Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-15

~ Pe"'us NV MS TALENTS IN the IAnks of the
'''"ooox party, now, by their appointment
.P'esen's us al Tue proudest court in Europe
oh"no' DC necessary 10 follow out tue inuur
- 'u''ne'' III Try the truth of his test by rel
er'nee 10 musty records and by-pone events
II the honorable member will nnrsne !, no Iii
! soon hnd himself, by the all of such n test in
volved in the mazes of a labyrinth. from which
ne could not escape in salty even with the
thread OF an Aradne 10 guide hun. Sir. the
whole oil this part of the genteman's ingenious
| argument Is admirably calculated al canaan.
dHm, rs II makes all our Canals. Railroad, and
| Iurnpikes, which have been made by the as.
sisIance OF Congress, the works of that anatbe
hl"tHeo peace parry IN war which, as we
| gave been told here. has been thus strupsIios
since the earliest period OF our history. TO con
, Ter upon our rulers absolute power: and will
now dismiss IL, that it may perform the duties
oil lis mission, with his single remark, thai YOU
may perceive, peeping through lis foregonr
| conclusions, how the bent Of the pentleman's
mind. in condemning Southern votes. is eyt
IDENTIFY at this lime incining with a breeze To
the North Easi-though | still supnose. that.
when the wind is Southerly he will know a
hawk from hand saw
30 lar as the Stale which have the hanor.
III part, to represent here. Can furnish evidence
10 Illustrate the TILE OF the hURoIabe member.
anu ms poilical associates, TO old fashioned
"ehocfacy' ny the TACT that party oduus TO
them has always prevailed there. he is welcome
To the evidence for his own uses 1t will never
rebound 10 her dfscredt. IL can never be a
cause oil exu alton 10 any man who knows the
history OF his own country. aud values his own
reputation, to find her always arrayed against
hlm. And as the honorable member has called
my attention 10 the subject, | Nil remind hun
what KIND OF "A peace party IN war we have
always had IN Delaware. We have ever had
such party there as : bewaIes OF entrance 10
quarrel, but, being once engaged in it, put
forth all It's energies ol body aud soul in the
controversy, and Tor the love of peace fairly
HSHS out II. we had party of this kind
at The bloody era OF the American Revolution
con'endIng against the usurpatlons of the Brit
Ish erown-a party which supplied more war
rlors 10 the cause of American liberty, in pro
portion 90 our limited means and population
than were furnished by any other State in the
Whole confederation. The bones Of many OF
that Old party were buried on Long Island
aud at White Plains, at Princeton, at Brandy
wine, at Germantown at Camden at Guford
at Eu'aw and al Yorktown and your pension
rolls now show but II of them alivr aud depen.
dent on your bounty. Many of that party were
al Fort VI illn too, aud ,he gentleman from
Maryland Gen omlth,) the father of the a
merican Senalr, (himself one of the most dis
ting s'shed patriots of the rev alutiunD who
rominan ted there, when referring in The debat.
a few days since To the conduct of one ofthem,
Capt. Hazard bore testimony to that kind
Of peace-oving disposition in war which We
cherish, when, almost overpowered by the
emotion caused by a recurrence to the sad his
tory of the sufterings OF bis gallant comrades.
he described our old peace party troops as sol.
dicrs than whom better or drawer had never eI.
ised. | am told that we had Federalists
who opposed the declaration of the last
war but those very Federalisis, like their
brethren Of the opposite party, supported the
cause of their country through the whole war
wi h unbending frmness and devoted patriot
ism. We have national republicans, | am now
told but as they are made up Of the same kind
Of materials which composed the peace parties
have beer describing, shall be pardoned if
deter to other Judgment than that OF the genle
man from New Hampshire, and say that | am
proud to represent them here, even though, by
doing | am placed in opposition to an ad-
miuistration which claims TO be exclusively de-
mocratic. and yet appoints more Federalisis to
office than all lis predecessors have done since
the revolution of lS0l-always, nevertheless,
keeping steadily in view this indispensable qua
iuation, that every Federalist SO appointed
must be of the Jackson stamp. shall ever feel
attachment for that party which seeks in peace
to prepare for war. by extending the benefcent
action of this government to increase the means
of our defence, makes roads and canals to trans
port our munitions in time OF need, forifes our
coasts, improves our harbofs, protects our com
MERGE and has already built upa navy which is
the glory Of our country aud The admiration OF
the world
Sir, must bepardoned for dwelling AT length
in reply TO other remarks of the honorable
member from New Hampshire, whose opin-
ions aud reasoning are regarded. by some OF
his political friends here rs laying down the
law and fixing the standard pr political or'ho-
dOxy. When he had closed his remarks, the
Senator from Missouri near him MT Benton
al ose in his place, and pronounced the honor
able gentleman 10 be his Peter. the rock On
which he would build the grea, democratic
Church.
[ Mr.. Benton having risen 10 explain. Mr..
CLAYTON gave way tor The purpose.
Mr., Benton.--l did not say tins is MY Pe-
Ter. said-yes, this is Peter, aud THIS feter
is the rock on which the Church OF New En-
gland democracy shall be built. Tins rs what
| said aloud, and what the Senate heard.
w NAT ! SHlu IN lOWtf ZONE, anu Hoi i''S"'''
for the Senate, was this, and the gates oil nell
shall not prevail against him
Mr. Clayton resumed Sir; accept his
and wish TO present fairly, not
only all the words, whether spoken on high
or low KEY, but tue action which was 50 adj
mirahy adapted to them. The gentleman from
Missouri then, in the face of the Senate, exteIl'
ded his right arm over the head of the gentle
man from New Hampshire, with all the ma
iesty of a Cardinal, OF a full robed Bishop, a.
bout to pronounce benedlc'lon o" ne"
monarch, or to install a new incumbent of the
papal see, g. as he now says did not merely de-
clare to him to be his Peter, but announced INN
to the world as the great Pontlff of New Eng
land democracy and, of course, suppose, las
that by his former admissions, lsaS goon as
1nv,) ofaIl other democracy under the "hoie !
Heavens. Sir, | had The right TO suppose 'hat
he who thus indicted him to office had iu''
mowers, or he would not have performed me
ceremony. Give me leave to say, then when