Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-08-24

california alone, but TO system OF measures OF WHICH ne
passing that bill part only Is arragnment OF Con-
gess and have the effect to excite the people against
But shall upon what il contains In relation TO
the Legislative branch Of the Government several gentle
men have made remarks upon it, mean to go TO
other parts Of the paper and in making these remarks upon
them, show once what this thing Of entering protest
Is. We cannot amend it. alter word OF Il. II must re-
main as It from the protesters they call them
selves, but Protestans they may be called put the
the first syllable the genius Of the English Ian
guage requires which delights in placing the accent upon the
ante penutmae syllable il has in the with the name
Of that large division Of Christians whom the word
applies do remark upon the contents Of the paper
cep for the purpose Of showing the evils inconyenences,
mschiefs and abuses with which this custom, COM
menced, must for if we begin il, must 60 What
does another must There be such thing
tesy in this matter Precedent makes parliamentary law.
What granted to must be granted to all and it must
become the parliamentary law for all time to And
must take they give it for repeat again, it IL not
for you to inquire what the protesans protest il is not
matter for the action body pprehsnd they cannot
discuss IN the British House Of Lords The dissenting
give notice. before the vote 10 ken that they intend to
test and Afterwards draw up, and give to the clerk to be
entered and the only remedy Of the House is expungs.
We cannot amend Il; we can do nothing with we receive
t in hsss words h b their act md is be received their
act all. If there to be dscusson il must be
the motion to expsngs
now pass what relates the body matter Of the
protest. and come the concluding sentence, where sir
word which am sorry to IN it, or hear used even in
have not pronounced this sessions alphabetically
historically in speaking of any thing which has taken place.
But find it here, and am sorry to see IT, 1t isquaifed,
is Gue yet sorry to see il any where and especially in
paper of such solemn import is in the concluding SEN
tsnce a a@ tti ssHs H 1
"Against this conclusion we must and forever protest.
destructive of the safety and liberties Of those whose
rights have been committed care fatal the and
equality OF the States which represent and must lead
persisted in, the dissolution of that conedeacy which
the avehoding States have sought than equality
and in which they will not be content TO remain with ess
greve to these words used with this deberaon; still
more do geve to application made to enter them on
the Journal Of the Senate Hypotheticay they the words
but we all know what this word ts s-a great peace
maker, the poet tells us between individuals but, all
know, most convenient introduction positive conclu-
sion The language here is used solemny and the word
protest one Of serious import Protest word known to
the law, and always implies authority, and which is
rarely used by individuals at ALL word Of grave and
authoritative import in the English language, which implies
the Justification of the truth, and right to testify to it and
which far above any other mode of asseveraion
from the latin testari, to be witness-proestar to be
public witnesso publish avouch and testify the TRUTH and
be only used legal the most solemn occasions
1t has given great division Of the christian family,
who took the title from the fact of their protesg against
the imperial edicts Of Charles v, which put level with
the Holy Scriptures the traditions the church and the opn
ions OF the commentators 1t great act of proeStng
and act of conscience and duty It proper occasion
to the word protest. and used in the face power,
and maintained through and Of blood until has
found an Immortality in the name Of one division of the
christian family. #
was used properly in the British House Of Lords because
each lord is power in himself his constituent and
be, by virtue that power within hime protest against
what others may do constituents may protest against
what we do Il is aword known to the law. We have Off
GERS before whom are to be
of losses sustained Of injuries done of demands not paid of
contracts violated tits term Of high import, known to the
law importing high degree of verify, and which all people,
and even oil courts are bound to respect This what is
by the word protest; and cannot allow it to be
the act Of individual in any The word protest
therefore most imposing wordtoo high to be used by any
portion of the representatives of the people, by its they
seek to testify that the majority wrong and that they
right Sir II is contrary TO the whole theory Of our Govern
men which is that the majority rule. and the minority
to submit and with the end the Debates and calling for
the yeas and nays this foor the right Of resistance ceases
There is right Of the minority TO in and arragn the
majority upon the recodto bear witness against them upon
their journals There is right in them by solemn
decaraon put condemnation Of the majority the jour
nails and send it out to the country, give direction to the
public mind, manifesto against the maonty-o stir up
the people against the majority The minority have their
rights which speak, publish, to vote, and to have
the put upon the journal but they have right to
put Indictment the Journal in the shape Of protest.
against the majority have read 10 you from British hso
ry-hisory Of 640the most evenul in the British annals
show the first attempt to introduce protest in the House
Of Commons-to show you how the men Of that day--men
in whose bosoms the love OF liberty higher than love Of
sel-the purtans, whose sacrifices for liberty only
equaed by their sacrifices to their religion These men,
from whom learned much refused to suffer themselves
be aragned by minortyrefused to suffer indictment
to be placed their journals against themselves have
shown you that body in which such Hampden,
and Cromwell, and Pym, and Sir Harry vane, would not
allow themselves to be arraigned by majority to be i'm
peached before the people, and that they the to the
Tower who asked leave to do il. s
This period Of British history that of the civil which
deuged Great Britain with blood And sir, may there be
analogy it in history May there be no omen this
proceeding. nothing ominous in this attempted imitation Of
of the scenes which preceded the outbreak of civil in
Great Britain Sir this protest is treated by Senator'S
harmless and innocent matter, but consider
novelty but porentous one, end connects itself
with other novelties equally portenous The Senate must
bear with for have refraned hitherto from
auding to the painful subject and would not do if
not brought forward in such compel me-
This novelty, and it connects itself with other novelties
OF most important character. We have lately what
have before in the history Of the countysec
tona meetings Of members of Congress- sectional declarations
by legislative bodes sectional meetings of conventions,
onal establishment of press here and the introduction
Of this protest. also econa and not only connecting itself
n time and circumstance, but connecting itself BY its Ggu
ments, by its facts and by its cusions with all these sec
onal movements which have referred II is sectional
protest
All Of these sectional movements based upon tho hypo
thesis that If certain Of things is continued, there is
to be dissolution of the Union. The Wmot provso, to
be sure is dropped It is not referred to in the protest.
That of dissolution is dead but the California bill
comes n its place. and the system Of measures OF which Is
said to be part OF these, the admission of California Is
made the prominent, the salient point in that whole
system which, alphabetically, is assumed, may lead to
dissolution Of the Union. Sir cannot help looking upon
this protest belonging to the series Of novelties to which
have referred help considering il part Of sys
tenn, link in chain Of all looking to
sult-hypoheicay to be sure but all still, looking the