Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-03-07
Correspondence II Me yof''aore P0friof.


Nssn>aroS, Feb. -, 1850.
Tho Order Of the day stated BY ~,
Speaker. lava, III" II peal oil Mr.. \it,on oi Obi
en- he i. cision Of tie CHAIR, made last Monday
Il uhlL objected that petition for tie abolition
OF slavery IN tie District OF Columbia, was pre-
scented by Mr.. Briggs of thuscits-who NOV
I'd that II b. referred To the Select Committee
raised under Mr. Pinckncs's resolution. Mr.
WISE moved ilat the petition be no, received ll,e
Clair dccidrd Ibis motion 10 be in order, and il
was TO tins dsei,ion thai Mr. Ninon took cxc-p-
non. II was argued u, som. length on Monday OF
lasi week, aud came ny 10 day in order.
Mr.. Miller Of Pcnn>s ,ania, moved To postpone
this discussion until next Monday.
Mr. Wise begged llal the que s,ion might now
he discussed. A. n southern man, as sla,cho!d-
or, he conJur.d the House not 10 postpone the
consideration 81 question 50 important 10 the IN
tercSis OF 20 larry" portion Of the people Of this
country.
Mr.. In,on's appeal was then postponed until
Monday ncxt. The Speaker then called the
States for petitions. 1t was not long before Mr..
Adams presented a petition praying for the abo-
lion cf slavery III the District of Columbia. Mr..
\. moved Ia refer it To the committee raised I'M
der the resolutions Of Mr.. Pinckn"y Mr.. Slcp-
herd of North Carolina, moved thar the petition be
not received and that motion ii vas moved Il"
Ia. upon The table.
Nj Camhro lcng WAS for bringing ~ Inc order
oi tie day, tappropra On llls) but soon "lihdre"
the proposition, under the manifest d>drbrobaion
of the House with such di. position Of the 10,iuess
before il.
Ih, qucstion On !,s ing tie motion nron nc
table was put to the VOTE and carried by a vote Of
! 10 aN,s to 50 nors.
At ,hi, point, Mr. Mann OF New York, moved
10 reconsider tie vote postponnp the order Of the
day, (Mr. Nn'on's appcal) Mr.. Wise remarked
that Il request of that Kind coming from the gentle
man of New York, would probably he granted,
although denied to member from the South. tie
predicted rightly the motion 10 reconsider pre-.
varied bv large vote. So the question stood
" Shall the decision Of the Chair declaring Mr..
" i-r's motion not 10 receive tie pc'ltion) stand
Il. the Judgment oi tie House p
Mr.. LAWYER OF Albania made set speech upon
Aboh,i,r.
Mr.. Bcardslc, made MOS, noabl. spcclnl plea
in opposition the decision OF the Chair. He al
tenn tod avndcalion of this Union hut wasvcry
ob, IONS that the greatest desire of that learned
unser,r To send all the abolition petitions to
a con nlce,-~ln other words 10 have them re-
cevcd nd to satisfy his abol,iionl>t c"ns,ilnen's,-
and To keep down disc, sion Which may prove
! inlurou, To Ian-ism at home.
Mr. Wise followed this sap'cnt hair-spliter,
AVID said, thai he mad just ventnred ore prediction
which lad already lecn realized He Should
make an.,l II. He predict, thar, " as the Auor-
nc, General oil New Ycrk" had gwen his o. inion
against lhc decision OF III, Ctair, IL would OF course
lie ,,,rrscd Mr.. Wise WAS very eloquent and
con, incirG III his support Il the decision Of the
Char. Eat Ii WAS party question. 7 he speaker
+ happened {" lave mad. wlong mOts, and III must
be deserted this time.
Van Shn,l1 h,y,. p.,-3 this Spy.rh of MIR
Wis,s. 1t Was dccid, d, ore OF his lest. His trc-
unrnt callsc allusious 10 tie" Attorney crn 81
New York. Mere very ,ever"--and that person :
wretchrd sophisry and spetal pleading were c,-
posed ilh much tact and force. He hntcd At the
real cause which influenced :" tie Attorney Cen
cral" to taik ateui TIE lousc being disguised and
lniipucd with the discussion olthis question. He
] made some suggestions as to the peculiarly Of the
/ New York policy Just AT this moment, IN reference
10 the subject; and IN order 10 convey tins idea
more forciblv TO the House, and 10 illustrate the
Surcc,ton he had made TO the real causes Of
action which mescd the hcsorabe Attorney, he
cid u a letter upon abolition which he had re-
oil, ed from tie State of y. Y, env.lorinp sheet
which he also held up, published in that State, by
tine An,i-S Nv ~ Society covered with pictorial -
Here the Char told Mr.. Use that he must con-
fine himself To he question OF order, which was,
Whether the Chair was or not ii ht IN its dc
cision.
Mr. W Is. Il .n said il was in order, he under
stood ii, 10 argue that improper petitions IN eh, 60
TO lha, Committee. unless hlst acted upon by the
House. The Chair asscnted.
Mr.. Wise. Z" Well then, Mr.. Speaker, L., US
suppose for mcnt, tina, memorial should be
proposed 10 be sent to that c0n mi1t'e with prints
illustrating slave master whipping his slave in
the streets 81 " a>hineton, decorating lis body
within he sight OF his capitol, QDolding up the
printed slectO or pIiSon-hou>c t slaves, or the
war, house of Franklin & ArmGcld, for Tie Keep
my and sab, of slaves, &c. &c. &c. should such
memorial be- accepted and referred, BY this
House, 10 select committee YET sue the
view of this resolution of Mr.. Pinchnes. And is
llis the sentiment of those Southern stntlt ~
who voted for tie resolution No, siI DIV llA,r
t,en ,nlapY,d. They all say llry would not
vote 10 rr,eirf OF Csc PETITIONS Vel they
do vote TO refer tk,m BY wholesale TO Select
Ccnmiltcc !"
In another part OF his speech, Mr. Wise thus
alluded TO via, had been said about excitement,
about some asitstors raising tempest in the
House.
:" here have been illusions made to tcmpests,
winds, and waves here, Mr. speaker Well Sir,
who raised them " TO is tie .Eous WHO asi,arrs
he tcmpcss here is Tie wind from the
North Or is il from the South Which way,
VII, does it blow from Sir, let me tell certain
GENT, men, Who nov talk so loudly about their
willingness 10 do every thing for union, that the
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