Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-02-06
PROM he Fsdsral Republican, FEB. 8
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CONGRESS.
The proceedings Of yesterday Differed
Nut I;ftIe fran those of the several days
recedins.s The Revenue being now, as
then, the TOPIC. A bill making appro-
uriations for ordnance and ordnance
torres, went through the committee, al
ter meeting with some opposition trona
Mr.. King, of Massachusetts, and Mr..
Wright.
The resolution which had already been
80 much discussed, was then taken up.
when Mr.. Lowndes, in an able speech,
defended the Report of the committee o.
ways and means, and replied to the dif-
|ferent objections, which had from time
been raised againstit. The committee
|shen reported progress, and obtained
leave to sit to-morrow--when MT. liar
din is to be heard upon the subject OF the
|direct tag.
We had prepared our customary sum
mary of, Thur days proceedings on that
evening, expecting it to appear in yes.
fridays paper but the latter part OF i
being received at the printing Office al
too late an hour. it lost its place. 1t il
now presented exactly in the hasty form
lin which it would, but for the circum
stance alluded to, have appeared in yes
Iterday's paper. The speech itself at full
length shall appear hereafter. taking it:
| due turn in the series of Mr.. Randolph!
Iorations.
Thursday, Feb. 1.
TBis day the Revenue Bill was agar
Ibefore the House in committee, and a
the rising, though it was at late hour
1.-THE subject seemed still to afford almos
linexhaustible materials for harraDgues
lon the ministerial side of the house, tn
honorable gentlemen maintained the same
thigh tone, which, the day before marked
1.-THE speech of MIR. Calhoun, whose lott.
sentiments about national glory, wer
'lnow reyerberated by MIR. Tucker. T
Those high reaching notions, Mr.. Ran
ldolph, though extremely weak, feltit i'm
possible to refrain from giving an an
|swer, and he spoke Of them with tn
Feelings of republican, freeman ant
la jealous patriot. He complimehted tn
honorable gentleman for the franknes
with which be had developed his inten
ltion Of abandoning the usual republican
lcourse, and following what he called tn
liictates of experience, or IN other words
If deserving the practice Of the eoDstitu
ltion, as it he thought that experience hat
rendered change in our government II
Icessary. We are called upon.> sal,
Ire. to make another revolutiln-is it I
Ibe revolution number thee, or reyolu
|tion number FIVE ! And here he enume
rated three revolutions in this country
1.-THE French revolution, which, he said
HAD ehecte.! revolution in America al
$50, was the fourth, aud that which. by tn
declarations of the honorable gentlemen
WAS confessed to be nov meditated
VAS the fifth He said, he had been Dor
land bred a wh;g, and would yield i
zeal to no man He recolleeted the frs
evolution, and his memory, perhaps to
stenacious, reminded him of the first tim
Ire ever crossed horse twas TO folio,
ia carriage in which that honorable gen
ltieman Mr.. Tucker) was carried ava
from the British. Revolutions, he said
we're sometimes good things, and so wa
lshysic in It's proper place but he ha'
40 idea of the frequent use of the formef
lany more than he had of making the lat
tet his daily food: he was, therefore
istruck with alarm and astonishment, a
ihearing gentlemen by way of meeting I
idisease, which they supposed to be il
1.-THE constitution, propose to resort Il
|such Herculean medicines, as that o
tscrpwing up the power of the country t.
tits highest pitch. In the year l796, whel
great complaints were made by thoS'
now in power, of the arbitrary proceed
Iings and projects of the administration
of that period, nothing in any degree 81
violent as this was attempted. The Els
Esex man himself, bold and despotie as HI
WAS, never dared to breach such abomi
nable doctrines. Mr.. Randolph dis
claimed those pernicious metaphysical
speculations: he was practical man, he
said, and stood on behalf of the Common
wealth, on public law and national poll
Icy. lie suggested to the gentlemen who
ha talked so about being guided by the
dictates of experience, that they in al
probability wanted experience, and he
seemen to feel, as a learned and well ex.
perienced statesman like him, may be