26 maio 1836 ano - Gag rule

Descrição:

The gag rule over slavery was passed in Congress, known as the "Pinckney Resolutions." It banned Congressmen from reading aloud any petitions for abolition. This was in response to the hundreds of thousands of petitions they received every year for such an action. Southern politicians grew tired of these, and passed the rule championed by SC Congressman Charles Pinckney. Abolitionist Congressmen, led by ex-President John Q. Adams, who protested that the rule infringed on the freedom of petition guaranteed by the 1st Amendment. The objections to the gag rule helped catapult the Whigs into a Congressional majority. The rule was repealed on December 3, 1844.