Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-29
DECE.ggBEK2 90, 1880.

Tor lie aSsw'l assured that they would be harr ,sse
througheut The session. He should be sorry if tn
fsaase was lied down by any rule To receive any an
every petition, whether respectful or not Suppose
petition VT re presented TO The House and it oun
10 contain matter disspcctinl single mber Of tn
House: would motion TO reject it be in order, H.
would respectfully ask, whether he understand the dc
cison OF the Chair correctly, that motionIo rrjrc
could not lie entertained the presentation Of petition
The Speaker replied that he had not stated. Wher
The gentleman from South Carolina first submitted n
motion: the Chair stated That he was not Of nm,
such motion having been made in that House, during
The period the individual occupying the Chair had crr
member; iLatlt was new to him at the moment. The
Shair however did moi feel authorized TO say the motion
should no, lie entertained; but if it was he then decided
lhat the motion To lay the table would have prrce
dcnce or that II the motion to reject was received by it,
SELL IL was not dcbatrabc, because, under the rule OF
The House. it must lie over one day unless the House
should direct otherwise.
MT; Giascrck had Inexperienced the Chair, and
would conclude by calling upon the House. that they
mao gwen one decided vote the question before they
should not repeat il in the sarc way, but change thci,
course, and Re- ect the petition altogether.
Mr.. ii"'nmond would read 10 the House the rule unde
"hch nc thought II was entirely competent for hD (,
| make the motiou-lt was this " When any motion OF
proposition is made the question, Will the House now
consider II: shall not be put unless it is demanded by
some member, or is deemed necessary by the Speaker
Now the notion hr made, demand by him upon the
Speaker, to put the question, whether the petition should
be considered or not and it motion any ne .Iber
The House had .ht to put according the rules His
reason lur making the motion that he wished 10
enler into discussion OF this subject though he did
fear IT, and would never shrink from it, but because he
did not wish to disturb that House. arrass the coun-
try by allowing such petitions to come here Still he
could not SIT there, and allow petition after petition
pour M until they became callous 10 the subject He
could moi SIT there and the rights the South assail-
ed day after day by gn"rant fanatics, without calling up.
on that House to put the stamp Of Reproduction upon such
| conduct
The Speaker reminded the gentleman that the merits
OF the whole question were not open on question
Of order.
MIR. Hammond would eontinc himself BY saving that
if the House should decide that the motion 10 lay on the
table has preference, he would then move that the pe,
ton be laid the table till Tomorrow in order to call il
up and move 10 reject it,
MIR. Pry ton had hoped, and yet hoped that gentlemen
would not give up the motion. The gentleman from
Georgia, Clr. GascockD was mistaken. There had
been no decisive vote yet given upon this question:
There had been an rvasivc vote given upon Had net
Mr. T. sat 10y and seen gentlemen who voted differently
ut the last session OF Congress- voting in favor Of
laying the petition The table, But tirsc irrhands
were cast upon the House now, an earlier day than
usual that spirit abroad in the land and il left
for the representatives, oithc People to meet it,
MIR. Reed called the gentleman TO order, his re-
marks were not pertinent to the question be!ure the
House.
MIR Peylon said he was assigning reasons for sustain
ing The clnn for the decision of the House ut that
time: pursuant to the demand made by the honorable
member from South Carolina. lie hoped they should Le
shape other Now, tstruck him with great force, that
when petition was presented, containing matter imp ro-
per for egsatio that the llouse ought to rrcctil; and
before it received, it could be laid the table
for day Consequently, the question OF its reception
rejection must matter of necessity be first drci.
ded. and that brought prompt action upon the whole
question lie would repeat that he wished dc.
cisiye vote ind that would ascertain the wishes the
views and the feelings of gentlemen upon it, and if they
mceli he would say, with The gentleman from Georgia
that il would be decisive. Another why it should
be acted upon in the present stage, before the consde
ration of it,, that il asked CONGRESS TO do wha
every man in the country knew it had no power &c
do Surprising petition was sent there, praying
the House TO break down our republican form Of 70.
vernment, and erect monarchy upon It's ruins, would
any one say tile House had the power to act upon
such petition? And had the House more power
in the present case: Was not the first question he de-
cdcd before the petition could be laid on the table; He
th"ught therefore. the motion Of the gentleman from
South Carolina The proper onr and that must nccrSsa
rly have precedence of all others und he desired ~
slider il, and ~ consider it al 1t would then BE-
whether gentlemen would encourage their coIsii.
tuents everywhere 10 send there such floods Of these
petitions would the tables Of that hail. like the
ocusts Of Egypt for such would be the result in twelve
months. Those gentlemen who had not made Up their
minds To Meet this question in any and every shape in
which would be presented take the responsible
ty lie wanted no evaSyc votes. lie wanted propo.
sitiois to lay the table. Ic met the question fully at
once. By saying, that House had power whatever TO
interfere with The question For these reasons he should
South Carolina
Mr. Sladc raised question Of order as to debating The
question Of order under consideration. The petition it..
SELF said Mr. S., could not be debated upon the day Of
its presentation and this principle, he understood car
ricd along with il principle which would prohibit any
discussion the motion TO rct, the appeal from
tic decision Of the Chair, then before the House; and
the motion 10 lay the table could not lie dcbatublc.
Under these circumstances he thought motion
nccted with this petition could be debated that day. and
he therefore submitted, whether il did not follow that
the appeal from the decision OF the Chair, on this sub
| ect could BE- debated:
The Speaker said an appeal from his decision, az q
question of appeal, certainly drbaube; although the
motions out OF which that appeal arose not.
MIR. Garland, Of Va, could assure the House that be-
disposed 10 avoid this question in any fem or
shape: and lie hoped, while he had the honr OF seat
there he Should BE- prepared 10 Facet it whenever 1t might
come and wherever might come lrjr lie lIad SUD-
United his motion, because he thought the motion oil tie
gentleman from South Carolina could not then be put
but if the House decided it could, Mr. u would Will
draw his motion to lay tic petition on tho table. The
motion to reject up with the motion to rel The Pc
tton Select Committee; tic former, as he undel
sto,I not being lay @ pr p iii on the table, s' F
Mr.. BcardSlry asked whether the appeal from the de-
cision Of tic Chair, only TO the ccton Of the pc.
on, also 10 the question Of laying ii on the table
| The SprhkeI o"id TIA" gentleman from North Caroli-
| ma (hlr WiliIams) had taken an appear II or" bGlt.
MIR. Williams understood the CHAIR to decide That the
motion of the gentleman from South Carolina whether
the pettion should he considered or whether 1t should
be received. was not in order Now Mir w. contcndrd,
with all due respect, that when petition is presented
if any member choose To demand IT, he Gould require Tue
preliminary question TO be pnt-sha lhc prutoh pe re-
| ceived, understood the ChaF 70 aecide mat 'ha'
| question could not be put =,
The Speaker replied that the Chair had distinctly
stated that upon moments reflection, ne admitted Tie
motion for consideration Of the motion OF the gentleman
from South Carolina.
Slr. Williams. Then ,hcre is 10 question of appeal
Mr. Bsard,ey said is there was no question OF appeal
pending, hut two notions one I" reject and the other l"
lar the uc,pn On the table both Of which would lie
over ill tomorrow, he would that the House pro-
coed al once to dccv the last motion, which took prccc
diEcc.