Delaware journal., 1828-02-12

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the .reotest masses, The odum excited by TINS
small matter was intense ;and yiel'lingto IT. diu'
NJ the next session of Congress- move To reduce the
annronriation from 5000 dollars (or not a cent
had been drawn from the Treasury to 5000 dollars;
sum, adequate to pay for what had a're.uy oeeh
bought or contracted for The trends oi the Ao-
minjsration in the House were blamed tof yeiu'rs
to that clamor but whoever Whi !eNe'' " ~ w r. r.
mous letter in the Richmond Enquirer-a gross Ia
brication from beginning to end, but ar'fuliy caicu
lated for eiYect-and take this in conneXon with the
outrageous clamor which pervaded the country Oh
the same subject, will admit that we took the proper
| course. |
There is another matter in this connection, 10
which feel bound to advert. as the gentleman IRON
North Carolina has never especially referred 10 me
on the subject In engaging III their duty, IN refer
ence to the furnishing of the public buildings, the
COMMITTEES thought, while large an additional
appropriation was proposed that it would be satsiac-
tory to the House TO know in what way the iormer
usual appropriation had been applied. ihey mere
fore, requested the private Secretary oil the pres'-
dent (who, they understood, had been employed IN
experimenting the furni,hn'. of the house, to give
| them statement of what had been bought This
he accordingly did And, among the items contain
ed in the inventory, were billiard table costing $50;
some of the appurtenanccs to it, and set OF chess
men, Now sir, it may bave been a remarkable OBJ
tuseness OF moral sentiment. on the part OF the
Committee but it so happened that no alarm was
taken by them at these dangerous articles lhe IN
vcntory was reported to the House, with the other
papers accompanying the bill. Forthwith as l nave
already said portentous outcry arose. The mat
ter was taken up with all the energy OF the press.
the President was denounced as the corruptor OF
: the youth of the country ;-the articles themselves
t were declared to be parts of a splendid gambling
establishment; the administration was represented
as set mot merely politically but morally OF des
para,oes and dcbauchees, and the Presidents House
as the scene of their orgies. Columns OF this 0ath-
d some cant filled the newspapers. In due time the
. gentleman from North Carolina called the attention
al Of the House to this subject do not say he did
:, Il in offensive terms for really do not recolect
q what he said about it. His comment had, however.
Al the eject of giving sancUon to what had been salh
# already elsewhere. Now, sir, what was the Presl-
dent to do Neither he nor any one else. AS have
al just said, is above public opinion: he Is on the con
e rary, powerfully subjected to it than any other
person, for the reason, that his station gives grea
!; ter Importance to his actions. The account was
!. not yet settled at the Treasury The statement
o submitted to the Committee was nothing but the
], account of the Presidents Private Secretary ian
,f officer not known to the Government with the fund
was necessary to settle an account with the Treas
ury. In doing So it was necessary for the President
TO charge either the public or himself with every art
Gle in the statement already rendered. 1t was necess
'S tcuiar items in question. lie chose the latter. liz
ia' had right to do SO lie right in doing so.
- the opponents of the Administration chose las the,
- dtD to make great matter out of this small one
'h it was the duty Of the President TO his lends to TAXI
o' from their opponents this ground Of attack. lie die
w So and paid for the obnoxious articles himself The
er public did not pay for them But shall be told tha
~ there still remains against the President the hgl
va charges of having these articles however paid for
" "u in his possession. The opinion which may be form
ny ed of the immortality Of this act, will vary accord
'h ing to associations. myself have been bred up il
'e the bosom Of virtuou- community one in which
M it is supposed, something Of the strctness OF tn
MS Pilgrim Fathers may yet be traced in the morals o
''h their descendants. think may say that, wit
'"' them, no horror is felt the subject Among IN
friends ighbour5 and constituents, there
81 erai who deemng this relaxation not merely limo
GU ceut but healthlu exercise when the weather doe
US not permit exercise Abroad have the means of ell
70 oying it in their dwelling house. Dr. Franklin II
curruptoro youth, great admlrer of the game
na' Mr. jefferson, have been told at one time propose
y' to introduce it among the gymnastlc exercises of tn
at University Of Virginia. Whether General Washing
ne' ton played billiards do not know, but it is recorte
o- of him that he played cards, which, moral poir
ny ~ OF view is, perhaps no better.
ISL 'sm- Here Mr.. Randolph said IS General Washingto
'as ,Ias played billiards -
due 49, - e;.;Gt ~; IN ~ o''i'. ~. ;..: 80
ttee ",aJa !. ;'nnorta.t S;n !; t;a Lo I c,u. a
nsh =. H. aontlan,a ;f i iii ~ G Wv es aIpe
LUZ Maine, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. ha
oe been well assured that it has been so msrepresent
. to the people, in some parts of the country
'e have cost the administration more votes than al
n.y. thing else. And this abused community has be-
i urged ON the subject, through the channels of
use, ;cts in tho JrnteI Statos in ,yh;oh Il ;s G.l
hoy eved, that the private abode of the President, tn
NO wh m man of purer life does not exist in the cou
vout try, is little better than bagnio