The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-01-01

as the Sllu Constitution, with the proper
evidence of its adoption by the people of
the Republic of Texas, has been trans
mil,ed to the President Of the Uni,ed
States, and laid before Congress, in con
formity to the provisions of said joint re-
solution: Therefore,
Be IL resoloed By The Senate and House
of Representatives. q the United States Of |
America in Congress assembled, That
the Safe of Texas shall be one. and is
hereby declared 10 be one, of the United |
States of America, and admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the ORR
ginal StaIes 10 all respects whatever.
Be II further enacted, That until the
representatives 10 Congress shall be APP
portioned according 10 an actual enumer,
alton of the Inhabitants Of The Uuited
States, the State OF Texas shall be cGtiLled
to choose two representatives,.
The Speaker then stated the question,
that the resolutions be engrossed and read
third time. When
Mr.. Herrick moved that they lie on the
table, and called for the yeas and nays on
his motion; they were ordered.
And the question being taken on the
mo;ion hat the resolutions lie on the liable,
it was decided as follows: Yeas 50 nays
l42.
SO The House refused 10 lay the reso-
luton on the table.
The Speaker divided the House on The
motion for the previous question, and
counted those who voted for it, and rt.
ported 60. Before he had counted and
reported the negative
Mr.. HamIn called for telers. They
were ordered and the House being di-
vided, the lelIers reported 9 for ordering
he previous question, and IS against it.
And so the previous question was or
dered 10 be pnt.
Ga this ques ion Mr.. Schenck called
(o1 the yeas and nays; which were or
dered.
AID the previous question was put in
the form prescribed by the rules, VIZ ::
Shall he main qacsioa be now potP
and decided as follows: Yeas 1913, nays 90
TAe question was a. length (at twenty
minutes past three) Obtained on The adop-
ii n Of the joint resolutions aud decided in
The affirmative. as follows:
Yeas Mrssrs. Stephen Adams, An
derson, Atkinson. Brker, Barringer, Bly,
Iy, Btdioger, BIggs, Jas. Black, james
A. Black, Bowlin, Boyd, Brinkerhof.
Broadhead, Milton Brown, William G
, Bfown, Burt, C'bell, J. II. Campbell,
Cathcarl, Augustus A, Chapman, R"n-
ben Chapman, Chase, Chipmaa, Clarke,
Cobb, Cock, Collin, Constable, Gro,
zjpr, Culom, C1nm,us, Cunningham,
, Dnie', Jefferson Davis, DeMor, DJ
= lnghnm, Dobbio, D'ckery, Dug lass,
{ DromgooIr, DlnIap, Ellsworth, ErJnan,
r Fr4n, F.rktin, Foster, Flies, ~G,rvin
J Gentry, G. les. Goodyear, Go don, Gra-
ham, Grider, Grover, tIamlin, HARRISON
9 Henley, billiard, Hoge, Hopkins, Hough
George S. Houston, L. W. Hubbard
Hungerford, jus. b. Hun, Homer, Chs
= J. IngersoI, jenkins, james FL. Johnson,
+ Joseph Johnson, Andrew Johnson Geo
9 W. Jones, Seaborn Jones. Thos. b. King
D L,wrance, Leak, Lib, Lyon, Lump
k.n, Maclay. Mclean, McCIeIIaod, Me.
| C'ernand, Mcconnell, McCrae, Mellow
4 ell, M:Iienry, Milky, John p. Martin,
q Barclay Martin, Morris, Morse, Mou.on
Il Niver, Norris, Owen, Parish, Payne
, Psndeoo. PERIL, Perry, Petlt, Price
e Rlhbun. Reid, Rifle, Ritter, r ,berts
O r lsseIl, SawteI!e, Seldom, A. d. Sims,
!. l. II. S,ncs, Simpson, Thomas Smith
# Robert Smith, Stanton, Stephens, S..Johu
# Strong, Sykes, Thibodeaux, Thomasson
= Jacob Thompson, Thurman, Tibbats
Toombs, Treadway, Trumbo, Went
i, worth, Wick, Williams, WIImo', Wood
ward. Woodworth, Yancey, Young
u Yell-l4l.
e Nays AIcssrs. Abbott, John @ A.
If ans, Arnold, Ashmun, Blanchard, But
d fngtor, WV. Campbell, John G. Chap
e man, CoIamer, Cranslon, Culver, DIR
# ragh, Deano, D.xoa, Ewiog. Foot, Gid
dings, Grinne'. Hampton, Harper, Her
rick, Elias &. Holmes, JOhu w, Flous
ton, Samuel D Hubbard, Hudson, Wash
ington Hunt, Joseph r. lngersol!, d, I
King, Preston King, Lewis, Levin, Nc
5. Gaug hey, McIvaine, Marsh, Miller
Pollock, Ramsey, Julius Rockwell, Joh'
l.: A Rockwell, Roof, Runk, Schenck, Sea
At man, Severance, Truman Smilh, AIbeI
IS Smith, Caleb B. Smith, Stewart, Srohn
r Benjamin Thompson, TIlden, Vance
Of Vinlon, Wheaton, White, Wiuthro[
Wood, Woodruf'-56,
], So the resolutions were adopted, an
S. thereupon the House adjourned.
:. SENATE..--The resolutions wer
lie passed as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Archer, (whig
lie Ashley, Alchison, Alherton, Bag5y, Bar
row. (whie) Benton, Berrien, (whig) Brt
d see, Calhoun, Cass, Chalmers. CoIquit
ID Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield, Hannegar
Ie Haywood, Jenness. Johnson. Of La. Levy
ID Lewis, Mangum, (whig) Niles, Penny
Of hacker, Sewer, Speight, Sturgeon, Tul