Excerpt from Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, in the Senate of the United States, February 27, 1835, on His Resolution to Expunge From the Senate Journal the Resolution Condemnatory of the President, Adopted by the Senate, March 28, 1834 He then read from Mr. Fox's speech. Mr. Fox had heretofore opposed the expunging reso lotion, but now yielded to it in obedience to the voice ofthe People. He (mr. Fox) had turned the question often in his mind, and he was still bf opinion that the resolution which gentlemen wanted to expunge, was founded on proper principles. Though he opposed the motion, he felt very little anxiety for the event of the question; for when he found the voice of the People was against the privilege, us he be lieved was the case at present, he would not pre serve the privi'ege. The People h iii associated; they had declared their sentiments to Parliament, and had taught Parlia ment to listen to the voice of their constituents. 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.