Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-28

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"a from his seat TO be sworn (oy Mr fope)
Ar Carne.l refuses To swear States that he
i senator and that they ha,c no light 10 call
nm him Here the managers played = brilliant
mar, Nessrs. Manpin, |. pc and DAVIS made
divers speeches on the privileges o' >ena' ors
and witnesses, and implored the Se"a'e, anu
especiallv that part fliend'yto the aGm'nis'ra,
ton, TO make Mr.. Carnca swear lor -lheh
Mr.. Wicklilfe said, Mr.. Speaker, The gentle,
man is a Senator, and as such-ls bouho 10 anu
will =, doubt give In the Senators wrat inior-
nation they want i, his place. They have no
right to call on the Senate to force Senator
to swear, let them look TO ;helr resolution, IL
is to send for persons aud papers; and not ~
drag Senators from their seats tn swear. H''
Carreal then stated, as -'nator, ne was
willing to state all he knew, that he had always
said, that he did not believe wore about ''r
bargain and sale business, that Mr.. Gay hau
objected to the Legislature giving any l"s'fu.
tons before he iett Frankfort III 1879, a"" '"''
was all he knew about II.
Here the combination left Mr.. Carneai, ana
called Nd the honorable John L. Johnson. All
WAS anxiety 10 hear what he would swear
The yelpers aud ackails Of the party had ihs'-
nuatet, that when he was sworn, The ADMINS
,ration party would be astonished, bun the nom
urabIe managers Of the prosecution, seemed 10
be rather tardy in starting with HIM; ne was
mace 10 stand aud listtnto more learned speech
IS from Messrs MIupn, Pope and DAVIS, now
and then Mr. Dudley broogh, up the rear al
length MIR Johnson starts ehoid-he swea 5
,b,1 he was a member Of Congress: voted tor
General Jackson. bur that he nerer lid 6eaere
| in The siory Of corrupt bargain 0nd sale
and that sue h had been hi, reneated declarations.
By this time, the gre at difficulty was to Keep
! order in the lobby: owing TO the loud burst, OF
I,uph,er at the repeated defeats, and apparent
mo, ,iGca,on Of The firm of Alessrs. Allen, Pope,
Davis, Maupin aud Dudley. More witnesses
were called, with no better success on the part
Of the combination. A,'he end OF zach witness
| for the prosecution, t door keeper had 10 oa"'
! out ''order III the lobby. Mr.. rope mo'eu III
adjournment; he fails Mr.. DAVIS uirs an aa>
;ovrnn;en,: he fails. Mr.. Green, Of Lincoln,
rises and says: Mr.. Speaker, ! Will not adJ"urh
while the gentlemen have Witnesses in attend .
ance. It is time to bring this farce to a close, if
we mean 10 close il his session. We VIII sci
patienly and hear their evidence. On which
MIR Pope rose. and replied, that they had seve
! raj witnesses in attrndan e, but III I II n" was
Mt, owe ruled By those associated with HIM,
they would not examine them; Sut they expect
ed some witnesses from distance, which lhey
mipot or mi ght MOI examine. Mr. Hardin said,
Mr.. Sneaker, with ,ha, explanation, aud with
a distinct understanding, hat on the next DAY
lhry would enter upon the business, he was
coutented 10 adjourn The Senate then adj
journed.
/ On he mex, day, Gen. Aliens resolution, tc
send for persons and papers was Gales t"r, oy
) Mr.. lard n, AT an Early hour; and the prosrcu'-
ors, Allen, Pope, Maupin, Da'i, aud Dddley
: having taken ,hei' POSITIONS IN the Senate, A.
mos KeadaA eai,o Of she Arrs vas Fl as Nr
I TidTdin; II will do Tor the S,na'e, for Mr.. KIN
daii' u he will, 10 tell ust what hr krows; bu
what do gentlemen mean, does il no, seem Ike
trihing with the Senate, 10 ask Mr. Kendail IN
state, what Mr.. Blair told hin. wien Mr.. Blair
/" at thIsmomeni in the presence OF the Senate.
and MOI swarm; bring Mr. Blair 10 The book
Mes>r, Davis and Pope, and Maupin and bud.
lev, all now spoke upon iht laws Of evidence.
nut the S"na'e decided NJ. Daris again GU, o.
order, IN attempting to USE bearsay evidence
Mr. Kendall was linen directed to withdraw:
when he Voluntarily stated thai one thin,, resi-,
ed on his mind which hr though be uupbt f. |
tell. That WIS, that Mr. Clay had written hin, |
letter before he was appointed Secretary, tina,
ne expected 10 have an Off, c To give him. I At
alter he was appointed Secretary he wrote HIM
letter Offering him a Crrkshio in the off p
81 State, that he thought Mr. { lay wanted I'm
fhs step to get him TO write for the Admins |
tra,l"n, and TO withdraw him from the new
;our' party. That the reason thai h. thought
Il was manGuvre, OF the kind, was, that sumo
lime after NJ received the lester, and he ore he
rad ever spoke 10 mortal man abou, il. Mr.
arner, OF Madison, had accosted him in |
'rankfor', and told him that he understood. '
hat they, the old court party, would soon i
;t' clear OF him-hENpALL: as Kendall was r
bout t" go 10 Washington City-the witt I
ess asked Turner who told him so, and h, 1,
aid George Robertson, Esq. tod him So; 4
al once, he said, struck him that Mr.. q. "
ltendsd 10 get him away from his new court n
'iends, and that he had written Robe r,sup TO "
'ai effect, and lie then wrote Mr.. Clay, as he f.
al done so, that he, Kendall, considered him. vi
u at liberty 10 make it public, or that ne was tc
SOLVED from secrecy. Mir. Hardin here ask. yc
The worthy Editor for sight Of he letters. *
{ .ai6 hr had burnt them; hu, ,ha, when he We
celed the ltter offrring i'm he Of, r, he 70
e"ed ii TO two of his friends, the Que AN Ad- de