The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-15

hair, how It Is that member shall be excused
from voting for special reason without having
an opportunity to give that reason
The SPEAKER. The Chair is of the opin.
ion that the gentleman may state-but il must
be mere statement--his special reason for
wishing to be excused from voting. Whatever
may have been the action of this body in repeal.
ing the original rule upon the subject, the rule,
taken as il now stands, in the judgment of the
Chair, gives the gentleman from North Carolina
right to state his special reason, but not TO de-
bate the subject at all.
Mr.. JONES, Of Tennessee. That note is
certainly wrong. There was a provision in that
rule which authorized member, when he
asked to be excused, briefly TO state his reasons.
That was repealed by the House, but not in
lS45 1t mistake not it was during the
Thrtieth Congress. | know that part was
stricken out, and after that a member could onlv
ask TO be excused, without assigning any rea.
son.
Mr.. STANIY. That is no doubt true.
The SPEAKER. The Chair decides that
under the existing rule the gentleman from North
Carolina has the right to state special reason or
reasons, for asking the House to excuse him.
That is the construction given by the Chair to
the rule. The Chair does not remember what
the practice of the last Congress was, but he is
from Tennessee has stated them.
Mr.. STANLY. desire to give a special rea-
son for asking to be excused from voting
will merely say, in order that it may be under
stood by my constituents, that | offered an
amendment this morning to this bill, as |
thought in order, in committee, and it was ruled
to be in order by the gentleman who occupied
the chair at the time. consulted him previ-
ously, and he decided it to be in order. was
led into error by that decision-no doubt un-
Intentionally on the part of the chairman-and
was precluded from offering my amendment.
My purpose was to show my constituents why
II WAS the bill was in such form that could
not vote for it. desire further to say, that it
may go upon the journal, that | shall vote
against the bill under the instructions of my
own constituents, and of the Whiy State con.
vention which recently met in North Carolina.
could not get an opportunity of saying this in
committee, or should not have troubled the
House now. would, if had had a chance, have
said word to compliment my friend from Ten
nessee Mr.. JOHNSON but the committee re-
fused me.
The SPEAKER. At the second session
Of the Twenty Congress the amendment
referred to was made to the forty second rule.
It is, ''that SO much of the phraseology of the
forty second rule as permits any member re-
questing to be excused from voting to make
brief verbal statement of his reasons for max
ing such request be, and the same is hereby, re-
scnded." e..
Mr.. STANLY. ! withdraw my request
Mr.. CLARK. Will it be in order for me to
give reason for the vote am about TO give?
The SPEAKER. Not except by unanimous
consent.
Mr.. CLINGMAN ! object.
Mr.. CLARK. Then shall be compelled TO
vote "aye." laughter r.,
The question was then put, "Shall the bill
pass" and it was decided in the Affirmative
yeas LOT, nays S.. as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Abercrombie, Charles Allen,
Willis Allen, Allison, Babceck, Bartlett, Bissel,
Briggs, Brooks, Albert G. Brown, Buell., Busby,
Joseph Cable, Thompson Campbell, Cater,
Chandler, Chapman, Churchwell, Clark, Cleve.
land, Cobb, CoItman, Cullom, Curtis, George
t. Davis, John G. Davis, Dawson, Disney, Doty,
Durkee, Eastman, Ewing Ficklin, Fitch, Flor
ence, Floyd, Fowler, Gamble, Gaylord, Gentry,
Gidiings, Goodrich, German, Green, Grey Grow,
Hall, Sampson w. Harris, Hascall, Hendricks,
Hem, Houston, lngersoll, Ives, Andrew John
son, John Johnson Robert w. Johnson, George
w. jones' Kurtz, Lockhart, Mace, Edward c.
Marshall, McMullin, McNair, Meacham, Miller,
Molohy, Henry ID. Moore, John Moore, New
ton, Olds, Samuel, w. Parker, Penn, Penniman,
Perkins, Phelps, Polk, Porter, Richardson, Rid
die, Robbins, Robinson, Sackett Savage, School,
craft David L. Seymour, SHELTON, Smith, Snow,
Benjamin Stanton, Frederick p. Stanton, Abra-
ham p. Stevens, Stone, St Martin. Slratton,
George w. Thompson, Thurston, Townshend,
Tuck, Walbridge, Walsh, Ward, Watkins, AID.
olson, White, Alexander White, Williams, and
Yates-l07.
NAYs-Messrs. Aiken, John Appleton, Ave-
rett, David ]. Bailey, Thomas ii. Biyly, Barrere,
Beale, Bell, Bocock, Bragg, Breckenridge,
George III. Brown, Burrowsi Caskie, Clnstain,
Clingman, Colcock, Conger Dockery, Duncan,
Edmundson, Evans, Faulkner, T.. ] ID. Fuller,
Hamil;en, Harper, Isham G. Harris, Hubbard,
Holiday, Horsford, John W. Howe. Thomas Y.
How. Jackson, Jenkins, George G. King. Pres
ton King, Letcher, Martin, Mason, Mcqueen,
Millson, Morehead, Orr, Outlaw, Peaslee, Pow
ell, Ross, Scurry, Orgen s. Seymour Stanly,
Strother, Taylor, Wallace, Washburn, Welch,
and Woodward-56.
So the bill passed, las published aboyeJ
being the amendment Of Mr. JOHNSON, Of Ten
nessee, IN lieu Of the substitute Of Mr. BkowN,
Of Mississippi, adopted in the Committee Of the
Whole on the state OF the Union.
Pending the call Of the roll,
Mr.. HAMILTON said: am requested by my
colleague Mr.. HAMMOND TO state that he ia
absent from the House on account or sickness,
otherwise he should have voted against the bill.
Mr.. DEAN, when his name was called, said
! ask to have IL entered on the journal, that
have paired off with my colleague, Mr.. SUTH-
ERLASD.l or | should have voted "aye."
The SPEAKER. The gentleman cannot
make il matter of record on the Journal
Mr.. DEAN. Then will not vote.
Mr.. McMULLEN. move TO reconsider the
vote by which the bill was passed, and TO lay tho
motion to reconsider upon the table.
The question was put on the latter motion, and
il was agreed TO.
The question now being upon the adoption Of
} the title, which is as follows
az bill to encourage agriculture, commerce,
manufactures, and all other branches Of industry,
| by granting 10 every man who Is the head of
family, and citizen Of the United States, a
homestead Of ono hundred and sixty acres Of