Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-03-19

and unusual amount Of public money, to,
be applied as he thought proper, either
TO army, navy, Notifications, or any 9TH
er object, which his warlike propensities
might lead him to think necessary. To
measure Of this nature, it might readi-
" be believed the Senate would manifest
decided repugnance. In order to com
pei that body to compromise its prnci-
pies, and in n manner to lalsiiy all its
professions Of public duty, it was deter
mined further, to tack this measure to
another bill ofsuch obvious ard pressing
necessity, that the Senate would be COM
PEELED, either to concur with the House
in offering this incense to the military
idol, or TO take the odium Of appearing
to cause the loss of such measure as
the annual bill for fortifcation In one
branch Of their plot, the managers may
be said to have effected their object
The Senate tds too conscientious-too
firm in its regard for the Constitution
and the laws, either to be humbugged or
inundated into measure Of this char
acter. They at once and Indignantly
rejected the amendment, and voted to
adhere to that rejection by the extraor-
binary majority Of % to II. In the mean
time the President, who is always in the
habit Of attending at the Capitol the last
night of the session, for the purpose of
affixing more promptly his appreciation or
disapprobation to the measures presented
to hm-being informed Of this decision,
was excited, it is said, to an eXtraordina-
ry state Of Indignation, which was ra-
ther Increased than soltened by some 9TH
er occurrences Of the evening, and par.
tcularly by the indefinite postponement
in the Senate of the nomination for Judge,
Of his favorite protege, MIR. TANEY. In.
this state of mind he suddenly left the
Capitol, about midnight, not in the very
best humor it may be presumed for the
signing of bills, and in mood to use his
old weapon, cut where it might, and TO-
put summary VETo on any measure
that might be presented to him, emana-
ting from the obnoxious Senate. This i
was that brought SO suddenly from the
Executive Chamber, to the door Of the
House Of Representatives, the two high
functionaries we have mentioned, on
their hopeful errand--which led to their
conversation with MIR. Cambreleng, and
induced him to forego his first and hon
est purpose Of submitting the equitable
compromise agreed on by the commit
tee Of conference, to the action Of the
House; and to this cause and others
which we have briefly enumerated, is to
be ascribed the wanton destruction of u
bill of such high import to all parts Of the
country, and TO This io,rn in particular, as
that, providing for the completion and
armament Of the great works Of defence,
: which the government for SO many years,
at so much pains and expense, has been
laboring to erect in this neighborhood
and elsewhere.
I 1t was foreseen by these managers,
that if the reasonable propositions re-
commended by the committee Of confer
ence, were agreed to by the House, as
they certainly would be by the Senate,
that the bill in the ordinary course of
business, would be presented to the Pre-
sident; and that he, from the state Of ex-
element and irritation, in which he left
the Capitol, would as certainly veto it,
To prevent this responsibility and odium
from attaching to the President, recourse
was had to the management we have in .
dicated--how successfully and with what
disastrous result, it is now unnecessary
to mention. On these strange and un-
heard of proceedings, in body profess
sing to be deliberative and legislative,
let our intelligent townsmen and readers,
again and again ponder.
AS to the two flimsy pretcnces, upon
which Mr.. Cambreleng rests for extern
/, uating his conduct, viz: that there was
no quorum in the House when he re-
turned from the committee Of confer
ence, and that it was then after 70 o.
clock, and too late for business, we must
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