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SPEECH OF MR. RARTO.Y, of Missouri. |
(fONTINbKU )
History informs us that Titus took Jerusalem! Anil |
if this dark inquisition, unexaminublc proscription, and '
nbuao of tho offices and honors of the country, by
using them as funds to purchase popularity, bctol ]
orated by »lie public—{for this minority is power
less, save only to sound tlio alarm)—history will tell
posterity tha*. a combination of aspirants, of ail po
iitiAtl « denominations, destroyed tho constitutional li i
sorties cl t!ie UuitodS tates by the usual gradations j
cf tyranny am! bribery cnnibumd, as was feared and i
deprecated by the Father i f his country.
Let him who doubts this final result of the prin
ciples now advocated here, reflect a moment upon
only a few of tho immediate practical consequences j
of those principles.
And first, the present doctrine of the majority i
completely annihilates the appointing power of the
Jennie os well as its salutary restraining power; and
confers despotic discretion upon the President. It is
true, this majority could turn around again to their
n't! opinions and practice; but in tho mean time the i
wherries of the country are in danger, when the son- J
t i’jcl has deserted his post upon the wall; and the j
four years’ despotism may bo, as Will so many other
Republic*, but tho prelude to one ofa more perma
nent and dreadful character.
i lie bcuutor Pom Lnuisianna(Mr. Livingston) ad
Jnjfs that tins doctrine enables the President to keep
a favourite in office, or turn the best man out, in spito
« f tbo Senate. And whnt is that but despotism?
t . ! h13 admission is perfectly correct, and we titanic
.•ha for so much dovelopement of the priuciy'cs
C. f this mosaic, tasselated administration_LojU at
the core of William Clarke, Treasurer of the United
iC«’‘ .? ta'f '\,br ,iU streiiBth; for his high
qualifications for the oflioe; for his mild and spbt
n ss character, and because ho has rendered more
conspicuous services to his country in tho late war,
m Ins humbler sphere, than Gen,* Jackson diJ, in
proportion to his more elevated umj exoanded ih-»lre
' 1 ac.ion.
1 he Senate, friends of Jackson and all, confirmed
• nomination at the last session. No sooner wore
°'“r “?c<d turned tiian he was struck from the roll
of office, to make room to reward a favorite eulogist
of the President. °
t, according to the doctrines now taught, the
-ouato must register the rescript in submissive
humility! There » no other wav of saving your
nn"«V?Crarnn p;!J;,c reprehension than by scree
ning them from the light of truth; tor we deiv them
to shew any cause tor tins unlawful act but the opinion
l >•-n- C.-arki», and to reward a partisan bv ren
d 'nng he ofiiccs the private propertv of the r.d
riiponenid!n t0 rew“rd Ll-ir r“cnds ond punish their,
?r .^or,ul1t ati(i subsidized press has been em
?.oitd ad summer in assigning filse cause* for such
remoya.s; but when the Senate meets, and the mi
.o.i.y demands the trnc causes, they shrink from
the inquiry in conscious ffuilt. And no wonder. It is
safer to stand mute, than to add a false return of
the conversion of the oiuces of the country into the
* “2? °i tJfrBn“y» and bribery combined,' as such
e,nn r K T ^ Th° CWIMS of rOntOVal
neouK bear the *2ht* Tho cars of the American
pcop e must not hear them! their eyes must never
be i°ld them on paper! The prime minister of the
Ottoman Empire dare not dismiss a Turk from
o.hcc, tor the mere exercise of some privilege se
cured to him by the capricious edict of the Sultan
Jus master. ’
Still less dare the head of an American De
P-nm rTo ‘'5* rh “n American citizen!
i*r°7Llh£ "]» °f officaJ cacUlenee for Ids opinion
o. the fitne.,3 of candidates for public trusts, or the
excise of Ins sacred elective franchise, secured to
orrathoy coiSL,rr,‘M;,0"t an“augns!
U hat strange absurdity would it have been for
onr ancestors to have reared this fair fabric of con
stitutional liberty—app.,in ted a President and Ca
binet to guard it and then to have empowered
chom, like another Sampson, to pul] down tho very
1duBtrS °lX V;aiC1 !t rcs!i?> Qod Pfostrac all m tho
What strange madness in tho father of a yonn
faouly to hire a guard, at $25,000 per annum tor the
Captain, and $6,003 each for thesubordina.es, to
Watch over his household: and then authorize them
to strangle the mother or nurse, upon whose preser
vation depends the existcr.co of his helpless offspring
i. he freedom nod purity of Elections aro as csscu
tial to our liberties as the pillars to the domo they
support, or the mother or nurseto the suckling in
fant. 13
Eiit. Ictus return and see how completely the doc
trine oi tins session annihilates tho very appointing
power of the Senate; renders them the'moro servile
registers of Executive rescripts; and breaks down tho
dy.ccsthat keep out the ocean of despotism and cor
ruption!
ouppose C*arl;e appointed Treasurer to-d°v by
an almost unanimous vote of the Senate, as the tact
was. To-morrow A comes and convinces this admin
istration that he commanded at the last election or
mm command at the next, a thousand more votes
t.ian the incumbent. A is made Treasurer, and a
servile Scimto advises and consents to their own deo-.
i aJat-ion! Next day J'> shows the candidate for the
next l residency, that he can command double the
number, and E is appointed Treasurer in place of A
removed. A servile Senate advises and consents
iitul so on throughout the alphabet from A to %’
Does not every ono sec that tho appointing power of
t.ie benate is surtondered and gone? The restrain
mg power of the Senate, the high trust given us for
public security, and not as a feather to decorate our
individual caps, is surrendered and pone!
Are we asked, what is the rented’-? It is rdain
Ask the cause of the removal; and if the udminisl
tration dare tell tho truth, it will be, that it was for
opinion's sake, ortho exercise of the elective rmht
or to pay a bribe previously stipulated by contract’
expressed or implied, for votes or influence. Tell the
President, as the British Earons told their Kirr_
f wc are not willing to have the la.va of” appoint
ment and removal changed—Toil him the cause of
t he removal is itselfunlawful, &, the removal void—not
-nly unlawful, but against the constitutional rights of
the citizen and the Senate, and doubly void; and con
sequently, there being no other objection, William
Clarke is still Treasurer of the United States of ri^h*
though ousted by superior force. ° '
But if a false return be made, let the people and
their representatives determine which master they
v.-iil serve, the President, or tho Constitution:—and
if the I * ter, impcn-h hint for violating tho constitu
tor ai rt rfiis of tho cirizen and making tho false re
turn; u the former, let them wear their chains, as
unworthy of liberty regulated by la tv; and go wor
ship t.licir idol, and tremble at his frowns. °
J<ot r.ic rcan yon another practical consequence
irnin your own book, the long neglected report of
’lie Senator from Missouri, (Mr. Benton,) made 4th
May, 1826, (when Mr. Adams was President,) upon
the propriety of curtailing Executive patrona^’.
Listen, and admire the fulfiuaent of the prophesy!
In pnge !>, *** “And in this aspect of the real
ity wc behold the working of patronage, and disco
ver the reason why so many stand ready, in any
‘.-ountry, and in all ages, to f>,;ck to tho standard of
•Power, wheresoever, and by whomsoever it mavbn
■tyieu.”
Inpages 10 and It. “V7 e must then look forward
'0 the time * ' * wheu tlie nosninafton by the Pre
sident can carry any man through the Senate, and
in recommendation can carry any measure through
‘f‘»e two Houses of Conpr^s; when the principle of
'o’fKbc actmn will be open and avowed, the President
‘mants JdY vale, and l want III* patronize; l mil
■rote as heunthr*. and hi mil ;tcc me the off, rt l wish
4 or. \\ hit w .11 tins bo but the government or ovr, j
•r-,«n> Ami w.ut is the govern mentor o.xe man but i
•a sosasciit? Names arc nothing. Tho pature of'
•s tbin-T b* in i*s substance, and tne •
_s»rr*rno<Iarcs i'So’t! v■■ . - •*»? "
“Tlmso who make the President must support him. Their
pulitienl fate becomes identified, and they must stand or fall to- :
Rethcr Right or wroug, tliev must support him.” • * •
A precious confession! So thought Washington when warning j
u* of the danger of Combination*! for Washington called dimes 1
by their right names. With him, to tlmt instance, the name *
was finite significant of the thing so much to he dreaded l»y •
posterity. * j
IJehoi ! iii this AditiinisTratinti, and in this majority of the '
‘vmme, the realization of the fears of Washington! autf the ful
tilmcnt of the predictions of the prophet of cv«i!
Yon have only to add, as v uir speeches indicate that you
w.l! your sanction . the practice of rwiuivnjmw, without u
shadow of lawful cause, or a>.v ether that you dHr» avow to
mak« "*>•" <"r corrupting th- very so.itr.es nfv.wntal h-ht by re
wax ling the corps of mere, n try editors; or tn reward even the
very Electors ol PreaKlent and \ ice Prtc;dem- who, above ail
others, should stand nloof in the high and honorary duty they
perlorm, like C tvsar s w.fe, not only free from reproach, but
above suspicion; and than add a dark, e« pane, worse than
Spanish mrpi.Mdrm of eoiidemnntioii and removal; and refu.e
ad inquiry and public k.io v ledge of tl!C causes—and your four
years despotism will bo coinuletert. “The President must be j
iXnn'S-''8 °r 'Vr°"S' 10 U’a,‘li ",y Votc- au 1 1 *•«"« »»»
'iTh.'ZV.,ho P‘»,a«'••wr, a« you please, the label of “law
. ■ y, inside slam the demons of dirk, inquisitorial,
proicr.pt,ve despotism, am.d.t the clanking apparatus far for
me chains and manacles fi»r slaves! u “
l?ut there i* a redeeming spirit i„ the American character,
i lie son-of huvolutionary sires will never submit to tiiis.
Ido not speak of commotion and revolt, the last resort of
wretched slaves; btit ot the calm majesty of freemen, (cajoled, :
deceived, aiul infatuated by an interested otf.ee l.m.tina com- 1
lunation, mmg the common artifice, the martial fame of their !
j < a er, and tnc cry of coalition and reform ) rising* ami in the |
ornis of their violated elective franchise, rrdie^in!* their i
\yronz», and rtclaiminj; their rights and liberties, as inherited 1
from their fathers.
t or, in leaving the p raves of their fuefather*, and migrating ,
e\nn .c yand range of the Alleghanics, to find free space
~TVl .*•••-* ^^stcnance f>r themselves and their families, they!
carried, with titetn, even to the remote wilds of the Osage and j
esmoines, the St. 'FrTmrrrrs, nnr! the Mertmack, those priori- |
P»es of union and civil liberty which they inherited fmm their !
ijtilers; and there cherish them in their hearts, and ijipm? *
t*>cm l,r>ii the minds of their children.
1 uriting with disgust nn.l ahhorreii’e from till's picture cf'
nesjiotism nnd midnight despotism, with the determination of
Iree.inrn not to submit to it, let us look upon that fair portrait •
, of law and liberty with which the geirleman from Delaware '
j c“?“r<>1, l,s» mid fix our hopes upon its future restoration.
I ..{?p«r>y Allen, District Attorney of Missouri, tn whosaeasS T i
will advent fur the sake of illustration, as to holy ground, where
tnc flag of opposition to this despotic inquisitorial abuse of
power was fir-t unfurled, in Ins memorial, cuneluded in com
mon charity, when his removal, pending his term, was annonn
ccd to him, tliat some causes had been represented to the Ari
mmislra'ion for such a summary condemnation without notice
an--, oe asked fur the cause.
lie asked the Secretary of St.v, am! he r! vlir.e.l to an«w«r
f; He inquired then of the President, and he stood mute!
| He besought the Senate of the United States to tell him. and
i the nia .only refused to print his re5nectf.1l and I .ironic memo,
j r,.... an., now declare that they will not even inquire into the
. cause n, lus condemnation.
J ^ 1 ne culprit, arraigned at the h ir, end tl.e military, subject to
, me personal orders of the President, and liable to he stricken i
j Ira n the roll l>y his fat, are entitled to more courtesy and fa.r- !
, ness titan this! J
| Amjoii beliaif or the outraged ri-:>ts of the country, l now
I Mad,ron: 'vh0 ,s *“'ll and 10 the just s»i- '
, fits or the ilhutnoti.* ootid, whose voice is fn he hear t iu the •
cm) solution oi the United State.*, in tiie cotetnporaueou* rioo- •
sitmns of thru instrument: and in the early legisl.ninn of the i
j country, and to the laws of the land, to learn the true extent of!
i i ns power o. removal from uf.ice, the causes for which it may I
;e exerted,, and the concurrent and restraining power* of the !
Senate ol the tinted Sta'es. in such cases, to secure the citi zen ;
from the arbitrary will of a single man. . j
rite opinion of Mr. Madison we have in the case where !>v '
aw the I resident ha» the ab,o!um power ol removing his cre.i-'
t-tre at «•».., that no wanton u*c can he made even of that h'i '
soiute power—an opinion in consonance with the genius of nor i
Republic, which views all powers as public trus’s and nope as
mere prerogatives.
Constitution, ar,r "• ecc* 2. Rives the .appointment of the
' hole c.a>s ofo.ficcr* of the public now before you, with term*
tenures, and dimes prescribed bylaw, and not bv Hx»cutive
wil., to the i resident and Senate of tnc United States. Con
gress has not thought it proper, if thev possess the power to
bestow the appointment elsewhere; but has led this u hole class
upon the provisions of the constitution
I have attempted to demonstrate, and the Senator from Lou
isiana (Mr. L.) admits, that the doctrine now contended lor
by the majority annihilate* the appointing power of the Scn
l ale, and renders litc President absolute, and a*, liberty to keep
m or turn out men in defiance of the Senate! The restrain5!^
power belongs to the organization of the Senate for the public i
security; is a high constitutional trust, without which the an
poiutmg power of tbe Senate is annihilated; and we cannot re
nounce it, nor desert our constitutional pou. as guardiau* of
the public liberty. 1 o abandon it c.hnngos the nature of our
government, and ns you yourselves declared iu Mr. Adams’
time, masiu the. President a Monarch!
gcrUa <ReV,ddic!,telitti0a °f ‘{",y* theJ^‘LStates are no Ion
Tc’.l u« no more of the tyranny of Kings, and of the sctvft-v
of parasite,ml courtiers, bowing and’noknowledgmg “the
£. "Sh n? u '* a str,kin- o.ro„r„<innco that they
1 rr.rv V e moatrn’Prd popular rights and de.no
I ^x arc 1 -'dvocaua o, the alarniog power now conceded
to tno i rr.iiucQt.
[ro br coxtisuf-D j
—--wniffg my i -
STEAM BOAT ACCIDENT,
j The steam boat Chief Justice Marshall, on her wav
j .iom . .ibany to New \ nrii on Thur3>lov evening stnu
i po<1 ®l Newburgh about 9 o’clock I\'M. to fake on
( board passeogers. Sho had just shoved ofiTrom the
l wharf and the wheels had scarcely njado two revolu
ttons, when the larboard boiler burst, on the uoper
idue at the after end. There were on hoard one hun
ured aud seventy passengers Nine were most shock -
utgly scaided; and, alter the rr.nst careful search,
fourthks others were missing. The gentleman from
w.iom wo gather these particulars, was on board the
boat at the time of the explosion, and within a few
.opt of that part of the boiler which burst; he was
hastening afr, and In sotr.;> accident stumbled and
j . 4,31 VP013 l!l° deck—At that moment the explo
! ti,0Jl Place—and the persons who were in con
• act ^'lrn when he fell, were shockingly scal
I tied. ° J
L T'*eengineer, firemen and two cooks were araon«r
tnose who will probably not recover—The ladicr*
cabin was not reached by the steam
The utmost confusion prevailed for nometime on
toard— screams,-roans and lamentations were mio
gled witii llie cry that the boat was sinking. Ma
ny persons jumped into the yawl,hanging 0£llie da_
vits et the side of the steam boat, the yawl turned o
vcr. and canted them all into the river.
Ocr informant, in mentioning some’ of the horrid
particulars, observed that several of the scalded ner
: sons lay senseless on tl.e deck, with their toners
! protruded from their truths; while of ot hers the
, skin of the arms and hands was hanging from t o
ends of their finders, like a long riove readv to ?
; from the hand—[f- S Omen, * *y l° druP
; FIRST DAY^S RACK,
: O Tins nAVC t"11 Course, Will commence on
: 1 HIS DAY, Tuesday, the 27th April. Two
interesting races will be run. *
TheJstr~£ Sweepstake, for 3 years old, mile heat-.
!, • « M~1Se,1den cntcrs t,:c produce of br. mare Try
by Sir Charles. 3*
' John Mingo, produce of Bet Bounce, bv Sir Ar
chy. ’ 3 /ir*
j ChJ3°r^gM* Uotts’t,JC Police of Wild Cat, by Sir
J J. Harrison, produce of Kate, by Arab
Wm. Wynn the produce of'Thos. Crave-' B"drord i
mare, by Sir Charles.
Richard Samson, the produce of lhs o-rey marc b- 1
Sir Charles. ° ’ 3 j
2d Race—-Same day, a post sweepstake, mile beats,!
for 3 years old.
Subscribers.—Ishnm Puckett, B. Moody, Jns. HI. '
SelHc-n, Richard Adams, Jas. J. Harrison, Thomas
u ntsr.n.
Being a post slake, they name at starting; but as i
it is play or pay, it is presumed all six will run.
The number of fine horses (nsver before equalled' I
at. Tree Hill, 13 worth 0 visit to the course.
JP M* SCLDEN, Proprietor.
A LG KILN ON SIDNEY.
TUJ»* PUBLISHED—Phe Letters of Algernon
9F Sidney, in defeneo of Civil Libertv, and ar^ain®t |
the encroachments of Military Despotic Hi* U/**** — •
»r v"jini«, and find p„bii,'hcrt it
the Richmond onquirer in 1813-10. To which are 1
am.,.,, in an Appendix, the remarks of .Mr. Jlitchi*,
as referred »p by tho author of “Algernon Sidncv” ;
.npngeSOof the pamphlet; with an introduction by
the present nnMishe-. For sale by
1 *p 77 C'»I nv.c c <~n 1
TUESDAY MORWIKG. VPRIJ, *J7. ik:jo.
MR*. JEFFiiUSOX.
1 he gentlemen who dined together at Washing
ton, on the 13th, in "honor of Mr. Jefferson’s birth
'•ay, have placed his memory aad his rcul friends—we
mean his friends, in exclusion of those wiio borrow
his mantle for knavish and designing purposes—in an
awkward situation. Whatever tiio original purpose
oi that dinner was—and that it was truly and singly
to do honor to the memory of Mr. Jefferson, no man
believes—whatever political object Benton and its
other originators proposed, it is evident that it was
used by the Nuilifyert, the enemies of the Tariff,and
of the Improvement power, to arrny the weight und
popularity of his name on their side. We are inch
ned *o think that tinr was not the primary object—
that the original purpose was nothing more than to
i lontiiy Jaeksonistn and Joffersonism—which the pro
jectors thought might easily be effected with the ig
nornm at least, by confining the dinner to Jackson
men and shewing great zeal to celebrate Mr. Jeffer
son a memory. The original design was afterwards
raised in two respects—by the rc-pactive attempts of
Mi- Ca.ii i ni and Mr \ an Huron, to convert, the din
ner to their private advantage, and hy the more suc
cessful attempt of the enemies of the Tariff and the
u.invert, to engraft their o;>inious upon the prococ
d.ngs of the meeting, aad thus hold them up us Mr.
Jefieraon’s. If we are wrong in any otic of these
conjectures ;ve are right in the others; and they jus
!‘i'y the assertion, tint the dinner itself was conceived
;->"■*« vuu’-u aj >r'ion; xor as Honour to Mr.
Jefferson, was no: the motive but the cloak, so it is
manifest tint the deep oilbuce and disgust given the
triends of too Tariff nml Improvement, and tha foes
the minifying doctrine, by the complexion of the
toasts and speeches, has done infinite injury to the
heads of Urn party and their cause, and secret ends.
That there were some who attended from the single
and unalloyed motive of respect to Mr. Jefferson's
memory, tiie name of the President of lho day and
others of the Virginia Delegation, is a sufficient gua
inai cg. Not so of the Van Borens, the Bentons, tho
Woodburys, el id ui.iuc genus, who would willingly
consign Mr. Jefferson to purgatory, did it aid in ac
complishing their darlingjvicws of getting money and
power.—John Roane locks r.o higher and no farther
than *;is present station, and his life is a vouchor fur
the purity ot iiis motive;.
VJe said that Mr. Jefferson’s reputation had been
piaccd m an awkward situation, by his being quoted
as the uncompromising tml steadfast enemy of man
ufactures and Improvement. In cofroboratiun of this
idea, v.o quote tlie following article.1':
From the JV. Y Daily Advertiser.
Lxrract ot a letter, dated
I >• i-.w-.jb.
1 uatlonmNlr Lffd ‘tS me**\,reB with the adminis
! ,,on or Jefferson. It has been found necessa
ry to resort to some measure of ihis kind m nrrtnV i
t sustain the fast sinking popularity of President Tact
I h?. *“ °r', " ,llerefore’ ,hat il ,r>i?lit be understood
by the people at large, that all true Jackson’,, nTwCr
Inlso truH jcffcrsoniuns, ,t was thought expedient, fo,
if/rey/r.c/ffmr,to hnvea dinner got up in honour
! this distinguished philosopher and statesmen. Hi
* birth-day, which was yesterday, was the day a-reed
I on as the one most suitable to pay honours to the me
I raorry oflho d«c«swed; or ratiier, it was tbou-ht bv
j professing on this day to pay suitable respect to hi
i memory, the people would bolide that all Jackson.am
I were true republicans dyed in the wool.” But foi
: fear that some old dem-^rat who supported Mr At'
| axns rn-ght find Jus way to the table" committee ot
I invitations was designated. This committee pSbr
B.dl PoofUtLTOSt RIesfirs’ Crowninshield,
! pj.”'Jnno others, who had been the p£
i i 'pI hT rRm*rp,’n' were not invited; while Rowan.
1 l, nfhr ’ E^'in’btor,borry, and others, the support
I or Jo !" Adams, were made welcome -nests.—
j Messrs. J dzewol! and Tyler were invited,” but not
car' !5!!C ,n!d ,0,bLnd fJ,cmsc]vcs lo Gcn. Jackson’s
car, ttiey declined (he invitniion.
tl'r. renilsy,variia Delegation, knowing the host ili
^ committee appointed to make the toasts, to
},* ‘ ye.r of '.hc Goneral Govcrpwent over the sub
J-ct of internal improvement and the tariff, were stis
picious that sentiments might be offered in which
firThCOU d not a,ccord’ onfi thought it would be well
• or them t0 poc the toasts before they sat down to the
table. In this they were gratified, and havinrr dis
covered tnat there was a direct attack on the policy
hey supported,they left the dinner party en masse, to
the great consternation of the company. Gov Dick
erson of New Jersey, and others, have expressed
their regret that they did not follow the example —
I he President attended; and it is the first time that a
I resident has mingled with the festivities of the ta
ble, on any similar occasion. Mr. Monroe was at the
dinner given to General Lafayette, because he wns
f ho nations guest, invited hereby the National J,«
gislaturc. Inking it altogether; the dinner'was a
failure. T»y the disaffection of the Pennsylvania Do
legation, a brenHi I£, created which will not be very
soon heated. Hie refusal of Messrs- Tazewell nnd
Gov Di?k °,,,crs’ !° ?!lcnd* 11,0 dissatisfaction of
fmv. Dickerson, r.nd other*, nnd the seceding of the
Lave ?iIVnTi ,Pe cKat|on, arc circumstances which
deerr 'armed the party, and uro mortifying bevond
description. Many were disgusted with the ' tier
dance of the President. Ulc ar,cn*
rrii . From the .\'utinr\nf Gazette
i lie s atement of the withdrawal of the Pennsvlvn
r:,iCTti'- ti.0, could '.rs”:
rtcyfc 1"„™,7 ,‘"n‘i >»ri‘l": “>»»>». nod „„ trust
ti-teS " $ irepugnance in relation to the “nn
.. ' W© have reason to believe tfiat one of
'hern earned m 1,5* pocket, n letter of Mr. JeffWson
strongly u, lavor of the Tariff system.
h-om the .V. Y. Commrrcwl Advertiser.
» aoM oi;r cor.RF.spo^or.NT.
rp, ,, , Wton, April 17.
nnrrlJ r.n,11s>‘vnnia delegation, it is understood, l.ad
,1 J! rlk*' T1 * an mtcntion to attend tbe din
n r. unc ofthein however, struck perhaps with n
s.u den suspicion that there was somethin^ wroni- in
S"KdW,;^‘SCoIb"UM if »>c ™Zre\
re wi no deviltry at the bottom oTit. Thn
other stated that he had no such apprehension. He 1
was induced however, to go and examine the list of!
toasts winch vvne prepared for the occasion; and on
.ns being asked lu.w he liked them, he replied, “not!
mncl'. . fc was then asked to procure a ropy of the1
toasts for the examination of the others. This was
"w *»mL, gen'-?! /’T-. at'sfijr-io!, w ■« »h« re--./?
One of the gentlemen ut length asked what was to
bo done? adding, “for my ^irt, 1 am for being off”_
The others at once fell into his opinion. He then in
vited them to his room to spend the afternoon; end
there the whole party took their social glass, toasting
the tariff and internal improvement in brimming glas^
sos. To give that peculiar character to tlns^social
meeting which was alone required to give it the ful
lest point, the gentleman who had invited the rest,
produced a letter written by Mr. Jefferson to his fa
ther, in which sentiments in favor of internal improve
ment, mid still tnoru decidedly in behalf of ihe* tariff
policy, wi re breathed freely and unequivocally. The
secession of the Pennsylvania delegation must be a
deep niortificat ion to 1!r. Calhoun, lor whose interests
it is said, this meeting, under the name of Jeffersoni
an, was projected and gol up.
Nothing is truer, or is better known in Virginia,
than that the public uyssnges of Mr. Jefferson” and
| his private correspondence and conversation, furnish
J as many and as strong texts in favor of manufactures.
! as were produced at the dinner again*t them. 11c
| never did question the constitutionality of the Tariff
! He never doubted the paver for as his restrictive
' system was in truth, the hot bed which nourished
the infancy of American Manufactures, so his etabar
I go measures, prohibiting all foreign intercourse, infi
; nilc,y transcended and embraced the minor power ol
I regulating it, or partially prohibiting. If one was a
| legitimate exercise of power, so is the other n fortiori,
' and to deny it, was to inculpate himsolf.
■ Wiiat Mr. Walsh intimates, there is no reason to
doubt—that one of tho Pennsylvania members, who
retired in disgust from the dinner, carried in his pocket
i u letter from Mr. Jefferson, “strongly in favor of the
1 arifl System.’ This is the predicament in which
Ins exclusive friends—the Jacksonian Jeffersonians,
have placed his reputation. They have forced' the
public to the contemplation of his inconsistencies.
They have made it the duty ol’ibc friends of the Ta
rifl, to come out and quote him on their side of the
question, as they are even now preparing to do. True,
ne not they, wa* guilty of the discrepancy—but they,
tho pretended friends of Mr. Jefferson, fraudulently
using his name to promote objects of disunion,'and
private schemes of advancement, to which no man
j was more an enemy—they have forced his inconsisten
cy upon public contemplation.
ITT Mr. Newton has accepted an invitation to dine
with the citizens of Norfolk county, on the first of
May Similar testimonials of public confidence and
a,'lection will he tendered him it is said, in other
parts ot tho district—in Nansemond and Princess
Anne.
Our readers know our sentiments of Philip P. Bar
bour. We have never felt more regret on a public
matter, than at his course in the contest between
Messrs. Newton and Loyall. We should scarcely
j have thought that any fee would have persuaded a
Ilawyor of ^Potation to hazird it upon the opinion,
that the Mayor of a town was authorised to keep a
! poll open beyond tho first day. The reason of the
j \ irgmia law, extending the right to counties in cer
tain contingencies, does not and cannot apply to
[towns. That reason is derived altogether, from the
j impossibility where tho votes are very numerous, of
| rcccivin5 tl|em oil in one day, and from the occurrcn
|ces o{' rain an‘l hiSh water, to keep the voters from
[the polls. Norfolk Borough polls one year with an
I other, 4 or 500 votes—Wnen the stews and broth
ch aro r“kcd, as they were at the last electron, a lit
tle more, or a little less, than 600, is the limit of her
force. Iicr honest strength, i» between 4 and 360
[ Was 1101 cnc day ,!1 the last of April, and that a fair
[day, long enough to poll this number of votes? Itica»,
i and 1,0 reaaon c°uld be fairly drawn from the want of
j time, fur keeping the polls open. If, (as it did not) it
| had rained, and the water courses were high, the
! reason’ valid tho country, did not apply to a town,
• where tho most distant voter was in* a inile of the
court house, and where there was no high water to
impede him.
j Nad the establishment of Mr. Loyall in his seat,
: been conformable to the wishes of the district, the
j vi°latlon of forms and the requisitions of the law,
would have been comparatively unimportant. As it
• was, the violation seated a man in the House of lie
I PW«entatives, who was not, and who knows himself
i not to have been, the choice of the People; and the
will of the yeomanry of Nansemond, Norfolk county
and Princess Anne was annulled, by lawless voters in
1 the town of Norfoik, some of them boys, and others
of them so shadowy, that from that time to this,they
; have bnfUod identification.
I i licsc arc thc circumstances which liavo roused
| the indignation of the District, and fixed upon the
i tr3nsactiOD, the reprobation or every friend of law,
justice, and representation.' Thc only incident that
has tended to make men doubt and hesitate, was that
; Philip p. Barbour defended the claims of Mr. Loyall,
:,,n thc floor of Congress. Such was his reputation
for integrity, such public confidence in him, that the
ufmoet reluctance has been felt to admit the suspi
cion that thc politics of Mr. Loyall influenced his
judgment. Act, more deference is duo to com
mon sense, than to any one man or set of men._
'V bnt solicitations and importunities were urged up
on Mr. Barbour, to prevail with him to advocate Mr.
Loyalid pretensions, we hove heard, but we know
nothing personally. Certain is our belief, from all
'•( have heard and seen, that his advocacy—hi.s and
not another's—was essential to thc success of thc
claim. The doubting and ihnii^took shelter under
bis reputation and his prcsume^abllity to construe
a Statmo of Virginia—the dishonest who knew Mr.
Newtons superior right, screened from particular
observation by his conspicuous agency, did the more
crrful.) hat they would have (lone in any event
—prefer their party to their oaths.
Mr. Barbour has succeeded in ejecting thc father
of the House, his oldest colleague, n man whose
firmness and patriotism, ho has seen tested in trying
ti .ics. He has gained a Jackson member in lieu of
nn opponent of thc Administration. These perhaps,
ore good things and triumphs. Do they compensate
him for warping and perverting a Jaw of his .State to
p PurPWP» of inj usticc, and stifling thc voice of the
1 copied Docs the success atone to his feelings,
for his departure from thc strict linn of his private
conscience, and Jus public responsibility.3 Would lie
*ay on his honour, that he believed either, that Mr.
Loyall was the choice of the District, or that the
pohn of Norfolk Borough were kept open according
to the true spirit and intent of the law of Virginia3
r '^poeod 15 barter the refutation of an \ti„.
Hues, ora Cato, fur that of a Mansfield, as some
flatterer calls him—we may wonder at his want of
taste, but we shall cease to wonder at his advocacy
of Mr. LoyalPs claims. We did not expect but that
some of his colleagues would sustain Mr. Loyall’s
right—nothing better was to be expected from them
—to do justice to an antagonist of Jackson, inferred
a stretch of magnanimity and a danger of forfeiting
the character of true Simon Purcs, far beyond their
ability or their daring. All men expected a different
line of conduct from Philip P. Barbour, and Tho. T.
Baldwin.
Wc are well aware of tho risque wc run in grap
pling our shallow bark to the 120 guns ship of Mr.
Barbour’s reputation. Ilis wake is enough to swamp
'•’3* Nevertheless, David and his sling prevailed,
j against Uoliah. • As we shall answer for our truth at
jtliat bar, where hair-splitting cannit avail, wc be*
1 lieva that Hr. Newton has been deprived of his scat,
and the District of the Representative of its prefer
ence and legal choice, by u high hand and party in
justice. Entertaining this conviction after a full anil
mature examination, and our profession emphatically
calling upon us to act as centinols over public trans
actions, we will speak out, offend whom it may, and
let the personal consequences to us, be what they
may. Ail we osk of any person, before he forms an
opinion a3 to this, which many will affect to think a
personal attack upon Mr. Barbour—for whom we so
lately cxproGcod the highest sentiments of respect_
before any opinion is formed, all we ask is that tho
evidence be read. If after that, wc do not stand jus
tified for holding and expressing the above senti
ments, then we will bear with cheerfulness, tho ut
most extent of censure.
We copy the invitation to Mr. Newton from Nor
folk county, and regret that want of room excludes
his answer.
<2 I ^°w.K°VK Vovktt, April 19, 1830.
air:—Ou behalf of a number of your friends and
fellow-citizens, of the County of Norfolk, who arc dc
sirous, bv some public act of testifying their jrrrat
respect tor your long and faithful services. as the
Representative of this District in the Congress of thS
b nited Stales, and who have deputed us as the or<rau
their communication, we request that you will hon
or them with your company, at a Dinner to be given
at Reynolds Hotel, in Portsmouth, on the first of
m looking over tho newspapers of the day and ex
amining tho yens and nays on the various important
questions now pending before Congress, our eve no
longer catches tho name of “the Father of the
House; he who for eight and twen‘.y years hold a
aoat in that body, by the suffrages of a majority of
the voters of this District; who was again duly elec
ted, and so returned by the conducting officers of the
election, notwithstanding the unprecedented and un
authorised continuance of the polls in the Borough
of Norfolk; and who with all due deference to tlio
constituted authorities of our Country, permit us to
say, would still lio.d thatEeal could the truth, wheth
er or not he received a majority of tho votes of hia
constituents, have had sny controlling influence on
the ultimate decision of the question. InsteadT
however, of that honored name, we discover that
or one of our fellow citizens, who, by the report of
the proceedings in Congress we are informed, has
been, by party interpretation, construed into the im
age and now assumes the character of the real rep
resentative of the people of tho Norfolk District --
Be it so. We belong not to that class of politicians
who arrogate to themselves, as unquestionable, the'
right of annulling at pleasure the most solemn acts
of Congress, aud under whose banners, if we mis
take not the signs of the times, the gentleman now
occupying your seat will soon be seen marching—
entertaining different views of the powers and ore- *
rogatives of Congress, and of the obligations and
(Julies of the people, however deeply we mav feel
t he injury inflicted upon us by y«ur ejection, wc can
discover no mode by which our violated rights for
the present, can be redressed; but the period is not
fur distant, when, according to the form, letter and
spirit of the Constitution itself, that redress will be
,DwSiothanTh?fllhe ?*j°"ty.of ,his much abused
District. T he day of reckoning will come, and let
those who have been most instrumental in the pros
tration of the dearest right of freemen, the elective
franchise, uc prepared to face an indignant and iniu
red people, and to surrender their ill-gotten power.
1 , purity of election among freemen is deemed
sacred, because it is the very soul of representative ,
government, and the politician, whoever he mav bo,
and m whatever section of this widely extended'Re
public he may reside, who against the will of the
majority, by mere parly management, obtains the in
vestment of office, though he may for a while o/E
ciate as the true representative, will, in a contest for
re-election, find his official habiliment the certain in
strurnent of his discomfiture nnd disgrace.
We scarcely noed assure you of the great plea
sure it will afford us to communicate to those wo
represent on the present occasion, the acceptance by
you of this invitvtion. 1 *
Be pleased to accept thq assurance of our individ
ual reppcct and esteem.
x our mends and tel»ow’-citizcns,
ARTHUR EMM ERSON, 1
THOMAS TALBOT,
JOHN P. LEIGH, H
SAMUEL WILES, S
SAMUEL IIAPPER, ^
JOHN THOMPSON, < 5
RICHARD BAUGH,
JAMES CARR, 3
V,. BAYTON, 8
,r JOHN A. CHANDLER.]
i mom as Newton, Erq.
JVorful/c Uorovgh.
LIEUTENANT WEBB.
Did we put implicit faith in the old adage, that
‘truth 13 more offensive than falsehood,” we should,
be almost persuaded that when Duff accused tJ*j
Lieutenant of having quitted the army from necessity,
he came nearer the fact than is usual with him—into
■ueb passion did the charge throw tha Lieutenant.,
and so many extravagant things haa he duno and said
since. Butin reaivy, the testimonials adduced by
the Lieutenant of his honorable standing in tha
Army, arc conclusive.
Among other foolish things which Duff’s etvetilv
excited him to commit, is the publication of the f0].
lowing letter, which he says is from a member of
Congress. Tho assertion that {ho Senate of the U
States was influenced by Lien ten ant Webb's threus
and reproaches concerning their previous tardinew,
to hasten action upon the nominations before them
and to approve in haste, what, before was doubtful,
-sZa piece of extravagant import,nenee in the writer
efthe letter and of egregious coxcombry in the Pub
lisher. L.eut Webb by publishing the letter, mo
destly acknowledges the truth of the assumption!
■ 'ti C*P°SUre Pro^nc°d an “immediate rrtovement
in the Senate1’’ Tf;. u. ,, , , ,
_ c' **-* exposure produced the con
mn fion of more appointments in three days, than
had been confirmed in three months! Verily, wo
ave not seen such modesty—no, not among nil thei
Jacksonian*.
Wo commend this let‘or to the of Mr .