Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-12-14
Protest
of the Whig Members of the House against
the admission of The illegally chosen
Members from the States which re.
fused 10 District arCordng

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Pres cni,dby W.. Rnnard of " Y bm mol
aiowed 10 be read dy The Loco majority
| The roll OF Representatives elected IL
The 28'h Congress having now been
calico b, the Clerk, according To usage.
| aud quorum ni members whrse riuh Ia
participate ~ the AL of organizing The
House %! Representatives Is undIspuird
having appeared and answered to ihr,r
names, this body Is about Ia proceed g.
the high duty Of eIeclins a Speaker-,o
M an thre which, IN polIk OF dlgniI,
aud pohllcal c. Hscqirnce, is hardly see
oud to any known To the Constliui,n,
after thai OF Prrsidrn, of the CuI,rd
States. 81 'lore that hI,h duty shall be
entered upon, the Undersigned, feeling II
sense Of solemn oblIg alton To truth and
oi responsibility TO God for what they
utter and assert, are constrained to de-
clare thai, IN their united and undoub,lng
conviction and judgment, "A deep and
grevI"us wound, perhaps never to be-
healed, III be inflicted on the Consli,u
ton, and on law, order, aud civil liberty
II the election Of Speaker shall be con
durted ia ik" panper ~ wbirh we have
reason To apprehend 1t may be.
Several persons from the State OF New
Hampshire, namely, Edmund Burke,
Jonn p. Hale, Moses Norris, Jr. aud
john II. Reding /; several persons, also,
from the State oI Georgia, namely, How
ell Cobb, Hugh A. HaraIsou, aud Absa-
Ion IL. Chappell ; one person from the
State Of Mississippi, namely, jacob
Thompson /; aud several persons from
The State ol Missouri, namely, james
NJ. Bovln, James NJ Hughes, John
Janrson, Gus,avus Nj. Bower, and
James II. ReIie, have been called by
the Clerk, are now in this Hall, aud
have answered other names in a man
uer to leave no doubt iha, their in,rn,
aud purpose Is Ia vote with the duly cleo
ted Representatives. oi ih" People here
present ~ the election oi Speaker, aud
To act and participate fully III the organ
cation of tue House of Representatives,
as II they were members thereof.
BY the nc, Of Congress of June %,
1912, "Ior the apporiioninent Of Repre-
senlaiives among the several States ac-
cordlng 10 the sixth census" II was en.
acted "that ~ every case where State
is entitled 10 more than one Representa-
tive, the number To which each State
shall be entitled under The apporilonmcni
shall be elected by districts composed of
conilgu"us territory, equal ~ number to
the number oi Representatives To which .
said State may be eniilied, no one dis .
trio, eleciing more than one Representa-
tive"
The several States above named have
refused or failed to provide by law Tor
the election by districts of Representa-. I
tIves from ihDse States respectively a..
the 23lh Congress, each OF them being
entitled to more than one Representative,
and the people Of those States have fail /
ed, therefore, 10 elect Representatives,
hy districts, as the law OF Congress re.
qnired.
These facts are notorious, ,indispu,able,
and undispuied they are known 10 all,
and admitted by all. Failing 10 elect 10y
they have failed 10 elect at al,
TOT all legal and constitutional purposes .