Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-04-05
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Tns saruSoiso srSrga. The party" Whi,h
has carried it. ucs,utc,. s discipline and 81. Tao
ties 10 such unbounded length. heretofore it would
.eem are about to attempt so cap The climax .'
Il wa, 20 be hoped that 80 dlgnlfed body A. the
Senate the United States would continue 60 have
too much regsrd for IL dignity and honor moi
even 10 s;iempt To snly aid pailuie that bod by
any rash party measure. OF by one which is esteem
ID absurd, uudignacd and unconstitutional. Ia
fac, We d. not yet believe that. although the Ad
ooinis,rsiou has. lean msjnrjiy in tha, body they
The heroiie.) will all be brought 10 this point Of
degradation, TO which We aliude-,lz to erase.
srpvngs. OF draw Lisck marx. around hist which
its predecessors transacted. because ii is little
uupslaisb'e TO them. They nigh, as well erase
the who'c S. part ~ burn vp the record and done
with it. There il no difference in tho principle.
II will be readily foreseen BY cor readers that to
s.,sbsb such preccden, would lead to new to-
pic Of everlasting les islaior, asde from the impro-
pretty OF the act Whenever one 7sriy goes ont
Of power snd another eomes ia the first legislative
&C, would be, a. in this caso, TO bring GIrwsrd
resolution Ia bot out portion. all the proceed
ings Of re predecessors, that any wise obnoX
ions! Wh"re then. The inquiry ariscs, should ono
resor, Tor evidence fnt prcccpts in ORDER 10 in.
ves'iga,, To examine, the proceedings If our uersl
On the whole We can arrive a, no other conclusion,
than tina, such a course and such neapnrcs would
Be as fatal to the charter Of beloved country
10 seize the sacrcd instrument itself and commit II
10 the unqucnchabe flames.
We anne, the remarks Of the able Editor Of the
Columbian Ceniine on this important subject.
The Erp,a ginr Revolutions The memorable
expnngiag Ro-oIutipu- although the leading men-
sure of the Administration, make slow progress in
the SENATE Of the United States. To force them
through the ,nos' onrrages expcdcats have been
resorted to. In the frat place, members of the
Senate have BEEN sp2dsed that blind support Of
the Resolutions was considered test of their f.
deity To tic party. The collar senators of course,
gave their adhesion with servIle prumiitude. -
Such IS have manifested opposition TO their pas
sage, have been denounced as On worthy OF conf
6ence and unwearied efforts have been made Ia
induce their State Legislatures TO instruct them To
f.lsify the records nf the Senate. The Legisla-
tare Of old Virgins forge,fIl Of her pristine g
nifty tsse been constrained By the mand'te from
Washington. to instruct her senators To violate
the constitution ana tNeir ualiS ot III nCeul-
crce To the Presidential will: In consequence OF
THE, one Of her senators has resigned hs seat. and
the other has determined to disobey the extrso:di-
nary mandate.
In the mean time Mr.. Calhoun has proposed a
Law to punish those who guilty Of muiiatuE
the public records. Such law ought to de pas
sed without delay. and the CRIME Itself ought To be
declared felony. Those who would falslfy rub
lie record for party purposes, w"uld In Ike man
per tssify any other document for selfish porpo>es
The records ofthe Senate belong as much To The
country as the public buildings 10 which they are
deposited, and mu'uisiion Of the one ouGmr tu b.
considered a. feloncons thst Of the other. lH
deed The public records are the more precious prn
perry ofihe two. II public building be de!ace,
or destroyed. II can be rebuilt or repaired, bat
ruthless politicians are allow to mangle tie puh
lie records, reliance be placed 10 the JOUR
nails Of proceedings. The very aiien'p, 20 comm
such outrage 4, noon day. and by pIhh,
vote eynees the 'ogklS.snsss 1T tho prs.sri s,niu
isralion, and the senaliiy Of It's prominent lead
cs.
The prospec; u. that the cSpunging resllniirn
will not pas, al the present session. at least. -
Without the ed OF The Pennsy ly4nIa Senators M
advocates Of srpunc'ion will be- ~ a minority; an
1t 10 supposed that the Legislation of that State
vii! instruct ito Senators oppose the resulu
tions