himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws," but that he has acted in conformity to both.
Resolved, That the Senate of the United States, in a late resolution passed by that body, in the words following, viz. " Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both," have, by that resolution, not with a view to legislative action, but as a solemn censure upon the President, infringed upon the rightful and legitimate powers and prerogatives of the House of Representatives.
Resolved, That Congress have the power, by law, to select the places of depositing the public money, and providing for its safe keeping. A motion was then made by Mr. Miller that the said memorial do lie on the table; when,
On motion of Mr. Wise, a call of the House was ordered.
And the roll being twice called over, 188 members answered to their
John Carr
Zadok Casey
George Chambers
Thomas Chilton
Joseph W. Chinn
Rufus Choate
Clement C. Clay Augustine S. Clayton William K. Clowney Thomas Corwin Richard Coulter John Cramer Edward Darlington Warren R. Davis
Mr. Thomas Davenport Rowland Day Edmund Deberry Benjamin F. Deming Harmar Denny John Dickson Philemon Dickerson David W. Dickinson Joseph Duncan William C. Dunlap George Evans Edward Everett Horace Everett John Ewing John M. Felder Millard Fillmore Thomas F. Foster Philo C. Fuller William K. Fuller Roger L. Gamble Rice Garland
James H. Gholson Ransom H. Gillet George R. Gilmer James Graham William J. Grayson George Grennell, jr. John K. Griffin Joseph Hall
Hiland Hall Nicoll Halsey
Thomas L. Hamer Edward A. Hannegan Gideon Hard Benjamin Hardin Joseph M. Harper James Harper Samuel S. Harrison Samuel G. Hathaway Micajah T. Hawkins Abner Hazeltine Joseph Henderson William Hiester Edward Howell
Mr. Jabez W. Huntington Abel Huntington William M. Inge William Jackson Leonard Jarvis
William Cost Johnson Cave Johnson Benjamin Jones Edward Kavanagh Henry King
George L. Kinnard Amos Lane
Gerrit Y. Lansing John Laporte
George W. Lay Luke Lea
Thomas Lee
Humphrey H. Leavitt Dixon H. Lewis Levi Lincoln George Loyall Chittenden Lyon Robert T. Lytle Abijah Mann, jr. Joel K. Mann
Henry C. Martindale
Thomas A. Marshall Samuel W. Mardis John Y. Mason Moses Mason, jr. Jonathan McCarty William McComas Rufus McIntire
James J. McKay
Thomas M. T. McKennan Isaac McKim
John McKinley
Jeremiah McLene
Charles McVean
Charles F. Mercer Jesse Miller John J. Milligan Henry Mitchell Robert Mitchell
Excuses were offered and received for the absence of Isaac C. Bates, Richard B. Carmichael, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, John Coffee, Henry W. Connor, Joseph H. Crane, Amos Davis, Samuel Fowler, Wm. F. Gordon, Thomas H. Hall, Albert G. Hawes, James P. Heath, Edward Lucas, Wm. N. Shinn, Andrew Stewart, and James M. Wayne.
A motion was then made by Mr. Mann, of Pennsylvania, that further proceedings in the call be dispensed with.
And the question being put,
It passed in the affirmative, { Keys,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are,
Thomas Davenport Rowland Day Edmund Deberry Benjamin F. Deming Harmar Denny John Dickson Joseph Duncan William C. Dunlap George Evans Edward Everett John Ewing John M. Felder Millard Fillmore Philo C. Fuller William K. Fuller Roger L. Gamble James H. Gholson George R. Gilmer James Graham William J. Grayson George Grennell, jr. John K. Griffin Hiland Hall Thomas L. Hamer Benjamin Hardin James Harper Samuel S. Harrison Abner Hazeltine
Mr. Joseph Henderson William Hiester Jabez W. Huntington William M. Inge William Jackson Cave Johnson Henry King Amos Lane John Laporte George W. Lay Humphrey H. Leavitt Dixon H. Lewis Levi Lincoln George Loyall Chittenden Lyon Robert T. Lytle Joel K. Mann
Henry C. Martindale Thomas A. Marshall Samuel W. Mardis John Y. Mason Jonathan McCarty William McComas Rufus McIntire Charles F. Mercer John J. Milligan Henry Mitchell Henry A. Muhlenberg John Murphy
Mr. Gayton P. Osgood Henry L. Pinckney Patrick H. Pope David Potts, jr. John Reed Abraham Rencher William Schley
Augustine H. Shepperd William Slade
Charles Slade
Those who voted in
Mr John Adams
Joseph B. Anthony Samuel Beardsley Andrew Beaumont Charles Bodle John W. Brown Samuel Bunch Jesse A. Bynum John Carr John Chaney Clement C. Clay Philemon Dickerson David W. Dickinson Thomas F. Foster Rice Garland Ransom H. Gillet Joseph Hall Nicoll Halsey
Edward A. Hannegan Gideon Hard
Samuel G. Hathaway
Mr. Jonathan Sloane
Francis O. J. Smith David Spangler John N. Steele William P. Taylor Philemon Thomas Christopher Tompkins James Turner Samuel Tweedy Samuel F. Vinton
the negative, are, Mr. Micajah T. Hawkins Edward Howell Abel Huntington Leonard Jarvis Benjamin Jones Edward Kavanagh George L. Kinnard Gerrit Y. Lansing Luke Lea Thomas Lee
Abijah Mann, jr. Moses Mason, jr. James J. McKay
Thomas M. T. McKennan Isaac McKim
John McKinley Jeremiah McLene
Robert Mitchell
Samuel McDowell Moore
Mr. David D. Wagener Aaron Ward
John G. Watmough Edward D. White Frederick Whittlesey Elisha Whittlesey Richard H. Wilde Lewis Williams Henry A Wise Ebenezer Young
Mr. Sherman Page Gorham Parks James Parker William Patterson Dutee J. Pearce Balie Peyton Franklin Pierce Job Pierson James K. Polk
Robert Ramsay
Ferdinand S. Schenck
John T. Stoddert Joel B. Sutherland Francis Thomas John Thomson Joel Turrill Aaron Vanderpoel Isaac B. Van Houten Daniel Wardwell
Reuben Whallon Campbell P. White
A motion was then made by Mr. Beardsley that the House do adjourn.
And the question being put,
It was decided in the negative, { Nays,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are,
Mr. Nicoll Halsey Joseph M. Harper Samuel G. Hathaway Micajah T. Hawkins Edward Howell Henry Hubbard Abel Huntington William M. Inge Leonard Jarvis Cave Johnson Edward Kavanagh Gerrit Y. Lansing John Laporte Luke Lea Humphrey H. Leavitt Robert T. Lytle Abijah Mann, jr. Joel K. Mann Samuel W. Mardis John Y. Mason Moses Mason, jr. William McComas Rufus McIntire James J. McKay Jeremiah McLene Charles McVean
Those who voted in the negative, are,
Mr. John Quincy Adams
Heman Allen
John J. Allen
William S. Archer William H. Ashley John Banks Noyes Barber
Charles A. Barnitz William Baylies Martin Beaty Andrew Beaumont
James M. Bell
Horace Binney George N. Briggs John Bull Tristam Burges Harry Cage
John Carr Zadok Casey George Chambers Thomas Chilton Rufus Choate William Clark Augustine S. Clayton William K. Clowney Thomas Corwin Edward Darlington Edmund Deberry Benjamin F. Deming Harmar Denny John Dickson David W. Dickinson Joseph Duncan William C. Dunlap George Evans Edward Everett
Philo C. Fuller John H. Fulton John Galbraith Roger L. Gamble Rice Garland James H. Gholson George R. Gilmer James Graham William J. Grayson George Grennell, jr. Hiland Hall
Thomas L. Hamer Edward A. Hannegan Gideon Hard Benjamin Hardin James Harper Samuel S. Harrison Abner Hazeltine Joseph Henderson William Hiester Jabez W. Huntington William Jackson William Cost Johnson Benjamin Jones Henry King George L. Kinnard Amos Lane George W. Lay Thomas Lee Dixon H. Lewis Levi Lincoln George Loyall Chittenden Lyon Henry C. Martindale Thomas A. Marshall Jonathan McCarty
Mr. Isaac McKim John McKinley
Charles F. Mercer Jesse Miller John J. Milligan
Samuel McDowell Moore James Parker
David Potts, jr.
Robert Ramsay
John Reed
Abraham Rencher Dudley Selden
Augustine H. Shepperd
William Slade
Charles Slade Jonathan Sloane Francis O. J. Smith David Spangler John N. Steele William P. Taylor Philemon Thomas John Thomson Christopher Tompkins James Turner Joel Turrill Samuel Tweedy Samuel F. Vinton John G. Watmough Taylor Webster Edward D. White Frederick Whittlesey Elisha Whittlesey
Richard H. Wilde
Lewis Williams
Edgar C. Wilson
The question then recurred on the motion made by Mr. Miller that the said memorial do lie on the table.
It passed in the affirmative, {eas,
The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are,
Humphrey H. Leavitt George Loyall Chittenden Lyon Robert T. Lytle Abijah Mann, jr. Joel K. Mann Samuel W. Mardis John Y. Mason Moses Mason, jr. Rufus McIntire James J. McKay Isaac McKim John McKinley
Jeremiah McLene
Mr. Jesse Miller
Henry Mitchell Robert Mitchell Henry A. Muhlenberg John Murphy Gayton P. Osgood Sherman Page Gorham Parks James Parker William Patterson Dutee J. Pearce Franklin Pierce Job Pierson James K. Polk
Patrick H. Pope
Ferdinand S. Schenck William Schley
Those who voted in the negative, are,
Mr. John Quincy Adams
Heman Allen
John J. Allen
William S. Archer William H. Ashley John Banks Noyes Barber
Charles A. Barnitz Daniel L. Barringer William Baylies Martin Beaty James M. Bell Horace Binney George N. Briggs John Bull
Tristam Burges Harry Cage
George Chambers Thomas Chilton Rufus Choate William Clark Augustine S. Clayton William K. Clowney Thomas Corwin
Richard Coulter
Edward Darlington Warren R. Davis Thomas Davenport Edmund Deberry Benjamin F. Deming
Harmar Denny John Dickson
Joseph Duncan
Mr. George Evans Edward Everett
Horace Everett John Ewing John M. Felder Millard Fillmore Thomas F. Foster Philo C. Fuller Roger L. Gamble Rice Garland James H. Gholson George R. Gilmer William J. Grayson George Grennell, jr. John K. Griffin Hiland Hall Gideon Hard Benjamin Hardin James Harper Abner Hazeltine William Hiester Jabez W. Huntington William Jackson William Cost Johnson Henry King George W. Lay Dixon H. Lewis Levi Lincoln Henry C. Martindale Thomas A. Marshall Jonathan McCarty William McComas
Mr. Francis O. J. Smith Jesse Speight James Standifer John T. Stoddert Joel B. Sutherland William Taylor Francis Thomas John Thomson Joel Turrill Aaron Vanderpoel Isaac B. Van Houten David D. Wagener Aaron Ward Daniel Wardwell
Taylor Webster Reuben Whallon
Campbell P. White
Mr. Thomas M. T. McKennan
Charles F. Mercer
John J. Milligan
Samuel McDowell Moore
Balie Peyton
Henry L. Pinckney David Potts, jr. Robert Ramsay John Reed
Abraham Rencher Dudley Selden
Augustine H. Shepperd
William Slade
Jonathan Sloane David Spangler John N. Steele William P. Taylor Philemon Thomas Christopher Tompkins James Turner Samuel Tweedy Joseph Vance Samuel F. Vinton John G. Watmough Edward D. White Frederick Whittlesey Elisha Whittlesey Richard H. Wilde Lewis Williams Edgar C. Wilson Henry A. Wise Ebenezer Young
And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 11 o'clock in the fore
A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the resolution fixing a day for the adjournment of Congress, with an amendment, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. The Senate have also passed the bill of this House (No. 44) entitled "An act for the relief of Aaron Bellamy." And, also, two bills of the following titles, viz.
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