The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-02-23


Ia This great Areopacus than which none IS more
dignfed, each judge, If he had a monument %
this man in his heart or his house read tne
ton upon it. On what was he tried ! NOT on ms
noii,fcal credible did not suffer, as the best OF
men have for heresy. His faith was, Tor every
purpose beneficial to himself, soundi ms works
alone we're brought into question. On tins question
deep and interesting debate arose. Inc gentle
man may have been present and heard or II not,
rs il was published he must have read 1t. ltbe-
Ioncea TO Virginia and part OF her great COM
Honwealth concern nor would have brought thls
wholesome example Of family discipline before the
nation had not the eulogst OF this forward son oil
Vir~nia told u.s. that the monuments OF his exploits
were in the hearts of his countrymen. Does this
debate. or the result of confirm the genueman's
assertion? He was weighed and " meme meme
tekel upharsin'' was written on all his monuments
He was rejected, and distinguished Nlrginian
was chosen to represent that State in the Senate,
and restore her ancient honor and dignity in.the
councils of the nation.
| ask again, where are the monuments of this
mans glory Has he improved his native State
in the great arts of civil life In agriculture, his
own peculiar vocation 1t has never been said oil
him. Have manufactures been fostered by his en-
enlargement? Sir, the very name is odious to
him. The sheep, the most innocent of all ANIMALS,
and supplying by its wool the material tor perhaps
most useful manutacture-the sheep Is so hate
full to him. that, with all the poetry Of the golden
age in his blood this gentleman has said, . looutd
go tlceaty rods out Of my tcay to kick a sheep"
Commerce has been as little encouraged by him as
either other sister arts in family Of national IN
dustry. He is one Of class of men, now grown
quite small in our country, who despise traffic and
traders; and would have considered Cosmo de Me-
dicis, the princely merchant and founder OF Flo
renee, as no better than 4 tin pedlar. lie Is lit
crary, moral, trust pious but what has he done
to advance learning morality, or religion! In TINS
House, where he so long had a seat, where are the
fruits of his sage councils the laws originated, or
sustained by his eloquence and which Will carry
his name to posterity n patriotic Statesman
When the gentleman shall point to these monu-
ments, and shew them to belong to Mr.. Randolph,
he may realize a fame somewhat less fugitive
and perishable than mere words.
The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. BARBOUR
would carry my opposition to this salary TO mere
political account; and says am opposed TO II De
cause Mr.. Randolph overthrow the fabric OF ieder-
al power. Be it so let the man enjoy the entire
fame of all the benefit and all the mischief ne has
done. ] had no share in that power which every
citizen did not equally enjoy. 1t gave me no nom
or, emolumeHt. | do not believe, and think
thousands who aided in its overthrow do not now
believe that any structure, since that time erected
on its ruins, has given a holier sanctuary to the
Constitution, a secure shelter to the rights
and liberties of the people, If this giant partlzan
did overthrow that fabric, he could not bury under
its ruins the great principles of the revolution
Union ald independence ) the songs of my cradle,
the political creed of every hour Of my life and
not sooner to be forgotten than the salnted bosom
which nourished my infancy.
What did this man build, what could he build
in its place! Sir when day light first dawned on
the world after this event, John Randolph sat- IN
the glimpses of morning, like the genius of the
earthquake, amidst the ruins of some splendid city
without the power, or the will to move single
stone to rear new edifce. Nay, sir, when the
statesmen of those times, forgetting the storm Of
party set themselves in earnest to rebuilding this
Of monuments resisted their labors. Little
does the gentleman know me, if he believes fee
anger at the abors envy at the fame, OF the mar
whom he has euogized. He will be Remembered
when much better Virginians, and perhaps the
gentleman himself, may be forgotten but he viii
De remembered as the years of miIdelc and 6hSh
and famine remembered when those Of plenty
and prosperity forgotten. He may live in story
bat not, like Washington, " in the hearts Of hi
colmtrymen.'
have, as the gentleman says, abused the Presi
dent, and his Machiavelian policy have Spoken
OF the President of the first dgnitary Of tho "a
ton, and in no terms rsIssrespect. have alleg
ed, that, Ike monarchs in the old world, he ha
been advised by minister's and under that advise
ment has permitted those ministers to furnish, il
his name, his annual message to Congress. vii
the gentleman pledge his literary reputation upor
denial of this allegation? have said the Presi
dent has been miscounselled; has suffered his con
fdence to be abused by an artful Minister; anC
that too, in this very appointment. put it to the
gentleman, upon his conscience, to say, whethe
ID,
this House, if Mr.. Tazewell had been Secretary o.
State 4?
Ofthe Secretary of State have spoken, and will
speak, as believe he merits. He is power con.
stitutionally connected with the Executive; but
now, like the parasite plant under shelter of the
oak, it has crept and clasped, and wound Itself
around the trunk, spre above spire, until it over
tops the leftiest branch of the magnificent tree
The leaves of the ivy will soon conceal those Of
the oak; and, unless the nsidious plant be remoV-
ed, render it sapless trunk.
Sir. this mission may be regarded as the com.
mencement of a system of sinecure appointments
of salaries without services. Sent to one Court
where he did nothing and, in the exercise of his
powers, gone to another, where he can do nothing
what service is required, or was, or could be ex
pected from him When he shall return mex
June, what will he have done His most zealou!
friends must say, NOTHING. If, then he receive
this salary, he will receive it without service o
any kind rendered to the nation fer it. The Sec
rotary does avow, in the Message, that the "powe
TO leave the Russian Court for the advantage Of
more genial climate, was given to Mr.. Randolph
an consideration Of the extent to which his consti
tuition had been impaired in the public service. ,
What were those services? The duties of a mem.
Der of this House or of the Senate. and for which
he received his legal compensation like every 9th.
er member Was " his constitution impaired" by
these services? Were not the constitutions Of
Others impaired, and even their lives consumed in
70 WIS SSItlslndl diOnc SeleCLeQ
for place where he may " in consideration of the
extent to which his constitution has been impaired
by those seryiceB," receive in one year the sum OF
Sl8BeO! Tins, sir, is the FIRST PENSION for
CIVIL SERVICE our records How MANY
hearts of revolutionary soldiers would this ba We
made glad! Into how many abodes of desoation
and widowhood it might have carried the light OF
COY, and brought on you the blessings of how many
now readyto perish4 Such system of snecure
appointment and eiUil pensionage may be extended
alike to the Courts of all civilized nations, and tC
the hordes of Nomade barbarians, requiring no res
idelce either the palaces or tents of the for
eign power; the formality of visit and a presen
tation may soon be omitted and the Envoy Extra
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary will, iii
consideration Of his public services, be permitted
to receive his outfit and salary, while he contin
nes to reside on bis plantation
What scheme Of speculation does this system
open to4he crafty and unprncipled to men always
at market either to sell themselves to buy 9th
ers? BY this, unstable politicians of every yariet,
of creed NAV be kent to the frue faith nv this