Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-08-11
From t.te Baltimore Ctron,efe.
Din, DUNCAN.

Tba esttn,tc vi, .ci, every rejecting and hon
orabie man, vino was witness To me many SCENES
enacted by NJ Dircan. the member Oh Cohefe9
from, the Cincinnati trict, formed o! his taionis
AMI character, If known, would neither he graz
fvlnr to his VANITY nor eNat hun IN the minis vi
,nose VIII, ave not obsery ed has conduct, and seen
what onciuslvc evidence he cond and did firfiisA
Of s;inerCl aus ignorance ana arrogant 'ah.y
On the last night OF the session, ne enaE'ea 1t
n,-t which drew down upon HIM the cens'ire Oh
the most violent OF his political friends ana IN
creased the contempt IN winch he is held by ',e
whole h,usa w, have heretofore ai1c3d t"
This circumstance. When the session 0! tue ii'"s7
was drawing to close, and when ihach 'hii'os
,nt business remained 10 be trailSacteti, ana o't
HlIle time To do 1t IN, this member rose, WIN
large bundle OF papers IN his hano, ah1, l'fociih
mo his ,ntention deliver Il spec IN III defence
t- the extr,vapant expenditures OF the aG!ninis-
traton at the loudcst pitch OF his stentoran voice.
anil amidst the oft repeated calls OF the speaker
. = ,ti,an4.au him 10 take has seat, he pGFs'stea III
disturbing the quiet OF tire House and interrupt
lnr the business then beto-a H. iHpioeace mas
hounds aud his could Only 81 ain him Tor ABOUT
ten minutes in his outrageous course. At the
tthreatcnipr command of &c speaker he at last
took his seat first declaring his Intention to pub
lIsh a speech IN r1pv II the one made by MI.
Boni Il has been Published IN the Giobe, and
we see that proposed to PRINT IL ia paiiPiliet
form for more general distribution. We make
pIaced IN the hands of every man ~ tue country
did we no. feel that the dissemination OF such Il
s3ccch as coming from one 10 whom acLideht has
,rivcu a seat In Congress. must tenG 10 lower, TN
the esti.n ton Of al VINO read X. the Character OF
the assembly in which it parports to have been
delivered. ct Mr.. Duncan. as q private cItizeil
we have nothing to say. Ills puoiIc conduct IS
omen 10 public AMIN adv ersion, and 1t Is with thai
We deal In th,s speech he has Collected e'c cry
abusive e8itaet which has memory OF his iIil&g n-
alton could suggest aud applied them 10 those
whose rood fortune it Is to differ with In n IA poll
tics lie has Stunned opportunity to misreP-
resent facts or to manufacture them TO suit his
purDose He goes out of his way at every stsr
10 SANDER aud traducc the best men O. me land
and he has connected al. these things together bE
a string of words and figures which 50 shock h!S
readers that they NAV we'll pause and look aroun
them 10 sec whether they have not UNCONSCIOUS
wandered into the ncIgh5crhood OF the ste"s @
some populous CITY. and are un"Iitngiy listening
to The ribalrv and quarrel Of some veteran resi-
dent of Bixingsga,e.
Such Is the character OF the speech deliberate
charges brought against It, and by It must th'
Executive be judged. Those who have read tht
speech OF Mr. Bond, and observed how every al
legation is sustained BY Documentary evidence
: viii know how utterly impossible II is - make
satisfactory reply to his charges In putting terts
inns s,rcch If Mr. Duncan, under their approba
r,op. the administration have acded another 9
the long catalogue If their sins, BY sancti"nins
wanton outrage on the public morris and vioiatin:
all the deccncies Of pubic life.