The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-08-27

:. any personal difference hetw.eu 49,"
poiiee now til sdHssion merely IL slark
liii.. period and ih" manner in which tins
mutual respect aud forbearaacc between us
ceased, and 10 whom i. Was justly inpnla
bile
on MY part Il did aot tease even
then IL was impossible 10 have ira
med charge more destitute oil ioun
ldafion more easily r.inted or more
pen TO the ehastisemeHt of severe refaiia-
lion. Yet .laiook no public notice of !
nor shall nov go further bsJ ond the sun
pie declaration that ! nertr expressed or
fell The sentiment imputed L. me by Mr.
Pickering, than IL observe, that II had
uttered II, and had been understood IN the
sense which he has gwen To my words, IT
WAS his duty, aud The duty Of e,ery sena
! tor present, Who 81 understood mr., not
,,aly Ia have had my words taken down at
the time, but instantly td Rave called me
Ia order for using them. The wordsa Mr..
Ptck.ri0g Processes Ia have Hnderstood
them, were. IA the highest degree disorder
| Iy--and decisive proof that lAry were not
generally so understood. is found IN the CIR
cutnstance, thai no exception WAS taken Ia
tncm At uie time. 1t is 4 ruie Of the Sc
nate and Of all equitable deliberaiise assem-
ble-, thai rxeepli0nable words shall not
ouly be taken down at the time when spo
ken, but that he who speaks 'lem shall IN
medistrly be called Ia account Tor, IL re
tract, OF to explain thenl Had This rule
been observed by Mr., Pickering, When
called upon Ia captain What meant by
reference to the recommendation of the
executive, upon dis responsibility, ami To
tie 0tlitr rtd80nS when he might have,
aud " llirh Rad 40 doubt we're satlsfacto
ry, should have had the opportunity
Of giving the explanation herein contained
aud of s,eniag that my words imported
~ sentiment even Ofinlpropper Difference
lor the opinlous CT nrs,ies Of The executive.
d II it is also II breach at order, To refer,
by way of ccnsure, at one time, 10 words |
spoken at another I; and ,nlr equally Just
thai no nei1ber shall be called Ia account |
in any other place 10, words spoken IN the
Senate. These rules are touaded upon prin
clples which every man ot fair aud hon
orablr mud feels himself bound to observe:
aud the, apply with p.culla, force 10 IA
deb ,tc with closed doors, winch III lis Ma
ture is secret and confidential.
The error al Mr.. chickering's charge
consists in his connecting my expression
of the executive, which | assigned rs one
of my reasons for agreeing 10 the act, "I'h
my argument for the ncoess'ty ct despatch,
which WAS foundcdtn the nature oi the
act itself, aud the .pOrtca,ons CRISIS of the
times.
The reference to the recommendation of
the executive Was made IN answer to,thc
objection that the documents sent with the
message did not justify the measure re-
commended in il. .kno~,ns that there
were other reasons, and referring to them |
tor lie Justification OF my oWn'vote, both |
ia committee and IN the Senate, in favor of |
the bill, nothing could haVr been farther
from my thoughts, as notl,,ng would have |
h en- more IN conflict with the lcuour of my |
coudact through Eve yearsefactiN eservicc
as Il member of the Senate, than the utter
ance of IA sentiment of saeser,Ien to the |
pH or even Ia the 1iSheS vi the execu.
tive.
The confidence i, the eXecntiye which
la.o"ed, was applicable 10 the particular
circumstances of the time, aud the pat,icu-
lar subject IN dtacussiuu. Nor MAS thai
confidence misplaced. In the house al
representatives the euha,go message wa-
debated three days CA the nleiits--but at
tee the three days the house cane Ia the
same couclusion AT which the senate had
arrived in -four hours. 1t wa3 II Wise, y
pro, idcut, and, above all, apurely patriotic
measure. The share. that | had In it, re
mains among the transactions OF my public
life In which may memory recur9 with the
most CRAFTY Ing rccallrclions. Many Other
events have misunderstanding to the lortiiudr
of ad,ersty, and meretayored blythe, ics
STUDIES of fortune .bu. on no uccasion has
the consciousness OF tpright intentions.
aud II spirit independent alike of ohsrqui
BUSINESS Ia executive will and OF iaciious
opposition, borne me with more lirm and
even step trough, the temporary foInacc of
! affection, and sustained me un0ei the aban
donmrnt of friends, the alienation 81 popu
! lar favour at home, aud all the obloqoy that
Mr.. Pickering and his dlutors lavc
| from that day TO this been able tutcunlurc
upon my hcsd.
Betw-enthe system q policy, ofwhch tn"
embargo was prominent measure, and
that of which Mr.. Pickering and his irrnd
| the president of the Hartford convection
were the pillars Of state the final and il
treNocable sentence OF time has nCw pass
ed shall not dwell upen.;t.
4 II there be- lesson OF political wisdom,
winch tho. people of this union have had
cause Ia learn from their own experiences,
az well as from the uniform tenour of ha-
man history, it is that dfcetryiug "A temr,r
Of mutual forbraranee, through an their di--
visions; of making theparty feeling, which
never can include more than a>pur,on of
the republic, subordinate 10 the CIVIC spirit
which embraces the whole. I'm the .coli-
sions of political systems, II IS the tle,y of
the citizen tn take his stand upon dehhe-
rate conviction and pursue his principles,
regardless of consequences to HIMSELF
But when the, conilict i. past, and the con
test of principle is nj an end. both parties,
aud ahnle all. the nr.yniling lrnrtY. shnuld