Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-01-16

| ''''''' go - - people upon trai! The
| servant arroign his nlas'cr! Tho s,,h;so.
MS snverniga. No, ST.. n; the pycs;la,p
who arsaiG gus, and we who w,aldlsy. va,,i
nc hurried irQtti our seats of power and trns.
by the indignant soon OF an ins,,,, III
People, for our iolly aud ms ,lcnce,> s., !
am bold enough 10 inquire iG,o any ,l;n,,
ieg''imateiy wialn the scope ormy scrn,;,
ny, INTO any thing touching the conapct ri
the Peoples trustees and servants. I'm. no.
knowledge the People as INV m,s,ers and
sovercigns while sitting here as their - MO.
tcnfatiVo; and warn him, too, sir. VII, s;,s
N the White ii9use,les palace may have
n2de mn lorg.t who and what he is, that
they also are kis masters and sovereionsi
There is a question of State rights. too
involved IN thus matter, Mr. Chairm,n.
ask my Southern State rights friends if thew
can brook this assault upon state e.ectisnsq
il this be "A subject fit 10 be introduced man
Executive Message TO Congress, i. is Fl, for
our de!ibera,ion and action. Now. for ono
discIiam all jurisdiction over local elections
ov the Federal government or any deDart-
ment or officer thereof. | object, then. to
hiS resolution OF the gentleman from Geor
gsa, Hlr. Haynes, because it embraces this
part of the Message, which is an ;n,ro,er
subject of Execa'ive COMMUNICATION. and
ought not to be referred TO any committee.
Does the gentleman propose TINT the
committee ct Ways and Means shall take
up this inquiry, whether the peoples polti-
cal will was basscd and enslaved hv bank
capital? An inquiry, indeed. for poas de-
mocrats The committee of Ways and
Means sitting IN Judgment upon the people,
and inqulrlng into the condition of their
morals ! My word for it, they would re-
port on the side of the President they
would endorse bis charge against the bank
capital at least, If not against the people !!
\ beautiful party of patent democrats, ac-
knowledging the voice of the people to be
the supreme law of the Repnblic," sitting
gravelv, sitting in Judgment upon the lbef-
| ~ and character of the people! This is
mode1a democracy A more pertinent and
tar more useful inquiry ought rather to be
instituted by this House into the in.erfe-
renee of the Executive and its officers with
the freedom of elections. That, | conceive,
would be Il Legitimate inquiry. But 10 an
inquiry of this KIND these 8. democrats -
have ever been opposed upon the ground
that we the Representatives have no right
to inquire into the public and political con-
duct of Executive officers As chairman OF
a committee to investigate executive abu-
I ss~TJs ..:.~
about the conducr Of all the Departments,
from the President down, touching The free
dom OF elections--but was invariably vo-
ted down by dem ,cr;ltic minority of the
committee, upon the ground that the Execu-
tive was not responsible, save by impeach-
men.. Aud shall this same Executive now
pretend, TO the right of inquiry into the con-
duct of the people, and the influences which
/ governed the exercise of their political OPT
NOUS arraign that conduct, ana impute to
those Influences corruption, and the worst o.
tendencies. Call you this democracy, sir
1t is a spurious, degenerate democracy
But, cir, | do not intend f,rmily to de-
fen1 the people. | cannot sit in Judgment
upon them. They need no defender.
leave it to the immediate representatives oil
those who have expressed their will, and
whose character and franchise have been
thus assailed by the President, to defend
both. @
The voice Of the people was the voice o
God whilst it was 6 street. rOice' in favor
of power and prerogative. Now that it has
declared for the people themselves, it is i'm
pugned and challenged as corruptly biasset
and enslaved. The exPresident charged
the local banks with the basest perfiiy
their officers have never defended them
selves to this day. The present incum!,en1
now arraigns them for briblng and corrupt
ing the people and my word for it, the PEG
PIE will be their own advocates, juries ans
i Judges They will defend themselves.
Bat, sir, am not only opposed to the re-
ference of That part of the message already
] dwelt upon, but also to snch reference o
any part or the whole Of that document Il
the committee Of Ways and Means. My
reason for opposing the reference of finance
to That committee is, in the first place, one
founded in the constitution of the committed
itself. That committee, it is well under
stood, is already prepared and ready (
move with the President in carrying out lhi
!, fivorite sub-.reasury scheme. TINS House
Is composed of majority OF Wings AM
Conservatives, and yet sic Out OF the mn
, members on that committee arc Loco 70
!, cos-com,nitted to maintain and Pefiec
! this measure, TO which a maJ,riiy OF thu
House and of the people are opposed. De
t structives, as / call them, they go for tn
divorce of the people. from their Govern
ments, state and federal, and from their IN
stitntions-for the destruction OF credit, ant
for system calculated to make one cislze'
E the prev of another, aud the whole peop!i
the prey of the Office holders. The SPEAK
/ er has expressly lor.ned that committee VIII
, | -s.,,o, ~ the onIS and aims