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Daily Bulletin
Printed and Published every morning at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per month.
VOL. I.
AUSTIN CITY TUESDAY DECEMBER 7 1841.
NO. IX.
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES
Monday Morning Dec. 6. 1811
Roll called. Present Mr. Speaker Messrs. Bowers
Caldwell. Cooke. Dancy DanielsDennis. Forbes. Fow-
ler. Grimes. Head Hewett Hunter Jones of Galveston
Jones of Gonzales Kuykendal I Landrum Latimer Mc-
Connell May field Morris Parker of Fort Bend. Parker
of Houston. "Patillo Pennall Porter. Raymond. Roberts
Usher Van 'Zandt. Williamson Wood Wynns.
Mr. Jones of Galveston presented the memorial of
Anthony I-I. Shelby requesting Congress to appropri-
ate a sufficient sum of money to pay the cost of pub-
lishing a Digest of all the laws in force in the Repub-
lic which he has prepared and for which he has se-
cured a copy-right but is unable to publish. He asks
an appropriation to aid him. to be paid by copies fur-
nished the Republic at cost.
The Chairman of the Committee on Claims and Ac-
counts made a Very amusing report upon the bill to
define lawful enclosures.
The Retrenchment Bill was taken up.
Mr. Smith moved to reconsider the vote by which the
amendment of the Senate giving $1500 to District
Judges was concurred in. Ayes 24 Noes 14.
Motion to fill the blank with $1750.
Motion to leave the blank and fill in conference.
Mr. Fowler made it a point of order and thought an
amendment could not be made to the amendments of
the Senate and appealed from the decision of the Chair
to the effect that such amendments were admissible.
Question being put the House sustained the Chair.
Question being put on striking out $1500 was de-
cided as follows Yeas C Nays 32.
So the House refused.
Mr. Mayfield moved to concur in the amendment.
Mr. Dancy thought there was a palpable attempt to
pass the amount of $2000 by species of legislative le-
gejdemain and explained what he conceived to be the
plan. Called to order.
On concurrence in the amendment Yeas IS Nays
20. So the House refused to concur.
Mr. Raymond moved to reconsider the vote of Sa-
turday concurring with the amendment of the Senate
taking one clerk from the Comptroller's ofiice and ex-
plained his reasons.
Mr. Cooke stated that he knew that it was impossi-
ble for the Comptroller to do his duties with one clerk
and explained.
Mr. Van Zandt supported the motion and consider-
ed it very important that the clerk should be allowed.
Vote was reconsidered and the clerk allowed.
The House refused to concur with the Senate in
giving $4 to the Door-keepers and Sergeants-at-Arms.
House adjourned to 3 o'clock.
Monday Evening.
Roll called quorum present.
Bill regulating the license and practice of Attorneys
passed.
Joint resolution for the recall of the Navy being call-
ed up on motion it was laid on the table.
The select committee I. Van Zandt chairman to
whom was referred the resolution condemnatory of the
conduct of the Executive in fitting out the Santa Fe
Expedition reported in a long and interesting review
of the case presented aud recommended the rejection
of the resolution and presented the question of an im-
peachment of the President Vice-President and Secre-
tary of the Treasury for their conduct in this matter
with accompanying resolutions but refrained from re-
commending such a course in decided terms.
Mr. Van Zandt said this was a very important mat-
ter aiid should not be hastily acted upon and recom-
mended that it should be postponed to a future day.
Mr. Mayfield thought there had been an unnecessary
degree of pomp and display in the report of the commit-
tee and hoped an early day would be appointed so that
the question could be met without delay.
Mr. Jones of Gonzales thought it was perhrps due
to himself to say that although he agreed in the main
with the committee he had not been led to that result
by the same process of reasoning in all matters pertain-
ing to the subject and thought perhaps he might make
a counter report
Mr. Wood said that he had opposed the resolution
of censure offered to the House because he thought
they had no power'to pass it he said that in the ex-
amination of this subject expediency had had no weight
with him that he could give no room to its counsel
where law was final and definite. He said that should
the House entertain the propositionto impeach he for
one should not shrink from the performance of his duty.
Mr. Wynns said that although the proposer of the
original resolution of censure he hesitated in proceed-
ing to the step recommended by that committee ; a step
never yet resorted to in any other Republic. He said
that it was a consideration of policy whether we should
impeach the President when' the Government was al-
ready tottering from other causes and that it was wor-
thy of serious and cautious consideration. The re-
marks of the gentleman were rather deprecatory of such
a course.
Mr. Van Zandt hoped the gentleman from Harris
would allow him to correct him ; he said that no defi-
nite action was recommended in that report but that
in order that the House might have the matter fully
before them they had reported those resolutions. He
said they had considered the conduct of the officers
named unwarrantable and unauthorized by law but
he said they had refrained from any final determination
upon the matter.
On motion of Mr. Morris 250 copies were ordered to
be printed.
Mr. Porter said that it had been with a great deal of
regret indeed that the committee had been able to make
any report to the House; but he said that reports in
relation to this matter had gone abroad in the country
and it was but a right to the gentlemen accused that
they should have an opportunity to rebut the charges.
He said he should not say what had been his own pri-
vate opinion upon that committee he did not think it
would be right for him to do so. When the report was
made it was the report of the whole committee. Mr.
Porter said that for himself whenever the considera-
tion of this subject came properly before the House if
it was shown that their conduct would warrant such a
course he for one should beyond doubt vote for their
impeachment. He said the committee had not made a
positive recommendation to impeach because the report
would have gone abroad over the country that a pack
ed committee had reported in favor of the impeachment
of the President and all who had acted under him; they
preferred bringing the matter fairly before that House
and have it properly investigated and give those gen-
tlemen through their friends upon that floor? an oppor-
tunity to make their defence.
Mr. Williamson moved that the report only should
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Whiting, S. Daily Bulletin. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 7, 1841, newspaper, December 7, 1841; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80064/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.