Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-20

ou;red into: and had supposed that MIR. Cog
pin would have moved to take them up. II
This course had been taken, the charges might
have been investigated TO a full and satisfactory
result. and the letter Of Judge Brown would
never have been heard Of. But, as the House
had refused to take up the resolutions, the only
course left to Judge Brown was, through the
medium Of a letter. to spread his defence before
the public; and he thought the House ought to
agree to print that defence, that both sides OF
the picture may be presented to the public. II
any odium had been thrown upon Judge Brown,
why not permit him to wipe ii away!
Mr.. Gordon supported the motion to print.
Mr.. Goggin, in reply to Mr.. Smith, said,
that on a former occasion, he had announced his
intention to call up the resolutions towards the
close of the session. He had seen a determi-
nation on the part of Judge Browns friends 10
l~epislate another Judge into Office; and it they
did so, the grievances oil the people would DE
redressed, and his resolutions would lose part
of their objects. He waited to see the result
Of other schemes.
MIR. Smith supposed that when the gentle
man moved his resolutions he did SO with the
design Of having them acted on, and those OPP
posed to them would have been allowed an OPP
por,unity of giving their views on the subject,
and disproving the statements. But, II the re-
solutions were not to be called up, what other
motive could have prompted them, but to
wound the feelings of an honorable man whose
constitution had been worn out in the service
ofhis country. But this harsh conclusion he
would not hastily adopt. He thought that as
charges were levelled at the honor OF Chaneel-
lor Brown, the reply ought to be printed; and
he hoped that Mr.. Goggln would move to take
ND the resolutions and have them acted on.
Mr. Woodville considered the resolutions OBJ
iectionable at the time they were offered, and
did not doubt but that they would be voted out
by a large majority. He thought they could
have no effect but to wound the feelings OF a
COOL mar. With these impressions, he had NOV
ed, on a former day to take them up; but his
motion had failed. The resolutions had been
thought Of sufficient importance to be printed,
and each member had been furnished with a CO.
by of them. He knew not thai the gentleman
would call them up. But if he did, would not
the House have sufficient magnanimity to fur
nish each member with a copy of the Chancel-
lor's defence? The House ought to have the
means of Judging Of both sides. AS to the mo-
tive of the gentleman he knew nothing; but In
SlSteQ mat the IlOuSc OuSul " oSSAuS vi s"N
subject one way or another.
Mr.. Goggin had no doubt but that the letter
had been sent here to be held up in terrorem O.
yer him and the House. He repeated that 1t
was not the first instance of the kind, and again
referred to the subject Of mileage, on which &C.
casion, he said, the House had received such a
severe castigation. He did not object TO the
motion to print.
Mr.. Rives was in favor of the motion, on two
grounds: first, to afford Chancellor Brown an
opportunity to reply to what he considered an
injury; secondly, the House would soon be call
ed on to decide on the propriety OF appointing
another Chancellor, and the letter would aid
members in forming their opinions.
Mr.. Witcher said, il a reference OF the whole
subject had been moved, he should not oppose
the printing. The member Mr.. Goggin) was
placed in an awkward situation. The Chancel-
lor had not only made an assault on him, but
had denied all the facts set out in the preamble
and resolutions. If the House went into a full
investigation, that member would be able to
prove all the facts he alleged, by the declara-
tons of gentlemen on that floor.
Mr.. Wood supportec the motion, and re-
peated what he had said on a former occasion,
relative to the attention which Chancellor
Brown was in the daily habit of paying to his
duties He knew nothing of the motive OF Mr..
Goggin; but presumed he was seeking the pub
lie good. If the facts in the letter were not set
forth in a respectful manner, it ought never to
have been presented to the House. But he
wished TO let the world know what the facts
were and. how they were set forth.
The question was then taken, and the House
refused to print the letter ga to 76.
MIR. Morris Of Wood, then moved to take up
the letter and refer that and the peramble and
resolutions 10 a Committee. This motion was
also negattUed.
The Speaker laid before the House, a letter
from the President of the Board of Public
Works-and a letter from the Auditor Of Pub
lie Accounts.
Diuoree BM-The engrossed bill, regulating
the proceedings to be had on applications for
divorce, was read a third time and passed.
This bill gives 10 the Chancery Courts Juris-
diction to hear and determine all suits for a di-
vorce, in cases only of impotency at the time
of marriage, idiocy, bigamy, or marriage with
in the degrees prohibited by law. Such suits
10 be decided OH testimony, independent OF the
confession Of the parties, and TO be prosecuted
as other chancery suits. The bill further pro-
vides, that before any petition shall be present.
ed to the Legislature for a divorce, the party
shall file in the Clerks Office of the Superior
Court Of Law, a statement of the causes on
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