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

But be- -
Of iToueifr io bs d lem eecix{ i1Mlse M
some further Re Is Il the:
gentleman from Georgia would alssss;hlEs
motion 60 asao embrace only that part of
the peiitiom Whicirthc Speaker bad decil.:
ed could ,be receii ed, he would go Win
him. ss5:sss e.
Mr.. Adams here rose, and in the course .
of some remarks, the whole ofrwlilchlhe
nproardii no, permit the Reporter tolleaE.
denounced The standing rule Of The H0use
prohibiting The reception of Aboliiionspa-
pers, as an infamous and Unconstitutional
rule. ,I
MIR. Crnig rose 10 a pniEt of order. he
chnrenrled li'at the question as ittlen s'ooa
was moi hehalable.
Mr.. Adams. Not only on one side.
Mr.. Craig said the queslinn, as il now
STOOD, was precisely the same as if no vote
had heen taken on The original .motion OF
Mr.. Adams. -.
Many members here aIiempted,to speak
p, once, aud much confusion prevailed. :.
After order had been restored,
The Speaker was understand lu say 'iha,
The debate was not in order except TN That
porri6n Of The petition which he conceived
| did not come " thin The rule.
After snme brief remarks from Messrs.
Wise and Black. :
MIR. Adams again took The floor and said
he had presented The whole of The :'peli-
ZION, and 81 long as he had a vtiice in The
House, he would continue 10 resent them.
Mr.. A. was prnrerdns to make esone re
marks in relation tn the .nhseLvatiOns OF
Mr.. Wise that he would Lave conlbaied
the deriSion uf the Speaker. had his atltn-
liun been caIlel 10 The prllior:when pre-.
.sene,l,' when -. :.
Mr.. Wise called the gentleman frnn'
| Massachusetts 10 nr,!er Tor n hsnrdrrly .ex-
preston. Mr.. w. then stated what he
understand the member to charge. viz :
that he. Mr. w. had SAID he would have
dictated 10 The Speaker. Such was not
The fact; as every gentleman on the -four
knew that he had sail no such Thing.
Mr.. Adams explained hat he had nol
made such charge. What he said WAS
in relation to " hal the member fnm Nir
cnia did, and n0r wha The member said he
would have done.
Mr.. Wise denied that he ever said he
would have dirIatcd to lhe Speaker, ar
thai such was his silnrntinn. Mr.. w. made
some further observations which could not
he distinctly heard.
Mr.. Adams explained that the gentleman
from Virginia had mistnuk his meaning.
Wha, he (Mr. Az had refrrence to was
the manner IN which thai gentleman usu-
alv addressed the Speaker.
Mr.. Wise said he regretted nothing so
much as II personal quarrel with the VEN
erahle gentleman from Massachusetts hnl
he mus, lie prrnlIed tn say that there WIS
no man in the Hnrlsr more capable 0frx
limiting dicla'orial feelings than that gen.
man; and he was now sclliug an exaul-
pie for lhr Younger members.
The Speaker, in reply 10 a question
from Mr.. Black. leri'leL That a motion III
reject cnul apply only 10 sn much of the
ppiirinn as had heen decided did nul come
under the rule.
Esa.l Ais decision AZ IrHl Raf ri TelirI III
could moi he separated, for j, was one and
The same Thing.
Mr.. b. then commenced reading fhepe.
'iIinn with The view of proving his propo
silinn.
Mr.. Adams desired TO inquire of the
gentleman wheihpr il was IN order 10 read
Thar Which the Ilnuse had determined it
would not receive.
Mr.. Black sail he was reading the pcli-
lion with a view Of showing that the Speak
| er had committed an unintrntional error
in moi rejecting The whole.
The Speaker observed that the reading
of that p"rliun of the pr'itnn whicl, came
within The rule, could not be- road but by
general consent.
Mr. Adams said that unless The whole
subject should I've thrown open 10 debate,
he would inject.
The Speaker then remarked that, as
nhjeciinn had been made. the gentleman
from Georgia would not he in order in
reading The prliinn.
After some debate on this point between
Messrs. Black. Wise aud Craig, the noise
was so great that several members r,se to
order.
Mr.. Winthrop called for orlcr all over.
Mr.. Black again commended that one
portion Of the petition could not be reject
ed witIouI The other; and if one WAS re-
ctived, 50 must the other he. Besides, il
this practice was To he adopted, then thou
sands nf pellinnS might be introduced into
The House like SO nany fire brands. in de-
iance Of any resolution thai might be
adopted.
The honr having now expired. The House
proceeded 10 The orders of the day.
Correspondence Oft Charleston Courier.
WAsHINGTnS, Jan. %.