,c'.f.n5-4st vi?t te'-.9r '-1v u-f
4- " .AVivflrafr-i nlfr
a;
II '
2 BoPBm
wish ta Cave We sferdiscnfmued a? the, eas-
" nirarion of their year will be presumed ude-'
siring 19 commuancemit .cnnnicriiiaiucu ?
Tot
three time fat nolU?tw4.twenty-fi?e'ceiits
for eacn wpequeji; -pviiciiun.rv vj9;!V
CTeater.leBWih5in thsame' proporjion.'. lf
them, thef. will be . continued 'until ordereq
M -it;
ON THIi MjNlSTEHTO RUSStA ) "
tion, foVvthe salirjflof a Mimsterio" Huia
befn iirideV consideration! Mrv .BqRfcES,
offUhodc Island Addressed the as
der air Vhlch'ha been saidt' bftli atjau t roe, &
ajrainst whateyer ha been, ad vaced by me in
support ni me nioiion nisue DTc Kr,,,l'rM,,
from Ohio.; W'rtB the Wulrncef he House,
it nfty be weU6 look' back fo the question made
by this yhovtiort t fotv gentlemen in ther. zeal jo
etucjize the f Minister orv to abusie those lho
doubt thev pcrrectjnesa of " li'ia 'appointment,
he departed almost entirely'' from thet matter
in issue before ; A J , y . J&
Th Ejection to .,lhta Uppropnat ton, and the
motion to $(rilte it from this bilhave keen made
because It is oronosed for the "parr went of a salahr
to a foreign Min?sterr wh6;by hi ommijo of (
I,epation or bv certain afcret. Brnciet j?iven jo
hon ia authorised to 'teate the Court w to which
he is aeoty to tfxW any cthtif country whenever, in
his oirn opinion, his health mar require it and
not to tfturn to Xhat;Coutt ia topp as, according
'ia the sam opinionit roa be'itfufiou to hii
health to do o. 5 We deny such Xnission to be a
"legal one. "we deny tnat the snlary provided by
law ;for foreign"Ministers,is, erpr cai be due ,
to any man sent abroad under ttc-credentils
' vith M.b ptrhrileges reserral, ftiwr:such powrra
g anted to rnmr not ta the 'fin ((lie but o his torn,
use.' T5 objection' -tothis,appropriatioi has-
tiereFre not been made because the gentlemkn
wasi when sent tibroadV nd " hal long - been, a
valetudinarian or because, if then n;heahb,that
health exhduated by tbe toils of dipJopiacymtght
reqnire refreshment by relaxation and relief frum
publieerTice?-No, ;Sir nor, because that re
lreshment might: npt.be fnnd'unlesf under
inihler sky. and by removio to a more - genial
climate than that of Russia .i;ch things may
excite, as thev certamiv 1)ave exciretij tne spe
cial wonder of the,Natiojttnd they are, . and
they will be ' .very , proper topics of - de-J
bate, when conjudermg tivej state purposes- oi
this-mission V hut Vheyvhave notv been;, nor -will
they be 'nude the giyuiifo of objection to the ap.
nropriaton ofthisUem,inthetbilh,' , '
We object to thia Salary lan iiccount of the il
lepklitv of this Mission, an NbecauW the Secret
tary of States knowing the feebleheaUh of&Mr.
.ltandolphknbw"mgJiatinbility . to attend
to the . IfiboriouSjdetaiW ot thal public ser-yice-kno
wing that his const mrtion 'coiild 'not
endure either the winter' mmmtr clinnte of
Kusia,dtd invent this mission, and did' advia the
President to seVd out this, gentleman with cre
dentials as Envoy ' Extraordinary andj Minister
Plenipotentiary ; 'of the-Uniedt States gt, tle
Court of his Imperial Msty . the Krnpert!vof
iiusia ; ana ai nie skuic iiiirt;',iv, j,'! m ' vmi
niission, no matter for what .'causcto r&d
.surlt . Mioister, "vinj whatever country he?Pfight
'.cbiwte to resides vSuch a missio;catriot be form
ed Mich a MinisteV cnnote sent abroad,either
under our laws or our consttlirtioil, o ihder jthf
usaceaahd laws ofNaliorts.s' the attention
of the House, tlkerelpre, t the enfnrj',heh
er this sahtrycjm.4be.tf6 vfort n illtgat nd ' vtpd
M.ssion i whether it .caTf.be; duft a v a mtafitu.
meruit,or i pro rat compensation for.theervic
which Were rendered at ,the Court; of Ruf siai
t -.,f-r - .''.nil 1 . J . I.. ... TUl-V
lOfi oj all, wuetnern can ; De.aut,;ut;4uc;jiur3
mission taav'uubxervt i certain purposes, Jdghfa
wful to the Secretary of ,$fate h Ptty M1
enquiries can, tojthe best purpose be-.mdc; ilf
is proper to givesomerrepiy to :,wnawi-oeeivi
liered by several gentieineu agamst tijis- moiion.
These gfctUlemen have said lesfto'sxippirt.: this
anpiopriHtion,' thanO impugn ; the motives' tf
those who tpp6sedt. . ;'Vitbmysmotiv these
gentlemen are welcome to armise themselves
The storm of their tabtise-'past ?Over ,me, as v the
winter storms of my rflative Ne15frglahd have
often passed 'Vtr the' humble h dwelling of my
boyhood, without shaking tStone feoni tlier chim-
ney, or s'.aning a sning'ie on .uie row.- .i iwve
too much respect for myselfti? believe lhaVthey
liiive aimsta roe'Jrom thevwantonness of maJice.i
but -A-i believe it yas done'simply . -because, they
couitt nno novmnpr to say taore appropriate 10
the qwi: v,ssrL 1
This motion' has been 'jrnRde to prptect'he
rights'of tlie- fiction .'giunst the encroachrne rii s
of :powrTloe, who Vesisf "uch . encroacii
ments ar.d assaults of power, musfalwayhxpeict
to eiicourlftrryociferous,.
uries. Ihave -nt enteredjthw wVlfare without
' ceuvthisr Vii cost f A School of high atithynty
tail;. ht me IM V W'-ife; Wat of aggn. s-ion v He
alio takes th;e iword-AhaU perish by Itiie sword'
hut in a wartfdefefvcs'ct, Uim who has 110
1 ord sell h'K cofind buy tine, V', 7
Mow then has our defence .bencmet andn
swered ? Mow by' thel gen'tieTn n.frtmii Virgin
ia ! Mr. Ha r liodiJ!) ist ?iof at;!-. am accus
ed rf ohcting tothis,' iihprprwtiotrbrcauiie
it is tortlic use of' "Viiginf dU1' in tiu the.geiw
tlf man 13 utUf rl'v miaf aketiA'I tmfarm&rAiimLot
tins crrorip ' few momeRt5.itfiet. hej. hadtakerf
... j . : .' .PL ... .'-j . .
his sent. (e 4,aft nutwitlfstitnding.: lireiUlo
Jim u i rrntr m punt. sunervroe-dHr,.; in .frv
place, and hetore this House, o ,'proleKt Vigainiit
ttii procedure. The ecutlein'e-wht'tijiuit
tbi-n, .anu who do me the hwiior to hearme'Tiojl
J'kti DottAR per anngTntlbnfr.half iaaynce4
i Those Vho do noCcithV k thet tWf:
1 1 Vi new, l,vat-1 SJ4!d MO ch thlbtndiitiittita
J hotild hae cothpi-to rrgr,t, coul'l.. pyoV of.the eaniiquafcei, amids. the 'ruins tof unr
I iHleman's Mtgrubn axa'rtst me, ahdltif
I ; Hide ibh rt under the eve of ' the uUoU.
I H I know,, cannot be done j " aiid 1 Qiuatftuf
wuihiBi- made tlie nrmtfrl fui.rtmmurf lite
let the imrmfatio: 'wherever ttis speech isreaa,
without tny correinlonAfitsirOTs.
U'll AiLlcll CTC'llivrTi iuw, f;uvii aiiav, p,""
loot much moral h sentiment ni n; iVirgTnis, to, f et
dewjf oneof theiif felhiw- men as quite go stupid,
or qute sd maTeyolentV-1. sV V -f' -v 1
?vThe gentlemari afteces J that". I consider this
'. . - ' J r . i xtt Tfi.;H
might have .beeiv saifl bvJme.becjAiseT believed
ijt to bertrue- If said, waBt said,ijr.cnnld it be
nterded frt derogation of Virgmw Virgins
retary ? f 't did not," fand nb-' man -wiU intimate
that Vfrgjahad eveq looked With i afvorable
i?ve 6n"thi9 bribe,'this sr)lendridJ,betoVmen.---
Not those who, hear, butthose' who listen to tne
Rncr ot ue avren. ana are- aiuirea .tdt, wi t'i-
V. 4 . ,, .. I.;
cn&nimem, oecome neoasea nv.uietrrnjpiw""?
Siil froari tberadle to.lhe'B-rave the ntice
mentsof pleasure, beset our youthf the .totis H
ambition rtc s.pread A or our TigorfHi "jnanuooa j
ivnd in old agetthe honest i amor. .Aaten&j when
ail Tne,r loves are frozen via , tne: neari:- atrc
the dim; ey. to gnjse at, anp the , sum ear o
ten to, the glittering heautieand jjroldenrmelo.
dies if avarice, a Are we, dishonored, because.in
.the.laniiageof Sir WmJones,. vice i per,
mitted o spread her Snares ayotmd. us,'.that the
triumph -of vii-tue msv. be Imore rtConspieuoua;?
The ermine of the iudere'is: not tarni vhed bf cause
1 some unpTincipJed litignntJiaa' craftily profTered
J a bribe to the conrt. ; ,The mame of the insulted
t,ncreti;i has arrived to u s after a jntirnfey of more
than 2000 yeats. ptisqjed by. time, ot.by the
breath 'pt' anjr one ,of thV niiUions of millions Who
havepronounced itf That-naroe, Sir, -like, the
Alps of hek bwifltahr whose' tops nearest to
heaven ar;e covered with leternal snow; is ;the
monument , ft imperishable' pdrity while . the
name f Jhe treacherous and cowardly Tatquin,
with infamvi, w!U be, as it has been jt throughout
all time, the, name if whatever i most vile and
odiu(i&1 .'sSuV'iyirginia Liaf not dishonored ; the
jiriiiicr, unci nw ine-iempvea, win suner uic iiv
'v"?T1je gentleman trom Virginia fMr. 'Barbour
would tJterthrow our obiectionstothik app o
pri at io nr by' eulogiai ng t he, man Kent pn -1 he . M i s-
sion. . lie auuqes to tneimoitumemsot Hwiwn
dolphs fame ; and lest mpn might call on him
to shew where they arf, be has placed' them in
the hearts of his countrymen, were no being but
yf thesearcherfpf hearts' could discover , their
existence ' What indications has Virginia given
i in i. inse mooumeni.s are, wiwcue gviiiiciun
h"a4 loci ted them ? He h& fong been a Repre-
sentatrre in Congress from that State. - This is
something in bis favor t ijuf frm a State so
longsepatated into districts jt is not conclusive.
It is confined to his chnVtitHPnts,andpnly proves
what the gentleman himself has otten asserted
bit tUs,flr, ,hat never had man such constit-uems.-
He represented be whole State in the.
Senate4-tme i but this was for ,the fragment on
ly, of a term. Why was-he- not -re-appointed ?
The-interest Sj-the hnnorvf snd high dignity of
Virginia had bee a. placed bmler his- guardiaiv
ship. 1 pioxv oid he perform the offices created
by these trusts I r f list conflnct as, Senator from
Virginia was brought before-the- Ijegislature' of
that Stte, on a questiom ictnceming his reap.
pointment. In this great Areopafrus, thsn which
none- ia more dignified, each judge, if. he bad a
'monume'nt of thisvman in his heart: or his house.
read ttie; inscription -upon iitu bn ' svhat w:i he
tried H Not on. its political jcreedhei, did not
suner, as me .Best or men nave, tor-: Beresv.
Hisfaiih was, fori every purpose - beneficial to
himseljt aod his wprV alone were brought
into question. On this question a deep and in-
terestiag. debate-, arose. vTe entlemar. may
have bea present and heard! it ; or if not, as it
uas publ?sljed he must have read it. It belong
ed to "Yirjiin'a,1 iid was a part of her great com-
monu'fcinu concern nor would l nave orougni
this wholes'iimcexample jof family discipline be-
?ore xiie nation, naatio' nie euiogisx m tnis .fro
wartl son of Virginia told ws.that the monuments
of his exploits were'ln the hearts of bis country-
firm the tentleman's?88ertioh . He was.weigb-
ed and i H mene,- mene" ttekel upharsih' w;s
written on all his .monuments. ' lie w a reject -el,
and a -distinguished, Virginian was chosen Jo
represent that State in the Senate, and n-store
he ancient honof and dignity in the councils of
the-najion.-y t. . , tff - -
I'ask again, where are the monuments of tm3
man's lory ? v. Has heimprovel his native state
in the ) great arts'of civil life ? In agricijiUuTe,
his own peculiar vocation. '?"lt has neve' bee
s:i,dfhim. Have manulact'ures bf en -fostered
by his! encouragement? . Sir, the rcry name ,is
tKliousj to him. 'The kheen, i tbe most innocent
f: al ifnimul.Vaf'd supplying! by its'wool the.m:
tertal for pevliaps our most oseful manufacture
4--the irh'eep is so hateful. t( himl that, -with sll
.the'p'tietry of the golden age in his blod, ,.thi
gentleman has said V Iwafiid go" twenty nnf cut
of myti&yJo kick a iheepJ Commerce has been
asfiuldrencouTaged by him as either of her sis
ter afts in our family of. nations - industry. He
is'0;?e'of a ciass-of men now grown quite 'small
in nurj country,, who despise trame tutu, trsioers ;
and wfrrtifd have considered- Cosnio de Med'rcis
the pnncely merchhnt and founder of, Florenc-e,
s nqbettej? thaiv'a linpedUrf He is literaiy;
the fnufs o? his sage councils t the laws origi-
natedj or sittained by hi$ th?qnetce; j and which
will carry, his name to pobf,eiity as ;a" patriot
I statesm-Aii .? When the genlleman shall .point to
inese rnoHumems, and snew; inm; 19 oeiong io
jir.. rtthdomu. , he mv- realize 'a fame, some
what less fugitive and per inbable than" mere
L words. ; -
wotds-
' I fwjcenifeman arntn. v.irgima r.yir. jianwuri
wotddj parry mr op(vitloh jo ...this sa!ryM mere
nwhtjcal account : and says t am ;oppoed,' tp ; vit
ptj& uHf M CA-lUndolpht oy ei t hr e W; t he fabric of
teJeraVpowero Be it so f let Uie m:in enjy tne
chiflie ha doknei , Lhad no' sture jitiapiiw-er.u.hkhyi-cTy'citiiead'id
not eqnalh enj-jy.
iv trHve flieno1 nonor-.'iio-emoiuinm- -t iu vm
i K. , 1 . . " --..-,( -..'.. t -.. 4 . - ; , 1. .
believe, and t think.tboxisanJ33 mhoaidedjn-i's
UvcMLfftit'.' f tint hUVelVlhat ailV fctniC-'
vvrttrqwxo notnpw beleveitti
tote, jiincchat time greeted -1 on '
gtyeii;-holier sanctnary. to the -. C
a indite secure,sfielter to the f hts
its runs shs
gtyen;a holier sancin'af y to the ..CooitutioiTj' Or
a mdite secure,sfieltertO thehts and liberties
of Ibejpeoplelf ijds gintVrrtrtiTik! .'Vrrp
throw; that fabric, he coud:nt btify ' nnder its
r'uiijhe ffWKt prhicjphys-iofjthe' ievolutioii
itTnon and indepe-ndeiiee' tlie Sflf.ga1 ofitny.
cntu t f , t pp.i uicai c reed 01 -every. uou r on my
Jife) itut pot s one rlp. . be forgotten'? tlianf the
saintdd. Woip which hourished niy i.nfa'ivcy f
NptejHluTcdy, a shout the powet, orthwiU ' to
mrcaThinjrle stone 40 fear a he w ed.fic. Ntvf'
nil Htni ui m-v nirnto niiost? iimvK, itigt:i
ntor-ritv'i';.,trtt.st-piOAt$':Vbut'',wiiat has he - done fo
advance' leartiHig, morality t of religion 1 Iu' this
HouW, vhere he so; long'lHid k Seat,' where, are
I . t, HHi iiiu-uiivnian outtp,wnitj couiti iw jiuiki,
it ils4pLice 2SiK'k',;en'd:iydigbl tfifst-daVnel
ifn fftfc world aftrr Ui eve'nt.rjohn Ilindo'roli
L
ogized. !t lie wiO be ceroemberedJ when 1 mudi
better . Vjirginiau and!; perhaps the, Jteptleman
hims'Hfmjiy'be foTgotat hnthe will be re-
mc;iucrvif mc yeara;oi muatrat anarntmswu
famine are membere'dl when those of plenty
and prosftinfo are frgotten&He . may five in
sToryi?- hut not,ike Washington, 'V in the hearts
o hi countrymen" fjsy ' " ' y ' ',
v I should have sa;d no' more of -4hp .Secretary
of Iegutlon ,haUlot the gentleman tmnsmated
Ws cmfirrriationtby the Senate int0 the Roman
ceremoniklqf bestowing the Toga Virilis. ; Tips I
toga, this gown,, wa tneppen tomm, , given
annually by Ml the Romans to all their boys, who
had, during the year, arrived; to the age of sev
enteen, years fiy this classical allusion, I pre
siime the gentleman intends to assure , that
Mr, itandoiph's Secretary of Legation ha fully
arrived at that interesting "period of ;his life.- I
had asserted he was twenty-one, but I willingly
admit uie gentleman's correction, - :
; me ouier gentleman Itrom Virginia, ' lrj
Coke) has rejrd orced hk colleague. W;II these
gen,ttemeh never have rlt-e with mistatmg raev
Have I reproached Virginia Neversir, never !
When apea king of any one of her citizens here
I have spoken of him as anr American citizi-n.r
uen cpraKing ormai.rate, i nave, on i his
floorv ct'elsewhere ipokeivof her as one whn:b
poured her whole Snurtan snnl iritoKe RcVpIn
tion, 'which sent to the held f conflict a band
o,f patriot warriora," who have filled "the.world
with thei
th. ber??
tory, Telinquishecl, ber territorial . claims to an
empire, prtferringio State fiectfonal interest the
omre gtorxmis objects of Union and independence,
f reproach Virginia.-1 ; Is it j.t the birth place,
is'.U not the burisl place, of Washington ? Sir,
who can reproach th it mastfriunate, most con
secrated .region, or even suppose the enormity
nosible. ' and bone to be forcriven
I have, as the gentieimn svs, abuse'f thd
Presided t and his Machriavelhn policv. t have.
spoTcen'of: (he ."President as of the first dignjtaty
of the nation, and in no termsTof disrespect. I
have -alleged, that. Tike monarchy ih the old
world, he has been advised by ministers iand
under thnt advisement, has permitted those mi
nisters to furnish, in his name, his annuajl mes
sage to Congwss. "Will th gentleman, pledge
his literary reputation, upon a den in, of this al
legation ?" I, have s:ud the PreMderit has been
miscouAelledf hn shfFei edhis confidence to be
;uused by an artful Minister ; aau ,that, too, in
this very appointment , I -put iv to the gentle
man. upon -his conscience, to sav, whether he
believes this question could -have come up, in
iSi House, if Mr. Tazewel had been Secretary
of St.de , ' . V L
"Of the'Secretriry of JState I h'avei spoken, atd
win speak, I believe he meritf. He is a power
const it utionnlly connected with the Executive ?
butJiowiltkctbe parasite plant under the shelter
of the' ah, It hns crept, and clasped, and wound
itself around the trunk, splie above spire,' until
it overtops the loftiest branch of themagnificent
tree. ...The leaves of the Ivy wi'J soon coneesj
those of the oak ; and, unleasthc insidious plant
be removed, render It a saples- trun"k. !
The gentleman recommends to us charity
Christian charitv. vhere does he learn, that
the delinquencies offtulers are to be r'tsited on
ly in charity- ? While the .Messenger of- divine
charity wept over the coming ruin. of. his nation,
ilid he not svert-ly rendke th(se; Rulers that
generation f vipersv&tinging and poisoning that
nation, and hastening on that destruction, i i
5iiv We are- charitable. .The people have
looked on in charitytf Charity his done her ut
mo'st. ;Her f mantl has covered a multitude
of sins ; but the brood ha multiplied, and in.,
creased in fize, andputgrown the covering.
Tlds gentleman unites with- his colleague,-in
eulogizingiVirginia. It is all .supererogation.
History has done it justice .T he lofty-niiitded
matron,we .knew," thought, well of herself but
no one deemed her quite so proud.ais the gentle
man has announced her to us. . In gelding- the
broom,, or scolding her household, she my well
scorn. Neptune's trident,, and Jove's power to
thunder,, aa the gentleman nys he does and
some of her children have given. us fair samples
of the family lectures.
All these gentleinen agree'-ln the 'argument
tirainst this motion, drawn from tne incompe
tency of this House -to question this appropriati
on. The President and benute, to whom the
CriBtitfion has confided Oui foreign relations,!
have, thev tell us, established thM Legation
4
and tpis iiouse unii.tn, ns mcy aim in,, rouse
. ... . . ... .1. .... . at .. . . . .
this appropriation in support or it. Are We plu
ced by the People as the constitutional keeper
of the public treasure, and vet bound to follow
every Executive call for their money I Is it our
whole fiscal doty to obey orders-', Md grant su!-
skhes ! Does not deliberation,': and 'debate; ai:d
discretion belong to tfvs ..UoHsc;f;?Ve can grant,
and-.every power wiutji can granii is, oy us ve
ry nature, endqwep wnn'tne pewer orretus:.,
Sirlour power tt refuse appropriations h the Con
stitution-d check placed to our hands' not to stop
hut -to regulate tne movements ot.ihe rxccip-
tive. without,' this power ani! its, discreet -..and
diligent usevthe nation would -be,af the disposal
ot the-'.President and Cabinet GoUncil. , -
Sir.' this mission muv h; regarded as the com-
meuci-mfeht of a system of sinecAvre appointments
of salaries w ithout ,a.rv uses. Sent io-one Court,
where he did noihing : and, ,in the .exercise of
Ins noweTS, gone to another; where he can ..do
upiQing, wuai serviiic is rcijmrctf, ur was,
could 6a expected?; fro in him? Vhtrivbe Mall
reiurn, next Jm, what will6 he liavetlbne .? His
niUHV zetuvus mcmii? oj, inn uinwj , ji,
rtieiv'be receive this .salary, he will -receive it
WiwiOtW service or any-Kino i rjineneu. 10 uir na-
tion' I torMti Tli Secretary i tloes;avrw, i i t he
Message, that the, " miwer-to luave tlu Kusstan
c'otifi for the adtantago of a more ceniul chmate
Va givei'i to lrii Rmdolph Hi ewiaideraCoti of the
extern JO" wnicn auis consmunwi i iiii
paiced in the public sert ice,V : W bat were t hose
Vrvtcs4Theidrities.of -a member of this Hoiise
Uiv'of the Stnate, iand for which heTeceived his
legnt compepsajiqn, 'uaeevery owter - menioer.
Wi' jus const ttuuon im piureti.' py. uese, str
'viceTHVere''o6t1the.tcbnstUu)onsf, others 1m
oaiietK'and" even their lives veojviumie!, in.' ik
'Vetvicea h Is this f-entltman, alhne, telcf tcdjiir 3
extent tb whicii fbis corutitttfjonhaw been' tm
paired bytiMe ssricca,' receive in owe year
tlx?. Mirrcot loyj hi, -rr is: Tpe.is
YKKVJif tliyiL SKHVIQE ooilr records,
rfow manyhearl abf RcVolu lonafy silUr would
this haver xriadeglsid.t-riAtVKowr-inany;abodea.-jof
the Iightorjoyi and bright oyoulliele rhe nt.sket ken bmtC-dqt 4,, , w wr our motiJ!,.;, S . .-J? ' i the frontiers of ,the tieiihSurilik StSSVi.
ingsof how maaypiow ready to pemh ? Such almiy-beent to NeiVrYorkatKlamptysatfy theL, , v. , I j;k -'o ii 1l V '
-r. -:..:-L. -...... - ?, f ..z-i -ii.jj ' lJ.-.; ... i -v . -Jf . iiV AfelR-.a-. ? t ht hfb iitr. ftri.l with urma. s ine setentTof thft GpviprTTi
bwflje mabe extended tdtke to1 theiCoiirts uf.dl . , Jh' ntWn.ivccuii moF depsmite ve Nvy utf tnviiofur adimejBUV1 v serves to maintain Order andidiicipKne.-. 1 (i
ctyitue Jiauons; tohe forde tf onide; fyonr.the q'?sth to fcrhig W"ibe jlabate dr v ! j. 1 , ' - v - " - v' v f 8oIdief W been thol fot ' insdfcard'r- A J?
I prMriansv:;;Tequiijng4 n resin ence, either Uear j
f -ct pr icius- wi - incioreign power j' ji
formarity of s.visit and a presentationniiay" sr
on h.s plantHtmn - -t t?k
W-B.t scheme.of speculation Jdoes tius system;
open to the criftyt and unprincipled tofmeo- al
ways, at jpfiarket ..either. to sell themselves' pr.'ta
buy others i By this, uhstoble politicians nfevery
variety of creed -may be'kept to the true faith:
jj.f,""?."'"?" ween .partisans, snip-yrecKeo
W pnnciple and fortune, my; b? tvrexVinlo port,
and laidTup pnd' preserve q. for futurV use,-' 'Esta
blish thi svsteui, sir and add toJit'aQovern
ment TretVvry JB.nts and tlve Secre'tary might
buy into the .Presidency 'Ub yonwwo .rni
nej ; nor, like thjtiljmn who-lioiight the Im
perial Put-pie at auction be obliged to lay down
his pwh gold and silver for .'the purchase.! Shall
we; sir, through T-any fer oftraiisc.ndihg our
jnnsdictioo,.glve!4wranctiorKjo such a system ?
A. bolder sta,na than w no- required v a tHkerj
1G years agfrrhis florby an Honorable mem
berjow in oiKce, and presiding over the deli
ber .lions, of the other' !!
will, said he. voe no jpt r.mri tion. fop the
Nrtvy until the 'Secretary 'of that -Denartment VA
jcuiwcu. jj' n wai. wawne resun ? ' i he secretary
IheappTopriation was,; under consideration for
v.Miji imo eneci ine-second ti-eaty WitJGreat
Bi itahui Mr.' Gallatin' deftlaipft". .1
that a ffeatjf'bad no bipthjig .force as a law, of the
urxi until such an pnpr mtioni Were made1 an
mi in is iiofuse, hoiumg rtlie power, to control
Micrva)propiMtions, !ieI(litictcmsttutiol pa,w
er of rejecting treatit-s.; Mr;rMadisf,n conielidd
that this House hadlh:.riirht to iinl .
thee.xpedieiicy of i treaties : and, as hey S mfeht
fin? public fith will nof be touched in jour fo-
reign relations u .wr.tundolph should not receive
agpaiury ; lug, resiung in tntanrt as minister
to: Kusta. Has the gentleman from Virginia
(Mr. J. is. ItiirboiiB) torp jiten that the motion to
strike out the Ciiacling tLuse of the bill appro
priating s'al.ries for the Pmama Mission vaisus
ta'med by six iy-onff members of hir Hawse, and
that he hirfiselfwith nine of his cj11yaiUfs, Vot
ed for it I Will gentlemjin stit! contend for their
own incompetency tiquesipn this appropriation?
sir, we are, oy tor. Constitution, vested With a
l.t 1. L. . l n : . A ' 7 . .-,--;.
mu tumpt-ttney ana .aiscreuorr on these ampor
l ant matters ; and to these constitntionaS ntiri
hntes of this UHie has this motion been ajldressi
V is humiliating, but I must reply to'te gen
tieniMn trom New-ork. ; t or - mVselh IHwotild
e.t him pass. It is a kind of DonntVan Umue-
raent, this kilfuie: flies with h
won hi I say, with the commiseration'
itionT ofsifJocle
Toby, to the little buzzing mconvt nicnc'(w
I have him hi my hand,) " Go, pour ins-jfct,
hen
the worldds surely. wide enough for ttf'fcc ami
me.".,... ... i 'n . - . ... - k.
I have, some anoloev for eivinc sum af iention
to the spb of the gentleman from Net '-Yurie.,
Tlie plure, ihowever it may he filled, dves'give
a kind of character to what is';said ordie in it.
No matter howu't-rry inconsiderable, - r even
coiitemptjbje a person-may be. wheneve a con;
stitutionaf portion of the proplevhw? ph6ed him
at one of Jthese desks, replying to what Jie may
have said, though it may .not be very creditable'?
yet must be excusable, many Membc of this
House, flhe Unmans were wont to nlnce 'is
tcooden imace in their gardens,.. the special pro
urpiorwme piacc ; ana nortice .nas rfatd to
l .1. . - 1 - . ' ii r:
us tne soliloquy M one ot hese lionjiiui'deilies
wnerein ne gives sonic .account Of nis ?nvn apo
L. i T . . 1. . . .... .
theosis t (.; x,'Kaid the Prispus; ' H tudess
log, until the - carpenter- took me in hand-'a-lttrlte
Juts nozv worked me up iftt-t ig l !". 'TlrProple
of New -York can surety turn out as gcr)d work
as ine. itoman carpenter. , "n-
The Gentleman from .New-York has t thrown
is ponderosity v into the scale of pajjiervric,'
thereby. to render jthe, weight of eulogyiion the
iiussian. Minister overwhelming scrap ;iiron in
creases th weight n. t tbe 'value- of g Jd-1 He
1 i'. i m
uoes aumit ?ome sort 01 tait nt in spealirtg, to
uie p intaineiuaiv rvis or mm. it tn ei,vqurce
to Lowndes, to Clay, andto Webster CiceWi
tootf his tumity name from a betii- on st me part
of his faceij 4Hnd doubtlrss many a coxqbmb hns
belWved himself" to ht an orator, beaijSe, like
L(ccro, he had a wart.oit his nose. Srtne-body
has said that .M:mr .of alt -the au'miil creation
alone, is endowed . with vanity' v vho ' ever
saw. a. Uoclt ow measnnntr Ina; wmtr in
flight with the J-'ulcon f ' X believe . te're are
gentlemen in this Mouse who could igive xx&
g-ol reawnii why Mie ehquence of thji Orator
of Roanoke is so well recollected by th gentle
man. from New-York. - No worknr on t(itv Uoan
oke piantaiion b's better reasons to ri'membrr
the eloquence of t he overseer. Much :f th:it ec
ceivncmyin loved hi joke Knd Lis sariasms, he
loveo iH.iitue more ; nui tie woui(inae spareoj
the iashjo'n that occaHon, couhtitiQ, l)aveSUsvf
1 .!. ... . ,, 1 . . f I , t. " . . f
peciea n mim onog mm in'o ine por rcontui
tion of enduring praise at ihlhands'of hegeiW
tleman frem New York itocb reveWl for such
tt'caiiKei ii s;id io be pecullarloliat gendeaiaii
and species o one other rare amonjg ttS."
1 -IUh the gentleman sr tons ben a mere abiec-
iie totbe Secretm vt btie, tbatjhe'ihiiiVif i
slandi'jrpUs,toi associate tlte -namenf tbt Politic
dan .with'anv other acci!ent K; Chihlrer? in the
sCieptdic times -who. have, advanced sf)raew!vit
into, t he i my eterieV of chv wistry do, " aR eV ' b'eaf-
f'HVF iip,'l!'H'i'ii ij;eiiicr in f o;tnii amuse
ihem-elveS wiah, a cieati pipe4 m bfiSWjfi'g-up.
huhbTeSvind sending tlieiJi off - from die ob'w l
infided and ghjtt Hiigtit s.dl jU'a niorm ni.
au fiAtH; mni ,viniD,iH!ii - hmu iiicir, origin Ari
noiuingiK-s. ior atigjin i jciuiw the 5
uuiy be amuMng htmHelf iny Uie Cjsamcs
expenmeutJ -"W ho iwau Id Int eVrupt i
mentiil h'Mrmony . of jphi icid frjeir lshp"l f -c
all w"iich he;is 4istingnssliedjtlie characterot
iiPae wniAiwivcriTy iitwg To reeomcncrfti tjiem
jbe payable.:, Hd 'wtio-ai salifce dire lobi
crHmos'li:t'v faiifram tbev tables
was rmovcq j and me naval, branch ol the str.
vicelid receive,' as it alavs Jias reoeivtjd, hTs
POrd'a) and. efTicient support:" In 179SJ whn
u-ite question,; a;:graut pr ref use appro
priations fr CTVing them 5iiVto effect.- This
case does not require the aid of these doririoM .
the .KeumtarKiaiixed Hit, CHunoi hoi elevt'ttedbv
ASjuJ i r ij .V'i., oseMimiiqciiirejeoi. .-v
fOT4- by th frVjs of.otfter-sGotl forbid, 1 hVmhrnv is cijujin out of his'orthinolo,
))Mt I alwAUrilirNsr iha.ay.t,ff ay of JoVe,
mun dvancemeiir, Ttt.r
carr)tgnd lyinif-atUe gateof the'Tt'eASurv: Au.i4 11. w v.k ' lt .i iw.
inv. ' riuu lit m B.s linn hu-iw it. niiruii ru i.
.etL irom ine
we;tlndt"toes f , nbt imake eery5'helr't !sicL-l
0t'llemen;'t(tibtresv Wve afcsxitnceth"af
late treittR.witb the- Suhlime PorleSir ererv f
HV'tsy1 "ring' our jtussiao reiavions imponanr,
comepiHntjf i.any question s coiicernlngthem.'
Do;noVour new reLviions with the 'reaj Eu.
ropean jrivaVpf Bqssia demon9ttemtre sfrbng
Jy our ned , of au eilicient mission at the Court
of St, Petersburg!! ?' TbW Secretary - has": loll
us-iothe Messngethat tbelack'Sea has? been
rtpened Xo Vlyor treaty iiMhW Sublime
Porte.' wTlie" genHenW 4qes'looWt fc;ll wlg
thatb.e swordsjf oti'r braye Ilijssian frend4;not
-;ratioii,wideneJjhe Bsphoyustca bfeadth'se'q'iAl
to the Hellespont, nd thereby united t;! Eus.
ine, wjth the Kgean tcvant.wKole ,'fediteV;
ranean. tle Atlantic, a ijdxii other seas,!, oana.
What" may dr ftussian-irrmeria! frieml sayt ttt ui
for receiviiVgifrorn the Turk as "jT- booir; io: Say
nothing of our pronise -in'yrturn, what his valor;
blmxi-ahd 'treasure' rwd "conqijereU foiv uai; and
all nations ?'dmitting, ih eref ore, Vth'elv secret -ar
tide, does not the jtpe.nih; ifnv..the1&umeV4rHh'?
py the. linssian oo-werv or tb Turkish treaty;
riighfdy, enhance the importance of Uiis quatK
ou, and edit imperatively oh the Eecutiveffor
reh H If tlie Bientlemaw Ciiimot oerceive this.
ie is jeRs a statesman t nan ne.wpura seem to oe
aod even much fess kuijli. if that were feossibleV
: uj 4 nrew,.my iticis irpm uiiprincipiea; parii
:ansj and newspaper ViJtiour! ..1 siid s"'. before
-1 lrew pait ot j hetruth rum th; Secretary-)
xhtrvat 'rhe,otlier part of the" t&r& prticty
t ,Sir, it has-been the Tabor of 'JlheSecrietarv's
hfe to eptnhlish newppaperaentirtCdtoVitrcredit j
knd to dlst r'eiitt all others. He has founded 'a
school, and wjd the' head of .it:'- In "that ijschool
t he 'g-eat -axiom is. everyithing'isi'.ti'rinpo
tics ;' and to him are.iiot "noJitics; every thi no
l..et hira.go on to improve the" condition vf . the
Press, et him 'extioguish fthe, light of truth
wuerever ne canvexren tile finger of powerr
Let h'm do one thnjg 'moreaidedoby his- 'mln
vms, no matter', "where let' nim persuade s the
p e o pie, t hal t Ive h meat' 1 1 1 e independent p a pers oi
thta Country j are Vehicles of falsehood, atid were
4'umor ; - let them,te al tbcvJbavevbeenJ.o;M
foor, branded as7s finil, aiul dirty , and -I1
f
me uicmuT .who tjuoies rrt)rn ineir .-pages -ine
his'orv and impress of the time. be reproached
as a Blockhead, a blackguard, a slaqdeTerand
such a consummatioH would ; have ' sa,ved 'fM.it
Charles. the throne ot France ;. and to rie pari
ots cf that cntinirV, their revolution.
I'fd qutev tor- the vJsecret articled irj the
TuvkisV Tiehtyi from 'the he wspaper dares the
Igenile'tian question: the truth of.the quotation i
lHd I drawn a bow wiih a more "adviseda Aimv
could the pigeon "'on the ;pole have flideri-d
moreJ manftestlv h le centleman has notwith
standing all. these 's&ei'tion, accused mc of
drawing ny taciwfrom a perjured Senator. - Has
iCcome, to this HiVS'ag it 'on i"id necessary not to
commit our first ijeaiysith the tlrest Disciple
of Mahomet to the Christian Senator "of the t'nit
ed States until theilipsswere sealed by the so
lemnities of an oathf?l j js kitfW formula m the
executive-department of the Senate j and i will
appear byhe pubtislied journah ' oft Jl hat bbdy
to have 'ho pbee in 'their proceeding until the
present session. -When, a-tTeafy..inTr95jjWai
tub)jjhfd by a Senator vac-ainat'an'injunctioin! tot
that body, who acqused him oFiperjury fVSTlie
entl?miii' wtfosfe mission is noW undercotiside'
ration, d'd $k this fluor, pr'onouhce .asfudied
iiilogmnt on Stephens Thompson Mtnn,1' the
Senator who published that treaty rVtottWhe
eulpgizf perjury Sir, , the- secret article "w
published bt fin-e he treaty : was -announced' to
i be House, or sent to, thetSeiiae. tiThe enrres.
pondenCe on the West India question was pub-
nsne! in tne, same inaiine,r. rjas inej secretary
of State adopted this rtiet hod, anda put odtibjS
fe lew, to take the .natio.. I puhve v l
I do-nn;ask .what warranted, but, who.- utho
riredior instruc ed, r'encmi raged the gentle
man to Connect pel-jury .with-, that venerated
word which designatealhe membrrs of , a Na
tional Council, the roost dignified and honorable
on -earth , - i-'f ,ttl, r :
1 How could I shunjnsultv when such' men ate
reviled ? iltlo not ask "hy what statesman ror
gentlemen buf by w ha apology fdrTa man tr-
in-wnat ouer. assempiy on carinas " ine uoary
lhead' been used aa a term, of. reproach ?' " lhs
the gentleman passed o tsr beyond the vigour,'
Hnd bioom &,molesty of itivenescence, that,' he
has forgotfoh the amUle instinct of our nature
considemtion to aire -tvlueh it mav enrae tn nMirc
for itself i ' ) Though greyhairs luive been, held
in respefelhy ; liarbrians, yi 'all 'countri alul
by 'even the tnost ' prAfltgrtte- and unnthtnerVd
in all ages, yet knowing, that (abiTyp d phtmas)
lamjnpt disappointed rf the' language' Or d
meun"5r of the' genllem p from New-York, rnf
better than I am,, haye"beeu?revfe(f in their aee
ly mn no bsuei thtn jie" is. aahiWtonwns
callx-d a; houry healctl incendiary by avnga
1701m ui fiirumit unparusjeu iuen,aacny : na jiu
i UdeiicV The "bald head"i, lssuVe the-iren1-
haa jV. been experienced hf anyjvyiiiille'ac&.
V-x'&t la'cKut 'tt o fiave been tnte graf efol to the
Apman' pejuplcl'or grant nig him thejriglit to 4 ear
iheUA'ufcY'Crawn;.than tor anvheri tfieir irifts;
because Nhe'weai'ing ft enabled? Wot So'eonceal
the"extcri.ri,bstlneii!tjol'iiis headv-iUf it be true;.
as Shiikjt-speare tejts uitiij, thalrrwhtihatitre.
tlitn' m .hajrV theh the , gentiemattil Jtieheve,
Hrtould Je ;w'ujrx taurct crowrc would never like
orordiet fur hTs' b'd head r
Prt.f1igate'wK)ifi' meti&o$Mi!dren aa they ;sare
called V' the fW''iH'45U?cf,ii of.the city, and
as wernnii ny iieiintorraii, Atoniy lorTooa lor
,hi wiring eagle, in h; prideoj plice, hawk
mv Pt.mn h WhV; rnnSwTbut'i
I k..,u.;--.i:i.,...i
of thejgentierrjen tiad no pj icetiriself pefore
oie If these genilcmear are out if the field;
?ik1 1 d uot see. them jn (ot.ee, oil any fwiijt f
uiij itcwru '"4icirwar nnugi! ine is-iisap tiown
to be:C.plaTns' of iXdrianople i 'rttbAt by tb
treaty ofthat JUitv tbev. for all nurnoscslof navii
tlcmMii hq ioke ibourndie, semato be original
i i' iiivr4iiuuuriui.ivvfiivi ii i
You.-bleaset imjtrrf.-ction, haseenSUtTcivd .by J
some ve ry' ere a r m en 1 2-bii t Vd u e" r are ly xjif -revert I
4
Qae.cxf .have.fccaioir'4o,twear it.fbr any.Ltck of
tb nomkr.itK'.r-7 ' Hk7y j .-V
' tYho'Vevikil the prophet -.returping: from ttie
hluziii tfansl'itioh- -of hi nriste'r.- w"n,h a counte'
tpfetai" I nf-ifeta. Jirlidif With the' clones nfi ooenincr . Hea-
'inn6ccnilvei aitai wrapOi'i theiiwnde of7 Ehja"tH4a'hoi
.he Jenti- f v V.,.;V1 nv- i-Ar.t J,t r,r si,W' v.Mv 1JiA
1'- s.
1" -
Coinhmed: frpfp. -jhe, bte'.arriyaJs' IV
SSiSSS'i'l
i'iw. ' -II'. 1 V : M " . mt ff O't! 1 . t;. . . -" . '.Jii "
alarmed'
that
Ttenm
'rOu(Fridav.eveniii2:ir'Decmbc
reaol 01100 ttas passed fcjr thft'Chatribcr;; '
chiefs of ahiSatldAaGufd uanectSTi-1 .vf
'" 1 atttcesary consequence of the vote V
irt,ththamberyot:; UepHtiJast tnday i,' t
evening," jtpon tim new ojaiEatto'ri of thel
atwai uaam. wathe rejnDrai ox Uea -
xiii.vuueiiruci ine cuaimana or xnat ioti v.
ver. .tbjkf fin.' and ?i WerinirffrrLn or tnvanH-t
ixifit.to 'this, pieceof -Voqaetiy-'aTrdf yes
terday;" . after, Vt consultation: -with hh
fHf ndVjthe yenirable "patriot resigned his
coui.nissUri iuto'ihejbancfsf theKin, tu
a -Aetteif intvdiicH e;jlecared ihat, in fcr
8MmipgJui'iu.tibn as a simple soldier "of-,
.thevllfGwib4tidhuSet4.wa8 Jeter mined pf
aU'the- ineah? still atliis disposal ta srjp-".'
pu r i, :i u e u iron e . a u fat w p rm c 1 pi es wn i c 11,.
Ul .."v' r au- ..rT.it. "tj.
iiaasiiu i 11 tim 01 uic ckciii? ui uiy. .jt,
as afw'ajsVnderatodd, bcfve the vote d ffi. -idyVthat'Iiafayetie'i
apjwintmentya3 1
r life,, bat that tne 'office woufd die with ' '
was-;i 1 1
Fi
or tifeii but that the 'office w'otifd dm with
aim. ''.This splerfdcd'tnarlt : df 'prjblic con- J -wV
:iuvVV tUHJU ooij uup uccu jusuueu vy v
t.hi. nstriht'a !ort' tri?f- virfnpc and 'rtori. ' i
uyoi u ja nej iwogr upon ; receivin
it
cali was proraplly;bbeYe.d?and a.long.in if; J
tervieNvas the result. Lafayette declare, i C;
ed tjjat he appeared,' notas an ; nnconhec- ! . '
ted Wiyidu'albut'fas a negotaator ati'f ! '
thaf he. would rccep t,the commandii A- h'r
chief oCthe Guards, trom his .hands:sai J ' "
ii-,i. t : i i ' j . . i -.v
iiiu cuuiu ueycr, ,up .0, wiuioui an, in- ,1 1
tuaion ot popular; strength into his inaje ' , i
ty'pre$entcouncl,.and theitrodu 3- -"f
tion of Uch'anN?electora law a would ia-v'-f "&vt-'
tibfy the people, amVgive solid ty to1! tKe !. 1, -J
institutions if the reVoiution. . They wt
Tdu ee from the JfournaUthe W- l C
iiai .vu "t;u nas xaKa 4piace apitiriw
hf itiiriiul pfu lv.o'.ni ri ki.,. if
v.v ..i.u. -j ; '..,: UUI, CV UCC-I1 - -T
iimili'iftnj
rr -r .; f"-"'WAVuyt w,Tnw vuvn -TVVI IIV' ':
memionea mar, iTjioutt itienorat iatay J ;
eterrefuspd fJie earnest, ihdeed7supfe!ica- "1 ' ,
tin? entfWaeof iKinff -to're-fcirWhi ' 1 ,
command of, the Rational Guard. 'he went i "J'
to the; alace'atHhreeo'clock on h foT.f ;
oui. ra;iuunsi.ers-tvere removea on- t r-T'
the nijch t of $9th pecernber( front ,Vincen " I , v f 1
les, to br transferred W tho.tfortri.fn fJiV
HamJnTKaV.tJittf
sentence oKtiprrii'tiia? ?mnnunnmn . r
.J A ives frbmiyarai through 10 1 i ' ' V
and fromTeJi:ontter SfPolanSl,' to tU j:
taied;toJbe,f 000 but; ittonld not bca-f 1 f ,
certatn)d;whia"ccurac5v ': , :r
iThe' :Iessaefyde?i)iamtatesv 1 -:-
thafcairtbVfestJacVJoantfrW Warsaw;-. i,V.
.VlRlfin'of th I .ltbnrtnmn 'tfmtUA'Mivr.V- Li ---:
from
uw,lo HH.wii axronv uavinjj aecJaretti
J ftfftT0 ,?alis! vntrfpedflencV. atwf 1 .
"thnf, thevli hqanian i'esrHneiif of. thV Tmi v ?! 1
Tjal 0ua,rtwBchaccompanred the,6 UT-
l urnM to ,WarsVVAnclaniation Tiad?r-
been pbli$1ied;atyarnjoming ".tho ; kQ
inbbitantaretnrri tS eif workf and v1 V-
ordering the chttrheH' and public establish
uients to be reh; the"5th insUnt. tl
the ;comrnaud:V ! all;.- tfocpsrad '?
. 7" . T.-r " "r X"rai wear
lie I 'n: iU il r n"- .. t t' i f ... i . n:...,-, i.T
Ihocoinmandwhea fHe ' two Chambela
assembled- "r" . -r . ,J riV'i
"ivun txMji viucreu aivine servtctt
tope pertormed to. thank ileaYen for-'th
:vui "tciaior ; jaut, ne lsueq a prtK - ;
cUmarion-tinhich heitatPfLth l,h,.t -i viv J
only, accepted:!!, inon3eqnencjTornhB f ;
irrirwrtanctif etistingciscuu k h'A
id imi tation of the1, ettmrjle bf tKeRomans ' 1;
who;in tfmss of danger- confided ithVsb-
ofa Dictator Th procUmation also, in-:? ft '
tiaiates: thq .General's ihtehtiohfa r,H-x'
OicUtor has also issued ordergfortiidain -l A
Ml
r'.t -!-.: ;
V
- J.
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