Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-03-07
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WAsurxarox, Feb. q. 1886

/ III II uhA III me uhfiH" ~ ~" ih'bNf w N"'iI
week WIS not SCI apart lor thc presentation Of pc
/ ,i,ion, and ntmolial>1 Polk looltd rather an h
ward wien his question WAS put, but he re-
covered lis E, n,plae. nes, 'Naniinod The rule, aud
decided thai Adain, right. livery ono lad
taken ioI granted thai II the FIRST day OF the
wrck--not oIthc meeting of the House
/ OF cour>c, the FIRST dang thai came up was The
question Of or,,r rcndilp Al tie adjamnmcn, on
Muida, of lastwr,k namclN Y, wIriler the decision
. uCtic Chair that every mrnhrr had i RIGHT 10 de-
nand tie gu, ,on otreecl,ing, on TN prcSeniatlor
Of Irtliion praying the abolition al slavery IN he
Di>trol al CoIun.hla should stand AZ tie judgment
e tie House
Miller oil Pa, moved % postpone This question
Of order, Ill Monday n.N, for tie purpose OF
receiving rritruus tia, would occasion no de-
bate.
Mr.. \ lmon of Ohe, opposed Ibis mo,ion, an
tie ground tina, it could not ros,b, do any good.
j The sane Question would arSr again, and Spc-
d,v Il Was impossible, lr II oreli, 10 cNadc A. :
. Mr.. Wise, You may easily imaelne, was net
Ionp in lis seat, vi Tn an ate np' Vas making I"
oivrl mater tic p,-IN. lie cot Tie floor and
IN ,I,a, bold, energetic mannrr Which distinguish
- hin,, lei ru,,ct,d 10 state tic question. " Is
H." said Ec, shall the question 81 Slavery be any
longer postponed b, this House =
Clan. " No sin tie question is solely Oh the
4 Ulullun 10 postpone lIt pbIii' VI hiutls
Nh. Y lsc. " Then sir, | wish 10 Know VIE
,l,r h, gentleman from PENNSYLVANIA ans b,
! lie present movement 10 destroy the rlrlt we
' have 10 ~, lam, otI,d 10, OF reject any petition
/ ihat may he presented. II So, then say, as a
! southern mar rs sla,. holder aud III" npirscn-
IalNu e slave hohlcrs, that We will not submit
To he ulac3 with, IN ihis way. II Southern rights
are to b, thus po>rponod. c,adtd and ampIdup
"n, Il, III o>,lLlc to 81, what Will lc tie Conse-
Gucno,s.'
1hc question wax then taken motion 10
postpone and decided IN he Affirmative.
Ii vas mt lorp, h,we,,r, l,Grc tie hole mat
ter wax apain rouglt ". MIR. Adams, who is al
WAYS if>l N Il row row DAYS, rlt scented a Pctl-
ton irtm cofla'u citizens Of New York praying Tor
,hc ahol ION OF slavery in this district; and NOV
I'd is Il ference To tie Select Committee, under
Nj. pnchnc>'s resolution.
looked fer " sr or Pc>ton to spfirc to their
feet, tor Nj. Shepherd OF \. c. was before them;
aud demai,cdtIr question on ocisirr and in
the same lrrall, nosod to postpone H." pr,lIm-
may question To Monday next.
MI Adans grew quite indignant Al this attempt
to llwalt hirr A singular atlilud, indeed does
his House present said IT,. Tie resolution Of
lhc ntnt,r q Soul Car,iir,. az, pied liz other
day, j. expressive Of H., decisive will q this House.
Is tlar To he defeated hy mere technical for
n.aitN Or is this House competent To execute
us own otdcl>l arp, al to our asst action, whi' h
| maintain, las decided already that ihcsr p'lons
/ shall L. received"
\ great d"al Of conf son ow afo.' --'cvcral
n. mhers making conflicting OFT, and SIG ,c>-
lions. Sh' cad auonP"d ere" or f"i'c I" make
| son tAplalnioI: hi luUd cIr Of "oIlcrl 81.
! Gei'' Interrupted Inn.
The Ctair hIund,red on, apparently 4ul,o at 4
loss " al 10 do AT last be got up tie question on
poStpnnine Il T. pcii'ion--hu just h.rc. CamArs-
'rng hscl.d has Z ass, and discovered that TIM
hour ol me O'clock had arrived, lvt.d out viii,
" Time sir, 10 90 To the SPECIAL ,td.il " Again
numlelless suggestions were made, as To What
ought 10 be d ne for every member seems to pity
tie poor Speaker, and d>l este 10 dmni>h i
end affa>> n,cuts. At last the Pr monitory S,mp-
tom Of tie Magician, was persuaded to propo>,
II po,troncmcut oi tn, Special Order, FOR tie pnr-
; pose oiir,,ning such petitions as would not lea,
10 debate.
\, ain did Jo Quincy AGan, rise, and TIN
tine, he opposed his nr~ ally, he lulc New
Yorker. liz WAS decidedly opposed to every
measure that went To discriminate between petl-
tons tla Il ould be- and those which should MOI
lie rctrn,G. Tie question WAS no,viths'and.
: irg, taken ON Conn r,crs'> motion, aud decided
in the Affirmative. Tie question then rccurrcJ
On posiponirg tie qn.s iion of reception of Mr.
! ADAMS ntiilol, aid also CdltId IN the dullnia
ta>c
But IL great trick Of IT, Ia, w, rev to l.,
: PLAYED cut That srrularlv ohirusi,c eat
Mann ot New York, mo>,t-wEa, 7 II X We p
= WHY 10 reconsider IL. vote" whcr, by lie question
Of order WAS poStpercd 80 Mnda, ncu. True t,
! tie raliN VINES that moved him. the Pcnn>, l,a-
nlnn Miller soon ON his lrrs-to ei,c indenan
opposition 10 the proposal that was the very ,.-
verse OF the motion LIE made half an hour cloic
--nc-hut ~ wheel about---cN il own World
and concur IN tie arrangement Of his friend iron
New Icfk
Oh low Icioiced when saw Henry Wist
tahetle toor! II" il invaluable in shcwIug NJ
the ser, ,ht>-tle riohs-hur>sc they cali it,hu
IN reality the degrading and hcartless ,ntrcues o
III" ira n bdp2s. Nothing could hc better than
the la>hnc hc gave tie two hog rottcrs II - ha1
together plunge, a into the worst nre .! the party
rise, sand he, In make prediction THAI
: the House Will agree t" the motion Of tie gentle
man trom New York. expected who did TO
expect, that the gentleman from Penns, vaui,
would concur in that motion IL trust however
. the South will sec the TACT that Wien the Souihrrr
mcmt er> male appeal To tie lle,,c, on a q,1cs-
tion affecting der, rights and interests, is di,rc
card,G-Eut when motion on this exciting topis
comes from ire Gentleman from New York, i, vii
he concnrred IN"
The Nircinian predicted ,ieh, Maun', mo-
ton did prevail. Tie motion 10 postpone va,
wtEdrawu; and the question r'currcd, on tl,e ap-
peal from lie decision of tie Char.