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

hair, how it is that = member shall b 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 it 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 Carolna
right to state his special reason, bot not " de-
bate the subject at all.
Mr. JONES, of Tennessee. That note is
certainly wrong. There was 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That was repealed by the House, but not in
l845. Ii | mistake not it was during the
Thirteth Congress. I know that part was
stricken out, and after that member could only
ask to be excused, without assigning any rea-
son.
Mr.. STANIY Y. 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
inclined to think the facts are as the gentleman
from Tennessee has stated them.
Mr. STANLY desire TO give specirl rea-
son for asking to be excused from voting. |
will merely say, 10 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 preyi-
ously, and he decided it to be in order was
led into error by that decison-no doubt UNI
INTENTIONAL, on the part of the chairman--and
was precuded from offering my amendment
My purpose was to show my constituents WHY
il was the bill was in such form that could
not vote for it. Idesire further to say, that it
may 60 upon the journal, that shall vote
against the bill under the instructions of my
own constituents, and of the Viii, 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 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-ninth Congress the amendment
| referred to was made to the forty second slle
1t 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 a
brief verbal statement of his reasons for maxi
| ing such request be- and the same is hereby, re-
scinded."
Mr. STANLY. I Withdraw my request.
| MIR. CLARK. Will it be in order for me 10
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
The question was then put sShall the bill
pass Z" and it was decided in the Affirmative
yeas lO7, nays Sc; as follows:
YEAS-Messrs Abercrombie, Charles Allen.
Willis Allen, Allison, Babcock, Bartlett, Bissel,
Briggs Brooks, Albert G. Brown, Buell., Busby,
Joseph Cable, Thompson Campbell, Cater,
Chandler Chapman, Churchwell Clark, Cleve.
land, Cobb, Cortman, Culom, Curtis, G orge
T. Davis, John G. Davis, Dawson, Disney, Doty,
Durkee, Eastman, Ewing, Ficklin, Fitch, Flor
ence, Floyd, Fowler, Gamble, Gaylord, Gentry,
Giddings, Goodrich, German, Green, Grey, Grow,
Hall, Sampson w. Harris, H,scal, Hendricks,
Hem, Houston, Ineersol, Ives, Andrew john
son, John Johnson, Robert w. Johnson, George
w. Jones, Kurtz, Lockhart, Mace, Edward c.
Marshall, McMuln, McNair, Meacham, Miller,
Molonv, Henry d. 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, Ad.
Olson, White, Alexander White, Williams, an
Yates LOT
NAys-Messrs Aiken, John Appleton, Ave.
rett, David ]. Bailey, Thomas Ii. Bsyly, Barrere,
Beale, Bell, Bocock, Bragg. Breckenridge,
George II. Brown, Burrows,i Caskie, Chastai,,,
Clingman, Colcock, Conger, Dockery, Duncan,
Edmundson, Evans, Faulkner, r. j. ID. Fuller,
Hamilton, Harper, I-ham G. Harris. Hibbar,l,
Holiday, llorsford, John w. Howe, Thomas Y
How. Jackson, Jenkins, George G. King. Pres
ton King, Letcher, Martin, Mason, Mcqueen,
Mson, Morehead, Orr, Outlaw, Peaslee, Pow
ell, Ross, Scurry, Origen s. Seymour, Stanly,
Strother Taylor, Wallace, Washburn, WEIGH,
and Woodward-56.
So the bill passed, Gas published above,)
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 II, use on account of sickness,
otherwise he should have voted against the bill.
Mr.. DEAN, when his name was called, said
| ask to have it entered on the journal, that
have paired off with my colleague, Mr.. SuTH.
ERLAND, or should have voted "aye"
The SPEAKER. The gentleman cannot
make it 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 the
motion to reconsider upon the tai e.
The question was put on the latter motion, and
it was agreed to.
The question now being upon the adoption Of
the title, which is as follows:
"a bill to encourage agriculture, commerce,
manufactures, and all other branches of industry,
by granting to every man who is the head of q
family, and citizen Of the United States, q