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CONGRESSIONAL.
i:'oNo‘1tEss‘i’oNAL DEBATE ON THE MIS-
" i ‘ 'siioN '1'O RUSSIA-
" HousaioflRepresentatives, February 3, 1831.
The motion to strike out the appropriation for
the salary ofa Minister to Russia being uri-
der consideration, MR. Buitoiass, efRhode
Island, addressed the House as follows :-
Mr. Speaker: Permit me tojustify my-
self, under all which lras been said, both
against me, and arrainst whatever has been
advanced by me support of the nietion
made by the gent
leman from Ohio. \Vith
the indulgence of the IIOLlSP,ll may be well
to look back to the question made by
this motion; for, gentlemen in their zeal
-toeulogize the Minister," or to abuse those
who doubt the correctness of his appoint-
ment’, have departed almost entirely from
the matter at issue before us.
Tlre,objectioti to this appropriation, and
the motion to strike it from this bill, have
been ma.de;hecause it ls.pl‘0p0.Se.tI for pay-
ment ofa salary to a foreign Minister, who,
' by his ceniiiiission of Legation, or by cer-
tsin secret articles given to him, is author-
ized to leave the Court to which he is sent,
to go to any other country, whenever, in
his own opinion, it,may be necessary to his
healthto do so". VVe deny such mission
to be a legal one ; we deny that the salary
provided by law for foreign Ministers, is,
or ever can be, due to-any man sent abroad
under such credential.-; with such privile-
gesreserved, and such powers granted to
him, not to the public, but to his own use.
The objection to this appropriation has,
therefore. not been made because the geri-
tleman was, when seiit abroad and had long-
been, a valetudinarian; or,because, if their
in health, that health exhausted by the toils
of diplomacy, might require retreslrineut
- by relaxation and relief from public ser-
r
. Minister Pleninote
Ireside.
.,——such a Minister cannot be sent abroad,
vice: No, sir; tier because that refresh-
ment might not be found unless under a
milder sky, and by removing to a more
genial climate than that of Russia. Such
things may excite, as they certainly have
excited, the special wonder of the nation ;
' ‘and they are and will be very proper to-
pics of debate, when considering the “state
purposes” of this mission ; but they have
not been, nor will they be made the grounds
of objection to the appropriation of this
item in the bill. ,
We object to this salary on account of
the illegality of this mission, and because
the Secretary of State, knowing the en-
feeblcd health of Mr. Randt.lph—kiiow-
in his inability to attend to the laborious
details ofthat public service—knowing that
his constitution could not endure either
- the winter or summer climate of Russia,
did invent this mission and did advise the
President to send out this gentleman with
credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and
n iuiy of rim II-xi!-«J
States at the Court ofhis Imperial Majesty
‘the Emperor of Russia : {mil 5" ‘‘'° “'“°
‘time to give him a conimizsion, no matter
for what cause, to reside as such Minister,
in whatever country he might choose to
Such a mission cannot be formed
either under our laws or ottr constitution,
or under the.usages and laws of nations.
I ask the attention of the House, therefore,
to the inquiry, whether this salary can be
due for an illegal and void Mission?
whether it can be due as a quantum mcruit,
or as a pro rata compensation for the ser-
vices which were reiidered at the Court of
Russia; or,last ot'all,whether it can be
due, because this mission may subserve
certain purposes, highly useful to the Sec-
retary ofState'l Before these enquiries can,
to the best purpose, be made, it is proper
to give some reply to what has been offer-
ed by several gentlemen against this mo-
tion. These gentlemen liave said less to
support this appropriation, than to impugn
the motives ofthose who oppose it. With
my motives the gentlemen are welcome to
amuse themselves. The storm of their
” abuse passed over me, as the winter storms
of my native New England have often
passed over the humble dwelling of my
boyhood, without shaking a stone from the
chimney, or starting a shingle on the roof.
I have too much respect for myself to be-
lieve thiit they have abused me from the
wantonness of malice, but do believe it was
done simply because they could find no-
. thing to say more appropriate to the ques-
IIOII.
This motion has been made to protect
the rights of the nation against the en-
croachments efpower. Those who resist
such encruachments and assaults of pow-
er, must always expect to encounter vocif-
erous, ifriet infuriated adversaries. I have
not entered this warfare without “counting
the cost.” A school of high authority
taught me that, in a war of aggression,
“He who takes the sword shall perish y
the sword”-—but in a war of defence “ ct
him who has no sword sell his coat and
buy one. _
';,?=,;,How then has our defence been met and
answered? How by the gentlemen from
Virginia ? [Mr. Barbour,]
The gentleman’ alleges that I consider-
ed this mission as a bribe offered to Vir-
ginia. This might have been said by me,
because I believed it to be true. If said,
was it said, or could it be intended, in dero-
gation of Virginia? Is Virginia dishonored
by this attempt of the wily Secretary 1’ I
did not, and no man will intimate that Vir-
ginia had even lboked with a favorable eye
on IIIIS bribe, IIIIS Splendid bes[o\§-men[_
Not these who bear, but those who listen
to the song of the syren, and are allured
by the encliantment, become dc-based by
the temptation. Sir, temptations are spread
over the whole path of our lives, from the
cradle to the grave. The enticeuients of
pleasure beset our youth ; _tlie tail of am.
brtion are spread for our vigorous manhood;
and in old age,’ the honest amor irabcndi
fix
‘3.-tsrfié
when all other loves are frozen in the heart,l
allures the dim eye to gaze at, and the
sureear to listen to, the glittering beauties
andgelden melodies of avarice.’ Are we
dishonorc-d,"because in the language of Sir
Wm. Jones, “vice is permitted to spread
her snares around its, that the triumph of
virtue may be more conspicuous ?" The
(.m,ju¢ nftlwjudge is not tarnislied because
seine unprincipled litigant has crafiily prof-
fered a bribe to the court. The natrie of
the insulted Lucretia has arrived to us
after a journey of more than 2000 years.
Is it soiled by time, or by the breath of
any of the millions of millions who pro-
noticed it i’ That name, Sir, like the Alps
of her owir Italy, whose tops nearest to
heaven, are covered with eternal snow, is
the monument of imperishable purity—
while the name of the treacherous and
cotvardly Tarquiii, scarred with infamy,
will be, as it has been, throughout all time,
the name of whatever is most vile and odi-
ous. Sir, Virginia is not dishonored ; the
tempter, and not the tempted, will suffer
the infamy ofthe deed.
The gentlenran from Virginia [Mn Bar-
hour] would overthrow our objections totliis
appropriation by eulogising the man sent
on this mission. He alludes to the menti-
meiits of Mr. Rairdolpli’s fame ; and lest
men might call on him to show where they
are, he has placed them in the hearts of
his countrymen, where no being but “the
searcher of hearts,” could discover their
existence. What indications has Virgitiia
given that those nionuinents are where the
gentleman has located them ? He has long
been a Representative in Congress from
that State. This is something in his favor;
bill from a State so long separated into dis-
tticts it is not conclusive. It is confined
to his constituents, and only proves, what
the gentlemaii himself has often asserted
on this floor, “that never bad man such
constituents.” He represented the whole
State in this Senate-—true; but this was
for the fragmentonly ofa term. \Vhy was
he not r'c-appointed 'l The interests, the
honor, and high dignity of Virginia had
been placed under his guardiansliip'l How
did he perform the offices created by these
trusts? His conduct as a Senator from
Virginia was brought before the Legisla-
turo of that State, on a question concern-
ing his re-appointment. Intliis greatAre-
opagus, than which none is more dig.-:34 ~d,
each judge, iflie Iiad a monurur iv. e:-:’ it 's
first dawned on the world after" this event,
John Randolph sat,.in the glimpses of the
met tiiiig, like the genius of the eartlrquake,
amidst the ruins of S0lTl)0 spjptidid city,
witlieut tho rower, or 3 ie wi to move a
single stone ti) rear a new edifice. Nay,
Sir, when the -statesiuaii of those times,
forgetting the storm ofparty, set them-
selves in earnest to rebtiilding, this man
of moirumeiits resisted their labors, Little
does the gentleman know me, ifhe believes
I feel anger at the labors, or envy at the
funie, of the man whom he has eulogised.
He will be remenrbered, when mncli
better Virgiirians, and perhaps the gentle-
men hin sell, may be forgotten; but he
will be remembered as the years ofinildew
and blight and famine are remembered,
when those of plenty and prosperity are
forgotten. He may live in story; btit not
like \Vashingtorr, “in the hearts of his
countryineii.” "
at as at
Sir, this mission may be regardad as the
commencement of a systenr of sinecure
appointments, ofsalaries Wfillolll services.
Sent to one Court, where he did nothing;
and, in the exercise of his powers,,gonc to
another, where he can do nothing, what
service is required, or was, or could be ex-
pected from him? When he shall return
next June, what will he have done? His
rriost zealous friends "must sny,f\"OTIIlNG.
If, then he receive this salary, he will re
ceive it without service of any kind ren--
dered to the nation for it. The Secretary
docs avow in the Message, that the “pew-
er to leave the Russian Court for the ad-
vantage ofu more genial climate, was giv-
en to Mr. Randolph in consideration of
the extent to which his constittrtien had
been impaired in the public service.”--
\Vhat were those services? The duties of
a member oftlris House or of the Senate,
and for which he received his legal com-
pensation, like every other member. \Vus
" his constitution impaired” by these
services? \Vcre not the constitution of
others iuipaired, and even their lives con-
suined,in like services ? Is this geiitleniztii
alone selected for a place where he may,
“ in considerationofthe extent to which
his constitution has been impaired by those
services," receive in one year the sum of
$18,000? This, sir, is the FIRST PEN—
SION for CIVIL SERVICE on our re-
cords. How many hearts ofrevolutionary
soldiers would this have made glad’! Into
i # 4!
man in his heart or his house, r»::;n.- 2;_tr .~—.
scriptioii upon it. On what was ‘.~lt='.-,§ '
Not on his political creed—he did not .~.'t.«'”-
fer, as the best of men have, for 5‘-:-.t’-.::‘t\'
His faith was, for every purpose ber'.=%.I.:.‘
to himself, sound; his works alone 243' ;~.
brought into question. On this ques...-.-t-.
a deep and interesting debate arose.
HUI woutd I have brought this wholesome
example of family disciple tinfin-5» ti... ....-
iron, nan not the etrlogrst of this froward
son of Virginia told us, that the monuments
ofhis exploits were in the hearts of his
couiriryrnen. Does this debate, or the re-
sult ofit, confirm the geiitlenran's assertion?
He was weighed ; and “mono inerie tekel
upharsin”tvas written on all his monuments.
lie was rejected, and a distinguished Vir-
ginian was chosen to represent that State
in the Senate, and restore her ancient lien-
or atid dignity in the councils ofthe nation.
I ask again, where are the monuments
of this man’s glory? Has he improved his
native state in the great arts of civil life ?
In agriculture, his own peculiar vocation ?
It has never been said of him. Have
manufactures been fostered by his encour-
agumcn? Sir, the very name is odious
to him. The sheep, the most innocent of
all animals, and supplying by itswool the
material for perhaps our most useful man-
ufacture—-tlie sheep is so hateful to him,
that, with all the poetry ofthe golden age
in his blood, this gentleman has said “I
would go twenty rods out of nry way to
kick a sheep.” Commerce has been as
little encouraged by him as either of her
sister arts in our family of national indus-
try. He is one of a class of men, now
grown quite small in our country, who do-
spise traffic and traders; and would have
considered Cosmo de Medici's, the prince-
ly merchant and founder of Florence, as
no better than a tin pedlar. He is litera-
ry, moral, I trust pious; but what has he
done to advance learntng, morality, or re-
ligion-I In this House, where he so long
had a seat, where are the frtiits of his sage
counsels? the laws originated, or sustained
by his eloquence; and which will carry
his name to posterity as a patriot states-
man? When the gentleman ahall point to
these monuments, and show them to be-
I .
-ong to Mr. Randolph, he may realize a
fame somewhat less fugitive and perishable
than mere words,
The gentleman from Virginia [Mn Bar-
bour] would carry my opposition to this
salary to more political account; and says
I am opposed i-o it because Mr. Randolph
overthrew the fabric offederal power. Be
't 50; IN N10 man enjoy the entire fame of
all the bencfitand all the miscliiefhe has
dotie. I had no share in that power which
every citizen did not equally enjov, It
gave me no honor or emolurnerit. ' I do
not believe, and I think thousands who
aided in its overthrew, do not now believe,
that any structure, since that time erected
on its ruins, has given a holier suiicruary
to the Constitution, or a rriore secure shel.
ier to the rights and liberties ofthe people.
If this giant partizzin did overthrow that
fabric, he could not bury under its rtiius
the great principles of the revolution
“Union and Independence ;” the song oi‘
my cradle, the political creed ofevt-ry hour
of my life; and notsooner to be forgotten
than the sainted bosom which nourished
ri_iy infancy.
“What did this riian build, what could he
Tit-..
gentleman may have been present and
heard it. It belonged to Virginia, and was I
‘:1 part ofher great commonwealth coticei n; it
how nrany abodes of,desolation.und wid-
owliood it might have carried the light of
_oy, and breuglrt on you the blessings of
;.';t';\V many now ready to perish? Such a
: ‘Netti of sinecure appointnieirt and civil
;-t‘ --ionage may be extended alike. to the
—. ofNomade barbarians re uirin no
I 9 I
2.-.2.-t re, either near the palaces or tents
‘--‘s of all civilized nations, and the,
tor ofthe place ; and Horace has related
to us the soliloqiiy ofone of these Roman
deities, wherein he gives some account of
his own apotheosis: “ Iwas,” said the
Priaptis, “ a useless log, nntil'the carpen-
ter took me in hand ; but he has new work-
ed me up iirto a god I l” The people of
New-York can surely turn out as good
work as the Ronrair carpenter.. *9‘ "“ ”“
‘-The gentleman from New-York has
thrown his ponderosity into the scales of
panegyric, thereby to render the weight
of eulogy on the Russian l\'Iinistet' over-
wlielming— scrap iron increases the weight
not the value ofgold. He does admit seine
sort of talent in speaking, to the parlia-
riientary rivals of liiiiisell in eloquence—
to Lowudes, to Clay, and to \Vebster.—-
Cicero took ltis family more from a bean
0_lI some part of his face; and doubtless
many a coxcomb has believed himself to
be an orator, becatise, like Cicero, he had
a wart on his nose. Somebody has said
that “ Man, of all the animal creation, a-
lone is endowed with vanity.” VVho ever
saw the Cock Sparrow measuring his wing
in flight with the Falcon? I believe there
are gentlemen in this House who could
give us good reasons why the eloquence
of the crater of Roanoke is so well recol-
lected by the gentlenian from New-York.
No worker on the Roanoke plantation has
better reasons to rernembcr the eloquence
ofthe overseer. Muclr as that eccentric
man loved liisjoke and sarcasm, he loved
his fame more; and he would have spared
the lush on that occasion, could he have
suspected it might bring hint into the poor
condition ofenduririg praise at the hands of
the gentleman from New-York. Such re-
venge for such a cause. is said to be pecul-
iar to that gentleman, and one species of
one other rare among us. "
Has the geiitlernau so long been a mere
adjective to the Secretary ofState, that he
thinks it slanderous to associate the name
of that politician with airy other accident?
Children, in these scientific times, who
lravo advanced semen hat into the myste-
ries of chemistry do, after beating up soap
and \\ atertogether in a basin, amuse theor-
selves with it clean pipe in blowing up
bubbles and sending them offfrom the bowl
inflated and glittering, to sail away a mo-
ment, and then burst and vanish into their
original notlringitess. For aught I know
the Secretary may be amusing liitriself by
the same innocent experiment. VVlro
would interrtipt the sentimental harmony
of political friendship! For all which he
is distinguished, the character ofthe Secre-
tary is fixed ; iticannot be elevated by any
labors of the protege-.—it cannot be lowered
by the efforts of others.
The gentleman accuses me ofa depar-
ture from the question to bring into the de-
bate our treaty _wi_ili the Sublime Porte.-—
IVI...-<: 1. . ..ilCl'll0 of spcculatiori does this
system open to the crafty and rinprincipled.
to men always atmarket either to sell them-
selves or to buy others’! By_,tliis,~.mrstablc
politicians of every variety 6f creed may
be kept to the true faith. By this,tc-mpcst
beaten partisans, shipwrecked in principle
and fortune, may be towedinto port, and
laid up and preserved for futtire use. Es-
tablish this systerii,sir, and add to it a Gov-
ernment Treasury Baiik, and the Secreta-
ry might buy intothe Presidency with your
own money; nor, like that Roman who
bought the Imperial Purple at auction, be
obliged to lay down his own gold and sil-
ver for the purchase. Shall we, sir, thro’
any fear of transcending etir jurisdiction,
give our sanction to such a systcni? A
bolder stand than is now required was tak-
en 16 years ago, on this floor, by an hon.
member, new high in office, and presiding
over the deliberations of the etherHeuse of
Congress. ‘I will,’said he, ‘ vote no ap-
propriation for the Navy until the Sec’ry
of that department is removed.’ What was
the result? The Secretary was removed ;
and the naval branch ofthe service did re-
ceive, as it always has received,his cordial
and efficient support. In 1795, when the
appropriation was under consideration for
carrying into effect the second treaty with
Great Britain, Mr. Gallatin declared, in
this house that a treaty had no binding
force as a law ofthe land, until such ap-
propriations were made ; and this House,
held the constitutional power of rejecting
treaties. Mr. Madison contended that this
House had the right to judge concerning
the expediency of treaties ; as the.-v might
decide that qtn-stion, to’ grant or refuse ap-
propriations for carrying them into effect.
This case does not require the aid ofthose‘
doctrines: for public faith will" not be
touched in our foreign relations if I\'lr.R:rn-
dolph should not receive a salary for resid-
ing in England as Minister at Russia!!!
It is humiliating, but I must reply to the
gentleman from N. Yer k. For myself, I
would let him pass. It is a kind of Domi-
tian aniusenient, this killing flies with a
bodkin. -Gladly would I say, with the
commiseration of Uncle Toby, to the little
buzzing inconvenience, (ivlmnl have him
in my hand,) “Go, poor insect, go; the
world is surely wide enough for thee & me.”
I have some "apology for giving some
attention to the speech of the gentleman
rfom New-York, The place, however it
may be filled, does give a kind ofcharac-
ter to what is said or done in it. No irrat-
ter how utterly incoiisiderable, or even
coritemptible a person may be, when‘ ever
a constitutional portion ofthe people has
placed him at one of these desks, replying
to what lie may have said, though it may
not be very creditable, yet must be excu-
sable, in any member of this Ilouse. . The
Romans were wont to place a wooden iin-_
build, in its place ? Sir, when day light
Sir, every thing rendering our Russian re-
I
with the Gre:.if~Disciple of Maliomet E10
the Christian Senators of" the - U. States,
until their lips were sealed by the solenini-
ties of an oath? It is a new formula in
the executive depar tment of the Senate ;
and will appear by the published journals
ofthat body to have no place in their pro-
ceedings until the present scssion. When
a treaty in 1795 was published by a Sena-
tor against an injunction of that hotly, who
accused him of perjury? The gentleman
whose mission is now under consideration,
did, on this floor, pronounce it studied eulo-
gitiin on Stephen Tlionrpson Mason, the
Senator who published that trettty. Would
he eulogize perjury'l Sir, the secret arti-
cle was published before the treaty was
announced to the House, or sent to the
Senate. The correspondence on the-VVest
India question was published in the same
manner. Has the Secretary of State adopt-
ed this method,& put out his feelers,to take
the national pulse?
I do not ask what warranted, but who
authorized or itistructed, or encouraged
the gentleman to connect perjury with that
venerated word which designates the mem-
bers ofa National Council, the most dig-
nified and honorable on earth?
How could Isliun insult, when such men
are reviled ? I do not ask by what states-
man or gentlemen, but by what apology
for a -man? In what other assembly on
earth has “the hoary head” been used as
a term of reproach? Has the gentleman
passed so far beyond the vigor, and bloom,
and modesty of Juvenescence, that he has
forgotten the amiable instinct of our nature
which warns our youth to pay in advance
that consideration to age. which it may
come to desire for itself’! Though grey
hairs have been held in respect by barba-
rians in all countries, and by even the most
profligate and unmaiinered in allages, yet,
knowing that (above ad plumas) I am not
disappointed in the language or tlefllt-!fl[.'0l‘
of the gentleman from New York. Men,
better than I am, have been reviled in
their age by men no better than he
is. \Vashington was called a “ hoary
headed incenndiary,” by a Vagabond of
almost unparalleled mendricity and im-
pudence. The “ bald head” is,I assure
the gentleman, no joke ; though he seems
to be original in using it as such. This in-
convenience,or ifyou please, imperfection,
has been suffered by seine very great men;
btit quite rarely, if ever, has it been ex-
perienced by any very little ones. Caesar
is said to have been rirore grateful to the
Roman people for granting hint the right
to wear the laurel crown than for any other
of their gifts; because the wearing it
enabled him to conceal the exterior bald-
ness of his head. If it be true, as Sliaks-
peare tells us it is, that what nature has
scanted men in wit she has made up to
them in hair,tlieir the gentlemen, I believe,
burgh? The Secretary has told us in the
Message, that the Black Sea has been 0-
pened to us by our treaty with the Sublime
Porto. The gentleman does know full
well, that the swords ofotir brave Russian
friends not only liewed their way through
the Balkan down to the plains of Adriano-
ple; but that by the treaty of that city,
they, for all purposes ofnavigation,widen-
ed the Bosplioriis to it breadth cquil to the
Ilcllespont, and thereby united the Eux-
ine with the Egoan, Levant, whole Med-
iterranean, the Atiantic, and all other seas
and oceans. VVhat may our Russian im-
petial friend say to us for receiving from
the Turk as a boon, to say rtothing of our-
promise in return,what his valor, blood and
treasure, had conquered for us and all tia-
tiorrs. - Onirtting therefore the secret ar-
ticle, does not the opeiiiug the Euxine, ei-
ther by the Russian power‘ or by the Turk-
ish treaty, rightly enhance the importance
of this qtrestiori, and call imperatively
on the Executive for an eflicient mission
at the Court of St. Petersburgh? If the
gentleman cannot perceive tliis,he is less a
statesman than he would seem to be ; and
even much less such, ifthat were possible.
- But I drew my facts from unprincipled
partizans, and newspaper rumor! I said so
before—I drew part of the truth from the
Secretary—tho treaty. The other part,
the secret article, from the newspaper.
Sir, it has been the labor of the Secre-
tary’s life to establish newspapers, entitled
to no credit ; and to discredit all others.-
He has founded a school, and is at the
head ofit. In that School, the great axiom
is, “ every thing is fair in politics ;” and to
him are not politics every thing? Let him
go on to improve the condition of the
Press. Let him extinguish the light of
trntlr wherever he can extend the finger of
power. Let him do one thing more-—aid-
ed by his minions, no matter where—let
him persuade the people, that the honest,
the independent papers of this country, are
vehicles of falsehood, and mere rumor; let
them be, as they have been on this floor,
"branded asfalsc,foul and d'irt;r/,° and let
the metnber who quotes from their pages
the history and impress ofthe times, be re-
proached as a blockliead, a blackguard, a
slanderer——and what more could the Sec-
retary of State desire, which he would not
be sure to obtain? Sir, sirch a consuma-
tioii would have saved to Charles the
throne of.France, and the patriots of that
country the revolution. ‘
I did quote for the secret article, in the
Turkish Treasury, from the newspapers:
dares the gentleman question the truth of
the quotations? Had I drawn the bow
with a more advised aim, could the pigeon
on the pole have fluttered more manifestly?
The gentleman has, notwithstanding all
these assertions, accused me of draw-
ing my facts from a purjured Sena-.
tor. : Has it come to this? Was-it found
age in their gardens, as the special protec-
U’ :'m. ‘is-:‘_eign power; the formality of 2-_ _ _
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cont."-in .' -ide on his plantation.
should he win a laurel crown, would never
".:;:..'e Caesar have occasion to wear it, for
g;-;ry lack of that coinrnodity.
_ Who reviled the prophet, returning from
ltfle blazing transliitinn ofhis master, with a
countenance bright with the glories ofopcn-
ing Heaven, and wrapt in the mantle of
Elijali——wlie, sir, reviled the prophet for
his “bald head I” Profligate young men,
boys, children as they are called ; the scum
and sweepings of the city, and, as we find
by the historian, fit only for food for those
animals which are fed on offal.
The gentleman is equally out in his or-
nithology, as in every thing else. The
bird of Jove, not the vulture, is that soar-
ing wonder, by men called the “Bald Ea-
gle ;” and, sir never was that “soaring ea-
gle in his pride of place, hawked at, and
brought down by the mousing owl.”
[At this period of his Speech, Mr. Bur-
gess gave way to a motion for adiournment.]
Tiiuitsninr, Feb. 10.-In the Senate,
Mr, Poindoxter, in pursuance of notice
given on Tuesday, (instead of presenting
a memorial, as erroneously stated,) intro-
duced a bill for the relief of Mrs. Martha
Randolph, only surviving daughter of the
late Mr. Jefferson ; which was referred to
a select committee. Mr. Holmes presen-
ted the memorial of sundry inhabitants of
Maine, praying for an allowance of draw-
back on nails manufactured from foreign
iron. Mr. Benton withdrew his motion
to introduce a bill to repeal the duty on a-
lum salt, and gave notice of his intention
to ask leave to introdue a bill providing for
the gradual abolition ofthe dttiies on that
article, and for a change of the mode of
measuring the same. Mr. Hayne, from
the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported
a bill giving additional compensation to
masters commandant in the navy, &c.;
which was read, and ordered to a second
reading. Tire resolution of Mr. Grundy,
in relation to the committee appointed to
inqure into the condition ofthe Post Office
Department, having been taken up as the
unfinished business, Mr. Clayton resum-
ed and finished his remarks in opposition
to the resolution, began yesterday. After
a few remarks from Mr. Benton, Mr.
Woodbtiry occupied the floor in support of
the resolution, til the hour of adjournment.
In the House of Representatives, Mr‘.
Hoffman, from the Couitnittee on Naval
Aff-.iii's, reported adversely on the bill for
the more effectual execution of the minis-
terial duties of the Navy Department.—-
Another bill on the same subject was sub-
sequenily introduced by that gentleman ;
which, after being read twice was postpon-
ed till Monday. Mr. Everettofr\'lassachu.-
salts, reported a bill for the purchase of
216 copies efMr. El|iot’s report of the de-
bates of the State Conventions on the sub-
ject of the adoption ofthe Federal Consti-
tution. Mr. Everett spokein favor of the
measure, and testified to the merits of the
work. The bill was, however, negatived.
Mr. Hempliill presented a voluminous re-
port fronr the Committee on Internal Im-
provenscnt ; which was ordered td be
necessary not to commit our “first treaty
printed. Mr. Buchanan, fr_o‘m.tlre Com-
mittee onithe Judiciary, reported if bill -
defining the iiaiure of offences constituting
a contempt of court; which was read twice
and referred to a Committee of the VVh'ole
on the State ofthe Union. The rem.iin-
der cf the day was spent on the bill to ex»-
to the District of'Coluuibia, which was ub-
tiiuately passed.
FRIDAY, Ft-b.1l.—In the Senafe, the
bill making appropriations for the Crrlh."lG-
tion and support of the Peiiitentiu _‘
the District of Columbia was read at’. '
time and finullf 1 -""*-3*-'i*"‘ i“.~I*'.H-
was reftised by a
Grundy’sresolut ,
ingtion of witnes _’
quiry as to the "
gain debated.
There was it
transacted in tlu.?- -
as it was one of the da_vs desfti
vate bills.
out the first hour, which was devoted to
\i__
‘o
copies ofthe reports ofthe Judiciary Coni-
mittee, on the subject ofthe 25th section
of the Judiciary Bill. Mr. Daniel spoke
about the National Republicans, Mr. Clay,
and every thing on earth but the Judiciary.
the Judiciary Bill, arid the Judiciary Re-
port. Tl‘e [louse subsequently took up-
the bill for the rt-liefofSusan Decatur by it
vote of I02 to 82 ; and, after debate, rc-
fusetl to order the billto it third reading,
89 to 81. Mr. Doddridge then moved
to reconsider the last vote, bttt the House
adjourned beforeacting upon the'motion.
l\lo.\'nAv, February 14th.—In the Son-
ate, Mr. Barnard presented it memorial
from citizens ofI’hiladolpliia, praying for:
a nrodificatioir of the tariff so as to reduce
ilie dutiy on imported flix. Mr. Clayton
gave notice that he should, on to-morrmv,
ask leave to introduce a bill for the relief
ofthe officers and soldiers who have sus-
tained injtrry in the late fire at fort Dela-
ware. Mr. Woodbury,from the Commit-
ding for air allowance ofdrawback on nails
manufactured front imported iron Mr..
Kane, on leave, introduced a bill provi-
ding for the survey and sale ofcertain lands
in Illinois.
the number of petitions and memorials pre-
sented, ll-londaysheing within 30 day of
the close ofthat session, the only day as-
signed for that purpose, Mr. H-arvev sub-
uiitted one, praying that the Circuit and
District Courts of New Ilanipslrire, held at
Exeter, may hencetortli be held at Con-
cord. The pctition was apppropriately
referred. The Speaker laid before the
House various conrmurrications from the
public Departments; which were several.-
ly read, and laid on the table. One was
Iran) the Sccrotary. of the Trohstrfy, tranws-
mittiirg a report from the Directors of the
United States’ Mint, on the subject of the
assays made during the year 1330 of for-‘
eign gold and silver coin; and another,
a letter from the Secretary of \Var, enclo-
sing ari abstract of the general annual re-
turn of the number and state of the militia
ofthe Union. Numerous bills were recei-
ved from the Senate; after which. the
House took upithe memorial presented by
Mr. Everett, of Mass., on Monday the 7th
instant, from the inhabitants of Northam-
ton, Mass._. against the removal of the In-
dians. A call ofthe House was ordered,
but suspended, on 193 members answering
to their names. Mr. Tucker, of S. Caro-
lina, and subsequently Mr. \Vickliffe, irre-
tion of Mr.,_Ever'ett that the memorial
should be committed to the Conirnittee on
Indian Affairs, with instructions to report.
a bill making further provision for execu-
ting the laws of the United States, and for
the faithful observance of treaties with In-
dian tribes. The question of considera-
and nays, by a vote of 101 to 93. The
subject was then taken up, and discussed
by Mr.Everett untill 4 o’clock, when, on
motion ofMr.Vance,the House adjourned.
'PUESDAY3 Feb. 15.—In the Senate. vari-
ous meniorials were presented against the re-
moval of the Southern Indians. The creden-
tials ofelection ofthe I-Ion. Gideon Tomlin-
soti as a Senator from the State ofConnecticut,
for six years from the 3d of March next, in
the room ofthe Hon. Mr. VVilley, whose term
then expires, were presented by Mr. Foot.
the officers and soldiers at Fort Delaware for
the losses and injuries they sustained by the
late calamity at the Fort. The sense of the
Senate was taken on Mr. Grtrndy’s resolution,
Committee on Inquiry in the Post Office De-
partment are not authorized to inquire into
the causes why the Postmaster General dis-
carried by a vote of?-1 to 21.
In the House of Representatives, Mr. Buch-
anan reported a bill from the Committee on
the Judiciary, to remove the Circuit and Dis-
trict Courts of the United States from Lex-
ington, New Hampshire, te Concord, in the
same State. Mr. Verplanclr, from the Spe-
cial Committee appointed on the subject, re-
ported a. bill to establish an Assay Office of
the United States Mint in North Carolina and
Georgia. The bill for the relief of Susan De‘?
catiir was taken tip. on the motion of Mr.
mer vote on the subject, and on the_question
of engrossment for a third reading, it was re-
jected by a vote of 99 to 90-
VVEDNESDAY, Feb. 16.—-.In the Senate me-
morials against the removal of the Southern
Indians were presented by Mr.Robbins of
Barnard of Pennsylvania.
Rai1R_oad to the District ofColumbia was for-
warded through the preliminiuary stages.
The House was engaged on the Military
Pension bill; an} the clainrsof individuals for
pensions, _, - ’ .
tend the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road '
Mr. Daniel ofKentuckv spiike I
the discussion efthe motion to print 6000.
tee on Commerce, reported a bill provi-'
In the House of I{epresentatives,among _
ved the question of consideration, on a mo-’
tion was carried, upon a division by yeas~
Mr. Clagton introduced a hill to compensate _
as modified by the amendment of Mr. L_ivig_-A._
ston, which goes to declare that the Special_
missed his Deputies ; and the resolution was.
Dodridge, for the reconsideratierr of the for- ‘
Rhoda Island, Mr. Sprague of Maine and.Mr. '
The billtoauther- ‘
ise the extension of the Ohio and Baltimore '
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