Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-01-23
TWENTY-sixTH CoNGRESs---lst SESSION
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Saturday, January II, 1910
/ The SPEAKER announced 10 the House that the
subject before the special order being the propo
ston of Mr. Thompson of South Carolina, to amend
the rules by the addition Of the following:
| ResolrCd, That, upon the presentation of any memo
rial or petition PRAYING for the abolition of slavery oil
the slave trade in any District, Territory State OF
the tnion and upon the presentation OF any reso u
ton or other paper touching that subject the reception
of such memorial, petition, resolution, paper, shall
be considered objected 10, and the question Of us
cepfon snail be laid on the table, without debate fur
thcr action thereon.
! Mr. SLADE, who entitled TO he floor upon this
subject, was proceeding, but was intcrruptcdbv
| MIR LEFT, who asked him to give way for The pur-
pose of enabling him TO make motion that the House
proceed to the election OF public printer He said that
it ndispensaby necessary that provision should be
made to have the printing cxccutcd-that the public
business was suffering. The Chairman of the Com
mitiec OF Ways and Means made motion yester-
day, provide temporarily for printing, it being, he
said on the ground that it absolutely necessary to
facilitate the public business Mr.. l.. progress.
ing in some further remarks, when he was interrupt
cd by
| Mr.. SLADE, who claimed proceed with his re-
marks: but was again interrupted BY
Mr. BIDDLE, who wished, he said, to present TO the
House petition with which he had been charged for
several days. the subject of safety guards to prevent
explosions of steamboats,.
MIR. SLADE SAID that if any way could be devised
for him permit the notions and yet retain the floor
upon the question Hss9Es tf IL bi" yielded when
Mr.. BIDDLE made motion that the petition would
be received by universal consent and referred Sc
ect committee; but objection having been made to its
reception,
Mr.. FISHER rose and said: The House will recol-
lcc that, yesterday, made known to it that was
absent from the hall when the gentleman from \. York
submitted copy Of his letter TO Cen Green and his
marks upon il; and that could not then take notice of
them for the reason that did not hear them. stated
however, that when these remarks should appear the
papers, if esteemed them of such a character as to
require notice from me, should notice them this
ing have read the report of the gcntemans remarks
IN the National lntcgenccr of this morning. and take
for granted that the report correct, though have
been informed by gentlemen Of this House. that
things reported to have been said by III gen.
tleman which not delivered by him to the House,
Such they were, they require slight notice
from
! need scarcely allude to the circumstance that the
gentleman chose to deliver those remarks in my alb
sence Whether this done inadvertently, or with
view of ''mcnaging the thing adroity, leave It to
this House to conclude but will say for myself that
never will rise on this floor and direct my remarks to
gentleman behind his back, or in his absence look
upon this procedure not in accordance with what
gentleman should do But the letter of the gentleman
is before the public; my statement before The public,
the statement Of the gentleman before the public and
will leave il to them to say whether the letter docs
not bear out every thing said. What did | say
will read an extractfrom the gentleman letter. show
how fully it agrees with my statement Mr.. F. here
cad the following extract:
SIT has occurred to me and other Of my political
friends that such arrangement could be made with
you would justify the entire Wing party in support
ing you for that office"
Now, what was the arrangement that would justify
the entire Wing party supporting Gen Green for that
office The letter tells. It is this:
snow, what had passed through my mind, was sim
ply this that you should in the event oyour election
offer Gales s. Seaton to share equally with them re-
sgectvey, the profits Of the Office, after allowing them