Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-03-05

message was received from the House of
Representatives, notifying the Senate of the
death of William Lee Ball, late a member of the
House of Representatives from the state of Vir-
GINA, and that his remains will be inferred to-
morrow at 12 O'clock.
On motion by Mr.. Barbour,
Resotced tndnimously, That the Senate will
attend the funeral of William Lee Ball. LATE !,
'nemhcr of the House of Representatives from
the State OF Virginia, and as testimony of re-
spect for the memory of the deceased, thew will
| wear the usual badge of morning for thirty DAYS.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MONDAY, March I.
| After the journal had been read,
| MIR. Stevenson rose, and in a most feeI,nc
manner, interrupted by frequent and most now
ertul emotions, announced the death of William
Lee Ball, a Representative from Virginia. and
offered the following resolutions:
Resofoed unanimously, That committee he
appointed to take order for experimenting his
funeral.
Resolued unanimously, That the members Of
this House will testify their respect for the me-
mory of w lliam Lee Ball, by wearing crane ON
the left arm for the remainder of the session.
| ReSotDed unanimously, That the member.
will attend the funeral of the late William leo
Ball, tomorrow morning at l2 o'clock
| Committee Observation-Disclosures Stevenson
r. T. Barbour, Newton, Mercer, Mccoy.
, Mckee, Floyd.
On motion of Mr. p. P. Barbour,
The House then adjourned.
John Quincy .4dams.--This great man, like
all other men of eminence, has his foes as well
as his friends. There are certain class of peonle
whose minds have been warped by the deadly
influence OF party spirit, that attack his reputa-
ton upon all occasions with enthusiastic rare
and bitter inveteracy, and have recourse to eve
ry energy to make him appear odious and exc
cradle in the eyes of the world. But where
worth and talents are inseparable connected
and SHINE eminently conspicuous through the
whole course ofa mans life, that mans charac
ter IS formed, and invulnerable against all the
calumnies and malevolcnt aspersions that the
most lmplacable of his enemies can invent or
suggest The proud superiority of MIR. Adams,
universally acknowledged abilities has lopr
since elevated him to state of exaltation where
he can rest secure from the malyersations of his
political adversaries. As a statesman, he will vie
with the most celebrated worthless either of an
Gent or modern times. His name is already
enrolled on the page of immortality, and pos
terity will grasp with avidty the volume that
details his rhetorical flights and solid ratiocipa
tons, and read with pleasing establishment the
splendid remains ofhis luniinou. UNDERSTANDING.
alabama Repu5.
we consider 1t worthy of remark, that in the
late MINORITY CAUCUS at Washington. from
20 States out ofthe "a, only 8 Representatives
attended, belonging to the popular branch So
that only one-sixth of the number of States
could be said to be represented. A fact of this
character requires no COMMENSURATE. Pat
Mr.. OTIs, lately Senator from the State of
Massachusettets, has commenced series of
Letters, founded on the allusion made, in the
| Message OF Governor EUsTIs to the Lepisa-
ture OF that State, to the Hartford Convention,
OF which Mr.. OTIs was conspicus member.
The object of the Letters is a DEVELOPMENT of
what Mr.. o. believes to be the real merits of
that assemblags, and bold vindication Of its
principles and doings. 1t will not be the fault of
VII. OrIs, II he labors IN vain: for to constan-
cy OF purpose and consistency of conduct in re-
gard to this subject, he adds the eraces of a
moving and ordinate style, of which we SUBJ
JOIN sample, IN an extract referring to an in
TRINITY which every reader must have remarked.
even in geat minds. However Mr.. OTIs NAV
establish for himself the character of good
writer, he has selected, we apprehend, most
unpromsing theme.
| ErtraCt from, Mr.. OtiS,s first Letter.
I" 1t has been my fashion of thinking. that. If
man is sustained by public favor, he has no oc-
casion to engage In the difficult task Of speaking
oil himself. Ii, on the contrary the people have
grown tired or dissatisfied with his services, he
becomes an object of pity, if not of contempt,
"hen destitute OF the resources which, in re-
treat from public station, minister not only to
consolation, but dehght-a retrespection of the
pest motives, and of a constant communion of
sentiment with wise and honorable nien) he
WINES over the variableness OF the popular fan,
| cy, and, by becoming his own trumpeter, pro-
vokes the sneers of his enemies, and loses the
| esteem ofhls friends. In all such instances the
attempt to write ones selfinto favor, to roll I'D
hull recoiling popularity, is like the labor of
SI5yphus, torment without hope. To such tor
ment would not willingly be thought capable
| OF the weakness and folly of booming myself
Not that ever held myself above explanation to
candid inquiry fromthe humblest citizen of any
| party, or alectad indifference to the papularity
which follows" But, having never, when
youthful ardor availed me, given chase 10 GO that
! popularity which must be run after,n ! would
not, at this day, with an impaired alacitv, phy-
scal and moral, for all the pursuits of this world.
expose mysclfto the ridicule of hobblire after
the butterfly ON my crutch, and throwing off INV
oid-iasncned vcstyrc in order to quicken my
speed" Nat Int.
| .NdCgation Of The ST. Ln,rrcnce.--The Ad-
dress and Resolutions of the Council of Lower
Canada, relative to the navigation ofthe ST.
Lawrence by American citizens, were arain
under the consideration of that body on the
9Th inst, when the resolutions were Withdrawn
by the original proposer, and another series of
forced, which were to be taken into considera-
ton the following day. ibid.