Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-10-19

were III his sHuatlon, ana the posi-
bility OF such an act of treachery were
Gfir1ed Of me. the reproach would fl
my heart 10 lis Utmost recesses with
horror and loathing. But the Senator
chooses to assign the reason why he
hoped and expected this. 1t was that
1.-The President differed from his party
on almost every one of its. great and
leading points Of policy. Now I in
tend for a moment to institute COM
parison between the differences of the
President from the policy and princi-
Piles Of the Locofoco party and his al
lodged differences from the policy and
principles of the Wings. And first
and foremost will place the act Of
expunging and mutiIating thesoficial
records ofthis body. Did the Presi-
dent agree with the Locofocos in re-
gard to that act. Again, on the ques-
Ition of Executive power and the ex-
tent and increase OF the Executive pat
ronage, does the President agree with
| the Wings, or those on the other side!
For myself, | do think that, in the
impressive words of Mr.. Dunning, "the
power of the Executive has increasedj
il increasing, and ought TO be dimin-
ished." And, then, on the one-term
principle what are the Presidents
opinions? Does not all the world
know? Has he not put them in wri-
ting? and declare, over and over, that
no President ought to serve for more
than one term? Has he not seen the
effect ofthe opposite practice in lead
ing a Chief Magistrate so to use his
power as to secure his reelection 10
Office? And then in regard TO the SUBJ
Treasury; what are the Presidents
opinions on this point? No, sir, the
hope oft is in vain. The soil of Vir-
ginia is too pure to produce traitors.
: Small, indeed, is the number of those
who have proved false 10 their princi-
: pies and to their party. knew the
father Of the President, Judge Tyler,
Of the general court in Virginia, and
purer patriot or more honest mannever
: breathed the breath Of life; and l am
one ofthose who hold to the safety
which flows from honest ancestors and
the purity of blood.
Il Gentlemen are exultihg over an
event which never can and never will
happen. No, gentlemen, the Presi-
: dent never will disgrace himself, dis
$ grace his blood, sdisgrace his State,
D disgrace his country, disgrace his chill
D kdren, by abandoning his party, and
: Looming with you. Never, never. If
: itwere among the possibilities Of human
turpitude to perpetrate an act like that,
e [ cannot conceive on what principle;
: or for what reason, the President
$ could rush uDon deed SO atrocious,
K indelibIe. Nor do / know which
: would surpass in baseness, the man
If who conld commit scuh an act of trea-
/ son, ON the party who would receiveand
" embrace and adopt one who had thus
disgracedhimself. No, gentlemen,none-
b yer will the President of the q. States
q, be guilty of such crime; and, if he
ar did commit it, the party has too much
I regard for the opinions of mankind eV'
at er TO receive and reward him for tht
as deed. Treason, while in progress, il
ne indeed always agreeable TO the part.
ne or country to whose benefit it is to in
'r- ure; but when it has been perpetrated
:. what does history tell us the fate ha
he been of every traitor? And what ougE
on that fate to be? If there is anythin
ole like agreement between John lyle
ne and the Locofoco party, it is simpl
* and exclusively on this question of
CHI bank. On that one point admit th;
a there is great and unhappy diferenc
nld of opinion between him and his poll
for ical friends; but how can he by poss
gh- bility go over to the other party, fro
ubt whom he has always differed on eve
the other point? On all other poin:s, Il
art distribution Of the proceeds Of the pu
ity, lie lands, the bankrupt law, publ
try, economy and reform, he agrees wi
abb us. Gentlemen chuckle in the con
and dence that he is going TO veto this b
re- do not myself think he will. b.
ded even if he does, still say it is mo
OF impossibility that there ever can ex
IN so Infamous, so unnatural Union,
so that between President who has
and trayed one party and the other pa
h directly opposite to him,who must hi
Gus TOO much regard to their character
and the opinion Of mankind 10 receive 9
ness embrace him, if il were possible
he could prove false and faithless
aator his friends.
ands had not the remotest idea whe
rgin- entered the Senate of saying word
lima the present question; but there wa
nator species unauthorized exultation n
{ the Eifested by the Senator from Penn
ailing yania which | could no. suffer to r
id The gentleman has expressed
that hopes; but they are hopes doc
that to be disappointed. Fully belle
might shis, and being for myself detexmi
what! to live and die with the Wing
states, tv, thought it right 10 say what I