Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-03-04

which his Majesty was pleased 70 allow: No such
t.i..is, Sir. L will now quit this subject and say
only this. that our Minister (Mr. Adams was paid
for constructive journcy-that think, is the
phrase, which means neither more less than
Journey which was never performed
Here Mr.. Everett made gesture Of dissent
The gentleman shakes his head. Sir, we shall
500 more OF this hereafter, but will reason only
alphabetically. IL the gentleman in question,
while he remained at st. Petershurgh,. could
make the journey imputed to him, il beats the ia
nous journey from Mexico la Tacubaya, as far as
some distance, however small, exceeds no distance
whatsoever. Ii gentleman from Washington
goes to Georgetown, or to Alexandria, yes, sir,
TO Bladensburg, will acknowledge that he per-
forms. at least in some sense, sort Of Journey
But no, il he remains in this City, and stirs
nnt OF it. However, will not now press this mat
ter iarther--others will do more justice to tide
nutn,S non curdt.
Paula ntdjOra cdnGiaitS: There was one re-
mark, which took down while the gentleman
was speaking, and which cannot pass over. Who
that gentleman was, described by the gentleman
from Massachusetts,, who proposed 10 him that, if
he would move 10 raise these salaries, that gen.
ucman would join with him and support .him,
cannot conjecture or divine. BE he who he may +,
will venture to say thus much: He is some gcl-
tlcman who expects 10 be sent upon some mission
himself, and with great forecast and prudence, he
was calculating 10 throw upon the present Admin
stratiou, beforehand all the odiun Of the increase
oil the salary which he hoped TO finger. l am dis
Administration, because believe that he will get
fcll as much as he may deserve; and they have
iull as much weight as they can carry, witliou;
adding TO il another feather.
l am afraid that may be charged with some
want of continuity, but what have 10 say Is at
least as relevant, ay, and pertinent, too, to the
subject before the House, the hand-bl which
the gentleman read, till his dccacy would permit
him TO read no farther, though 1 must confess
thought that he had area gone so far that there
MI TN1fIp how Cir Tho Ito
man might have spared himself this last eXertion
oil his dciicacy, and even have read 10 the end
There could be nothing more gross behind, than
what we had already heard, and were TO hear, in
the case OF the Inflated Queen of France. The
gentleman, with much gravity, with some dex-
terity, and with great pausiblity, but against GER
Tain principles which have held in this House. al
600, and which shall continue TO hold, ttSQue dd
7ndfu till leave the feast, spoke of the headong
commencement OF the Opposition, before the Adj
rnnistration could give reasonable cause of dis
content have now no patHodid to sing or to
chant upon that subject. | drew from that foun-
tain which never failed observing and saCacious
man, and which, even the simple and inc xpericnc-
cd (and among the resp may drink att is ma
tsre and human life. L saw distinctly, from the
beginning, that, il we permitted this administra-
hon--f we listened to those who cried 10 us =" wait
wait, there is lion in the path (and, Sir, there
always Is lion in the path, to the sluggard and
the dastard) and which cry was seconded, no
doubt, by many who wished TO know how the land
lay before they ran tor port-on which side vic
t,ry would incline, before they sounded their horn
of triumph. If we had thus waited, the situation
OF the country would have been very different
from what ii is now. Sir, there was great race
IN be run-if You will permit me to draw an illus
tralion from sport to which have been much
adlictcd-onc in which all the gentlemen in Vir-
ginia when we had gentlemen in Virginia, de-
lighted, and OF which 1 am yet very fond-I mean
from the turf--and it must be lost, or won as the
greatest race 10 this country won-I mean the
on Long Island which saw, and that was
by running every inch of the ground-by going
OFF at score-by following the policy OF Purdy.=
Purdy, sir, was man of sound sense, and practi-
cal knowledge man of common sense, | mean,
and worth thousand of your old and practised
statesmen, and 6 premature" gentlemen, who ne
yer arrive at maturity-and who, meaning to side
with the next Administration i'll case OF our sue
cess, were, nevertheless, resolved TO get all they
could, in the meantime, out of this. Sir, to one
Of these trimming gentry, il is worse than death
10 force him t. take sides before clear Indication
of victory, and hence the cry of its being "prc-
mature" 10 stir the question Of the next Presiden
tial election. Ii we had set off one session later
we should not have ground enough left TO run up
on, TO oycrtakc, and pass, and beat them, before
they would have passed the winning post, and
pDcketed the stakes Such would have been the
effect, if we had delayed our push, and know no
one who would have enjoyed the result, and
chuckled at our folly with more hearty glee tnan
one of these same old and practised statesmen
| Here something was said which our reporter did
not hear, and to which Mr.. EVERETT was under
stood 10 reply, that he had not stated it as his sem
timcnt but as iact | beg the genenan's pardon;
1 never was nnisreprcsentcd by him, and | never
will msrepresent him, unless misunderstood him.
But, wonder ii never occurred TO the gentleman
fron Massachusetts what could be the cause WHY
such hue and cry should be raised against an
Administration so very able, Qermt me in this, |
however, 70 differ from the gentleman; de eusti
oaS non esd what, cay, could have been the
cause why Actteon and all his hounds, or, rather |
why the dogs OF war were let slip against this wise
and able and yirtuous and loving Administration.
these patterns of political friendship and consis-
tency; AID have continued to pursue them till |
they lie painting and gaspiDg for breath on the !
they realize the beautiful fable Of
the hare and many friends. The cause of all this |
IS to be found in the manner in which thew came
into power-thc cause OF this "prematrIre'' oupo-
sition lies there, and there mainly. would de1y
all the public presses in the world to have brought
them to this pass, had there not been faint of o.
riginal sin in their body polite, and which |
rleaves to them even as the sin of our first parents
aints our fallen nature and cleaveth to US all. |
The gentleman refers to those who compose the
party called the Opposition, and says it is formed
of very discordant materials. True, Sir; but what
are the materials OF the party which upholds the |
Nay, OF the Administration il
'gH Are they perfectly homogeneous? know one
Of them--who has been raised to higher station
han most men in this country-Was that because
he opposed, or because ne espouscd the election of
Inc present Chief Magistrate?
Let me ask the gentleman from Massachusetts,. |
what could cause the old Republican party in |
New England-the WORTHY successors of John
Langdon--to be now found acting with us, They
xnow-but rhaps some in this House donot -
they know that the Southern interest IS az rnucb
their ally, in protecting them gdinst an oyerween
ing olgarchy OF home, az England is the natural /
ally Of Portugal against the Power Of Spain and
rance ana though they left us for time, yet |