Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-05-05

il q member were not named In the os1GlnAl rus
Dlution, il was 90 notorious that member cere
implicated in the inquiry, it was proper to pro-
coed, as they had done, against such mos'ons.-
This position (of Messs Fair6eld's Turnsy's,
Duucan's and other such persous) Mr.. Adams re-
f;,ted in the most mastery and doc isive manner.
lie showed that the resolution Of Mr.. Fairfield,
insfisuting this enquiry, could never have passed
this House, had such tendency been apparent,
y, intended bv the mover. He drew from prece-
dent authority, and personal recollection, much
valuable information as 10 practice, bearing d.
recty upon the case, and attracted the attention
Of the whole house, who gathered around him,
and hung upon the words that fell pregnant with
forceful conviction, frOm his lips.
He moved to Feconsmit the report, with in
strctions to strike out the resolution, and these
parts ofthe report which arc augumensasive upon
the subject Of the persons concerned and implica-
ted in it, Members Of the House, he contended,
ought not to beorced TO lie under the prejudice Of
this report, fortnight nor even single day.
On motion Of Mr.. Gilmore the House then ad-
journsd.
A.sexafion Of 1szas.-This subject was put
of till Tomorrow, when Mr. Preston will address
the Senate upon his resolution, which has bsen
made the special order.
Pesiesiiary bM-Anee a very eloquent
pernicious bill, and two from Mr.. Buchanan, in
its .uppor;-tlse Same being ON its third reading
was passed by the following vote:
Ycas-Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Buch-
anan, Calhoun, Clay Of Ala, Cuthbert, Fulton,
Grundy, Hubbard, Linn. Lumpkin. Lyon, Morris,
Ruggles, Smith Of Conn.,, Upton, Trotter, VIII
iiams, Wright, Young-27.
Nays-Messrs. Clay Of KY, Clayton, Critten-
den, Davis, King, Merrick, Nicholas. Prentiss,
Preston, Smith Of Ia, Spence, Swift, White.-l3.
Correspondence Of he Baltimore Transcript.
WASHINGTON, April 25sb, 1888.
The motion to print the reports Of tho Duel Com
mi,tee is still pending, though the House has to
day saken . great step towards settlia9 the ques-
tion, by having all the reports read. Tho debate
previous to this, produced noihing nsw in the way
Of arguments, those Of the preceding discussions
being repeated to . tiresome degree. The para
mount authority of the law in Jeffefso0's Manual;
tho more direct authority Of the resolutions which
Instituted the Committee, the emphatic demands
Of the public voice in the shape Of Petitions-and
the extreme isqsistorial power Of said committee,
together with other arguments, were enforced and
dwelt upon by tho opposite parties with great COR
rectness and ability.
Among the most conspicuous debasers to-day
were Mcssrs. Foster, Of New York, Bell and Scr
geani. Tho first distinguished himself on tho
Mississippi Election case, by his elaborate coasei
lutional views Of that question. He strenuoasly
insists that the Committee has not exceeded its
powers in making the report, which he asserts
would not deserve the name Of report, were 1t
simply . collection Of facts, and evidence, and not
Drawn up with Arguments and conclusions. He
looks upon the law in the emanuel, 20 often quo
ted, ~ nothing more than . ''cobweb OF form"-a
intended as obstacle to the print
ing Of the report. t E..
Mr. Grantiaod Of Ga. thought il strange that tho !
objection against the irregular proceedings Of the
Committee had not been urged before. IL the |
House was ignorant Of the proper couse tn b Pur
snA hnW
could Il be expected that the Committee should be
ware Of III II any member had kaown ut that
inc what that course was, he was moro 70 blame
han the Committee.
Nj. Bell said he did not believe tho Committee
vifulIy pursued = wrong course, but he was sur
rissd that 10 many members should maintain
hem in q manifest error. Most Of those compo-
ing that committee had voted against his propo
ition to postpone Investigation Of tho late duel.
nd now that they arc ON IN examin alton which
hey ha precipitated and had fallen into error, he
ras ut loss to perceive Why tho House should
ustain them in it.
Mr.. Bell argued that tho question affected not
My the rights and privileges Of members and
,eir constituents, bat also the Constitution and
Tvs; for upon these were based the laws and
lies Of tho House. Ia his opinion, it was the 9
nty OF the Speaker 70 have arrested tho whole :
,bject on Saturday, soon ~ Mr.. Toueey an
Ounced that . member was implicated. =:
Mr.. Sergeant took the same view Of tho subject !.
Id enlarged more On tho constitutional question
volved. In his Judgment, the Chair had q deep 9
sponsibility coocening the issue If these pro-
'edings. 1t was for the Speaker to execute the
dgment Of the House, and how was that to be !"
moi Three different reports from the Commit q
. had been presented to tho House, one Of
hich recommended tho expulsion Of = member,
hich, If done unco0stitutio0ay, would make the "
hair amenable foe the act. The House had ~ n
nch right to take . man in the street and hang
10, - to punish member contrary to the rules
the House, because they we're based upoa the :.
Institution. Mr.. 8. concluded with asserting that p
. member implicated could not be examised o. :.
III as a criminal and witness. :"
Mr.. Boon now called for tho reading Of the re- ~
rts which was done in succession. That Of the J"
ioeity detailed the causes and circumstances Of ~
duel, they have been given in tho papers o =:
] the SECONDS report. In this part Of it, il 10
ted that Graves rifle was Of . much larger bore
IN CilIcy's, the ball Of tho former being eighty
The pound aud that Of the latter being hundred
thirty. IapPears that when the ground, I'n
sun was in the face Of Mr.. Graves, and the -
I'd blew towards Mr.. Cilley an
The augmentation part Of it, is we'll known FRI
ably asserts that Graves eommitied breach Of
'ilege in challenging or carrying . challenge tn
fellow member, and then recommends the ex- bic
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