Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-09-20
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JUDGE WHITES SPEECH


hnorpille, Wednesday, august /, 1885.
FELLOW CITIZENS: | accep. your invi>
ta.ion, not SO much TO partake OF your hos>
pi,ality, as 10 thank you, in great sincerity,
Tor your continued confidence and support.
You have been 10 me an impenetrable shield
against calumniators and enemies
A fier an absence OF twelve months, with
but little Intermission, | am again among
my constituents Thanks 10 Kind Provi-
dence, and 10 mine enemies, am in good
health, ready and willing 10 converse with
you on all that has passed, and is likely to
happen. My political enemies sought 10
destroy me they iancied il an easy task !;
more OF Lille was left than they or supposed !:
their unjust attacks revived energies which
l, myself, believed were extinct, and 10 all
appearance, they have renewed my life's
lease Tor some ten or twenty years.
am not only here, but in good health :;
and although the two last sessions OF Congress
were among the most la5orious have ever
served, l have no want of health TO plead for
any deficiency you may find in The erformt
ance OF my official duties. | am grateful TO
Providence, and proud before you in the be,
lIei, that have not been that simple auto
maIon which, by the official organ, was
represented 10 be, capable only of say ing yea
or nay 10 the different questions presented
10 Inc Senate Tor decision.
The labors OF Congress, both al the called
and regular session, have been srduous; and
although but few laws, OF a genera! nature,
have been passed, YET il has not been from
inattention TO the great interests Of the couns
try. There was a continued struggle be-
tween The Executive and Congress the
first wishing 10 obtain an Unlimited discre-
lionary power and control over the moneys
belonging to the Public; the latter anxious
ly endeavoring so TO provide DIS TO have them
safely kept and secured, in such manner as
To make them applicable, AT all times, to the
wants OF the Public. To the Opposition in
The House Of Representatives the credit is
due OF preventing the moneyed power from
being, in due form, added 10 The other pow
ets ofthe Executive.
Shortly after i entered your service in the
Senate, the great controversy commenced,
which ended in gushing the then incumbent,
and placing The late Chief Magistrate in the
Executive Chair. The principles for which
you and cnnten9ed, and which we success
! FULLY maintained, ought never TO be forgot
ten, gnd cannot he too often REQUIRED to.
We commended that tie powers OF The Exc,
Cuiive were too great, and ought 10 he re,
duced, and limited by law: that the expen.
diiures OF the Government were eXlrava-
| a crime in the President, or any officer un,
der him, TO use his Official station 10 influence
the People in elections: that all moneys
which came into the Treasury, beyond ihos,
which we're necessary 10 deiray lhe econu
mical expenses Of the Government, ough
TO be returned to the People, v no were ib
Legitimate owners: and we suicrnnly pledg
ed ourselves, in the face of The ciyilzct
world, that if we could obtain place and pow
or, retrenchment and reform should be tn
order Of the day; that the Augean stabI
should be thoroughly swept out and cleans
! ed.
Emblematic Of what we intended TO &C
coinpiish, we chose for our motto the broom
rot one of the common material, but tn
Hickory broom. Hickory, when young,
of all descriptions of wood, the most tough
strong and durable, but when old and norm
! eaten, the most brittle and ,Dorihless- Con
hiding IN the sincerity Of our professions, th
sovereign People, through the ballot box
placed our political friends in power, an
alter most solemn and formal renewal {
our pledges, we commenced our operations
! and, Tor The first four years, believed "