Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-04-26
rur OUTRAGE IN THE HOUSE

We went the House this morning Tor me purpose
of hearing among other things, Mr. Wright OF In
dana conclude his speech on the Tariff which he
commenced in COMMITTEE OF the Whole yesterday /,
but he had concluded before we reached there, and
Mr. White of Kentucky Speaker OF the last House oil
Representatives, had the floor on The same SUBJECT when
we reached The Capitol. Although the Tarlt was The
subject before The Committee OF the Whole did not
hear Mr. White make sing auson to It during ihe
fifty minutes which we heard hun speak tie may nave
alluded TO it in the ten minutes winch he had consumed
before we reached the House The whole OF what We
heard him saw was in relation TO the bargnin which
has he, CHARGED rs entered into between Mr. Adams
and Mr. CLAW in the year 1925, when Mr.. Clay elected
Mr. Adams President OF The United States and Mr..
Adams made Mr.. Clay Secretary oil State Mr.
White denied that there any bargain between
them, and read, and had read by The Ilefk OF me
House. letters from sundry persons, and speech made
by Mr. Adams year or two ago, TO bear HIM out IN
what he said
Mr. White lust at the close Of his hour, stated that
five gentlemen OF the House had certified to what the
newspapers had charged Mr.. Clay having said in
his sDeech on the Missouri question, February 1919
"f YOU won't let us have black slaves, we must have
white ones" &C. which speech he said Mr. Ciay had
never written out .
The extract he said was taken from note to NJ
Richs speech, published in the National neliIgencer
more than year after that gentleman had made HIS
sneech in which note Mr.. Rich had said that MIR Clay
used those words Here Mr. Whites hour ran ont,
and Mr. Jacob Bfinkerhof obtained the floor MI An
drew Kennedy asked Mr. Bnkerhott TO yield the fioor
| IN him moment, he one OF the tive ger temen
alluded to- and he wished TO prove what lie certified 10.
MIR Brinkerhoff refused TO yield the floor; when Mr.
Raihbun, who sis directly in front Of and not more
than three feet FROM Mr. White SAID to Mr. Kennedy,
uNeyer mind we can prove it all over the House.
Mr. White replied, "You can prove id lie, then;
swallow that d-n You !" MIR. Rathbun rose slowly
from his seat with his thumbs in the pockets of hls
panta looms ard turning round TO Mr. White, SAID, "Do
Won intend to apply the lie to me personality: 10
which MIR. White replied, 81 do, God On you; shut
tinr his fists and putting himself in defensive, or OIL
fsosiyc position, as he SAID BY the time the words
were out of his mouth, both Of them had aimed n
blow at each other. We could not discern which
struck first. As saw the, we ran 10
where they were, but before reached there
they had been separated. We entered the aisle
where the comba;nrts were, side by eide with the
sefreant-atarms The members ordered the sergeant
at arms out in q menaclng manner some OF them pul
ting their hands against him. While they were DONG
this we have been told man named Moore, who re
sides in the Lexington Congressional District Of Ken
lucky was behind the Sergeant-a arms, trying to pull
him out and saying at the time, "le them fight
liz out" We neither heard this Our
attention drawn, at the time, 10 The members
in front Of the Sergeant-aarms, who were ordering
him out of the bar of the House. We thought if the
Sergeant alarms out Of his place, or exceeding his
duty that we certainly clearly out OF ours, and
that We had better keep bright look out else we
might b. elected very suddenly. by the time We
Of the House; aud got out near the door that
enters tie hail from the post Office oil the House, we
saw The fash and heard the report Of pistol in the
doorway We rushed to the door, and found three or
four persons Just outside The door, graphing with the
kentuckan whom have mentioned, trying to
wrest from him a pistol. AS he appeared to "hold
his own with them, concluded to assist them
and lust as we were about dong so, voice at our
side said, "Tahe me, Mr.. Rives, for am wounded =
We recognized the person who spoke, to be Mt
! Isaac II Wales, one Of the police of the Capitol
We took hold of him and found that he had been shot
through his right thigh, near where II JOINS his body
Two men assisted US to take HIM to his house, about
300 yards from the Capitol On his way thlther, he
informed us That hearing disturbance in the House OF
he thought it to be his duty to go IN
and assist in quellng IT. that, he entered the door
nearest the post office, Mr.. McCauslen, member OF
Congress from Ohio, Was putting the kentuckian be-
fore me ntiuncd that soon as he was put out
he drew pst from his breast and attempted to shoot
Mr. McCauscn, who was then just inside The door
that some person at that moment took hold OF 'he man
who had the pistol, and turned him so much, that ne
shot him, (W.les,) who was by one oil the cheeks OF
the door.
cd that his thighbone not broken; and we return
cd 10 the Capitol Immediately, to look for our hat, which
ve left there with several letters in it. On reaching
there we found the hat letters safe peace regnng
and we soon afterwards left there for our home lhs
renorts Of our reporters will show what was done II
the House after we left il.
We think il proper 10 state, IN conclusion, that WI
ID mari of the swords which passed between MIR
\ pa,bbnn and Mr. White; and those which we did no
bea, nrc youched for by persons who did hear them
"e q Globe.