Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-02-09
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Scene /. The Senate Chamber
| BoMRASrEs BENTON My voice Is stll for ey
| purgatou! Gods can tbs colar'd Senate long
debate, which ofthe two 10 choose, the dlsplea-
sare OF Andrew Jackson and myself or the vlo-
latlon of the Constitution Dad not We put
down the Bauk-the hero Of New Orleans aud
myself the Bank, that hydra, that vampire,
that lcviathan, that Mcdusas head that royal Ii
ger, that-any thing YOU choose to cllIlt. But
we have scot,hd the snake, not killed H. We
have Sear'd but one head OF this prolific hydra
lie have but eXcorated the yamprc-haipoon
ed the leyalhan, and grinned al the G0lyon.-
The royal tiger has retred TO the Jungle. and,
" crouched on his belly" he awaits The iavofl-
bic moment when hc may spring upon the nn-
wary traveller and revei on his entails. But
nil deSpeyand,im Juchson dure which means
in plain English, nothing need be de- paired OF
while jackson take, the responsibility. | am
happy 10 inform YOU, that unless the present
Legislature of Penn~ylyanla shall uulhiy the
inqutous bank charter obtained by fraud and
collnslon-ycs, sir, by COLLISION and fraud-lhe
veteran OF New Orleans Will march army To
Harrisburg, blow up the capital, and m grand
d1sf0 dd te, consume the dISloyai and refractory
Legislators, VINO presume toteslst the will OF the
people. From Harrisburg, he will proceed to
Philadelphia and lay thai rebellous city IN ash
IS, establishing his head quarters in the Bank Of
the United States, and hanging Mic Blddlc on
gaIlows as high as Humans. All this he Will do
IN conformity with the obvious will Of the PEG.
pie, a. demoustrdble IN the recent Presidential
election.
And what, you may ask-what should he
done with the audae1ouS Bank Senators, who
placed upon the Journal Of tire Senate the pre-
sumptuous expression OF opinion in relation 10
the removal Of the dePosltes Win, shall be
done with the men who have dared impugn the
infalibiIity of the hero of New Ufeans Shall
their truncated corpses be nailed TO the gates Of
the " hite House, or shall they be lmpaled alive
upon the iron fence IN front Of the palace Shall
they be burnt in bonfire of bank memorial,
and panic petitions, or shall they Senator
Rires)
SsNAroR-Wlll the gentleman from Missouri
give way one moment
BoMBAsrEs-W hat would you say SIR
SENAroR-The gentleman need no, rans1ok
his brains for adequate modes OF punishment
would suggest plan which | think would be
more efficient than the most ingenious torture
would move that all the opposition Senators
be compelled to lay down their pens and listen 10
the honorable Senator's speech.
CLAY.--W hat refnemen, OF cruelty The idea
is worthy of Procrustes.
PRrsroN.--I implement, decapltation, before
such sentence
CnlrrENDEN- Had three ears, I'd hear thee !
Mss klNG.-Order, gentlemen, order. The
gentleman from Missouri has the floor
| BouRAsTEs do not wonder at the ug-
nance manifested by the Bank miscreants to
/ hearing my speech. 1t must be gall, woruiwood
and molten lead to their cars Where was | ?
JupAs DANA.-You were euloslsing that mar
velIous man, the President.
! BoMBAsrEs.--Tru How, sir, can do US
,ce to the magnificent attributes Of his charac-
ter? What has he not accomplished during his
glorious reig, Has he not buled France into
having us The debt she owed US? Has not Ma
nles. and Denmark, and Spain, and Portugal rem.
bled at his roar and planked the reluctant rhi-
no But one outrage has occurred during his
adnlinistratoa-wit the exception Of llousion's
attack on member of Congress- and Lieuten-
ant Randolph's traitorous assault upon the impe-
rial nose Irefer to the robbery and massacre'
committed by the Maays OF Sunatra unon an
American vessel. = IPretches they did mol
then know that Jackson was President of the
Unit,d States They had not heard Of New
otlean,, 5r.tla and AlnbrIa'er aud The l