Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-05-28

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js;''- .o,D;oos expressed by him on the same
Je I, Tho nresence Of one Of the most honora-
N OF their own party " she hearing Of the
IN, Of this print.
n. hail give the sentiments asowed b, the
We 50 IN ,5c interviews alluded to, without
''loy 70 preserve the dialogue of third par
''np ".fch thew were elected, retaining, as far
Spy ton can furnish it, the emphatic lan-
'''C,,( sbicb he conveyed his ideas:-Hs said:
u, ,he arrest and confinement OF Houston
=. Uog.e of Representatives. was an act OF
~s -, no, warranted BY any grant IN the
80 .i,." gi the punishment Of Houston
-. ,;,l,,ion of the law, belonged to the Ju-
Wv. NJ, 10 Congressional the power OF
ga, ~ nunsh for contempts, belonged to It
OyD7 .. raoacity as body TO preserve ITS de-
-, lions from interruption:-that nc act which
I.,, affect its functions as delloeratlve as
" A. ,onld be construed into all offence against
<I' ,',l,,ical bodv:-that il existed only as
l. ~ Il, .fr,;ys body when its members were assem-
',"s,hp, in the Capitol:-a hence its p0,o
Oeu rTr,r,,sri;on was confined to us caL!S, for
'% heinz beyond them:-that the iudIvi
. %, -'.,ohgr, of the House, when IT was not in
''- .n we're upon. footing with other citizens
49,, yere under the protection OF the laws,
-, corrts would redress all injuries To them,
i|aLa,s" 10 sustain this view, he advert
,,,.Gr case Of Casimlr Perler. the present Prime
-, nG France, and member OF the House
rD,ng,ir, He stated that from late accounts,
., oos,rcd the Premier had, IN discussion IN
as H,p.e Of Deputies, improperly asPersed the
.,,,,r,sr Of Freach citizsn-that the citizen
',,sd the adinurnnent of the House, met him
,,rJ tho walls. and chastised hun for the in
y, The D,pu,y and Prime Minister complain
-, the House, and was referred by II TO the
49,. ,nd the judicial authority for redress. And
M, he observed, was the proper course.
The President expressly declared. to Mr..
n,oestb. Barringrr, and others, that. Coz.
g,,,o,', conduct co,tM not be justified. but
,.,sd in turn whether members of Congress
.orJ BE- Justified in slandering private citizens,
,,J in violating the rules of the House By de-
citing from the topick.. under discussion tor
r,h purpose? He maintalned that the SIAN
l,,,, va, worse than the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
g,,,ncs was worse than deGth-and so much the
eone. AZ death itself was no cure for calumny-
.,,, A. honorable man would rather die than SUBJ
nj, 10 have his character destrOyed-he Hred
m character.
On the suggestion that the course taken to-
garl, Mr. Stanbery would lead to scene of
,oence at Washington city, he observed, that
he mischief wouid cure i'SeJ-that when men,
gy Of Congress became sensible bv the occur
renee of few such cases, that the free citizens
Of the country would not submit To be abused by
hem. but would huld them personally RESPONSE
Ne for ISLANDERS On their private character, they
would cease TO utter. them. But that 50 long as
members Of Congress were permitted to avail
aemseiyes Of what was assumed 10 be privileg-
ID station to traduce private characteristics as
ai The reputation Of an Arerican citizen, or
dat Of his wife or daughter, (tor innocent wo-
men had already been slandered IN the debates
Of Congress, It would inevitably lead to perso-
m violence. 1t belonged To Congress, then, 10
prevent such scenes by requiring ITS members to
aSde BY the rules Of the House, and not violate
Is order, their own constitutional duties, and
he ngh;> Of the citizen, by wandering beyond
he prescribed limits Of debate ;-that it was
tie duty OF the House, if it could not re-
sraln, To expel dlsOrderl, members;-that Ii
@s on private character, promulgated on the
TOr Of the House, and transferred to the public
larRals,-sanc,o toned by the character and pro.
lection from being questioned in Court law, BY
he Constitutional privileges of the body
voGIG drive citizens, as had been the case with
Houston, to violations of the law as their only
means OF vindlCation;-that, under such circum-
Stances, Stanbery had invited the treatment he
uttered, aud had created the impression that
observed H. s. - 49,
10 an animation made by Mr.. Danforth, that
llO.c lunctiOnaries ought to be protected, cou
ped With the enquiry whether the President had
no Other protection than as Andrew Jackson, he
replied that the law sufficiently protected them
h;0at The President had no other protection than
Andrew Jackson, aud that was enough; that
q men, conducting themselves properly, this pre-
,"'> book ,aludiug to book'oi constitutions,
@NnIch lie laid his hand gave ample security;
'a0 mat 1t gave Congress no right to punish tor
,'''all' and batteries committed in the streets;
we act OF Congress, in relation 10 conteu,pts
y courts, showed the opinion entertained by 1t,
o'' the offence could only be committed in the
presence OF the body offended-and yet the House
W representatives., in the late case, had refused
$ Ue bound BY Its own principles as embodied
~ tins law.
Inc only additional ideas advanced BY the Pre-
'''ut' on this subject. in the interview at which
t were present, We proceed now to give.
"' >au that he. as one of the soldiers OF the
.NOiu'lOn, would assert that they did not she'd