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UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE LAWST1IE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY. ggq
Vol. XVIII.
TIltnmiT, Jt7.E 21, 1838.
IVo. 025.
THE BASHFUL MAN.
t tax atrrHot or ths nrru; oa a
Tt or rosrri.
I.et hi who has never suffered from
t!ie horror of lhidiets, pas by this
triiele. He will find Lere nothing with
Inch he eaa sympathise. Bui ha who
ko.i the exquisite misery of a tempera
meat, whose my nature almost ahuts him
out from human aympathy, while it open
pp.ii him t'i full sluice of laughter and
TiJicule. he only should read, fir he only
t un-U-r-unil, this chapter of my euf
frriiij. It i but a Sfecimen of my life.
Ex m dite oirntet. To all other it
trill be ooly a ealej fovniaii; and, at
iVy p ia the proud eonscious
rr of ihe uo'i'cAatde bleating of im
IJciice, let lUem thank heaven that iu
sa'er can never fi iw for them.
A my object ia but to give a specimen
of the numeroua tontre-temps that ince
jii;!v beset me, lha moment I appear in
Mitt' ociety. I sh.U merely apeak ol
tune ihii bcfrl me at the only dinner in
I'nit to which I was invited. Though
vim wi:b introductory Iti:cr, I never
d.-livrrod aawrther.
I pass by the various effort I made.
k-hre I could mu.ter .ufGeienl resolution
li deliver! Ma-la ne (1 , the one thai
procured fir nif, and a friend who eaa.f
wuli me, the dinner in question. 1 pass
by, too. my trepidation at the everlasting
pial wuli ahicH the bell responded to my
li nid touch. Scarcely could 1 dtttinguih
1'ie rarlex au Suhit, over the portes
1 lgf, whera probably Si never stood
sim-e it erection. 1 pita by, too. eve
rt! minor blunder; euch aa asking the
porter to direct u to chamhre de
Ma faine," meaning her drawing-ioooi
tj.1ice it to aay, that my les nervous
companion, dictionary in hand, boldly led
the ways thai having travencd a goodly
numbrr of court and aiain, we al length
arrived in aafety at an ante room, w here
twod a trrvani before a pair of foldrng
ditor. which he threw wide open and an
muurrd ti by a pair of inner, that wc
aliould never have recognised at our own,
lu.l we met litem elsewhere.
Already agitated, and prr'piring with
nermut trepidation, thia ostcnUlious
ni le of entrance, ao different from the re
juMiean simplicity to which I nra ae-
iittt i'iied, wa a f iMn.l.i'.ile trial ! tne.lf,,,,,, ,ie.t iorkel.
Mv cheek tinged, my kneea trembled,,
and my heart beat violently. 1 slunk
le !:: behind my uiutushcil companion,!
an 1 eo-lv.red to githrr su.TkiciiI Coitr-
' to conceal Ihe itemor that shook Itic .
'e an aur-fit. Midline O. ro to re-;
ceie ot; and, at we approached her, it ;
h-ci nc niM'arv thai 1 sh itiid lr;ifof ;
fr i n behui 1 m v friend. Iljt i:t so di.inif. !
1 d il mt n Miff a hre pet d ig. who.'
co;ifi:ta'dv s:reti:!icd on a red velvet ;
cushion, lay napping beside his mistress,;
d-rei-ily in my pith. Do 1 went, anxious j
only to get tinoojh t'ic introductory ce-
remonu-s as m'i as pos-ible, and then to
encoiice myself lit tome rcmoie corner,"
where.
"Tins worlJ fjri!cting, hy wo.hl f op..'," j
I miht escape a!l notice or rennrk. H it
nnlvaive the l-r.-neli nrovi-rh. ".'Iionvii'
e pnp.tf. nioit, r ttt le bon Iheu
f)i:)ar;" and verv inifortunaie were
y.e,
In1
,
A, ...... f... i,Li....ii..n A 1
iiriio.ition
leued on, all el-twing w ith confusion, and
. . - .
(iaktng with fright, jnsl as I lieg.iii my
b.tw, st'i oihled over the detested pet,
and was suddenly precipitated head fore
mwt, like an an'ricnl bilterin ram, inti
Vie lap of Mus P.; ovi-rturotna episodi
tally a country mm id" my own, who was
seated next her, balancing his chair oa its
two bind If ts. To
ae himself, he in-
atinetively grasped ihe back of her chars'
and h
lis weight at her rear, acting at lhe
same moment tht I was niineu ai tier i?i my "raiH ( - - , n
lrot. decided all hesitation, and over we; enough to embrace all ihe technicalities j sound, as of one swallowing involunlari
all rolled together, the chairs uppermost, of tillable; and when my f-ir neighbor ly-and the storm of wrath r gain broke
The vile cur w ho had been at ihe bottom I inquired if 1 wrte fond of rAtfi leur. I ve-1 out ith redoubled fury. I seized my
of tl.e whole mi.rh.ef. seiztd o.e by tha! nly look it to be the French Tor custard , hat, and opened the door, and the whole
lej. and. receiving a hcartv kick in return.! p.fdding; and o high was my pnnegyric j matter was at once explained. U e had
added hi l.ng to t'u- chorus of .lis-! of it. that my plate wa soon bountifully exchanged hat,; and there he stood, the
mav. ha, n .wlillrd the apartment. II ap-i I id.,, with it. Ala! one single mouth- j soft cauliflower gushing down h,s diecks,
ihIv. the female suffer in this merf. e ! lul wa ...filoienl to dispel n.y .Uus.on I blinding his eyes, hll.i.g h.s mouth hair,
grossed all .he svnpa.hv and attention of Would to Heaven thai the chou-fiut had , mitstaC,,,..,, e ars. whiskers Jever
the company; bui i well knew, thai in vanished along with it. But that remain-.shall I forget that spec acle. Here he
the shon.nii.Mte that had elapsed since I ed bod.l,, and. as 1 Rated despond,oXly j stood as.ru e. l-ke he colossus, and s.oop
entered he .parto.ent. I had made tW at the huge ma,., that loomed P alrnt j .nf ge.uly '
mortal cuemic of a man. a dog. and a as large, and as burning, a Vesuvine, cd. h.s arm held drooping out from his
mortal cne.n.c. ol a nun, k. ? Ashamed to body, and dripping cauliflower and butter
For mv own put. as soin as 1 had ex- confess my mitake, though 1 could al-! evevery pore.
i m. . I ..i.i i.,,.. ...oiLtn! an eooarf 1 staid no longer; but. retaining hi hat,
. .
tricall'il mvseil lioin oe iciriuio ri ipn,
covered wh confusion and shame I re-
treJTi Z TL most ohscute corner of
the room, where I oiihl M hide myscll endeavored to sap the mountainous heap
and my overwhelming mortification, hf al its baseband shutting inyeyes andj
bind the guests that were lounging about opening my moislh. to inhume as large
U,f re . j ini.e as I could without stopping to
The call to dinner ervej as a relief to taste it. But my stomach soon began, in
mv embarnssment, for I Imped that that tclltgibly enough, to intimate it intention
.;...!,! nn' attention, lo admit nn more of this nauseous stran-
whieh now". I could not help feeling, must
be occupied with my awkwardness. Fol-
low ing the company into the dining room,
I saw that each plate contained a card, on
which waa written the name of the gnesl
who was to oficupy the place thus desig
nated, livery one seemed to find his
own pUt-e by magic; but for me, four or
five tunes did I make the circuit of ihe
table, looking in vain for mine. Indeed,
I know n-t but I might have continued
tunning bju;in miiceJ among thecrJ
of servants, all dinner time, bad aot Ma
dame Ue eyt al length detected eaa, a
I circled round and round, with aa by.
terieally increasing rapidity, ai j eyea dim
with e.mfusinn and a clamtny perspira
liua bedewing every port of y body;
and I at length aunk into my scat, when
found, fairly eihaafled with mortification
ana sham. Here, sgtin, I found my.
elf e.brrated m ills my hat, which,
luting observed that all retained ia llieir
hand ia the drawing-room, I aiill grasp
rd with nervous pertinacity. Tbia I at
length disposed of. aa 1 thought at ilia
lime, with wonderful ingeuoity; fur I
imng it ty me brim between oiy knee.
preadm my handkerchief over iu pea i
eaviiy,
it-iltf I
My aeat wa next lo a young lady,
whom of course I wa expected to enter
lain. I entertain! Wofilly, already, had
I entertained the company; but I found
tuysrlf infinitely belter adapted Ia enter
lain a company e;t wane than iiiua
lint.
The ordinary routine of a French din
ner now commenced. Soup and bouillie,
oah, and fowl, and fie.h; tntmntli and
hjr$ if Kdtra, while a regular eerie of
servants appeared each instant at our el
bows, inviting ua lo partake of a thou
and d.flTerent dishes, and aa many differ
ent kind of wine, all under airing of
name whieli I no more understood, than
I understood their eon-position, or than
they did my gauthtritB. Resolute lo
avoid all further opportunities for dis
playing my predominant trait, 1 sat in the
most obrtinate silence, eaying oia to
every thing that wa oflVred me, and eat
ing with mol devoted application, till an
evil hour, my fair neighbor, weary of my
taciturnity and her own, at length herself
began a conversation, by inquiring how I
was pleased with ihe opera. The ques
tion wa put at an unlucky moment. 1
w a just raising a large morsel of pota
to lo my mouth; and in order to reply
a quickly a possible. I htdy thrust it
in, intending to swallow it a hastily.
Heavens! It wa hot as burning, lava.
What could I do! The lady' eye were
fixed on me, waiting a reply her que,
tion. But my mouth was in Dunes. Iu
vain I rolled the burning morsel hither
and thither, rocking my head from side
to tide, w hile my eyes, which involunta
rily 1 had fixed on her, were atraining
Iro n their stirket. bite regarded my
grimace, of the cauae of which 1 be!iee .
g, W3, inora-it. with an expression of
amszemrnt and surprise, at which I can
tnh tfW when I think "I it.
.. y jer r, malade!' at lenrihshe
gently, and in an anxious lone, inquired.
f r.i!d bear no more. My moutli was
wti' the burninir mm and smart-
,j u iilt intoleiahlo nain: o. aiiietlv !
abiiidonio ihe ooint. I ooeitcd it to its
i,tmot. and out dropped ihe infernal fire
a, p ,ny iXf, ftu tfie slightest
icnden'-y to a smile, visibly ru filed the
iiuprrtiirhhle politeness of the lady. She
.noilnnilv cond iled w ith me on mv mi-
frtune, then gradually led the ennversa
ttoti lo a variety of topics; nil. exerting j
tin nia?ic intl irnre that true piditenea
Uy ex'-rrics, I began to forget even
mv own blundcts. Craduallv. mv cheeks
burned less painfully, and I could even
i'iin in the conversation without ihe fear
. .
iliat ererv word I niterc:! shared Use late
r - a .a a -
ol every anion I attempted, i even ven
tured to hone. nv. to congratulate mv-
sell, that the citiWue of mv calamines
wa completed for tl.e day. "
Let no one call himself happy before
death,
- i s .t..n. ....I i,. I ;. !
The ides of March were not yet over.
ll.-f.ire us stood a dish of cauliflower,
ni.-pU- done io butter. This 1 naturaliv
enough took for a cuUrd-puddii
Iding. which
ufortunatrlv.
it sufficiently resembled. l;nlo
- i i. ..... ..... ..ukiiii.
iii-ii-i 3 - .
qmn.ity of sofl soap. I struggled manful -
Iv on againsllhe diabolical compound. I
ger beneath its roof, if not even ol evptl-
l.ng that which had already gained un
weicomn aumiuantc
Fiie eriousness of the task I had un
dertaken, and the resolution necessary to
execute it, had given an earnestness and
rapidity to my exertions, which appetite
would not have inspired; when my plate,
having 'somehow got over the edge of the
table, upon my leaning over tilteJ up, and
d tvn e'lil tnc lisgiisttng mas into my
la i
My handkerchief, u.tabU to bear
weighty a load, teat ia ia turn; and a
great proportion cf it was thus safely de
posited ia my hat. Tha plata inauntly
r-ghted iuelf, as 1 raited my person; and
as I glanced my eya round ika labia, and
aaw that no ooa Ltd noticed mv disaster,
I inwardly congratulated tnysrif that the
nauseous deception was so happily dis
posed of. Resolt ing aot to be detected,
1 instantly rolled ray handkerchief toge
ther with all its remaining contents, and
whipped it into my pocket.
The dinner table wai at lenth desert
ed for the drawing room, whera eoffet
and liqueurs were aered round. Mean
time, 1 had (ought out what I consider.
ed a aafe hiding-idace for my hat. beneath
I a riuir in mo oinmg-rooro, lor 1 dared
not carry it longer in my hand; having
firat thrown a morttl of paper into the
crown, lo hid the cauliflower from view,
rhould any one chance, ia seeking for hit
own hat. to look into mine.
Oa my return lo the drawing room, I
chanced to be again aeated by the lady,
by whom I had sat at dinner. Our con
veraation wa naturally resumed; and wa
were in the midst of an animated discua
aion, when a huga apider waa aeen run
ning, like a rare horse, up her arm.
" Take it off take it oOV aha ejacu
lated, in a terrified tone.
I wa alwaya afraid of spiders: ao to
avoid touching him with my band, 1
caught my handkerchief from my pocket,
and clapped it at once upon tha miscre
ant, who waa already mounting over her
temple with rapid stride. Gracious Hea
ven! had forgotten the cauliflower;
which iiow plastered over her face like an
emulienl poultice, fairly killing the spi
der, and blinding an eye of the lady;
while little streamlets of soft butter, glid
ed gently down her beautiful nrck and bo
aom.
"MnnDieu! mun Dieu!" exclaimed
the atonihed fair.
"Mon Dieu! wai echoed from every
mouth.
a " a . .
Have you cut your Lead!" inquired
one.
Non! non! L'aratgnee I'araijnce.
Monsier vient dceraser iaraignee."
Quelte qnaniite d'entraiUes!" ejacula
ted an aitoni.hed Frenchman, iincon
sciontly, to himself.
Well might he be astonished. The
spray of the execrable vegetable, had
putt red her tires from head lo foot.
For mvailf, lha mometil tho accident oc
curred, 1 had mechanically returned my
handkerchief to my pocket; but its con
leiiU remained.
" What a monster it mutt have been;
observe b a young lady, as she hetprd to
reliete my victim from her cruel situa
ti ni. dcclire I should think he had
been livinir on caulifl iwer."
Al that moment. I felt some one touch
me; and tut nine. I taw my companion
who IimI come in with me.
Look at your fantdoons," he whis
perrd. Alreadr half dead with confusion nt the
dia'er 1 had caused, I cast my ryes up-
on my nnt-e white dress, and saw nt a
J elance the horrible extent of my dilemma.
; 1 had been sittitsg upon the fated pocket,
; and had crushed nut ihe liquid butter, and
j ihe ol'i paste-like vegeublc, w hich had
daubed and dripped down them, lill il
il.. .i i .. :
: sccmei
a il 1 were ac.uanv uissu.tiiig
, in mv pantaloons.
I i,:.. ... t. . i ... - it..
; place where 1 had lilt my hat; but before
J 1 could reach it. a sudden etorm of w rath
was heard at the door.
i- S;irr-r.r-i ' tirte! ncr r r-r-re: tne
r in the bst syllable being made to roll
I l-ke a watchman raille, mingled with
! another epitlu t ami name, that an angry
i r renchnian never spares.was heard rising
! like a fierce tempest without the door.
mi i tnrr was a nause a purmini'
i , :,.. :
1 1 nulled from the house, jumped into a
fiacre, and arrived ..My at home; bear-
llilv resolving, that to my last hour,
j would never again deliver a letter of in
traduction.
A Curiosity. We were shown a beau
tiful sfccinien of the ingenuity of birds
a few' days since, by Dr. Cook of this
. I. - I-: - 1. MA m.!. A.,
nOrOUITU. " as iiuir.l a uraii liiauc eu
ttrelyof silver wire, beautifully woven
together. The nest was lounu on a sy
camore tree on the Cadores by Dr. Fran
nio linr,l. of York county. It was the
nest of a hattsing-bird. and the material
was nrobablv obtained from a soldier's
epaulette which it had found.
It'est Chester Village Record.
AflTiir must suiter when rtcreauon :
! pMetred to buniet.
Debate la tha
MOUSE OP BEPBE8 ESTAT1TE3.
Speech or Jlr. Bond,
(or ohio,)
0 Jr. Ilopliiu't Itetolulion to divorce
Ik CsMraamtfisai Us rVcss.
(Coatinued
Here, air, I desire to read . abort para
graph from the President, official news
paper the Globe. It waa printed a year
ainee, and then met my eve. I have
preserved it for the express purpose of
noticing it liere, oa a suitable occasion:
and this is the first appropriate moment I
have had to da ao. The paragraph in
question was written on the occasion of
announcing the election of one of the
present Senator from Ohio, (Mr. Allen;)
in doing which, the Globe exult al what
it was pleased to consider a defeat of Mr.
Ewing, a highly distinguished and moat
valuable member of the Senate. I da not
propose to dwell on that election; it i
foreign to my purpose; but I do lerily
believe it was achieved against the wishes'
of a majoiity of the people of Ohio, and
recent events sustain that opinion. And
yet, this man, whom ihe people of Ohio
delighted, and, if ihe eigne of ihe time
do not deceive, will agaia delight to
honor. is, at the moment of hia retiring
from the Svnate to the bosom ol hi family,
and lo all the, private relations of life,
held up and ttigmatized in the Globe as a
bank beneficiary." In the ame article,
ir, tome fifteen Senator are opprobrious
ly named and contemned by thia Govern
ment press. The State of Alabama is
particularly congratulated on being reliev
ed from ihe " Calhounery" of Gabriel
Moor. But now a new light haa ud
de nly opened which wholly changes the
medium through which the Globe sees
Culhounery." lo use Mr, Blair's own
phrase. How long ha it been since that
paper ctigmalized Mr. Calhoun " a the
bank, feed instrument," and aid of him
that no man ever nullified the truth w ith
ao littla remorse!' Now, however, the
whole rene i changed, and Mr. Calhoun
i almost deified by the very Government
ires w hich but yesterday had so reviled
lim! Here, Mr. Speaker, we realize
another truth aprcad before the country
in Mr. Bent u a report, which, in describ
ing the po.ver ol the rresiuent over
individual administering the Govern
ment, says: " lie makes and unmakes
them." A thort time since, this Ad
ministration and its press stood forth the
advocate and friends of the Slate batiks,
and, after placing the public money in
their custody, urged them to lend il out
Having thus " debauched" and seduced
ihem from the "even tenor of their way,"
this same Administration and press now
abuse the banks and the credit system
which but yesterday they applauded; and,
lo justify this abuse, falsehood is substitut
ed for fact. The Globe a day or two
since elated " that the Legislative ex
amination in Ohio' proved that the di
rector of the bank there had drawn out
more than the whole amount of their real
capita!.' This, sir, is another daring and
impudent falsehood of that paper, and
luruishes additional evidence of the des
peration of this Administration and its
Government press." in carrying out
the sub-Treasury ystein, with all its!
sellih purposes. The result ot the!
" Legislative examination of the banks in j
Ohio" is fully reported bv the Auditor ol1
the Stite, who is a thorough-going dis- day of November, 183i. for the whole
ciple of the cub-Treasury school. His amount of the sum which I have mention
report U now before me. and I invite its! cd. Did be pay it? No. sir. Do-s he
immediate inspection. It is most credo-
able to the banks of Ohio; shows them
lo have been prudently managed, and that;
they will not suffer in comparison with
those of any S;ate in the Union. Hut let
its look into the Auditor's report, and lest
he truth of the fact stated by the Giob,
thai the directors of the banks in Ohio
had drawn out more than the amount of
iheir real capital." By the Auditor'
report, il appears that ihe amount ol
eanital Block actual! v naid in these bmks
n December asl was 811.331.618 VQ,
: : ' - -
and the whole amount loaned lo director
and stockholler together, at that time,
was only 1,466.174 56. I leave il for
others lo apply the proper rebuke lo the
Globe for its slander or the banks and the count. Ul ihe circumstances oi nis lau
neonle of Ohio: but. Mr. Speaker. I an- tire 1 am ignorant. I refer to his insol
peal lo this House if a press whicn is
thus basely conducted should be sustain
ed and t-heriidied by (unds Irom the public
Treasury t
This same paper took occasion, not
long since, to quote from ome remarks
. . . . V . .
which I had Hie nonor to make in uus.age uowing in noon mm uni
House, and to say it had never intimated
that the Senate was a useless body. Why,
sir, the gross calumny heaped by the
Globe on ihe majority of the Senate, but
a short time since, must be laminar to
hit. 1 will not offend so far as to read
those slanders to the House. The official
organ, by its personal abuse of the Sena
tors, and repeated calumny ol the body,
did more than give the intimation allud
ed to. Did not the Globe say of the
Senate that " it dignity" w a impaired"-
it character for grave considera
tion gone" that its justice" was
doubted," and its power to harm by ita
otnst marked censure contemned, and
dcrideui
titi wa the U:t
re, tir,
gwage field by the President nffirial
press toward tha American Senate, and
yet thai am press now lias ilia effronte
ry to deny that it ever intimated that the
Senate wa a useless body.
But, Mr. Speaker, ia pursuing the
individual slanders of lha Globe, I have
digressed a little froea tnj promise to
show that the Government press also does
a wholesale alander bush ra,M and
throws ita poisoned shafts at masses of
meo-yes, sir. at the great body d Vie
Tcopte themselves. 1 beg le.ve now to
read that part of the article from the Go
eminent press which I before alluded lo.
announcing the result of ihe Senatorial
election then recemly held ia Ohio. Re
ferring to the district w bi b I have the
honor lo represeut in thia body, the Pre
sident's official organ says:
The bank held immense power ia
his my district, and exerted its money,
cd influence in aid of the Federal pany,
which ha stronger hold in that quart
than jo any other part f Ohio. It sue.
ceeded by a small majority in electing
olr. liond. Hie collector ol it bono there.
He may be looked upon a ihe representa
tive of reprieved Jebtort"
Afirrthe vile slanders which the Go
vernraent press had wantonly heaped
upon many of the mot emiii?n'l and just
ly distinguished public men of the chiii
try, Mr. U-ml said an humble individual
like himself should not complain, bu
rather feel honored that he was thus
noticed. For hiinlf, personally, he
would aay nothing: but for hi district
hi constituent -for the People,who had
honored him wiili their couqdeure, and
mads him their represeniatne here, he
bad oiurh in ssy He could not,perhap.
expres all the just indignation tha he
felt. My constituents, sir, (said Mr.
U'ind,) in every trait of character wl.irh
can justly ennoble man, are not see-oul to
those of any member in this House.
Willi God' mercy, and their own right
arm, they have been the bnildrr of their
own fortune. In every sense, they are
virtuous, intelligent, and independent free
men" w ho know their right, and.
knowing, dare maintain them." They
love their country, and revere il Con
stitution; but they have never yet ' bow
ed the knee to llaal; and because they
will not, the editor of this vile pre.
bloated and swollen with (nvrrument
patronge, stigmatize them at repiiev
ed debtors." Mr. Sneaker, should this
! liiroil I'ritiMt.r." Prinl-it P. Itlair. ...
er venture into that district, I do not be
liee that the People, whom he has thus
basely slandered, would consent to de
file their hands by touching him; but they
would rasmpnn him a scornful and w ither
ing look of honest and jnsl indignation,
which would give to hi visage a more
cadaverous aspect than it even now has.
Hut who is this man who thus impudent
ly array himself against the People?
Why, sir, he is himself a " reprieved
dr-blor" ol the very bank which he is
every day teviling. Do gentlemen re
quire proof! The files of this House
furnish it. A paper if ported or filed by
one of the committees of this IIoue
shows that this same. Francis I. Illair.
who was brought here from Frankfort,
in the Slate ol Kentucky, owed ihe Hank
of the United States the sum of 1 10,744
30. It is true il.at only part of lti sum
wa hi own debt; nevertheless, on hi
own account, and as security for others.
he w as debtor lo that bank, on the 30ih
yet owe ill No. sir. II mv was he dn
charged! lie compromised, n tnc ienn
tin which he was released are j:istiy
entitled to be calle.l a coinpiomtse, unit
were tho-e terms! Whv he held a clerk's
fee bill, amounting lo $37 42. and a note
ou l gentleman by the name of (Jratz for
$200, say, together, $237.42. which he
1 gave unto the bank, and was released
j from $20,744 35! N w, sir. I think
j franco, f. uiur may jusuy ue caueu
! reprieved drbtor."
... . . ... . ....
Mien settlement rroTrs inai oiair
was uiteily insolvent at the close of ihe
year 1S30. If his insolvency was ocea-
, ciuned by mislortiuie, he should be pi-
; tied rather loan condemned m that ae
vency for what 1 esteem a perfectly just
purpose in this tlt-na'.e. ue mid nun
brought to Washington in 1831, and im
ployed as the publisher or editor of the
Globe, whieli is made the Government
press. We soon see stream of patron-
a. -.. . t -O ....
Executive Denaitments. The extent and
char.cter of this patronage I have bernre
alluded to. In a brief space of lime we
see him living and entertaining expensive-
ly, and going till the rounds of the court!
oi-ieiv at Washington. If Mr. Blair
had no connexion with this Government
patronage, he might do ad ihi, and no
man would be justified in alluding to or
commenting on it. It i a high prerogative
of every freeman to do with his own as
he pleases. Bui, Mr Speaker, the sud
den change in the fortunes of Mr. Blair,
connected a he i with Executive pat
ronage, hi single leap from insolvency
to wealth, impel me to inquire if ' there
- !i not .nsth:ag ro'.un ia D.-aroark!"
Cpoa the whole, air, I think hia ease
most strongly illustrates tha neecity of
pasting lha "resdution aaw ndr eossi
deration, and. if possible, making a total
separation f lha cewapspcr pre, from
the Government.
At all event, if this ahall be foand im
practicable, wa eaa at least destroy tha
pel system of exclusive favoritism, by ia
viting competition, and giving the eaa
iret to the lowest bidder, as iho re
forming report of ihe gentleman from New
York (Mr. Cambre lens) and his fiiende
induced ihe People to believe woohl be
doi.e.When the retrenchment rewduluta.
which produced lha famous rfp-wl sires
dy mentioned, were ander eontidrratma.
the friends of tha then Administration
denied ihe exigence nl any abo, bnt in
viied inveiigaiiMi. and the ediin
passed linoi nnauimoulr. Now, how.
ever, when the reformers are in power
awl an investigation is proposed, they
ad:uit the exienee lh evil ref-rred
to in the resolution, but resist the inqoi
ry, bicaose, a iliry allege, tha abu.e
cannot he corrected
The gentleman from New Hampshire,
(Mr. Cush'naii) may deem, 'tin foil im
practicable. I do not. I would rather
follow Ihe example of thgalUit Col.
Miller, (of the gentL- ns own State.)
who, when nrdee.l ona penhm arrvtce
on ihe Nugars frontier, during lha war of
18I2r lid not say it w.s impracticable,
hoi id I'll trv sir," lo the comman
ding General, lis did ley. and h .
ceeded. . The achievement sot only ren
dered essential service ii'iiia'i C' Hut
honored his country, arms, and eleva
ted his own fame! . q
In the aurflipt which inVire-floiion
under consideration promrs. n- d nger
a wan n. but a great civil inooipli m.y
he i-b aiiied by in I invite ihe geni'e
man from New Hampshire lo ad-p tha
word of hi gallant statesman, wod, in
stead of thinking it impracticable.' let
him say I'll trv."
Hut. sir, we have been .greatly disap
pointed in the failure of this promised
reform in many other respects heides
that which regtrded ihe public printing
and the executive patronage of ihe pre.
An I, to establish (hia. I will elate briefly
a few iems, contracting the prerepi with
the practice of the rvformrrt. I.oiiating
the exampt Uwno in to vtp vrt.'re.Jy
uuuKd v, I may tf nt uojertiooa by
a division of the aubject into a taw pro
minent heads, flut, in the language of
that report, I am far from thinking I
shall now exhaust the subject; I shall
have only opened it " I pretend to no
thing more "at this, tune than to lay the
foundation of a system, to be followed np
and completed hereafter by ihe People.
The prolonged lessmns'nf Congres
formed a consptcuou chapter in the book
nf reform. The committee denounced
the usage as "one of the moat serioua e
vils attending the national legislation of
the country;" and. by way'of correcting
it, reeonmended "that the Compensation
of the member, during ihe firat session
of each Congress, be reduced to two dol
. . . . . . .
lar per day from and after ihe first Man-
day in April, if Congress should it he
yond that time. I hi wa the precrjpt;
now for the practice. I he esi-ina of
Congress, o far from being shortened,
have been prolonged, no remedy applied,
and the People of the country ought tit
know that ihe gentleman from New York
(Mr. Ca nbrelcng.) so early as March,'
1333. when an attetnjit'waa made to car
ry in;o effect the remedy proposed in the
report of the committee of which ha
;wai a memhpr, by reducing the pay of
inemner, om nimst-u actually resist and
vote against the measure.
Tl.e report alleged that abuse had
" taken place from the various and arbi
trary manner in which members estima
te! iheir mdeagf. ' his abuse was as-
; renamed to have been practised bv tha
I reforoicrs ihemelves; and they have c-in
lioued fie practice without any restraint.
a. I will give you. sir. an illustration. uiuih
may not be thought inappropriate. In
.i - i r
- ine uays oi
promised reform, the two
Senators fro-n the State of Missouri dif
fered in politics; one of them, the gre t
reformer. Mr. Benton; the other,, Mr.
Barton, who thought the promised reform
wa a mere humbug. The first session
of the twentieth Congress commenced
the 3 1 f December. 1827, and ended on
Ihe 20ih of May, 1823. These gcnile
' severally attended fie whole tea
sion; their per diem allowaore ,
40J each, being 175 days at $3 per datj
but for mileage, reckoning $3 fur every
twenty miles. Mr. Btrtou charged $J3J
whilst Mr. Benon charged $1,3 tl 63.
Mr. Barton charged hi mileage bv the
great mail route, ore- Urn). ,u Mr." Ben
ton, who wa railing out and condemning
all abuse, conniedjns miles by all the
crook and turn and tortuoos wio.l.nif
of the Mi'sUsippi Ohio rivers! Mr.
Barton was Mi at home because he did
not believe in tha propriety ot professing
one thiog and practising another; and
Mr. Benton wa retain-d to correct abu
se and carry out tha great' principles of
hi report on Executive patronage. Ten
year have intervened since the session
of Congress iust referred lot the renort
; sleep unheeded; nd, in the meantime.
j Mr. Benton continues to ejunt hie aula;
i