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Show w. J?ltEE3ISC0SSrON. f ojiTT.'as rdeem ?it. to "tliscuss, jpn allroper' opcasionsV thp policy of. ihomeasuresat present pursubd, tr Is still more important, to maintain the right of such, discussion Jn its full and just, extent Sentiments lately sprung tip, and hoyr groijihg fashionable mako it necessary -to'bo explicit ort this point 5he more. I perceive a disposition dispo-sition to check, tho. freedom of inquiry by extravagant, and unconstitutional pretenses, tup firmer shall bo tho tone m which I shall as'sert, ;and the freer tho manner in whidh I shall exercise it. It is tho ancient and undoubted pre-; rpgativo of this people to canvass public measures, and the merits of public monT It is.a "hombrbred righ a. iiresidp pnviIpgo.r It hath ever been tcnioyod in every' house, cottage, and cabin in thb'natipri; It is not to bp drawn into controversy.- It is, as un-; doubted: as tlio rightf ibi,eathiDg.,tho airptalkiig'on;thp,eartlu jBolpng-ing jBolpng-ing to public life as it right, it belongs td;p"ubhclifo ks a duty; and it is the lastduty which ,thosp, whoso representa- tivo X am, shall, find me to abandon,; Aiming at all times tp-.be temperate i and courteous in its use, except when. (hVright itself shall be questioned! shall tnpn scarry it to its extent. shall r place myself on the extreme-boundary extreme-boundary of my right, and bid defiance, tp any arm that would movo mo from my ground. ' This'high constitutional privilege X shall defend and exercise within. this house, and without this house, and in all places; in this timo of peace,- and in all times. Living, I shall assert it; and, should. I leave no other inheritance to my children, by. the blessing of God I will leave them tho inheritance of free principles, and: the example of a .manly, independent, and constitutional defense of them. Webster, J |