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Col Manning's Speech IN the House Of Repre-
-ssatasires, on the Abolition Question, Febru
eyaa.
The resolution Of Mr.. PIScKSEy, ot
South Carolina, was adopted by an over.
whelmins vote in the House of Represcn.
fatiyes of the Congress ofthe United States,
on the eth of February, and is US follows :
"Resolred, That all the memorials which have
been offered or may hereafter be presented to this
House, praying for the abolition ofslavery in the
District of Columbia, and also the resolutions of.
fered by an honorable member from Maine, (AIr.
Jaryis,) with tho amendment thereto, proposed
by an honorable member from Virginia, (Mr,
Wise,) and every other paper or proposition that
may be submitted in relation to that subject, be
referred to Z Select Committee, with instructions
to report that Congress possesses no constitu.
tionai authority to interfere in any way with the
institution Of slavery in any Of the States OF
this confederacy; and that in the opinion Of this
House, Congress ought not to interfere in any
way with slavery in the District of Columbia,
because it wouldb be violation ofthe public faith,
unwise, impolitic, and dangerous to the Union
assigning such reasons for these conclusions as
in the Judgment Of the committee may be best
calculated to enghten the public mind, to repress
cyita,ion, to allay excitement, to sustain and
preserve the just rights ofthe slsveholding States,
and Of tho people Of this District, and TO re-
establish harmony and tranquility amongst the
various sections Of the Union"
On asubsequent day, abolition memorials or
PETITIONS were presented to the House. Members
contended, that under tho adopted resolutions
above referred to, all petitions subsequently Of
fered, were necessarily and properly referable to
this Select Committee raised under tho fesolu.
tions. Other gentlemen contcnded against this
consequential reference. and insisted that peti.
tions not under the action of tho House, or not
presented when the resolutions were adopted,
might rccaive different direction than direct
reference to the Select Committee. The honorable
Speaker decided, that such petitions as were
afterwards presented nigh: properly take any
other direction, or might DO open for discussion.
On Tuesday, the 23l February, on the present.
mant Of abolition memorials or petitions; much
indirect discussion or debate was entertained by
the House. At length motion was made to
reverse the previous decision Of tho Speaker, SO
that necessarily. under the resolutions all abo.i
tion memorials or petitions introduced into the
House, should 90 to the Select Committee raised
under Mr.. Pickncy's resolutions. On tho vote
of the House, the Speakers decision was reversed
By vote of hi to Sc. I.
As considerable latitude had bcen given TO
gentlemen in the course Of the debate which
incidentally arose,
Mr.. MANNING, Of South Carolina, made
the following remarks:
Mr.. Speaker: Should the decision Of the
chair, which has been made, remain unre.
yersed, then this strange anomaly will be
forced to result from it, that the resolutions
offered by my colleague from South Caro-
lima, (Mr. Pinckney,) and adopted by an
overwhelming majority Of this House, in
tended to answer definite and special OBJ
jeci, will be wholly defeated; because they
viii be essentially changed, so as to fail in
answering the most important purposes for
which they were originated, and on account
Of which they were supported by their
friends. The objects, highly important,
as we believe them to be, intended to be &c.
compLshed by their adoption, will, after the
mature and deliberate action Of this branch
ofCongress, be wholly changed. I trust
thai no skin, however adroitly or powerful
tyused, win eyer so far succeed as to pre-.
sent the full action Of these resolutions from
efec;pating those important final results,
which the originator and friends Of them do
most ardentFy anticipate. We hope in the
God of our country, that the exponent of
these viii be such as to gladden. the hearts
ofpatrio:s, and soothe arising irritations, by
renewing confidence in every portion ofthis
widely extended country. regard these
resolutions as settled rules for this House,
as much SO as any which it can adopt
under its legitimate functional action. No
parliamentary law, sanctioned by wisdom
and consecrated by usage, can be more So
ifthe Speaker can by his decision reverse
these resolutions, which express and mean
1that all the memorials which have beer
Offered, or may hereafter be presented to
this House, praying for the abolition of sla'
very in the District Of Columbia, be referr
.cd to select committee, &C." so as te
mean no more than that all petitions or me-
MORALS which had been received at the
time ofthe adoption Of tho resolutions, shal
be referred to the Select Committee, raiset
under them, and that therefore all of like
character, subsequently introduced, coule
be allowed to take any other direction, thcr
the whole character, scope, and extent, O
them will be so limited as to eountervai
the specified and declared objects ofthem
Ifthis be true, then he has power to sus
pend, alter, or change, any deliberate &C
of this House, intended rs q rule forits go
verance.
know full well the responsibility and de