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CONGRESS. (NON-INTEKCOUBSE.) 



W. Stewart, Strait, Struble, Swinburne, Symes, E. B. 

 Taylor, I. H. Taylor, Zachary Taylor, J. E. Thomas, 

 0. B. Thomas, Thompson, Wadsworth, Wait. Wake- 

 field, A. J. Weaver, Weber, West, A. C. White, Milo 

 White, Whiting 124. 



NOT VOTING Aiken, C. M. Anderson, Bacon, Bing- 

 ham, Boutelle, T. M. Browne, Buchanan, Burnes, 

 Caldwell, Felix Campbell, T. J. Campbell, Candler, 

 Clardy, Collins. Cooper, S. S. Cox, Croxton, Curtin, 

 Davenport, Eldredge. Ellsberry, Eustace Gibson, 

 Glover, Grosvenor, Henley, Lore Lowry, Mahoney, 

 McAdoo, Milliken, Payson, Pettibone, Phelps, Pid- 

 cock, Pindar, Kanney, Seed. Ecese, Sadler, Seney, 

 Charles Stewart, St. Martin, E. F. Stone, W. J. Stone 

 of Kentucky, W. J. Stone of Missouri, Throckinorton, 

 Trigs:, Viele, Van Schaick. Wade, Wallace, J. H. 

 Ward, Wellborn, Wheeler, Winans, Wolford, Wood- 

 burn 57. 



The measure was then passed by a vote of 

 256 yeas to one nay, Mr. Dougherty, of Florida, 

 voting in the negative. The Senate non-con- 

 curred in the House amendment, and a confer- 

 ence committee was appointed which failed to 

 come to an agreement. March 2, the subject 

 came up in the House, and there was a hot de- 

 bate as to whether that body should recede 

 from its amendment and accede to the limited 

 non-intercourse for which the Senate bill pro- 

 vided. It was determined by the following 

 vote to yield the point: 



YEAS G. E. Adams, C. H. Allen, C. M. Anderson, 

 J. A. Anderson, Atkinson, Baker. Barksdale, Bayne, 

 Bingham, Bound, Boutelle, T. M. Browne, C. E. 

 Brown, W. W. Brown, Brumm, Buchanan, Buck, 

 Bunnell. Burlcigh, Burrows, Butterworth, J. M. 

 Campbell, Cannon, Caswell, Conger, Crain, Cutcheon, 

 Dargan, Davis, Dingley, Doreey, Dunham, Ely, 

 Evans, Everhart, Farquhar, Felton, Findlay, Fleeger, 

 Ford, Fuller, Funston, Geddcs, Gilfillan, Goff, Gros- 

 venor, Grout, Guenther, Hale, Hall, Harmer, Hay- 

 den, Haynes, T. J. Henderson, Hepburn, Hermann, 

 Hiestand, Hires, Hiscock, Hitt, Holmes, Hopkins, 

 Houk, Jackson, James, F. A. Johnson, J. T. John- 

 ston, Kelley. Kctcham, Kleiner, La Follette, Laird, 

 Lehlbach, Libbey, Lindsley, Little, Long, Lore, 

 Lyman, Markham, Martin, McComas, McKenna, Mc- 

 Kinley, Millard, Milliken, Mills, Moffatt, Morrill, 

 Morrow, Negley, Nelson, O'Donnell, O'Ferrall, 

 O'Hara, Charles O'Neill, J. J. O'Neill, Osborne, 

 Owen, Parker, Payne, Payson, Perkins, Peters, Pet- 

 tibone, Phelps, Plumb, Price, Eeed, Eice, Biggs, 

 Eockwell, Epmeis, Eowell, Eyan, Sawyer, Scranton, 

 Sessions. Skinner, Smalls, Spooner, Steele, Stephen- 

 son, J. W. Stewart.E. F. Stone, Strait, Struble, Swin- 

 burne, Symes, E. B. Taylor, 1. H. Taylor, Zachary 

 Taylor, J. E. Thomas, 6. B. Thomas, Thompson, 

 Van Eaton, Van Schaick, Wade. Wadsworth, \\ ake- 

 field, William Warner. A. J. Weaver, Weber, West, 

 A. C. White, Milo White, Woodburn, Worthington 

 148. 



NATS J. M. Allen, Bacon, Barbour, Barnes, Barry, 

 Belmont, Bennett, Blanchard, Bliss, Blount, Boyle, 

 C. E. Breckinridge, W. C. P. Breckinridge. Burnes, 

 Bynum, Cabcll," Caldwell, Felix Campbell, J. E. 

 Campbell, T. J. Campbell, Candler, Carleton, Catch- 

 ings, Clements, Cobb, Compton, Cowles, S. S. Cox, 

 W. E. Cox, Crisp, Croxton, Culbertson-Daniel, A. C. 

 Davidson, E. H. M. Davidson, Dawson, Dibble, Dock- 

 ery, Dougherty, Dunn, Eden, Eldredge, Ermentrout, 

 Fisher, Forney, Frederick, C. H. Gibson. Eustace Gib- 

 son, Glass, Green, Halsell, Hammond, Harris, Hatch, 

 Heard, Hemphill, J. S. Henderson, Herbert, Hill, 

 Holman, Howard, Hudd, Hutton, Irion, T. D. John- 

 ston, J. H. Jones, King, Laffoon, Lanham, Lawler, 

 Le Fevre, Levering, Lowry, Mahoney, Matson, May- 

 bury, McAdoo, McCreary, McMillin, McEae, Merri- 

 man, Miller, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrison, Murphy, 



Neal, Neece, Norwood. Gates, Outhwaite, Page, Peel, 

 Perry, Pindar, Eandall, Eanney, Eeagan, Eicnardson, 

 Eobertson, Eogers, Eusk, Savers, Scott, Seney, Sey- 

 mour, Shaw, Singleton, Sowden ; Springer, Stabl- 

 necker, St. Martin, W. J. Stone ol Kentucky, W. J. 

 Stone of Missouri, Storm. Swope, Tarsney, Taulbce. 

 J. M. Taylor, Tillman, Townshend, Trigg, Tucker, 

 Turner, Wallace J. H. Ward, T. B. WWcL A. J. 

 Warner, J. B. Weaver, Wellborn, Wheeler, Wilkins, 

 Willis, Wilson, Wise, Wolford 136. 



NOT VOTING J. J. Adams, Aiken, Ballcntine, 

 Bland, Brady, Bragg, Clardv, Collins, Comstock, 

 Cooper, Curtin, Davenport, Ellsberry, Foran, Gallin- 



fcr.Gay, Glover, Hanback, D. B. Henderson. Henley, 

 . T. Jones, Landes, Louttit, Muller, Pidcock, Eeese, 

 Sadler, Snyder, Spriggs, Charles Stewart, Throck- 

 morton, Viele, Wait, Whiting, Winans 35. 



Mr. Dougherty, of Florida, in the course of 

 the debate on the subject, deprecated all such 

 legislation. He said : 



" Mr. Speaker, upon this question no man 

 can say what action this House will take, but 

 in a few moments the position of the majority 

 will be defined, because they must decide one 

 way or the other. As far as I am concerned 

 as an individual Representative, this matter is 

 now just where I hope it will stop. I hope 

 that this House will not recede, and I hope 

 that the Senate will insist, and that this pro- 

 posed legislation will die, where many a piece 

 of legislation has died, in a committee of con- 

 ference. 



" During this whole discussion it has not been 

 discovered that any American citizen has been 

 deprived of any of his rights, because investi- 

 gation will show, so far as I am advised, that 

 each and every vessel that has been molested 

 in Canadian waters has been taken up in pur- 

 suance of a law which is not in derogation of 

 any treaty existing between the two Govern- 

 ments. It has not been claimed anywhere that 

 there has been any violation of the existing 

 treaty on the part of the English Government, 

 and the laws of Canada, of which we com- 

 plain, are in consonance with existing treaty, 

 and when Americans violate them they do so 

 at their own peril. No gentleman has claimed 

 that such is not the case, and the difficulty with 

 which we are brought face to face here is the 

 difficulty which has come to us wherever we 

 have had what is called diplomatic negotiation. 

 Except, perhaps, in the instance when a treaty 

 was negotiated with France during the Revo- 

 lution, men have been appointed to represent 

 this Government who have yielded everything 

 that the representatives of the opposing gov- 

 ernment asked, and obtained nothing for us. 

 Mr. Speaker, we are too fast in this matter. 

 This pending bill, if it be carried out, if its 

 provisions be put in force, is a virtual declara- 

 tion of war against the British Goverment, a 

 friendly power. I take no stock in this spread- 

 eagle, bloody, and patriotic war-talk. The 

 people of this country have had war enough, 

 they do not want any more without good rea- 

 son. I rely upon the good sense of the Amer- 

 ican people, and upon the good sense of the 

 English people, to adjust all difficulties ; and, 



