Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-05-07

eral an orderly people, ard not much accus-
toned to look upon crime; and can give you
no idea Of the deep feeling which this occur
reEce has produced. An innocent and unoi-
Tending female riOioted and murdered, IN a
public road, and at MONDAY! God grant that
the perpetrator may be discovered"
Buges and Ne DuGe.-We give below an
article from the ew-Hampshire Statesman,
communicated by gentleman who was in the
gallery Of the House of representatives., during
the conflict between Messrs. Burgess and NJ
Duflie.
When Mr. WRIGHr Of Ohio, slightly in
censed al the nsolencc and planters haught-
ness of John Randolph called him the 4" "men-
Der from Virginia. Mr. Speaker Stevenson
called him to order, and said the cour,osies of
the House, among which was that of giving
members, spoken Of the appellaton of GENTLE
man, must not be departed from. Mr. Wright
put himself IN Order, by giving Randolph the
tile, although he had most decidedly forfeited
1t by ungentlemanly and rude bGhasiou tow
ards Mr. Wright.
A few days since, Mr. M'Dullie dccainc q
Il third Of column in reply 10 Mr. Burgess in
which he called him "the member from Rhode
Island' more than dozen times, and gen
Ueman not once. lilo even multiplied the
term "member" beyond what would have
been necessary, proper or civil, even if mem
Der had been a term of 'courtesey. Did Mr.
Speaker Stevenson call him to order think you!
No Sir-ho permitted him to 90 on, till he
had completed his TRADE, uninterrupted By u
single breath of disapprobation from the chair.
To be sure, after the conflict was over, Mr.
! Speaker declared" that it had been out of Or
der from beginning to end, and had he known
that the pamphlet which Mr. NJ Duff held in
hls hand when he began TO abuse Mr. Burgess,
was the production of any gentleman Of that
House, he should not have permitted him TO
use the language he did ;but he thought tho
pamphlet the production of some one out Of
the House-he therefore did rot call Mr. NJ
Dullie to order' | thought, Mr. Editor, from
the manner in which members have been dealt
with heretofore, that it was notorously out Of
order to allude to productions from acithout
the House 50 much so that Mr. Wright (but he
is no Jacksonite) was not even permitted to
read the bill of indictment found by jury of
his country against that Jackson champion
George Krcmer, for perjury.
Had the Speaker then supposed the PAM
phet, in the han6s of Mr. M'Duiiie, not tho
the production of member Of the House, he
should have called him TO order for introducing
it there, when it was contra band, and had no
proper place and he would so have done, in
all probability, however ho might feel inclined
to parv his magnet for the sake of the 4" Star
| of Carolina But ne did not suppose.
He knew it was Mr.. Burgess Speech, and he de-
;ermined TO let the rash egotst give its author
a "handlng," which should counteract the
"political effect, when reported in the public
papers, as he earnestly called on the sten-
ographers to have done of Mr.. Burgess cas-
tigation Of the Report Of the Committee o
| Ways and Means.'' But in handling Mr.
! Burgess, M'Duii;e reused lion from his DEN
and as much as he abhors pistols and the
" cruel bullet balls" he would rather meet al
the Col. Cummns' this side the Missss 3p
than endure the philippe that Rhode Island
then Numbered against him. II was :" storm
whose "piloss pclting" M'Duflic did not
dream Of having to " abide" 1t was none OF
those cowardly hintirgs, and half thruss, will
which Southerncrs fearfuly and wary goat
one another up to-challenges U was goirs
to say duels, but no duels now a-days the
explanation. comes before the shot, or the
controversy goes off upon demurrer) no sucl
hints as those, where the timorous tongue
takes back as fast as it deals out, so as to seen
brdpc; without coming TO issuc-but out i
came--iirst lghtning--then thunder--real C
lectricity. whose flashes blinded the staring
, eyes of M'Duilic, and made Master Steven
son tremb!e upon his throne, for fear eve
ry one would be the fatal bolt that shoult
bring Carolina upon his beam ends -, and the
moment he could recover from his astounding
sufficiently to remember that he was Speok
er-that he was master of the tournament
down goes the truncheon, and the champion
1 from little Rhode Island is ordered TO stay hi
career, to rein up his stced, and poise hi
, lance, and not slay him Of Carolina outright
Throo titnne did bo call Mr. fn cr
der, and at last saved his Jackson man b.
absolutely ordering Mr.. Burgess to sit down
when he told the sideing, partial Speaker
that he had but Just begun, and that he yield
cd to force and not TO right.
The Speaker permitted Mr.. M'DufIe to sa
all he wanted to say. lie suffered him to be
gin out Of order-under pretence Of supposin
he was saying what would have been more OF
| Of order stH-and to continue out of ordel
and if what he said, fell far short Of the terri
C bic easligation he got in reply, it was not be
, cause he was less abusive but less eloquer
than his splendid adversary. lie was very il
solent, and attempted to no severe; but alas
= he mstool his man-ho caught a tromendor
O Tartar - for every whip be aourished he wa
:, visited with u scorpion-nnd at every blo
i under which lie staggered, his friend the Speal
y er might have cried out, as did the prostrat
i custon,-house officer, who, when plunderin
the smuggers near "the lines" last war, wa
noored by an athletic merchantmen: "tIave
4 care, Jemmie,' said the old man to his son,
# he rushed to the rescue" Have a care Of Thu
!. man in the big whiskors! for he strikes like
horse" Mr.. M'Duiiie was rash, and mac
an unprovoked and most untimcly attack, an
70 the Speaker was guilty Of most gross partali
n I, but il was unfortunate in Mr.. M'Duiiie, ar
i all in vain in Mr. Speaker-he interiercd, b
III it was too late his protcge had fallen, az
= "pcrished in the last ditch" Such is Il
g. spirit that distinguishes Jacksonism in Co