The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-05-22

IidstHu. " WI Dfithf ana AFTER Tie WITH ffd
ding Il tins bill. se,iaus tn iis ,,.ssagel
Mr. Forsyth, of Grorgia, rasr IN nj,
isce, AND desired lhlt paper, ahuh h,
heId ia ms hand, mght be received ant
iead,
NJ Webster desired Of The chair 10 b,
informed whether the conpllhnce wit
such request WAS in Order:
The chair replied, a gentleman desires
that paper which he holds, may b. rrac
to the Ho"sr. lfno objections are offered
the reading nill he ordered.
Mr.. Webster said, that If the paper re-
lated 70 any subject before the House, n,
supposed II might properly be read, ifnot
he should suppose II out Of ulder.
The Speaker desired the gentleman
from Georgia To state briefly, the nature oi
the paper III wished Ia present.
Air. Forsyth stated that it MAS protest
drawn up 10y the Delegation fro Grng,a
on the subject OF the late treaty with the
Creek natl"u, the object of which vas tQ
save The nights ut the asthorties of Geor.
g'a, which might be lnteIferred with by
that instrument,
Mr. Webster objected to its being read
nj tins trTfe.
Mr.. Forsyth then said he should accom-
pany the paper by a resolution. IN which
case ITS reading would be in orders.
The char replied that the hour for the
presentation of resolutions bad elapsed.
Mr.. Forsyth thrn desired leave of the
HOUSE to present the resolution.
The thar then was about to put the
Y esllon on snsPendIng the rule of the
House, which limits the presentation OF
resolutions 10 the first hour: when
MIR. Storrs asked, if that rule should be
suspended, whether the frst question then
before the House would not BIZ on the res
oIutIon offered by his colleague, (Nr.
GarnseyJ aud the amendment TO il, the
consideration of which had been cut short,
II consequence of the hours having ex-
pred
The Chair replied that il would.
Mr.. Bassett Thea asked If the rule might
not be suspended specially, a. wei as
generdty7 Tue chair replied that it
NIGH, # such should be the pIeasnre OF
the House.
The qucstion on suspendng the rule was
then put (which requires two thirds
to carry it, AID decided in the negatives
Ayes 80, Noes CT.
When the bill came up, Mr.. Stevenson,
Of Pa said:
Mr. Speaker, This morning, a member
from Georgia presented To this House 4
paper Or a protest on behalf of the driega.
ton from gros which he declared con-
talned the views of the delegation from
that state, on the subject of the treaty
with the Creek Indians, and asked that il
might be Rad, 1t having referred 10 bills
when would come up to be DE-, de1 i'm
mcdatry. The reading was objected To
hy the sentlrm from Mass, Mr.. Web
ster) and the hour having elapsed that IS
devoted to resolutions and motions, II was
drcided by the Speaker tn1t 1t could not
be received. A motion was then made to
suspend the rule limiting he hour, for the
purpose of receiving this paper. This was
also, objectel to by the gentleman from
Massachusetts; and, by a rigid appca-
ton OF d rule requiring two-thrds To sus-
pend the rule, the delegation ftom Geor,
gla was prevented from Offering their de.
cldratlon or protest, although 80 voted for
its reception and only 81 against it. And
now, sir, tho bulls referring to the Creek
treaty come up on their third reading, and
are TO BIZ passed, without the members
from Georgia having an opportunity to
present to the House paper which the,
think an act OF duty I" their state to have
read before the passage of these ills Sir,
| know not the contents of that paper !,
but am satisfied, from the character of
those who offer 1t, that il is couched in
respectful terms. 1t IS Just that they
should have an opportunity of being heard
before the question ON the passage of these
bills is decded. Surely the measures of
this morning seem To Justify the charge of
III unklnd course having been pursued to.
wards Georgia. 1t offers some proof that
there Is spirit, of severity exercised by
some towards her. Sir, cannot be salts
fed with this. | "ll.feel for every mem
her of this patton. No State can ever
,hew that injustice has been done her, and
appeal to the People of this nation ia
vain. ledr that injustice has been done
20 Georgia there are at least, some evil
dences oft The nation may be slow to
believe her story, bnt, once CONVINCED, it
will redress her wrongs. What, sir, has
II cone to this, that the delegation of
state, and one of the old States too, has
a-krd the reading Of a paper presented BY
til. m to this House, and this has been de.
MED denied by a minority of the House
too 1t is not merely an act of courtesy,
II is an act of Justice, to hear the State,
and before the passage ofthese bills too.
therefore move that the question on
the passage of this bill be postponed until
Tomorrow In order that the delegation
of Georgia shall have an opportunity to
lay their protest before the House within
the regular time, and before the question
on the passage of the bills.
Mr.. Forsyth said he felt sensible Of the
kindness of the gentleman from Pennsyl-
,ania. The protest had not been read,