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the same time, to embarrass the Administration. The original 
bill held out a definite threat of widespread non-intercourse 
with British colonies if Great Britain did not recede ; the sub- 
stitute provided nothing for this contingency except that the 
suspended acts of 1823, 1820, and 1818 should cease to be sus- 
pended. The substitute bill definitely suspended until Decem- 
ber 31, the offensive act of 1823, except in so far as it imposed 
discriminating duties; the original repealed it on condition 
that Great Britain should recede first. The question resolved 
itself into a matter of pride. The original aimed to save the 
Administration’s pride by compelling Great Britain to recede ; 
the substitute aimed to make the Administration swallow its 
pride in order to regain the British colonial trade. Those who 
preferred the latter were in a majority; the substitute bill 
was adopted by a vote of 32 to 10.®® 
The bill adopted by the Senate was transmitted for ap- 
proval to the House, which was already in the midst of a dis- 
cussion of a bill similar in character to the one originally sub- 
mitted in the Senate. In order to save time, as the session 
was nearing its close, the House laid aside its own bill and con- 
sidered that already adopted by the Senate. This bill, as it 
stood, was not satisfactory to the majority in the House who 
wished to provide expressly for the contingency of Great 
Britain’s not revoking her order in council and admitting 
American vessels to her colonial ports. By a vote of 80 to 56, 
therefore, the Senate bill was amended to provide that if the 
President’s proclamation was not issued on or before Decem- 
ber 31, 1827, then the acts of 1820 and 1818 should revive and 
be in full force and the act of 1823 together with the first sec- 
tion of the Senate bill should be repealed and annulled.®^ 
The Senate disagreed to the amendment of the House, but 
the latter insisted on its amendment and asked for a confer- 
ence. The conference was unable to reach any agreement. 
Whereupon, the House having voted to adhere to its amend- 
ment, an attempt was made by the chairman of the Committee 
on Commerce in the Senate to have that body concur in the 
amendment. This attempt was defeated by a vote of 25 to 20, 
and by an exactly similar vote the Senate decided to adhere to 
its own bill and not agree to the House. Thereupon the Sen- 
Register of Debates, III, 495, 496. 
Ibid., Ill, 1496, 1501-1507. 
