Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-03-11

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I lint N ny eleononof q CoinnFnI er
/ in.Chtd' a.,
sW,Il." enid sumaol ~ lihe That
cousin John, bat 90 whom lt'' too
IH4ed, az lhh Commend ~
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ton, 81 Virginia, u m'mDtf VI 'l'i'
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aoh." replied $ mo'l, qiekly'
I"ihnt viii never d., ncVcr'
Itmust do, " shall do, 'aid John,
aapd for these reasons The southern
lanj Middle Slmcs ue both 10 enter
I heartily IN the tanscpnj their argu'
mrnls are potent they say that New
/ England hold, the pbyical power in|
her hands, aud they iear ll'e result
/ A New England arny,a New Eng
land commander, with New Lnglahd
perseverance all uni cd, appal them.
For this cause they hang back. Now
/ Il e only course is to alIay their fears
and give them nothing to complain OF;
and this can be done in no other way
/ but by appointing a southern Chief
over this force, and then all will ruth
TO the rescue. This policy will blend
us in one mass, and lhat mass willb
RESTLESS"
AT this, Samuel seemed greatly
moved. They talked over The pre-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., and JohnaSK-
ed hi, cousin &c second the motion.
Mr.. Adams went in, took the foor'
and put forth all his strength, In the
deIincat on he had prepared, all aim
il g at the adoption Of the army. He
was ready 10 own the army, appoint
a commander, vote supplies, and pro-
coed to business. Aftr his speech
had been finished, some doubted, some
objected, and some ieard. His warmth
increased with the occasion, and TO
all these doubts and hesitaions he re-
piled: :,
"Gentlemen, if this Congress will
not adopt tits army before ten moons
have set, New England will adopt Ii
and she will undertake the struggle
aIone-ycs, with strong arm, and "a
clean conscience, she Will front the
foe single handed
This had the desired effect. They
saw New England was neither play
ing nor to be played with. They
agreed to appoint a day. A day was
fixed. II came. Mr.. Adams went in,
took the floor, urged the measure, &
after some debate, it passed.
The nest thing waste get COM
mander for his army, with supplies,
SC. All looked to Mr.. Adams on the
occasion, and he was ready. lie took
the floor, and went INTO minute dc,
! lineation ofthe char cter oil General
Ward. bcstowing on him he cnconl
lums which then belong, d to no one
else. AT the end Of the eulosy he said
"but this is not the man have chosen.
He then went into the dclincailcn OF
Commande-in-C Chief. such as was re
CURED by the pc, uliar 81 ualion Q
the colonies al this juncturc. Aud al
ter he had presenledthe qualification
} in his strongest language, and gay
the reasons Tor the nomination he wa
about to make, he said
"Gentlemen, know these qualifl
, cations are high, but we all know
they ale needful, at this crisis, in thi
chief. Does any one say they are no
r TO be obtained in this country? In re
f ply | have to say they are; they re
, side in one of our own body, and h
| IS the person whom | nominate.
GEORGE wAsHINGToN, OF VIRGINIA.
Washington, who sat on Mr. Al
: ans right hand was looking him IN
r tently in the face, to watch tie nam
! he was obout TO announce. and no
S expecting it would be his, spran
from his seat the minute he heard i
t and rushed into an adjoining room
!! Mr. Adams had asked his cousin san
uel to ask for an adjournment as 500
: as the nomination was made, III orde
: to give the members time to dell5el
t ate. and the result is before til
t world.
5 | asked Mr.. Adams, among othe
questions the following;
: "Did you ever doubt of the Succt
: ofthe conflict 7"
t "No, no. said he, not for a me
: ment. | expected TO be hung an
t quartered ifIwas caught; but no ma