Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-31

rom portion Of his constituents. and he would tell
gentlemen In this House. whatever thew mishl
'h'nk that these petitioners were not the only men
to whom this opinion had become familiar And
he wanted To meet H. and convince these petitioners
that II was not yet time for the people of the pofton
OF the country which was most cmphatc,ilv on
pfessed-and that from tho section Whence an,
gentleman came among the resi-to ADOPT this inca
sure out That there were privileges and resource.
winch can be rcsouet to without that Last which
was so clearly established IN the Declaration of In
"ope"uehee. These men complained of the coni j.
10" {" 'hr country. aud said that Il was IN cnnse
Vuohoe {" the tytannioal and prOhisnte administra.
ton of the Government for m. las, .;.h, ., a.,
years 'iu thc gentleman deny ihat1 lie had eN
pressed himself more than once ,hnt n, was n, 4.
opin'on that the People have been suffering under
Vt'hn'c'l ana oppressive Adminis't a. ton And he
was one of hose who were sen, her. 80, II, 49,:
state OF things; bat he (Mr Al ~ns so,,v n, .,,,
"'' Tue seh"o,nan was one Of those who contr.hu
G" mos, :" confirm and repeat tho oppros ION In a
blI which that gentleman had beer nrthnns ,,o.o
'ns rnrnen'nl than any other member in c,'rv;n,
through this Houe inr the repeal of an act Irsi,r,I
tn remedy some of those opprcssions under Which
a portion OF tho People Suffering instead nj 70.
medying he WAS dcrpenins the feeling of oppres.on
throus houi TINT portion OF the country whence he
(Mr a. came, which produced p-ttohs ike this.
Mr Adams continued Tor some time to maintain
'he right OF tho people ~ petition Tor dissolution
o. the union, or the removal of any gricvancc-and
mat " was hts right AMI duty 10 present their Ell.
tons. lie promised To show when he entered un,p
ms defence, that te'e was conspiracy to destroy
the risht ot liabcns Corpus and teal hv iurv md
10 >mussle tins Country intoa war to project The
save trace, American and African. A. he was
about CONCLUDING hts remarks. Mr. COOPER s,i+.
before the gentleman from Massachusetts conclud'
co. ne wished To correct miSapprs hensinn under
winch he seemed To labor. From the remarks al
IN seh,'emin he Mr. ~ judged that he suppose
,nt'hce time would I've gwen hun for his defence -
" he understood the resolution at hi The ncn,;o,
"' II was to he the end Of the matter; and any de-
'ehee which III" gent mau might promise To maxi,
must be previous to the adoption.
tho SPEAKER stated to the gentleman from
Ma,saehu'eus tNir Adams) that the question before
INC tt"u'H would toe on the ISOLATION uf the 70 nj a.
man Tom kentucky tNr NaTshall)
Mr. PROFIT hoped the gentleman womb b,v.
lcct. W. N"'' '""
Mr. ADAMS said Il 1t was the intention, Of This
House row ut once irrics Of 'now now,'l-,o ,,,
cred {" the decision o this resolution he must ,,b
mt. Was n ever known that, To- man on whom
charges OF This Kind were started Of a sudden ard
'oiH'' unexpected, no time was TO ho allowed for
- ue'eneef u the ordinary course Of business IN
ms House the printing OF the resolution and fixing
'He tinc Tor ITS considera'on-was to be done AWAY
with, aud tho House to bs taken between wind .rJ
water To decide this resolution he must submit He
was m the power Of the House.
The SPEAKER said that ii the gentleman from,
Masshehuscts tNlr Adams) desired further time. he
himself or friend for him, could Of right submit,
motion To postpone the mr;her consideration of the
subject. W "'e
Mr. EVERETT made few encrsetie rem,,ls
upon the magnitude of the subject thus suddenly
introduced INTO the House. md moved postpone
meht OF the resolution until Monday next, and also
that the resolution be printed
DEBATE 10 be contaus9l