Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-08-17

tinsuish this spirited proceeding from sub
stantial original call to order care not whe-
Their the call was made "for words spoken In
debate or on question affecting the latitude
or freedom Of debate" or for indecorum OF any
kind Onslow may select whichever SUPPOSE
ton is most favorable to his own argument, or
to the reputation of the Vice President.
As final, but bootless, exPdeieat, Onslow
asks. bought debate involving the conduct
and motive of executive officers, to De checked
by the chair, when every member OF the Senate
deems it to be in order" He then says, at is
IN the power of any Senator, who thinks de-
bate disorderly, 10 call in the jurisdiction OF the
chair, and place the responsibility of deciding
the question of order on the Vice President; and
vet, so restless and reckless is the spirit OF &C
cusation against thar officer that he IS made
responsible for the denunciations uttered IN the
Senate against the administration, when not a
single friend ofthe administration, IN that body,
believes them To- be out OF order. l presume
Patrick Henry will not be disposed to pay SO
poor compliment, to the frmness oil those Be-
nators who are friendly to the administration,
as to suppose that, though they believed spea-
kerto be out Of order IN dcnounomg- 1t, they
would so far shrink from the performance oil
their duty, as 10 abstain from calling him to or
der" Having before exposed the suoteriuge
BY which this writer strives to escape from the
true question, under the cover OF an admitted
proposition, viii here merely remark, that
though unable 10 define the motives which 60
vern the minds of all the Senator'S, can readi-
ly imagine in some, reluctance to volunteer
,he exercise of an nvidious right, while an Off
Ger was present, who, by performing solemn
5,ty. would relieve them from such anecesSty.
-. 10 hot in VprV
Question of order call can be made from the
floor Some Of the rules on this subject, men
toned in Mr.. JeffeIson's Manual, are obviously
caDable Of being suitably enforced by the chair
only. and that Of which MIR Randolph was an
habi,ual transgressor, (see Jcfferson's Manual,
Cd ed y. SAY is, L think, of this description.
As 20 the Senators friendly 10 the administers
ton. whose silence is atfecledly relied on, my
adversary well knows that the most decorous
interference on their part would have subjected
them 10 every malignant impulation, every op-
probious epithel, and every alluslon 10 the
apag-law," the "Greedom Of debate" and the
other common places of his party, which us
vulgar rhetoric could supply.
Whenever the nans of, Burr is mentioned,
,he friends ofthe Vice President become ner-
vous Unwilling farther TO alarm their sensl-
bility, | will now only remind Onsow, that al
though" those who usurp power, and not 'hose
who abstain from the improper assumption oil II,
are the persons who are Justly obnoxious 10 the
charge of ambition" yet an affected mSdcra-
ton is often the clearesl indicium OF aspiring
DESIGNS. "Jullus Cesar thrice refused the KING
" CROWN" both Octavius aud Iiberius assn
med If with violent reluctance, and OhVer
Cromwell " struggled hard with the Lord be-
fore he could be persuaded 10 subvert the no.
critics of England. When, too, some citizens
Of Baltimore, " good easy souls" IN their al
dress of February 2sth, 1901, congratulated
certain individual on that patriotism when
disclaimed competition for the Presidential
chair with that other eminent character VINO
had been called to it," this individual most
sweetly and moderately answered, that as to
s,enpinp between the will and wishes OF the 2eo'
nile in opposition 10 that great and good maU
Mr.. Jefferson, 10 whom large portion oil the
neonle of this country had fondly looked as a
cafe deposIory Of their liberties, he should, IN
doiro so. consider himself unworthy OF cont;
drnce, ungrateful to his own feelings, and 10
,hose rrinciples bv which ne had alwaya been
.ctpated" Every man acquainted with the
secret history of that memorable period, knows
that the citizens Of Baltimore used all means
per fas ct nefas,' and invoked the powers
M, of earth ONLY, butsof another place, to de
feat the election Of Mr. Jefferson, and can there
fore Justly estimate the moderation which IN.
snired the passage have referred TO. But OF
all species of moderation in public man, that
which disclaims an authority delegated to him
by the neople for their own benefit, is the least
entitled to applause, and the most obvious
10 suspicion
1t is said that "the Vice President, and not
the question as TO his powers, is the real Oh,
;pc,. II which PArR1cS HENRY aims. shall
not deny, Sir, that it is the duty OF every good
citizen, who believes a public officer to act
wrongly, through bad motives, 10 expose sueh
misconduct, and to exhibit him to the people
as a servant, who has betrayed his trust. Al
the same time, do not say, that his shameless
tolerance of the most fragrant indecencies, and
his VET more shameless yindication OF 1t, or that
the selfish considerations which influenced his
apnointment of the standing committees OF the
Senate. constitute his heaviest iorfeitures OF
mblic confidence For, Sir, while every iair
principle OF argument and evidence forces me
I. 20 desnise the clamor Of coalition" which Is
howled against the Administration by the sur
yivors of PROSTATE faction; certain facts which
NAV hereafter employ for the information oil
the public, extort from me the belief, that as
other "coalitions" have proved abortive, the
agents in them are deyising new schemes Tor