The North-Carolina standard., 1838-02-21

Mr. B. said he hoped he bad now shown sue
cessiVely that, 10 seven most prominent lnstan-
ces which would stand conspicuous in the fu-
ture pages of the history Of our country in which
tha. parry so violeRny opposed TO the Democra,
cy of the country had been both consistent and
perseycsing in their opposition to their Govern
ment whenever it was found that peril and dam
ger had threatened her, even amid the calami
ties of war He was not prepared to say that
those who had, or who did at this time, admins
ter this Government Nwere the ablest that had
ever graced their stations by no means but he
woulI make bold to say, at least, OF them, that
the President, the Secretary Of Stale, Secretary
of the Treasury, of the Department Of War, the
Navy, and Postmaster General, and Attorney
General were all and each of them men Of more
than ordinary abilities. and Of respectable talents
and who had often, while members of this and
the opposite body, proved equal, when thrown
in contact in every respect, to the leaders of the
Opposition; nor bad he as yet ever heard of
dishonest or dishonorable act committed by
single member of the Cabinet If. then, such
were the facts, which he presumed lone there
had the boldness to deny, could il be- otherwise
than most strange and IncoIHparably marvellous
that these men, and every pFedeeessor oil their
party, should, in every instance, as above aflad-
ed to, be found in the wrong, and sacrificing their
country's bes. and dearest Interests? Would it
not be but rational to suppose that. by accident
merely they might, in some one instance Oh
those important occasions have been found in the
right by the immaculate spirits OF the Opposi-
ton 2-'for fool sometimes is right by accident.
and the wicked man sometimes doeth a good
deed" What an unfortunate party! What an
unfortunate Government is that which has never
been in the right, even by accident, but ever
el, ever unjust and wicked; always weak, in the
wrong. and corrupt. So say the enemies ofths
Administration, and so speak the Whig party
OF their Government whenever peril and danger
stare her mostly in the face. Now Mr. Chair
man, in all good conscience, do they not attempt
to prove too much? [ have shown that the fool
is sometimes right, if by accident and that the
wicked sometimes do a good act but this Re-
publican Administration, and the preceding ones,
under our Republican Democratic Presidents,
selected for their wisdom and integrity by the
people themselves, being more unfortunate than
the history of the world or the wisdom Of man
can account for, have scarcely in a sing ge instance
been found to commit single good or wise act
In the sight of their opponents. Sir, L say this
proves TOO much, and shows the entire fallacy
OF the whole foundation of this stupendous su-
perstucture of Whigish opposition. If the Re-
publican Administrations have always been in
the wrong, ignorant and corrupt, why has this
mighty nation continued so long to prosper and
flourish with strides more rapid and gigantic
than has hitherto been known to the history oil
man under the cspecil auspices, too, of these
weak, corrupt, degraded Democratic Republican
Presidents and their administrations. Sir if the
reverse Of this be correct and their course rrup
then the Wings and the Aristocrncy are right
bat the fact that this Government does continue
yet to exist, free, untrammeled, and secure in its
independence, realizing a prosperity hitherto
unknown to the world affords the most conclu-
sve evidence of the (alsifraion of our enemies
whether at home abroad, and stamps the brand
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the competence anG virtue of our Democ ratio
Republican Administration and its officers, EN-,
anating so often from the foul and corrupting
source OF party malignancy and disappointed
ambition. Yes, sir how could the Democratic |
Administrations have thus existed so long, if one
hundreth, one thousandth part of the charges OF
federalism, Aristocracy, and Whgery, had
been true Thus he had shown that the Opposi-
ton had attempted to prove too much as if all
they had attempted to prove was true they had
proved an mpossibility. and the utter impractical
bility of the existence of this Government.
He thought be had shown how wanton and
unauthorized were many Of the charges against
this Administration and its preceding one, and
how utterly reckless had been the course of
many Of those opposed to it, not only in the
present but in divers other instances Mr. B. |
said he had not been forced 20 speak thus plain
ly, but that crisis had arrived, when every
man should speak out, & the people ofthe country
should hear the truth, and the whole truth, in
relation to the opposition that was carrying on
against themselves and their country 1t was
only necessary for them to know the facts and
the real truth n relation 10 the administration of
the Government, and each party would receive
their due reward at their corrective hands,
He had now concluded the most that he had 10
say upon the subject then before the committee
He then only had to entreat the very honorable
gentlemen who had made such opposition to the
measure before the House. and called upon the
friends ofthe Administration to come up and
defend its acts, to stand firm in their own opposi.
ton TO those measures, and 10 show their opposi-
tion, and test their sincerity by recording their
names against the pass Ige of the bill then the
subject OF discussion, and not to continue that
lowest OF practices which had been pursued so
often there, of opposing for days, and weeks
measures OF the Administration and when the
vote was about to be taken, to abandon their
seats, or refuse to vote against measures that
they had so long and bitterly denounced a
practice that had gained ground by its often
repetition in that House for the last three or four
years, and one which could not be tolerated by :
either the reason or good sense ofthe intelligent
people OF this country. 1t was due to the parties
which composed that House; it was due 20 the s
people and the nation at large that the yeas and
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