Excerpt from Speech of Robert Wickliffe: In the Senate of Kentucky, Upon the Preamble and Resolutions in Relation to the Tariff and Internal Improvements; And in Response to Certain Resolutions From South Carolina

Mn. Wrcxmrre said that he had designed not to be in his seat that day, and but for a recent occurrence should be with his family and perhaps not have again taken his seat during the session that he had from the first determined, if possible, not to be provoked into the discussion of the subject presented by both the resolutions and the amendment; that he had kepthis seat during two days, listening to the most unbridled abuse of a constituent and. A. Friend; but the able and appropriate manner in which these unjust and he might say: unfeeling attacks had been repelledby his friend from Nelson, Mr. Hardin, rendered (until that moment) any further notice of the ungenerous course of gentlemen useless. However the remarks of the gentleman, Mr. Campbell, who had just taken his seat, rendered silence on his part, no longer a virtue; and he should _cons1der that he was faithless to his constituents and his eou try, as well as a traitor to his own, feelings, if.he did not new claim the - attention of the Senate. He knew that his remarks must be desultory, for neither his health nor time had permitted prepara tion; but his friends must pardon him; they could not lament more than he did, the consumptionof their valuable time, and the friends: of the gentlemen who have distinguished themselves in recrimina tions, he hoped, would, before they passed judgment, hear the de fence of the accused; and he must now be mused if he carried; the war into the enemies country before he resumed his seat. Al though, said Mr. Wi'ckliflle, a personal friend and a constituent has been the unceasing theme of abuse and crimination, although he has been denounced-as the modern Pericles, of towering, restless and mad ambition, that'scatters dissentions and heart-burnings over an otherwise happy land, and although my friends here and in the other house have come in for their full share of dark insinuations, that we intend to build up the broken fortunes of a fallen and con Victed political felon, I have not been more entertained with the sarcastic and amusing repartees of the gentleman from Nelson dur ing the debate, than Iflhave been with theisanctimonious countan ances with which these gentlemen tender us their condolence for our fallen condition, and their cautionary harrangues to us against our showing any symptoms of discontent. Yes, sir, in sober sad ness, you tellvus thatzwe know this world was made for Jackson, and that we are but hewers of wood and drawers of water, and how highly favoured we are that he permitssns to live at all in this world.

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