Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-05-24

order in al,udipg TO events out Of which the
ptesent subject directly rose; or to the con.
duct Of Thai man who had said, close 10 the
Sneakers chair. that he would right the
wrong wherever gwen though they we're
told il was with the utmost difficulty he
was restrained, by a member Of that House,
from carrying bis threat into execution at
! the time. Yet this man a majority Of the
| House had decided 10 be a fit companion of
their deliberations.
The Speaker here informed the member
from Tennessee, hat il was not in order to
reflect on 10 decisions of the House.
Mr.. Arnold resumed He did not wish TO
transgress the bounds of order; but he had
felt il his duty to say thus much Of a man,
whom ne believed to be prepared to execute
any crime whatever, in the whole catalogue
Of human villany. Yes, (said Mr.. A he
might come there. and put a stlietto behind
ssy ear; be might do it near the Speakers
chair; and n he did, | verify believe II would
be a question, whether he or ! ought to be
expelled from these walls, for he had heard
II said on the floor, and by members, that so
far from Houston deserving c%ensure, he was
worthy OF commentator for what he had
done. How, then, could he vote for an en-.
curry, which was sure TO result III the
triumph OF the accused? Who would talk of
punishment, that had seen The issue of the
trial for the wrong inflicted on his honorable
friend from Ohio; for he would call him his
friend, and was proud TO do so, though he
had seen the attempt TO degrade hitn, in ca
ricaturcs, exhibited within those walls, in
which he was represented as Frustrated be
meath the ~rufiidn's bludgeon. and imploring
for mercy in the language ascribed to him
10y the honorable Senator from Missouri.
and lac would take this opportunity TO say.
that he, (Mr. Arnold could not have stood
ny TO have seen one dog SO worry another,
still less could he have come there to ini
tate ITS whine. Mr.. Arnold said, this was
his objection to an inquiry into the breach
OF privilege, which he had no doubt had
here been committed in this case; that the
House had virtually refused to exercise It's
powers OF punishment, in a case where the
offence was OF a much more heineus charac.
ter.
Mr., Stanshery said, he had, on a former
occasion. stated to the House, that the Pre-
sideBt Of the United States had used Ian.
guage calculated to encourage persons 10
assault members Of that House for words
spoken IN debate. He wished now to reueat
mat charge, and to inform the House thai
he was prepared TO substantiate il: and
conid, IN ball an hour, produce his witncs
ses at that bar "a question OF order was
here raised, but not being sustained, MIR. ;.
proceeded] He had mentioned this in an
swer to the member from Tennessee; and he
would tell that gentleman that il he was de-
sirous 10 save the public time, and that The
deliberations IN that House should go on I'm
,n'erruptedly, he bad better go to the pa
lace, and use his influence there; where. as
he pledged himself TO prove, language had
oech held, calculated to encourage those as
sauils on members. which had led to so
great a consumption of the time of the
House. ~