Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-04-02

Ivy hdu TSclI Ol~TSy WilCIO VIC lAebislutuiSS "N
over and over again declared their psendo.rep.
rcsentatives, aud yet they retained their seats
ion The pretehce Of the Instructions emitting
certain forms and techncalties. Were reso
buttons expressing the sentiments ofihe Lrgis'
lature ofhis State, onany subject, as decsively
land unequivocally, as these h. submitted @,
day, sent to him, he would obey them-or i
they were against his princiPes and consci-
enco he would resign, and So With the Roman,
|"Rieazi Mill reiHra,"
Mr.. Tallmadge then turned to Mr. Tappan,
and asked the Senate whether the manner in
which that person had nterlered in the family
consistent with parliamentary courtesy or in
dlvldual decoruh, or such as the Senate or any
other legislative body had been accustomed to?
He presumes TO stand up here (said Mr.. Tall
madge,) and talk o. trattors;to compare me to
Benedict Araoid!and put anne other eplhets,
odlouS and contumeIious, which have been ap.
piled 10 me before by the lowest scavengers Of
party, but which did not expectto hear caught
up and echoed by any man of responsibility,
or possessing character end1gh to procure for
hima seat on this floor.
1raitor! sir, Continued Mr.. Tallmadge,)
Irauir! Traitor to what? Traitor to princi-
Ipel No, sir! Traitor 10 party! That is the.
sin The party, in the members opinion, com
prehehds every hing worthy ofregard-E Eve
ry thing is to be sacrificed to party, without
the slightest attention to principle.
The member presumes 10 use The name of
Arnold in connection with my name, and to re-
mind me Of the destiny of that man Why
sir, does he know what and how near is his own
fate? 1t may be, sir, as inglorious as that of
the English lords puppy, whose eyes were not
opened Until he was about TO be drowned
He undertakes (said Mr. TaIlmadge) to as.
sign me place. But where does the member
himself stand? lie is the very personiGcation
IF Loco Focoism.
Here Mr. Tappan nodded assent. "The
member Continued Mr.. rahmadge) agrees to
AXE the name-Ia am right; was sure had
ut the mark g.
The member has distinguished himself be-
ore. Alter the Southampton massacre, he is
aid to have declared that he would furnish
owder and ball for slaves to do such work a.
ain! lie had never seen this charge against
ne member contradicted; and if (added Mr.. :
'allmadge) he is indeed the personlcaion of !
'oco- Focolsm, it might be easily inferred that 4
rnciples OF that kind would find lodgmentI
! his bosom. =
The distinguished Senator then referred to !
lie course ofhis own State, and said if he was
traitor, 50 too was New York; for his course =
al that OF tie people of NeD YORK. had been u
le same in regard to this measure, and the
administration from which it eliminated, And n,
now tell the Senator, that ifhe should 20 there ri
I'D use the language he has employed this day II
this assemblage of the representatives Of "
'veregn States, he would be treated with the W
'ntempt which he has incurred and which he
eseryes! r
Here Mr.. Henderson, Of Mississippi, arose,
nd expressed hope that The order Of debate =
ould be preserved. glA
The Vice President said he relied upon the
nse ofduty and the Lhonor of every Senator
preserve theorder and decorum OF the body;
Id now that the point Of order was raised by
g member from Mississippi, he hoped both
'ntemen would conine themselves strictly
thin parliamentary courtesy. !
Mr.. TalImadge said, that so far as he was al
ncerned, the Vice Presidents reliance should OF
It be in vain lie appealed to the presiding Off r
+ and to the Senate, whether his manner Of y
batting was not marked by proper person SO
Difference and respect to his adversarieS. IT, ~
tho present occasion, he had departed from sa
is course, it was only to repe an unparlia-
entary and outrageous attack, and the most
ensiye imnutations ne
r., ~ i9, !. .,. a. sh
noes under which he had departed from the :"
pPort of the Administration--the history ofIJu'
3 Sub Treasury bil--the manner in which '''
S essentially Erecutire measure had been
ICED on the party, in spite Of the remonstran- 90
OF many prominent friends Of the President
the manner in which Marcy, Flagg, and 9th.
) Of the Albany Regency, had been whipped
Q his support-the evidence it gave OF the
srwhelming strength Of Executive power ~
rs was powerful and impressive pas
re.
He also depicted, in striking manner, the 70
ces Of warfare carried ON against those
0 had 1.-THE hrmness and independence 10 main Gu
their ground in opposition to the Execu- apI
J. 1t was somewhat after the fashion in Jos
lch the Florida war is now TO be conducted and
" bood-hounds and bul-doss 1t is the Re;
nc now. The bulldog Of the Executive for
es ms howl, and every hound Of the party, cut
every little yeping curof high or low de- 1
2, JOINS in the yeping chorus :
Mr.. ialmadge said his colleague and other mex
ators seemed 70 have some doubt about the app
sentiments Of New York. Possibly it was TIM
the very strength Of the sentiment, and mel
unequigocaI manner in which il had been alta
lblted, that these doubts arose. Tie had
I'd Of lady who was 50 tall, thatit was die. Joh
L 70 recognize her after single introduc- i
/. The President aud his friends had been IT