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think tAAt this q. an OCCASION on which this
House should act promptly. IL this bill j. sent 70
the Conmlttee o. the Whole, il 10 sent " The
tomb Of the Capulets, and will never come back
At this session. ! move the previous question.
Mr.. Mc7AUGHEY hoped the gentleman from
New York would withdraw his call for the pre-
vious question.
b Mr.. KING would be glad to ACCOMMODATE the
gentleman, but he could not Withdraw the call.
NJ. MclAuGHEY hoped then that the House
would vote il down.
Mr.. BURT. II any gentleman wishes to OPP.
York will withdraw the call for the previous ques
ton. ~
Ths SPEAKER inquired 1.-THE gentleman from
New York would Withdraw the demand for the
previous question:
Mr. KING said he would not.
Nj. BURT demanded telIers on the previous
question.
TelIers were ordered.
The question on seconding the demand for the
previous question was then taken by tsllers,
(Ndessrs. ALLsN and Thomas actng,) and was
decided in the afirmative-syes 70. noes H..
So the previous question received ssco nd; and
the question being upon ordering the main ques-
ton TO be now put, it was decided in the athrma-
tive.
So the main question was ordered; which main
question was first on The motion 10 refer the bill
TO the Committee Of the Whole on thSnstats Of the
Union, and 70 have il printed
Mr. JONES moved to lay the bill upon the
table.
Mr.. BURT thought il was not in order to move
a RECOMMENDATION Of the vote by which the pre-
vious question was seconded.
The SPEAKER said that it would be in order
to move a reconsideration Of the vote by which
the main question was ordered to be now put, but
that the motion to lay the bill on the table must
be acted on first.
The yeas and nays were ordered on the motion
to lay the bill on the table.
Mr. JONES Withdrew the mo ton.
Mr. McLANE Of Maryland, moved to recon
slider the vote by which the main question
ordered. He hoped the House, generally, would
acquiesce in the motion.
Me- TOOMBS moved to lay the bill on the
table, and called for the yeas and nays on that
motion.
The yeas and nays were ordered
The question being taken on the motion to lay
the bill on the table, there were--yeas "a, nays 80,
as folIows
YEAs-Messrs. Alberteon, Allen, Anderson,
Averett. Beale, Bell, Bennett, Bingham, Bokee,
Booth, Bowlin, Boyd, Butler, Joseph Cable, Jo-
Williamson r. w. Cobb, Colcock, Conger,
Crowell Danner, Dickey, Dimmick, Disney,
Duer, Durkee, Fitch, Fowler, Freddy. Gid
dings, Gilmore, Gott, Green, Hall, Hamilton,
Hammond. Harlan, Isham G. Harris, Hebard,
Henry, Hubbard, Howe, Hunter, Andrew John
son, Jones, Julian, Letter, Littiefe!d, Horace
McGaughey, McLanahan, FINS e. Mclean,
McMuen, MCQUEEN, Mescham, Meade, John
X. Miller, Moore, Moreheod, Morris, Olds,
Orr, Otis, Outlaw, Owen, Parker, Phelps, Rot-
bins. Root, Ross, Sackett. Savage, Sprague, Alex
ander II. Stephens, Stetson. Strong, Thomas,
Toombs, Walden, Waldo. Wallace, Watkins,
VIZ oliL 49,, Wartuyorth Whit Whitflocev Will.
drick, Williams and Woodward-94.
NAYs-Messrs. Alexander, Ashmun, Bayly,
Bowie, Breck, Brisbin, Brooks, Buel, Billiard,
Burt, E. c. Cabell, George A. Caldwell, Calvin,
Chandler, Cole, Corwin, Daniel, Deberry, Dixon,
Doty. Duncan. Edmunson, Eliot, Nathan Evans,
Featherston, Fuller, Gentry, Gilbert, Goodenow,
German, Gould, GrinnelI, Holloway, HARRISON,
Sampson w. Harris, Raymond, billiard, Hoag
land, Holiday, Holmes, Houston, Inge, Joseph
w. Jackson, James L. Johnson, Robert w.
Johnson, Kaufman, Kerr, George G. King. James
G.. King. John A. King, La Sere, Marshall, Ma
son, Matteson, Nick issock, Robert M. McLane,
Millson, Morse, Mo ton. Nelson, NewaiI, Peas
lee Peck, Phoenix, Pitman. Reed, Reynolds, Ris-
lev, Rockwell, Rose, Rumsey, Sawtetle, Schenck,
Schermerhorn, Schoolcraft, Seldom, Shepperd.
Sylvester, Spauldng, Fredeick P. Stanton, Richard
II. Stanton, Taylor, Thurman, Underhill, Van
Dyke, Venable, Vinton, Wright and foung-S9
So the bill was laid on the table,
Mr. WENTWORTH moved to reconsider tie
vote by which the bill was laid upon the table.
Mr.. TOOMBS moved to lay the motion to re-
consd er upon the table.
Some conversation here took place between Mr.
McLANE, of Maryland, and the SPEAKER on
point Of order.
Mr.. WENTWORTH said that he lad not
Welded the floor when he made the motion to re-
consider the vote.
The SPEAKER stated that the motion to re-
consider was not debatable, and that the gentle