The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-12-09
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TUESDAY, Dec. 7, 1871.

The Journal of yesterday was read and appro we'd.
The Hon JACOB THOMPSON, member elect
from the State Of Mississippi, appeared, qualified
and took his seat
sident Of the United States, by the hands of RoBsRT
TYLER, Esq, his Secretary.
| The Message having been read by the Clerk
Mr.. WISE said that he believed that the House
was at present without Committee of tho Whole,
owing 10 the want of rules and orders there was
such Committee it would of course he proper to
move the reference of the message and the accompa-
nyng documents TO It, but in the present case he
would make the same motion that had been adopted
with regard to the message of the last session He
would move that the message be laid the table
and printed, and that 10000 extra copies, together
with the accompanying documents be also printed for
the use of the House.
Mr. MASON, Of Ohio, would ask the gentleman
If his motion conemp ated the printing Of the ~ o.
speclus for the Congressional Globe and Appendix,
which he found on the back of the copy of the mes
sage which was laid on his table.
Mr. WISE said he would answer the gentleman
His motion was distinctly made, and was no doubt
heard by tho gentleman. Mr. w. would ask the
Clerk II there was any appendix any thing else at
tsched TO tho message just read by him.
The CLERK replied in the negative.
II was to print the message of the President of the
United States which had just been read by the Clerk
As the inquiry had been made rather sarcastcay by
the gentleman, Mr. w said he would answer him
that the message OF the President had no Appendix
Of the Globe, or any other appendix, annexed TO ii,
and therefore sarcasm misrepresentation or what
ever animadversions the gentleman might please 10
make, would be deprived Of their effect by the answer
Of the Clerk.
Mr.. MASON observed that some ex PLANTATION wns
necessary, and he was glad that the gentleman from
Virginia had an opportunity of making il. He was
engaged with the printed copy which had been lsid
on his table, in following the Clerk in reading it, and
did not observe from what message he read. On the
copy he held he found document annexed as part
and parcel Of IT, signed by Blair and Rivcs recon-
mending the country 10 subscribe for their Congress
sonal Appendix, and the idea naturally sugges ed IT,
self to his mind that the thing was on the mes
sage read by the Clerk These copies sad he, were
officially laid tables by the officers ofthe House.
and the inference, therefore natural that the no
tce Of Blair and Rives had been annexed il by the
Presidents sanction. He accordingly lad right to
ask, when the motion to print made, whether il
was intended to include this notice. The gentleman
might call this sarcasm, IL he pleased but he looked
upon TIE unprecedented act Of BLAIR and Rives in
annexing their prospectus 10 the message of the Pre-
sident, as an outrage on the House.
MIR. WISE replied that the document The gentle
man held in his hand the private cory OF Blair
and Rves printed their office for sale and that they
had, therefore, the undoubted'rght to annex to II any
thing they pleased Il not the official copy Oft
House nor Of the Senate, done by their Printers and
paid for by them but it was the copy printed by the
editors Of the Globe, at their own risk Here said
Mr. W, (hodlng up printed copy OF the message