William Chamberlin, Epaphroditus Champion, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, Howell Cobb, Orchard Cook, John Davenport, junior, Richard Jackson, junior, Gurdon S. Mumford, John Nicholson, Benjamin Pickman, junior, John Rea, (Pennsylvania) John Thompson, Uri Tracy, George M. Troup, Charles Turner, junior, Jabez Upham, Nicholas Van Dyke, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Robert Weakley, Laban Wheaton, Ezekiel Whitman, James Wilson, Robert Witherspoon. The question was then taken, that the House do agree to the first member of the said resolution con tained in the words following, to wit: Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the conduct of brigadier general James Wilkinson, in relation to his having at any time. whilst in the service of the United States corruptly received money from the government of Spain or its agents, or in relation to his having, during the time aforesaid, been an accomplice, or in any way concerned with the agents of any foreign power, or with Aaron Burr, in a project against the dominions of the king of Spain, or to dismember these United States." 'The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present, And the Clerk having called over the same, It was suggested by a member, in his place, from Maryland, to wit, Mr. M'Kim, that he had committed a mistake in giving his vote on the question last taken, and that he had intended to vote in the negative and not in the affirmative side of the said question, as the same had been recorded by the Clerk. The Speaker then directed the Clerk to call the name of the member, Mr. M'Kim, again; And being so called, Mr. M'Kim answered in the negative. An objection was made to the right of changing the vote, by a member from Virginia, Mr. Randolph, unless by the unanimous consent of the House. Mr. Speaker determined, that, according to the practice of the House, the member from Maryland had a right to change his vote. A motion was made by Mr. Bibb, and seconded, that the member from Maryland have leave to correct his vote. To which the member from Maryland, Mr. M'Kim, objected. A question of order was raised, "whether the motion of the member from Georgia, Mr. Bibb, was then in order.” Mr. Speaker decided that the motion of the member from Georgia was in order. From which decision of the chair an appeal was prayed to the House by Mr. Randolph, A motion was then made by Mr. Lewis, and se. conded, that the House do now adjourn. A question of order was raised, whether the mo tion to adjourn was in order pending a question. The Speaker determined it not in order. And debate arising thereon, A motion was again made by Mr. Smilie, and seconded, that the House do now adjourn. A question of order was again raised, whether the motion of the member from Pennsylvania, Mr. Smilie, was in order pending a question. Mr. Speaker determined, that, on reflection, it was in order, and corrected the decision just before made. From which decision an appeal was prayed by Mr. Randolph. And debate arising: On which, The House adjourned until to-morrow morning eleven o'clock. WEDNESDAY, April 4, 1810. Ordered, That Mr. Gray have leave to be absent from the service of this House from to-morrow, for the remainder of the session; and Mr. Van Horn from Monday last for one week. A motion was made by Mr. Love, and seconded, that the House do come to the following resolutions: "Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to furnish this House with the names and titles of the stockholders of the bank of the United States, if any document in his office will afford that information, and if not, to endeavor to obtain that information from the bank aforesaid, and lay it before this House as soon as possible. "That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to furnish this House with the number of shares voted on at the last election of directors, and the names of those voting, if to be obtained. "That he be requested to state to this House by what information he was enabled, in his report of March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, made to the Senate of the United States, to fix the average of dividends of said bank at eight three-eighths, precisely eight thirteen-thirty-fourths, per cent. per annum, and also state the amount of public stock, or other public debt, held by the said bank company on each first day of January, since its operations commenced. "Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to inform this House what is the amount of capital retained in Philadelphia by the bank of the United States, and what the amounts thereof distributed to the branches of that bank respectively: what have been the average amounts of deposits of public money in each of those banks in any preceding year, or for the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, if as practicable to obtain it as any other, and whether the sum of eight hundred thousand dollars, stated in his said report to be due from the state banks to the United States' bank company, was due on account of deposits of public monies or not." A motion was made by Mr. Quincy, and seconded, to amend the first resolution thereof, by inserting the word "foreign" before the word "stockholders." The said resolutions were read, and ordered to lie on the table. The House resumed the consideration of the unfi. nished business of yesterday. The question on the appeal of Mr. Randolph from the decision of the chair in relation to the motion of the member from Georgia, Mr. Bibb, as stated in the journal of yesterday, recurring; Mr. Bibb withdrew his motion. The question then recurred on the proposition of the member from Maryland, Mr. M'Kim, in having stated his wish to change his vote of yesterday, from the affirmative to the negative side of the question, having answered in the affirmative by mistake. The Speaker directed the Clerk to call him again, when the gentleman answered "no." A gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Randolph, object. ed to the gentleman's changing his vote unless it be considered as informally done, and by the unanimous consent of the House. The Speaker stated that it had been the practice, and that the gentleman had the right to change his vote as above. From which decision Mr. Randolph appealed. And the question being taken, "Is the decision of the chair correct?” It was resolved in the affirmative, Yeas 76. Nay's 19. The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are Willis Alston, junior, William Anderson, Ezekiel Bacon, David Bard, William W. Bibb, Adam Boyd, John Brown, Robert Brown, William Butler, Joseph Calhoun, Peterson Goodwyn, Benjamin Howard, Richard M. Johnson, Walter Jones, William Kennedy, Philip B. Key, Roger Nelson, Thomas Newbold, Benjamin Pickman, junior, Peter B. Porter, John Rhea, (Tennessee) |