Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-02-24

yriatiOH for the salary % she MUNSTER 20
Rwssia.
We object tO-this salary on account OF the
illegality Of this Mission. and because the Sec
retary Of State, knowing the enfechled health
ofMr. notwithstanding his inability t" at
tend to the labOriOus details Ofihat public SER
vice-knOwing that his constitution c0"'d moi
endure either the IOinter or summer ci'Ina.e %
Russia, did invent this mission, and dld so|!se
the President to send out this gentleman WI"
credentials as Envoy Extraordinary S ~ M
80 pl.ninoteniiarv Of the United States at
the Court of his Imperial Majesty the Empe-
ror IF Russia and at the same time To give
h;r, = commissions no matter for what cause
q, r.s;de ne such Minister, in tOhGterer country
-. ,,,;0hf choose to reside. Such mission
n.rnot he formed-such Minister cannot be
cent abroad, either under our laws or our con-
stitu,iOn. or under the usages and laws ofNa-
tions, l ask the attention OF the House.
therefore, to the inquiry, whether tn's salary
can be due for an illegal and rold Mission
whether it can be due as quantum naerutt, Or
~ nro rata compensation for the services
which we're rendered at the Court OF Russia !;
mr.. last Of all, whether it can be due, because
Mis- mission may subserve certain purposes,
b;rh1,, msefnl to the Secretary Of State Be-
fnr. these INQUIRIES can. to :he best purpose,
no made. it is proper to give some reply to
what has been offered by several gentlemen
against this motion. These gentlemen nave
said less to support this appropriations than
10 impugn the motives Of those VINO oppose
II. With my motives the gentlemen are wei.
come to amuse themselves. The storm 81
their abuse past over us. as the w'nter s'otM's
NJ INV native New England have often passed
over the humble dwelling Of my boyh"Od,
without shaking stone from the chimney,or
starting shipgle On the roof. ! have to-"
much respect for myself to believe that they
have abused me from the want"nDrss OF NAL
lee. hut do believe it was done simply because
they could find nothing to say more aPpro-
pirate to the question.
'Th;s motion has been made to protect the
rights of the Nation against the cncroach'
ments Of power. Those who resist such en-
croachments and assaults OF power, must al
wavs expect to encounter vOciferous, 1t not in-
furiatpd adversaries. have not entered this
warfare without '.couniing the COST school
ofhigh authority taught me that, in war 81
aggression. ~ He who takes the sword shall
r..rish nv the swOrd"--but in a war obedience
"let him who has no sword sell his coat and
buy Onc."
How then has our defence been met and
answered! How by the gentleman from Vir-
GINA? IMr. Barbour.] First Of all. am ac-
cusrd &c ohjpctng to this appropriation. be-
cause Il il for the use of a Virginian. In this
the gentleman is utterly mistaken. inform.
ed Rim Of this error in few moments after
ile had taken his seat. He has, nOtwith.
standing, chosen TO put this error in pint.
Suffer me, sir, in my place. and before this
House. to protest against this procedure. The
gentlemen who heard the then, and who do
me the honor to hear me now | call 10 wit
ness, that 1 said no such thing; and l should
have nothing to regret. could my, DrOtestation
mans allegation against me, and travel side
by side with it under the eye Of the nation
This, know. cannot be done; and must
suffer the imputati0n. wherever his speech is
read, without my correction Of its errors. Be
it So; bnt believe there II too much good
sense, and too much moral sentiment in Vir.
gina. ~ set down one Of their fellow men as
quite SO stupid, or quite so malevOlent.
The gentleman aIledges that considered
this mission as bribe offered to Virginia.
This might have been said by me, because
believe it to be true. II said, was it said. or
could it he intended. in derogation of Virgin.
Ia? Is Virginia dishnnored By this attempt
ofihe willy Secretary did not. and no man
win intimate that Virginia had even lacked
with n favorable eye ON this bribe. this splen-
did bestowment. Not those who hear, but
those who listen to the song Ofthc syren. and
are allured by the enchantment, become de.
based by the temptation. Sir, temptations
are spread over the whole path of our lives
from the cradle TO the grave. The entice.
lpents Of pleasure beset our youth the tolls
OF ambition are spread for our vigorous man.
hood; and in old age, the honest amor haben.
al, when all other loves are frozen in the heart,
allures the dim eye TO gaze at. and the sure
ear to listen to, the gliiterng beauties and
golden melodies OF avarice. Are we dishon-
Ored, because IN the language Of Sir VIM.
Jones, :. vice 10 permitted to spread her snares
around Us, that the triumph of virtue may BE-
more conspicuous 7" The crime Of the Judge
10 not furnished because some unprincpied
litigant has craftily proffered bribs to the
court. The name of the insulted Lucretia
has arrived to Us sfter n journey of more than
5000 years. Il it sOiIed by time. or by the
breath of any one of the millions Of millions
who have pronounced it? That name. sir.
like the Alps other own Italy, whose tops.
nearest Ia heaven, are covered with eternal
snow, is the monument Of imperishable puri-
ty-while the name Of the treacherous and
c0wardly Tarquin, SCARED with iniamy, will
be rs it has been. throughout all time, the
name of whatever is most vile and odious.-
Sir, Virginia is not dishonOred; the tempter.
and not the tempted, will suffer the infamy Of
the deed.
The gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Bar
h0ur1 would overthrow our objections 10 this