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convincing and crcditable effort; given in an unpolisi
Cd style, but every why worthy Of the highest prai.
for its sentiments and its obvious sincerity.
Mr.. Saltonstall, of Massachusetts, next took III
loor. II was too late, and many wished to adjourn
But 1t was looked upon by the majority a. absolutel
incumbent upon the House to act upon the mater q
once IN order to lake up. other business Of great i'm
portance to the nation. Thcretpon Mr.. s. proceeded
with a great curtailmcnt of what he had intended I
say had time been afforded him. As it was, hi
speech was of precisely the right stamp-to the poinI
forcibls, direct, convincing.
As To the liability of Mr.. Adams to tho propo SCI
censnre, he agreed with the gentlemen who had pre-
coded him aud moreover, with regard to the iru
character of the acts, both of the petitioners and o
The member who Offered their memorabilia thcl
indicated the character of his native town (Haverhill
against the charge Of disunion and he indicated hi
native State again.t the aspcrslon. He ridiculed tn,
idea Of Brush party. AMI cloquently exposed tn
absurdity Of coupling Mr.. Adams, as had been don,
Mi Wise, with any such party. There was no sucl
party. Some portions of the country were Disable te,
by the passage Of the 2lst rule, but none were in favol
of Interference with slavery in The South.
He then traced the erowing familiarity Of the de'
of disnnion from the time when it first made its ap
pearancc to the present moment. And in this con
mex ION alluded pointcdly to the ordinance Of Soutl
Carolina, boldly proclaiming disunion qualification
2fMc Union. And how often have such threats been
thrown out upon that floor, when i suited the pur.
pose of Southern gentlemen ! Touch the subject OIL
slavery, and what do we hear, he asked, but 'dis.
solve the Union !'-Touci the high protective tariff
question, and still it is dissolve the Union - The
South Carolina decree of qualification went to the ex.
tent of declaring The Union ipso facto disseired.
Mr.. Rhctt here rose and asked the gentleman to &C
hnck a little farther, and tell the House what the
Hartford Convention had done in this way.
Mt. Sal,onsialIs reply was prompt. He had be-
tore been attacked upon that ground. He was pre-.
pared for II when he rose to-day. He would reply
again, although he did not expect to owe it to the
courte' of the gentleman from South Carolina. The
Hartford Convent ion (of which he was not a member,
DrnDDSpI M dissolution pf ia, mo, ~ ,,ol ,l..
was considered therein and no action of the kind
described was ever had upon that or any kindred
question. But the proposition Of the South Carolina
convention was directly to that point-dissolution of
the Union!
Mr.. Rhett certainly took but little by his motion,
this time.
Mr.. Salton.tnli then described the mode in which
this petition probably oti.in,tcf. Itdoub:les proceed.
ed from disappointment, chagrin, and Indignation at
the rejection of other petitions by that House. 1t
was done hastily, and nothing was meant or intended
toward the integrity Of the union. He then referred
polntediy to the great flame of patriotism which had
his foolish petition, an took Mr.. Wise descrvedlv TO
task for the manner in which he had alluded TO the
Adams family. Mr.. Wise undertook 10 DENY some
portion Of the ioo-fait'Ifully lnembered remark he had
him. and severe was the rebukc administered TO him
for giving them uiterance. Mr.. s. passed a mapni.
ficont eulogIim on both the elder Adamses, and their
connpatrlots of the revolution, the OH. os, the Han
cocks, and the rest Of that bright band. And then he
reviewed the splendid services Of the living Adams
IN the cause OF his country, and vindlcated him arains,
the worse than futile charges aidnced against him BY
Messrs. Wise and Marshall. Hepoinled at the pride
ana glory winch surrounded every son Of Massachu-
sets, who had served his country, in the ewes of his
GLOW citizens: describe! the lineage of Mr.. Adams:
the strong hold he had upon the feelings of the people
his state and said that it was to The development
,f pr9cisely snch impulses, slch indomitab'e perse-
'crancc IN doing what he thought right, such rash.
less, such ohstinacy, if gentlemen pleased to call it
10, as characterized him, tMr. A. in these and 81.
nilaf cases, that we owe the commencement. the
progress ana the c~onslinmntion of that revolution. OF
which his ancestors were among the ruling spirits.
.ke them, their descent aas determined ever TO do
lis duty, and leave the result TO heaven.
M. Thompson Of Indiana moved to lay the whole
subject on the table.
Then followed motions to adjourn. calls of the
House, &c. &c. until il WAS obvious that friends Of
he movement against Mr.ida,ns were determined that
he question should not be tasen to. night, and, nearly
IN hour spent in calling yeas and nays, &c. the
House nd ourned ut 7 O'Clock.
And so ends one of the most interesting DAYS I ever
new in the House of Repre-. cn,atives.-.N. Y. Com.
FRIDAY Jan. 2s.
The resolutions ccnsurin. Mr.. Adams, were
lgain the subject for discussion.
Dir. THOMPSON, Of Indiana, had moved to lay
his whole subject on the table. This was the
motion this morning.
Mr.. MARSHALL, who had introduced the res |
buttons of censure, WAS very urgent 20 Obtain
he floor TO reply TO Mr.. Adams and his friends.
But Mr.. Thompson thought the debate had zone |
ar enough, and that Mr.. Filmore's appeals to
he House to take up the money bills and act
lpon them should at once be responded to bv
hat body. However, after much solicitation,
'lr. /. did consent 10 Withdraw his motion,
nut upon the sole condition tina, Mr.. NJ. would
enew it at the close of his remarks. Mr.. Mar
hall gave this pledge, and Mr.. I thompson with
rev his motion TO lay OH the table.
Mr.. MARsIIALLs speech, was percisely of
hat kind that ever dcles the reporter to do the
'rator justice. Bold, rapid, vehement, flashing.
t times dcnuhcla'ory, logical, often sophistical,
rgumental're, playful, at times bitter and per-
onal, full of figure, Astounding in i@elic.tous allu.
ions, quotations, and citations from past history
nd al! this delivered with & rapi1ity OF utter
nee, and accompanied with a lorcible and grace
ul gcsticulation, 1t were as impossible to do
UGH an efor, justice through the frigid medi-
III of pen aud paper, as it wonld be to paint the
notion Of cloud in the heavens. or that still
lore graceful movement of It's shadow over the
lain.
But | will give yon a brief synopsis of the
peech, regretting that all my readers could not
ave been there 10 hear SO rich a specimen of
cal eloquencc, and to deplore with Inc that il
vas all expended upon the wrong side in the
rgument.
lie attempted to vindicate his resolutions from
he character given 10 them by AIR. Adams and
is trends, AS charging that gentleman with the
rllnes imputed to the petitioners themselves
lie denied that those resolutions mean, to ar
aign Mr.. Adams for any thing more than a con-
OF the House.
lie then took occasion to express his utter