Mr. EATON then moved to add the following as an amendment:

“If any objection shall arise to the vote or votes of any state, it shall be filed in writing and entered on the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives; but the two Houses shall not separate until the entire votes are counted and reported, which report shall be liable to be controlled and altered by the decision to be made by the two Houses, after their separation, relative to any objections that may be made, and entered on the journals, provided no objection taken shall be considered valid unless concurred in by the two Houses.”

This amendment was opposed by Mr. HAYNE and Mr. VAN BUREN, on the ground that it was now too late to attempt to provide in anticipation for such an occurrence; that the Senate had, at the last session, passed a bill providing for every possible contingency for which the Constitution prescribed no rule, which bill the House of Representatives had not acted on; that, therefore, if any difficulty should arise on the present occasion, the Senate could not be reproached for it; that as it was now too late to expect the two Houses to concur in any regulations of the kind, in time for the government of the proceedings to take place to-morrow, it was better to leave the remedy to be provided for in any case of difficulty that might unexpectedly arise, &c. &c.