The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1837-02-09


the consdsution Of the following resolutions yeser
day ofiere9 by III. Thompson OF ,. y ~,
Resolved, That the Hon. John Quincy Adams, by
an effort to present petition from slaves, has COM
mitted gross contempt OF this House
Resolved, That the member uom MASSACHUSETTS,
above named, by creating the IMPRESSION and leaving
the House under such impression that SAID petition
was for the a5otion of slavery when he knew II was
not, has triflcd with the House.
Resolved That the Hon. John Quincy Adams re-
ceve the of the House tor his conquer REFER
red to in the preceding resolutions.
Mr.. Adams said he did not present nor otter TO pre-
sent the petition. The statement OF the Globe was
c.rrect. He asked the Speaker, he said, whether
petition purporng be from slaves, came under the
order of the 10th ult The Speakers reply ne wished
and had not yet received He did not say that It was
petition for the abolition of slavery.
fit had been petition for the abolition OF slavery
from slaves he might not have presentedl, without
much hesitation. The mere circumstance OF the peti-
TONERS being slares would NOT have prevented him
from presenting the petition. He felt bound l. be ex
plicit on this point If the House chose to censure
him for this declaration, he was willing to submit
to il. mM
If slaves were send him petition of nature un-
reasonable and UNJUST he would exert his discretion
in regard to the matter, and withhold it, What was
petition supplication from an nterer to SUI
perior power as we ALL both bond and free, ad-
dress to the Almighty Any petition Of reasonable
nature ne would present and censidcr no matter from
whom it might come
II horse or a dog had the power of speech, and
should request him to present petition for more COM
Portable quarters he would present IT. if the House
would allow kim to do SO. Ii he was brought TO the
bar of the house. he hoped he should be heard in his
defence But he took this opportunity to say that,
whatever the opinion # the gentleman from South
Carolina he had disposition to trie with the house
As an evidence of it. he did follow the impulse of
his feelings, which would have led him to present the
petition at once without asking leave of the house.
but he asked the chair whether he could present it.
The chair said II was question that was new TO him.
l.. Al
answer he still wanted, and by it he intended to be
governed.
Mr. Jenier expressed his regret that gentleman
who had filled high station in the country, and
who represented of the oldest states in the Union
should pursue course hostile to the peace of the
house, and of the country.
Mr. Dromgooe offered a substitute for the resolu-
ton under consideration, declaring that Mr.. Adams,
having brought to the notice of the house petition
from slaves and given room TO the idea that slaves
have the right of petition and avowed his Willingness
to be their organ, be severely censured by the Speaker,
in presence of the house.
Mr. Elmore expressed the hope that the southern
members, without any division of sentiment, would
vote for this resolution. II was time for them to for
get their divisions, and unite in opposition TO this
first attempt to introduce petitisn from slaves.
Mr.. Pickens expressed his qualification at the
nmty of feeling manifested on this subject by the
members from the south.
Mr. LAWYER said he understood the purpose of the
gentleman from Massachusetts to give practical evil
the table, and that he did not attempt to present it.
Now he understood the gentleman to say that he
would present it the Speaker should decide that it
could be presented. II would be obvious to all that
if slave could petition for thing they could for
another Let the practice be once commenced, and
il would put an end to the peace and harmony, and in
fact TO the existence of the Union. The gentleman
must know that much had been tolerated in him,
not be endured from any other man. The gentleman
had been suffered TO say here that in the SOUTH
there was an unnecessary and cowardly panic" on
this subject. He said he would like the gentleman TO
get some responsible endorser for this assertion He
denied the truth of that assertion. There pa
mic at the south. 1t was foul and false calumny.-
All the south arked was, that the aboldonsts would
mind their own business.
The debate was continued by Messrs Robertson,
Afford, LAWYER, Halsey, Pickcns and Lincoln, and
decision arrived at when this report was clo-
sed, at half past three
Messrs. Robertson and Lincoln opposed the reso-
luton. The others above named advocated IL.
FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENcE-A BALL IN BROAD
wAY.-A grand Ball took place at Hiss BIS fashion
able Boarding House in Broadway last week, which
deserves record in the Herald, merely because
raj pretty angels came down from Heaven, or the
Hudson, and mixed in the dance.
One OF the greatest charms Of this happy land, is
the social system which ennks in fellowship, accord
ing TO aeir degrees of intellect and education, and
- money its vast popsation
The boarding house system, to young country es-
pecially, is of the creates, imaginable Importance IL
rubs of from those even, whom education has not per-
fected, the rust which may have hung upon their
lures and makes them complete men and women of
the world.
Infinitely superior does this render our citizens To
the majority OF the subjects of the mother country,
who living more within themseves-such Of them az
move in limited sphere do not enjoy the advanta ges
of intercourse which, with us, is in the reach of al
most all
In first rate establishment no life can be more
delightful Of the study of character in
ending multiplicity Of forms, which forces itself
upon the attention Of observer a boarding house
calls forth those thousand nterchanges OF courteses
which 80 insensibly refine and exalt natures and
draws from that surly beaIsh, logged sclfshness
which, ii a crude and savage state, distinguish
species.
The boarding house Of which we have occasion to
speak, is Of tho first class-ts inmates are IF the
first rank-its arrangements of the first order-indced
every thing about is first-frst-frst.
Much anticipated from the announcement Of a
Ball in this splendid place-more was enjoyed.
Pleasure sat supreme rs Raphael sat in paradise,
lord of the assemblage for the highland a whole
host of gallant gentlemen and fair ladies', enlisted
under his luttering banners for the happy evening
There were the two Misses BIS, with just enough
Of earth in their compositions 10 make their spritu-
ality loyeable--two beautiful flowers from one STEM