quence of the act of the King of the Netherlands, and whether it be expedient or not to open a negotiation with Great Britain. And I think he should be left to his constitutional responsibility to pursue such a course as a sense of duty may prompt.
NOMINATION OF SAMUEL GWIN.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1831. The following message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Donelson, his Secretary: WASHINGTON, December 8, 1831.
To the Senate of the United States: Commissions having been granted, during the recess of the Senate, to the following persons for the offices respectively annexed to their names, I now nominate them to the same, viz.
John H. Jacobs, &c. &c. &c.
Samuel Gwin to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Mount Salus, in the State of Mississippi, vice Stockley D. Hays, deceased. The message was read.
Ordered, that the nominations of register and receivers of the several land offices be referred to the Committee on Public Lands,
Mr. KING, from the Committee on Public Lands, re
ported on the nomination of Samuel Gwin, contained in the message of the 8th of December.
The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination.
On the question, "Will the Senate advise and consent
to the appointment of Samuel Gwin?"
of the State of Mississippi, and with that of one of the Senators from the same State. The letters expressing this request, are herewith respectfully enclosed for the consideration of the Senate. It will be perceived that they bear the fullest testimony to the fitness of Mr. Gwin for the office, and evince a strong desire that he should be continued in it.
Under these circumstances, and possessing myself a personal knowledge of his integrity and fitness, and of him upon the Government, I deem it an act of justice to the claims which his faithful and patriotic services give nominate him again, not doubting that the Senate will embrace, with cheerfulness, an opportunity, with fuller information, to reconsider their former vote upon his nomination.
On motion of Mr. WEBSTER, Ordered, that it lie on the table, and be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.
Mr. POINDEXTER submitted a number of letters and documents on the subject of the renomination of Samuel Gwin.
12th of June, nominating Samuel Gwin. The Senate proceeded to consider the message of the
On motion of Mr. MANGUM,
That the nomination lie on the table,
It was determined in the affirmative--yeas 27, nays 17. YEAS.--Messrs. Bell, Benton, Bibb, Chambers, Clay
It was determined in the negative-yeas 13, nays 25. YEAS.--Messrs. Bibb, Brown, Dallas, Dickerson, Dud-ton, Ewing, Foot, Frelinghuysen, Hendricks, Holmes, ley, Grundy, Hill, Kane, Knight, Mangum, Marcy, White,
Johnston, Knight, Mangum, Moore, Naudain, Poindexter, Robbins, Ruggles, Seymour, Silsbee, Smith, Sprague, Tazewell, Tipton, Tomlinson, Tyler, Webster.-27. NAYS.-Messrs. Brown, Buckner, Clay, Dallas, Dickerson, Dudley, Ellis, Forsyth, Grundy, Hill, Kane, King, Marcy, Miller, Robinson, White, Wilkins.--17.
The following motion, submitted by Mr. POINDEX: TER, was considered:
Resolved, That the President of the United States be informed that it is not the intention of the Senate to take any proceedings on the renomination of Samuel Gwin to be register of the land office at Mount Salus, in the State of Mississippi, during the present session.
On motion of Mr. POINDEXTER,
Ordered, That it lie on the table, and that the injunction of secrecy be removed therefrom.
On motion of Mr. POINDEXTER,
Ordered, That the injunction of secrecy be removed from the proceedings of the Senate on the nomination of Samuel Gwin,
INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE.
Adjournment, a resolution from the House of Represen-
tatives, proposed to adjourn on the 9th of July;
amended by striking out the 9th, and inserting
the 16th, Senate adjourned, 1296.
Agents for Claims, (See Appropriation bill.)
Alexandria Aqueduct, a memorial from the citizens of
Georgetown, against the pending bill to aid the
Alexandria Canal Company, ordered to be print-
ed, 1053.
the bill for the benefit of the Alexandria Canal
Company considered, and laid upon the table,
taken up and passed, 1074.
American citizens, a resolution calling on the President for
information respecting the imprisonment of, by
the authorities of New Brunswick, 3.
the information communicated, 4.
Apportionment. The bill for the apportionment of re-
presentatives among the several States, read the
second time, and referred to a select committee,
bill taken up, and an amendment offered to it, and
then laid on the table, 487.
reconsideration of Mr. Webster's amendment, 640.
Mr. Webster reports a bill, 707; Mr. Webster's
scheme carried, and the bill passed.
the House of Representatives disagrees to Mr.
Webster's amendment, 931.
the Senate then recedes from it, 936.
the Senate resumed the consideration of the bill,
1024; passed 1073.
documentary history of, a resolution introduced,
authorizing the Secretary of the Senate to sub-
scribe for sixty copies of the work, 530; passed,
558.
proposition to print 5,000 copies of the report of
the committee appointed to investigate the affairs
of the Bank of the United States, was made,
899, agreed to, 931.
resolutions of the president and directors of the
bank of Pittsburg, in favor of renewing the
charter of the Bank of the United States. They
were referred and ordered to be printed.
a new one proposed in a memorial from Massachu-
setts, which was ordered to be printed, 180.
currency, report from the Secretary of the Trea-
sury on the subject, 329.
Bank veto, a message was received from the President,
informing the Senate that he had returned the
act to modify and continue the act to incorporate
the Bank of the United States, with his objec-
tions; the objections ordered to be recorded on
the journal. The objections considered, and the
bill lost, 1296.
Barracks, a bill for erecting at New Orleans, ordered to
be engrossed, 55.
read the third time and passed, 58.
Belgium, mission to, (See appropriation bill.)
Appropriations, the general appropriation bill taken up, British colonial trade, (See West Indies and general appro-
resumed, 685; resumed, 709; passed, 873.
Indian, (See Indians.)
Auditor and Comptroller. A resolution introduced in-
structing the Committee of Finance to inquire
into the expediency of abolishing the offices of
Second Auditor and Second Comptroller. A
report states that the proposed abolition would
be inexpedient; ordered to be printed. The
committee discharged from a further considera-
tion of the subject, 875.
Baltimore and Ohio rail road, (See Rail-road.)
Bank of the United States, a memorial from the President
and Directors; referred to a select committee, 53.
Resolutions calling for information in respect to the
Bank, 58.
leave asked to introduce a joint resolution, declara-
tory of the meaning of the charter of the Bank
of the United States, on the subject of the paper
currency issued by the bank, which is enforced
at great length, 114; after some debate, leave
refused, 154.
a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry for information in relation to the affairs of the
Bank of the United States, 154.
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Claims of States, (See State claims.)
Colonial trade, (See West Indies and appropriation bill.)
Colonization Society. A memorial from citizens of Ken-
tucky was presented, inviting the attention of
Congress to the subject, which, after some dis-
cussion, was laid on the table, 641.
Columbia, District of; a resolution was agreed to, appoint-
ing a committee, consisting of two members of
the Senate and one of the House of Representa-
tives, to prepare a system of laws for the District.
several bills in relation to the District, were taken
up and acted upon, 937; and afterwards passed.
Commissioners of the Navy, (See Navy.)
Commissioner of Indian affairs, (See Indians.)
Commercial statements. Resolutions calling on the Se-
cretary of the Treasury for information why
certain statements in relation to foreign com-
merce, heretofore called for, had not been fur-
nished,393; taken up, and the first resolution ne-
gatived, the second was laid on the table, but
afterwards passed, 412.
Secretary of the Treasury replies to the last reso-
lution, 438.
Committees, standing, appointed, 2.
Congressional documents. Report from the Secretary of
the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Re-
presentatives, communicating the arrangements
made for their publication, 41.
a letter from Gales and Seaton stating the progress
made in printing the work, 46.
Cumberland Road. The bill providing for the continuance
of this road in the States of Indiana and Illinois,
&c. was ordered to a third reading, 515, and
passed.
Day of Humiliation, a resolution to appoint a joint com- Houston Samuel, a message from the House of Represen
mittee to wait on the President, and request him
to appoint a day to be observed as a day of gene-
ral humiliation and prayer to God, that He may,
in his mercy, avert from our country the Asiatic
plague, 1128; agreed to, 1130.
Department of State, (See State Department.)
Discriminating duties with Spain, a message from the
President, communicated a report from the Se-
cretary of State, on the subject of the abolition
tatives, requesting that leave be given to four
of the members of the Senate, to attend the
House, for the purpose of giving evidence on
the trial of Houston; leave given, 802.
Humiliation and prayer, (See day of.)
Hunt, Jonathan, a member of the House of Representa-
tives from Vermont, his death announced, and
orders entered into for his funeral, 931.
of the discriminating duties now existing on Indians,
Spanish vessels. Referred to the Committee on
Finance, 1124.
Dividends, the amount of unclaimed, of the funded debt,
the Secretary of the Treasury called upon to
communicate, 224; taken up, after some discus-
sion laid on the table, 639.
Durbin, Rev. Mr. of Kentucky, elected Chaplain on the
part of the Senate, 9.
Duty on Tea, a report of a committee on memorials of
merchants, pray for a further reduction of, 6;
report considered and debated, 12; laid on the
table, 19.
Indian blankets, a bill to reduce it, referred to the
Committee on Manufactures, 49.
Refunding of, a bill to exempt, in certain cases,
from the operation of the tariff act of 1828,
taken up, considered, and ordered to lie on the
table, 590; taken up, amended, and ordered to
be engrossed, 647, and passed.
remission of, a bill for the relief of B. J. Flaget,
(intended to remit the duties on certain paint-
ings, &c., presented to the Catholic Church, by
two foreign potentates;) ordered to a third read-
ing, 592, and passed.
Election of officers of the Senate, 6.
Executive powers, resolutions submitted on the subject of
the President's removal of public officers, 181.
proceedings, 1310.
Extension of Patents, (See Patents.)
Flaget, Bishop Benedict, a bill for the relief of, introduc-
ed and ordered to a third reading, 592.
Foreign Intercourse, (See appropriation bill.)
Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted two resolutions in
reference to treaties entered into with the Che-
rokees, 223.
vaccination of, (See Vaccination.)
the bill making appropriations for the Indian De-
partment for the year 1832, considered, and
ordered to be engrossed, 978; passed.
a bill to appoint a Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
988; ordered to be read a third time.
a bill to reappropriate the unexpended balances of
former appropriations, taken up, discussed, and
ordered to be read a third time, 991.
Insolvent Debtors, a bill in addition to an act for the relief
of insolvent debtors of the United States, 1089.
Internal Improvements, a bill for the improvement of the
Wabash river, &c.; referred to the Committee
on Roads and Canals, 592.
bill from the House of Representatives, making
appropriations for certain internal improvements,
read a second time, and referred to the Commit-
tee on Commerce, 938; discussed, 1120; passed,
1156.
a bill granting to the State of Missouri 500,000
acres of land for the purpose of internal im-
provement, was twice read, 592.
a resolution was offered to allow 500,000 acres of
land to the State of Louisiana, to aid in keeping
open their water courses, &c.; and another,
granting a like quantity to Mississippi, for pur-
poses of internal improvement.
a bill granting certain public lands to the States of
Missouri, Mississippi, and Louisiana, taken up,
discussed, and ordered to be engrossed, 1091;
again taken up and discussed, and laid on the
table, 1092.
Fortifications, a bill for the armament of, introduced, 26; Interest on protested drafts, a resolution to authorize the
discussed and indefinitely postponed, 31.
France, outfit to, (See appropriation bill.)
French Spoliations, motion made to take up the bill pro-Iron for
viding satisfaction for claims due to American
citizens for spoliations, negatived, 1080; taken Judges,
up, discussed, and laid on the table, 1081; sub-
ject resumed, the bill discussed and amended;
the bill again taken up and ordered to be en-
grossed, 1201; passed.
Free bridge over the Potomac, a bill for constructing a
new free bridge over the Potomac, at Washing-
ton, discussed and passed, 1296.
Frontier, a bill introduced authorizing the President to
raise five companies of rangers for the protec-
tion of the Northwestern Frontier, read twice,
and referred to the Committee on Military affairs,
1068; a message from the House of Representa-
tives, proposed certain amendments to the bill,
which were discussed, 1075, and laid on the table.
Guatemala, appropriation for a mission to, (See appropria-
tion bill)
Gwin, Samuel, his nomination as register of a land office,
rejected, 1417; nominated as register at a differ-
ent office; laid on the table, 1418.
Harbor bill, (See Internal Improvements.)
Secretary of the Navy to allow interest in certain
cases; laid on the table, 954.
rail roads, (See Rail-roads.)
a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee
to inquire into the expediency of providing a
more permanent tenure of office, or for a differ-
ent mode of appointing them; agreed to, 462.
Judiciary, the general appropriation bill under considera-
tion; the increased expenses of courts discussed,
679.
the proposed increased appropriation negatived,
a motion carried, to reconsider the above vote,
796.
resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to
inquire if any further measures be necessary to
enforce the judgment or decrees of the Supreme
Court; agreed to, 964.
Johnston, honorable Charles C. one of the members of
the House of Representatives, from Virginia, his
death announced; measures taken for his fine-
ral, 1093.
Land Patents, the Vice President laid before the Senate,
a report from the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, stating that there are 10,590 patents
waiting for the signature of the President, 1119.
Land, Public, a bill from the Committee on Public Lands,
for reducing the price of lands, was taken up
and considered; seventy-five cents, as the price
per acre, was stricken out, and fifty cents insert-
ed; the bill was ordered to a third reading.
resolution proposing to instruct the Committee on
Manufactures to inquire into the expediency of
distributing the lands, or the proceeds thereof,
among the several States; laid on the table, 638.
the amendments of the House to the bill supple-
mentary to the several laws to dispose of public
lands were considered, one of them agreed to,
and the other laid on the table, 647; it was again
considered, and agreed to, 684.
President's messages to the Senate, in relation
thereto, 1386, 1387, 1388, 1389.
proceedings and debates thereon, 1367, 1394.
Officers of the Senate, (See election of.)
Order, points of, decided, 105, 333, 651, 660, 740, 786,
950, 1277, 1281, 1295.
Ordnance, a bill providing for the better organization of
the Corps, taken up and passed, 65.
Patents, extension of, a bill authorizing letters patent to
be issued to Thomas ---- and James Long;
recommitted, 996.
Patents, land, (See Land.)
Patent Office, resolution for recording patents for useful
inventions, was taken up, and passed, 487.
Pensions, (See Revolutionary Pensions.)
Mr. Clay's bill for appropriating, for a limited
time, the proceeds of the sale of public lands Peters,
amongst the several States; read the first time,
a motion made to take up Mr. Clay's bill for the
purpose of referring it to the Committee on
Public Lands; the motion to take up the bill was
carried, and the motion to refer it as proposed,
was laid on the table, 870; resumed 903, and
motion carried; report of the Land Committee,
931; bill taken up and discussed, 1096, 1129,
and passed, 1132.
Richard, (Reporter,) offered a proposition for
publishing an edition of the laws, treaties, &c.
of the United States, which was referred to the
Library Committee, 412.
Pleasanton, Stephen, a bill for his relief, (Fifth Auditor
making him an allowance for extra services, in
acting as Solicitor of the Treasury;) was read a
third time and passed, 900.
Portuguese vessels, a bill to exempt Portuguese vessels
from the payment of duties on tonnage; ordered
to be engrossed, 796; passed, 822.
the bill to provide for the appointment of a Re- Post
corder of the General Land Office, was consi-
dered, and laid on the table, 902; bill called up,
amended, and laid on the table, 1059; ordered
to be engrossed for a third reading; the question
on engrossment was reconsidered, and the bill
was recommitted to the Land Committee, 1126;|
the bill was again considered, amended, and
ordered to be engrossed, 1128, and passed.
Laurens, Colonel John, a bill for the relief of his per-
sonal representatives, 110; laid on the table,
113; taken up, discussed, and ordered to a third.
reading, 939.
Lewis, John, Jr., a bill for his relief, to refund the amount
of certain duties; considered and laid on the
table, 902.
Office and Post Roads, a bill from the House of Re-
presentatives, to establish certain post roads,
and establish others; the bill taken up, 761;
subject again resumed; an amendment proposed
and debated, to abolish newspaper postage,
875; negatived, 919; bill ordered to be engross-
ed, 919; passed, 930.
a bill introduced to repeal the postage on newspa-
pers, 930; twice read and referred to the Post
Office Committee; the committee report against
it, and recommend its indefinite postponement,
933; agreed to.
President's fac simile, (See Lands.)
Privilege of the Senate's officers, a resolution permitting
the assistant doorkeeper of the Senate to attend
as a witness before a committee of the House of
Representatives, 1127; laid on the table, 1128.
Public Documents, (See Congressional Documents.)
Public Expenditures, (See Barracks.)
Lowrie's, Mr. (Clerk of the Senate,) refutation of a cer- Protection of the frontier, (See Frontier.)
tain charge reported against him, 8.
Militia,resolution instructing the Committee on, to inquire
into the expediency of a new organization of, 6.
Mint, the annual report of the directors, 108.
Mitchell, honorable G. E., from Maryland, the annuncia-
tion of his death; orders for his funeral, &c.,
1155.
Navy, a bill providing for the compensation of the Pur-
sers, taken up, discussed, and laid on the table,
45, 56.
Commissioners of, a bill to provide for the distribu-
tion of their duties; read a second time, 49; again
taken up, discussed, and postponed, 56.
Agents, a bill for the compensation of; ordered to a
third reading, 55.
Northeastern boundary, resolution calling on the Presi
dent to know whether further negotiation is pro-
posed in regard to this subject, 5; the resolution
called up, and transferred to the Executive
Journal, 6.
resolutions calling on the President for the ar-
rangement made with Great Britain on this sub-
ject, 108.
Rail-road, a bill authorizing a subscription on the part of
the United States, to the stock of the Baltimore
and Ohio Rail-road Company introduced, 951;
refused to consider the bill, 954, 988.
Randolph, Martha, a bill concerning, introduced and re-
ferred to a select committee, 20; motion to take
Revolutionary pensions, a bill supplementary to the act
up the bill negatived, 1128.
for the relief of the surviving officers and sol-
diers of the revolutionary army; taken up, again
considered and discussed, 706; bill taken up,
and after some discussion, laid on the table, 757;
again taken up, 761, and again, 919; motion to
recommit the bill negatived, 930; ordered to be
engrossed, 933; passed.
a joint resolution to transfer to the Secretary of
War, the duties imposed by the pension bill on
the Secretary of the Treasury, was taken up,
and agreed to, 1072.
the subject again taken up, and the resolution
committed to the Committee on Pensions, 1080;
the resolution was again taken up, and carried,
1120.
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