Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-02-23


associate that name with HoLTand HALR
father than with Jeffries, and that Page,
Oh whom the poet Savage had said,
Hard words and hanging. if your judge be Page"
should tFat be said of Marshall too Il
grieved him too that al these movements
against him came from sons of Virginia;
State more dear 10 his affections than
q any other, save his native State, and from
whose GREAT children he had received so
many tokens of confidence and regard.
GEoRGE WASHINGTON had introduced
nI'h INTO the public service at the age of
~ and Jefferson, Madison and Monroe
had successfully conferred on him the
highest stations, till he succeeded the last
IN his Office. He alluded to his eonnec-
ton With the Treaty of Client, and decIar.
cd mat he had done more than anv oIIer
man on earth, 10 secure 10 the slave
holders compensation for their property.
Madison had sent him to Russia at a
period when the Emperor had succumb.
cd to the /" Continental system" of Bona
Parte; and the minister Of France, Canl.
falncourt, one of the most magnificent men
ne ever knew, was almost as powerful in
81. Petersburg as the monarch himself
Few dared to oppose him. He had en-
IJoyed the friendship of the Emperor; and
was terms of the most ultimate friend
ship with Caulaincoort, daily in his house
land in his study.
! At thattlme 25 American merchantmen.
richly laden, We're sequestered by the au-
lhorities. al the instance OF France, because
I.hty had received British convoy up the
Baltic. He had demonstrated with Caul-
Iaiucourt so effectualy, that he wrote to
his master, and dared to tell him that
these vessels We're American property,
and ought to be release The Emperor,
too, was Induced TO order their discharge.
The Portuguese Ambassador accosted
hin, and said, " Sir, you are the only man
who dares 10 speak .'for his country"
This act led to the declaration of war, and
the invasion of Russia bv Bonaparte OF
Course the CIR became closely allied 20
England. But this did not abate his
friendly regard for him, nor for his coun-
TRY. And when the United States declar-
ed war against England, he made him the
medium OF an offer Of his nediation2 be-
tween them. The U. S. accepted of ii
but England feared 10 trust her cause in
his hands aud refused Indifference, he
said. had ever arisen between himself and
| Washington, Jefferson, Madison aud Mon
roe, on the subject Of slavery. They all
4 abhorred il, and were Aboltionis,s. And
he hoped better things of Virginia, than
to See her sons now trying to ruin him
for presenting petition! Her present
representatives, he thought should have
| iel something OF
/ -"That holy shame which ne re forgets,
What clear repute il used to wear;
Whose blush remains, when virtue sets,
10 show her sunshine has been there"
| From this important outline. you may
Judge of the intense Interest of this speech
The House and the crowded audience
hung upon his lips entranced. never saw
the triumph of eloquence more. complete
The violent part of thel Southern men
shrunk away silentI or muttering curses
Z -" deep, not loud" Marshall looked
4 and acted like some troubled spirit,
whose repose fthe enchanter's spell had
broke - %@z.. .z-"@.
The next,dav, Friday, afera converse.
ton about the committee affair, he apoiog-
ized to the House for the warmth he had
manifested towards his opponents, aud
complfmented Warren, Butts Underwood,
and others, in high terms, for their nde
pendent COURSE.
: He then assaulted the caucus, once more
with such severity that TrlpIett. of Ky,
rose and declared he,suggested it, in order
TO consider what should be done 10 get rid
of the abolition petitions There were
more than so members presen: and many
!. propositions We're made and discussed.
But Marshatl's resolves twere not adopted
OF acted on al all. -.
MARSHALL then said that be prepared
them at his desk. That he went to the
caucus and read them for the information
of the meeting ~ declaring that he
should take the responsibility ufsohcring
Fl them himself! He must say he mecer
tnew greater discrepancy of riews,
among those who had a common interest,
, than thaticaucus! He had designed 10
, move for Adams expulsion; but his
) friends had dissuaded him, because il
would send Mr.. Adams to his constituents,
and. he would come back again armed
with new power TO do evil!
t Mr.. ADAMS then proceeded 10 poin: out
! some errors Of facts, in Marshall's re-
/ solves. He assumed that The petitioners
f We're guilty OF treason and subornation of
: peJury. But WIN were these charges
f never made against the tens. Of thousands
who Petitioned the Parliament to repeal
the union between England and Ireland
He assumed there was some oath taken
i by men bers to preserve that union But
II was not true. He assumed that no dis