Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-02-21

and the wish of that gentleman to 60 on
with the consideration of his bill, he used
language which Mr.. Bell and many gen
tlemen around him construed INTO an H1-
parchment Of his motives, and an impasa-
ton that Mr.. Bell sought only to crafty his
personal feelings in u'speech.
Mr.. BEL rose instantly and said "f Is
false p-The Speaker Instantly called 10
order. Mr.. Jarvis then replied, m sub
stance, that he had nol,ing more to say IN
that place. 49,.
There was dead pause for several mIn-
ues. Mr.. Mercer, with a view to bringing
about a reconciliation, called upon naMr'
Jarvis TO re.siate he IaDguege he had used'
so that the House might ju4ge ofil'e extent
of The provocatiou al we'll as of the reton.
Mr.. Jarvis replied hat he would not r..
tract, nor say one word more, una the lau-
guage applied 10 him was Withdrawn. s'-
Mr.. Mercer then offered a resolution that
both the gentlemen should be called upon
mutually TO pledge themselves to the House
that they would not prosecute quarrel
growing out Of he words employed by
them. At this point, it was suggested that
Mr.. Bell had misunderstood the language
of Mr.. Jarvis, aud that The la.er had not
intended to impeacli lhe motives OF the
former. Mr.. Bell then rose, and rec'tiug
the language which lie understood Mr.. Jar!
Wis to use, namely, that The gentleman
from Tennessee had subm red proposition
which he must know could roi lead TO any
public good, but only to the private grat'h-
cation of himself" He said he could put
no other construction on this, but that the
gentleman meant 10 imp.ach his motives
and nsu him. If, howevrr. the gentle.
man would dscloim any such 'nten ION, ne
would Withdraw the ephbet he Used. Sew
eraI gentlemen rose in their places and cor.
robor lied The accuracy Of the lapeu"ge Of
Mr.. Jarvis, as recited by Mr. Bell. and
agreed tha they had placed the s"me con:
struc'; on on IT, Oiher gen'emen rose ond
stated their impressions as 10 The language
EMPLOYED, which were different in some
respects from the construc 'on OF Mr.. Bell !;
but there seemed TO be genera concur.
renee that the words "grai6cai;on Of per.
soual feeling" were employed, and these,
YOU will und.rstand, were exactly the words
to which M. Bell took the strongest ex.
ception, aud used the S rongesl expressions
in order 10 repel.
A erea deal Of desuitory conversation
arose, in which several members parilc'pa.
ted, making oppeals'to Mr.: Jafvjs 10 Re.
state his laugusgt-ord - Mr.. Bel TO wItn-
draw his language. Mr.. Phillips made an
earnest end solemn appsal'to bob gentle.
; men and TO the House, to have The matter
reconeiIed. Mr.. Pey on. in reply TO these
appeals, reminded itc, House Of what Mr..
Bell had yoIun arily saled. and he now re.
peated in his behalf, that il Mr., jarvis
would say lie did not intend TO insult him.
he would withdraw all he said by way ofre-
tor. Mr.. Jarvis made no reply-but again
great deal of desultory conversation took
place, which it is perfectly useless 10 repeat.
, Motion afer motion was made to ADJOURN
| il being regarded by maay members that
The speeches made by the members who
had interposed, only made matters worse,
and rendered proper understanding more
and more difficult. But these motions
were successfully defeated. There was a
GENERAL desire to have III. matter settled be-
fore the House should adiourn. IN the
mean lime. while he was confused around,
both he gentlemen Interested sat witt, per-
feet GOODNESS aud composure, and lett It to
their friends 10 talk.
! AT last Mr.. Wise, who had been assidu-
ously engaged during the whole day, in the
business cfthe investigating committee, and
who had not beenprrsent duringthe proceed-
ings mil Iaie in the day, arose & took up the
part of msker-and am glad 20 say,
with perfect success. Mr.. jarvis yield
ed to bis solicitations. He rose, and said he
was prepared 10 make an explanations. pro-
vided the Objectionable cpihet was with
drawn 80 as to enable him 10 make it. Mr..
Wise then sdid that in the nnme Of bis friend
he would withdraw it for the time. and for
the purpose Of sffording Mr.. Jarvis the op.
poriuutv to eyplaina ...f
Mr.. Jarvis replied that The load was now
taken off, and he could proceed costly. He
proceeded hen to give an explanation eve
ry way satisfactory. f1e meant to say
"Mr. Bel must be aware that his PROPOSE
ton was of such character that no !egisla.
ton could grow out Of it-and thai il could
have no effect but 10 grotify personal feel.
ing"-but he did not mean to make any
personal reflection or olluson on The con.
trory, withsianding political differences,
he had always held the character Of Mr..
Bell in high respect.
Mr.. Wise repeated this disclaimer othe
House, and said he thought his friend mr..
Belly ought 10 be perfectly satisfied win it
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