Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-05-15
CONGRESS

ing on the motion Of Mr.. Harper, Tor the ioera-
ton Of the accused. with the amendment ProPos-
ed thereto BY Mr.. Huntington, declaring that Sa-
muel Houston was guilty OF contempt and breach
Of the privileges Of the House.
Mr.. Burgess having concluded
Mr.. Archer Of Va. addressed the House at
length, in opposition to the amendment-connn'
ing himself mainly, to the constitutional question
of power to punish for contemPts.
He was succeeded By Mr.. Kerr Of Md. who
occupied the floor in reply, until a late hour In
the afternoon.
Lights were now introduced, and Mr.. Dickson
OF New York. went into All extensive argument
in support OF the power and on the expediency OF
exercising it 10 the present case.
The House now manifested much Impotence
and the Hall resounded with cries for the ques-
ton.
Mr.. Evans. of Maine. demanded that It be ia.
ken by yeas and navs; which was ordered.
The following resolution introduced by MIR.
Harper, was then read:
"Reyoired, That Samuel Houston, now in Gus.
tody Of the Sergeant.at-Arms, should be forth
with discharged"
And then the following amendment proposed
by Mr.. Huntingdon:
"That Samuel Houston has been guilty Of a
contempt and violation Of the privileges OF this
House"
And the question being on the amendment, it
was decided by Yeas and Nays, as follows:
YEAS-Messrs. Adams. Allan. Allison, APP
p~leton, Armstrong, Arnold, Babcook, Banks,
John S. Barbour, BarnweIl, Barringer, Barstow,
Isaac C. Bates. James Blair, Briggs, Bullard.
Burd, Burgess, Cahoon, Choa,e. Coke, Lewis
Condict, Silas Conflict. Eteutheros Cooke. Bates
Cooke, Corwin, Coulter, Crane, Crawford, Creish-
ton, Daniel, John Davis, Warren r. Davis, Dear.
born. Denny, Dewart. Dickson, Dnddridge. Dun
can. Ellsworth, George Evans. Joshua Evans,
Edward Everett. Horace Everett, Fielder, G-en-
nell, Griffin. ~lielster. Hadges, Hughes, Hunting
ton, Ihrie, Ingersoll. levin, J%enifer, Kendall,
Kennon. Henry King. Kerr, fletcher, Marshall,
Maxwell, Robert McCo,. McDuf6e, Mckay,
McKennon. Mercer. Mllligan, Newman, New
ton, P~earce, PendIeton, Pitcher. Potts, Randolph.
John Reed. Rencher, Root. Russel, Semmes.
VIM. B. Shepard, Aug. Fl. Shepperd, Slsde,
Smith, Southland, Spence, Stewart. Storrs, Su.
t~herland, Taylor. Tompkins, Tracy, Vance, Yer
pIanck, Vinton, Wardwell, Washington, Wat
nough, Wilkip, Wheeler, Elisha Whittiesev.
Frederick Whittlesey, Edward d. White, Wick
life, Williams Youns-106.
NAYS-Messrs. Alexander, Robert Allen.
Anderson, Angel, Archer, Ashley. James Bates,
Beardsley, Bell, Bergen, Bethune. John Blair,
Boon, Bouck, Bou!din, John Brodhead, John C..
Brodhead, Butcher, Cambreleng, Carr, Carson,
Chandler, Claiborne, Clay, Clayton, Common,
Craig, Davenport, Dayan. Doubleday. Drayt"n.
Fitzgerald, Ford, Foster, Gather. Gilmore. Cor
don, L. H. Hall, w. Hall, Hammons. Harper,
Halves. Hawkins Hoffman. Hogan, Holland,
Horn. Hubbard, Jarvis, Jewctt, Richard NJ. John
SON, Chas. C. Johnson, Kavanagh, Adam King.
- u. -.-. Hh,n. o,y,ft nnnofn
Lent, LIE ~,s Lyon, Mann, MaTdis, Mason. Nc
Carly. VIM. Mccoy. MeIntire. GeorgeE Mitch
eli, Muhlenberg, Nuckolis. PiersOn. P!pnmer,
Polk, E G.. Reed. Roane. S"ule, Speight, Stan
differ. Stephens, Francis Thomas. Philemon Tho
mas, Wiley Thompson, John Thomson, Ward,
| Wayne, Weeks. Worthington-89.
So the amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Clay then offered the following further
amendment, but the Char decided it not now to
be in order:
"That it is inexpedient to proceed further in
the case Of Samuel Houston, and that he be dis
charged from the custody of the Sergeant-at'
Arms"
The resolution of Mr.. Harper, as amended,
was then agreed to.
Mr.. Clay now offered his former amendment,
in the form of a resolution.
Mr.. Huntington thereupon moved the follow
ing as an amendment Of Mr.. Ciay's resolution:
THAT Samuel Houston be brought to the Bar
of the House on Monday next at IL O'Clock, and
be there reprimanded by the Speaker for the
contempt aud violation Of the privileges of the
House Of which he has been guilty. and that ne
be discharged from the custody of the Sergeant
alarms.
THAT Samuel Houston be excluded from the
exercise of the privilege conferred by the 18th
Standing Rule Of the House" This rule con-
fers the privilege Of admission on the foor Of the
House on all who have at any time heretofore
been members Of either House of Congress-.
MIR. Davis, of s. c., enquired whether the
second resolution did not involve the suspension
or alteration of a rule Of the House?
The Chair decided that the second resolution
was not now in order, under the 18th and lo5th
rules of the House. By the 18th rule, any in
dividual who has been a "member of either
branch of the Legislature" has a right of admis-
sion to the privileged seats within the Hail.
This was one of the standing rules Of the House.
By the 1O5,h rule it was declared that ".no