The life and speeches of Thomas Williams orator, statesman and jurist, 1806-1872, a founder of the Whig and Republican parties . bies and into the very bar of the Senatechamber itself. Amongst other exclamations were heard,as is testified by several of the by-standers, the mostshocking threats against the persons of individual Sena-tors—loud cries for blood, and other expressions equallyatrocious and equally indicative of a common preparationfor the wildest extremities which might become neces-sary to eflFect the common object. This excitement was increased by the negative vote of12 to 9 as to
The life and speeches of Thomas Williams orator, statesman and jurist, 1806-1872, a founder of the Whig and Republican parties . bies and into the very bar of the Senatechamber itself. Amongst other exclamations were heard,as is testified by several of the by-standers, the mostshocking threats against the persons of individual Sena-tors—loud cries for blood, and other expressions equallyatrocious and equally indicative of a common preparationfor the wildest extremities which might become neces-sary to eflFect the common object. This excitement was increased by the negative vote of12 to 9 as to receiving any other returns from the Secre-tary, but proposing to organize and then treat the con-test. The Speaker was then re-elected and, the Senate re-fusing to postpone the administration of the oath of officeto the two Whigs from the Second District of Philadel-phia, the usual oaths were taken by the following newSenators: Frederick Fraley of Philadelphia, JamesHanna and William Wagner of its Second District—the ? Majority report of the committee of investigation in the Journal of theSenate, 1838-39, p. 1, CHARLES BINGHAM PENROSE AT ABOUT THlHalftone of a painting by Officer in possession of Dr. \-FIVE YEARS OF AGEA. F. Penrose, Philadelphia THE BUCK-SHOT WAR AND HARRISONs ELECTION III disputed returns, Thomas S. Bell, John Strohm, JohnKillinger, John H. Ewing, William F. Coplan, SamuelHays and Mr. Williams. But, says the official accountof the affair, it was only on the decision of the Senatedeclaring Messrs. Hanna and Wagner to be entitled totheir seats as Senators, on the return from the county ofPhiladelphia, that the bar of the Senate Chamber itselfw^as invaded by the rioters. Until that time, they hadconfined themselves to the galleries, holding, however,frequent communication with Senators of their ownparty through the medium of certain individuals sta-tioned evidently by preconcert in the lobbies for that pur-pose, and some of them, too, claiming to be m
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