The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-02-10

,,,rinciplcd partixan; more unimpeach-
,le than the evidence Of pcrjured Sen
tor, The gentleman has introduced ON,
; ,ontters into this dcbste. We heard J
,mething of the willy policy Of Machia.
ell: of the deep md designing motives o.
distinguished Member ofthc Csbnet;crl
our Minister to Russia, and his master
he Secretary Of State" even, sir' enao.Ir
ing, BY insinvation, the stale slanders o'
he press, Mr.. Speaker. disdan 70 en-
yagc in such debs,c with the gent'emo"
rom Rhode Island. condescend 20 no
lice his remarks, only to repel and to oe'A
nounce his unworthy insinuations. NO.
cir. I shall not contend with him--age can
NOT DIGNITY the sianderer--a hoary hesd'
,bough " crsmmed with Etns's hres,' can
NO, nuriSy ca,umny, or ssrctify it TO the
,o,ch Of honorable men. have done with
tho gentlemen from Rhode Island.
I.e, us turn for a moment, sir, TO th's Ok
,,,orlinary motion 10 strike out the salary
of our Minister tv Russia. ] feel, or.
Speaker. n proud satisfaction, that smiu"
All the angry and violent collisions ot our
l,,c po,i,icsi contest. the party with whicn
have the honos Of sc,ing never disgracea
;,self nv n motion similar To ,hst proposed
nv the aen,leman from Ohio. snd snsiaan'
| "a Nv The yentlsman from Rhode Island.
rfJcre the Speaker called Mr.. Camorslen
! I In order.1 IcfAtm, siy. the privilege n' re-
ply claim the privilege Of vi"dicasing
nv party--and have only 10 lament that
others have not better appreciated their
own dignity. In al! that angry war, s'r'
we had no instance 20 degrading as mo-
ton 20 strike ont the salary OF Min'sts'
on account Of absence or ind,sposhon'
/ When our late esiimable Minister u
France visited the waters Of AK Ia Chap
! cle--did any one on our side of'he House
humble himself ond his cause by inqu'r'pg
| whether he had the permission OF his gov
ernmcnt TO 90 there Did any mem
ber Of this House disgrace his coun
try by motion TO strike ont his salary be-
cause tho same Minister had visited the
! Lake of Geneva No. sir. When the late
administration appointed an aged invai,'
IA venerable. distinguished, and h'shi,
respected gentleman--ou Min,s'er t'
! G reat Britain: When that venerable gen
! ,leman, uotoriously in rapid dechne, VA
appointed to the most important ana urgen
missiop within the gift OF the Exccn'ive--
was nny membor Of our side so lost to de
cencv and humanity, as to inquire, whe'b
+ er he had the permission of his govern
mont to visit tho waters of Chetenham
Alter that distinguished gentleman ha'
visited The Court Of St. James. had resided
there and returned an invalid, physically
and unfortunately ince pab!e OF discharginG
I any one Of the important duties assigned
him by the late Observation-Disclosures there
sir. one SO poor among us, os 10 move u
/ strikc out his solary! No, sir, no. we
oiaved pober gamc and won II. hi'
lSpsaker-it Ia The fortune--nay, the high
privilege Of illus,rious men to be calumnla
ted and pursued with bitter hostility. On
Minister 10 Russia cannot escape; Tor bf
has oecupind a high station in the polisI
cal annals OF our country has obtSlns'
For himself an illustrous rank IN our par
| iliamen,nry history. hive listened sir
i viii, delight and instruction to some OF on
! distinguished rivals for parliamentary fame
I to the simple, but persuasive and tascin
| atinr reasoning ofa Lowpdes--to The me
lodious and ilnpassioned eloqnence o
la Clay--to the lucid, commanding
1 and solid argument Of Wsbster-
] ont for a combination and profnsIon
all the weapons Of parliamentary war--o
wit, irony, sarcasm, imagination. ana eio
ouonce--he wes surpassed By none--ney y
air. as parliamentry orator he was une
oualled. lie combined oil the skill of
f debater--the genius Of a poet--wiih TIT
patriotism and sound philosophy of a states
] man. The people ofihis country owe hln
large debt Of gratitude. He wss eve
the vigilart enemy of power, and devoted
friend OF our ancient and excellent consul
tulion.--With political foresight end sa
gacilv. beyond any of his distinguished RI
vnls for parliamentary honors, he detected
: in the embryo, and resisted with Propheti'
wisdom. those measures which laid IN oa
ais of that gigantic accumulation oiieder
al power and taxation, which We are no"
so zealously endeavoringa TO check AM
moderate, i.449
| Sncb. sir, is the distinguished mnn--wi,l
4 thirty years experience in the public ser
vice--with familiar knowledge OF all ma
',ionnl concerns. foreign and domestic
i such the man to whom the President as
signed the charge Of our mission TO Russia
With f'rome econstitutionally inirm. he de
parted upon his mission, and was necessa
! rilv left at liberty TO leave his station
| should his health require il. lie retreat
ed. through an evident necessity, from th'
inclemencies Of a Russian winter. Hat
he ventured, sir, to remain, and, with hi
feeble constitution, TO encounter, the hor
rors Of northern winter, we shonld no
now have had occasion to discnss this mis-
cradle question about his salary! The ca
rccr of this eccentric, bot illusirious man
is near its close Perhaps, even now, Mr.
Speaker, while we are debating TIN
3 wra,cbed motion. Providence NAV have
placed him beyond the reach OF all his en-
cmies. Should It be go, Sir every honour
able adversary viii him to his reposc
None win pursue him thorc--none vii
) hover over his erave--savo the bald vul
iure and croaking raven. I.