The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-04-02


Tree school in every Congressional township
in Indiana.
MIR. Speaker, will not amplify on the be-
niit which my State would have derived from
this fund. will leave the subject by saying
that, instead Of receiving this large sum, there
has been expended in Indiana the triHing
amount Of $4,000, TO improve the harbor Of
Michigan city. My Administration colleagues
are welcome TO all the honor their party can
derive from this sacrifice of the interest of In.
diana. They are welcome, sir, if it suits
their tastes, to continue to shout hosannas to
the President for his great kindness in telling
US the old story abodt the public lands.
could, Mr.. Speaker, if time permitted,
give you the history Of few other public
land schemes which have been for years held
up TO the People OF the West for their admi-
ration but will leave this subject with barely
reminding our Administration friends that they
had better not ride the graduation hobby too
hard, or it may break down before its great
patron, the Man Of Missouri" can reach
the Presidential chair. They, sir, had better
bestir themselves, and pass the bill this year ;
for, if they are not on the alert, Mr.. Calhoun,
with his scheme of giving US half the land
within our borders, will, 10 use fashionable
!" Globe phrase, out-humbug the" Great Ex-
punger." But, sir, must return TO a review
Of this debate.
Another friend of the Administration, who
made a speech against this appropriation, is
the gentleman from Alabama, (Mr. Hubbard
cannot doubt but that he performed his duty
TO the entire satisfaction Of the Administration.
He talked, sir, Of monpolies, Of aristocracy,
and OF democracy; he spoke of this work as
one benefiiting only towns and cities He
told us Of the sweat-drops poured out by the
labor Of the country, that luxury may riot, and
pampered wealth enjoy. He discoursed elo-
quenlly for nearly an hour about the "poor
People," the oppressed People, and the dan
gerous tendency Of these kinds Of expendi-
lures. Sir, this attempt 10 array one class of
the community against the other-lhe poor
man against the rich-is favorite theme Of
the partisans Of this Administration. 1t is the
language Of every popularity hunter of every
age; and, il the courtesy Of debate did not
prevent me, would say of every designing
demagogue in this and every other country.
lie Pauure Peuple," was the cry of Danton,
and Robespierre, and Marat, and Couthon,
when revelling in the blood Of the honorable,
the brave, the viruous of France. Was Judi
clal inlquity required to sanction murder? Did
drunken women and ferocious blood stained
men violate with their foul presence the Hall
OF Assembly? Did an infuriate band of assas-
sins, marking their innocent victims, cry,
"A la ianierae2" The deed was consum-
mated amid the coward and approving shouts
Of those who professed 10 worship and to love
1.-THE poor People, -" the dear People" Sir,
for years, France under the influence of these
doctrines. was but blood-stained shambe--
one vast charnel-house. Corruption, with
giant stride, sialked through the land, and all
of virtue, and innocence, and patriotism, that
escaped that scene of slaughter, fled from
her soil, or wept in obscurity and concealment
the disgrace Of their country. | will not
speak, sir, Of the despotism which followed
that revolution. But, sir, point to it as
beacon 10 warn gentlemen Of the frightiul
tendency of the doctrines they inculcafe Sir,
the curse of OUR country is the demagogues
that inlest it. The same language, with but
slight alteration, serves them in every need
ln deceptive guise it comes to us in message
from the Executive, or disgusts us in the ra-
wings of the hired partisan brawler. 1t is
always effective. II serves, sir, to discuss
a Sub-treasury bill, to disfranchise State,
or to sack a -four store. /, sir, for one, VOW
uno easing opposition to this spirit of agrarian-
ism and anarchy; and, sir, have conf
dence, yet mistaken, that the mass and body
of the American People are yet too pure, too
honest, much too intelligent, to be misled by
the audacious doctrines of the Jacobins and
the Cordeliers of this county.
With this hasty notice Of the speech of the
gentleman from Alabama, MIR. Hubbard, |
shall now, according to promise, review,
briefly, the speech of my colleague, Mr.. How
ard, and, in doing so, it will be necessary for
me to refe. to the peculiar situation in which
he stands before the people Of Indiana. will
say sir, that his position is an honorable
though not an enviable one. hope my col
league will not take offence. mean none.
But il is necessary for me to expose some of
the political pranks-a few of the sleight-of-
hand tricks by which the people of the west
are imposed upon; and | will do SO, sir, in
my usual good-natured way.
l said, sir, in the commencement OF my re-
marks, that did not think the gentleman from
Maine was sincere when he poured out the
walls Of his wrath upon the people of the west.
will tell you, sir, what incncs me to that be-
lief. My colleague is the Van Buren, cdndi-
date for Governor Of Indiana. Now, sir, we
know not how soon he may be ordered home
to open the campaign; but every person from
the west knows that he must take the field in
person Custom demands it, and bad cause
requires an able advocate. In the mean time,
the Sub-treasury bill has been sent to us from
the Senate. # must be passed, and that. too,
before r,y colleague resigns his scat; for
Wing will come in his place. In the mean
time, sir, my colleague must make speech
for home consump,ion--for Buncombe, as he
expressly termed it. This Cumberland road