The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-12-17
TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS,
FIRST SESSION.
TUESDAY, December l6, ls45.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


/ [Among the petitions yesterday presented, were
the following, which were not then brought TO oul
notice.
rMcCLERNAND presented the petition of Rich.
ard Church and Others citizens OF certain town.
ship in Gallatin county, J. Illinois, praying rumune-
them; which, upon motion of MIR McC., was re.
ferred to the Committee on Public Lands.
| MIR. RUSSELL presented petition of citizens oil
New York; against the annexation of Texas as
slave State.l
ANNEXATION or TEXAS.
The SPEAKER announced the special order Of
the day, viz: the joint resolutions reported few
days since, from the Committee on Territories, by
their chairman, Mr.. DOUGLASS, for the annexation
of Texas and which had been SGT apart as the
special order of this day.
| Mr.. MCCONNELL rose and called for the read
/ ing of the resolutions, and demanded the previous
question on their engrossment
The resolutions were read as follows:
JOINT RESOLUTIONS for the admission Of the State Of
Texas into the Union
Whereas the Congress Of the United States by aoin
resolution approved March the first eighteen hundred
did consent that the territory properly included
might be erected State TO be called the State Of
Texas with republican form Of government be adopt
assembled with the consent Of the existing in
order that the might be admitted of the
the Union which consent Of Congress given upon
conditions specified the and second sections
OF said joint resolution: And whereas the people Of the sad
republic ofTexas by deputies convention assembled with
the consent of the existing government did adopt con
s.ituon and erect State, with republican form OF
sp nd in s Of s Of
tees said first second sections said res
oluton: And whereas the said constitution it'll the proper
evidence of its adoption by the people OF the republic
Texas has been transmitted to the President of the United
States and laid before Congress In conformity TO the pro
visions of said joint resolutions: Therefore,
Resolred By the Senate and House Of Representatives.
tie United States ~ nerica in Congress assembled THAI
the State of Texas shall be and hereby declared be
Of the United States OF America and admitted into the
Union equal footing with the original States in all
sEc. O. And be further rssolred, That, until the rep
in Congress sh, be spp9rioned according e
States the Sste OF Texas shall be entitled to choose two
Representatives.
The resolutions having been read,
Mr.. HERRlCK rose and inquired of the Speaker
fit would not be in order to move to lay on the
table this order of business'
The SPEAKER. 1t would be in order to move
TO lay the resolution on the table.
Mr.. HERRlCK. make that motion, and upon
it | call for the yeas and nays.
Mr.. DOUGLASS appealed to the gentleman
from Alabama Mr. McCoNNELLl to withdraw the
demand for the previous question. [Cries Of "No,
no; the previous question"
Mr.. RATHBUN inquired of the Speaker where
these resolutions now weres-whethcr they had not
been referred to the Committee Of the Whole on the
state Of the Unionl
The SPEAKER. They were not referred. They
were made the special order for this day on
previous day. They were reported from the Com
mittee on Territories and made the special order Of
the day The gentleman from Alabama Mr.. Nc
CoNNELL] has, this morning, moved the previous
question on the engrossment; and now the gentle
man from New York Mr. HERR,cKl moved to lay
the resolutions on the table, which motion was the
pending question before the House.
d Mr. RATHBlJN. Were not the reaoluttonn re-
ferred to the Committee of the Whole on the state
ofthc Union?
The SPEAKER. They were not.
The question being on the motion TO lay on the
table, the demand for the yeas and nays was sec
onded.
Before the voting had been concluded,
MIR. BURT Whose name had not been recorded)
rose and asked permission OF the House TO vote up
on this question. He had been engaged upon the
Committee on Military Affairs, OF which he was a
member, when this House met this morning. and
the committee had continued its session, he was
sure, after this House had commenced acton--un-
aware, however, of the meeting Of the House. I'm
der these circumstances he appealed to the courtesy
Of the House TO allow him to record his vote upon
the question.
MIR. PRESTON KING suggested that, as the
rule required members to be within the bar of the
House when their individual names were called in
order to be allowed to vote the most direct method
of the gentleman to effect his object would be by
moving suspension of the rule
The question was then taken on Mr.. BURT'S
motion for leave to vote, and decided in the mega
tive.
TO VOTE not having been within the bar of the
House at the calling of his name.
The request was not granted
Mr. HARRISON, Of the Committee on Militia
ry Affairs, having been detained for a few minutes
after the meeting Of the House by the session of
the committee, and being under the impression,
though not entirely certain of the fact that he was
within the bar when his name was called, asked to
be allowed to vote. His request was acceded to by
the House.
Mr. MCCONNELL moved to suspend the rules
in general, that all may be allowed to vote, whether
within the House or not at the time their names
were called.
The vote was now concluded, and resulted Yeas
SO, nays 142--as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Abbott, John A. Adams, Arnold Ash
nun Blanchard, Burlington, William W. Campbell, John
q Chapman Gollamer Granston. Culver cummins Oar,
Hampton Harper, Herrick, Elias B. Holmes, Samuel D.
Hubbard, Hudson, washington Hunt, Joseph r. Inger-
Ramsey Julius Rockwell John A. Rockwell, Root Runk,
schenok seaman Severance ,.,r Truman smith Albert
son, Tden, Vance, vinion, White, Winthrop and Wood
N NAYs-Messrs. stephen Adams, Anderson, Atkinson,
Black, James A. Black, BSwiin, Boyd, 'Bflnkerhon,
L.
Campbell Cathcart Augustus A. Chapman, Reuben Chap.
man. Chase, Chapman Clarke Cobb. Cooke Colin, Gro.
zier, Culom, Cunningham Daniel, Garrett Davis JET.
ferson Davis DeMott Dobbin Dockery Douglass Drom.
gooe. Dunlap, Edsall Erdmsn, Faran, Fckln, Foster
Fries Garvin Gentry Giles Goodyear Gordon Graham,
Grider Grover, Hamlin HARRISON, Henley, billiard Hoge,
Isasc F. Holmes, Hopkins, Hopgh g. s Houston, Hun.
gerford James B. Hunt Hunter, Charles ], ingersoll
Jenkins james II. johnson, Joseph johnson, Andrew
Johnson George w. Jones, s. Jones' Preston King Thorn
King Lawrence, Leakc, Leib Levin, Lyon, Lump
kin, Macay, Mcclellan, McCelland McCiernand, McCon.
nell McCrte Mcdowell, McGaughcy, Nc Henry, Mckay,
John Martin barclay Martin, Morris Morse Moulton,
Nevin Norris Owen Parish Payne, Perrll Perry Petit
Price, Rathbnn, Reid, Relfe. Ritter, Roberts. RUSSELL
sawtelc, Scammon sedden A. d. Sims Leonard H. simms
Simpson, Thomas Smith Robert Smith, Stanton stephens
St. John Strong, Sykes Thihodeaux, Thomasson James
Thompson Jacob Thompson, Thurman, Tbhatts Tread.
way, Trumbo Wentworth, Wheaton, Wick Williams,
woodward, Woodwork, Yancey, Yell, and Young-lia
So the House refused to lay the resolution on the
table.
The question recurring on the demand for the
previous question
Mr.. PETIT rose to a correction Of the journal,
which, he presumed, being a privileged question,
was now in order. He stated that he had yesterday
presented petition from Francis Strother, revo-
u