South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1834-07-19
REMARKS OF Mr.. CROCKETT
On the BIZ making appropriations for
ForfJcations, June 20, 1884.

nor. CROCRETT said he had at alltimea
supported Internal improvements, & would
now like TO do SO. He had an amendment
to offer to the Harbor Bill for small benefit
for his district, which was to remove the OBJ
stfuctions out of the rivers Hatche, Forked
Deer, &Obean, but he unfortunately went
home TO his dinner and, while he was a6-
sent, the bill was laid on the table. I now
believe, said Mr.. c., we ought to lay this
bill on the table, too, and all other appropri-
alton bills. Sir, i. is useless to pass appro-
priation bills. A majority of this House has
determined by their votes that Andrew
Jackson shall be the Government. You say
his will she'll be the law of the land. What
have we seen, sir We have seen him seize
the Treasury of his country. and remove it
from where the law had placed it; g. Inow
ask any gentleman ofthis House to satisfy
me, why the same law that will authorize
him TO Take the money from where the law
had placed it, will not bear him out in also
distributing it where he peases? / don't
mean that he took hold of the money with
his own hands, but he made his tools do it,
which is the same thing. Sir, of what use
are your laws, while he walks over your laws
and your Constitution too, with impunity /?
Sir, l do not consider it good sense TO be
sitting here passing laws for Andrew Jacks
son to laugh at it is not even good non
eense. Sir,what does he care for your laws
os the Constitution? He is the Govern.
Elent. and his'Will is the law of the land
Sir, he has no Secretary, either of State or
the Treasury, nor has he had any for better
than one year, according to the Consti;u.
ton.
He has got people about him acting as
such, but he has never asked the Senate to
confirm them, as the Constitution requires
him to do; and out of those that the Presi-
dent has got about him, have never seen
but ono honest countenance since have been
here and he has just resigned suppose he
cannot stand them any longer. And / am
told that the other, the Secretary of the
Treasury, is packing up to remove. Sir,
we have no Government but Andrew J lack.
son, without Secretaries and. sir, he is sur,
rounded by set of imps of famine, that are
as hungry as the flies that we have read o.
IN Esop's Fables, that came after the fox
and sucked his blood Sir, they are hun
CRY swarm and will lick up every dollar O.
the public money.
Sir, we have heard that this country was
to be blessed with the Jackson money--tht
hard chink--and. to our surprise, VIVA
have we seen from the gentleman from Bal
timore (Mr. McKIM) He, as the Admin
istration leader in this House; has brough
forward measure to give the country
blessed currency offiftaen millions of glo
rlfication money. | suppose he has caugh
that from New York. Sir still live viii
hope of seeing better times. Let us al
go home, and let the people live one yea
on glory, and that will bring them' TO thei
senses and they will eend US back here an(
teach US to make the gentleman in the
White House take down his flag. Sir. tbs
People will let him know that he is not the
Government. Hope to live to see better
times.
Mr.. DUNLAP, of Tennessee, replied
with much warmth to Mr.. Crockett, after
which
Mr.. CRocKErr rejoined, and said, he hat
no idea of warming his colleague; but he
wished it distinctly understood, that he tool
nothing back that he had said, but woult
reoassert every thing, and go further. HI
therefore now said, we have no Government
at ALL and God only knows what is TO be
come Of the country, in these days Of mis-
cradle misrule. am done.