The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-12-31

ncFs Were counted :--inelusise OIL, G
Yer 20l There are vacant s''N efea'
leaving oaly 10 o5scntees. deaih
lelled attention this to Tn, nh. - unparal-
We could wish that the nt,,,,.a. o,'SIni IS
ways as punctuaI IN their attendan" "e'e al
-e~ lRiea. En-
| WAsnISGroN, Dec. I've
10 perceive that the select conn.,. gad
the House of Representa-. :, h,s,'''''et 10
a bIll for continuing the Cumbefla.dP nF1tl
as 1t IS usually cailed, to The East pa -'9ad,
me Mississippi Considering this Ho ,.,l u
the band which is 10 hold his Tn;' ''0ad a,
ther, ionS alter II would, without H.. &c
be shl'ered In pieces, we hail v,tL J l',oaa,
every demonstration towards tL.,,., sbl
ton of what has been done. and ~. '''ffa'
tion OF the reminder of 1t. We ar. e sI,
to find definite shape given. by III. e 9sl
IL the proposition 10 continue the Haa9 Yl'
the most Western state Of the Uo;n,,
snS' ID IT'S course, though the seats - pa
'ernment three Of the States. W. -
the bill VIII become a law, the CASE,
which alone would entitIe the seo'
tonGrcss To the applause of their cdn a,.1'
men, and to the gratitude Of posterity
r, an .hm. Int
lnmola river, was yesterday brouch, :,
the very verge of Il final question unoa !,
IN the House of Representatives ,[ rg'
the question had been stated on ordo,i,
1t TO be engrossed, aud those in fa,nr a.,
had stood up to be counted, whom n.
Wright claimed the floor. and cnntaaai
the debate. 1t was evident, that, had ~
! question been then taken, there was 40
clded majority cgainSt the bill. A6e.
further debate, MIR. Floyd himself navel
IT'S postponement, thinking probably tb.,
the measure will gain friends by deicrrinr
Tor a time decision on it. The debate. f
not convincing to us in favor of the me,,
sure, has yet been interesting and us,nc
tive upon some points of great importance
III tier bearing on the future policy ofthis
country, bat which are yet seldom di,cns.
sed. 1t viii be published shortly. I'D.
John Branch is elected Il Senator 9Th,
United States, from the state of North
Carolna, 10 succeed Mr.. Stokes. whose
term OF service will expire on the Sd aav
OF March next. On the final ballot. Mr.
laneey's name being withdrawn, Mr.
Branch received leo votes, Mir. Stokes &c,
a,. 10.
To The Editors cf he National Intflfgene,r
GESTLEMEN-In your paper of yesler-
day, have observed note from Mr.. Hem
ry Clay, which requires some notice from
me.
After expressing the regret Of the writer
at the unhappy controversy which has ari-
sen between two of his late coIIeagues at
6hent, 1t proceeds to say, that, in the
course OF the several publications of which
II has been the occasion, aud yariicuLariujn
the appendix to the pamphlet recently pub.
hshed by me, " he thinks there are some
" errors, mo doubt unintentionaI both as to
" matters of fact and matters of opinion, in
" regard to the transactions at Client, rela-
" Ting to the navigation Of the Mississippi,
and certain liberties claimed by the United
" States III the fisheries, and to the part
" which he bore in those transactions"
Concnrring with Mr., Clay in the regret
that he controversy should ever have arr
SEQ, have only to find consolation in the
reflection, that, from the seed time of l9H
to the harvest of 1922, the contest was Ne
yer Of my seeking, and that, since / have
been drawn in it, whatever | have said,
written or done in il, has been IN the fac.
day, and under the responsibility Of MY
name.
Had Mr. Clay thought it advisable now
to specify any error of fact or of imputed
opinion which he thinks contained in the
appendix to my pamphlet, or in any other
part OF my share in the publication, it
would have given mt great pleasure TO rec.
tify, by candid acknowledgment, any such
error, OF which, by the light that he would
have shed on the subject, should have
been convinced. At whatever period here
after he shall deem the accepted time has
come to publish his promised narrative,
shall, ii yet living, be ready, with equal
cherrinlness, to acknowledoe indicated En-
ror, and to indicate contested truth.
But as, by the adjournment of that pub
LEGATION to period more propitous tn n
the present to calm and dispassonatcc con-
!" sldcratlon, and When there can be no mis-
inte'pretdtidn Of rohUtS," it may chance
to be postponed until both of Us shall have
been summoned to account for all our er-
rors before higher tribunal than that OF
our country, | feel myself now called upon
to say, that, let the appropriate dispositions,
when and how they will, expose the open
day and secret night Of the transac ion, at
Ghent, the statements, both Of fact and o.
plnIon, IN the papers which have written
and published, in relation to this contr,v,
sy, Will, IN eve y particular, essential OF i'm
portant TO tie interest of the nation, or to
the character of Mr.. Clay, be found to a
blde mistaken, the test Of human scrutiny,
OF talents and of time
JOIN QUINCY ADAMS.
HaShlngton, l8h December, 1892.
Presidential Nomination.