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I-expressed his sovereign contempt of Mr..
Van Buren-caled the Speaker tool and
an instrulnent-annihllaled Mr.. Cumbre.
lenr-.,irmatized Mr.. Adams AZ an apos-
late from Frderalsm-laughed at perish
credit BeardsIcy-,old the Van Burenites
that they were Roderick-Dhu men, who
micht be called together with a WHISTLE
and finally approaching royalty Itself, be
dared 10 grasp the roaring hon" by the
name. Mr.. Wise said that he was aware
ofthe responsibility he incurred IN exposing
the corrup,ions of the reignlng dynasty,
bu, the statements which he had made were
recorded. incontrovertlble facts. He call
ed The attention of the House 10 the con-
fession, which he had yesterday wrung
! from the Speaker, IN relation to CONVEX
sotion held on the last night OF the last
session. Mr.. Polk then Chairman OF the
! Committee of Ways and Means had said
that the Three Msllon Appropriation was
wanted by he President, but that this was
to be kept secret. Proceeding from this.
Mr. Wis., went on to denOuncc the lamp
erlng of the Executive with the other de-
I partnents of the government. "a noble,
talented, exalted self-sustalned ambition,
! ike that of Napoleon" said Mr.. Wise,
"aspring TO power over the runs OF the
! CONSTITUTIONS" | can admire while | res s.
but the servlle mnlons, and groveIlng par
asit cs Of secret despotlSm, | abhor and de-
splse five are to have despotism, let it
be open, papable and unconceaed, that |
NAV take the wings Of the morning and fly
! to the uItemost parts OF The earth rather
| than submit to its control"
SIR. Wise went over the whole ground
| of executive abuse g. usurpation, in his re-
marks. lie charged the President ofelcc-
pioneering slang in his Message, and of
gross interference in the politics of differ
cnt states Mr.. Van Buren, was dragged
forth from the background ofthe tabeaux
vivans, and shown up it 0 mastery style.
The true reasons of the loss Of the for.
tiication bill, so disgraceful 10 the pertty
cahal by whom it was con'rived, were
reiterated and proved III a manner, VIII lch
cannot be con'roverIel
An alusion to passage in Mr.. Adams
speech Of Yesterday, brough, that member
to his fee, in explanation. Mr.. Adams said
that in his remark that the person, who
could say hat he would not have voted for
the three million appropriation, if the enc
nv ha been b1,ierng down the capital,
need proceed but step farther, and that
was an easy one, to DIN the enemy IN their
work OF iemnion-In this remark, he had
merely personf d a sentlmen-he dis.
Claimed any allusion 10 an individual. He
woJld further beg leave to say, that in vo-
ting lnr The Thrce Million Appropriation,
he had acted according TO The imperious
dictates of his conscience. He had diff
cred on that sub ec' with all LIS CO leagues
save one. who did not now occupy a seat
IN that body. On most other great p0lt.
zeal questions, he had concnrred with them
cordially aud sincerely. and he tru ted that
he III uld continue 10 do so.
Mr. Wise said, that he had alluded 10
the remark made Yesterday by the gnntle.
man from Massachusetts N order Ia bring
ont the eXp'anatlon which hsd been gwen.
l. mi;igaled but did not na'erially alter his
vcrspn Of the passage in his speech so
1t was the person ticat,on Of sentiment,
10 which the gentleman directed his nIIp.
ualDu! j. is ccrtouly most substantial
personiica''nn. en- give it eyes, f'a,u es,
HXDresslun, formation aud muscle. a phre-
n plngiSt would call II a most intellectual
being. "-Mr Wis proceeded To expose the
QnibIe behind which, the gen cman from
! MaS-a ChuSeltS has cntrcuched himself H.,
shortly aterward launched lnio an eloquent
peroratiou, and closed by expressing a
devou, wish, that the facts, 10 which he
had gwen pubhclty might 90 abroad and
he known throughout the land-that the
people night he apprized of the extent of
executive dctation and legislative servilty
OF the astounding corruptonS, which have
existed and do exist in branches of this 90.
vernment.
Mr. Combrelcns. on rising to move an
adjournment, said That he should b. much
more brief in his reply, than the gentleman
had been IN his attack On a filing occa-
sion he should repel and dlsapprove The
charges which had been made agans, him
by member Of the senate.
| He further sad that the assertions ofthc
gentleman from Virginia were by no means
new. They had appoa ed before in a Phil.
| ndelph paper, al the time The Senator 10
whom he had alluded was in that city.
With these brief remarks, Mr.. Cambre.
leng moved to adjourn. having upon the
minds OF his hearers very formidable i'm
preston of what he is going to do on a
fitting occasion. The "prcmoniory is
poor creture. He shifts his demonstrations
of attack from Mr.. Wise to Mr.. Webster.
for the reason, that Mr., Webster is in the
Senate, where he cannot blast Mr. Cambrel.
eng with look, and Mr.. Wise is in the
House where he would inevitably reply if
attacked.
Washington Jam 81.
In the House this merning, MIR Cambreleng
undertook TO reply to the exposition made The
other day by Mr. Wise. The speech of Mr.
Cambreleng was for the most part a repetition
of Hubbard's speech in the Senate in reply to
Mr. Webster. He withdrew his threat of de-
molshing the Senator from Massachusetts,, 10
whom he said he had done injustice in attri.
buting 10 him certain statements, which
he now believed did not proceed from him.
Mr. Cambreleng was by no means successful in
explaining away the prominent disclosures,
which have been made in respect TO the loss
of the Fertilization bill He miigated some
OF the subordinate circumstance, but the prin