Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-06-23

Treasury Notes, a,6 rraty to Mr. Rket Of S,ssM
Carolina, and Mr.. Csnssreieg Of Nee York. Deiserei
'as the House Of Representatives., Nay IL, 1885,
The bill providing for the re-issuinx OF ten mil
IN committee Of the whole on the state Of the
Union, Mr. Inghram, of Connecticut. in the Chair.
MR.. SOUTHGATE rose aud addressed the
committee As follows:
Mn. CnAIRxAS--I expressed desire to address
the committee on the questions involved in this
bill, and to that end, at this late period in the
vening, made the motion which I did--that the
committee risc-not doubling but that the usual
courtesies would be extended, at any rate. to one
who but once before trespassed upon the Indul-
gcncc Of the House; but sir, to my utter astonish
mcnt, this poor privilege has been denied me; and
BY party vote YOU have determined that Won
will not rise. Mr.. Chairman, arm not deceived
in the purpose you intend TO accomplish. You arc
resovc cd pass this bill if this very night.
les, sir, force il through; seie debate; drire "s
TO submission; sfarrc out by a regular serge.
Bat sir, SO far as | am concerned, your have mis-
taken your man. will not retreat. ! am ready
for action; and, for one, promise you that here
in my place, unawed by your power or threats,
unsubdued by hunger fatigue, will | remain,
battling, for my constituents and my country, this
most dangerous Of all former executive expert
mcnts. until the morning Of Monday shall find
INC yet struggling against your trained party
phalanx and your ready doors Of executive bid
ding Sir, the history Of free legislation furnishes
parallel for this indecent haste. Bat two
DAYS since, the President sent us a special
sage demanding more money; not submitting to
us, the immediate representatives Of the people,
who under tho constitution authorized to
raise money for the support Of tho government in
our own way and manner, but in a special and
particular mode, unusual and extraordinary: the
re issuing Of ten millions Of Treasury notes.
And, sir, what is done? Forthwith your favoriic
due!ling report is, by the very men
vhNr
and now you find gentlemen here ready to vote,
who have not been seen here for week. The
shbbolc:h Of the party has gone forth The faith |
ful troops arc in the field; and before midnight I
the battle is to be fought and won. But sir, be- |
fore the deed is done, I am resolved that my con-
stitucnts and this nation shall know some thing Of
the ac,ings and doinRs Of men in power, who are
now abusing the confidence reposcd in them by
confiding people.
But, before l proceed to &c considera ton Of !
The merits Of this BILL 6; any merits it have) feel
Il my duty to r>y my respects to the gentleman
from So',,:." Carolina, (Mr. RhetD who has just
Poured out his whole stock Of volcanic lava upon
aristocrats, banks, wings, federaIists,
with all the cant Of an uniledged and newborn
modern locofoco democrat Mr.. Chairman, have I
you never observed that. in christian so in the
political world il is the latest convert who makes
he noise, and that he 10 all the time labor
ng to show by his works that he is entitled to
promotion and the confidence OF his associates?
Tho gentleman from South Caroina, without any
authority other than what he draws from his own !
has attempted to prove that we who .
&c opposed TO this bill DESTROYS to emba rrass
he Government; to withhold the supplies and i'm :
air the public credit and national honor. And, .
ir, in the full measure Of his denunciations, he :
Oddly charges upon us, that, like the federasts :,
uring the late war, we have combined with the ;;
anks and the aristocrats to war upon the Execu- :.
We and his administration. What act, sir, done 3
omitted to be done, has authorized the honorn- .
e gentleman to attribute to the o2pcsers Of fh:s :
III any such motive or purposei Is il because ).
c will silently submit, with our arms folded !,
pass this bill in the form prescribed by the - :.
xecutive, without stopping to inquire whether :.
& good or for evil, that we are thus unccremoui- "
,sly denounced by one who has just stentered
e ranks?' ~
1t does seem to me, Mr.. Chairman, not little
range that the honorable gentleman-who, with g. g.
the recollection Of all, was among the fore :,
ost in the front rank, with his unflrlcd nullify- ~
2 banner, ready to resist, at the point Of ~
Q bayonet, certain supposed encroachmcnts f 49,
leral power, Unauthorized he belie> cd under =.
c constitution-should now indulge in such harsh ".
ntIments with reference to those who are found =:
their proper places opposing with all their 81,
faaional and moral power the passage Of law -.
y 80 80 ella
norable gentleman is not content, in the funcss pa
bis newborn zeal, with his laundering philip ~:
against the oPposers Of this bill, but he thren, M
the banks with mobs; and we are told by him ".
{ the ''mighty contest for power and mastery -:
,etween the banks and the people," and that d :
ess the ''banks cease their hostility toward ~.
Government, the people. in the majesty Of ~, Lp
ir power, burning with patriotic Indignation, 80"
raze their marble columns 10 the ground, and ~
tter the contents to the winds" Sir, has il re
re to this; that here, in the American Congress. '
trnes revolutionary, so full cf mobocracy, "a,
veil calculated to encourage lawless rapinc a"'
plumber, shall be uttered by Representative yer
'is place, as the only argumen, why we should
nee, and without delay, grant the Presidcn, o. .'
e money! trust in God he speaks hi. own W, PC
not the sentiments Of his new allies. hope O'n
he honor of my country, that he stnnds s'soI- ~ ~
and alone" in his glory. But. sir, the hpnor-
gentleman has wholly mistaken the parties -. "et :,
ais great contest Of which he has spoken Ii :"
OF a war Of the banks. against the Govern
I. bat between the o.fice-holdess the ..'
side, and the people Oh the other. A strug - :,
on the part Of an insnted people against -
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=. t9 -: go .s-.:,,1 peril