Litchfield enquirer., 1832-05-31


 heshave obtained? Mir. A. said he had all hts life been accustomed to speak hts senti- Enents freely. He should continue to do 30 At every hazard, and sooner than have them restrained, he would consent that the p0ign. ard should be plunged tn his heart that his blood should be poured down the guIters, and lapped by the dogs in the street. These were times which called upon the Representatives Ofthe American peOple to speak their seati-. Inents freely. (To speak, but not 10 act, far it was out of their powerto act in that HOuse.l For his part, he was for tinkering nO longer. But suppose the gentleman, from Ohio had gUne out and had been shot. would it have been a more aggravated escase that that of It would only have been mur- der, and none of the honorable gentlemen ad- mitted that the House had power to punish murderers. What punishment then would have been provided for ihis poor miserable South CarOlinian He was citizr n of the United States, and the other, whose case had been acted upon, if he understood the matter. was not, but was citizen of the Cherokee Nation beyond the limits of the Arkansas Territory. But here was free citizen of the United States, who had done only what was common in his country. Suppose the case should be pursued, and adjudged tO he breach of privilege, what would the House do with Davis Could they in0ict a greater punishment upon him than they had just in- fiicted upon the man, in regard tQnlEbOm majority of the House had said tiNt they would not exclude from the privilagsd seats Of that Hall man who had knockSd Town member ofthat House, beattG hid broken his bones, but. on the contraryAl declared by their decision, that he sh6aldF permit. fnNH fsNs sAaA1r belt and a dirk in his bosorffi
 Mr. Boon here inserposed land inquired of the Chair whether Mir. HH 0n was now on trial :? The Speaker pron' i6c the gentle man from Tennessee ta1ae 1apfdsr.
 Mr. A resumed 4 <AeFaid that a6 nan who | had committed sy aG offence. been sol- | emnly permitted vote of the House to ! prowl about it's l1A es unmolested, although ] it was in proof e had, within few feet | of the Speak kerS decared that he would right the wrong in that House, or in the court of Heaven. and although it had been with the b utmost difficulty that he hsd been restrained from carrying his ttiFaat into execution with in the precincts of this sacred temple of Iiber- ty. and had added hrofahity to his threat; yet the House had declared him tO be a fit com paDiOn for themselves. and by their vote had said to such man. q Hail, fellow, well met"
 Here the Chair reminded the gentleman from Tennessee that it was not in order to reflect upon any decision of the House.
 MT. A. then said he believed that such man was prepared to commit any crime with n. the whole catalogue of human villany. He lid not know but he should have Spanish 'tilettO slipped under his ear, and his jugulars ut for these very remarks. If such an as- ault should take place. it would be an even :hance who would be punished-the aggres- or or the pers0D on whom the outrage was ( committed. It had been said in his hearing 1 y member of this House, that Gov. HOus. ( on deserved the thanks of the House for his i purse of proceeding in this case. After what i lad there taken place, he disired to see no nore such trials. He viewed the result of r hat case as glorious acquittal of the accus- U d-with that result he should oppose all Il rosecutions for inferior offences in tuture.- b de was not prophet. nor the son of proph- b t, but 1t was not difficult to predict what gem lemen might soon expect. Had not mem- Ter of that House, in open debate, expressed f rom his place his appreciation of the conduct b ,f this man? lc
 When MT. A. heard such sentiment, and h rom such source, it fell like thunder upon ( is ears. If such sentiments were openly ut- n cred within the House, what might be ex. r 'ected without ? He had even seen cari. a sture representing the honorable gentleman s rom Ohio lying upon his hack, with his hands nd feet raised, and nttering the words which E ad been put into his mouth by ihe Senator ( rom Missouri; but if Mir. A. had been in the | lace of the Senator from Missouri, he would [ 'ot have suffered one dog to worry another , n the manner that Houston had treated a member of that House in his presence.--l { These were his views of the matter, and, as he House had solemnly decided that such an offence was to be punished only by a gentle he thought the case of the gentle- man from Ohio had much better be indef- niteIy postponed.
 Mr. Stanberry now rose and said, that he had, .on a former occasion, declared that the President of the United States had encOura- ged assaults Of this nature, and there was not gentleman on the floor who had ventnred to contradict the assertion. He had offered at that time to prove it-he now reiterated that 0ifer--he was prepared with witnesses and in half au hour could have them before the House. If the gentleman from Tennessee did not like ths interruptions to business. let him go Fl laces; aad there exert his influence, N ". in preventing the oc- casiOn f0r thels MT. s. made the assertion | again. and said he had witnessesfeady to in- I trod1ce before the House at any hour that. should be agreedsOn.
 Mr. Polk. Witnesses of what
 Mr., .St0nberry. Witnesses that the Presi-