Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16)United States. Congress
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Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16)
United States. Congress
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YEAS.--Messrs. Anderson, Bailey, Baldwin, Bradley,
Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Condit, Ellery, Franklin, Jackson,
Logan, Maclay, Nicholas, Potter, Israel Smith, John Smith,
Samuel Smith, Stone, Taylor, Worthington, and Wright--22.
NAYS.--Messrs. Adams, Butler, Dayton, Hillhouse, Olcott,
Pickering, Plumer, Tracy, Wells, and White--10.
Upon the PRESIDENT declaring the question carried by two-thirds--
Mr. TRACY said he denied that the question was fairly decided. He took it
to be the intention of the constitution, that there should be two-thirds
of the whole number of Senators elected, which would make the number
necessary to its passage 23.
It was moved to adjourn to Monday.
Mr. TAYLOR said that since it was proposed to adjourn to Monday, when he
should be disqualified to sit in that House, he hoped the Senate would
not rise without deciding the question definitively on the gentleman’s
objections.
Mr. TRACY said he certainly would avail himself of the principle to
oppose its passage through the State Legislatures.
The PRESIDENT declared the question had passed the Senate by the majority
required, and conformable to the constitution and former usage.
The amendment, as adopted, is as follows:
_Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of
both Houses concurring_, That, in lieu of the third paragraph
of the first section of the second article of the Constitution
of the United States, the following be proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified
by three-fourths of the Legislatures of the several States,
shall be valid, to all intents and purposes, as part of the
said Constitution, to wit:
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