Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-04-01

an hundred eet ng" the public debt d,taxes
J.cJ The rold currency rcsioreu,-uie Sou
S,,Is pleased from useless ana dangerous pI
7'ai'' ;,,r oucs.iuns srttlrd,-a gIganl!c m"heJta
III .7I.rd in lis march TO the conquest o the
,,t,r,nn,-,lle highest prosperity attained -a'!u
h l,rro Patriot now browning the list OF Ills curious
,.c. hv covering his country villa The pan"piy u
- trr. and concentrating his measures Tor The Ieslo
.;n and preservation Of The currency of the Constu
iion We have had brilliant and prosperous ad'iiS
trons: but that Of President Jackson rcses, surplus
SIS, and casts into the shade, all that have prccedeI u
And is he u be branded siigralzcd conurihn'o u'
Justly and unlruiy condemned, and the records VI 'iI
Senate lu bear the evdence OF tins outrage u t'e 10"
poslerity; Shall this Presdcn 50 glorious III P'"I.
in war so successful at home and Abroad WHOSE "''
nsiraon now hailed with applause anu gral!uuc ~
,hn ,.nnl and destined T., shine tor unnulnbeed ages
i'm Tie political iruiairnt of history s"a'' t''
sdcnt whose is to live forever, "os, ,', is
from liz. and services will he through Tue g'c "'' -,
10 the tervle of everlasting la;ic' siai "' 81
nos,rrv with this condemnation upon HIM; ana mat iol
| the most glorious action ul MS HE c,., d
Nr pre.,,cnt hive some knowledge oil history, anu
some acquaintance with the dangers WHICH n"'"'o N"
rucounlrrcd and from which heroes anu stI'es'"''
| L $780,. - ,n,u, have read much OF ancient ana
r,,L,rn history and where have iouha P''"'',i !"
the services rendered by President jackson IL. cruShs
the conspiracy of the Bank hut III tie iaofsP t
Consul in crushing the conspiracy OF Outline nc wv"
copsr,cs wore identical in their uolrclS Doth ullcct
ed AGAINST the Government and the property OF le cou
trv (;icaro ry,unuishcd the Calinarran conspiracy
nnd Rome;
racv Of the Bank and saved our America le'f 'ei"
service WAS the same and their lues have been strangely
alike Cicero condemned Tor violating tc laws Tiu
th. Constitution; has been President JACKSON nc
consul was refused hearing in his own defence; SO mas
| lev presi,.;, Jackson The life OF Cicero was at
tcnped by two assassnS twice wHs the muroeiouS p's
tot cyclled IL, our President All Italy, the wtole NO.
man world cried out against the lnJus'ce u"''e " I
patriot Consul; all America IL now crying Out
The Injustice done to the patriot President. twenty
thousand young Romans, in procession 10 tie !aP'u'
tore the sentence of tie CuDsus condemnation from tc
fnSti of the republic; million OF Amefica'S, -.
and heads Of families, demand the eXPurgaloh OF
the sentence against the President Clcero' ioD"
nv all lat was virtuous III Rome, repaired to the le
pie Of the turlary gods a"d swoe upon ie a''ir ,Le
trmpc of tile living God, might take The same oal ahu
find its response i'll the hearts OF millions NOR sha
the parallel stop here, but after times, anu remote pose
rifles shall render the same hunors To each wo llou
sand years have passed. and the great actions OF the
Consul are fresh and green in history The school boy
learns them; the patriot studies them" the statesman APP
plies them: shall it be with our patriot fEesdeni|
| Two thousand years hcnce-en thousand hay, while
time itself shall las-tur who contemplate the time
when the memory this republic shall he lost: while time
itself shall last the and fame OF Jackson Shall re-
main and flourish; and this last great act by which he
saved the Government from subrcrson, and property
from, revolution shall stand forth the seal and crown
of his heroic services And if any thing that myself
NAV do Or say shall survive the brief hour in winch
1--we il will be the part which have taken, anu lha e
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defender of his country.
Mr. President, have now finished the view which an
mperious sense Of duty has required lie TO take OF this
su,irct trust that have proceeded upon proofs and
E,cis and have left nothing unsusained which feel it
to be Inv duty to advance. IL IS not my design To re-
peat or 10 recapuate but there is one urhcr and vital
consideration which demands the noticc OF a rcnaih'
and which should be iucss TO the genius OF our CO.
vcrnmcn if should prctrrnit.-ll Is known, SIR, that
ambition for office is the bane Of free States, aud the
OF rivals the destruction OF Their county,
These contentious lead TO every species oil inuslct ana
to every variety of violence. and all cioaHed Will! The
pt,.,cXt OF the public good. Civil and banslicn
at civil wars and the ostracisi at Athens bills OF
a,lanGer Star Chamber prosecutions and lmpcachncls
in nnanG; all 10 get lid OF some cnvird or hated RI
VAL and all prctcxtcd with the public good; such has
been the history OF free States for two thousand years
The wise men who framed our Constitution were well
aware of all this danger and all THIS mischief anu
took circ,ua care, they thought, to guard against
it, Punishment, the ostracism, the Star Chamber PR"
srcuuns bills of altandcr all those summary and VIZ"
lent modes of hunting down rival, which deprive Inc
victim OF defence by deprvlng him OF the intervention
of an accusing body to stand between the accuscr and
the trying body all these prescribed by the genus
OF our constitution. lmprachnents alone are rrmra
and these would most usually occur tor political orAceS
and be of character to enlist the passions "l many ana
rn au,ate the country. An cfftctual guard 1t was
supposcd provided against the ahGsc OF tic lprac
men, power FIRST by requiring charge 10 be preferred
by the House OF Representatives, Us the grand inquest
| Of the nation :; and merit, III combining Tic trial to
the Senate and requiring ni orlty Of two.thrds TO
convict. The gravity. the dignity, The aye OF The
Senator'S and the great and various powers with
which they invested greater and more various
than are united in tic persons under any other
constitutional government upon carl-titsc were sup
posed to make the Senate safe depository for the i'm
ueachnlcn power; and il the plan OF the Constitution
Is tullovcd ont il must be admitted to be SO. But Il
public officer can be ardigned by his rivals before the
Senate for npcaclIable cicncrs without the nterVcn.
ton of the House OF Representatives, and if he can be
pronounced guilty by simple majority, instead vi
| Inri pj,,l,f nj
Government miscurrrd and tic door lett wide open to
the greatest mischief which has ever afflicted the people
of Tee States Then rivals and competitors go on
to do what it intended they should never do-ac-
cusr drnouncr, condemn, and hunt down each either!
Great has been the weight Of the American SENATE
True raS when its reflections for Office were fatal 10 cha
ricri; time when It's rcrcons are rather passports TO
public iavug. Why this sad and omlnUus decline: Let
no one deceive himself Public opinion is the artrr OF
character enlightened day; It Is the ArcOpaIuS,
tum which there is no appeal That aroIter has pro-
nouncgd against the Senate. 1t has sustained the Pre-
sdem and condrIuucd the Senate If II had sustained
the Senate the President must have been ruined as it
has not the Senate must be Iuincd il II pcrscrcrcs IN
its course and gocs brave public upnun an -
| stluliou. it must he ruined!
Sir. n.sh.-l have cndcavorcd TO discharge pain.
ful duty with iirmncss, but without violence. have
cndearorcd to keep within the pale OF recorded facts
wish nothing to stand upon my aSsertl"n but every as
srr,io TO he referred back to the evidence aud 10 bc
measured by it. ltany thinks that have been harsh
OF severe let him only carry back his memory To the
OF The panic session, and cc"llect IN what terms
President Jackson and his friends spoken of at that
| time. Above ALL let him remember that he is
present to speak, aad to vote, for himself that he has
two advantages Of which the President ad neither and.
Of one OF which, it broUyes him To wisely well as
Justly: speak oil the voting power and am free To admit,
that far Senator is backed by his STATE in voting
Tor himself he votes efficiently and iusliiaby far
he votes for himself against lr OF his State, he
votes without the ingredient which gives efficacy To his
voice aud leaves his case deplora5c than il
before.
|. . - s.. Saturday, .Harch 26
Tie Senate dill not sri to-day.