Richmond palladium., 1839-04-06

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/ They are .lle following: Messrs Andersodves--
Davec, of Maine; Hammond, Pa,nier Bcst
aud Petrikin. OF Pennsvlyania; and r NcC,eil
and. ]. ii. Prentiss. Taylor and T,tus. Of \
York Of all the Whigs. ,rho ro,ed for sIe ap-
preparation las. year. NOT ONE roiea aea;nst
II nsis year; but on the contrary, there are fire.
Ways who voted for the biH this year. that
voted against IT last year. And, bv reference
To the natnes OF those who voted on the motion
made on SUNDAY, The Sd of March, il will be
seen, thai ot those who voted in the ofrnsafirc,
| there were SIXTY WIIICiS three C,n-erx,,;yes
and ELEVEN VAN BUREN, MEN-ana. that
of those who voted IN the nega.re, there were
i lFlFrY-TWO VAN buren, MEN. five Canser
va,,es. and TWENTY WINGS. This state
men,, taken from The record requires no com
ment TO give /, signiticancv. These who have
charged the Wing party with a design TO defeat
the bull Tor political purposes, will in it, as in
a mirror, not only the reiu,aiiou of their base
lcalumny. but the reflected image of their own
shameless proiligacy. IL will, doubtless, aston
ish the supporters of the Adminis,ra tion in this
quarter OF the country. 10 learn for the first
time that their friends IN Congress are opposed TO
the National Road, IN the proportion OF nearly
fire 10 one And, when they remember the num-
4 Der ELEVEN, which will not soon be forgotten.
/ they cannot fail TO be as much surprised as dis
gnsted, at the iudiscrction and audaciiy of their
organs, IN charging their adversaries with the
loss of the bill. The vote, on the final passage
Majority for the bill, ). Had. therefore, the
same ten persons, whose names are given above,
voted last year, as they did this, against the bill
the bill of that year would have been lost bv a
dlorify Of fifteen rotes!, And, vet, these per
sons permitted escape wi,hou, the sl,cht
est notice, for the very satifactorv reason that
they are all excellen, and trusty 'Democra,s
Why they changed, at this particular iuncture
can be explained by those alone who were able
To foreei, some four, or five weeks before the G.
vent happened, that the bill would fail. Again,
of those who voted for The bill of 1888, there
we're SiXTY-SIN WHIGS, two Conservatives,
and THIRrYTWO VAN buren, MEN; and,
of those who voted against II, there were TliIR-
TY-ONE WINGS, twelve Conservatives, and
FIFTY TWO VAN BUREN MEN--showing.
conclusively, that in that year, of those who
ted in the affirmative, The Wings, as con,rasied
with the Van Buren men, in the propor-
ton of more than TWO TO ONE; ana, that TO
those who voted IN the nceatire, the parties
stood towards each other IN nearly an inrerse rd-
ito. And, it viii appear, from comparison Of
the votes given in 1898, and 80, that there has
been decrease OF Administration votes, for the
bill, siuce the former year, of than f'ro
thirds; whilst the loss of wing sapport, during
the same period. has been only SIX votes. Ga
the other hand, Wing opposition, during the
same time. has been diminished from 81 Ia 20,
being little more th1n one third-wh,lst tho
Van Buren opposition has remained stationary at
81. far the sam. period The truth is, that the
real friends ot the road. belonging 10 both po'Iti-
ca parties, sincerely desiruus that IT may
never be made party question--knowing as
they do, that whenever It's future prosecution
shall be made 10 depenf on that issue, II must
inevitably and forever fail. They know there
never has been IA time. in the history Of that
great unde rtasng, when 1T could have been sns-
taine an hour by the votes of either, or any Po-
lftical party, not acting together on strictly par
tv principles and they know. that such period
all thp f,t, thpir
anxiety to avoid the hazards Of such a trial. II
IS western measnrc-and rs such, ought to
command the candid and Jealous support of all
the friends of western interests, without regard
to local or general politics. Some Of tho argu-
nent-, tending to prove the obligation Of the u.
States To complete this work. rs stated in the re-
marks | made the bill when it under
sideratioD 10 Committee Of the Whole, on the 2Sth
of February last. The bill would have been pas
sed, as il might have been passed, IN thirty min
utes that evening, had not portion Of its former
friends deserted ns, and gone over to the enemy.
4 second tIai with better success, made,
10 take up the bill on Saturday night; and, on
Sunday morning, aereeaby to previous arrange
men,s, left the City for home. For leaving
when did, have apology to make, nor re-
grets To indulge | had labored necessarily To
promote the success of measure, that knew
was vtav important mot only To the interests OF
NV Immediate constituency. but TO the whole
western country. There had been excuse
for session The Sabbath day, If Congress
had performed f,s duty in the early part of
the session, ard had not preferred other employ
nents to the arduous business of legsla-
ton. For thar, am not accountable. But the
:. Democracy Indignant, because / made
speech that defeated the bill and, then, 1t flares
,Ip again, because | left the city Sunday
morning. thereby killed it the second time; and
tins, too, although it is apparent, from the vote
that was taken after left. that had renamed,
the result of tie rote ,could hare been prcciseiy
the same do not however entertain "A serious
doubt. but further appropriations VIII be made,
and that the road will ultimately be completed
TO the left bank Of the Mississippi, and, hope,
il may be carried thence, till 1T shall fern"-
ate at the Sabine. And nothing, in my opinion.
can prevent il. but the folly and wickedness OF
false friends, al home, or in Congress
s. MASON
March 2s.