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THE OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS, PUBLISHED BY JOHN C. RIVES, WVASHINGTON, D. C.
TiiIRTY-rFaRTII Co-Gnrss, 2D SEssiom.
THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
IN SENATE.
TInunr Dv, .1ust 21, 1856.
Prsuant to a Proclamation of the President
,-f the Unittd States, calling Congress together in
.xtrdii'rv ses-ion this-day, Senators assem-
bId in their itaibaer a twcvec o'clock meridian.
Th, r,. wt re pre., nt--
r, n 1ite/ .f J'iri, ui-Hon. Solomon Foot.
Froi t/Ue Sttilef .lassachusett-Hon. Henry
W il',-,i.
Flmn thte Stus of tho /, Lland-Hon. Philip
All i.
Fa thiE Sfafi 4 Ceittrrcttc--Hon. L. F. S.
Fost r and Hon. Isaac Toucey.
l5,,, th, Sti ,fAr Y-,'-Hon. Willian H.
S, 'ard.
V'i c thi Statc if A'iv .Jtr,c-Hon. Joha R.
Ti,,,,ot aad Hon. William Wright.
14,,,a t/r State ot Peaitdraia-on. William
Bigl,_raid Hon. Richardftrodhead.
Frot the latt ,f Deltare-Hon. Jaiates A.
Bayal anl Hon. Joht M. Clayton.
t'i,, the tate ,f .Iaryland-Hon. James A.
Pears- and Hoi. Tlioirmas G. Pratt.
Fint te State f I'irgbza-Hon. R. M. T.
Huitter.
on tir ,State of 'V srthi Carolia-Hon. Asa
ns aud Hon. David S. Reid.
5iot 1ic State f South Carolina-Hon. Andrew
P. lButll:r and Hon. Josiah J. Evans.
F-wa t S tite of Georgia-Hor. Alfred Iver-
Fotl tie State 6f Florida-Hort. Stephen R.
Mallory and Hon. David L. Yulee.
F iii the State tf.l1baia-Hon. Clement C.
CLAI, Jr.
J]it o / th, Stal of .lissilppi- Ion. Stephen
A&, i.- and Hol. Albert G. Brown.
Fai,a t,. Stat efLoikiana-Hon. J. P. Benja-
rin aud Hiti. John SlideRh.
/l-,15 citi State if Txas-Hon. Sam Houston.
F,,,a fi' State of .Irkii zas-Hon. William K.
Vaie //i State uf Tnitte-Hon. John Bell
and Hn. Jam, s C. Jonts.
Fi,,, th, Slte Kqaltacki-Hon. John J. Crit-
t,.nth i anI flon. John B. Thompson.
'toln 1/ie Stale of Ohio-Hon. George E. Pugh
al Holi. Lun' ljanl F. Wade.
Fan ie Nlaf ,if Ltidiana-Hon. Jesse D.
B'right.
Fin fAt State of Illinie-Hon. Stephen A.
D.,uglaq.
F,'int Ie Slate of 3i cigan--Hon. Lewis Cass
aiiih lIi,. Charles E. Stuart.
Froms the State rf I isconin-Hon. Henry
Dodre aarid Hon. Charles Durkee.
Fioet the Slate vf Calijfrnia--Hon. John B.
Wel,:r.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Senators will
please come to order. The Secretary will read
the proclanatioir of the President of the United
States.
The Secretary read it, as follows:
By the Pr-omtcrt of the United States ofdmerica.
A PROeLAMATION.
Vlarea, whtist hu-tilittes eist with various Indian
lI I- cn ie,. rola,' trontic ro of tite United state,, and
wiln-vil klnower rsipee the pilic p..c serioUI' threat-
keIn i. d'Cungres ha sv adjourned without granntg nerC,'ta'y
lepplt, 1, ti he Armny, depriving tbe Execute of the power
Io perlrin i,, dia Io relation to the ColluuOt delee and
seeril, wnl all lextraolinary oeca-ron hlr thus an-. n for
it- nilin'a the tw'o loso Ct,,gre'-: I do, tieretore, by
tliI niiy ltrd l,altin, eii,' itit' ssed lou-es to meet at
ti,. ',lui h t-ar' 0 1. e ir l 'a'-liign on, on Thur-day, the
2 ti daY of A itzu-t in-tiiant thereiyrequtrrngthrere-pectve
,'iat,,r, mil ii, pr-,_ntatvn thn and there to assemble,
it, ttilt list d' cl kiii on such ear-urse asu the itate Oi
thi' ' it n ii i- i t', r, lirire.
In intnin l %r' whreit I taave cau ed the seal of the
t. I klled Stat' sto hsth crt afflixed,and signed the
Don,' atilire Iil ,fVashinoton, the 8thdayof August, in
the )Cat of tur Lord oli,' thousan,1 eight huntired and filty-
I
SATURDAY, AUGUST 133, 1e56.
six, and the independence of the Irotll State te' *ults'-
first. tRANK{LIN PIERCE.
By order:
XVI. . Ms.rsev, S¢raary of State.
ORGANIZATION.
On motion of Mr. HUNTER, it was
Orderetd, That the Secretary acquaint tile 101eoi- ot Pp-
re.entatives that a quortos ofthe Senate is a-senabled, and
that the Senate is ready to proceed to bu-mess.
A message was received from the House of
Representatives,by Mr. CULLOM, their Clerk, an-
nouncing that a quorum of the House had assein-
bled,and was read, to proceed to busine--s; also,
that the House of Representatives had appointed
a committee, to join such committee as may be
appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on
the President of the United Straes, and infrin
Ihim of the organization of the two Houses; and
that the committee on the part of the House of
Representatives consisted of Messrs. PfELPs,
MORGAN, and CULLEN.
On motion of Mr. HUNTER, it was
Rcsoled, That a coomittee be appointed to oaIn kich
c0stnualee a- iuay be appointed by the Hou e oi ftRpreent-
atlve, to waat oa the Pre-ide t of tie Uited ftt , anid
informi hunt tiat a quorul of each lon-e is ascibledl and
that Congres ii ready to recelvn f'ror tin any eonanni-
cation he may desire to make.
The committee appointed on the part of the
Senate consists of Messrs. IVxasoN,, ALLEN, and
Joxrs, of Tennessee.
MESSAGE FROMI THE PRESIDENT.
A message from the President of the United
States was received, by Mr. SIDNEY WEBsTER,
his Secretary, which was read. [For the message,
see the proceedings of the House of Represenlta-
tives.]
Mr. HUNTER. I move that the message be
printed, and that ten thousand additional copies
be printed for the use of the Senate.
The motion was agreed to.
BUSINESS OF THE SESSION.
Mr. HUNTER. I offer the following joint
resolution:
Resolred, (the House of Representatives concurring,)
That so much of the Ctst joint rule as requires siv day,
from the commencementof the se--ion before re iunul
the consideration of bills, resolutions, and reports renialnl
ing undetermined at the close of the la-t -e-sron, be ui-
pended during the present se -ion, o far as relates to the
bill (H. R. No. 153) making appropriations for tie upport
of the Army for the year ending the Wth of June, t&.i7.
I will state that the object of that resolution is
to confine the action of this called session of Con-
gress, so far as bills are concerned, to that single
bill which occasioned the call. I hope that may
be the pleasure of the two Houses, as we are
anxious to adjourn as soon as we have disposed
of the necessary business of the country. That
being accomplished, we shall have done all we
proposed to do when we agreed to the adjourn-
nment on the 18th instant.
Mr. SEWARD. I'understand the effect of
this resolutioi will be to abrogate the rule so far
as it affects the Arnay appropriation bill, which
failed between the two Houses by the adjourn-
ment. Having no desire myself to expedite the
passage of that particular bill, as it has been
aauendcd in the Senate, by striking out tie in-
hibition against emploving the Artiy to enforce
the acts of the Territorial Legislature (so called)
of Kansas, and at the samne tilie having no dis-
position to embarrass the House of Represent-
atives in its aftion upon the subject for which
Congress has been reconvened, I should, if I
were at liberty to vote, vote against this reso-
lution. As it is, I will call for die yeas and nays
upon it; stating for myself that I ar unable to
vote, because I have paired off, as to voting at
this sessioU, with Ohe honorable Senator fiomt
Georgia, [Mr. Tookmns,] so long as he shall be
out of his seat.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair
understands there is no objection to the consider-
ation of the resolution.
Mr. SEWARD. I call for the yeas and nays
on the resolution.
Nr w Sr....c. I.
The yeas and nays 'ere ordered; talt bciiig
taken, re.sulted-yeas 35, nayvs 6; a: fo1.iws:
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SO' .J ]l~lll thar-. hidehr, Icf, l . tillst . r, 'w\,
selli , ritnur . ' l' . I l 1 't 'I 171' 1 , 'd . 14l-ori
lat tt. ti 'a . 11, . ti, , vt, 1 . r tSlart,
Thlnlof-on of , K :k\ , T'lntre it it l a 'a S , 'loeC w r
Weill r. XVriztii, all1 Y'l -.
NA X$-li,- r4. tirk', %',t. )-, r, ItiU T, n, XVaidi,
ad V11-1-6.
5 a thIe r,.olution, wa gte I to,
STANDi';G C052.rITTELS.
Mr. HUNTER. I ofifr iiinhcr business re.-
oltion that nuab, necir' I OeRble us to act
On1 eXecuti bla, Ell
Re ctte,, Tai i - vtwhtin eo t , aploutied dur-
ind the e--i e- tof L' ei ait I-, ioii li reby are,
reap~tinied anti clt ttii. ti alrh ia., ire-cat cc-siuii
Mr. SEWARD. I su:: ot tiie addition (f the
words, ' as they stnc-d a-the adiouriinent.
Mr. HUNTV'R. 1 oa.cept that acment.
The resolution as unead 4wa s agreed to.
BILLS OF THE LAST SESSION.
A messa'e was received froli the House ot'
Representatives, by Mr. CrLtOt, their Clerk, ai-
nouncing that the House had passed a joint re-
olution, providing that sch ld', as pass.:d both
Houses at the last sesiior, and i,r want of tintc
wele either rot presented to tli two Hou's ft,,
the signature oftheirpresidio at'ieer:. or, having
been thus siL-ned, were not prs, ited to the Pres-
iden for approval, may be now reported or pre-
sented to the Presidun as if no adjournment had
taken place.
Mr. HUNTER. In reagrd to that matter, I
do trot see how we can a r,?t to it. WVe cannot,
certainly, without a violation of the rule, take up
a batch of bills and pas them by joInt resolu-
tion. Those bills ha, 6efdeld; they died to receiie
the President's signature the no longer appear
either on our Calendar or on our taolc; and the
usual course heretofore has been to renew proceed-
ings, and institute the bills d, nora. I see no other
course which is coisistcit with our rules. It i-
entirely novel for the two Houses to atteimpt to
pass bills by a joit resolution.
Mr. DOUGLAS. I canot concur w irh my
friend from Virita in the view which lie takes
on this point. These bills are not dead-they are
saved by the joint ruIt of the two Houses in
my opinion. That rule e ,,evrs all bills that were
rewainirng deti rnined it citte- -Houseat the
close of the last session, which sti.nd over until
tire next session of tile' -ar,1 COargrcss, in fil,
same position ii which tIy were left. These bills
were '1 undetermined iu the one i-ouse or the
other, for tie r' ason that, al illo1igh tire1O had passed
both Hnrses,and some if thre rccevcd the signa-
tures of the presidhainq oitles of ti two Houses,
and others had not, in all eas thee wvas tii act
still to lie don before they 'were detrmined
in the two Houses, and that actwasfor the Com-
mittee on Enrolled bills to lircsent them to the
President of tie Uiited States fur his signature.
Until thateoiunttee pcrt-ira tiat duty, tisc bill'
renain ii the Senate ' uitdternund by the
Senate, iii thp bands of orU Of our Contiitees,
wkol h'ad not disclkarrcd the daties itapo-ed upitt
them, a td not disch trgd it for the r ctn that
they had not tine; hence throse bills icnrai un-
determined as much as it they had not rached
their third reading. The object of our p,,it ruie
is, that when buslnet.s is perfectCd in part but
not determined by final defielte action. it shall
not be lost because of that oritssion foru the wta
of time, but siall stand over in th e prccise pa,-
tion ill which it a us ft. I hold, therclrc, tilI
it is our rig-rt and our duty, as the e- bill, r,n .i
undetermind, ancd as they are kusheod,td and
protected by the j, int rulo of the two Houses, to
present them now to the President for his signa-
ture, in obedience to the Cotnstitution.
Mr. HUNTER. If I understand it, tilis is not
Sbusinss ' undeterniined by the two-, Houses.
for the two Houses have passed upun it, and the
presiding officers of both Houses have sig-aed tat](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.congrec/conglob0048&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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