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

GgtGuu say 10 W0 BuG GGSGtvUt& UUtAa 49,
a. boon, to say nothing Of our promise In
return, what bis valOr, blood, and treasure
had conquered for US and all nations Omit
tins, therefore, the secret article, does not the
opening the Euxine. either by the Russian
power or by the Turkish treaty, nightly en-.
nance the importance Of this QUESTION, and call
imperatively on the Executive for an efficient
mission at the Court Of St. Petersburgh2 II the
gentleman cannot perceive this, he is less
statesman than he would seem to be; and
even much less such. If that were possible,
than others have esteemed him.
But / drew my facts from nnprincipicd
pariisans, and newspaper rumOr! said sd
| bpfOre-I drew part of the truth from the
! Secretary-the treaty. The other part, the
secret article, from the newspaper.
Sir, it has beeu the labor 0fthe Secretary's
life to establish newspapers, entitled to no cred
J it; and to discredi all others. He has found
| ed a school, and is at the head of il. In that
school, the great axiom is, "every thing is
fair in politics ~ and to him are not politics
every thing? Let him go on to improve the
| Press. Let him extinguish the light of truth
wherever he can extend the finger Of power.
Let him do one thing morc-aidrd by his
miniuns, no matter where--let him persuade
the people, that the honest, the independent pa
| pers Of this country. are vehicles Of fasehOOd,
!
been on this floor, branded as false, foul. and
dirtv; and let the member VIII" quoted from
their pages the history and impress vt the
times, be- rpproarhed "a Il bl"ckhead,
| hlackguard, sIanderPr-and what more could
the Secretary Of State desire. which he would
! not be sure to obtain Sir. such cOnsnn,ma'
ton would have saved to Charles the throne
Of France, and to the patriots of that country
heir revolution.
did quote for the secret article, in the
Turkish Treaty. from the newspaper: dare
the gentleman question the truth of the quo
tati"n Had drawn bOw with a more de-
visrd aim. could the pigeon ON the pole have
Anttercd more nanifrstly The gentleman
has. notw outstanding all these assertions. nc
cusrt me Of drawing my facts from perjnr-
I'd Senator. Has it come to this Was il
found necessary not to commit Our first trea
~ with the Great Disciple Of Mahomct to the
Christian Senators Of the United States, I'M
f iii their lips were sealed by the sOlemniiies vi
AN oath 1t is new formula in the executive
department ofthe Senate; and will appear by
, the published Journals Of that body to have
, had no place 10 their proceeding until the pre-
. sen; session. When a treaty in 1875 was pub
n lishpd by a senator against an injunction O
!, that body, who accused him Of perjury ! The
gentleman whose mission Is now under con
sideration, did, on this floor, pronounce stu
0 died euIogium on Stephens Thompson Ma
son, the Senator who publishe that treaty
w ouId he euIogise perjury Sir, the secre
D article was published before the treaty wa:
announced to the House, or sent to the Sen
;. ate. The correspondence on the West Ind;
question was published in the same manner
Has the Secretary of State adopted this
a method, and put Oat his feelers, to take til,
$ national pulse
e d" not ask what warranted, but who an
I thorisrd ar instructed, or encouraged thu
!. gentleman to connect perjury with that ven
!! Of National Council, III. most dgolltd ane
honorable on earth +?
8 How could shun insult, wheR such mer
? are reviled do not ask by what Statesman
, or gentleman, but by what apology for man
: In what other assembly on earth has "i The
hOary head" been used as a term Of reproach
: Has the gentleman passed SD far hey ond the
vigor, and bloom, and mOdesty of juvenes.
cencc, that he has forgotten the amiable
instinct of our nature which warns our youth
e to pay in advance that consideration Ia age
r which it may come to desire Cor itself p
f Though gray hairs have been held in res.
pect by barbarians 10 all countries, and by
r even the most proAigate and un,nannercd
in oil ages, yet. knowing him Cab ovo nd plu.
mas) am not disappointed in the language OF
demeanor Of the gentleman from New York
p Men, better than am, have been revilpd in
{ their age by men no better than he is. Wash.
ington was called II :" hoary headed incendia.
: ry." by a vagabond of almost unparalleled
mendacity and impudence. The j." bald head
Is. l assure the gentleman, M joke; though,
! he seems to be original in using it as such.-
This Inconvenience, or If you please, i,npcr.
lection. has been suffered by some very great
men but quite rarely, il ever. has it been OK
perienced by any very lille ones. Cesar is
said to have heen more grateful to the Roman
People for granting him the right to wear the
laurel crown than for any other of their gifts !:
because the wearing it enabled him to conceal
the exterior badness Of his head. If it be
true, as Shakespear tells Us it is, that what
nature has scanted men in wit. she has made
up to thcmin hair, then the gentlemen be.
Iieve. should he win laurel crown, would
never like Cesar have occasion TO wear it,
| Tor any lack Of that commodity.
WhO reviled tho prophet, returning from
the blazing translation Of his master, with
cUuntcnance bright with the glories of open
ing Heaven and wrapt in the mantle Of Eli
jah-who, sir, reviled the prophet fnr his "bald
head!" ProAigate young men, boys, children
as they are called iar scum and ssCeepings of
the city. and as We ind by the historian, fit
only for fad for fhns,. ami M L. N hch ar., 60