Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-02-22
CONGRESSIONAL.

IL Tnr SENATE, the continued debate an In.
reception OF Abolition petitions, WAS the o,ly vnl
iect OF interest, at our last dates. On the ljb
the debate was continued 10y Mcssrs. TalmaJg,.
Swift and Niles, the latter Of whom, in imitation o
Isaac Hill, read his remarks. l the virginia L..
gi,aturc send Sir. Rtohc to that body, siD
contain three reading members unless, indeed
Mr.. Richie shall have discretion enough In rpnn.
Silent.
In the course of the debate on the Aboic.
question in the Senate, several interesting iu0.
dents occurred. Mr. King, of Gee. ta Van Buu.
itc) took sides with the Northern party, and spo.c
against Mr.. Callonn's motion that the petitions
fore the Senate, praying for The Abolition of sl.
very in the District of Columbia " be not rccoiy.
ed Mr.. Calhoun followed, and expressed hi,
deep regret and modification that a Southern Sc
naor should take this course. The respondent
of the Baltimore Patriot says;
" He asked the Senator from Georgia vhch,
ii petition came there praying for the abolition
of slavery in Geor,sil, 4 couchcd in GROSSLY insult
lng language, he would not vote not To receive it!
(Nr. krNG replied that he would notvotc notlohav'
it recencd.) Well, said Mr.. CAIue,N, ! can on
~ say the gentleman is finerentl, constituted from
myself He said, he knew himself, lie would
lay his head upon Il block and have it severed
from his shoulders, before he would vote to
entertain petition praying for the abolition Of
slavery in South Carolina
Mr.. Isaac Hill then READ IA speech, abusing DR..
Claiming and South Carolina, Duff Green and
George Thompson, ct rctrra-whch again called
mp M. Calhoun
Mr.. Calhoun said it could not be expected dat
he would coudcscend to notice the Senator from
New Hampshire, further than that as he had Il
seat there, and had cSSavcd to make the Senate
believe there were no abolitioni>ts in New llamI-
shire, to request the reading of a paragraph in a
newspaper he held in his had, which he had re-
ce'ved to-day, and which was published in New
Hampshire. The Clerk read the article. II was
arcply to Mr.. Franklin Percc's statement the
other day IN the House Of Representatives, that
there were not among his constituents one in FIVE
hundred who was an abotioniSt. The paper gave
societies, facts figures and names, and made 1t
out that there was in New Hampshire one abolI-
ZIONIST to every tlirtv-thrcc voters.
Alter the reading, Mr., I'LL rose ull Of rage
wrath and cabbage, and said he wished to know
he wished to ask if such publications, if such an ar
tclc as thai waS-was--to bc-he read there :
lie said the Senator from South Carolina-migb
express as much mpt-and-contemp and
Scorn for him as he-as he-peascd Z; but, sand
ne, my constituents sent me here, | have rights on
tins floor-l can tell him that it is no place here
to read an abusive article. going to into i'm
pugn the satcmen1 of member of the ohcr
ilouse-(Mr. Pierce, the Representative alluded
to, came into the Senate while this clashing wa
going on,) | can tell him that gentleman can-cal
is able TO defend hmScli-aeanst the attacks OF
the Senator from South Carolina. can tell tic
Senator that feel as mucll--as much-contemP'
Tor HIM as he does for mr--dnd tie Whofe f@P'
OF TIE AorM think tie same of him. ulere " Or
der ordcr ordcr :" was cried by Mr.. linbbaI's
OF New Hampshire, who was in the Chair.)
MI calhoun said he had not the renioicst 'u'"
OF inpughing the statement oil the honorable ne'"-
per OF the other House referred to. He person.
any knew that gentleman, and had the highest &c
spcct for him. He offered the statement mereN
as an offset to what the Senator from New lamp
shire had said.
MIR. Benton-vho in the mean time had bcckon'
ed Mr.. Pierce round TO him, and asked him some
questions relative to the mattcr,-rosc, and asSui-
ln% an uncommon degree of pomposrv, oommcn-
crd talking against the reading of such an attack
upon an honorable member of the other iio"S''
II SAID he saw him coming into the Chamber ;
ne noticed his whcncd check and countcnance a'
the attack upon his veracity. He was acqua'n'I,
ed with that gentleman he had come round ana
consersed with him. The attack had been fea"
there IT would 90 forth to the world, &c. ne
'hch took up Mr.. Calhoun's Report upon stoppln9
hc circulation Of inccndiary publications. and al
er reading passage Of it, said he wished TO kno"
4 Ia" which would stop these publications II th'