Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-02-02


wns no, the proper time to throw upon the House
any question on the subject Others he was aware
thought II proper for the Committee TO give an o.
pinon in report 10 tho House. lie would
say TINT his own opinion was, that neither The in.
terest nor tho honor OF the County required
OF this time, any deelornory resolution or the sub
jcct.
| Mr.. PATTON said he had no, intended 10 NJ.
tack the Committee, nor any member Of IT, He
had too much scfresrec', we'll respect for The
| House to express my thing disrcspertful 10 any
one ofthe Committee. But the Committee Of the
House. were the agents OF the House, and under
the control Of the House, and in tho House he had
right 10 say IN whit and how far he differed from
tho majority oftho Committee. TIe denied lat
the COMMITTEES had any right TO prevent or TO nj
tempt to prevent, tho expression of an opinion by
the House, on question which had been before
Congress and the nation for six weeks.
Mr.. COULTER, Of Penn, "a member Of the
Committee on Foreign AaToirs,) said TIM, he con.
sdered the motion of the gentlemen from Massa
chusets strictly parliamentary, and ns,eirg called
'or,owlngto mn omission on the part ofthe Commit
tee II was rot his intention to follow some Of the
gentlemen who had objected to ii in all the tram Of
their remarks if he should DO tempted to do 80
he hoped the Speaker would interrupt him. That
officer had been placed IN the chair that he might
enforce the rules Of order, and Mr.. c. did no, feel
himself responsible for liberty to srcnk to any
number Of irresponsible members Of the House
Tie relied upon the Speaker to preserve tho order
of the body. lie now again affirmed TINT the mo
ton which had been made was strictly psria
mentary one. II WINS indeed true thu, some Of the
old books on parliamentary law laid il down, that
although the namc placed frs, in the app,op,men,
Of a committee was, by courtesy, held, to be the
chairman OF the committee, yet that tho committee
Ind power to constiiu'e tia own chairman lie
supposed that this rule would be held by some
gentlemen M governing that House. Mr. c.,
however, knew Of no instance in this country
where such course Of proceeding hal been pur-
sued The invarlaLlo usage was, tina, tho frs, m.
med member on the list was considered not only
/ pre- forma, but substantially the chairman Of the
committee and in case of his resignation then the
individual next in order was 10 tako his place
When the names to constitute any committee or,he
| House were announced IL was universally IN
derstood by tho House and tho country, tina,
the manh~t named was appointed nv the
chairman. ", however, n committee of TINT
body should undertake TO cxctctcsc the righ,
OF displncIng amy individual Of their nnmher
who exercising under such appointment tho
functions Of chairman, 1t WINS in that case their
duty TO inform the House Of the fnct, because.
by The rule which courtesy had established tho in
divdunl first on The list would still be applied to
on oll occasions where il might become necessary
for the House TO make inquiries OF the committee,
he being the known organ OF tho committees ac-
lion.
This notification was due 10 the House, AMI il,
ought Immediately to have followed the election of
chairman. II could not, Of course, be erpccrcd 10
be made by the individual chosen because his del.
icscy would naturally shrink from such a task
The information should be communicated by one
of the members Of the cor miucc. The name Of
the chairman would then go upon the journal Of
the House md all would be in its due order In the
present case however, this hai no, been done, and
the motion Of tho gentleman from Massachusetts
was strictly proper What b. asked wps due TO
the House, 1t was due To the indiy ldunl displaced IL
was due to the individual elected, and itcre
ought TO he no objection to it,
Mr.. &. said that he xoulJ farther state, that
nficr considerable discussion in the committee it
had been finally agreed that the committee, pos
sesscd the light Of slec,ing new chairman lfthey
chose to exercise II. The committee had done so&
tho gentleman from New York (Mr CAMprRLEsn)
! has BEEN so far M he knew, regularly elected
His election was duly announced to the commit.
tee and he had, thereupon, taken tho chair, and
the business ofihc committee had proceeded as usu-
Mr.. =. added, that bcfufo no took his seat he
must respond 10 one sentiment which had been Ut
tered by tho gentleman from Virginia. It was no
: matter to him farther than related to his own
} personal feeling. (IIere MIR. Cs. voice fell and
WIN, he said IN conclusion could not be distinctly
heard.)
c Asto the question OF Our foreign relations, when
that question should come up in l,s proper shnpe
D he should tol'e an opportunity Of presenting his
views to tho House To do so a, lhIs time he con.
I sidored altogether Irregular.
Mr. ARCHER yos-, ond made some
remarks, which, ai the reporters kepi were wholly
inaudblc.
Mr. JARVIS followed, hut the commencement
Of his remarks, for like reason, cannot he given.
AS soon as Il reporter heard him no was repy-
ing to the remarks OF Mr., PATTON and referred 10
that gentleman az having said that he had voted
as he did, because he should have considered it
violation ofdelicacy and proprery TO have voted
otherwise.
Mr.. PATTON here interpossG, and denied having
used any such language. Whithc had said, was
TINT the remark Of the gentleman from New York
! (Mr. CAMuREbgsG) imputed to him violation OF
propriey, and also, thut he could see no proprety
and no necessity in what the Committee had done
Mr.. JARVIS resumed. The gentleman ftom Va
had pronounced the act Of the Committee A." uncal.
led for, unjust and improper" Those words the
gentleman certainly had used Nov il was certain.
that majority of tho Committee he'd no, thought
the uncaed for, for the vote, he believed,
had been unanimous, IN determining that the Com.
mtec should elect. That II WAS hot unjust, or i'm.
proper, in the opinion of the joruy OF the Com.
mnee might be inferred, from the course they had
pursued. Mr. J. without speaking for others,
would frankly state the motives which had actunted
himself II was mainly the consideration that the
| chairman Of tho several committees of the House