Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-06-25

constitutional rights cl my country converted INTO
foot ball for mere party play. Blu, they have been
made such Whenever the South has given way,
Southern iyhts have been sacrificed. Here are gen.
teman on both sides declaring their assent that Adolf
ton petitions shall be received. Now say that If you
exclude the 2ls rule, it is nothing to us that you grant
short respite during the extra session OF thus most
extraordinary Congress. VIVA, shall we submit to
accept of resolution which tells us tina, Abolition me-
MORALS may be received in future after short respite
of few weeks Is that the compromise proposed /"
us, And shall we be satisfied because we are told We
may rest quiet for moment What is the language
addresses TO the South: Judgment is gone against
the Constitution, and judgment OF death ~ gone aaS,
you but be perfectly quiet, you shall not oe
until next session; are going 10 give away lhe pun
lie lands 10 establish bank and to extend the tarH,
and If Won work we'll in the fills you may live to-day,
bnt Tomorrow YOU die. Let this 2lst rule be resclnd
ed let the blood of the Constitution now ROUND your
feet let it perish and all Southern rights with 1t, s
Won shall have peace for moment; and you reject
ib;s az a compromise Do gentlemen suppose we are
qoiou TO submit to this, No. this is no time Tor the
South 10 submit. Now is the day and now IS the hour
it is with the South the darkest hour OF all, and II
there single that has the soul oil ms fatheIs
in him. he will stand firm to the death.
Mr. ARNOLD here called MIR. Afford to order
These remarks had nothing to do with The previous
question.
MIR AFFORD insisted that he was strictly IN order.
He was arguing against the adoption OF the previous
ones,on and was urging us a why it should not
be adopted that If IL and the resolution oil compro
mise was agreed TO- the 2ls rule would be rescinded
Mr. A. had no doubt the gentlemen who had voted
with the gentleman from Massachuset's oeeau " ieei
uneasy.
Mr.. ARNOLD Not at all; no, in the least.
MIR AFFORD Questions of order cover multi
,ude of things but if that gentleman had known nm'
he would have known that it only put MI A ihto pet
ter tune to be interrupted. taught
No (said Mr. Al have not wandered step IRON
the path of order. am again the previous question
because this resolution is against the south | ao
hope after all that has been said and done here tat
no Southern man would shrink from his duty. AFTER
the omen declaration that the 2lst rule should he re-
scnded can any man with Southern hood in his veins
prove 10 vote Tor this previous question
1 oppose the previous question because WISH ina.
substitute may be offered for the resolution declaring
that abolition petitions shall be rejected as long as
Congress shall have power to resist their reception
desire that Constitution shall not be violated tor the
accommodation of Abolitonsts or any other persons
AS 10 what has been said, have no personal reply
or personal remark TO make in regard toit. | know
that the Southern representation here could hold the
balance of power in this House II they would oai
be true to themselves and the Constitution. And
hope they will not vote Tor the previous question I'LL
all such petitions are excluded forever. care no.
thing for your respite when still see the gailows over
my head. Let every Shareholder and every South
ern man and every Northern man who is friendly 70
the South stand firm in tins dark hour. Let me tell
gentemen that all this agitation has been got up the re-
pea of this 2ls rule, and is already thrilling from this
centre.
Mr. ARNOLD said that he could not stand by and
hear this-it was an Abolition speech
Mr. MALLORY. l call the gentleman from lennes-
TO order.
The CHAIR decided Mr.. Afford not to be IN order.
Mr. AFFORD was giving reasons against The
preyious question until substitute can De onerea
guarding the rights of the prosecuted South. hau
been discussing slavery in the abstract, II would nave
been out Of order but must contend, that 50 long as
the Constitution is violated BY the rejection OF ,he
rule which protects rights, II IS our duty 10 oe hf
until rule sha be established rejecting abolition Pc
,,,ions altogether Ought not every Southern man to
stand ike the Rock of Ages and suffer himself TO be
cut 10 pieces before lie yields up the point Nothing
hut the 2lst rule something like 1t, will ever DO loF
me and my constituents. The course oil ihe genue-
man from MARYLAND, (Mr. w. G. Johnson0 has I'm.
,norlalized him as the champion Of Southern rights
lie has spread our flag to the breeze, and we cannot
haul down colors. Am | TO die, IS my country 10
persh by the exercise of power altogether unconst'
tu,ional5 If So let die now here, thus moment
Ii there death in the sentence let there ne no post
nonement. Ii Abotonists in disguise, calling tieil-
selves Wings and Democrats, are to enslave me and
nv children forever, what matter IS y whether lhey 90
II now or on the first OF December next: say we
hold the balance of power The Wings IN ms blouse
win not consent what is proposed by the Democrats
and the Democrats will not consent TO what Is p"po
sed by the Wings Let u.s. then, resist both TIL justice
shall be done to the South But II the previous ques
ton is to be forced upon u.s. let II come now IL may
n. well be now as at any other time. IL 1t fails then
wish the gentleman from Maryland would introduce ms
resolution.
Mr.. PICKENS said that the propriety Of the pre-
yious question might, unLcr the Parliamentary law be
debated and he wished to offer few remarks IN ust-
iicaiion Of his this occasion lie was hot IN
ia vor of the previous question, because 1t had been
called on resolution which went TO adopt the rules OIL
the last House of Representatives ours and tins he
did not wish to prevail He thought the matter stood
very well as stood now he preferred the farainen-
tary law to any rules of order which the House had
ever enacted. The law Of Parliament, as established
by usage in England, was the rule Of common sense.
Mr. EVERETT here called MIR. Pickens TO order, on
the ground that he debating tho main question
The CHAIR said that to debate the main question
was not in order.
Mr. PICKENS said he should not discuss the main
question. He appealed to the experience of the conn-
try during the last four years. and was confident that
the adoption of the Parliamentary law would be pro.
ductive of consequences than had grown out
of the rule which had been enforced during the last
few wears. 1t was very simple rule when well un.
derstood He should propose to go into Committee OF
The Whole on the Presidents Message, and refer the
several subjects contained 10 select committees, IN
stead Of standing committees
MIR. P. protested against the allusion made by the
gentleman from Georgia (Alr Nsbep to the course Of
certain gentlemen in the House designed to thwart
its organization. Were il in order, he would argue
that question lie insisted that the rejection OF the re-
solution now offered would 20 10 promote the organ-
cation of the House. and not 10 prevent or impede H.
lie would appeal to the experience Of our last TOUR
wears and ask what ground there had been 10 assml-
late the action of that House TO that OF heavenly
body To him it seemed more like Pandcmont"na, and
it sounded his very much like sacriege to call
upon them assnilae themselves to things heavenly
lie very that would be impossible should they
adopt the rules Of the last Congress.
MIR. NISBET here explained, and was understood TO
deny that he had compared the action Of that House to
any thing that was heavenly
Mr.. p. resumed and said that the gentleman from
Georgia. who had Just resumed his seat, (Alr Altord
had well remarked that the resolution which had been
offered involved the question, emphatically the ques
ton, the great question for the South. Mr. r. was
not going TO chatter with it. He called upon gentle
men to bear him witness that he had not stirred this
question during the last four years, and 1t was the dis
cussion which had been gotten up regard TO il that
made it pre-emnently the question. Mr. P. said he
could not yield single inch and maintain the inter
est and honor of the country Who had objected to
the rules? Had il been the minority: Had not the OBJ
lec,lon proceeded from the majority at least from