Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-02-06

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present ca.
ReNsarhmsnt-Tbe debate on Mr.. Chil!onts re
'renchn4A resolutions continues with increasing as
pen;y. ever discussion more idle and unpro6,.
able This Mr.. Chiffon is the same who had con-
tested ess'ion with Mr.. Caihoon of Kentucky when
agreeing 10 refer the question again to tho people
OF the District Chiffon elected BY small najori.
ty. The cause of bis success over Calhoun, is made
nantes, since his arrival in Washington He pledged
"ime't TO The people to purge the General
and 'a!i promise Of his made with ecc,ioncern views
'o has douSh'ly determined to fulfil. Arrived in Wash
ihs'on some or days, he crushed in, where angels
nao feared TO tread"-without consulting old and ex
rer'enccd MEMBERS but gallan,ry .bent upon inmor-
'ay and Reelection" this young legislative sprin
said threw blazing brand into tie House OF Repre-.
Senn'ives His resolutions uoninay aiming at reform
and reirenchment texcelleu pmrposes we're designed
by hun in reality. 10 keep up his popularity in Ken
'ucby, and have been used by the Jackson partv TO
cover an in,scriminaie a:,ack upon the Adnipistra
ton ana IFS friends AS these las. in the House of
representatives, possess the correspondent right of de.
fence, the debate has become wide field Of person ali
ueS' attack, defence, and recrimnatioa. Where or
wheo u IS 10 end, no oresee; out It's
cetrmentto the great business oftle CouDtry-i,s ten
dency 10 irritatc and inlainc the public mind without
eHcciing The smallest good. is obvious 20 ALL The
depfccaory language of McDufe, Letcer IIiyiups
ton' Everett, and Others who persuasiycly called off
tue House from discussion useless so Iammu,orv
and destructive oil the public interest is sliehted bv
such men cur DIR. Floyd and others who are nm
willing TO foreeo opportunity venting their acr,
tCefiD6s, he
profitable to the nacn, than advantageous,to the Ad-
tnin'siraiion. The acknowledgment OF several Jack
sou members that the Administration would be hen
eu'cu os Inc contemplated enqury-the bcsgarIy and
ridiculous catalogue OF charges made out BY others
cannot ia' 10 make an auspcious impression upon the
Pubic mind In an enquiry SO comprehensive driven
on by so malignant spirit, the failure TO establish
any abuses, must place tue Administration upon the
most elevated ground
Mr. Randolph after weeks absence returned l.,
the charge on Friday last, and delivered another
speech. He Trad written to the Speaker tIa, his alb
sence was caused by indispoi,iun. Il CORRESPONDENT
says:
So far from being sick he was dasl,;pr shou, the
CITY every day or his aledged schness--ceriany sew
era days--oooted and spu-rcd and apparent as we'll
as he ever was. 1t said lie had one or two Dinner
parties during the time"
Our correspondent ascrbes his absence TO sensii-
h--that he was awaiting the storm of replication TO
blow over, when he would again reappcar. But of
This, We answer with Bergami-nom mi ricc,do--whcb
we believe means ignorance well as orgetfuIness
He this as II may, On his temperance, he made =
singular charge against Mr.. Clay. IL is thus reno-,ed
in the National Journals
{" Mr. Il. then procee.tsl to say sometime m the
subject OF the supposed collision the first instance
between Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Clay. He denied that
there any in the first instance He con,ended
tta Mr. Clay was looking OF: and e!econeerng for
Himself, Unit. he found he could no. get the vote of
LOUISIANA, and therefore could be returned to The
House. MIR. Clay, lie said, had made his Calculate.
cns-the death of Mr.. Crawford who wa. IN a state
which made the chances 100 to against his living
through the summer. But Louisiana refused TO give
Mr. Clay her vote, and Mr.. Crawford, Will, uupsral
ie!ed obspacy, refused TO die. MIR. Adams was then
taken up pia G!ter. He had right to saw this
He had an interview with gentleman about that
time, not on that subject indeed but on something
relating to the House. That individual had then con-
descended TO e!eConeer for he sa;d--"If YOU of the
South will give any other man OF the West for
President. in the OF J. O Adams will net suo
port him" Who could dare 10 deny this9 In o;;,.s
words, this was saying-i you will give anv other
tatis eoea Il myself but when the South gould no,
sc With him. they lest all their weight and influence y
We 90 not profess clearly 10 understand Mr.. Ran
s.oph's meaning from this report. Taking place as
this conversation with Mr. Clay appears TO have done
ffer it was ascertared that Ir Clay was no. rctnr,
ed to the II. OF r. it ,sould appear that HIr. RAN
doph means to accuse EIr. Clay CT aspiring 10 the
Presidency, and intriguing with him 10 that end after
he was no longer eligible by the constitution. This
confirmed by the correspondent referred
TO ahoys, who says, speaking OF Mr.. Randolph
Gle reappeae ed in the House to-day, and what do
you ihhh he dia: why, trnnped up story, tia,
Guy Ia nEn with whom he has been a. 5arpeys:
points ever since Cay's elevation TO the Speakers
Chair intrigued with nm, Juo Randolph, get Clay
voted for instead oil Adams, although Clay was not
one OF those returned 10 the House. The story pro-
duced asto"ish'neni as well it might but there was
not man IN the House who gave the lea st credence;
Tor the thing is impossible in itself Clay could no;
have been voted for, If all the House bad wished If
because the contribution forbad it, and Randolph was
Tue last man in the House he would have add, essed
on such subject he kne.y we'll RandoIphs FEELINGS
towa1ds hi and lad had frequent bitter qi1arres with
Lln IN The House, since his eIscion of Speaker in
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We give this quotation with reluctance from the