Removal of Federal Judges on the Address of Congress.
Amendment to the Constitution.
Mr. J. Randolph, agreeably to notice given by him yesterday, made the following motion:
Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following article be submitted to the Legislatures of the several States, which, when ratified and confirmed by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the said States, shall be valid and binding as a part of the Constitution of the United States:
The Judges of the Supreme, and all other courts of the United States, shall be removed from office by the President, on the joint address of both Houses of Congress requesting the same.
The House having agreed to consider the motion, it was, at the instance of Mr. J. Randolph, referred to a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. J. Randolph gave notice that he should call up this motion on Thursday.
Naval Peace Establishment.
The House went into a Committee of the Whole on the bill relative to a Naval Peace Establishment.