Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-06-18

bsen jus, received. tn. voice Of the Presideurs min
,try rather than OF the President HIMSELF or to speak
more correctly, the voice of his Chief Minister. The
hand OF the great magician visible in very line
OF the message. There was nothing candid, nothing
open, nothing honest, In it, AZ one reason why the
Executive rejects the bill, he assigns the extravagance
OF this Congress "a having been great that there will
not be money enough ia the to the small
appropriation contained in the rejected bill And az
evidence of he of such an
the appendix contains li- OF all the bill, which have
bean rSported in tn. Ssnato and in this House, but
not passed. These relied upon in the argument az il
they had passed, and become laws When il IL well
known to all OF US the most Of these bill. only evil
dence OF the orinious Of the committees by whom they
reported; and there is not probability that
they will ever become laws. Among the bills of this
description contained in the appendix, is the hill
ported in the Senate providing for the % French
spoliations, which, Of itself, makes am fem Of 6v-
millions Of dollars There is aao included in the ap
nix, the bill for the reli OF Susan DECATUR anil f,a
for the Beaumarchas' claim and the claim Of Richard
w. Mead There is added also the bill Tor the Colo
nz,ton Society, proposing to pay twenty five doilus
for each negro in the United States And to swell ihs
amount, the claim OF President Monroe il also added
All OF thess amounts put together, give % the proceed
ngs OF this CONGRESS appearance Of ex-avag ance
which does not belong to them. On the whole I
slider this document artiuy contve 10 bring the whole
system Of internal Improvement into dsrepute, and
calculated 10 deceive the people Such a document
can n.ver have issued from the President. II /. not
CHARACTERIZED by In frankness which marks his char
acer Il has every appearance of low, eectonee rng
document, not worthy OF the eminent to which
il il attributed.
Bu Sir if ance has mark I'd the proce cdine
oil this Congress- il il not ch cable the MAORI OF
this Hou'e. The appropriations which have been mails.
have ba.n asked for by the Executive Off ers IN sevs.
And they have asked for more than have Crane l..
And tho most exravasant project this session, and
which will fear. forever disgrace thi. Congress-
mean 'hs bill for the removal OF all the Sou hern In
iians West Of the Mississippi, came recommends 10 u.
"a the peculiar tavorite of the Executive.
can say, with truth, that m,uy members of thi.
House were induced contrary to their conscences
for the bill in consequence Of tn having
dependence TO resist what tn supposed 10 b. the .b
es of the Executive. They were literally Dragon
ed into lite support. certainly, Sir, had MANY other
for opposition to the b hut not ih- of
my belief that lite passage would strike
d-a blow to the whole System Of internal improve
men II received the support of all the en- ME. of in
ternal Improvement, their only me ans of DESTROYING
the system; and il is accordingly relied upon in th.
message, and will admit that it /. the only good REL
son assigned in against any further appropriations for
the mprovem OF the country. And vet VIC, who
the friend. OF this administration hut s,ill sr,aer
friends to the honor and prosperity of the country have
been threatened with denuncistion, bv certain mem.
hers of this House, but who have oiher claim for
he station which they have assumed our leaders.
than the single Circumstance Of their coming from Ten
ne"ee, for our opposition to the Indian b-for our
contumacy in opposing what they plea,eh TO rem
resent TO u., the wishes of the E1ecuivs Sir let
them commence their denunciaiion-I fear no bravo
unless he carries the assas'ips knife. Against every
other species of attack, prepared 10 dee nd nv
self
Mr. Polk said. that whil.t il hid been UNDERSTOOD in
conversation through the House that the friend. thi.
dispo sed without further debate TO tax.
the ration on the veto of the Pre.i
dent, according to the provisions of the Constitution
he thought he could speak confidently, when he said
that ho'e opposed TO it had determined TO pursue
similar course.
The debate had however, been brought on. The
violent vindctive and unprecedented character Ct tn.
remarks which had just fallen from The member from
Ohio (Mr Sanherry,) had opened the whole dscu.
SION That member took occasion. in the most violent
manner TO say, that the message of the Chief Maei.-
lou .E.l
it had nothing honeSt in IL that it had nothing candid
open in Is that il the work Of hi. ministry and
not OF himse tina, the hand Of the magician to be
sem in every line of il.
Mr.. p. said he took the liberty TO saw 20 the mem
Der from Ohio that th. violent Of abuse poured
upon the head Of the Chief Magistrate. was gratu
tous, enl wholly unjusi6 iblr sustained in a sim
gle particular by the truth, and wholly unfounded in
fact.
The member himself did not, and could not believe
word of wrat he had just uttered in the face Of th-
House and OF the nation. No man in the nation OF any
party, who knows the character of The President
lieved what the gentleman had charged upon him. He
was glad tina the ember had at length throw off the
cloak under which he had covertlv acted during the
preent session He had been elected his here
by the friends OF the President he correctly in
formed, he came in'o this House upon the popularity
Of the venerable man whom he row so wantoaiy as-
sailed. He came here protesting to give 10 his admin
istration fair and honest .sing 10 he
eGumeraed among his political friends-had he sustain
ed single mcclure which the President recommend
ed' Not one; and it was matter OF no regret that the
member had at length thrown off the mask. He cannot
claim this occasion, this hill nre'r xt for hi de.
serton from his former profes.ei political attachments
What was here in this occasion, TO call forth such
TRADE OF abuse? The President has returned 10 thi.
House, it was his constitutional right and entpr, IN.
ing the opinion he did, his duty to do, bill which had
passed Congress- and been presented him for hi. con-
s'ituonal sanction He had. in very Temperate and
he added in very able manner, assigned the reasons
why he had felt himself constrained from heh sense
nj public duty TO withhold ha signature and sanction
from II. We were called upon by imperative provi-
zion Of the Constitution, re. consider the vote nv
which majority OF This House had agreed to pass the
bill. The bill an the message OF the Preside nj were
the lair subjects OF deiiheration and discussion for th,
House. We were NOW called upon 10 Gi,chatge high
constitutional duty part Had the member discuss
tanned in he message, in the bR No! He had cho-
cen TO make most wanton attack upon the President,
Why was the member from Ohio thrown into such
rage Was because the sYstem, of which this bill i.
3 part was 80 dear TO him? Does he not know will he
deny it, that he has heretofore pr0csscd TO he
to this whole system? In the last Copgre.s he was
member OF the Committee Manufactures. He vot
ed for the tar-and ostensbly supported H. hut did h.
not then openly say to many gentleman, loot in conf
dence for II il had been he would be the Last man
10 beray that conhdehre0 that he was opposed TO the
whole American System; that ii nothing bit po
litcal hobby! Did he not cay, that he would return
home, and revolutonize public opinion in hs own dis.
trct, and in the whole State Of Ohio that delusop
existed in that Stale that could and shond he remov-
ed that he had never coaversed with any plain farm.
ing man, and explained him the oper aons of ,hi.
American system, hut what he convinced him that il
was against HE interest 10 support il? Would the gen.
teman deny this? II he would venture IN do H. be
pledged hlm'ef to prove /, upon him hy many ven.