Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-12-05
XxxvIITH CONGRESS
VAsnISoTos. Dec. 2. 1861.
SENATE
FIRST SESSION.

The Vice President called the Senate to
order at noon. About forty of the forty
seven accredited members were present.
On motion Of Mr.. HALE. IL o'clock was
fixed for tho daily sessions. 81
On motion of Sir. GRrxEs. a mes nge
was ordered to DO sent to the House that a
quorum of the Senate WAS present, aud was
ready TO proceed to business. ,,..s,,.,
The Senate concurred in the resolution
OF the House for the appointments of the
JOINT Committee to wait on tbe President,
anil appointed as the Commifte. Messrs.
Hale. Of New Hampshire; Trnmbull. of
Illinois. snd Latham of California.
Mr- TRuMBuLL. of Illinois. gave notice
that iie would Introduce a bill tomorrow
to conhscate the property of rebels and
give frcedosn to persons in the slave States.
Mr.. WILKINSON. of Minnesota. gave no.
tice Of a bill to abolish the distinction be-
tween the regular and volunteer forces.
An informal recess was then taken.
Before reassembling. the Committee ap-
pointed to wait on the President. reported
that e would communicate bis Message at
noon 10 m. ROW. Adionrned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
fhe House opened with prayer. the roll
was then called by States. and ia mem
.bcis. out Of l76 accredited. ans .vcred to
their names.
Messrs. Sergeant and Phelps. Of Cali
fofnia; Hooper Of Mass; Wilson Of Iowa:
Bernhalsel. Delegate from Utah, anil Crs-
'ielnangh, Delegate from, Nevada, were
sworn in. M m ~
Mr.. DAWES. of Mass. mover that Hor-
ace Maynard. of tennessee. be sworn as a
member iromthe al District of Tennessee.
Mr.. rBAD. STEVENS. of Pennsylvania,
said that Mr.. Maynard may have been
properly elected. but all knew tls fact that
the State of Tennessee was rs far out of
the Union as it co I'D be. As there were
several other similar cases. he Thought the
suhject brought forward Ivy Mr., Dawes
should be sent to the committee on Elec-
tions. 4,f.f ~ = s..,
Il. Mr. Dawes ihough, that this was an ex-
eertion to the rule. as Mr. ,Maynarl was
s'ected by,A large majority at The lAngust
election. and before Tennes~ee had taken
any steps to got ont of the Union. Be-
sides, the proper certificates were here.
Mr. SrEvISs asked the direct que .tion
whether Mr. MAYNARD was elected before tho
State attempted to secede. and at tbs time
fixed by law, .ess, - ~,
- Mr.. Dawes replied l,e was so uniformed,
and under the law which be- existed for
long tiino. .sags szes -
Dir. STEvESs then withdrew his motion
Dir. MAYNARD was sworn in. s1 AZ
Is % motion Of Mr.. FESTos. of N. Y. Il
was resolved that Committee be appoint
ed to joia such ~ NAV he sppoin. ell by
the Senate TO wait on the President and in
form him that q. quorum Of both auses had
assembled. and is ready to proceed to bu-
sinass.
Mr. f1Ickxas. Of Pa. presented the Ger.
ti6cate Of the Provisional Government of
North Carolina. dated Hatteras. As to
he election Of NJ. Foster. hs a,k,l that
the papers he read. sei - lr''.' 7of
Mr.. vALLAxDseuAN raised a quest ON ,of
order. The claim Of Mr.. Foster was re.
ferred 1t tho last session to the Committee
on elections. without favorable action.
Mr.. HicKMAS sail that this was q new
ancsi :or,. different from that OF the former
election. -
4 Tho speaker ovsrralcl yaIlandigham's
point Of ORDER. = -.
Mr. Srrvuss.. Of Pa. said no harm
wonla be done by reference Of the question.
ard on his motion The case, was referred 10
the Committse, on Elections. y - $50.
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