Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-11
Congress Of the United st6tes.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
THURSDAY, December 6.

Thursday LccsHVel -
mr. BACON said he held in his hands three
n,ono,itions which he deemed It ms ol1y
= spp,Lm;t 70 the house. They were1not tor
The regulation of the great concerns WIN
forf ion : nations, but for the necessary oo,ee'
Of regulating themselves, Il woula pc seea :.
that these resolutions had not grown out 81
arv personal considerations, nor out OF any
sart;cular case, but out of the serious evIls
r. uh;ch the house had been exposed by the
want of such regulations from the COM
,r.,cement of the government. La 1880
the evil had risen to such height that e'.e
house had uneqaivocally expressed IT'S OPP
MON it.x Mr.. Bacon said ne telt 1t MS
la,y to express his sense on the SUBJECT ~
laying has resolutions onthe ta'ae' ana il,o.e
particularly as he understood that the sup
iect was now agitated in the committee ap-
pointed to draft rules and orders tor the'go-
vernment of the house. lie Wouid mercy
remark that the resolutions mfght NOT DC
correct in form, or they might be altogether
erroneous in principle. he was not anxious
as to the particular form !; but aesWas decf,
dedIy in favor of the general object, and
wished to take the sense OF the. mouse upon
It. For himself he WAS well prepored to
act on them rbut for the convenience OF
sothers he wished them to lie on the table. 3
Resolved, That the committee appointed
N report on the rules and orders tor the
government of the house, do report rule
declaring, s That if any member in the
course Of debate shall make use OF opPro-
bious or vilifying language with respect to
any member, or call into question the int
pritv of his motives, or those OF e1ther
branch of the government in relation to the
discharge of his official duties, except on
motion for impeachment or tor other inter-
position of the constitutional powers OF this
house-or apply to either indecorocs or re-
nroachful expressions shall be deemed
= breach Of the orders Of the house.
That said committee be instructed fur
Their to report rule declaring, : That IT
any person during the session OF Congress,
whether member of the house or not, shall
give or send to any other member during
his actual attendance at the seat OF govern.
ment, a challenge to fight duel, or if the
member SO challenged shall accept the sama,
il shall be deemed breach of the privileges
of the house, as we'll an the part of such
members as on that of any other person
whether member or not, who shall be add
ing, a5etting or assisting IN giving or send
ing such challenge, or IN carrying the same
into effect, and every such lnomber shall be
held liable to be expelled from the house
therefor"
That said committee be further instruct
ed to report rule declaring, THAT it any
person during the session OF Congress, who
Their a member of the house or not, shall
commit personal violence or assault upon
any member during his actual attendance
at the seat Of government, it shall be deens-
ed breach of theSprivilegss OF she house,
as well on the part of thu person so assault
inn, as on that of any other person who
shall be aiding, abetting, or assisting there
in, and such person, it a member, shall-he
held liable to be punished therefor, at the
discretion of the house"
Ordered to lie on the table.
Jlr. Mac9n obse rived that the committee
to draft rules and regulations for
the government of the house would sit on
SATURDAY..
l4r. Bacon then said he should call for
the consideration of his motion to-mor-
row.
abolition Of Drazutacks, SIC.
Mr.. Fan Horn said that on Friday last
gentleman from North Carolina Mr.. Ma |