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81, y-h.uIed y sfk by what c0mmis-
sion hp s-rstor from OHIO presumed 10
read Lectures 70 Serstors hereby what
commission he undertook N assume an
orsrular position aud a.fsign the Senate
on a rhart OF pslte~rg IN doutle sense
--oi DO ing u.nifd the bush Of commit
ting srts o. humiliation.
s-ked - what wuTrant any Senator
dared 70 address the Seuute 10 that man.
nsri by Whist privilegp! " what pre-
Fogauvrl And ] am aisWerpt. il is by
commission IRON the State Of Ohio; and
that that STATE is one OF the mot rr.pecla-
Ole in the Union. Sir, the gentleman can
say nothing Of that Stale that viii not meet
nay hearty rnncuuprcr. That great S.aie
| Gl the WesI Her child en are srarcply
I iuoTr proud than /, one OF her nearest
/ nejyh' Or. Eul the vCnll,us " q excuse
i ue from heinga iil,lp ircTcduIouS as TO the
+ extent Of thal commission, The comuis-
/ sion Of which he speaks is 70 perform the
/ part Of gentleman. The State Of Ohio
/ never gave a commission 10 any one 70 vio-
late the rules Of dec0runE to stand up with
assumed superciiiOu-up-s AID 10 g.re or
/ ders aud to dictate 10 Senators wha, course
they ought 10 pursue. The comm ssio Of
tie gentleman comes from another s0ufcp.
] with were at liberty. consistently with
the rules Of order, To say FROM what source
It comes-to speuk out my whole mind on
the subject.
Among the least. think. Of the gentle
I mans errors-I had liked tn have said pre-
sumpiioRs-iI sepms his belief lhat have
made him particular Object Of attention,
and that have been extremely ANXIOUS on
all occasions 70 reply to him. Well, sr.
there may tp some object Of imJilon 10 he
attained hy having a ioruj1al le name, or a
great man for an antagonist; 70 allark an
Achilles o. Hector, " hen victory might
make mans fortune, and deleal detraCl
nothing from his fame.
but has the gentleman dreamed it was
this sort of fame that sought that it was
the light reflected from his name, in which
| sought to warm or illuminate myself! II
he believed this he is entirely mist ken
altogether wrong. Never did | expect,
humble as my name may be, TO louow any
luslre from him; and Leiieve can appeal
to YOU, Mr.. President, to bear me witness
when say that, as often as the iluslriou5
he'o has presented himself in the field, ]
have never sought to gain rencwn ty tou,
ching even hi- shield. an rot altogether
unambitious; very Hkely have ambition
but. through my ignorance, never knew
} i. could Le sat SIZED in this way.
: csn promise the gentleman anolhe
thing and hope it may be the means O
t peace helWeen IL, thar shall not seek hin
? out; tut II he attacks my dignity, or give
; offence, as thought hp intended, disagree
= ailc as il might he, would never allow th
| time TO pass; if were bedrdden woull
getout of it to make last attack.
: Mr. ALLEN here interposrd 10 remark tina
he had never made an attack on the Sena
tor ith the intention OF doing him wrong
: his observations had been general, and in
tended to he applied in a genera sense.
Mr. CRlTTENDEN. | will not undertake
: to say what the intentions OF the Senate
| were; his moaniug is to himself to explain
his remarks think, however, pretty accu
rately indicate his meaning.
: Mr.. ALLEN again observed that he di,
not intend by any thing h. had said % otfe
an insult to any Senator; and if it were "a
sumed that he did, he would only say i
, was an assumption without justification.
| Mr.. CRITTENDEN. am very glad tn,
! Senator has explained away the offence o
his remark. | am not very difficult to b
? satisfied; hut the gentleman alleged that W
I had committed an act nj humiliation; tina
: we had lodged behind he bush; that W
= had Stunned responsibility. These thing
j lie said, what he meant leave all to Judge
S If the gentleman did not mean what HI
: words import, the best advice | can Civ
r him is that which heard once gwen to
: member Of Congress, not 10 speak until h
e had something 10 say.