Mr..
Summers, OF Va, was present, and ready to be
qualified. Mr.. S. then took his seat
MRS MADISON.
| Mr. SAUNDERS, Of N. c., asked permission
TO offer resolution that committee Of members
wait upon Mrs. Madison, and request her to take
| a seat within the Hall of the House upon visiting
the Capitol. VIE
The resolution was then unanimously adopted.
Mr. THOMPSON then moved to suspend the
rules. sH
The motion was carried in the affirmative.
Mr. DAVIS, of Indiana, Was called to the Chair
~iF OENEnAL JAChSON'S FINE.
Mr. SCHENCK, Of Ohio, addressed the House
in speech of hour upon the merits of the bill.
He desired to have the amendment of Mr.. Ste
phens, of Georgia, incorporated in the bill, and
argued that if the bill was passed as reported, it
would be to prejudice the act Of Judge Hall, and
| to do injustice to his rnomory. Mr. S. replied to
the remarks of Messrs Douglass and Kennedy,
| and with SO much effect as to command the marked
| attention of all the members of the House.
MIR. A. V. BROWN, of Tennessee, continued
the discussions. He said that General Jackson
would scorn to receive the money which the
House were about to grant him if it was appro-
priated as boon. The money exacted at New
Orleans was in the Treasury. and belonged to
him from whom it had been filched by an unjust
decision of the court. assa
Mr. BELSER, Of Ala, voted for the bill from
the best of motives, and he repealed the charge
that party considerations prompted him or his
friends to support it. .yaal Ma4
Mr.. STEENROD Of Virginia, sa "a he was
drawn into the discussion from the intimation of
gentlemen that he and his friends were govern
ed by party considerations in supporting the bill.
Mr. S. proceeded to defend Gen. Jackson's con-
duct at New Orleans at great length. t
| Mr.. SEVERANCE, Of Name, spoke Of the
question as one affecting the civil power Of the
country. Gentlemen had discussed it entirely as
a military question, and with the design to do
honor to General Jackson and to commemorate
the battle of New Orleans. Mr.. S. rejoiced at
the opportunity given him 10 defend the supre-
macy Of the civil over the military power, by
voting against this bill.
Mr.. HALE, Of N. H., and another gentleman,
addressed the House until the hour Of o'clock
All amendments to the bill were voted down,
and the same was reported to the House, when
Mr.. THOMPSON, of Mississippi, moved the
previous question upon the passage of the bill.
All the preliminary questions having been dis
posed of, the question upon the final passage of
the bill was taken BY yeas and nays, and it was
carried through the House on the glorious 9th Of
January, by vote Of 1853 to %.
The House adjourned. n