Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-01-22
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
All WASHINGTON.
January 81.

whole of Yesterday. Oh, most po-
trnt, g-aye and reverend seniors.
what a worthless bauble must time be
in your estimation, when you can
sonander it away, day after day, inI
s1pabbling about dollar. By an ir-
reversible law. the present session
must end on the sd of March. You
have therefore Only farty-One days
vet remaining of it, from which. de-
ductirg six Sundays. thirty five days
only arc now left to you for the dis
charge of the public business :! Well
MIGHT Mr.. Forsyth say. as yesterday
he lid say, that he felt Inundated,
when he reflected on the expenditure
ogfime which this wearisglue business
hal cost the house.-Asd Ill for What
Why. on one side. to establish the
right of Geolfry C0inc0b, or Habak-
kuk Hocake. and Martin Mundungus.
licge sovercigns offhe land, to cont.Oli
thc national legislature and hold a
hir lrod over the backs of those.
naughty boys the members OF Cor
gees: ard on the otter side to pre-
serve the legislative right free. pnre
AM unrnlluted, in the hards 81 thase
o. whom the constitution and laws OF
the nation have conGded it. 1t viii
afford but sorry specimen OF our pa
triGtism. fear, on the Sd day 0t
March next. to take a retrospective
view of the past session. What has
been done 1t is a serious question,
and most serious and sad is the All
swer a. Little or Nothing bat
since what is dnre may be OF litt'e
moment in tue eyes OF some. as 1t be-
longs to the paGiic only. let me ask a
question Of more import to the speech,
iiiers-what has hcGu said? Alas an
Infinite deal os NathimS S!so--aUd BE-
tween said and zone, what nave VIC,
(nOisc ar' killing OF time cNceptcd)'
bat begsariy account of eEiNty cox,
es--a fsrrago of rHmpous professions
and pitifil Lasomachies " fri OF
sound aud fury sigaliyias nOthiHS.'
Is IL not Saucho puHCb0 whn illus
trItes notable position CT his. BY tel
iiug 4 story al q certain wizard. who
amused himself with 81 a ing a pig.
ami i'm the ,exatioR of his heart IL .r>
excCrabe din OF the ANIMAL. exclaimed
every NON and then =. a masI Carseot
cry this AMI but very little wool"
The r;ght OF tlre people 10 dictate
to Congress was enforced with mueIi'
hollow noise: apG nccunt'red with
much solid arg,unrn s-an;l as the con-
test lay between voice aud yisrur
the great .ineqaality o: the combat pro-
duced nothins but dullness and disap-
pointmeDt, ami nothing was killed bat
time Bat of that as have already
said. so much Was murdered, that tkcI
parsimOnious Ciamourists, il indeed
sa ing the peoples cents were really
their object. woaId have acted moreI
prudentiy and gained some dollars 6yI
letting the compensation law of last
session remain in force with all its |
sins upon it's head. The sovereign |
Of the people was again aud agd'J
paradrd across the floor oil The natian
al legislature,
HhHe f0lty c!GpD'd her handS. an
TCisd0m Sfar'd."
And after each had served thc turn of
his nrgue. and e,inced his patriotism
b Sufficient number Of complj.
merits TO this many headed sovereign, |
the question was put OH the eight Col
ars. and nesatived by % ayes, and
&c noes: for you must understand
that acrcat proportion oithe friends of
The law of last session. unwilling toi
hpmiliate either themselves or the
house by 4 twn-penny compromise.
but choosing rather rcpeal of the
whole. vctSd against the eight doliarsI
a 5ay. Mr.. Srosrcrnor. Mr.. Clay
ton. Mr. Calhoun and MIR. Hopkin-
son distinguished tbsmselves by the
bold and ingenius resistance they;
made 70 the miserable doctrine Of tue
house. !,
MIR. GrosyeDor moved an amend 4
ment. the effect Ofwhich. if it be car y
rled, viii be repeal of all the exist $
ing compensation laws-And Mr.. jc
Harrison moved to recommit the billlt
With Instruction, to GIL the blank q
With sir dollars per diem. ThcseI
Notions will probably supply two
days more pastimc al the public ex-