Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-01-03
Twenty-Fifth Congress.
o ~ D SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

by MIR. kHETT, ana WitncraWH.
The motion Of Mr. SLApE to amend
the Jouroal was refused without n d..
vision.
M. PATTON, of Virginia, asked the
conssn. Of tho House to offer a resolu.
ton.
Mr.. ADAMS objected.
Mr.. PATTON novel a suspension Of
the Rules, to enable him to offer the
resolution.
Mr.. CusHMAN called for tho yeas
and nays which were ordered.
DIR. BrppLE asked if the resolution
was debateablef
The CHAIR replied that, when intro
duced, it would become So, but was not
80 now.
The vote for the suspension Of the
Rules, to enable Mr.. Parton to make
his motion, was decided by yeas and
NAYS, as follows: Yeas 1876, Nays 90.
So the Rules were suspended.
Mr.. Parton then offered the follow
ing resolution.
ResoIced, That oil petitions, me.
MORALS and papers touching the aboll-
ton Of slavery, or the buying, selling
or transferring Of slaves in any State,
District or Territory Of ihe United
States, BIO laid upon the table without
being debated, printed, read, or refer.
red, and that no further action what
ever shalt be had thereon"
The resolution having been read,
AMI The question upon it propounded
from the chair
Mr.. Parton said that this resolution
was offered in the spirit of peace and
harmony. 1t involved, SO far as he
himself was concerned, and So far as
concerned some portion Of the repre-
ssniatives oil ~slaveholding States, a con-
cession which they held to be very
considerable. He considered it, how.
ever, as a timely sacrifice to the peace
and harmony of the country. He ho-
ped that the effect would lie TO ailay,
not to exasperate and eycite, agitation
and angry feeling. The desire ofthose
with whose concurrence this resolution
was offered, was to ex,inguish, and not
10 kindle the flame of discord and ex.
element in the country. In such a
without a word of comment, or
utterance to one of those emo.
lions which were swelling in his bo-
som, at the recollection of the scenes
Of yesterday, he should do on this that
he had never done before, since
he had been a member of that House,
move the previous question.
Mr.. ADAMS rose, and remarked that
the gentleman from Virginia had been
permitted to make remarks, IN intro
his resolutions, and
Here Mr.. ADAMS vas interrupted
by loud cries Of order, and the SrEA.
KER pronouncing him out of order,
whilst a motion for the previous CUES
tion was depending,l
Resumed his seat.
The call for the previous question
was seconded by a vote, by t%eileFs
ayes ia, noes not counted.
The question then recurring, "Shall
the main question be now putt"
Mr.. CALHOUN, of Massachusetts, as
ked for the yeas and nays, which were
ordered, and the question was decided
us follows: Yeas 1919, Nays 63.
when Mr.. WIsE's name was call.
ed, he rose, and said he preferred TO be
excused from voting on tins question
al all. He was in the Hall, and ifnot
excused SHOULD vol yea. And the
Chair decided that he could no now
be excused, as the request should have
been made before The division was or.
dered. Mr.. w. then answered YEA.
Tho main question, being thus or
dered, was put on the adoption Of the
resolution, and was decided in the aC-
frmative by the following vote Yeas
l22, Nays "A.
So the resolution was agreed to.
When the roll was about being call
ed, Mr.. DUNCAN, Of Ohio, asked if ii
would be in order to state the reasons,
of that time, for the vote he should
give1
The CHAIR responded ir the mega.
tive.
When Mr.. ADAMs's name was call.
ed, he arose, and, amidst cries Of or.
der, made the following statement:
81 hold the resolution to be a viola.
ton Of the Constitution of thn United
States, Of the right Of my constituents,
and Of the People Of the United States
to petition, and of my right to freedom
Of speech, as a member of this House."
Mr.. SAWYER, of North Carolina,
asked to be excused from voting when
his name was called.
The CHAM decided that the request
was not made in the proper time.
Mr.. WISE did not vote on the ques.
ton at all, but rose and remarked that
he was here. He did not hold il as a