Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-05-08

PFHcctoa m Mem3ers Of Congrtsg The f!.5gsg
remarks OF MIR Sewer, in the United States Senate,
the fth inst were made while the bill Tor the suppress
sion Of dge!lnc in the District of Columbia wa, under
discuss.ou They have been alluded to ~ number
papers,but We have not seen them reported at leugbs
tore nov We copy from tho intelligonccr --Io,o'
Courier
NJ Sewer siid that Though he was no friend to da
cling, yet he dsked this bill from one end of it The
other. tie believed it bin wholly for the pfoeo
ton 81 memhers Of Congress, who not satisfied wih
the protection afforded them by the Constitution, of Ell
ptipn from arrest and from being sued for words Us
ed IN debate, wanted the additional protection 81 this
bill man Is yIlihrd and abused Of the Houses
Of CUHWess, and be- Ct course viii pect The offender
10 give him satisfaction way other aud this
bal says ne shall net have H. What then, viii be the
consequence Why something like the affair Of iious
ton and Stanbeuy the injured will take the laE
INTO ms own hands, clstie the irIduccr, and len e
W'll De- brought up 10 c bar OF tie iou from Wiener
alter I've oT 81 weeks nie unproGably consumed b
examination, hs g.il ba dismissed with repfmaDd
lh1 oil Tas -EH"eeiy made io protect members q
Congress, aud % rIC,cl, them from what WIZ,
protect tbef 10 abusing their masters Die People who
cent t1cm Acfr, 70 pm1unipG % t,a and 40 moe To-
dividuai5 coming o iha city or residing here uly g
Gus and Esat, bud be allied tao and not.lg s add
~ bog le member Of Congress BE- teG in n auel Of
De whipped IN he streets Of kicked out Of a boarding
hou4e, and the business of the ion must be set ASIDE
10 iegasie on H. II the object ,gas SOLELY 10 snoures
Hut I ana not for the protection II the members gby
not pass law % prevent 1t Ia OYs other Tcrfit0fls,
wei AS "a uie District 81 Columbia VIM not inol86s
NtseHan ana florta and our forts and arson ais he
ihoughi THIS District vas already suficiently ds4a
cbed, aud he would not ald any uorr - It's disabilities
Members OF Congress might talk Of Tom Diek 81 Hu
~ as they pleased and could be sued for sandsi
ana no" lheY would take away from the IBJ1fed ind
ua The only remedy left him.
hn opposed continued Va SeyeI 70 passlng lass
igr our "~n protection, hecau.e, t y0u pass one TIE
same reasons win operate passing another and Tie
hefi TINE pr sianDerry Or Mr. ANYBODY else IS whipped
~ Houston, every member II Congress must haTsi
corporal quad u protect him iu passing from hD
boarding house TO tis capitol As. be WOuli ssk u
uie people Of the United States would &c wilhog b
faxed iof any such purpose fof . would take D. s.s
hfte thousand men 70 furnish corporal guard oeseh
mFtn0efl snd they must therefore taye uddsti1EgN
my, OF leave the frontiers pEpOsed lie salshsa
That more importance was attached % fs subject has
Il deserved and he believed, oct Of 0ne th0ussna o.
els nine out Of every ten Of them were hug, f9f eIa
res that could not he got any rher way lie kbft
Mat caeS were frequently zoo gilt Tor Fhl cs1aSs o.
be was convinced that u was Otherwise iu aree msf'
iy Of cases lie held himself feay9Is.be f,r eve"
thing Dc said on that Goof, aud b. wssld Hel g's'
vote 10 take away that f-sp1nil.4iy lie die noi ~
ths, mean 10 say that he would fight sFery body ~ %
body that be would thluE Of when tie Occasion r.
q4ifed but ihia b. DID sag, that he AS cot going
shield himself by his vote THIS b D, from ths epes
guensef that DghI tc bIa~ghi on h.0 b. his IVA i'
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