Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-15

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VIC are not bound to become Disciples of that faith.
If It be intended az an insinuation that wo have
such an object, or any other than the public service,
l meet him directly in front, and inform him, he al
ready has my answer, in the case put of the palace
slave.
He says the vote in relation to the documents was
"solcly the action of one House,"
And so when you pass a bill, or ratify some Indian
Treaty, stipulating an annuity while trees grow or
waters flow, II is solely the act of one House, and
of no avail until the other House concur, without
prompting l hope) and then it has the requisite sane
ton.
WHY did no, the s~clf-commending Senator give
us credit for this view of the matter, when we avow-
cd 1t openly from the beginning Why not charge
the business upon his own party, the Senator from
louisiana Because, i suppose, he feels under
no special obligation to make his Satanic Majesty
blush.
1t suficcs for the propagators of the moral forge
ry to attempt to pass cur bond upon the multitude
as an absolute bond, when they themselves have cut
off the condition.
But what says the Senator now, when, since he
made his speech, we have sprung new game-not
the poor hare of the warren, but the roaring lion of
the forestry showing that, by an illegal act, the
whole increased burden of your crusade of petty
prescription beyond seas-of some fifty Thousand dol
lars, to be expended about foreign palaces, without
one copper worth of public benefit. needs n lcritima-
tizing statute to enable the Cabinet bastard 10 inner
il n single cent?
He says nothing. His tongue clcavcs to the roof
of his mouth, which he opens with becoming humill-
ty. swallows down the camel, smacks his loyal lips,
and seems TO thank his stars that it was not a VOL
cano!
The Senator said something, which I have imper-
tectly noted, about giving a larger rum from politi.
cal motives! Let him not read his book at us.
We have the proof-not of palace slaves-but of
men, that the prices asked by G.. & =. are
fair and usual; and We have already been sufficient
~ bit by the mcrccnary corps OF underbidders-as
witness the cry of economy, retrcnchment and re-
form; and behold the fleece of wool. in tins appronri-
alton bill before US!
Witness n certain party promising to afnict US
undertaking all others, and promising to affiict us
with their petty tyrannles and corruptions, by using
the popularity OF General Jackson, for only four
When will that combination let 90 the teais of the
When the people choke them off; and not
until then.
will put three or four Of his repetitions together,
and see If eau elicit n single idea.
1.-The notion that the proviso amounts TO n refec-
'tlon on the minority, is no, derived from any thing
in the proviso of the House of Representatives."S
that has occurred here (empha sizing
here has taught the House to be on its guard, and
add the proviso." what occurred here was calcu-
'lated 10 put the House on their guard, for the pub.
"lic interest"
Now mark how a plain tale shall put down these
nsinuations--not rejecting upon our motives at all,
suppose
What did occur here? what I denominated. in a few
on the lth INST. a Tennessee prompting-a
npting that seemed to issue almost from the IN
Z IC4IS vi IHc CfIIlldH lccI TO the House OF
Representatives what to do in the business, and es.
pecially to refuse the appropriations. as they have
done. and followed up the refusal, almost IN the Ian
guage Of the Senator, by an impcrtinent insinuation
and ~dictation.
That prompting was a species of corrupting dis.
ciPline that never was witnessed under Mr.. Monroe
or Mr.. Adams.
l admit that the notion of the proviso being n re-
lection did not originate in the proviso. 1t oriri-
mated before and far beyond the proviso, and was its
1t originated in the iount OF that prompting from
which all these bitter waters have flowed; and that
CUNT took It's rise in the polluted desire to secure
he sum of ! I13,O00( s the Senator calculates it)
or party use, TO feed your subsidized press that even
cannot perform the public printing the two Hou-
see OF Congress have given to il.
That is too pretty a sum not 10 be secured for the
firm. Is all the money to be made a common stock 10
swell the dividends of the frm2
Yes, sir, there was the head spring of the proviso,
fthe House took the hint and observed it.
have been here nearly ten years, and this is the
irst instance of such prompting.
a Tennessee drIll-master attempts TO rank and
Izc the boys, make them form column, and march
upon the right foot, to the tune of party dlscip-
a touching Dir. I love good martial mnsic. II
you'd sound well npon the HarmonIcon.
The man who has not music in his soul,
"Who is not charm'd with concord ofsweet sounds,
us tit for treasons, stratagems and spoils."
Listen.
NNN'' NV iiIHu uHu III |
Igemcnt! and party discipline!"
a touching air! II touched the official lives Of n purer Ad.
than the present, and was the chief instrument Of
heir defeat; and the honoTs, Offices and treasures Of the coun.
~, were the chief objects o. the combination against that
administration.
The calculations of the Secretary Of the Senate, and Of the
Senator from Connecticut, MR. Foot make the
between Gales e. Seaton's proposals and those of
he corps Of unherbidders, about $4,000.
suppose the Senator should gain the rcrowp IF saving that
um by getting the job for the party engine, his credit would
$4,000 less by delay aud bad work, about $4,000
o 1000. And his debit to the public for the increased diploma.
&c expenses Of Government, say SJO.O his two reports,
pnutsd and circulated in unusual numbers, under the pretence
{ curailing Executive patronage and setting bounds TO Exec.
will; and of retTenchmeDt-tbe one never moved for four
ears-for four snows-S' Inc other no. touched with the end of
lis finger, about 1900; and sundry jobs Of unusual printing,
Without speaking Of the printing of the House Of Representa-.
at least 100000 amounting TO At least $4,000, for the
Of the party engine, and the prose rption beyond
ca, clear loss to the public, by his votes and sanction.
Well may the Senator speak Of the public interest. II is
letter TO give them a speech than nothing.
lie next SAID the money we voted TO Gales g. Seaion was a
'gratury." That was the very word. I recorded IL when he
ttered IL; and he cannot deny it,
IL can only be accounted for chartabiy, upon the suppos-
ion Of absence Of mind, and that the Senator was thinking Of
ONE other case, perhaps Of one Of those reports I mentioned,