Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1839-12-30

ep'rited and able debate was kent up through the
iay Nv Messrs Barnard otN. Y, Rayner o n. ~
aud Waddy Thompson Of :. &. in favor OF the
right ofthe New Jersey Wings; 10y MIR Z. shep-
ard Of N. c. in reply to Mr. Thompson, ana ny
several others on Incidental points OF Order ~
Mr. c. Sheppard or N. G. md Rhett OF ,. u; WHO
voted previously IN favor Of tho right OF Tie view.
Jersey Il hiss now consider the question put AZ
res, tor the present Ivy the vote OF inc 'h'o'n"
llnise and will support the motlon 10 SEM we
whole subject ~ the Committee Oh Eiecuohs' %
we presume that The Wing Members from New
Jersey will not come ~ victorious TINS neat
The House adjourned NJ o'clock.
Correspondence ofthe Courier and Enquirer.
Thursday, Dec. 10.
In Senate.-Mr Benton, who seems determined
IN have all the information he can Of the various
mleS of collecting aud dSbursng revenue ~ Tor
eign countries, made another call on the lreasu
nv To laY, tor all the correspondence from Noh-
suls and Secretaries of Legation, III relation 10
that subject, which hnd not been before com"uh-
rateh 81 You may look out for some more
"laJors of loce,' as Mr. Trist termed II wien he
recommended so warmly the financial policy plir
sued by the Spanish authorities oil Cuoa OF per
haps there may he some additional letters from
that gentleman, by way of sdir'ng oper nus con-
duct al Havana.
Another resolution was Introduces by Mr. Linn,
asking for AL the correspondence relating to the
disputed boundary between Missouri aud Iowa,
and all the proclanations of the several tioVcrn-
ors, that had not heen before presented 10 me
House OF Representatives. when all the rrsoIu'
tons far introduced are answered, the pruning
OF Tie Senate W l. be swclled 20 such an amount
as to leave the Globe printers lutte 10 regret, even
should they lose the p hitting of the House
Another Executive session was held tins morn
ing.
Thursday, Dec. 10.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
Poil,s oforder were in order us soon as the Jour
nal was read, and the poinis were debated IN
much disurler
Mr. rurney, last night, es point OF order, IN
trouced resolution thai the whole subject con-
ne 'teh with the New Jersey contested election he
referred to the committee of Elections hereafter TO
be appointed. The resolution was not m order
and after some words Tins morning was wltlidrtwu
Mr. Johnson, of Nd. raised another point OF or
der aud intended to speak upon II. he contend
ed thai the Speaker of The House was bound by
the Constitution of the United States to swear IN
the III mixers from New Jersey. He c>nlended
that .iie teninnd they had made to he sworn i'll
their appearing nj the bar of the House with the
certificates Of their FL cnn IN heir hands placed
the Speaker in II position from Which he could
not escape.
Mr. johnson, after hriefdscnssionS Iroa points
ofGrter, Withdrew his proposition. sill there
We're points OF order heflre the House, but the
end OF them was that Mr. Wise, If er being sever
nj times Interrupted upon points Of order, got the
floor.
s,r Wise commenced somewhat lengthy
speech by ad1r, ssug himself 10 the State Rights
men, Two deserters, he said, had discovered
themselves already, and these were State Rights
men -(mennng MIR Shepherd of North Carol j.
ma and Mr. Rhett, of 5. Carona) New Jer-
sey, in asking protection for her State Rights
must say--"SuNe me from my friends and wall
take uf my enemies"
Mr. w. compared Mr. Rheus votes and MIR
Rhet'S speeches, and contended that he had acted
Il part grossly inconsistent. lie also referred to
the prior acts Of Mr. Thomas of Md. and his col
league MIR Dromgoole of Va. in regard to swear
ing in members. Once these two men contended
that no business could be done unless all the
members were sworn in-(Mr Wise alluded 10
The case ofCiabOrue and GllolsOn.)
Mr. Dromgooe Hnd Mr. Tomas both eXplnine
bre 4, making tie cases, rs understood, different
from the one i~iorc the House.
Mr. Wise left them and returned 10 Mr. Rhet
one # whose speeches c compinented MS one
of the ablesi winch had been made upon the Sub
irc, re regretted that his course had been 20
rneteorc ms to make that speech Inconsistent with
npsrI of lns votes aud other speeches, avowing IL
different set Of pincpes inconsistent with other
votes
Mr. Wise spoke ut length also, upon the char
actcr and imp lrtance OF Il Governors cerlhchte,
md cnin,,iainpd of Mr. RhCtt, that he had made II
distinction between n certificate ana u return
There was none, he commended. Governors
communication, MIR Wise said, till now had III
ways leen considered good authority OF election
Some members would remember when John
Randolph presented himself for the first time 10
the House of Representatives. He went to the
Speakers chair and the Speaker put to him the
queslion-"are you twenty five years OF age, srT
in n won,ans voice young John answered-"Go
ask my constituents There was his authority
The authority of commission. The House did moi
dare 20 behind it,, and John Randolph, though
not twenty five years ofage, took his seat
Mr. Wise also spoke at length ot certain con-
tested seats and entered into an expmnation o
the cases in the history of the Governments llt
spoke aso OF the cases ~ the virginia LegIsla
,ure and defed his colleagues TO produce one
case in the history Of the Old Commonwealth
similar 10 the oiie before The House where til,
rights of members commissioned were resisted
and trampled under foot, was attempted here
In conclusion, Mr. Wise cited ceruin cases il
the history of this Government and one III th
history OF of Oliver Cromwell and the Rump Par
lanent. II WINS very nactl M character IN
thought. and resembied the conduct of Congress
at this moment This Congress. he thought
should he known as the hRump Congress-" 10
the principles attempted to be carried out her
were like those attempted 10 be enforced else
where.
Mr. Wise made most striking peroratlon 10 hi
speech. He knew, he said. how the case was I
be decided I he fiat had gone forth and il wa
in vain TO attempt to resist IT, The Adminlslra
ton members would receive 10 votes, and IN
Wings would receive hat | Is, unless Mr. Keml
Shall of New York should appear here FROM il
tomb Of dead wife, aud Mr. Halves he brought i
upon litter and the member from hlassachaset
should appear who is 10 fill the vacancy an
even then the opposition were TO he beaten. TIL
would he I'D to 10 then. md could nc
expect to make ourselves stronger As for iii
l,,lsnnss liz lall.r md tl.,.