The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-02-12
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APPEAL BY ThE SPEAKER TO CiiE

he DID .AhEN W.T.. tLN1 rose
Yrom his place. and requested the indul-
t,cncc Of the House for few moments,
whil,, he asked it's attention TO u sub
.ieci, in which h. fsil himselfdeeplyc con
verucd. Anoir had appeared this NOR
Mug, in the Naliunal h,clIiSencer, un-
der ihc name, and with the authority,
as he presumed, Of u member of this
House from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Kre-
meI) which adopted, MS his own. a pre-
vious letter Published in another print,
containing seriuus and inidriods impnia-
,inn, again>, him. and which tl,e author
avowcd his readiness to sa5s,antia:e by
proof. These charges Implicated his
rondact in regard TO Ike pending Presi
DENTAL election ayl the responsibility
"r the station which the member holds,
who thus openly prefers them and that
II the people whom he represents, emit
Tic ihcm 10 grave attention. Ii might
be, iuired. worthy of consideration.
whether the character and dignity Of
The House itself did not require ii full
. investigation of them, AMI an impar-
tial decision on their truth. For, If
hey we're true, If he we're capable, and
base cnough, 10 helray me solemn trusts
which The Constitution had confided 10
him; if. yielding to personal views and
con-idcratiuns. he could comprumit the
hinhcSt interests Of his country, the
House would be- scandalizel by his
continuing to occupy the chair with
mlirh he had been so long honored in
presiding at its deliberations, and he
merited Instantaneous expulsion. With
out, however, presuming tn indicate
VIVA, The House NIGH, conceive it ought
10 du. on account of its owu purity aud
hnnnr, he hoped that he shnuld be al
lowed respectfully to solicit III behalf Of
Himself an inquiry into the truth Of the
cha gcs to which he referred. Stand
ing in the relations 60 the House, which
both tho member frum Pennsylvania and
himself did, it appeared t" him that
here was the PROPER place to institute
The inquiry, in order that, il guilty here
the proper punishment might he ap-
p!ird. and If Innocent, that here his
character and conduct may be viudica-
led. He anxiousIy hoped, therefore,
that the House would be pleased TO di
rect an investigation 10 be made into
HE truth OF the charges. Emana'ing
fr"m the source which they did. this
vns the only notice which he could
take ur them. II the Ii,use should
think proper to raise Committee, he
trusted that some other than the urdin-
AIRY mode pursued by the practice and
rules Of the House would he adopted
20 Appoint the Committee.
The SPEAKER having concluded his
observations. and called Mr.. TAYLOR to
,he Clmir, in his place
Mr.. FoKsFTH, OLGA. rose and said he
hoped that The address Of the Speaker
would be entered on he journal, aud tftal
the document, to which he had referred.
should he laid on The table and that The
address aud the document would be re-
ierrrd to II commil,ac of nine members,
10 h. chosen by ballot.
Mr.. KREMER, Of PA rnse, and said.
,f,upon an investigation bein" instituted.
n should appear that he had not suffi-
aieni reason 10 justify the statement he
bad made. he trusted he should receive
i'r marked Reproduction which lsAlsaen
>u@s"sre,Aby the Speaker. III
where it might, Mr.. K. said ~ rs
willing TO meet the inquiry. and @Hidr
She rrsuIt.-Mr. K. moved that the
. card" Of Tire Hon Speaker, referred
10 III =" another card' shonId also be re-
Ecrrcd tn the committee. and entered on
the Journal of the llousc.
Mr. Fon.YTRE said he had not in
'cn!e to make any destinct motion a
hout entering the card on the Jour.
nal Of the House; but had supposed
iSnrorsr ,has the Speaker $1,000 unica-
10 sRqili d5c entered on irnal,
AMI the paper which gave ffse i8it, be
referred TO committee. s.sW
Mr.. MERCER Of Virginia, felt some
difficulty as to the proper mode Of pro-
ccehiuSin this case, and the insertion
nf the Speakers address on the Jour
nal Of the House, on account Of the adj
dress having been orally delivered. He
bad never beard Of proceeding exact
actly OF this sort. 1t appeared TO him.
that the preferable way of bringing the
~nbjret before the House, would be for
he Speaker 70 address letter to the
Speaker protempore, setting forth the
cause Of the complaint which he had
verbally stated 10 the House, and IL
wouldthen he pr"Per-to refer that lei
ter TO any committee chat might be APP
pointed lie suggested this eourse IA
most becoming the House and it WAS
-. ~: II, could ooooa,ou 70 JeIay os a