, 1855-04-21
EnOw.yOthingS in Congress.


In the House Of Representative, at
Washington, late date, the Hon. Wm. II.
White, of the Fourth Congressional Dis.
trict of Pennsylvania, asked leave to intro
drce the following preamble and resolution:
Whereas, Discussions have been indnlged
in in this house, in Committee Of the Whole
which, with other circumstances, lead to
the conviction that there exists in this
country an extensive secret oathbound po-
litcal association, which seems intended to
interfere with the purity of elections, and
the legislation Of The country-such an as
sOciatiOn us excited the fears and induced
the solemn warnings of Washington in his
farewell address. Therefore,
Resoir,d, That in the opinion Of this
House, the existence of secret oath-bound
political associations, having in view an in
tcrfcrcnce with the sanctity of the ballot
box, and the direction of the course Of ma
tional or municipal legislation, is inconsis-
tent with, and dangerous to the institutions
of repuhlicanism, and directly hostile to
the genius Of this government.
Remire'I, That every attempt to pros
eribc any class Of citizens on account Of
their religious opinions, or to favor or in
jure any religious denomination by rational
legislation, is in direct violation of the
Constitution Of the United States.
Rese'rcd, That while a careful and strict
administration of the naturalization laws
is a solemn duty, yet every interference
with the guaranteed rights Of naturalized
ciiizcus is inconsistent with the rlighted
faith Of the Nation, ard must diminish its
growth and prosperity.
Objection was made.
MIR. Whitc--I move suspension of the
rules, and wish the vote TO he regarded as
a test question.
Mr. Wentworth. of lllinois-I want a
call Of the House for full vote We
ought to show our hands. ! am prepared
The House refused the call
Mr.. Bayly, of Virginia-No gentleman
can propose test for me. The resolutions
contemplate no action, and / shall vote
against the motion TO suspend the rules.
Mr.. Stanton. Of Tennessee--So shall l,
Judge Bayly and AM no Know Nothing.
Mr. Jones, Of Tennessee am satisfied
no good, but harm will be done here to-day
and therefore move that the House ad-
journ.
The motion did not prevail. Much con-
fusion, and voiccs-"Question;' "face the
music"
, The question was taken on suspending
tho rules, and decided negatively. Yeas
l0l; nays rs. Not twO-thirds in the af-
lirma,ivc.
Yeas-Messrs. James C. Allen, Willis
Allen, Appleton, Ashe, Bailey, Barksdale,
Barry, Belcher, Benton, Bliss, Bocock,
Boyce, Breckenridge, Bridges, Caske,
Chandler, Chastain, Chrisman, Clark,
Craige, Curtis, Davis, of Ind, S. Davis, Of
Il. l., Dawson, Edwards, Z ;muuson, Elliot
of Mass, Elliot of Ky, Ellison, English,
Farley, Florence, Fuller, Giddings, Green.
Greenwood, Hamit n, Hastings, Hend-
rirks, Hem, Hubbard, Hester, Hill, Hill
yer, IngcrsoIl, johnson, Jones Of Tenn,
Jones Of Pa, Jonesof La, Keitt, Kid
well, kurtz, Lamb, Lether, Lilly, Lindsly,
Macdonald, McDougal, McMullen, Nc
Nair, Mcqueen, Maxwell, May, Nilsson Of
lud,, Morrison, Nichols, Noble, 0lds, Orr,
Perkins of La, Phelps, Richardson, Rid
die, Robbins, Rowe, Rufin, Russell, Sey-
mour, Shaw, Shower. Simmons, Singleton
Smith of Tenn, Smyth of Texas, Stanton
of Ky, Straub, Stuart, of Mich, Stewart
of Ohio, Taylor of New York, Trout,
Tweed, Upham, Vansant, Walker, Wal
bridge, Walcrr, Walsh. Wrrren, Wash
bourne Of Ill. Wittc, Wright, Of Miss,
and Wright of Pa.-lO4.
NayS-AlesSrs. Aiken, Bayly of Va,
Ball, Banks, Bennett, Benson, Bugg, Car
penter, Caruthers, Chse, Clingman, Cobb.
Corwin. Disney Durham, Eastman, Edger-
ton, Ethcridge, Everhart, Faulkner, Fen
ton, Flagler, Franklin, Goodwin, Grey,
HOrland Of Ohio, Hoaand of Ind., Haven,
Houston, Howe, Hunt, Jones of n. Y,
Kerr, Knox, Latham, Lindley, Lyon, Nc
Culloch of Mass, Mutteson, Mayal, Mid
dleswarth, Milson, Morgan, Murray, OH
yer of N, Y, Oliver of Mo. Parker, Peck
ham, Pennington, Phillips, Pratt, Pringl,,
Puryear, Peady, Reese, Richie, Ritchey,
Rogers, Sabin. Sage, Sapp Seward, Shan
non, Skclton, Sellers, Stanton of Tenn,
Taylor of Ohio, Teller, Thurston. Tracy,
Wade, Wheeler, Yates and Zillkoffer-7S
DESTRUCTION OF Col. BENToN's House.