Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-01-30
Eighteenth Congress.
Extracted from the Ithshiagton Republican,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
SAfURDAY, JANuAaY "a.
THE CREEKS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
SATURDAY, JANuARY "a.
THE GREEKS. er
On motion of Mr.. We6ster, the House then
resolved itself into Committee of the whole on
the state ofthe Union, Mr.. Taylor, of.N!sYork,
in the chair.
Mr. Randolph commenced with yery seri-
ous, unaffected, and sincere apology for his pre-
tent physical inability to do Justice to the cues
sion now before the committee. He bespoke,
therefore, indulgence for what he had 10; saw
The present question, indeed, in the language
pf the gentleman from Massachusetts, who had
with SO much talent introduced the resolution.
was IN itself almost nothing-it was a mere
speck iii the horizon; but no man knew better
than that honorable gentleman, that out Of sucb
small specks violent storms sometimes arose
The question: indeed. is in itself nothing COM
pared with the consequences which may result
from 1t. Iilese consequences had not been
traced through all their chain to their utmost
limits, nor would he undertake to do it: bnt
would content himself with giving some of the
reasons which are operatiy in his mind. It was
with concern, thathe declared some ofthe doc
trines broached by the supporters of the propo-
slhon before them, were more DISASTROUS to the
Liberties of this people than any he had ever
before heard. The hne-the course--the fun
damental rule pursued by this government, from
ITS origin, are in direct hostility to these doc
trines. Are we, uuder the 1pretext of extend
ing liberty, and In the name cf.berty, 10 go in
to crusader Are we, by this powerful smell.
to be alured from the highway of true policy, in
to all.thc crooked and injurious consequences of
so VISIONARY warfare? fie believed there was
scNccly3 parallel to this case to be found in the
history of Europe.
There the honorable Speaker made refer
ence to a caseor two, which the noise above MS
!; prevented us from hearing.l
The policy of the TURKS had been strait for
( ward policy. Four hundred years ago, they
were encamped lii Europe. were encamp-
ed there before the discovery of this country.-
They held their dominion in Europe by the same
title as other nations held theirs-the successful
exercise o. force. Their policy has never been
a tortuous policy, like other states of Europe,
but direct and honorable. They appealed to the
sword, when necessary; and by the sword had
commended, inch by inch.
In consequence of this true and strait forward
policy, this is the only country of continental Eu
rope, whose capitol has never been violated by
hostile power. The city of Constantinople had
never been polluted by the foot of an invader,
during the whole of its modern history. But, in
the'dsys Of the great Catharne, would that Illus
trious woman have believed it, had any one told
her that the Cossacks of the Ukraine, and the
+ Don, would have planted their standards In the
city of Paris? Would she have considered it
otherwise than an idle dream, that Moscow
would have been consumed by its own ,citizensa
THESE are events which are TOD deeply conceal
ed for human eye to discover. But he would
appeal TO the honorable mover of the proposition
before the committee, whether, in the very able
and.masterly argument which he had advanced
and he had SAID more than either he fNfr. r. !
\ ocany other gentleman would be able to say on
the subect-whether he had not, in the course
OF his remarks, answered his own arguments
He had been prevented himself, by indisposition,
y from attending the house, but.a friend had read
TO HIM the remarks made by the honorable mo-
) svor.
The honorable mover had laid down from Puff
fendorf, 2 very able and acknowledged authori-
~, that the honeycd words and pious eiaculati.
s ,ons OF The soyercigns composing the Holy Alli-
4 sances pledged them only TO do that which ma
ktiraldispositon and hatioaal law prompts them
TO do, without any formality of treaty. But if So
Z are we not equally compelled; by the very same
principle, 10 give ouraid nsupport of the Greeks?
Does not the same authority apply as strongly to
us as to'themi lie wished TO ask ffthis was not
the fair Inference, But we have gone. beyond
this. The President Of the. United, States, who
1s ouronly organ of communication with foreign
powers, has, in his message, given an opinion "a
yourabc to the cause Of the Crooks. It is there
tore done. 1t is flushed. lie would say nothing
about the policy of this course, but it had been
Adopted.
The subject excited strange fselingg in his DO.
sEsom. Could the great father of political phlo-
sophy rise from the grave, and see what was do
ling, he would pot only aban,ion his terrors of a
5reycNle peace, bit DC destined to behold the re-
wal of the age Of crusade. This was something
y which the sagacity of that great man could ne
4 yerhave foreseen.
4 But let MS take the case of Canada..suppose
: The British Colonies were to thror. OF the yoke
re yof prepared TO stake the peace and vel
ere OF this country, in support Of Canadian in
dependence Your doctrines go that LENGTH
StFou cannot stop. short oft. Would you look
xFiten for assistauce FROM Great Britain That i.
lthe only spot Of ground on which, Independent
q oaFown country, the genius ofIiberty, resides
s. ~ There IS another Casa people much nearer
k.62tts, 10 whose success VIC are much more deem
~ epnceTne'l than III that Of the Greeks have
N struggling for Independence. We have
Aro En2ov to Mexico.--Yet the people o
xico are truly and properly independents
81 Fi-nost, bit entirely so. He didnot wish Il
81 ka,thc illustration any further. He had no
sfsFean an opinion of the gentlemen arounC
~ SEas to suppose Unnecessary for him to 20 81
3 u rs to say--tfiis is man, and that's bow
Z s,aoG S''cr causes, forcibiy conceived and wei
~ :; By TIC honorable mover, why VIC should en-
n NJ letO dis new crusade, was the idea of pro
=. fhe Greeks were the PROPERTY of tn,
s'ts<, Tic was not going to discuss the abstrac
acton u liberty and slavery. 1t had NOTHING
q 40 with the question. Nor would he take M
~" Jeher abstract principles.
- is'it he would ask gentlemen from difFeren
sections of THO country whether the fact of hold