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CONGRESS
01 THE UNITED STATES.
HbusE of Representatives.
Continued .J
Tuesday, December 9.
Tt will he recollefted by the reader, tint
the oiiginal motion made was by Mr.
Hill, which was that Mr. Speaker fl'ould t
be requeued to admit the Stenographs 1
wiihin it;'.- bar.
Mr. Christie moved the reference of the
report to a committee of the whole.
Mr. Grifwold opposed the reference. '
The Hmife divided ; for the reference 43;
agaioft it 46.
Mr. Jackson made several remarks,
which he h;jid so indiftinftly, that justice
to him forbids the attempt to report them. 1
He concluded vith roovinj* that the yea; k |
nays be 'n'-.en ; f»r which purpose a fuffici
»nt number of members rose.
Mr, Nicholas. In a government like ouis, !
the theory of which is republican, and the ;
praftice lit'which, he hoped would always
continue to be republican, lie confiderrd
the regrefentatives of the people refponfi-
Tile 10 the people, by whom they were ere*- j
ted. It was necelfary to give efficacy to
this responsibility that the people, v. be ■
were to judge, ihnnld poflefs the purell infor
mation, as to, not only the atls, but the
motive* of the public agents.
It was of little consequence to them ]
to know what laws areenadted compared |
with a knowledge of projefts that were
attempted or prevented and the grounds i
on which they wer« fppported and op
pofedor could the merit of the atls '
themselves be understood, unless the 1
reasons tor them were dated. It was .
therefore, of the highest confeqmence 1
that the reasons for our conduct ihould ,
be clearly underftood,that our measures
may be comprehended, and our motives ;
also known that our conftitivents may 1
judge whether have faithfully dif- <
charged our duty. <
Utider this view of the fubieft. he thou't 1
it extremely inulicate to refill "he admis- 1
fion witlviu the bar of thnfe persons who '
thought themfdves qualified to take the '
debates and proceedings of thebaule. But
what rend> icd .he attempt flill more im
proper was, its bein/ an innovation on the
prattice of the house. For finte he liaat '
ie'eti a member of the Legislature, indivi- '
duals of this ilefc: tption had been placed by 1
the house ftt their ease, in a fitsarion con- 1
verrtent for hearirtg what puffed. Why is
this practice, hitherto un,>ppol"ed, now to t
be broken vn upo : n ? For such an innovation a
and departure from the eftabliflrcd praftice r
of the house, there tJugTit to be the ftronged c
reasons; particula>ly when tht attempted
innovation refpefted. aiid was made by, .
those, whose eanduft was to be scrutinised. •
Ir was not without deliberation that the c
praftice of the house had been iriftitutcd c
and adhered to. Some grntle'men had. r
fc/rne time linee, contemplated the employ- c
jnent of a particular individual, whose frr- r
x-ices were to be paid for by the house. t
Butthe idea was abandoned, from the fuppol
ed fa'nftion given by such an aft to hisflate- ],
ments, whereby the house might be made
/e'fpnnftblc for his accuracy and talents.
The difficulty attending the business be 0
acknowledged to be great. But for the rea
sons he had assigned, he thought the house 8
had afted right, in forbearing to interfere, n
further than by merely aligning a conve- si
nient place to the ftenographeri It was | C
deemed fafeft to confide the bufinels to per-1 »
fens not kno»rn officially to thehoufe, whose j J*,
own individual interest would constitute the j w
be ft pledge'fw their fidelity. Though no t j
yrsci'fe Vefolve had'been passed to this tf
feft, i't was well uiiderftood that this was ™
the eoorfe-the house meant to pursue, after
having given the fubjeft a deliberate and
foierou confide ration. ( bt
/> r
Shall "pre ns^* - iVtd tvtr. Kicholis aftf
this mature i.iidarWfon, on the a-ere tng
geflion -o! pftfonal inco;j\'tfiiie "e s on a fu'p
j-ifr oflnch importance t.oinvi c a gen
,>e man from a conlidir ii ■ diftanee, [refer-
Ing to foms oIJ pl.vrvl flmll' we, after the
fanclion of at' :>r.itorm practise, f«-r iii;dby
the imtf p<"> • ,t!, for which it lias been ob
lerved, on the fug ;efiiuti of a trif.itijj incon
venience. which, he believed, on examinati
on, would not be found to cNift at all, adopt
the innovation preps fed by the report «f
the co.nniittee 1 For his part, he thought
they were all daeply iwterelled in having
the debates well taken, as it- was not in
their power altogether to prohibit theii be
ing takfn.
He had heard but two obje&iotn made
to the old plan. The firtt was, that by
palling a lefolve, admitting the Stenogra
phers within the bar, the houl'e gave „a
I'aHiSioh to the reports publiflied by them.
The second was, that as the speaker had
heretofore had the management of the bu
fniefi it would be wrong to take it out ol
his hands.
As t« the firfl objeftion he thought it
altogether inrorrefl. The refohition, fub
initted by the gentleman from North Caro
lina, (Mr. Hill) which he wilhed the hoofe
to adopt, does not propose the feleclion of
anv particular perlbn. It admits gene
rally those individuals who wifli to take the
debates. Can this admillion make us re
sponsible for the conduit of men we do not
know, and over whom we have no con
ttoul ? Have we heretofore been confidei
ed as refpenfible ? And wherein consists
rhe difference between our part situation, £c
the situation we fliall be in, if the motion
of the gentleman from North C.irolina be
adopted ? We fh»U then only have done
that, which before had been done by the
Speaker. Governed by a sense of duty, the
Speaker had refufed ad million within the
bar. It becomes, therefore necefiary, in
order to admit, for the * j«lfe to pass a re
solution. But it did not follow that the
lea ft refponlibility would arise from such an
adl.
Par amount
of a Joare
430
DA. Cti.
Indeed by admitting the stenographers
witfein the bar, the refponlibility of the
I house would bt- dimini (lied ; f«-r if the haufe
admitted them, no one could then lay that
|it had done any. thing'that interfered with a
faithful report the debates ; whereas by
I excluding the stenographers, the unavoida
ble inaccuracies committed might be Charg
ed to the houte.
The feeond objection mxde to the refo-
Intion of the gentleman from Horth Caro
lina, was that as the speaker had hereto
fore had tne management of the bufmels,
it wotsld be wrong to take it out of hit
I hand-.
Mr. Nicholas in reply to this objection,
obl'rrved thac the power heretofore cxerci
iecl by the speaker on this hsd nut
been expresfiy delegareJ by him to the
hcnle. It had often been thought of, but
no deciHon had heretofore heen made. A*
the -.ibj-A aC/.t-d related to the convenience
of the members, be thought they - vere the
; heft of the propriety of granting 't.
' The inconvenience allecgej t# exill was en
; tirely » matter of opinion. He thought it
; had either no exigence or a very limited cx
ifteuce. As he had remarked before the fub
jed\ was extremely delicate. He would not
consent to furnilh room for being charged
with a willi tofupprefs the metns of making
an enquiry into his conduit. He believed
that the innovation contended for, would
be so Viewed—so far, therefore* from con
lidering it as innocent, he viewed it as
wrong in itfelf, and likely to be mtlchievous
in its rffe&s.
Mr. Otis was one of those who was not
disposed to make a strong (land agaittft the
resolution offered by the gentleman from
North Carolina. He did not view the point
in so inteiefting a light as did the'gentleman
who preceeded him. It appeared to hnn in
the shape of a queftiou of convenience ;
and as to his own fi;utiti:m, vt conld not be
afle&edby any perm ilfion given to the Ste
nographers to come within the bar. M*nf
of the arguments he had heard implied that
the tituation at pre lent occupied by the Stei
nographers was exclusive of all others; —
whereas if that were inconvenient' they
might take any other, so that they did not
tois>e within the bar.
It is true that the Stenographers have
hitherto been admitted within the bar.—
They were admittedbecaufe there was room.
Rut in oor prrfent chamber the room was
left ; nor cotilg they occupy a part of tint
little without materially interfering with
the convenience r.f the members.
In his opinion the proper question for
the house to consider was, whether an
admiflion (hould take place independent
of the speaker or whether he should de
cide its propriety. It did not follow, if
the Speaker retained the maaagement,
that the exclusion would apply to all oc
casions. It was true that the places,
delired by the (lenogr.tphers, were gene
rally assigned to the high executive offi
ceVs of the government, and the foreign
ministers. But if, m confidence with
their accomodation, the indulgence could
be granted, during any important debate
he had no doubt of the speaker s readi
ness to admit them, and they might thus
obtain a temporary place w thin the bar.
M. O is thought the remarks of the j
gentlemen from Virginia covered too
much ground. They ascribed to the
friends of the report an attempt to pre
clude the people from obtaining all
information of what palled in this house.
, No such defigti existed. For his part he j
e i wirtied the people to know every thing
3 that occurred within these walls. There
| was bo doubt of the debates, as hereto
. fore given, being an inadequate organ
[ of the ideas of the members —they had
t been taken for nearly twelve years ; and
fomctitr.es they bad been accurate, and I
at other times terribly inaccurate ; and ]
so complete, had thfe ditlortiotj or fenti
mcnts often been that had it not been
for thfc name that was attache.! to a par
ticular speech, the member, to whom it
was ascribed, would not have known it
to be his. Mr. Otis would notwithstan
ding, not deny the ability of a p rfon
who read the debates to form a tolerable
idea of the arguments used or a parti
cular fubjeft.
The charge of innovation, Mr. Otis
though He proposed to leave the
bufiriefs as it had heretofore been left,
free from any resolve of the house, to'
the controul of the Speaker. By this
conduit no fan&ion would be given to
the performances of any reporter ; but,
on the other hand, if the house passed a
refolvr, diverting the peaker of his pre
vious power, they would render them •
selves refponfiblc and would virtually
give a fan£tion.
I If it were resolved that tke house
should interfere, he would much rather
! feleil and pay an individual, competent
to the business, and appeal; for the faith
ful discharge of his trust, to his candour
and impartiality.
i If the house palled the resolution ad-
I mitting the Stenographers within the
bar, &r Otis alked whether they would
not in fa£t be officers of the house. The
only difference between them and the
other officers would he that one would
be paid while the other would not.
Mr. Otis laid that, in his opinion, the
tnort inconvenient petition in the house had
been taken by the Stenographer. It was
near the clerk's offiee, between which and
the bar there was a p-'petual passage of
the members. If an experiment were matfc
of a position on the other fide, or in the
upper gdlery, he was persuaded it would
be found very convenient. Are not, said
Mr. Otis, the galleiies conflrufted for the
express purpose of hearing ? Are they not
intended for the good peoplecf the United
States ? And if they can hear in them,
cannot the rtenog-apliers also?
Mr. Otis concluded by Hating the ex
treme inconvenience that would aiife from
| admitting the Sttnpgraphers, the interfe
| renc- it would produce with the alUgnatibn
of feats to the Secretaries of our Govern
ment and the foreign minirters, and with
declaring his opinion that it was mart expe
dient to adapt the report of the com
mittee:
Mr. Nicholfon laid, that if he.undcrftood
the objeftiort. mad? by the gentFemap from
MafischufettV (o jftiritini? an admillion
the Stenographers within the bar, they
might be :tll elafled under three heads
1. It woul' be againfl precedent.
2. It woul" prevent the members from
having elbow room.
3. There is a poflibility that the Speaker
may indulge the Stenographers.
As tb the KVft obj.-ftions h: would aflc
whether the house had not a light to exer
cise any powe* themselves that was exer
cised, by the Speaker. Hitherto the lpeaker
has exsrcifed the power, and admitted the
Steri»graphtrs" within tfie bar, ht n®w re
refwfcs to do it, and we are called uj»on to
perform what < he lefufes. If we think it
proper to admit rhein we haiTe a right to do
it. The power heretofore exercised by the
Speaker, w.-uderived from us, according to
'the well known nujcuHi, facit per
ptr sc.
Cut, we are told that the admission
would interfere, with the accommodation
of the four Secretaries and the foreign mi
niliers, Suppose it fliould, laid Mr. Nichol
fi>n. I alk whether the convenience and the
inte re (I of the people of the United States
are to be proflrated by our compliance to
the Secretaries and foreign agents? It is
our duty to enable tile people to obtain the
bell information of what is doing here, that
we can supply. Shall we abandon our duty,
(hall we facrilice the interests of our con
stituents, to a sense of politeness to these
gentlemen ? It would he much better to
l'ubmit to the inconyenience experienejd by
the secretaries and the foreign miniflers, if
these isnotropm far them within the bar,
['than tp conceal from the people the know
ledge they»have a right to pofTefs. Let,
I them, the foreign ministers, if there be fueh
i * competition, >etire into the Galleries.
He confidered'tliejubjefl as us high impor
tance-both to the counti v, and the niem
; bers themftlves. They all ought to deli re
j their eonduft to be rigidly infpc&cd.
Gentlemen lay that the debates have
I been he tof"te imperfe&ly taken. Will
| they remedy the evil by excluding.the Ste
nographers from places within the bar ? If,
heretofore, notwitWlandmu the favourable
nef; of their petition, when (tillnefs and si
lenCe reigned, they have been unable to
take the debates with precision, can it |)e
txpc£led that, driven to a diflance from
molt of the members, surrounded by a
crowd in perpetual motion, they will be able
more fuCceftfully to acconoplilh their ob
jeft ? Sir, faitl Mr. Nicholfon, the ex
pedition is absurd. It cannot be done.—
I have placed rtiyfelf without the bar, and
I declare it inrpoffiltle to hearc If,
then, yon are determined to exclude them
from their iilual places, you had infinitely
better-turn them out of the House altoge
ther.
1 As to the convenience o£ the galleries
for hearing, Mr. Nichotfcn was notable
from a trial mad? by hunfelf to decide upon
it. But he had heard but one uniform
opinion, wliich was that owinj to the con
(lant paflage of perfoiK, and the frequent
crowd it would conta n tt was impoffiblr to
hear there with any diftinftnefs. With
refpe£t remaiks made by the gentle
man tVoni Massachusetts, on this point, he
thought them altogether inaopofite. The
gallery wasnot conftrnfted by us, and if it
were a bad place for hearing, it aroVe not
from any fault to be ascribed to lis. All
that we did, was to open our. d>>ors to all
cia«e»s, who conduced tfiemfelves with
decoi 11 m.
I he nerfotiil inconvenience to members
alledgird, did not in the opinion »f Mr. Ni
cholfon exirt. He thought there was ample
room. The chamber they oe£up ed was
similar t® that in Philadelphia ; and the
politions deli-ed by the Sten.igrarhrr were
lelatively tiie fame as those in Philadelphia.
By advancing tile clerk's table tli.ee feet,
every difficulty wpulci be removed.
Mr. Kutledge fiia that t|tr members
who ha<l preceded him,'had talked mucl*
j about the neceflity of giving the pepie
! correft information of the t anfaftion; of
i that House. He believed "there was not
j a (ingle member, who did not wifb to impart
to ths jSeople all the knowledge they Could
receise ( and who did not highly prize the
means of information furnifhed by the pro
ceedings of that house. <Jn this point
tli-re was no divifton. So one was de'irojs
of excluding the Stenographers, or pro
hibiting the publication of debates. The
only queftition realy before the house was
whecher they IheuUl prefevere iu the old
plan ; whether they (hou'd confide in the
integrity and the talents of the Soeaker,
who had hitherto meiited their confidence,
or, whether diverting him of his power they
should exercise a r.;ht tti;mfelves hitherto
attached to his office.
Such a mode of procedure as had been
pursued on this occafio* was not conform
able to that heretofare praftiled. An ap
plication somewhat fipiilar had been, fotr.e
time (ince. made to the Speaker. Tie
Speaker decided, and, the house, without
debate, acquiesced in.hiidecifioH, A Steno
graphed had grossly misrepresented a :nein
ber, and when required to correft his falfe
statement, liaii infulently rcfufed to do it,
and added to the previous injury of mif
tateraent insult of the contumelious kind
The Speaker difmilTed him from his place
for his barefaced mil'conduft. Some of his
friends made an appal to the house. The
house afled wifely, and with becoming
dignity refufed to interpose.
Now, said Mr. Uutledge, if any other
stenographer, like the one 1 have alluded to,
shall make it his fy'lematic praftife to
and he coutinue, as hereto
fore, to hold his place at the (enure of the
Speikers's permission, he may be difmiffrd
by the Speaker without troubling the house.
But should the motion made by the gentle
man from N. Carolina prevail, we lliall be
prepmually appealed to, and occupied in
debate. For these real'ons h: trailed the
report would be agreed to.
Mr* f]Ji.l next spoke for several mi
nutes, what he laid was not heard, further
than that he declared he coufulered the fub
jeft as fiir.ply involving an address to the
ientiments of the members on the ground
of peiTonal convenience, and that on that
ground he was ready to facrifice any little ,
inconvenience to the accommodations of
the' llenographers .• Hating, at the fame
time, his entire reliance upon the integrity '
and talents ob the Speaker.
* Mb. Criswoi.d's introdftory remarks
were not hered. Haviug i ailed his vo'ue,
his firll world, as heard, were,—This is
nothing less than an appeal from the chair.
To the Speaker has heretofore been com
mitted the regulatons of the adiiiiflion of
all persons whatever within the bar. This
is the only corredl mode in wich luch an
objeft can be accomplifhed v The Speaker
mull exercise the discretion hitherto veiled
in him, otherwise the order of the house i
canaot be preserved. Ihe objeft now is
to take this power from the speaker, and to
open the area of the house to the Steno
graphers, without the Speaker's approba
tion. It is said that only two perl'ons at
present apply. But if the door be once
opened to admiflion in this way there may i
he no end to iutrulion. The Speaker b;nig
diverted of power to aft, and the neceflt y
of afting being evident, the house will be
perpetually troubled with appeals.
In his opinion the power, confided to
the Speaker, had been exetcifed in this
cafe with great propriety. It mvift be ap
: parent to everybody that the irea was too
1 fwiall tojuftify tke admiflion of the Steno
' graphers. He believed it to be an idle
pretence, that the Stenographers could not
bear. He believed it to be a mere matter
jof pride, which would be gratified by an
I appeal from the chair and a revrrfal of the
decision of tire Speaker by the house.
Mr. Thatcher, pervaded that all
the tifonnation derived from the de- ,
I bates of this house, was of little |
comparative importance when viewed
' in relation to the general mass of infor
mation peflefled by the people, cared but j
; little for the event of the refolutien before j
the house, Upon this ground he felt no I
anxiety whatever. As a matter of order
it might perhaps be of feme importance.
As to the convenience ofpofition be doubt
ed whether a more correft account ot the
debates could not be given from a lituation
from without the bar than within it. His
reasons were thei'e. It was well known
that for four or five feflions after the or
ganization of the Federal Government,
rtenographers never came within the bar,
and their positions, duiing that period,
were as remote frpm the members as they
are at present. Yet if any one man wonld
appeal to the debates then taken, he would
find them as correftly taken as theyihave
been at any time since. It is true there
were complaints of inaccuracy, but the de
bate takers;never aligned as a jurtification
of their errors, the inconvenience cf their
fituatians ; on the contrary they declared
that they did as well as they could and con
tended that their reports were ascorreft as
the n-iture of the cafe permitted.
When the feat of government was tranf,
ferred to Philadelphia, and the ftenograph
era occupied places within the bar gem-
plaints encfeafVd,' t!i? d-ba.es were fafcea
more iiifiorreilly, and two or thwt of the
flepo 0 w.-re a&uallv turned oat of
tlie ares within ths bar ; on? of whom, he
believed was fentitvto the upper jrnlL-ry.
The incorreftntfi of the poblilhed dey
bates did not ariie io mudi from an inabiti
to heir, as from an inability to take down
a rapid (peech.
Mr. rhatcher said he believed the de
bates as taken down by Mr. Lloyd, were as
accurately taken, as any taken before or
fine*. The concluHon he drew from thefc
fails was that if the stenographers were ad
mitted by tlie lioufe within the bar, the
public would g-ain nothing by it. He had
however no objertion to their admission, tf
tlie lpeaker approved it. They migfit, as
far as he cared, take any place in the house j
even fc»ts alor.g fide of the speaker.
Mr. Davis had expe&ed to hear fubftan
trial reasons in fup;j»rt of tbe report of the
commi.tee. None l'uch had been offered.
It was said that the Oenograpbers could
hear very well from their present positions.
He denied it. ''"he reporter could not poffi
b|y hear. Though hinifelf nearer the gen
tleman be had not heard si word that fell
from the gentleman from North Carolina.
He trusted the house would adrtit the
stenographers within the bar. Ifirot ad
mited, the conversation and pa If age of tlie
memt ers aroimded them, will at once pre»
vent the debates from being well taking,'
and be a perpetual excuse for their errors.
But if admitted they will have no such
apology and they will be with.u the power
of the house.
The grate mas» <»f our citizens are to
remote to attend your debates. Thty rely
on th )fe >ho report them. Not more than
forty or fifty p'erlbns transiently app»ar in
the galleries, wh« ■ e not equal to diffufing
a knowledge of yo.ur proceedings. Exclude
the stenographers & s ou may as we'l si.m your d *ors.
It may be said that you print your journal*.'
But who reads them. They are scarcely
read by the members themfclves. On
great national quelUons the people oijght
to know, not only what you da but alfd the
principles the you.
The gentlemen from S. Carolina was
willing to place the ftenograpliers under
the coercion of the Speaker, but was
averse to placing them undrr the coer
cion of the house. For his part he
thought differently. He did not wish
to fee them at the mercy of the Speaker.
Several allusions had bsen made to
the treatment of a reporter at Philadel
phia. who had been driven from thff
house by the. peaker. He recollected
the affair, & in his opinion the Speaker
had in this cafe been atluate-d more
by personal enmity than by any other
motive,
By this Day's Mail
WASHINGTON CITY, December i%.
A letter lias Seen receive J t/onj a gentleman
at Colurn ia, who had been informed by f<ne
«fthe Kicii>or*af Sovrtk th it Tho*
ma? [effr fort would Have eight votes, and Aa
rv n Burr Arven.
Tiie Electors of North Carolina have voted at
f >'iow :—-
For Th. ma- TcffL-ribri
Aaron Burr
J hn Adamt
C. C. Pi^ckney
On Thursday lafl, the Legislature of Miry
lanc proceeded to choli- a Sena or »f the Uni
ted States in the roi'tn of Mr. LKyd resigned.
TH-votes were
For Mr. William Hmdman
Mr. Earie
« Account! from Tenneflee, that may be de--
pended on, slate that General Daniel Su.itb,-
is Cliofei'i the tiiird JEle&or lor that Stat*. The
eleilion of General Smith completes the num
ber of eleitoclfur TemefFee, arid reduce! it to
a certainty that Mr. Jtfferfon and Mr. Burr will'
have all the votes of that' State.
Charles Scott, John Coburn, Isaac ?he!by
and John P-'pe, are chofcjn E!edlors for Kea
tuckcy. Tbey are decidedly Democrat!.
CONGRESS.
House of Rtpt cseutathfs.
Wednefdny, Dec. io, iSoo.
The H iufe went into a committee of the
whole, Mr. F.-.lmond in the cliair, on the
Bill for err£\inir h Mausoleum to
ry of Gi f v *Gt Washington.
Mr. Ch rphn, after fouic remarks, the in
dlfiil1el hearing of which did not enable us
to determine on which lide of the queftioil
he argued, moved that the committee rile,
report progress, and alk leave to fit again.
Which motion being carried without a di
vifipir, the commirte rose 5 and 011 the que
ftioii to grant them leave to fit again, only
three members rofr in the affirmative. Leave
was, of course, denied.
Mr. Cliaitiplin then moved the recommit
ment of the bill to the fame corrimittee that,
reported it, with the addition of two mem
be- s, which was carried, and MefTrs. Clai
b»re and Chairplin appointed.
After Mr. Chainplin's motion for a re
commitment of the Bill to a fe.lett commit
tee was carried. . '
Mr. Claiborne said, he had'rifen to move
that the committee jnfl appointed be inftruft
ed to enquire into the expediency ot carrying
into effeft a refelution paflrd by;the old Co.i»
grefs, on the 7th of August 1788," Direct
ing; an equefirian flsttie of general Wash
ington, to be eredted at the place wheie
the residence of Congress shall be eftahlifli'-d.
Mr. Claiborne laid, that on a question
which could not fail to excite the sensibility
of every American heart, it was a fnbjefl of
great regret, that a division of sentiment
Ihould arise. The mcmo.iy of our departed
patriot lives in the afFe£Uons of a graceful
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