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be entitled to any nomination or appointment
| under this resolution.
| Resotced, That the Clerk shall compute aud
| assign to the respective candidates the number
| of members they may be severally Untitled to
nominate and appoint under the foregoing reso-
| luton and each committee, when constituted,
| may elect its own chairman Propided, hosc-
erer, That the decisions of the Clerk under
| these resolutions shall be open to appeal.
| And then, at quarter to three O'Clock, the
| House adjourned.
Saturday, January &c, 1856.
The Senate did not sit to-day.
HOUSE.
The Clerk called the House to ord.r at Il
o'clock.
Mr.. Dunn, of Indiana, submitted the following
| resolutions:
| Resoloed, That, regarding the political COM
| plexion of the present House of Representatives
as indicating the undoubted sentiment of a large
| majority of the people of the United States
against the act of the last Congress repeating
the restriction against Slavery in the Territories
of Kansas and Nebraska, imposed by the Com
| promise of 1920, no man ought to be chosen
Speaker of this body who does not fully and
| heartily harmonic with that sentiment, or who
will hesitate to exert himself earnestly for the
restoration of that restriction, terms or in sub
stance.
ResOlred, That said restriction ought to be
restored, an act of justice to all the people of
the United States as a proper vindicatioa of the
wisdom patriotism, and plighted honor of the
great statesmen who imposed it, and as necss-
sdry and certain means of reviving that con
cord and harmony among the States of the
American Union which are essential to the well
fare of our people and the perpetuity of our in
situations.
Resolred, That useless and factious agita
ton of the Slavery question, in or out of Con
gress, is unwise, unjust to portion of the
American people, and to some extent I'M urious
to every section of our country and therefore it
| should not be countenanced; but until the Mis-
souri, restriction of 1920 shall have been rester-
| ed, in fact or in substance, to the said Terrific
| ries of Kansas and Nebraska, fully and COM
pletely to that extent and for that purpose it is
our solemn duty to the past, the present, and
the future, steadily and firmly to persist in our
| efforts.
Mr.. Dunn asked that separate vote might
be taken on each resolution.
The first resolution was accordingly consid
cred, and the question being taken thereon, it
was disagreed to by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Albright, Allison, Ball, Banks
Barbour, Bennett of New York, Benson, Billing
hurst, Bingham, Bishop, Bliss, Bradshaw, Bren-
ton, Burlington, Burlngame, Campbell of Ohio,
gin, Cumback Damrel Davis of Massachusetts,
Day, Dean, De Witt, Dick, Dickson, Dodd,
Dunn Durfee, Edie Emrie, Giddings, Gilbers,
Granger, Grow, Hall of Massachusetts, Haf
Ian, Harrison, Holloway, Horton of New York,
Horton of Ohio, Howard, Kelsey, King, Knapp
Knight, Knowlton, Knox, Kunkel, Letter, Mace
Matteson, McCarty, Meacham, Miller of New
York, Moore, Morgan, Morrill,, Mott, Murray,
Nichols, Norton, Oliver of New York, Parke.,
Pelton, Pennington, Perry, Petit, Pike, Pringle,
Purviance, Richie, Robbins, Roberts, Sabis,
Sapp, Scott, Sherman, Simmons, Spinner, Stan
ton, Stranahan, Tappan, Thorington, Thurston,
Todd, Wade, Wakeman, Walbridge, Waldrop,
Washburne of Wisconsin, Washburne of Illt-
nois, Washburn of Maine, Watson. Welcli.
Wood, Woodruff, and Woodworth-l02.
NAYs-Messrs. Aiken, Allen, Barclay, Banks.
dale, Bell, Bennett of Mississippi, Bocock Bowie,
Boyce, Branch, Broom, Burnett, Cadwalader,
Campbell of Kentucky, Garlic, Caruthers, Gas.
kie, Clingman, Cobb Of Georgia, Cobb of Ala.
bama, Cox, Cullen, Davidson, Dowdell, Edmund.
son, Elliott, English, Etherdge, Eustis, Evans,
Faulkner, Foster, Fuller of Pennsylvania, Full.
Ter of Maine, Goode, Greenwood, Hall o: Iowa,
Harris of Maryland, Harris of Alabama, Harris
of Illinois, Haven, Herbert, Hoffman, Houston,
Jewett, Jones of Tennessee, Jones of Psnnsyl>
vania, Kelly, Kennett, Kidwell, Lake, IAtcher,
Lndley, Lumpkin, Humphrey Marshall e Ken.
lucky, Marshall of Illinois, Maxwell Mc.dullen,
Mcqueen, Miller of Indiana, Millson, MSlward.
Oliver of Missouri, Orr, Packer, Paine Peck,
Phelps, Porter, Powell, Puryear, Qtitman,
Reade, Ready, Ricaud, Richardson, Ruffir, Rust,
Sandidge, Savage, Smith of Tennessee, Smith
of Virginia, Smith of Alabama, Sneed, Ste
phens Stewart, Swope, Talbot, Taylor, Trippe,
Underwood, Walk, Walker, Warner, Watkins,
Wells, Wheeler, Whitney, Williams, Winslow,
Wright of Mississippi, Wright of Tennessee aId
Zollicoffer-103. 3
The question was then taken on the second
resolution, and it was agreed to by the follow
ing vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Albright, Allison, Ball, Banks :
Barbour, Bennett of New York, Bensoa, Bill
linghurst, Bingham, Bishop, Bradshaw. Bren
Chaffee, Clawson, Colfax, Comins, Covodc Ora
gin, Cumback, Damrell, Davis of Massach usetts
Day, Dean, De Witt Dick, Dickson, Dodd, Dunn,
Durfee, Eide, Emrie, Giddngs, Gilbert, Gran
ger, Grow, Hall of Massachusetts,, Harlan, Har-s
rison Haven, Holloway, Horton of New York,
Horton of Ohio, Howard, Kelsey, King, Knapp,
Knight, Knowlton, Knox, Kunkel, Letter, Mace,
Matteson, McCarty, Meacham, Miller Of New
York, Millward, Moore, Morgan, Morrill,, Mott, j
Murray, Nichols, Norton, Oliver of New York,
Parker, Pelton, Pennington, Perry, Petit, Pike, !
Pringle, Purviance, Richie, Roberts, aabin,
Sapp, Scott, Sherman, Simmons, Skinner,
Stanton, Stranahan, Tappan, Thorington, thurs /
ton, Todd, Wakeman, Walbridge W$ldron,
Washburne of Wisconsin, Washburne Of Hi
nois, Washburn of Maine, Welch, Wheeler,
Wood, Woodruff, and Woodworth. -IOl.
NAYs-Messrs. Aiken, Allen, Barclay, Banks 4
dale, Bell, Bennett of Mississippi Bocock, Bowie,
Boyce, Branch, Broom, Burnett, Cadwalader,
Campbell of Kentucky, Garlic, Caruthers, Cas-
kie, Clingman, Cobb of Georgia, Cobb of Ala
bama, Cox, Cullen, Davidson, Davis of Mary.
land, Dowdell, Edmundson, Elliott, English,
Etheridge, Eustis, Evans, Faulkner, Foster,
Fuller of Pennsylvania, Fuller of Maine, Goode, !
Greenwood, Hall of Iowa, Harris of Maryland.
Harris of Alabama, Harris of Illinois, Herbert,
Hoffman, Houston, Jewett Jones of Tenressee.
Jones of Pennsylvania, Kelly, Kennett, Kidwell,
Lake, Letcher, Lindley, Lumpkin, HumShrey
Marshall of Kentucky, Marshall of illinois, Max.
we'll, McMullen, Mcqueen, Miller of Inaiapa. |
Millson, Oliver of Missouri, Orr, Packer. taipe.
Peck, Phelps, Porter, Powell, Puryear Quit, |
man, Reade, Ready, Ricaud, Richardson, Ruff |
fin, Rust, Sandidge, Savage, Smith of Tennessee.
Smith of Virginia, Smith of Alabama, Sneed.
Stephens, Stewart, Swope, Talbot TAYLOR.
Trippe, Underwood, Walk, Walker. Warner.
Watkins, Whitney, Williams, Winslow. Wright |
of Mississippi, Wright of Tennessee, and Zolli.
coffer.-l00.
The announcement of the result was follow
ed by considerable laughter
The question requiring on the third reaolu. I
ton, division thereof was asked, so that sen.
crate vote might be had, first upon the clause I
a useless and factious sgita /