Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-23

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ates public opninn, and iosrs somewhat OF ne au'ho-
riiy TO promote the public good Hence, the wisdom
al giving 10 oor republic, aud all appuienan, those
graceful decorations, winch Ivy tho Law nf our nature
coaciiin;c aitar.im NJ and ergage esteem,
IL ile cour," Of my reading, have sonie where
met with an observation Fl this riporl-s' Great men
first make tbc government, and then the goy
mahesgfca men. Cermin II -, thai our govern
mcni was founded iy men pre-cmnently great
Awl is equally irrc that they endowed with the
rnpatU, to produce their likeness. NV |
beats desire and praycr God" is, thar this
native tendency, or interest capacity, may lie
countrractrd or impaired hy a shor-sighted, mar |
nw-minded, hearsickeniss energy DESTROYING po-
hey have 40 sympahies in common with those
politicians, on whatever part OF the globe they may
dwell, cho are Tor wagIng an extermoating war
With all that - derOrous aud ornamental ia society
plunge the civilized world into the depths OF Gothic
ignorance aud grossness, and, Vandal-t,ke, io in
rolyc hc lofty column, the n,agnicrnr doue, tire
superb structures, the proud monuments OF art, the
boast aud glory Of refined ages, together with the
works Of genius and taste IN indiscrimnaic ruin
IL rs The Office oi the statesman To pull down, hui
Ia bald up not to detcrorate, but 10 improve, his
country. And the genuine patriot, in the work OF "
melioraion and embellisbmen', will feel the gene.
ardor, the noble enthusiasm, Of the poet who
pair, FIR eternity. Our Republic is not destined TO
ctaw'om the ground and fee, On dust, like the
pent. II IS now erect, and III the image of its
tors Its genus, like theirs, is elevated and noble
The American Eagle is capable of flight as lofty
and, in The cause of liberty aud humanity, Ear more
glorious, than the Roman. This emblem OF our
wings, which, in due time, trust will he beuiguly
extended aver all oppressed nations.
| MIR. M'ARTHuR, OF Ohio rose reply. He should
mot attempt, he said, follow the gentleman from
Maine, in all the wndipgs of the learned speech he
hid just delivered. For himself, he was back
woods man. brought up in tents and camps, and moi
rraciised 10 making fine speeches hut he thought il
was sufficiently plain that this porrico not
ter OF any necessity, aud had better he dispensed
with. fio believed according To appearances, that
we should he ~ no loss in finding tenant for the
House ne Inn upr
! complete, and in his Judgment better without The
por'ico than with II. The portico, which had just
heen completed, was, re believed, hui little used If
AT all lie dad moi, 10 be sure, profess to- he very
| intimate AZ the Presidents House. hut he had fre-
queniy passed II, and never yet the south portco
| occupied, used in any way As 10 the difficulty
OF getting there in bad weather there is mo conpui.
sion which ohligeS visit The Presidents House
while the weather Is bad, NJ least take the
iair ladies there Of whom The gentleman haul spoken
lie could not bar consider the proposed item Of APP
preparation as useless expense, especially when
we recoiect that the nation has debt yet hanging
over of ninety millions Of dollars. As the mag nif
cence OF this Hall and the Capitol to which the gen
lieman had alluded, the expenditure TO produce u
was, IN great measure, money thrown away. This
Hall, as place for speaking nearly us,less-it
was merely 10y accident that any thing could lie heard
az ms seat that WAS read from the Clerks table
| memhers voted IN the dark-and might lie voting
| away The public money without knowing IL, FOR the
want oi distinctly hearing the resolutions read the
Clerks table. Government would yet have 10 aban-
don II" and build plain square room, where mem-
btIs cbNlu near what each Other sad lie, there
fore, !hore thar the style of this Hill ought be
| no guide in erecting public buJngs-and he |
hoped never IN see it followed. lie called for The
yeas aud nays on agreeing the appropriation.
Nlr kREMER, of Pennsylvania, said he had no IN
cres m tins por1ico, ard he could in favor
OF ~ lie was one of those who went upon tho old
Republican principles he had started in SO those
principles, and he meant TO adhere to diem. lie
could not see any valuable end he answered by
adding another porco 10 the Presidents house, I'M |
less, indeed II was To make a oi what the
gentleman called PprLn he
senilemHn might think ihis Hall, too, was - monu-
ment oi 'simpe graudeur"-bui, for his part, MIR |
h said, he thnught IL was monument of rride and
rx'r"v"gance, and no, Of old Republican principles
tie could not undertake 10 answer the gentleman
me speech tn HIM. great part OF it upineIli-
sihle ard IN reply quotations he had made
IN II, from dead language lie should answer in his
own mother German tongue Irt hohe IS NIGHT
siIndeH' He did not believe that any had a
right to entail debt upon posteriiy. Congress- he
sure, had The eo~er 10 do SO, but they could do
II on any moral principle Ard, before we set about
| making monuments Of" simple grandeur" We had
better TIC sure that we have the money make then
III our pocket. lie did think Congress had a |
right even 80 put up necessary building, ill were
able TO pay for -l laugh, and call TO order As
to This poriico, II was, in his opinion unnecessary
rs htih wheel 10 wagon. The gentleman, 10 lbs
sure, had made long speech abou it, and il mieh'
be orainy, for ought e knew, bur it certainly hJd
nothing Of solid reasoning in it.
Mr. iloGEBooM, Of New York rose for the Dur- |
pose Of obtaining information from The chairn,sn Of
The Committee ON the Publit Buildings, (Mr QUsH-
n
CURED IN preparing materials for the proposed Por-
CO he did not consider the building of thus portieo
as natter very necessary, hui IL much expense had
been gone into 10 provide for IL, might, perhaps
bet'er TO 60 on With II not he thought the money
n'igh lac much hetter applied repairing r Injuries
~ the wall which surrounds the enclosure Of the Pre-
sidenl's house, and in smoothing away Of the |
pTecp'ces IN the bank within it, which now so |
uns'giuy.
Mr.. SHARPE, of New York. made farther inoni- |
~ about some stone which were dressed, and Law |
in liont OF the Capitol.
Nr. CUSHMAS explained.
When the question taken the nppTopration
ami decided in The negative, b5 yeas and nays, as vi
ready stated.
On the item OF appropriation for public walks in |
front OF the Ots and G. ornd belonging tn The Uuited
Siatr9, in the city Of Washington, 1900 dollars,
heb"e arose Of somewhat desufory character
Mr.. COOKE, OF Tennessee, said, that, when he |
looked at Ire appropriations proposed, and heard The
gentleman from Maine support Them by telling rs |
that we have an oveiA0wiug Treasury, IL rut him ~
mind Uf boy who has received from his Para : s,ip
ply OF probationary he thinks IL will never he gone
and Is engaged only ~ cOniriving ways in which |
he cHn spend il. We have, lo he sure, said Mr.. |
Cooke, got some money IN the Treasury ho
40 Ne forget that Whatever forbenr spending
o"t ct It VIII go toward drlraying our public debt ?
or do moi gentlemen remember that, next year
there will he twPniy-si9 millions Of that debt IN
he paid II SIC spudnder away our resources as soon
rs they come into The Treasury, we shall beoueah
10 orr ros'"riiy large debt, which ought 10 have
been paid Nv ourselves aud which we ouphi to he !
awry our money, ~ make font-paihs for the people
nj Washington. is not ihe way 10 do Ibis, nor are |
these fno gravel walks ~ aIl necessary. We are
"ld, ~ be srre, hy Tie gentleman from Maine, who
deals 20 much ~ gillantty that he IS arrsid HE IT,
lies nny muddy iher toes in coming up To the Capt.
Ol 90 hcIv the members make FppctLes But. for
HE part, Mr.. G. SAID, he thought The present walks
wee pni'e snfiri"nI for 'il useful purposes