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| Of the House; If he does, ] will be the frs. to
! Fcbukc him but he shall have his rights &C.
| cordlpg to the rules Of the House, and in no
! wise shall they be abridged or ipterfered with
! Ae shall he heard upon this floor, and ut this
time.
side.
] TIE CaA1RxAS-TIc Chair calls the Commit.
| tee to order. and if gentlemen do not come to
order, he will call the Speaker to the chair and
| report the disorder to the House.
| Mr. FLoREScE-l move that the Committee
rise. It is impossible to que1l the disturbance
! without doing so.
The Cna1RAAS-The Speaker .rill take the
| chair.
The Chairman (lr. N4sascss. of Maine1 "a
The SPEAKER-The Chair calls tue House to
order. desire gentlemen of the House to ia he
their seats.
Mr.: FlonEscz-E7eEy one, upon either and
| a1l sides.
M. Joux cosnRAss-The Committee has
The SPEAKEn-The Chair requests gentlemen
to respect the authority Of the House and take
I their seats.
Afr. DARksDAtE-0rdcr that blsck-hearted
sconndrel md niger stealing thief to take his
Nr. McQrEES--Ne will allow nobody TO
come over from that side Of the House and :oul-
ly lis on this side Cries Of "Sit down I"
"Sit down!' from all sides Of the House,
The srrsS::a-fhc Chair desires gentlemen
10 take their seats.
Mr.Dococ2-I, for one, will do so with pleas-
ure, promptly, wien the Speaker requires it,:
only esk That everybody shall do 60. | think
this whole matter can be settled, it the gentle
man speaking aud crery other gentleman will
take bis seat.
A usrr7--1 rise to privileged question.
The SrEAxER-The Chair caunot recognize
ANYBODY, until gentlemen take their ecats.
Mr. HCRNE1r-Than, let everybody take seats.
and let order be eaforeed.
The Observation-Disclosures will lake their seats
without distinction.
ereh in front of the Speakers chair, and ress1n,-
ed their seats. Order being at length restored,
Mr. WAsHnuES, of Maine, tChairu,an Of Tue
Com1nittee.} said: III the Committee Of the
Nto!o ou the state Of the Union disorder arose,
which prevented the transaction Of business,
and the Chair was compelled to call the speaker
to the chair and TO report The facts 70 the House.
Mr.. ELf-1 move thut the House 10 now
aojourn;
tle Committee states that il order is likely 10
be preserved, SO that proceedings can 20 OIL,
me Chairman Of the Committee will resume
tie char.
Mr SHEHHAS-We arc noT ia verr good
o:dcr. und think VIC lad better proceed axd
Eise the gentletnan from IlIinois q, opportunity
to finish lis speech. more that tie HOUSE re-
solvr itself into the COMMITTEES of The Whole
on the state Of the Union, and I hone every
gentleman will keep bis seat.
The StEAkEn-0rdcr laring been restored,
the Speaker will lease the chair, aud the Chair-
rhn Of The Committee will take it.
Mr. NAsHnrES, Of Maine, resumed tue chair:
and announced t!iat the genilemS from Illinois
was entitled to the duor-
Mr. LovE5oY-Mr: Chairman, desire to yio-
n IN Ia aF h..
Nn- DofcE-Then behave yourself.
air; !.orEJor-l wish to learn whether it is
'iolat!on Of The rules 10 occupy this sp:ace i'll
font Of the Speakers chair, or any pnrtion ci
T.: IT, 50, ! will cheerfuly yield; if moi,
cain' The right TO choose my own position.
The CHAiHaAS-Thc Chair understands that
| tie rules require that every gentleman shall
speak from his seat
Mr. CCRr,s-t,r from, the Clerks desk
Mr. HEEsEfr--Ihc gentleman has the right fo
do that.
air. Ncc1rrSASn-Le lin speak frcm tl,.
Mr. AsfttEr--It has been tue Labit Of gentle
| rps:Lion. F.
Ar. ApnA,S-lt is rcry bad bal,it, anu ne
! had better cbaugcit.
The eCnAlHnAS-The Chair is aware that such
lus been the custom; but if the rule is insisted
upon, it is the I.'ty Of the Chair to enforce it.
Mr. ApaAlS-5 hope i: will be- insisted on.
TIE CHAlEnAS.-Thc gentleman from Illinois
will speak from his sca:
Mr.. LerEJoy-1 hare NO sent.
| Mr.. ASnLEl-Nor any other member.
| Ar. LorE1oY taking his place in the Clerl:' /
| dcskl resuued-Mr. Chairman. v as about stint,
| ing, when interrupted, that the principle upon
which slayehclitu:. was sought to he iust ited
IN tls1s couhtry wouI1, if carried out IL the III
fairs Of the universe, transform Jehovah, tbc
| !sup:cu1e, into an infinite Juggcrnuut, rolling
] hur ycn3S nf ifs Il. ;,
amid the crushed, and 1nenGled, aud hleedule
bodies Of human beings, laughter Oil the Dena-
ocrat'c side, the ground that he was infinite.
y superior, aud that they were IN inferior race.
Dir. GAnTRELL, (iu his sea, ]-The man ]:
| crnzy.
Mr. l.ovEJor--The second ground upon which
it is attempted to justify slavery, or siarehold
ing, is, that il is g mode Of iuspaEting Christian
itt nEl civilization to the siayes. Mr.. Chair.
| man. would like to know how slavehold,n;:
communities can itnI,art that of winch thew arc
not in the possession: The truth is, tha. The
Practice Of slareaolding las powerful tenden.
cy to drag communities back 10 laEbarism. Il
is actually having that effect upon the slave
States Of this Union; aud :, ere it not for the
Christian Sgon.en that have gone from the fret
States and inter1nar1ied in the slave States
and we're it not Tor those noble women of the
Stare States, that preserve wonanly purity aud
Christianity. in spite Of the unhappy influence:
Of slarcholding, the slave States today would
be as far back i'll ba1barism as the Stnte of Mex,
leo.
It is simply from that iutiitration--
| Mr. .SlSeLEroS-l wish to know if the gentle
n.aE1 intends to Gust aay insiauation or s,ur or
the women Of the South. want to know TINT
distinctly M md emp.atica1ly; because If IL
does, l will hold him personally accountable
for it.
Several MEnBEns-oh, no. lie gircs nj
praise 10 the women CT tic South. He conpli
mems them.
i MF. S1SatErox-I repent, that if ho intended
70 aspeEse snn.hcTn women, or to compliment
the women Of the North ii their expense, vii
hold him accountable for it.
The cuAtnNAS-The gentleman from Nissis
sirpi is not in order. The gentleman from iii
nuis will proceed.
Ar.1sovE1or-It1s is simply Ly this contact " i'll
free communities; it il, as said, from the fac
that Christian woman went from free States ani
TINT the Christian woman Of slave States-wht
have not the poor privilege that Sarah of oil
had Of sending the Hagars aud lshmaels to tn,
wA3cfness-nlaintained their purity and Chris
tian character, and their testimony against th'
system, that they we're prevented from that ret
recession towards hazbarism.
Several MEABERs-That is whut he said be
fore.
Mr.. LovE1os-Sir, il you step into the Smith
| sonlan Institute, or into the Patent Office, yo1
will iud implements Of husbandrv importeI
| lIutu *tA5'Au al0 %1uAY Su0HIpE Just ABOUT TIL
, | sanc development in civilization rs the imple
meuts that you tnd Oh the plantations. Now
sir, the truth il, that the practise of s1areLold
ing drags slaveloldiug communities further be
low the plane Of the Christian civilization O
the age, than the civilization which the slave 1e
, ccives elerates him abore tho plane Of heather
, | ism by being held in these Christian communi
ties, Sir. low do they ;n1part civilization an.
t | Christianity? it il strange mode Of Chris
1ianizang race 10 turn them over into hrn5tisn
without any legal marriage. Among the fou
million sares in this country, there is not sin
i gle husband or wife. There is not legally
) father or child. There is not 4 single homc o
t heartllstone among these four million. And yol
5 | propose to civi1ize and Christianize ueou1
i ] without giving them homes, without alfoEfp,
them the conjuga1 and parental Telatjons, Gu,
without haripg those relations sannt--
r protected BY law. '-..nea an
Ar. Soa'fmah, no community can max. m,
step OF progress in cvizing rsce t;3i ~. ~
.nem nomes t!l! you protect The sanat;iy of H.
i .s9inc, as We neid It should be protected in r.
gard to these Mormons on the plains Of Ttnh
Christlapizlng them, sir! Chrisi:ap!zin1 thar
, up = new propess. Ine slave States haya ,
right to an exclusive patent for it, Taking thrn
out III the sight Of The church, Is one was take,
= out not long ago in the State of Tennessee. h,
alTcsbyterlan elder, and laid down On biz f.c,
| on the ground, his hands and feet extended Il
their utmost tension, and tied to pickets mi
tue Gospel whipped into him with the broat
| side Of handsaw, discolored wtelkx of SANG
tihcat'on being raised between the teeth ever,
time this Gospel agencr fell upon the naket
l and GuiTefiuT flesh of the tarturad ron~a-+