Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-07-27
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TUESDAY MORNING.. JULY ~.
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a The Faction ia the Senate.
Il The Signs warrant the belief that the di,postio
exists amongst The minority OF the Senate to fru
trate the wishes OF the people. and defea, all benc
neal legislation. These ends are sought to be CON
o passed by Internationally means discreditabe
4. the National character, and Icpugnant to the gen
US OF republican institutions. Being in a minorit,
? and therefore having authority under the Con-
sutuiion, or under the democratic principle that IN
majority should sovern-to shape the legislation ,
the Coun'ry-ihey propose, by long speeches, an
) VeSatiois and prOcrastinling eSprdeuts to deies
| ali legislation, whatever.
This purpose has been broadly intima,od on sew
eral occasions. Mr.. Calhoun referred to it, whe
he denounced the "One Hour Rude" of the Hous
rs an odious Cog" and MIR. King also, when h
swore in his puissant wrath, that sooner than sub
init to such rule Snythns thntamount thereto
he would speak until next Spring, and spill all IN,
blood in the Senate; or, TO his own words 9Th,
last drop Of blood" The great Bamboozler from
I Missouri repeated The threat a few days SINCE Tn,
Loan Bill had been under discussion for weeks, and
disposition manifested by it, friends to bring
1t TO a vote. A proposition to that effect wa,
met by threats fcom some, aud eniTeaties for one
day more, from Others. The delay was granted.
| On the next day, the clustering blacks guard from
Missouri Shus opened his remsrks
/ "Nir BENTON expressed his satisfaction AZ
/ having an opportunity of speaking today, within
the usual hours OF business instead of speaking AZ
\ ter dark on Saturday night last. he would have
spoken that night, II driven to II; he had held him.
self IN reserve day, waiting the turn things mis hit
take ~ the evening" and preserving his strength for
the occasion, It the eNigency should demand an ex
cr;lon a, the close of the day. lie had not asked
delay, but some of those who acted win him and
. ~ - n all a l. 4
we're refused, MIR Calhoun A second app!icA.
ton was successful; and # 4 had not been he MIR
~ intended TO say 10 his exhausted friends AGO
and ct y1ur dinTrs-idks some rsfrsshmsnt-siau
as long as plu pisase-I am gaing 10 tk, N, f,or
j hare be.s rsssruing and rspOsisg myself ,T This
Urgency am fresh and rigorous and lehsn usl.
come back you ietA find me on my feet"
The italics are in the original, contained in tie
Globe, and Indicate determination on the part Of
the mose abandoned OF the Senatorial Faction, at
east, to resort to the shameless and uncon,ttu,ion
a eIpedisnt Of defeating legislation 10y preventing
all aclion.
IL time That these Factonists were made to toe
the mark. The majority should forthwith propose
such rules as vii. enable them to bring debates to
A close and questions to 4 vote. This would make
these gentlemen show their hands-This would
present them to The country in their rue colours.
They could no longer be able to defeat legislation,
by long harangues and disiugcnuous subterfuges.
They would have to acquiesec in the rule, demand.
ed by due regard to the popular will and the pub
lie good, or they would he compelled to assume d.
recsiy The responsibility Of opposing il. They
would stand forth the Faciionists they really are,
and then the proprie,y OF their con 'uct could be
submitted to the people. We might then ties, the
question, whether any party sustain itself, or
escape universal popular Condemnation, which seeks
TO defeat legislation, no. by argument and reason,
but 10y preventing vote being tlken-acrayen and
despicabIe resor, to brute force.
In bringing them to this test, too, we should in.
duce the people to look more narrowly into the ru
lhOriy Dy which hail-tl.rtn OF the % Of I'm, Fac.
ton, undertake TO set naught the mighty voice
Of the Peopiel We should hear tie question ask
ed; How 90 Allen ard Tappan, with majority
Of $500 Of the people Of Ohio against them, dare
to aid this Faction in battling the hopes Of the
Country' How do Buchanan and Sturgeon, mis-
representing the great commonwealth of Penn,yl-
vamia-SIias Wright, the Empire SIate-Cu,hbert,
GeorgIa-SmiIh, Conneclicut-NIoulon Louisiana
Nicholson, Tenessee-how DO these men, all mis-
representing sovereign States, presume to raise
their voices insl the wishes and interests of those
VINO have delegated them7 How is their conduct
to be reconcIied to principles Of Democracy, for
which they profess such deyo'lonl II is more than
can he borne, that Faction, thus owing all its ca
pacIties for mischief, to fraud upon the people,
should be permitted to profit by that fraud. to the
disgrace aad ruin OF the country. 1t is a mockery
OF Representative Government, snd a Teproach 10
the people, who tsmcy endure It.
We trust the Wing majority in the Senate vii,
nlk n he ttt l.
"Long or short spseeLss"-". fiction or no fiction ~
"RsP'"H,aGrs obedience or Rsprsseniatrre diso5e-
dises" Let il be submitted to the people, whether
our Republican institutions shall be paraIyzed aud
rendered impucIIcabIe by iactious minority, and
that minority composed in halt Of men, who misrs.
present their immediate Constituents.
The New York Tribune cogentIy illustrates the
principle for which we contend, in the subioned
paragraph
iCF OUsHT 1T TO DE IN THE POWER OF A nj
EOBGTT, However SMALL, uF A LEGIsLATIvE uopY
To ARREST AND PR1TEAcr INDEFINITELY rHE &C.
TON oF THAT BaDI This IS an important uucs.
ton which the People should calmly consider and
discuss lt strikes that 10 affirm such right prac-
tIcaliy nuiuhss the fundamental principle Of nepub.
iIcanlsm that the ascertaIneu will Of the mu Ioity
within clearly defined Constitutional limi s. IS the
fundamental aw Of The and.
Let rs illustrate this point by an eNimplo Sup.
pose Great B.itain were helpIng aggression and IN
sult on this Country, and threatening tho cntlre
subyrTs on VI our pros crty and Independence Con
gress assembled, and tue President frankly place,
. the facts before them. lie recommends an imms
| date declaration OF war, and gigantic effort TO
sweep the CauEdns clear If our ensrnies befo,e lid.
/ ings can 60 abrDid, and the British Army aud NAVY
| DO poured into the s.. Lawrence. Congress warm
y seconds the pTOposIuon; but minority 10 bitter.
y opposed 20 %. They INSIST on their 'inalfenablc
right 70 talk against the msa .ure by the week and
porssyere 10 so taking until the opportunity IL ost
the enemy IS aiarmcd-I'Or iuunctons Of secrecy In
such isss are never wOub straw la hostile Navy
lowers upon our Coast, end Canada Is filed with
troops and rendered ImpregngJie. Who does not
see that IN this case iIgrHut abuse Of the right Of
discussion, aided Ivy an absurd Interpretation Of H.
has proved fatal to The National intercsts7
The circumstances ara slightly yauad, but the
principle not at al, IN the case now presented ai
Wa.hngton. Congress has been usssmbIei In r.
fraDrGfnary Session by the President 10 effect cor.
taiu changes bro the Policy OF the Government, which
are urgently required by decisive, legitimate *.
pfessIDns Of tho Popular hil, by he honor OF th,
Government and the Interests Of The Country. Tn,
several b..B have been carefully mlturcd by the I'D
rrJpuste Committees, and are now reidy for ar
ton. What prevents such actloni The det rmi
niuon Oi the POuucal minority that no measures o
Public u lef shall be carried 40 the Ezra Session
4, Vow Ii this party IS able, by uniting their unJrO
ken fr'co with The small number " Wings, who
ifOm local Ur abstract combinations are avrrse Z,
this or tblt mcleIte, 70 defeat them in detail an,
thus render the Session nudity, they have lh
right 20 do so But when thsy cliim fght 70 tall
Tor ever and ever 10 the hope of wearying out VA
. patience Of the mJouty, iomcntng ieuds aud lea