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

amount to: If gentlemen wished TO delay the Discus
sion, could they readily conrivr always to keep
some o'her business IN readiness on the table-some
Arbuckle case useless call for information that
"as TO lead TO nothng'
and as to the reflections which had been cast ont IN
regard TO the CELEBRITY with which the Sub Treasury
law had been repealed, did gentlemen really expect al.
'r' lhe expression OF public opinion which had taken
pace IRON one end Of this land TO the other that they
we're 10 stand here five days stretch discuss
"'9 mat winch the People had already decided: 10
"ia' good end: Would it change the opinion OF SIN
eir man: Would It do any thing but consume the pub
- ui'e' lake, as an example, the sperch Of the ho
hofsae Senator from New York, mir. WrgEt,) gen
tieman ever distinguished not only by his decorum in
ueoa'e, but by courtesy and kindness to his op
Poehs which was honorable to his charac,er yet what
vas ms speech when any gentleman examined IL close
y lhe honorable Senator commenced by taking it
nF granted IN anticipation, that the substitute for the
SUBJ reasury was TO be Bank OF the L. s. and then
ne proceeded 10 occupy three hours in speaking upon
subject not benrc the Senate. And for what purpose:
10 what end: Mr.. {. could have answered with ease
every argument he brought forward but he did not
choose 10 DO IT. The country expected them to act
The country elt-the country suiered-the country
was agonfzed BY this everlasting consumption Of time
without action. On this question Of Bank Mr.. G.
was Wiling TO hear the Senator from South Carolina
u.t ~ long as he might choose 10 speak 10 that cues
tioi provided, always, that h shouc uo3 undertake 10
speak against time. lie hoped that as the resolution
was temporary ~ lis application, provision tor
the existing session, not working any alteration IN the
rules o order, that Senator would at once consent 10
let IL DC adopted What was the practice in the British
PerliamenE They would very often SIT all nuh, Il.
llnsh measure, although on few very extraordinary
occasions the debate was protracted for several days
But here sc continue 10 talk from day to day from
week TO week, from month To month"; while nothing
done. Mr.. g. very ready 10 sit aud hear, In,
really, provided he could at the end OF the
session, he could almo,t that his faculty .!
speech should bc suspended during is cantlnnancc--
lie trusted the resolution wonli be- adopted and when
they got nf the great and absorbing subjects
"liich demanded their action they would follow out
TIL It was settled one way or the other.
Mr.. CALHOUN said that man on that floor
could be more anxious 10 b. al home and attending /"
his business than he was but he did claim, behalf Of
the minority, that they shonId be heard. lie denied
that the People demanded from them action alone
They demanded That they should act wisely. They
were tremblngy alive 10 The fate Of the Constitution
Il might suit the views Of politicians and spectators
that Congress should come speedy action, especially
on one subject Bnt what opportunity allowed nr
dclbtriiion and discussion: In the OF the Sub
Treasury they had had but day a day and halt,
and the gentleman talks oil allowing them bu; five
or SIX on other measures OF equal Importance The
great question Of the not the repeal If the
Sub Treasury law, but what was 10 he adopted rs
substitute for IL. the attempt thus 10 cut oft debate
thing unprecedented in the Senate lie should
resist IT. Anxious as he 10 be at home, he would
remain here n whole year rather than not be heard.
lie moved 10 lay the resolution the table, but
sen'cd TO Withdraw The motion at the request Of
Mr.. ALLEN, who commenced By observing that the
object Of this resolution obviously 10 hurry this
session 10 a conclusion. They had en- and from
which, III that Senate, not 10 BE- contravpncd
in the least, long list setting forth the objects which It
was the design Of the mn nrty in power TO consun
mate before Congress should Iisc and they had heard
from the ths morning. the particular time
prescribed within Which this icrcu!can labor 10
be performed The whole Of these great subjects we're
to be disposed Of before the last day Of July. The
Democratic portion of the Senate, (said Mr. Az
not responsible for being here they al the bid
ding Of those who politically their masters nor
are they responsible for the million Of dollars which
will thus be eNtravagantly squandered But we are
here and We have been brought here by our advcr.
sares, shall not permit them 70 vel Their faces be-
fore the Public, or gag on any pretcSt before We
have made fall examination Of every feature Of their
counlcnancp The chef expense OF the session Will
be the mileage OF the members, the money pad 10
them for coming together and Tor returning home.
We have come together, djourn when We WILL, and
must return, whether now or three months hence;
the time intervening, whether longer or shorter, will
no, be the chief Of expenditure, and, therefore,
on principles of economy, IS better that we should
take time TO do all the work for which We have been
called together. But the Senator from Kentucky tells
us that the country sayoncd and that that they have
come here to relieve it from lis agony. During the five
months Of the panic session. that Senator cried the
language in our Nothing, nothing bnt the return
OF the deposites the United States Bank could save
The country from bankruptcy and rum. who mat was
then can ever forget how these camors were thun
dercd in his ears How often it repeated that on
the instant return of the drpostes, the happiness and
prosperity of our whole country depended: For i've
long months were detained here on that question,
when the whole effect OF the decision must be the roll
inr of few kegs of silver from side Of the street
10 the other, and every body knew it. That single
question: and that alone, occupied here during that
entire session; yet now, when nothing less IS contem
plated than total change Of measures as old as the
country itself, when are to reverse our WH"lc
system Of operations we are told thni Two sh"rt
months are sufficient for the whole. The establish
mcnt of Bank Of the United States y one Of ih-
measures first he brought forward, and the Senator
says that the country expects from Us action, acton
On what ground does he say tins Has the country
decided in favor Of Bank: Your President says
it has not. That man. who, from his position as
"A nd,date for the second Office the gt Of the peo
bic must have perfectly understood all the ssnes winch
were made before tine pe"ple-ssues on which his own
LECTION to turn tells you that this measure which
$ pressed upon with such hot haste is condemned
~ the nation Yet the Senator from Kentucky tells
IS that We are here 10 net Which one If all the mea-
ures the long catalogue read TO Us by that Senator
lave the people Of the L. ). decided according 10
he authoritative declaration o the official head o! the
.yhr party; But one, and that is the Sub Treasury
This they have condemned, and that condemnation N
he language OF the Senator, has been carried from
udamcnt to execution. So far as the Senate Is con-
erned the Sub Treasury does not exist Well, III re-
rard 10 the other to be proposed TO we have
he Official declaration Of the President Of the Republic
hat the people have not decided in their favor. THIS
zones to us the form oian annual message which, by
he raa","d e" -e"d 70 Bot. ii""-os ."
Congress under the solemnlty OF his oath Under these
solemn circumstances and with all conceivable means
knowing aud truly understanding the issues which
,aye been presented the people Of the l. :, the
Chef Magistrate tells Congress that the people are
,ot in favor Of National Bank. Wen, u they are
at for the gen,cmans bank, s,ii less are they IN IA
,or of his Tigu project for the distribution OF The
proceeds Of The public lands, and its necessary con
eonent. The eventual assumption By Congress OF the
STATE debts, and as the ultimate result the return OF
his country under its colonial condition and anc'en,
dependence Great Britain They nave not decided
- ,,yor IF that, But must hasten through tins bu-
mess because The weather Is hot. Why, did not the
l.man know IN what month Congress was to be
Convened. Is his getting home TO his friends matter
moro w.ghty importance than that the Senate should
c,de wisely on measures of vital import to the coun-
ry> who heard Of course SO desPo'Ic; abso-
ue 50 tyrannica, damnab!e, to fix the very day
m which we shall finish five or six successive