Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16)United States. Congress
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Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16)
United States. Congress
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Mr. TROUP observed that it had been said this power of the Governor
was a badge of slavery copied from the British Constitution. That in
many things they had been copied too far, he agreed; but as to this
prerogative, it was no such badge of slavery, and was found not only
in the articles of the ordinance, but in the constitutions of various
States, qualified in a greater or less degree. Mr. T. quoted the
constitutions of New York and Massachusetts, both which States had been
considered republican. Massachusetts, to be sure, was a little wavering
now, but he hoped she had not quite gone over to the enemy yet. These
constitutions gave a qualified prerogative to the Governor of the State.
The committee now rose--58 to 36.
Mr. TROUP moved that the further consideration of the bill be postponed
indefinitely--[equivalent to rejection.]
Mr. POINDEXTER calling for the yeas and nays on the motion, it was
decided--yeas 57, nays 52, as follows:
YEAS.--Lemuel J. Alston, Willis Alston, jun., Ezekiel Bacon,
David Bard, William W. Bibb, William Blackledge, John Blake,
junior, Adam Boyd, Robert Brown, Joseph Calhoun, John
Campbell, Martin Chittenden, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport,
jun., William Ely, William Findlay, Francis Gardner, Charles
Goldsborough, Edwin Gray, John Heister, William Hoge, Richard
S. Jackson, Robert Jenkins, Walter Jones, James Kelly, William
Kirkpatrick, John Lambert, Joseph Lewis, jun., Robert Marion,
William McCreery, William Milnor, Nicholas R. Moore, Jonathan
O. Mosely, Gurdon S. Mumford, Wilson C. Nicholas, Timothy
Pitkin, junior, John Porter, Josiah Quincy, John Randolph,
Matthias Richards, Samuel Riker, John Russell, Dennis Smelt,
Henry Southard, William Stedman, Lewis B. Sturges, Peter Swart,
Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, John Taylor, George M.
Troup, Jabez Upham, James I. Van Allen, Daniel C. Verplanck,
Robert Whitehill, David R. Williams, and Nathan Wilson.
NAYS.--Joseph Barker, Burwell Bassett, William A. Burwell,
William Butler, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, John Culpeper,
John Dawson, Josiah Deane, Joseph Desha, Daniel M. Durell,
James Elliot, John W. Eppes, James Fisk, Meshack Franklin,
Thomas Gholson, jun., Peterson Goodwyn, Isaiah L. Green, John
Harris, William Helms, James Holland, David Holmes, Benjamin
Howard, Daniel Isley, Richard M. Johnson, Nathaniel Macon,
Daniel Montgomery, junior, John Montgomery, Jeremiah Morrow,
John Morrow, Roger Nelson, Thomas Newbold, Thomas Newton,
John Pugh, John Rea of Pennsylvania, John Rhea of Tennessee,
Jacob Richards, Benjamin Say, Ebenezer Seaver, Samuel Shaw,
James Sloan, John Smilie, Jedediah K. Smith, John Smith,
Samuel Smith, Richard Stanford, Clement Storer, John Thompson,
Archibald Van Home, Jesse Wharton, Isaac Wilbour, and Alexander
Wilson.
So the bill was postponed indefinitely.
MONDAY, November 21.
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