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FIFTH CONGRESS—.Second Session.
HOUSE, &c.—FEB. 8.
{ More about Lym.
THE evidence on the infalt
offered by Mr. Lyon, to Mr.
Griswold, being ended, the former
entered into an expbnation, not
diffimijir to that given before the
Committee of Privilege#, which'
has already been published. Af
ter which Mr. Champlin of Rhode-
Island, who had been previously
(worn, rose, and said the offence
7 whityfad been committed, war
of the most grofa fid violent na
ture, for which no provocation
would have, been an *pol°g/%
but the truth wai that the offerice;
originated on the part ^the geo#
[jicifefroth Verm vio
;&tfet„k against the political
character of the gentleman from
Connecticut, and his colleagues,
attributing their public coodud to
felfith viewiaod private interest;
' Which charge bad produced a re
h tort which the occasion folly juf
tided. ,Tbit violent offence waq
committed to the preferice afty4
Speaker bimfelfi ! H<ffl
.genikmao from Connecticut, re
, cooing kh; fima@§ reprrfed
hit feteufeht.;'ffl pHWfei
/ the paf^pffomt; he would
have made the memta fam Ver
inont expiate the offence on the
fpoc—
ft wai an offeree which went to
destroy all order and decorum ; to
degrade man at such, and to re
duce him to a level with the mein
eft reptile that crawlo, and nothing
Ih^rt of a vote which shall deprived
the member of hi# fra: wat equal
to the offence. He wa# aware
that an expu'fion was a severe
punifhmeot, with which every
man of common feeling must be
very sensibly affeded ; but it was
necessary to arooe for an offence
which the water# of the ocean
could not wash away ; and if
theirown dignity arid fixation re
quired it, gentlemen ought not to
ftartte at it ; for if the gentlemen
returned to the state of Vermont
in disgrace, it would be evident to
every one that it was necessary he
should do so, or, that the Hopfe
of Representative# of the United
State# must furrerder all claim to
propriety or dignity of conduct.
After some preliminary bufinef#,
the affair of Lyon was again tak
en op; when Mr. Harper com
plained of the grofi, and indecent
language of Lyon at the close of
hit defence, in faying, though in a
low voice , " I did not come here
to have my a—e kicked by every
body." The Chairman put the
offerfive expression in writing, but
not until after confidetable debate.
No question wat taken on it at
four o'clock, when the house ad
journed.
FEB 9. -
Mr. Harper said, he was under;
the necessity of performing a very
disagreeable duty ; it was a duty,
however, which he found himfelf
bound to perform, fioceno. other
member had thought proper to
undertake it. It must be recol*
leded, he laid, 6) many member!
of tbit house that the member
from Vermont, whose very extra
ordinary conduft hat been for
tome time the fubjed of difeuffioo,
yesterday, at the cooclufion of hi#
defence, made u(e of an exptef
fion so outrageous, so grof# and
indecent, that no gentleman yet
'had been able co repeat it ; and if
this expreflion could have been
buried in silence, he for one,
should have been in favor of it#
being so buried ; Qut, uofortunate
ly, tbit could not be the case, it
had not only been heard by ma
ny of thri member#, but by many
Granger# ; and he wat authoifed
to fay, it wb#abouc to appear in
one of the public Gazettes of thi#
qty. A, it could not, therefaty
be kept from public view, it was
necessary to take such notice of ify
mil deserved. Before he madefy
the fubje^ of a refohuton, be
fhoukl move "that the chairmen
of the committee of the whole,
^who heard it, be requested to
state precisely, in writing, the ex
pr^ffioD, and ^ time, place, and
^fanner in which it was uttered."
He did not with to put the gen
tleman to the painful talk of re.
hearing it, he wiffied only ih< tbe
should state it in writing.
M. Dent accordingly present
ed the offenfive words to the
chair. *
The house then again resolved
itfelf into a committee of the whole
on the report of the committee of
privilege#. Mr. Dent in the chair,
when a long debate ensued, which
was opened by Mr. Shepard, in
favor of the refoluriori.fr.He was
followed by Mr. Nicholas again ft
it. Meffri. Orii, Rutledge and
Sirgreaves followed, in favor of
the resolution. The latter 4^'
tieman moved to add to th: ^o
lotion, as an amendment, " ^@
for the gross indecency of ^:f
guage made use of in his defence;
before the committee of ,<he
whole." This amendment was
agreed to, after feme debate, 48
to 43- , 4
Mr. Morris (of Vermont) on.
Iy rose to observe that the menu
tier from Vermont (Mr. Lyon) in
the course of his defence of yeffer
dav, stated that co a former oc
casion he was intuited by a Sena
tor from Vermont (Mr. Chipman)
who gave his testimony before
this committee, and that he bad^
chastised that gentlemin for it.=
It is my doty to declate that this
assertion isabfokitely faife—that |
. have had the honor of the Sena
tot's acquaintance for many year#
—that he is highly refpefbbe in
his own country as a gentleman of
learning, abilities and integrity—,
that he was an officer in the A
merican army, saw actual service,
, and acquitted himfelf like a brave
man.
There seemed to be a great de
sire, very loudly expressed, that
the question should be taken be*
fore th; committee rose ; but Mr,
Sewall and Mr. Rutledge, both
appearing to have a desire to fprak
co the fubjeft, and it being near
four o'clock, the committee rose
and had leave to fit again.
Just before the committe rose,
the chairman informed the com
mittee he had received a letter
from Mr. Chipman, of the Sen
ate, io conkquence of what had
fallen from Mr. Lyon, in hi, de
fence of yesterday. The letter
wat requested to be read, and was
as follows :
SIR, ~ b
I feel it my doty, in this public
manner to vindicate myfelf against
an unwarranted attack on my
charader, by Mr. Lyon, yefler.
day, in the House of Represent,
tires. I learn chat he there afferfe
ed, that he had once chastised me
publickly for an affront which I
had given him. This affection of
Mr. Lyon is without foundation(
—ic is faffed — Nor can I coffee
cure to what circumflance Mr.
Lyon could have alluded, unleft it
might b^t ludicrous tranfaaion
which took place at Weftmiofter,
in the state of Vermont in Ite be
ginning of the year 4780, the cir
cumftaoce of which 1 beg learew
relate ?-