Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-29

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- dream since this Congress commenced rs s,ung. 4
change IN whOtl Because lie would not sanction
binhi why, II that is a good ground for the charg
OF perhty, have more grounds for charging tn
Ifosldcnt with pcThty that my colleague has.
voted against several bills which the President after
}. wards approved. The President has lisippointe,
o nc thrice, while he has disopponted--no, not dts
n apponted-whiic nc has foiled my colleague lou
] once. SIR, suspect that under all this charge u
pcrhdy, there Is a little more than meets the eve
s Yes sir, Mr. Tyler might have vetoed the Lam,
c hill, and vetoed the Bunk bin. and all thu won't,
not have unWhlggod him. lie might have reic-te,
both rnd hall dozen more and still have rcmanel
Wing, every inch Whg-fhe would have onl,
gwen ~ hrs aIherslon To sour good cousin, Harry
) OF the West Ay, SIR then ho would have beer
among the best of Wings.
And what has President Tyler done or said TO hi:
nearest tricndsl What has brought upon him a sus-
picon which is intended to ag,a;o the public mind
IN reference To coming eecsonl | do not speak
here save Tor that people, whom have the homo.
10 represents but do say Zoe them and in their
behalf ihat, for two years TO come. shall bc ready
To raise my voice against any mans being set up
a candidate for the next Presidency. l think IL is
due TO the county that we shall have at Toast two
sessions OF Congress occupied in promoting the pub
lic good, and not IN making Presidents. deprc-
cate President making Congresses. They are po-
lticai conventions, they are huge c1ucuScS, and
not Congresses of the United States. siaud ready
To JOIN with any man who will unite to reform Ihis
great abuse. say that there is no difference now
among the Wings which has not existed since the
u
been thoroughly known 10 ali the memoirs of the
party. The Bank IS no toSt question. Ous diff
cutcs are the consequence Of an effort by some
politicians TO agitatc prcmnturoy the question OF
the next election. Ii is this which has thrown
back | protest against it. | am mans man,
nor will | be.
But, say il tho President is guilty Of but one half
OF what my colleague has charged upon him, II is
the duty Of my colleague to bring an impeachment
against him. The American people moral
people, they do not think man who hrs hcen gui ~
of gross pcThdy and trcachcty Is man ht To teat
the head Of this Republic. Let nay colleague then
bring forward his charges let him Substaniiite them
by evidence, and let John Tyler DC elected fIom
his office with scorn and contempt.
am told, however, that when they charge per-
hdy they do not mean perhdy in a legal sense. In
what sense then do they meanip cannot say how
It IS elsewhere, but in old Virginia perhdy is perhdy.
That Is common law there. Slc, cannot go into
the facts and details which have been referred to;
the time will not permit. We are told that MIR. Iy-
Ter shook his purse at the people on the banks of
the Ohio, and that It empty purse. Yes,
sir, II may well have been empty, for John Tyler
vas always poor. lie inherited but little property,
and has acquired none. But this reminds me OF
rumor. | have heard my colleague speak much
about Tumori Perhaps he knows something about
this. Tho rumor was, that the President WAS To
retire from Office and that Congress should vote him
a donation oil hundred thousand dollars. My COL
league, u is said, was much in favor OF the plan Sir
this scheme which would have put some mo
ney in that purse. But docs my coliclgue IN truth
suppose that statesman possibly I've 1CtU1tCd
| by any higher motive than money! Does Presl-
| dent Tyler owe no duty TO his country Has lie
soul So mean, little, to hc vol content II you
| I'LL his pursel lie does not know the man, or he
would nj once abandon all hopes Of such O scheme.
And now, alter all this cry, m what has the Ircsi
don't differed from Congress but this single point
| OF this Bank bii.2 lie has approved ali the rest Of
/ your measures. Did not my colleague know that
President Tyler was bound to veto that Bank bill
unless he had abandoned opinions which lie had held
/ all his life long :? But nay colleague says that IN
his message ut the opening OF Congress he referred
the whole currency question TO Them adopt what
they thought best and that he was there
fore bound and pledged TO sign any bill which Con
gresS should pass. Bot did the President say that
his opinions had not changed He did not need 10
say His opinions were known, and no change
had been witnessed by any body.
| was lately locker on IN another chamber of
the Capitol, and | there heard Senator from my
own State ask q certain very distinguished Senator
from Kentucky, when the latter was denouncns
the Hypothetical treason OF the President, whether
one veto would constitute the President iraltorl
| The answer was, by no means. lie then further
inquired whether "A second veto, It II came, would
| prove the President traito2 To which the Sem
| atoT from Kentucky answered, certainly not. How
then has my colleague become so much wiser than
the great head and leader Of his plrty2 What but
these two yCtoes he point IN President Ty-
Ter In which he has disappointed any hope, not
| 10 say expectation OF his party7 Not one thing.
| have now q word or two on the currency ques.
ton which | must add in justice 30 myself IA
seems TO that the only source OF all financial
difficulties lies III defective system of State Banks.
The STATE Bank system of this country is so cIlen.
sIye and the institutions have been so badly mana
ged, that all our difficulties have grown out OF this
one. Ii every bank note was what II should be,
the actua! representative OF hard money and con-
vertible into such money n pleasure and the know
ledge OF this fact should every where inspire conf
dence, should hear nothing about the necessity
Of United States Bank as regulator. If the
States would but regulate their own banks, all our
difficulties would be at an end. They have the
! power, and they nlonC.-IhIs Government cannot
| regulate them. The States can compel their own
! banks 10 ply specie, and # the banks cannot DO
that, they delusive representatives Of
dit which does not exist | could say much more
/ on this point, but iorOeaT. ] wish my own posi-
ton TO be UNDERSTOOD. desire the influence of this
Government TO be brought To the aid Of the curren-
ey where It is practicable, but we can never do Il
I here.
! Mr. PROFIT here obtained the floor but a, the
earnest solicitation Of MIR Bouts, yielded il to him
for Eve minutes for the purpose oG ex PLANTATION.
Ms BOTGS said: In my remarks OF this nom
ing endo0vorCd TO avoid all personal reference
even to the PreslIGn, himself further than was in
dsDensaJIc to a flir development of his public
course; particularly did AVOID any offensive re-
mark TO any individual on this floor. But the gen
tleman from Vlrgnil, finding himself at fault for
q substantial defence iOf the President, has m ldc
on offensive personal assault mo. lie does not
give an offence drcc', but he insinulcs an Offence
which is, Nth me as unplrdOna5e ono more %
rccty gwen, and as he refused az the moment when
called on for explanation 20 give IT, choose 70 con-
struG Il in offensive light
The gentleman refers to 4 large bet had made
on the Presidential election and thinks / am ready
"i9 head' The President since the bet vas w0n but
that helped 10 send him ahead until he was elected
which, Inc says, SMELLS too much uf the Jockey. Sir
the reference was altogether unworthy OF the
quarter from which t came. it was a low, vulgar
base, dishonoray.e, and Inso ent reference. Mr. b.
! was going on, when
| Mr. PROFIT claimed his right 10 the floor.
! Mr. GlLMER. cannot hear such lang Iage ap-
| Piled to me.
Mr. Bolts. You oro obliged TO hear it, and
hear y repeat cd
Here The voice o. Mr. Bots was lost nmds, cries
| n order, ond the loud circumstances Of Mr. Profit,
who protested against such being r"Idc of his
courtesy in yielding the flor. The SPEAKER
called Mr. Byus TO order, and he thcrcupDn Iesun
/ Cd his seat.
~ SENATE.
on THE FISCAL CORPORATION BILL,