The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-03-21

supposed there was more Ia IL all than met either
The eye OF The car. But looked in vain for his
boasied demonstration OF the great proposition which
he set out 10 prove. Like gallant sliced, with flow
ing name, with distended nostrs, and with eyes Of
fire, he gallcped over the whole course Of The de-
bate, ill he came to this, when he struck like
ioundeTed horse upon a pavement But, sir, II
surprised at his signal failure on the merits OF
the question, | was still more so nj his attempted
justification for his personal assaults ON me. untii
he entered upon that branch Of his subject was Ut
lerly at a loss 10 conceive what could have said,
that the Senator could by possibility consrue as per-
sonal TO himself When he gave his "nole oil pre-
paration" yesterday, friend inquired, what there
was in my remarks that could have been deemed
personal 10 the Senator from Tennessee. Neither OF
US could conjecture, What was my surprise, then,
when heard that the mighty offence consisted in an
innocent alusion his sitting here under two COM
missions, aud TO the Presidents keeping his feel in
the political traces. Why, sir, the Senator is fond
OF giving Joke and | had always supposed he
would not object to receive one What said was
mere matter OF pleasantly, and so understood, pre-
sumo by every one except The Senator himself: and
when discovered from his remarks, thai il was not
Understood by him, at once explained, and said
and ii it was 50 received by him, regretted that
should have made it. What more could say2 If
injury had been Internationally done to the Sena-
tors feelings, l made him reparalion public and
as ample as the injury of which he complained
With gentleman duly approaching the courtesy
due to another after such explanation, here the
whole matter would have ended. But, The Senator
has seen fit to disregard that courtesy and were
I H. aal inst cd
drawing that which have extended 10 him, and in
repelling some OF the epthets which have fallen
from him. with the spirit and with the energy which
sefrespect the one hand, and justice on the other
would seem TO require. Twill not however, consentlo
handy epithes with one whose peculiar position has
called forth the train Of remark in which he has in
dulged can readily excuse him. lie has been SO
numerically bailed during this discussion, that
am not surprised he should turn his fury upon me,
it having fallen 10 my lol to give the last blow to the
report, upon which he has expended so much wind
as well as wit cannot, therefore, find it in my
heart indulge in any harshness or unkindness TO-
wards him, notwithstanding ! might feel there
was sufficient provocaion under other circum-
stances. fully appreciate, too, The situation 10
which he found himself, on my explanation being
made He had been, for long time, concocung
his speech--he had raeked his brain for rusty anec
dotes; and like plodding joiner, had dove-tailed
them into it-he had ransacked the whole range OF
British poets, from Pope to Scott, for appropriate
illustrations of his subject and did not hesitate 70
stretch his poetry the Procrustean bed oil his own
Imagination, to make II fiji the occasion Above al,
he had given public notice of his intention 70 let
of at this time, and his audience was on the very
tipoe of expectation for it-and now TO have all hs
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beautiful mosaic, this Rne freseo work destroyed oy
the inopporune courtesy OF an explanation was moi
TO be expected nor endured Approaching, there
fore the fullest extent, the difficulties and embar-
easements under which the honorable Senator Ia
bored cannot bring myself to complain even OF
any thing he has said. Had il been in the heat Of
youthful blood" when as he tells us, some twenty
five thirty years ago, he branded his political OPP
ponents with the crime Of amoral treason" might
have supposed he was in earnest In what ne mas
said. But chastened as his feelings must be by age,
subdued as his resenlments must be by those chrs-
tian precepts and principles which ought 10 govern
all of u.s. am bound TO suppose, thai he is influenced
by no motives which ought TO call for any other thah
kind response from me. He has merely taken
what have said as text, from which to preach
political discourse for the beneh, OF his dsconsolale
brethren. Like some other sermonizers, he, 70 DC
sure, has not stuck very closely to The lexl-s as
in those cases il may not be the fault of the Sermon
but Of the text isef-I admit am a hard text TO
preach froln-many have found this out for the last
three years besides the venerable preacher from
Tennessee. But of what does he complain Why,
forsoolh that spoke loosely OF his holding his seat
here by two commissions and upon this, he launch
es of into strain of grandoquence, such as nothing
but the holiness of the subject, and the poetry with
which he was crammed could have inspired! The
idea sir of his holding his place here by kind OF
double tenure, was not original with me: II was not
my invention; could not obtain patent for 1t il
should try. Who, then, do you suppose Mr. Presi-
dent, was the inventor? Who has had the audaciiy
10 charge the Senator with holding his seat here, IN
this august assembly of sovereign 81 les, by two
commissioner Who has insnuated, with the en-
venomed tongue of SANDER, that the honorable Sc
naor went to Tennessee for the purpose OF second
commission Why, sir, will tell you 1t is the
honorable Senator himself! He has made ii stand
ing Joke throughout this Senate chamber, ever since
| took my seat here--jocosely boasng that he held
his seat by two commissions And because re-
peated the joke as mere matter oil pleasantly, y IS
gravely made the pretence OF personal assault on
me- and the use of epithets, which would much oct
ter become any other man i'll any other place, than
Senator in the Senate of the United States. Per'
haps the honorable Senator considered my use OF
his Joke upon himself, an infringement OF his
right as the original inventor. II So | have only 10
regret, that he should have made himself solemn
jester for the Senate; and hope, hereafter, that
like poor Yorick's, his "gibes" and his ".gambos"
will not mock US more.
MIR. President the honorable Senator tells US he is
" here upon the free unsought sufrages OF his old
political friends and associates. Sir am not dis
posed to deny this will not attempto inquire into