Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-03-15
NUMBER ~.
Van Buren, men, 30 opposition

man Of the committee on Foreign AfFa,rs Mr. Gam
etcieng might, at any mouicn, sh.r his return
from the conference, until the adjournment Of the
House by nod or shspcr have Summoned
from ihcr hiding places quorum, and saved the
loss Of The lor,,tca,iou bill Would no, Rhodcf-
icks men have risen up at the whis,lci Docs no,
the gcn,leman from New York know tina, be might
al sny tune have had quosumi D,J no esert
himself TO get qeorurni Did he not, and did not
you,Mr Speaker buslly cndcsvor 10 persuade mem
bers who had CONSCIENTIOUS scruples not to vo,e to
make quorum Did not Churchill G.. C,smbr,.
beng protest. BY speech the Aoor. tsee GLOBE ct
the 4th March. 1851 against the night TO compel
members to answer to the call for quorum, whom
bc all the time voting hnselfi Dad not Mr.
Bauinger, Of North Carolina, charge the intrigue
at the tue, and offer To specify names, Was not
Abgsh Mann, Jr., Of New York who refused to
vote on every question from tho last saovom TO the
adjournment. sitting IN the House calling for the
yeas aud nays, when attempts would be undo TO
get along without calf Did not Mr. Barrinrer
tell him he had right TO call for the yeas and
nays as he suid he no longer member; and
did lac not claim to be as much member as any
body Having pledged himself to vote for the
l.etcher resolution he could not then vote for IL
And did not Lctoher reply. ~ knew thu Van BIZ.
ren colts would slip their bridles." When samuel
Beardsley refused to vote, did not the honorable
gentleman from Tennessee. Mr. Lea, move 10 expcl
hun from the House But there were nearly 1850
members who actually voted upon the three calls
of yeas and nays after II O'Clock at night. OFF
fcrent squads would come in and vote at different
times The leaders---oh. yes the leaders, wero
all present, were they not here. of course That
! was one hnesse, and the other was To march aud
countermnrch the followers so that each one might
clam TO have voted. But tbs proof IL positive
that there was quorum actually voting after the
! Cumbprlnnd ruad hill and ncineL h.. L.,
but voting Al different times My name is among
the number Of those who voted on the Cumberland
road oil, and failed to vote twice anerward. Mr..
Giliners conduct struck me- aud hesitsted to vote
until was satisfied by my colleague Mr. Mercer
and when saw the miserable Internal game which
was playing, would have voted at all hazards, aud
did vote as the journals will show, the last vote
of the session, to help make quorum aud against
adjournment! And now, sir, what shall we say to
these men Of the mmaculate--the only patriotic
men, who would not for the world have had the for
tifca,ion fail Shall they not have melted out to
them that measure OF vituperation which they have
meted to the Senate 7 Shall they not now be hun
ted down with the iures aud scorpions Of abuse,
only for falling to do duty which was unpar-
donable in the Senate. but for knowingly wilMl
false accusation Ilursh for such patriots They
for national defence Oh shame. Oh honesty
Un tTic...
; Sir. the gentlemen have 90. into hornets nest
by troubIing-impudently gasconding about the
: failure Of that bill They bitten by their own
, dogs Oh yes, the horr had come for their beau
tiful trick. would ask the gentleman fiom Mas
sachusetts (Mr Adams) if he signed bills after
IL o'clock At night on the last of session, when
t. lac was President Sir, can prove by the manu-
script minutes of your clerk that there was a quo
= rum in the liouse Here is book, the title of
which Is "23d Congress. I'd Session-M Minutes Of
the House Of Representatives" In this book we
find this entry on Tuesday. March the 3D.. when
d the main question taken the resolution to
$ compensate Robert p Leicher ayes ll3, noes
r 3. No quorum--nany members declined to an
swer, though standing at the Clerks desk, because
II it was supposed TO be past IL o'clock" Only sew.
: en- memcers were wanting then, but three AFTER
= ward, to make quorum,and many members declined
o TO answer Sir, there was quorum. and o quo
n rum the command Of "ihc party" Let il never
e hereafter be denied.
e Mr. Wise then gave a summary and review Of
d material facts
}. Sir, what caused the Senate, to send Us that
/. message, which deem respectful aud which
is the gen,leman from Massachusetts, (Mr Adoms)
= deems was so nsoent' The Senate was warned
Of reschery When that special messenger that
= senator, was seen dodglug in and out-he no
= ghost, silt one. he II very red faced ghost lac
i Id cognise looking ghost K Here Mr. Wise pau
l. sed aud glanced his eye around 10 see him IN tho
It hall.) The Senate. cir. warned Of ucacbory.
o They then reminded the house Of the report of tho
10 conference. What less could that body do to de-
fenI itself from tho Matchiayetsn plot against il
4 Was there such spectacle exhibited in this cap
IT tOl beoreas trap set for branch VI Congress
10 This message called out the esuitica excuse that
the hour had come--there was no quorum --"sor.
J. ny, regretted very much bot the Senate must tsko
ID the Senate must take the responsibility. Immed-
l. aely The plot revealed itself Sir hope that the
Of condition Of things, and this exposure, will stand
" solitary warning TO the party" not To leopard
again the interests of the country, by its low,
;. vile tricks Of corruption The party" wished
ID 10 say by resolution. in reply that had finished
our business ~ben this bill was untouched Hour
y aicf hour had the Senate politely waited for this
% tortihca,inn bill to be to them for their
currence, and Mr. +. o. J. Saith moved TO say 10
n them-"We have completed our business !" And
= 81 last, the house did guoby adjourn without
e completing IT. business. including lh.s BILL Sir,