The House

Excerpt from Speeches of Patrick W. Tompkins, of Mississippi, on the President's Messages: Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 19 and March 14, 1848

Mr. Tompkins said: I see no need of explanation, and cannot yield. I see much of the time of some gentlemen consumed by these interruptions to explain. _no discount or allowance is made for the time wasted in this way.

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