rom 5 to 40 years, and fine of
$1000 to $10,000 (Chandler's amendment: _Ibid._, p. 228).
5. Forfeiture of all property, and imprisonment (Pitkin:
_Ibid._, p. 188).
6. Death (Smilie: _Ibid._, pp. 189-90; bill reported to House,
Dec. 19: _Ibid._, p. 190; Senate bill as reported to House,
Jan. 28).
[34] Smilie: _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 189-90.
[35] Tallmadge: _Ibid._, p. 233; Olin: _Ibid._, p. 237.
[36] Ely: _Ibid._, p. 237.
[37] Smilie: _Ibid._, p. 236. Cf. Sloan: _Ibid._, p. 232.
[38] Hastings: _Ibid._, p. 228.
[39] Dwight: _Ibid._, p. 241; Ely: _Ibid._, p. 232.
[40] Mosely: _Ibid._, pp. 234-5.
[41] Tallmadge: _Ibid._, pp. 232, 234. Cf. Dwight: _Ibid._, p. 241.
[42] Varnum: _Ibid._, p. 243.
[43] Elmer: _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 2 sess. p. 235.
[44] _Ibid._, p. 240.
[45] Holland: _Ibid._, p. 240.
[46] Early: _Ibid._, pp. 238-9; Holland: _Ibid._, p. 239.
[47] _Ibid._, p. 233. Cf. Lloyd: _Ibid._, p. 237; Ely:
_Ibid._, p. 232; Early: _Ibid._, pp. 238-9.
[48] _Ibid._, p. 484.
[49] This was the provision of the Senate bill as reported to
the House. It was over the House amendment to this that the
Houses disagreed. Cf. _Ibid._, p. 484.
[50] Cf. _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 2 sess. pp. 527-8.
[51] _Ibid._, p. 528.
[52] _Ibid._, p. 626.
[53] _Ibid._
[54] _Ibid._
[55] _Ibid._, pp. 636-8; _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 9 Cong.
2 sess. V. 616, and House Bill No. 219; _Ibid._, 10 Cong. 1
sess. VI. 27, 50; _Annals of Cong._, 10 Cong. 1 sess. pp.
854-5, 961.
[56] On account of the meagre records it is difficult to
follow the course of this bill. I have pieced together
information from various sources, and trust that this account
is approximately correct.
[57] Cf. _Senate Journal_ (repr. 1821), 9 Cong. 2 sess. IV.,
Senate Bill No. 41.
[58] _Annals of Cong._, 9 Cong. 1 sess. p. 438. Cf. above, Sec.
53.
[59] This amendment of the Committee of the Whole was adopted
by a vote of 63 to 53. The New England States stood 3 to 2 for
the death penalty; the Middle States were evenly divided, 3
and 3; and the South stood 5 to 0 against it, with Kentucky
evenly divided. Cf. _House Journal_ (repr. 1826), 9 Cong. 2
sess. V. 504.
[60] _Ibid._, V. 514-5.
[61] The substitution of the Senate bill was a victory for
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