Wednesday, February 6.
The bill sent from the House of Representatives, entitled "An act further to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States and France, and the dependencies thereof, and for other purposes," was read a third time.
On motion to add the following proviso to the fourth section:
"Provided, That a notice of not less than nineteen days of the opening commerce with the French Republic, or any port or place under the Government thereof, by authority of this act, and of not less than thirty days of the revocation of any order issued by the President, by virtue of this act, shall be given:"
It was determined in the negative—yeas 13, nays 14, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Bloodworth, Brown, Chipman, Gunn, Langdon, Livermore, Lloyd, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Read, and Tattnall.
Nays.—Messrs. Bingham, Davenport, Foster, Goodhue, Greene, Hillhouse, Latimer, Paine, Ross, Sedgwick, Stockton, Tracy, Watson, and Wells.
On motion to amend the motion, to be read as follows:
"Provided, That notice shall be given, of not less than thirty days, of the revocation of any order issued by the President, by virtue of this act:"
It was determined in the affirmative—yeas 18, nays 10, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Bingham, Chipman, Davenport, Foster, Goodhue, Greene, Hillhouse, Howard, Latimer, Livermore, Lloyd, Marshall, Paine, Sedgwick, Stockton, Tracy, Watson, and Wells.
Nays.—Messrs. Anderson, Bloodworth, Brown, Langdon, Martin, Mason, Read, Ross, and Tattnall.
And on the question to agree to the motion thus amended, it was determined in the negative.
And having agreed to several amendments to the bill, the question on the final passage thereof, as amended, it was determined in the affirmative—yeas 18, nays 10, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Bingham, Chipman, Davenport, Foster, Goodhue, Greene, Hillhouse, Howard, Latimer, Livermore, Lloyd, Paine, Ross, Sedgwick, Tracy, Watson, and Wells.
Nays.—Messrs. Anderson, Bloodworth, Brown, Gunn, Langdon, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Read, and Tattnall.