Delaware journal., 1828-02-01

an willing 10 cnuaae in doing the public business.
and work at il, anu When done, 10 20 hon'e. p"'
am not willing to 90 home before we nave ha"n
some effort to do the public business, even We ia
in accomplishing il. What have we done me
gentlemen from Pcnnsy yanla Mr.. buchanan) mus
told us the session is halt over. we nave passeu
law appropriating money to pay ourselves, but "hal
else have we done Let gentlemen examine mo
the business done, and they viii find we have pass
ed no other act. Let US not go home and leave me
public business, but do it, and then talk oi gong
home i'll understand the gentlemen right (ana
always listen to him with pleasure, he avoWed nm
sefly orabe to retrenchment and reform bnl thoughl
tno the accepted time to engage IN that WORK. why
IS il not the acceptable time II seek nm answer
in the remarks of the gentlemen, find nothing nnt
the observations alluded to, that the Session was
halfthrough. and ought to do the puhic business
and 20 hoe. Is the gentlemen content that we shouiu
infer from this that relrenchment and reform IS mol
the pubIic business Surely he would not admit
that. We have done nothng-there must be some
public business done before we 50 home what
are we to do This, Sir. is public business-let us
engage in it. Let us retrench--terIet our abuses,
| If any eXist-and reform. The gentleman has de-
clared that he is no friend to the Administration.
declare | am friend to the Administration and l
am for engaging in this measure-whIch has been
repeatedly pressed upon US by the presidcnt-and
correcting any abuses that shall be found TO exist.
will 90 with the gentleman in this work. Begin
the inquiry and if we are unable TO accomplish our
object before the close Of the Session, will go far
thrr and clothe the Committee to send for persons
and papers and allow them TO sit here during the
whole recess Of Congress, necessary that we may
have the information at the commencement, OF the
next Session of Congress, time to act on It then
Let US 90 TO work, and sticSto it from morning till
night and try to do some the business before us
The gentleman from Virginia [Alr Rantolpl) al
so saws now is not the accepted time 10 engage in
this investigation or to adopt tmeasure for relrench-
lng the public expenditures. He has given us one
reason " hY this is not the accepted time. lie has
another object--one Of much greater Importance
an object requiring his every etiort--to which he
would look with single eyc and in order to 10
that one thing WE'LL he would not engage i'll ths--he
would do but one thing at time. The gentleman
did not tell us what that object was that called for
his single and undivided excrons but he used Ian
guage in reference to it that no one could mlsunder'
stand will not say, sir, that the object referred
TO as recurring the entire effort of hmsc and friends
was to pu down the present Administration but
will say, so understood his remarks. VIII moi
say the object of the gentleman IS not meritorous
far be it from me to ]ndge amy mans merits or mo-
! tiyes but | may say, that, if | were to engage
in such work it would not, with me, be merorons
should esteem it meritorous to engage in the worl
of freform-of ferreting out and exposing the abuses
if any exist of the officers Of Government but TO
me 10 engage in pulling down the Administration
e first and then hunt out and expose the abuses the,
have been guilty Of would be work OF no merit.
your officers do wrong, show that to the People, ant
they will turn them out bot do not pull them dow
: without some evidence ofabuse Sir, the gentleman
from Vireinia has proclaimed that there are man,
abuses and extravagancles that ought to be remedcd
and vet now was not the proper time to apply III,
remedy But why this is not the proper tn.c, vi
are not told.
The gentlemen from Tennessee (Nlr. Mitchell
told US that tie of these resolutions was ires
from the People, aud fresh from the orcn OF pub
opinion. am glad, sir that, coming fresh from
tile oven, he retained. when he took his seat here
sufficient heat to introduce this subject TO our con
sderaun, under the new era Of which he had heard
hope he will have heat and perseverance enuugl
to carry it through. The gentleman from Tennes
ee had also gone into examination Of himself,
disclosed his experience to the House. He ha,
) spoken of bis sense of shame, resulting from tb
conviction that he had been growing worse ever sine
he came here, and more estranged from his consti
tuents by the extravaganza and splcndor that sur
: rounded him. Sir, regret his deterioration, but
, hope this self examination, to which he has been ey
! cited by the condition and course of the gentleman
= from Kentucky, the of these resolutions, viii
!, be serv!ceabe to Him, and SO warm him up. that h
d may unite in pushing this inquiry, that when he re
IS turns to the People, the of public opinion
J. he may be able from the light and knowledge he oh
y ains. to remove any prejudces he may find anon
II his constituents and the People Of his part Of th
e Union, against the present Administration. as t
y any charges of proligate and extravagant expend
e lures Of the pupc 'reasure. He has told us, si
lc that the officers employed in administering the affair
I'd of this Government exceeded nine thousand. an
e has emphaically asked if that is not evidence
6 our departure from Republican simpcitys Th
wTuu h nave oeen eis hey to nave pee