Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1834-05-08

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Mr.. Sneaker" said Mr.. Wise, {" / did not
exnect ~ say a word on this subject; hut
now feel il necessary to vindicate my motives
in Offering IL, before the resolution passes
II wal, the farthest, Sir. from my wish To pro-
sIvce, BY its introduction, excitement in tins
body. Il is true, ton true. Mr.. Speaker, tnat
the resolutions 1 offered to this house were
begotten under an excitement OF my own
mind. Excitement against whom I! why
against one whom have ever supported,
zPalOnsly supported, both in speech ana ~
writing. But, Sir, that excitement was NOT
on the point which she gentleman from Ten
nessee has named. It is not nay intention to
take part in the contest between the Senate
and the President. My object is only to take
the mart 0f the legitimate powers OF Congress
to vindicat,. that body to which ] behOng
from that destruction Of those powers which
seems almost Inevitable as the result Of this
coatest between the Senate and the Prrsi-
drnt---a contest which must be deprecated by
every patriot ia the iand. scarcely know,
indeed, Mr.. Speaker, which should prefer
to be c0nq0eror. do not approve cf the
resolutions al the Sr0ates hat. Sir, the Pres
ident shall not, rs he has done 10 his Protest,
claim fer himself these powers and those
rights which heaorx t. this Ae0se rs a part of
E0nKress. He shall not do q &ath ing appre-
ySnw vote. msaD, Mr.. SreakAts do claim the
Saos Sasp EsSslege ufbesng Smlgepeaaem&. Whom
Il haFesk maar 10. fa~Nr ~ sce consoliaasion On
/, the one hand, and lis Opposite. qualification.
90 TIE ether. l favor neither tie one nor the
other. Would that could have gone home
"a my constituents with even shadow ofex-
euse for the President against the charges of
hss eaesai~s. With regard to the act of the
removal Of The deposiies. did not consider
ID rs M usarpation Of power. although view
ed Il rs high abuse Of power. But he has
now leff no ground for such charitable
construction. He has himself deprived his
frie0ds of any ground wherein TO stand his
defence. What, then, IS left TO them! Are
they still to apologize, still TO excuse. still TO
explain against. ~. 10 the very teeth of, his
own avowed principles ! ] can say, for one,
10 the language quoted by the gentleman from
Tennessee, :. I had rather be a dog. and bay
the MOON" than snch friend of tbe Presi
dents as that. The thing is TOO true. His
friends deny the constructions put upon his
acts. The very next day he comes here, and
puts upon them this very construction him
self. And then, what do his friends do 3
Why they support that construction
am fully aware. Mr.. Speaker, of the
delicate situation which I occupy; and re-
greet deeply the separation which must now
take place from friends with whom have
hitherto acted. My only consolation is, that
the motives which actuate me are those on
which every patriotic and honest man should
ever act. have supported the President
. tong and zealonsly supported him-and be-
cause have done so, | feel that have the
better right to leave him when believe that
he has transcribed his pbwers, and assum-
ed powers which belong to Congress alone.
And, Mr.. Speaker, all history shows that the
claim of power Is shortly followed by the ex.
ercise Of the power claimed. Sir, think
nothing cen be palmer in human language,
than what this Protest says, that the whole
power over the property and money Of the
country belongs 10 the President, and that
Congress caHnOt take II out Of his band."-
= Abiding to the explanatory docu-
ment presented in the Senate this morning,
Mr.. w. said-'' I pray that these may not be
. the doctrines Of the President, or of the Pro-
test but, Sir, LET us pass the resolutions be-
fore you, as beacors to the President. and as
a warning to- the President that there is dan
ger. But. Sir, il these are not the doctrines
OF the President, then can only say. the
President does not exactly comprehend the
meaning Of the document which has issued
from his Cabinet. Sir, IL is no longer to be
concealed that there Is another hand IN all these
things. The President Is an honest man
aye, as honest a man as lives--I frost him
. hut Il is too true that there are men in his
council not TO be trusted. Il 10 true, as stated
10 this Protest, that the President Is old
that the honorable scara of the Revolution
are on his b0dy--and revere him. From
my boyhoOd have done 30, till It had become
as it were habit with me. But, Sir. IL Wash.
ington himself were sitting in the Presidential
chair. and had claimed the uncomfortable Gus
tody Of the public money-as Andrew jack
son 10 his Protest has done-I would have
followed the same course which am now
taking"
Tho Speech which Mr.. Adams intended to
deliver 10 the House If Representatives on
che depQsite question, being published in ma.
ny Of the Journals. viii! probably be more gen.
orally read than ii It was merely published
inthe ordinary course Of Congressional de.
hgtes. The following extract relates to the
charge preferred against the y. States Bank,
of having expended great sums Of money in
endeavoring to defeat the election ut Andrew
Jackson :--Bost. Nero Jo,rssGE
"Fhe Secretary Of the Treasury tells you
that the sunsof sixty thousand dollars, spent
insthe space Of four years upon the election.
faring pamphlets By The Bank, Is su&cientiy
startling. StartliRes Mr.. Speaker, Is an j.
motion, and not ., calculation the word Il
sensitive and not nneditative; it indicates pas.
sion, andsnot reflection. tits not the word o,
thing bells adapted to the. operations Of a.