Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-01-25
ALFXANnRIA:
MONDAY, J4NU.aRY %, 1919.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT AT WASHINGTON
Saturday, January 90

Ceeded with this day. Like every Olner
subject, it will soon grow stale, fiat and I'M
interesting-and am mistaken if it has not
already thrown off much of that freshness
which imparts interest to discussion, and
pleasure to auditors. Repetition soon be-
comes wearisome to hearers, and where
there are not number of speakers so high
ly gifted as 10 be able to present the same
topics over and oy er again, in move aspects
to clothe them. however trite, in new
dresses, and exhibit them in attitudes e'e-
giant and fascinating, debate ofmany days
is one Of the duIlest affairs imaginable--or
what dondy would call one of the damn
eldest bores in the nature of things. Even
excellent, sound sense, when pushed long
in the mill horse round, without little d.
versi6cation from wit, becomes tedious and
unaffecting. | wish some of our orators,
who are so jealous of the peoples purses,
and the tine of the house, that they object
to the relaxation of adjourning over OF Sa-
turdays, though useful because salutsry to
the constitution and supplying intellectual
vigour to the mind, would have the dIscre-
ton to consider whether one Gay in the
week would not be more prudently ana
prof;ably spent i" recruiting both body and
mind, than in lulabying poor hearers 10
sleep with "ther very sensible kind OF com
mon place pressing, which every one pre-
sent knows as well as necessary before ne
heard it repeated TO him in Saturdays
homily,"
white silent Gnklings hull the distant folds.
Yesterday, being Friday, however, all
was fair ami interesting enough Tor what
there was OF it. Gen. Smylh, OF Virginia,
made very argumvntatve defence OF gen
Jackson's conduct, and was followed by
Mr.. Jones of Tennessee, who having ser
we'd under Gen. Jackson, was naturally his
earnest advocate-and Mr.. Talnadge fol-
lowed Mr.. Jones to The sam purpose. he
said that IN The orders issued at the outset
of the " IF to the original commander \Gen.
Gaines, the government had been SO slow
and cautious in giving its orders Tor the ac-
tive prosecution OF hostilities against the sa-
wages, that the people murmured att-and
twas not till the murder of 1t. Scott, point
ed Out the necessity OF more decisive and
vigorous measures, that orders were sent to
the commander in chief 10 adopt every
measure he should deem expedient TO has
ten the war to successful termination
and under that order he maintained Gen.
Jackson was justified in all he did. Mr..
Talmadge denied that the treaty OF Fort
jackson gave rise to the war, and said that
ifgovemme1t wanted TO know what were
the causes of it, they had only to count o.
yer The scalps, Upwards OF 800 in number)
which Gen. Jackson found with the sava-
ges, some dry, and some besmeared with
the blood still moist. He was proceeding
in very neat and ingenious argument,
when he was interrupted by motion for
the committee TO rise, which was compl.
ed with.
There are YET some able persons expect
ed to take share in the debate. But whe-
Their they do or not, enough will be said,
and continued discussion of at least four
! days more looked for.
| JOHN F. MAY, Esq. has been elected
President of the Branch Bank of Virginia,
at Petersburg, in the room OF Robert Bir-
chett, Esq. resigned.
We have already published set Of reso-
buttons pending in the legislature of Ken
lucky respecting the bank of the U. States.
| The following preamble and resolutions, on
| the general subject of banking, were Offer
| ed in the senate OF Kentucky on the 4th
instant.
| |. Resoiuedby The general assembly ofths
commonwealth ofKeatucky, That the .estab-
lishment of monied monopoly is hostile to
republican liberty.
/ 2. Rssolyed, That banks are such mo-
nopoiy, and do moi depend for their profits
upon the correct employment OF The pro-
ducts of industry.
8. Resolred, That as the products of the
labor of nation are the only genuine sour
ces of national wealth, any corporation or
institution which tends to substitute specu-
lation, instead of the proper and valuable
fruits of this labor, must he pernicious, and