Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-03-04

make him answer himself. His mind, ! oeiie'e
ha, un iergune IN almost total 'e'oluuoh IN
Few wears In thr deb3te on the Wv" Pehsa
r; N Bill, in this House, in 1916, the gentleman
| is reDorted 20 have said, amongst great ma
nv other things, that M present sys'e" "'sn'
Az for main, aiming soldiers, OF Gay 'aoorrrs,
w. 1,, c.r mn Of our time Of life, and OF our
S,,,e There the gentleman exnIpits COM
,nsnh ,h,e State pride, and proper regard lor
:, ,,e rights. HI fashionable Doctrine OF lnr
dav and Of our i Unity Again he says, the
=, r;,s ,f tn. offic r. Of Government were NO.
,or;ousIv : an v. and though he would ra'her
s.e The salary sgracr to he man. thah tne
ma, a d;sgrscr 70 the offict, he would give 'he
n,blic servants such salaries as would MAKE
th.m 20 live without Imputaton oi dishoh''"''
fo, he asked, Mha, man can live mere o" oi'''
a year2 He may breathe on 1t. but wAo I'd"
keen a family, rent hons" furnish II, X e' d"
, eouIpnape; give aud receive entrr''lhhe" .
IN ina, aonuai amount. \ five penny bit won
be i,s, as adequate 10 that purpose Again.
b,tiny nro3osed n amcndnen', merely Is a
u,i-tu, 70 tender consc' enciuus, n: t,"ua"
1900 an iusu fife 'eni compensation, ana sa'u
there WAS no pref ssiOn scarcely; Ol whiCh d
man could uot earn that sum In six months, q
do it much more pleasan ly 90 han Ny conn s
here. Again, Il, only objection 10 me o'''
was thai it hid not made the compensation
80 500. ins esd Of one thousand h'e hunu'eu
then man might co"e mere WIN so'"e>
tning Ike the prospects al home.
In answering alosions that ad been made
70 ,h. vote of Mr.. Clay Tor Mr.. Adams. and
the appoinrmtn, OF Mr.. Clay to the Office "i
S. crrrary IL State, as ahfor'iing presumptVe
evidence of a corrupt understanding De'"ee"
,srm, MI. Wright read a passage rom
speech of J,me, A. 8ayard formerly memne'
Of Congress from Delaware, relative to the
election of Mr. Jeff r,on by the House OF KEEP
resentatives .sIm III. House OF ReFrest MA
trts. | know what was the value OF the vote Il
Mr.. CIsi5, rne of Tonnes .ee. The vote OF
Stare was m his pds. Mr.. Claiborne has
since been raised to the high d'gni OF Gov
ernor OF the Mississippi Territory. l kn""
how great, aud how greatly IL, was tht I'M
nor,ance of The vote Of MIR Lima, of N. jersey
, tn, delegation Of the STATE consists oil 5 mem
bers Two Of the delegation were decIdtaiy
, for Mr.. ], ff,rson, two We e decidedly Tor W..
Burr. Mr.. Ii N was con. ider-d as inclinlng 10
| une side, but sill doubtful Both parties io.S
ed up 10 him for the vote "f n. Jersey. lie
gave i, to MIR Jeffe, son, and Mr.. Linn mas
, since hid h. profitable Office OF Supervisor o.
his DIS riot conferred upon him. again. III
y SAYS, | shalI add 10 he catalogue Oh nc 'a'he
: ofobe moe gentleman, Mr. Elwa'd Li',nss'
4 Ton. of n. York. | knew wei full well knr
s the consequence of this gentleman. III,
means were not united t. III, own vote; nay
alx vs. considered more than The vo'e 81 N
II Y.rh, within his p wcr. MI Li'ings,on ma
;. been m d.. attorney fort Di>rit "t n. io't
II the road of ID eirrment ha, b. Ell oDrned TO vi"
q rs5aisre ~ ms dls,la
ne "weled t" - much greater magnI. udr: bur
- Tear, were 10 pro- eed fafthrr, il n,ighl )
y supposed myself harbnred the un, h,ritabI,
suspicion OF the Chief Magistrate aud Of the
y Hfn'ieh ""om ~ ought proper 10 pro-
IN t",whlch It is my design alone to Danish
Iiom h MIND OF The honorable gentle man
J. ON VngIna. AgIin he saws, The prrsrn,
: Tx Gu I've, Ir"vIrg scar ely any cxcep ion has
app III ed 10 tn e, "r hvs, ny acct en,, mad
,e''e emily gratihcd, every man who had suy
Distinguished 'ntans IN the competition for
the re ld' htal offi,c, Of deoidlng the election
in bis YOUR"
The facts disclosed bv this tx,rac, from Mr.
Bayard's speech were Of m,re importance in
Mr.. WrIshts Argument, han ev n the pup.
geney Of his application ofthrm 10 the ca.' i,
hand. Ana yet We are much mistaken # thar
aPpllcation was not deeply felt by at leas one
person who was present when Mr.. Wripb,'s
speech was delivered.
Mr.. Wright certainly ranks high in point of
Talents, and particularly as a sal.rist We do
n'' know OF any person in tie government a,
the pres mt time, who is more formid ,bIe 10
MS ad'ersares IN this branch Of legislative dis
CUSTOM.