Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-06-18

was understood to say he would not press the ma''e
further .,, a., ,;o,s
question if the gentleman from ken.ueky' l'i' W.
shall, would pledge himself to renew II -,
Mr. WARREN insisted that, tthere was any y'eiu
mn il should be unconditional
The SPEAKER inquired Of MIR. Clark whether ne
Welded the finor. ,,,,,,,
MIR CLARK replied that unless the gentleman
would pledge himself to renew the demand i'i "e
v;ous cmcs,on he (Mr. Co. must insist on hs m"''o"
And after some conversation, the demand Tor 'iie
previous question was persisted IN. rat
And the question was then put the motion OF MI
Smith that there be call of the House. aio was NC
cided in the atirmative-ieas 70, naysi'.
So call OF the House was ordered.
The Clerk then called the roll, and no members an
swcrcd to their names. ,ao, called
And the names Of the absenees having oeei
over, the SPEAKER announced that sli "e"''e''
were present. ,.o,a of ayes 1l5
$40, No, counted. all further proceedings on the ca
were suspended. ,,,o,,,, from
Y York MIR Clark TO withdraw the demand 'of VIC
nrev,ous question If the gentleman wonld consent
- "a 90 he mr. NJ } was willing pledge himself to
u, inc motion after he should have concluded TIE
remarks he desired 10 make.
Mr.. CLARK thereupon withdrew h's demand 'o'
the previous question -.
conversation
mo mber to make these conditional surrenders oil mo-
tons submitted by nun, oul "o aI''o'' "" ~
point oil order. ,la ,ha
house at great length the subject involved
in the 2ls rule, and generally IN reply to the remarks
of Mr Adams The Reporter can do nothing more al
this time than present the general heads OF the Speech
(which ran through space of two hours
He had no disposition (Nlr Nj said) to prolong tins
debate There was no member Of this body, come from
yla, quarter of the Union he might-irom Tree
Stale or from slave State-that mad been more ui'
willing than himself To this question agitated a.
the present session. When lie came here he iound
the 2ls, rule established the rule Of the last House.
| and he thought that, being an established rn!e-no
matter by what authority by what party was naue
sohe thought that il must he conducive TO the gene
raj veal that that rule should be suffered 10 stand al least
during The extra session. When the venerable gentle
man from Massachusetts, (Alr AdaIns) had moved It's
RECESSION. he mir NJ had voted against II With the
hope that gentlemen from the North-gentiemen from
the free Statesgentemen The representatives. TO use
his own lauuaGel of reempn, would not have pressed
this question this time upon the consideration Of 'e
| House.
II had been urged by the gentleman from Massnchu
s.us thai this rule was an Administration measure
thai the ocoocos here The last Congress had adopt
ed il. and now at the time when the Representatives
or,bs great nation had convened here Tor certain spe-
cia objects, party question was made upon 'h's SUP
ect of Abolition; and we had been told by Tie hSesi
authority in this House, far AZ age and name, ana
his conneyon with the past history oil TINS country
were concerned that the repes OF this 2ls rule was 10
| Inc yyhp measure lie (Mr. NJ had voted, as ne
Nd end oroinst the decision lie had done SO in or
der that the subject might not come mp for discussion;
IN order that the two great sections OF TINS unoh u
yided nnhapplly divided, on the most agtatng ques'
lion that could possibly be raised might, at all events
be suffered 10 reposc until the regular session Oh w"
gress He hoped therefore, that gentlemen would moi
mako \ point of order against him. II might not pro-
badly be regarded very german 10 lhe iheu'a'e
question before the House. to reer 10 the reasons "
which his course governed; but he had arisen of
the purpose ofexpanng TO that great body oil ireeineh
whom he represented Tue ieaso'' ~ W.
should this day give.
! lie Ind voted against the motion OF the gentleman
from Massachusetts (Mr Adams) IN order, possoie
10 postpone this question until more convenient sea
SON and he should now vote against the lecohs'ue'
ton Of that vote, IN order that the f1ousc 's"' p'
to the business of the nation. ,
| lie did not know whether the gentleman from Mas
intended press this question: or not ~
session But whether he did or not, there was one
Southern mcmber-ay, more than one-that $1,000 pre-,
pared now and at all times To meet IT, Wonld 10 Zoo
could be postpnned Would to God that the phrenzy
ofthat philanthropy which seemed to blaze IN the aged
brain Of the gentleman from Massachusetts, that ina
EXPANSIVE benevolence, winch comprehended wisn''
lis grasp all human beings; and whch cof.esPohueo
yih the free negroes Of Ohio and published Their e
ters in the papers ofthe Nort-would TO God that ina
most large and prejudced vision which put MN on
with the African negroes and made them ms lei
low that all these things couio nave
been postponed at least until the regular session ~
AID moi intend assail the principles oil the geniemai
not he If the gentleman chose to be the peer Of II
berated slaves, II was his (Ar 81 affair But he (sr
NJ had referred 10 these matters merely Tor Tue pur
pose of explaining his own ideas
3 Well: when this movement to repeal the 2lst rui
was made lie had left his seat and taken another
for of all the that ever were devised oy man
he thought that this Hall the least favorable TO III
transmission Of sound fie had placed himself ION III
principle of first come first served) @here ne cou'
t hear the gentleman from Massachusetts, and he ia
e listened 10 him with that attention with when a
younr politicians looked to him who bore that name
and who stood in the position in which the gentema
stood toward the history of the country he gente
# man was connected by his public acts, with The ght
/ times Of WASHINGTON and the Revolutions he stoo
. here in pgneyal character, and what he said an
e did went TO all the tribes with The authority OF
patrarchal generation. And had the sentiments com
from any other quarter, he (Alr M might not poss
bly have felt as he now did, but his duty compete
him TO respond TO them He ha6 voted against the r.
I cison because he thought that, IN the argument
the gentleman the motion TO rescind there iuiF
ed the hidden idea that there existed here righl TO u
terre with the domestic institutions OF the Stale iro
. which he (hIr Nj J came. lie had listened 10 Inc ei
tire spcecI and II he misunderstood the gentleman y
hoped an explanation might be made, not on ms th
j NJ 81 account, but on account OF the natoh, on ~
count Of the world, that the whole universe mgr
know the true position winch the gehuehhah as'u''''
: on this az .tang question
o He had understood the gentleman TO say IN reply
/ the unanswerable precedent cited the other day by
! gentleman from Virginia, (Mr W'se,) that It was NJ
directly in point, because the expression III lhat res
luton went to encourage and that there was di'e
enee mark you) between receiving petition and u
i encouraging of millions that he did not contend :,
encouraging md that 50 far as tins argument was COZ
/ cerned, he might be found with the names the 'lln
o lrous names, which the gentleman from Virginia ha
read appended to that resolution But the gfn
man from Massachusetts was still for receiving peor
upon abstract right lie (ar. NJ felt disposed to as
e the Trentleman and would have done so, but that
mi l have appeared presumptuous in SO obscure an II
e diviiua nj bono--wha good is 10 come Why P"rsr
questions npon abstract right when no pracilcai resn
s IS TO follow But he had listened to the gentleman
argument throughout and he found that, Yankee Ike
n looked to results They people of results; the
y did not deal in distractions. When they made pre-
position, il meant something II was not mere theof
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