Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-03-01

ton was made to the English Pariiamen, 10
peal the duty on imported wool, : oens
scarcely two months ago; those "no sopp
the application, pressing urgently Tue ;.r,sd
Of an unrestricted use Of the cheap, imporeu
raw material, with view to supply, win c1afse
cloths, the markets Of warm climates,
those Of Egypt and Turkey. and especiany 80
new created demand in the South ah'e'i'""
States"
From the Providence American ana udserc
We have read the protest OF Mr.. McDu"'
gainst the proceedings oil the comn'''s.
pointed by the House Of Representatives,, ~ ~
vestiga,e the conduct Of the Vice Pres'ceh''-
The great length Of this paper prevents us NJ
sertion in the American. It's who'e emu"
through FIVE or six columns, is TO hna iaai' WY"
the committee for admitting as evidence the
| letters of Major Vandeventer, OF the war ~
partment, 10 Elijah Mix; which, he eohlehus'
being inadmissible in cour, OF justice 10 prov
| ,he guilt of Mr.. Calhoun. were inadmissib'e be-
| fore the committee.
|, will be remembered by our readers, that
the Vice President, in his appeal TO the House,
|
curry; that he adverted 10 the letter oil NIX,
which had been published in the Alexandra
Gazette; and that that letter referred 10 iel,er'
| or letters, from Vandeventer TO MIX. ii the ie'-
tiers from Vandeven,erto Mix were not compe'
| tent evidence, neither was the letter oil MIX 70
| the author of Hancock All we're liable 10 the
same objection, acknowledgement they cere wrn'
ten assertions, and not made under oath. But the
Vice President, by making the hrst letter 'he
\ basis of the investigation, waived all techhlca
objections to the admissibily OF the letters II
he had not waived those objections, the letters
were, in another view OF the subject, clearly ad'
MISSILE as subsidiary 10, and explanatory OIL
The ora. testimony Of Handkerchief and MIX
made under oath.
Looking at the subject in another point oil
view, what would have been the impression a.
broad, had the committee admitted evidence
only strict juis2 Would it not be loudly com
planned, that Mr.. Calhoun wished to shelter
himself, and the committee to shelter him, De-
hind the barrier Of technical objections, and
that though he might be morally culpable, he
could not be legally convicted! Mr. McDuthe
should have thought Of that before he penned
his complaint. ilwas necessary to the charac'
ter Of that gentleman, having demanded the IN
yestigalion, that i, should be made as thorough
as the nature Of the case would admit.
Mr.. McDufie objects to the dispositions OF
Gov. Barbour and Col r. VI. Johnson. as also
irrela,ive. Was nobody but the Vice President
implicated in the appeal 10 the House! Did moi
that gentleman directly accuse the Secretary al
War Of having patronized the Islander OF Mix
Was not the Secretary entitled 10 yindication
F if uniustiy accused? These dispositions wen
clearly TO prove, that Mr., Calhoun was salts
fed tha, he had, in his appeal to the House
done wrong 10 Mr.. Barbour; and that the ap
peal was in his possession when Col. johnson
made, in behalf Of Mr.. B. the explanation b,
which he was satisfied. The deposition o
Col. Johnson further proved, that sfter the Vice
:: WIN me conduct Of Mr.. BarboDr, he permit
ted the appeal TO go to the House without al
iteration amendnent-,hus preferring an &C
cusa,ion Uhich he kne,0 10 be erroneous. 1t i.
this feature of the evidence which dis,urbs Mr.
McDuffie; and we'll it may. 1t is this which
troubles Mr.. Floyd; he cannot be insensible:o
Its effect!
Mr. McDuffie talks Of conspiracy to rnir
the character Of the Vice President. Who
were the conspirators! Let him name them
Eli ah Mix is the Titus Oates; but his accuse
tions and himself were secuted, as vile and un
worthy, by every person connected with The
government-he was denied a contract fol
which he was the lowest bidder.