American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-08-28


,,c attention to be turned TO HE rxhayagance Of the
e and so did l. and from his report the letter
pp n,t,en regret the mis- axe (Which you perceive
n, that Of by Strangely for many reasons; and
v others, because it has been the means OF turning
kbc attention from the real poin the extravaganza of
: concentrations for furnishing this House under the
aeon, Atmins aon and about which there is mis-
liz Certain it is that IA 0Jo dollars was vtted March,
s,5 and IS, 900 in May, 1926. making 80 900 dol
~ n little more than The whole Of The first
mn was extended and 5000 dollars Of the later-and the
m.mer would have gone the way but Tor the noise
ade about this letter. The debates in Congress soon
ner proved this. Still there was mistake about the
on nciuahy furnished, and for all he abuse which has
,el we mus comfort ourselves with the reflection, that
" VIZ p"'''
No comment is necessary upon this last letter
(rhe @rcspectable'' member acknowledges he lies,
nd that is enough No comment of ours, could
ink him deeper in infamy. nor if we could, have
~ the disposition to sink him deeper than he has
auce. with which he makes this acknowledgement,
quite remarkable. The fact is, (sayshe) there
rcs mistake of one room for another, not By mp,
Tor was not there, although the letter is written
In the first person, but by another member" Yet
IA was not although he had gone to pay his
espects to the President, rather to the East
&loom-thc sight Of which greatly scandalized his
bll fashioned Republican feelings What refined
&nd delicate sensibility!
4 The respectable" member not only acknow.
hedges his intamy with the utmost sang .froid but
Even takes credit to himself for it. :. We must
tomfort ourselves Che and the Enqurer) that the
Public Treasury has been gamer by it (the iie)
klo this is another lie-for although the
Bppropriatinn, was less than it was when MIR. JEFF
aFerson and Mr.. Madison came into office yet the
President not only did not use the appropriation.
but expressed his wish that it had not been made,
hor had this letter any thing to do with its subse-
#uent tliminution. However, to correct this ere
members lies, would be as tedious as
6uperhuous.
4 We leave the reader to form his own estimate
hi the value to be given the respectable mem
Der. excuse for his mistake, For our parts we DO
hot believe one word Of it, we do nut believe that
hny member of Congress did or could mistake some
hitler room for the East Room, for the East Room
In the East Room neither the north, south or west
live believe the letter to have been deliberately
Fabricated for the purpose Of aiding the great pur-
hose of rendering the Administration odious in
but chiefly to contribute to Mr. Randoph's
ie election to the Senate of the ;. then pending
before the Virginia Assembly. How it answered
these purposes, we need not say. No member
from Virginia wrote it-an,l we still think that the
Representatives Of other States ought to take steps
8tn cX0ncrate themselves from suspicion. Nertdiii
NJ is, that taschood so mpudently asserted, and
so vnhlushingly acknowledged by member 81
Congress, is discredtabc to the dignity and purl-
3ty Of the whole body. The fountain of legislation
fought to be puriicd-the stream must needs be
8poluted when the source is poisoned.
n We should hardly have supposed that any man
4 who respected himself, or valued the respect Of
society, would have ventured to appear as the
apologist Of this f." respectable" members conduct
#Tct the Enquirer lin the absence Of the Senior
Elitor) undertakes this hopeful and congenal task
a very pretty and aprapo story is told OF Gap
tain ian experienced one too) who between Iceland
and the Ferro Islands, steering for the south Of Flu
rope, went north by mistake, and arrived IN Nor
way ICELAND being the northern extremity Of En
rope> and the learned Editor thinks this exactly
case in point with the East room lie. The Captain
sailing north from Iceland and arriving in Norway
he is Of opinion was equally remarkable with tn
respectable members saying ne had seen the mt
q furniture in the East room, when there was non'
81 there-and we certainly fully agree with INN u
Il opinion But as the crucifixIon OF ilies affords "
81 no amusement, and are sure no gratlilcatlon Y
81 The reader, we will dismiss the East oom' IN
81 "respectable'' member, and the learned Editor 70
a gether, and without further remark.
HI sMr. JeiTersons was e,000-Mr Madisons 2',ooo-
Mr. Monroe's &c, 000-the approximation Vt ulnare VI
n der the present Administration 6,00)
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