Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-01-09
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Thursday Dec. -. In conlmillce OF lhe
whole (Mr. Adams il the Chalr) Mr..
Prenliss linishel lis speeca on the General
Politics Of ,hc country, Mr.. Haynes reso.
lutiops fer referring tn! diff rent pars Of the
Presidents Message beng un'lcr conS:de-
ration. AGcr which the committee rose
a I'd reported progress.
A resolution TO refer ctms Of lhe work.
men on the new Treasury Baiidlng for
adjustment to Il board consisting OF line
Heads of the Sta:e, War. anl Treasury
Departments, was discussed for some time;
Mr.. Rencher opposing the resolution.
Dec. %. TIE day WIS consumed IN
debate on a resolution moved by Mr.
Wise to print different Public documents
giving accounts of fdcf,Icatons, that OF Mr.
Swartout included. Various amendments
were made 4, the suggestion OF dItsreh'
members. The debate was anima:ed Out
courteous. Mr.. Wise, in The course o: his
remarks, professed willingness to i'npcaca
the Secretary Of the Treasury for NAL
practice in Office. On this head, anI Mr..
Thomas, wished he would 90 so, because
then the whole truth would come Out
No question was taken when the House
adjourned.
Monday Dec. 81. This being the day
fer resolutions many were presented ;
among them the following.
Mr.. Cuslrnan presented the following
Joint resolution: ..
Resolved By The Ssnats and House Of
Representatives. Of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, (two thirds
of both Houses concurrng thereIn,) That
the following article be proposed 10 the LIE.
gislatures of the several States, as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Unicd
States, which, when ratified by the L"glsla-
tures ofthree.fourths Of the said States, shall
be valid as part of said Constitution name
ly: Ill.,
"That no person shall be capable of
holding, or Of being elected 10, any office
of honor, trust or profit, either civil or mill
fary, legislative, executive, or judicial, un.
der the Government Of the United STATES,
who shall hereafter fight duel, or send or
accept challenge 10 fight duel, tho pro-
bable issue ofwhich may be the death OF
the challenger or challenged, or shall be a
second 10 either party, or shall in any man.
ner aid or assist in such duel, or shall be,
knowingly, the bearer Of fsuch challenge or
acceptance"
This resolution was read twice and or
dered to be printed.
Mr.. Gushing offered the following.
Whereas, in the message ofthe President
of the United States, at the opening OF the
eighteenth Congress, It was, among other
things, avowed and proclaimed as the set
tied national policy of the United States
that sin the wars Of the European Powers
ia matters relating to themselves, we have
never taken any part. nor does it compor'
with our policy so to do; ;" that "with the
movements in this hemisphere we are o'
necessity more Immediately connected =
that"we owe it, therefore, to candor anc
to the amicab'e relations existing betw eer
the United States and those Powers, to de-
clare, that we should consider any attemp
on their part to extend their system to any
portion Of this hemisphere so dangerous t
our peace and safety that" with the ex's
ting colonies or dependencies ofany Euro
pean Power we have not nterfered, and shal
not interfere but with the Government
who have declared their independence, ant
maintained it, and whose independence w
have on great consideration and on jus
principles acknowledged, we could nc
view any in,erposi,ion for the purpose Q