Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-07-02
WASHINGTON MoNIrnr>f,,

WASHINGTON MONuNFN,r
several Gays ago the two Ohio Senator, h..
'.'''"at@ 'ha' portion oil the moneys coleo,.,'
the Washington Monument Society had has.
oezzIed either by the collectors or by The ma.
the Board OF Managers. This intim,t,o, a...,
the Board the following indignant Meno,,,l
panied by statement showing the total ,n,a',s'
receipts and expenditures VI
Iohc Senate Of de United STATES.
he Board OF Managers of the W,sl;. :,
,ionai hohument Society, having seen IN IL "" va
TIC prints statement that Representations H. pun
made IN your body derogatory TO he,, nave ra oeen
consider It Their duty TO lay before You an o0",'If
IN IN y, ,nei receipts and expenditures Via.
nope mat the alleged statement is errop,nns ;"y
crioIng to honorable members of your bndv n. :" Is
IONS on private character, Which should no, WH
uu' PROOF oil Their correctness have been baz,,Jl
lie respect we entertain for the Senate resrains w.
expression OF feelings, which are not however Te
less indignant Tor this forbearance. ~
We make this communication in tho con6d
''' IL VIII be the means of correcting any lono,
niisapprehensions that may have exisied u,,
WIN De efatIiyingto body distinguished for its inc
.ee TO shield honesty from wanton asperson wibn
us own walls; thatu will afford an opportunity y,
men OF honorable feelings, who may be conscions ol
having cast unmerted reproach on characters W.
ha'ter ourselves, unsullied, to retract them. tl
more especially in case the charges be not reirac,cJ
IL may be lodged among the public archives as ~,
dchce as well OF their uniounded nature as of ,h
hdelty with which we have discharged duties or
dslnterested and elevated nature and that if il TO
deemed expedient, it be printed by your order, Nv
such publicity challenging any detection of ,L,o
Sill htest departure from truth We, indeed not IN
~ mold ourselves amenable TO the Public, but are
ready All any moment to submit our proceedings ia
The most rlgld examination which either House Of
Congress may fit to institute.
BY order Of the Board ofManacers:
PETER FORCE,
Second Vice Preslem
GEORGE WATTERsToN Secretary.
1t is remarkable, that some of the over. scns,ro
members ofthe Senate regarded this INDIGNANT -
Spouse to charge, which, ifuntrue, or made whou,
sufficient evidence justify it, is most atrocious O.,
umny, as mot sufficiently respectful" and wished
therefore to throw the Memorial aside. Our dem
ocratic'' office holders are entirely too seif-consc
qucntial They seem TO imagine, because some
lucky accident, rather than any merit of their own
has, for the most part, dragged them from more
congenal obscurlly, TO spott.like gaudy but cphe.
neral insects in the sunlight public station, that
they therefore inch or two taller than
their unofficial fellow citzens that, if they can
not "add a cubit to their stature" when clothed
with the insignia Of Office, they at least madco
finer earth than their fellows-porcelaln, compared
with common clay Hence, when tie humor is up
on them, they speak in the most malignant and IAN
corous terms of their leow-citizcns, who have ncl.
ther the privilege to reply upon the spot, nor after
wards to question the cowaldly calumnIators "ht
words spoken IN debate"-And ifiheir slandcrcd vie.
tins come before them, with Memorial, couchnl
in the strong and justly indignant language which
becomes an association Of lreemen repeng an un-
founded charge upon their integrity and honor
these " servants Of the people" botray an eSrlor
dnary degree of sensitivencss, and would kick their
9 masters" unccremonously from their presence
We suppose, after while, it will be impossible for
any citizen to procure hearing, unless he goes be
fore their " lgh Mlghtncsses,' on Blended knee and
cap in hand l.! 1t is time to put hook in the mouth
Of this legislative l. viarhan-and TO let him know
that there Isl limit to his privileges"
The memorial was ultimately laid upon the table
(ayes 49, noes not councd,) on the motion OF NJ
Sewer, on the ground, that though slandcred the
Senate, the Society bad sufficient opportunity to
defend themselves in the newspapers I!
The statement of receipts and expenditures el.
hibts the following results Collected, in Name
$1,000; Vermont 81 %; Connecticut Ass Gil
New York llG7 81; New Jersey li9 81; Penn
sylvania 2lN2 IS; Delaware SCI IS; Maryland
3057 90 Virginia 1900; South Carolina 57O
Kentucky 1910; Ohio 6391 10 Louisiana 70l %;
Indiana $40 Illinois zoos Mississippi 2l2O; DIST
of Columbia S36 Sc Florida 90 Army sos o'
Navy, 2o8 25-Intercst stocks in which the col
lections have been Invested 1605 73-Gfd"" fo'"'
S2a,57S sail of which except balance on nan"
OF S476 CT, and the necessary expenses oil '''o "o
ciey amounting to only $4C5 Sc, has been invested
in productive stocks.
~ Mr. Calhoun's indirect nomination. as "'