The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-20


Il the Senate disagree with the amendments made by
| ths House of Representatives.
Mr.. ALLEN then said that when he yielded thu
floor TO the senator, he was about To move that The
Senate concur in the amendments. He submitted
20 the chair which motion had precedence.
The PRESIDENT entertained the opinion that
The motion TO agree had precedence.
Mr.. HAYWOOD regarded the two motions as
identca--a refusal 10 concur was equivalent TO an
Affirmative vote TO disagree. They might orins u
up in any form they pleased mohon 70 con
cur superseded the necessity Of mouon 10
He wished the opinion OF the chair 40 70 whe'iei
in the event Of the Senate refusing to concur, II
would become necessary TO vote ahirmahFely thst
they disagreed If moi the questions were clearly
IDENTICAL, and the question OF precedence was OF no
sort of consequence
The PRESIDENT decided that the motion TO
concur had precedence, and read the rule from the
Manual as follows;
1.-THE questions respecting amendments from
another house are, FIRST 10 agree second, TO disa-
gree; third TO recede fourth, TO insist; fhh to adj
here"
Mr. ALLEN then moved that the Senate agree
to the amendments Of the House.
Mr. MANGUM asked for the yeas and nays
The call for the yeas and nays having been sec
onded they were ordered.
Mr.. SEWER asked il there were not separate
propostons in the amendment, on which the vote
should be taken separately.
The PRESIDENT decided that there was but
one amendment included IN the terms ito strike
out and insert"
Mr.. JOHNSON of Maryland read from the
"Manual" the rule regulating the practice In voting
on amendments rom the other House. and said that
he rose TO inquire whether If the motion TO agree
shoud be carried, the necessity of putting the ques
uon which appeared TO be IN order, "to Disagree"
would not be superseded
The PRESIDENT replied in the affirmative.
Mr.. J. NJ CLAYTON inquired if there was not
entirely tao amendments; first, to strike out, and
secondly, 10 insert.
The PRESIDENT replied that the terms were
"slrike out and insert"
Mr.. ]. NJ. CLAYTON asked a division on the
the question; first on "strikng out" il in order.
The PRESIDENT regarded the amendment as
being one proposition.
Here there were general cries Of Question"
Mr.. SEWER had supposed that the terms
"striking OUT and inserting" presented two prop
ostions requiring separate vote.
The PRESIDENT was Of opinion that these
terms included but one proposition.
The yeas and nays were then taken on Mr.. AL
LGxs motion to concur, and resulted as follows
YEAs-Messp. Allen Ashley. Atchison Atherton,
Bagby Benton Breese Bright Cameron, Cas- Dickinson
Dix Fairfield Houston, Jsnneis, Niles, Pennybacker,
Raik. sempls, SEWER and Turney-2I
Thomas Clayton John N clayton COr~in, Crittenden,
Evani Greene Haywood Huntington, Jarnagin Johnson,
Mary md, Johnson, OF LOUISIANA LOWS, McDune,
Nlasun, Miller, Morehsad, rsares, Phelps, sPeght,
Uphim, Webster, WestcOtt Woodbridge and YulSe-2s
So the motion to concur in the House amend
ment lost.
Mr.. MANGUM then said that, il in order-as he
supposed il was-he would move that the Senate ad-
here to its amendment. He did not intend to oc-
cupy the time of the Senate on the question, and
therefore made the motion without further re-
mark
MI. HAYWOOD informed the senator that his
motion not in order.
Mr.. MANGUM would Withdraw his motion.
He had no doubt about the parliamentary proprety
Of the case and gentlemen near him concurred in
the opinion. He withdrew his motion.
Mr.. HAYWOOD rose to state the order from the
Manual"
Mr.. WEBSTER remarked that there was now
nothing before the house.
Mr.. DAVIS asked permission to record his vote
having been absent when the roll was called.
The PRESIDENT then put the question, it. by
unanimous consent, the senator from Massachusetts
should have leave to record his vote.
Mr.. BENTON asked if the result had been an
nounced.
The PRESIDENT answered in the afirma-
tive.
rule to that effect had been announced, and rigid
ly adhered to.
Mr.. WEBSTER. Yes, that is the rule.
MIR. CRlTTENDEN eoncurred in the same opin-
ion. He saw the evil which would result from de-
parting from the rule-and therefore cheeruly sur
rendered his wishes on the subject in favor of al
lowing his friend to record his vote.
MIR. DAVIS did not wish to press the subject
He readily agreed that the objection Of the senator
from Missouri was well-founded. The request OF
the senator from Massachusetts, for leave to record
bis vote being thus withdrawn and the amendment
reported from the House Of Representatives to
the joint resolution of "notice," amended by the
Senate having been disposed Of the Senate proceed
ed to the consideration Of the next business before
IT. which was a resolution reported from the Commit
tee on Printing recommending the printing of twen-
ty-hve thousand copies of the annual report Of
THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS.
And the amendments offered thereto.
Mr.. CRITTENDEN remarked that the docu
ment was quite voluminous one. He did not OBJ
jet to it on that account, however; but rose to in
quire whether it contained anything Of the nature
Of political essays upon the subject Of the protec
MI F Aif;HERToN had not read the document,
but he understood that it did not contain any essays
of that sort-sthat is, he had been told so by the
commissioner of patents himself, and by certain
senator's. The senator from Arkansas, Mr.. ASH
LEY, had so informed him.
Mr.. ASHLEY had been so informed by the COM
missioner; he had been positively assured that the
report did not contain any "Bundelcundisms."
A SENATOR. Any what
Mr.. WEBSTER. He means "Bunconbsms. "
After a few remarks from Mr.. CAMERON
which were not heard by the reporter,
Mr.. CALHOUN rose and said that he objected
TO the publication Of the report of the Commissioner
of Patents in the form which it had assumed-a
bulky collection of agricultural statistics obtained at
second hand. Indeed he regarded the Patent Office
In itself as great abuse. 1t had grown up silently
and by artful means, to be separate department OF
the government The very clerks IN that Office
were nominated by the head of the office as in every
other department, and the secretary had but the
power OF yetong his nominations. From the very
beginning the Patent Office had been an imposition.
Inc first appropriations to erect that splendid build
ing were obtained under the solemn declaration that
the whole cost would not exceed $4,000; but it
eventually cost the country about half million! II
hey were to take the charge of agriculture into their
hands the sum now annually expended on this
Patent Office ostensiby with the view of promoting
me interests of the agricultural classes could be in
hnnely better appropriated If they were to take
agriculture under their special guardianship, let
Them go directly to work they had with com.
merce: But he was entirely opposed to the present
Wasetul, irregular, and Improbable mode of pro-
ceeding. He was opposed to this inwa ri -work NO