Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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July 13, 1848

Mr. HUDSON2Open page would move to reconsider the vote by which the Sergeant-at-arms had been ordered to arrest the absentees.

The SPEAKER decided the motion out of order, as the order of the House had already been executed.

Mr. HUDSON moved, . . . to dispense with any further proceeding in the call, and that those gentlemen who had been fined have their fines remitted.

. . . . Mr. BOTTS3Open page moved the previous question---in order, he remarked, that they might get to the public business.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Virginia being one of the gentlemen in custody of the Sergeant-at-arms, the Chair cannot recognize him. (Great laughter.)

Mr. Lincoln, remarking that he believed he was still a member moved the previous question.4Open page