Mr. McDowell then moved an adjournment; which was negatived—55 to 38.
The question was then taken on the second resolution, upon which the yeas and nays were exactly the same as upon the first.
The question on the third was concurred in, 61 votes being for it.
Saturday, March 2.
EVENING SITTING.
Law of Retaliation.
Mr. Otis called the order of the day on the bill vesting the power of retaliation, in certain cases, in the President of the United States; when
Mr. Dent moved to postpone the consideration of this bill until the next session of Congress; which motion was negatived—35 to 32.
The House then went into a Committee of the Whole on this bill, and after some discussion, and an amendment being introduced into the preamble of the bill by Mr. Dayton, (the Speaker,) to make it apply generally to any acts of severity that may be committed by the French Republic in pursuance of any violent decree, instead of applying particularly to the decree declaring American citizens, found on board vessels of their enemy, pirates, and liable to suffer death, the committee rose, and the amendment was concurred in.
The question being, "Shall this bill pass?"