The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-12-01
sERvILITY OF CONGRESS.


: the meeting. The following is extracted
IRON hs speech on the occasion. Ii is pro.
per 10 state that Mr.. Fletcher was mem.
Der OF The Committee Of Ways and Means,
OF whose abJect seTviity he dIscourses
!" During the session, the business projects, upon
which the House was called to act, came almost
entirely from the Committee of Ways and Means.
lheTe are nine members OF that committee only
t"o Of whom understood to he opposed TO the
general policy Of The Administration. suppose
you would iAe 20 know the manner IN which lie
business was arranged Tor the House. | will tell
YOU iho tcGys, the means YOU will see ia due time
You vii doubtless suppose that tins Committee OF
Hays and Means has some duty TO DO some
"ays TO devise, means TO find out; some
plans 10 originate and mature for the acti, n OF the
House. Tie committee, you iniog look over
ne message, see what Is recommended 10 be done
Tor the benefit Of the country; consult together as
10 The best measures; and lay the result 81 their
deliberations before the House ]. TINS your Idea.
Mr. President? Is this v hal y Oh think, fellow
cfzcns? Fit is, an sorry to inform YOU, that
you labor under very grer, mistake. | once
enitrained the same ideas; bot | som lound my
error. No such thing, sir-no such thing The
chairman OF The committee steps up 10 the White
House, and there receives IRON The President, or
f the Secretary OF the Treasury, such bills as they
Wish 10 have passed by the House. The chair
man puts the bills into his pocket, takes them 10
the committee; without any examination, the ma
Joriy ii the committee approve them; the minorl-
" can do nothing the bills are presented 10 the
llouto, and received as the GoingS of the CON-
mitiee.
:" aver 70 you that every important bill passed
By TIE House, came to the House rea4y drqtcR,
from tie ESs-utve. The Representatives are mere
machines Every measure Executive mea.
sure. ! mean by the Executive, the President,
aud Tic heads Of departments the cabinet. They
originate every hing poi every thing in the pre-.
cl>e shape they sish, oofd .or word letter Tor let
tel, comma for comma and the Executive ma.
Jofiti ~ the House pass each bill iorhnih with.
oat 0ltor.tlon---and Ear as depends upon Them
without deba ,e-luSt as II comes ilom their mas
ters at the White House.
{" ! had heard 81 Executive dictstion-- OF Execu.
tiga usnrpatlou-ol Executive patronage. | tho,
thai had seen something OF It: but tlll VISITED
tire seat Of Government, had no cunce liIon OF ils
true nature, Vi lis vast extent. | solenuiy warn
tou against this terrible conccntra ilu OF power
IN The hands Of the lXecutive! ! see 10 II most
alarming ngtr-thfeatenIng iedTully threatt H.
ing inc ibtnits Q. the country Executive pow.
81 has become very Ccn~sus, which besl,ides
citizens, If We do aot overthrow ii, assurediy
1t will crush us, and IN crushing Us, in crushing
The people, II viii crush iibarly, It will crush the
constitution"
his, believe, IS faithful picture Of the
mode d transactng business, which has prevailed
at Washington lof r0any years The power aud
patronage o. the Grown have corrupted the tntCg
ffty aud undermined the independence o. the Rep.
rcsenl5tives OF tke People. From being the guar.
dams o. popular rigbts and the uncompFossiug
Toes OF Executive aggression, the two Houses OF
Congress, dung the late gloomy reign, sunk into
mere reglsjrl OF the llSess aud arbitrary vii
ot the rcyal occupant Of the White house. IL.
stead ~ resisting Executive uSul patton, efretiug
out corruption and Investigating ihs conduct Of
public tunclIuuafies, they surrendered every thing
into tie hands OF the office htders, and joined
these WORTHLESS 10 their crusade against tie lIbsr.
ties al the people. Under this system, the official
ctfps. knowing by experience, that all euorntties
rslzht be pctporattd with npunIty, increased
their ;nso,ncc during the last year Of J4eksons
reign t. a pitch Of 61trsyagauee without paral-
lei sace The latter Gays OF the Roman Enpite.--
The refusal hy ihe late President and hi, Heads
of Department to permit the House OF Eupreseu- |
tativss, The grand quest Of tie nation, to lnves
ugate the condition ard mana emont OF the Ex-
ecutve Departments, the climax 10 tins hagltlous
system, AID the tame aoquiescence BY tue House
in tho naughty refusal are fresh in the memory of
the public. The office holders could go no farther.
They claimed the right of acting as they pleased,
and claimed exemption from all accountability for
their conduct.
Bu, this state Of things cannot much longer
continue. Ii is too much for an enlightened and
patriotic people 10 endure. day Of retribution
i At hand The corrupt palace slaves, with Amos
Eon, iaJ ~, bra hal qyp SD
upon the easy yielding of the people. betrayed
their confidence, robbed their Exehequer, and then
Knocked and derided them, will yet be made 10 pay
a heavy penalty for all their Offences. sldsish
and unprinciped majority 10 Congress viii no
longer dare TO screen oficiul dehuquents from the
punishment due 10 their crimes. The friends OF
reform sustained by the " Earthquake" Voice OF
the PEOPLE, uill denand and execute justice on the
great political indicators Of the day. The myr.
midons of power however anxious, viii Ice unable
TO oppose an efficient barrier 10 the calls Tor pun
ishmen, against those who have committed 50 ma,
nv wrongs on a great people. The investigation
into eficlal abuses, which, twelve months since,
vas denied BY the then arrogant and exuling Of
fice holders 10 the Representatives Of the People,
can no more be withheld from an indignant and
triumphant people,
Il Is great and solemn duty. whieh the Wing
Ps'ty owe TO themselves, TO history aud 10 the
people, TO expose all the corruplions and abomina
nations Of the late Administration. They have
mol at tLis time opportunity Of SIGNALLING their
glorious liumph, and making il permanent by
cieoting the regning dynasty, because the cleo
lien is thrs, years off But they should, by IN
folding the ssrk tablet of the past 10 the public
gaze, force this conviction the popular mnd,
that their victory, the corrupt faction IN pow.
cr, has been not less merited than glorious. That
a Iftral tltp
fitv. and with thsir continued ascentancy are
identified The glory and this welfare of the Repub.