The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-02-20
NUMBER 2I.

Mr.. Dromgoole inquired whether the
communication referred to, had been CON-
municaied BY the Speaker 10 the House
The Chair replied, tha, II had not. Mr..
D. then insisted that il could not be ~ order
to refer to il. After an irregular debate on
this point Of order, motion was at length
carried Tor Adjournment.
10 the Senate, yesterday, debate arose
on petition presented BY Mr.. Young, from
the Mormons Of Missouri, setting forth tho
! grievances under which they had labored,
and asking for the in!erpGsiiiun Of Congress
10 their behalf Mr.. Young movedits refer.
ence to the Committee onihe Judiciary but,
f II was at length, laid On the table for the
present. Messrs. { az and Preston thought
the subject worthy Of further consideration.
The bill 10 establish Board Of Commits.
sioners 10 examine claims against the L.
States was further debated, aud ordered TO
be engrossed for third reading % votes 10
l6.
To day, the House resumed the unfnish-
ed business OF Yesterday IL relation to PRINT
{. ing.
Mr. Graves being entitled to the floor,
I Mr.. r. Garland requested Mr.. Caves 10
ylesd 1t, 10 enable him 10 cAar an amendment
TO the amendment, which Mir &. consented
TO DO.
I Mir. Garland then offered his amendment,
{" that the Committee also enquire into the
expedlency Of entirely separating the patron
age from the newspaper or the public press
Of tue Country"
Mr.. Graves then addressed the House a.
considerable length CD The subject Of the
! Public Printing, and necessity Of reducing
this branch of The public expenditure, shew-
iag where, especially 10 the Printing for the
different Departments abuses had been prac.
tced. He continued his Speech uutil near
4 o'clock
Mr.. Davis Of Indiana, next obtained the
floor Before he proceeded 20 make the
remarks he intended to offer, he would en-
=. qnire whether il would be IN order TO move
10 amend the amendment of the gentleman
from Kentucky (Mr. Graves?
The Speaker replied, that there was al.
ready moved az amendnent to The amend
ment Of the gentleman from Kentucky (re-
ferriug to Mr.. Garland's moton.)
Mr. Davis wished TO know whether the
amendment 10 the amendment by the gentle
man from Louisiana had been recognised
legitimately as before the House!
The Speaker replied in the affirmative.
Mr.. Vanderpoel submitted TO the Chair
iha, the motion had been read simply for IN.
formation.
Mr.. Davis again wished 10 know from the
/ Chair, whether it vas competent for the
Speaker, with the gentleman from Kentucky
and the gentlemen from louisiana, TO say
what propositions were before the House!
Whether it was proper for them to legIs,ate
/ for the House
The Speaker perempiorlly called Mr..
( Davis to order.
! Mr.. Stanly and Mr.. Giddings insisted on
Mr.. Davis taking his seat.
! A long, desultory and not very orderly de.
bate eusued 90 points Of order, which Mr..
Wise put an end to by some very sensible,
iudcious and temperate remarks. lu SIX
years, he said, he bad scarcely witnessed as
many appeals from the decision Of the Char,
as had taken place Gurlag the present ses-
sion. He had hoped that when, after some
difficulty, the House had succeeded IN elect.
Ing Speaker, who commanded the respect
Of all parties, that he would have received
the general support Of the House in preserv.
inu order, aud that he would not have been
troubled with repeated questions Of order,
and yexatious appeals from his DECISIONS
He appealed to the kind feelings Of mem.
bers 10 desist from this course, which was
not only dlshonorable to the House, but in.
furious TO the Country, by unnecessarily
protrae,ing the business Of the session. tie
believed the decision OF the Speaker, in the
present case TO be entirely correct; but IT
il we're not so, it was better to eonhTm
questionable decision, than for ever to be
dsputing the Speakers authority. he had
/ for two weeks, owing TO indlsposllon, been
/ merely looker.on, and as such, was better
/ able 10 form a correct opinion OF their pre-
ceedings, and he must say, what be believed,
/ that this House was daily sinking lower 10
the estimation ofthe sober and correct ludg-
! ing portion Of their constituents. MIR. v.
concluded by moving the previous question
on the appeal which had been made from
the decision Of the Chair, when there aP-
peared III favor of the Speaker 1885,
Against him II.
So the question before the House was,
on agreeing to the amendment OF Dir. Gar.
land to that of Mr., Graves. Mr.. DAVIS OF
/ Indiana took the floor, but yielded to MIR.
Briggs, on whose motion the House ad.
journed.
In the Senate, today, message was re.
! The House may thus have an opportunity of
testing the expediency of this mode OF executing
tho public printing, without encumbering itself
with printing establishment, without risk OF loss,
with the power of continuing it il it shall prove
advantageous, or of abandoning IT at any moment
if it shall prove otherwise and with the prospect,