Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1838-05-10
FROM WASHINGTON.

EROM " ASHING IUN.
Ma. Glars REsoLUTioS.-lt will,
re i-.agine, be . matter ot surprise TO
houss; met Of all parties, TO learn that
the Ssnlie. on Wednesday, by party
vote. got raj Of Mr.. Gays resolution IN
reference TO the receiv ability OF bank
notes IA payments 20 the Government,
y referring :, 20 the Committee on Fi-
rance I, Will there. OF course. be
sm0iheset- The determination of the
senate 70 jo nothing at all al AID Of the
banks = now apparent, aud 1t is the
Fllin duty Of the Wings in the lower
House. 20 meet their obstiuscy with
equal resolution and 70 pu; :he Govern
men, "a IT, trump, by utterly refusing
- AID :, with the supplies II has asked
or. To stop the supplies l. the Eng
lIsh u1Ls II bringing tyfants 10 their
senses. IL may be initiated, IN Re
public, v.th perfect success. The Ad-
minI-trati0n a now supplicatiug foi
leave 20 issue a new batch Of Treasury
Notes Rsiuss At Losthsm haze the
toll benefit OF their experiment. Starve
them out and we shall soon see them
on their knees Bait. CtYon.
The House Of Representatives has
tsen engaged Tor the last two weeks
a IN the FrQosi 81 the Duellihg Com
H-lt;ee. The question which Is now
Cntef discussion. Is motion made by
Nc Adams. o. Tecommit ~, with in .
structions % report only the facts Of
the else- The report, as made by the
MAJORITY OF the comm ittee. - ve-y art
I'll production. 10 which the fact, are
used TO build Up a one SIDED argument
syainst NessFs. Graves and Wise, and
concludes with a Recommendation, that
VIZ. Graves be expelled from the House
and Ir- Wise be visited xith decidc9
csnsGJe. We undtr,tand, that both
the facts and differences Of the repor,
are unwarrsnted by the evidence upon
which II purPorts 10 be founled-and IT
- obvious that the whole machinery of
ihe report - framed for party purposes.
When The CONN ttiee made their report,
they moved tLat II should be printed.
In opposition 10 th,s motion. a question
u privilege has been raised. and i, APP
pears from the proceeding; that the
committee have, ignorantly or inten-
,ionally, violated a well established par
,-Ineatary rule, by which the charac-
ter and privileges OF members are
protected from the secret inquisi,lons OF
connt,ters. and required. whenever
bruught N question to be examined and
atJuGzed only by the House itself
The committee has assumed TO itself
the POKER, whIie sitting IN one OF the
chlnbers of the capitol, Of tramplins
uPoa this sound constitutional princi-
pie, aud not only OF trying members 10
tbefT ABSENCE but awarding the sever
est punishment that can be inflicted
upon a member. IL Is upon this ground
th1t Mr. ADAMS has made his motion,
directing the committee to take back
their report and 10 ascertain merely the
naked facts, abstaining altogether from
a. Invasion OF the rights Of their fellow
members The question Is undecided.
What, IN our Judgment, decides the
party character OF this report, and au.
thOrises the most uufavorable surmises
IN regard 10 the majority ofthc commit
tee, -, that WhIie The subject was in
committee and before any report was
made. copy cfthe report yeas furnish
Ell 10 the Globe, and II IS alleged, thou
sands Of them were printed and circu-
lated through the country. Another
tact -, tha; after the report was made,
and while the question was depending
before the House, whether it should be
PTiafed, the report ~ printed ia the
Globe and Is now haVked about 10 the
columns Of all the principal Jackson
papers OF the country. The Globe
takes the responsibility" Of printing
lhIs report while It i in the possession
Of tie House. and while the very ques-
ton there Is whether II shall be printed
Or not \ question which is undecid-
et % ;hiI hour.
The further tins affair proceeds. the
more obvious IS the conclusion, that
Congress should have let alone. The
whole aGaIr Is Boiiiieai-auG its only
eject has been 20 keep alive the excite
meni hich. but Tor this dueliing com.
rhittee, would have subsidized long since.
Il Tie debate be prolonged, other duels
nav grow ont Of ia consequence
ubI-h Is BY no means improbable Mr..
Graves VIII not be expelled, We take
q ior grated vote Of two-thirds Of
the H0u5e being necessary for that pur.
Pose.- HiiHiagfoa (Dek) Journal
Public aisyBf, al the proceedings in
lne ca-e ~ lie IN. dnel him 20 ...art.