able fact that the repeal of the four years' term act
received in the Senate a vote of 31 to 16, and that
among the majority we find the celebrities of both
parties, such as Bell, Benton, Calhoun, Clay, Clay-
ton, Ewing, Frelinghuysen, Mangum, Poindexter,
Preston, Southard, Tyler, Webster, and White;
while among those sustaining the four years' act
there were, of well-known names, only Buchanan,
Silas Wright, and King of Alabama. Even such
friends of General Jackson as Benton and White
voted for the repeal. But the reformatory effort
did not go beyond the Senate, and was therefore
fruitless.

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