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
Law -- United States; United States -- Politics and government
SEC 2.. _And be it further enacted_, That until Congress shall
have made provision for the temporary government of the said
territories, all the military, civil, and judicial powers
exercised by the officers of the existing government of the
same, shall be vested in such person or persons, and shall be
exercised by and in such manner, as the President of the United
States shall direct.
_Amendment to the Constitution._
The order of the day being called for on Mr. CLINTON’s motion of
yesterday,
Mr. CLINTON said that, as the resolution was but now printed, and laid
before the Senate, it might be proper to refer it to Monday for further
consideration, but if it was requisite, by the rules of the Senate, that
the resolution must have three separate readings, and on three different
days, he should call for a second reading on Saturday, that it might be
in readiness for a third reading on Monday, and be ultimately acted upon
that day, as the Legislatures of Tennessee and Vermont were in session,
and probably must be at the trouble of an extra session to act upon the
amendment, unless it could be sent to them before they separated.
Mr. BROWN, of Kentucky, the President _pro tem._ of the Senate, said
the written rule of the Senate determined that bills should have three
readings, and on different days, without unanimous consent to the
contrary; but the resolutions were not included; and that he should be
glad of the opinion of the Senate upon the subject.
Mr. TRACY of Connecticut said, that there was no written rule which would
reach the case, but the Vice President, upon the ground that they came
within the reason of the rule, had determined that all resolutions which
required a joint vote of both Houses to give them efficacy, should take
the same course as bills, and have three readings, and on different days,
before a final vote; and as this resolution went to the alteration of
the supreme law of the land, as the constitution was declared to be, he
thought it highly requisite to give the deliberations all the solemnity
which was required in passing bills.
Mr. BRADLEY, of Vermont, then offered two amendments to the resolution;
one went to the form only, and the other makes a majority of votes of the
electors requisite for the choice of Vice President, and in case such
majority is not obtained, places the choice of Vice President in the
Senate.
Mr. BUTLER, of South Carolina, proposed an amendment by adding a new
clause, in substance: “That at the next election of President, no person
should be eligible who had served more than eight years, and, in all
future elections, no person should be eligible more than four years in
any period of eight years.”
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