Southern Argus., 1839-03-12

sonies 0f Tie gcrtlemans peee 81
.,;s letfer MO nv district blr eE
4 voa e'l allow me, vii send some nlo
-ogte should ke HE good democrats
.heeh o know the op mons 81 f'ena y
M south democratic friend q tho !
souib-upon slavery
Sir have said there was much q lne
.reni en,all speech that coula nol a9
swcr would nol Sit, & eo.lla. Eis
tel is d little of masons and antl-slesoas.
M banks. of abostionisls and anti,a bells
s;osiete rs owe is. ri d smaIlee comp
M cos ssnis 81 the official newspap le
,gecEs nasi dressed pp wi.h slalemenis
leom Departments, ready infnlsnea ~
& f.ors WHO assisted him. Sir ass fae
gentleman to tel us who incse were ta9
assisted him. Were they hls patrons,
fbs editors Of tho Globe Wee lhey als
!. dear sirs', al the Treasury or the oss
Once Department call % him e
come out and tell us who made hum Che
sdvocate 10 make speeches % support tins +
to..eHng Administration.
Sir there were other things nlenllonsd
by tie gentleman, the bearing q which
could nol exactly see. He gave us the
qenealory Of mules. Mr. y sad ~ hls
speech tie mule isa mongre beast, BALI
as. half horse I'D lie, with many other
hard names could not catch, told us
something Of one Cresers and one Her
culus Ne did not say whether they were
wings, democrats, ormules; be did nos
tell us inwiat part Of Hamilton county,
Ohio. they resided. Aboutall these shings
/ nave nothing to say. About the mules
--aerculus-sweeplng some stable, the
name Of which 1 never heard before, with
"a aEickory broom about oil these
the rentlenian's information and kn5gi-
edge surpass mine.
The gentleman spoke, sir, Of 8 opening
tombs," ard digging, hyena.like INTO 1ie
arave. and disrobing tho dead, u ex.
nosina defanlters What else SIT, coulQ
I'VE ev5eet or one Who could write this let.
ter Row much in character for one
who has written such a lettero Of the instr
tutions Of your State and Of mine Nr.
Speaker, have finished with the abolition
part Of the democrats speech. THIS oP.
portunity has afforded me much plensuFe.
i have been preparing Ter to my con-
stituents, 10 nnmask the paltry. pettltog
ging attempts to impose upon the belief
that Mr.. Van Buren's friends are friends
10 shareholders. have not bad time to
finish that letter, having been too much
occupied BY other business. SlF, have
painted anxiously for an opportunity Of
saying on this floor, face to face, q The.
presence of thewould.bc exclusive friends.
Of the South, in presence Of the Southern
caucus democrats with Northern feelings,
what i have said, and shall say to my con
stitucnis. greatly rejoice that an oppor-
tunitv has been afforded me Of holding up
in its true light 10 .he country The charac.
Ter Of the Van Boren democratic friend.
ship for the South.
Mr.. Speaker, If the House wilhpardon
me, I wish to say a little upon subject
we hear much 81, but see little practlsed
economy. The Representative from
Hamilton county, Ohio, had a little howl.
ing" upon this subject am glad to see,
sir, that the Administration begin to think
of this; the party fear the attention Of the
People Is awakened. Well may they fear
it, sir. We'll may they furnish statements
to their champion to excuse the enormous
increase Of public expenditures increase
from thirteen to thirty nine millions a year
while they have been preaching reform
and retrenchmen'. ] cannot, sir, at this
time, 90 into ain examination Of this sub
ject. / have no 8 dear sirs" at the De-
partments or elsewhere to assist me with
tables and statements, ready fnrn shed tor
publication. The gentleman has the ad.
vantage Of most Of as. Butt sir, Jet me
call his attention, and tha. Of the good de-
mocfats who with him preach economy
10 ia few examples Lei me ask nllns slr
if he knows that the chair II which yol
now ST, and which YOU now M sir, viii
so much dignity. cost one hundred an'
sixly.five d0lars4 Now, ssr, when yol
n1e eleclionecring, and abusing the SID
stocking gentlemen, you Do not tell you
constituents that you sometimes SIT io
neatly half a day u such Injurious seal
and lisientO speeches from ono who think
the curse Of God rests upon your coun
ify No, 81 believe il your good de
uocrats knew il, you would lose at leas
"a dozen votes
DO you know, sic, that the ornament
over the Speakers chair cost near nv
thousand dollaTsl Now, SIR. here IS
silk.velvet chair, surrounded 5y Ornament
of bullion fringe, silk worsled. and Il
dia satin damask' silk lassels. shiriy. .tiy
dollars pair, and all by democratic q
ders There IS nothing equal "a IS 81
except the rooms Of Eastern Monarch
% tho fashionable parlors of per Sat
Treasurers
Then, sir, Sc 70 tie Senate the demo
cratic Scnate1 and look at TIE Vice PR
sident Look at the distinguished ma
from the Great Crossings There
Sits, sir, as happy as Governor Sanch
with canopy over his head. and golde
eagle, who seems q Be endcaYoring
wing bis flight out Of such companI
This eagle, and canopy, learn. sir. co
more than Two Thousand dollars Pol
bird fnttering ike chicken in appr
hension Of hot gridiron Those taz
dry ornaments are revolving disgusting,
righl say, 70 plain American fasie t.
% be regretted, however F lha hes q
mol bring their damask covering lill
lowe down 81 as d scteen tho occupal
ol+hai char entirely ftom sbenallo'
There Gems d haf been desire. n q
arrangements % Keep an back ltile