Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-06
MIR. SPEAKER BELL.

We have hercof,ye aaprizsI oar readers that &
fierce controversy tad .. sen 80 IL asssee, be
,wcen tbs friends Of Mi Bell tho successful can
dIe,e Ion the Speaker chair and oi Nh. Polk, his
DETECTED con- poor THIS conlro cosy, !, seems,
las dawn Oh, M Bell hinself wiz, If he report
Of his speech, furnished by the M,Utre 'orols h
Courier be con CT, has certainly ex ressed etfI +
iGenls calculated 20 deIract from his hltherte exsli
Cd rePutauoa AMI to place him in the n Of hose
time servers, whose principles hang us loosely on
lh-ia as lleit cloak. We suLjoin the report Of his
s1sIlar sfeccb--prem sing that the reporter tells
US Vat II is written odt from cmory
The speaker set out with the declaration, that
Wien elected partly by citizens of Rnif criord
10 a seat in Congress, he detor0ined to act always
from PRINCIPE, ard lhai h sup, or ofmcn had been
tributary 10 hat design. He spoke Of the la' use
This name in hi, AID oirf counties iclatve 70 his
silence da IN the last session OF Congress and de-
nounoei those who used il, a. hyrocrItes, who
wished to drive hIu INFO the Opposition He sad
That they were ,pen, who arc now lnborng 10 reap
areward lereatter. Thai more INVENTIONS than
one had been he'll in Nashville, and that this coun-
iy had ocen rep esentcd In them, TO work his des
tructon. That various efiotls h d been unsuccess
fully made, 10 cx,rac rom the PrsSider' an express
sion OF opinion egtma hun and that an aortS Old
Farmer of this county, had been dragged upon
pilgrimage, to General JAG sons, 10 Pick up a
crumb against him.-I hat no sooner haj that peer
cl4 man, almost bro6 dog IN tho service OF ms
country, ssed he N1lnta,n, thea his, MI Bs
enemies had besct INN 10 obtain some grounds Tor
his con en0ation
Nj B. nd no, admit, tina, the President had
expressed prcfercnc, ut aay particular candidate
for the chat and dect-ted that hose who attrbu ed
such a preference u inn VT: his enemies. lie
denied totally false come from shs' qunfter II
may the assertion, Il i. ha had been eeqles cd 20
defend the esldcn'; that II was unnecessary 10
resent the charges M 'de against the President OF
being Tyrant, Desrot and Usurpef, because
these cPlthcts had been used until they ceased TO
have meaning - That none ans xered them IN their
arguments.
"Mr. Bell isted, that he had rendered etn-
cicni support 10 the measures ofthc administration !
for possessing talent, and Influence in the Con
gress Of the U lied States (snd he believed that a
portion OF both had been atIrb tie to hlm) &c could
have changed ,he SIX or seven majority at his
VIII, and defeated all the measures Of the Adma-
isITa ION. Bu on the contrary he had supported
The measures ofthe administration, although M:y
initiated against ais olcg principles. he wouii
NOT, because he did nos a. rec with the measures Of
'"e administration, JOIN " h the Opposition, who
were Us far on The o.her cxrc he pteferrct 90
ing with the President and mis- party, not~ah-
Standing hcu measures crossed his olcn PRINCIPLES
hr' Bell declared that although he had been
provoked and soadai, even pricksd to abandon
uenerai jackson, he had and still would adhere TO
MS own principles. lie cou.d have been excited TO
'"e speakers CHAIR more easily before the Bank
anu deposit question was settled, than after. IN
nc' was his strength that kept fl the election an
vi near the rose of the sosson-il was the feaf OF
ans e'eVa'ion 'h.u kept the mission 10 England from
oe"S sooner flled, aud lhat .dr. Stevenson was re-
"'h'o IN the Chair under the precxt of avoiding a
'as'"cy at such a junoure, as dangerous TO the
rafy The Deposit question must be settled be-
wy 'eh'ufing upon the election, when IN TACT II
was oe anse Mr.. BIS enemies knew that he was too
s"ona Tor them at thai time, and they deferred II,
I I 'hsy could wc1kcn and break him down.
,1' o'u MOI charge the Prcs'den, with entering IN
ceired
MI Bell sad,thn, i, was asked, why the oppo-