Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-06-13

liner COnfeSS0r, and every man In tnlS HOUSE,
at the footstoo Of the confessional, had confess
ed bad motive TO him, by the laws OF his
Church, as by this Constitution, above the law
and above the church, he, as President OF the
United States, could not pass on our motives,
though we had with our own lips told him our
motives, and confessed they were bad. said
this then, and / say it now now. Here plant
my foot---here fling defiance right into his
teeth. before the American People. Here
throw the gauntlet al him and the bravest OF his
compeers, to come forward and defend these
miserable dirty lines: Involving departure,
hitherto, SO far as / am informed, without
example, from that usage, and upon the mo-
lives for which, not being informed OF them,
do not feel myself competent to decide" A.
miablc modesty! wonder we did not, all at
once, fall in love with him, and agree, una uoce
to publish our proceedings---except mysef--for
| Quilted the Senate ten minutes before the vote
was taken | saw what was to follow--l knew
the thing would not be done at all, or would be
done unanimously Therefore, in spite of the
remonstrance of friends, went away, not fear
ing that any one would doubt what my vote
would have been, if | had siaid. After twenty
six hours exertion, it was time to give in.
was defeated, horse, foot, and dragoons---cut
Upland clean broke :.own---by the coalition OF
Blu and Black George---by the combination,
unheard of TIL then, Of the puritan with the
black-leg.
Having disposed of this subject, shall say
one word more, and sit down. said, on the
subject already adverted to, let the Senate take
dignifcd stand-don't let them say, we sent
10 you for that thing, you sent us tins, there
fore we shall not go any farther-we Shall stop.
Let them behave like Romans, like Conscript
Fathers. am sorry was prevailed on 10 with
draw my motion. even to make way for that OF
the gentleman from Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire But she once went with us-we rode
through the equinoctal gale together-Ports-
mouth overcame The first Adams, and Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, lrus:, will overcome
the second. should not have made this allu-
sion but for a toast heard lately offrom friend
of mine" Those who fell with the first Adams
rise with the second" Very true-cest urai.
Agreed-they who fell under the wrath and des-
peration Of the first Adams-the dust and ashes
men-have risen too, | saw one of them this
morning. We too have risen, and the strife is
to come North Carolina has starred forth
boldly and manfully, like the fine fellow at The
battle of the Nile-I believe he was an Ameri-
i
the wake 1t is skirmishing with the light
armed troops-with the Voltigeurs-l hope
we shall here form a phalanx. legion hope
to see not only Hector in the field, but Irolus,
and host of worthless with him. lfDo,, we too
shall have to sing Full Hum: we too shall have
to sing, Where the Capitol stood there grows
the harvest. We must put our shoulders to the
whecl-having put our hand to the plough we
a
be sick can't conceive II must be dead before
refrain at call like this.
Inever write out speeches. am glad am
singular in that respect But would not lose
those that have been published and those that
are about to be published very soon, ION the
Panama mission) for all the books that have
been written in defence Of Constitutions-that
on the British Constitution (De Loslme) inclu-
ded We poor narrow-minded wretches beiev-
ed that il was not our business to SO on cru
SADIE to Terra del Puego to prevent somebody
making settlement where man cannot live, or
10 the North Pole. Our business is to attend
to the interests and rights Of the American con-
lederacy mere. Like Hector's wife, who was
found spinning among her maids, we did be.
lieve that the care Of our household was our
main concern. The card-tabe has gone out of
1aSnlOn noW--eVen I9ttSTleS are QenOuDCeu-i
don't mean such one as thar given 10 Jefferson
by the Legislature of Virginia--I should have
voted for thar bill if had been there--Horse-
racing and billiards are no longer in vogue---all
these having been discarded; what is got upin
their place? The same .meddIing, obtrusive,
intrusive, restless, self-dissatisfed spirit shows
itself in another way. The ennui breaks out in
new place--the tedium vits appears in Sunday
schools, missionary societies, subscriptions to
colonization notwithstanding care of the Sand
WITCH Islanders, free negroes, and God knows
who. 1t is the same spirit which drove men
from home to the card table, 10 the billiard Ia
bic, and the horse race. 1t is matter Of fact
that gentleman told me that, going to visit a
very pious lady and gentleman in Virginia, the
little negroes were so ragged as to be obliged
to hide for shame, and the women Of the faml-
ly we're employed in making pantaloons and
jackets for the free negroes at Liberia. When
ever any Of these ministers, male or female,
come to me with their complaints and petitions
for aid, never Can forget Gil Bias and Senior
Manuel Ordonnez, who got rich and lived COM
for,ably by administering the funds Of the poor.
IF we cannot get here an account OF the money
we vote by appropriation, Shouts like to see
settlement of the accounts Of the Otaheitans |
should like to see the vouchers of the expendi
lures for these Sandwich Islanders, and these
Liberian people---l am afraid We should have to
settle them on equitable principles---they would
never pass the Treasury. When l cannot get