Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-08-15
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED,
DAILY,
BY sMowDEN s THORNTON,
TUESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1926.
From the National Iutelligencer, August H.
FRAGMENTS


Senate during the last Session of Congress.
Our Reporter for the Senate, when engaged
in preparing the Sketches of Mr.. RANDOLPH S
Speeches, which he had promised TO or read
ers, was taken suddenly i'll, on the 5th OF June,
and left this city the following morning, in the
hope Of procuring, by travelling, an alienation
of his menacing complaint. When he went a
way, he left amongst his papers the following
unfinished Sketch of one of Mr.. RS Speeches.
Having waited thus long in the hope, equally
vain, of two eyents-the hearing from Mr.. Ran
dolph himself, or the return Of our Reporter, we
discharge ourselves of our pledge to the Public,
as far as lies in our power by publishing this
Sketch. We do not vouch for exact accuracy
in the report, though we have expunged from
it whatever appeared TO us doubtful, marking
the omissions where they have exceeded;the ex-
tent Of single line.
The question being on the amendment re-
ported by the Judiciary Committee to the bill
for adding 10 the number OF Circuit Judges
Mr. RANDOLPH addressed the Senate He
began By saying, that, in regard TO all measures
in which the STATE ofVirginia was not particu-
larlv concerned, and where the Constitution Of
the United States permitted him, he had ever
felt, and he trusted he always should feel,
strong disposition to vote with his friend from
Missouri, After glanciug IT the bald Latin of
the times, principal non hom,nes, to which he
had no objection, if expressed in better Latin,
Mr.. r said he should vote with the gentlemen
from Illinois and Missouri on this amendment
mot only for the reasons which had been Civ
en- so clearly, so succmctly, and SO distinctly,
100, by both these gentlemen, but for reasons
which :hey had not given. | agree with my
friend from Missouri, IN all cases of distance,
where the legislature or the iudcature is sepa-
rated by any long interval ofspace, an interval
IN practice, not an interval IN distance-l count
as the German store wagoncrs do by hours not
by miles-whereSoever d Legislature, or iutlica-
ture, or any other tuncuonary, not milItaryz-for
he has no discretion, he must so as tue Ceh'u-
r;on orders him to go, ard come when he or
Jers him 10 come, wish we had judiciary
,rler some Military Government, or w shall
come to have Judges de tacto and judges dsJ"re
as they had for several generations IN Old
Encland--a King de tactO OF the House OF Han
over. and King whom they toasted as the
kim. as they toasted Church and State and BIZ
bIs and Crown--Church and Bible always first,
80, State and Crown---Whereas the wings al
yavs toasted the Constitution, Church and
C,a,eI don't say which side of the toast am
I aqree with my friad in this case, that the
5;f6cnltv is not BY any means in direct ratio oil
Si.,arce. il is as the squares OF the distances;
ebopld not be far wrong If should say II was
&C the cube--it is like the misery OF wearing
sDectacles, and taking care OF spectacle case
Ills as the square Of the diameters. But whlte
vote with my friend from Missouri, on this
Question. wish 10 hold him when we shall come
- another uuestion--whether 1t be the Dismal
Swami Canal bill, or the Potomac and ONO
Canal bill, or some other Of these clergyman
behring's Of the States into Districts by canals
roads for the purpose, as my friend says, OF
rIrasine men. and not for doing good to the
pnbrc-9for the purpose of making Job--ior
the purpose Of providing for some worthy--.o"r
Secretaryships Of Legation, and other things
having run out, our District AuorneyshiPs Nav
mo gone through--all the other COWS III our pen
having ceased 10 give any milk--that we shall
have 10 build lighthouses IN the skies, and 10
construct roads as they do In ireland, where
they have the finest roads in the world. hey
were not intended for the benefit OF the Irish;
they were not intended for the benefit OF the
neople who travel over them; they are, as Miss
Fdqeworth SAYS, iobs---taxes imposed on the
moor Irish. What is it to them, whether there
are roads or not, who Sc with naked feet! lhey
would rather go OH the boys; they are by voca-
ton as well as by name, bog-trotters. Now,
sir, when that shall come up, lei me put my
friend in mind that he for once in his hte--the
first time, and believe the last ume---iook 4
leaf out of my book. But must claim my prop
erty where can find il, even in possession OF a
friend; he is welcome TO the use of 1t without
the ceremony Of asking leave, as he is TO any
thing have.
On certain bill in another place, when |
had. ,he mlsfortune---for this is serious sub
;ect---to differ from my friend from Missouri, |
took thatvery ground, on which my friend from
Missouri now maintains this amendment. This
magnificent Ohio, this Belle Ririsre Of the
French--this Ohio or Fair River oflhe English
has BEEN in point of fact, late years, since the
country became cleared---it was not So formerly
--great changes are going on on the face,of this
continent, and no greater than IN that portion OF
itwhere iye---gullies have DESTROYED our land
gullies have destroyed our Springs, the washing
down ofthe hills have caused the water thai
formerly ran into the streams TO go OIL by alb
sorption and evaporation on the naked surface
of the old miserable worn out fields, have
known two streams running parallel to each
other, and very small streams they were--atfllc