The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-02-20

then required that he should desist, till he coulc
reduce the offensive words to writing, and ap
peal to the House ON the question of order
The Speaker said he did not hear the word.
alleged to have been spoken, and that, if they
were addressed to some person in the vicinity
and not to the House, it was not a breach Of
order. Mr.. Smythe then admitted speaking
the offensive words, apologized to the House
tor the same, and proceeded with his speech
The same evening, in the course of Mr.
Wright's speech, he was about to read a mas.
sage in support of his argument, from Mr.
Buchanans letter, but was stopped by the
Speaker, because it was not in order, in debate
10 ailude to the opinions of any member, given
when not in the House. When Mr. Wright
had concluded, Mr. Kremer read letter,
which, he said purported to have been written
by one John G. Wright, and inquired if the
gentleman from Ohio knew any thing about it.
The object of reading the letter was, to show
an inconsistency between the opinions now held
by Mr.. Wright, and those formerly avowed by
him, and thus subject him to ridicule Yet he
was allowed by the Speaker to read it through
without interruption. When he sat down, Mr.
Wright rose, and said that he held in his hand
a paper, purporting to be an indictment, found
by the grand jury of Northumberland county,
Penn., against one George Kremer, for PERU
ry, and inquired if it would be in order to read
1t. The Speaker said, Z" Certainly not" Mr.
kremer then said, in loud tone, II am the
man. He was called to order He, however.
continued to interrupt the debate which follow
ed, saying he was the man, till the Speaker
said, that, as subject had been introduced, cal
culated to fix stain on the gentleman's char
acter, he had right to explain Mr.. Kremer
then detailed the circumstances relating to an
indictment, found against him for perjury in
rfutK, a,1I fl,A al. I.
quilted him without leaving their seats Mr.
Wright then said he had no intention of read
ing the bill, nor had he asked leave to he only
inquired whether it would be in order so to do
he would, however, inform the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, that the transaction he had ex-
planned, had no connection, whatever, with the
one which was the subject of the paper in his
hand
The House has not yet taken up the subject
of the tariff. The bill, reported by the Com
mittee, is not approved of generally by the
friends of the American System. 1t contains
provisions calculated to prevent its passage
Whenever it shall be called up, amendments
will probably be offered. Its fate is altogether
doubtful Fpn 10
Yesterday we had spirited debate, in the
House, on the subject of printing the docu-
ments, relative to the execution of the six
militia men. These documents were commu-
nicated by the Secretary of War, in pursuance
of a resolution of the House. After lying on
the table some time, at the request of Gen.
Jackson's friends, in order that they might
have an opportunity TO examine them before
they were printed, and see if any thing further
was required to make them complete, resolu-
ton was passed, fortnight since, referring
them to the Military Committee, with direc-
lions to have them printed. Day after day
o..A4 .&a1 H..
pear, although inquiries were made why
the printing was not done but the question
was evaded, till, at length, the Chairman of
the Military Committee came into the House
with report upon the documents, in which a
labored effort was made to lchite1cdSh the con-
duct of Gen. Jackson, and moved that the re-
port be printed Nth The dOcanlents From
these premises, the conclusion is irresstably
drawn. that the friends of Gen. jackson dared
not let the documents go forth to the public,
and be Judged according to the evidence they
should furnish, without a labored vindication
OF his conduct The printing of the report and
documents was opposed on the ground, that the
report was one-sided statement of the case,
calculated to give erroneous view of it., and
that, as the documents were very volumnous,
the natural consequence would be, that the re-
port would be read, and its statement of~the
facts relied upon, without an examination of
the documents, and thus an effect would be pro-
duced, altogether different from what would be
done by the documents alone. 1t was also
said that the committee had made a new ar
rangement OF the papers, for the purpose of
leading to a confusion of the facts A close
was finally put to the debate by resort to the
precious question, on the part of the majority,
which, by rule of the House, precludes far
Their debate. This mode of gagging the mi
nority, which should never be resorted to but
IN extraordinary cases, after an unnecessarily
protracted debate, was thus enforced on the
first day of the discussion. 1t is, indeed, sub
lect which the Jackson men do not wish to
hear much about. One point, however, is gain
ed-the documents will be published to the
world, and the naked truth aoiN be rerealed, in
spite of the embarrassing report.