Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-08
The following account Of days debate in

1870
The following acooun, Of days debate i,
The House Of Representatives, as sketched b.
he senior rdi tor Of the Boston Courier, who il
now at Washington, wiz probably not b. un
iutrre sting 10 our readers. The Jackson mem
bers have undoubtedly lowered the reputation
of the House for dignity, and sunk It's charac
ter in the estimation OF the peope.-What ;
contrast is now exhibited to the slime when Mr.
Cisy presided with so much irmness and a
Siii,y!
WAsHrNcroN, Jan %. For several day:
past, Monsieur D'Auleriye and his Claim bav,
been set aside ia the House of Represent, tives
for qoes ion which odJnIts of mnch grsat'r
scope for the exhibition OF poll lea
feeling. D'Auteriyc's case furnished tn,
speakers good opportunity for exhi'
bi,ious Of the pathetic but Mr.. Chilton'>
resolutions for renching expenditures the
government, WI call forth (indeed they have
already produced) something OF the hsrGic
This gentleman could rot have foreseen, whea
h. was committing his resola;ioDs TO paper
tha, he was preparing a torch for pie Of
coInbusiibles, nor could his youthful imagina~
ton have anticipated the genera explosion
which took place on SATURDAY.. Mr.. E. is APP
parebty quite young man-proSaby not
m r than Iweoty eight years # age. In gh,
he is at least six fee; his limbs large, his anne
we'll proportional, though there ,ems to be a
little efficiency OF graccfuinrss and ease In lis
motions; his complexion high, and his tounte-
nance exhibiting the indications OF !Iankness
and cardor. His person is rot more iicrcu-
lean than his voice is Stentorlan. ! he zone OF
his voice Is wanting in meiodv though it can
not DE called unpleasant; but in power and vol
ume il Is immense His enuu, ialion is clear
and dis met, aud vi, bout The least apparent ,f-
fort, he fills not merely The vast conca'i,y OF
the hall Of representatives,, with his voice, bul
sfr Is sIu1
10 be man reli lousy nclined Of the Baptist
persuasion AID hi STYLE OF defamation eX ib-
Its ey;dences>Jhat tte couierence-room ard the
convenucie haze beea hi, f,rum. He u fluent
in speech, but his ords are not -lways we'll
chosen, nor is the cons uclion Of his sent, n. es
elegant nor always very accurate His mo-
tive Tor Introducing tie resulu ions, as he him>
self avowed, was simply to produce IN in,cs-
LEGATION that might satisfy ms constitu, n,s and,
the people ofrhe west in general Of the truth
o: falsity of the charges with which all parts
OF the country are Sled against the admins-
tratlon, OF wanIon e1'ra,agant, aud profliga
expenditure OF the pubic money, ana 10 intro~
duCe a system Of more rigid economy, not only
into the various executive depar menrs, hu. AL
SO into The Congress itself, by reducing the
p.y of The members. The motive was unex-
CeptIonahie AID a. object worthy Of the cou-
sidrraticn of H. Hons. An ambition (Which
Is by no means improper. and th' possession Of
which furnishes no gropn1 for d shororahle
imputAlion( 10 make himself know 10 his ,o>
Ismpora,ies in congress as well $ To the peo>
pie of his own state, might have entered into
his own views, and # II did, il mus, aave been
more thu satisfied with The no or:e,y who h
his name and his resolutions have already at
tanned
The debate was opened on Saturday by Mr..
Carson from North Carolina Awaiting him,
9, { Of the Latitude which had been allowed 10
theirs, Mr.. Carson aliuded to variety "f 20
pics not very closely ret'ed 10 he * ,, ndiIure
of public money by he administralIon. He
gave a. account OF visIr he had made To the
folding room. within a few DAYS, where he saw
thousands Of the Virginia Administration Ad,
dress, written by Chapman johnson prepared
for the rnSmbcr rs friend y TO the present admin
tralion, directed, me TO tie west some 10 the
north; and few o the south, and he presumed
The country WIS TO ne revoiuricniz with these
e,ec toDeering pamp cts lii led him L adj
vert TO the boast made BY the minis ration
Darty thAl NOrin y dTOVDd NOUlO SlNt HcI Ut ~
presidential vote for Nr. Adams, Those who
thought 10 rsVoiutionize thai state he sa d,
would be deceived No event in future was
more certain, than that North Caroline would
vote for Gen. Jackson. He enumer4leG as in
s,arces of improper expenditure of money, he
compensation and outfit to John A. KING, The
nineteen hundred dollars TO John II. Pleasants,
the on &, and saIar, of the m,nist,r 10 Panama
and the pay TO Judge Rochester, appointed
secretary to that mIssion, yet permitted To stay
ut home aud electisueer for himself a. Cover
nor Of New York.
Mr.. krewer next took he floor and inveigh-
ed furioIsiy against the sXor ndlture OF the con-
tingent fund, the secret service money, as he
called H.; republics he said should have no Sc,
crets, but every thing should be open, and
known TO the whole people. The speech he
made lev days since. when he introduced q
resolution calling on the SECRETARY for infor-
nation respecting the transfer of the custom
house printing at Philsdelphia from Mrs. Bal
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