Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-03-14
THE rhode ISLAND MEMORIAL,


. Mr.. Burkr, FROM the Select Commit
tee Ia WHICH had hrrn referred the me
uorlal OF the Democratic mrmhr,s oi the
Legislature of Rhode Island, r,pone d
the follow ing resolution
Resoirtd, Tha, the Select Committee
nn the memorial of CERTAIN members oi
the Rh"dr-l-laud Leg snrurP have pow.
er To send lor re,sou- aud papers.
\ Mr.. Cave Jnhnsnn objected Ia ih"
r"s"i"iion, under this general i"rm, be.
cause undrr II half M ,h. srlZ"ns al
. Rhode -land might he summoned hrr"
. IL there We're certain wrnp--rs whom
I the roni'niifrr considered nrrcssary, let
them present their names Ia the House.
and lri The House, So" who they were
. The rule "i the l!"n>r, ought to be ~
ihrs" rns.s that no such order should
ever be adopted without the namra al
the wiiucsSrs being furnished tn III,
House, and the purposes lo. winch the,
were wanted.
/ Mr.. Burke briefly vindicaled the
proposition.
Mr.. Causin q member oc The Select
, ComniIlr-) was not distinctly aware, br
said, tina, innr- would hp u ~, eilng of
the committee ih,S morning, nr that anI
such action wnuld be- had. lie trusted
the louise. therefore, would moi c"nsd.
rr ihlS ~ The UNANIMOUS report Il the
committee. For himself, he objected To
the object ot the report, brcausr hr
could soc nothing that wns Ia grow ou'
,uru. II proposed u" action aud ~
seemed to hlm, =" lAr a. he had had an
opportunity oI rynmluirg the mem"rinl,
ihnt the original direction winch had
been given Ia u was most inappropriate.
II he understood The mem brial II pro.
posed that this House should institute an
inquiry into the action of the President
Ioi' the United Stn,rs. What had this
House 10 do on that question The
memorial was sent tu q select committee
Was The committee To report back I" this
House that nqnirIes were I" be pr"pos-
ed To the President An",her pr"p"sl-
ton IN the memorial was that tins House
should inquire into the right 80 their
seats of the members from Rhode Island
Ihat was III inquiry which, II there had
been any Appropriateness ~ the selec-
iinn al the committee, would have gone
u the Committee of Elections lie
repeated he did no, know what was pro.
posed tn be done. ! hr understood the
matter correctly, the State oi Rhode Is
land vas now regularly orgau,Zed
State IN the si,iprhnod of states IN ih,l
Uu,on-ln invested with all the capacities
ni State, aud rec ognlsed ~ such
MIR. Bmke rose Ia InquIre of the
Speaker # this course Of remark was III
order
The Reporter does not know (for he
could ~, h"ar) what the reply Of the
Speaker was, but the Speaker dld not
arrest Mr. &. IN his remarks.
Mr.. Cnu>in. submit, ny n substitute
Tor the rssoluiion reported by the com.
miiler, the motion that the Select Com
mIitep be discharged irom the Grthrr
consideration Of the memorial, with u
view to bring II back into this House for
lls disposition.
The Speaker. The gentleman can
submit that mntI"n ~ an amendment L.
the report oi ih. cunui'iee.
4 Mr.. Causin dad so aud proceeded Ia
remark that hn presumed II would br
competent lo' hun TO assign the reasons
,hl,h nhnrnrrd him ~ thls Corrs"
Que ~ those reasons wn-, that he dri
not understand that this House posSrs~rd
ihc pnwrr 10 interfere wiih The regular
"rganlzal,nn or the Government ol u
State. There was neither insutr'ctI"n
nnr foreign INVASION. nor domr-i
vl"lrnce prrvading that State. ! he
ril,zrn- al Rhode Island. 30 lar hs an,
knnwIrdge, official or Otherwise, winch
Ibis House pos-essed, was CONCERNED,
were ~ the enjoyment of those rights
which the Constitution of the Union and
the Constitution Of their State secured
to them What, then, had Congress Ia
10 rth them Did this House ~