Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-01-09
HoUsE OF REI5REsRNT471g6s

nc !Iloion ior an indS iinitc postpone
ment of,the jim resolu1on from the Sc
nate still under considerations
Mr. Qu-ncey reIna k-d, that this So
lem assembly the representative Of the
American people, The image of thei
wi,dcm IN Constitutional point of view
was called upon 10 give It's sanction to the
JOINT sansu7ge "a indignation and reprooch
ON The. character aud condla Of sins,s
Individual charged. with incidence, luds.
comm, aaconiiee insult, disguised false
hood aud s4,iacicusness, Ii was passing
possible 10 utter words o. greater contume
~ This individual, too, was The repre-.
sentative Of . sovereign noi<bcund 20 sup.
porl hun beyond the bounds Of justice,
hut who would vindica;e his wrongs, If (
was sAsailed in his reputation. This bull.
OF ara.h ms, Illuminated in The name
q ,he people, f,cm the high tower Of
ihe!r au horiiy--whai would not be their
Indignation ~hen hey found, as he feared
olsy would il was built upon basis false
IN issvlfn faSl! The houc vas about 10
a.su,He 10 sigh; re pons;biliiy. This re-
sspns billy was of no ncn.eniaey ex;s
tsEce; e was not to .ssifuI and fsei It's
'i9nr upon the stage, ard llisn. be seen ro
more ;''it woald last forever. The sta n
al ialsehnod was abou, 10 be stamped up
OH .hc toreheadof The minister. The nation
weIe abou, to be degraded in that sell es
TEEN which was the f,eari Of grcat t-ice /,
'93ich gold could not purchase; of which
power could not deprive them. This re.
solution bad no more TO do with the re
iatloDs between this county and G.. Br.
tain, than it had to do with the relations
between this clunry and China. Would
II saad The test of scrutiny when we
and our passions should be forgotten
Nr .. then went into very minute
analysts oflhe expressions Of MIR Jackson,
which was said to contain the offensive
lnsinua,IoD, that the executive had know.
ledge of the iBcompeten cy of Mr. Frs.
kne TO make the arrangement which he
did make. This knowledge, thus impu
ted TO the execu i've MIR jackson had ex.
psessly referred to the time VIXEN he him
teH lad made MIR Smith acquainted with
n; ard he could not have intended to
I'll 10 question the veracly OF The execu-
tive, iuasmuch as, supposing they had
seen IN erfenso Mr. Cannine's despatch, II
did no, exclude the idea Of other inslruGi.
c's, unless 4 part could be said 10 contain
the whole. The resolution could mol be
riTtisied, either, on the ground that Mr.
Jackson had omitted to contradict the
50 pDsi,ion. that he had made the in.
cinuation which he was stated 10 h We
J@ade- ,coniained, to his mind, false
assertion. The mis-, AXE OF gen lemen, as
~ Tie neen'rg Of Mr. Jaekson's expires
sioes- demonstrated how easily the reys
Fl evidence we're made 10 passion ard pre-
jnd.ce.
Igt yhai possible good could he resi-
~ io1 pfeeuce, supposing i's s,otcmcnl
20 b. tr9es He would vsnu e to say,
fhstilie and Of the chief magistrate We S
rrt IN lliis hing. However he nigh,
have erred 10 Diminishing Mr. Jackson. h.
bad a6led lns wiss and digaiiied manner
r ~oncuocis r II % he British government.
WAY would The house use these women's
Teapots!
IL the resolution was 10 be tie test OF
patriotism. With patriotism he would
have pOthing 10 dc if II required the VIC
ladcn Of the sands Of truth to sus
tain IL u wasno, The highest duty.
Ms GARDENER enforced The sfgumen. e
h yesterday suggested in favor Of the
p7stpCBement of lhis resolution. H
,h slshS 1t a measure worse than war Il.
sef. II, were only a continuation of tina.
bl STEERING paper sys'e which geuiemer
la ! 50 long pursued, he w0,ld Try TO bsaril.