Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-10-07
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when the President was waited OH by the Lo-
cofoco members in a body, to congratulate
him for his first Veto. We here extract that
part of the speech, which, for its fine humor
and graphic description, is too good to be
lost by any of our readers:
Gan honorable Senator from N Hampshire
(Mr. WooDBURY) proposed some days ago
resolution of inquiry into certain disturbances
which are said to have occurred at the Presi-
dental mansion on the night OF the memora-
BILE 10Th of August last. Ii any such procee-
dings did occur, they were certainly very
wrong and highly culpable. The Chief Ma
gistrate, whoever he may be, should be treat
ed by every good citizen with all becoming re-
spect, if not for his personal character, OH ac-
count of the exalted Office he holds for and
from the People. And will here say that
read with great pleasure the acts and resolu-
tons of an early meeting, promptly held by
the orderly and respectable citizens of this
metropolis, i'll reference to and III cOndemna-
ton of those disturbances. But, if the reso-
luton had been adopted, had intended to
move for the appointment of u select commits
tee, and that the honorable Senator from New
Hampshire himself should be placed at the
head of it, with a majority of his friends
And will tell you why, Mr. President
did hear that about eight or nine o'clock on
that same night of the famous 10th of August
there was an Eruption on the Presidents house
of the whole Locofoco party in Congress;
and did not know but that the alleged disor-
ders might have grown out OF or had some
connexion with that fact. A laugh. un-
derstand that the whole party were there
No spectacle, / am sure, could have been
more supremely amusing and ridiculous. If
could have been in a position in which,
without being seen, could have witnessed
that most extraordinary reunion, ] should
have had an enjoyment which no dramatic
performance could possibly communicate
think that can now see the principal dra-
mats persona who figured in the scene
There stood the grave and distinguished Sem
ator from South Carolina
Mr. CALHOUN here Instantly rose, and car
ncstly insisted on explaining; but Mr.. CLAY
refused to be interrupted or to yield the floor.
Mr.. CLAY. There, | say, i can mag line
stood the Senator from South Carolina-tall,
carc-worn, with furrowed brow, haggard, and
intensely gazing, looking as II he were dissect-
ing the last and newest abstraction which
sprung from mctaphysician' brain, and NUT
tering to himself, in half-uttered sounds, 'This
is indeed a real crisis 20 Loud laughter =
Then there was the Senator from Alabama,
(Mr. KING,) standing upright and gracefully,
as if he were ready to settle in the most au-
thoritative manner any question of order or of
etiquette that might possibly arise between
the high assembled parties OH that new and
unprecedented occasion. Not far off stood
the honorable Senators from Arkansas and
from Missouri, (NIr. SEWER and Mr. BENToN,)
the latter looking at the Senator from South
Carolina, with an indignant curl on his lip
and scon In his eye, and pointing his finger
with contempt towards that Senator, (Mr.
CALHoUN,) whilst he said, or rather seemed
to say, ale call himselfa statesman why, he
has never even produced decent humbugp
, [Shouts of laughter.
Mr.. BENTON. The Senator from Missouri
was not there.
Mr.. CLAY. stand corrected; | was only
imagining whatyou would have said ifyouhad
been there. Renewed laughter. Then
there stood the Senator from Georgia, (Nlr.
CUTHBERT,) coming over in his mind on
what point he should make his next attack
upon the Senator from Kentucky. Laugh
ter. On yonder ottoman reclined the other
Senator from Missouri on my left, (Mr. LINN
indulging, with smiles on his face, in pleasing
meditations on the rise, growth, and future
power of his new colony of Oregon. The
honorable Senator from Pennsylvania, (Mr.
BUCHANAN | presume, stood forward as
spokesman, for his whole party and although
cannot pretend to initiate his well-known
eloquence, beg leave to make an humble es-
say towards what presume to have been the
kind ofspeech delivered by him OF that au-
gust OCCASION:
"May it please your Excellency: A num-
Der of your present political friends, late your
political opponents, in company with myself,
have come to deposite at your Excelcncy' IS
feet the evidences of our loyalty and devotion;
and they have done me the honor to make me
the organ of their sentiments and feelings
We are here more particularly to present to
your Excellency our grateful and most cordial
congratulations on your rescue of the coun-
try from fragrant and alarming violation oil
. the constitution, by the creation of Bank OF
the United States; and also our profound ac-
acknowledgements for the Veto, by which you
have illustrated the wisdom of your Admins
tratlon, and so greatly honorcd yourself-
And we would dwell particularly on the un-
answerabe reasons and cogentarguments with
winch the notification of the act to the Legis-
lature has been accompanied. We had been
ourselves, struggling for days and weeks to
ARREST the passage of the bill, and to prevent
the creation of the monster to which it gives
birth. We had expended ali our logic, exert
ed all our ability, employed all our elo-
quence; but iii spite of all our utmost efforts
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