The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-03-24


ginia, and asked him how long he Ind had
Virginia under his care and keeping 7 In
the National lntelligeneer of the mex morn
ing | found, TO my gfet astonhhment. that
no notice whatever was taken of my reply. while
the remarks of the mcmber from Ohio were Civ.
en- IN a manner not ~ | had understood him To
make them. Immediately addressed u note 10
the very Ingenious. very able aud, so far as
am acquainted with him. the very respectable
man who reports for that paper in this House,
nquiring into the eason why my reply had
been pnilted. received IN answer. stating
that, owing TO the cough hing aud confusion which
prevailed IN the House, he had been unable to
hear any the remarks OF the member nom O
hio in consequence of which hr had NOT noticed
them NJ all aud, not having done So he concei-
we'd II unnecessary and improper 90 take any
notice ufthe reply which wa made to them
afterwards saw the senior cddos OF tina paper q
call him the senior editor whose unme stands
first IN the firm) ia this House. aud asked hm
how such report came To appear. asked
him because in the close ofan article in which he
noticed communication Of mine on the sahject
| thought saw alggesii1 faisi Well, Sir, II
turned out thai the member from Ohio himself
had written out the remarks which Appeared
under his name. The reporter, ! believe, Is
pres nt-yrs, see him - his plaCe-hc made
no report OF the members remarks, because he
did not hear them--but the member sends IN his
own report of them. thai II may go forth To the
world, and convey the Impression, that, SO soon
as had concluded my speech, retreaied out Of
the HOUSE. SIR, is this the impression is II 10
go forth TO all parts OF ths country. uncontradle-
ted have heard great deal about "A mans
being his own trumpeteri but this - an instance
Of his being his own reporter. Now, Sir, II IL
for reasons like these, thai wish 10 keep Galea
and Scaton's Register of Debates here, aud not
Ia send II abroad. Sir, a member OF tins House
~ coughcd down, but they are the Printers of
this II use and the House holds the breath Of
then nosulls and they dare not state the fact.
There is such coughing aud confusion, that We
~ few members can hear what IS saii by the
member Il myself should not have heard IT. bul
from the peculiar situation in which stood)
The House does not hear him. the reporter does
not hear him. he member then sends in re-
, port OF his own speech and thus false i'm
preston is spread, moi only from the Cnndas
| To the Ealizc buI in th' Il aiding Rooms of Lon.
don aud Par aud fhis Is 10 70 INTO n Register o.
Debates Sir, tins is "A specimen, &c nHo disces
+ 0mpeS Sir, what say know, and eau Prove
+ 10 be true can prove II IN u Court ot Justice,
Y aud should be ready t. respond To an action Tor
damagesin such a Cuur, | do here certify
' thar hat Register contains gross absolute, PM
c pa lie. and rs believe, deliberate falschoods.
g Sir, will give another instance In n
Y !rbate which we had here, somr tmc since,
i n the subject OF n certain report iIom the War
: Department, relallugto n Court Martial nj
o Mobile, did say that Mllitiamen had been
! shot down. nj Norfolk, like rullocks Sir |
c vii not soften the phra Geology. did sayso +;
9 aud did, because had been told SO, and
o believed II IN be true. wa afterwards al-
y 'lsrd, by my friend from south Carolina
I Mr. HnmiIionl HAT had been mi,inform.
81 L., a. fri Il bcr
c friend. His friends received rs when We
e were n, ing before Tarlion's Pandour7, Sir,
he friendship OF our families is none al thu
i mushroom friendship which often springs up
! on the corrupted soil OF thee ten miles
r square No, Sir, II is so old as 81. Us.
I Sir, il as old as the time when Phillips md
I Arnold we're coming to Petersburg, and thai,
+ I beliove, was in 81. Well, Sir, as soon n.
| was informed OF II. while the sumo memher
D from Ohiu--hud really he seems 10 be my
I evil genius--was on the floor, rose in my
: place, and by his leave, il | remember--l
am not sure but interrupted him without his
a leave declared my discovery Of The misin-
E formation under which Lad spoken, aud u.
penly retrHcte ih" staten nj N"ll SIR, IN
the ncu paper no farther nOtirp If this wns
taken than by saying d" MI RnUdoiph mode
y irw remarks in explanation On that OF
: casinn, also, ! addressedn note 10 the repor
, ter-no Sir. not H. him, but in some CORES
pondence VIII took place between US, after
acknowledging that, on one occasion, had
acted kindly towards him, he said he had an
exclamation 10 make OF what, il unexplained,
light have an odious appearance. lie then
informed me the notes ii the espla alton
which had given, aud ia order 10 give
which, | had interrupted the member from
: g hio, were inserted in the notes oil the
Z members speech, which notes had been sent
to him for the purpose OF being written on.
!, When the mrmbnr from Ohio wrote ont his
; remarks, he neglected (unuteniiounlly pre-
sumo, for impntc no improper dcslga--'i
happened doubt not, be mere acrldrnD 10
rGinrn the reporter nofe, 10 the oiiler ~
consequence of Which my liiir explanation
was moi reported When the manuscript
came into the office. hiatus was found
where il ought 10 have been inserted, and
!, some one, by way Of Glieg il NJ, wrote
. here Mr.. RnHa0fph made a tow remarks M
explanation" Sir, ~ 10 The Register OF 1926
thu misrepresentation II contains "t my
speeches, were so gross--the Outrage wns 81
hes ond, not only HlI truth but all probability
E, that the poison is in great measure bafm-
les, because II carrie, "llh II its own anti
dote.
, Sir, | shall vote against the amendmen I. II
j. irne that such Distribution, have hren made
be ore, and To- me among the rrst-fps, slf
I ! own it always had my share Of the pub
\ lie plumber bal sit, never by ms vote. No
p sir-neyer by my vnie. There was ouly ono
instance when wold not take i. reinn-
, ded the price know of one Dlher instance
in the case OF II member, E6o 5 now the
Chancellor of orr Of our Dsa5e.- IN Virginia
he refused 70 take The pIuudc. Il only r"
} funded is priCe-mV mode was more uugrG
oous and less diguiGed tnan his But. sir, trutl
ismy Polar Star the only sure aud safe guide
, ] have only endeavored 10 sii,k by heI
2 YES, strand she has stuck by ME through
All the attempts lhat lave been made 10 Will
" and Islander me coacade, SIR, with II
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