Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-04-06

Tao very teacts oi The honorable member himself al
ways combining the powers oT the government To- the
specific and enumerated objects, and opposed alike
20 those acts rtntcrnal improvement aud tarifaws
In iS27 and $40, she wts rcprcscnted horc hy TWO
a5le statesmen of The Opposite and lattntna,ian
creed both OF whom had been fedCralis,s but Ut That
slime, SIR, they dyed in hawocl hy the jackson
process. and, of coutso, gnnnne republicans, as
lhc hnnorabio member will adult They nci;hcr1
chsngrd or 'lccaed their op nins, Were they not
'orthOGUNS One of them, standing conspicuous for
his talents IN tho RACKS D! the orthodox party,
by their appoint seat, represents at the nFoulct
court in Europe. II canuot he necessary 10 follow
out the iuitcy further 10 Try the truth OF his test b.
reeronc, to misy records aud hy-gone events. Ii
thc honogaLle nlcn3her viii pursue it, he will
find himself, nv the AID nc such teS iYoi"cd m tho
maEos ofa Labyrinth, tIom which he could not escape
in safety, with the thread o! an Aradne 10 guide
bin. Sir, The Who'll, OF this part of the gPRticm1nS
ingenious argument is admirably cllcuotCd, Hd cap
t,rtt,gi. as It makes all our Canals, Rail ROris, and
Turnpikes, which have been made By the assistance
OF Congress- the works OF that anal hcnatised peace
party in war. which, have been told here has
been thus Struggling since tho earliest period OF uur
history, 80 confer upun rulers absolute powcy
aud wall disuiss II, that 1t may perform the du
ties OF mission with this single remark, that YOU
may perceive, pceping through iss oregouc concu-
slons how the bent OF the gcutlemans mind in son
temung Southern votes, Is evidently thIs tiu6
Ching wih breeEe tn the North Elsthoughi still
suppose that, when the wind Is Southcrly, he VIII
know hawk FROM hard saw
So far as the State which have the honnC, in part
20 represent here, furnish evidence To Illustrate
Tho II 10 of the non ,rsble m lRber aud his poliiioo
as,ocidtcs, TO old fashioned democracy by the fact
that par oos To them has always prevailed there,
he is welcome TO the evidences for his uses. II
will rebound 20 her discredit. u never be
cause OF eXnltatIOn TO any man who knows he bis
tory OF his country md values lis own rcrua-
t;u:, II iird her always ariaycd against him And
a the honorable member has cal c. nv enlou to
the sulirci, wall rcnlnd han what kind OF peace
putty IN war u { have 0lw " had ~ 9C;dwOra. We
have ever had such purity there IS 'bcw5ccs Of On
trance to quarrel, bat, being once cngaccd in il,
puts forth ali It's energies OF bod ana soul N the
troycrsy, and :6r he love Of peace ioniy Gghs of
=. We had party Of tins kut at tic Dl3Idy era OF
tie American Revolution, cCatcraiag against he
usurpGhus OF the Dctish CIown--U party which
supplied warrijys in the Of american !ib-
nrty in proportion u limited mcanS aud pnpula-
ton, than furnished by any other State IN the
whole confederation. PEe bodies OF n,any OF that
old party were buried on Long Island, aud III White
z ANS, at Prnc cto1, B7andS wine, Germantown,
at Clndrn, Giiltsfd, Eajaw, and 1T York. own;
and your pension rolls shnw bat fourteen of them
alive anu dependent on your bounty. Many Of tliut
party at Fort VI hin too: and the gentleman
from Maryland General Smith, The father Of The
American Senate, (h;msef one OF the most dstin-
guishs patriots of the rcvolution) who commanded
there, when referring in debate few days SINCE Ia
tie conduct of one Of them, captain Hazzard,)
bore testimony At kind ot peace loving disposi-
tiHu il waT winch cherish when, almost avcrpow-
cred by the emotion caused by recurrence to the
history of tho surrngs of his gallant comIadcs he
described our old peace party troops soldiers thar
whom better drawer had never existed. am tolC
that we had Fcdcraiisis who opposed the dcclara
ton OF the asl war, 5u those vcry Fcderalsts lil,
their brethren of the rOstc party, supported tht
! cause Of their country through the Whole war witt
unbendtug hrnlntss aud o. voted patriotism. W.
have natiunai republicans, | now told; but as tac,
IRE made up Of IN. kud of prtcrllIS which com
posed the. peace parties have been describing,
shall be Pafdoned If defer 10 other judgment lha
that OF ths gentleman from New Hampshire, and su
that am proud TO TeprCern, tacm here, even tlouv
by dong am placed in opposition 10 an admin
tration, which claims TO be exclusively democrat
and vet appoints more FccTnliss Office than all III
predecessors have done since the revolution OF 800
i-a!ways, nevertheless keeping seadilyin view thu
indispensable qulh>ainn, that every frdcru!ist s,
Appointed must ne of he Jackson stamp. shall eve
feel attachment for that parry which seeks IN peace
! to prepare for By extending the bcncfcenr ac-
tiOn of this gOyernm mt 10 Increase the means Of OH
defence, makes roads and ca nails to transport on
munitions III time of need, iortitics our Coasts i'm
proves orr h-rOors protects connlerccs and hal
already built up a navy which is the rluyy Of on,
countTy and the admiration Of ihe world.
! Sir, must be pIrdoncd for dwelling at length il
reply to other remarks Of the honourabc mcnbe
] from New Hamshre, whose opinions and REASONING
are regarded by some of his political friends here
/ as laying down the law and fixing the standard o
political orthodoxy. When he had closed his re.
marks, the Senator from Missouri near him (Nr
Bcnon) arose in his place, and pronounced the hon.
gentleman to be hs Peter, the rock on which he
would build the great democratic Church.
TAR. benton having risen TO explain, Mr.. Gator
gave way for the purpose
Mr.. Bent"n-l did not say, this is NY Peter. sad-
y"s. this is Pc er, and this Peter is the rock OF
which the Ciurch Of New Englnnd democrac,
shall be built, This IS what SAID aloud and what
the Senate heard. Whai said IN a lower tonc, ant
not intended for tho Senate was this ";nd tho gate.
Of hell shall not prevail against him"
Mr.. Clayton resumed SIR, accept his modification
and wish TO present fairly not only all the words
whether spoken a high or low key bat the
action which was so admirably adapted TO them.
The gentleman FROM Missouri then, in the face ot
the Senate, extended his right arm over the head
of the gentleman from New Hampshire, with oil
the mojesty of Cardinal, full robod Bishop
about TO pronounce benedIcton on "A new monarch.
or to install n incumbent Of the papnl see
and, as he now says, did not merIey declare 10
him 10 bc his Peter, but announced him to the
world the great Poniiff Of New England dem
ocracy, and, of course ! suppose, (as Hof by his
former admissions is good ann Of on other
democracy under the whole Heavens. Sir, had the
right 10 suppose that he who thus indicted him
tu Ofi-c had full powers, or he would not have rcr-