Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-08

for the consideration of the House of Representatives
Of the United States, petition praying tor the ossoiu
ton of the Union has offered The deepest indgnlty 10
tae House, of which he Is member an insult 10 the
people of the United States, Of which that House Is
the legislative organ, and WILL 1t tins outrage be per-
United to pass unrebuked aud unpunsheo' nave as-
graced his country, through their Representatives, IN
The eyes of the whole world.
That was the charge, continued Mr. Nj So far
then for the fact. The gentleman had charged HIM
vith charging hun, Mr. A with high treason. these
was no such charge there
MIR. ADAMS. 1t is involved in the resolution.
Mr. MARSHALL. God knows IN what crime the
gentleman may involve himself before he gets through
this matter. lie MIR A. only charged with max.
ing himself the vehicle for the presentation OF ths ana
therefore with being liable TO the contempt OF inns
House but even II 1t was, ana the geh'lsnen Wa
charged with it: Suppose the gentleman had offered
petition of his own the House OF Representatives 10
dissolve this Union, and had already made hImsen
guilty of the same offence that the petitioners were
guilty Of did it follow that in question oil pIiVege
before this House they would be entitled TO nict on
him the punishment the law had established Tor TINS
crime if he was found guilty OF high treason was
the inquiry made for the purpose OF visiting nun WIN
punishment under the rules of this House, or with try
ing him for the purpose OF inhicng the penalty OF the
law:
II n member Of this House should, in the Rotunda,
murder one of his fellow .members, because nnroer Is
tried by the law of the land, could not tins House. 50
far as It's laws extended expei or censure the
was correct the way escaping censure OF pu
nishment before this House, was to be guilty. OF some
crime worthy of death. He denied the matter OF law
If member of this House bore arms against the UNI
Ted States he guilty of high reason and II the
fact were known this House, did It follow as mat
Ter of law because the courts OF the Uniled states
would punish him, that therefore this House couId no.
censure or expel him. He thought not Inc Rouse
had the right inquire into the matter anu " nio
punishment according TO the law OF iaiiia"'eh'' "
hich fhpy "
Then, If he had not read his Ian utterly IN Va'h'
there was, frs nothing in the article 10 whch Tue gen
teman had referred which would protect hh, even II
the charge made, from me punishment u ''''
House. and second he would find that there mel
,ber in the preamble nor resolutions charge oil tins
kind The preamble simply ment oil the Pc
tton ITSELF and declaration lhat u ala ihV"e ue
House TO perjury. And did 1t not: Where, losooth,
did the gentlemen from Massachusetts learn his law:
No, from his father, he was sure. These were doc
trnes that not only his (Mr M.s) uncle, but the gen.
,eman's father, peyer taught petition TO the Coh-
press of the u. S. to dissolve the Union, and they
sworn to support it, repeal OF the organic law OIL Tue
land, If John Marshall the Elder Adams ever
the Constitution Of the land could be repealed
by an act of Congress- he had never found 1t IN te'r
writing if So his respect for both the gentlemen woud
be most essentially lesscned. ,
He would 90 into more OF this hereafter. ne haa
risen merely to the point OF order mace 70 'he oaSe
and TO the question whether the House had right to
entertain such resolution He thought there was not
the most remote shadow OF doubt on this SUBJECT
He then referred he OF John Smith, relative 10
his trial and xpusos JON Congress IN looI and stated
acme of the facts connected therewth winch were hol
heard nv the Reporter. He said the gentleman from
MASSACHUSETTS would know whether the facts were true
or not. ;, 49,
Mr.. ADAMS said the gentleman from Kentucky,
together with other members OF this House, VINO hau
taken their pleasure to accumulate themselves on nun,
and run him they could seemed were not suthcIent
from their own knowledge of law to meet HIN, ous
they must receive little dirty pumping notes from a,
b. and G, 10 assist them IN argument he presumed
that the gentleman from Kentucky was conscious tna
without referring TO this argument OF his air A IN
the case of John Smith, he could do nothing ne
wished every member OF this House would read this
case and the report; and they would there ma 'ha
this statement Justification from beginning 70
end He then gave at length the details OF the
history of this case and SAID he was willing that this
precedent should be taken and acted on; but was mol
wiling 10 hear it stated that John Smith was ex'
pelled and that through his (Nlr. AS influence
Mr. FILLMORE said he did not rise tor the purpose
OF making speech this matter; but to appeal TO Tue
House. and ask the sober part OF this House whether
this matter had not gone far enough?
The SPEAKER SAID the very question now Tor the
House 10 determine was, whether It had gone iai
enough. ,;, .
ton TO bring il to u close. ),
The SPEAKER said the question now was, whe'he
the House would consider the resolutions OF The gene
man from Kentucky, Mr. MARSHALL
SIR. FILLMORE said he had desired 10 make lev
remarks but would content himself by moving 70 lay
on the table .,o,
The SPEAKER asked what part the gentiema'
moved to lay the table
MIR. FILLMORE said he moved to lay the who'll
subjecr on the table.
MIR GILMER asked il II was not loo iale no"
raise the question of consideration:
fCries Of s'order"
The yeas and nays were asked by several memo
and being ordered, taken, and resulted as oiiow
Yeas-MeSsrs. Allen, Sherlock J. Andrews AIi ,
avcrga. Babcock, Baker Barnard, BiidSeye blal
Rous Brewster, Briggs Brockway jeremiah Brown
Burnell Chlds Chitteuden, Cooper CFan>oii' craven
Cushing. Garre,. Davis, r. d. Davis Deberry Dos
Jobn Edwards Esbert Ferris ,FeSsenden Fillmore Jon
G. Floyd, A Lawrence foster Mdson aSan !,
1sat William w irwin James: John P Kennedy
Lane, Lawrence Linn, Samson Mason Mahlot, MAJ
rocks Maxwell, Maynard, Morgan MORROW, Osborne
par,r;doe Pearce, Pcndleon, Ramsay, Benjamin Ran
'all Randolph. Raynor, Rdgway, Rodney VIM. Rus
ss lanes M. Russell, SaltonsIal ShePPerd, Truman
smith :sks Sisasiqn J. B Tho@ n1ps sSAl
ard W. Thompson, rininsh;s,. 'r,a"H in", Wh;,e
Thomas w Williams, Lewis Williams, Winthrop Au
g,,s,us Young, and John 1ouns,2o ,..;.,.,,, po,
non Siher,on Beason Bovine, Aaron V Brown, Chas
Brown Burke Sampson II. Butler, William Butler, w
o Butler Green w Caldwell, painek =; Ea'@ mve
Tiers Cary Casey, Chapman, Clifford, Clinton, Coles
Gross Daniel, Dawson, Doan, Eastman, John c. Ed
wards, Charles A. Floyd, Thomas +. Foster, Gamble
Gentry, Gerry, Giddings, Gilmer, Gossn, Gordon, Ora
ham Cuisine Gvnn, Habersham, Hays, Holmes, Hop
kns Houck, Houston, Hubbard, Hunter, Jack, William
Cost Johnson, Kem, Audrey kennedy, Lewis s Lite
field, Lowell, Abraham Mcclellan Robert Mcclellan
Mckay, Mallory Marchand, Alfred Marshall, Thomas
r. Marshall Medill, Merwether, Miller, Moore New
hard Owsley, Payne, Pickens, Pope, Powell, Reding
ing Reynolds, Rhett, Riggs, Rogers, sandord, Sa'm
ders, Shaw, Shields, SHADE William Smith SPrgss
Steenrod SUMTER Jacob Thompson, Trpleu, Ward
Warren, Washington, Watteson Weller, WeStbrooi
James w. Williams, Christopher Il. Williams, Wise
and Wood-l00
So the House refused to lay on the table.
MIR. ARNOLD then took the floor with the view OIL
submitting some remarks, but
Mr.. UNDERWOOD (having previously 10 taking
the last question obtained the floor and been recog
nized by The Speaker) claimed the floor.
The SPEAKER informed the gentleman that the
subject was not open for deaate, the gentleman
from Massachusetts, (Mr Adams) having raised the