Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-02-04

IF il oupht5t Is have bsesfsse ller
some further remarSs. Mr.. w. fsaidsil'ff1!e
gentleman from Georgia woul'! aiter$iils
motion so as 10 embrace oily that part OF
the petition WhicIr,he Speaker had decii'
ed could bs recei, ed, he would go with
him.
MIR. Adams here rose and in the course
Of sumo remarks, tho whole of which Inc
,,proar,li. MOI permit the Reporter TO hear
denounced The standing rule Of The House
prohibiting The reception of Abolition pa,
per., as AN infamous and Unconstitutional
rule. -.
MIR. Crnig rose TO pnirt of order. Hs
cnniended Iilat the question Us il then s'oou
was MOI tieharahlc.
MIR. Adams. Not only. oil. one side.
Mr. Craig said the ques,i"n, as il now
stood, was precisely The same as if no vote
had heen taken on The original motion o
Mr.. Adams.
Many members here artemptedto speak
al ONCE, and much confusion prevailed.
After orrler had heen restored,
The Speaker was understand lu say thai
The debate was not in order except on rlIa
portion of The petition which he conceived
did not come wi'Iin he rule.
After snme hrief remarks from Messrs
Wise and Black
Mr.. Adams again tonk the floor and said
he had presented tho whole of lIie 'reli,
rinn, aud sn long as he had n vnice iii The
House, he would continue Ia resent them,
Mr.. A. was proceeding tn make some re-
marks in relation 10 The oh>eGvalions oI
Mr.. Wise thar "Ilr would Lave cnmbaie'i
the ,leri>ion nf tli" Speaker. had his atitn-
liun been caIel To The prliliuf'wllen pre-
.semIetl, when
Mr.. Wise called The gentleman fn,nl
Massachusetts 10 ur.lpr Tor Il tlsmdrrly ex-
preston. MIR. w. then STATED what he
understand the member To charge. viz
that he. MIR. w. had SAID he would have
dictated to the Speaker Such was NOT
The lacI; as every gentleman ON the floor
knew that he had sai no such thing.
Mr.. Adams explained that he had moi
male such charge. What he said WIS
in relation To " hal the iuc,nhrr fom Vir.
sinia did, aud no' whaI lle member said he
would have done.
Mr.. Wise denied that he ever said he
would have dictated rn'ihe Speaker, ar
thai such was his ilnrntinu. Mr.. w. made
some further observations which could not
he distinctly heard.
Mr.. AdamsexpIaned that the gentleman
from Virginia had uis."uk his meaning.
Wha, he (Mr. Az had reference To was
the manner in which thai gentleman usu-
alv addressed the Speaker.
Mr.. Wise said he regretted nothing so
much aS per4ouaI q:arrrl will, the ven
erahln gentleman from Massachusetts but
he must he permiIrr'l II say that there WIS
no man in the Hnusr more capable ofrx
hihiring diclarnriaI feelings than thai gen.
man; aud he was now Scl!inG an eXam-
pie for lhr vnmnser members.
The Speaker, in reply 10 question
from Mr.. Black. deri'Ied that a moiion 10
rrjrrl could appl Y only 10 sn nnnch Of the
ppli,ion as had heen decided did uul come
under the rule.
Emu III. decision. Al4 R-& i42i s4irr-i' III
could not ne separated, for il was one and
the same Thing.
MIR. B. then commenced rca'ling rhepe,
l'inn with The view of proving his propo
>ilion.
Mr.. Adams desired TO inquire of the
gentleman whclIrr il WAS IN order tn rsa,
that Which The lInusc had determined il
would not receive.
Mr.. Black sail he was reading the peli.
Iinn with Il view of showing that he Speak.
or had cnmnlled IN unintrn,iunal error
in MOI rej"cIin. 'h" whole.
The S prakrr observed that llle reading
that pnrlion of the prIitnn which came
within The rule, could not bc read hut by
general consent.
Mr. Adams said that unless The whole
subject should I've thrown open To debate
he wouI1! object.
The Speaker then remarked that, as
nhirctinn had been made. The gpnrlrma,
frnn Grnrci. wnnll not he in order IN
reading The I'rlliun.
After some debate on this point herwrel
MeSsrs. Black. " isc aud Crais. the moist
was so great lhal sefcral members r'se tt
order.
Mr.. Winthrop called fur order all over.
Mr.. Blark again commended that one
portion of the Prltinn could not be reject
ed without the nIher; aud il one WAS re-
crived, sn must The other he. Be>ilrS, i
this practice was To he adopted. then lhurI.
sands nf periIinnS might be irtrohuced imir
the House like so nnny fire brands, in de-
fance of any resolution that might be
adopted.
The hour having now expired. The House
proceeded to thr orders nf the day.
Correspondence oftic Charleston Courier.
WAsHINGTUS, Jan. 23.
The Srnare was again the theatre. 10.
dav. nfa great intellectual struggle herwrrn
Mr.. Calhnun aud Mr.. Webster The sub
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