Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-08
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Thc Senate re.cnnilered the vote rejecting
the nomination of Mr.. Williams, on the 18th.
aud it's not UNDERSTOOD that any fur her pro
rredugs have since been had on IL. Mr..
Holmes concluded a very able speech on Nj.
Fooi's resnu N yesterday. He repealed the
attacks OF Mr.. Benton aad Mr.. Hayne, aud
carried the war into h. country OF the assail
ants. He had collected complete evidence
om The documents, to prove thai Gen Wash
ington's policy, during the whole OF his admin
lsiration, was to restrict tie settlements "a small
d siricls OF territory. He reco mcndrd this
policy TO Congress, from motives of Humanity
10 the settlers themselves and he enforced
II by the leclaration, that Il VAS not in the
power ofthe Execu i've to protect the frontiers,
Iftoo widely extended. No one could have
anticipated AZ that day. that the journals
would have been ransa ked. for the pur
pose OF proving that those VINO concnrred
in the view OF Gen. Washington, We're i'm
ica 10 the west. Mr.. Holmes proved, from the
most unquestionably evidence, that in all the
W stern wars. New EngIand furnishes more
than her quota of The troops, a1d in many of
them, that neary he whole military force was
from that section of the country. Mr. Van
Buren, having in his message TO the New York
Legislature, announced himself as the cham
pion of the Republican party, aud MIR. Benton
being unwilling that MIR Calhouns friends
should be behind their opponent in popnlari-
" hunting project. made most furious attack
on the fedeIsll,ts of New England. Whatever
was wrong in legislation was traced TO them,
He bad several trss TO determine who we're
tederalIsts. Whoever voted against any ques.
ton from the n England States, Interesting to
the west, wasa iedeTast so were those who were
not advocates for the late war, and so were those
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who supported MIR. Adams for the Presidency
some ofthe hireling printers from the eastern
states, informed r. Benton that the federal
lists IN Mas.a huseus give dinner 10 Gen.
Hull, after the capilulaion OF Detroit, and he
logged this into his speech, Tor the purpose of
shelving that the fedeI aHls were rejoicing at
the defeat OF our own troops and for the
purpose of mainta ming his position, that there
was hostile feeling toward the west.
Mr. Holmes in reply, said he knew isome
thing about that dinner, and that il was got up
and attended by those whom the Senator from
Missouri claimed TO be members of the great
Republican party, and the most distinguished
Jacksnnitss in Massachusetts. He said that
Mr. Grttn, (not Daft former editor ofhs BoS-
ton Statesman, and lately transferred 10 The
post office in Boston, yielding snug Hring Of
three or four thousand dollars gear, was \
very active partisan in The affair, If MOI one of
the committee of arrangements that MIR.
Simpson, now minister plenlpotentlary from
The Boston Jacksonites near the court here, was
one of he Vice Presidents aud mat Mr.. Hen
shaw, lately promoted 10 The custom house in
Boston. ic0rth sir MOdSahd dollars a year. toas
another lice President. He said he thought il
uukind in the Senator from Missouri, TO ting
forward the acts OF his own political friends as
charges against the former federal parry, or
against The friends Of the late adminisira
tIon.
The Jacksuntes lament that MIR. Benton
provoked the present discussion, and he has led
them into so much diff Guilty, that they would
try him under " he second section" if they
had atty 10, ce to spare. Duff Green is some.
what embarrassed that Mr. Barton has unmask-
ed him. ". Y. Adr.