Friday, March 7.
Privileges of Foreign Ministers.
The Senate resumed the third reading of the bill to prevent the abuse of the privileges and immunities enjoyed by foreign Ministers within the United States.
A motion was made to strike out the first, second, and third sections of the bill. Whereupon, a division of the question was called for; and on the question to strike out the first section, it was determined in the affirmative—yeas 23, nays 7, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Adair, Anderson, Baldwin, Bayard, Bradley, Condit, Gaillard, Gilman, Hillhouse, Howland, Kitchel, Logan, Maclay, Moore, Pickering, Smith of Maryland, Smith of Ohio, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of Vermont, Stone, Sumter, Thruston, and White.
Nays.—Messrs. Adams, Mitchill, Plumer, Smith of New York, Tracy, Turner, and Worthington.
And on the question to strike out the second section of the bill, it was determined in the affirmative—yeas 21, nays 9, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Baldwin, Bayard, Bradley, Condit, Gaillard, Gilman, Hillhouse, Howland, Kitchel, Logan, Maclay, Moore, Pickering, Smith of Maryland, Smith of Ohio, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of Vermont, Stone, Sumter, and Thruston.
Nays.—Messrs. Adair, Adams, Mitchill, Plumer, Smith of New York, Tracy, Turner, White, and Worthington.
And on the question to strike out the third section of the bill, it was determined in the affirmative—yeas 27, nays 3, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Adair, Adams, Anderson, Baldwin, Bayard, Bradley, Condit, Gaillard, Gilman, Hillhouse, Howland, Kitchel, Logan, Maclay, Moore, Pickering, Plumer, Smith of Maryland, Smith of New York, Smith of Ohio, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of Vermont, Stone, Sumter, Thruston, Turner, and White.
Nays.—Messrs. Mitchill, Tracy, and Worthington.
And the bill having been further amended, on the question, Shall this bill pass? it was determined in the negative—yeas 4, nays 24, as follows:
Yeas.—Messrs. Adams, Plumer, Smith of Ohio, and Thruston.
Nays.—Messrs. Adair, Anderson, Baldwin, Bayard, Bradley, Condit, Gaillard, Gilman, Hillhouse, Howland, Kitchel, Logan, Maclay, Moore, Pickering, Smith of New York, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of Vermont, Stone, Sumter, Tracy, Turner, White, and Worthington.
So the bill was lost.