Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-03

Extract vi a teller, dat ed

| - WASHINGTON, Feb. Goth, 1880.
The Senate Ie-consdered tho vote rejecting the
nomination or Mr.. Williams, on the 18Th. and II is
not understood that any further proceedings have
since been had on it. AIR. Holmes concluded a ve.
.y aoe speech on Dir. Fooi's resolution yesterday
lie repealed tho attacks of Mr.. Benton and NJ
flayhe and carried the into the country of the
assaiiants. He had collected complete evidence from
the documents, to prove that Gen. Washington
poiicy, during The whole Of his administration was
restrict the settlements TO small DISTRICTS OF ter
ritory. lie recommended tins policy TO CONGRESS
nom motives OF humanity to the settlers themselves
auu lie enforced II by the declaration, that It was
not III the power oi the Executive to protect the
frontiers, too widely extended. No one could
nave anticipated al that day, that Journals would
nave oeen rdhsackcd, tor the purpose or pluyluy
that thosc-wno concurred I'm the y,sws ar IN
w ashinSio on, were nimical to The west. MIR Holmes
pio'eo' from the most unqueslionab!e evidence,
tuut III al the western wars, New England furnish
co more than her quota OF the troops, and In MANY
VI thcn, that neurly the whole military turc, was
from that section vi The country Mr. Van Buren,
having ia his message TO the New York Legislature
announced hmse az The champion OF The Repub-
can party, aud Mr.. Benton being unwilling hat Mr.
-Caihouns frienus should be behind their opponent
LII u popularity hunting project, made u most iur-
Gus attack Oh the iederaIsts of New Enpiand-
Whatever Was wrong IN legislation, tlaced to
ia, m lie mad scveru tesis To deernine who were
iederalsts whoever voted against any qes,ion from
The New Eng;and Sales, Interesting to the west
was Il iederalist; SO were those who were not ad-
vocates for the late war; and so were those ,chs
'ooufd not denounce Gen. Hull as a traitor, or who
supported MIR. Adams tor the Presidency. Some OF
the hirelln9 printers from the eastern States inform
cd Mr.. Benton that the f-derasis in Massachusetts
gave dinner to Gen. Hun, after the cap;tulaiion of
Detroit, and he lugged this into his speech. for the
purpose OF showing That the fcderasts were rejoicing
at the defeat Of our own roops-and for the burmese
OF maintaining his position, that there was hostile
feeling towards the west.
ME. Holmes, i'll reply, said he knew something
about that dinner, and that got up apd attain
ded by those whom The Senator from Missouri claim
ed to be members OF the great republican party and
the most distinguished !acksones in Massachusetts
He said that Mr. Green, mot Duff former editor Of
the Boston Stntesnan, and lately transferred 10 The
post office IN Boston, yielding a snug firing of three
or}our thousand dollars year, was a very active
partisan in the affair if one of the committee of
arrangements; that Mr.. Simpson, now minister pen.
ipotentiary from the Boston Jacksontes near the
court here, Of the Vice Presidents; and that
Mr.. Henshaw lately promoted 10 the custom, house in
Boston tcorth sir thousand dollars uear ,oas anoth
err Tice President. He said he thought it unkind in
the Senator from Missouri, to bring forward the acts
Of his own political friends charges against the
former federal party, or against the friends OF the late
administration.
The Jacksontes lament that Mr. Benton provoked
the present discussions and he has led them into SO
much difficulty, that they would try him under 'the
second section if they had any force TO spare
Duff Green is somewhat embarrassed that Dir. Bar.
ton has unmasked him.-N Y .9dp.