The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1836-04-01
IN THE SENATE.
nxa,rg ON aR nEsToSs EEsoLu
TI0Ss
"Wednesday. February 3

Mr.. MANGUM rose, and szid tnai. un-
ii vsry recently. IL had not been his pur-
aose % participate in Ibis debate. lndeed,
r. resolutions Immediately dader consi>
Jsra,inn admitted Of but lule discussion
and slight diversity Of opinion.
The irsI resolution. in its original form.
-. novel. bald. and decided. and. in his
a,,aion. eminenlly ineKpedieni. Ii bore
r. ,upress 0llis paternity. As il is now
N Lifted Al the suggestion of the Senator
Cr,m Tennessee (Mr. Grundyl. II embo
Ale. ,nr of that genlleman's IelielIOus
eonee pllon.. importing nothing definite.
nrr.rnlIng Rolhlng tangible. disarnlng
res,s,anre. because IL disarIns itself. II
!. a smooth lIngle Of words. awakening
M orecIse idea. indicating no defined
pr.rlrcal views. and sinking entirely out
~ .,sh, those bid and novel FEATURES
,ha, chasaclerized IL original TORN. II
3 roa presents one of those Comfortable
po-,,on. on which either wary Or srru-
oulons gentlemen may stand well srfeen
"a from responsibility. and say " AZ" or
:. "a with equal ImpuarIy. II Is INV
like anlhlng hut itself. unless u may he
hkeaed 10 the Senator from 'fenaessee.
40 far A. il aifirms that things " ought
M. 10 stand exactly a. they are" When
We .hall come To divide upon Il. Il we
shall yute upon IL a, all ~ ITS presen.
form. gentlemen will find IL difficult,
having regard 10 is merits. To discover
anv motive for lis support. or 10 suggest
.ny precise and decisive reason where
Z fore Il should be rejected. Unlmportan,
As are these resolutions in themselves.
ibev have been made the occasion of
discussing much higher and graver matter.
Gentlemen had taken a vide and dlscur-
siye range. and touched every topic lha.
could supply materials for taunt. criml>
nation. and lnIurlous comment.
The Sepaie had been sssailed for
refusing The supply Of the three mil
hons on The last nigh, Of the last session.
Our foreign relsuons, and especially the
Preach var. had heen elaburately dts.
eussed. and The surplus revenue had been
a..ailsd with SIgnf proporIioned 10 the
magnitude Of the prize. In truth. thirty
millions Of surplus revenue. and the
future surpluses accuing from year To
wear. are a great prize. To retain the
surplus. AMI an unchecked control OF u,
Is Ia retain power in the hands of the
present holders. and 10 WELD IL with an
unresls.ed and irresistible domination, 10
detiatrc Of constitutional right, IN scorn
Of ANCIENT usagss. and IN contempt Of a
disnlfisd moderation.
Mr.. NJ. said he had disapproyed the
a direction gwen To most ol the debate
by thase with whom he usually acted.
lie nal all along felt thai Senators expos
ed ne nselSes to the suspicion of feeling
sense II weakness IN their position.
when Ihry suffered themselves TO be
arrssgned here nv senator. and ,hey
seriously and grayely set about defending
themselves against the charge. A. TO his
vote upon the three million supply, ii
vas right Ills first impression, sirnag
as II was. had been strengthened by
mature reflection and Subsequent de.
VeIapmens. Upon that vote of the
Senate depended The uniform usage Of
Congress. the integrity Of the Conslllu'
lion. aud the peace of the country. lie
would not, therefore. submit TO be arraign.
ed either by Senators here, or by the other
House. or. strange as il nigh, sound Ia
wiling ears, by the Executive itself. lie
would submit TO arraignment by no power
under Heaven, save that constituent body
N North Carolina To which he always
lelI amenable. and TO which he owed and
cherished all duty and respect. Nor
would he undertake the disgusting task
OF deIlneating the history Of the three
million supply. its rise, progress anl fall
lis career was brief and eventual, conceiv.
Ell N Proaigacy, nurIured by empiricism,
and brough, to its death by sinister dc,
Signs and crooked policy. The tabled
god tia, devoured his offspring was moi
more cruel than the projectors Of this
outrage upon the Constitution. the trea
'ury, the pacific relations, and the pa,
Hence Of a betrayed and insul,ed people.
VINO doubts tina, this fruil Of intrigue was
crushed by the hand Of its parent
Me-. Nj. said he should take his stand
upon higher ground. There was M
necessity for any extraordinary appropri.
a''on. To the close Of the last session
mere had not been word or movement,
On the part Of France. indicating hostile
purpose; nor has there been, TO the
present moment. No, man, woman OIL
cAld in the United States unprecedented
war at tina. time, and least or all, thai
tie hrst hostile demonstration would he
made on the part OF France. IL is true
tnal at the opening of Congress in Deem
'eF' 1894, the Presiden. had thrown 1