The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-04-27

noticed them; and presume that thej
must lave brru spoken while had step
ped nut of The SENATE.
Before | sil down. PEI nit M 10 add, II
illustration of this subject. an anec dot
Which I heard lately A gentleman re
markablr for III. beauty and -plra dor %
his domain and establishment, MAS e.
,rn II understand, by one If lhe friends o
the King then Regent that 1t would no
be dlsagrerbl. tn his Majesty To pay Il VII
10 the sat of tina, gentleman, aud eranint
his fine grounds, and inr pictures, AID al
the rariies of that nn'qIe aud snmptnon-
establishn,rn' Ia which the oiher YER.
| dryly repli d. that he was an English gen
iIeman. and claimed the privilege, as such
pf inviting his own company 10 his owl
/ hou,e. |, said Mr.. k. clam TIN. privilege
of forming my own friendships aud ennl-
iies, and shall not consent To their beng
formed for me- by any one else. will moi
agfrre that any man shall place mr. IN the
relation of friendship 10 another, however
dssrsb. il might be, or that he shall place
me in the relation of rnmity Ia my other
man who does not stand in that relation
towards ne. A. regards friendship, have
perhaps my peculiar opinions
Friendship, like Love, is but Name,
Unless 10 one you stint the flame.
The child, whom many fathers share,
Hns seldom felt fathers care
lis thus with Friend.hip--whn depend
On many, seldom find a friend
OF the truth of this, sir, can speak in
my quality of an orphan boy, left To make
my way in the world as might.
Mr.. Holmes said he did not consider
himself anGwerabe for any thing which APP
peared in the newspapers of what he SAID
here. He did not know why the gentleman
should take mp The paper and suppose il
had gwen correct report OF what he said,
when II did not profess to report what he
SAID. 1.-THE gentleman would look 1t the
paper again. he would see that il did not
pnrport 10 give the words USED by him
Thu gentleman from Virginia WAS in his
seat, said Mr.. II. when I made use of the
remark referred to in the newspaper
Mr.. II. said he was not, or hr should have
heard il, He was in his seat, think, SAID
Mr.. II. as he replied to part of the re-
marks which thenmade, and that it was
which produced an explanation III what
did mean. Mr.. II. said he never thought
II necessary TO rrcur to newspapers, He
fecoiecled what he said, which VAS, that
he was pleased that the proposition came
from the quarter that it did for he had
understood and believed II was from the
personal friend Of the Vice President. -
These were hi,'oxprr-sons.
Mr.. Randolph rephrd--lfthe gentleman
di5ayows the words havr nothing more TO
say. IT he denies the words, there is an
end fit And. sir, while the gentleman
vas speaking, t1ds absent went nut
while the gentleman was speaking. Let
me here observe, that | certainly nnst no.
deretand the evidence Of my own senses,
aud what | hear d or did not hear, as WI, Il
as the gentleman from Maine could do for
me. This Is a further specimen of the
grnlleman's care of Others who do not as
,ire to his good Offices. did say before,
hat what said was offered ia no Offensive
spirit To the gentleman from Maine.
shall not say that again. II once | make
an overture of that kind, and il is repealed,
! sbaIl not renew IT. | go further, SIR |
suffer no man to play fast and loose with
me. If The gentleman had disavowed his
words, that was another affair but, if that
gentleman once PLAYS loose with mr., hr
shall never play fast with the, that | can
assure him. The gentIcman's expression
of " understanding" and believing and
all that, has, at this time of day, very
awkward sound in my ear. There il mote
Of caution and c,rcumlucutipn than COM
ports with that gculicmtl, III matters oi az
serllon. Who taIlts Of understanding
and "belirvIug thHt one man stands IN
such a relation 10 another. | say, anhrsi-
tatpgly, that shah trust the notes of the
notr-taktr IN a question of that sort, soon
er than the memory Of the gentleman
from Maine. Ii Is d liberty which the gem
teman from Maine never had any right To
claim, by any sort Of relation sabsisling be-
derstood, and rise here To notice il, be-
cause deter mined that it shall be SO IN
dclstood. Why did not some of my DO.
som friends undertake. 10 make friendships
aud enmilies for me? They know me
better. have only one favor To ask of
the gentleman from Maine that in pursu-
ing the line of his duty here, he will per-
NIT me 10 pursue the line Of mine, without
lmpinglng upon my course-for there is not
disposition to touch, in any way, than the
geutl, man from Maine.
The matter here rested, and lhe Senate
went into the consideration of Executive
business.
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