Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-04-24

AZ saLToNsTALL denied that his present ob]ec.
ma. 70 defend the Hartford Convention lie haa i,se
fr nnotber purpose Mr.. s then proceeded 10 not..e
an article which appeared'n the diooe OF as. r.
",5 hcb CHARGED him and others with circulating u.
Yin, q certain document, giving false statement
&c ,Ie different amounts of expendtture OF tne
md former Administrations calculated 10 pIeJuue1
nnbc mind BY presentation OF statements C Pul'.
a;. n,nrn Also that the said document was got up
in form calculated to lead the people - supPo''
an official document of the House; o;,ho,
NJ s denied the allegation. lie SAID II was hei'ne'
more nor less than copy OF report from Tue
nv of the Treasury, word LOT W UIcr prrp CAR
I'M ~ ,ha document was read by the CLERK, ana
comnared with the official papers, OF which was sa'u
| to be copy. :, nc = - ho. oo,,o,rue
ht no document was prepared tor the press by thal
,I,n and he was responsible tor ITS correctness,
sI ,L, = ,ras true and faithful copy OF The oficiai
"no from which it was compiled Mr. W then called
nnnn his colleagues to point Out any instance, u ~!
conld where the document was not true copy
| Mr. HOPKINS sald that for his part he had not eA'
;nod The document, had he heard OF lts existence
nr.vious 10 its production by the gentleman run
| Massachusetts, mir. SALToNsrALL-J ,but he "oulu
submit to his colleague whether II was not "ae 70
s an net of Justice to have presented with that docu
- 80, ,ho names of the individual members who mao
,od far the appropriations OF the public money. ne
nut i IN the gentleman MIR. w whether majority OF
his political friends had not themselves V'teo ioi ~
H. WISE said his colleague had given no answer
ia rananed his question, and asked him whether the
documcn, was true copy or not IL was not lhe nus
ness of his party TO present the views oil The ADMINS
,ration with the documents they choose TO pfese.. ~
the pcopc MIR. w. in answer TO a question, admteu
tb,t the document had been sent TO Virginia win
Una. . nv ~" and the correctness
of was not called in qnestu by h's colleagues, nc
should forthwith take 1000 of them for the printer anu
send them for sribution as correct :,
AT this moment great confusion prevailed IN 'le nai'
| or;a;no from sudden personal rencontre pe1m ,
, NIas6fsT RrcE GARLAND and BfSrM. Inc COMB c
ere immediately separated by the Intcrposlt'oh u
ether members amidst great noise ana cohuso'.
The SPEAKER, at the request of several members
took the chair, and, with much d'ihc"y' -
restoring order ,,or be taken into
: MIR WISE moved that the gentlemen oe ''N' NV
t custody by the Sergcant-at Arms. a.,
n TIE SPEAKER said that as the committee OF ti'
Whole had no, regularly riscn now that order nan peeh
restored he would call upon the chairman oi me GUM
a m;,tee mir Casevl to resume the CHAIR.
). AR I1RONGOOLE knew nothing OF the commence
mani or cause Of the affair which had just disturbed the
harmony of the proceedings, and G'u not mean ~ '
nute nceptive fault to any one bu he lot one eouo
nat consent to resume the business III co'.'ee, WI"
ont some action being had thereon ne ie MS uuy
10 I ,ho dnv of gentlemen of all parties, 10 unite u
ncs,rvinr The order and dignity Of the House twas
ID dne 10 themselves and 10 the people whom ey repre-
n snled that a stop should be put TO sucn uissfaceiu
n, proceedings ana tha' lhe u'soiu''
Mt from roing any further. ,,,,
Ar WISE before any motion vas made, would IKE
I'd 10 know from the Speaker, what was Tie par'la'eh''
course OF proceeding i'll such cases.
e. The SPEAKER was understood 10 So! ''iat 'le ~
IL nontmcnt Of a committee Of investigation was tn
tn Mr.. UNDERWOOD said he had been here som
vcors hut ne must confess that the scenes Ead Witness
~; ed during the present session were very
onduc, pursued heretofore lie regretted tins chang
Rat n
m ,rL that unless some steps taken produce
zee b,nge in the manner of conducting the business mere
members might as well 60 home at once, TO- ts stat
ot thipus could not last much longer IL WIS not ON
ed DISGRACE to themselves but disgrace 10 Tue cou'
MIR L then offered the following resolution
he R,s,lr,d That a committee OF five be appointed
investigate the facts relative TO the disorder ana persons
violence which has just taken place betweeL TWO Of
members to wit RICE GARLAND and JESSE a. bfA.'
Ia and that said committee report WIN al Pia'ue"o'e "
Ia, match the facts of the case. ,
rs Mr. CONNER approved OF the motion just mace
~, the gentleman from Kentucky 1t must peooVous
all that 1t necessary TO preserve order IN ue nous
aud he was in favor Of an immediate investigation, al
that should fall on the offender whoever he mig
la uo had been an attentive observer for sometime pa
and he was that not only members Dut 'saefs III
galleries. must have that something was aeceSsa
% 70 prpserve the order and dignity OF the body mo
I'M ra,nbcrs who had been here more than two or thr
e terms could not hu, regret the sad chang e winch II
,,Len Mace in the mode of conducting the business
cn hs aus9 ". C. appealed to the recollection emo
ct preserving the credit of the House, had been qacd
But now the time had come when the most disgrcfu
ign language used, not only in the undcrcurra bu
openly, in the face of the House, and had healqu.
ect much vulgarty and abnsc heardt the
be tail of cart at militia muster in the distcyhcf
md he represented In every legislative body mc,ssary
ted that ORDER peace, and harmony should be preuved
and he hoped that every lover of order would ute &c
for keep down this turbulent spirit which evealcu
lotnI ott
d. reputation of the House of Representatives ofhe
les States measurably gone into dsrcpu and
ere from the pursued il than cd be
ed expected What had been the mode of procedre for
ry the last ten fifteen days; Instead of atendneo the
= questions before tlem had it not been one connucd
III. attack on the high officers of our Government who
OF were charged with the grossest corruptlon He not
CHI stand there to vindcae those officers if they we in
ks fault but he stood there the friend of order.
mt Mr.. &. then alluded to u which occurreGome
he years ago, when the Secretary of the President the
Of United States assaulted in the Roundo by grin
a ter On that occasion committee of investigate was
es appointed, and he well remembered the indglton
n expressed by members of all parties andshe rea ness
st to resent it, although the individual but the
u. ary Of the President. lie also alluded 10 the NANCE
IN when member ut Congress attacked in thereet,
III and said he believed that he lhe INVENTIVE,
III who voted TO take notice of il, believing tlr the
r. House had no cognizancc But lie referred to erely
>, to show the feeling which existed the subject He
III also alluded to another instance when one night
~ contre prevented between two members, by lie
terposltion OF their friends. But the evil in
creasing 10 an alarming extent, and with the entle
D man from Kentucky, he would say that unless stop
m was put TO it Immediately, Congress might vii ad
journ forthwith, and members return to their cottu
at ents TO inform them that they, their Representatives,
" were unable TO do any business.
Mr.. BANKS said he rose under the infuere of
1t feelings of a painful nature He had been raied in
IS that school which taught him to look order All de-
corum in public body like this essential TO itslig
It nifty, and TO the dignity of the people who sent ITEM
J. there He could not look but with pain and mortica
ton on the recent of debate in araignng anhc
l, bar of the House members of coordinate branc Of
J. the Legislature, and exposing the private CHARGERS
:, OF individuals who had no opportunity to reply He
considered il undgnified, and unparame ntary,
raignng the high officers of Government, instea of
attending TO the legitimate business before them. Tut
, although gentlemen had thought proper to protract ths
debate, without attending the business The coun