Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-02-05
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hnned IN the House of Representatives TO-DAY. Nm,
am happy TO say, with far more Of calmnes, than
''s hitherto marked the discussion. For one day.
"'e's'' angry eommotion was hu,hed, and ca IN
succeeded, rendered the grateful by IN, raging
storm which had preceded. MIR Gilmcr concluded
ms remark. IN defence Of his own resolution, which
!" SIMPLE ~ It's terms; and, that account far more
'eeeP'ao'e than the series presented by MIR Mar
shall When MIR Gi;mer concluded, Mr. Adams
rose Tor the FIRST tme he said, to formal defence
from the grave accusations that had been made
| against him.
IL would 10 futile in mo tn a,iemp, d.sc,;,,;on
IN Detail, OF the speech Of Mr. Adams. There was
in it much Of thrilling narrative and toueb,ng .Io
quence. lie reviewed his whole political life. dwelt
upon the evidences he had received of the byb CON-
sideration OF ius,rious Virginians; from WASH
,ng'oh' from Jefferson, from Madison, and from
Monroe. lie recoun,ed many most interesting in
e''e"'s OF ms Diplomatic history, particularly while
ne was Minister Plenipo,en,iary to the Court Of
ALEXANDER oil Russia, which not only reflected the
inquest honor on MIR Adams. rs a man, but fully
lustlhed the compliment paid him, in an impar.
"a nour' by Mr. Rrchie-tAat his career abroad
was "bi"zs Of Diplomatic glory" He narrated,
with moving interest, the circumstances connected
with the matter referred to on yesterday in the
amendment proposed by Mr. WISE to his 9TH Re,o
luton, and cleared W, to the entire satisfaction Of
every hearer, point in our civil history which. he
said, had been much misunderstood to his own. md
to the disadvantage OF others. And in making the
disclosures he did, he performed the task with
delcaey which left no, the least room for rny i'm
Putaton OF immodesty or egosm Every thing he
said was strictly connected with his defence.
But the point which struck me as being mos, ma.
srial IN this discussion, at least to Southern men
was, that he believed he could say, without charge
oil esotism or fear OF contradiction, that he .sas
more instrumental than any othsr man living in
procuring, in his character as Ambass,do 10 Saint
James, indemnity for our slaves taken from us in
the last war with Great Britain. How could Viz
GINA gentlemen, he said, tauJing 10 Messrs Wise
and Gilmcr) charge him with being an Aboli,ionis,
when he had, ia this most formal of all modes. nc
knowlcdged and cont ended for the right, by pro-
perty tenure, of the Southern stakeholder to his
sluves1 And with what heart could they now
como forward to ask vote Of censurc and disgrace
upon him7
| He reiterated, too, what he said on Yesterday,
that he was not only no Aboli,ionst, but that if
bill were brou hit in to morrow for the abolition of
against II; and with the mention of these material
points, leave the detailed account of his Speech
for those whose peculiar business it is to spread our
parliamentary debates before the country, and this.
| trust, will he faithfully done.
| The Speech OF MIR Adams evidently produced n
deep impression. There a stiffness in the Hous,
which is there, unless something of thrilling
interest is going And | am sure that no man
heard him without being soitened down in whatev-
er OF resentment malisnity he NAV ever have
cherished towards him. Nor could any one fail 10
be struck with the extraordinary accuracy Of his
memory, and the boundless extent Of his nforma =
ton. lie is indeed, remarkable mana very
prodigy Of in.ellect-his mind an inexhaustibIe re-
pository OF human knowledge. He is match for
the whole House. have no doubt that his effor,
TO day will relieve him OF much of the prejudice
that exists against him; and was pleased that %,
| Morpeth was hard by, listening, attentively to one
who had borne so honorable part in the civil and
political history of Our country, and whose great
powers he could not have failed TO admire as credit,
able, both to their possessor and to the nation.
BY the way, little incident connected with Mr.
Adams, occurs 10 me, which il NAV not lie inonn,o.
PIRATE to the present occasion to recall. reeollec,
ting in the discussion Of the celebrated Re,rcncb
ment Resolutions OF MIR Chiffon, in the early par
of Gen. JIckson's administration, he, Mr. s. mad,
TINS striking remark to those who denouncins
Mr. Adams administration pro1isaie and cor
rupt-"Ihet he had no doubt that he slsuLi lire n
see HE doy when the administration of John Quin
cy Adams would be looked back TO as the pur,
| days of the Republic" How strangely and how
awuiv has the prediction been realised TruIv
he does seem to have been gifted with the spir
of prophecy. When shall we have again so nurs
n government rs we had in the time of Mr. Adamsl
1t looks incredible to what extent deseneracy and
decentralization have advanced in the land. lively,
years OF profisacy and misrulc rolled round tC
curse the country. The people rose in their ma
Jes,y and hurled their wicked Governors from POW.
er. They hoped, by change Of men, to obtain a
change of measures-to have, at least, pure Go.
vernmen,. But alas. they have been awfully de.
| ceived! Corruption is yet in the ascendant. John
Tyler, Vrsinian bornand bred, though he be boas,
ed of too, by his mouth.piece, as the "favouri,e
SON" of the Old Dominion-(God help her if he is,
even John Tyler, is this day administering IN,
Government OF his country as corruptly as An
drew Jackson or Martin Van Buren,, and if all tina
|
Predecessors. God grant that he had hundredtl
part of the virtue and honesty of John ouincy
Adams II he had he would not stand now =
dishonor TO the country, and the object of almo,
universal scorn.
Ycu will see find it difficult TO write withou,
bringing up his Excel ency-I canroi help il. To
think that tho Wing Party should have struggled
for twelve years for the glorious victory they won;
and then that traitor and migrate should have M.
propriated to himsefn all its fruits, shanefllly de
ceiving the generous friends that served him. tramp
ling under foot thousand solemn obligations. and
wthal, involving the country, by his weak and
wicked conduct, in distress and RUM say, when
| call to mind this ungratefuI. unIenerons, unmnny
dishonorable conduct, cannot but vent upon him
the Indignation ofnt least one hating Wing.
But 10 return. At o'clock, the House adjourn.
ed, before MIR Adams concluded; so he will occupy
the floor again to morrow. The impression seems
to he. that on the conclusion Of his speech. the
question will no taken and the whole subject dis.
missed. So mote it b..