Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-02-26

the House, not such matter the genteman ANY, y. VI
Massachusetts stirred, to the injury Of eys., IRON
raj sense OF every moral being shall ref, M''I
matter Of recent notorlety: that will test ths "
rectness of these reports. In the debate On W y
motion Of the gentleman from South Carolina rM NJ
Hamilton respecting picture Of the battle of Nsr
Orleans. did state, as distinctly as could ausa
late, that had seen monument erected Il 4
memory of Andre, the British Spy, in estm;nsas
Abbey that it was mutilated-the head Of iisns0
Washington, and arm Il think) Of Andre b ,S;0.
been broken of. The Generals, most probahIv Z
some Tory boy, from the neighboring school' Y,
Westminster, and that Of Andre, probable ~
some Wing boy, in retaliation. The name Of 5,u1
ilton did not escape my lips. thought, indpsd
Of Hamilton, but it was Of living Hamilton
gentleman from South Carolina. But, then. M,
liamentary usage does not permit us to sneak n
one another by name. Now, sir, can show yon
on the same authority which was relied on by ii,
gentleman from Ohio-though acknowledge ,b,t
the reports OF that paper, so far at least as am
concerned, have generally been more accurate hi.
year, than l have for long time known then
to be before-that | am represented as sayrr
that the monuments in Westminster Abbey were
mutilated in the same manner as the tombs If
! Hamilton and Washington had been mutilatel
here. The word tomb never escaped my Inns on
thaa occasion. Sir, this would have been paIps.
BILE falsehood. Where is the tomb of Washington,
There is no such thing in this country, nor have
ever heard that a tomb has been erected to ths
memory Of Hamilton; but suppose that the next
thing we shall hear will be, that the Quarterly, Or
| some other Review. comes out, and observes with
sneer, that, as Roger Sherman SAID the vote was
the monument, so gentleman from Virginia had
by speech in Congress, built up tomb for Wash
ington--a " constructive" tomb, that existed no
where but in his eccentric imagination. Sir The
tumbs OF Washington and Of Hamilton might stand
any where in this country uneuciosed-they might,
indeed, be liable to injury from the beasts Of The
field, or from some inyidious foreigner, but ii.
hand OF no American would ever mutilate them.
Sir, in the course Of another debate, it seems thai.
rendered TO gentleman from New York Mr..
Storrs the homage which his abilities deserved
and God forbid that the time should ever arrive
when refuse to do justice to an adyersary-when
sshall dlsparage any merit because it is found in
the person of an opponent. When that time shalt
arrive, may never receive mercy from that iOun.
tain Of it to which alone we all must look, if We
hope for forgiveness hereafter. said, that would
not, like him. pronounce palinodia, neither am
now going to pronounce palinodia in respect to
the gentleman from New York. shall not take
back one jot of praise bestowed upon him. With
whatever views he introduced it, the doctrine has
DtcH ullne-tne sITlCt SuuOTuiHdtOH vi
the military to the civil authority scripture il
scripture, BY whom, or for whatever purpose il
may be quoted. know nothing of the private
habits Of that gentleman, Mr.. Storrs] but know
that he has too much good taste not to agree with
me, that time may De much better spent than IN
reading the Documents piled up here. Yet, in the
report OF that debate, was represented saying,
that, like the gentleman from New York, did not
what pronounce palnode No, Sir, not at all
but that, like him, did not read the Documents.
Sir, no body reads the Documents--for this plain
reason, that no man can read tem-and il he could,
ne could hardly be worse employed. Sir, with
few exceptions, the Documents are printed that
they may be printed, not that they may be read
And now, sir, comes another charge, about the
miserable oppressed inhabitants of Ireland. This
subject has been mentioned to me, by no gentleman
on the other side, except member from Maryland
IRON the Eastern shore Of Mary land, Mr. Kerr
who is, not only by the courtesy Of this House, but
is in fact, gentleman He, in Committee Oh
Rules and Orders OF the House, expressed to NE
his establishment that what said on that occasion
could have been so much misunderstood and mis-
represented-that he heard me most distinctly.
now call on any member who understood me differ
emily, at the time, to rise in his place and say 50
Here MIR. X. paused for reply. None benz
given, and some friends having said across the seats
that no member could or would say, that he hat
/, understood Mr.. r. as he had been misrepresented
Mr.. r. went on. Without meaning to plead to-
that is without meaning to admit, the jurisdiction
OF the press, in the extent which it arrosates t
itself, | am perfectly sensible that no man is abov
public opinion God forbid that any man in Thu
country shall ever be able to brave it-and rese
that any one should have supposed me capable 0
utterlng such sentiments. Solar from it, have beef
the steady, firm, constant and strenuous advocate
to the best of my poor ability, of the Oppressed
People Of Ireland. And whyr For the reason
: stated on former occasion.-fhey fought on
$ battles, sir, have known and esteemed many Q
: them. Some of them have been-they are dead
T and others are living, among my warmest friend
i and best neighbors. In the course of not une