Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-10-12
POLITICAL.
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TIE CONFESSIONS OF CALER CUSHING.

| TIE Confessions OF CALEB GUSHING.
Mr.. Cushing las put cut counter manifesto TO that
of Nessrs Berricn, Kennedy, and the Wing commit.
lee, who speak in The Of the whole Wing party Of
Congress Mr.. Gushing replies to this address, say
ing
"Thnt in none If The srens hich hire transpircd is
HPosSsbe tur me 10 good reason jOr radfra md
rfro"tonary change in he Con>,tfntinn 81 Tic T. s.
40 erb crisis, it me, 1ehich caisJ for rerotoR
arg remsdits
"ld an address has sonr forth from portion IF tic
membefs o. Congress, pnrpOrung to be the unanimous
det % meeting Of The Wigs of Congress, shieh, BE-
sues aTraigH'n9 Mc President rarioHs allegations 81
ta" 1hd s"rm'ses nat tact recommends such rad al
GhnngrS Of the ConS,iiution
Ard then he enters this protest against the act q ar.
porh"s I" DC he unanimous Of a meetinS II Mc
| Why's ~ C0n.ress:
"iprotest against Mc itseif hs MEASURES il pro.
poses, anil the opinians ii promuigatcs
ltc aa Hsc fcmsto mr. 10 hars been ,rhoifv nn1rise
rs purity morcmem orr ,ronnds needed 10 De sooled
| by fmoiiisnts, not infamcd In rri,am,s.
"n constitution I, sense, it seems 10 me still more
unwse when coupled with its matter.
at proposes the organization OF party, having
or lis object sundry vast changes The Constr
tuition Of the Federal Government
s'Ihost rhaagfs, II cGtctch, rouid concentrate Tie
rhi,f p0trcrs NJ GGr,rKm6nt in the hunts If hat ~
srhtrh his document uss!f is m emann,i"n nan,y, a
CAUCUS DICTATORSHIP OF CONGRESS-"
This Remuneration Of the last act Of the Federal eau
Gus Of the las, Congress- derives importance from Mr..
Gushing relations with Mr. Webster lie IL The Re
preventative of Massachusetts, who is understood TO be
more Immediately than any other associated IN the po-
lllical views Of Mr. Webster and this address 10 his
own constituents, seems principally designed 10 vii-
dica,e the Of Mr. Webster in separating from
h!s colleagues vi The Cabinet. The scope Of the nd
dress may, therefore, be considered rs indicative, II not
,eclarative of the views taken BY Mr. Webster Of the
new aspect al political ai'iirs Mr.. Gushing has re-
NAMED this city tie adjournment OF Congress.
and has enjoyed The opportunity OF consulting ar.
Webster as the mode ~ which he would have yindi.
Gated hls secession from the Wings who nave seeded
from the President.
With the Disbursements Of the Wings they call
,!ensc Ives -Fcdcralists call then-wc have no
thing 10 to We look 10 Mr.. Cushing address as the
confessions Of one who participated III all the Wing
caucuses OF the last extra scssonas the active sup
porter or every Wing measure which was first passed
through these caucuses, and then through Congress-
and we present the testimony Of this prominent, able,
well informed and influential co.operator and witness
m all the Wing management Of the extraordinary Con-
prcs, to establish The statements which We have here
toiore made IN relation 10 that management.
We have said that the measure o. the extraordinary
session were enacted IN cancus-that they were there
Carried by the seM which controlled the majority of the
Wing party in Congress; and that in fact, the lrgIsa
ton Of the last session SIMPLY the registration Of
the DEGREES of ~ CAUCUS DICTATORSHIP
We now call Mr.. Cushing 10 the stand, and make
full proofirom the solemn written avernents made by
Inn 10 his constituents. lie says:
ga Caucus Dictatorship mas nPcn set up IN COn-
orcss which, not satisfied with ruling that body 10 the
eatinruishment of individual freedom OF opinion seeks
10 control tie President in his proper sphere Of duty,
dcmnunces him before you for refusing I" surrender ms
indt pendence ard his conscience to rs decree, and
proposes through sutvcIsion Of the fundamental pro
visions aud principles Of the Constitution, 10 usurp the
command Of the Government.
at is a question, therefore, i'll fact not OF legislative
measures, but of revolution.
Mr. Gushing then gives the history Of the grcnt inca
II, ~.
President, the Cabinet and the Wing pariy,) which
we present as Il sample Of the rGarmS passd measures
putting down all debaie, amfmdarni, or expression II
difference of opinion, among the Wing majority by
vote when acted upon in Congress. Mr. Cushing
himself voted under caucus dca,inn for the measure
which he nosv condemns |, was the last BANK bill
,he Fiscal CORPORATION. Is history is thus given:
son FRIDAY the both ii August, Mr.. Sergeant, N
The House Of Representatives moved the House 10 re-
sol sc itself into Committee OF the whole on inc s'ac
az the Union and then, the House being N Commit
tee Of the Whole the state Of the un'on and liav-
io.r n; his notion taken up the old pending House
h,i 10 incorporate the Fiscal Bank, he mo:ed TO amend
the same by striking out all after the cnacng words
and inserting, III lieu thereof, the Fiscal Corporations
bill.
.On Saturday the 2ist August, the House having
,o;n resolved itself into Committee Of the Whole, and
taken M the Fiscal Bank BILL Mr.. Scrgeants amend
n,ent adopted after some hours debate; ana mus
without even having been cnmInted 10 any standihg
Of tle means ard forms Of de!bcraiive examination
mos, unexanplrd the Fiscal Corporation bill was
foycfd through the Committee Of the Whole.
"On Monday, the 23l Of August, the Fiscal Corpo'
ration bill, as reported from the Committee 81 me
Whole, was taken mp in the House, and, under the
,rsv;ons question, and ,riihout dr6aic passed.
ain In. Senate The bill referred 70 select com
m,ec briefly debn,cd and The ID day OF September
passed that body.
On Friday this passed charter came III Us al
Dn,k III md m Fr
,ay two weeks after, it went out OF Congress TO lhe
President without having letter changed, ana yet .!
his F;srM lgcnt passed in caucuses, and reGs'r
ed IN Congress, which tie President IS denounced or
bay;n refused 10 approve, Mr Cushing says nc ""d
cpYrorcd ht fsrai lgrh bH, Il: roMd Aife 0e'" f"'e
singufar in hat, far nobody e'se dtd.
Nr Cushirr concludes his address TO his const'tu-
enis by defending the veto Of the President on ms
oary brrottcn monster, whlrh all vobd 10 es'aos",
although none approved. lis intimate Sh"wi''s' y
,b,. FEDERAL principles the Vaccinations and the ma
cln,ry through which they "peraed at The last ses-
M, enables HIM 10 portray with the power OF one VINO
p,n,cd from tho life, a the objects al which they ani'd
and stu am, if his construction OF Their aie manifest"
b, lust According TO Mr Cushing, air. eiay aga"
"ia thr mida n a rrro'"iton =. ,,,.
n, cushing unveils this tendency OF The wing par
>, IN commenting on the caucus design oil expungns
the veto power from the Constitution as aVo"cu - tue
Wing address ..
/
III .bed and b. The best cxpnunders of the Constitution
!, has been constantly defended, as necdial check on
not only unconstitutional or usurpns acts Of 'ne Two
,onscs Of Congress- but IN general IN all improper !e
~is.a,on, whether improper by intrinsic detects Oh
whatever sa.;, or by attendant haste or faction.
"And if there be any description OF OIL wn'cn more
a., ,,v o,l.r requires mature consideration, ano
when apparently unconstitutional justfics the inter
position of the snspenslve power ofthe President sure
IL i i one which proposes 10 trust to private cor
ora,,ou Jurisdiction over the currency b. an act IRE
"If to clear the way FOR Bank, or for any oiher no'
;.c, this suspcnsve power Of the President over bills
his one man power be struck from the C"nS'''.
on why not ~ The root Of the matter al once aud
strike from the Constitution other parts Of the ohe-ml
power which at prescn, among the functions Of 'he
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ain fact, is proposed in that document to do this;
FOR example give TO Congress Jurisdiction over re-
movals from Office and administration OF the treasury
"Do this-take away the vetn SO as to leave me ne
mower Of Congress unchecked, that IS absolute "f an
liberty exists by Of checks on desposn1aoah-
/ - J., = not only the law -Iakinr power, Out Tue dP-