Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-02-11
must be tried by jury before that House could

SIT IN judgment upon him.
But u the House determined to no on, the,
ne should have to make out his defence as h
pest might. And first, as an accused person, h
INSISTED upon being furnished with certain in
,9r'nat'on which the House could alone order.-
lie therefore gave notice Of his intention to offe
.ne borrowing resolutions, asking for informatio,
to be used on his trial, both in the civil court
and at the bar Of the House.
Inc Offering ofthcse resolutions excited mucI
sur It began t. he plain that the invincible oil,
champion OF petition was in earnest.
lie resolutions called for copies of the cor
iesponuencc between the State Department an,
the BRUSH Mlnister-also of that with the Gov
u.no1 OF south Carolina directing the ~imprison
ment OF colored persons arriving IN that stat,
rom abroad and for copies of those acts.
also ihe proceedings of the late Court Mar
tIal on Captain Bolton, and of the precedin.
court OF Inquiry. Also copies of Commodore
ilu''s-despatches, and of Mr.. Stevenson's lettei
OF letters to Commodore Hull.
also a copy of any letter or letters written b,
tne PRESIDENT to William Cost Johnson, relating
to the 2lst rule.
ANA Tor Information from the President wheth.
or ne ever authorized Mr.. Wise to say he knea
'ia. inc PRESIDENT was in favor of the rule OF
OF ruIes excluding any class of petitions or othel
papers, from reception.
Then he seriously asked the Ho,se IN cons;d
or the question of their jurisdiction in this mat.
yer and begged them to consult the precedents
IN snch cases. He would refer them to one Of
binding potency.
AS he was doing this, the Speaker asked him
u suspend his remarks a moment that a mes.
sage rom the Senate might be received.
mr. secretary Dickens appeared at the bar
and said
"Ahr' Speaker, am instructed by the Senate
10 announce that they have rejected a bill passed
ny THIS House, for the repeal of the bankrup,
act.''
mere was quite a stir in the House at this
announcement, and Mr.. Adams felicitously
ayaled himself Of the incident.
81 hope, Mr.. Speaker" said he, "that this NAV
prove a good omen of what is to be the decision
upon another Of the favorite projects Of the uen'
tleman (Mr Ml from Kentucky !" AT this the
House was on the point of breaking into an.
plaIse. "P'
Mr. a. then went on to refer to the nrecedc,t
ne had alluded to, as properly governing the
Rouse IN It's action on the subject in hand. 1t
was their proceeding in the case of Messrs.
Gravcs, Wise, &c. accused of the murder of
Ciliey. This was referred to for the Dur.
pose OF showing that there had been no action
on tne report OF a committee, rccomme ndinp ex.
puIsIons, censure, dc. lie had various passa.
ges read from the reports in that case, and used
them only as urging his argument that the
House had no right to proceed in this matter.
But the illusions 10 this affair, and the read.
ing OF the reports, outraged Mr.. Wise beyond
description, and he rose and made some most
deayor 70 G;ro NJ, ~ soott o' winch Will ell
M. wise s,id No., !.
n say;,r vLa, Lo haI ~ nau ~ opportunity
thanked Cod tba, ,hero 81" ,9 "1sneu 10 say. lie
i,oart nonnor,mnn, u ,a'Se asse'no'y 70
for him 70 v;nIic,,o Ivy nao d. lehsth arrived
tho chavez of rs,;na,;, now anu forever
I'"n .,' rna.se VI hS'ga,ins and advising the
frnm M,ss,chuso,, Wv h, J''ty. me gentleman
;rn an instiSa,or ,nd aJr 1ma'seu MN w'th be.
,ns a" 'ns.tsa.o anu ADVISER OF that due, and Of
lie was noy cailina NV NJ pune" ihe
of he journal in the case. w;t5 Tho ,Go ne"u ins
of conyictinp him Of That ch,rco MI
said that he was Glad to see th,t ,bo 80
tors from Kentucky who then (at the limo oetho
due) represented that state, were here now nre
sent. One of them (Mr. Claw was inst s]i,ting
behind the gentleman from Massa'
chusetts. And he could appeal to ,bem ~ hi.
"Iliicsss tnd. HIS duNICe was not the advice rnlIp1
upon or followed in the preliminaries If Tho,
was the advice of another. b;gber hot
ter, and more distinguished man which was re-
lied on. And as 10 what occurred upon the
ground, he was there an armed second. n r. ,a.J
he life of his friend, with written ins,ructions
his pocket. And the only regret he had was,
hat he was induced to 20 there, not APPROVING
he preliminary steps which had been taken in
hat fight.
Mr.. Adams here asked Mr. Wise to do him tho
to tell him what colleague of his Mr.. Al
ne alluded to, as having furnished him Mr.. wi
with the information that he [Mr. Al had VIM
him (Mr. WI on the merits al This III
ey duel, before the people of Massachusetts.
Mr.. Wise responded that tmo OF his colleagues
rad told him this.
Mr.. Adams begged him to name them
Mr.. Wise would not. They were both !,
he hall.
Mr.. Wise's appeal to them to answer was of
10 avail and then went on TO saw that hn,h ,ha
Senators from Kentucky at that limo Guossrs
clay and Crittendcnl advised in the prcIi,n;ns'
les of that due, and that he (Mr. W. went nm
he field with their written Instructions in his
pocket. lie added that he had no,hino n do
with these prcIiminaries. He was ready to
meet his Maker IN th,, c,so 60, g