Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-02-12
Is CsrY.sgyESTH coNGRESs--2d Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Ttrsisy, J,aaary y, lsi2-FCoatinusd.I
QUESTION or PRIVILEGE.


QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.
Nr. ADAMS !n;s-oosed, and denied that lie had said
-, or ans ,ning Ike H. What he had said was, that
Ind presented the petition because he considered II
j. dply.
Ms MARSHALL, in reply, appealed to the report
Il VI, Adams speech lie was asked from what pa
ri he read lie replied, !, vas Tie report Of Tie Ma
nat iate!IigsnceE, glven by one o, the ieg",af ne
o7ers ii: that establishment IN this House Mr. NJ.
r.li the following.
~>al saen H.. H. H. cane :, III ihr DE- which h.
ii I mike, ca.'c ~ hs should consider o;h,t m''tr' :"
agf>l n aa!p acial hIt intended. IL would cohe and
Eai,e that lnti:vn ~ ;iir cnui'y whence
sea,csa endeavVrns y destroy 1he -h 81 ~
and Of ,rl b. luy, and a'' iac nights IN "h '
rites IN, country consist.
lie would AoN that potion OF the county there was
SYSTEMATIC a;,empt II 10 the dissolution al the
I'M now carving different States lie would look
he controversy between Virginia aud New lors between
m New York, and between Georgia and Maine III order
rave me continual system aad purpose 10 destroy AL the pm
e. .: aery the free States; aud BY power 10
crst-d principles Of slavery on the Tree States o ms
~a he would show by documents ana BY reference 70 NJ
ni. which had been used in such thai every man
i House should be convinced OF the tfnh 81 H. ne hlo
ana he was seeing, iar those measures so COZ"
a. and srSsvenri pursued was tie PROJECT oil
county INTO VIII Great Britain for ta purpose 81 p'o
,n, H. African and anirrcan lie had seen tha.
wa. The deliberate paPO>- And oi his reasons ior pre-
n. h> petition Eve TIE alarm 10 the people o. TIN;
81 county hence he came. II was time ia them T.
ALARM ~ Trey would ind themselves Struggled INTO
" the attoa tie slave tdc and TIA, the most ahsd
Minister England all for the purpose Of smuggling tins
uil with that Government under the pret.ncc oil
acai.s a.-reSSlans. lie would show all this III The
most detail he called Oh 10 defend himself against is
..r-s."
Nov, Mr. VI was not going to enter into this detail
q grievances: Il not his purpose to discuss them
nth the gentleman from Massachusetts. Neither
should he discuss the right Of Great Britain to search
'e.es wherever she found them, under the pretence
:. sl?p.essing the slave trade.
'Sr Adams. You had better not.
Neither should lie discuss the proprety or neces-
'y .! ,ln home s;sairon, for TIE defence OF our ex
posed coast against the strongest military marine IN
e "oFid, ~ enter upon the question whether such
i''ence i grievance 10 The North. Mr. NJ. had
:'e'ec - this list Of grievances merely 10 show what
:Foaad had actually been taken by The gentleman him.
y! IN rs defence. lie had undertaken 70 make out
case q. sach s'evous oppression and tyranny, exer-
.ed D. the Government upon him and his, that II
'''F case would justify an outraged people IN gong
ny safe ., revolution, and bursting the bands OF
'ciety, TINS case n:e and The gentleman insisted
1is he had done 1t. The right of petition was gone
90 " acton Of Congress, in preparing for dissou
on OF the Union, the only means By which the
s aa eternal rights Of his constituents could be car
'G oat INTO effect; The gentleman had avowed that he
la this petition forward in order to give those
as.uen'' The alarm, aud 10 aiurd them needed inior
,'.'A. s'!', however, the gentleman had further de-
G t.i he should not 4, present advise actual DIS
'''"'" o lie onon- no-not yet-not yet; butt was
ninr-'t was approaching.
''", 'et ang gentleman compare all this with the
-'hhl Of defence taken in behalf Of the gentleman
\" Massachusetts, by his friend from Virginia, MIR.
~ anu where would the gentleman stand? The
'4sr'naa only wished an opportunity 10 prepare re-
y "hch should ailay agitation, and quiet the minds
=, =, ,icenis. Oh' yes; aud precious icretastc
use ma enjoyed Of the nature OF that document
40 Dug Chairman Of the Committee Foreign Rela.
H'gH be expected 70 send forth to the world should
instructions TO The committee be adopted. This
,aa'ay'ag agitation with a vengeance! This was
,.."s taNon this was healing persuasive, to con-
'hs'a that the union Of these States must be main
49, ne gentleman from Virginia longed that the OPP
I": shonId be gwen 10 the gentleman from Mass,
~ sht ny ms eloquent pen, BY the force Of his lu-
.hurr''and'ng, and the whole weight Of his per
""osSce, pu' down forever, the unhappy spirit oil
'i uiSeon'ent, and make his constituents asham-
tey mad ever harbored thought of so dire sa
III. - me dissolution o. this Union! What! trust
,,n, -" ~ an angel Of peace, to the man who openly
W. MAJ he had introduced the memorial for the
~, o. alarm assign this task Of healing to the
Ian who fortified the ight 10 abolish this Government,
n.y. aPpeal to the Constitution, and who stimulated
VIZ exercise OF this right by presenting an accu-
u grievances such never had been endured
6o,, ofioi", and the only remedy FOR which was
g.Ie"on Of the Union And an American House of
INK, themselves the imbod,ed image of this
were 10 leave 10 hands like these the task
cs,.n, ,ne 'rrat'ons and queting the alartns of
)" confessed tina, lie had listened to the gentle
,ks, ia "oncer: bat if he wondered at the ground
At Thy me gentleman from Virginia, Mr.. Botts,) how
Ia wonder been increased when he listened to
Cor, v,,'e'nan own immediate friends. A gentleman
aad (r. Satonstali,) arersonal friend
Be .ra o. the accused, had appealed not only to
tfcn, GU 10 Ute past services Of his friend, but to his
hla,a ron the British reglcides lie had dwct on
E rs us learning, his high standing, his influence,
o. Character and above al! 10 his ndonita6ie,
li,,,aNs COURAGE. The gentleman had advised the
M nr 40. no. 10 take him in hand, for he descend
Ia, VA, stubborn crew who, beginning with petit
,,r seh'' had gone forward with untring and undc-
a, footsteps, I'LL they had ended in overturnng the
government, and bringing The head Of Charlie