Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-06-06

slueldals, and not to nystify-lo enlighisa, and
not TO confuse. have enaeavored 10 Drssen, a
foil, PLAIN, end authentic slalsmsnl Of The public
expenditures; such as every citizen can see and
comprehend. Our sdVeFsaies present an aeg7s-
gaie--rOsh OF he passions, and endeaVor 10 g.
larm, OF TO snrags, the people. present the par.
lieulafs, and ask lor their deliberate Judgment
! Sir, lave confidence m the capacity Of nv
counlrymen. / have confidence 10 their capacity
Tor self-govsrnment; IN their moral and inieIlec.
tual capacity FOR governing lhemselVes--tor sus-
tanning end carrying on The frame Of Government
which our ancestors provided for Us. believe
that my fellow citizens Posstssihe requisite quail
tiles for overnment--judgmeni to under
stand-vlrtue ~ chooss--and patriotism TO sus
lan-ihe principles and the measures which are
best for themselves. do no, believe 10 the
monarchlcal idea, that the people are ignorant
venal. lsctiOus; that they have no enlightened
views OF men or measures; that reason, GulhAn
sound argument, are lost upon them, as pearls
thrown to The swine that the only way to govern
| them is 10 bamboozle and debauch them. be.
lIeye in none OF these monMchcal opinions, and
have never praciIsed upon them. have never
addressed myself 10 the supposed ignorance, We.
naty, faction, or caprice Of my counlrymen, but
always 10 theIr intelligence, virtue. and patriotism
The rrgumentam Gd ignoraRiiam has had no
place IN my speeches the drgumsnium adj Judi.
eiaD has been my aim. I cannot say that have
spoken with Judgment but | can affirm that
have always paid my counIymen tho compliment
OF speaking TO their accredited ludgmeat-neVer
to+heT supposed folly. have spoken to the "a
,lonal minds, 10 The vrtuous hearts and TO the
loiiy'geneTous, and patriotic feelings of my coun-
tymon and am too we'll content with the effect
which this plan OF speaking has had, to change il
now. Facts, and reasons, are my materials
simplicity my style. Away with exordum-away
with PeroratIon--nway with Holyday phrases
away with theatrical dlspIsy--away with all fig
uFss, but figures Of arithmetic and Of these
give many. and never mere than 10 this short
speech. This has been my plan Of speakingand
this It is now. ! have procured plain statements
to be made out, and have delivered plain speech
upon them. have underworld to make myself
ineligible on subject in which jntelligibilly is
somewhat dIficut-on which lis easy for the
speaker TO get both himself and BIS hearers into q
iog. ] have aimed at perspcuity, and hatter my
sell that have bsen understood wish the
country toJudge the expenditures ofthe Govern.
ment--the particulars as well as the sggregnte--
and therefore place the whole before the public
Our adversares attack the aggregate y Let them
examine The particulars, and name he one to
which they object, aad for which they did not
| vete e..
Mr'B. then appealed to Senatorsof The Dem.
ocraic party to name the number Of extra copies
Of the report which they would propose to print
protesting hImssf ready to agree TO any number
Ina, was satisfactory to his ,fIiends.
Mr. HUBBARD proposed Thirty thousand.
MS BENTON accepted the proposition, and
move d that thIryAbousand extra copies Of the re.
port be painted for the use of the Senate.
This motion gave rise TO a very interesting aud
animated discussion. 10 which Messrs. BROWN,
HUBBARD. CALHOUN, and ;BU CHANAN
advocated, and Messrs PRESTON. SOUTH.
ARD, CLAY, ofKen.ucky, aad WEBSTER,
opposed the motion, and sketch Of which will
be given at an early day.
The question beng then on printing thirty thou.
sand extra copies Of the report, it was agreed 10
yeas 20, noes IA, as follows:
| YEAS--Messrs. Allen, Anderson, Benton.
Brown, Buchanan, Calhoun. Clay Of Alabama,
CnIhber. Fulton, Hubbard, King Lumpku, Mich
olson, Norvel, Pierce, Roane, Robinson, Sewer,
Surgeon, Wall, Williams, and Wrgh,--22.
| NAYS--Alessrs. Clay o6Kenucky, Clayton,
Davis, Dixon, Henderson, Knigh,. Porter, Prem
tiss, Preston, Rugges. Southland Tal!madge,
Webster, aad WhIe--l4.
The Senate then adjourned.