Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-08-06

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it according to their will The Speaker,
chosen by their sufrages, would not have
done them injustice, in the organization Of
any Committee of Inquiry or Managers of
an Impeachment, which might have been
ordered, if we are to Judge from the ar
Irangement Ofthe Committees ofthe House.
They could have pushed investigation TO
the farthest limits. The accused was on
the spot. He had openly avowed, in an
address to the American public, published
in the midst of the Session, and freely cir
cUlated among the members, his readiness
to submit TO any fair trial The accuser
was not further from Washington than from
New Orleans, which be visited in the depth
Of Winter. Had be been summoned to the
Capitol to make good his charge, he would
have found there ''honost George Kremer,"
willing and ready to support him to his ut
most ability; his designated witness, Mr..
Buchanan, and all the would be witnesses.
In their respective places. Never was a
party inpelled by more powerful conside-
r9dons to accomplish any object than they
were to convict the accused, If he we're
really guilty. They would then have Sc
cured the certain triumph Of their cause,
the elevation Of their chief, and the yindi.
ca,ion of his honor, implicated as It is bv
the invention and insidious circulation of
the cal1mnv. " q single member of the
House believed the accusation true, It was
the bouujeu duty of that member. al least,
90 propose an inquiry. With all these adj
vlutages Tor clicitac The truth. and with
all these urgeutmCtves for establishing the
euilt of Che accused, a Session Of Con-
gress. Of near six months duration, is
allowed 10 pass away without solitary
motion or proposition, touching the accu-
saho4 No member submitted any such
motion, because no member really believed
the charge 20 be true. Manufactured for
elecuoucerng purposes, it was thought 10
be safer and more profitable to trust to
prodigatc appeals to credulity, ignorance,
and prejudice, and to rely upon iatammg
and agitating the public than to meet the
accused, fairly, face to face, and confront
hun with witnesses.
beg pardon for this personal DEPRESSION.
In every part of the civilized world there
Is q proper sense Of the inestimable value
of public character; but if there be any
portion Of the globe where it was wanting.
I am quite sure it is not that Safe which
gave me birth, nor that which had adopted
me with maternal affection.
You appreciate, Sir, much two highly,
my poor services to my country Iclaim
only that they have been animated by zeal
limits cause, devotion to Its liberty, and uu-
surpassed sohcItudc for the preservation
of its union and institutions.
I believe that system to which you have
referred, Justly called the American system,
which had nv best eyertOns in ITS estab-
hshmtnt, is it now has my anxious wishes
for its continuation and improvement, viii
realize, If not prematWely abolish, every
hope Of Its friends, and ultimately dislp-
point every fem Of ITS opponents. II Is
founded on a maxim which the most en-
Hghtcned nations sanction by their orac.
tee, Ifthey 10 not always proclaim through
their writer's, and VIII ch nculcatcs a pau-.
otto preference of the produce Of nat .c TO
foreign industry. Itrests on that phi ole,
which, inherent In our nature, has been
planted there by thewisdom ofour Creator
and felt If not owned, by every one who
retains a consciousness OF personal ident-
tv, teaches the fair protection of our own
interests in any collision with the interests
of foreigners.
thank you for tho kind interest which
is felt in the restoration of my health.
Should It continue to improve, during the.
residue of the period allotted to myreiaxa-.
ton from official duly, as much as it has
since I left Washington, I hope TO return
entirely recovered.
! pray YOU, Sir, IN your own eloquent
and interesting manner, to make these my
acknowledgements and sentiments accepta-
bic to those whom you represent
From Mr.. TompIins', Mr.. Clay was
escorted by fifty or sixty gentlemen, on
horseback and in carriages, to Charleston,
a distance of eight miles. On approaching
the seat of Daniel Rufher, Esq situated
a short distence above town, the civic eagle
was seen waving from the top Of his large
and commodious residence, where the par
ty stopped and partook Of Mr.. Rutfher's
hospitality to his distinguished guest, and
were RECALLED with different domestic wines
Of fine quality.
Mr.. Clay arrived at Charleston before
three o'clock, and at about four sat down
to dinner with the gentlemen who had ac-
companied him to town, and several 9TH