Speech of Mr. Robertson, of Virginia
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Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Robertson, of Virginia: On His Motion to Recommit the Report and Resolutions of the Select Committee on the Subject of Abolition, Delivered in the House of Representatives, May, 1836 Mr. Pinckney, on leave, presented a report from the Select Committee on the subject of the abolition of slavery. In making this report, Mr. P. remarked that it had received the unanimous assent of the committee, and he trusted it would meet the unanimous approbation of the House. By the instruction of the committee, he moved that it be read and printed. Mr. Mercer moved that the report be laid on the table without reading, and printed. Mr. Claiborne, of Mississippi, asked for the reading of the report, which was accordingly done. The reading occupied about an hour and a half. The report concluded with the following resolutions: Resolved, That Congress possesses no constitutional authority to interfere in any way with the institution of slavery in any of the States of this confederacy. Resolved, That Congress ought not to interfere in any way with the slavery in the District of Columbia. And whereas it is extremely important and desirable that the agitation of this subject should be finally arrested for the purpose of restoring tranquillity to the public mind, your committee respectfully recommend the adoption of the following additional resolution, viz: Resolved, That all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatsoever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon. Mr. Pinckney was instructed to move that 5,000 extra copies of the report be printed. This motion gave rise to a desultory debate. Mr. Robertson expressed himself greatly dissatisfied with tho report and resolutions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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