Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-02-04
From the Charleston Mercury.
w.ss,,aros, Jan. 81.

calling for petitions by Sales.
Mr.. Adaus presented dnd moved tne
reference of ii petition, asking the aholl!l"u
of slavery in This District, and in the Ter
ritories also, that no new Territory, Iole'
rating slavery. may be admitted into The
Uniou.
MIR. Cnnnor moved to lay thn, portion
ofrhe petition which came under the stand
inS rule ON the table.
Mr.. Adams asked how that was to oe
done, for The petition must then neces'ar'
lily he cnl in Two.
Mr.. Warren observed thar. ifthe peti-
TONERS thuugh, proper to attach objection
able matter. not receivable by the House.
10 their petition, they ought not TO COM
plain If the whole was rejected. tie was
therefore in favor of The rejection oi The
whole.
That portion Of the petition coming un-
der the rule, having been laid on the table
sub s,leniio.
Mr.. Black moved In reconsider the vote,
for the purpose, in case il should he recoll-
siicred of moving he re jec;inn tthe wh NE,
as he cuntended that no part Of il ought 10
have been received.
On The morton, Mr.. Adams demanded
The yeas and nays, which were ordered.
Mr.. Wise rose 10 rnint ut order. lie
desired to know whether any petition
could I've received under The rule. The
latter portion. rcIalins to The admission of
new Territories into the Uminn which tole-
rated slavery, was, in his opinion, IA much
within the spirit of the rule as The luIner
portion of tho prlilinn; aud he, (Mr. W.
had his attention been called Ia i, AT The
lime, would have cnnhatrd the decision
orthe Speaker, by which the latter pnr'lon
was received. His point OF order was, that
AS the whole Of The petition came under
the rule, motion rU lay on the table
part of il ronLi not he entertained.
After some debate nf Il conversational
charnrrer, the rule relating 10 the rejection
Of abolition papers was read, as folluws:
No petition. memorial. resolution. or
olhrr paper. praying The aholilIon OF slave
rv in the District of Columbia, or any
Stale or Territory. or The slave trade be-
,ween The SlsieSnr Territories of the Uni.
ted Suites in witch il now exists. shall hr
received by This House, or entertained III
any way whatever"
Mr.. Wise again urged his poin Of order,
AMI cnntendrtl thai the whnle of The peI.
ton evidently came within lhe spirit of The
rule. He conceived that the object nt the
rule was - dispose OF all papers tainted
with this ahuni.lable heresy.
The question then heina taken on the
motion of Mr.. Black in rec un>ldcI the vote
bv " hrh pnriun ithe prtirlnn had been
laid on The table, il was decided by yeas
and nays. as follows: Yeas, lu3; Nays,
81. ...
Sn the vnle was rcconsidered.
Mr.. Black here rose and was ahnnt 10
snhnir his mnlinn for Rejecting the whole
of The memnlinl. when
Mr.. Adams wished to make al nbserva-
tinn.
Mr.. Mise. L Claim The lunr.-.-,-rsrr7rr.
ed on NY nnuliun. am entitled oiIIr floor.
Mr.. Adams. No, sir. ! claim the flour
The Speaker WAS mndersrond 10 say
that The gentleman iinm Virginia had The
QIur
Mr.. Adams. BuI have the Door on
point of order Which desire To make:
The Speaker then tIeridcd thai us the
gentleman from Massachusetts rose 10 IL
point of order, he Of course WIS cnIirled To
the floor.
Mr.. Adams was understood tn say that
as The vnle to lay on the table had heen
recnnS.rch, his motion of rp!rrcnrp o( the
Itc subject wnul'l necessarily come up
again for reconsideration.
Mr.. Wise, again ruSe 10 claim The floor.
Mr.. \dams persisted in his claim to it,
aud was proceeding. when
Mr. Wise. in a very loud loIe, Sid he
carerl MOI what The gentleman from Mas
SachuSctts claimed. for lie Mr.. w. claim
ell The flour, and wished 10 inquire Of The
Chair whaI ii WAS that had bren laid on
'he table, the voIe on " hich has Just been
rec0lisidsred.
The Speaker infnrmcd him that il was
that portion of the prtIinn coming within
The rules; and the question then pending
was on this motion previously made 10 lay
il on the table.
After some further debate ofa conversa
tinnal character, aud WHICH. owing 10 tIir
confusion which prevailed. could not be
distinctly heard.
Mr.. Connor explained, tina, when the
petition was presented by the gentleman
from Massachusetts. he (aIr. C.) was just
taking his seat. and moved 10 lay M the
rab.e that pnri.m. which came within Ilie
rule; hut he was Afterwards convinced thai
the whole of the prrilr:n came within the
rule, and he therefore nnw Withdrew his
motion to laya part on the table.
Mr.. Black having succeeded n getting
the floor. asked whether il would nGl now
he in order for him tn move lIle rejection
of The hole of The petition.
MIR. Wise. M, Tor il is already reject
ed under the !nle.
Mr.. Black said it was mistake for The
motion oirhe gentleman from MaSsachu-
sets to refer was sill pending, and IA mo-
lion had been ma'le by s''me one to lay n
portion of the pe'i'ion Oh the table, he car
ed not by whom, hui
Mr.. Wise. Blu! The molirn cannot he
made. fur il is already laid on the table,
under the rule.
Mr.. Black wished tnexrlair, when
Mr.. Wise persisted in urging his point