The native American., 1838-06-09

administration uf the General Government mort
remote and less important IN iis bearings upon
that interest" And, in immediate cohhehloh
with all this, he assures us that hc - more man
eper convinced OF the dangers to whieh theJs.
aud unbiased erercise Of political opinion would
be exposed by any further increase OF ihe mrsadyl
o,eroromn influence Of corporate dufhorifies.
Nv sir no man doubts-no man can doubt
that. in all this extraordinary and unwarrantable
criticism upon the motives which influenced the
action of the People, the President means TO say
that that action was guided and controlled by the
..oyergrown influence OF corporate authorities;
that the People of this country were capable OF
barterng the elective franchise for the favor Of
moneyed corporations; that the hardy yeomanry
of New York had bowed down their free spirits
before the golden calves which the President
himself had erected before their eyes.
Mr. Speaker if that portion Of the annual mes
sage upon which | am commenting does not
mean this, it means nothing. Suip il of this
signiication and it is senseless. 1t has received
this Interpretation throughout this country and in
Europe. 1t has been used as authority for the
grosses yituperatIon of the citizens of New York,
by the public journals Of our sister States, and
abroad it has been quoted by the enemies of re-
publican Institutions, as evidence of the corrupt
ing tendency of such Institutions, and the degen-
eracy Of the People who live under them.
Sir, regard all this part Of the message as I'M
precedented in the annals Of Executive commu-
nication as conveying severe and unmerlted
imputation upon the political independence and
integrity of the citizens of my State, which ought
not to remain upon the public records of the
country. As we are engaged, this morning, in
the business of purifying those records, am
willing that the President should, if he pleases,
take back that part Of the annual message of
7 alopr with tha portiop nf hiS
ecent message which he has asked permission to
Withdraw; and, if my amendment prevails, he
will have leave to do so.
The Speaker. Such an amendment will not
be in order. 1t is not connected with the sub ect
now before the House. 1t may be in order as
original proposition, when the House is again
in Committee of the Whole on the annual mes
sage.
am aware Of that, sir, (said Mr.. S. but the
difficulty is, the House will not again be in Com
mittee ofthe Whole upon that message. must,
therefore, avail myself of the present occasion to
show cause why the character of my constituents
should not be impaired by the grave charges made
against them by the federal head Of the nation or
that opportunity will be gone. And propose
now to demonstrate to the House and the coun-
try, that all charges and insinuatons, from what
ever quarter they may come, that the recent po-
lltlcal revolution in the State of New York was
the result OF bank influence, that the lreethink-
ing and independent men by whom that revoll-
ton was wrought out capable Of surrendering
acknowledgements and consciences to such influence,
are not only destitute Of any foundation in fact
but that they are wholly impossible to be true
The Speaker. That discussion will not be in
order, and cannot be permitted
Mr.. SlBLEy. shall, Of course, be under the
direction of the Chair, and submit, with great de-
ference, to the decision. had hoped, indeed,
that when the Chief Magistrate Of the nation
comes into this House and presents bill Of in
dictment against the People of State, the Rep
resentatives of that People (who are not here to
answer for themselves) might at least be allowed
the poor privilege Of pleading not guilty. But
will say no more upon the unwelcome topic, and
pass to some considerations more Immediately
connected with the subject actually before us.
The message of the President of the lth inst,
Mr.. S. further remarked when looked at in con-
nexion with that which he has sent US this morn
ing, presents novel spectacle in the history Of
Executive and Legislative intercommunication.
Let US contemplate it for moment.
On the 30th ult. we adopted resolution re-
spectfuly requesting the President to commune
cate to this House s'copies of all correspondence
and communications which have passed between
this and any foreign Government, and the Off
GERS or agents thereof relating to the introduction
OF foreign paupers into the United States;' and
"also, what steps: if any, have been taken to pre-
vent the introduction of such paupers into the
United States"
On the lth inst, the President transmits to
us message, with accompanying documents,
which he informs are in answer to our resou-
tion. As soon these documents are printed,
it is discovered that by far the longest Of them,
and comprising more than fourth part of the en-
tire communication, consists of an article having
nothing to do with the subject Of inquiry, extract
ed from a partisan newspaper edited by for
eigner in the city Of New York, and containing
little else than the most scurrilous and loathsome
attacks upon the private and public character Of
the Mayor and members of the Common Coun-
Gil of that city.
As soon as this outrage falls under the notice
of my honorable colleague, (Mr. Hoffman, lie
calls the attention of the House to the subject,
and proposes resolution discharging the select
committee from the further consideration of the
lbellous effusions Of the 'sTruth-Teller, and re-
turning the offensive matter to the President.
This movement ofny colleague doubtless attract
ed the attention of the President for the first time
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