Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1838-01-05

men' OF lne house on lnursuay lie gaVo
notice to the Southern members TO assem- |
Bile in the committee Room Of the Com
mlt,ee OF Claims, to take measures for Me
dissolution of The Union. CambeU said,
tina, all who heard of him knew well thai
he made no reference whatever, on that
occasion. to the Union, or its dissolution,
And the MEASURES adopted at that meeting
were, 10 fact, calculated to allay, rather
to increase excitement.
IF this matter had related only to him.
he should not have noticed III bu, 1t touched
all the gentlemen who acted with him; and
at request he made the eGplanalo ION.
The memorial Of the Pence SOc'eiy, pro
scented by Mr. adams, respecting the war
with Mexico, which Uolcard had moved to
be referred to The COMMITTEE on Foreign
relations; and which committee, IddUS
had moved. he instructed to read, consider
and report upon the same. came up for
considerations
Adams moved to strike the word "read''
from his Instructions He said that he
should not have moved that instruction,
had not most important Committee Of
this House, in a printed communication
signed by six of It's members. expressly &C
knowledged, that touching most impo7-
tant subject brought before that Comm'-
tee by petitions from the people, that
Commit, &C had acted, wuhout reading The
petitions.
He DID not intend to be personal
Those gentlemen and he had different
views of official duty, But he would say
} that if he had been upon mat Comml'tee'
and had 50 acted he should nave consld'
cred himself traitor to his duty, ana To
the House. When he hm9ef put the
} question at the last session, whather the
petitions had been vead, it was thought by
, many gentlemen, most extraordinary
question. What, then, did those gentlemen
think Of the answer Of the Chairman, and
c OF the SIX members Of that Committee, a.
D vOWlng, openly and shamelessly, that the
c petitions, in fact, had not been read'
But the gentlemen, in their party mani
festo, undertook to justify themselves OF
e the ground Of usage.
(Here .4dums was going into some com
mens upon the newspaper article OF ih
. six members of the Committee. He wa
stopped by the Speaker "a being out o
', order. thai matter not being before tn
u House. He said he hoped he might b
J. permitted to 90 on. The Committee wer
:, six to one against him, as they were tn
81 other day, when they made their attac
/ upon his colleague. The House SCENE
Is strongly inclined to let him 60 on. Blu
y the Speaker absolutely refused, and oblge
- him to slop.)
: .4dams then said, that generally as t
u the usage which might be urged as rea
son for Committee not reading petitions
if any such usage existed, it was n mo;
If |, ia, t,,ta 10 n var
= ance with the right of petition itself, an
~ one which ought to be done away vii
ID Immediately.
.. Since, however, he was satisfied that n
~ other Committee except the one IN quesiloI
If could possibly be guilty of any such col
: duct as emitting to read the petitions re
"a ferred 20 it, he therefore moved to s'rIk
=, out the word "read" from his instruction.
NJ Mr.. Adams then took up the question
.. whether the Committee of Foreign Affair
:, was the proper Committee to whom tn
}. memorial should be sent
The President, IN his Message, declare
that the House had conceded with tt
opinion OF his predecessor, that anu U,pQ,
~ kno,on 10 The ta,c Of nations might h,cCui.
CT be resorted 10, as II means Of Obtaining ~
e. dress from Mexico.
Ne Adams said h. was unwilling to make a
C. issue OF personal veracity with the Pros
Is dent Of the Unted States. He woul
ar therefore. enquire, # the Chairman of II
u' Committee of Foreign Affairs. or al
other member of the House, would IA
no that this assertion of the President W
So true
III No answer being returned, Albums sn
on he would then say, that IN point of fac
'u' there was no act or record of the Hnu
to sustain The assertion of the PresldeI
in in his Message. The Committee Of F.
ms eigu Affairs, in their report, had cancld
with the opinion of the President. bu, t
lld House had never done so. .4damS tn
proceeded TO argue that the Committee
uld Foreign Affairs, having already express
an opinion upon this sub ject OF war W
to Mexico, were no fiji Committee to conSlt
ro- that petition
From the moment the Presidents Nj
ler sage was mentioned, a furious war NJ
the questions o. order was commenced, II
The details of which have not time to
5 to The yeas and nays are now being tai
will on the question whether Adams ST
have liberty toprocerd. twill, doubtIt
-on, be carried in The affirmative.
The trial Of J. X. Frost, in The city
New York, for ThOmsonising person
nc" death, was brought to close on Saturd
" ~ The jury was out four and half ho,
'',"' ard returned n verdict of mnnsi1ughte,
,ard .i
r be
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