Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-01-31
A SCENE

House Of Representatives, of the United s,a,.s ~.
Thursday last, while the Tariff bill was pode.
discussion:
During the course ef Mr.. Vintoo's sneoob l..
had observed that he would sooner sec ev...-
man vino occupied the seats around him ,uo,,
away-he would sooner see the rivers Of this n.y.,
run with blood, and one half of the population 20
this far Republic perish by the sword, than ca.
one jot or one title Of that sacred Copsti,u,;os
which had been bequcathed 10 US by our fathers a..
ofthe laws, o59feraled 5y FIRE y when sudden
cry WAS heard from Mr.. McDuiie, Of" Robes.
pierre" This cry was instantly followed bv
Kisses from yarious quarters ofthe House.
The Chair called 10 order.
Mr. Carson said that the gentleman had rich,
to give uerance to his indignant feeling at such q,
sentiment.
The Chair (Mr. Wayne replied that he was nor
clothed in vain with power to preserve order in Tho
House, and he should not fail to exercise it
Considerable sensation prevailed for u moment.
but II soon sqlslded.
When Mr. NInton concluded his speech
Mr.. Carson rose TO explain, Il had not been he:
(as seemed 10 be supposed by many gentlemen
who had uttered the expressive word" Rome.
pierre" when The gentleman from Ohio had .Y
pressed a sentiment SO monstrous Tint word
had been uttered icy gentleman oyer the wnv
who would never dsavow his words Deepy a.
Nh, L. fct he should have remained silent but
when he hcard the blSsihr which arose he could
not but express what he had done Bu, nv C;-dl
Exclaimed Mr.. CO what have we heard heard II
here on the floor of an American Congress, Thac
| the gentleman would see every man on this 6ooy.
swept oil from tall the talent all the patriotism
| all the noble spirits in that Hall sweep. off, Blu,
was thai all No-Bui that he would see the ri
veTs OF tins whole country run blood and huff tba
population OF thus our fair inheritance put to the
sword, rather than that constitution should be VIC.
lated, which MIR c. mad heard the gentleman him
self declare to have been already violated and
which men, far superior both TO that gentleman and
to himself believed to have been repeatedly viols-
| tcd-half the population . by which the gentleman
| meant his hrcthren--and this, after sovereign
State had pronounced the law in question 10 be un-
constitutional
Mr.. Vnlon here asked leave TO set the gentle-
! man right as 10 what he had said
| The Chair. Does the gentleman yield Tho
floor
Mr.. Carson. No; ,fthe gentleman would but
put himself rght
Mr.. Watmough here intcrposcd, and called his
friend from North Carolina 10 order. He begged
his friend to suffer him to nerpose, and s,cp brl,r.
him, 10 MIN from himself, before any tbina
regret. The gentleman from Ohio had not said
what the gentleman under an IMPRESSION the,
he had The gentleman had been ren.urkInooe
Here Mr.. w a.moug was called TO order by ma
ny woes and the CHAIR admonIshed him that bs
was departing from the rule.
Mr. Carson said he would take the sdmoniiion
Of his irlend although he believed tina, his friend
had been even more out OF order than himself II
had been with deep regret that he had ea2ress.d
his emotions at what he had Understood the ssn-
teman from Ohio 10 have said The gentleman
might attempt to pa!Iiato the sentiment; bu, un-
less he wholly rctrec,ed, all attempts TO expela il
away would be unayaihng.
Mr. Vnton now *, claimed he had made no u,s
of the word violated violation Of In to
stitutloa mi hi happen through m.re ,iis..prchen=
sion Of judgement. What he bal said Was, t.,t
Sooner than see the Constitution obitteYafea BIZ
farce, he would ser the alternative he had mn
toned Because he considered thai as n total ann
hlatIon OF the Constitution, which mus, pat an oua
to the Goycrrnlent>
Mr. McDnhe SAID he waa very sorry that he
found himself under the necessity, from uhnt had
lust occurscd Of addressing the Chnir AT nI u
had been his fixed purpose and still gas. to take
no part IN the present discussion and he was very
sorry that what had occurred in the House render.
When the gentleman from OHIO had uttered ,bet
sentiment which the House, he presumed b,a
heard with a portion of that adherence !, hsde y
cited IN his own mind he could not hclp inyolu.
tari'y making the exclamation he had uttered He
admitted that strictly considered it could no. be
SAD 10 be perfectly IN order, though i, was no
more thai what often happened, in all parts ofthc
"ofid. AS he had been out of order. he owed an
apology to the House but none TO the gentleman
from Ohio
without pretending to justify the spirit, which.
at such moment as this, when the n,ssio,s of M,
pubic men are so highly inhlmcd, and so easily
excited to the commission of imrrudent acts,
dictated MIR, Vlnlons remarks, we are neyerlhe-
less glad that the course of Mr. McDufie met with
the response which it received-,he Kisses of the
House. 1t appears to US that that gentleman nj.
ways eager 10 fample upon the feelings and rights
OF members, whose education and early associations
have taught them 10 look upon the Southern mode
OF adjusting qaarrals as but little better than mu-
der and who from that, OF some other less WORTHY
cause, permit their noses t be tweaked and Their
e''hss 10 De outraged, without resisting il prompt
" and decislv' He ought, however, to blot
from the records the history of his running fight
with Col. Cumming of Georgia, before he asprs
again to be the hero of the halr-trigger Or, if he
wish to wash away that stigma from his fame let
MN select a toenan worthy o. his stce"--one
VINO having courage to meet HIM in the field viii
not be withheld by the prejudices of habit and ed
oca''on' or by conscientious scruples.
WI carson, who so promiIy volunteered between
MS TREND Mr.. eDul'ie and tho indignation of the
House, is also ofdtcllinr motor not on