Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-10-02

pie Is 1t not mere special pleading, then,
for the Senator now to aledge that he did
not say the President should have resigned.
When the whole tenor of the Senator's
speech was characterized by such pointed
and significant reprehensions Of the Presi-
dents conduct, could the lavish and osten-
tatious professions of personal regard and
respect, to which the Senator now appeals
as evidence of the spirit of his speech, be
viewed in any other light than as bitter
mockery!
The honorable Senator still insists that
the question of Bank was an issue SOL
emily decided in the Presidential election.
| thought l had shown my irrefragable
proofs from the record, when first adj
dressed the Senate, that this issue was not
made in the Presidential election, and
from the well known and recorded opin-
ions of the candidates selected both for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency, could
not have been intended to have been made.
But the honorable Senator tells me this is
all sheer delusion on my part, and arises
from what he is pleased to say is the COM
mon error of US Virginians--to consider
the sentiments prevailing in Virginia as
the sentiment of the whole Union.
Mr.. CLAY. | spoke of some peculiar
opinions existing and in operation among
the People of Virginia.
The peculiar opinions Of the People of
Virginia, Continued Mr.. RIvEs) | had
hoped would never be considered re-
proach by any native son Of Virginia; and
the taunt, coming from the honorable Sen
ator from Kentucky, himself a native son
of our ancient commonwealth, is the "un-
kindest cut of ALL" Now, sir with all pos
sble respect for the honorable Senator, |
will tell him, if he will allow me, what is
an error that he himself seems very prone
to fall inlo-it is to think that his own per-
sonal opinions must of necessity, be the
opinions of the country; and because the
question of Bank or no Bank" was the
prominent, and as he SAYS. rital issue in
his own mind, he concludes that it ought
to have been and was the prominent and
vital issue in the minds of the people also.
| beg leave to say that my horizon, in
the Presidential canvass was not quite so
limited as the Senator seems to suppose
not confined exclusively to Virginia. "either
above or below tide water" to adopt his
political geography of our State. visited
other and leading States, during the pro-
gress of the canvass, and sought informa-
4 ton from them all. | would remind the
honorable Senator of what passed on this
floor few weeks since in his own hearing,
as to the course of the canvass in the most
f powerful and important of all the States
in the late election. When the honorable
Senator from New York, who sits behind
me, (Mr Wright) appealed TO my honora-
Bile friend his colleague, who sits near me.
and inquired of him if any thing was said
by himself or the opponents Of the late
administration generally, in the Presiden-
tial canvass, in that State, about Bank
of the United States, my honorable friend
replied mo; we were SO much occupied
with the Sub-treasury, that we said nothing
about Bank of the United States" !
would appeal 10 my honorable friend now
on this point.
Mr.. TALLMApGE. attended altogether
j to the Sub-treasury.
Mr.. RIvEs. That, 50 far as the financi;.,
question was concerned, was every where,
within the limits of my observation, the
course of political discussion by our
friends, who thought the interests of the
country demanded change of administra-
ton. "Sub-treasury or no Sub-treasury"
was the issue, and not Bank or no Bank"
So odious was the Sub-Treasury to the
Jealous spirit of American liberty, and SO
determined was the opposition Of Re
publican people to it, that they resolved to
put it down at all hazards, willing to leave
to the future, and to the wisdom and the
deliberations it would bring along with it,
to decide which of the various plans that
had been or might be suggested, should be
substituted in the place of it.
f Mr.. TALLMADGE. Although did not
discuss the matter myself, still the newspa-
per organ of the late administration dis
played at their head-"Independent Treas
ury and no National Bank"
Mr.. RIvEs continued. know full well
that our adversaries were eager and an1-
ious to force the ssae of National Bank
, upon us. But we declined it. had the
honor myself Of being in the Empire
State. in the very crisis Of that great polit-
ical contest, which had broken up the foun-
, tains of that mighty deep, so long swaved
: by the leaden sceptre of party discipline
| met my honorable friend there in a noble
asSemblage of his Countrymen, embracing
ten thousand enlightened and gallant free
men collected from every quarter Of that
great State TO deliberate upon the destinies
of our common country; and while all
, voices were raised in unanimous reproba-
ton of the odious Sub-treasury system,
not solitary word was uttered pleading
the merits of National Bank. II the his
tory of the late canvass could be imparti-
ally and faithfully written from contempo-