Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-01-19

Houses, it was provided that, if delay took
place in the delivery of documents ordered
from the public printer, the Secretary of the
Senate and Clerk of the House should be
authorized to employ another printer, and
charge the work to the printer who was
guilty Of negligence. He wished to enquire
of the Clerk, if he could give any informa.
ton Us to the reason ofthe gross negligence
and delay which had taken place in the de.
livery of these documents.
The Speaker said, the enquiry was not
in order, unless by the unanimous consent
of the House:
Mr.. Gillett, of New York, asked the con-
sent of the House to furnish the Member
from Virginia with some information on the
subject of fhis enquiry;
But the House would not hear him;
And so, at o'clock, on motion of Mr..
Reynolds, Of Illinois, -
Thediousc adjourned.
Wednesday, Jan. 6.
Mr.. Jarvis, of Maine, submitted the fol.
! lowing resolution
Resolrcd, That, in the opinion of this
House, the subject of the abolition of slav.
cry i'll the District of Columbia ought not to
be entertained by Congress.
And belt further Rasolued, That in case
any petition praying the abolition of slavery
in the District Of Columbia be hereafter
presented, it is the deliberate opinion of the
House that the same ought to be laid upon
the table without being referred or printed.
Mr.. Jarvis said the resolution was pre-.
cisely in the terms of that which had been
suggested by the gentleman from Georgia,
(Er. Owens, on former day. In now Of:
terng it, he was actuated not by common
courtesy alone, but by strong and hearty
appreciation Of the course which it recon.
mcnded.
Mr.. Wise submitted the following as an
atsendment to the resolution:
Strike out all after Resolved" and IN
sert: That there is no power oflcgislation Civ.
en- by the Constitution to the Congress ofthe
United States to abolish slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia !; and tha: any attempt by
Congress to legislate upon the subject OF
the abolition of slavery will be not only un-
authorized, but dangerous to the Union of
the States.
Wr. Wise said he would take the oppor.
tunity to say that he hoped this amendment
would bring the question directly before the
House. The war had commenced between
| the evasivc and the direct course upon this
question. Both Of the propositions Of the
resolution he regarded as entirely evasive.
Nothing would satisfy the South but bold,
direct, and manly course. He wished to
sec how gentlemen would vote on the ques.
ton. He wished to see who would move
the previous question, and bow gentlemen
would meet it. Let us, said Mr.. W., come
to the mark.
Mr.. Glasscock submitted the following MS
an amendment to the amendment:
Resolred, That any attempt made to ag.
itatc the question of slavery in this House
is calculated to disturb the compromises OF
the Constitution, to endanger the Union, and,
if persisted in, to destroy, by servile war,
the peace and prosperity of the country.
After some conversation, the subject was
laid over, by consent. -..-
Both Houses adjourned from Thursday
to Monday.
January7.
Mr.. Vinton offered the following resolu.
ton, which lies one day:
Resolued, That the Secretary. Of the
Treasury be directed to communicate te
this House any information in his posses.
sion, of frauds or fraudulent practices uder
the existing pre.emption law, and that he
alse Inform the House what in his opinion
has beenthe effect Of the pre.emptien laws
now in force, or heretofore passed, upon the
sales of the public lands, and upon that
branch of the public revenue.
MI. Hawes, offered the following resolu-
ton, which lies,over one day:
Reso1red, That select committee of
nine be appointed to inquire what amend
meKs, if any, are expedient to be made to
the laws relating to the Military Academy at
West Point, in the eState Of New York, and
also into'fhe expediency Of modifying the
organization Of said institution; and also
whether it would not comport with the pub.
lie interest to abolish the same, with power
to report by bill or otherwise.