The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-08-10
r. J. WALKERS soMERsETs.

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We have exposed and shall continue to expose
the different evou'ions performed by this gentleman
4 al sundry times and in divers manners. His sud
den and nnaccountable plunges and replunges have
been truly marvellous and have long since become
| proverbial. What we have stated and what from
time to time we shall give the public of the waxing
and waning and political phases Of this great Loco
feco lumnary we hold ourselves ready to subsla n
tiate whenever he shall deny them AT III, present,
however, we shall say nothing ot all his declana-
i tory Indignation against The removal OF the Depo-
sites and us author nor of the public prayer which
he offered in the streets OF NacheZ to be forgiven OF
the guilt of Jacksonsm, nor of his calling Heaven
to witness that he would never be guilty of il again
| Neither will we desail the story OF his doffng his
masters collar which had so long pinched his throat
| that his political Towser was nearly strangled-we
say We shall not now dwell upon these subjects for
they are all matters of history and the veriest child
| in our streets knows them and can point even to
the places where these scenes were enacted Po-
| lcal aspirants NAV find 1t convenient to forget
many scrap OF their history, but the people will
| hold them In everlasting remembrance.
Our object is now 10 show forth the opinions Of
Robert J. Walker in 1887 as declared in his speech
in the Senate Chamber the 18th day OF January,
of that year. on the bill +" limiting and designating
the funds receivable for the revenues Of the United
| States" ..
Let the sentiments of that speech be compared
with those advanced in his recent letters. As a
specimen Of that speech we will give two extracts,
which will serve as a faithful index to The charac-
ter OF the whole haraDgne as well as oil the charac
ter OF its author for consistency ....u
"Sir" said Mr.. Walker, the Senator from Mis-
souri, has thrice repeated the prayer God save the
country from the Committee on Public Lands - but
Mr. w. fully believed that if the prayer OF the
country could be heard within these walls, it would
BE-, GOD SAVE us FROM THE WILD VI
SIONARY. RUINOUS AND IMPRACTICAL
BILE SCHEME OF THE SENATOR FROM
MISSOURI FOR EXCLUSIVE GOLD AND
SILVER CURRENCY; and such is mot oaly the
IL, h,,t, IF
dissenting voice Sir, if the Senator from Missouri
could by his mandate, in direct opposition TO the
views OF the President heretofore expressed sweep
from existence all the banks Of the States and ss
tablish his exclusive constitutional currency of gold
and silver he would bring upon the country scenes
of ruin and distress without paralle--an imme-
date bankruptcy of nearly every debtor, and of
amos, every creditor TO whom large amounts were
due, prodigious depreciation in the price Of all
property and of all products, and an immediate ces-
saion by States and individuals Of nearly every
work ofprivate enterprise and public improvement.
The country would be involved in one universal
bankruptcy, and near the grave OF the nations pros
perity would perhaps repoSe the scattered fragments
OF those great and glorious institutions which give
happiness TO millions here and hopes 10 millions
more OF observation-disclosures from despolic power"
"Sir, the Senator from Missouri might have
heaped mountains high his piles OF metal, he might
have swept in his quixoc flight over the Banks of
the States putting TO the sword their officers, stock
holders, directors aud legislative bodies by which
they were chartered he might in his reveTes have
demolished their charters and consumed their pa
per by the fire OF his eloquence; he might have
transacted in fancy with metallic currency of
tweny-eisht millions in circulation actual an
nual business of fifteen hundred millions. and Mr..
W. would not have disturbed his beaifc visions,
nor would any other Senato-for they mcrc visions
oniy that ncrer could be realizsd-but when descend
ing from his ETHEREAL fighs, he seized upon the
Committee on Public Lands as criminals, arraigned
them as vioators of The constitution, and prayed
Heaven for deliserance from them, Mr.. w. could
be silent no longer. Yes, even then he would have
passed lightly over the ashes Of the theories Of the
honorable Senator, Tor if he desired 10 make as
saul,s upon any il would b. upon the living, and not
the dead, but that Senator in the opening of his
(Mr. W's) address had rejected the olive branch"
&C. &c. ....