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Mr.. Houston then withdrew his motion to re-
commit the resolutions of the committee, with
| instructions, when the question required on the
following substitute offered by Mr.. English, Of
Indiana, In lieu of that submitted by Mr.. Cobb,
| of Georgia:
Resolred, That this House hereby declares
| its Interpretation of the assault made by the
Hon. Preston S. Brooks upon the Hon. Charles
Sumner in the Senate chamber, on the 22d day
| of May, 1856, and the House deems this fit
occasion to express its disapprobation of the
use of language in debate of character per
! sonslly offensive to individual members of Con.
| gress, or to any of the States of this Union.
The question was taken, and the amendment
was disagreed to, by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Allen, Ball, Cadwalader, Car.
lille, Cox, Davis of Maryland Denver, Dunn,
| Edwards, English, Etheridge, Evans, Hall of
Iowa, Harrison, Haven, Kelley, Kenneth, A. X.
Marshall of Kentucky, 81. Marshall of Kentuc.
ky, Marshall of Illinois, Miller of Indiana, Mill
son, Millward, Moore, Peck, Puryear, Reade,
Ready, Ricaud, Smith of Alabama, Swope,
Trippe Underwood, VAIL and Zollicoffer-35.
NAYS N essrs. Aiken, Albright, Allison,
| Barbour, Barksdale, Bell Bennett of New York,
Bennett of Mississippi, Benson, Billinghurst,
Bingham, Bliss, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce, Brad
shaw, Branch, Brenton, Broom, Buffinton, Bur
| Campbell of Kentucky, Campbell of Ohio, Ca
ruthers, Caskie, Chsffee, Clarke of New York,
Clark of Connecticut ClawSon, Clingman, Cobb
of Georgia, Cobb of Alabama Colfax, Comins,
| Covode, Cragin, Craige, Crawford, Cullen, Cum
| back, Damrell, Davidson. Davis of Massachu-
sets, Day, Dean, De Witt, Dick, Dickson,
Dodd, Durfee, Eide, Elliott, Emrie, Eustis,
Faulkner, Florence Foster, Galloway, Gid.
dings, Gilbert, Goode, Granger, Greenwood,
| Grow, Hall of Massachusetts,, Harlan, Harris
Of Alabama, Harris of illinois, Hickman, Hol.
loway, Horton of New York, Horton of Ohio,
Houston, Howard Hughston, Jewett, Jones of
Tennessee, Jones of Pennsylvania, Kelsey,
King, Knapp, knight, Knowlton Knox, Kun,
kel, Lake, Letter, Letcher, Lindley, Lumpkin,
Matteson, Maxwell, McCarty, McMullin, Nc
| Queen, Meacham, Miller Of New York, Nor
| gan, Morrill, Murray, Nichols, Norton, Oliver
of New York, Oliver of Missouri, Orr, Packer,
| Parker, Pearce, Pelton, Pennington, Perry,
Petit, Phelps, Pike, Porter, Powell, Pringle,
Purviance, Quitman, Richie. Rivers, Robbins,
Roberts, Robson, Rutfin, Rust, Sabin,1 Sage,
| Sandidge, Sapp, Savage, Scott Sherman, Shor.
| ter, Simmons, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of
Virginia, Sneed, Spinner, Stanton, Stephens,
Stranahan, Talbot, Tappan, Taylor, Thoring-
ton, Thurston, Todd, Trafton, Tyson, Wade,
Wakeman, Walbridge, Waldron, Walker, War
ner, Washburne of Wisconsin, Washburne of H.
| linois, Washburn of Maine, Watkins, Watson,
| Welch, Wells, Wheeler, Whitney, Williams,
Winslow, Wood, Woodruff, Woodwork Wright
of Mississippi, and Wright of Tennessee-l74.
| The question was then stated to be on the
| following substitute, offered by Mr.. Cobb, of
Georgia, in lieu of the resolutions reported by
| the committee:
ResolUed, That this House has no iurisdic-
| ton over the assault alleged to have been COM
mitted by the Hon. P. S. Brooks, a member of
this House from the State of South Carolina,
upon the Hon. Charles Sumner, Senator from
the State of Massachusetts,, and therefore deem
it improper to express any opinion on the sub
ject.
And the question being taken, the amend
ment was disagreed to, by the following vote.
YEAs-Messrs. Aiken, Barksdale, Bell, Ben
nett of Mississippi, Bocock, Bowie, Boyce,
Branch, Burnett, Caruthers, Cobb of Georgia,
/ Cobb of Alabama, Cvaige, Crawford, Davidson.
Denver, Dowdell, Elliott, Eustis, Faulkner,
Florence, Foster, Greenwood, Hall of Iowa,
Harris of Alabama, Harris of Illinois, Houston,
Jewett, Jones of Tennessee, Jones of Pennsyl-
vania Kidwell, Lake, Letcher, Lindley, Lump
kin, Maxwell, McMulliu, Mcqueen, Oliver of
Missouri, Orr, Phelps, Porter, Powell, Quitman,
Ready, Rivers, Rutiin, Rust, Sandidge, Savage,
Seward, Shorter, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of
Virginia, Sneed, Stephens, Talbot, Taylor,
Trippe, Walker, Warner, Watkins, Wheeler,
| Winslow, Wright of Mississippi and Wright Of
| Tennessee-66.
NAYs-Messrs. Albright, Allen, Allison, Ball.
Barbour, Bennett of New York, Benson, Billing
hurst, Bingham, Bishop, Bliss, Bradshaw, Bren-
ton, Broom, Bulfnton, Buringame, Camp
bell Of Pennsylvania, Campbell of Ohio Car
lie, Chaffee, Clarke of New York, Clark Of
Connecticut, Clawson, Clingman, Colfax, Co.
Minis, Covode, Cox, Cragin, Cullen, Cumback,
| Damrell, Davis Of Maryland, Davis of Massa.
chusetts. Day, Dean, De Witt Dick, Dickson,
DOdd, Dunn, Durfee, Eide, Edwards, Emrie,
English, Etheridge, Evans. Galloway, Giddings,
Gilbert, Granger, Grow, Hall of Massachusetts,
Harlan, Harris of Maryland, Harrison, Haven,
Hickman Hoffman, Holloway, Horton of New
York, Horton of Ohio, Howard Hughston
Kelsey, King, Knapp, knight, Knowlton, Knox,
Kunkel, Letter. A. X. Marshall of Kentucky,
II. Marshall of Kentucky, Marshall of Illinois,
Matteson, McCarty, Meacham, Miller of New
York, Miller of Indiana, Millson, Millward,
Moore, Morgan, Morrill,, Mott, Murray, Nichols,
Norton, Oliver of New York, Packer, Parker,
Pearce, Peck, Pelton, Pennington. Perry, Petit,
Pike, Pringle, Purviance, Puryear. Resde, Ri
caud, Richie, Robbins, Roberts, Robson, Sa-
bin, Sage, Sapp, Scott, Sherman, Simmons,
Smith of Alabama, Spinner, Stanton, Stewart,
Stranahan, Swope, Tappan, Thorington, Thurs
ton, Todd, traitor, Tyson, Underwood, Vail,
Wade, Wakeman, Walbridge, Waldron, Wash.
burne of Wisconsin, Wsshburne of Illinois,
Washburn of Maine, Watson, Welch, Wells,
Whitney, Williams, Wood, Woodruff, Wood
worth, and Zollicofer-l45
The question finally REQUIRED on the resolu.
tons reported by the committee, as follows:
ReSoloed, That Preston S. Brooks be and he
is forthwith expelled from this House as a
Representative from the State of South Caro-
lima.
ResolUed, That this House hereby declares
its disapprobation of the said acts of Henry A.
Edmundson and Lawrence NJ. Keitt in regard
to said assault
Mr.. Whitney, of New York, demanded a d.
vision of the question; whereupon, the question
was taken upon the first resolution, with the
following result:
YEAs-Messrs Albright, Allison, Ball, Bar
hoGr, Bennett of New York, Benson, Billing
hurst, Bingham, Bishop, Bliss, Bradshaw, Bren-
ton, Broom, Bufinton, Burlingame, Campbell
of Pennsylvania, Campbell of Ohio, Chaffee,
Clarke ofNew York, Clark of Connecticut, Claw
son, Colfax, Comins. Covode, Cragin, Cumback,
Damrell, Davis of Massachusetts, Day, Dean,
De Witt, Dick, Dickson, Dodd, Dunn, Durfeo,
Edie, Edwards, Emrie, Galloway, Giddings, |
Gilbert, Granger, Grow, Hall of Massachusetts,,
Harlan, Haven, Hickman, Hoffman, Holloway, |
Horton of New York, Horton of Ohio, How |
ard, Hughston, Kelsey, King, Knapp, Knight, |
Knowton, Knox, Kunkel, Letter, matteson, |
McCarty, Meaeham, Miller of New York, Mill |
ward, Moore, Morgan, Morrill,, Mott, Murray, |
Nichols, Norton, Oliver of New York, Packer, |
Parker, Pearce, Peck, Pelton, Pennington, |
Perry, Petit, Pike. Pringle, Purviance, Richie,
Robbins, Roberts, Robson, Sabin, Sage, Sapp, |