Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-09
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report TO the Senate the number Of Maj
Generals and Brigadicr Generals now in
service 10 the United States, and where
and how they were employed.
Sumner offered a resolution tha. the
call upon the Secretary Of War for cor
respondcncc, DC, relating to the army Of
the Potomac, be extended so as TO EN-
body all operations since the first move
ments Of that army Adopted.
Mr.. Latham introduced resolution to
provide for the development of the min
eral resources of the United States and
public domain.
Mr.. Salisbury called up the resolution
relative to the arrest Of certain citizens
Of Delaware. Wilson, OF Mass, object
ed. Bayard urged the adoption OF the
resolution al some length. Doolittle
said that he understood that in all these
cases of arrests the offer Of liberty had
been made if the persons arrested would
take the oath of allegiance. lie would
like to have the resolution lie over.
Salisbury said he had referred to
these arrests because he had heard that
the persons arrested had never had any
charges against them; they had been ar
rested in loyal State, and for no ofiense
whatever Peaceable citizens in Della
ware and Maryland had been arrested and
dragged from their homes, and he tho't
they had at least the right to inquire in
to the matter. There was no disposition
to oppose the government at ALL
After further discussion the Chair an
nounccd the special order to be the bank
rupt act, which was informally laid aside.
Mr.. Fessenden, from the committee on
Finance, reported bill concerning judg-
ments on certain suits brought by the u.
S., which was amended and passed.
The bankrupt bill was then taken up,
and postponed until Thursday, 18th, and
made the special order for that day.
Mr.. Davis offered joint resolution
proposing certain amendments TO the
Constitution, to alter the mode Of cleo
ting President and Vice President :
That the President and Vice President
be elected in the following manner !:
Each State may within thirty DAYS next
before the time appointed for election
of President, in any mode adopted by
the State, nominate to Congress one
candidate, and on tho first Monday Of
February next before the expiration of
each Presidential term, the two Houses
Of Congress shall meet together As con
yention. in the hall Of the House OF Rep
resentativcs, and all the candidates nomi-
mated by the States within the preceding
thirty days, not exceeding one from
each State, whose nomination shall
have been authenticated to Congress,
shall come before said committee as can
didatc for the Presidency, and thercupon
said committee shall proceed under the
supervision OF the presiding officers of the
two houses to vote 10y open ballot from
among said candidates for President, and
when any one shall have received num-
Der Of votes equal to all the members
elected and appointed by both houses of
Congress, he shall be declared by the
President of the Senate, to be elected
the President Of the United States, In
all cases where balloting shall be con-
tinucd in this mode through five days,
and no election shall have been effected
and on the seventh day it shall be re-
snmcd, and after each ballot the Offices
presiding shall drop the candidates who
has received the sn allcst number of votes
or two or more candidates who received
an eaual number sf votes. and less than
all the others, and the balloting should
be SO continued among the remaining
candidates until one shall receive the ma
jority aforesaid ;thcleupon the President
Of the Senate shall announce him to be
elected President of the Uncted States,
The committee shall then proceed in
the same manner from among the re-
naming candidates to elect Nice-Pres
ident of the United States whenever it
may occur in the voting for President or
Vive- President that all candidates but
two have been dropped, baloting between
them may, if necessary to mako the
election continue two days longer, and
then. if no candidate shall have received
the required numbcs of votes, the officers
presiding over the convention shall re
port the state of facts to the Supreme
Court Of the United States, ard it shall
thcreupon pronounce which Of the two
candidates shall fill the Office. The reso-
luton was ordered to be pridtcd.
Executive session adjourned.