Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-05-10
From the Democratic Press.
MIR. INGHAM'S ADDRESS.

this erude production, is the effort show that Mr..
Clay threatened to shoot the whole Pennsylvania dele
CATION,
''One member from the s,aten says Mr. lngham 'lad
written letter offensive to the Speaker, who deter
mines to make the whole delegation responsible for IT,
with vndIctive threat of personal responsibility I'M
less the author dare unveil himself"
Tins IS quite reading of the 'ECard.n Unless
me author dare unceit hmse-that is to say y the au-
thor does not unve hmself-personal responsibility is
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS whom? (start not reader) the
tohote defeSdton-so says Mr.. lDgham. ''lhe whole
Pennsylvania delegation" he repeats, ''was embraced
IN the 1nenace.m
No wonder MIR. Ingham was agitatcd not TO
kno" whether he put the paper tapoogetc and expa-
natory III his pocket, not. thong he thinks II
p''obt6te he did, he "f1nd IL among has papers,
three weeks afterwards Tie poor gentleman suppo-
sing himself comprised in the menace of "perSonal
responsibility" along with his twenty colleagues
may well be supposed TO have been scared-so much
so that his wits and the explanatory paper disappear
cd together. He found, the paper it in three
weeks but nearly three months that have elapsed have
not suficed 10 restore him his wits.
Mr. lngham is ain to be complimentary to Mr.. Clay
on THIS head, certainly bespeaks the courage of hero
10 undertake 50 unequal contest. To fight twenty
eight men, either in patoons, close column sngly
would require most desperate and perseverng va
our
Hitherto the charge has been against Mr.. Clay that
IN ms card the offspring OF honest Indignation burst
ing through the restraints of caution) he promised &c
Seek duel with the author of the sanderous letter
II that author would unveil hnself--but nothing was
supposed 10 be threatened in he did choose
unVeii Mr.. ingham has however had the extraordi-
nary penetration to discover that Mr. Clays cardn inn
ports tifat Mr. lngan and his twenty conpeer.
we're all in danger Of being mpaed together like her
rings, unless some of them would be so magnani
NOUS as to offer himself sacrifice to save the rest
lhs accounts for his prodgious anxiety to keet
hremer to hIs avowal of the latter. Mr.. Crownnseld
Is mistaken, he says, krcmer did dsown il; MIR
Brent, MIR. Little and MIR. Dgges mistaken al
the world is mistaken--except only himself
Now III sober truth there is of a menace
III Mr. Ciays card against the Pennsylvania delegation
then there IS against the Emperor Of Chna-Nlr Ing
ham might as wei say the menace ''embraoedn al
congress or all mankind, because the card speaks of the
slandcrer being described by the Observer TO be
nae,iJel' and a 5tna.
The card incOnsidcratly issued; Mr.. CLAY ha.
iu'y sda st out how rnuci more respectable does tia
man appear who can he urged by foul and cowardiy
SANDER to utter his Indignation in phrases which cclt
calculating rudence would have prohibited, than he
who can III du' deliberately pefYcrt and rnisrepre
sent those phrases
Anger is righteous feeling when excited by us
cause Let not the go down upon thy anger is the
scripture preccpt 1t is the anger that abidcth which is
alone reprehensiblebut falsehood is ever and IN al
shapes odiUus.
1t is surprising that Mr. Inglam should 50 rrossl,
miSrepresent tue gurPort of Mr. CIay's card" after
giving such an Ine&nsscnt account OF its origin He
declares he Is convinced the publication of was 2e
hbe'"tefy done" and yet speaks of the inlenperat
eenS@rTce that dictated it, aud the deep i,,lig3lntio,
which il cyinces.
'Dcliberate" and contemporaries are epithets no
frequently nor consistently joined; but Mr. Ingham de-
sired 10 make the most of his cause and few incon.
sistences were not to be minded
The following seasonabe suggestions on the subject
|" e iae extraordinary rise in tie Cotton Market are
copied from the Columbia s. c. TELESCOPE of Apri %
lie most important event that has occurred in the
9outhern States IN the last five years. is the late extra
ordinary rise in Cotton which is now risen in six week
! Dprr
shls occurrence Is OF the utmost Importance but Il will
oh!y prove blessing as it is prudently used.
we trace the causes which have made the change in
Cotton iron the following sources:
lat The snort crop last year.
Z. inc case OF manufactures in Europe and America
from the increase OF consumption from every part ofthe
World C"' more prlt'cUfary from the free institutions
Whch have recently come into existence in Spanish
America.
These are sufficient TO justify an increase Of nree
out not to the extent 10 which il has reached AS far
as we can Judge the market in Europe would Mis sen
son. JUSTIFY our market being at 25 cents and we he
heVe that whatever il has reached owe that nricn *
attributable 10 the spirit OF cd speculation TOO common
amongst merchants.
There Will ineytabl, be reaction and thonrb ,ye
may count on better prices that have had for = few
years past yet the very cause Which has no;y moro
any thing else contributed to the present high yalue of
our Cotton "i as inevitably occasion its downfall we
ahude to the free institutions of Spanish America Oc
cuPylng country which for climate and for soil doubt
lcsS is superior to own; and as far as the culture of
Cotion is III question, much extensive; thew have
only wanted our political institutions TO onrivaI nc in
this great staple of the Sout.-Thcse under fe enid
ance OF DIVINE Providence, they acquiring Their
immediate wants they supplying from the Inanpf,c
tories OF our material and Tor which tbev must and
"ii pay by the creation OF raw material of their own.
Let us, then, be warned by recent experience and
reason. Let us prepare in prosperity for the adj
Versy which must follow the rnprudent use If the nro
sem. As our property will rise with our cotton mar
ket let those who in debt dispose of sufficient TO
thelr debts, and prudently employ the remainder.
WINE we pay due attention TO the cultivation of cotton
let us not neglect the grain crop which must srnply
our own consumption Let pay strict attention r.
our stock OF logs aud cattle. Let us employ our even
ngs and wet weather in clothing ourselves and our do
neotIcs. Let us ride ponies and drink AZ orr
own pure fountain, for il Is solemn fact that in 1917
Is, when Cotton was worth 80 cents the whole
crop OF Cotton made in South Carolina and Georri,
YOU'D not pay for the luxuries brought from the Yves
indles' manufactures from Europe, notions from the
lastern States and slaves from the Northern ard
hIuue states, and hogs aud cattle from the Western
states 10 conclude, mp all in the following
Isl. Get out OF debt while your property will bring
ITS full value, and stay so.
20 Wake all within Yourselves which yot, b,v,, 3,