The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-02-15

;, r,l which tba, man himself had deprecated
=. ,ho ,rsa,rst curse that could burden any coun-
The expressions of the noble sentiments she
had read had caused The gentleman 10 be sus-
prc,ed at home Of being himself an aooiitonis'.
Did he take this course as the means olre-estaD-
,;siIno his reputation among his own constituents
and removing from himself the STAIN oil aooii'io''-
ism?
The petirioners in this case had done no wrong
rbouuh they had mistaken their remedy. They
had esSed no sentiments more dangerous
than those of the Secretary of the Navy.
The ueui,a member from Accomac had de-
Mod The existence OF suclr sentiments On
The par, of tha, oificyr and had written TO hun o
re(uie thu charge brought by his oleague MT
Bolts.) The Secretary had responded, thousa
he denied all personal knowledge oil hls nccu'e En-
", was lar ton high for association with com-
mon member of the House Of Representatives.
The man of forty-seyen thousand, Though very
DISTINGUISHED man among his fellow members,
was far ton low Ia claim aGy acquaintance Win
such al elevated dignity. HIS asSuclat ons were
far TOO bigh-up, up. and beyond the clouds
Jrrb,os in Them Yet The Secretary admitted
that he might, by possibility. have been at some
time within the hearing oil the hun'ose 'ndiridHdt
who had quoted him, and though he had raised
The question of personal veracfiy with him, lie
IA
He had aGmiit,d that he would sooner see tie
Un,on dissolved than witness The prevalence oil
any doctrine hostile 10 the constitution-tl;an
,yiIp+ss. for instance the success of This very
alb, .Ition movement. What did The Secretary
mean by the success OF The abolition movement
That il would be the abolition Of sl1very in the
District of Columbia-perhaps Of the slave trade.
If the lofty Secretary was ready 10 give up the
Union for such a CAUSE, his attachments certainly
could not he considered very intense OF devoui-
ed.
Af,e- some further very sarcastic remarks up
nm Mr. y1rshur, be required 10 MIR. Marshall,
and accu,ed him of having fslsfed his express
sions and his purposes, by asserting that he was
favorable TO the parly cf,the petitioners. against
his own express and reiterated a>severatlon.
He nut il to lie common sense OF the House TO
saw whether the grievances. which the gentle
man had admitted, as far as this argument was
concerned, were not sufficient Ia justify his con-
stiluepts in peitionirg for redress, according TO
their own judgment, though that Judgment was
mistaken.
10 this stage OF his speech he gave way 10 an
adjournment.
Mr.. Adams's defence is still listened TO with
great attention. though the public interest seems
10 have tagged somewhat.-Lord Morpeht CON-
tiDuss a constant listener. Us lie has been from
tie commencement of these proceedings.
1t is thought tia, If the motion for postpone
ment had been Withdrawn, MIR. Summers resou-
ton would have Leen adopted, and the matter
would have been put To sleep, IN the. hands of 4
special committee.
The venerable gentleman appears to feel th~t
he has his opponents al lis mercy, and 10 have
determined 10 destroy them, root and branch, be-
fore he has done with hem. How long it will
lake 10 extermInate them, is as yet very uncer-
tain.
THE GAME FINISHED The irugi-comedy
which for fortnight past has been playing at
Washington, in which slaveholdpg maIignity
Adams, has at length closed. On Monday
last week, Mr.. Marshall'S resolution of con.
sure upon M. Adams, was laid upon the table
(equivnient 10 q rejection) by LOG 10 90. The
wings generally voting in the affirmative, and
The locos in the negative. The House then
refused TO receive the petition fer dissolution
Of the Union, 166 to 40. Thus have whig
principles of freedom triumphed over slave
holding despotsm sustained by tho whole loco
party. Is there any enlightened republican :
in Vermont who will longer sustain this par
".
OHio BANKS. A law has passed the O. !
ho Legislature compelling the banks, of
hat state to resume specie payments on
The 4th of March. Among the sound
oanksin Ohio. may be mentioned the Frank .
in Bank of Cincinnati, Muskinggum, Bank .
Of GAINESVILLE, Bank of 4. CarsvIle, Bank
IF Mount PIeasant.F. and NJ. Bank ofSieu-
Denville, Columbian Bank, Western Re
serve Bank. Bank of Geauua. Bank Mass