Southern telegraph., 1838-03-13
Correspondence efthe EsHisnshe I'm .'fan'
wAsnryoroy, Feb. s'h, 1883.
II 8 SENATE.

WASHINGTON, co. 0sis, II
U. s. SENATE. 10
II, To,lmadre of New Yak. my took !.
H. Tnr nn.l addresfcd the Senn'c tor
a,,o.,, ono hour with dis,ingui.hadJ 'n,v. {
. H., re,n:,rEs we're partly foreign q the
subject. and in reply to Mr.. hubbard.
MIR. r. spoke at some length upon the
remnrk in the Presidents messagry mat the i,
New York cIertinn WAS the result 81 inc OK.
.rt;,ns &c tho New York Banks. tic sa'a
New York has So counties. All nu! Id
have Banks; 5 Of them were an''-adnhn's
tratiop. aud 8 administration. III the
counties where ,herc we're no Banks, the
opposition eain-Whig gan-'s nearly hve
thousand: and vet the President says that
tho R,nks brought about the result of this
election. In the counties where there were
| Ranks. the gain was in proportion not ono
half Sir. said Mr.. Tallnmdge, there may
he mn excuse for this declaration, wllcn u
IS made by the organ Of the Govcrnmcn'-1
there NAV I've an excuse for II when II
GENES. as It does, fiom the LocO-iTo or
gains in the city Of New York-ht when II
comes from the President Of the y. States,
hear the charge with astonishmeit. S'r,
continued Mr.. r., repel it with lnd'gni-
tion. repel il, although II comes from the
President himself. lie should have known
the people nf New York hetter, and he did
know them better. call upon every Rep
rcsen,ativc from New York to bear witness
to the faIsi,y Of the charge.
| Come from what source it may, be II
hirl, or low, from the Executive or from
one Of the least exalted, | shall repcl It.
What situation do We present to The
world! The President Of tho United States
holdin. forth to the world the dceIaraii'n
that the B inks bribcd tho voters ofhis own
1 State to vote against his own measures.
What a message to be sent to Enp'pc aud
the world-to England, where VIC arc large
ly engaged in trade! =
No, continued Mr.. Tallmadge, this is not
the cause. Far from it. But | will tell
you the cause. 1t originated will. ahe' lA-
CO Focos-,he English Misunderstanding be-
gan a war against all Binks-iIi favor ii
misnamed Notwithstanding hard mo
ney--hard lnnney-exclusive specie pay
mcnts--cxperlmcnts, NC.
This party was opposed TO the u. S.
Bank-so were tho administrations, and thus
a union was brought about between the two
parties. The message Of tho President in
Scptembcr--the squirting ut n bankrupt
law in that messaye-which party, with all
its nerve, has not yet had the courage t,
brin. forth. 1t is these measures, cnniinu.
cd Mr.. r., this war upm tho Bauks-lhi:
union with Loco Fncoism--ihis dcn,incia
ton of men who did not believe as the par
ty lid--it is THIS which has Frustrated the
, country aud brought us where VIC are.
!, Here is the cause OF our distrsses. Your
specie circulars--your irpi,-handctl, sri,Gn.
, execution of the law has done it; and bc
ranse all Of us do not as we are told to do
and swear enmity to every thing not dc
, structivc, we are acknowledgements
: impcached and impalcd. There is to be
neither freedom of speech nor freedom o
thought without dcnuilciaiion--iit,cr, per
sOnal vindictivc--and we who will not wall
: in The fntsteps oi the illustrious success"
OF the more illnstriOus predecessor, arc Il
, have imprecations hcapcd upon orr head
\ because we will not do what the Executive
. bids us do.
+ In another part Of his speech, Mr.. T
: said-we are called Conservatives--whcth
er in honor or dcrsion care not We ar,
SO because our numbers arc small. SIR,
must say that think the name If ssCon
q servatives" much better than "S,,l,-Serva
! tivcs,n which name has been tcn.lcrc.i 4
. the friends Of the Snb-rreasury. We liav,
n also been called, what VIC are, a, SPARTA,
); band, and when my colleague asks inc, n
5 one of that band, to surrender my,arms,
= must give him the Spartan answer, Conn
!, and take thcm." 8.
y Had the President, continued Mr.. +. re
!. commended the State Banks instead Of tn
Sub-Trcasury scheme, he would have fn,n
q supporters. My honorable colleague woul,
+ then have raised the banner of his cpln
r. try,-the stars and the stripes, instead q
o his banner Of gold and silver.
IS In conclusion, if these things are to h,
= persisted in here, continued Mr.. Tall
nadge--if these experiments are to %
on warn gentlemen to remember tn
ldes Of November, when voice will b.
4 heard in New York from the Atlantic to tn,
; Lakes, loud as the roaring cataract whcl
k pours ITS torrents in tones of thunder owe
4 her western borders.
Mr.. Wright briefly replied, by sayin.
g that he believed his colleague had m;sun
e derstood the President in his remarks upo,
8 the State election Of New York. decline
s however, continued Mr.. W., entering ,,p,,
: a discussion upon this subject, because i !
foreign to the bill before the Senate
< Mr.. Clay said he rose to express hi;
" thanks to the Senator from Now vi, r.