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RALEIGH, N, C. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1236
TllOS.J.l.E.tlAl, 5
VOLS2VII. IJO. 17
THOMAS J. LEMAV,
fUOPfilETOU ASD rCBMSlIER.
iDluum) threv.lnllart per annnm mr
h dm Iranae. Swhteribert in ef Arr Staler
eansot beallei ti remain is arrearalonrer
111 an one Tear, tt pertmitirtidrnf VMhoul lid
Xj Slate. ho may detirela become anbtet ihert.
' wilt be airiettv rennired to pay Ihe hnle
-w,H,.nnl!orita i ad.nee,J
AnvsSTMtsitsTa, not eeee"ic"1WeW1Wev;'
intertril ihrre timet fnr one dollar, and tn-
Ltrrss't lo Ihe r'.ilitnr muM Ge pntT irW"
I.KTrKllV.
j?Artn , W. 15', 1834,
To 'He lion. Manin yn Korea
your seat as a member of the Senate, in the tables against them admirably.
Governor Tomnkins. in his meesage. lie told them that ther hal nretended
announced, that since tlie last session to discover a good deal of that kind of
wa'nuKTTSeWTlwara he
consisting of Messrs. AVilkins, Van looked quite knowing atjhe VTce Fre-
Buren; ' and Piatt, were api'iij'el t sideut) i but that th. ir resolution a-
tfraft a. "respectful -answer. That an- gainst the President was a thousand
swer is laconic, cold, nd heartless. It times more" non-coiiimitiid than any
contains no sentence approbating the thing they had ever alleged against that
ii5uSe nothing- and the
'who hod the firmness to assert thy'n4jrelsLolO
MtJLXUKi,r,lt Jt"iVa,n no tleoun- to allege. let the henaie. he went on
cialiort of that GIemoniiTTl
plundered our property, incarcerated ins; this subject, backed ami directed
in floating dungeons our defenceless by the United State Rink, for the
citizens, and who by their wrongs had sake of getting up a panic pressure
Sir- During the year 1812, and driven -us Intake up arm in selfde- which should makefile people feel, and
lejiceAjuiiljet with tins vllicial iloc- hy Inghlening thein a little, should
lor sometime nrevious. Ton was a
resident of HoiUon. Mr. JamesTA
Hamilton was also a resilient of the
sameplace. Congenial spirits, .an
intimacy was funn-'d.' whirh has ri
pened into a must fleet innate and ten
tier friendship. The ties which now
hi -id you together areiitdissnlub"e.
TtieV are te fTes Vd jv
itEjBx
' .'!,-. feAM...t "" wnM .'" u. ...... ' lV.V?.....
lint ri'.-.' j'.--w.i.:..,T.:r'..fV'?!if(.
rallying -on ter diftvrent 'standards?
Injt renli, had the same object in
viow. If wan the design if both lo
uineiit, stari'ijj us in the Tac.-, vou are bring them into the war, wherein they
unblushingly pronounced a friend lo should walk. Then did the Senate
ai .i. a .
r ie iare war. iv - , , i.jiauiner resouni wipi panic memori-
v I hv following is your cbrHwg Ian- als, panic sp-cclic-, pamc prophecies.
guix':' an.i tne whole time oi (he Senate was
"The Senate fully concur ,wit'i spent, said Mr. Kenton, in panicking,
your Excellency in the sentiment, lliat.lt ,AV4s..alLiwteiiitHl.jii;Jieac.pitt.tthe.
at a period like the present, when our elecfi mis. he argued, in Pennsvivania
thought, and the subsequent banish- dence in addressing the Senate oh this to him no examples but those which "
mentpf the Consul, and cond miiatioti question. The honorable Senator were exhibited by the virtues of anti-
of the Prei leuf, made it still tnure from Missouri has, with his usual in quity if it did not show lu him the
?rJct' . 0ne hin5 Iy was wanted idustrjr, pronounced an elaborate aru- errors and vices and factions by
to niakc it complete and that warhittfmHt4ppar4
has onvred to the senate. I suppose well as the simplicity and patriotism
it to be theXyesult of long meditation by which they ettabfisheil it?. None, . V
and much preparation. Neither the sir, hone, " or here would our jour- "
time allotted me since this diicussioir nals ' be of any value, if they did not;
cnininenj;ed, U' the . t.a) "tf JP.C njLl1?' ! '?P?-'Jr, Jll?r v nr 'd our faults and "
has enabled me to give to the questioS our ttilUeV as faiihfully as they dn that' " " "
thFa'tterrttftrr4rmmts'i
iwTTtrdfSpoWiah'nT'a
should not Jii sullered to iiiiede or
nrevfllf unr iltiif cil and viiriirnu nun.
IiHcret the war) ol botii, to -bringj pi f f cnitu'ed authority of the
mj4i&f wr , C. baUuJlJijdcjjt j
S'utlii'rn menva'id Southern meas
ure; of both, lo destroy the well
cuttua-yacttgyjjOT the re-
'tiflT-rence "of opinion on absii art points,' jiritpt Ir nm'iaifyitT"tnmiSS'C9
earned popularity of ins. Madison,
and thus defeat his re-e-rtion.
Oil th- 8th of July. 181-2. and ad
- dres--f tlw "- Huilui federhUsts. was
published. The ohjeet was. t con
vene a meeting uf the party in jhe
county, for the purpose of denouncing
the Prednt and the war. Among
oiher federalists, it was signed by
. James A. II nnilton, and the conven
tion referred to,
Itesotveil. I hat- fte vat is tmnn-
nation." Consummate nimlestv
war in 1 81 2. lint" in 1 8 14 you had
abandoned your late friends. You
was again on a committee to answer the
Governor's message. How hnnfd
your tone. Speaking of Mr. Madi-Ron-and.Jii...cabinet.
you sny ".AHL
administration, selected for its itiitlnm
iin-l if virtue will, in our opinon,
prucute the war till our mttll'ipl'iril
wfxitzn are aomtsriK '.and our r2:
"i-ff." Indeed! how patriotic.
nut why was not this cliroverv made
in 18l"2?Vhy did you opposed an
ailminislralmn 'elerled forlts wis.lo n
its virluev ' A hy did vob al-
o (Dose elections, in lorm verv (lit
ferent from that in which it was origin
ally reported, and uhiih was the re
sult of much consultation and. plotting
the public voce should remove the
stigmi in. the one rase as in the other.,
Mr. Porter has the floor to-m rrnw!
- Nothing iinjHKtant in the House.
reuuan uay...-. u...
Mr. Piri!ertminfHfl tollable iiirh
cninlilt'l (Irmoli Jii-il llir Kxpunprr. Iiliiwn
hit arvumi'iii, iKr-hhih, ami lell him n.4 Irit
ol Ml m iiiwn.
ri p1 loito ill 'I not . emtli In tn lnrrn
mintlwrs at nier! I m nnlhhiv of II lair
an. I llir elie rful tier of Mr ltiH ul lvliani. I lie'
fi'iis iiilrllveinalm "lirMr. Siniili of Msiitr7
! llir pii itv finre l Ittr KmcrPit Me" Van-
fc-rnool, l Kiii'lii himV., n.m llir mit-
mi. llr, ill On- Unite was nn ihr iIiht. ami
Kvnir. I lie wrker after iin hr will iimi
liiiil, jr ilulv ruacoiinl ai II 'nl'iii', i l'inw a,n.
nal. Mr Wall rrail lltkwnil, MNiinr.
titltiMil Imiiiir' rrr llir lrar oflru ) lii.
rrnor lil prirn lnl ml In li.li ii, an l lor (Kr
iTlt iiper,kiie . Senatwt anil aieliencs miirr
the lledre I in soine ih nintrarril our Cotmlitalion. anv mnr than thr
yesterday wiili the Sen ile, I shouhl ,' is in its letter, which can be tortured
iiecline addressing it to-day. Hut into the slightest support or the alarm
mil ess I have lot all perception of ins and dangerous proposition which
ji utlu and mn utterly inisiak n as to ' the Senator proposes for our adoption,
it effort -wIwt-pr-eiWHtesI to tha wiiwjTLjiMght-JhetCoreL Bir, .welljirare-
ot others,.! cannot be deceived in bei myself the task of following the hon
lieviog that no want of atrei'g'h on my . nralde Senator f om Missouri through
part can prevent me from exposing, the labored examination which he hat
the utter feebleness
of the
which fhe Senator has assumed.
It is not surpris'in''. Mr. President.
position i m ule orThe-yote ot the teenate i the
(f f irming a u l nf il i il iil. ami Ii ivhij
al'lrrot Kilj'Mirmrt'-nl pr tlitxiltuinu jiq unrr
nrrr in iloinift ,m m ike II a elrar oinl to tru
er iiii'kriiaii ii"x
le arifiie l thai il h die I'ltr nf the Senate
AH This wis givenlri"ffi
courteous and elegant
i . : : ' --T
iuir.unnrre9fn, ana iw.'roiai..
; . iiTri imi iiw it. ir i . iii i imiw i.
i . . 1. a. ' . a - . n
oflfMw; ( .n il is ,o enier ua.ia-,. W) y Jid nt ; j8 12, p-ak of
ft was wi(h surh men thaf you
were acting dining the summ-r and
autumn nf 1812. in 'opposition to
James Madisxin jand yet. . your. -alhe-reiils
hive inipndonil v represented
you as thera ly friend of the war. It
is not a'o"e the policy which you' pur
sued in 1812, that I am anxious to
hold up to condemnation; but the
... profligacy, also, of assailing and tra
ducing the opponents of (lie war. alter
having aned in concert with them at
its romoienrementj and -not having
abandoned the-n until they and vou,
were defeated in the presidential con-tet.
The wh.de summer d aninmnof
181?, the ene-nies of Me. Madison
srere indi-fai'iraUle, throogbout the
tate of New York, in their efTorls to
prevent his ie-electin. Nor was
vo-i sir, a calm or an idle speetaior.
Vour d -nunciations of the war, and
i's aul'iors. were loinl and strong.
The papers which were siiiorted by
yon and yone friends, 1 do not al.
Imle to acknowledged ft 'fru'joornahi
were in the-constant habit of using
l.mguaie. surh as the following,
which is extracted from one of them:
ATj1isF.'Slir-ffrtOTVr-H-
itonifthirh en'rts ia'n war, wilhmt'
revenue, fi'iout pfpnra'ton, , anL
Million' plan, or w h preparation
worse than noit", p nuts a miserable
toa e,M: 5'f. Again.
Octiiber.!? JS JMifrfyj'Jif'. fr"
gat wnr, tour Aee't arhYiTffelftfge7'
taxrit laxr h?et b-nknp c,' 4r-
-?dintm -with btztpcttrtf peae1e--ge'$
rirhtn an- property; property be-
gtts mruian y," f-ry
I ii v mil you not in oi, p'K oi a--jjeogioaj
iiurj.'miiltipliedu'roiigs' and
se-ecurmg our nghtsf -'
In 1816 you was op n imiar com
mil fee. Peace hail no w.4ww pm
Thuined. In your reply to the Gover
nor, you sir "The war in which tf,e
nation has been invled, wan not onhi
riiUteo til ' origin, but surressOil
in its prnseou'ion " D-d vou. or did
not, know in 1812, thit "'he war
was -righteous in .its origin?" 'hy
was vou dumb" fnnnded on the sub
ject at that time? '
Mv n-xt lel'er will no'ire your
course in the canrns of Nijvember.
1812. when ron npnosed the rom:na
fion'it rot. ir-nry HHTgrs and oih"is.
as Jiresidt'ntijil electors, aed then
vour vote in the Senate, on this nom
instion, will be reviewed. Thee
aets are f ne snecimenf of your tarty
zeul in favor ot tee war.
PATRICK HENRY.
Stieh was the language of the pub-
1 a
stvie oi 31 r.
nenton. while his friends Lane, Alex
ander. Kverelt, Ulair, an.i the rest sat
m ar him in wrapt and applausive ad
miration.
And they'aTroT Thein Turft'd up the
whiles ol their eyes,
"And all of them cried 'oh law!"
Mr. B-nton said that the language
of the Senate towards I he President
during that famous debate, on Mr
Clay's resolution was paralleled only
by that of t ube towards Jlnlcizh, by
Jefftritn on his western tircuTfs. ahdby
i'effc1mmlKtTrrantirthwici
I tins. "I know something of the histo
ry of nations, Mr. President, ami ran
draw comparisons trm is pages.'A
M'isi acturaie ami classical 31 r. lien
Ton! "
This celebrated nra'or took occasion
uiirh defeature and disi
'usini'ss ci.'iimunity. that
alltfle lo ontiiiieiiiiial iirorrnliiie, ii mcliutei
III ilikr, wliellirr rintiiiitinxt or oilie wir
altlii, were nllirrwi-, thr Journali ol Cmireu
w mi Ul iirrscnt a ii-t niEillar aiiiM-araiwe. Iltil
llirf were iiitrmleil not merelt at Kiiulea li llir
melrralMvh'iK "I the enact neiita ul l;oni;r
bnl at Imrnn,, warienu afainal error. .
ins tlim all tlie rxdini-om viiliieet iiirnitucil
ini'i inn ilrh'tta, nir'H'h1ti-ifie-t!meT4epr..urri
hank nli "lo'irT, llir iirriilril',Vliii, an 4
lli-nl'l f. iler "lul. Mr I'lirirr aii he Imiilil iliv
cuatllie qnoHion nion it merits. He aonwilietl
I he Cimaiinilion, anil thnwril thai it -rquirr llir
Senile "m keei a reronl of H prncreili;ii" ami
he ilirn went into an inniiirv a lo hit
mrnnt er ally, by tliia n'qiiitiiiiiii A"jr um
Irllrreil man or wmnan (nut M:iine la Uia Sa
bine, he eonleniletl, wnnlil anawrr that iir,iion
as aoon akril, ami rnrrrell) : but tlie law-
mikeri. anil at llir Kenlleman finnt Mitvinii
rsllrft themr-th i'Ku-UiUi!rs." of j.he.Siniur
cnulil not anawrr it to rraililv. Aa fur at lir
emil'l niiileratanil it. to keep" in ant In rerinl
ami prrterre, in.lhe;ariise uteil by Hie (;.imiiin.
lion; n'h'T liTiiiiii"ii ilimlnl. cmhl tutml lh
lent The eerileinan from twaonrt -hn itt
4-no-tleHl4',lM.4iu--t'l aal'l-wJtBt-lt ew- frtt4
man, but hid lurtntlird nn ilrliiiiiion tn Ktibj
lanil il mrana bai h; Iteen Hated, anil ill Srnl.
in Ire-
Rifffe, In
iniicreil.
ess lo 1 lie . "inw the l.niiIHiilnm require, llir
-ilia ...IiK . Senn.nra nniler their nih,, in umleiaiaml thai
to remark, when alluding to these pro-; !"' !""-" '." !"rT'
r r .1 o 9 i- . 1 I land, nenoiia tnr i't pvreiiinn in Ihmei
Ceed tlgS ol the Senae. pr. dlCllllg 8.i k ,, ,jH,,n,l it in reronl ami preere
fli-aui.il H th Mi.,uulAiit nf lli. mil.!.. . 1 ... ' .
" --...ii. ii inr inline the eenlieman nom iiniiii
anmoil. ilt Im
d-nosits from the United Slates li.-tnlc , mean 10 tbhtmiie n tUfur " llethrn im
w.s no more ralcul-.itedtn nnxluce a -i di.iiiie,rr,ij ..fa i.mjreni d.i.i..rt..
. ,, i .i '"!! rtiaiduiieii. in llie niirniilMm 01 mlv. tlir
j.mi iml, ol lltr lft bniiart will. I be li.iMe In
:.. .1 . .1
Fi j'Uir i l nil- iiiiihi lllillM", IIIJII lllg
fossmg ot a pea into llie CIlCSpeaLe e'intlMiil erawirei mil allrr.iiona. aro..nlni(
.tv was likely to raise temp --t in r- ' ,ram ,"K",n 'I"" w",''',
.il " ..i r i, oi i i ... , mHlimt lull riiir(iii.in and ,eqiar
the A'hintlC Urean !" Shade of lilail ! t l ,ia, Mr. I'.irler aaiil. h.l been uti.ij.ate.l b
hat a burst of rhetorical xSlden lor! . Ilenmnat tiecial pl.-adin: the reavin i.f tint
And vel tliA'. i nlne mn.i.iu.l i t Ibai Hut Senaior arat asrire that the lour
. '" ifM..i.li tll.,1 lie . ... a ....
.1. ...I I : I .1 i i i. . iniTr wniii.i ne minium aKHiiiM mr a miirnU.
should indulgem nosuch loltv imag.n.l.n i jtb, nuld tWei.;. irel ibe o.b.r
Cwr?fntteHce of the Jtaflimare Patriot,
ff'uthingfon, flarrt, 2J, 1856.
KXPUNGING.
A FARlE Sckke Second.
Mr -Benton gave us the conclusion of
his introdurtrov speech to-dav. It was
in the hand of the printer of th- Globe
mi-Thttisdav-iifJast..w.ff k Though
less brilliantly attended to-day, the Sen
ate : Chamber bore witness to the real
of this firm, ronMstent, long tried, faith
ful, honorable friend of the President's
for his honor, fame and 'ftlorv I f
Rexto lie not President if the United
Stated 8fr Mstrrt Vxx BfBne.whv
hen Republics tvre ungrateful." let
wh-will gainsay ui
Mr. B commenced his labor nf love
tirtlay-'wi'h-a -detailed examitiRtwn i -f
th.it nart nf I lie Piesl.lenl'a ea.lii
lie prints fin this. Slate; which adyo- which furnished the Senate with the
,ftelyottwewft,aHtl ywr
ot..tiniiu, in inirr imit tf'tiMimn i ne maioiaineu ...mere Mas.no
-;was tiiine oy your a
. your app'O'iation?
'These references- are ma tie. for the several extracts to prov
p'irptise f shewing how the war, in not so, from the pro'rnt jif the Ptefi-
1812, "absor'ted your whole soul."
It Tias alreadv been reinarked. I hat
MroC!Mton was nomina'ed at a cau-
eus held in tin ilyhn "the 119 of May.
1812. Mr. Madison was nominated in
ings, tvo soch inainTirent fii"l)is! ; """'"K "
Ivintl soul! To re-COI.Rillcr a resolu'-J M) . . nouaneM an.1 i.r,,.!c iron;,
. r .1. -,i . c . Ipendurlo tbal illy and I denied Senainr, r.
Hon. Ilil'lght Willi so much disappoint-jIWiei-then rm onto (ire aonia (trwtiral II
llie it to thy atllllil illg auditors! l.iMrnlinn, i.tlli- latkmlr claiined l) Henlnn In
Thru ra'ved he against the Bank for "J V'' "lo k"v;" l,1!'"',ce,l ,b
. . ? ' r w inanSeari-yings boiaelo alinrv liable
gei'ingup the panic, then recapitulates mi kept. iUak.u.rttr.H.ra m krrp"inm,
lie tlie old Storv about the su ha 1 torn nd on askinxh.iwtbitbat been done. Iirrerriv. i
part played bv (he Senate, then winks ;f"r "J'.'''"' ibiny-tia
' ni . - . ' " neeor ln in Wediier'a il.itm.iaiy, ami thai at
lie a I IJ.air Who ffn, awl at Clay jnneiillbrarm'iiinf(iwatloentcloMly,"and
; bnnkr-tnpiiOMr-Hie Senator Innn Vlittmn i
who tries as hard as a gentleman ever ,h0 '" ""ld nt di. iimt web ibe
hould to keep his eyes iinen then b" Wn ""! " ' idd ihr
.-ii..r l ,... ..11 ...i. ... 'i . . R'"'-"1'' ''-om Miwhmi hke thai? Ami t iih
.J . . 1'. Ml1 i"r niiiiiKeys wim
a long noTe." lv tiirnliiriinVlTiV
where they sit wiih gapi,,, admiration 11
ot him. and telling them lhat the Bank I nn, W,.,,i u,w at the l..,k bad rei.j, ,i"
folks kept the Senate panicking here u,,"ncei l l'd m" been kepn hnv wmii.i
wllethey werel.ughingin their blevesJlh bin.ling on us to preserve them?
lliuintr tllfiild a nnml en.,.., ..l.,.H ..... . C .1.... , i c:. . i . , ' TTf .r.t-! . '. ' i V--r . . .
.....,.. . i,.,.... .tr 1,11100 iimi ni m juara wmn uir.i nan 1 1 i-aure oi neiore, iiiereiore, an much time ami
in a
public recnriU tif the roimtrvt t adler
and render ohsi ure tlie journals of a
lormrr Lonsrrem., 'widen are now the
public prnperty, and with which we
JlO-Vft itd sm slilutjonarconc
in in tins ii is an nuenipi 'o ooitter
ate the truth. - Yes, sir, to obliterate it.
For Whether (he vote ot the Senate wa
or was not correct on the occasion to
which the Senator desires toapply his
expunging pro. es Whether it was
live snlemnexpressutn 4Imte.0Dinion.
extorted from Senators under the high
obligations of dutv or. o he will
have it, ihe effusion of heated ami
blind party spirit, still the fact i un
double t that such a vote was giveo,
ami the obiect of the Senator is to
have ihe record ofJiat ytitejestrovel
ed-ihis is. to erase ihe irtnh from
yoiir record.", Sucirapiw'eng, 'ti.r,
is well calcu'ated to excite, solemn
roTtsttHTatiiinranica1lstorrhirexfir;
eise of every higb nn:ility. whirh ia-
triolTsin iSn exnect at our hands.
Mr, Presi lent, if dol strike me
while the . honorable Senator wns
speaking as must remarkable, that he
should take such vast pains to show
thi vote of the Senate wa .erroneous
and uocontinilional. in the instance
which he has sel-rted lor this new
pi ocss f ; Idsr-A - srnger,-5r, n
tern? these halls at the time h" wis
indnlgmg his x-al. nnd prarlis'ng li;s
ep'jhets on fh conduct of Ihe S-nnfe
which formed a part of ihi last Con
gress, would, I am regain, have im.v
gined that there was nm provision
in the ConstiMition'of t''e country
whiih renuir-d a record to be kent of
all the proceedings of this body w hich
we're constitutional, and fmbad anv
rerord being bept of fhne which were
in. vial'ition of the Constitution. But.
sir. that insfrumenf may be searched
in vain, and nn such distinction ran
be found in it, - The only norlion
which relates to our record . makes
none. I open, it sir, and what do I
see? . The imperative mandate "that!
each Il nise nhial keep a rtro'4 of i$
"roceefmgt." Vetr,, sir," if ifc votes
ano its resolutions are unrnntiti'ion
al are they not still iy prowtinen?
and Is the obligation less solemn and
at
year 1834, in relation to the removal
of the deposites bv the President, or
or nonemg tne neatea aiur exaggeratea
HcfHnriiairtTrfwir
TUi,of thoe bv whom it was given. Such
tiiscussiiin cno nave no n'oiuaoie ei-
'(tKCjtw?jW the
power of ihe Sena te to alter and- Ie
fare .the public rerord. It may, it is
true, inci ease party spirit, and flush
it to the peri etratmn of an act which.4
1 believe will bereaTle.fwnenrrea"4'll
resumes it swa v) be a source of deep
mortifu ation to. all who now partici
pate in it but it ran do nothing more.
However, sir, some of the assertions
and reasonings ol the honorable Sena
tnrjn this part of his speech to the
Senafe7inghr
noticed, ami I may, perhaps, speak a
little to a few of thein before I ait
down. My present purpose, however,
is with ike mmt of the question, and '
leavii'g to f he,r honorable Senator for' 1
time, the banks, and the panic.s&nd '
the ftsiile irater, ratrd Presidenrack-
'n-irrd h't?lorr,-nd thffld: Yeder""
a'ist v who. by the way. if ther hava
M . removal of the tleposits! TJie .'"ft" w.,l"7 ? hf f'?w b'nsi' so much energy were exhibifed
i "i'ri -y--.- ..-. joflJUHilinlinil river, lii llie Ui.iI.i. ,.i ... . rro rt'iiuiirn
Rank
sa'tl
Benton 'should liave sent rV:i .e. i th-a.
contrary lo ihe Constitution, He read p.?,0' , , ... ,
are made for the several extracts lo prove that it was , ' Bank was ilemolish-tl.
.'iLQ.,.tftjlsj."jyant here,, ami told kern." in rrmemie-on.ee of her trieuhii,anil at- acta, Ft1tlinnWA'"'fh1et)a4inM4onw'
them that the panic was all over,. nil .'V;
tnat if waa iniie to give over panick- i,i trMI , ,ni,i, .in,, her i,h k. . h"i ! mjs of the rhurarfer h- sunnoses these
ing." Us. TiarVaTiT JTane. ireTneTewTmrtT at wesw-tirjo be. Until he did thisrJilTexiHnina4
grinned Blair. Ilo ho ! gaspetl Cu'h- f"? fl"-: .".lim, A.eril.t h;0 nt0 their rnnsfitutinnalitv wn.
..... in nmiii -'o n'.tattirm na. it., i ...Mnj . i. . . . . . k , - ' ,
.1 ik. I . " i .- : : i e.. " i
ol Imir mil lo irtn!.. VimiIi the not in- nih a I "et-Bry anil irumess.
b-rt, while all ihe restJoined inJhe
AJarntts
Congressional , caucu, ' nn the 22d of
May, 1812 and here I have a word
fr your fr-end and' champion, Mr.
Ritchie, of Richmond. The o tl man
is good at a somerset. His present
support of you js evidence of the fact.
Do you believe, as he evidently does,
that Virginia ran be made to follow his
bidding? While you were thus op.
poting, Mr. Ritchie was.with equal
xeal, tuppor'insr Mr. Madison. On
the '12th. f Fifbruary. 1812, the Vir
ginia legislature held a caurus to
nominate electors. It continued, du
ring the evenings of fhe ISih and 14ih,
Andrew Stevenson, was Chairman;
Thomas Ritorfe, was secretary, i
- After giving the ticket the Editor
oi the Enquirer remarks, "It is prop
er to say, that but one sentiment reign
ed, through the meeting, and that the
owy r laui oown, whether they
and will
doubtless iinmeili.it-Jy relinquish their
tlent. and entered ini.i -n in.nm.ni i..! new-ChartervJ He senate was slrairk
hlw,w ih i.... .. .. r- i. dumb wuh delight on one side, and in
........ ...u. ,M, .'",3 t.W fHMU IWI .JIirj . .. ... .i , - . ., . . ,
accusation Contained in the relminn PXriCilt)le COtlfUallW the OtlteTf IHld fhe
a.tnnred on .....ilnn ..r f e TU h. ,i.- Gn at Kxpunger was the idol -of the
...... V.. W. ..... WI. T. II , IIIC 11 a , ....
Sehate. r - J. J hour: those who tlul, not worship him
TKn h. UZrTiti tU I001 of I6ve,. wed before hrm tol
lu.ionV Hid i, was .S;,u;7n V'W J
its terms. Blaming the President fur lhe" f.''wl laborrJ ..Wafory
an impeachable office, it sliJ not wet. f J ""'7 ?J'
shuw the grounds ol , the accusation. PT" f the National deb ! the
i. .it., i-.r .:,u :e . orginator!! of a plan for he uniform
tl Biiuoeu, niiiuiui Biicbim aiiun, to r. . e.i hi .1 . r
.n,i,.M .i.k- p.;.i... defence of the nation!!! ihe saviour of
vu.iuv ... ... a ....v..i, . .,, f .... n ..
and passed a grave censure upon thatCVT A . r .
0ir1ceV.witl.out ,,. akingout a case against fK U r It" "I m'.w'?Jom
him. V attempting to do n AuU a 1
peculiarity id illustration that may,,. " . . '. V I
well be called Benttiman, he said the i5 "V "Lfr61 fi,?n "n'1
p,H,ser. of the President in the Senate u.SlT'ZZT.
had made ud a oony nurse of guilt." II. Fv:",r7,.,V,,"rv
. ..-. .. anu linn vinuniir mil lie nail
into it, and all .u.i o"
con
lalentt oi tek a.,,1 .o sesWl'io think H.e7geneinah lias insde, 7fr lahgullge
Senate and nlnlieiice who were sotmilard with . t t . "J.""'.
lankier. k. iienton rM Ta tvL. ' "tfectly, palpably opposed to itt so
1
each putting' something into it aTn l all Tlft
uToS"5 e,t 0PS rate,ga,nhtrof h' popularitVAnd with honor
Next he fell into a strain of irony.
1 If ever any man was absurdly ridicul
ous when attempting to be jocose, Ben
ton, the Eipunger, is that man. He
!a like a tnonkev avlin k ll I.U tail
- l.,,T.I.,l.t.l . - . ; . ........- a-i.ci, intia
.ulTe,0-ncnatwxeelj-tfie higher heUmbs,andthMevotedness;andilhatwaaihe -Copso!
..vumiorvu,, , w.--w.ieiner ne would i more triskv he erows. the more na 1 a- of Rume. vhn had ..niinj ,1.. r-...
jble he shows his defect.. Most lugnbti-1 linian conspiracy, ami savetl the State
tooB mirth U Benton's. He was for Ifrom its machinations. Jackson and
ami love by a people who would never
be satisfied till the former had expung
ed the stigma they had dared to throw
upon mm from their records! lie said
there waa only one parallel in history tn
this most exalted instance of patriotic
or would not vote for James Madison
as7 President of the United States." -
Ofl th "SuV Novemberrl 8t 2rthe 1
f s'atttre - met ia f hi city for th p-
t of choosing electors. Yo took
making-out all thropposition the mo- th-C9ntfVRmiendoioontiTr4A,r m of 'i1- KSt
a ui tiar uivMos vvsiu tuucsu im tain- fiaTaUlf I Ul IUU comparison, OCHTOp
nnie, annnuK'l emietill, Heenlr rhavi ne.l In
t-e bit iet d. finiiion id -re.,g a jnurnal" lair-
ly lnlieil mil nf ciiMrnc .
"Hm ihe (renilemas l.nm Mitouri.",ail Mr.
t nnrr, "na great ictouiera. He !. frmrity
also, sir, is its spirit. It isirivin-r'tne
enlightened fr'amers of that instrument
credit indeed for little wisdom to sup
nose that the v contemn!! ,! mat inn.
Ini. mwmrm J.rT,-..l.- ..... ... . .' . " ' .. I " "
remember, nn Ihe fact that there ar- thmi.and . ,,e """""'i ! "'IS Constitutional
prmird co,.i, i of the Journal iiitn it.uieii by i T i njomj fiorr- wef e- many, -Z. They wit I
m!i:rltL,,r.rn'DJ''vr""'' "r1' readily Suggest themselves to Senators,
mamHcettH, -kepi b4 lli SeereUry beinc on l . i ! . 1
one it no im,.nH.,H k.. ii. and it is unnecessary to enumerate
dear eluei iiH bin of Mr. p ti.i, iaiiat laded a- them. " Among the most imnortatft
rjV'mo th,ull,,wV,,,"ulw,,"rt" waH ,he Pt wrvaiion of the evi.lence
The iTcnmen, f nenton lh.1 ihe parliament.-" of , f,he PU.b,ic Concerns and val-
ry ut;.e ol (irral Hi iiian. frum which we hae uable private interests which depend
'r iHirlamenlar, rulr, 'mna.l .....!... nrt .1. A r r . ' .
ih.re.ni. mA-iV; ""FN"-' Another
nd b. an antwer u..i .i.:i.f ui ... .ul scarcely less important obteet was to
lorce. ihe ennclntirelo.ee and irrciMable(tnw. Secure to the People BreCOrd of their
JlLZ .T V ,nm ","'MM,m .nf servants' acts and votes, so that a eor.
' 1'niBn nn intt munitHst oi "Kataninar mc . ... - -
jnn-nalt nf ihe lrKi,i.,urr: hit there mere lex Tecl l,,lgnt might be formed oflheir
p-iruimmuarta. In Ihn eonntry, it la a eonVHii-, conuuct, ami s justice dealt to them
iwnal reniiitHiont and e Inline. Ilr.iith parity .when the r term of Service etnireil
menlary usage Only vhen sol limited by the Con- ! ,, . . ,C'm ,erv,f expireil.
Mitmion. . 1 I he illiistrioos men by whom the in-
n... - k. ... .' . . . . . . .. . . Lt 1 . .
.tr. rnner tntittru Wai 11 ine preeenrnie ritimtme cnanrr Ol OUf Unillll WSS
f.iraited by Rritith hitt.iry are 1 be tollnercd, formed knew tvall Ika kl.i... ,L:.,
tbey klhoroUblfb)lo.;dihro.uxh.K.. He llieo ,0rmea w" lh history whirh
attertetl lhat Ihe limits of Commons had netrr PfOteSSet to teach, anil does teach by
toted to espnnre anv Ihlnv Imiej their Journal the lishts which etnerienee fueniatiea.
soaeemin, the Fieautiv.. When lhat bad been WAU1. h. . f,!...-,!
none, it hal alw,tt been ilone by Ibe hand of
ihe Exreeiiee iiimteif. ; o. recorded only the rood deeds nf
- l-SaaaaaaaaaaBaW W8S of equal in-
SPEECH OF Mil. PORl'EB, , portance it should enregister their
' " or KoriarAvi. ' . A..n.a ii..:- .v .
, "r' if-'--- , . . . . c.ivi, ,1111 n.c.r vnrn. t u ineT in-
UZTLl tended, theree. , that thereS
hich f iey made provision fo:
ton to Eipunge from th Joarne4 of th 8o-
aw the Kneolution of t4th afareb, 1834,
wa evui wtutu, a Jrw9 a . .
diaapprovinj of th Removal of the Pepoa- De PaCon fo wam as Well as a llgllt
w aiiurei nainseioL.knowletl.re
air. cniiM anv man am..:.. 1 J t- i ..
i. . n . , . , y v...., vj me pr - naioi your- proceeuingst anu il you
joined-tl present Adinluistiation. .re -
jiIJLiiui-imiiieU mto-tre -aemotratt of -ht
ald uckool- khall proceed to dis
cuss the sul j-ict upon tl o-e enns'dera
'ions, and tl os- .li.ne, by which, ' in '
iiiv-jew of ibe matter, a eorre t eon
elusion raitgbe obtainetl. ';. 5
Ami, proceeding to do so, sir, I find
it writ ten in the fifth section of the
!irt article of the constitution, that
e tch H iue sha'l keep a journal of '
n prtvceeitings7"aridr"froin 'time - fo
tiine, publish the same, excepting such
partus may, in their judgment, r
quire secrecy." Now,, sir, the first
question which noggests itself in llf .
inquiry is, what is meant by thrwort'. -''keep
a journal of i $ proceeding?'
To that question I know of but one .
answi r that cai be giv. n and it is that ' ,
whiih instantly suggests itself to everr
one, learned and unlcarnedwhoreafi
them, namely, that each House should7
recoid its proceedings, and preserve
tie record so made. If this be not
the true meaning I know not what
answer ran. be eiven. No other will
satisfy the object contemplated by Ihe
Constitution. For, without recording
there would be no journal, and, without
p.reseryii.ff the journal would not bv
kept. The lioiiorable Sehator ha not""
furnished us with his reading of thir
clause. He: has, ; to be sure, talked,
and talked correctly, of a variety of
meanings which befopg o the word
leepf but viewetl in any' other light ,
than as a handsome exercise of in
genuity, I could not see what practt. '
carTesulf la trttir'ktraiheitffotrt th.''
d-squisilmnj Isr. aner alllieXiTleiT to '
tell us what meaning he precisely at-
TactiuinhOf pressronsiteep a tour
fin. in mis, Bir ne ilia wisely.
They have one, and one only meaning.
.thewnmun sense -M aU. tiwitvkii,
1 heV . have . n,vir lml
(r,i .". s.. .:'
r.ngiano,or in Scotland
nor'tn anr ot ibe twenty four 0Ter- 1
eignties which rompoge this Union, 1
The understanding. of ihem has been
uniform,' whether applivd to courts of-
j''sfife:pr; legislative. bwUey v , 77i
Home than kern a teurnah the Clerk
nhall kerp a rteori, in .11 times, and
in: all countrirt wtiee the lanenaro .
prevails, have been understeed to wrfta
down what is don, and to firtierva -:
what is writ'tn. The einressioti. it
is true, js idiomatie, bat fr that very
reason is the tense unembarrassed and
perfect. It never was qneati(aaad nor
denied until the honorable Sor, in
this rash attempt, found it neressary s
to perplei and mystifr what utitil rtow
every one considered clear and in- -telligible,
;; '.
If then. Mr. President, tha plain
meaning of the words keep a journal of
its proceedings . ha that the Seftaf
shall cause a record of ,it procdipgs '
to be made, end preserve them, ia
there an impartial man wlto ran tlnuht
or deny that the resolution, off-red by
tne aenator is a raatnfest violation f
the Constitution? I think there i
notj for the effect of that rWatio '
will not be t. preaei-ve but to destroy. '
Doe it make an diirorenc. that only '
part of these - proceedings, not fA
whote, is to ba blotted, or obseured, or '"'
defaced? It makes none. The in
junction Is, that yoo shall keep a Jour- "
i.iLany other in - -i;
orYftr'elaf. 5P
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