Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-01

is only desire III relation TO that subject, xas that
the Wa NTH OF the discussion might hive tendency
tn ALLEVIATE portion of country from the 9TH
or. Bet his attention had been called by q number
OF members of this House, To passage in the same
book; another part of which had been referred by
the Senator from South Carolina. phat passage
charged an illustrous statesman. who formerly occua
pied the seat of 4 Senator hero, and whose memory
and fame dear 10 himself aud TO the people he
represented, with auocious corruption, of which he
was convinced that great and good man could never
have been guilty. and the Witnesses referred in
the hook were present, aud ready To give testimony
to set the charge at he hoped he should be pay
doncd for referring to the Objectionable passage in
their presence.
IIe then read, from the fourth volume of Jefersons
Memoirs page Sis, (thc same volume which had
been brought into the Senate by Gen. Haync) the
following PASSAGE
"rssrrAav 18th. I801.-Edward Livingston tell. mo
that Bayac applied to-day OF las, night, Gene al
to til. States who vote for Burr tia, there was nothing IL
the appointment which he might command,
asked him he make the offer Re said no
was authorized Smith told this to Livingston and to w. c.
Nicholas who confirms 1t to me &c.
! lie then called upon the Senators from Maryland
and Louisiana, referred 10 in this passage dsprove
the statement here made.
Mr.. Smith of Md. rose and said, that he had read
/ the paragraph before he came here to-day and was
therefore, aware of its import. Ila had the most
distant recollection TINT Mr.. Bayard had ever ma
such proposition to him. Mr.. Bayard, said he, aud
myself tho politically opposed we're intimate per-
sonal friends, and he was an honorable OF all
men Mr.. Bayard would have been the last to make
such proposition to any man. and | confident
that he had too much respect for 10 have made
undor any circumstances. never received from any
man, any such proposition
Mr. Livingston. of Louisiana, said, that, to the
precise question which had been pa; him by the
Senator from Delaware. he must sav, that having
taxed ais recollection far it could 60 OH re-
mote transaction. he had no remembrance Oft.
Mr. Clayton said his purpose had been achieved
he thought 1t ms duty. Ia vindica'c the honor and
Cd
tions, no matter to what party they may have belong
ed. Phe character of the ilnsrious Baya5d would.
he trusted stand forever nshed by the charge Of
corruption. He should have thought himself recrean
in duty to the people the State he in part
ted, and 10 the memory Of one who once filed the
same place which he now occupied if no had sci
zed the hrst opportunity in his power af the public
appearance OF this volume the floor q. the Senate
to dsprove the charges which he had this day call
ed their attention. He thought there were other char
ges IN that volume against other ds,in oushed men
OF this country. equally untounded, [subscquer'ly
upon some remarks from Dir. Benton he said. he
wished 1t to be distinctly understood, TINT it was no
part of his purpose tarnish The fame of Mr. Jefer-
son HIS object vas not accusative, but entirely
exculpatory.
We may we'll call this devc.opcment extraordinary
yet it is not extraordinary when the moral stan
, ding of tho spondcn,s-Alcssrs. Livingston and
Smiths considered. Twenty nine years ago, Mr.
Jefferson in his private memoranda, records the con
''is"'i'h ~, WITH no possible motive that
fairly be inferred, hut the desire of preserving
correct data Of the history of the time. when he is
dead, when Bayard is dead, and onternporsneous
evidence for the most part Diessrs LiS'ug-
$500 e'--:.L. immediately interested in
the success OF the attempt, undcrak TO stamp false
hood upon the assertion and memory of Mr.. JefY.r
- son! Who will believe them? Who will denrade
II Mr. Jefiersons credibiity below thers2 Admitting
that they we're not both-as they have proved them
selves, III hundred transactions, public and private
men who regard nothing but crcurn,tanccs-admi.
ting their claim to crediby TO be the most undoub,
Icd-who can put the memory of transaction, CO
years after 1t has passed in competition with con.
tcmporancous record Of it, dictated by no insidors
motive, used for no sinister end, and which meets
the eye of the public pos;humousy?
u" We observe with sincere sympathy, the fol-
lowing in the Winchester Republican of Friday.
We concerned 10 state thai as MIR Wilson menbcr n
the Convention from onongaa leaving In This
county on Saturday last, company i'm Mrs w and hi
SISTER being their home edmond th, horse
which Mrs Wilson rnde took fright threw her " h en-
much severity her life dosraircd of Vbs
affecting accident occurred NJ Nc's whittier Mrs IA
conveyed and where she received
comfort which that amiabc and hospabe family can afford
f rEARIGeE q 6 ~ s,
ARRIVED,
Scbr Planter, Baldwin, DAYS from New rk
with sundries, 10 Davenport, Allen g. Co. C.. M.