The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-04
THE "DEMosTHENEsn OF OHIO

siuoh III INC otndte cnaIacteIlsllc Vi tHat SCnooi
ofpoliticans which strives to uproot the peace Of
the community and scatter abroad the elements
OF civil war, in preference to maintaining the
strict integrity OF the Union and the preser-
vation OF public order. Accordingly, on the
18th of the past month, Mr.. Allen offered reso-
luton calling on the President of the United
States for information Of the state of the facts
in relation 10 the difficulties in Rhode Island
and on which he founded his recent letter to the
Governor Of that State. On the Goth ultmo
the resolution was placed before the Senate for
consideration; but as Mr.. Simmons wished to
examine il, il was temporarily laid upon the
table. On the 22d it was again taken up, and
laid on the table by a vote of "a to Is. This
signal manifestation of the refusal of the Senate
to adopt the resolution had only the effect Of ma
king the "Young Demosthenes" more deter
mined in his course Of proceeding and on the
9th, he again moved that the Senate take up
the resolution; but this motion also tailed-yeas
Is, nays 90 Still Mr. Allen was not conquer
ed, although defeated, and with desperation
which baffied restraint, he, on the last day of
Aprll-not the frst-made another Intellectual
attempt to attain his darling object Almost
every body but those acquainted with the dema
goguism Of the Senator, thought that the reso-
luton would be permitted to sleep upon the ia
Bile but no its quescent slumbers were again
disturbed by the earthquake" cadence Of its
youthful parent; and, behold Mr.. Allen made
fifth attempt to take up the resolution An
nf th. Intta
was published in Mr.. Benton's organ on Mon
day evening, and the first thing that there strikes
the eye in glazing capitals is the nervous and
impressive caption, no doubt thrown out in adj
vance, with the object of foreshadowing the
great things which were to follow, viz:
"TIIE DIFFICULTIES IN RHODE ISLAND
THREE COMPANIES OF UNITED STATES
TROOPS MARCHING INTO THAT
STATE, BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT,
TO PUT DOWN THE SUFFRAGE PARTY
Z. AND CONSTITUTION"
The report then proceeds to say, in the Ian
guage Of Mr.. Allen, that ''the several motions
which he had submitted heretofore were voted
down y but g in order TO show the propriety
now of action on that resoution-the peculiar
propriety Of its adoption-he would state to the
Senate what he understood to be the fact, from
various sources, which could be relied on and
which he believed TO be true"
"Mr Preston here rose to question of order,
whether the Senator could make alluson TO the affairs
in Rhode Island motion to take a resolution from
the table, which motion itself was not detachable
"Mr Allen did not wish TO debate the condition of
affairs in Rhode Island, but merely wished to state
fact derived from an UNREASONABLE source, adj
ditional why the resolution should le taken up
and adopted
"Mr. Preston persisted IN his point of order.
"Mr. Allen then submitted his motion to take the
resolution up from the table, and demanded the yeas
and nays on it, which were ordered ..4I
"The Clerk here proceeded to call the roll and
when the name Of Mr.. Allen called
"Mr. Allen rose, and, without responding To- the
CALL wished to test the of the Senate whether
was not in order for him to state fact which came 10
his knowledge within the last hrtysix hours, which
iftiue, and of which he had no doubt, would shake
this country to its foundation and which would 90
to show concusvey that the motion 10 take the
luton from the table ought to be adopted. He sub
mtted this point of order founded the objection Of
the Senator from South Carolina, Mr.. Preston for
the decision Of the Chair.
"The Chair decided that the yeas and nays having
been ordered the motion to take the resolution from
the table, the Senator could not to the point of
order raised by the Senator from South Carolina, Mr.
Preston and demand decision Of the Chair on that
question that should have been done before the yeas
and nays were ordered
Mr.. Wright came to the relief of the Senator,
and took an appeal from the decision Of the
Chair, but, after debate, he withdrew it. Mr..
that, when interrupted by the Senator from
South Carolina he was going on TO state fact,
or what he believed to be fact, to show that
the motion which he was about to submit was
Of such consequence that, if adopted, it might
save the Government from being embroiled in
civil war 49, Mr.. Preston called the Senator
from Ohio again to order. After brief CONVEX
sation between Mr. Linn, Mr.. Preston, and
the Chair, Mr. Allen desired that the sense
of the Senate should be taken as to whether
they would now sustain that decision.-
He again attempted to state fact don't be
mpatient!) as reason which ought to prevail
with the Senate 10 take up the resolution Mr..
Preston submitted to the decision of the Chair
whether this course was correct. The Chair re-
piled that it had been declared by the Senate, at
the last session, upon the occurrence of a SINH
lar question of order, that such course was in
correct Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. Allen con
tended that they were right, and ergo those who
thought differently were wrong.
The report again says
Mr.. Merrick said he understood the Chair to have
decided that it not in order discuss the subject of
the resolution.
"Mr Allen. The Chair decided that the remarks
made ioere not in order. Very well; am willing TO
consider them out Of order and now propose TO Of
fer some other remarks 1t is well known to every
Senator that the resolution had reference to the af
fans of Rhode Island He had proposed to state only
what the Senate knew perfectly well already in order
to show The proPriety OF taking up the resolution, and
acting upon it. The whole country had been put in
possession of the fact, that the President of the Un
ted States had taken action in reference to
Rhode Island. He was merely going to mention the
fact, that he had ordered art Of The standing army