Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-02-15

to members Of the House, and was happy 10 receive '
explanation; but he believed those remarks hau aue az
imprcssion upon PERSONS here OF 4 dIerehl c''d"''
from His and il p,c,Gi.,;. itat IL. iio"H 'cl!"f
had based his asslc.In the gc."!s feiaFAS @! t'e
gentleman from Ohio So .ar the present resolution
was concerned ne thought the proper course "ouiu
10 adopt IL but he would greatly prefer IL II IL was u
fed 10 meet the suggestion he had thrown out. "te'
these cuarres were made against individual members II
the House. or against the character and dignity OF the
House Itself he thought they required that an inVestl
cation should be had into the matter 50 tilal Tile purify
of the body might BIZ sustained
MIR Wise SAID he had stated that !. was proper tllt
This inquiry should take place by The iicuse even IN
case the person implicated should turn "u 10 "e SEM
tor in order that he might be mpencl'd 1t had been
sugrcs,cd howe ver that this could not De- DONE as none
iI ivI Ulcers could he inpeachrd the COnsti
,p,iou II This should turn out To be the case, however,
the committee could report Tins TACT TO Tie House
cn,icuen had spoken OF charges being made by nenl'
h.rs If this House said Mr.. w, have made charges
of corrnpon upun your Executive, your heads OF De-
narnens and i'm some instances against Ills House
File would say however, that lie was at all times rcspon,
sblc for any thing he might say, TO whoever may lee'
himself aggTeved.
In this case however, lie was not the accuse bht he
had ,,d gentlemen who the accuScr. his colleague
(l BuuIdu had referred to an occurrence wnicl tooh
place here years ago. when hc Dr. WISH n''
charrpd some of The members ot The House win helnG
drunk: and his colleague seemed 10 be ridden with The
ohos of tia, CHARGE Now, if his colleague meant 10
assert that members of Congress had not been drunk IN
,hc. seats he (Ar. w would prove that they had 90
much for That ,,
He trusted this inquiry might be had and he hoped The
charge would turn out to be false he feared, however
that il would turn to be true. He knew nothing OF
the facts hi,nsc-he had seen the charge made IN Inc
public prints and he had brought il 10 the notice oil the
House, and thus far, he had DISCHARGED his duly
From want OF time, are compelled to postpone INC
remainder Of The debate until tomorrow, which was con-
timed by various speakers until after o'clock when
without deciding the question, the House adjourned
After some remarks from Mcssrs R"udin, Boon, Whit
tlesev Glasc0rk, Dawson. aud Hopkins,
Mr. DroLnGuoe moved 10 amend the resolution, 80 rs
to require investigation 10 bc made a. the bar OF Tile
House.
Alter some remarks from Nlcssrs. Jenler, Cey, and
WISE
Mr. LOOMS moved 10 amend the resolution, so as 10
require .',he Spy" Matthew L. Davis, 10 be brought to
the bar of the House, 10 answer any question IN regard
to the subject matter Of the charge and the source OF his
information.
After some remarks from Mr.. Duncan,
Mr. Fry moved lay the whole subject on the table
Mr. Wise asked the yeas and nays, and they were
yeas 10, nays H.
So the House refused 10 lay the motion on the table
The debate was continued by Mcssrs. Pope, Thomas
LOOMS. Bynum and JcnI!er
The debate was continued by hesSIs Fillmore, tceo
Mckay Wise, Riyes and Boon.
Mr. Wise modified his resolution as 10 require Inc
Speaker subpoena Matthew Il. Davis, and to ask HIM.
at the bar of the House, what he knows as to the name
of the member implicated, and as TO the tacls charged
On motion Of Mr. Rives, the words 't member oil
this House" were inserted after the word ImPcaed
a frr remarks from Mr. Toucey, and the reJec-
ton of n motion from MIR. Thomas to adjourn,
Mr.. Underwood moved TO amend the resolution by
substituting for it the original resolution OF the gentle
man from Virginia (Alr. Wise
Mr. Cushman moved the previous question
The urevuus question not sustained, the vote be-
ing 80 to So
motion was made 10 adjourn and lost
Mr. Wise moved 10 strike out the words "f member
of this House"
Mr. Underwood modified his motion 10 omit the
above words.
MIR HAYNES moved 10 reinsert them.
Mr. Thomas called for the yeas and nays.
Mr. nlcrccr snid in the facts alleged were found
10 be true in regard the member Of another House,
would be the parliamentary duty Of this House 10 report
the fact the other House.
Nlessrs Dromgoole and Haynes differed from The gen.
eman from Virginia 10 his construction oi the par
amentary law.
MIR Turney said he convinced from the man
ner in which the question prepared by the gentle
man who knew the name Of the member charged, that
the individual was a Senator and not member OF the
House. He protested against the institution OF pro-
cecdng against member Of the Senate. There was no
doubt that il a Senator that charged.
MIR. Wise sad that the gentleman had 10 authority
from him for suggesting that ii Senator. 1t might
turn out that there members OF both Houses inpl
cued
Nj Underwood took the floor, and moved an adjourn.
ment which agreed To-.
At hall: past q o'clock, the House adjourned.