Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-07-29

thrown upon him. and that wlh vc,y SO
lcnn warning too Is to hi, responsibility
under it. And was he. wlcn placed in
such circumstances. 10 shrink from hi, du-
ly! The Speaker had placed him al The
head oi IN important committee: gentle
men oil the other side had chosen 10 make
asi'aling speeches, and had then thrown
The papers into his hands TO be reported
on. Mr.. j. was sensible the question was
OF Il delicate nature, aud I've had been dc,-
rous of waiting I'LL the trial of Mcleod
should have been decided: aud although
hc had been held up before the nation 10y
the party leaders in that House and out ol
it. and hy u jcsuilical party press OF tins ci-
" Is an acitatur. prepared 10 scatter tire
bands through the country, he had urged
the incypcdicncy oi pressing the question
10 iasiy action NJ tha, time. 6ut. instead
ul.siving lime for the rriai Of Mcleod. the
gentleman from New York, Mr.. Fillmore.
and colleague cf his, not now i'll this
House, iAlr. Monroe,i had called upon
Mr.. 7. for report, adding that the co"n-
country was expecting aud looking Tor 1t
at his hands. We'll did he know lha! a
thousand hrclug presses stood ready to
dcnouncc him is limd and c0ward!y. and
as DOT DARN. 10 take that lofty stand %hch
became Il country Jealous o! IL rights, and
well able to maintain the IN. Nr. =. had
accordingly Produced the report, but i, had
been prepared and presented wthou, Il
word of consultation with Iic Admiu!stra.
tion then nj the head Of affairs he dIschar-
gcd them from every Thing like the reno
test intention of casting an embarrassing
question upon those who were 10 succeed
them in the possession o! power. !: was
due Ir. Van Durcn and hi, Ai:ulnISira-
ton, ifthcrc were aay blame 10 be attach
10 the report, To say that he, Mr.. Van Bu-
rcn, must t. ii bear il. For Mr.. p!ckcn,
knew the dtiIcacy othi, situation III rcIa-
tion 10 the Administration about To come
into power al that iiuc-hc had therefore
no, consulted r.r then President, directly or
indirectly, or any member Of his Cabinet
-nor had he consulted any one in or out
o!powcr, except his colleague OH ;hc com
mi!tcc. He Iii! not wish any public men,
either in or OH; of the Cabinet, To- bear any
OF the blame Of that report. Shaicvcr
blame was 20 be attached 10 it. i, must fall
Oh him (Nlr. Pickcn,) entirely. at! no gen
,lcman ever saw it. or knew ii> substance,
except the committee, until i; was real 10
this House. Ailcas, ii never was 10 Mr..
P's knowledge. This was due To the late
Administration, as they had been 'raduccd
by thousand lcma.ugucs, for attempting
tn cmbarasS their successors, notwIthsIan-
ding he (llr. r. hai made Il similar dc
c!ara,ion upon the reception of the report.
when !! WAS first read in the ilousc. No.
sir; it was not because the rcpoT, was i'm
no!i.ic that it was dcuvunccd-iI was be-
cause i, was true, every word oft.
Yes, sir! those whips:c' editors and driv'
cllins orators, who live as whining syco-
plants upon power, may dcncuncc that
report, but while there i, splriiin the land
TO uvindicatc the countrv's rights, tia, re-
port will find a 'cspon-c in every free
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