Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-08-19

cfEzy fanatic, not TO elevate him into ron
sequence by an appearance Of persecution.
fIe wished - see the resolution kicked nit
Of the House, az the ~efftlsion Of a madtnan
and besotted bigot. Mr.. Fillmore voted a.
gaihst all proceedings on the subject, deem.
Ing IL az much beneath the dignity Of the
House 10 discuss Mr.. Giddings' insane
fplly, AZ II would have been gravely to
debate a proposition 10 dissolve the union,
or to change The form Of Our government.
That these were The motives which infu.
enced Willard Fillmore is evinced by a fact
sEAtv hept from Uiev by his detractors,
| viz ! that MIR Fillmore did every thing In
his power 10 deny to Giddings an oppoftu-
nifty Of making q speech IN bis " de-
fence, for having presented the obnoxious
resolutions. An extract from the journals
will sufficiently sustain this fact, and make
still more manifest the gross and glaring
injustice oflhe Locofoco press.
| Extract from the Journal HUtise Of Repre-
sBitativBs, ID Session 9Th Congress,
March 22nd, 1s42, page 573.
attending The motion Of Mr.. Weller, fol
the previous question, Mr.. Giddings in
CURED ofthe chair whether The effect b
that question, If sustained, would be to exc
cIude him from giving his reasons why the
resolution should not pass.
"1The speaker decided that, if Mr.. Gid
dings desired to be heard in bis defence
and claimed Il as b mHttef Of privilege, he
would not entertain the previous duestiof
at this time, as II would cut him off from bis
right d defsnee.
"Mr. Giddings then moved that The FIR
Their consideration Of this subject be post
p0ned until Thursday week next, to the
end that he might prepare his defehce.
debate atislng on this motion, Mr.
Fillmore submitted that debate was not il
order, and that the motion for the preFi0n
question (by Mr.. We ler) should be nov
ents rtained by the Speaker.
''fhe Speaker then decided that in hi
Judgment, the matter before The house wa
d question Of privilege and that on
question involving the privilege Of a meH
Der OF the House, the previous question
could not be applied and consequently
that the motion for p~osiponetnent was opeI
for debate.
"From this decision Mr.. Fillmore tool
appeal 10 The House, after debate.
"T'he previous question on the appra
was moved by Mr.. Hopkins, and was de
manded and put, viz ''Shali the mai
question be now put" ''And passed il
the affirmative"
On the next day the question was pt
viz "Shall the decision Of the chair star
as the judgment ofthe House," and It wa
determined In the negative Yeas 90
nays ll8.
''See that Mr.. FilIlnore's views Wer
maintained by the House, and Mr. Gid
dings was thereby refused the privilege G
speaking in defence ofhis odious tesolu
tons.
And now, wings and democrats, W
havB laid bare 10 you the d~isr6putabl
Juggling ofthat party which seeks4o retail
power by fraud and Glsehood. Beaten a
all points ; bafflsd and f0tled in ever
effort to deceive the people, and to traduo
tho fair fame Of Taylor and Fillmore,
has no other resource than TO persist in Oh
desperate gatne In which 1t is engaged
Its nimsy pretenCes have been torn away
lis CnlumDties have been nailed t. tbt
counter its wilful garbliDg its false as
sumptions its deliberate perversion ,
Truth have all been exposed. Lot II 60 81
In The miserable career H. has chosen. I'll
flnps of the raitlesnske have been extract
cd, and its bite Ii now harmless.
Teras.-We learn from tho Galveston
News that p. HansfouEE BEL has bee
elected Colon ], w. r. J,bason, ii Of Colone
James Gtllet. Major Of the Frontier Rel linen
We copy the following, in relation to antic
pated trouble on the frontier, Fl on tie Calves
ton News.
Our trontisr-The d~isbandihg Of the Rnn
ging eompan MES, aud substitution OF DragO03
for the protection Of our frontier, takes plaG
at i%unCtnr6 in Ehiran afftirS which is eaiCa
taied 10 excite apprebensiors am cnrs' III
settlers on our Western frontier. The regim i
Of Rangers has boon D ganized anew, and at
ditional companies raised IN anticipation Of d
outbreak If the Indian tribes. The II usto1
Star, in relation to this matter says-We ar
credibly informed that message was latel
sent by several Of the principal chiefs Of til
Camanehes to Col Bell, warning him rha
their hunting grounds has been enrroarhe
upon by the settlers. and that they should n
sert their right 10 The soil by force Of arm.
unless the settlers should be removed fol
the Indian lands before autumn. TIE settler
On the whole line Of the frontier, from Re
River to The Medina, have become alarmed b
the threatening attitude assumed by the In
dams, and II the Ringers should be v ithdraw
at this period, many of the settlements on til
frontier might be- broken up.
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