Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-01-07

We published Yesterday the resolution sub
mitted in the lower house of congress on the
10th instant, by Mr.. Wentworth, of Illinois,
and the very decisive vote by which it was
adopted, under the call which Mr.. w. made
for the previous question and his demand for
the yeas and nays. We were compelled, how
ever, to omit the list of yeas and nays till to-
day; and in now giving them. we republish
the Resolution, that so important a PROPOSE
ton and the vote had upon it may go to our
readers together.
.ResoLocd, That the General Government
has the power to construct such harbors and
improve such rivers as are necessary and prop
err for the protection of our navy and our com
merce, and also for the defences of our coun-
try"
In order that the history of this important
movement may be complete in our columns.
we state more fully than was done IN our pa
per of yesterday, the attending circumstances.
The first wasa motion by Mr.. Venable North
Carolina locofoco) to lay the resolution ON the
table-upon which Mr.. Wentworth called the
yeas and nays, when Mr.. V. withdrew it. A
brief conversation then ensued between Mr..
Gayle, the Speaker, Mr.. G. Houston, and Mr..
Wentworth, on a point of order. After which
Mr.. Root (Ohio Whig) called for tellers on
secondlng the demand for the previous ques-
ton, who Were ordered, and reported l04 in
the affirmative. The previous question being
therefore seconded, the Speaker stated the next
question to be, ''shall the main question be now
put?"-whereupon Mr.. &c. IngersolI Penn
s%ylvania lo~cofoco) desired, before voting, that
the mover of the resolution should give him
som information respecting a term used in
the resolution, as he was al somewhat a loss
to know its precise meaning. What did the
gentleman mean by the term government"
No response is reported, and the main ques-
ton was ordered, Mr.. Wentworth calling for
the yeas and nays on the adoption of the reso-
luton. TIL yeas and nays being ordered, Mr..
Cummings (Ohio loco) asked for a division of
the question, SO that the vote should be taken
separately on the portions referring to militia
ry and commercial purposes. The Speaker
said the call for a division came too late. The
main question was then put: Will the House
agree to the said resolution2' and the yeas. and
nays were as follows
YEAs-Messrs. Abbott. J. G.. Adams, Green Adj
ans, Ashmun, Barringer, Barrow, Belcher, Bingham,
Birdsall, Blanchard, Bolts, Boyden, Brady, Buckner,
Butler, Cahell, Candy. Chapman, Clapp, Franklin
Clark, Ciingman, Cooke, Collamer. Collins, Conger,
Cransten, Crowell, Crozier, Dlckey. Dickinson, Dix
on, Donnell, Duer, Daniel Duncan, Garrett Duncan,
Dunn, Eckert, Edwards, Embree, Alexander Evans.
Nathan Evans, Farrelly, Fisher, Fredley, Fulton,
Green, Gregory, GrinneH, Hale, Willard 7. Hall,
Nathan K. Hall, James G. Hampton, Moses Hamp-
ton, Henley, Henry, billiard, Elias B. Holmes, John
w. Houston, Hubbard, Hudson, Hunt, Jos. K. lnger-
soil, win, Jameson, Jenkins, A. Johnson, Robt w
johnson. ]. w. Jones, Kellogg, t.. b. King, ID. P.
King, w. T. Lawrence, Sidney Lawrence, Lincoln,
McClelland, McIlyaine, Marsh, Marvin, Morehead.
Mullen, Nelson, Mes. Newall, Outlaw ,Palfrey, Peck,
Petre, Peyton, Pilsbury, Pollock, Preston, Putnam,
Reynolds, Richey, Rockhill, Jonn A. Rockwell, Ju-
s Egs SGck sbano Rpn Sheriff. RpG sijns RaImsedg; smart nat ' TPn,
man Smith, Stanton, Starkweather, Stephens, An
drew Stewart, Charles p, Stuart StTohm, Strong,
Sylvester, Tallmadge, Thibodeaux, Taylor, Temp
kins, Jas. Thompson, Richard w. Thompson, VIM.
Thompson, Thurston. Tuck, Turner. Van Dyke,
Vinton, Warren, Wentworth, White, Williams,
Wilsy-l38.
NAYs-Messrs. Bayly, Beal, Blaze, Bocock, Bed
niger, Bowdon, Boyd, Brodhead, WIN. G.. Brown,
Burt, Beverly L. Clark, Howell Cobb, Williamson
r. w. Cobb, Daniel, Featherston, Ficklin, Flournoy,
Fries, Hammons, Harmanson, Harris, Hill, |. F.
Holmes, Geo. s, Houston, Inge, Charles j. lngersoll.
Geo. W. Jones, Kaufman, kennon, La Sere, Lyon,
Lord, Lumpkin, Maclay, McClernand, Mcdowell
McBay, McLane. Mann, Meade, Miller, Morse,
Nicoll, Peaslee, Phelphs, Rhett, Robinson, Sawyer,
i Simpson, Sims, Thomas, Jacob Thompson, Venable.
i Woodyard-54.
The importance of this vote has induced us
to %analyze the negatives, for the pupose Of
showing both their party and their sectional
aspects. We give first the
SOUTHERN STAEs.
South CaroLina-Messr Black, Burt, Holmes
Rhett, Simms, Simpson, Woodward.
L 4NOI III GANAAoJ, NAA0
Id.
~Yirginia-Bayly. Beale, Bedinger, Bocock
Brown, Mcdowell, Meade and Tourney
} (Whig)-8.
; don-5.
. Observation-Disclosures La Sere, Morse-3
Observation-Disclosures Thompson-2.
Georgia-Cobb, Lumpkin-2.
Tenntssec-Hill, Jones, Thomas,
Te1aS-Kauffman-l.
81 WESTERN STATES.
OhiO-Fries, Kennon, Miller, Sawyer-4
Kentucky-Boyd, Clark.
Acknowledgement.
MiuoiS-Ficklin. McClerand-2.
Missouri-Phelps-l.
OTHER STATES.
Maine-Hammons-l.
Il Nelc Hampshirc-Peaslee-1
New York-Lord, Maclay, Nicoll-3.
Observation-Disclosures, G. ]. Ingersoll
Mann-3.
Maryland-Sigon, M'Lane-2.
10 OF the sd votes against Mr.. Wentworth
resolution, it appears by this analysis, 81 wer
a given by members from the Southern States
10 by members from the Western States, 8 b
- members from the Middle States, and 2 b
70 members from New England States. The Ell
tire South Carolina delegation in the Hous
N recorded their names against the Resolution
the three Locofoco members in the North Ca
Dina delegation, all the Locofoco membel
from Virginia but one (Mr. Atkinson) VIII
was not present, 3 of the 5 Loco membe
from Tennessee, andeyery other Locofoco men
rn Der from the South but Pilsbury Of Texas an
Brown of Mississippi, the latter of whom WI
!. not present.
The only Wing who voted against the Res
of luton, was a member from Virginia-M
he Flournoy.
With reference to this important vote, Il
n National Intelligencer of the 22d has the fo
all lowing remarks:
cd Yesterday was a day to be remembered
the annals of the House of Representatives
By assingle e~xertion of political independence
by an assertion of Legislative authority, open
condemned and defed by the Executive, in {
IN matter of the improvement of the Lake a
nts River navigation of the West, the House h
,ht done itself undying honor. But the vote up
the proposition introduced by Mr.. Wentwor
of Illinois, affirming principles directly advel
ow to those of the late and preceding Veto Mes
raj ges of the President. and the House has rec'
rs. nised the true theory ofour Governmental
we had like to have said, has re-established
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