When it was not renewed at the opening of the second session of Congress in December, William Slade took advantage of the opportunity to present new petitions, resulting in the decision by a combined front of Democrats to adopt an even stricter version.
It was proposed by a special committee led by Henry Pinckney of South Carolina. When it was not renewed at the opening of the second session of Congress in December, William Slade took advantage of the opportunity to present new petitions, resulting in the decision by a combined front of Democrats to adopt an even stricter version. FTP, identify this regulation, which was rescinded in 1844, and which was originally put in place in response to Thomas Morris, James Buchanan, and John Quincy Adams, whose presentations of petitions for abolition to Congress annoyed pro-slavery Southerners.
It was proposed by a special committee led by Henry Pinckney of South Carolina.
the {gag} rule or {gag} resolution