The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-02-13
POLITICAL.
Extract Of a letter from the senior Editor of
the Boston Courier, dated
WAsHINGToN. Feb I

IL
Mr.. Everett has made TO-DAY. in the,
House of Representatives, a most able ar
gument in defence of Mr.. Adams and the
administration, againstthe charges to which
they have been subjected during the discus
sion on Mr.. Chilton's resolutions. In the
commencement, he reviewed, in detail, the
proceedings of government in respect to the
pay of foreign ministers from its first organ
ization till the present time, and explained
the whole mystery of the expenditure of the
contingent fund and the settlement of GER
tain accounts at the Treasury aeithout spe-
cytcataons, about which there has been so
much useless clamor. From the documents
cted, II evidently appeared that Mr.. Adams
had received less for the same amount of
service, than MIR. Pinkney or Mr.. Munroe,
ana that the accounts of Mr.. A. were set
tied on the same principle as were those of
all other foreign ministers. In another part
OF his speech, he spoke with great earnest
ness against the attacks upon the adminis-
tratlon by the press, attacks begun before
the administration had had an opportunity
OF dong any thing worthy either of praise
or censufe, and contended that so LONG as
this kind OF attack upon men in official sta
tons was authorised by public indulgence.
so1ong we should waste the moral and in
telleetual wealth of the country, worth in
calculably more than all the wealth of the
treasury. In eennexion with this part Of
his SUBJECT, Mr.. Everett adverted to a,pam-
phlet lately published for Isaac Hill. Con-
cord N. H.; he related an anecdote res
pectlng domestic in Mr.. Adams's family
while he was minister at st. Petersburg.
and then read from Mr.. Hills pamphlet the
version OF the story there Notwithstanding
with an appeal to the moral sensibility. Of
those who heard him in manner so elo-
quent and impressive as to produce a uni
versal thrill of horror, and of disgust towards
the author of the pamphlet. Toward the
conclusion he paid handsome and weII-de-
served compliment to Mr.. Bell of Tennes-
see, who spoke on the same resolution ON
Tuesday last and pursuing a beautiful
metaphor, introduced by Mr.. Bell, he most
happily applied to the individual who is now
the rival of Mr. Adams for the presidency.
and his friends, the fable of Action and his
hounds Mr.. ,Eyerett's speech will proha-
bly, he reported in full for one or both Of the
journals here. 1t viii be read with ayiditv.
but 1t cannot have the effect upon the read
er that 1t had on the auditors It has been
pronounced the most eloquent speech that
has yet been delivered during the Session
Mr.. Randolph rose to reply to Mr.. Ever
EFT, laborIng, as he said, under indisposi-
ton, and apparently much agitated. His
speech, like all his speeches, was discur-
slve and unconnected. He was understood
to throw out some hints that this was the
last time he should speak during the ses-
sion. He had come to the House, he said.
to perform last act of duty. He would
not promise what the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts dds but he would do better
what he promised he would do. He wopld
not promise to act in self-defence alone
he would not be content with payruir.e.. but.
so help HIM God, he would thrust also. He
had listened, he said, with pleasure to all
the gentleman from Massachusetts had
said, except his introduction Of an election
eerlng handful, (alluding to Mr.. Hilrs
pamphlet j that, he said, was too grossly
offensive to be introduced among men.
much less IN place where there were
ladies among the auditors; and this led
Mr.. K. to remark that women should never
be suffered TO enter where men were doinr
the business which belonged to men. Then
followed TRADE against the newspapers
and reporters. He adjured the members
never to take aught from what the news
papers reported him to say, as matter to be
discussed there. He replied to some re-
marks made during his absence from the
House by gentleman from Ohio, (Mr.
Vance) made in spirit of surly honesty
which he did not dislike The famous
knight of La Mancha, he said, never COM
mitted more foolish act than Virginia did.
when she committed that suicidal deed.
which had placed her in her present situa-
ton. He did not forget to introduce Old
Roger Sherman, nor to talk of the amuse-
ments Of the chace among the gentlemen Of
Virginfa-at time '',cfen there acere rem
Hemen "a. Virgiaia." The game of billiards
was an excellent exercise for Sentlemen-y
no gentleman ought to be without billiard
table who could afford to keep one-the
hue and cry about the old billiard table was
rldlculous-the table itself, he presumed.
was paltry affair-fifty dollars FOR bill
lard table was a pitiful price it should
have been five hundred dollars, and he
would have voted that sum to purchase
one-yes-he would have voted for it. If
there were any member of the House who
was for raising the salaries of foreign min
listers, he said, that member must be on the
look out for an appointment; and he spoke
with merited contempt of those members
who cringe, and bow, and duck and eel out
of the teay on punching vote. He made a
long dissemination" upon dialectics and
dialecticians, and the inference he drew
from all the premises was, that a man who
was Ignorant of all arts, sciences and Ian
guages, might yet be very suitable man
to guide the affairs of State in other
words, that Gen. jackson, though a less
learned, was much soiser man than Mr..
Adams, and therefore better fitted to fill
the Office Of President.
From the Richmond Whig.