The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-02-03
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After the reading of the Journal, Mr.. Gam
HE asked leave TO present certain resolutions
fran the Legislature of Georgia in relation to
tho most routes in that State. Mr. Adams OBJ
ieeted. unless resolutions offered by him should
he adopted motion was made by Mr. Jones,
Of MARYLAND, to lay the whole subject on the ia
HE. Mr.. Adams appealed to his friends-to the
friends of the right of petition, to the friends Of
the ,habeas corpus, &c. TO oppose the motion.
A charge had been made against him and he
wished 10 repel it. He wished his resolution
adopted that he might have the papers which he
deemed necessary for his defence.
Mr.. Gilmer inquired whether Mr.. Adams in
tended to move a postponement of the business,
if his resolution were adopted. Mr.. Adams de-
MED the right of Mr.. Gilmer TO expect an an
swer to his question. He was placed in the
position of a criminal, and he was entitled 10
obtain all the means Of vindcaton. Mr.. Gil
mer replied, he had not put the question on the
ground of right to receive an answer. He did
not look on Mr.. Adams as criminal, and was
not his prosecutor. If the latter would put HIM
self in that position, il was his own choice.
A call of the House was demanded on the
proposition of Mr.. Jones; and after the usual
forms, the question was put-shall the whole
subject be laid on the table, The ayes and
noes were demanded-and SO voted in the afhr-
native and liz in the negative. So the mo-
lion to lay on the table was lost.
The next point for decision was the motion of
he fnI o1,,ti,
ed by Mr.. Adams on the table:
Resolved That the President of the United States
be requested to communicate to this House. if not in
compatible with the public interest copies of the
respondence between the Department of State and
the Minister Of Great Brtain also with the Govern
or of the State of South Carolina, and with the late
William Johnson, judge Of the Supreme Court of
the United States, relating to act or acts Of the
Legislature OF South Carolina directing the lmprson-
ment of colored persons arriving from abroad in the
ports of that State also of the act acts themselves
and Of any official opinion given by the said Judge
Johnson of the unconsttutionality of the said act
acts
This motion also was lost, SO voting in the af-
frmative and 107 in the negative.
The question then was on the adoption the
resolution But the vote was delayed by de-
bate, on the question who is to be the judge of
the necessity of requiring the documentary evil
dence called for by Mr.. Adams. In this debate
Messrs. Holmes, Adams, Smith, Pickens, and
Warren participated. Mr.. Adams insisted that
being placed in the attitude of criminal, he
was entitled to have all the materials of testi-
mony requisite for his defence. Mr.. Warren
declared his intention to vote for the resolution
and announced his purpose to depart in most
instances from the principles which had hitherto
guided his votes on the subject of petitions.
The previous question was then demanded by
Mr.. Morgan, and the call was seconded. The
yeas and nays were ordered on the motion to
and So in the negative-so the resolution was
adopted.
The vote was next taken on the adoption of
another resolution offered by Mr. Adams calling
on the Secretary Of the Navy for copy of the
proceedings of the Court of Inquiry and Of the
Court Martial in the case Of Commodore Boil
Ton, &C., 95 voted in the affirmative and 81 in
the negative.
There was another resolution offered by Mr..
Adams, calling on the President for commu-
nication made by him to Mr.. VIM. Cost Johnson
and to Mr. Wise in relation to the 2lst rule.
To this resolution Mr.. Wise offered the fol-
lowing amendments resolved, that the Presi-
dent furnish all the information on the Execu-
tive files in any Of the Departments, or WHEREBY
er the same can be had and obtained, touching
a charge, which John Quincy Adams is said to
have preferred to Mr. Jefferson and others, incul-
pating the Federaliss of New England in acts
and designs to dissolve the Union. Mr.. Adams
objected to the amendment, and the Speaker
decided it was not in order-not being relevant
TO the resolution itself.
motion was then made to lay the resolution
of Mr.. Adams on the table, which was carried
by a large majority.
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