The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-02-28

posed IN he mefe insf 10 the eentle,.a, mud 20
! me Administrator, because | b,iieye Thai he
Nil get full ~ mich rs he mny observe snd
Hiey have foil As much weight rs ihey con earfy
without adding tp il ann her feather
: Sir, anu affaidI may b. charged with some
; want Of continuity but. sliat have 10 .as. s.
~ least as relevant, ny, and rs pertinent too, Il.
) The snhlect before the Housc. as The handful
. "hteh ihe gentleman read f his delitacy
would permit him 10 read no further. though /
must confess lhougm thnt he had already gone
: 50 Tar, that there was no ultima 1bnfe beyond.
or, The gentleman might have spared himself
"is iasi eSerfnfi nf his delelcy, aud even huse
frad 10 the end. There omh be- nothing more
gioss behmd, tim whai We hal afead, heard,
mud w.re 10 hear. Ia The ehsc of the ill.fatcd
'meen OF Fumee. fhefen,iemau, with mncb
gravity, with some 1oSeihy. aud with great
nl'@olhlF, bui hgansi eeftam principles which
have held IN tins House, al land which |
shall eonlinno TO bald. f4qnf nd inaln an lanss
'he tast, spoke of me- hendlong CONNER cement
ct The Opposition, hclofe the Administration
could give rensonpblc cause of disnunienf Sir
have naw nqpaiiH0dia 10 ,ing ~ 10 clanni ~
on inaf snbcti drew NY conclusions nom
mat fountain which never hned an observing
ana safecIoos mhh, and which, even the sun
p'e hnd M fpefienced (and among the feail
h'hY hiinh ai==.tt = mature aud human life. L
saw distinctly lfpp ihn breinninr, that II we
! permitted tins Administntlnn--ifw VIZ listened 10
NOSE VINO ''led to b wait wait there IL II lion
~ 'he pan, tand. sir, there ALWAYS il a linn "a
The path, 10 The sluegard aud 10 the dasfnld
"nd which cry was seconded, no doubt by many
who wished 10 know how The land Law beioie
ihey ran for n portion which side victory
would incline, before thev sounded her horn Of
Triumph. " we bad ihua waited Sin the eiiua.
tom ol the country would have been very differ
en' from what II Is now. Sir there great
rhee TO be Inn--ifyou will permit me 20 draw on
illustration nom n sport To Which have been
much addicied--one IN hch all Tho grntlenen
~ 'ngina, when we had gentlemen ~ pirgi-
mia delighted u of which am YET very fond--I
mean from the turi--and II must be lost or won
ms the greatest raen IN tits country was won--i
mean the race on Long Island. and that saw.
ana That was by running every inch oi the
gfound-by going on nj soore--~h, following the
policy OF Pufdy. Pufdy, Sir, hns mnn OF
sound sense, and practical kDomedgr---a man
OF common sense, mean. and woftha thousand
OF your old and praciscd statesmen and pro-
mature gentlemen, who never arrive ~ inaIu.
r''y--and~ho, mcanine 10 side with lhe NEAT
Administration N Gaze pi on success, were ncy.
erlheless ie'olsed TO get MI they could, IN the
meantime, on 81 ihs. sit TO one of these friIn.-
ming gentry Il ~ worse fhau death 10 force HIM
TO take SIDES before clear INDIGESTION of Victory
, and hence The cry of lis bainQ premature 10
sur ihe question Of the next Presidential eiee.
tion. Sir, five had SET oil one se,son later a..
should moi have bad ground enough len 10 run
upon to overiake, aud pnss and beat them, be-
fore they would have passed The winning po.t
and pocketed the stnkea Such would have been
the ELECT, II WE had delayed oar push aud 1
kno" no one that would have enjoyed the re.
SUIT ana chuekled at our folly with more hearty
gloe, than one OF these SHINE old and praelised
''"'esheh' Here something was snd which
our reporter did not henr. aud 10 which Mr.. Ey-
ercli was understood ~ repl, thai he had not
stated II shis sentiment, bot asa fnd. beg
the Renilemaifs pardon | pryrt nns miprepIe.
Fenicd by him, and | never viii nisreprrsent
him, unless misunderstood him. But. Hender
It never occurred 10 the gentleman from Maasa-
chuseits what could be the cause Why such
, hue and cry should be raised against m Admin.
is'faion :" very able (pernii ine 10 this. how
4 evfA 10 dltl" homibe gentleman. de gudi5As
nm tst) "hnt, say, could have been the ,nuss
/ wins Action and AL his bounds on rnthfr. why
. the dogs ofwar were Jet sip ngnina this wise,
! Hnd able, and slriuous md loeng Adninisira.
4 ton these patterns Of political friendship and
consistency aud hnte ehuiuued 10 pursue then
, lill they he parting and g@spinp fnr breath on
= the high way-=nntl they irni,1e the beauiifui
= fable Of the hare and many hounds. The cause
Of al this Is 10 be found ~ the manner In which
they came into p0Wer--hr cnuae Of this pre-.
;, ~. @ouiddefy all the pubic presses In the
/, world TO have bfoUghtlb om TO Ibis ras had
. There noi been inint OF ORIGINAL sin IN their boz
! dyspolhlc mud which eleas a TO them even as
the sln ct our fifst parents iaints our fallen ma
turf. aud cleaptth tots all, The gentleman re-.
% frfs 10 those who composethe party called tho
/, Orposlton, Epd says II Is 'lorbnd OF very
Is disooIdani MATERIAL True. Sn hut what arg
= The materials of the parry which Hphnds the Nd
. minisifntiou Nay, of the Administration H.
u eel Are they perfectly hnmog
= know one Of them WIN has beoug raised 10 n
. higher station Than most men IN this country
Z, WAS that because he opposed, because be es-
= poused The election nf The present Chief Magis
q irate Let me ask the gentleman from Mass.
V chn cts what could eHnse the old Rrpublicak
y party IA New Englpnd--ihe worthy successors
Is ofJ0lm LanGdon--to be now iopnd acting with
y rs They kno~--buf prrhhps some in this
D. House do not know--fhey know thai the South.
- ern interest is rs much ibeit natural ally, IN
. protecting them aeainsf an oyerwrening dig
4 HrehV at home Ms England il the natural ally
- of Portugal against the power Of spain and
: France and though they left 0s for tiine, yet
now, apprehendipg danger. and sfriug through
D the arifccs Of their berayef, they have return
Il I'd 10 Us, their old, natural, aud approved allies.
u Sir, have moi the Administration, as well tina
D Opposition. ways and means and funds in their
y hands, 10 obtain influence aud buy success
- Have the, not she whole ofthe great mass OF
Is patronage IN their bands Bui the gentleman
IS says that so far from taking care Of their ad.
hereufs, they have been too liberal IN bestowing
7 this upon their engnirs hut IL is easy TO nc.
II count for this An aneien, apolhegm tell thai
y il is better 20 Judge between two of your enc
mics ,han between two ofyoW friends. In the
i one ehsc you are almost sure, by your decision,
. to make a friend and in the other 10 lose one
3 Now, sir, our ahle and practiced statesmen
{. know. that, by giving a loaf and 1sh 10 an enc
. my, they make friend when, by giving them
10 one Of tlier friends. obey nigh, d,sahlige ano.
Their, no might think his claims dispa, aged Z
that sir, Is the whole secret Of negiec,ing iheii
ftiends