The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-01-23

he's shsngsd Ihs srshh1s ol b. fsri.i ..
~hen be arrested ahr Ieanstlnl he uem-
bfr frsm 0nslo~. and Ihai ne eenmitlcs
of he Ssnzis who were bond By sl,sH
oslhs 70 aise hfm . lair trial. dvrldsd
aasiasl him from parry moiises. YET he
geHllemso who sisnsdil siih simplicity
whIrh IL MT % be fund oni oiite nbsse-
!, ~ Say here u neiLing dlsIssTerIiLl n il.
The payer 10 ., jasl 10 lhe Speaker in
aneiier poibt: o SAYS. he pfs.snlsd ihs
COUNSEL from preesseine. lie did no
surh lhiag; ne called me rnnlssl Tor Mr..
Ennea 10 order. a. lie did me and nllfr
members. and told him distinctly li.al lie
must cnn6ne bis speech 20 lhe subject
b,fars the Sesa'e. which sss The euilt or
inns cenee Of Mr.. Enner. Wac that not
aLsl he rene hese fo,i wss ssy irjusiire
done him berssse he Gas told BY lhs
Sptaker iLat he wss insvlgiRg in intle-
sanl matter. y hen he spempltd a. sssunle
lhe piosirce Of The preacher and o. lecture
ihe housed have. no dosii. sir, we
I'll have many Gins unrspenird Of, thst,he
aooner We commence The beiiei;but che
,her ina, was The proper time or occasion.
mightcfsasf some differ nee Of opinicn. IL
Mr.. Ennets's counsel could End nothing
IN the law or svidenre before him 10 urge
in defence Of his rlisnt. il was bis misfr-
tune or The badness Of his cause, but GER
tsinly constitutes no reason for pfotsst
on your journals.
The Constitution sa,s gentlemen may
enter on the journals The rea,ons &C their
vote. Now, sir. | would ask the gentle.
men who signed this psprr. Il they voted
sgains, exp.lling Mr.. Enntu. because b.
eoussl was not pem,ned 20 say What he
pleased upon The flaor Of the Sena,el If
this was no, one Of iherestons cither voies
WHY haze they inserted IL in this protesiii il
must have been rnl there either as rea-
son, or With design of insulting and
misrepresenting ibe Speaker; The LATER
motive has been disclamed: the conclu-
sion then 10 irresistible that one Of the
reasons why they voted agsInsi txpelliag
Mr. Emmett was thst his counsel vas not
permitted 10 preach 10 the Sena'e. A most
lame and impoient conclusion. lift were
rot that this paper is unjus, and insulting
10 the Speaker and The Senaie. would
have no objection 10 see il on The Journal.
There is much in it, Thai lis signers will
be ashamed ,,f, when they come - under.
r,ssRa It'd pYepld sas~ asaiR ,la.ihfss g sp:
Emmett. snd we're trying 10 &c, rid Of him
from party motives, s'illai any rea'on or
Just fca,iun of their vote! because We are
'orgelful of our railis. and unjust 20 Mr..
Enne,, are they justified before God and
.h.ir country in sustaining himi Docs
our wrong make ihem right The qucs-
lion before The Senate was the gull, or ia.
nocsncs Of Mr. Ennet. and each mem-
Der we supposed 10 decide that question
from the evidence before him. Was ita
reason which any member who voled hin
innocent. bad right TO spread upon The
Journal, that those who voted him guilty,
were governed by party motives! Ger
iainly not. Such motive was base in
those who condemned him, but could
not have been q reason with those rho
acquitted him, unless they wish to bear
me Stigma Of having been Influenced by
considerations foreign 10 The guilt or iu-
nocence Of The accused.
lake The ground then, Mr.. Speaker,
tina, no matter whst our motives may have
been, no member has . right to epread
them upon The journal az a defence for
his own conduct; they could lave consti-
iu,ed none OF the reasons for own vote;
and We are alone responsible to the gres,
searcher cfhesris, who will in due time PRO.
claim whether We have violated our oaihs.
in condemning this man from unworthy
motives. What sny one was to gain
by deprising The member from On.low Of
his seat, / am yet to learn. He is IN no.
bod,'s wav. nor do know OF sny party
measure before the Sfnaie ,ha, his pre-
sence can obstrurt.
Therefore object to ihe paper presented
By the member from Martin being spread
upon the journal a. a Pso,est; becsese il
| not such a dncumen, a. is meant in The
Constitution, but is an indictment against
! the Speaker, and ihase uacnibers who vo-
ted 10 expel the Senator from Onslo~; be-
cause il IL unius, and insulting both 20
the Speaker aud others; and because il
mnslates and misrepresen,s many. facts
connected with The expulsion Of the Sc.
nstor from Onslow.i
Had The Senator from Martin thought
proper to protest against the expulsion,
and state his reasons fur doing SO, could
; have no objection 10 their bsing placed on
The journal. Bot. cir. | dnnot think that
any member, alter brooding iorlnigh.
over The subject, ongh. 10 be permilied.
, under the pte,ence Of a protest. to record
his griefs and his regre upon the jour
! nal. -...- ....
i The gentlemsn and his friends have
!. made blunder. and they have set their
!. i,s 10 work TO retriese THEFT desperate
/ condition. They offered no arguments
: Or reasans against HE aciion Of The Senate
a, the proper time. and now when the
! whole county prrec'ves the ahsnreity 81
. ,hs conrse they pprsoei, In. .heir veyatinu