Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-22

hlnse en,lrely and fully. lie WAS willing 10 be.
lieve MIR Watson honest, but he also believed him
TO be utterly ineompeten, TO discharge the duties OF
his Office; and he warned his friends in that House
against attempting to prove him capAble-for IL they
proved him eapHble, he should then prove HIM dis
honest. Mr. Gregory then went into many details
70 prove his inenpacy, and declared his belief that
II he were brought TO the bar Of the House. and ex-
amined for twenty minutes, there was not a man in
the House who would vote Tor him. Tie should
vote for MIR Wight, as the returns before the House
would show that he had paid more money into the
treasury during his year OF Office, than MIR Watson
had paid in his woyears and half
MIR WILLIAMs defended MIR Watson and COM
mented severely upon tho conduct OF the Presiden,
OF the Board OF Direetors-He contended that il
was proved that the present incumbent hsd purchss-
ed his raw material at cheaper rate than any other
agent, and he had sold more goods and paid more
money into the Treasury than any other agent-He
was member Of the committee appointed To inves-
ugate the charges made against the agent and not
concurring in the conclusions to which that CON-
mlttee had come. he had drawn up a counter report
which he handed n-He contended that Wight had
never paid iarthing into the Treasury, AZ the re-
suit of his own exerons, the money paid in by him
he had received from his predecessors; while Wat.
son had paid upwards of $4,000.
MIR DoRhAS, as chairman Of the committee APP
pointed to investigate into the charges brought
against Watson, had looked ,Sto the facts of the
case, and believed him TO be utterly incompetent to
discharge the duties of his ofiee-lt was mistake
to say that he had paid large sum Of money into
the Treasury; at least to claim any credit for him
Tor that act for deducing the sum no had received
from his predecessors he found that he had enrich
ed the Treasury in three yeats the Of S9i
57-Wight had rendered the Pententiary more pro-
htable than any other man before or since.
MIR LAsGHosSE thought that all the charges
brought against Watson only proved that he some
times made mistakes, which the case with all
mankind-He called upon his Wing friends 10 re-
member that they had, from every stump, and in eve
ry courtyard. denounced the ruthless prescription OF
! their opponents, and he called upon them TO show
their magnanimity upon the present occasion, and
not consent to the removal OF man because he diff
fered from them in political opinion.
Mr. TuNsrALL said il was very clear that the
House had discovered another spenid iuancier, and
they went on at the present rate, it was equally
clear that these extraordinary geniuses with their
paper balances in their favour would ruin the State
There was not member in that House who dare
/ rise IN his place aud say that Mr.. Wight had been
removed for negligence or neglect of any kind; he
had faithfully discharged his duty, and his only
crime had been that he had dared differ in OPT
mon with the then ma jorty OF that House; and did
members suppose that he was TO be hlmboozled
into participation IN that of gross injustice by
the cuckoo cry of Wing magnanimity, love of jus
tee and other such phnsesf-He most certainly
should do his best to repair the wrong then COM
mltted-WatSon was the instrument OF the then
House for perpetrating the wrong; for, although he
was not then elected, II would be recollected that
ne, win MIR Layne, was a Candidate; that on pro-
eeedng TO the ballot, his name was withdrawn
Mr. Leyne was elected, and shortly afterwards they
found Messrs. Watson and Layne as partners di
yidng the spoils between them. His 'magnan lmity'
would not allow him to have an honest and faithful
| officer turned out of Office, and when he had the
power, TO neglect to repair the original wrong He
had been guilty OF "Whig magnanimity" once dur
ing the present session, but he promised never do
the like agan-He was not going to allow his poll
tlcal opponents TO run away with all the pudding,
while they laughing IN their sleeves at the sim
plicliy Of Wing magnarmlty-He had no desire to
retain the entire monopoly Of this amiable quality
much less was he disposed to sanction ofgross
injustice and make an excellent officer and worthy
political friend the victim of this spurious Southern
chiyalry-He contended that Watson had been
proved TO be inca pabe of conducting the affairs OF
the institution; and that Wight had proved his tho
rough competency, and that, therefore, he should
vote for him.
Mr. TUEsrALL was interrupted by message from
the Senate, that that body had concluded, with the
consent OF the House, TO postpone the execution OF
the joint order until tomorrow, in which the House
concurred and an adjournment took place.