Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-05-15

zane s,,ould he the guardians Of that virtue They
shonld guard the national finances and for that purpose
should understand them. They should "n"" no"
much money was raised for that purpose, ana h"% cX-
nendcd They could not be Jealous OF the r'sapp!i.
cation OF the public moneys; they cond not scte''"'@r
too closely the public accounts hose accounts 'ouIa
no, be too often presented TO them, nor IN 1orn t''
snplc and obvious II has been M ehGraE" sA,d ar
b. both in calling for the statements "trrh ma J"s,
come in from the Treasury, and III what have sa'd
mon them TO present the difficult subject oi our
finances in plain, obvious, and nesiig'be ior"'' "!
object has been to elucdatc and not 10 en-
tighten aud not TO confuse. nave chaeaVoreu ~
present a full PLAIN and authentic statement OF inc
hc oxrand:tures: such as every citizen see and
cou,prchend Our adversarIcs present an aggregate
rs ~ tic PASSIONS and cndcavor 10 alarn or 20 en-
rage the people present the particulars, ana ask TOT
their deliberate Judgment. SIR, nave confluence ~
The capacitv ofmy countryrcn nave confluence ~
their capacity for selfgovcrnmen IN their moral an"
intellectual capacity for governing thenselves-of suS
,,;n;nr and carving the frame oil government
which our ancestors provided tor Us. ! DeiieVe uiat
nv Gowcitizens possess the requisite qualities Tor
Gle royornmeut- rncnt TO unGcrstand-virtue TO
ohaaso md patriotism 10 substantive principles and
~ ..,rcS which are best for themselves. | do
not believe IN the monarchcal idea that the people are
ignorant vcnal factious that they have no enlightened
Vows al men or measures; that reason, truth, and
ornd orgument are lost upon them, pearls thrown
70 Tho swine that the only way 10 govern them IS to
h,mhoozlc and dcbauch them. | believe III none OF
these u,onarchca opinions, and have never practsea
nnon them | have never addressed myself 10 t"e
snnposcd ignorance, vcnalty, tacton or caprice OF NY
orntrrmen but always TO their intelligence, virtue,
ma ..,ro,is,n The argUmcntHm ad ign0rdatt6m
has had no place in my speeches. the Grgnmr""m a."
;ndjriHm has been my ann cannot say Wat , nav
snokcn with Judgment but can affirm mat nave
,I.,,s maid my countrymcn the compliment oil speak
;n - ,bcr accredited iudgment-never TO their sup
poscd folly have spoken TO the rational MINDS !"
Tho r;r,unus hearts and the lofty, generous and
nntrot;c feelings of my countrymen: ana am TOO wen
content with the effect which THIS plan oil speaking mas
had to change Facts and reasons are my ma
tnr;als-simplcitv nv style. Away with cAordum-
away with peroraton-away with hoyday phrases
away with theatrical display-away with al! hgurcs,
bn figures of arithmetic and of these give many ana
never more than in this short speech ms mas peeH
nv ulan of speaking, and tins 1t IS now nave pro-
cured plain statements TO be maze "u'' al" N
! ed plain speech upon them. have cndeav"rra u
make myself Ineligible subject III winch 'hlt!li9
bility i somewhat dhcut-on which IT IS easy Tor Ia,
sneaker to rc, both himseand his hearers into fog
have aimed at persplcuy, and Halter myself tat nave
been understood wish the country to Judge Inc OK
| ~ ditures Of the Gnvcrnment-the particulars as vel
as the arcrerate-and therefore place the whole before
the public Our advcrSarics attack the aggregate
| | OF them examine the particulars, and name The ont
10 which they object, and for which they qua not V"c
| MIR B. then az 'cC 10 Senators ol The Denl"crau
marty to name tn lumber of extra copies al the repor
ready to agree 10 any number that was satisfactory
his friends
Mr. HUBBARD proposed thirty thousand.
Mr. BENTON accepted the proposition, and move
thu, thirty thousand copies Of III" report be Pn
, ed for the use of thc Senate
This motion gave rise to very interesting ana Az.
mated discussion in which Mcssrs. BROWN, lltl
BARD, CALHOUN, and BUCHANAN, advocated
: and Messrs PRESTON, SOuTHARD, CLAY OF Ny
, and WEBSTER, opposed the motion, and sketch I
, which will be given NJ an early day
The question being then on printing thirty thonsan
:, extra copies of'hc report, II was agreed to-aycs
noes II, as follows
yeas-Slcs>.; ALEU-, Anderson, Benton, Brow
: : Buchanan Calhoun, Clay of Alabama, Cnhbcr', fn
:. ton, Hubbard, King, Lumpkin, Nicholas Noryrl
!. Pierce, Roanc, RobinsoN Sewer Sturgeon WALL '"
: liams, and WrIght-22
= Naus-Mcssrs. Clay oT Kentucky, Clayton, Davi
: Dixon, Henderson, Knight Porter prentss, Presto
= kuggcs. Sonthard, Ia!lmadgc, Webster, and White
! II.
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