The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-07-01

An act in amendment Of aa act relative 10 e.
! lection Of Senators and Representatives TO Con-
grsss and President and Vice President Of the
United States.
Also an act in amendment OF an act revising
/ the act entitled an act regulating the manner
Of admitting freemen, and directing the method
Of eleciing officers in this Stale. Both read a
frs, time.
Sundry accounts received and referred to
committee accounts.
| Voted the House adjourn to Saturday morn
ing at 8 o'clock.
SATURDAY, 8 o'clock A. NJ.
! Mr.. Robinson, OF South Kingston. called for
the report Of the committee on repairs OF the
Court House Of the county Of Washington
The report is received and read. and il is voted
that George Robinson be a committee to make
certain repairs, the expense not to exceed S400.
A resolution is adopted on motion Of Mr..
Hall of Bristol. the appointment Of a committee
10 make certain repairs on the Court house IN
the county of Bristol. The motion W occom-
panied by certain statements from Mr.. Hall rel
aiye to the present inc onvenenI condition Of the
said house.
Byron Dynnn is appointed the committee
for said purpose.
! Petition of Timothy Cock, insolvent, pray
ing for lberation-prayer granted, aud voie
passed
The committee to whom were referred the
resolutions from the Governor OF the State OF
| Connecticut, on the subject Of the public lands,
! report sundy resolution expressive OF the great
/ importance of the subject. and responsive 10
| the sentiments of the resolutions from Connec-
! ticut.
! An animated discussion ensued upon the
question Of the disposition of these resolutions;
whether thev should be entered on the journal
Of the House, or placed on file in the Secreta-
rvs office
Mr.. AtweH would have no objections TO the
resolutions Of the January session, referred TO
in these not connected together in the manner
they now are, and with the obnoxious preamble,
he felt obliged to oppose them. IL seemed to
him like making the House adopt the proceed
ings of former House.
Mr.. Simmons did not understand this House
to approve dlsapprove the resolutions OF the
January session, in merely sending copy OF
those resolutions to the Governor of Connecti-
cut.
Mr.. Hazard Of West Greenwich, moved to
postpone the whole subject to the next session
Of the General Assembly-the motion was neg
atived.
An amendment is then moved by Mr.. At,ceH
TO the second resolution, striking out part of
The second resolution with the preamble. Mr..
A. wished to give his reasons for moving this
amendment II he understood the gentleman
from Johnston, that gentleman said this House
by sending the January resolutions to the Gov
ernor Of Connecticut did not adopt the senri-
ments contained in them. He thought this
would be an insult to Connecticut if the gen
tieman's reasoning was correct. But in his
opinion to do suc.i i hing as this, would be
not only ridiculous, but impudent He did not
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ments contained in resolutions, IL now put 10
the House they would doubtless pass by great
majority. The party in power was in favor %
those resolutions. His party was in favor Of
the body of them, but there were obnoxious and
offensive clauses in them which his party could
not and would not 60 for. His party had been
misrepresened. He was determined they
should now be righed. A person had misrep- /
resented his party IN the Wing newspapers.-A j
certain gentleman had penned articles on the |
debate had at the January session, on the rese
lutions on the subject of the public lands which
that gentleman at the time knew wckedly, de-
liberatey aud maliciously false. He was pres
ent at that debate. He heard it ALL or nearly
all. He knew his party had been deliberately |
in the Whig newspapers. He I
did not mean TO suffer them to be misunder I
stood any longer, however he might fail to pre-
SeBt tnetf OenDtfWe anu Wlltul ldlseUOOUS.
Mr.. Aldr,ch, Of Scituate, would not consent
to be misrepresented, without making an effort
to vindcate his conduct and opinions. The
gentleman from Johnson knew he (Mr. Az was
not n favor of giving up an inch Of the public
lands. He had told that gentleman last winter
session that he would vote for those land rcso-
lutions, if the mover would strike out one word.
Mr.. Hazard, Of West Greenwich, followed |
Mr., A, expressing opinions on the subject un-
der disc usson, Of nearly the same import He |
viudicated his own course and that of his party
in relation to the January resolutions. All he !
asked for WAS to DO treated in the House as a |
man, He had never acted on party principles !
in the House.
Mr.. AtloeU vindicated the vote Of his party
on the January resolutions. lie said he OBJ. |
jected only to few words, which the mover
would not strike out. The offensive words
an unusual, il not an uncoustitu-
tiooal exercise sf power
Mr.. AtlCeH proceeded, and WAS understood
TO say that he could see no use in coupling the
name Of General Jackson with the resolutions
in question. 1t could do no good to one party,
and to the other il was offensive. This was the
reason his party had voted against those reso-
lutious, and it was not because they were in IA
vor Of surrendering the public lands For his
own part, he said he had long ago publicly de-
clared that he would at once abandon tho pres
ent administration, when it adopted. as Que of
its leading measures, the defrauding of the old
States Of their interests in the public lands.-
He would say so noS. lie had however. after
reading whatever had been written or s,,pg. no, /
been ablo TO satisfy himself that the admin,s,ra-
ton intended such fraud. lie was no, mueb of
a politician, he said. He kept himself free
from the excitement of the day. Misunder-
standings would take place. He had often
been .nisrepreseuled himself, and mieht be A. \
gain. But hs should and mus, do his lu,y TO
himself and the public. He would saw. there.
fore. that the reasons given by General jackson.
for vetoing Mr.. Clay's Land Bill. me, with his
appreciation entirely. He had examined those
reasons. and approved them. II he had the
Veto here, he wsuld undertake TO show thar
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