Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-06-22


have recovered the power TO direct their affairs
Tyranny: Can any thing be more tyrannicai, more
despoc and absolute than 10 present to US such inca
sures and then TO here and prescribe the very day
within which they shall all be consumma,cd: No,you
shall tarry here longer than July; and for What
we permitted 10 wait o.ioSs,' That may pass
bill for National Bank in the face of the Presidents
message declaring 70 that>Gch. Jacksons veto Of
such Bank was approved and Sd 1ed by the People
TO assume the State debts; TO Iho0gage an empire,
and that an American empire too, for the benefit OF
British bankers whose agents am told are floching
already 10 this seat Of Government ready TO se'ze
upon the spoils We must do all this and how long
time is granted in which 10 do IL Unt'i the iast
day Of July. And why must we ADJOURN tnen: pc
cause the Senator from Kentucky is of opinion that
we ought to act which, being interpreted, means that
ght speak. The very first complaint against
the old Federal party was an act whch FORBADE the
People to speak their minds; theSe was gag at ina,
day rs there is to be gag in this We mast act and
must send the result Of action to the other House.
and thus the House of Representatives. is 10 be
troed-it to be loaded down by the mass of murder
Gus rubbish sent them by the Senate. Tue newspa-
pers are then to be let loose upon the House, and ITS
members are be chided for letting the Senate beat
them They are to be told that the Senate did and
so in so many days; and thus the ipsc Dirt of the Sc
from Kentucky is TO regulate, first, the Senate
of the L. S. then the House of Representatives, and
then, suppose the Executive: Well, sir, we shall
For myself the gentlemen round me well know that
have ever lifted my voice in this Chamber TIL
goaded by their opportunities. have been I'M
willing to break the silence of the Senate for the mere
sake Of talking should have done it TO day had
not been mporuned.
But hold that the announcement by tho Senator
from Kentucky Of his July adjournment, and his lay.
ing down TO us the which to receive our
action, is form Of legislative despotsm which should
be resisted at the threshold, in its very first stage
have thought that that gentleman meant TO say in
many words you shall do this. He is too wise for
that; but in this chamber preston oe the opinion
of rat NIL s different
scrptions of power Some kinds of power obtained
and held by the force Of political association and with
out the forms Of law; and power derived from
the Constitution, and exercised under the laws. The
power of the Senator from Kentucky is of the first
class. 1t is derived from political association and com
bination. Ii is moral power; and IN saying 30 do
net speak of It's quality but IN conrad'sne,,on to
power of physical kind. II Is undefioed and intan
pibe: il maniests itself in words, but its effect
IS real appears in the result. When that Senator
shakes his head and says, 81 hope not, know how
the yeas and nays will stand we'll IL they had been
taken and counted When he aysa resolution on the
table and says, 'these my opinions when hear
The declaration my opinion that the SubTreasury
must be repealed sin my opinion the bill for bank
ought to pass accoraiEg 10 my opinion, the dstribu.
ton Of the public lands ought to be made how do
find the vote: MOI is this any matter of consure that
gentleman
Ifthere be shy power earth which is credtabe to
a man. it is that derived from the position which he
has earned among his fellow When this power
is admitted by those around him, 1t IS the most de-
spotic welded among mankind 1t carries out It's
edicts without trial the forms of laws. OF all the
terrible forms, the irresponsible and irresistible forms
of human power, the highest is that of the guliotlne
of a victorious partisan leader. When spakc he, and
we did not hear Never since the 18th Of March
! say not this with a view TO blame his associates
know too much of the philosophy of party. know
that obedience to its dictates may TO be even con-
scientiously viewed the most important OF duties
Many man Of upright nind, when under tins IN
huence, had rather do little wrong than sacrifice
great good he votes yea or nay al the nod OF his
party leader, because his friends tell him. you refuse
this vote we shall lose great object thus he tracks
in and aTranges himself in the train OF some great
header, of large political experience, long in the habit
OF commanding men, and who makes a rival OF every
man who obeys authority OF different Sort Yes, SIR,
even doubt which is the strongest, the Army, the
Navy the Constitution, and the laws on the side,
or, upon the other, that undehnabe, intangible nvi
sble moral influence Of man, with nothing but
Senatorial commission in his pocket 90 men around
him. each bearing commission Of equal authority with
his This the result of great Experience; but then
the who Yields power like this, ought not to use
for the purposes of desposm. When he does fear
him than do the President Of the United States,
because, If he shall attempt to cut mp any despotc
tricks here stands the law and the Constitution, and
we can quote them against him. Not with the mo-
march Of trumphal party. He has right to speak,
and none deny II; he may act and cannot be I'M
peached. The difference between these two species
of power is like that which snbsiss between the eff
fects of personal violence and the effects of pestence
one is visible, you resist it and overcome 1.-THE
other is unfelt till resistance is vain.
hope we, who not responsible for this call OF
Congress- going let the hot weather drive us
from duty and posts, until have disposed Of
all the important measures which demand our atten-
ton. The gentleman Will make something from the
hot weather feel il here (laying his hand upon his
forehead) am not able to speak either as long
we'll as the importance Of the subjects will require
nevertheless shall be found the last in the pit oppos
ing with what strength have, measure, which So
a.1a tIa Enncf
tion and converts the Government of this great Re-
public into a base, money hunting, money loving, cor
rupt stupid, limited monarchy and Bourbon arisocra
CIV This, believe with all the sincerity Of religion
itself shall therefore be of the last TO leave the
ranks of resistance, till this rivetted
the already paralyzed hands Of this people.
hope the Senator will let the question on this reso
luton 90 by and that he will not exert his paramount
influence in forcing such resolution upon the Senate
But if he presses his resolution TO vote, can tell
him that he will have 10 sit here many long and
sury night There eighteen of the
one side, and two others who, this point will
unite with US, and that makes twenty all Of US
can talk 'some'-all of US, from the youngest 10
the oldest, can, and will say something, and we
will unite endeavor TO stay this torrent OF sys
tematic corruption which is TO be let loose like
Niagara upon the country shall not anayze this sys
TEN measures may, however, animadvert upon the
entire Nor shall we stick upon mere techn'cais,
where such deep and during realities at stake.
! shall canvass the whole together, and can and will
demonstrate before the American People that the prn-
cple of political corruption the very life and soul of
the entire mass and that its tendency is ultimately to
render this free Republic snbservent to foreign
Power That has been the history of all republics;
their decline in corruption and terminates
in subsection to a foreign Power. hope the Senator
will consent let his resolution be laid the table
and that he will not realize the emblem Of the with
the gag of '?9 upon his mouth by fastening upon our
mouths a Senatorial gag consisting of hours and hot
weather, hewed out by single word ola single Sena
tor-"e1pedon.
Mr.. BENTON, after enquiring of Mr.. Woodbury.
whether the new rule would not cut off resolution of
fered by him in relation TO the sales Of bonds in Eu
rope demanded the yeas and nays its passage which
were ordered by the Senate.
Mr.. CALHOUN suggested that The resolution be SC
far amended as to add "resoluons' after "reports
MIR. CLAY declined accepting this modification