Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-03-15

Speech Of Mr.. Wise,

millions amendment passed. and aAer disagree
ment the Senate adhered. Was II disrcspectful
to adhere The gentleman from massachusetts,, |
(Mr. Adams who thought was "in a stew all
that dreadful night sccns now 10 have u holy
horror Of the word adhere" understood the
Senate, sir. was strongly asserting only the doc
trne Of specific Appropriation; not as dissenting
from the ordinary items of the bill and not as obIec-
ling TO reasonable amour, of additional appro-
pristion formally enacted. The Senate. SIR, did
not know the secrets And shall the Senators
among the rest an honored Senator from Tennes
see, (Mr White who knows his duty generally
as ony man without being told, who was truss
ted by the Presidentfrst of any, and deserves now
TO be trusted with his confidence more than all his
present friends who, when he was in confidence,
kept it honurably and the confidence itself was
honorable and patriotic-shall they, shall he, be
accused and condemned for not knowing without
hearing the Executive secret ? Shall he be re-
quired to know without being told--to vote with
out knowing why Why, sir. the service is hard
enough to do the sovereign will and good pleasure
of potentates when the bidding comes loud and
thoritively, and that Senator is not who is like
~ to obey orders from any power but that of his
own People and their Legislature; but to do the
will Of his master without bidding and to know
that will without being told is two much to ex-
pect of any slave If this is sin, hope sir, that
he and his friends will ever have to plead guilty.
Sir the Senate knew no "why wherefore" what
ever for the passage of that amendment-they
were taken by surprse-they respectfully disa-
creed The House refused TO recede and insisted
The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr Adams)
voted to recedo from the three millions amendment,
and vet Yesterday he asserted that any one "~ho
yo,id ,of.se to quito Co. .h~t amendment had but
one other step to take, and that step would be to
ioin the enemy and asss. in battering down the
walls of the Capitol I"
| IMr Adams here rose to explain He had made
| no personal allusion he said, to any member OF
this Congress- nor to any individual member of the
las. Congress- lie had persoufed a sentiment,
and his remarks were applied to that personifca-
ton.
Mr. Wise. | am glad to stand corrected, quo
ted the language in order to be put right. "Tbe
personifcaton ofa sentiment ~ see it, sir, car
give it form size, color-a skin, muscle bone and
snew. can make it palpable man, whose era
mum the phrenoiogists would mark very intel
| lectual ] understand now that this is Massa
chusetts war and it is not for me- sir, to NEEDLE
with it, If | understand the genteman's explana
ton for recediDg, it was TO prevent the loss Of the
bill and vet sir, when the House was for adhe
ring did he not adhere tool Mr. Adams shool
his head. So it is, the gentleman did vote 70
once-twics to recede. Generally if any MAJ
does adhere, adhere and adhere, it Is he. | vote
for the amendment and adhered TO il throughout
was not in the secret was on he verge of
precirice and | might have had 10 thank the gen
tleman from Massachusetts, Mr. A., for vot
which might have saved me from an awful plunge
into error.
When the House asked for a conference, tn
Senate readily agreed, and appointed conference
on It's part. The conerees Of the two Houses "A
rrceI on reducing the appropriation from thre
millions to eight huudr d thousand dollars, and o.
making 4, more specific. And ! now again as
the honorable gentleman from y. Y mr. Cambre
LEM the chairman - tfo rulfres # tie House
who'hcr when h- 90 mo co.,. .en.e si.er agree
: rent to report, he did not ,nIcnd' Why did h
not report 7 ST. ! said yesterday there we're tw
conectures. say now there are hree modes q
accounting for the failure of the honorable gentle
e mans intention. One is, that the report failed be
cause OF word in the ear, whispered by two hg
functionares between the conference room an
THAT door, (poin;inG to the door next to III
Speakers room,) or the genlleman's seat 10 ia
q House. Were there not two such busy-bodies
e IN the wsv Of the duty 10 report Another is. sIr
: that there was special communication, billet
doux handed to the honorable gentleman (Mr Cam
brelengl in his after he came in from the con
ference Was there such billet, and what wa
its pnrport 4 third IT, that there was a specls
e yis, N person from certain distinguished Sena
r tor Of "the party" (Mr s-w-',Jr) What di
r he sayI Was not The burden Of all three, III
whisper the billet, and the special messenger-l III
n Senator stopped low from his high degree, 10 be
h come runner between The two Houses-that tn
u conferees Of the House had done wrong 10 sgrc
r to reduce the sum- That eigh, hundred thoosan
s dollars was poor piuful sum- which would nc
= satisfy the President That the President had =
g sen up 10 wrath and sworn that be would veto N
: bill because the Senate Rad refused the Who'll
= grant Of three millions ADD that they should b
d made 10 bear TIE loss Of the whole bill Did ne
, the intrigue thea double aspect Of policy
g ward Off from the President the responsibility
Il yetoing the bill which he had sworn to veto, al
= throw the responsibility and odum Of the failure
the bin on the Sensie' Tins wsS the sborninSbl
II game /, was too bad 10 JuggIe frs, out q OF
n indedendence Of legislation, and then 90, Ct OF