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


liabors OF tho artisan, aud the researches of
me scholar. IL should be the atmos phere by
winch we should be sustained and strength,
ened, and from which we should receive
ooufaacy and viSor TO perform the duties of
good citizens and patriots.
The Connexion between the Government
and the People of this Union, MIR. IL. looked
upon ms great partnership. There should
be u common credit or discredit, u common
nonor or dIshonor, common interest in all
things between them. The distress il there
oc hny, oil The Government should be reflect.
Ell uWn the People. The arm Of pawer
should not he welded over the governed. TO
he looked up 10 as paramount The People
sn"u'a moi, while struggling amidst di.con
tent and perplexity, be iusul,ed by the spec
,"c'e "i 'hclr Government walking free, I'M
referred, unembarrassed, and in prosperity
MIR. ii. remarked that il had been said
,hat TINS was no new proposition that Eng.
land aud France had furnished examples of
similar schemes; and no, long since (ibough
perhaps not parliamentary to aliude parties
ular.y TO II on that tloor) the great Mormon
OF inns golden bible (Mr Benton, of the
Senate) had inslanced Rune also, us furnish.
ing similar example. In reply to these
illusions, Mr.. ii. ndverted 10 The difference
between the institutions of England and
| France and ih1se of our own country. and
asked, why not model our whole uverument
upon these examples: Why not establish
The divine right oikings" principle through
I out create standing army, authorize sys.
tenn ct passports, and all the rest. Aud
Rome, too; Rome had her quas,ors, or pub
lie treasures! Yes, (said MIR ii. } she had :;
anu 'hey grew by what they fed en-
ihey followed The Roman eagles TO conquest,
and, IN every situation, were ever the links
! bpt The un,y D..o,l, l,t
bearing Government.
MT. IL. alluded To the provisions OF the
s'ii ne'ore the committee. The public mo-
! ney Is to- be given by the Executive to the
different dIshursing officers Defalcati.n
would ensue ei,lcatiDn, as the consequence
oi this provision. Besides the direct uiIler.
ing and frauds of the officers no will have
ihechnrge OF the public revenues there ould
he the Drawing sycophant, and the unscru-
Puious partisan, whose very bread would de-
pend upon hia subserviency 10 Executive
dicialon. lie did no, allude more TO one
Administration than 10 another. This would
ever be the Case, were this bill 10 become
law In case of an election depending in a
ny Stale, ar district, or Town, Ihere wsuit,
ne call on the partisan Office holders eYer-
tons. On one side would he his honesty
and on the other his uiiice and he would
console himself, while making tha sacrifice
OF The former 10 The latter, that The bread Of
MS vile aud children depended upon il. And
VINO VIII call the deiaulter IN such a case,
Ia account? The Executive! This would
never he; and as TO The Congress? That.
tao, was powerless The proceedings OF The
last Congress, under similar circumstances
to those described, afforded sufficient proof
| that this was So
Here Mr. Ii. alluded 10 the novel and
mons'rous c0ctrine which had been breach
ed under the lale administration, that every
officer OF the Government vas accountant.
! 10 the Executive alene; aud he only 10 the
! impeaching power OF C0ngress !; and insisted
'hai no people were ever strong enough 10
/ resist the union Of the purse and sword OF
! Government.
| IL the bill passes he commended, the money
OF The People would not be safe i, would be
| less sale Than III banks, where the stock hol-
uers iGteresis require the selection of care
iui directors and officers, and where there
were many hands, and not single hand, 10
guard those interests And to this point MIR.
H. read from the Congressional Debates of
1850 an opinion OF one who, he wished, could
lake part IN that debaie, AID sustain the
views he had once expressed, and wbieh he
would now quote-visws which he was con
hdent The high regard for his opinion, enter.
ianed by The members Of that House, would
lead them 10 regard with great respect: he
alluded to Mr.. Speaker Polk, no, in the
course OF debate in 1885, had said that
corporations were safer Than any individual
couid oe,as The depository Of public moneys''
because corporations were bound together
by The strongest ties of interest, with an inns
| mense aggregate OF wealth, which furnished
sale security, &c. &c.
But, (said Mr.. II. ~ho Can tell but that.
u ihai gentleman could descend from the
chair, ard address the House on this bill now
he would not also be found TO have under
gone some changs OF sentiment since the time
alluded TO! This would not be more sur
prIsing than that one Of that gentIsman's
friends, also on that floor, should have chan,
geo his vIe"soD the subject within the same
Term OF lime. In a debate uron a resolution
offered IN 1885 TO that body by Mr.. Gamble
as to the best mode of keeping the public mo.
neys, MIR Cambreleng was reported in The
Congressional Debates TO have uttered The
opi6Ion That The sub Treasury scheme would
flhd no friends there, and that il was n bro
position too odious and monstrous TO be en-
tertaised.
MI Cam5Te'eng read, 10 answer to this
S"us'Oh, an extract from his own prepared
report OF The speech adverted TO, to the effect
Iha1 lie had expressed the hope that The time
would come when banks, as fiscal agents al
The Government, could be dispensed with al.
together.
Mr. ii. remarked that The gentleman had
uoted against the scheme al the time and
was reported, in the book OF debates, before
he had Time TO prepare carefully his own re.
port OF the speech he bad made, to have said
That such proposition could find no friends
IN that body. But still (ssid MIR. HI ri
Know that opinions often change, like the
gonrd OF Jonah in single night.
Mr. IL hern LII