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

AS WE SAlD,-Wc remarked Saturday,
That the Courier and Enquirer, had not been fur
hlshod IN time, with the from Washington,
touching the mode in which Houston to be
brought oh-that in consequence, Kernel Webb
had opened on 4 wrong scent-but that the mistake
would soon be corrected.
On Wednesday, the Courier and Enquirer, thus
states the cause of the assault:
"a FRAcAs-On reference to letter from our
washington Correspondent it Will bc perceived
that the Honorable Mr.. SrANspURY OF Ohio, has
ncen chastiSed by General fioUsroN of Tennessee,
Tor an attack upon his integrity, and subsequent
refusal to apologize give the required satistac
tion Another Correspondent informs us that
STANsRuRY, i'll refusing the challenge of General
HOUSTON, not only assumed the ground that he was
not responsible for what he said i'll debate, but hu;
Cen H. was not gentleman. This is the usual
plea OF towards, and this III itself authorized Gen.
H. to iniiict punishment upon him without any
breach of his privileges Member of Congress"
On ihWsddy, another day having elapsed Mr..
Bennct, the partner at Washington, had time to
put the Kernel right, and accordingly on that day.
the following appears Whoever will take the trouble
to compare ii with the correspondence of the Penn
sylvana Inquirer will find strong reason to suspect
the two coins to have ISSUED from the same mint
In due time, the Now Hampshire Patriot, the Bos
ton Statesman, the Hartford Times the Albany
Argus, the Baltimore Republican, the Louisville
Advertiser, the Richmond Enquirer, and all the Re.
publican papers, will take up the tale The fruit
full letter writer, and his kitchen compatrots, will
write to these papers. They will all tell the same
story: the changes will be rung upon it as usual;
the Globe the central repository, will collect and
embody in imposing mass, the whole, and behold
reader! you have ''pubic opinion!" Yet is there
in all probability, not syllable of truth in the
story
"Mr. Fizgcrcld is the successor of the cclebra-
ted "Davie Crockett" He is good speaker
dcNtcrous and agreeable. He denied the right of
the House TO constitute itself into criminal court
and mprlSon General Houston. In the course of
his speech he alluded to certain particulars talked
of pretty frequently here constituting the cascu
of the attack made by Stanshcry on the character
OF Houston. "SuppOsc," said he'll only put the
case ypothctcally-suppose in future time
or age when the people shall become corrupt, and
the House of Representatives par,akc of that cor
rupton-suppoSc i'll such Il state of morality, q
member Of this House should find his track cross-
cd In an amour by another person, not 4 mcmbcr-
suppose that member III fit of jealousy for the loss
OF his lady Bird should take advantage of his place
and privileges in the House, and assai tho charac-
ter ana impcach the general integrity of his more
fortunate rival, would it be proper for this House
would 1t he constitutional to consider that the pri.
vlieges OF this House had been intrnged by brawl
growing out of such gtFuire du cour.
'Such IS tho substance CT tie affair frequently
spoken of in this place the cause of the origno
quarral. Oh! woman woman--bcautifv, bewitch-
ing woman from the siege of Troy down to the
very moment we live, what charming feuds-what
delightful quarrcls-what extatic figats thou hast
been the cause thereof"