Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-06-22
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Tuesday, June 10
Mr. WILLIAMS of n. c. asked leave 10 offer re-
solution changing the hour Of meeting from II to ~
o'clock, A. NJ, until otherwise ordered.
Objection being made,
Mr.. WILLIAMS moved suspension of the rules
prescribing the order of business.
MIR. ADAMS inquired what rules the gentleman re-
ferred to
MIR. WILLIAMS replied, The common law of Parlia-
ment.
Mr.. UNDERWOOD presumed majority could
agree to consider the resolution. But
Mr. RAYNER being entitled 10 the floor, and de-
clininp 10 Weld it, the resolution not presented
The vote by which the House had adopted The resolu
ton appointing committee 10 report rules for the go
vernment Of the House, and adopting temporarily The
rules ORDERS except the 2is Of the last House. hav
nn been reconsldered on Yesterday the question again
required the resolution, for which Mr. Rayner had
offered the following substitute:
RcS0ue4, That the standing rules and orders OF the
last House of Representatives be adopted as the rules
and orders Of this House for The 9th Congress ffort-
dcd That this House will not consider any subjects at
the present session except such embraced III the
Presidents message; and that all petitions and memo
rails all other Subjects receivable under the rules
and orders above mentioned, shall be laid the table,
without reference consideration.
| Mr. RAYNER, having withdrawn his substitute for
the present,
| MIR. BARNARD raised the question to the posi-
ton in which the original resolution now stood, and
what the question before the House.
ll6, noes 9G
Mr. FILLMORE asked if he might have para
graph read from the Manual?
Cries of "No, no." from various parts of the House
\ Mr.. WISE called for the yeas and nays the main
question; which ordered.
i Mr.. MARSHALL inquired if il would be in order r.
ask that the Chair again state the question before the
/ House:
The CHAIR said that it would
! Mr.. MORGAN hoped that the House would come to
order.
i After quiet restored,
The CHAIR again stated the question.
/ Some desultory conversation here took place Re
tween Messrs. WISE, $. MASON, MALLORY, and
the SPEAKER when
The question was statsd, "Sha the decision of the
Chair stand as the judgment of the House," and deci
ded in the negatve-yeas l05, nays IL.
So the decision of the Chair was rerers'd
MIR RAYNER then rose and said, that in address
.s House this question, he wished to take the
distinct ground of battling for the rights Of the South
who were fighting the defensive, and were not the
aggrcssors in the contest They stood on the broad
platform of the Constitution. He anxious that
the business for which the late President OF the u >
convened Congress should be transacted. But the
Aho,onists of the North had held the rod Of terror
over the House-the feelings of certain members must
be ontraged-the South must be trampled upon-be-
fore they would consent to proceed to business Now
this question on which he would yield nothing
He would vote for any proposition which recog
Missed the reception of Abolition petitions, because he
believed it would violate the Constitution of the u S.
obs,ruct the business of legislation, the seeds OF
discord in every portion of the country open the door
still wider for usurpaton, and widen the breach in the
walls of the Constitution through which our citadel
might be annihilated.
Mr. R. contended that if the people Of the North had
right to petition for the redress of grievances other
than their own, why, then, who could say where il
would end. Their petitions might extend TO griev-
ances, real Supposed which might exist across the
Atlantic Were that right admitted, they would then
have The RICH, petition Congress 10 go TO war with
England for depressing the Irish, or with Russia for ,y'
rannizing over the Poles
Suppose, said Mr. R., turning TO Mr.. Adams that pc
ti,ions from the South were pour in day after day
complaining that the manufacturers Of The North were
nuisance, would the gentleman advocate the recep-
ton of such petitions
MIR. ADAMS. Yes.
Mr.. RAYNER. Well, them supposing petitions
were presented from Roman Catholics asking Con-
gress TO prohibit meat, or from the Jews asking the
tablishment Of Christianity; from the followers of
Fanny Wright asking Congress TO abolish the instltu
lion of marriage, would the gentleman advocate their
reception,