Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-10-26
Twemty-Fiith Congress.
FIRST SESSION.

SIX FITCH OF MIR. HOFFMAN'S Speech
On the Sub Treasury Bill, deiiyered in the
House of Representatives., on JTednesdau.
OctoJer ii.
Mr.. Hoffman would not offer an apo,ury
TO The House Tor addressing il upon "a subject
so fraught with the highest COED or the deem
est evil To his own constituents, as that now
before II. lie had been aware when he first
took his seat IN that body. that he would have
10 contendagainst great power and patronage
There had been u time in his political lite
when he thought the arm of this Government
needed To he strong 10 regulate some Of the
consequences OF the rapid increase, in extent
and Resources, oi the country. The usurpa.
lions OF The Executive, which he had WI
messed for the last few years had taurh, him
u different lesson. He now found the Gov.
ern'nenI too strong for the People and that
some OF the memorable predictions Of the
gentleman from South Caroline MIR. Pick
en') aud his friends, in regard 10 Executive
Quotation and usurpatiUn, were in a lair wsy
to be realized. He had come To his seat pre-.
pared 10 combat that usurration, aud TO con.
Tend Tor the lost rights OF the States and he
thought he shesld find The bold, manly and
chivairous ann of the South barred TO aid
MIN Ia that Contest. What had been his sur.
PRISE TO lind that very arm on which IA. had
w. e'Su idiScu III Inc van I'll The
attack he had TO resist. That gentleman
MIR. Pickens) had said thu, he had renounc.
ed no opinions he had entertained before, and
yet heis lending his aid in the advancement
OF scheme which is 10 unite in one hand the
purse and the sword of this Government, and
To make, by his adhesion and support. the
bill before the committee too strong for the
opposition OF those with whom he had been
used To act in concert.
Commenting on The argument Of Mr..
dickens as To the character and influence of
national bank, Mr.. ii. demanded vi that
gentleman what would lie tho influence of an
Executive, in any action against the rights
oil the States, who could WELD SO formidable
weapon against those rights as all the re
venues ofth Government And upon this
subject he enlarged extensively
As To what had fallen from that gentleman
IN his remarks Of yesterday, in relation to
the North and South, as relatively placed, in
interest and in policy, with regard TO each o.
ther, Mr.. LII, was very eloquent and f,rCiblp.
! That gentleman MIR. Pickens) had ihrea>
Tened servlle war, as the consequences Of a
struggle between those interests, and had
Promised 10 preach Instruction 10 the labor
ers OF the North, AN Offset 10 similar alleg-
ed appeals To the South. That gentleman
| (saId AlI. II. 10 mistaken il he thinks that
| there Is any parity of reasoning as To the Ia e
| lDrers of the North, & The slaves OF the South
| ihey were not, M was so boldly argued, I'M
DER The domination or control of capitalists.
! They were freemen, conscious vi their rights
and priv ges. BY the laho'ing classes Of
! The North The banner of The Revolution had
been uaturled, aud the fields oi Lexin .ton
anu Bunker Hill been won. By those class.
IS, there, even in the cities so much viliiicd
ana denounced, were the men Who ST, in that
nall sent thIiher and they were alive 10 oil
the rights OF freenen, which they sent their
representatives, there ls defend and advocate
| Mr. III. regretted that this ball of discard
had been set rolling there, that :he Texas
question, and the slavery question, had been
started on that floor 10 fright the House "fron
It's prspriety." He was not unfriendly To
The South. Far from il. Many of his ear
~ and most friendly associates W ere connect
Ell with that section. He should be ever
found on the side of the people of that section,
IN resisting any Invasion Of their rights But
sun he mad paramount duty TO perform-to
vindic"te from attack, and To shield from re,
preach, the people ihis ow part OF the coun.
try.
Mr. Hoffman paid deserved compliment
10 The bold and irank manner in which Mr.
PIckens had come forward to the aid of the
Administration in the support of this bill.
That gentleman had not crept into the ranks
OF his former enemies. He had, like Tullus
Auhdins, IN Roman history, bsldly told his
new allies OF his former battles against them
he had, almost in bravado, indeed, spread
before them The records of his consistency as
Their Incorporating opponent. They had
taken hikn into their employ, and, being in
the ranks OF The enemy, he ( Mr.. IL must
defend his couniryHen, though il be Corr.
olanus whoheads The VOlscians az anst Rome
The gentleman Continued MIR H. } is proud
of the name of i,ocD- Eecu Sir ,h,t 80
matter OF taste
Mr.. Pickens explained lie bad said, in
allusIen TO remark made on tina; floor some
days since by an honorable member, thai he
was willing Ia be such Loco Foco as John
Mli'pn was, u he were, indeed, one He had
not intended 10 he understood as DECLARING
himself a L"co-F oco, under the ordinary
acceptaiion of that term
Mir Hoffman Esid that he certainly did no,
mean TO misrepresent the gentleman from
South Carolina. He hardly understood VIVA,
The term IN question signifed. But be is
not surprised to hear The gentleman declare
ihat he IS not one oftbe followers of him " no
bad once sworn that his "mouth should he ,l,s
Parliament OF England, and that chs horse
should Craze in Chespside ~ Blu; he had
eulo5ized Milton as his exemplar. For tina,
name, he, too, (Mr. II. bad grea, reyer.
ence. tie remembered well The noble de
fence OF John Hilton of the subject and vel
'hIs very man was Choleric hasiy and often
Tash IN his opinions. There was (said Mr.
IL striking coincidence, which he could
NOT but aIiude TO, in The history Of Milton. as
applicable 10 our own times The same in. |
uepu patriot who, in bis zeal for liberty had
aldeS I'D bringing his monarch TO the block
afterwards threw himself into the arms Of the
Protector, and supported the throne which