800 MEMOIRS OF JOHN QUINCT ADAMS. 



to be, paid. This is Mr. Jones' favorite mode of dispos- 

 ing of a fund accepted by the Congress of the United States 

 with the pledge of their faith that it should be appropriated 

 to the purposes prescribed by the donor. This motion was 

 discussed by the mover, by Joseph R. Ingersoll, by F. P. 

 Stanton of Tennessee, by William Sawyer of Ohio, and by 

 Jefierson Davis of Mississippi ; after which the committee 

 rose without coming to a conclusion. 



April 23, 1846. 



At the House, Linn Boyd moved a resolution to close 

 debate in Committee of the Whole on the state of the 

 Union on the Smithsonian bequest bill in half an hour after 

 taking it up in committee. Joseph R. Ingersoll pleaded for 

 an hour and a half. James Graham, of North Carolina, 

 moved to lay the resolution on the table ; which was done, 

 and the House went into committee again, Armistead Burt 

 in the chair, and resumed the consideration of the bill. 



Charles J. Ingersoll informed the House that the mana- 

 gers of the conference upon the notice of disagreement had 

 unanimously agreed upon a report, but that it could not be 

 communicated to this House until it should have been acted 

 upon in the Senate. 



George P. Marsh, of Vermont, made an hour speech upon 

 the Smithsonian bequest bill — one of the best speeches ever 

 delivered in the House, but not much in support of the bill. 

 His desire is to apply a very large portion of the annual in- 

 terest upon the fund to the establishment of a public librar3^ 



Isaac E. Morse, of Louisiana, followed, to whom Owen 

 replied, and was followed by John S. Chipman, of Michi- 

 gan, against the bill. The committcee rose, and Owen 

 moved a resolution to close the debate in Committee of the 

 Whole. Joseph R. Ingersoll moved to amend by inserting 

 three hours; but the resolution itself was laid on the table, 

 ninety-three to forty-four. Owen asked if a resolution al- 

 lowing an hour and a half would be acceptable. 



I requested him not to renew the question in any form, as 

 I wished to oft'er a substitute for the whole bill. Objection 

 was made to this. I moved a suspension of the rules — 

 which was carried. I proposed my substitute which I had 

 prepared this morning ; it was referred to the Committee of 

 the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be 

 printed. The consideration of the bill was then postponed 

 to next Monday. 



