Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-12-29

all the professions OF regard to the right
oil petition, at home, before the election, he
yielded again to his southern predilections,
as soon as he came within the slavish at
inosphere of the Capitol. A. FL. Stuart
OF Virginia, and Underwood, of Kentucky,
voted in the negative. The promise,
therefore, that the election of Tip and Ty,
and a whig Congress, would restore the
lost RICH. of petition, has come 20 nought,
and we have our battle to fight overagain.
Let the cause of Liberty be new carried
on under the Liberty banner, and then we
shall know what we gain, and be able TO
keep what we get. $3.50. II ~-ssa ass 49,.
The Report ofthe Committee on Rules,
which is now to come UP for discussion,
Is not likely TO afford as any relief The
committee. appointed by slareholding
| Speaker, who was indebted for his seat to
northern votes, consisted of SIX slavehoId-
ers to three members from the free States,
although three-ffhs of the House are
| from the free States, and more than that
proportion ofthe dominant ma iority are
from the free States. The names Of the
committee are, Calhoun, of Mass, Banks,
of Va, Campbell, of Tenn, Foster of N
| Y, Habersham. of Ga, Hopkins, DIVA,
Williams, of n. c., and J. w Williams,
of Md. That committee reported just at
| the close of the extra session, so late that
none Of the members knew, and few of
them yet know, what the report was 1t
presents, as l, understand. an entire new
code of rules; the 2lst rule is indeed
omitted, but instead of it is the following,
which is the very lastrule of the series.
| give il as it is printed, ~ ..--..,
! 4" l4O. any member asSa~ttins anotb-
er person on the floor OF The House shall
be expelled therefroua.. ..--.. .,......., =
Upon the presentation. Of petitions,
memorials. resolutions, and other papers,
relating to slavery, objection to the receP-
ton shall be considered as made. and the
lqueston of reception shall be laid on the
table" .:.=.. r -.
Thus it will be seen, that the new
roles are 10 have gag even more COM
prehenslvc than the former, or than. was
ever before proposed in Congtess-ex-
tending to every paper 10 any way RE
LATINO TO SLAVERY" Even The mes
sage oflhe President this day Presented,
p would come within the Letter ofthis rule.
There is beautiful appropriateness, Ger
tainly, in bringing this extract from. the
/ Iynch code into the, same rule with the
, provision which experience has shown to
be necessary 10 regulate assaults by mem
bers upon one another or other persons,
upon the floor of the House. They both
alike pre,suppose the reign of violence
:, the proper fruit Of the slavocracy by which
we are governed. have no doubt. there
was another motive, also, for .omitt:ng The
2lst rule in its place, and substituting this
odious provision at the tail Of the heap.
Ii is in view of the precious question,
which can now be called as soon as this
rule is reached, without at all interfering
with the utmost freedom Of and extension
S of debate on ALL the rest. viii our
! couEtrymen ever open their eyes?
When | was here at the extra session
r | ventured 10 express an apprehension
!. that some new gag would be ccntrived by
} this Committee on Rules; bat was bam.
] ed for my observation-disclosures, and assured
J.. positively that there was no danger 0
e such a thing coming from the committee
e or being adopted by the House. Will i
ever be conceded that aholitionists under
S stand the temper of the slavocFacy bette
e than patty po.itlelans do?