The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-02-14
SPEECH OF MR.. PRESTlSS.
On the appointment Of Tie SrarirOa
Committee.

House of Representatives. JanuatyI5.
Mr.. PRENTlSS rose To render the
tribute Of his profound respect In the
hon"rable gentleman from New York
MIR Hoffman, for his reply To the remarks
81 the gentleman from Mar,lan mr.
Thomas.) lie had not been present when
the speech 81 the latter gentleman had
been delivered. and could not, therefore,
know whether the asowsl had then been
made which had been pressed upon him
by the gentleman behind him from Ken.
Iurky. Mr.. Menelre.) but. al all events.
It was made now. that the Administration
ought of ngh, 10 have q majority on the
commiItee Of inquiry To be appointed &c
the examination Of their own faults. AID
the gen,leman. he supposed. considered
himself ~ paying . compliment To The
Speaker 81 this House BY taking II iur
granted that. Il the committee should b.
appointed by him, he, a. The tool Of The
Administration. the Official organ Of tie
majority IN this House, would appoint
upon il msjoriIy Of slauneh Adninislra.
ton men.
Mr.. Thomas here inlerposed. and disa-
vowed having ever SAID that The Spesker
was 4 Iool Of the Administration, VI The
organ Of a majority.
Mr.. Preniiss said il might be true that
the gentleman had mol used those words;
but Mr.. W. BY putting this and lha.
.ngetler, inferred that such vas his mean.
ing. The gentleman wished the Speaker
Ia app"Ini; and, az q reason, he Iook the
ground thai the Administration ought 10
have majnriIy on the committee. What
was Tie iufrrrnccl Why. that The Speak.
er w"uld. of course, appoint such a
majority. Add Why was this Thing oil
cours,! The only reason could be. that
The Speaker vas the iool Of the AdmInistrs'
ton. Whatever. however. might have
been the genIlemau's meaning, Mr. i.
said that. from his own experience. he
never would v"le fur having commit
~e appointed by thar Speaker. (poInuns
To tie Chnir;) Tor befae God. he dId
honestly believe that. IL the committee
were spnin,ed by lin, II would be a
party cnnmIIIse--an escape c0mmiIife--
a clnmd un'isr which the Administration
might csraPe lie pnrsucrs. What vas a
rommiree u be appointed lnrs The
gentleman said IL was % ind tie lost
nancy. or find out where il hal gone.
Why. that We all knew already. Part oi
u had gone into John Bulls pocket. Tor
splendid entertainments NJ Liverpool.
II which. no doubt. some good s"d
s,aunch friends III the Administration haa
pattaken wnh much glce. Mr.. =. did
mi want 10 hunt Mr.. Swartwout or the
money. MOI he vas nol fnr dIssectng
dead suhjrrt:he was Tor getting a, he
ing one. lie was Iur blndIag down the
AdmInisIratIun--IhIs 1--we AdminIstra.Io"
to the anatomical table. aud probing
and examining Il To zee whether tue
malady was IN the Executive heal. or ~
some Of The Locoloco toes. az in the an'-
pie womb 81 the honorabIe Secretary;
and after they had fully dissecled It. anu
lald bare all The muscles and the vIscefS,
he would have the bones well scrapeh
aud HING up for an anatomy. This was
what he wanted a comui,iee To do. and
not To g. hunting after The los, million.
The gentleman said The Administrator
"ugh, Ia have majority on the commit
lee, because he dad admit that The Admir-
,straiion Was prima tacie. accountable
having had The appointing pnwer.
Mr.. Thomas here inlerpased. lie hal
omitted, generally, that, in all cares Of