Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-06-01
DoINGS IN CONGRESS.
PASSAGE OF THE NEBRASKA BILLll
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motions to adjourn were made, and re-
jected by the yeas and nays.
Mr.. Walsh raised a point of order,
that the rules of the House were for the
purpose of facilitating, not retarding
business. He said the majority had
acted with great forbearance and liber-
atty, and that any further extension of
it would be opposed to the public inter-
est, and would establish a precedent
enabling captious minority to control
the legislature of the country.
Mr.. Campbell objected to all argu-
ments, and Mr.. Walsh withdrew. his
point.
Mr.. Washburn of Maine, moved to
lay the bill on the table. Lost, yeas 90,
nays, lie.
The question then was on the demand
for adjourning, which was lost amid
loud cries of Question" question"
Mr.. Campbell appealed to Mr.. Rich
ardson to withdraw his motion till he
could make suggestion. Mr.. Richard
son declined.
The demand for the previous ques-
ton was seconded, and the main question
ordered to be put, yeas III, nays "a.
A motion to adjourn failed.
The question was now taken on
agreeing to the report of the Committee
Of the Whole, striking out the enacting
clause, and was lost. yeas 81, nays III.
Mr.. Richardson then moved his sub
stitute for the bill being the same as the
Senate bill, with the exception of the
Clayton amendment, and moved the
previous question. Loud cries of ques-
ton.
Mr.. Dean moved for the reading of
the substitute, which occupied an hour.
Mr.. Edgerton raised point of order,
that, as the substitute contains appro-
priations for salaries for the government
officers, it must be first discussed in COM
mittee of the whole.
The speaker overruled the point on
the ground that the original bill had been
! discussed.
The main question was then ordered
to be put, yeas l16, nays 81.
1t was now one O'Clock this morning.
The question on Mr.. Richardson's
substitute was taken and agreed to, yeas
lis, nays So.
The question then being on ordering
the bill to be engrossed for third read
ing.
Mr.. Wilson moved to lay the bill on
the table-lost, yeas 100 nays ia.
Mr.. Matterson made an unsuccessful
motion to adjourn.
The bill was then ordered to be en-
crossed for third reading-yeas 112,
l99.
While this vote was being taken Lord
Elgen was holding reception in the
lobby, and several members were being
introduced to him.
The bill was then passed-yeas 113,
nays 100.
Applause in the galleries and on the
Aoor, and much kissing. The Speaker
called the members to order.
| Mr.. Richardson hoped order would be
preserved, and moved to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was passed, and
then moved to lay the motion on the
table,
| Mr.. Letcher moved that when the
house adjourned it be till Wednesday
next.
The speaker decided the motion out
of order.
Mr.. Letcher appealed from the deci
sion of the chair, and the chair was sus-
tanned. Yeas 90, nays 80.
Mr.. Richardson's motion was then
agreed to. The house then at nights
pale noon" adjourned.
SENATE.-Mr. Smith presented reso-
lutions passed by the Legislature of
Connecticut, on the Nebraska bill, and
the repeal of, the Missouri Compromise.
After presenting, in strong terms,
against the repeal of the Compromise,
as a violation of the national faith, the
resolutions declare it to be the fixed
purpose of the State never to consent to
the legal or actual admission of Slavery
into any territory, from which it was
excluded by the Missouri Compromise,
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State from that territory.
Mr. Cass said he hoped those resolu-
! tons, when put in plain English, do moi
mean another Hartford Convention.
: Mr.. Smith replied in severe terms,
, and said the Hon. Senator may, if he
pleases, stigmatize the sentiments con-
f tanned in these resolutions, as the senti.
! ments emanating from Hartford Con.
E vention; they are the sentiments of the
2 free men of Connecticut, and he be-
: lieved they would turn out to be the
7 sentiments of an overwhelming majority
of the people of Michigan.
: Mr.. Cass.-I heard all this kind o
S denunciation forty years ago, and witt
. as much violence and emphasis as car
r be used here; and / heard the Hartford
/, convention defended as rightful act
What wished to call attention to, was {
declaration IN those resolutions, tina
! they would not submit to the law Of tht
land when passed.
With respect to the opinion Of the
people of my own State, / think
know it as well as the gentleman, and
feel satisfied that Michigan will sustain
|, her Representatives. in carrying through
a great national measure, which secures