Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-06-02

sire. The plan can scarcely fail 10 be successful but
nope tue gentleman does not mean TO recommend ii
upon the rnaxun eTpeTto cfedc. Really, sir, while tie
gentleman was describing to us the twisting, hugging,
squeezing, kissing, iasCy waltz" he ed such
pruriency of imagination, and threw much OF the
month OF May into his manner, that tempted to
think that he also had parialen 0f hc diet of our
friends IN particular section OF this country" lie is
pleased TO think that General Jackson never would av
dreamed OF the Presidency, if the Legislature of Zen
nessee had not put ii into his head, and think car
eH nm with equal certainty, that his patent mode OF
seduction would not have been resored TO- had he not
recommended IT so strongly 10 public attention. But
Is IL possible that this rhapsody can be thought WORTH
vi serious reply II is graYey argued. that because
a man may marry Il woman lie will necessarily set
aoon TO seducc her. IA she may one dav bccolre his
WIFE, he VIII eDdearOur 10 III her Tor that station by
corrup;'ng her morals, and rendering her wholly
worihy ct The station 10 which he wishes 20 raise her
There Is stupid absurdi;v and childish ncons,s-
cncy IN this idea which ought TO have secured tue
House against the disgust of hearing il SO often re-
peaed.
II has pleased the honorable member from Bath
with what deceucy every gentleman will determine
20 drag INTO this debate with rude and unprovoked
renee, respectable Judge OF the general court. He
hau Tue grace indeed, call this panui part OF his
dfy,' out there are few other in The would, who
would not have considered i; thar duly To abstain al
'oge'hcT, from such an unbecomiDg aIlusiCn. And,
VINO is The gentleman from Bath that il should DC ms
drty, TO arrasn at he bar OF the public the mos,
honorable men in tue Stato' How does he lust ifv TO
ms own mind the vanity which this ccnsure implies:
W hat can excuse the indecent il eetoin wifi, which o
has alluded ia gentleman, OF whose character an,
haos he cannot pretend 10 know any thing? Nothing
SIT, but delight in giving rain, and fixed co,tenpi
Tor all the decorums OF polite life. II is al once my
duty and my pleasure 10 vindcae that excellent man
against The SroundcsS attacks Of the gentleman from
Bath my duty his Represen, ative upon this floor nv
pleasure as his connection and friend. He is a man
whose course through lie las been transformations
''esseo'wi no ordinary share of sound and cool ud
nen ne mas hiied many public stations with honour
whilst he has appeared TO despse the glitter which be-
onSed to them. IN private lile his virtues are az now
ieGgcd 10y all Ills integrity is strict even to minute
punco; bis hencyoience is known 10 all the poor and
The helpless; his hospitality, at elegant and un
bounded, dispensed 10 every who has fair claim
upon the coureses Of polished society. have seen
fnaHy great men and many good men, but he of whom
we speak rs the only one in whom have ever recor.
hiscd ihe true old Roman virtue. Above ALL he has
passed from infancy 10 an advanced age without one
oot upon ms cscucheon. is reserved for the zen
ean from Bath TO disturb the serenity OF his dccl;n.
ing years,-and that too, III lis absence-bv coarse
and scandalous language which he would not have ,ar-
cd TO utter under the Indignant glance OF his eve II
Is true at he has married his wile sister, and is also
rre tiat lie hVcs with her in uninterrupted harmony.
euned ana chastcned by that delicate poli;encss which
ms accuser would scarcely be able to APPRECIATE Bui
is not true that lie Is amenabe 10 The pc
a'es oi tins law or any other law; II is not true that
he ever Slrinks from the discharge of lis duty as
Judge IN expoundng pressing This law on the notice
OF grand uics On the contrary, lie does not Oh any
occasion omit IL The grand jurie arc equally atten
tive to their duty They present every offender acainst
The law, although they have twice presented the law
itself as nuisance. Such is The man who has been
sigmased as an ''uniathful centnen whose pure and
unoending character, has been thrust cruelty disco.
Toured upon pn3c notice, and who has been present.
cd by one protesting love the truth as -, lie Inn
high IN piaCc.n Oh! shame. shame! Is there no she'll
Tor virtue that can protect against the attacks OF the
slanderer! Is there sacredness in tAc peaceful fine
SIDE which te spcier of character dliee not TO pro.
fame! - ~
But The favour which is EXTENDED TO this bill is cal
lea mere border opinion" found only on tie cont.
skirts OF CIVILIZATION, and amongst the lowest Of our
people," lAls Is another proof OF the facility with
winch The gentleman from Bath apply the laneus &c
OF insult and of the equal skill with which lie nlananes
all subjects, whether he is acquainted IN them or no,
WIZ nj retort TINS gentleuaD!y charge by doubtine
me cW'Haton OF the people of Bath, because know
that the RepreSetntice IS not always fair sample ol
his constituents. Butt will remind the gentleman that
those 'outskrts of civzato,.' are among the oldes,
and most thickIr settled parts of VIRGINIA and flat
much ct The wealth, and the learning and tie polish oil
The State, existed there, when the county of Bath WIS
bowling wilderness. doubt not that the advance
Inent OF Bath since that day has been as rapid as that
OF other places and that notwithstanding What has fall
zen from lis Representative this floor uiay be
considered civilized country If. however am o
lis original roughness remains il has ONLY To take few
such lessons tom IFS Representative he has given f
us to-day. In such school Of manners the most mn
trachc pupil could scarcely fail of perfectinr himself
ihIs want OF civilization IN borders is ingenjou.h
attributed, by the philosophical member from Bath T.
'he uet Oh lc people, winch he suPpOscs must have
tendency to excite irregular desires There j. =
dashlng bIiliiancy in tis thought, worthy the gcn
us OF the gentleman fran Bath. IL is at once orr
gnal and profound, and utterly dcfes all atteriDt n
reply. HE only misfortune That those who ina
see III print, will not easily believe that has fallen
from grey-headed man, but they will be apt 10 think
That fiery corusca;ion acl out from some vou
iu brain, hot with the fumes of last nights debauch
place by The side of it, the notion Of selling TO the
hShest bidder the two eastern shore Counties with the
UgODle. e1ltr
thought as the other, although may be considered
somewhat more practical. As both of them however
are destined to go down TO posteriy us monuments o
he taste and literature of the gentleman from Bath
leave ii tothe critics oftbose days settle the compa
ratve merits.
The gentleman from BATH has edited us with pocf
Cal Senealogy Of the present bill The propositus is "a
young man by the name OF Dcis who nternarricd with
his inst w;'c sister Miss Tn ersaa their oldest sor
IS called Atheist, aud their second Unitarian" fear
SIR that this OF the figure ProsopoPeia, will scarce
~ tic acknowledged tic courts of Apollo. The Mu
ses we're all chase while they dwelt Paynassus bu
they appear TO he less careful than in the olden time