Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-05
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MIR BELL, AND THE SpEAKERSuIp

Speaker
Before bis election, SIr. Bell spoke in favor of the
Bank, but voted against t--and he claimed credit
with the iiends Of the Administration for the sacrifice
he mad" OF his private opinions, rather than sacrifice
tue Republican cause By dividing the strength OF the
party In speech made TO portion of the citizens since
his election Speaker he declared :. dat ia oil
things he Ind gone ,ri has purity, and II he had erred
irds sustaining his friends support cf measures
acch kts judgment did Sa,,rtiop He asserted that
" lie a'cays had tecn uaifrn the support of Me rnea-
s9res recommended by Gen. Jackson, did typ or
Jatter an las course az tie last ~ Congress M
H. admitted there discrepancy in ms speech at
rerc"s session # Congress, tie subject IF the Bank
ana nc corsc Of Pocy noc adopted by me Ereeatire
oTdnch ~ inc E0rerfmcnt Tic subject" &C. In
the same speech in rieence>to the question upon the
removal cf the dcpositcs he said, Mat sci the Influence
he possessed o,nG6rs he coud II he h1d co
sem haze ehongd tie njotity, and gsen the OPPOSE
tioa The prepoRderonec IN tic L9use' He stated that
nc ,eds not he only indiciGuai eAo could hare brought
party could hare eftcttd lie thing; aud Mr. Bell
sad 'cds not speeches 0t friends Of the .7dmnisra
.,on ood an n'td gu cas roies true and ioyai friends
uat 'eontd act in tic hoar Of nccd.'
We give these extracts from MIR. Bells speeches nj
homc to show the mode in which he addressed himself
not only TO the honest friends of the President in Ten
ncssee 70 their favor and suppor-but how he APP
Piled himself to the friends of the Administration in Con
gress for the same purpose AS the Representative in
Congress OF the District which had given the President
TO me Cnoh, At wss naturally expected that Mr. Bell
would have been foremost defend him. at the crisis
when all the artillery of the Opposition directed
against ms person The panic embraced in its
results not only the fate of the grea, for which
the President held himself responsible, but his character
with pcstery. He was inipcachcd in the Senot.
and as the majority there refused 10 receive his
vindlcation his nearest friends and ncghbors who
had sent Mr. Bell to Congress, had a right 10 ex.
pcct, that the of their eloquent
would have been raised in the Hall of the People,
TO defend the President of the Pcoplc-and most cspe
clly OF the People of his distctirom the accusations
OF assaiants who had violated the Constitution to reach
him. MIR. Bell, offered the apology we have Ouoted-
He informs satisfactory constituents He
certainly had the art of making it paatable some OF
1 he d.suf host frtarf
of them sustained him for the Speakers Chair and ena
bled the Opposition To elect him.
II sa curious circumstance find in the nazcs of Mr.
Bel lniTlgues the same state Of facts successfully en-
ployed to produce directly opp site results. He urged
as we have seen, his votes against The Bank charter md
against the Of the Dcposis while IN Drncyig
he was on the side of the Opposition proof his
ton to his payas proof that he would 90 for il right or
wrong-and IN this way obtained the suiirsges of some
OF the staunchcst partisans of the Administration for
the Chair On the other hand by making speech in ia
of the Bank and by remaining silent durin0 the SOS
SION, when The President was personally assaed the OPP
| position, with whom lie was most intimately associatcd
were given to understand, that he with them il,
feeling and opinion, and that he only voted apanst thcm
because under species OF duress They were sensible
too, that ms vote not necessary carry the charter
oil the Bank 10 The first Instance and that il would not
see to turn the scale in their favor upon the question
OF the Depositrs while therefore they oonfcd III his
hciinaons were secure OF ms secret influence, they
! Willingly gave him dspensation his vote In
deed the consciousness OF the Opposition that Mr. Bells
heart with them, while has vote only was with the
friends of the Administration, secured their preferences
Tor him II adapted him precisely 20 their purpose
Their object, minority, has always been divide
and conquer-and MIR. Bell by sic0tuy acting with the
friends Of the Administrator was enabled TO secure
that fraction Of their strength which was indispensable
TO put INN in the position OF strength, which hr has re-
cehuy taken advantage OF, To increase that division by
means OF which he al first succeeded and hoped bv ex
! tending, to make that success permanent
We have been informed of circumstance which roes
far 10 prove that MIR Bell and the leaders of the Op.
position, understood each other perfectly in relation 10
the Spe9kershp, sometime before the vote given.
Mr. Bell IN is speech at home, since the election said
90 Mr. j. saicd that it understood by the nation
aargc nnd~ i9lly at the city Of Washington, ll,at
Mr.. Stevenson ld have aeaild the Spcukers Chair
at an eazLIesri0 of the session; at
alleged that he h0otc etre confidence Of the Republican
Partynot u& sertn cight IF Mc supporters Of
The Administration ,seh he kRelc to be Op9osed to him
Ills enemies knowinehs strength pretcxt for post
Poning the election, ufel-that the question upon the
subject of the deposes and fhtre charter of the L.
Bank must be settled before tn election should take
place tor II was alleged. said M b. by his enes4fifrs-
mat II the Chair should be vacatdrsr-cIi oucy-
tons should be settled that it would leopard the union
OF the party; and Mr. 3D. asserted tiat the mission 10
England had been suspended, aud Stevenson continued
IN the Chair for the purpose of organising strength
against him and to secure his defeat"
From this it would scem that at the escIcr yeriod Of
tie session, Mr. Bell supposed lie irt nye rested lis
Prc'Ghsons upon the sarPoftS rs cMc administrations
flhGng afterwards however, that he could rely up
on the support Of even bare majority of the Rcoubi-
cans III Congress ne refused TO submit his claims TO a
meeting Of the whole party whsh il was proposcd To- call
friends OF the Administration After having refused this
overture, he went to MIR Stevenson from Mr. Webster
while the nomination of Mnater England was sus-
pended IN the senate, and assured that pcntietnan
That Mr.. Webster would support his nomination md
that several OF Mn Webster slrends would also uniic in
confirming it, but FROM uneingnoss TO pivr their
vote Tor him while holding the station Of Speaker OF
the House Upon this representation of MIR. Bell
friends OF Mr.. Stevenson advised his RESIGNATION. Mr.
webster and his friends cItlsn authorized the COM
muncaon made BY Mr. Bell or most perfdiously VIC.
lated their pledges Mr. Bell nevertheless immediate.
" rcaped the advantage of the resignation The Oppo.
son proted by the division produced by the elcoon of
mr. Bcll-and The whoe traiio Of incidents which have
followed, tending TO tie harmony of the triumphant
Dcmocracy Of the Union but the natural results of
origin
Although Tie fact ihasNIr Webster eonspircd with Mi
Bel To induce the resignation of Mr. stevenson leaves
/ no doubt hat II concerted between Nh Bell and
the Opposition HAT lie should be the successor il re-
qurcd that the design should be carefully conceal
/ cd, to make 1t successful. If if had been avow.
| ga that Mr. Bell vas the Opposition candidate the
thirty friends Of the Administration who had prous-
! cd him support vpon his pledges. would have aban.
doned him. The Opposition therefore set up a shn,a
cahdidae in tle person OF Mr.. Bells present con.
iedcfoie, Mr.. Wilde The ballotinrs will show ho,v
cautiously Ms Wilde strength went over TO MIR Bell
gradually increasing u SIS such way. as nos only no; 10
Aduhusirauon side ifou the feeling which naturally
draws support TO a growing poll Several ofthe friends
Of the Administration at frst opposed TO him. seeing FIR
Bell election becoming probable on every ballot.
ng at last voted lnr Rim fos Tire purpose of increasing
INC claims Of The party upon bin and possible securing
ms idclhy The whole siory may be road in the ien
balloiiings recorded tie Journal from which h
Wide and Bell
Ballots. 2 3 6 Z 10