, 1842-02-19

Ills own neart, lie would nave done what he had
if his own father had been the person who in.
flicted so grievous a wound upon the honor ant
safety of this nation.
After Mr.. NJ. had finished his remarks 60,
which have endeavored to give some of the
substance) there was a pause of some moments,
and some gentleman rose, but the Speaker said
that courtesy required that the gentleman from
Massachusetts, should take the floor if he saw
proper.
Mr.. Adams rose slowly, and said he was sur
prised that the gentleman who had Just taken his
seat had taken the views he had expressed in re-
lation to this matter. What had taken possess
sion of the gentleman's judgement? How did
he get at the idea that he (Mr. Az had been
guilty of high treason in presenting a petition
from the people.
MIR. Adams called for the reading of the Dec
l~aration of Independence, and the first portion of
that instrument having been read-There, said
MIR. A. is the ground upon which these petit
TONERS stand; the right Of the people to "alter
and destroy any form of government when it
becomes grievous and oppressive" Mr.. A then
went on to portray the oppression under which
the Northern people had labored for years past
in being deprived of the right of petition; and
warned the members Of that house, that the feel
ings of these petitioners were spreading far and
wide, and that his object had been in moving the
reference of the petition which he introduced,
TO have these petitioners shewn, by reasons
emanating from this body, that it was not yet
time TO press the question of 4 dissolution of this
Union.
Mr.. \ made some bitter remarks upon what
he termed the coalition which had existed for
some time between Northern democrats and
House would, if persisted in, inevitably lead TO
4 result which the gentleman from Kentucky had
so feelingly deprecated.
Mr.. a. said that now was not the proper time
TO be able, when the time did arrive, to prove the
truth Of what he alleged.
Mr.. Everett next rose, and after alluding 10
TIE magnitude of the question which had just
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the necessity for time and reflection, rather than
hasty action, he moved the printing of the reso-
luton, and the postponement Of the whole sub
iect until Monday next.
Mr.. Wise rose next, and began by saying that
he did not intend 10 say one word upon this sub
jcct, but he wished TO cali up before the House,
a voice from the tombs-the voice of the Father
of his Country-George Washington.
Mr.. W. then sent to the clerk table the Fare
well Address of Washington, and desired the
marked portion might be read. Whenthe clerk
came 10 that portion which speaks Of 'indignant-
ly frowning upon the first attempt TO alineate
any one portion of this country from another
Mr.. w. called for the reading of that portion
again and again. He then took the floor and
launched into a bitter personal attack upon Mr..
Adams, whom he represented as a vampire III
citing upon the grave of his father and his faith
er's dearest friends"
Mr.. Everett called Mr.. Wise to order, but the
Speaker said he (NTr. W. had called no
names, and therefore he could not arrest him.
Mr.. Everett asked if the remarks were rele-
want.
Mr.. Speaker replied that the question of prin-
ting was by no means a narrow one.
Mr.. Everett then withdrew the motion to
print.
Mr.. Wise. l do not yield the floor though
shall speake TO the question of postponement.-
Mr.. w.. proceeded in the same strain, and re-
ferred to another petition, which Mr.. Adams had
presented, in which a war was deplored as about
to arrive in the case of the Creole. The English
Government in their colony had not only, said
Mr.. w. interfered TO protect mutineering slaves,
but when other slaves had voluntarily expressed
their wishes to return to their own country, they
were forcibly taken possession Of by an English
vessel of war, and dragged off in another direc-
ton.
And now, said Mr.. w., this Government is
not to interfere to protect the rights of a portion
of its citizens, least acar should arise. Mr.. w.
went on reading extracts from English and A
merican abolition papers and commenting upon
them.
Mr.. Cooper asked if the papers which the
gentleman was reading did not come within the