The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-03-15


that question was carefully guarded in all the other do
cumens, he could not have committed himself upon u
10 his report Ia any eyentI % his colleague had done
hmthe honor refer hsopons and to say that they
and all their political friends IN the State were Then
agreed as 10 the policy he could assure him aud The
Senate that he had never himself entertained or
pressed but opinion upon the pcln and that opinion
| was that without an amendment Of the Constitution,
Congress could not make the distribution proposed
That opinion had governed al his actions 10 Congress
upon questions Of such distribution, aud controlled ms
against the deposte bill Of 1885. IN The form 10
which It passed the Senate, as, 10 that form, he consi-
dered it distribution bill r5,iss
As TO the expressions and communications OF me
late President Of the United States 10 which his coli
league had so confidently alluded, be had only 70 say,
il that distinguished statesman had ever any where con-
tended for the power Of Congress distribute the sur
plus revenue among the States without an amendment
Of the Consttution--had even admitted that power, or
had expressed opinion that il did exst-he had
not the document and he was conhdent review
OF his communication TO Congress- would satisfy his
colleague that he had mistaken their puport and mean
| ing
As he was up, he would reply to one single other
mark Of his colleague, and he begged him TO believe
that he made the reply without any personal III feeling
No such feeling had existed in his mind towards his
colleague, and he earnestly hoped no occasion wond
ever be given for the existence Of such feeling Ills
colleague had remarked speaking OF his own political
course, that he had been all his life straight forward
man. and that he could turn right angle, or aa
acute angle at the command Of political leaders He
must have curve, railroad turn, or as the boys at
school sometimes called IT, sweep OF sixty TO turn m
| He [Mr w did not doubt that his colleague had m
tended TO be straight forward man IN his political
course and he thought II likely he had convinced HIM
self that he had been lie, too had intended TO be
straight forward politician govern himself by GER
tain fixed principles aud TO carry them out IN oil his ac-
tons but he dare say for himself what his colleague
claimed, that he had been straight upon all occasions
One Of them must have turned the angle the curve,
as they were very recently together pursuing the
course, and entertaining the same opinions, aud now
they seemed to him 10 be very nearly opposites opln
| ion and action Under these circumstances, be much
preferred leave to the constituents the dec
sion Of the question, which had turned and which had
| kept :. straight forward" t
He thought he had kept straight forward but he
was aware that man lost when intending 10 pursue
straight line, would almost invariably describe circle.
1t was evident that either himself or his honorable coli
league were now, and had been for months past,
lost and that one Of them had got Just about half round
the circle, and, far he concerned, their
stituents, and themselves, should settle the ques
| ton which was the lost politician. aaf
In Justice TO himself however he must claim that he
had marks, guide-posts, 10 direct his way
and determine his lie into this body the
friend Of the late Administration, of its principles, and
OF lis measures He was selected by those who sent
him here, because such known TO be his feelings
1 and opinions. Finding cause TO change either, he
had remained the friend and supporter Of that Admins
ation during It's continuance, and during the whole OF
the period he found the talented and distinguished body
of Opposition Senators upon his right uniformly OPP
posed to him A change OF Administration came, and
he contributed his humble efforts to place at its head
the present President. He had long known that indi-
yidua and they had long been personal and political
friends He, therefore, became supporter of his adj
/ minstrator, and still remained He daily told
told by the Opposition Senators that the present Adj
mlustraton but carrying out the principles and
measures of the last and elaborate speeches had been
recently made and now daily making to prove not
only the Senate but the country that this the
fact Could he then, be inconsistent supporting this
as he had done the last Administration But, again, he
found the same distinguished Senators who had during
the whole eight years led the opposition in the political
warfare against the late Administration, equally leaders
in opposition to this They occupy the seats and
use precisely the same weapons in the fight Upon all
questions they meet him. formerly, open and pow
erful opposition. If, then, he had been lost and
travelling the circle, so necessarily must they have been
be- upon the wh too for the distance between them
and himself remained precisely the same. They were
exactly opposite the start, and they were exactly
opposite now nor had they been any armistce within
i which they could have met and crossed each other
And again, he now found himself surrounded by, and
acting with, almost all (he sorry he could say
al) of those who had ever been political friends. They
too, therefore, had been lost il he had been aud yet
continued to pursue the with him, whether direct
or circular These considerations would certainly not
only MS II lie was IN Woulu
nish him some apology for being somewhat confident
4 that his not the circular course. a&
A single word to remark of the honorable
! Senator from Massachusetts,, and he had done That
Senator had said that in 1884 he had confidence in the
system of State bank depostes but that had and that
time had shown that his opinions upon that subject
then right, and that mine wrong had then
dence that system, and expressed it freely, fully
and honestly. The trial of the system made, and
in less than four years and that during period of
the most abundant plenty and prosperity 1t failed This
experience destroyed my confidence and convinced me
that the system bad both for the public and the
banks cannot, by votion restore that confidence
Icannot believe that 10 be good, and safe, and benef
cia which has been proved, before my eyes, to be
bad and dangerous, and injurious Has this experience
changed the former opinions of the Senator. No. He
tells this day that he has confidence the State
bank depose system. Still this is the system which my
honorable colleague urges upon US, and desires 10
force upon the country, against the recent and positive
experience of every business manin It, for one,
not bring myself to such course Of action.
! Mr.. TAl.LMADGE made brief reply to Mr..
! Wright. Whatever might have been their devious
political windings there no hostile feeling between
his colleague and himself With regard to the
which his colleague had pursued he had been guided by
the Executive index; that had pointed in its revolu
tons around the political circle so followed his coIlegue
and he must take care, said Mr. T., lest, in his wander
ing, he should be lost like the twelve tribes in the desert
| If the Executive had been fixed star, all might have
been well with his colleague but instead of that, he
was, to all ntens and purposes, and cratic comet and
wherever the light of his tail appeared there was to BIO
found his colleague, directing his in pursuit
The memorial was then ordered to be printed and
| laid on the table.
From, The Harrisburg Chronicle.
! JoHN G. CALHouN's PoLlcY.--lt is thought BY the
most intelligent amongst US, that this nulliher has
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