Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-05-10


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Eztreets Jrem the Speech of Mr.. Bell, Of Ten
nessee, iR the House Of Representatives,, on the
Nauel appropriation bill.
Bm, Mr.. Chairman, it has oflate become
more important than at any former period
Ia the history of the Government, that this
subject ofPfesident-making should be taken
,p seriously, and made a part ofthe regular
business Of Congress. By force of that
system ofpar,y organization and discipline
which is now rapidly maturing and spread.
ing itself over the country, it must soon
come to pass, if indeed it is not now the
case, that the election Of President de-
termines every other question OF public
policy or public interest for at least four
years, and perhaps eight. Ifthis be so !; if
it be true that every thing is to be settled by
the DEGREES of the party, and. that the Pre-
sident, as the head of the party, is only the
organ through which their decree is to be
communicated to Congress, then appeal
to you, sir, whether you Mr.. Hamer)
would not upon reflection retract senti.
ment expressed the other day, and admit
the importance Of discussing every question
connected nearly. or remotely with the
presidential election? :
repeat, that if the. doctrine is to be
established that no member Of this House
who processes to belong o'the party in
power can vote against measure recon-.
mendsd either publicly or privately by the
President, without incurring the is!putatlon
Of deserving his party-and such believe
is the rigor cf the new system Of party
; tactics in operation,--lf whatever. the Pre-
|; sident recommends cannot be resisted by
/, the party which profess to support him, |
assert that this subject Of President making
is the first and most important that can and
ought to occupy our attention. Ifthe result
of an election is to annihilate the in.
dependent power of action by Congress,
and put every thing in the hands OF the
President of party, it is time not only to
assert the right to discuss the question here,
but 10 do itpromptly, freely, and fully; and
it shall not be my fault it it is not done.
There is strong reason 10 believe that tho
obligations of party are held so sacred,
that none who belong to the majority dare
to do any thing which the President shall
forbid, or to fail in the support OF whatever
he shall recommend. Have VIC not lately
seen the force OF this obligation to be so
strong in this House, that the absolute
power Of peace and war was ready to be
Welded up il efec. INTO tie hands of one
man? Coming tothis House under the eS-
traordinary party pledges usual in popular.
elections Of late, l hope it will not be
regarded as improper or disrespccttul, to
ask, ifthe President had, during the late
:. crisis, said awe must have war, "would the
party in this House have had the power to
gainsay it? War we must then have had;
and the moral power was not IN this House
TO resist it, whatever may have been the.
private opinions Of honorable members OF,
the wisdom Of such measure.
No occasion can be more appropriate for
the discussion Of the principles and prac.
tees of the Government, than the one
presented by the appropriation bills pre-
sented as whole. 1t is proposed to In
crease the annual expenditure for the
military defences ofthe country and internal
improvement, ten millions in one year. 1t
! is q new era in the history Of the Govern.
. ment. So extravagant proposition is
unknown in our annals. The results OF
this new policy are beyond the ken ur con-
,eepson Of any; but. those who planned
~ ut, understood them well enough, though it
- nay not be desirable to their interests to
.5.s:vow them all at once. The first inevitable
result of this policy, if it shall be sanctioned
: by Congress, will be the introduction, in a
$ short period, Of an increased and oppres-
:, sing system Of taxation. An increased
q q annual expenditure of ten millions may be
-1net for q few years from the present sources
j of reyepee;; but the public lands are now
!GSn state of such rapid exhaustion, that
:n.Sle, :.S soon we viii find our revenue from this
=. reduced toa million OF less. Ihe
public works which we are now ABOUT 70
{ commence must be carried on, and funds
Twill have TO be raised to support those which
I'll :, may be finished ip the mean time. Then
's;oomes new ind increased system OF
,ftaxation as a matter Of course, with Its
usual train OF evils.
=" But what viii be more serious con.
~ - $ souenee, is the great increase of the army
.e5a nd navy, which cannot fail to follow the
" q tloption of this new and extrayagant policy.
when all the navy yards, and all the new
E,rti6catlons now proposedto be established
slan be completed, standing army of less
tha n fifteen or twenty thousand men would
nol be thought of, or tolerated under the
new impulse which is soon to be given te
the military spirit. Indeed less than thai
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