The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-09-25
REMARKS OF MIR. PRoFFIT,
On the Veto Message Of the Presidsnf' re-
turning the Fiscal Corporation BiH

On the Veto Message Of the Presidsn' re-
turning the Fiscal Corporation BiH
HousE OF REPREsENTAuvEs, SEPTEMBER ~ iofi'
The message of the President of the United States
re,urning ,he hill to establish Fiscal Corporation
with his affections thereto being under cohsioef
Mr. PROFFITs said MIR. Speaker had hoPe1
that the debate upon this important quesu1n WIZ ,h
have beei Conducted in manner credtable TO the
National legislature. had hoped that our discus
Sons would be confined to the subject matter OF inc
message of the Executive and the merits OF the Dill
now before os, and that argument courtesy ana ae
co,m would distinguish our deliberations on 50 grave
and momenlous an occasion the present But, SIR
have been disappointed and, | must confess, deeply
mori;fed atthe course which it has pleased the gen.
tleman from Virginia Mr. Bos) to pursue .l-. 1,
eyery friend of peace and harmony to listen to- the
speech made BY thatgenteman-a speech, sir scarce
" glancing at the message the bill before u.s. but
repIee with the denunciaoIy ePlthets against the
public and the feroeious assaults upon the prE
ra,e character of the Executive, The gentleman
from Virginia has charged upon. the President per
tTeachery" and prostitution OF his official cha
racter for selfish and unworthy purposes; ne mas
thought fit to compare him with the traitor ano
with Hull He has said that this is not the tfst time
that John Tyler has been guilty of perhdy, ass that
on more than OCCASION the charge has been made
and proved. He accuses the President also OF equi-
vocation.
charges in the order in which he has made them and
I now Give notice to him that | will hold him 10 the
proof of the accusations made upon this hoor under
the responsibilities of an
The gentleman cannot complain OIL tins. he gave
notice to the House days since that he would
arrsign the President and that he would furnish I'M
denable evidence to sustain his charges OF peTdy and
treachery His attack, then,fis Premedltated he
has had ample time to collect material for the Assault
When Mr.. SpeakerI heard the gentleman declaIes
a intended
Executive guilty Of these odous charges, 4 Thought
that he was speaking under momentary excitement,
and that time for reflection and good counsel would IN
duce him to pursue different course could not be-
lieve il possible that the gentleman would persist in
determination palpabyf unwise anda improper
Whatever private erefs and personal enmities he
might entertain, could not believe that this Hall
would be selected fitting place for their avowai
and exposure.
Anticipatinp as | had debate upon the merits of
the bill now before us, had prepared myself with ar
guments to meet fair and open discussion OF It's
principles and tendencies. had also taken some
pains 10 collect authorities, judicial and Financially to
maintain the positions which had assumed when the
bill was before the House. 1t would be worse than
useless to present them now This House is not IN
fitting mood to listen to argument on question OF
finance, and from the manner OF opening TINS DEBATE
by the gentleman from Virginia (who appears to have
done SO by the universal consent of the friends with
whom he acts on this questcn 4-know would
be vain to ask dispassionate and calm attention.
SHALL then, at proceed to notice the gentlemans
remarks. He commenced by informing US that his
particular passi him to speak at this time
and a. pAt 81 liz speech he alluded tothe fact
of thePresident hAshg fttdrsedto him letter which
he had Addressed TO him on the subject of certain
celebrated commu ncalon, generally denominated the
Coffee. House correspondence. can well under
stand Mr. Speaker, that the gentleman should enter
tain feelings of personal enmiy towards the PRESIDENT
as also7a feeling of modification at the publication OF
his unfortunately loose correspondence. But, siI,
has nj
peculiar position? What have we to do with his per-
sonal feelings towards the Executives What does
the country about the published or unpublished
correspondence Of the gentleman? In this free land
of ours we can write what we please. The gentle
man can publish his opinions Of the President either
in apolitical or personal character He can couch
those opinions in the form of letter, and direct II to
whom or what he peases q" "A few days since he gave
hs VIEWS of The President tothe Pubcin The form of
circular; HecanJaddress another communication to
the public. None Of these opinions would then require
or receive answer. But when the gentleman thinks
fit to select this Hall place in which to use harsh
and denunciatory language towards the President,
for the display of his personal feeling he must expect
to be answered though the friends of the President
should do Telgciantlys sptdbest against IT. as
being converted into for the display of the
gladatoria feeling of party violence or personal ran
COR But sir, we have no choice left to u.s. We
have duty to perform. As Representatives we must
nj
cal friends of the President will not permit MS
public life and character and conduct and motives tobe
msrepresented; and as his personal friends, we vii
sit silently and hear his private character IRA
duced Thus It is sir, that the gentleman Is RESPONSE
bic for the tenor Of this debate. Al i kFEIe1cyfY
have said, sir, that the gentleman glanced at the
message now before as and his criticisms it We're
as Il Thought; by aspirt Of extreme unfaness
He says 'that as the Constitution limited the Execu-
tive his objeciions should consider all the points
10 INV iffiO
New, sir without further comment what will any lib
eral and candid man think of this declaration2 Does
it not eyice spirit Of unfairness too plain TO permit
of moments understanding Of the spirit in which
it is made? 49,
The gentleman next finds aut with the president
for saving 81 distinctly declared thatmy own opinion
had been uniformly proclaimed TO be against the power
Of Congress to create National Bank TO operate per
SO over the Union" What language would the gen
tIeman have the, President to make use of more
pressfye Of his objectionsl He objects to5a bank
which of ITSELF through its own inherent power, by
its very creation can operate throughout the Mon
could not be found. And however much we may diff
fer with the President on the powers Of Congress to
establish a bank, we cannot complain that his obec
tons are clothed in ambiguous languages. wv hsthel
the President proclaimed these opinions previous
his election, ! shall examine In the course Of my re
marks - VS. @'*,.& .r'1 W"
The gentleman has in the next place, made one o.
two small criticisms which is quite unnecessary
notice. There Is one, however, SO gaIngy uIJus
that will alIude toit He says that the word quo
revenue is objected to, being in the title Of tn
BILL and the gentleman presumes that if the word pri
rate had been used would have suited the President
constitutional objections. Now, sir, the messag
makes N objection of the kind stated by the gentle
man and his prescriptions therefore entirely gra
tuitous The House will pardon me for alluding t.
these very small matters hut is necessary to expose
them as proof of the unhappy tone and temper with
which we have to contend. .iaet3 $50
Another criticism of the gentleman will give 10
his owe words; g The next objection was that tht
provisions Of the bill did not contradict It's title.
Now Mr. Speaker, is not this ALEC palpable misrep
resentation Of the message7 The President makes
no such objection and will not insult this House By
referring them to his message now before US viii
merely Say that think thiscaplious and tanI hd,ns
spirit is too plainly Imanifestedxto esrt the objec
which the gendepsn seems 50 apfe us "a accomplish
The painest man in the land will when comparing
his speech with the message, Immediately detect tn
errors inte which he has bnen led by the bitterness
ofhi vtoxvar da the of his attack.