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had the power to order the printing esewhsfe, TIKI
will to do IT, and it was its duty to doit.
Mr.. STEPHENS hoped the laws might b.
obeyed. They require the work to be contracted
for.
After some further conversation, the motion Il
reconsider laid on the table, the yeas and nays
being ordered, by a vote of liz to 81, and the res
olution was adopted.
THE DELEGATE FROM UTAH.
Mr.. BRIGGS, Of New York, asked leave ofths
House, to introduce the following resolution:
"Resolped, That the Committee on Elections bs
INSTRUCTED TO inquire into the election of JOHN M
BERNHIsEL, the present delegate from the territory
4 of Utah, whether said election was held according
to law, and whether any bribery corruption OF
other illegal means, were made use of by the said
BERNHIsEL with Brigham Young, or any other
persons, ID secure the said election, and return,
i with power TO send for persons and papers -
MIR. STEPHENS said he could not vote for
tn resolution, unless some member would rise in
his seat and show good grounds for its introduce
i ton.
Mr.. BRIGGS said, that from the report of the
returned officers from Utah, which had already
i been laid before the House, he had reason to be-
eve that the delegate from Utah held his seat here
without any authority of law. He (Mr. b. be-
leved that the delegate had no right to be here.
i Mr.. KING, ofNew York, thought, that as the
i delegate from Utah was not now in his seat, and
that as he had asked fora committee of investi-
CATION relative to the subject matter of the report
of the returned officers, il would be proper to Law
the resolution over for the present
i The SPEAKER said that it was a privileged
question, and might be taken up in order at any
| time r
i Mr.. BRIGGS then withdrew the resolution,
saying that he should cali it up tomorrow.
COLONIZATION MEETING.
Mr.. DISNEY, of Ohio, asked the unanimous
i consent Of the House to introduce a resolution
granting the use OF the Hall to the
American Colonization Society for a meeting on
| the Goth instant.
4 Mr.. JONES', of Tennessee, objected, He said
that when the Society last met here, they broke
the ratings and windows.
Mr.. DISNEY moved suspension oft the rules,
so as to introduce the resolution.
On this motion the yeas and nays were called
for, and ordered, and resulted-yeas 81, NAYS &c.
j Twothirds not voting in the affirmative, the
| rules were not suspended.
i Mr.. CLINGMAN, of North Carolina, moved
that the rules be suspended, SO that he could in
troduce the following resolution which he read at
| the Clerk s desk:
Whereas, some Of the States Of the Union
have, IN their constitutions, provided for the abb
solute exclusion of free negroes from their several
territories, while others have sought to attain the
same object by legislation, and whereas compa nts
have at times been made of these things by other
States and nations, therefore,
Resoiued, That in the opinion of the House
of Representatives, it is the UNREASONABLE right
of each one of the States Of the Union to exclude
either wholly or partially, from her territory, ne
groes whether free slaves, and that the exercise
of this right affords no just ground Of complaint
to any other nation or State. !"
| On the question Of suspending the rules, Mr..
CLMGMAN called for the yeas and nays, which be-
ing ordered, resuted-yeas So, nays IS, as fol-
lows:
| YEAS-Messrs. Aiken, Appleton, Of Massa-
chusetts, Bayly, Bibighaus, Bocock, Bragg,
Breckenridge, Brown, of Mississippi, Busby, Ca
bell, Caldwell, Chastain, Clingman, Cobb, Col
cock, Cullom, Curtis, Dimmick Disney, Dockery,
Ewing, Ficklin, Fitch, Florence, GAYLORD, Gen.
try, Gilmore, Grey, Hall, Hamilton, Harris, Hart,
Hem, Hillyer, Holiday, Houston, Howard,
Jackson, Johnson, Jones, of Tennessee, Jones,
of Pennsylvania, Kurtz ,Letcher, Lockart, Mason,
McCorkle, McMullen, McNnir, Meade, Miller,
Morehead, Murphy, Nabers, Orr, Outlaw, Penn,
Phelps, Polk, Porter, Powell, Robinson, Savage,
Stuart, Venable, Wallace, Walsh, Ward, Wat
kns, White, of Kentucky, White, of Alabama,
i Wilcox, Woodward -69.
/ NAYS-Messrs. Abercrombie, Allen, of Illi-
nois, Appleton, of Maine, Averett, Babcock Bar
rere Bartlett jr., Bell, Bssell Brenton, Briggs,
Buell., Campbell, of Illinois, Cartier, Chandler,
Chapman, Churchwell, Clark, Cleveland ,Conger,
Davis, of Massachusetts, Davis, of Indiana,
Dawson, Dean, Doty, Duncan, Durham, Edger-
ton, Fowler, Fuller, of Maine, Goodenow, Grow,
Harper, Haws, Hasca, Haven, Hebard, Hib-
bard, Horsford, John w. Howe, of Pennsylva-
MIA, Thomas M. Howe, Of Pennsylvania, How,
Ijr, lngersoll, Ives, Johnson, Of Georgia, John
Kuhns, Martin, McLanahan. Miner, Molony,
! Moore, Morrison, Murray, Newton, Parker, OF
Pennsylvania, Peaslee, Penniman, RantouI, Rob-
bins, jr., Ross, Sackett, Schermerhorn, School,
craft, SHOEMAKER, Scudder, Seymour, of New
York, Seymour, of Connecticut, Stanton, of
Ohio, Stephens, Sutherland, Sweetser, Taylor,
Thompson, Of Massachusetts,, Thompson, OF
Virginia, Thurston, Townshend, Tuck, Wal
bridge, Washburn, WEIGH, Wells, Williams-S5.
MEXICAN AND OTHER CLAIMS.
| Mr.. FULLER, of Maine, asked the unanimous
consent to enable him to introduce the following
resolution
Resolved, That the Secretary OF State, the Sec
rotary Of the Interior, the Secretary Of the Navy,
the Secretary Of War ard the Postmaster General
be and hereby instructed to cause to be report
ed 10 this House, as soon practicable, full and
complete lists of all claims, il any, Gncludine
principal and interest," and designating each sepa-
rately,) allowed and paid by the respective de-
partments, or any bureaus thereof, since the 4th
day OF March, 1S49, which had been previously
presented, suspended or disaowed, in whole or
in part, and specifying the character Of such
claims and, also, that they cause 10 be reported
the names OF all persons who at any time acted
as the agents or solicitors for said claims, and the
persons who received any portion thereof or were
interested therein.
Objection being made to the reception Of the
resolution,
Mr.. FULLER moved suspension Of the rules,
and called for the yeas and nays.
Mr.. GOODEN0W, Of Maine, moved an adj
joarnment, which was agreed to-s7 to AZ.
At 10 minutes past three O'Clock the House adj
journed.
! Face NEGROES IN PENNsYLvANIA.-Th fol.
lowing is a copy Of bill read in the Pennsyl.
yania House Of Representatives on the 9th inst.
Section ]. BE Il enacled by The Senate and
House Of Representatives of he c0nmc n,oeolih NJ
| Pennsylvania N general assembly met, and IL is
hereby enacted By The authority Of the same, That
from and after the passage Of this act IL shall
not be lawful for any negro or mulatto TO come
into or settle in this commonwealth; and any
negro or negroes, mulauo or mulattoes, so COM
ing, immigrating, or moving into this State, for