Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-12-27

:! Mr.. JARNEGAN presented shhu'y ie'"' ulio"
!oa,sd bv tie Legislature Of Tennessee IN favor
restoring General Games to his former rank in III
h-ry They were ORDER d 10 he printed
Mr.. BARROW introduced resolution, calling
ths rscsi.en. for al srondence IN his posses SO"
relative The adjustment oi CLAIMS oil our ctz' !"
. nnon the Government nt Mexico.
4 q, u,.;.on OF Nj BARROW, it was agreed, tina
when the Senate adinufn adjnuf TO TUESDAY next
i The Senate then spent few moments IN Executive
session, and then adjourned. r,,.,
/ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE rs.
/ PRAYER By the R.v. Mr.. iinsley.
i Ths Journa was read b. the Clerk when
i Mr.. ADAMS sad lie was call d TO order for often
s,ve remarks from the reading oil the journal; u "e'
for rrccvancy aud not Tor ohehs'e 'e"'1'"' a"u ="
| wished i, amended ;,
/ T.e CHAIR sa the gentleman from North Carrii-
ma Mr.. Saunders had ca'l,d the gentleman TO order
fo: rrecyancy and the Chair decided me gentleman
was ont Of order; but Afterwards the lhaf nao caled
him n order for what he conceived improper language
NJ, ADAMS said he admitted that he was called 10
order for relevancy but not for improper language
aud that was what he wanted to correct;
NJ SAUNDERS sid that he had called the gentle
man from Mnssachustt TO order Tor lffeieVahcy' NJ,
TINT tie Char had called him 10 order Tor dsrespecul
language.
The Journal was so amended TO make 1t APPEAR
thu, h. was frs, called II order for rreevancy and
not for d s!sspectfu language
! Mr. SMITH Of Indiana made some rem1Ik IN rea-
! ton 10 the Journal, but it was inaudhlr
| Mr. FRENCH rose aud asked the unanimous consent
of the House 10 make an explanation, 10 which the
| House consented !.
| Mr. FRENCH said that hr was wrongly reporedm
tha IntelIgeucer and That he would explain to the
House his remarks OF Yesterday IN very concise man
ner; which he did, denying The report oil the in'el-
neEcar
TEIsr, severa! members attempted TO submit proprs
tons t. the House which decided by The lhaHto
be out al o:drr
Mr.. ADAMS said the Speaker would recoect ,hat
| The House !sal DreH con-
sumed on very Interesting character upon qass
ton which was not before the House, proposition
of the gentleman from Virginia, referring the subjects
which he had presented 70 select COMMITTEE
OBJECTION was made by several members
Mr. j. r. lNGERSOl.L asked leave oi tie House
10 present resolution in relation 10 the resolution oil
the Legislature of Massachusetts, presented yesterday
by Mr. Adams which vas refused BY the House
| Mr. THOMASSON moved that the gentleman from
Massachusetts he allowed 10 give HIS views at large
upon the subject embraced in The resolution Of the Lee
gslaure OF Massachusetts,.
| Objected 10.
Mr. ADAMS continued, when
Mr. CAVE JOHNSON moved 20 lay The subject on
the table
Mr. uELsER asked the Speaker which question
had the precedeHce
The SPEAKER said the motion 10 lay upon the IL
bic.
Mr. RELSER, therefore, moved 10 lay the reso-
luton upon the table, and demanded the yeas anu
nays.
a voice in SLEEPY Hollow; 81 am emitted to the
floor.
The CHAIR decided the question was nol debataa'
bic.
Here there were several gentlemen on ,h floor, TO
Il question Of order.
The SPEAKER answered them That a motion TO al
low The gentleman from Massachusetts 10 proceed, was
withdrawn, therefore it was no, before the Eouse.
Mr. DAVIS Of New York, moved that lie gentle
man from Massachusetts, be allowed to proceed.
,.,,l,J l,,. In hv
table.
There there great conlusion Il being impossible
for the Char TO decide by a division
The question then was demanded ty Gas and
nav s. and the following is the result: Yeas - nays ~
So the gentleman from Massachusetts wa: allowed
10 proceed.
Mr. ADAMS said. that yesterday there was also
a motion made refer the resolutions OF the Legsla
ture Of Massachusetts to the Committee on the Jud'c
ary 10 which he had objection. lie did not wish to
consume the tine of the House; but the gentleman
from Virginia (Nlr. Wse) who is not in his seat, rose
and called the attention of the Reporters to hs declara
ton Of war-not here, but before the peoplt-whch
called forth the gentleman from South Carolina (hr
Homes) who, with all his Southern Chvalry, assumed
also this begerant attitude. Against whom This,
our common country, which was bound together by
Ties OF interest and kindred The gentleman from "a
never did q Wiser thing in his life than coming 10
the conclusion which he has at last arrived OF ceas-
ing his against The right of petition on Tins foor'
WHICH was warning against the TiSHlS vi
ens-armed copa-pic. He said he was not an abolition
isl in general sense; but in another he Sir, VI
Thomas Jefferson was an aboonist 50 was he tie
subscribed to ;le sentiments Of HE Declaration oil IN
dependence, and hoped the day II not lar Gil when
slavery vii be abolished from of the face Of the earth
concentration which he drvou;ly wished bu. he
did mt expect t, il in his day. Sir, II IS drec'l Y
war with the Christian religion trcm which he hir
Adams) had formed his opinions. In this sense, he
was an A5oli,ionst-bu he did not belong /, any abo
H. Fru1 nj ha nT-
pctuaton Of the institutions Of the country, and he
wanted 10 it un,ted-one and ndivlsIbie-whIch
could only be done by the abolition OF this pernicous
eyil-and when that shall be accomplished, IN the ian
guage Of the Christian religion, the "lion would he
down with the lamb Sir, (sad Mr.. A. ! am op
posed 10 the interference with The domestic institutions
of the Southern States and the resolutions oil the State
of Massachusetts, do not claim tina, rish,-but 10 the
extension Of slavery in other portions oi The country
Sir the gentleman from OHIO, (alr Weller, said, yes
terday that he represented the sentiments OF the peo
pie of his district upon this subject, which he denied
and called his attention to the vote OF these fresh from
| the people OF Ohio who had voted to allow hun T.
proceed md then lie REQUIRED TO the State OF Penn
81 lvania ard enumerated those who had voted agans
allowing him to proceed but he was glad 10 find tina
the "ptacc-maLer" was not among them.
He then alluded here TO the Imprisonment OF gen
tleman u and citizen Of Massachusetts,, whose only
misfortune it to have dark complexion "by Soutt
Carolina
Mr. HOLMES here rose and explained. lie said hi
recoliected the circumstance WE'LL and that Judge Der
ren (now in the Senae) had decided tina, the law o
South Carolina, was, in his opinion, strictly const'tu
tional and that South Carolina was right
Mr. ADAMS said he believed the opinion of Judg'
Junson upon that subject, at this day the law o
the land and that South Carolina had acted unconsti
tutonnly in the exercise Of that law But, SIR, i. ha
been said by the honorable gentleman, that, upon th
law depended the permanently Of this Union, aite
il had been declared unconstitutional.
| Mr. OI,MES said that Federal Influence UDDn tLi
subject would be the signal for dissolution OF hi:
! Union.
Mr.. ADAMS continued. Sir, it so happens tina, S
Carolina had controversy with Great Britain in re'a
ton t. this unconstitutional law, because .coni ces
with existing treaties between the u. S. md Great Br
tain. Sir according TO the law poor cook or stew
ard dare put his feet upon the soil Of South Caroline
without falling within the pale Of this oppressive anc
unconstitutional law. Sir, General Jackson, it is said
on certain occasion, said he acted under the Const
'nlion as he understood ii, and The gentleman from
Kentucky (Mr. French) on yesterday had given {
learned dissertation upon the Constitution as he under
stood il.
Mr.. FRENCH explained and said that what he said
Al.