Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-02-12

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!, hose proceedings Of the last session referred 10 W
the Alabama resolutions. He should move upon
!, them with tho certainty Of = steam engine, and no
system ct tactics coulI prevent him from pus''ns
!, tho course poiled ou IN the notice he hid gisen
n yesterday. Whst ho Then said was IN rsfefenee ~
: |, the Senator from South Csroliua who sal ncaies
: him, Nj, CAUTIOUSLY and 10 the remarks he made
afterwards he would no explain that he ought not
to hove efi out he colleague Mr.. Parsros) mo
II gentle non 10 whom he referred looked 10 judicial
procedure on thu. Door, s. applied lost by which
he e9uli SIC what Senator would use IN ms pace
r and defsni the enormous coiruptions OF the fos
Offco Deparimepf Il wss TO this be referred, and
this had oseasionei The notice be had given, win
the remarks which had accompanied IT,
/ Mr CALHOUN denied that he vas setaaI.d hy
a tho .tiv or feelings attributed to him by the Sc
. ns,or from NJ ssour. lie had but one simple OBJ
ice, in view, and !, was this that no thought It
duo to the A nefican People, in consequence OF the
extraordinary disclosures which had been made yes
terdt " IN the vouninous reports IN relation TO the
| Post Office Department, and which not ono man IL
hundred had leisure 10 read, that this beuy onghi
TO give their sentiments H. ~ order to sho. ihht
they had sbI some Independence loft; and that
tho vote ought 10 BE- nm unanimous one, SO TINT inc
cliizers OF THIS country wouId be then enahed flgh'-
y TO judge what was the real condition Of that De-
/
, that 1t was sustrineJ by the Chief Exceaiise The
Senator from NJ ssouri had said he would have the
same n,easuro for the Posi- Ofice and the Bank -
lie had succeeded in ensting the President saHs,
the Bink--he would do well TO enlist hun against
The post Office The responsibility Of the Post
| Ofico was with the Pfesdsnt and that oil the
Bank win Congress. The President ln'efiered
between Senators and their duty and he had Gone
nothing in n,,si atroc case, towards erfesting
/ IL. h.. La, Il IN mr.
ercsc the power which he claimed OF supervision !
| over oil the Departments OF the Government.
Mr.. KING, Of Alabama, said that when the |
proper time arrived and he should use his own |
time his own responsibility would bring
f,rward Inc resolution, Of which the Senator from
Missouri had given notice, If not prevented by the
previous action # TINT gentleman. lie had no
doubt Of the power Of tn, Senate TO repeal any TO-
solution IL had adopted. What repeal facts 7 nsk-
ed tho Senator from South Carolina He would
ask that gentleman IL they had il hot in their pow
or to rotrace their steps when they have done
wrong if they had j, not in their power to correct
their own Journal when asserting what was not
true. The democratic party OF the Country had
spoken, pronounced judgment upon tho facts stated
in tina, journal. They had declared that these
facts were not true: that the condemnation pro
nounced against tho Chief Magistrate for having
violated the Constitution Of the United States, was
not true, and II was high time that II WIS stricken
from the journal il dsgraeed. Tic had hoped, with
the Senator from South Carolina, (Mr. Calhoun)
dat they should have but lilllc more 10 do with
party politics Lu,, after wha, he had heard from
that gentleman yesterday and today, he did not
expect 10 sec him freed from party spirit. Did
t,at gentleman venture to pronounce upon the con-
duct Of the Legislature Of Alabama, when he ask
cd how these resolutions had been gotten upl The
resolutions, he would reply, were got up aspiri.
which he trusted would ever prevail among the de-
mocracy Of the country. lie did not expect, a, the
time he presented these revolutions, that they would
have caused this debate lie did not come there pre-
pared tor any discussion, though other gentlemen
night have prepared in consequence Of the
debate OF Yesterday. What was witnessed then !
Why the reading OF the reports OF tho Post Ofhcc
| committee vas hardly over, and before gentlemen
could possibly understand them, they entered nj
once into the debate, und denounced the Chief Mn
gisraie, tho Postmaster General and the Officers
Of the Pos. Office Department., with rapidiiy and
zeal, liule compatible with justice, OF tho proper
| discharge Of legislative business. The President
Ind bcea hshly ccnsured for no, dismssing officers
charged with highly GRIMM 4 conduct, before he
could possibly have any opportunity of seeing the
testimony against them Let the Chief Magistrate
have IN opportunity OF examining tho charges
against these officers, together with the testimony
by which they are supported, and h, MI H., ven
turcd TO asset, that il they should be found guilty
of criminal conduct, they would be promptly pun
ished either by dismissal OF Otherwise,
Mr.. CALHOUN observed. that tho Senator
from Alabama having made some personal illusions
TO him, no fclt bound 10 notice them, although not
al oil disposed TO nlrude upon the patience OF The
I Senate
!, The Senator had said that he (Mr. Calhoun)
was truly connected with party. Now, If by "par-
iy" tho gentleman meant that ho was enlisted in
, any political scheme, Tim, he desired 10 promote the
success OF any party, or was anxious 10 sec any
particular man elevated to the Chief Magis,racy.
: he did HIM grca, injustice. II WAS long time
since he (Mr. CD had taken any active part in the
political affairs Of the country The Senator need
only TO have looked back to his votes for the last
eight years to have been satisfied that he Mr.. c.
had voluntarily put himself in tho very small mi
nority TO which nc belonged. and hat he had done
this serve tho gallant and patriotic State OF South
, Carolina. Would the gentleman sny that he did
not step forward in defence of South Curolna, IN
the great and masnan'mous stand which she took
, in defence Of her rights Now, he wished the Sc
mater TO understand him. that he had put himself IN
u minority of vt least one TO hundred-hat ne IN
Cured a degree OF odium, volontarlly, knowingly,
believing it to he his duty to do so, as there@as no
other means OF arresting this course OF Executive
encroachmcnt. He had made these sacrifices for
his State and his constituents had benefited by
his course and yet the gem cman charged him with
being actuated by party feeling lie was not
i The situation in which he stood was oil his own
seeking, and from which no beneh coull accrue to
him or his. And he would ask, did the gentleman
d think him 50 humble an indiviius that he would
associate himself IN any form distinct fom his
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