Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-05-04
From The Philadelphia Ledger.
Outrage In the House OF Congress.

party squabbics which prevail usually during the
whole session of that body and which ended in
serious manner 10 one Of the members Of the
police of the House, Mr.. Wales. We find an
account of this disgraceful transaction in the
Glebc, whose editor was present during the
disturbance, and was, therefore, cognizant of
the principal facts. The House was engaged
in discussion on the Tariff Mr.. White of
Kentucky, Speaker ofthe last House of Repre-
sentatives, made a speech on the subject
which as is usual ia that body, turned upon par
tlsan politics, and Mr. Waite occupied the prin.
cipal part Of his time in proving that there was
no bargain and sale between Mr. Adams and
Clay in 1925, in regard to the Presidency, az
has been charged in sumo OF of the newspa.
pers from 1S,at day to this We copy from the
Globe the subsequent transactions, in which
the melancholy and dsgraceful occurrence al.
luded to took place.
"Mr. White, just at the close Of his hour,
stated that five gentlemen Of the House had
certified to what the newspape had charged
Mr. Clay as having said in his speech on the
Missouri question, in February, 1919: If you
won't let US have black slaves, we ,ust have
white ones &C.; which speech he said Mr..
Clay had never written out
The extract, he said, was taken from note
to Mr.. Rich's speech, published in the Nationa
lntel!igencer more than year after that gen.
tleman had made his speech, in which note
Mr. Rich had said that Mr.. Clay used those
words. Here Mr.. Whites hour had ran out,
and Mr.. Jacob Brinkerhoff obtained the floor
MIR. Andrew Kennedy asked Mr.. Brnkerhoffto
yield the floor to him a moment, as he was one
Of the five gentlemen alluded to, and he wish
ed TO prove what he had certified to- Mr. Brin-
kerhof refused to yield the floor when Mr.
Rathbun, who sits directly in front Of and not
more than three feet from, Mr.. White, said to
air. Kennedy, Never mind, we can prove it Ill
over the House Mr. White replied, 'You
can prove a - lie, then; swallow that, -
you Mr.. Rathbun rose slowly from his seat,
with his thumbs in the pockets of his pantaloons,
and turning round to Mr.. " hi,e, said, DO
you intend to apply the lie to me personally !
To which Mr.. White replied, 4 do, ---
you shutting his fists aud putting himself in
adefcnsive, or offensive position, as he said so.
BY this time the words were out of his mouth,
both Of them had aimed blow al each other
We could not discern which struck first. As
soon as we saw this, we ran to where they were
but before we reached there they had been Sc.
parated. We entered the aisle where the CON.
batants were, side by side, with the sergeant-at
arms The members ordered the sergeant-at
arms out in q menancing manner, some of then
putting their hands against him. While they
were doing this, we have been told, man ma
med Moore, who resides in the Lexington con
gressional district OF Kentucky was behind The
sergeant-at-arms, trying TO pull him Out, anC
saying at the same time, 'let them fight it out.
We neither saw nor heard this. Our atten
tlon was drawn at the time TO the members il
front ofthe sergean-at-arms, who ordered hin
out OF the bar of the House. We thought,
the sergeant-at.arns was out OF his place, o
exceeding his duty, that we certainly wer'
clearly out of ours, and that we had better kee
a bright lookout, else we might be elected yer
suddenly. BY the time we thought this muci
we concluded TO get out OF the bar ofthe House
and as we got out near the door that enters tn
hall from the Post-office of the House, we sa,
the fash and heard the report OF pistol in til
door way.
We rushed to the door, and found three
four persons just outside the door, grappiin
with the Kentuckian whom we have mentione
trying to wrest from him pistol AS he a
pearcd to "ho,d his own" with them, we CO
clnded to assist them; and just as we were
bout doing so, a voice at our side said, "Td
me, Mr.. Kives, for | am wounded" We
once recognised the person who spoke to be NJ
w. l.. Writ, one of the police of the CAY
tol. We took hold Of him and found thathe Ia
been shot through his right thigh, near whe
it joins his body Two men assisted us to "a
him to his house, about 800 yards from the c
pitoi. On his way thither he informed us tn
hearing disturbance in the House OF Rep
sentatives, he thought it to be his duty TO
in and assist in quelling 1t that, as he enter
the door nearest the post-offce, Mr.. McCausl
member OF Congress from Ohio, was pntti
the Kentuckan before mentioned out at It Il
as soon as he was put out, he drew pis
from his breast and attempted to shoot Mr..
Causlen, who was then Just inside the Hou
white he, Mr. Writ, was in the door ; t
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