Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-02-08

Hall. The Storm accordingly burst in equatorial
magnifcence. Apprehendng q co,nple,c demolt.o,
Mr.. Polk enGcavored to cut of Mr.. B1rgcs by a call
for the previous question: but the House moved
by comb ned spirit OF Justice and curiosity.
determined to hear The Rhode Islander A letter
we have seen snys that Cambreleng late up
swallowed up like Por,pcii by the load issuing from
HIM whom he Justly compared to
"Snow crown'd Ena, cran,n,d with fires"
NJ. L. spoke an hour and three quarters without
concluding. The question was not resumed on
Friday.
The bill granting Mr.. Monroe 10000 if the ac--
counting officers shall think SO much due him wa,
passed on Friday, 1914 to So fourteen members from
Virginia, voting against it. 1t will no doubt become
a law.
| bill reported from the Committee on V,prcc
lures to increase the duty salt came up on Friday
and was supported very efficiently by MI Maxwell
of Virginia. A discussion of some latitude epsued
which shor; b. the expiration of the ziottef
hour.
e. The Albany Argus pretends to consider it pro-
bHnlaticnl, whether Mr. Cnttenden in the late cor
test for Senator in Kentucky did not vote for him
SELL or would not have voted for himself KNOWING
mat n single vote would elect him. Such a rnanou-
vre we dare say, is jnstiGabe in the eyes of the Ar
whose
declared all to be fair in politics, and another of
whom eXul,ed in the fact that The House of Repre-
sent atives in the contest between Newton and Low
ALL mad made JACKSON question Of tin that school
we think 1t likely, the course Indicated would he
considered exceedingly clear, but in the school of
honour, studied by Mr. Crittenden it would be
deemed damnng beyond reprieve or extenuatiop.
d3-The following may in degree mot entirely1
explain the quo odo Of Green's reelection as Public
Printer. The principal cause Of that event. lies in
the dread apprehension of the consequences of diu
son. and the secrets that Duff could dvulge if he
was minded The artificial state of tbinas ~
Washington, cannot be much longer preserved We
hear OF complaints from Jackson sources khat Czo,
by occupying The atitud. he does forces those io,o
conIraternity, having sympa1hy-a rare complaint
and cause of denuncia ton
Extract OF letter TO the editor ofthe Baltimore
Parrot, dated WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 1891
You will that the House of REPRESENTATIVES
has degraded itself by the recollection of Duff Green
as Printer The Jackson party in the House is on
the eE"o an Irreconcla schism. bet ween Ca,bono
and Van BuIen but by drilling AMI importunIty and
the fear of Clay, lo8 out of 63 Administrator mem
hers, (Which rs the total Jackson strength in the
HouSe( were got to vote for Green and elected
him He has been giving dinners and parties all the
winter to those members who would accent them
and he made The most Illuminating appeals to his par
W To avert from nm the ruin which the loss of the
printing would involve him and his family in Ha
wing feeling of delicacy or sensibilty he electric
neers IN the same INSCRIPTIONS and unblushing man.
nef Wn oh distinguishes his master Blair (the Globe
mani was seduced eff from competition by ruse of
Dutf's. He got Blsir to his house to dinner and
at er the Champagne had circulated freely appealed
i 10 his generosty-teling him that if he opposed him
he would be ruined, and his family made beagsrs
Blair sottened by his appeals promised him he Would
not offer for he printing ofthe House but would he
content with that ofthe departments ora large share
lCF,f Il fh-,ro hnnr ,ool,ot,
rs for Greer (chiety Pennsy lvan!aEs) and seyoraI
l. who went for Duff, under promise almost extorted
from them, to give him one vote, would on second
trial have voted for Ga'e3 and Scatun. These mon
&C. & s. ought to have Duff with his own ,ue.
d pons and electioneered TOO. But they held them
selves aloof upon foolish decacy, never visiting
member, as informed. aud even salutinp then,
with reserve, leven those who at heart wished them
welD from ridiculous apprehension that they mipbt
n be suspected of counting favor
Judging from the result of this election you would
not imagine the odIum IN which Green is held Oer-
sonaiiy i'll Congress, as he is i'll the CITY Since
( have been here, have convesed with several mem
t bers about him; and was only yesterday assured by
one OF his political supporters, that if his election
were to be determined by his intrinsic standing with
i the House he would not get fifty votes but that bv
the means which had been used, and the Van Buren,
T men having other alternative he would be elected
fl tic was however, 1T IS said desperately frightened
and was for two days incessantly busy in the Honse
sending for members from their seats and after ear
nesily talking them marking his list which with
his pencil he held openly in his haad
i TRIAL OF JUICE PEcK -Phe result Of this trial,
has confirmed US in an opinion long entertained, that
impeachmen's State farccs which never have been
and never Will be productive Of the conviction of the
accused however deep the guilt, or clear the proof
Can we imagine moro high handed offence, than
that committed by Judge Peck? An offence which
struck il the same blow, at the express guarantees
Of the Constitution, the freedom Of the Press and
the personal liberty Of the citizen? We are not to
learn that in passing of condemnation upon
, Judge Peck we differ from those or the majority Of
them with whom it is our pride and pleasure, gener-
ally to act; but, while really believe him void
OF The intention of guilt is impossible for us to be-
lieve he was not guilty in fact that the gross vio-
laIons OF the most sacred principles perpetrated by
M did rot call for punishment-not as punish
aren't To him. but vndicatlon Of the Constitution