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

ia eulogiaing Virginia. Il 10 all supereroSatlon.
History has done Il justice. Tne toMy
ed matrOn. we knew, thought wen OF nerseit;
but no one deemed her quite 80 proud as tne
gentleman has announced her 20 US An
welding the broom, or scOlding her house,
hoId. she NAV well scorn NeptuDe's trident,
and JOve,s power TO thunder, as the gentle
man saws she does; and some Of her children
have given US fair samples Of the family lee
lures, -
1t is humiliating, hut must reply to the
gentleman from New York Mr.. Cambreleng
For myself, I would let him pass: IS klnd
of DOmitian amusement. this killing flies with
a hodkin. Gladly would / say. with the
commiseratiOn Of Uncle Toby ITO the little buzz
zing Inconvenience, (when have him IN my
! hand "Go poor insect go; the world Is
| surely wide enough for thee and me-
Ihave some apology for giving some atten-
ton to the speech Of the gentleman from
New York. The place, however may Ne
filled, does give kind OF character I" VIVA!
is said or done in it. No matter how utterly
| iocunsiderable. or even contemplate person
NAV be-, whenever a constitutional portion vi
the people has placed him at one Of these
desks, replying IL what he may have SAID,
though it NAV not be very creditabIe, yet
! must be excusable, 10 any Member of this
! House. The Romans were wont 10 place
| ,vooden image in their gardens. as the special
| nrotpcto, Of4he place, and Horace has related
tn ma the snlilouuy Of one Of these Roman de-
ities. " herein he gives some acc'a'nt at ms owp
apo,h-osis: ~ hons," said the Priapus, "a
useless log, until the carpenter took me IN hand !:
buthe hos now worked me up into god" The
people of New York can surely turn out as
good work as the Roman carpenter.
| We are by this learned and honorable gen
! 4 r., s,f AMI a..
! ~: and are told that no objection, for any
such cause, was made by him ami his party
( to any appropriation. The true difference be-
tween his aud our efforts IS l,e found in this
we labor to save money from illegal and use
less ap pro pria,iun; he labnred Ia abuse those
who had, in pursuance Of legal and useful sp
preparation. honestly paid it away
I leave it to the nation to compare Rufus
! King with John Randolph; aud the Mission
uf one tO England with that Uf the other I"
Russia. Let them ais" compare the recess ol
4 Mr.. Brown, Minister 10 France. after years
4 Uf service, and after sending home his resls
| nation, let them say run the parallel between
; this recess Of Mr.. Brown for few days u
the South Of France, or the Lake Of Geneva
and the Hpgira of John Randolph, after a tel
DAYS visit, from ST. Petersbugh to some place
B OO one can tGu WuCTVS W. NV wv
ple w, d. Justice iD all these cases.
The gentleman from New. York has throw
his ponderOsity into the scale Of panegyric
thereby to render the weight Of eul"gy on thu
Russian Minister verwhrlming-scrap lro'
increases the weight not the value Of gold
u He does admit some sort Of talent 10 speaking
to the parliamentary rivals Of himself in elo
quencs--,O LOwndes. tn Clay, and To Web
ster. Cicero took his family name from
bean on some part of his face; and doubles
MANY a cOxcomb has believed himself to b.
an orator, because. like Cicero. he had war
on his nose. Somebody has said that IS Man
Win vahny: w fYsretit," saN&4he CtoeR spar
row measuring his wing ia Aigh: with the Fal
con? believe there are gentlemen in thi
House who could give us good reasons why
the eloquence Of the Orator of Roanoke is st
well recolIected by the gentleman from New
y York. No worker on the Roanoke planta
ton has better reasons to remember the elO
y Quence Of the Overseer. Much as that &c
4 centric man loved his joke and his sarcasm
he loved his fame more; and he would have
\ spared the lash on that occasion. could h,
have suspectedit might bring him into the poo
condition of enduring praise Mt the hands o
the gentleman from New.Y"rk. Such re-
{ venge for such Il cause. is said to be peculiar
to- that gentleman and one species Of one 9th
} er race among ms.
: Has the gentleman so long been a mere adj
jectivc to the Secretary Of State. that h,
. thinks 1t slanderOus to associate the name o
that Politician with any other accident! Chill
/, dren, in these scientific times, who have ad
+ vanced somewhat into the mysteries Of chem
r istry do. after heating up soap and water to-
gether in basin, amuse themselves with q
clean pipe in blowing up bubbles and sending
them off from the bowl inflated and glittering
to sail away moment, and then burst and
vanish into their origina! nothingness. For
aught know the Secretary may be amusing
himself by the same innocent experiment.
! Who would interrupt the sentimental harmo.
ny Of political friendship! For all which he is
distinguished, the character Of the Secretary
is fixed; is cannot he elevated by any labors OF
the prOtege--it cannot be tosVered by the ef.
forts Of others. God forbid that should
throw a straw in the way If any mans nd.
vancement Their friends are daily carrying
and laying at the gate Of the Treasury. those
who have sUery thing to recommend them er-
cePt the piety and good sOOrks Of the beggar in
the parable; and who, all alike, desire to he
fed from the crumbs which fall from the Ia
b'es at those feasting within.s :" Hope defer
| red" we find. dues " not make every heart
sick" Gentlemen, doubtless, have assuran,
ces that each political Lozdrus shall he served
| IN his turn. The next basket Of brnken meat