Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-01-19
con GRESSIO AL.
Correspondence Of theBsitimore Patriot.
WAsHITGToy, Jan. s.


greatest Importance TO the whole people Of this
country, l have thought proper to direct the
particular attention Of your readers by minute
and ample notices II
To-day tho debate was vivi6cd by speech of
great spirit and force from Mr.. Cr,tended, and
by some passages Of personal bearing between
that gentleman and his coiieage, Henry Clay,
one side, and Messrs. Young of Ill. and Clay
Ala, on The other
Mr. Crttenden said the discussion had taken
most extraordinary direction. lie had listened
with some concern and emotion, to the charges
SO preservIngiy hurled against his colleague. lie
did not what effect it would have III promo
ting the passage OF the bill, to hold up Mr.. Clay
as enemy TO the west. Yet that appeared To
be tie chief burden Of the song repeated here
day after day. He would perhaps have under /
taken 10 make defence of his colleague ii
this had been tho whole extent of the ACCUSE /
/ ton. Bat these gentlemen from the old States. .
point TO him equally preserving enemy OF
their sections. Io has taken, they say, adyanta-
ges equal 10 ten per cent from the old states, and
conferred them on the west. Here then be is as !
sailed from both points. He is hostile TO both!
Hosts generIs humani.' He is an enemy to the
whole Union.
/ Now this, Mr. Crlttenden said, was bad case
i-desP erate-- he must decline the advocacy of it
on his shoulders. An enemy to all parts OF the
Union! lie felt deeply concerned that such
heavy accusation should fall on a KentucisIan.
posure possible. All he wished to say was,
mat the jury by whom he should be tried, should
be honest and impartial. Perhaps, the Senators
might opine that II bill of atiaindcr the
proper mode of dealing with such high criminal
= ity, but they might have some constitutional
scruples against resortlng to that mode OF pun
ishmcnt. Accused as he was by the east and the
west at once, he had nothing for it but 10 fly 10
the District of Columbia.
That will not do said MIR. Clay, interrupting
him, 4 am shut out from the District too-for
the people here bring the charge against
me! they complain | have not proposed TO
distribute to them portion Of the proceeds OF
the public landsn
:. Them returned Mr.. Crttenden-.I abandon
. the entirely / give him up
Mercy! Mercyr exclaimed MIR Clay IN a tone
J. Of mock gravity, Cloud laughter all sdes)
i Mr.. Crttonden added, tha Kentucky may be
a held To blame perhaps, for sending such ii nan
o here. Bat he assured the Senate, Kentucky hnd
never suspected Henry Clay of hospitality To
. the west or to any section of the Union. HAD
i sho entertained any belief any idea Of tins
8, kind, sho never would have placed him in hi,
n present statIon-sne would havo a repre-
al sentative in the National Councils with suci
views and feelings
IL Mr. Cfit,enden then proceeded to dscuss a
lo considerable length, the general principles OF tn
al bill aud the amendments; and the O
c. his remarks, made eloquent and effective de
: tho State Of kentucky particularly. against tn
TO chnrge of hostility TO The States.
n When he finished. Nr. Young OF Illinois, rose
q a,,d renew ed tbs, attack ON Henry Clay, uhic
-, the party seem now to regard the principe
" purpose and end Of this discussion. This p rso
Z admitted now magnanimousD that Mr. Clay ia
SO not used the epIthets iii reference TO the squa
r. ters, which had been ascribed to him (by tn
- Globe first, from which they taken up an
repeated by all tho Government organs of mi
81, representation and abuse NAMELY, the wors
to ''pirates and robbers" but be would inform II
Senate what Mr.. Clay had said and iorhwi
of he produced a Set of notes, which he had taken
- Mr.. Gays speech. from which he read some pa
sages, and argued that the applica ton of the ep
ne the;s III question would have been just Inte
all ence-a logical deduction, &c. &c, from VIII
nd that Senator had actually said. So on he wei
Nv reading extracts and making arbitrary and orcl
- differences of cnmty to the new States.
=" Then he tried to fasten Mr. Clay chars
nd Of Inconsistency, by reading extracts from son
ms old speech of his in which, he maintained, view
1T expressed exactly the opposite Of those no
/, urged by that gentleman.
=, This mere personality was followed up by NJ
'o- Clay OF Alabama, who entertained the Sena
int with Joke that Henry Clay not indeed I
os- enemy of all, for he was the friend of Banke
=, Monoposts, Spectators, and manufacturer
Was there ever such biting sarcasm? 1t bea
u Niles all to nothing. Henry Clay cannot sta
on such fire long. He must inevitably fail befu
'e- the not SNol OF Failery thrown OV SO powerful
,fA engineer. Were this mortal to dine with the q
r., of ait what shouts of inoxtinguishable laugh
would shake the celestial mansions.
'e The Alabama Senator however, made s
or mistake. He ought not TO have introduced Il
i've briiant and original ,honght at the beginning
RS his speech, because as he could not carry
- conciude his remarks with the vivacity and Wig
that characterized this idea and its express
seo the effect was much weakened. and the bulk
dis his Grafton did actually 10 many people, d
ros- trito, and heavy. | recommend him hereafter
,m guard against auti-cmax and to reserve his spl
~; dad points for the peroraton,
Mr.. Crittendcn replied to the attack of
the Young. and more cutting rebuke has not BIZ
administered 10 any unfortunate wight for Il
INTO time He said that Young, in MS haste m;
tar, accusat ions, had stopt to understand his S
- ject. The speech of Clay from which he
'es quoted freely referred to class of persons
was ed occupying claimants They had title to
be land of record. They not in any sense
,ruders" But men, who having titles of rec
to the lands they occupied found to their asst
ON ishment, that others held antecedent claims.
a serious question presented. to the comp