Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-12-28

NV Pci""'eu 10 give MS own OVi"iO"s, out
they might readily he inferred by the House.
lie felt II his duty To state, that il il were
possibly IN his power to allay excitement,
and TO prevent discussions Of this sort, he
! would do il.
Mr.. Turney rose, he said, 10 question Of
| order.
MIR. Slade: ask leave TO read a paper,
and 10 state that that paper 10.
| DIR. GREENLAND. object Ia the reading
of il.
The Chair. The Gentleman will take his
seat.
MIR. Johnson OF Mary land. Will il be in
order, Mr.. Speaker, to take the sense Of the
Huuse whether the member from Vermont
shall be permitted TO proceedf
The Chair replied negatively.
MIR. Mckay. Mr.. Speaker, has not the
member from Vermont been declared out of
order!
The Chair. He has.
MIR. Mckay. Then has he right 10
proceed?
The Chair. No gentleman has raised that
question,
| Hlr. Mckay. Then, sir, I make that
/, question:; l objec. TO his proceeding. OBJ
IJect TO his resuming his remarks, and hope
The House will no, permit him.
The Chair then, under the rule, directed
MIR. Sade to take his seat, and pronoun ced
the gentleman out of order for discussing the
question oil slavery in the State ot Virginia.
Referring 10 the Oath rule, the Chair added
that the gentleman could no longer proceed
~ ithout the leave OF the House and he was
about TO propound the question, when
| MIR. Slade said he " ished To state the po-
sition in which he stood. Ipropose, said he,
| To read a single paper
Mr.. Turney. | object TO the gen,leman's
proceeding at all.
The Chair said the rule was imperative
| The gentleman could not proceed, under the
question made by Mr.. Mckay, without leave
Of the House.
! MIR. Slade. The question now is, w neither
| II is IN order for me 10 ask for the reading of
a paper.
The Chair. The other question is also
before the House, and must be decided sy
its vote, withou, debate.
| MIR. Slahe, ask il lam out of order while
proceeding with the leave of the House, GO
ing on for al least twenty minutes, and then
merely asking leave TO read paper
! The Chair states that his pow er 10 COM
mencs was when the question of order was
made. Thereafter, the rule was imperative,
directing its decision without debate.
MIR. SIade, (whG was still on bis ieet) MIR.
Speaker
the ChaH' nc gentleman wall take his
seat.
Mr.. Slade then pledged himself, if the
House would permit him 10 resume, not TO
discuss the question o! slavery in The States,
The Chair then propounded the question
TO the House that the gentleman from Yer
mont have leave to proceed.
MIR. Allen asked for The yeas and nays
which were ordered.
| MIR. Rencher moved that the House ad.
jouIn.
Mr.. Slaie asked for the yeas and navs :;
which were ordered, aud were-yeas LOG,
nays So
Mr. Campbell then gsse notice that the
southern deleg atoms were then assembled in
the room of the Committee for tho District of
Columbia and he said he was instructed by
their committee 10 request the attendance OF
OF all gentlemen representing slaveholdine
interests an tina, floor immediately
The House then adjourned.
THURSDAY, Dee 2I
Mr.. Patton, OF Virginia, asked the consent
OF the House 10 offer a resolution.
Mr.. Adams objected.
Mr.. Patton moved a suspension of the
Rules, TO enable him TO Offer the resolution.
Mr.. Cushman called for the yeas and nays;
which were ordered.
| Mr.. Biddle asked il the resolution was
debateabie?
The Chair replied that when introduced
1t would become so, but was not so now.
lhe vote for the suspension OF tho Rules,
to enable Mr.. Patlen 10 make his motion.
was decided by yeas and nays, as foiiows:-
Yeas 1876, Nays go.
So the Rules were suspended.
Mr. Patton then offered the ing res.
olution:
s'Resolced, That all petitions, memorials
and papers touching Tho abolition Of slavery,
or the buy wing, selling or transferring Of slaves
IN any State, District or Territory of the u
niied States, be laid upon the table ithout
being debated, printed, read, or referred, and
that no further action whatever shall be had
thereon"
Tbs resolution having been read, and the
question upon il propounded from the Chair
! hir. Patton said that this resolution was
onered IN the spirit OF peace and harmony.
IL involved, so far as he himself was con
| cefhed ard portion Ofthe representatives. of
sIaveboldiDg States, n concession which thew
held TO be very considerable. He con sidered
VI, however, os timely sacrifice TO tho peace
and harmony oftbe country. He hoped thai
the effect would he TO slIsy, not TO exapper-
, ate and excite agitation ard angry feeling.
The desire OF those with whose concurrence
this resolution was offered was TO extipauish.
and not TO kindie the flame of d,scerd and
excitement IN the country. In such e spirit.
! without word Of comment, or giving u,ie-,
| ance to one Of those emotions which were
| swelling IN his hosem, al the recollection Of
Tho scenes OF yesterday, he should do on this
That which no had never done before since
| he had been member oil that House, move
the previous question.
Mr. Adams rose, and remarked that ,ha
gentleman from virginia bad been permitted