Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-02-02

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khfrr) as its chairman. On that point he and
The gentleman were directly a, issue. He distinct.
" affirmed that IT was not 80. Two rreviou. pro-
POSITIONS had been before the committee and they
had both been yo'ed down.
In those votes the gentleman from Massachusetts
Mr. EVERErr,) and the gentleman f,om Virgins.
Ma. PArTos,) had voted on the first occasion II.
The majority, and in tho latter with the minotitv.
The gentleman from Virginia had moved one VI
! these propositions, and the Committee rejected IT,
Mr.. J. had voted against both o. them n bowev.
er, he had been compelled 10 choose between them.
he nho"'l certainly have prefsrred the epg,sm of
The President, to the nsdrigal of the gentleman
from Virginia That gentleman. however. Ind
been 50 fond Of his proposition that lie had brought
before the Committee second time, and then lie
consideration Ind been postponed Thu, was tho
noo'ost tho gentleman had come at any time 10 oh.
tanning majority. II had been the opinion of The
COMMITTEE that If they intended 10 do nothing
'hey ought TO say nothing, and no, to issue repor,
~ the world which the d,ssifeced might make 10
speak any language they chose. lie wns glad
now 10 hear 1t declared that il had nos been the IN
ens'on o. my gentleman 10 tho Committee 10 d.
any thing but respond 10 the President. Mr.. J had
not been npprsed Of that he supposed there
hed been d'sp ston TO give tho House dose Of
MIX q water. Such mixture the Presiden, ID not
III no hnb' OF preparing and il would ccr,ainly be
no response to whnt had romc from him. The gen.
'leman from Virginia bat thong hi il prcpcr enough
AT first that the COMMITTEES should have n f.b.i,.
man, who IN political views md feelings was with
the Administration. in the middle OF the session,
however, he had preferred having one Of m oppo.
s"e k,"' What KIND OF Chairman the gentleman
would prefer at the end Of il, MIR. j. did no, know.
Mr.. PATTON replied that he certainly shout.
NOT wish the gentleman from Maine (Mr. JAsvs,
al any period.
one remark Ind fallen from that gentleman to
which no would say wsrd in reply. The gentle
man Haid or seemed TO say, or npps nrcd 10 w,sb |,
UNDERSTOOD that he, Mr. T., desired the arpoiniusot
Off Chairman who should ombarrnss the Admini..
frasion. Now il Unopened ibnt event, too ree.n,
were IN The knowledge ofthc House to giye AM
point TO such All insinuniion
Mr. T. had stood there during the las, se.son In
pos'''on, and had pursued course which mus,
'even. any ins'nua'lon Of that sort from being
credited any where. lie had stood there a, III.
pos, IN Indication Of Inc Administration from a..
sanl''. the most violent in their chnrsc,s, wbieh
had been aimed a, II by twothrds OF tho Levi,,s.
lure OF h's own Sto,r and he had made this Wind,
| caion under circumstances which ha knew jnyo,y.
20 great personal fncrlfcc. But this hc had CON-
Hidereh bot dust IN tho scale when pnt nerjr., ~.
faif and honora discharge Of his public duty ec
cordng TO his own honest conviction fIe had new
or stood on that floor, would he, 20 long a. bc
should be honored by the confidence Of his cons,j,
ncnis with place upon II, TO throw cnborra,.meo,
IN the course OF my administration whatever. nor
would he stand there 10 echo, with base sub,eryics
cy, all the cdcis Of any Administration under
Heaven. lie cared not who they were. or Wis,
they werc lie came TO that place TO represent thu
Peoplo who sent him, ind 10 maintain their rights
and interests against all assaults whether rroc,ed
ing from the Administration or aimed at The Al.
ministrnlicp.
Mr.. =. said he should certainly have thou,h, !,
best that the Chairman. especially Of 30 imoor,an,
COMMITTEE MS 'ha, on Tho Foreign Relation, OF
inc country should concur in political sep,inen,
wi'h msJoriy OF tho House because tho Chair.
nun OF 'hat COMMITTEE was supposed, as n matfes
Of course, 10 ba on terms Of somewhat confidential
intercourse with the Secretary Of State Itper,nin.
ed 10 hrs duties that frequent communic alton. Of
confidential kind should pass between them.
This wna particularly proper while tho subjects
referred TO the Committee were fresh, before many
communications had been made to the COMMITTEE
Si'i, however he considered II as n roiti of very
'''a importance, because he was very that the
gentleman from Massachusetts, mir. Evrsrrr,
who differed indeed in his political views from tho
trends OF 'hc Administration, (whcher he endea.
voreh continually TO thwnrt their measures Mr. T.
eou'o NOT say no knew OF nothing that would JUS
ny MN IN saying So herresumed the gentleman
differed consceni'onsly) would conduct tho inter.
course OF the COMMITTEE with the State Department,
IN an nolc nnd senlcmaply mnnner And at H..
time tho vacancy occurred in the Committee, the
whole communication from tho Executive on our
foreign relations bad been received and was In tho
possession OF the COMMITTEE and he could moi ,bcse
lore see any necessity for a change IN its Chair.
man more especially rs he thought, iho,. on tin
particular sn'Jcc' alluded, I" the gentleman from.
Massachusetts did concur in his sentiments, with
majority Of the COMMITTEE
The gentleman from Maine had made ons re-
mark which the gentleman seemed to consider az
sarcastic, nay, perhaps witty but wi, was awsv.
po'n'lcs', unless shnrpencd by ,rnh. Wh,s foun.
dai'on Ind the gentleman for the grslui,ons and
he would add the insolent instruction.
Here the SPEAKER called Mr. PaTroN 10 orte,
ara sali no such language could be pc mit,ed.
Mr.. PArros rcsumct--for the iosin,,at,on ,a.,
his opinions could hot be known before he had vo,
ed II could be only necessary TO bling such al
assertion to the notice Of The House, for them 70
respond to tie utter want Of truth The wan, Of
frank disclosure Of his opinions had never been hi,
fault; tho very opposite had often been his misfor
tune He had been too frsnk to wait, as some gen.
,lcmen were in tho habi, of doing, TO see which
way the WIND would blow. This he repeated was
| his misfortune, II was not his fault and he va.
willing al' tines subm', TO the penalties attach.
| ed TO il.
l, would be fortunate. however. il gentlemen
could KNOW 'he oo'r'ons Of some mon, even after
hey had voted Alaush) For as they had 90. to
an exposure OIL what passed in the COMMITTEES, il
might not be an,.s for him remind the sen,isnsn
from Maine, that the gentleman was one who al
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