Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-08-16

ed such persons IN place. THIS he would eonsene
To, ha, # ever his party should be found list 70
honor rs TO send member Of Congress With .
rowing commission To visit custom houses or other
places 10 who ronld aud who could not vote, or
lax public officers pro rata for the public alton Of po-
liical ESSAYS, or use Hickory or Tippecanoe clubs
10 promote The election IL amy particular Chief. he
would be Wiling TO see II withcreh aud bls sied
under the indignant frown Of The American People.
Where he could defend he woud--where ienoSant
ha woulj be silent; but where any Thing was wropg
IN principle, he desired 10 it exposed; thar was
thu reofm lie DIES red Ia s"e-semething thai would
tear matters on Of he atmosphere Of party, and 81.
evatc Them T." the region Of pat,ioIism and he en-
treated gentlemen not 10 think he had changed
principle, or woeli wink at any abuse, whether IN
friend ~ ioe.
AIR. CLAY. of Alabama, rose TO reply, When tho
Char announced that the morning ho0r had ex-
pifrd.
Mr., CLAY. of Alabama would ask OF the cour-
lesv ii The Senate 10 be allowed, 10 proceed.
The qnrsli"n pui, and on "a division, there
appeared 20 Cor, ID against II.
MI CLAY, OF Alabama. did not expect when
tho resolution WAS submitted that IL would have
created any debate. II was u simple call, asking
nothing extraordinary aud making no charges
Why ihen, NIL tins excitement lie desired To
Test the hlrlIly of those who came into power, and
see whether their pledges bad been redeemed. Ii
was but III. other d,y they had from The Commits
Tee on Finance arepo,i. great Il ,u,sh about re-
ucnchment--sis millions five hundred Thousand dol
lars the credit side oi the slIeei--per contra,
twelve millions, TO meet a dc fict which they could
not show besides all which, there u new Ia
nif bill TOT some millions more Mr. PREs-
TON. Wen, II is 10 pay your debts The gentle
man says something about debrs We know their
policy - to charge every hing upon Us. aud define
nothing, bu WE challenge scrutiny iuiO all our acts
According 10 the pledges Of gentlemen, pro scription
was 10 epros.nb,d, tcrenchmrut aud rel IN, wers
tn cnsuc, aud yet what had been the evidences p
loan of,wese millions. added 10 the power Of 10.
sung Treasury noles 10 the annunt OF ak millions
more then 10 issue bonds Tor ten millions. and
seven mons mofe on contingency, which was
almost sure TO happen; an1 these the eviden-
ces which they had ~ the first fonr months Of tho
new Administration, They would see how fsr tho
People would tolerate ,her acts. lie hoped tho
resolution might be permitted To pass. The Sena-
Tor from South Carolina had sad some hing abons
a sudden IL OF rcuenchmem after the Novcmb,re-
lection but the clerks he alluded 10 were dismissed
u year before. aud HE business of the office WIS
brought up that lllcr services could be dispensed
with
Mr.. PRESTON and Mr.. LINN made some 70.
ma, Ks not hrard.
Mr.. BUCHANAN and Mr.. BENTON rose NJ
the same time, when Mr. BrNroN took his .sa,,
and wa. followed W Mr. BucnASAS.
Mr.. BENTON. Wei, ~ the gentleman from
ncnns, ,.ania sis down, | sh,ll rise up. Iie did
not indulge IN fancy eases, or draw his ina gina
document from which he would read Daniel
Webster was the frmer, aud john Tyler the ensior-
ser. Here Nh. u. read from the communication
to the House Of Representatives ~ relation to
d po,nalic ur,raraees. There was the proscvip-
non Of The whole diplomatic corps ~ once and 10
pay 10, IT 10 be raised on tea, to add 10 the
burdens II the poor factory girls; and Ibis ios
calling home ihc whole diplomatic corps and SEN
ding Of hers in their places. Yes, said Mr.. b. DEM.
oc,auc Ministers arc to he sen, home fon, all
the world aud icde,asls and nboii0nists put IN
their places The abolid,nils had forced them
selves into respect, aud this they had done with "a
Virginia President. THIS extra session had been
called relieve the dlsiiesses OF the People and
what had been done, bur boun,Iu supply for the
purpose Of dividing out spoIls
Mr.. PRESTON was g;ad the Senator from Mis-
sou,i had made issue between fancy and fact
Was Mr.. Stevenson rcmov-d =! lie had aIways
eislood that gentleman had earnestly desired 10
be recalled before. Mr.. p then went through tho
whole diplomatic college, aud insisted that, aftss
all the cry about change, there we're only two re-
any Administration, aud contrasicd most strongly
with tia, ot General Jackson, when the day Of lie
ceremony Of surctss,"n had scarcely been ciosed
before he had struck from tho diplomatic list that
e, cut man over whose tomb they still mourn-
ny
Mr.. BENTON read from a letter received from
a gentleman IN Missouri. who had resigned his Of.
inissa and hence it was 10 less prescription.
Mr.. i. iusisrd that all the II ,urish abo at magma.
nimily VAS gralultous; aud the documents spoke
OF appointments made and contemplated. There
outti, OF 50 900 to the Minister Of Spain,
where they present had ChMge. There Was so
much Tor Ihs, ~ the sc"te oi economy Of The pre-
Administration. Thus. with anti pros ion
on then lips, and songs ol patriotism in their months.
they had exhibited The most rabid canine appetite
for office from ''Ippecanoe and Tyler too," from.
tie inutsiool of The President down To the must
humble places.
Mr. SMITH, Of Indiana, said lhey ongh, 10 have
proceeded TO he orders of HE day when the hour
OUT, aud hereafter he should insist On The OBJ
.evance of the ruiz. The session now drawing
TO close, aud lie desired 10 to get through The bill
which he had under change at proper time, and
whc1 The weather was cool. lie might be disposed
10 scnss the present subject
Mr.. PRESTON replied al considerable length;
he SAID the Senator from Missouri bal left the Dip
on'al,c corps and taken refuge 10 the great Wes'.-
Well, with regard 10 the removal of Colonel Mel.
vann, he disposed think that the President may
have been deceived. With regard 10 the dipl0-
matte appointments, there had been. he thong a.
bout five, III The o! tea yea,s for the Count
of Russia aud Senator Ibis Il could tell
how del ghlfu it spend some time in Italy on
the way 10 St. Petersburg. Ii persons thought
proper To resign. why, thefe were vacsncies
fill, and he thought il highly improper that men
in high places should remain after signal defeat
ot their parry. In the first eighteen months Of tho
Jackson Administration, more diplomatic agents
nad been removed Than would be likely to be during
the whole Of The present; and they had the crafty
ing acle that the Government had nut pat forth
lis strength IN Insulting aud vi,uperauve manner.
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