Friday, April 18.
Disputed Elections of President, &c.
Mr. Nicholson called for the order of the day on the bill prescribing the mode of deciding disputed elections of President and Vice President of the United States.
Mr. Harper moved that it be postponed till Monday.
Mr. Nicholson, after expressing his abhorrence of the principles contained in the bill, then moved that it be postponed till the first Monday in December next.
Messrs. Harper, Dana, Rutledge, and Marshall, opposed this motion; and Messrs. S. Smith, Gallatin, Randolph, Nicholson, and Nicholas, supported it.
The question was taken by yeas and nays, and decided in the negative—yeas 48, nays 52.
Mr. Harper's motion for postponement till Monday, was then agreed to—ayes 54.