Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-06-25


country 'hN had not some know ledge Of him by n
pntaton; and from all Mr. +. had heard or seen
: ,ne speeches OF the honorable gentleman, he had a
ways supposed him to be one of the very Inches
toned democrats, one who was ever ready implic,t
ana instantly TO bow to the will OF the people: ce
: tanly no gentleman talked longer or louder ON N
opu:ahon ,esnns ON all public men to do so. An
c what had MIR +. said that did not in subs,,pc
amount TO thau He had said that as the Peon
n had pronounced the Sub-Treasury law bo n odio,
ana dangerous, It was their duty at once to put a
. end 10 II. Was that any thing so foul so abomina
bic so very horrible7 Was there anv ,bip, 40 ye
demasogicap" in the doctrine that Represen,ntiys
were bound TO obey their constituents But IN
Z gentleman now preached that let the people spea
as plainly rs they would, their Representatives i
that House were not promptly and al once To EAR
out their VIII, but were to consult FIRST whether the
should DO 1t or not Though the Sub-Treasury ha
' oeen condemned, ms the gentleman said at publ
pohucal meetings held at railroad Crossings i'm I,
, Nerns, and in Iog-cabins, this was mere ponu,
slang and the members Of this House were to Jude
Tor themselves whether the measure ought TO 6e re-
Pca'e1 OF not u must go to committee, and the,
3 must have ample time to deliberate and to consult
MIR r. did not know till now that the gentleman ha
changed his position. His democracy was now
very different thing from W hat it had once been n
seemed TO have lost confidence in the People Tn
expression of their will was a nero m,,t,r os los
cabins, hard cider, and domasosical electoneerin
harangue. But though this might be the gentle
mans opinion, MIR F. hoped he would not conden,
nun Tor advocating the old doctrine that the voice
} the people was to be oboyed. How long was i
since that gentleman had loudly declared thar nh
voice OF the People had condemned bank and tb,,
, therefore, no bank must be established Then. !
seemed, the voice OF the People was everv hin
with him-now 1t was nothing.
Mr. PlCkENS here interposed 10 expl,in The
gentleman from Maine had entirely mistaken hi,
meaning; he Rad never maintained that Reprcsen.
au'eS were moi bound TO obey the voice of the Peo
pie: what he had contended for was that the cor
demnatloR OF the Sub. Treasury had not been Do
manded by the voice Of the People, but that wha,
Tue gentleman referred TO as the Peoples voice was
inc mere echo oil popular meetings under the in-
huence OF eiccuoneenns excitement.
Mr.. +. resumed. II that was what the c.p,I.
man meant, then he had been replying To what NJ
+. had never said. All that he had con,endcd "a,
was that as the People had instructed their Repre-.
sentatIves that It was their will that the sub.
treasury should be repealed, Il was H.. du,v
OF their Representatives forthwith to repe,l it
IL the gentleman meant TO say that he had
never loudly urged the popular decision as an
argument against the bank, those associated with
hun certainly Ind done so. They had nre,cbo5 81.
doctrine IN their political orsans-they had nre,cb
ed 1t in this House-tEey had preached !, in Tho
Senate, and wherever else they could make their
voices heardi but now, when this doc,rin. ,v,.
brought home TO them IN relation 10 the SpL t.
sury, their tune was changed-now, il was no,b
ing but the echo of meetings at cross roads and ,,
verns, and they must have time TO consul, what
ought TO DC done. As for MIR. +. he remained To-
day where he had been yesterday He bsIi.ysI
then that the bill had taken a wrony direction ,oj
he believed so STILL He had thought thai the 1o,'sa
did not understand what the effect was going IN bc
out now It was abundanty manifest SnyS pnol
Their bar was proposed to be interposed to inne5c
the speedy action Of the House in repesling tbi.
odious law. he hoped that the motion would moi
prevail. "'
Mr. DAVIS, of Kentucky, was opposed to the
resolution OF tbs gentleman from Soith Cs-oI;r,
as calculated only divert the action of the Uoms
from one OF the FIRST and most obvious duties foy
which they had been called together, viz. IN. 70.
peal OF the sub Treasury law, uncond.,ionalv
wholly, and Immediately. MIR ID. never couIS S,,!,
port motion which went so much a. To spnrcs.f I;
possible that the House could retain that I,,y
form, however modified. The People had con-
demned II wholly and utterly, not in bar rooms and
sos sh0P'' out IN theIr solemn primary assemblies
and ut the polls, where the votes of the freemen NJ
nineteen OF the States OF this Union had spok.p !
language which none could misunderstood If 1,
obey Tins expression Of their will was demagocicaI
E then Mr. ID. was demagoSue. In his own region
AFTER the subject had been discussed for months an,
most thoroughly considered, the pubic opinion ha,
e most decidedly condemned this measure: and h,
heldIt 10 be most undeniaby his duty to carry GU
/ that opinion.
MIR D. opposed the resolution now before tn,
: llouse because II proposed TO 10 an mposihiIity
. No; II Congress did its duty TO the American Pso
pie, II would not retain one yeslige ola law asains
\ which they had set their face. The gentleman f-on
Name had truly said that the People had sat il
J. Judgment on this sub Treasury law and condemn
i do it. ''' vas P'eP''1u'"
i MIR POPE, OF Kentucky, addressed the Cha;
4 Tor some time before he was audible to the Rsnor
: ter. When heard, he was obServir, tho, - r.
c yeStetday voted against his own better iudgmen,
out OF difference 10 the opinion of the SenTIen,,,
n from Massachusetts, (Mr Adams rs well ,s NJ rb
chairman OF the select COMMITTEES, (Mr Sergeant.
ms uouo's as 10 the PROPHECY OF sending the bil
Dr.. TO the committee OF Ways and Means had Mi
d morning been confirmed. He was himself o,e -
the select committee, and he certainly did NO, desir
the labori but he satisfied that Il appronri,,si,
!. oe'onsed 70 that committee. IL was 1T that th,
= consideration OF repeating the sub-TreasuTv an,
c oil provIins substitute, whether bank or b.c1I
: agent, should be contided 10 one and the .7n,
committee lie was opposed 10 pushing the r,e,-
sure through the House without preyoIs refarenr
]. 10 the committee. MIR T. intended to vote for III,
Tepeal and Tor the appointment, of n suLs,tufe q,
the sub Treasury plan; but both ought 10 be don,
IN manner becoming the order and dignity Of tba
House Let committee examine the entire sub
Ject, ana report what was proper TO be done
:. MIR p. had intended TO move reconsdsr,,i,n &c -
vote Of yesterday, referring the bin n tb. 80 -,
mitee fWays and Means; aud 10 make room, fo
INIT motion, he would now move 10 lay the resoIu
ton the table.
, Mr. CAMPBELL, Of South Carolina, pressed NJ
rope to withdraw this motion, to allow him to max
S some remarks in exp anation, but Mr. p Je.i,ao,
doinS So The question vas thereupon taken an,
s the resolution OF Mr.. Campbell was laid on the Ia
, bie " '' -
'''' " uioNtu 70 reconsider tic Of TN
House yesterday, by which It had referred the hi
s Tor the repeal Of the sub-Treasury to the Comm,
- tee Of Ways and Means, with a view 70 bsvin,
Il referred to the Select Committee on the Curren
Y cy.
n MrPROFFIT said that on Yesterday he opnose,
me motion 70 refer The bill to the Committee o
# Ways and Means. lie was precruded from giv;,,
r hrs views by the previous question, but intim,,s,
his objection by call for the yeas and NAYS tbio
ing that his political friends would certainly md,
stand the hint his motion conveyed that n misJrsr
ton was about 20 be given 70 an important mis-,
measure lie was glad that his friend from X enturk,
I VIZ fope) mad moved a reconsideration Of the re
r terence ana he believed that the House now per
ceTed the error they had committed in sending IN,
bill 10 committee Of such doubtful political teItur
as the Ways and Means-doubuuL at ali event,
e upon this one subject.
] Mr. L. said that the present yyhs an impor,or
o political crisis. The acts and doings Of this Con
gress would stamp the political chirncter and dec,d
the career Of manyo Of the public men oCthe dav.
j single error Of Judgment, a solitary misdirsc,io,
gwen, IN moment Of forssiiuInets or nattention
me lsnre vitality imporianttO the contamination a
the polcy OF the party IN power, NIGH cause deles
ana discontinue, regretted IL may be on after
. thought, but Iucplrabls IN It's consequences. Tn
- yeas and nays the only safeguard sgainst IN
. indscnmInate censure which would apply 10 a par
= ", for error committed or pledge unredccmed an
t he was astonished when, on yesterday, many oCbi
n political friends, in conjunction with The unsnimou
i body Of the Opposition party, prevented the recor
OF ite vote gwen, ~ refusing the yeas and nays