Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-12-24
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h sideraiion of the Senate when plead with
! him not to press lt-when ] earnestly en-
! treated him TO wait but for one day. Yes,
| and when the Senator from Maryland plead
/ for Il single nights delay, 10 declined II, nnd
II when his colleague was absent, he would mol
| wait, even for one day, his return.
Il | do not, said Mr.. T.. remember these things
Il for evil or in Judgment, and shull certainty
submit cheeriully to any proper delay oi ac-
| ton which that senator, notwithstanding The
Il past, may now ask. The Senator says IN
/ spite of the wonderful condemnation OF his
| pariy-that Gen. Harrison has, that we have
| no principles-lhat we are party without
| principle. Now let me ash the senator, what
| kind of party that must be which has been
beaten SO signally by party without prlnci'
ples-by party whose banner was, as he
says, coon skins or log cabins? Mcst not
such beaten party have had principles worse
| than none to have been so sgnally rebuked
II The senator, conlinded Mr.. &. alluded To
prior elections, and thinks that IN Congress
! and elsewhere, when this sub treasury bill
was n question at issue, his party have irl.
umphed. hope the honorable senator will
not make it necessary for inc to review The
past, 10 bring TO his remembrance, for exam
! pie, The .htw Jersey outrage conducted IA a
manner dtrogdtory 10 d,H6erdiiue assemblies.
and disgraeelh TO The epoch IN mhieh II took
place.
The chair said the allusion TO New Jersey
| was not IN order.
/ Who can deny, continued Mr.. Clay, that
| the election Of November, gave signal re-.
buke TO this administration. The question
! may have been doubtful before, out oil doubts
were dissipated in November. The people
| had put all doubts to rest.
n The senator from N. Y. added Mr. Ciay,
says that the party coming into power is II
party without principles. Doesn't he know
that we are opposed to sub trcasnry-thai
we are in favor Of Economy and Rctrcnch.
,nent-,hat wo are friends Ola good Govern
! mcnt-of safe mode Of keeping the public
moEey--of sound currcncy-ihat we are
! against executive usnrpation? The party
now in power know well enough what are
| the principles of the party to be in power
/ They know well enough that when the sub
treasury bill is repealed some other measure
! will be proposed-and sufficient unto The day
/ is the evil thereof.
II Mr.. Calhoun continued the discussion. !
! had supposed, said he, that the successful
! party would have been content with ihclr past
| victory and left US TO have gone on with the
! bus mess of the session. | had hoped that
the appearance of Gen. Harrison IN Wash.
II inuton would have been the time for bring
ing forward the measures of public policy OF
his Administration. am willing to give the
II Administration fair trial. If, as the senator
says, it shall be IN defence of State Rights,
and the Constitution, and Economy aud Re-
IItrcnchment will support it 80 far.
i Mr. Calhoun spoke nevertheless Of the
/ State Banks, the Pet Bank system, and q
National Bank. So help me God, said the
senator, will oppose National Bank with
oil the energies which God has given Inc. ]
am friend To the State Banks, but not 10 the
miserable rickely Pet Bank system which
has been tried md found waning.
Mr.. Calhoun before closing, however, took
occasion TO refer 10 the remarks Of the Sem
tor from Kentucky, in regard TO the cxccu-
ton o! the law. If what The Senator had
asserted was true, the law had been violated
and the officer should be punished.
The other business Of the Senn,cconsisted
of sundry extra reports from the dcpartme mis-:
the reference of bills concerning the pay Of
Purscrs in ,he Navy, Navy rations, and Ma.
w pensions; concerning Notifications on the
| Arkansas and Texas frontier Mr.. Clays
call for information concerning the Public
! Lands, and Mr.. Tappan's amendment to the
Constitution limiting the services OF the u.
S. Judges.
IN the Uousr, DR.. Bates was reelected
| Chaplain on the second ballot. Mr.. Jones
reported from the Ways and Means, the
annual appropriation bill, which was referred
to the committee Of the Whole, Mr. Briggs
in The chair. An amendment to the blll,
appropriains $4,000 for the special mes
scngers bearing the electoral votes, by Mr..
Cushing, was adopted.
Il In SENATE, Wednesday, Dec. 16-Thc
bill for the support Of Government in part for
I 1871, received from the House yesterday,
! was read twice, and sent to the Committee
/ Oh Finance, rc.reportcd, read third time,
| and pissed. A large number Of private bills
were reported from the standing committees.
H Mr.. Talmadgc, of New York, proposed an
amendment TO the Constitution, fixing the
time of Presidential service to one ,erm.-
The resolution passed to n third reading, and
no one opposing was ordered To be printed.
n The Vice President, after the expiration OF
the morning hour, announced the postponed
motion of Mr.. Webster be to tho subject IN
order before The Senate.
II Mr.. WEBSTER said that it was not with
ont some reluctance that he had concluded
to address the Senate upon the subjec, Of the
PRESIDENTS Mcssoge--espccially at this pc.
riod Of the session. lie had no disposition
10 re. open old wounds, or To enter again upon
The discussion OF topics which had SO recent.
y, and at such great length, been discussed
IN the Senate. All that | propose do is to
submit some remarks with regard to the Il
nanccs of The country. do not propose to
refer at much length to the past, or 10 spccu.
n late uron the future. ] wish TO consider the
finances OF the country us they are, and TO
comment briefly upon some of the iacts or
opinions laid down ~ the Message.
Il JIe though; the President was mistaken in
some of his positions in reference 10 n Ma.
,ional Debt aud National Bauk. Of Ma
Iltlonal Bank, said Mr. Webster, | shall say
nothing ut present. In regard TO National
II Debt ! wish to submit To The Senate whether
any party since the foundation of the Gov
,leru,ncn,, ever made u National Debt one Of
its governing principles. II 50, when did
Ilthnt party exist, and where Is tie proof of It's
existence IT is true that the Government
has contracted debts-ihc old CUnlnentnl
Congress contracted debts--loaus were made
IN the days Of the Rcvoluion-a debt wns
contracted by John Adams with Holland f;
but Of the proprlcty Of these measures there
arc none who doubt them.
II Bot, continued Mr.. Webster, the remark ol
II,bo President il pnr,iculafly unfortunate