Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-03-15
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From the Correspondence cfthc Charlc,on lfcrcury
WAsnINGroN, Feb. 2S.
The funeral Of the lamcncd Cillcy took
place yesterday, at the Capitol, and was
conducted with great pomp and cercmo-
NY An unusual number of ladies' am,
gentlemen attended. The feeling occa,
stoned by the circumstances of his DEATH
has been increased by the publication of the
| statement" Of the seconds, Mcssrs. Wise
anu Jones. 1t is allctlgcd that no cause ap-
pears Tor calling Mr.. CiIcy out, and that, on
the field, the affair could not. under the rules
OF honor, have bccu pressed, after the over
| lures made by Mr.. Cillcy's frienti. This
feeling is deep and universal; and it is be-
| gIning to connect itself with party and
| personal considerations.
Asevcry one expected, the House has ia
ken the matter up i'll very serious manner.
AS soon as the Journal was read this morn
ing, MIR. Fairfield, Of Maine, rose aud asked
leave TO offer Resolution, which was read
rs follows:
Resoircd, That Committee of seven be
appointed 10 inquire into the causes which
led to tho death ofthc Hon. Jon. CilIey, late
n member of this House. and the circun-
| stances connected Herewith, and report the
same to this House.
Resoired,> also That said Committee have
power TO send for persons and papers, and
nnvc leave to sit during the sittings of the
House.
Mr. Bell objected to the introduction of
'hc Resolution, at the present rsae. when
there vas 80 much agitation on t.TS subicc,
ffonsc Tad bccS...:LI,,7,1',, 81, .:l.
Mr.. Fairfield moved suspcn }nn of' The
rules. to enable him To offer the Ia,,solu,iou.
and i; was agreed 10, Yeas III, NhvS 81
Mr. Fairfield then offered the Ri,~nlu'iou.
with IL remark merely tha, the iav ,ri.ar
proposed was due to the deceased, and 10
the character of this House
Mr.. VIM. Cost Johnson opposed the Re-
solution as likely To lca, TO mach AM! useless
commotion and excitement. The inquiry
would, Ill his opinion, embrace many private
topics of 4 nature that could not he alluded
TO, without producing the most unpleasant
consequences. That Committee would have
to prepare themselves with strong nerves
for the discharge Of the duty. lie would
not sit on it, without arming himself. and
bracing his nerves, for the conflict. He would
go rs far as any one in rcprohaiing the Gus
tom Of duelling. and in preventing it. lie
disputed the power Of the House to enter
upon tho proposed scrutiny into the conduct
of members, with or without some spccGc
charge. If any member would rise in his
place and say that any party to the duel
was gully of Il violation of the rules of
honor, he would chccrfuly vote for the Re-
solution; and, shonld the charge lie made
out against any member, llc would vote to
cXpcl him, not only from this House, but
from the face OF nature.
Mr.. Dawson. of Georgia, though, nc said,
no one here felt more deeply sricvcd by
the traSical affair which happened, was op-
posed to the investigation, MS calculated
not to aSitare this House, but this nation.-
The moment this investigation was com
mcnced. the public attention would be
drawn exclusively to it.
Mr.. Bell implored The House 10 pause and
consider what mischiciS might grow out of
rash movement on this matter.
But the House was determined 10 have
the investigation. and the motion to post
pone was lost, by large majority. After
much debate,
Mr. Elmorc, Of South Carolin1, remarked
that, il the question was presented as one of
privilege, he should consider il his ,ury,
slernly and without regard to consequences,
to meet ii. If it was merely intended to
p'"'"SS "h Cap'toSiOh lccuHp unUllSt
duellins, Inc thought it would he useless, and
would vote against the Resolution.
Mr., Fairfield subsequently stated that he
put the proposition distinctly ontlic ground
of privilege, and he modified the Resolution
SO as to direct the COMMITTEE. Mr.. +.
more than once declared, in tlc debate,
that Mr.. G.. was called out amdshot down,
for words spoken in debate. and that the
member guilty of this breach If privilege.
ought to he expelled from this House.
In order to prevent tho rising disposiion
for general and excited deb,tc. the pre-
vious question was rcsortcd to, and, at half
past 3. the House passed the Resolution, by
an immense MAJORITY, Yeas 1:2, Nays 10,
and adjourned.
Every newspaper, of both oarlics, tla,
comes back 10 US from the Moth, is full of
dcnunciation against the perpetrators of he
murder as they term it, and Of demands
for investigation. The currert of popular
feeling, out ofthc House, runs more strongly
against Webb and Mr.. Wise, than against
Graves.
In the Senate, to-day, Mr. ircnt;,s gave
notice that he would ln,rnd,rc Il hii TO
suppress d"eIing in The Dis'rj', Of Coinm-