Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1834-05-17
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, May 6. 1884.
CONTESTED ELECTION FROM
KENTUCKY

Il !. That Thomas p. Moore IL entifle,
! Ito the seat IN the House, from the Fiji
) Congressional District Of Kentucky.
2. That Il. p. Letcher shall be emit
! tied to the compensation of a member oil
Congress during his attendance on the
+: House the present session.
i After the report had been read
Mr.. JONES moved that the further
reconsideration Of this subject be postpo-
ned until Tuesday next, and that the re-
port be printed.
Etract from the Speech Suppressed by the
previous question: Of Mr.. JOHN QUINCY
ADAMS, of Massachusetts, on the Remov-
al of the Public Deposites.
Mr.. Speaker, in the gloomy hours Of an
lticipatior, which the actual condition of our
country has, for the last four months, forced
upon me, have sometimes cheered for a
moment my thick coming fancies, by imagin-
ing what, in the present crisis of ourlhistory,
the representatives of the people Of The In
lion hight be, and what they ougH to be.
4 ha>c pictured to myself iof Rep
resentatives, in the short period Of two
years. existence, erecting to itself a monu-
ment of imperishable renown; establishing
for itself reputation in after times offa;th-
full cooperation with the other departments
| of the Government in promoting the welfare
and protecting the interests of the people,
their constituents, and, at the same time,
of nfiexible tensc;ty and unyielding adher-
ence to the principles of the constitution,
and, the theory of human liberty, handed
DIN them from theirtathers to be trans
mttet to their children. Ihave asked my
sen hat that small but steadfast band of
- esmen and ofheroes, whose forms salute
Us as we daily pass through yonder rotunda
to and from this hall, in the very act of
signing the Declaration Of Independence !;
have asked myself what would be their
charge to US, their children and defendants,
could they speak from the canvass as we pass
them by; would they tell us that the sum-
NIT ofhuman glory is to be scaled by demol-
isllng Bank? That the benisons of
mankind are to bought by the closure of a
brokers' shop7-That half dozen worthy
and respectable traders of Philadelphia are
tyrannizing over the nation in the guise of
Bank Directors; and that, unless we take
from them the power ofloaning money, and
calling at the appointed time for its repay
ment, they will trample our laws, our con-
situations, and our Liberties, under their
feet? Sir, could the patriots Of 776 come
down from the side Of the wall, enter in
solemn procession within these doors, take
seats in front Of your chair, and witness our
deliberations, with what amazement would
they learn the propositions submitted to US,
and listen to the resolutions prepared for
our adoption? Startled, as they well might
be, at the shrieks and groans Of agonizing
freedom which they would hear reverbera-
they not inquire, what Attila, what Alaric,
what Ghengis Khan, bad poured his hordes
of Cloths, Of vandals, or Of Tartars, over our
fertile fields, our peaceful plantations, and
our late Aourishing farms? What scourge
of God had desolated our citiess What
CONFUSION Of nature had palsied the arm Of
industry had furled the sails of commerce
to mildew at your wharves? had silenced
the mill-clap, the shuttle, and the loom? had
banished the merchant from the exchange
Undiscovered the ploughman from the plough?
and the daily laborer from his daily bread
Would they not inquire, what is of all this
the causes And how would they blush,
or weep, to hear one half of this House re-
spond to their inquiry, the Bank! Sir. the
pressure Of the removal Of the deposites is
nearly past; it has ruined its thousands. and
afflicted its millions; but the simoom has
blown over, aud they who Frustrated them
selves ON their faces before the blast survive
unhurt, and may rise, and yet find their way
out If the desert.
The pressure, from the removal Of the
depositcs, srassing away. The prosperity