Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-20

would DOT pretend say Ii HI wished to be considered
Ie defender of the dead Mr. H. would tell him he would
aii OF hts object Nothing of tina, kind could happen
and the gentleman would ind before he GOT through
that he had subjected. not only himself but his as.
TO an ordeal in which they would be pro-
The hair called the gentleman to order
Mr. HAYES: obey, sir; bog pardon; was led away
by my feelings
BY the requirement of The Chair, Mr. H. took his seat
MIR Patton moved that the gentleman from KY, be
peraiiird to proceed. Agreed to. 20
Mr Hawes assured the House, that he was un Wiling
upon any debate, to tespass upon the feelings Of the
nouse generally nor upon any ndiv idua member of it,
Dnt Dod knows, every member OF the Post Office Com
tee oil Investigation, cod lay their hands npon their
hearts and say that, in the report they made they did
justice TO the Post Office Department. to the individual
OF IT, and 10 the great body OF the people the Uni
ted States. When every individual member of the
committee knew they had done this Justice, then to
be charged by individual member of the House with
paruaIny, misunderstanding with ignorance. and with
every thing almost within the human language of
denunciaiory character more than he could bear
Let hum ask, where did the gentleman from Maine OBJ
ain iie vast hody OF Information he proessed to be in
possession OF IN relation To this subject! Was he en-
gagged IN the Post Office Department day after day
week after week, and month after month, rumuaring
or ana wading through vast mass OF documents from
tue CONNIE nccnlen OF the Government To the present
time! Had he d"ue all this, thai he was to be permit
ted 10 put the brand of aseood upon report of the
to be false, grossly false
The Chair called the gentleman to order for being per-
sonal 10 member Of the House.
nir. raves explained that he then speaking
OF The gentleman as member of the House, the pamph
let to which he referred having been published before
the present Congress was an
ar. smith hoped the gentleman would be allowed to
proceed.
The Chair said the rule was imperative which he
read The gentleman had INDUCED i'm personality To-.
wards member of the House and the gentleman couId
not proceed.
Mr.. Thompson, of South Carolina, appealed from the
decision of the Chair.
MIR Halves briefly explained After the Committee
ON the Post Office Department had made their report
the gentleman from Maine had published paper pur.
porting Ia be- At MIR H. recollected correctly comment
upon that report MS private dividnal, and a
member of that House, attempting to prove that the De-
partment right and the Committee wrong IL was
IN that way Mr. H. had thrown back the npuation cast
upon the report.
The decision of the Chair was briefly opposed by
Messrs Evans, Wise, Mercer, and Peyton; and sustain
ed by
Mr. Smith, who for himself he said had no objection
that the gentleman from Kentucky should be allowed
the utmost latitude. If that gentleman chooses to make
the pamphlet to which he audes the platform of speech
upon TINS floor, he (lr 81 would improve the opportu.
ty which lac hoped to have, OF showing, that not pa
ragraph nor sentence of the pamphlet was without the
authority and support OF the records of the Post Office
Dep rment ITSELF will not travel of that record
Tor any proof He hoped the gentleman from Kentucky
would be allowed all the latitude that order would ed
mt OF, aud the records of the Post Office Department
snail ininish my defence TO the country.
MIR. Bynum said, he did not come there to settle poli.
tica quarrels II the be continued which
had been cninmenced they should in short time have
ei Characters il would be Of the power of the
mar to protect them. If the position assumed by the
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr Peyton) and the gen.
tieman from Virginia Mr. Wse) correct they would
have scenes OF confusion aud violence on that floor be-
fore long, which would be disgrace 10 the country and
TO Tie American Congress. For his part he must
say that feeble as his health was whenever he found
That the Chair could not protect him in the House. he
must come prepared to protect himself He conceived
tha whene remark was made personal any
oer OF the House, that remark out of order Cen
een DID not come there To settle questions of veracity
but TO do the business of the nation He thought the
House had enough be convinced that this state
OF things must be put end and lac conceived il to
be the duty of the House To sustain the Chair in his eff
fort TO preserve order.
MIR. Bell expressed wish that the words of the gen-
eman from Kentucky be taken down that the House
might know what he called to order for
The Chair said he not bound 10 lake down the
words of the gentleman from Kentucky; but he would
state that he understood him in substance say that he
pronounced certain paper false and attributed that
paper member of the House, and stated that that
member had been guilty of falsehood in publishing
that paper
Mr.. Halves said he was as much in favor of So pporting
the exertons of the Chair preserve order any
ber and must say that he concurred in every remark
made by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. By
num) In alludug to the paper published by The gen
tlemnn from Maine he had said that ii was grossly
false; but that paper neither published the ex-
pcnse of the Government nor by any member of that
House as such: and that only he conceived
the Char took 1t TO be personal insult to of
the House. MIR. IA spoke in auson TO that paper aud
pronounced Il false. Perhaps the gentleman did not
know 1t TO be false; and he might have written the
paper, although his name signed Ia it, and Mr.. ii.
had an idea that that paper not written by the gem
teman, but was written in the Post Office Department,
by officer OF that Department.
Mr.. Wise moved that the House give the gentleman
from Maine (Nir Smth) leave explain.
MIR Smith SAID, he did write the pamphlet alluded to-
every word OF it, and responsible tor it, every
sentence of 1t would be found based upon and Imported
by HE records of the Post Office Department Crhs
Seoker called for order aud Mr. s. hereupon took his
seat
MIR. Gllett objected to the motion being received
MIR. Wise said, the gentleman from New York oG-
jccted, he satisfied
Mr. Hawes believed the Speaker was right in calling
him to ofder as he understood his remarks but he again
repeated that he did not allude 10 member of Tins
nssaing the papers of That member, when he acted az
private individual in publishing that paper.
Mr. Miller commended that the Chair was pericc;ly
correct and that the duty of every member of tie
House TO sustain him. false issue was made to the
House and II gentlemen permitted TO refer 10
written Pnpers, with tie OF members of Congress
attached to them they might attack and dcnounce every
document published by gentlemen false and ii that
state OF things was to be admitted, you might well
blot out your rules
Mr. Waddy Thompson called for the yeas and nays;
which were ordered
Mr.. Patton hoped the appeal would be Withdrawn
hlr WISE understood that the gentleman from Ken
lucky was called 10 order, first for the rreevance his
renurks 10 the subject under dscusson and second for
indecorOn IN debate, and he wished To know whether
there could not be division OF the question.
The Chair said the question could not be divided
MIR Wise then asked If the words of the gentlemen
taken down.
The Chair said they not, but that the gentleman
from Virginia, (Mr Wise,) could take them down and
send theni TO the clerk s table to be read
Alter some further remarks by Messrs Evans Wise
Hawcs, Underwood, and Bynuin,
Mr. GTennel presented the following, which he becv.
ed 70 be the words Of tie gentleman from Kentucky