Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-25
,,,c,BGEs. MAY p. 1875.
SPEAKER BELL.

ng
'tsen,'' .occndv assaulted ty The Washington
las ~ , lie affiliated echoes throughout the u
b'ooe o.; n r,rcil,c illustration of the ineom-
son' L., Of personal ind pcnJence win party en-
f1"Dn ,sn,s and striking commentary on the la'e
az" ,oo often awai,s those, who, placing more
Fa'," on adherence to principle than on ote
~ 10 poriy requirements, rtose 10 yle'u '2'',
81 onnons to the dieaon OF an ofganlzco
'0"', 4o,bcr Of Office holders OF Office seekers.
~, gl An has given uniform, Jealous, ao'e ano
n.;en, support to the measures oil the pr' sent au-
:,,.;on from its fl ST organization down 10 Inc
mint NM, ,noment-and he sill does. why, laen,
,ho Globe, the orsnn Of that administration,
vi him as vndiciivey as II he were, instead OF
of is leading champions, IT'S most 'loionl oipo'
and the bercst rtvilcr OF lis cllel IL 49,
.;,elv and exclusively, because Re is mol ihchheo
NM o,, ms the successor Of Gen. Jackson, the
gbose pretonsions Gen. Jackson faVors! 50
n,w test ofGdelity has been introduced. n
s';,cihn must not only support the measures OF the
..;nistra,ion, to whose principles he is ayowedly
e;.nIlv but he mus faltor at nothing which is de-
.J.I of h,ml Whoever may be deemed even
ana, enemy, by the Pres dent must be discer
"a from the friendship of all who profess TO be his
.1;ical supporters, & every parasite VINO creeps IN
a : t,or with him mus, be also admitted to parli
4 o,,on in the affections and confidence OF MS al
Il t'.,o,s, It the President virtually nominate his
...assor those who call themselves his friends
So, ,eon,csce in his " i'll on pnin of his d!splea-
for # they fail to do SO, the official organ Of
.sarbif Magistrate nnkenncls lis dogs OF war,
.,l The whole pack ready 20 dcvour hum The
.,le, Acimon ami his hounds is somewhat tevcr
I'd the master of he kennel Is not eaten; but when
,co the nec,est and rn st of scent OF The whole OF
4su fail in single instance, to obey commands,
orI bp w Dlp
y,lrins crew are turned upon the recusant 10 hunt
I'm into obscurity orto eonsign him to death Mr..
pel has refused to be transferred 10 Von Buren,
ana Car this single act of disobedlcncc, all his pas
fi,bG,l snprort Of the administration is cancelled
aud he is denounced rs ms dlous en- my, " ht
Ia. sold himself 10 the Wings for political, and to
The Eank 70; pecuniary considerations
1 Mr. Bell has thou INT proper TO make lorna re
Nv 10 c late elaborate assault made upon hum by
l HE Globe completely rein'ing every allegation
made against linn, and showing that they wer'
| L5s,d entirely upon fasehoods-so coined fO'
the OCCASION Ca of mint with 'hcorera ms OF
winch The Globe and Other of the had money gen
Iy are more familiar han with us nnmesoke a.
Ihladtrhin) and oihers onwariant be pefvei-
sla,s and malignant distortions Of admitted facis'
Tue mnia charge brought against Mr. Bell, IS,
that he has been the prlt cPaI agent IN getting
'NS'''N''NJ
Int i, branches out into various ram fcalions =
such as that he Wings bought him by supporting
hun as Speak against CYL. Polk that he has lie
c,ty,d tar e accommodations from lhc u. ). Bank !;
that Mr. Jau,lon the cashier of the u. s. Bank,
ular,ian daughter Of Judge Whites wife, by !"
previous marriage; all going 10 establish a most
suspicious state of things, &c. &c IL. II was
hardly worth while for Mr.. Boil to rcpy formally
10 he SANDERS Of the Globe that dirty sheet, as
Mr. Forsyth once s. ylcd il on the floor Of The SEN
ate But since he has done SO, we have determined
to ty two or three extracts from his defence botor
our read' RS.
" hat Mr. Bell says ia relation 10 the election o
5,caket viii whc public curiosity f'r fuller DIS
tlosu of the " arrangements of which lie spenk>,
and WHICH were defeated by his election. He says
=" i he true history of the late election OF Speak
is hut slightly known TO the public. An xposltion
ofall tie circumstances attcnIlug /, would answer
no II, eful purpose nov. Ny conduct and motives
throughout are known to many gen Iemen ofiei H.
ialion and honor belong NJ TO each political il'l-
sion of tie late Congress. If thcrc was my lhl 9
improper in either, II IS in the power OF m ny 10
expose me. As TO any arrangements or engage
ments Of the class nslnua'od IN The Globe, enter.
ed INTO none. w hat arrangements were defeated
my election, no ono could Eve a better account
OF, han Tie VIM H. eri,,o the Globe of The
l5h ut, If am not mlsl'd by the manner Of as
% aulor hip. Wh,uthcs shall become known,
ih'n skill also be known, aud properly appreciated,
the p,nciIie rpon Which res s,ed hem.
In ono parl Of the NM columns of ahuse heap.
ed chiefly upon me n the Globe ,hc brns iog ont of
judge White is conf crured to have Keen enc of the
sipula oIs winch PRECEDED he tlucIun of Speaker ;
and the only circumstances seIt ccd and referred to-
10 give p'ausbty to the hypothesis, bes des the nj
legaion that | was surportedb by most of The oppo-
sliion mcmbers--a fac, Gom which every one may
and viii draw whatever inference may suit his par
iiculor wishes or objccts--are l. Mr. Wildes let
Ter to his constituents of Georgia last fall, in which
he recommends them TO support Judge White, con
nected with tie alleged fdc', which is lhns stated in
the Globe d" .Nr. UHde acaS he candidotc Of the
opposition for Spcaier, and ID raS lie hanSier Of
has friends to ar Be al he close Of tie ba}l0iftng
tiatmnde lie loAer he THIRD c6Tcer Of the gorern
sshch" 'Ehe truth is, that the specially devoted
Southern friends OF Mr.. Wide, and " hose votes if
any, he might be supposed able 10 transfer ten or
fifteen in num5er, adhered TO him to the last. Be-
sides, il had already conceived a plan to run
Judge While with view to aid my election, it is
n,turrl that should have made some ovcrturcs to
the peculiar friends of Judge White, my colleagues
of East Tennessee. These gentlemen not only vo-
ted against me-, but, between them and myself
neither the subject Of my own election, nor that OF
Judge Whites running for he presidency, was ev-
or m, ntioue1 until the 23d of December last nor
had any correspondence with thcm at any time
before, upon ether of these subjects. 2. Me- Bur
CESS recent speech to portion Of his constituents
IN which he en- leavors to stimulate them with the
hope that he election Of tie next President may
be brought iGto the House, and that, IN that way
the small Sta.es-Rhode Island being one of the