Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-04-13
From our Correspondent

gressIonal Summary OF last week
From o1u. Correspondent.
WAsHIsGToN, April l, 1876.
A scene of much interest has been
exhibited IN the Hall Of Representatives
these last two days You know that
the resolution. introduced by DIR. vi
Duffle for an amendment OF the Consul
tuition, have been under discussion Tor
these many weeks past The House
has been good deal weary OF this DIS
cussion of late the speeches were very
long, some of them very abstract ana
metaph, steal, and all tEatenfgen them
was the occasional illusions to the tate
! Presidential election, and the state OF
party politics. Yesterday Mr.. 'Dphie
made his general reply; much exPec-
talion was excited, and every body look
ed to this speech as his great effort. lie
was himself much excited anu Vehe-
ment as his manner always is, aud II IS
so to FAULT on this occasion 1t was
more SO than usual. Little argument,
al least little new ground was advanced;
| but the language was empassioned, the
illusions ~ rsonal, and towards the close
az. assault was made on the admlnlstra-
| ion of the most yiuient kind. a sup
posed picture was presented, IN "hich
| The characters of the President and his
| Secretary of State were drawn Ia
manner that could not be mistaken, am
their coalition painted In the blacklist
colofs. But he did not stop here AT
ter finishing these pictures, ne said ne
was poor painter, and least the hgures
he had drawn might be mistaken, re
would put the name under them. tie
then began to direct personal attack on
both, especially on Mr.. CIay-whose
conduct, he SAID. was prompted by "am
bition, corrupt ambition" He spoke
| of his influence over his triends-and
said in terms that he had 'made the
Presidentn--This was followed by an
avowed intention never to cease, ii 1t
were till death, his effort to take the
Presidential election from the House of
Representatives, for which purpose, II
tis motion in the House should tail, he
/ would go to the body OF the people and
call convention.
When he closed, Mr. Everett, on
whose consistency he had made an at
tack, who h he supported BY quotations
from the North merican Reyww, made
a few observations explanatory OF bis
meaning IN the article alluded to; and
then Mr. Trimble. oil Kentucky, ihtreat-
ed that the debate should Eot be closed
till he had an opportunity to reply
pleaded his seven years service, and his
fofbearance as to speech mal1ng--the
appeal was successful; - aud though an
earnest desire was felt to close the de-
bate, and many gentlemen had entered
the house with stern determination to
set il out till midnight or morning, they
Welded, and the COMMITTEE rose. No
very nigh expectation were entertained
about the speech; but he disappointed
every body, aud came out with by far
the best speech ever heard him deliver.
1t was not lahored answer to every
part of Mr.. MDuffie's; but was direct
ed mainly to the defence Of Mr.. Clay
and his friends. After parrying the
charge Of political corruption, he turn
ed the tables and attacked M'Duffie as
calumniator, who had advanced the
blacklist charges on mere suspicion. lie
said there were differen' kinds of per-
Jury. \ man who swore to what he
knew was false, Was guilty of it in one
form; but that a man who swore that
certain matter was true, without know
inc whether IL was true or false, was no
less "a perjured felon' than the other
.dverting to the appeals which had
been made on the other side Of future
world and coming judgment, he joined
in that appeal; and in the course OF his
remarks, he said the calumniator he had
described would be delivered over to
heavens hangnan. to sceurge the ras
cal naked round the HORIZON of heavens
circumfereHCe:"-w some other ex-
pressirns equally extravagant and I'M
ex eptionable. Mr.. Trlmble was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Vance, of Ohio. This
gentleman is one of the instances Con
which love to Think of the state ofso-
ciety and of feeling in this free repub-
Iican country, where no previous rank
is requisite to advancement, but where
native talents, if allied to virtue alone,
has a connection > a family interest,""
sufficient to enii,e it to look up to pub
lie honor. lluding in his speech to
the present Constitu ion, he SAID he had
reason, if any man could have, to prize