The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-05-02
CONGRESS-.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MONDAY April eth
CASE or rRivuLEcE.

| on the late occurrence ia which Messrs. GARLAND
and BYNUM were engaged
Although the report and evidence had been ordered
10 be printed the directions had not been complied
with and, Of course the House could not proceed TO
the consideration OF the subject
Mr.. BRIGGS asked why the printing had not been
executed ordered Why had not the public pm
ter been furnished with the manuscript Copies Of
the whole of the statements ought 10 have been on
the table this morning lie wished to know the rea-
son Of the neglect
| The Speaker said he could not answer the ques-
ton
Ii isthe Clerk duty to to the execution OF the
orders Of the House for the printing. That scf-suf
| licent parsonage remained silent
Mr. Campbell, Of South Carolina, turned the
attention Of the House from the thought Of this neg
ligcnce Of duty by the Clerk by moving To reconsi-
der the vote by which the printing ordered. He
said he could not perceive that any advantage would
result from spreading the details of this transaction
before the world with the authenticity Of Congress
sionel document. They were not OF chara't TO
give credit 10 the body. Nor did he see how the
House at this day, could with propristy take any
further order in relation to the members engaged u
the House were TO punish for contempt IN such case
il ought to have been done at the tme.
The SPEAKER said the motion To reconsider was
in order
Mr. CAMPBELL then submitted thst motion
Mr.. GARLAND now 70 e, and ~ very grs,el.ui
and impressive manner, addressed the > caker y ne
members clustered round maniiestng their sympathy
ward eagerly TO catch his words.
lie said he had desired TO address the House mme-
datcy after the transaction in question had occurred
hut proceedings commenced in regard to It 50
suddenly, and some members had thought proper to
indulge in such freedom of remark about H. that ne
was precludcd both by the course of the House and
by his own feeling of proprety and honor from max
ing any exclamation. Had he then felt himself at
liberty 10 speak he would have declared he had no IN
tcnon to do any thing disrespectul To this body lie
was assured that those who had known him while ne
had the honor of seat in Congress would believe hun
incapable Of committing an intentional ndignity upon
| the House. The whole occurrence was sudden and
| entirely unexpected He could mol possibly have an
ticpatcd any thing of the kind II not Tor him to
say word az to whether he right on crong under
the peculiar circumstances of the That was for
| the House and the public 10 determine. Most GER
tainly he had at the time, the strongest impression
that he was in the right and under the impulse OF
that feeling he acted After the excitement of the
moment however he had felt a. he now felt thai Tins
| hall was not the place for such an occurrence
He repeated that he desired 10 have made these re-
marks Immediately after the over, hut
| he was prccluded from doing Now, however
| since the committee have reported the facts and the
testimony and have not thought proper To recommend
any course of acton upon the he felt himself al
liberty make this expanat On, and to declare, as he
now did most readily and sincerely that he had no
| prc-conceived idea intention of doing any thing
disrespcctiuI to this bodyand he most c!eoriuly
submitted himself to the judgment the House.
This frank and manly address is just what might
have been expected from his character and produced
| a general impression in his favor.
| The motion to reconsider strongly opposed by
| Mcssrs Fillmore Vanderpoel, and Banks, the
ground that number OF reports, some erroneous ANA
| highly exaggerated have been sent abroad and pub
shed in the newspapers and it was due to truth and
Justice now that correct and authorized account Of
| the facts should be given without delay.
| The motion to reconsider was rejected
On motion of Mr.. UNDERWOOD, the conside-
ration Of the report the evidence, and the whole sub
cc postponed till tomorrow SO that the printing
might be executed in the meantime and the members
be put in possession OF all the materials for clear and
comprehensive judgment.
| GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
! The House, at one o'clock went into Committee OF
the Whole on the bill making appropriations for
the Civil and Diplomatic expenses of the Govern
mcnt.
Mr. DILLET, of Alabama, distinguished himself
by speech of remarkable ability and interest
The Loco focos had not only spent hour after hour,
and day after day in abuse OF General HARRISON and
Qualification of Mr.. Van Burcn; but two three
had made set speeches in favor of the Sub Treasury
| bill and of the whole family of Sub Treasury mca-
surcs including, OF course the notable schemes of es
tablishing hard money standard--ior reducing wa
gcs of labor--and bringing down the value OF pro-
| perty.
Mr. DILI.ET took occasion therefore, to devote
much of his speech the consideration of these pes
tifcrous measures. lie went into thorough cxami
nation of the Sub Treasury system it, character and
/ ana portrayed WITH tne mana OF master
hlightng consequences Frequently as these sub
ccts have been discussed he gave them interest
and attraction by his ingenuity and force of argu-
ment his extensive information his rich various, and
coplous illustration, drawn from an enlarged cxpe-
rcnce, and the energies of chastcned Imagination.
| He was listened to with great attention, and has
taken high stand among the mos, effective debaters
| in Congress
! THE A'.L-NiGHT SESSION.
| Mr. I finished hiu III 1iua
| ing, Mr.. STANLf, of North Carolina rose, and
said he greatly wished to address the committee
of the topics that had been dragged into the dis
cussion with which the House had been occupied for
time past; and especially did he desire to speak
in reply to some of the attacks that had been made
upon the character and qualifications OF the Peoples
candidate for the Presidency. But he thought il pro-
per that the bill should first be proceeded with item
and ITEM and that further debate should be postponed
| until the bill had been gone through
Hercupon, MIR. DROMGOOLE, of Virginia rose
and made an insdious attempt to cast upon the OPP
position the imputaton of producing the irrelevant
discussions which have taken place of late. He
boosted also of his having remained silent and pa
ticnt in his scat during the whole time and made
great parade of his anxiety to have the cbatcbrou sht
| to close
| The drift of this seen at once and Mr. BELL
rose Immediately and exposed the trick He said the
whole speech OF the member from Virginia was out
of order and particularly gratuitous, Mr. Stany
had already waived his right to the floor for the pur-
pose of accelcrang the progress of the bill Mr. b.
repelcd the charge that the Opposition had produced
the rrcevancy complained of and Mr. Dromgoolc
being pressed hard dscIamcd any intention to make
| such an imputotion As TO what the member from
Virginia had said about his not having participated in
the cusson, Mr. Bell said he had sat quite as
silent and patient himself, and he had done SO in
company with at least hundred of his political
| friends.
| Mr.. SPANLY then rose and moved to strike on,
the salary of the First Comptroller of the Treasury
| Mr.. ;. said his purpose mainly was, to hold up to
IL.