26 mayo 1836 año - The Gag Rule is established

Descripción:

After the beginning of the agitation of Northern abolitionists against the institution of slavery, various petitions flooded into the United States House of Representatives and Senate praying for the abolition or the restriction of that institution. These were generally presented by John Quincy Adams, who as a member of Congress identified himself particularly with the struggle against any Congressional abridgment of the right of petition. Adams ultimately repealed the rule, by authoring a resolution for repeal. The pro-slavery forces responded with a series of rules that automatically "tabled" all of these petitions, preventing them from being read or discussed. This is what is known as the "Gag Rule"