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Stockton, and all Others where an iad
ViHual was TO be reimbursed Tor services
performed or money taken andwithheld.
For alEether men these forms, the gen..
eral and the known ones Of the land,
were sufficient But when il is Andrew
Jackson, usage, however legal, ,uatura, ,
or venerable, howeVer sufficient for all
other occasions oTspefsons, must be abOO'
doned, and new terms oI epeech invent
ed lbatmay like his ear. For him, so
admirably the friend of -sIi that is legal,
LsiaJntes are bound 10 exeuA special CON
Splasance and frame themselves to a
courlllerdialccl. lie must have pream
bles and titles -woTded as they never
twere ~orded before. that he may stand
t"so'itsry and elone' in The adulaton Of
our laws themselves ',
And why are we thus 10 reverse ali
I@orms, as'we have sei,asIde all principles
to suit him? sGentlemen answer and he
himself (procarms, that TO talk OF bill
Tor 'his.relef is insulting to.him Sir. j
have before.me 4rom,the olher House,
a bill ''Gor the relief" Of a Revolutionary
worthy. eRe.of those gallant strangers
iii men like him are to be called such
who cane, the intrepid friends Of lib
he rty, nom distant shore, 10 aid .IrS in
rovr unequal struggle Tor Fhe nla@i (ree'
dom Of his country: 4 mean, sir. the
good and brave, De.KaIb, as true sod
Ter as ever wore weapon; who ieil,
while ralBing on the unlorlupaIe field Of
Camden, the lVst-squadroR that he could
gather. For the Eeiel oisDe Kalb and
his heirs, a bill las been. in the usual
1 form, VOled in the other house. You
rare, then insu'lug tine memory 0I that
pOobIe soldier, one OF the marty Of your
freedom! Upon The tomb which you
I,pretepd TO hOaor you Rre wrtI'lg the
name OF meadicdnL! Congress has v0
ted hima mo0umen upon the Geld where
he leIt, GO phcn, and place upon ite sum
NIT the Genus OF our coun'ty cropping
aims 10 the ilustTious dead!
shame! shame! The cxacing. the
oVcrheRuug spirit which could task to
4 such a point the blind aud selIdegraded
cotn pltancr OF his followers shSll never
be grs'Hpd by me. 4 viii nol, Ike Q
: Hrn%on, crawl TO the fest Of isidoI, TO
offer up this Wretchea sacrifice tie. it
is evident ,'has taken his stand, and will
not be propiuaipd with less Al .know
hi4 arbitrary, uDbPndiug lcnad'yO OF pur
pose, aud that with him Is HuIIO rPstigi0
rpir0rsRm Bat, sir, i have laced the
substance Of his power, and an rot now
going 10 rccoi from its mere shadow -
Had been some lrIendeSs, some hum
bic citizen, sung for the humbIest right
refused him, might have yielded; bul
never To this arrogant pelillnnrr, who
less claims for hlmsel( 40 undcserved
remission than shameful and d'Vlndlc-
tiVrsenrencn against the hOu0rab e dead,
who delendrG your laws against him
TO the man, setting 'hjs'teet upon your
trlbura's. ,reHding upon The sacred per
son ofone OF the highest ministers of
your laws, setting at nouGht, upon the
worst pretences, every security 0flree
dom which ia least 10 be invaded, and
dlclating Ioyour Legislature i'setf the
Outrageous terms on which he will con.
sent to take money 4 have nothing 10
give but opposition.
Mr.. Berricn foiiowed explaining the
ground on which hewould have acceded
10 vote, giving relief to General Jack
son, without any prejudice to the laws,
or to the memory Of Judge Hall, an Of
hcer who had done his duty courageous
~ and we'll, against acts that might well
have oVerawed any common civil conr-
age Ile could not consent for any pur.
pose 30 tatnish the namo Of Il magistrate
so unimpoOthOble. Nor could he by
change Of phrase, which turned the
known aud certain fact of nAgrantcon'
tempt of couuInlo an epllhet worse than
Ambiguous en- alleged contempt -Os
II il was merely alleged d--coa sent TO de
slroy the verify 0l Il ladcaI AND histor'
zeal record, hearing so hlghs relation 10
facts Of great magnitude ln the history
y bich shou d in this country, keep the
line Of the .precedenls OF freedom and
law.
M, Conrad sail thnths had no intc,l
non to argue the question IarIher; it was
apparent thai this would be useless tie
would, therefore, but re affirm his oh
jeclons here, all rendered lar more pos
tive by Subsequent examination, Org
maiy he had opposed this proceeding
" irh corllc, of hi. feelings against his
sense m Justice. Then ii was upon a
somewhat underlined though general pos
iivc idea Of The wrong which bl'l IKE
this would INFECT upon man NJ high
public worth. who. without violence or
rancoOr with an purpose in any manner
to he traced ~ his action Iul that ni as
scrl,ng the majesty Of 'hc law, had stood
firm in his dWy against all the 1rrror'
. ot unspsrlng pnwrr aud buuna'css roru