Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-02-04

er, That 1t was unwlse to throw out The
insinuations which had escaped hin
as to the motives of the opposition
they were as little merited as would be
the insinuations of one who should sa,
to the Honorable gentleman: "You
sir, have great personal and politica
object in view-you perceive that. Ur
this question, the whole country is in q
tempest-you feel it to be necessary
for you to "buy golden opinions from
all sorts of men'--and you have aimed
to "ride on the whirlwind and direct
the Storm" insinuations of this kind
would be, as to that gentleman, unjust
as they would be disgracefuI to him
who should make them, but not more SC
than those which had been thrown oul
against the opponents of the resolution
Mr.. Clay rejoined. The gentleman
from N. H. he believed, was new
member Of this House. He had never,
till now, heard of his name, in the
House, or out of it. In his speech on
the resolution of the gentleman from
Massachusetts, this gentleman had gone
out of his way, to attack a resolution
laid On the table by the Speaker, and
which was not then under consideration.
He had replied to him, he thought
he certainly intended it-with great
respect, with great decorum. He chose
to travel out of his track, said Mr.. C..
to assail my resolution: but must say,
he did not more mistake the dimensions
of THAT resolution, than he has done his
own. And now, after lying on his pill
low for twenty four hours, he comes
here with conned reply. Ifthat gen.
tIeman had felt himself aggrieved, and
had, at the time, requested an explana-
ton, it would, with all readiness, have
been furnished; but he has chosen to
go on, and to seek it in the manner we
have just witnessed, and now let him
get it where he can. On this floor he
shall never get it from me. The hon.
orable gentleman has farther permitted
himself to introduce topic the most
unfit that Can be brought before this
committee: he has alluded to a rela-
ton in which stand to this country.
(which has not been of my seeking)
and he has yentured to insinuate that
the ground | have taken in the present
discussion has been influenced by mo-
tives derived from, or connected with
that relation.-The chairman reminded
the gentleman now speaking, that the
gentleman last up, had discIaimed the
lmputalion of such motives.-Mr. CLAW
resumed-I know he disclaimed them.
sir, | know the import of words. If
man says thing is black, and tells me
he meant by that to say that it was
white, know how to understand him ;
but if he did mean to cast the insinuaton
upon me, | cast it back with SC orn and
contempt upon his own shoulders, and
there it rests.
The committee then rose, and the
House adjourned.
MONDAY, JAN. 26.
The House resolved itself into a
Committee of the whole on the Greek
question.
Mr.. A. Smyth took the floor, in op-
position 10 the resolution. He insisted
that there was Inconsistency in mena-
cling, as we had done, the Allied Sove-
reigns with our displeasure, if they at
tempted any hostility against South A.
merica, aud promising not to interfere
with any of the colonies or Dependent
cles of Europe-includiug, of course,
Greece-and then proposing to &C
knowledge the independence of Greece,
in defiance of Turkey and the Allied
Powers.
The business of this House is exclusiv-
ely ola legislative character and the
executive eau, at his discretion, send out
an embassy, without consulting the
House, OF receiving any authority from
it. He had no doubt that the President
would act with discretion, without any
interference Of this House. He had
done so in the case of South America,
and would doubtless, again shew sound
judgment in the choice ofthe time when
such a measure as that proposed would
be expedient.
He thought the proposition called on
US to interfere between the Turk and
his subject. What have we to do with
the liberties of any people, unless we
are ourselves involved in the question.
And what have we to do with religion
ihe Turk may become citizen, and
bring his religion and his mosque into
the United States, and we cannot inter-
tere to prevent him. Scio had been
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