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the other side. Certainly he should vote for
the inquiries, and could not see why the ques-
ton was debated. Here question, question:
was called.
MIR. flanagan demanded the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Speight said, let the resolutions declare
unanimously resolved" there is no opposi
ton.
Mr.. II. insisted upon the yeas and nays, and
they were taken, and stood: Yeas AZ, nays
none.
A message came from the House announcing
the passage Of joint Resolutions declaring Tex
as State Of the Union; these were read and
referred
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The special order Of the day was announced
by the Speaker to he the Texas resolutions re-
ported from the committee on territories.
Mr.. Mcconnell called for their reading,
which done he demanded the previous question.
There we've numerous cries Of ono, no, "no
previous question" and MIR. Douglass, chair
man Of the committee OH territories, requested
the withdrawal of the demand for the previous
question The cry of "don't, don't,h prevail
ed, and the previous question was not with
drawn.
To question from Mr. Rathbun of New
York, the Speaker replied that the resolutions
had been referred to no committee; and, also,
to 4 further interrogatory, that they had been
read twice, and weTo now upon their engross-
ment.
A motion was made to lay the resolutions
on the table, which was negatived by yeas Sc,
nays lag.
The previous question was sustained by tel
ters-ayes al, noes So.
! The question then coming up, "shall the
main question be now put?" the yeas and nays
were ordered, and so was the main question
the result being yeas los, nays 80.
The question now being on the engfossment
of the resolutions, and the yeas and nays or
dered.
MIR. Hunt, of Now York, asked to be ox-
cused from voting, and to state his reasons
therefor He did SO briefly, when his call was
provided for, the yeas and nays was proceeded
with; resulting in yeas l4l nays 81.
When shall they be read third timer" being
the question, Mr.. Rockwell, of Mass, OBJ
tanned the floor and cnqured whether the
question was debatable. The Speaker decid-
ing that it was, Mr. r. proceeded with speech
| in opposition to the passage of the resolution,
concluding with motion to re-commit the re-
solutions to the committee with instructions
that Slavery shall not be permitted to exist in
Texas, and that every thing contrary to this in
the constitution adopted by the people of Tex
as shall be null and void
A co nsiderable conversational debate here
onsued as to the effect of the previous qaes-
ton, Sc, which was here demanded by MIR.
Douglass.
The Speaker decided that it would bring
the House to direct vote upon the passage of
tho resolutions, but on reflection changed his
opinion and decided that the House would be
brought to vote on the motion to re-commit.
From this last decision there was an appeal,
and the Chair was sustained by the House.
Mr.. Cullom, of Tenn, moved reconsider
alton of the last vote, he having voted in the
affirmative under a misapprehension of the
question, on which the yeas and nays were or
dered-yeas SO, nays SO; so the the vote was
reconsidered, and the decision Of the Chair
not sustained.
The question then coming up on the passage
of the resolutions, they were passed by yeas
l4l to nays So, The House Immediately ad-
iournod.