The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-12-23

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common law, to Parliamentary and q The
law 81 nations. 1 counnission under thu Feat /
seal of tho State, and signed BY the Gov
ernor.
That the determination Of the State au-
thoritics thus authenticated, is final and con-
elusive, until reverted by the only authority
to which the constitution Of the United States
has given the power of determining upon its
correctness.
That the only body invested with such
power, is the House of Representatives, le-
gally organized.
That no man who cannot produce the cv-
idence required by the laws Of his State, can
with propriety take his seat as Represen-
tativc of that State; and no man who does
produce such evidence, can be excluded,
before an investigation by the House Of
Repres entaiives, without fragrant violation
of the Constitution and of law.
That the House of Representatives can
not be consiitutionally organized, or quo
rum formed, till all the States of the Union
have permission 10 appear by all their Rep
resentatives, and take part in its organlza-
ton; and that constitutional quorum is not
merely majority Of the Representatives
chosen, after the arbitrary exclusion Of 9TH
er members, on any pretext whatever, but
majority of all the members elected from
every State, after each State has had an OPP
portunity to appear by her Representatives,
and to constitute part ofthat quorum.
That the body here assembled, having no
| judicial powers, and no authority to send for
persons and papers, or to examine witnesses
under oath, and being forbidden by law to
60 into the consideration Of any business be-
fore it is organized, and the oath to support
the Constitution administered to its men,
bers, cannot exercise the highest power be-
longing to the House Of Representatives
that of reviewing and revising the decision
of the State authorities in relation to their
own elections.
That the only tribunal recognized by the
laws Of N. Jersey, having, in the only man.
ner authorized by those laws, passed upon
and determined the question, who are her
| Representatives. We, her Representa-
tives, in the name of ovr State, respectfully,
yet most solemnlv disclaim the power of this
Assembly, to review or reverse that decision,
and shall not recognize its authority, even
by voting upon the question:
/ WASHINGTON, Dec. IL.
| can report progress in my letter Of to-
night-the House, or Assembly or sAleet-
ing as MIR. Adams, and most of the men,
bers call the collected members, having
come to important decisions upon various
preliminary provisions, important to the gen.
eral issue. The important vote was taken
alta late hour this afternoon. 1t was upon
Mr.. Wise's resolution-that the members
from N Jersey, regularly commissioned, be
entitled to take part in the organization Of,
the House. Prior to vote upon this reso-
luton, the Chair decided that the yeas and
nays could be called by general consent
The members of both parties were in favor
of them, and they were called. Mr. Wise's
resolution was lost by the following close
vote-Ayes, lis; Noes ll6. Three wings
were absent-enough to make tie vote
M. Naylor, upon the resolution, and the
j N Jersey members, did not vote. The prior
business of the day was exciting and impor-
tant, SO much SO, that at one time, before the
House had been an hour in session, an ad-
4 journment was moved The question i'm
mediately before the House in the morning,
was an appeal from Mr. Adams decision,
made last night, that Mr.. MAYORS vote
should be counted. [He had voted upon the
motion Of Mr. Rhett, to lay Mr.. Wise's res
olution upon the tablet The discussion
upon Mr.. Adams decision was carried
through with great virulence. Mr.. Tour
ney, of Ten, played the braggart very con-
spicuously, by insulting Mr. Adams grossly
in the chair-calling him hard names-teli-
} ing him that he was incompetent-ought to
be deposed-declaling that the House could
do no business, &C., while Mr. Adams was
J Chairman. Mr.. Journeys tongue run riot
: for time, and the end Of his remarks init
mated, that the sooner the body became
: mob the better.
Gen. Stanley, of N. c., replied with great
and merited severity to this remark, and
told Mr. 7. ifhe was disposed to be riotous,
he was the man for him. There were sew
eral great mutual congratulations made du-
: ring the day. Mr. Naylor, Of Pa and Mr.
Smith, of Maine, had another brush, which
Terminated in nothing more serious than
hard words. Mr. Ingersoll, Of Pa, attempt
ed to address the House, or rather to force
himself upon the House, but was not per-
I mitted. Mr. Peck, of N. Y, told him, that
= instead of obtruding himself into the Hall,
he had better make his speech to the Ro-
, tunda! Such personal remarks have been
: made by the score today, and the effect Of
them in body almost equally divided, you
lean not imagine. A more irritable body,
with greater diversity Of opinion, hardly
4 ever came within the walls Of the Capitol.
81 The scenes enacted to-day have been dis