Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-01-14

a candidate for Governor Of Kentucky, ana ~.
afterwards wen, to Mississippi, & from u.,..
10 Mexico or Texas. IL has been lorc ,;a
since We have heard any respectful meni.n 4
his name by his old friends. We reere, H.,
So important an appointment has been Conf,
red upon one who had abandoned his couu,.r
TO the exclusion of Benton, Bib, and sever,
other talented Western Jackso- men.
Extract of letter to the Editor Of the Mu York h..
.'drefiser, dated Washington Jan'y 6h, lsS'
Iwoe 10 you. yesterday. that the Preside,
had nominated Mr. Baldwin to the seos,. r..
an associate judge Of The Supreme Court r
The Uai,ed States. The nomination has .,,'
con6l med to-day, Gy vote Of forty one il,
and Two againa' 1t, the two Senator'S ircr
Sou'h Carolina being in the negative. Thn
were twenty one Senator's friendly 10 tie Ae
administration, who were in The ufh mar,
and if they had voted in the negative, The NJ.
mina,ion would have heeRrj ected. Mr. Clw.
ton, from Delaware, while he nomination WI,
under consideration, rose. and remarked rau
he had seen in the Telegraph Ga paper p,in,t
in his city, by ,he printer OF the Senate SON.
serious md welehsy charges sgains: Mr. B,n
win, ard he wished 10 know from the See.,o-,
who possessed The inlorma ion, and h, Solicit,
ed il particularly from the Senators from P,us
sylvania, whether the charges were su.laipt
by fac's.
Mr.Marks said he considered himself called,
by The Senator from Delaware TO communic,.
the knowledge he had OBJ aimed of Mr.. Bald.
wins character, and fitness for The Office, de.
rived not only from public report, bu. from,
PEI sonal acquaintance OF more than lweu,
years. He then went Oh to give general
statement Of Mr.. Baldwin's character ai
man, and as a lawyer. Mr.. Barnard rose, ur.
der some excitement, and Iepelled The charges
that Duff Green had made, with some warmth
Of ieelingj mentioned that Mr. Baldwin hat
the support nf large majority Of the Irgnr
turc Of Pennsylv apia, and concurred viii bis
colleague, in the statement he had made. Mr.
Clayton said he was satisfied /: and had loss
since known that no statements or charges
made in that paper, implic aing the distinguish.
ed men OF this country, were entitled roapI
weight whatever. To this expression, the 81
majors generally nodded assent
I, may not be improper, at this time, to
make = quotation from the Executive Joums,
page 34', vol 3
March Sd, l823.-fo the Scnae Of ne
Uniled STATES, I nominate Duff Green, to be
receiver Of public money, al Lexington, IN th.
county of Lollard, in The western district Of The
state Of Missouri. Jonathan J. FINLEY, 10
register, at The same place. Charles J. Lar
man, to be receiver Of public money O. the
southern district Of the Territory Of Michigan
Robert Clark TO be register Of the same d.
trict. JAMES MoNkoE'
March Sd, Is23.-Tne message w's read
and considered by unanimous oon'"n', ard re-
solved, that they do advise aud cons-r 70 me
appointments of Jons,hsn J. Fiadly, Ch'fNi
J Lanman and Robert Clark, sgr.eaby 70 The
nominations respectively; and that they d, w.
abuse and consent 10 the appointment 'i Ou'
Green"
Mr. Benton, On this occasion, when unde' ID
East Room hsllucina'ions, gave 10 the S'''t
the true character OF this same Dun "'e'n
which produced the result abo'em'nhohto'-
Mr.. Vsn Buren may As,ter him, tor '"r
with belief that he has Iii. coni1eDt; 0O'
is only 10 convey, with more CERTAINLY "'
poinard 10 lie seat Of life.