Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-03-15

. revenue. and not one of them pretcnds 10 viol.
the compromise!
c. Sir fear this time will be seized on to raise /,
D. Tariff to supply deficiency and the Taft will!
y seized on to make surplus COR sisiributiob-th
most fatal scheme ever devised BY the wit of ma
h what! must we call session Of Congress to di
" tribute deficiency of revenue7 Distribute a q
+ nciency! Who before ever heard Of distributing
= oehciency1 Will any party dare 10 distribute tn
c which we have not, and which We can raise oni
e by adopting that unconstitutional irritating an
y long-ago exploded policy-the Protective Tariff
: Mind you, any tariff on any articles is protective
which Is not for revenue.
"a Sir, yield no man in friendship 10 a prooerl
loBenzed, properly located. and well managed Ma
VI uopel Bank And as friendto that me asure in
Seigh especially against urging q prcmsturely an
10 the midst OF pressure. lfyou press ii too eager
w, too hastily, at the wrong lime YOU will lose IN
question Tor twenty years to cone.
Sir, have no idea that either of these measure
shall be presented TO called session. and be pushe.
through m the hic hare hoe hurry OF poiticsfs iag
s,esy. They all require time and reflection.
and go homo. Let tho present majority leave us al
they please; let us 90 home. Wait a little-from
March TO December is short time--and consul
the People. Let ell the elections be held and ou
full strength or full weakness be aseertaned. lie
us especially submit 10 our constituents the cues
ton OF distribution in its light. Heretofore IN,
question has been the issue OF distributing a sur
plus, MIR Gays land bill, which was poeEeted by
General Jackson, and would have been passed by
both Houses in spite OF the Veto was bill 10 dis
tribute surplus; and the bill itself provided, be-
lieve, that there was TO I've no distribution unles,
there was surplus ofdt least millions A surplus
was then dreaded as corruption fund Again: the
I dePosie act of 1886, was deposite OF forty mil
/ hons OF surplus; and the very policy OF it was TO
take II away from the petty larceny of deiaulters
and ola corrupt political party in power Now
there Is no surplus; 1t is deficiency in the Treasu
ry, and am Tor submitting the new issue under
the sun TO the people: Whether they are for dis
tributng deficiency among the States7 NoState
Legislature vet has ever passed resolutions TO dis
| tribute deficiency. | know several of them have
TO distribute surplus; but none no not one-to
distribute deficiency! No man in his senses ever
| heard of such proposition before.
And, Sir, "the cat may look OF the kinrn
have aword TO say TO General Harrison himself
and as desire others to hear it, choose To saw !,
here. My hearts desire and PRAYER for him is tb,t
he will be President himself, and that he will fulfil
10 the letter ihat pledge which bound me to him
more than any thing else he ever said To let no m
know on whom he desired his mantle TO fall-to
have nothing TO do with appointing his successor
! to leave that 10 the people themselves wouldeY-
hort him to be the President, not OF a party but OF
the nation, and TO that every man under him.
from his cabinet down to the lowest postmaster at
tends 10 the business Of his Office, and not TO poll
| tics. | would suggest TO him that the best mode
/ of perpetuatIng the Wing strength and Wbis ponu
arty is to make every officer look TO the success of
he
sion Of another 10 the MISUNDERSTANDING tn
allow no man under him to elec,oneer for himse r
or against another for the succession. And Sir
how is he TO be expected act for himself If he is
10 he suddenly called on 10 perform that cons,iru
tlonal duiy-the most important he will have to
dIschar9e-to recommend to Congress such mea.
sures as he deems proper7 He has been absentfron,
the national affairs more than twenty years II. is
unacquaned, personally, with the actual condition
OF things IN this metropolis of misrue. II he acts
then, as soon as he comes here, he must act from
the information OF others, wko themselves thew
hands al the bellows" some of whom have pever
been in before, and may never be again. Will he
be recommending his own measures, then or theirs1
is II the object OF the called session TO have the
measures OF others palmtd upon the country as
his7 No, sir, no. beseech him TO look thorousb
y with hrs own eyes into the condition of Govern.
mem; 10 survey well the wreck; TO see for himself
what ought to be done in all the Departments and
then TO recommend his own measures If he will
look into the Navy Department, | am sure he win
see that we are in no condition, COMPARED with
| foreign Powers, 10 give away the proceeds of the
| public lands from an empty Treasury. Suppose a
| call be made upon the new heads, too at a called
! session-who would be ready to give the informa-
ton desired oy CongreSs2 No member of the
Cabinet could be prepared in three months 10 give
information of the condition of the Departnsnts
Again: The Administration party-the Van
Buren, party, have been incessantly insisting mon
trying the sub-Treisury. The fact is, that thew
have found II so impracicabe since il passed lllst
they have not tried themselves They have ne vcr
TO this day. complied with its proyisions-they can
not, ifthey would. Now, ought not General Har-
rson 10 try H. 10 show It's utter Impractical biitv
before he recommends its repeal fought he not 10
understand fully It's enormous defects ana to make
them apparent by an attempted application Of il to
actual use by Government VIII this not lie the
bes, argument for It's repeal7 Will il no, be the
best argument for the charter OF another National
Bank when the Sub Treasury shall have proved a
grand failure, as well az the Deposite Bank system
Is this demonstration not worth making, and is the
time from March to December too LONG tor in
Again: He ought not to act precipiiatey without
knowing his men. Ii Is with the politician as with
the rheIorlcian-
"Half the Thetoreian'srules
IeArh hlm but how TO name his tools"
General Harrison is not personally acquainted
with but few men now on the public stage He
cannot thousand miles OFF, have guessed who are
m iorthe Offices, high and low. wish him Sir 10
know his men well before he takes their counsel or
gives them his confidence or act on their advice.
When, then, he has seen for hmsef-surveyed all
understood men and means, and the Condition of
things about him-he will be prepared TO recon-.
mend anc TO net fret for the honor and welfare of his
country and laE', for the glory and SUCCESS Of the
party which hrough, him into power.
Sir, The Wing party should not be intoxicated by
/ It's success. We should do nothing in the flushed
/ feelings Of victory. Whom have we conuuered7
/ Our own counuymnn and fellow Ct liens, who are
! 10 be governed by the same laws and who have
equal rights as ourselves; who dif With US ns 10
opinions merely about men and measures and ysbo
I will, II we follow their bad examples Of govern.
/ meat. conquer rs 10 turn. ] DO know how other
gentlemen feel. but for myself must say that nv
feelings The day alter the victory were very d ereot
from those Of the day before. On the stump Of the
canvass, felt and spoke and really thought as il
/ government was very easy task; that 10 he an
l power was all that was necessary TO reform the e.
wis OF winch we complained and TO accomplish the
\ good and patriotic ends we desired. When | real.
| ized the iect that we were n the next feelin
with ne wac, as presume Il 70 with every rsds,t
\ ing patriotic friend Of our ciuse-a deep ana hum
BILE conviction Of our own finite wisdom OF our osn
weakness, end, it might ne, folly, and solemn
sense Of The heavy responsibility which had fallen
on me and my political friends, and OF the dread oj-
lgatons which tho country had devolved upon US
Before the election it was easy IN find fault, since
the election, and after the Inauguration, Il might
be h1'd TO redeem the many fruitful promises vp
had lavishly mdda during the canvass. 1 feel Sir.
that the man who goes into the Presidential chair
during the days Of punfcaion like these should 90
there as One shrIven for the pr, shoooi 1 sm not
therefore, for TushIDg forward and graspng the sce.
ire OF power with an ambItIpus avIdIty and wit
the shout o vetors, dashing on without a pause TO
extreme revolutions Of policy. ! nm foT adopting
and pursuing moderate and cautious couussIs Il
Is by no sudden and brilliant stroke Of policy thai
/ The country can be relieved. Sudden md imme.
date relief 10 this country he given only by ths
Miraculous interposuon Of Wisdom and Powet
from on high. An extra session, / fear. vorld b,
help any thing else bit divine. But so much 10,
/ IT,
(SPEEcH TO BE coHrfEUrp1
From the National tntsItoepee, ~ t,y.,.,