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Prcs'dentit l. With subdued fec ling. OF the pro-
foundcst humility and modification, that sm
compelled TO say that, constituted rs Congress
now is,no relief will be afforded by il unless its
members shall be enlightened aud instructed
| by the people themselves. A large portion
OF the body, whatever may be their priv ate
Judgment upon thu course Of the Pre- idcnt,
believe II To be their duty, at all events safest
Tor themselves, TO sustain him without regard
to the consequences Of bis measures upon tho
! public Interests. And nothing but clear, de-
clded. and unequiroca al demonstrations Of the
popular disaPProbat'on OF what has been done,
VIII divert them from their present purpose.
But there - another quarter which possesses
| sufficient power and influence 90 relieve the
public dstresses. In twenty -four hours, the
executive branch could adopt me asure which
would afford an effcacious and substantial
remedy, and rc-establi-h confidence. And
those who, IN this chamber, support the Ad-
ministration, could not render n better SER
vice than 10 repair 90 the Executive Mansion,
and. placing before the Chief Magistrate the
naked and undisguised truth. prevail upon
him To rctracc his steps and abandon hi, fatal
experiment. No one, SIR, can perform that
dsty with moro propriety than yourself
You can, II you will, induce him TO change
hts course. To you, then, sir, in no unfriend-
~ spirit, but with feelings softened and sub
dned by the deep distress which pervades ev-
cry class OF our coun.rymen, make the APP
peal BY your official aud personal relations
with the President, you maintain with him an
intercourse which neither enjoy nor eovct.
Go 10 him aud tell him, without aggerat
but IN the language of truth and sincerity, the
actual condition Of his bleeding country
lell him 1t Is nearly ruined and undone by
the measures which he has been induced 10
| put into operation. Tell him that his exper-
Imcnt Is operating on the nation like the phi
losoPher's experiment upon q convulsed ami
NAL. IN an exhausted receiver, and that must
expire, IN agony, if he does not pause, give
u Tree and sound circulation, ana suffer the
| energies OF the people to be revived and re-
stored. Tell him that, in a single city, more
IMAM sixty bankruptcies, involving loss of up
wards OF fifteen millions of dollars, have oc-
| CURED. Tell him Of the alarming decline IN
the value OF all property, Of the deprecia-
tion m all the products Of industry; Of the
stagnation in every branch Of business, and
Of the close OF numerous manufacturing es
Adjustments, which, a few short mouths
ago, were 10 active and hourishing operation.
Depict 10 him, IL you can find language TO
portray, the heart-rending wretchedness Of
thousands OF the working classes cast out of
employment. Tell him Of the tears Of help
less widows, no longer able 10 earn their
bread, and Of unclsd and unfed orphans " no
have been driven, by his policy, out of the
busy pursuits 10 which but yesterday they
were gaining an honest livelihood. Say To
him that, IL hrmness be honorable. when gui
ded by truth and justice, II is intimately ALI
cd To another quality, Of tie mos. pernicious
tendency, 10 the prosecution Of ali erroneous
! system. Tell him how much more true glo-
( ~ Is TO be won by retracing false steps, than
ny blindly rushing on until his country IL o.
i ia h.eaL
! MN oil the ardent attachment, the unbounded
devotion, the enthusiastic gratitude, toward,
him, so often signally manifested by the A.
merican people, aud that they deserve at his
hands better treatment. Tell him TO guard
himself against the possibility OF an odious
comparison with that worst of Roman Empe-
rors who, contemplating with indifference the
coniiagration of the mistress of the world
RECALLED himself during the terrific scene in
the throng Of his dancing courtiers. II Won
desire to secure for yourself the reputation
oil public benetactOr, describe TO him truly
the universal distress already produced, and
the certain ruin which must ensue from per-
severance IN las measures. Tell him thai he
ns' oeen abused, deceived, betrayed, by the
"'cheu counsel OF unprincipled men around
him. Inform him that all efforts m Congress
10 alleviate or terminate public distress are
Paralyzed and likely to prove totally unavail.
nS'irom ms influence upon large portion Of
we members, who arc unwilling to withdraw
their support, or To take a course rcpugnant
10 his wishes and feelings. Tell him that.
IN his bosom alone, under actual circumstan.
ces, does the power abide to relieve tho coun-
ny and that, unless he opens Il to conVic-
ton, aud correct the errors of his administra-
ton, no human Imagination can conceive, and
no human tongue can express, the awful con.
sequences which may follow. lntreat him 10
pause and TO reflect that there 10 a point be-
yond which human endurance cannot go, and
Iet MN not drive this brave. generous, and
patriotic people 10 madness aud despair.
Mr. President, unatiectedly indispOsed. and .
unwilling 10 trcspass upon the senate, could
not decline complying with a request address /
ed To mo by a respectable portion of my icl- I
low citizens, part of the bone and sinew Of
inc American public Like The senator
from Massachusetts, who has been entrusted .
with the presentation Of their petition To- the
senate, found thcm plain, judicious, sorsI-
pie men, clearly undc rstanding their own IN
tercsts, and, with the rest of the community
writing under the operation Of the measure
81 tic Executive. ~ Z have deyiatsd from
the beaten trark ~ debate IN tho senate. my
apology must be found 10 the ANXIOUS solicit
Jude which feel for tho condition Of the 4
country And, sir. n shall have been
-. 80 ~ ''"'i '"s y'uT hoart, and eNct-
ING IN You glow of patriotism, 6 shall
De most happy. You ran prevail upon the
President 10 abandon hr ruinoii. course and
" 80" viii exert the Influence which YOU pos
'css' YOU VIII command tho thanks aud the
PlAndil' Of q grateful People
h'' r'''rr s''nnld hear ~ mind. ~ un,i~rsi,pJ
MS "l'irrs, that the I'rcs''bgg Dfic~r 1T ts scn-
a'' - to- Wee Prcsiden, 81 40. I nr,l states.
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