as a peace offering, and to prevent further agitation by demanding the previous question. Then followed a scene of disorder, which thus appears in the Register of Debates:

"Mr. Adams rose and said: Mr. Speaker, the gentleman precedes his resolution-[Loud cries of Order! order!' from all parts of the hall. Mr. A. He preceded it with remarks -[Order! order!']

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The Chair reminded the gentleman that it was out of order to address the House after the demand for the previous question.

"Mr. Adams. I ask the House-[Continued cries of Order!' which completely drowned the honorable member's voice.'].

"Order having been restored, the next question was, 'Is the demand for the previous question seconded?' which seconding would consist of a majority of the whole House; which, on a division, quickly showed itself. Then came the further question, Shall the main question be now put?' on which the yeas and nays were demanded and taken; and ended in a repetition of the vote of the same 63 against it. The main question was then put and carried; but again, on yeas and nays, to hold free-state members to their responsibility; showing the same 63 in the negative.

"Thus were stifled, and in future prevented in the House, the inflammatory debates on these disturbing petitions. It was the great session of their presentation, being offered by hundreds, and signed by hundreds of thousands of persons-many of them women, who forgot their sex and their duties to mingle in such inflammatory work; some of them clergymen, who forget their mission of peace to stir up strife among those who should be brethren. It was a portentous contest. The motion of Mr. Slade was, not for an inquiry into the expediency of abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, (a motion in itself sufficiently inflammatory), but to get the command of the House to bring in a bill for that purpose-which would be a decision of the question. His motion failed."

The resolution of Mr. Patton was adopted by a vote of yeas 122, nays 74. The negative vote on this resolution was the same as on the adjournment previously recorded, with the exception that Messrs. Adams, Aycrigg, Bell, and White, who voted against adjourning, did not vote against the resolution. Mr. White voted for the resolution. The others named did not vote at all. Messrs. Bronson, of N. Y., Chaney of Ohio, Duncan of Ohio, Fletcher of Mass., Foster of N. Y., Graham of Ind., Hamer of Ohio, Ingham of Conn., Kilgore of Ohio, Leadbetter of Ohio, Shepler of Ohio, Smith of Me., Toucy of Conn., Webster of Ohio,

During the second session of the 24th Congress, the Senate pursued the course of laying on the table the motion to receive all abolition petitions.

The House adopted, on motion of Mr. Hawes of Ky., a resolution laying all abolition petitions upon the table, without being either printed or referred.

During the 25th Congress, both Houses continued to pursue a like respective course upon the subject of abolition petitions.

The Senate has to this day continued to lay the question of the reception of abolition petitions upon the table.

On the 28th of January, 1840, the question was taken in the House on an amendment offered by Mr. W. Cost Johnson, to an amendment offered by Mr. J. Q. Adams to the rules. The amendment of Mr. Johnson was carried, and was called the 21st Rule. It is as follows:

"That no petition, memorial or resolution, or other paper, praying the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, or any state or territory, or the slave-trade between the states or territories of the United States, in which it now exists, shall be received by this House, or entertained in any way whatever."

It was adopted by the following vote:—

of N. H.; Banks, of Va.; Beirne, of Va.; Black well, of Tenn. Botts, of Va.; Boyd, of Ky.; A. V. Brown, of Tenn.; Brown, of Miss., Burke of N. H., Butler of Ky., Butler of S. C., Bynum of N. C., Campbell of S. C., Campbell of Tenn., Carroll of Md., Chapman, of Ala.; Coles, of Va.; Colquitt, of Ga.; Conner, of N. C., Cooper of Ga., Crabb of Ala., Craig of Va., Crockett, of Tenn.; Cross, of Ark.; Davis and Fornance, of Pa.; Gar land, of Va.; Garland, of La.; Gerry, of Pa.; Goggin. of Va.; Graham, of N. C.; Graves and Green, of Ky.; Griffin, of S C.; Habersham. of Ga.; Hawkins, of N. C.; Hill. of Va.; Hill, of N. C.; Holleman, of Va.; Holmes, of S. C.; Hopkins, Johnson, of Va.; Johnson, of Md.; Jones, of N. Y.; Jones, of Va.; Kemble, of N. Y.; Leadbetter, of O.; Lewis, of Ala. Lucas, of Va.; McCarty; McClellan, of Tenn.; McCulloch of Pa.; McKay, of N. C.; Mediil, of O.; Miller, of Mo.; Montanya. of N. Y.; Montgomery, of N. C.; Nisbet of Ga. S. C.; Pope, of Ky.; Prentiss, of N. Y.; Proffit, of Ind.; Ramsey, of Pa.; Rayner, of N. C.; Reynolds, of 111.; Rhett.

YEAS.-Messrs. Alford, of Ga.; Andrews, of Ky.; Atherton,

of Va.; Hubbard, of Ala.; Jameson, of Mo.; Jenifer, of Md.;

Parrish. of O.; Parris, of Me.; Petriken. of Pa.; Pickens, of

of S. C.; Rives, of Va.; Rogers, of S. C.; Samuels, of Va.; Shaw, of N. II.; Smith, of Me.; Stanley, of N. C.; Steenof O.; Taliafero, of Va.; Taylor, of O.; F. Thomas, of Md. rod, of Va.: Strong, of Pa.; Sumter, of S. C.; Sweeney, P. F. Thomas, of Md.; Thompson, of S. C.: Thompson. of Miss.; Triplett. of Ky.; Turney, of Tenn.; Warren, of Ga ; Watterson, of Tenn.; Weller. of O.; White. of Ky.; Williams, Williams of Ky.. Wise of Va., and Worthington of Md.-of N. C.; J. L. Williams, of Tenn.; C. H. Williams, of Tenn.; 114.

NAYS.-Messrs. Adams of Mass., Alien of N. Y., Allen, of

o., Anderson of Me., Anderson of Ky., Baker; Barnard of N Y., Beatty of Pa., Bell of Tenn., Biddle of Pa., Bond of O., Brewster of N. Y., Briggs of Mass., Brockaway of Conn., Brown, of N. Y.; Calhoun, of Ky.; Carr, of In.; Casey, of of Pa.; Cranston, of R. I.; Crary, of Mich; Curtis, of N. Y.; Ill., Chittenden, Clark of N. H., Clifford of Me., Cooper, Cushing, of Mass.; Dana, of N. Y.; Davee. of Maine; Davies, of Pa.; Doane, of O.; Davis, of N. Y.; Duncan, of O.; Edwards, of Pa.; Ely of N. Y.; Evans, of Me.; Everett. of Vt.; Fillmore, of N. Y.; Fletcher, of Vt.: Floyd, of N. Y.; Gates, of N. Y.; Gentry, of Tenn.; Giddings and Goode, of O.: Granger, of N. Y.; Grinnell, of N. Y.; Hall, of Vt.; Hand. of N. Y. Hastings, of Mass.; Hastings, of O.; Henry, of

Pa.; Hoffman, of N. Y.; look, of Pa.; Howard, of Ia.,

Hunt, of N. Y.; Jackson, of N. Y.; James C. Johnston; Keim, of Pa.; Kempshall; Lawrence, of Mass.; Leet, of Pa.;

Leonard, of N. Y.; Lincoln, of Mass.; Lowell, of Me.; Mal lory, of N. Y.; Marchand of Pa.; Marvin, of N. Y.; Mason, of O.; Mitchell, of N. Y.; Monroe, of N. Y.; Morgan, of N. Y.; Morris, of Pa.; Morris, of O.; Naylor, of Pa.; Newhard, of Pa.: Ogle, of Pa.; Osborne, of Conn.; Palen, of N. Y.; Parmenter, of Mass.; Paynter, of Pa.; Peck, of N. Y.; Randall, of Me.; Randolph, of N. J.; Rariden, of Ia.; Reed, of Mass.; Ridgway, of O.; Rogers, of N. Y.; Russell, of N. Y.; Saltonstall, of Mass.; Sergeant, of Pa.; Simonton, of Pa.; Slade, of Vt.; Smith of Vt., Smith of Conn., Starkweather of O., Storrs of Conn., Stuart of Ill., Tillinghast of R. I., Toland of Pa., Trumbull of Conn., Underwood of Ky., Van derpoel of N. Y., Wagener of Pa., Wagoner of N. Y., Wick, of La., Williams of N. H., Williams of Conn., and Williams

of Mass.-108.

The 21st rule, as it was called, which read as follows: "No petition, memorial, resolution, or other paper praying the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, or any state or territory, or the slave-trade between the states and the territories of the United States in which it now exists, shall be received by this House, or entertained in any way whatever," was rescinded on the 3d of Dec. 1844, on motion of Mr. J. Quincy Adams, by yeas and nays as follows:

YEAS.-Messrs. Abbot, of Mass.; Adams, of Mass.; Anderson, of N. Y.; Baker, of Mass.; Barnard, of N. Y.; Ben

ton, of N. Y.; Black, of Pa.; Brinkerhoff, of O.; Brodhead, of Pa.; T. Brown, of Pa.; Buffington of Pa.; Carpenter, of

N. Y.; Cary, of N. Y.; Catlin, of Conn.; Clingman, of N.

C., Clinton of N. Y., Collamer of Vt., Cranston of R. I., Dana, of N. Y.; Darragh, of Pa.; Dean, of O.; Dickey, of

Pa.; Dillingham, of Vt.; Duncan, of O.; Dunlap, of Me.; Ellis, of N. Y.; Elmer, of N. J.; Farlee, of N. J.; Fish, of

N. Y.; Florence, of 0.: Foot, of Vt.; Fuller, of Pa.; Giddings, of O.; Green, of N. Y.; Grinnell, of Mass.: Hale, of

N. H.; Hamlin, of Me.; Hamlin, of S. C.; Hardin, of Ill.,

Harper, of O.; Henley, of Ia.; Herrick. of Me.; Hubbell,

of N. Y., Hudson, of Mass.; Hungerford, of N. Y.; Hunt, of Mich.; J. R. Ingersoll, of Pa.; Irvin, of Pa.; Jencks, of Pa.; P. B. Johnsou, of O.; Kennedy, of la.; Kennedy, of Md.: King, of Mass.; Kirkpatrick, of N. J.; Leonard, of N. Y.; Lyon, of Mich.; McCauslen, of O.; McClelland, of Mich.; McDowell, of O.; McIlvaine, of Pa.; Marsh, of Vt.; Morris, of Pa.; Morris, of O.; Morse, of Me.; Moxly, of N. Y.; Nes, of Pa.; Owen, of Ia.; Parmenter, of Mass.: Patterson, of

N. Y.; Pettit, of la.; Phoenix, of N. Y.; Pollock, of Pa.; Potter, of R. I.; Pratt, of N. Y.; Preston, of Md.; Purdy, of N. Y.; Ramsey, of Pa.; Rathbun, of N. Y.; Ritter, of Pa; Robinson, of N. Y.; Rockwell, of Mass.; Rogers, of N. Y.; St. John, of O.; Sample, of Ia.; Schenck. of O.; Severance, of Me.; Thomas H. Seymour, of Conn.; David L. Seymour. of N. Y.; Albert Smith, of N. Y; John T. Smith, of Pa.; Thomas Smith, Ia.; Caleb B. Smith, of Ia.; Stetson, of N. Y.; Andrew Stewart, of Pa.; John Stewart, of Conn.; Tyler, of N. Y.; Vance, of O.; Vinton, of O.; Wentworth, of II.; Wethered, of Md.; Wheaton, of Mass.; John White. of Ky.; Benjamin White, of Me.; Williams, of Mass.: Winthrop of Mass., William Wright of N. Y., Joseph A. Wright

of Ia.; and Yost, of Pa.--108.

NAYS.-Messrs. Arrington, of N. C.; Ashe, of Tenn.; At kinson, of Va.; Baily, of Va.; Barringer, of N. C.; Bidlack, of Pa.; Edward J. Black, of Ga.; James A. Black, of S. C.; Blackwell, of Tenn.; Bowlin, of Mo.; Boyd, of Ky.; Milton Brown, of Tenn.; William J. Brown. of Ia.; Burke, of N. H.; Burt, of S. C.; Caldwell, of Ky; Causin, of Md.; Reuben Chapman, of Ala.; Augustus A. Chapman, of Va.; Chilton, of Va., Cobb of Ga., Daniel of N. C., Garrett Davis of Ky., John W. Davis, of la.; Dawson, of La.; Deberry, of N. C.; Dellett, of Ala.; Dromgoole, of Va.; Ficklin, of Ill.; French, of Tenn.; Goggin, of Va.; Grider, of Ky.; Haralson, of Ga.; Holmes, of S. C.; Iloge, of Ill.; Hopkins, of Va.; Houston, of Ala.; Hubard, of Va.; Hughes, of Mo.; Charles J. Inger soll, of Pa.; Jameson, of Mo.; Cave Johnson, of Tenn.; Andrew Johnson, of Tenn.; George W. Jones, of Tenn.; Preston King, of N. Y.; Labranche, of La.; Lucas, of Va.; Lumpkin, of Ga.; McClernand, of Ill.; McConnell, of Ala.; McKay, of N. C.; Mathews, of O.; Isaac E. Morse, of La.; Murphy, of N. Y.; Newton, of Va.; Norris, of N. H.; Payne,

of Ala: Peyton, of Tenn.; David S. Reid, of N. C.; Reding,

of N. H.; Relfe, of Mo.; Rhett, of S. C.; Rodney, of Del.; Saunders, of N. Y.; Senter, of Tenn.; Simpson, of S. C.; Slidell, of La.: Robert Smith, of Illinois; Steenrod, of Va.; Stephens, of Ga.; Stiles. of Ga.; James W. Stone, of Ky.; Alfred P. Stone, of O.; Taylor, of Va.; Thomasson, of Ky.; Thompson, of Miss; Tibbatts. of Tenn.; Weller, of O.; Woodward, of 8. C.; and Yancey, of Ala.—80.

YEAS.-Messrs. Stephen Adams, of Miss.; Atkinson, of Va.; Barringer, of N. C.; Bayley, of Va.; Bedinger, of Va.; Bell of Ky., James A. Black of S. C., Bowlin of Mo., Boyd of Ky., Milton Brown of Tenn., William G. Brown of Md.; Augustus A. Chapman, of Va.; Reuben Chapman, of Va.; Burt, of S. C.; Cabell, of Fla.; John G. Chapman, of Ala.; Chase, of Tenn.; Chipman, of Mich.; Clarke, of N. C.; Cobb, of Ga.; Cocke, of Tenn.; Constable, of Md.; Cullom, of Tenn.; Daniel, of N. C.; Garrett Davis, of Ky.; Dobbin, of N. C.; Dockery, of N. C.; Douglass, of Ill.; Dromgoole, of Va., Faran, of O.; Ficklin, of Ill.; Giles, of Md.; Graham, Ala.; Hoge, of Ill.; Isaac E. Holmes, of S. C.; Hopkins, of of N. C.; Haralson, of Ga.; Harmanson, of La.; Hilliard, of Va.; George S. Houston, of Ala.; E. W. Hubard, of Va.; son, of Va.; Andrew Johnson, of Tenn.; George W. Jones. of Hunter, of Va.; Charles J. Ingersoll, of Pa.; Joseph JohnTenn.; Seaborn Jones, of Ga.; Thomas B. King, of Ga.; Leake, of Va.; Ligon, of Md.; Long, of Md.; Lumpkin, of Ga.; McClean, of Pa.; McClernand, of Ill.; McConnell, of Ala.; McHenry, of Ky.; McKay, of N. C.; John P. Martin, of Ky.; Barclay Martin, of Tenn.; Norris, of N. H.; Payne, of Ala.; Pendleton, of Va.; Perry, of Md.; Price, of Mo. Reid, of N. C.; Relfe, of Mo.; Rhett, of S. C.; Seddon, of Va.; A. D. Sims, of S. C.; L. H. Simms, of Mo.; Simpson, of S. C.; Robert Smith, of Ill.; Stanton, of Tenn.; Stephens, Ga., Tibbatts of Ky., Treadway of Va., Trumbo of Ky., Wilmot of Ga. Taylor of Va., Jacob Thompson of Miss., Toombs, of of Pa., Woodward of S. C., Yancey of Ala., Yell of Ark.--84. The following Southern Representatives voted in the negative,

Messrs. Crozier and Gentry of Tenn., Grider, Young, and Thomasson of Ky., Houston of Del., Thibodeaux of La.

The following is the affirmative vote in the House on the 11th of Dec. 1845, in laying on the table an abolition petition, presented by Mr. Culver of N. Y., praying the abolition of slavery, and the slave-trade in the District of Columbia.

YEAS.-Messrs. S. Adams, of Miss.; Atkinson, of Va.; Barringer, of N. C.; Bayley, of Va.; Bedinger, of Va.; Biggs, of N. C.; James Black, of Pa.; James A. Black, of S. C.;

Boyd, of Ky.; Brodhead, of Pa.; William G. Brown, of Va.; Burt, of S. C.: John H. Campbell, of Pa.; Augustus A. Chapman, of Va.; R. Chapman, of Ala.; Chipman, of Mich.; Clarke, of N. C.; Cocke, of Tenn.; Crozier, of Tenn.; Cullom, of Tenn.; Cunningham, of O.; Daniel, of N. C.; G. Davis, of Erdman, of Pa.; Faran, of O.; Foster, of Pa.; Gentry, of Ky.; Dockery, of N. C.; Douglass, of Ill.; Edsall of N. J.; Tenn.; Giles, of Md.; Goodyear, of N. Y.; Graham, of N. C.; Grider, of Ky.; Haralson, of Ga.; Harmanson, of La.: Henley, of Ind.; Hilliard, of Ala.; Hoge, of Ill.; Hopkins, of Va.; John W. Houston, of Del.; G. S. Houston, of Ala.. Hungerford, of N. Y.; Hunter, of Va.; Charles J. Ingersoll, of Pa.; J. H. Johnson, of N. H.; J. Johnson, of Va.; Andrew Johnson of Tenn., George W. Jones of Tenn., Seaborn Jones of Ga., Kennedy of Ind., T. B. King of Ga., Lawrence of N. Y., Leake of Va., Levin of Penn., Ligon of Md., Lumpkin of Ga., Ma lay of N. Y., McClean of Pa., McCrate of Me., McHenry of Ky., John P. Martin of Ky., Barclay Martin of Tenn., Miller of N. Y., Morse of Louisiana, Moulton of N. H., Norris of N. H., Owen of Ind., Parish of O., Payne of Ala., Pendleton of Va., Perrill of O., Perry of Md., Petit of Ind., Price of Mo., Rathbun of N. Y., Reid of N. C., Relfe of Mo., Ritter of Pa., Roberts of Miss, Sawyer of O., Scammon of Me., Seddon of Va., A. D. Sims of S. C., L. H. Simms of Mo., Simpson of S. C., Robert Smith of Ill., Stanton of Tenn., Stephens of Ga., Thibodeaux of La., James Thompson of Pa., Jacob Thompson of Miss., Thurman of O., Tibbats of Ky., Toombs of Ga., Treadway of Va., Trumbo of Ky., Wentworth of Ill., Wick of Ind., Wilmot of Pa., Woodruff of N. Y., Woodward of S. C., Woodworth of N. J., Yancey of Ala., Yell of Ark., Young of Ky., and Yost of Pa.--108.

On the 25th of February, 1850, Mr. Giddings of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, presented two petitions, one from Isaac Jeffries and other citizens of Penna., and the other from John T. Woodward and other citi zens of Del. and Pa. They were as follows: