The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-09-27
NO. 456.

UT Mr.. Adams has Justly incurred the Gen.
su ur of this House.-Cong. Globe, p. l68.
TUESDAY, JANUARY &c, 1912.
The unfinished business of yesterday was the
solution offered by Mr.. Gilmer, and which the
cneater had ruled to be in order as question
n-;rilege. and which resolution Mr.. j. c.
Cark had Yesterday moved to lay on the table
sand;nr which motion, the House had ad.
burned. And the question now recurring on
~, motion that the resolution be laid on the
table.
-..;rb were ordered, aud resulted as follows
veas &, nays III.
Vr. MedW Of Ohio, rotiag IN the negatire,
Nth Ae South: J. NJ. Bolts of Virginia, E..
S,ony and L. Williams of North Carolina, j..
Underwood of Kentucky, j. D. Arnold of
1,,unessee. and other Southern members, in the
Affirmative.
Mr. MARSHALL, of Kentucky, inquired of
A. sneaker what was the next question.
The SPEAKER said it would be on the adop-
ION ofthe resolution of the gentleman from flr-
rina Mr.. Gilmer
NJ MARSHALL observed that he had pre-
,.red resolution, preiaced by short pream-
H. hut Going somewhat more largely into the
spbieet than the simple resolution offered by
u. Gentleman from Virginia. He wished to
nropose it as substitute for that resolution,
rrrJ he boped the gentleman would assent to It,
A. the resolution was drawn up Mr.. NJ said
:, his own handwriting, and as there were in
soma places interlineations and alterations,
1~;.b the permission of the House, in order
Il ind hot no
,a,,ld accent II as a substitute for his own, he
would read it himself, rather than send 1t to
a.. Clerks table, to be read there. He wished
further to make the inquiry OF the Chair-that
h.. mi rht not be led to attempt anything that
,,ould he considered out of order-whether, in
suhn;tting this proposition, it would be in order
for him to accompany 1t with few remarks
NJ Marshall then read the following resolu-
ton:
Whereas the Federal Constitution is a per-
,oanent form OF Government, and of perpetual
obl;,ation. until altered or modified in the mode
r,;t,ed out BIZ that instrument; and the men,
hers of this House, deriving their political char
.c,er and powers from the same, are sworn to
.rnpnrt it and the dissolution of the Union
necessarily implies the destruction of that in
strument. the overthrow of the American Re-
pnblic. and the extinction of our national exist
encr. \ proposition, therefore, to the Repre-
seniatiyes of the people, to dissolve the organic
lag framed by their constituents, and to sup
port which they are commanded by those con-
s,ifacnts to be sworn before they can enter
upon the execution of the political powers crea-
,rI by il. and intrusted to them, is a high
breach Of privilege, contempt offered to this
House. direct proposition to the Legislature,
AMI each member OF 1t, to commit perjury, and
Involves, necessarily, in its execution and its
consequences the destruction OF our country,
AMI the crime of high treason.
Reaiced, therefore,, That the Hon. John o.
Mans member from Massachusetts, IN pre-
seatng. for the consideration Of the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES. of the United States, a petition
iraying the dissolution of the Union, has offer
I'd the deepest indignity TO the House, OF which
he is a member; an insult to the people OF the
lnted States, of which that House is the legis-
ialiye organ: and will, if this outrage be per-
mittel to pass unrebuked and UNPUBLISHED, have
disgraced his country, through the Representa-
tiyes, in the eyes of the whole world.
Resolced, further, That the aforesaid John
O. Adams, for this insult-the first of the kind
ever offered to the Government-and for the
wound which he has permitted to be aimed,
through his fundamentally, at the Constitution
and existence of his country, the peace, the Sc
cIriiy, and liberty, of the people of these States
nigh, well be held to merit expulsion from the
National Coancils; and the House deem it an
act Of grace and mercy, when they only inlict
upon him their severest censure for conduct so
utterly unworthy of his past relations to the
State. aud his present position. This they here
by do, for the maintenance of their own purity
and dignity; for the rest, they turn him over to
his own conscience, and the Indignation of a.!
true -i1'ericoA citizens.-Cong. Globe, p. l69
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAKY 2, 1912.
QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE
Mr.. ADAMS, then, as part of his defence
called for the consideration of the resolutions
above referred to by him, lone of which will be
found below.)
The SPEAKER with a remark the reporter
cCnd not hear) said that the resolutions would
be Submitted to the House, as part of the pend
ny question of privilege. and it would be for
the House to determine on their adoption or
rejection.
The first of the series of resolutions was
then read, as follows:
R,s0lr5d, That the President of the United
States be requested to cause to be communi-
Gated to this House, if not incompatible with
the public interest, copies of the correspondence
,elween the Department of State and the Min
'Ner OF Great Britain; also, with the Governor
o. he State of South Carolina, and with the late
eilam Johnson. a Judge of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, relating to an act
Gac's Of the Legislature of South Carolina,
directing The Imprisonment of coored persons
arriving from abroad in the ports of that State
as, Of the act or acts themselves, and of any
".hea, opinions given by the said Judge John
son. o. The unconstitutionality of the said acts
And the question being on its adoption, the
SeA and nays were asked and ordered.
X
md the question REQUIRED, and was taken, on
lac notion of Mr.. Jones, of Maryland, to lay
'at .hole subject on the table and it was de
otd III the negative by the following vote
yeas -, nays II.
Mr. MedU Of Ohio roting in the Negative
''1' ne N'aA; j. NJ. Bolts of Virginia, L. W
AiuFe"S and j. r. Underwood of Kentucky
- o@nly and l.. Williams of North Carolina
= Arnold Of Tennessee, and other Southern
members, in the affirmative.
me question was then taken on the motion
- Mr. OlImer, TO lay Mr.. Adams's resolution
~ me table, and was decided in the negative,
- ,OloWs-yeas 50, nays l07.
90 The resolution was not laid on the table,
a, ana the main question was ordered to be
ana The question "Shal the resolution be
a,'pei! was then taken, and decided in the
',ui"A'e as iollOws-yeas l07, nays 90.
~ He''U Of Ohio roting an the negatire
.'a ne South; j. NJ. Bolts of Virginia, L. w
-D.re~S and j. II. Underwood of Kentucky
= - o'anly and l.. Williams of North Carolina
= :. Arnold Of Tennessee, and other Southern
members, In the affirmative.
luton: 40 ''ien oief0u Ills Se'oHO i''o
h;;soiced, That the Secretary of the Navy
directed to communicate IN this HouSf