Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-05-27
Mr.. RANDOLPH'S SPEECH.

Mr.. RANDOLPH'S SPEECH.
From the National Gazette, of I'D April.
We have before US letter from Wash
ing.on, in which the six hours farrago o!
Wednesday last, is described i was
compounded of coarse obloquy, paltry
anecdotes, lndeica,e illusions, Latin and
French quotations, SC. The Secretary
OF the Treasury was called white
washed Federalis,; the Secretary of the
Navy sneered at as " schoolmaster;"
the memory of DR.. Rush assailed; Mr..
Newton, of Virginia, of the House of
Representatives branded as recreant,
&c. The hope was expressed that the
climate Of Panama would give good
account of those who should be sent Thu
Their, " although person coming from
Philadelphia ought to be yellozo feUer
froof" The orator, or actor, reciled a
dialogue between himself and his negro !;
read letter from person whom he
would not name, detailing the manner
and circumstances of Mr.. Adams con-
version to the republican party; and de-
nounced Mr.. Giles, with the hardest
epiihets, though he professed to rely on
his statements concerning the Presidents
conduct and motives. A correspondent,
who was not present during the two frs,
hours of the speech, but listened 10 it for
four hours until the conclusion, assures
us that he could not have possibly known,
from all that he heard, what was the sub
ject properly before The Senate. An ell
DERBY and very respectable gentleman
exclaimed, on quitting the lobby" A.
las, what has become OF the dignity of
the Senate J" This exclamation may and
will be repeated throughout the United
States.
Various letters from Washington fur
nish details Of what passed in the House
oil Representatives on Friday last, which
are fitted to chagrin and disgust, in the
highest degree, the greater body Of sc
dae American citizens. We copy one
of those letters from New York pa
per. 1t appears from all the accounts,
that Mr.. M'Dufie, of South Carolina,
whose name, some years ago, was SO
conspicuous in all the newspapers, IN
connection with that Of Col. Cumming,
was the aggressor in the violent alterca-
tion on the floor OF the House. He rant
e. with reference to the conduct Of the
Secretary Of State and his friends at the
last election OF President, in strain
which was justly considered as full of
insult and arrogance by some Of the Ohio
and Kentucky members; and which in.
duced the House to acquiesce in the
proraction OF the debate, in order that
his inuendoes and conmmelies might be
fepelIed. He, forsooth, if he should no,
carry his motion in the House, to take
the election OF President from that body,
will call convention of the people.
When attention is given 10 the quantity
Of real, important business which re-
mans TO be done by Congress, according
TO the repor, Of the join, Committee on
the subject, such politicians and declaim-
ers as Mr.. Randolph, and the member
from South Carolina, must be viewed by
the People, whose time and money they
w,ste, as pests in the national councils.
w OSICNC ubut ~ W oo iiIC iutuoCb itoh
Illinois, who, at the time the Virginia
orator held seat in the House, and rbe-
toricated whole mornings like Mathews
at Home" remarked that he thought
such exercises we're unreasonable and
unwarran,able during the regular period
Of meeting, but that he would willingly
give the Hall to the gentleman for an
evening exhibition, and pay for his ticket
to see the performance. So, in every re.
spect, public and personal, it would be
better that certain number Of hours
extra should be assigned, on particular
days, for spoutins matches, at which the
gentlemen inclined or resolved to vent
their spleen, with regard TO the result Of
elections. and other disappointments,
might DO INDUCED to the full gratiica-
tons Of party rage and cgotism.
Nat. Gazette.
Mr.. Randolph = This gentleman, says
The Baltimore Patriot, commenced one