Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-12-12
Mr. GRAVES made some remarks, which were not

:! Mr. GRAh rs made some remarks, winch were not
heard
! Mr.. JENlFER renewed his motion.
! Mr.. NiNDERPOEL objected To the motion He
could not permit I" BE- sad that III" gentleman from
New jersey addressed the House matter of cOurte-
~. The gentleman asked no tavors but demanded II as
right and in fact he had much right to address the
| House any gentleman present.
/ Mr.. DUNCAN also repealed the idea of the gentle
man addressing the House matter of courtesy
The gentleman, he said, must address the House
matter OF right and not Of courtesy, not at all.
| Mr.. WISE observed, thai this, thea, the best
form in which they could try the question involved
If, said he, Mr. Dckerson attempts 10 address the
House, call for his credentials As to Mr.. Decker
son. will extend to him as friend every courtesy
but only know him here through the law. ! ask hun,
therefore, to produce his credentials and this will be
good mode Of deciding this question any other.
| Hlr. JOHNSON rose TO question OF order. The
gentleman from Ohio, he said, must either take has
seat, progress in his remarks He insisted that the
Char should order the gentleman either 10 take his seat
Or 90
Mr.. DUNCAN still continuing on the floor,
Mr. PROFIT rose ana said few words that
mol heard.
Several gentlemen called Mr. Profit to order when
The CHAIR asked tthr gentleman from OHIO yield
| ed the floor.
| Mr.. DUNCAN replied in the negative, and several
gentlemen requesting Mr. ID proceed in his remarks,
he commenced with few remarks which not
heard He knew he said, the principles he acting
on, and knew that they accordance with thusc
cnto rtancd by the people of the United States. He
| knew h was maintaining the principles here which
depended Tor their preservation the purity of tie
elective franchise, aud he cared not whether this
assaulted by management or stratagem: he equal
| " bound to defend it, This question must, lie
sad, be discussed, and mattcrcd whether il
discussed now hereafter It's merits must be gone
INTO, and all the efforts of the Opposition to prevent it
would be irutcsS and unavailing What the his
tory Of this matter: 1t was well known to every gen
cman here, and the know ledge ofthe fact &c.
neral that 1t almost useless to repeat il; but,
other gentlemen had done H. he would do from the
same motive and that was for home consumption.
Mr.. ID. then went GA to detail the proceedings of
the Clerk IN calling the House 10 order, and calling,
the roll until h" arrested by coming 10 the
members from New jersey, which he sad was in
:5rnlty with Gsag", wh law aud with the Obligations
npnscd on am By IN" Sanctiy 81 an oath He !, msri
Mr. d. SAID had interrupted the CLERK wh"n in cali ny
III" roll lie 10 The Stale al Ncw Jrrs"r. but per-
hlls in low t. br heard: and he had deter
mined hiarr!auj not To il" the gentlemen who cam"
here wiihnut having maorit, tnr popular vo, be-
called W;eticr the Clerk was solely interrupted b.
rs rblcc,o>. from Other ca'ist h" did tnl n,w;
but tn nc dl know, that The Clerk did not pursue
the course because required Of HIM 5v tie Dcmccra-
tic party Did the Ccrl, do right, did he do wrong
r lIc was right then ali the for waste If the
public tame ana the public money must rest nppn ,A2sr
who opposed his proceeding with In" call Of ti. roll"
because he submitted the decision n the of the
wrong, then let all these rest those who
have supported him in the course he has taken. MIR
d. said the Clerk right, II" bound by the
very oi his duty, aud BIZ the oath hc had takcn
70 act as he had done. What his duty; He
bound by his duty 10 enrol the names of the members
Of the Twcnty-sxth Congress. He had evidence,
elusive to his nind that John b. Aycrgg. John P. Y
Maxwell. WILL. u"is'vu, ,hafics Z. Sratton, and
| Jhoiias j. Iurkc, not elected members of the
Tcn,v-sixth Congress lie had evidence Of that fact
IN his possession, and what would he his situation Mr.
D. asked, had hc enrolled Their Names and called them
as members OF tins Congress: Sir, (sad SI.. d. h.
would be looked upon BY the moral intelligence of the
country, having violated the obligations of duty,
and the sancy OF oath He had evidence that tlry
were not members Of the Twcntv-slXth Congress and
he submitted the question involved suggesting post
ponrmcn OF the Of the " Jcrscv members until the
rest othe roll should ne called and quorum asccr.
tanned il had been conIcndcd srcmuouslv that these
Eve gentlemen possessed evidence of their election
the certificate Of The Governor of y. j. with the Jr0ad
sc of the State, ard that this the only evidence
\ he entitled 10 The whole argument, from
that time To tins puts IN III mind of little book he
had read logic, and from which he would cite few
examples: "Gcntemrn Wa. boots; 4 B wears boots;
therefore \ B is gentlemen sl.adics wear corsets;
Miss \ corscts therefore Mss lady The
fact according 10 THIS logic that 4 B wear boots, is
prima tnri6 evidence that he IS gentleman: and the
fact that Miss wears c0rSrts, primG tNCie evil
dcncc that she is lady. Aad yet (sad Mr.. Dun
CAM hav" known na:y men TO boots who
are not gcnticnirn, and many women and girls 10
cors,'.s who not aides. Cluch laughtcr.)-
The wearing Of boots and corScts general. that it
no LONGER furnishes evidence Of the beng gem
tlclnen and ladies'. So also with members Of Cen
gress The certificate and "br0Gd SCGi common
to members of Congress, that Is no longer priIad ace
cvdencc of membership. He knew pretended mem
bcrs OF Congress who bear the certificates nnd br0ad
sCa!S who not members and ii getting
mon. that the fact of their having such not prima
tacie evidence Of their membership. We have heard
much said (said Mr. d. about this "LrOdd StaI, and he
did not know that wcr while tn say much about
| ii: he had heard il mentioned al least thousand
times i'll the Of this debate II seemed that il
was very broad seal indeed. One gentleman held,
that IL moi tie track OF a calf foot hat of oXs
| foot. As he remarked last evening, il must be-
broad The foot Of Mr!tons devil when he was cast
out of Paradise, which covered ten acres. At lcaat
IT broad enough 10 cover two townships IN New
Jersey and ncutraIzc the Democratic votes of whole
State. Now, he wanted 10 know what there IN
reality about this seal 10 give much importance He
supposed derived its socmny and consideration from
its antiquity If So it must be remembered that had
lis origin III the days Of ignorance when could
neither read write In England had cen the fate
Of the broad SEAL 10 which gentlemen attached much
Importance, tn b" cast INTO the Thames, where II
les. King James II. threw II INTO the river thinking
that by the loss of the .rcnt Sca' b" could get RID Of
some Obligations imposed hun According 10 the
doctrines of gentlemen, therefore, if they want to hunt
for the great seal oi England, hcy must 90 to the bot
tom Of the Thames for It,
Now he had stated that the Clerk had the most con
clGSvc violence his possession that the he had
read not members of the 'lwenty-sxth Congress,
and therefore, he solcmnly bound by his duty, not
to enrol them as members of the Twenty-sixth Con-
grcss lie asked, therefore, the reading of that evi-
dcncc.
The Clerk then read the following documents, which
had been filed in his Office:
The following the certificate Of the Secretary Of
State of New jersey showing the returns Of election
record in his office:
STATE or New JEEsFY,s
], James D. Westcott, Secretary of State Of New
Jersey do hereby certify that, upon careful
ton Of all the returns made by the several clerks Of the
respective counties in said State, and fled in my office,
and also Of returns of votes given the townships Of
South Amboy, in the county Of Mdd!csex, and Of Mill
VILE, in the county Of Cumberland, verified BIZ the aft.
avs Of the several township officers Of election IN sad
townships respectively, which township retnrns