Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-06-21


tor had been in the habit of speaking OF expenditures
of lie bublic money as if the President and the Ifesi
dent alone held The strings OF Ire paoIic purse, au nv.
proceeded 10 shaw that the President could not .ake
dollar from the Treasury, not even dollar oI nI ,'.r
sa,s1y. without an appropriation by iss One o'Sl
imporah, sact Ought t. be borne III n'Ina " 'ne ~
-ba, the clamorous Opposition ha5 voted :of ntd.y'
if not all Of the appropriations which II nov ,hv
,ravapun-tat with The aid OF the Conse.S ,s - 80
had minority in the last Congress- and u WOMB see,
,b,, hev had purposely voted appropriations ~ % "
have preex, for abusing the President before 'he PEG
pie. 80, lc,los,;,ne This
Colonel Burton then spoke of the de'aeauHs ho
(e sad) the favori'e theme o. ooa 10 state tina,
never failed when addressing the peoPie' " .
ono Swa,,won, had run away with " hrty ns"e "0sot
Joods He thought his competitor IN error WI"
reference 10 the amount earriedeD or run aeay n
was ,rne ,ha, The .coundre robbed his country
&C. lac anoun of her treasure, but he had hearo ,'a.
Tho n,ncin,I mart of il spent with ms feuetai VI
Wbu friends before he left for Europe. =" 10
no, made collector Of New YORK by Mr. va" Dae", -
was annoinied BY Gen Jackson, upon the very sso"I
commentator Of those who were opposed 70 Tue hoii
n;s,,;on the friends not Directing he was appointed
a, the earnest solicitation OF those VINO DO" cur '".n'
COLI. Whias who recommended him as eminenty qua
6d 70 discharge the duties OF the responsive stauon
Sa,on, wns always among the leaders of The Oppose
ton - M, Van Buren, in the city OF New YORK ne
was nominated for Vice President on me 'lckel
with Daniel Webster, and was also nominated oy the
Wbio0 for Congress He is said to have been man
WIN :. Jared surnpuously every day, keeping The bet
did w;nes and cheese that was mellowed aud almost
alive with age and it had been said that his competitor
had parsken of his rich banquets he would leave ms
comne,;,nr 10 say how that 10 reply MT Bell al.
n,,sd ,bat he had partaken thereof once This same
Swartwou, had engaged in specua!ions perhaps ~
Wall street, in Texas lands, Mississippi lands, &C.,
&c. 1t is also said he probably advanced some money
90 certain mills ds,iery, &c IN The ne'shoorho"o "i
Nashville: one Of the of which property had call
ed on two gentlemen of this city to x valuation there
Of saving The, half Of the valuation TO be nd-
yauced, and the reason why the SAID owner wan'eo
these gentlemen to apprase The property was hat H'r.
Swarlwout knew them, and had confidence IN Their
Judgment, Mr. B. said he spoke not Of names, but
doubted not that every word nay more Than ne hau VI
tered would be taken down by The Eetor OF Inc pan
ner newspaper whom, (said Colonel b., looking about
among The crowd be could not see among Tue
but was undoubtedly some here wi hin The reach OF nus
voice perhaps, behind at The pillars, ana VINO,
through his aper might be able 10 tell the public now
the matter stood al this moment, the Editor OF Inc
Banner to the astonshmen OF all the oehoioes sPang
from behind pillar Of the market, and leaning over The
railing opened his mouth and forced most unnatural
laugh bo.ring low aud twrng hisspncket handkerchief
in the air while The ~ekln rang nearly response 10
Col 8 Palpuble i,it Just as supposed lsasa So,'
and op ain shout followed sh"ut just as predicted,
.behnd pillar" where Clay, Webster, and the more
spacious of The Federal leaders lodged when The vote
of The United States Senate was taken upon the Gag
bill Tremendous cheering] Col. Burton apolngized
for DEPRESSING from The chain Of his argument, but
he had now brought from 'behnd the pillar The man
who had lately done him such gross injustice in pretend
ing attempt TO report his speech al Lebanon, and
misrepresenting him as giving 10 Patrick Henry The
credit Of language which every schooboy knows The
Bard Of Avon put into the mouths o the weird sisters
that haunted The liaed Macbeth he would proceed 10
show the people What the opinions OF The gentle
man from behind the pillar few years ugo of one Mr.
Henry Clay whom he now daily eulogsed and defended!
He then read from The editor paper Of few years ago.
in which the character of high demagogue was given
10 Mr. Clay and in which the said demsgngue was bid
den: {: Pr0eui, o. PrOcui este pro(ani and then he
turned 10 the pillar which the editor was standing
and in n vein OF merrment moved his up ii 10
persuade him hence with the exclamation Of 'Proeut
Procul" Great cheering
The editor Of The Banner (contiDued Colonel Burton
has condemned Mr. Clay for accepting bride and
according his argument, Mr.. Clay corrupt man
He has once been among those who wrote the ambitious
Kentuckan To death in Tennessee, and now he is srlv
ing write him TO life again. He (Co b expected TO
b. handled without gloves the next Banner; but he
would respectfully ask for that charity which the editor
exercised towards Others namely II he should he writ
ten 10 drah he hoped that the mighty hand would
write him int" life again As for the editor Of the Wing
(sad Col. Buron.) lie has been consistent he was al
ways for Clay, and takes pride in having been
wavering opponent Of Jackson's administration. When
ne commenced, he boldly the Federal Wing flag,
with Clay its folds, about half way up, when "the
gentleman from behind the pillar much said,
savast there beiay, Delay, and let's reason! That
won't do; iii not Time yet. We must first make Mr.
Van Buren, and the present Administration odons;
make The people hate Van Buren, and his party
befnre hois, The Clay flag The melting mast take
place before ihe moulding commences"
Here peal followed peal, until the roof rang again.
The editor Of the Banner nowhere 10 6e and
whether he was again ensconced "behnd The pillar
the reporter saith not
Again Col Burton spologised for depressing, and pro.
ceeded to speak OF deacslions He proved ,at defal
cations had existed under every Administration, from
The earliest history of the Government down 10 the pre-
sent time; that there reliable evidence that Ell
l. ~ poftb do
fca,ions before or that they could have prevented them
in any way whatever. He read letters from the Secre
tary showing whenever deaulters detected when
the Department satisfied Of The existence of default
the incumben;s were forthwith removed Agreeably
to the Presidents recommendation the passage If bill
was attempted in Congress for the more eHectua secu.
riy of the public money, and prompt punishment OF de-
faulters: passed the Senate, where the President 8
friends the majority, but lost in the House
by The efforts of some of the who most
camorous in abusing the President The Constitutional
Treasury was I'm Col BIS opinioD) expcdient and
unobjectionsbe measure and lie spoke Of il correctly,
and with good effect He alluded to it as originating
with Mr.. Jefferson. and read from Jeaersons Cores.
pnndence PIP. 1913, This letter 10 MIR. Gsllan) which
embodied The original idea.
He next adverted 10 the GAG LAW, as an attempt 10
dsfianchise OF the best and patriotic citizsns
Of the country; attempt made upon the partisan
prctence that Of the officers of The Government
have nefered in the elections; that's 10 say given their
individual votes and personal influence the support of
the Government! tie proved IL 10 be more Odious than
the old Sedon Law itself Were it in force (said he
every officer, whether laborer The public works or
holding the most responsible place in the Government,
would be deprived of the common privileges of men,
His competitor had admitted several times tina, his
"Freedom Of Election bill" in substance the same
the Gag bill He had asked his competitor if these
abuses BY Government, officers existed, why he did mol,
file articles of impeachment against the President at
once! And The only reply that he could get was that
"nothing could be done until The present Administration
is put down-the party in power removed the Au
gean stable lin his competitors own langnage) could
only be ceansed by placing of his own Federal
Wbig) party in the Presidential! Chair"
Our paper is not large enough to contain the whole
of Col. Burions Speech and must Just take The
heads of the most of it. He said that The obec, of all
this false cry about dealcations expenditures &c was
to deceive and mslead the people-read from Mr. Bells
Vauxhall and Hartford speeches, and compared them
iho lot,o rnfT uLo I