The Arkansas advocate., 1833-02-13

a member of this house." "Oh,' re- piled 5. A. quickly. s'tllat will never do,
 never. ''it must do, Ii sffettf do, ssai,ii
 John, ,sand for these reasons; tie South
 ern and Middle States are 10th to enter heartily into lhe cause. and their argu-
 ments are potent; they see that New
 England holds the phy ysirai power it her
 hands, ,anl tlIey iearthe result; aNew- IL England army,a N NaY-Eng gland eommaIl-
 def,~iitl tli New England pesseyerancesa Il
 nniled,appalthem. Forthis cause, they
 hang back. Aow,t the only way is, to al- lay their fears, and give them nothing to complain of, and this can be done Ill no other way but by appointing {. Southern chef oyer this force. Then all will feel secure, then all will rush tothe standard. This policy will blend US into one mass, and that mass will be resistless." Al sh.s Samue! X. seemed greatly moved.
 They talk over the preliminary eircum- stances, aad John asked bis cousin to second his motion. Mir. Adams went in, took the floor, and put forth all his strength in the delineations he had pre-. pared, all aiming at the adoption ot the army. lie was ready to own the army, appoint a commander, vote supplies, ,and proceed to business. After his speech, some doubted, some objected, and some feared. His warmth mounted with tue occasion, and 10 all these doubts and #hesitatIons, he replied, .Gentiemctl, ii this Congress will not adopt this army before ten moons have set, New Eng land will have d Congress of her own, which uiN adopt 1t, and she, s]se will un- dertake the struggle alone, yes, with strong arm and clear conscience will front the foe alone" This had the de- signed eil4ct. They saw New England was not playing, and was not to Dc play cd with; they agreed to appoint day. Tue day was fixed. Ii came. Mir. Ad- ans went in, took the floor, urged the measure, and after debate, 1t passed. The next thing was to get q lawful com mandcr for this lawful army, with sup plies, 1c. All looked to Mir. Asqns on this occasion; and he was ready.--- He took the floor, and went into mi nute dclineaton Of the character ofGen. Ward, bestowing on him the epithcts which, then, belonged to 10 one else.- At the end of this cnlogy, he said, "but this is Bot the man have chosen" He then went into delineation of the cha raeter of mmaadcr-in-Chief, such as was required by the peculiar stua- ton of the colonies at that junctarc, and after he had presented the qualfi- cations in the strongest language, and given the reasons for the nomination he was about to make, lie said-ssG C entle- men, 1 know these qualifications are high, but we all know they are need ful at tbls crisis, in this chief. Does any one say they are not to be obtained in the copntry2 lreply, they are, they reside in one of our own body, and he is the person whom now nominate: = GEORGE WASHINGTON, of Virginia.
 Washington, e4ho sat on Mir. Adams right hand, was looking him intentIy in the face, 10 watch the name he was about to announce, and not expecting it would be bis own, he sprung from his seat the moment he heard it, and ri,shed into an adjoining room as quick y as thoug!: moved hyy 2 shock of cleo. trieity.
 MT. Adams had asked his cousinS Sam. to move for an adjournment as soon as the nomination was made, in order to give members time to deliberate in pri- vate. They did deliberate, and the re- suit is before the world.
 asked Mir. Adams, among other questions, the following hg:-"Did you eyer douht of the success of the con- fiict?'' .No, no,' said he, ssnot for q moment. l expected to be hung and quartered, if was caught, but no mat ter for that, my country would be free knew Geo. III. could not forge chains long enough and strong enough to reach round these States"