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Repeated cries Of order! order! Mr. iiar
din tried to ret the floor. but the House
exclaimed mol" with great unanlmliy.
The Speaker finally put the question,
were the words read by the Clerk the
precise words of The gentleman from Mas'a-
chusel,s' It was carried in the negative.
Mr. Adams again took the floor. lie
said that his object was the restoration OF
| harmony between The different branches OF
the government. The exigencies OF the
time demanded it. The voice Of the peo-
ple called for it. He believed that BY the
appointment of a committee for the pnr-
pose, which he proposed, the charges made
! against that House would be disprovcd.
lie said. abiding covertv TO Mr. Webster S
| late speech, that an individual had declared,
that if the enemy had been laundering at
the yates of the capital, he would not have
voted the Three Million Appropriation:
Sir! lie who could utter such a sentence,
need 90 but one step farther, to join the
enemy when they do come"
At this outrageous ebullitlon OF spleen
and blndfold passion, one of the most ex
traordnary violations of the decorum Of
the House occurred. which were ever wit
! messed in legislative assembly. A loud
| clappng of hands was heard from mum.
bnr of the administration members fo'lowe
by Kisses from the galaries, which were
much crowded.
The Speaker on his occasion behaved
with much proprieiy and spirit, and ! wish
| he had exercised the same frmness and
discretion throughout the remainder of the
debate. He said that, never since the
foundation Of the government had such a
violation Of preliminary observances been
known in the House. (Crcs of never! ncv
er!) He called upon the old members and
the young members to assist him in preser
wing the decorum, which was so essential
to their existence as a legislative body.
Mr. Adams closed lis remarks in much
the same STRAIN, in which they were begun
attempting to vindicate the managers o.
the ruling party IN the House from the
charge Of producing the loss Of the FORTH
cation Bill.
Several members sprung to obtain the
floor as soon as he sat down, but MIR Wise
was foremost, and to MIN it was resigned
His speech was in many respects an extra
ordinary one. A bomb. shell thrown into
i the midst of the hall could not have pro-
duced greater turmoil and excitement.
He began by stating hat he had not ex
pected that the subject under discussion
would have come up that day, aad that he
was out imperfeclly prepared for it. H.
should conline himself principally TO STATE
mcnt Of facts. The question was an i'm
porlant one. and the coming Presidential
canvass tight be maternity affected by it
He said that the responsibility Of the los,
of thu Fertilization Bill rested neither up
+ on the House nor upon The Senate. The
issue should not be made up between them
The responsibility was attributable to at
individual directly before him. Mr. Cam
bre,eng sits Immediately in front of NJ
Wise. who, selzlng him by the shoulder
cxcaimcd:) | say to the gentleman as Ma
. than said TO David, Thou art the man
Here Mr. Cumbrcleng blushcd deeply
seemed agrlated, and seized his pen an,
pretended to writc) Mr. Wise proceed II
his exposition of he circumstances attrn
ding he los of the bill IN the House. IL
read az acts from th' 0prnaInt the l1ouSe
proving the grosse,r incpn- iitcncics of con
duct against Mr. Camtrclrng. who ab>o
iutcly wrIrhcd beneath he whitening lnfc.
r tlon. lie proved thai ne with Mr. Boards
ley, voted for the CumbeTlaud Road 5i
upon Naturalization hill bee Iuse he G n
siltuloal hour for adjournment had arrived
lie alluded to Mr +. O. J. Smith as one o
the m,st faithfm of the servants Of ;he al.
minIstralIon at The last Session,
Mr. Wise was frequently interrupted by
the Speaker for hi- personalities, until a,
last he exclaimed protest agsinst these
constant interruptions from the Speaker
lie then went on to dispatch Mr. Cambre
Ieng. The "premonirory" interrupted him
every half II mute. by some Conversational
muttcrlng, which was not audible to the
rest of the House, bu, which Mr. Wise in
stan,ly snlz d upon, and replied TO aloud
The effect was ludlcrouS. Mr. Wise, SAID
he would like to have an explanation of the
circumstances, he had narrated. II vii
explain Them" said Cam, "anv time YOU
wish" "You may attempt T." said Wise.
Mr. Wise finally threw down the gauntlet
at the Seaker himself and mentioned Ger
tain expressions as having fallen from Mr.
! Polk, which manifested a shameful subser
vlency TO Executive dIctation on his part
| The Speaker asked leave of the House TO
explain in his seat. HIS request at first was
vehemently opposed, but unanimous con-
sent was fnaIy given, and the Speaker
| rising IN his seat, catered into an eXpIana.
ton of the conversation alluded to by NJ
Wise. He essentially admitted all tina
had been alleged by the latter gentleman,
in relation 20 himself, begged pardon for
having interrupted him.
Mr. Wise resumed, and spoke of the
condition of some members of the House
on the night of he close of the last session.
lie sad that some were sleepy and some
were drunk. Ga being called to order, he
SAID he DID not say that all the members.
nor halt of them, nor a fifth, nor a tenth
part OF them were tlpsy, out he could sa fe-
y vouch that some of them were in that
condition. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, here
rose and requested The gentleman from Vlr
gina to name the members to whom he
alluded. mo, sir" replied Mr. Wise, IL
will not be personal, might make the gen.