Case of Randall and Whitney, [4 January] 1796

Case of Randall and Whitney

[4 January 1796]

After several members had testified as to the nature of their conversations with Randall and Whitney, Blount (North Carolina) moved to put the question whether any conversation had passed between Smith (Maryland) and Randall which had “an appearance of intending to corrupt the integrity of members of this House” (Annals of Congress description begins Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States … (42 vols.; Washington, 1834–56). description ends , 4th Cong., 1st sess., 209).

Mr. Madison thought the motion proper, in the strictest sense. The charge was general; and the answer to the question might be of a nature to corroborate that general charge.

Philadelphia Gazette, 5 Jan. 1796. The motion was carried.

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Title: Case of Randall and Whitney, [4 January] 1796
Author: Madison, James
Date: 4 January 1796

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Cite as: “Case of Randall and Whitney, [4 January] 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-16-02-0098. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 16, 27 April 1795 – 27 March 1797, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Thomas A. Mason, and Jeanne K. Sisson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989, p. 179.]