Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-03-31
[vol. XXXvIT---No. 8.

er these minutes" aud discovered that
they contained the material Of certain me-
MORALS, which had been received by tho
Senate, aud had been spread upon the
journal by the clerk. improperly, as il
would seem they having formed no part
of the actual business Of the Senate, land
the correction being made at the time, and
| before the subject matter in dispute was
finally settled They srere no record efths
action e The Senate. and nerer sLould haze
been spread on the Journal. in The ordinary
course Of business. Yet this case, Mr. Ben
ton called bis sheet anchor, 49," the main
pillar Of bis argumen,i" lie said that il
was a perfect precedent for " expunging .
the Journal.-and labored 10 show a sim
ilarity in the cases which gave rise 20 the
discussions ia the several instances.
Mr. PORTER asked at what time after
the record was made. the expungiug pro.
cess was ordered +?
Mr., y shook bis head most ominously,
and replied that if that gentleman would
only be patient, he could hlo,r up that little
point directlyi SO MIR. PonrrR sat down
and waited patiently TO be blown M!
b. then fell back again opon the consti
tufional argument. and 10 the I" keeping
the Journal" Counting on his fingers
one after the other. he said--touchiug his
first finger, " there is not a rord. |" then
| the second. :" nor letter" then the fL;,d.
nor an iota." then the fourth, " nor III.
lie against expupging in the constitution %
who could fail Of being convinced by so
! decided demonstration, lucidIy iusira.
/ tedp Benton has the whole argumsnf,
literally, at his fingers ends!
Having occasion 10 quote one Of his own
speeches. he played of a most delectahle
piece OF mock modesiy; calling on his
friend GARRETT TO read il. WALL with
great alacrity obeyed. Meanwhile BLAfa
held some private discourse with the
great orator, over the hack Of his chair
by the display Of ivory upon the occasion
Judged that something was said | was
80 taken up with this little piece of BY. play
between the BENTON and the BLAIR tnar
mobile fraf,un') that lost the reading Of
the WALL, and could not tell 10 what pur.
pose this old patch was sewed unon the
new tapestry. After j, was over. P,meh
jumped on the rope again, and went On
/ with his performance.
! he next thing was to preach a sermon.
The text was taken from the book Of Job.
how appropriately for patience is a vir-
tue! and ran in these words, /" Oh. that
mine enemy would write hook ~ Read
ing from printed annual report Of the
Bank Of the U. S.. the preacher attempted
to identity the Bank and the Senate Is bay.
ing together, and quorum uaus, concocted
tho opposition to the President, and the
obnoxious resolution now sought TO be ex
plunged! The Bank brought the inn.
peachment,-and the Senate acted sub
altern part" He showed word or two
in the resolution 10 be identical with a
word or two in the report, and hence the
deduction. During all this, he turned first
TO one side. and then 10 the other, wink.
Ing at BLAIR. and snafling at Clay. while
the SO official printer" grinned f,om ear 10
car, and disclosed most formidable ar
ray Of ivory, Sufficient 10 decoy tusk
hunter from thu chase Of an elephant.
! Alter the sermon, came psalm singing
IN which there vas much glory TO An
DREW, and hosanna to "the party" Then
followed homily upon the impeachable
character Of The charges alleged against
the President IN The obnoxious resolution.
About this point, fell asleep. and was
awakened by the hustle attendan. upon
adjournment The galleries were empty,
and feeling rather vexed at being caught
there alone, made the best Of my way
home TO give you this record. The second
scene shall be forthcoming in due season.