The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1836-06-04
From dc Kdaangsen Gieit.
2 OPPOSITION TACTICS.


the country, in a very ernpa.hic manner, to-
the new taclics brought into play this session
by the Presidenlisl candidates in Congress
and their pariisans, to defeat and iusttale,
the business of the session and 10 erade the
penalty ol public responsibility. This new
system consist Of prolonged opposition e
speeches, motives and questions Of oFdeE.
as they are called. (but which. 10 reality, are
disorderly- ques,ions.) aud ia multiplying.
eternal calls tor years and days ON questions
OF adjournment, or, oaher Insignificant points
by which contrivanccs the .yoie is STAYED of
from day 10 day. from week TO week and
ffom mouth 10 month: and whep at iast, the
time comes for voting, then these hcsoeso Of
opposition either SIT still in iheir chairs
aud refuse 10 voie, or dodge bebfad the cd-1
onnades, or besake themselves to walks and
visits through the city Thus after the
most embil,ered aud prolonged opposition %
some measure for the sersicc Of the country,
they escape responsibility tor their names
no, appearing iuthe list of nays, there IS no
thing to conv,c, ilIem, IosSthe report of their
speeches is denied and treated as q newspa-
per calumny. During the while sest ION, this
norcl amp degrading system has been acted
upon.by the opposition. and many yaagrnt in-
stancies hare from time to time been pointed
out to the public; but the most unius,iiahls
and scandalous instance OF the kind which
has ever 5e, occurred, took place on Sstnr-
day last In the Senate-in that body once 30
grave and decorous, now and for the four
years that the Presidential candidates havoz
converted that body into an eleciioneesing
club, The theatre Of senses which would dis
cr-di, a cross-road tavern. Itwas on the
iorN6ca,ion biil,- tha, which was defeated
last year, aud ios the less Of which debaie
Of 80 much crimination and recrlminaiion
occapied RIO months OF the session. Bot
there viii b. no longer room for tnrther de-
bate OIL that point. The bills for foni6cu-
Ions. Tor there are now two bills depending.
one in each House, are jast Us furionsly OPP
posed. and by tie same identical men, ss
the three millmn appropriation was al the
last session: aud now al the end neaIlyo Of
the six month Of the session., not dollar IS
sc, appropriated for lori6eations! and the.
season is so far advanced, that the year ucy
be conssdred a. lost! and thus two yeass viii
pass By without being able 10 get money for
inrt,6ca,i rs. and The Treasury itself al tho
while brim full Of money Bu, the Psesiden-
,,al candidates i'd the Senate must have tho
influence Of taa, usouey themselves, tos theit
bargaining adheren,s in the States, TO lay ont
10 the best polite! advantage, during the im-
pending election. THIS being the state q
for,i6cs,ions. nothing spprppriated, and ihc
unfinished works falling TO ruin for want OF
progress. ssrcnous efforts hare been making
for weeks to bring The bills 70 final coueln-
SION. On Saturday last. the friends Of tho
bIiiunderook::.o si,a cat, and havingcaI3cdup
The bill al ono o'clock, the Presidential can.
didatcs and their adhcrcuts commenced an
obstinate aud determined resistance, winch
lasted about 6rc hours, when the friends Of
The bill having proved that il was 4 question
between DEFENCE aud DISTRIBE.
TION,- between the FORTlFIt ALTON
BILL and the LAND BILL,--and that the
Whole struggle was To CREATE SUR
PLUS by PREVENTING APPROPRIA.
TlONs,-having pro-ed thu. they ceased
speaking aud commenced voting. bat
scarcely was tho voting commenced, bcsoro
The motions To adjourn succeeded, and these
being voted down several times, the heitire
tactics, the flying manrurre, vas resorsed
to! aud in counting up the votes. j, was
found tina, no quorum had voted that twen-
ty-6rc Senators were no, present! Repeated
aud vain efforts were made to recall the ft,2i-
,ises TO their duty. Conc they had gono
they were! and como back they would MOI
a report Of this day debate, and Of tho
yeas and nays. will verify this u,ortifying de-
tail, and show The country who it was that
opposed tho bill in debate and corporate a
the call Of yeas and nays; and who, Ike
Parhisns, fed to conquer. and defeated By
rn"n'ng wha. they could no longer oppose By
standing. Persons at distance NAV sun.
pose tha. such scene as this 10 impossible
in the American Senate hu, the repos, Of
the debates, tho journals Of the votes, and
the presence ofmany spectators, will be able
l.. r,ndica,e the truth, and TO show that no
have impcrlee,ly and family skeschcd pic
,urc which ough, to be drawn to the life, and
exhibited 10 every citizen. The fact 10. that
since desperate wretehcd. broken down set
nf hap0,r.inr tr,d,Nv f,r,:oo. :a,~;.-.~~