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DEBATES IN CONGRESS.

PART I. OF VOL. XIV.

US 82.9

HARVARD COLLEGE

SEP 12 1934
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GALES & SEATON'S

REGISTER OF DEBATES IN CONGRESS.

TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS...... FIRST SESSION.

FROM SEPTEMBER 4 TO OCTOBER 16, 1837.

DEBATES IN THE SENATE.

In pursuance of the authority given by the constitution, the President of the United States, on the 15th day of May, caused to be issued the proclamation which follows:

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas great and weighty matters, claiming the consideration of the Congress of the United States, forin an extraordinary occasion for convening them, I do, by these presents, appoint the first Monday of September next for their meeting at the city of Washington; hereby requiring the respective Senators and Representatives then and there to assemble in Congress, in order to receive such communications as may then be made to them, and to consult and determine on such measures as in their wisdoin may be deemed meet for the welfare of the United States.

In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States [L. S.] to be hereunto affixed, and signed the same with my hand. Done at the city of Washington, the fifteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirtyseven, and of the independence of the United States the sixty-first. M. VAN BUREN.

By the President:

JOHN FORSYTH, Secretary of State.

LIST OF THE SENATORS.

MAINE-John Ruggles, Reuel Williams.

NEW HAMPSHIRE-Henry Hubbard, Franklin Pierce.
MASSACHUSETTS-John Davis, Daniel Webster.
RHODE ISLAND-Nehemiah R. Knight, Asher Robbins.
CONNECTICUT-John M. Niles, Perry Smith.
VERMONT Samuel Prentiss, Benjamin Swift.
NEW YORK-Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, Silas Wright.
NEW JERSEY-Samuel L. Southard, Garret D. Wall.
PENNSYLVANIA-James Buchanan, Samuel McKean.
DELAWARE-Richard H. Bayard, Thomas Clayton.
MARYLAND-Joseph Kent, John S. Spence.
VIRGINIA-William C. Rives, John J. Roane
NORTH CAROLINA-Be ford Brown, Robert Strange.
SOUTH CAROLINA-John C. Calhoun, William C.
Preston.

GEORGIA-Alfred Cuthbert, John P. King.
ALABAMA-Clement C. Clay, William R. King.
MISSISSIPPI-John Black, Robert J. Walker.
LOUISIANA-Alexander Mouton, Robert C. Nicholas.
TENNESSEE-Felix Grundy, Hugh L. White.
KENTUCKY-Henry Clay, John J. Crittenden.
ARKANSAS-William S. Fulton, Ambrose H. Sevier.
MISSOURI-Thomas H. Benton, Lewis F. Linn.
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ILLINOIS--John M. Robinson, Richard M. Young.
INDIANA-Oliver H. Smith, John Tipton.
OHIO--William Allen, Thomas Morris.
MICHIGAN-Lucius Lyon, John Norvell.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1837.

This being the day designated in the proclamation of the President of the United States for a special meeting of both Houses of Congress, the Senate assembled in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol, at the usual hour of 12 o'clock.

Hon. RICHARD M. JOHNSON, Vice President of the United States, called the Senate to order at 12 o'clock, when forty-two Senators appeared in their seats.

Mr. KING, of Alabama, presented the credentials of Messrs. C. C. CLAY and ROBERT STRANGE, Senators as above, who took the usual oath.

Mr. RIVES presented the credentials of Mr. ROANE, Senator as above, who was also qualified.

On motion of Mr. KING, of Alabama, the Secretary of the Senate was instructed to inform the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate was now present, and ready to proceed to business.

Mr. WRIGHT moved that a committee be appointed to join a similar committee from the House, in order to wait upon the President of the United States, and inform him that Congress was assembled and ready to receive such communication as he might have to make; and the motion was agreed to.

The CHAIR was, on motion of Mr. KING, of Alabama, authorized to appoint the said committee; and Mr. WRIGHT and Mr. KING, of Alabama, were appointed accordingly.

On motion of Mr. LINN, the usual number of newspapers was ordered for the use of the Senators.

The Senate then, on motion, proceeded to the election of the Sergeant-at-arms and Doorkeeper to the Senate; whereupon, STEPHEN HAIGHT (the late doorkeeper) was unanimously elected, at the first balloting, Sergeant-at-arms to the Senate, in room of the late Sergeant, Mr. SHACKFORD, deceased; and at the third balloting, Mr. EDWARD WYER was elected (out of many candidates) Doorkeeper in room of Mr. HAIGHT.

And then the Senate adjourned.

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