ABRIDGMENT OF THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS, FROM 1789 ΤΟ 1856. FROM GALES AND SEATON'S ANNALS OF CONGRESS; FROM THEIR REGISTER OF DEBATES; AND FROM THE OFFICIAL BY THE AUTHOR OF THE THIRTY YEARS' VIEW. VOL. VII. NEW YORK. D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 346 & 348 BROADWAY. CHICAGO, ILL.: S. C. GRIGGS & CO., 111 LAKE STREET. 1858. 18 250 856 Vi7 : ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. Dec. May 6, 1746. SIXTEENTH CONGRESS.—SECOND SESSION. PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MONDAY, November 13, 1820. This being the day fixed by law for the meeting of Congress, Thomas Dougherty, the Clerk, and the following members of the House of Representatives, appeared, and took their seats, viz: From New Hampshire-Joseph Buffum, jr., Josiah Butler, Clifton Clagett, William Plumer, jr., and Nathaniel Upham. From Massachusetts Benjamin Adams, Samuel C. Allen, Joshua Cushman, Timothy Fuller, Mark Jones, Charles F. Mercer, Hugh Nelson, Thomas From North Carolina-John Culpeper, Weldon N. From South Carolina-Joseph Brevard, William From Georgia-Joel Abbot, and Thomas W. Cobb. I. Hill, Jonas Kendall, Enoch Lincoln, Marcus Mor- liam Brown, Alney McLean, Thomas Metcalfe, ton, Jeremiah Nelson, James Parker, and Henry Shaw. From Rhode Island-Samuel Eddy, and Nathaniel Hazard. From Connecticut-Henry W. Edwards, Samuel A. Foot, Jonathan O. Mosely, Elisha Phelps, John Russ, James Stevens, and Gideon Tomlinson. From Vermont. Samuel C. Crafts, Rollin C. Mallary, Ezra Meech, Mark Richards, and William Strong. From New York--Nathaniel Allen, Caleb Baker, Walter Case, Robert Clark, Jacob H. De Witt, John D. Dickinson, John Fay, William D. Ford, Ezra C. Gross, Aaron Hackley, jun., George Hall, Henry Meigs, Robert Monell, Nathaniel Pitcher, Jonathan Richmond, Henry R. Storrs, Randall S. Street, James Strong. John W. Taylor, Caleb Tompkins, Albert H. Tracy, Solomon Van Rensselaer, Peter H. Wendover, and Silas Wood. From New Jersey-Ephraim Bateman, Joseph Bloomfield, Charles Kinsey, John Linn, and Bernard Smith. George Robertson, and David Trimble. From Tennessee-Newton Cannon, Francis Jones, and John Rhea. From Ohio--Philemon Beecher, Henry Brush, The following new members also appeared, to wit: From Massachusetts, WILLIAM EUSTIS, in the room of Edward Dowse, resigned : From Pennsylvania, THOMAS G. MOCULLOUGH, in the room of David Fullerton, resigned : From Virginia, JOHN C. GRAY, in the room of James Johnson, resigned; EDWARD B. JACKSON, in the room of James Pindall, resigned; and THOMAS L. MOORE, in the room of George F. Strother, resigned : From Kentucky, THOMAS MONTGOMERY, in From Pennsylvania-Henry Baldwin, William Dar- the room of Tunstall Quarles, resigned; and From Delaware-Louis McLane. From Maryland-Stevenson Archer, Joseph Kent, Peter Little, Samuel Ringgold, Samuel Smith, and Henry R. Warfield. Who severally produced their credentials, and took their seats. JOHN SCOTT, the Delegate from the Territory of Missouri, and JAMES WOODSON BATES, the Delegate from the Territory of Arkansas, also From Virginia- Mark Alexander, William S. Ar- of the House was present, said that he had recher, William A. Burwell, Robert S. Garnett, James ceived a letter from the Hon. HENRY CLAY, late i H. OF R.] Proceedings. [NOVEMBER, 1820. Speaker of this House, which, with the leave of For Mr. Taylor 62; for Mr. Lowndes 57; for the House, he read as follows: LEXINGTON, KY., October 28, 1820. SIR: I will thank you to communicate to the House of Representatives, that, owing to imperious circumstances, I shall not be able to attend upon it until after the Christmas holidays, and to respectfully ask it to allow me to resign the office of its Speaker, which I have the honor to hold, and to consider this as the act of my resignation. I beg the House also to permit me to reiterate the expression of my sincere acknowledgments and unaffected gratitude for the distinguished consideration which it has uniformly manifested for me. I have the honor to be, with great esteem, your faithful and obedient servant, THOMAS DOUGHERTY, Esq. H. CLAY. Clerk of the House of Representatives. On motion of Mr. NEWTON, the letter was ordered to lie on the table, and to be inserted in the Journal of the House. On motion of Mr. N., the House then proceeded to the election of a Speaker. The Clerk declared that, as this was an election to be made from amongst members of the House, no previous nomination was necessary. No nomination, therefore, was made. Messrs. NEWTON and MOSELY being appointed a committee to count the ballots, reported that the votes were-For John W. Taylor 40; for William Lowndes 34; for Samuel Smith 27; for John Sergeant 18; for Hugh Nelson 10; scattering 3. Sixty-seven votes being necessary to a choice, and no member having the requisite majority, a second ballot took place; when the votes were thus reported: For Mr. Taylor 49; for Mr. Lowndes 44; for Mr. Smith 25; for Mr. Sergeant 13; scattering 1. No choice being yet made, the House proceeded to a further ballot, when the votes given in were as follows: For Mr. Lowndes 56; for Mr. Taylor 50; for Mr. Smith 16; for Mr. Sergeant 11; scattering 1. No choice having been yet made, the House proceeded to ballot a fourth time, when the following result was reported: For Mr. Lowndes 61; for Mr. Taylor 60; for Mr. Smith 11; scattering 3. No one having yet a majority of all the votes, a fifth ballot took place, which resulted as follows: For Mr. Taylor 65; for Mr. Lowndes 63; for Mr. Smith 8; scattering 2. A motion was then made that the House do now adjourn; and the question thereon being put by the Clerk, it was decided in the negative. The House then proceeded to ballot a sixth time; and the votes, being counted, stood thus: For Mr. Taylor 67; for Mr. Lowndes 61; for Mr. Smith 7; scattering 1. No election having yet taken place, another motion was then made to adjourn, and the vote thereon was for adjourning 65, against it 68. So the House refused to adjourn, and another ballot was held, which resulted as follows: Mr. Smith 15; scattering 1. No choice having yet been made, a motion was made to adjourn, and decided in the affirmative-ayes 71. And the Clerk adjourned the House to 12 o'clock to-morrow. TUESDAY, November 14. Several other members appeared and took their seats, to wit: From New Hampshire, ARTHUR LIVERMORE; from Massachusetts, MARTIN KINSLEY; from New Jersey, HENRY SOUTHARD; from Pennsylvania, CHRISTIAN TARR; from Maryland, RAPHAEL NEALE; from Virginia, WILLIAM LEE BALL, PHILIP P. BARBOUR, and WILLIAM MOCor; from South Carolina, ELIAS EARLE; from Tennessee, JOHN COCKE; and from Ohio, THOMAS R. Ross. The House then proceeded forthwith to ballot again for a Speaker of the House, in the place of Mr. CLAY, resigned. The votes having been counted, Mr. NEWTON reported, that the whole number of votes was 149; of which 75 were necessary to a choice; that the votes were: For Mr. Taylor 643; for Mr. Lowndes 54; for Mr. Smith 33; scattering 1. No one having a majority of all the votes, the House proceeded to ballot the ninth time; when it appeared that the votes were: For Mr. Taylor 66; for Mr. Lowndes 47; for Mr. Smith 33; scattering 1. No election having yet taken place, the House proceeded to ballot for the tenth time; and the result was declared as follows: For Mr. Taylor 643; for Mr. Smith 50; for Mr. Lowndes 25; scattering 1. No election having yet taken place, the House proceeded to ballot for the eleventh time; when the following result was pronounced: For Mr. Taylor 61; for Mr. Smith 50; for Mr. Lowndes 31; for Mr. Sergeant 5; scattering 1. No election having yet taken place, the House proceeded to ballot for the twelfth time; and the result was as follows: For Mr. Smith 53; for Mr. Taylor 47; for Mr. Lowndes 23; for Mr. Sergeant 19; for Mr. Tomlinson 3; scattering-3. The thirteenth ballot resulted as follows: For Mr. Smith 48; for Mr. Taylor 32; for Mr. Sergeant 32; for Mr. Lowndes 30; scattering 3. The fourteenth ballot resulted as follows: For Mr. Smith 42; for Mr. Lowndes 37; for Mr. Sergeant 35; for Mr. Taylor 27; scattering 3. The fifteenth ballot resulted as follows: For Mr. Lowndes 55; for Mr. Sergeant 32; for Mr. Smith 27; for Mr. Taylor 26; scattering 6. No one yet having a majority of the votes, a further ballot was declared necessary; when (it being half-past 3 o'clock), A motion was made to adjourn, and negatived. The sixteenth ballot then took place, and was as follows: For Mr. Lowndes 68; for Mr. Taylor 30; for Mr. Sergeant 24; for Mr. Smith 23. |