Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-03

srs are before the world. They speak out EoF him in a voice inst cannot be silenced.- They stand forth in fuIl view, and no man can ,,bscure or blOt them from the history of his country. 1t has been exceedingly painful to me tO take part. & especially the part have taken in this debate. ReCOlIecti0ns Of the past are thrOnging in my mind, and weigh me down in sadness-almOst in silence. Gladly would 1 have been spared this day. But, sir, when those whom l hold in honor and res. prct-whom the country holds high-high im its estimation. are made the object of at- tack such as we have witnessed, | should miserably fail in my own sense of duty were 10 sit iO silence. The day has not long gone by since l saw those who nOw give sanction to this attack, and the party tO which they be- long, gladly. ay, anxiOusly seeking the aid of the powerful arm of that great hampton and defender of the constitution since | saw this administration, reeling and tOtiering as it did under the tremendous blows of men of giant strength from the Chvaric region ofthe South, besSrehing the unfAng support of that same undaunted hand. l refer to no preceding administrations, which leaned. and leaned with confidence upon him, as upon pillar of immOvablc strength; but wish to tell the honorable member from Massachusetts, (Mr. ADAMs.( that not one of the friends who now rally round the object of his attack will Galter in his course Not one will be shaken in his confidence and attachment. We shall stand by him, let who will desert-let who will vi- tuperate. But. after all, sir how little is there, upon merely personal considerations and pre- ferences, 70 justify the feelings of anxiety which we cannot repress, for the advancement of any man, however able-however estina- ble, We are adnonished ofthe fraiIty of hu- man attachments and human hopes. How w se is it that the future is hid from our view {; that we cannot lift the veil which shuts ou! from our observation the end vf our own best and wisest exerti0ns Much-how much |? of our ardor might be abated how might our arms be paratyZed. if we could look beyond the present hour, and behold the fuIfilment which the future holds in store If, sir, I could raise this impenelrable curtain. and ; look forward to the future as can look back upon the past. ardently as l desire, for the good ofOur common country and for his Own fame, and much as 1 would now do to pro- mote the elevation ofthat distinguished states man to ihe highest places of pUwer-every desire might faiI-every effort cease. Yes. sir, if should see him descending from that lofty etninrnce, soured, disappointed, vindic. tive-fOrgetful of his own character, and of the friends who had stood by him in the hour of need; ifI should see the infrmites of our nature-the lower and baser passions-mas- tering and expelling all the ncbIe and gener- ous properties which know belong to his heart if l should sre him brtrayiDg and a. bandoning the cause which he DOW upholds. making his friends to hang their heads in very shame and confusion-I do not say. sir. that would pray Heaven to blast all our efforts in the cause of our country-but rather would see his sun go down now, even from its high ] noon, so that it leaves us a glorious light to cheer, and animate, and guide. and to which
 we could turn our eyes with high and heart
 stirring pride: rather would see this, than to { beh"ld hin. r"s.;ns oF the mighty armor of 1 Achilles, which no man can wear, to act his
 periured part. who by fraud IeveIIed the proud
 walls of Troy to the dust; rather this, far
 rather, than to see him lingering on the stage
 ofpolitical action, behinG his time, "the de-
 rision of his enemies-the melancholy pity of l his friends"