Litchfield enquirer., 1832-01-05
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N|mOFtN A "a. U IRandolnh to liss former cDnstitueutss paTiseu- larly to the expressions imputed to hlm sn Ee- 1 rard to MT, Webster, which, from the ex1en- siye circulation and credit they have gaineu' reu,,ire some notice. After giyines as one reason for the reelection. of Jackson, ms per sonal hatred of Clay, he continued s--" bnts Henry Clay ia i, brave inan--I have tested htm --though his friend, Daniel Webster e 2 Pul- troOn. and | have the evidence 0f # n my pocket" The transaction to which tnls cor rupt aud crazy orator alludes, was go mOru1y- ing to his vanity, from it's origin to It's ena' that it has no doubt left tn his bosom deso, ly sting; but he would never have hazaroe0 such remaFksin in relation to t, had he not. slnce he sold himself to the Administration, thrDWn aside all regard to truth or dscency. The fac;s. as you may recOllect, were these MT. Randolphasas member ofthe cOmmittee ap- pointed to investigate the charges against Se-. cretary Crawford, preferred by Ninian Ed wards, and had attended one or two of the early sittinss of the committee. Before the close of the session, he embarked at New York for Europe, and from on board the packet, he addressed letter to his constitu- cnts, wherein he claimed for himself the credit of having prevailed upon the commit tee, in opposition to their wishes and Intcn- tions, tO afford to Mir. CrawfOrd an oppoltu- nity to reply. to the accusations Of Mr. Ed wards. Upon the publication of the letter in Washington. the several members of the com mittee rose in their places, and indignantly re- pclled the calumnious asperslon. MT. Webster
 being one of thu committee. was pointed and
 explicit in his denial the truth of the allega- ton. Moreover, the journal of the proceed- Ings of the committee was produced, rom
 which the very reverse of Randolph's state -l-. \ xl- ft1sa following session of Congress, that Of l894-
 '25. Mir. Randolph having taken his seat, there was some further cony yersati0n on the
 subject, whichended towards the close ofth
 session, in demand by Mir. Randolph of hon
 orable satisfaction from MT. Webster. MT. Benton bore the challenge. The subsequent day. MT. Benton waited upon MT. Webster. 1 and MT. Webster suppOsing that he had call
 cd for his reply, immediately put il into his hand. Mir. Benton returned it, saying, that he had come with instructions from Mr. Ran,
 doiph to withdraw the challenge, and 1t was accordingly withdrawn. The reply of Mr. Webster was never, to my knowledge, seen by any one. There was current report at the time, that 1t was very harsh-to the effect that heswonId not fight a conricted liur. But this report was not cOuntenanced by MT. w. Mrs Webster's remarks in the House of Rep
 resentatives. werenever, in any way, explain. edsmodiGed, or retracted. Before the House
 of Representatives, he arraigned Randolph
 for having grossly misrepresented the acts and views of the Crawford Committee-there he convicted him, and there he has never gainsaid what he then said. Thus stands the matter to this day.
 Extract of Letter to the Editor of the N. Y.
 Daily Advertiser, dated
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 1881.
 The Senate was in active session in inc af- ternoOn yesterday for some time and when the doors were opened, from the agonizing appearance of Mr. Van Buren,s friends, and from several harsh expressions and impreca- tions uttered by them on their way tO their lodgings. it is believed that Mir. Van Buren's nomination had been under consideration. IL was anticipated some days since, that his friends would press his nomination, before the, arrival of MT. Clayton. who has been detain- ed at home by indisposiiion, and before MT. Tazewell should resume his seat, from which he has been excluded by severe illness, and before the return of Dr.. Naudain, who retur- ned hone to visit his sick family. and before the return. of MT. Webster, who has gone to Annapolis to argue the Canal and Rail Road cause, on account of the sickness of Mr. Wirt, and before the arrival of MT. Waggaman, ths newly elected Senator from Louisiana.
 Neither of these gentlemen q wear the Jackson collar" and will decide the question on it's merits. The Senate, in former party times, acted on enlarged and expanded feel. ings and principles, and either party would have disdained to have taken any advantage of the temporary absence Ofits opponents.-- They then met each other openly and boldly, and measured their strength; and the victo- ", if won at all, was won hQnorably. The opponents of the present administration have had it in their power, on more than one occa- sion, to obtain an entire ascendency in the ap- pointments of the different committees, and they have had the power 10 remove the Pre- sident pro tenn. and to fll the chair with one of their friends. They might during the last session have called up and repeated every nomination before tho Senate. They would not exercise power which their numbers. by the casual absence of the Administration Senators gave them; and in this they did right. IfsuapiciOn shall hereafter prove 10 be history, when the veil of secrecy shall be re- moved from the executive proceedings of the Senate, it will be found that standing it the minority. the administration Senators have attempted to press through the nomination of Mr. Van Buren. when i've ofthe opposition Senators. were absent, some of thesn on ac- count of sickness, and others while attending to business that could not h0 deferred. Ir any thing certain can be determined from the of men. they have been defvat-