The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-01-04

maintain that the communication transmitted TO them
Monday last received by the body trans
itei He awaited himself OF the opportunity 10 say that
his judgment the message an admirable aud excel
len Stale paper He asked the previous question on the
motion.
Mr. STANTON again raised the point Of order that
until the House organized and the usual messages ex
changed between the branches OF Congress- and com
mtee had waited upon the President informing him Of
their readiness TO receive nom him there
such organization authorized the President 10
communicate Congress The constitutional provision
was not that the President might communicate 10 the
House or the Senate but that he should from time TO
time communicate TO Congress There was no Congress
within the meaning OF the constitution capable Of trans
acting duties and ofexercsng the powers Of Congress
until both houses had elected their presiding officers ex
changed messages and informed this President Of their or
ganzaon lie held that 1t great outrage upon the
propriees and decences which regulated the relations be-
tween the legislative and executive branches OF the gov
for the President unnyted and unasked TO IN
rude himself upon the House before Congress bad been
organized and TO thrust in their face message The
gen teman from Virginia Mr. MLLsos had taken occa-
sion speak of the contents OF that message II were
competent speak OF that subject he should say that
In his Judgment the most disreputabe public docu-
nen that had emanated from President OF the nj
ted States. lLoud Kisses 1t was public document
classifying the history Of the country from the organization
of the to the present day in every essential
particular. lie desired that the House should come TO
direct upon the question of order he had submitted
Mr. COBB Of Georgia, asked that the point Of order Of
the gentleman be reduced to writing that the House might
understand distinctly what II was.
Mr. STANTON thereupon reduced his point Of order to
writing obecng ito the resolution Of the gentleman from
Virginia that Is in order because The House is not
organized by the election OF Speaker and therefore has no
power receive to take any cognzance Of message
from the President
Mr. COBB Of Georgia submitted that the point Of order
could not 60 beyond the question before the House The
motio of the gentleman from Virginia was TO take up the
message and read it, whereas the gentemans point OF
der embraced the question Of reception.
Considerable conversation ensued on this points when
Mr. MACE of Indiana, moved that the whole subject be
laid on the table.
The yeas and nays were demanded on the notion and
ordered and being taken resuedyeas lls, nays slas
follows:
YEAS Messrs. Albright Allison, Ball. Banks, Barbour,
Bliss Bradshaw Brsnton broom, Burlington, Burlingame,
Lewis d. Campbell ChaHte, Ezra Clark, Clawson, Cotax,
Winter Davis Timothy Davis Day, Dean, De Witt Dick,
Dickson Dodd, Duree Edwards, Emrie, Evans, Fager,
Grow, Robert b. Hail. Harlan Harrison Haven, Holloway,
Thomas h. Horton, Valentine b. Horton, Howard, Hugh
n ka MACE k"sh
Meacham, Klian Miller Moore, Morgan, Morrill, Mott,
Robbins.
sabin Sage, SaPp, Scott, Sherman, Sinmon' William r.
Smith spinner stanton s'rs@ssan asppaa TMRo,ns.n
Waldron CadwaIader c. Washburne, Elihu Washburne,
Israel Washburn Watson, wsleh Wheeler Whitney, Wood,
Woodruff, Woodworth and Kolcofer
NAYS-Messrs. Aiken, Allen, Barclay, Bgksdale, Bell,
Bocock Bowie Boyce, Branch Brooks CadSaader, John
Cobb, Williamson Il. W. Cobb Cox, Crawford, Davidson,
Denver Dowdell Dunn, Edmundson Elliott, English Eth
eridge Eustis Faulkner Florence Foster, Thomas j. D.
Fuller, Goode Greenwood, Augustus Hall, Sampson w.
Harris Thomas L. Harris Herbert Hickman Houston, Jew
ett George w. joiner, j. Clancy JONES' Keitt Kelly Kid
WE'LL Lake Letcher, Lumpkn, Alexander x Marshall sam
uel s. Marshall, Maxwell McMullen, McQueen, Smith Mil
ler Millson, Andrew Oliver, Mordecai oliver Orr, Peck
Phelps, Powell Quitman, Reade, Ready, Richardson Ruin
Rust, Sandidge, Savage, Seward, Shorter, samnel A.
smith, Sneed Stephens, Stewart Swope, Tabott TAYLOR,
Thurston, Trippe Underwood, Vail Walker, Warner Wat
kins, Wells, Williams, Winslow, and John y. Wright
So the motion agreed to.
The House then proceeded to eighysixth vote with
the following result.
Whole number Of votes 2l3i necessary choice, lo7
OF these
Mr.. Banks received
u
H. NJ 30
Scattering.
So there choice. ...aa
Mr.. ETHERIDGE moved that the House do now adj
journ- 49,
The question taken and the motion agreed TO
and, at haf-past three o'clock,
The House adjourned.