Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-04-24

That the President greatly admires Houstons
exploit, none who are acquainted with his in
the same line, will doubt. 1t requires proof
to command belief.
| HoUsroN's CAsE-"NAsnvpLE Tactics"
Gen. Houston has addressed the following Card
through the Telegraph
| A CARD.
"Gcn. Houston to insure himselfa fair and hon.
orable investigation of his case, before the
House of Representatives, feels himself compelled
by the which the editor of the Tclccra ph has
pursued, to state that he has heretofore and will
hereafter, abstain from submitting any facts to the
public, going either to the explanation ustiica
ton OF his conduct in response to the attacks made
on hin through the press, to influence any
opnlou III his favor
Gle is now in custody of an officer of the House
OF Representatives, the Sergcant-at- arms, and,
whle IN that situation, he would deem ii highly in
decorous, and extremely dsrespectfu to that honor
able body, to make any appeal to the public, by
statement of facts or otherwise while his cause is
III tendency before the House
cit due to him. that this instance of outra pc by
the editor of the Telegraph should be recorded.
Nor does he seek to arraign officer of the hon.
orabe body, the editor of the Telegraph, for the
dlSrespect which he has shown to the House, nor
Tor his CARRIED, untrue, and unprecedented attacks
made upon the accused, who awaits decision
ofthe honorable body for his aquittal condemna-
ton.
''Ho will not change the character of the accus
III
ing; but will leave to the Representatives of the
American people the preservation of their dig
nty-tho construction and punishment of contempts
and the protection of the privileges of an Amer
lean citizen, who is now and has been for days, in
custody, by order ofthe House"
The Telegraph well remarks that this Card is the
best defence that Houston can make. While APP
pealing for sympathy, because assailcd when under
arrest, and lamentng that that arrest seals his
lips, he very ngeniously throws before the Public
what most effective enlist its feelings in his IA
yor.
We hear the NASHVILLE Tactics" are in opera
ton. Col. John Williams, among the best, wisest
and truest of American Citizens, predicted they
would be; that Jackson could not live out Of the
company of the associates by whom he had ever
been surrounded, tho atmosphere of private
broils He had no taste for the company of talent
and learning. What are these "tactics?" The pis-
tol and b!udgcOn, and most remarkable capacity
for collecting prOof. Gen. Jackson in his thousand
contests, public and private, has wanted wit
ncsses to prove all he wished, and we assert that
there is nothing he may wish to prove, that he can
not prove.
The letter writer's and the papers OF the Party, be-
gin to disclose the ground which Gen. Houston
means to occupy in his defence. AS the Counsel
lor says in Guy Mannerimg, it appears to ''ingen-
Gus, but desperate" The letter writer of the
Pennsylvania Inquirer states it thus-
"Several members spoke with much zeal, and
some evinced good deal of acrmony during the
discussion. Mr.. Fitzgerald, OF Tennessee, limited
at the original cause of Mr.. Stanbery's attack up
on Gov. Houston, which showed that no awaited
himself of the privileges of the house to assault
one whom he thought TO be rUdk The
whole originated In an intrigue of n GER
tain description, which will not add much |
- Al IL. 4 oh
should not have drawn down his vengeance upon
Governor Houston. And this intriguing affair has
given rise to all this debate, and good deal of i'll
blood, which evinced i'll the remarks of some
of the speakers. 1t finally agreed that the of
fender should be arraigncd and in reply to qucs-
ton of the Speaker whether he wished counsel,
answered in the negative. His reply was manly
and dignified, and all that he asked was twenty |
four hours to prepare for the examination before a
committee of the House, which will consist of
seven, but which has not yet been announced by
the chair"
Now be it remembered, that nine days before the
attack, Houston called Stanbery to account by let
ter, for what he had said in Debate-a plain demon
stration that the attack for the cause
which prompted the letter. We give outline of
the ID days trial in another column
The Courier and Enquirer is on the wrong scent.
In that paper of Tuesday, the following appears:
"a FRAcAs-On reference to a letter from our
Washington Correspondent it will he perceived
that the Honorable Mr.. STANsBURT of Ohio, has
been chastis-d by General IIoUsToN of Tennessee,
for attack upon his integrity, and Il subsequent
refusal to apologize give the required satisfac-
ton Another Correspondent informs that
STANsBuRY, in refusing the challenge of General
HoUsToN, not only assumed the ground that he was
not responsible for what he said in debate, but that
Cen III. was not gentleman. This is the usual
plea of towards and this in itself authorized Gen.
II. to infiict punishment upon him without any
breach of his privileges Member of Congress"
Mark the prediction! The Courier and Enquirer
will shift the ground, and chime in with the letter
writer of it's namesake at Philadelphia. The cue
was not forwarded to Kernel Webb in time. Had
poor Noah not been visited with the apopcxy, the
Courier would have been more lucky in striking the
trail,
u The account we published yesterday, Of an
expedition beyond the Rocky Mountains, headed by
Capt. Lsavenworth and which has been absent elo-
ven years, was, we have little or doubt, hoax.
We suspected SO at the time, but thought it nigh
| amusc fiction.
! A Coop PrN--A witty gentleman of the city,