Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-24
RICH MOND.
moNnA, nons,xa. JANUARY
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Wood, Tyler. SC.
MIR Armstrong nominated Col. Vance; Mr. Brown
Of T.. CO.. Kineheoe; MIR Mclaughlin. NJ, Jack.
son Of Wood; and Mr. Martin Of T.. Col. Il. No,.
gan. Each OF the gentlemen nominated was. in
the opinion OF his nominor the hes, qualified, of all
Others for the Office abou, to DO bestowed.
| Aftcr the usual gentle, huda,ory sneecb.. had
been made, in favor Of tho difF.ren, candidate.
| Mt Htrrison Of Brunswick, said he could po,
vote for MIR Jackson because, he s,id, that gentle
man, on the passage of the bill establishing the
County OF Clay, had promised him. IL n. wou,d
give his vote for new county, thathe (r Jaeksonl
would endeavour to get the name of the county,
changed in the Senate. the name Of Clay being
very d's'as'ei"l to MIR Hartison;l but. when re-
f"'eu afterwards, to perform this promise, MIR J.
refused to do 50. This statement of Mir u,,,;.o,
was correlated 10y Messts. Wood, Edsing,on and
ii'den; tins last gentleman, adding that he did no,
think Mr. jackson came up to the dc.c,;r,;or -,
Of a solder Ivy Shakespeare:
"GcnerUus In honour sr,iden and oulek I'm ,,,r,
Seeking the bubble reputation,
Even In the cannou's mouth"
This statement treated with Iev;,v 49,
the members. generally, and MIR Smith Of Kama
wh', said the mcntioning of this little rr,n.,c,o,
had determined him to vote for ~ I,,k.or 7,
Showed that the gentleman knew how ,o ,.,-
INQUIRE, and he considered this n c,c,, ,.oou,
mendation in nm 'fiicet-and lie admired A..
Jackson the more, because he would no, r.,r,.,
from the advantageous position he had ye;,,dh v
his str't'sem against the enemy, thereby shewin,
great bravery and rcsolute perseverance,. which l.,
a'so considered qualities which an officer should
possess by all means. tlc admitted he said (iu,t
u shew he too had been in the atmyl il would la
cause oi offence to commanding officer to promote
/" Junior over his head. But he did not think tho
appointment OF MIR jackson u private ciizenl cou,d
os viewed IN this lIsht 10y Col. Kincheloc, under
whose command MIR j. hnd never been. Alludp.
70 the nominee of the gentleman f,om U.rrisor.
ne sind he himself a citizen of The Western mar,
vi the State, and had the honour and hepp;ross ~
being acquainted with all the men Of any NOT. d.,
eNcer' tond he thought it somewhat .,,an,. Ton,
this distinguished individual, Mr. Vance
MIR Armstrong was then dopu,ed to inform n,
Senate of the readiness of the House Of D.i,.,,.s
In proceed IN the join, order md of the nominations
which had teen made. A long debate ensucd in
tie Senate upon the charge brought aseins, Mr.
Jackson. Several Senators made statements tend
inc to shew thar MIR Jackson had ende,voured to
redeem his prdse To MIR Harrison. Amsne tho
rest, the Senator from Scott declared tina, MIR Lack
son had stated 10 him the pledge he had nnds in
Tie lower House. adding, that he communicates !,
to him. because he was not on friendly term. with
his own Senator
when, no,w outstanding the statements made in
the Senate IN regard 10 this matter a MESSAGE WINS
received from that body proposing Joint resolution
poStIonng the order Of the day, a tempes,uous de-
nate arose IN the lower house. Mr. Scott of Eau
qn'er, made an u1'e defence Of Mr Jackson from
me Impu'a'ionS cas-, upon him by the statements
which had been made in the House-detailins the
circumstances under which the pledge alluded To.
was even-and repeated the testimony which had
been given IN the Senate. From nh which he ar
sued Tint Mr. Jackson had redeemed his pledse-
but he further dec AIRED that even il he had not The
whole matter was so frivolous MIR Jackson womb
nave been perfectly lustf'Le in rettac,ing tho pro
mise he had made, il, on reflection, he thoupb, il
improper 10 have given it. lie said. when he heard
the charge nude by the gentleman from Brunswick
and saw member after member rising around that
gentleman to corroborate his sisemeni it seemed 10
Nun that the whole matter must have been precon-
certed and arranged beforehand. Mr. Wood denied
that The m'tier had been precoreerted and beseed
Nr scott to bear this denm' IN mind. MIR Scott said
lac had thought the charge was pfeconcerted. from
the circumstances attending it but that he was
corrected by the sentleman's denial. II seemed 10
him, however, tina, the strongest ground upon which
the charge was made, must have been the desire to
make it.
The charge and confederation were here res,nt,d
by the member from Brunswick and others, ONE NJ
them (Mr Hden) further romnrkine, that tho
gentleman from Fauquicr seemed like one labour
ing, in his vocation, TO get Mr. Jackson ou, Of diff
hculty."
MIR Scott said he not sure he fully under
stood MIR. Hiden's remark. - His VOCATION lust then
was to find out the facts OF the case under con-
s'deraton; hut perhaps the genteman's VOCATION
differed from his own. lie was sorry Mr.. Hidden
had reiterated a reflection upon the COURAGE and
ohlvalry of Mr. Jackson. who was a professor of
religion, &c.-He remembered, during former
election like the present, It had been stated that Il
was only necessary that B-i,adi,r General shoud
be brave enough to be afraid Of kes-now no
suspected Mr.. Jackson Wa no, afraid Of sn ,kcs-
no, not even of a rattle snake
After some further Discussion the question was
put on agreeing with The Senate IN thris resolution
to postpone, and decided in the negative.
u had hrcn insisted in the debate thata osirone.
mont Of the Election on account Of the frivolous
attack upon Mr. Jack on, would invcst the cb,,.
brought against him With some importance. whom
1t vas entitled 10 not the smalles, consideration. and
the large majority voting against The postponem,n,
Showed conclusvely the general sense Of the House
in relation u the charge.
The Senate presently reeeded from their rosoIu-
ton, and expressed their readiness to proceed with
The election, stating that they had withdrawn from
the nominations, the name Of Mr. Vance.
MI Armstrong then rose, he said. to rxnl,in In
the House that the withdrawal Of tho mime of MIR
Vance was made, IN the Senate, nj his instance
ard that he would now vote Tor Mr. Jackson, as bo
believed him the next best entitled to his vote
On call Of roll in tho House, the vote stood.
for Mr. Kincheloe l9-'or Mr. Jackson CO-and r.,
Mr. Morgan !. as follows:
For Mr. JAcKsos-Mcssr,. SouthaU. (SpeoksD
RVcs, Davis of a., Kinney. Baldwin. Mnvse
Winehcd, Nitcho ., Hunter. Newkuk, Moore. To.
Ter, Nowlin, Csrdwell. Broadus Blown of r. c. 4
W., Sempe. Thomas, Scott of f.. Foster. Mi aueh.
I'm, Payne, Woods, French. Erskine, Vance pueb
Mullen, Armstrong, M'Rac. Grisgs Bowden, Mo-
Ter, Kennedy. Smith Of X, Wallace Of X George.
Edmonds, M'llhanoy. Smith NJ VI. & j. Boyd,
Caaeuon, Davis of VI n r.. Orrck. H,rrsu En-
erdge Watts, VERIFY. Ejging'on, Cho4tham, I'll.
ner, Keen, Williams, Grimes Dcy, Elliott, Strother,
Daniel, Dorm1n, Leyburn, Urquhaft, Ford-GO.
For Mr. KiSCugLog-Mesws. Btyly. Ailworth,
Holloway, Cox of u X T.. Jones Of Brook, Rlddck
Harrison Of q. Jones Of Buckingham. Haskins,
Samuel Cox of &. De ktns Wool pvrd Gucr.