Whereupon the House adjourned.

Tuesday, December 5tA, ls4a.
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In SENATE.


- Mr. WOODBURY. presented Resolutions adopted
Eby the Legislature of New Hampshire, instructing
the Senators. and requesting the Representatives
from that State 10 vote for the unconditional refln-
ding of the fine imposed on General JACKSON, by
Judge HALL, of Louisiana, in 1875. Ordered to
lie on the table and be printed.


On motion, the Senate proceeded to the election
of Printer to that body. Messrs Gales s. Seaton
were elected. aVote-Gales s. Se1ton % Blair
g Rives IL. The Senate adjourned. :


HOUSE oE REPRESENTATIVES,.


Mr.. BARNARD rose to question Of amendment
of1he Journal ofthe House No notice had been
taken of his motion for leave to read certain pa
per. The paper referred to we compelled to
omit; but it was paper signed by SO Whig mem
bers of the House. protesting against admitting to
seats the members elected from the several States
under the general ticket system, and declaring that
such an act would be illegal and unconstitutional
Here sprang up wide and animated debate Mr.
Rayner is one Of the signers of the protest, and
took part in the debate against admitting the Rep
resentatiyes of the people to their seats. He was
for expelling from the House the members of four
sovereign States. Let this be remembered. We
give below the remarks Of Mr.. Hale of N. Hamp-
shire, one of the members under the general ticket
system, as it seems to expressive democratic spirit
succinetly but clearly: NsS -.


Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, observed that it
would have been more agreeable TO him 10 have
had this question presented in a form which could
be met by far and open discussion. WhPn il
i0aS leo ID hoN \ Inf fha hffl
Legislation, shall be fully prepared to sustain
our rights 10 the seats which we have been e.
lected. We come here (said he) under the guar
anty of the Constitution. and under the sanction of
laws equally binding upon every member Of that
body. He expressed his hearty concurrence in the
views just presented by the gentleman FFom Gcor
gia, and, with him. avowed that they asked moth
ing from the favor or the courtesy of the House
but, coming hese on the broad grounds of the Con
stituton, they asked only for their rights. If (said
he) we hare no rights here. we will be willing to
turn our backs on the HJusc, and go home TO our
constituents But let the case be presented in the
usual form let il BE- brought before the House In
the report of lis appropriate conmItlee and they
were fully prepared to sustain themselves. He
and his colleagues had come here Ia viriue OF the
Ia aws Of New Hamp<hire-laws which have been
in force eVersince her Government was fabllSh-
ed and he had lIrver been ahe TO fad any law Of
that State 10 divide il into districts fof the election
of members of Congress To be sure, she had
seen. in the Legislation ut Congress, an act com
mandin2 her Legislature to divide the State into
districts but New Hampshire has not been IN the
habit of looking to Congress, or any other body
usder Gods heaven, To ascertain what her egisla-
ton should be. Standing here, then. u1der the
guaranty Of the Constitution, aad bringing with
them the evidence of their right TO their seats
as was brought by other members, all that they
asked was, that the House would not take the ex
tfaordinary course Of entertaining an argument a
gainst him, which he was not allowed IorerY to
that it would not, even by implication. prejudice
this Question, bun would leave II open TOR falr and
manly discussion. All that they asked was theff
rights and that, untt the question was settled, they
should be received in the ordinary mode IN which
other members were received.


The debate was cut off by the introduction OF
the Presidents Message, fifteen thousand copies of
which were ordered to be printed.


Wednesday,, December 6, 194S.
Nothing of general interest occurred in the
Senate today.


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Alter the minutes had been read, MIR. Dron-
goole enquired whether the question of amend
ment of the Journal of yesterday would not take
precedence of the amendment Of the Journal of
the preceding day. A proposition had been
made to get certain paper on the Journal; and
before the House had decided that question, the
Clerk had spread it at length there; he therefore
wished the Journal of yesterday to be corrected.
This gave rise to long discussion, which re-
suited in the posponemcnt Of the question until to-
morrow.


The House then went into an election for Clerk
MIR. MeNulty, of Ohio, was chosen. Vote
McNulty 124, NJ St. Clair Clarke, 66.


Mr.. Charles J. Ingersoll, in pursuance OF no
tice given on Monday asked leave, and introduced
the following bill:


AN ACT to refund the fine imposed on General


Andrew Jackson.


Bell enacted by the Senate and House ot hep
resenintires of the United States Of America IN
Congress assembled, That the sum of one thou
sand dollars, paid by General Andrew Jackson as
a fine imposed on him at New Orleans, the 31st
day of March, A. D. 1915, be repaid TO hn', toge-
,her with interest, at the rate Of six per cent.
year since then, out of any moneys in the treasury
moi otherwise appropriated.


The bill was read twice, and referred to the
C:ommittee of the whole House.


Thursday, December 7th, l843


In the Senate today nothing Of great general
interest transpired.


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.


NJ Newton presented the memorial OF Mr..