...slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed, or referred to, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." her after member from the South rose to denounce it. Wise, of Virginia, saw in it matter more offensive...

...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." 3 This so-called "gag resolution" was 1 Debates of Congress, XII., 73. duly adopted, May 26, by a vote...

...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." This action, says Mr. Rhodes (History of the United States I., 70) was for the Southern leaders "the...

...* * * to the subject of slavery * * * shall without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon;" and four years later it made a standing rule that no memorial on slavery should be entertained in any...

...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." This action, says Mr. Rhodes (History of the United States I., 70) was for the Southern leaders "the...

...subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." A monstrous resolution truly ! — and a palpable violation of that clause in the Constitution which...

...subject of slavery or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." Adams denounced the third resolution in these words : "I hold the resolution to be a direct violation...

...extent whatever to the subject of slavery shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." The chief opponent of this measure was John Quincy Adams, whose views on slavery, until that time, had...

...slavery or the abolition of slavery shall, without being either T printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." This last resolve, adopted in the House by one hundred and seventeen to sixty-eight, formulated the...

...other papers relating in any way to slavery "shall, without being printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." In February, 1837, Adams presented a petition signed by some twenty slaves, and again threw the House...