The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-02-24

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tho Secretary-.lhe treaty. The other
part. the secret article. from the nelcspapcr.
Sir, Il has been the labor oil the Secreta.
rye life 10 establish newspapers. entitled
to mn credit; and TO diseredif all others.
lie has founded school, and is at the
head Of il. III that school, the great axiom
is, "eyory thing is fair in politics." and to
him are not politics every thing? Let
bin 90 on 20 improve the condition of the
br6s& Let him extinguish the light of
truth wherever he can extend the finger Of
power. Let him do one thing more - aid
ed by his nlinions, no matter wherc--let
him persuade the people, that the honest,
the INDEPENDENT papers Of this country, are
vehicles Of falschood. and mere yumor; let
them be, as they have been, on this floor,
branded as false, foul, aud dirty; and let
the member who quotes from their pages
the history and Impress Of the times, be
reproached ns bIockhead, a blackguard,
"a slandercr-and what more could the
Secretary of State desire, which he would
not be sure TO obtain? Sir, such con-
summation would have saved to Charles
the throne Of France; and to the patriots
Of that country, their revolution.
did quote for the secret article, in the
Turkish Treaty, from the newspaper
dnres the gentleman question the truth Of
the quotalionf Had drawn bow with
more advised aim, could the pigeon on
the pe}e have fi,ttered more manlfesily !?
The gentleman has, notwthsta nding all
these assertions, accused me Of drawing
my facts from pcrjured Senator. Has il
come to this /? Was il found necessary
rot to coiumit our hrst treaty with the
Great Disciple Of fMahomet to the Christian
Senators of the United States, until their
lips were sealed by abe solemnitics Of an
oath? II is a new formula in The execu--
two department of the Senate; and will
appear by the published journals of that
body to have had no place in their pro-
ceedng until the present session. When
a treaty in 1905 was published by sena-
tor against an injunction of that body, who
accused him Of perjury? The gentleman
whose mission is now under consideration.
did, OF this floor, pronounce studied
eulogium on Stephens Thompson Mason,
Ithe senator who published that treaty.
Would he eulogize PERJURY Sir, the
secret article was published before the
treaty was announced to the House. or sent
to the Senate. The correspondence on
the West lndin question wns published in
the same manner HIS the Secretary of
State adopted this method, and put out his
seelers to take the national pulse /?
l DO not ask what warranted, but who
authorized or instructed, or encouraged
the gentleman to connect perjury with
that ycneratrd word which designntes the
members of q National Council, the most
digniticd and honorable on earth
How could shun insult, when such men
are tcvilcd. | do not ask by what states
man or gentleman, but by what apology
for man? In what other assembly on
earth has ''the hoary head" been used as
term of reproach? Has the gentleman
passed SO far beyond the vigor, and bloom
aud n'odesty ofjnvcnescencc. that he has
orgos'enihe amiable instinct Of our nature
'*av'esrsmerstIon to age which il NAV
come to desire for itself? Though grew
hairs have been held in respect by bsrba.
rams IN all countries, and by even the most
profiigan and unmannered in all ages. vel.
knowing that Cab ovo ad plumas). / am not
disappointed in the langua ge or demea nor
OF the gentlemen from New York. Men.
better than am. have been reviIcd in their
ago by men no better than he is. Wash.
ington was called a "hoary headed incen.
diary" by vagabond OF ofnlmost unparalleled
mendacity and impudenee Tie nbald
head" is, assure the gentleman. no Joke:
though nc seems Ia be original in using Il
as such: This Inconvenience, or. if vou
please, imperfection, has been suffered by
some very great men; but quite rarely. Ill
ever, has 1t been experienced by anu very
hHie ones. Cesar is said TO have been
more grateful TO the Roman People for
granting him the right to wear the laurel
crown than for any other Of their g;f,s.
because the wearing il enabled him 10 CON
ceai the exterior badness Of his head. III
u oe true, as Shnkespeor tells Us it is, tho
what nature hns scanted men in wit, she
mas made up to them in hair, then the gen. |
tlcman ] believe, should he win laurel
crown, would never like Cesar have occs-
sion to wear II, for any lack of that com
Who reviled the prophet, returning from
the blazing translation OF his master. with
countenance bright with the glories Of
opening Heaven and wrapt in the mantle i
o. Elyah-who, sir; reviled the prophet for
lis "oaid head?" Profligate younr men. I
boys, children as they are called: the scmm
md s,oetpings Of the city, and as we find
BY the historian, fit only. for food for those
lnimais Which are fed on o6nl.
Y Inc gentleman is equally out in his
'!n,tloiogy, as in every thing else. The
'ird OF Jove, not the vulture, Is that soaring
wonder, by men called the bald Escle:r
lnd SIR. never was that soaring cuple. In
IT'S pride Of place, hawked at, and bToupht
iown BY the mousin0 owlD