Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-10-16

House of Representatives., Aug. 25, 1871.
E,i,wct from the REMARKS Of Mr.. CUsH-
IXG Of Massachusetts.
The gentleman from Tennessee Mr.. Ar
nold7 had applied to the President sundry
expressions of general obloquy, which had
neither point nor meaning in themselves;
and he had then said, turning to the Oppo-
Si,ion members of the House, the Presi-
dent belongs to you and not to us. And
the gentleman from Virginia Mr.. Bolts
said tie looked upon the conduct Of the
President as treachery the vilcst and basest.
Mr.. c. said he believed these were the
very words, and the gentleman from Vir-
gin!a mods his assent. Now, as to these
opinions, expressed by those gentlemen,
Mr.. G. said he joined issue. lie denied
that those i;aputations were Ilst or true
in any sense whatever, and he challenged
argument upon this ISSUE These general
expressions of the gentleman from Tennes-
see and the gentleman from Virginia
amounted to nothing; they were nothing
but bald and naked declarations of their
opinion. MIR. c. not only opposed his opin-
ion to their opinion, but he went further,
he denicd that the conduct of the Presi-
dent of the United States was open to any
charge Of trcachery. and he challenged
members to candid, fair, and impartial
argument, upon that point wherever and
whenever the House would give him a fair
field.
Mr.. c. said that twelve months had not
elapsed since the people Of the United
States were cOnvulscd from Maine to Loui-
siana by that great contest which ended
in the triumphant success Of the Whig
party. and in the election of the sainted
Harrison, and not Harrison only, but "Ty.
Ter too as the constitutional heads Of tho
Government. 1t was the greatest poltica
revolution which ever took place in thi
countrv-thc greatest in personal as il
mere party change; for, in the election o
1900, when Thomas Jefferson succeeded
John Adams. as also in that of 1898. whc
Andrew Jackson succeeded John Quinc
Adams, there was not that complete dis
rupton of continuity in the personnel O
the Administration as when Harrison sue
cceded Van Buren, In this last case, Their
was total change, not only in regard
measures, butt men also.
In that revolution, Mr.. G. contendeC
a3 he felt sure the gentleman from Tel
nessee (Mr. Arnold and the gentlema
from Virginia (Nlr. Bous) contended, fo
the success of great principles, and for Ii
success of the men representing those pril
.Clpes. and III whose persons those prime
pies should be embodied and made inca
nate. lie commended for both. The ind
vduaiS for whom he. in common vii
those gentlemen, had spoken, and write
and labored, were placed in power, al
therefore there is no question here as
men, but only as to principles: and, if Il
allegation Of the gentleman from Virgin
is justified by the fact, it must be up,
some question of principle that those me
were to be charged with treachcry to the
party, their friends, and their country.
What were the principles in the VIM
cation of which the Wing party cane in
power! To Judge what were their prin
pies, it was necessary to inquire how tn
were constituted, Of what men, and pr
Tossing what opinions! Go back. for
stance, 10 the time when the organzati
of the party commenced-go back to
date, and inquire and trace it down to I
hour Of its final trial. Who composed
ere theE HIch vi ONO lueitlCal oplhiI
Were they men whose consciences COZ
be compressed and stamped down to I
mould of caucus decree! Were they m
of that gameness of mind and iudgmC
which could only arise from placing tn
in some intellectual bed of Procrustes,
which all could be reduced, the great a
the small alike, to one unvarying measul
On the contrary, was not that party fOni
ed, in the first place, on the great princ
of opposition to the then Administrat
and Of opposition purely2 And that {
position involving, not identity of opini
not savish sameness of thought, such
belongs only to the mere tools Of despotis
and not to freemen, possessed Of CO
sciences. of honor, and opinions Of tn