Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-01-14
Congress.

Mr. PETTIr submitted the following resolution; which
was sgreed to:
ResolUed That the Secretary of War be requested TO
report to this House how many regiments Of vO!un
have been detained at and the mouth Of the Rio
Grande since they reached the borders Mexico and
not employed against the enemy; from what State or
deiainirg them.
Duty on Tea and Coffee.
Mr.. WE-rwoRrH submitted The following resolution !;
upon which be demanded the previous question
hesefved that It Is insxpedent TO levy any tax upon
tea and coffre.
Mr. PAYNE. l desire to debate that resolution.
The SPEAKER II is too late to debate the resolution
the gentleman from Illinois Mr.. Wentworth having de-
manded The Preyiops question thereon.
Mr. r. CHAPMAN. Mr. Speaker, desire 10 know :.
gentlemen csn the breath in which they present
Iesouti TO which there is objection move the pre-
vious question, sRd thus off all debate or oljec-
ton If so, gentlemen may continually follow the
course
The SPEAKER said that IL been quen,Iy decided
that any gentleman had a right demand the previous
questions and that the previous question having been de-
manded necessarily Preeluded all debate.
Mr. PAYNE moved that the resolution be laid the
table; upon which notion
Mr. WENT WORTH demanded the yeas and nays; which
were ordered, and being taken, resued-yess 49, nays
LOG.
Mr. G. s. HOUsros inquired of the chair, whether If
the House should vote down the motion TO lay on the
table, and refuse the previous question, would then
be IN odrr to move reference Of the resolution TO the
committee Ways and Means who had the SUI ectmat-
ter of the resolution before them.
The SPEAKER replied in the affirmative
The question being upon secOndIng the demand Cor the
previous queson-i03 voting in the affirmative not
Icounied-theie second.
The question, Shall the main question be put :"
was decided in the affirmative.
The SPEAKER proceeded to put the main question,
when the yeas and nays were demanded and ordered and
being taken, resulted-yeas u.s. nays As, follows
shEAs-Aiessrs. Abbott Anderson Arnold, Bsuinger
Rail IL u N
Broadhead. Milton Brown, Burlington, William w. Camp
BELL Carroll Cathcart, Cooke ColIamer Cranston, Gro
zier Garrett Davis, Deano. De Mott Dillingham; Dixon
DOekery. Dunlap, Ellsworth Erdman, John II. Ewing,
Foster, Fries Garvn, Geniry Gddings, Graham, Gnder
Gnnnell, Grover Hale, Hamlin, Harper, Hastings, Hen
ley Hillard, Hoge, Hough, John w. Houston Samuel d.
Hui bard Hudson Hungreford, Washington Hunt Joseph
X lngersO Jenkins James H. johnson, Joseph Johnson,
Andrew Johnson seaborn Jones, Kennedy, Daniel p.
King Preston King Leib Levin Lewis. Long, Lump kin,
McCleand, Joseph J. Mcdowell, James Mcdowell, Me-
Gsughey, McHenry, McIvane Marsh, Moseley Moulton,
Nisen, Norris, Perril Perry Pollock, Ramsey, Rahbun
Reife. Ripley, Julius Rockwell Root, Runk, Scwelle-
Sawyer, ScsmmUn, Schenk, Severance Truman Smith,
Albert Smith, Thomas Smith, Caleb d. Smith, Starkweath-
err st. John. Strohm, Strong, Thbodeaux, Thomasson.
Bepjamin Thompson, Tibbais, Tilden Trumbo, Vance,
yinton, Wentworth. Wheaton. White, Williams, Wl!mot,
Winthrop, Wright, and Yost-ll5.
! Nars-Messrs. Stephen Adams, Bayy, Biggs, Bowdon,
BowliD, Boyd William G.. Brown, Burt, Rueben Chap
man. Chase. Clarke Cobb, Collin Cottren Cuom, Gun
nngham Dargan, Douglass, Ficklin, Giles Goodyear,
Gordon, HARRISON Harmauson. Isaac z. Holmes George
| :. Houston, Edmund w. Hubbard, Hunter, George W.
Jones, Lawrence, Leake, La re- Lyon, McClernand,
Mckay, Barclay Martin. Morse, Parish. Payne, Reid,
Roberts, Leonard II. Sims, Simpson, Stanton, Jacob
Thompson, Toombs, Tredway, and Woodward-4s.
A motion to adjourn here put aud negatlved
War lrssh Aerico.
4 Mr.. FIcKLIN submitted the following resolutions. =.
ResoI.ed 6y the House Of Representatives., That the
repeated insults to our national fag-the unwananted
lHQnrp dafIn n
the failure TO comply with treaty stipuatons-he refusal
pay the just demands of czens-the rejection and
maltreatment of minister Mr.. Shannon. and
ceasng disposition TO combine with foreign nations for the
purpose of Gripping interests the ports Of Mexico
constitute good aud sufficient for the United
States to declare against her, independent of and
apart from, the attack which she has made upon army
in May last upon the Rio Grande.
Resoiced, That when commenced by the
act OF Mexico, the attack of her army upon should
only have been reused but the glorious victories
the sth and 9th of May last achieved by gallant off,
GERS and soldiers should have been followed up uo. that
government was sufficiently rebuked for its iemeriiy.
Resofred That it is the duty Of every true-heared
American to stand by the government this conflict and
not give encouragement the enemy by declaring that
they right and lcrong.
ResOtred, Thgt while the country is engaged in war;
and our troors are in the battlefield no party should seek
design make political capital by exposing the
my our weak points, or our party divisions at home but
all should unite as one to bring the to speedy
and glorious termination.
Ressired, That the brave volunteers in army have
fully vindcaied the character for intrepid yaor and bold
daring assigned them Ivy the partiaIy of
and they need not be kept of battle by of
distrust OF them, their willingness TO fight ito the
DEATH"
fourteen thousand of gallant volunteers in the vicinity
of the Rio Grande, where fifteen hundred have
fallen victims the diseases of the country, and have
been wrapped in their blankets and buried in land of
strangers.
Resolved That our volunteers who have been kept out
Of battle have evnced the utmost frmness and patriotism
by remaining at their posts for than six months
(while their comrades dying them uncheer
ed by the prospect Of shortly winning laurels on the bat
tleied.
Resoired That the pay of the volunteers should be
speedily ineeased $40 per month"; together with Iibe
raj grant of bounty lands a the close of The war.
Mr. HuDsos announcing his desire to debate the reso
Iutions, they laid over under the rule.
A Var Tar.
Mr. SIMS Of Missouri, submitted the following resou
tion upon which he demanded the previous questions
Resolred That the people of the United States too
patriotic refuse any necessary in time of
A motion for adjournment again put aud mega
lived
Mr. RArHBus moved that the resolution be laid upon
the table, and upon this question the yeas and nays were
demanded and ordered, and being sken resued--yeas
%, nays l07, as follows, viz:
YK,s-Messrs Abbott Arnold William w Campbell
Carroll Cranston Delano, Dixon, Ellsworth, John H.
Ewing Hale Elias b. Holmes Samuel ID. Hubbard
Hudson, Daniel p. King, Lewis Ra,hbun, Ripley julius
Rockwell, Truman Smith, Strohm, Toombs, and VIM
throp-22.
NArs--Messrs. Stephen Adams. Barringer Bayly, Bed
niger, Benton, ggs James A. Black, Bowdon BOwlIn
Boyd Brodhead, Milton Brown, William G. Brown, Burt
John H. Campbell, Cathcart, Reuben Chapman, Chase
Clarke, Cobb, Cooke, Collin. Collrel Crozier. Cullom
Cunningham, De Mott, Dillingham;. Dockery, Douglass
Dunlap Erdman, Faran Ficklin Foster, Fries Garvin,
Gentry, Gddngs. Giles, Goodyear, Gordon. Graham
Gricer GrinneI. Grover. HamIn. HARRISON, Hamanson,
n l. l.