Excerpt from Register of Debates in Congress, Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the First Session of the Twenty-Fifth Congress, Vol. 14: Together With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and the Laws Enacted During the Session This being the day designated in the proclamation of the President oi the United States for a special meeting of both Houses of Congress, the Senate assembled in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol, at the usual hour of 12 o'clock. Hon. Richard M. Johnson, Vice President of the United States, called the Senate to order at 12 o'clock, when forty -two Senators appeared in their seats. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.