Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-01-23

done; il being ayerrcd by MIR. Cuevas, The Me1icah
Secretary for Foreign Affairs and by Mr. Martinez 'he
Mexican Minister, that the pamphlet H." h"rh
Chat is in The popular sense OF The word) wiSa "a'
also admitted in the report Of the Secretary OF State
Mr. G. added that he would here suspend his remarks
on the main question.
The hour Of o'clock having arrived, the House Then
passed to the Special Order of the Day, and resumed the
MISSISSIPPI ELECTION.
The depending question being on The motion OF MI
Bell strike all after The word resolvcd, ana m
ser one TO the following effect viz: hat the resolution
Of the House of the Sd Of October last, declaring that
Messrs Ghulson and Claiborne were duly elected nien-
bers of the 18th Congress, was agreed 10 without
knowledge Of all the facts which were material In The
case, and the same is hereby rescinded And -,
Resoired, further, That Messrs. Pren,iss ard Word
were duly elected members Of The 18th Congress, from
the State of Mississippi, in November last, and arc emil
tied to take their seats as such.
MIR. Prcntss occupying, by permission of the House.
seat within the bar resumed his argument 10 the House
in support Of the right Of himself and his colleague
Mr. Word to seats in the 25lh Congress, having been
duly elected by The People of Mississippi. lie Iecapu'
lated the grounds lie yesterday assumed; and then pro-
ceeded TO notice important admission in Mr. Clal-
bones written argument, viz. that he had been in pos
session of the Governors certificate issued in oil The
forms of law declaring himself and Mr. Gholsoi TO have
been elected members for the called session only but
had not submitted this 10 the House or the Committee
on Elections, bu, had, in preference procured and SUBJ
mitted in evidence of his election certificate by the
Secretary Of State Of Mississippi 10 return OF the votes
given al the election. Mr. T. insisted that the House
being Of the existence OF this document lhen
its decision in September had been made under q mis-
taken view OF facts
He then went into an examination of British prece
denis TO show with what scrupulous the right Of
election had been guarded by Parliament and cited the
case of Wilkes aud Lutlre in punt; arguing
that if the election by the People Of Mississippi in No
vember could he aside by decision Of this House
before il happened, the right of election Ear better
guarded in England than here. This sacred right he
beautifully characterized The Promelean spark Of Po
pular freedom.
lie argued again. that, by the act of the House,
at the present session in referring the TO the
Committee on Elections be reported on il had itself
declared that lis decision at the called session was no;
final and irreversbIe and the argument from res al
judicau precuded by the action of the House itself
Having thus concluded much Of his argument as
was directed to demolsh the position that the question
was adjudca,ed and could not again be opened ne pro-
cepded take the first of The three general positions he
had laid down in the outset viz: that le election IN July
WIS ips0 cie void under which head he started these
two questions viz {: Had the Governor of Mississippi
constitutional power issue his writ fer that electlon:-
And g II he had, did he exercise il? Under The first
of these questions MIR. p. then went into extended
and very acute constitutional argument, which occupied
the rest of the dag; when, after the hour of three With
out having concluded he gave way for motion for ad.
ournnent.
The House thereupon adjourned.