Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-01-02
NGRESSIONAL
Recognition OF Hayti.
MONDAY Dec II

presented memorial from ci,izsn,
Nantucket, praying, among other tb;,.'
for the establishment of the usual in,s,A
:ional relations with The republic Of n
ii, and the memorial having ION acc.
OF Its praying also for the abolnio.-,
slavery in the District Of COLUMBIAN -.
laid upon the table under The order rec.
ly made
Mr.. Wise rose 10 ask that the que.
OF reception be put in regard 10 this :
lion. =
The Chair stated that it was TOO I,.
the memorial having already been recs,-
ed, and laid on the table.
Mr.. Wise said he had risen as soon >,
he heard the contents Of the memorial
Alter good deal Of colloquial explap,
lion and remonstrance with the chair.
Mr.. Wise moved to reconsider The O.
der oil the House, BY which SO much d
The memorial as referred 10 the estabsb
ment of international relations with Harj
had been referred 10 the committee on e..
eign affairs
The reading of the memorial hayip,
been called for, IT was read accordipoIv'
Mr.. Howard chairman Of the comm.
tee on foreign affairsl suggested 10 Mr.
Wise that he had better acquiesce In n.
reference of this part of the memorial !,
the committee on foreign affairs. hww
not new case Several similar mem.
rails had been sent there last sessio
} which had never been reported on. Tins
would take a similar course; il won
never be heard of again.
MIR. Wise. regard il as neither mo,.
nor less than wholesale amalgamaiion-
The petition asks that white repub.
should anal gamaie with black.
MIR. Grennel said The paper process.
no amalgamation, either wholesale or r.
tail; It was respectful petition from e..
liens OF Massachusetts, whose voice ID.
country was bound to hear.
The Chair said, as the memorial mo.
duced debate. 1t would lie over, under 4
rule of the House.
MIR. Reed of Massachusetts presen.e,
, another memorial of similar tenor. az.
: moved that so much of it as related 10 r.
lations with the republic OF Hayti be e
ierred 10 the committee on foreign Affairs
MIR. Wise objected to the reception q
: the memorial.
e MIR. Adams inquired whether the Que.
). uon OF reception was debaleable
The Chair said ii was.
MIR. Adams. Then / wish TO assiy,
> some reasons why the paper should b -
ceived. L am not prepared. al tbs uz..
10 discuss that question in the mannsr
}. could desire, not having anticipated In
d the question would be raised, but
|. Mr.. Craig here rose to order, and Il
: CURED, whether as the reception Of ia,
il memorial was giving rise TO debate.
Il ought not, under the rule, to lie over.
The Chair said not. The recep,ion q
memorial was one thing. It's disp Osllu
when received was another. After il va
e received, If II occasioned debate, /; mus, I:
r over; vi the question of reception va
le detachable, and might now be debated.
Of MIR. Adams proceeded. Twill then as
b sign my reasons why The memorial oucl
l. 10 De received. Aud the first is, becaas
70 the matter prayed for is proper subiec. &,
II petition, and there is no substantial Tcass
: against receiving the petition. No.w,a
: standing all that has transpired in III.
i House for the last Jour years in rc!a.ig
10 petitions on slavery and kindred sub
JectS. there is still a general principlew We.
: established, and which l hope will sur
p ViVe' and 1t is this; that petitions are q.
i ways to be received unless there are s,f51,
n and cogent reasons against it. The ri-
IT OF petition is one which, until late re.i
II IN our history, has been held most sacls
: oy The people of the United States. >
sacred was II considered, that, whea Il.
; constitution was formed aud adopted, with.
Out containing any special provision ti
tne preservation and protection OF thl
right' this right of petition was one Of ID:
hrSt that was secured in tie amenimeBi
10 that instrument, which were alterwari.
ADOPTED by the states. Ii would have been
, sacred right if 1t had not been express
eitner In the amendments or in The origiG-
: al instrument; il would still have exiS.5l
10 the people of the United States. /, 50
f 'lSnt which belongs 10 all nations, which
1 er Tree or enslaved. The most despo;i:
4 Governments on earth do no. DENY il 70
.neir subjects. The Sultan OF Turkey
himself dare not refuse it to the hun!bles!
slave IN his empire.
But lsaid Mr.. Al the constitution Of
Inc United States being formed CT The
principles of liberty, and having omitted
lprobably for that very reason,l 10 make
any special provision on the subject, an
amendment was, as have said, called for
by the people of all the states, and. among
one ct the first items, is this. Th1re j!
stanes. And when Congress was, foE
lhe nrst time, organized under the consl;.
tutlon' and adopted rules for its govern
menl' what rule did it adopt in regard 10
me presentation of pelitions2 1t REQUIRED