Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-07-16
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lions in round numbers, Appropriated oy tue ."e"y
Gtea millions were voted UNANIMOUSLY, not the h'st So
tary Wing raising his voice against t-and rs TO the
twenty. one millions which were passed by yeas and
nays repeat again, and have proved It from the Jour
nails there were two Democrats to one Wing IN the
nerative Yet gentlemen have the audacty to rise
here and charge the last Administration with profit
cate expenditure Of public money! when their own votes
are staring them in the face and when too they pro-
pose to swell the expenditures this year more than
three millions over those OF the last.
You will recoect, MIR. Chairman, what said
previous to the last Presidential election about the gor
oeous magnfcence" of the furniture of the White
House. 1t charged bya member upon this floor,
that the Presidents House "palace as splendid
as that of the Caesars and richly adorned as the
proudest Asiatic mansion. Yes, Sir and his speech
was published and published in every Wing newspa-
per in the u S. And that IS not ALI 1t was printed here
in pamphlet FORM and circulated the country by
thousands and tens of thousands by the Wing Execu-
tive Committee and Wing members of Congress Now,
would ask, is there man here who will risk his re-
putation BY endorsing that speech
MIR. MORGAN said he endorsed It,
The gentleman from New \ ork says he endorses IT,
nshed 10 hear that, as he voted at tie late SEES
sion for additional appropriation OF SIX thousaho ooi
lars to furnish THIS House, which he and his party
declared before the late canvass, so richly adorn
ed as TO be fit only for the residence OF monarch
Nav. Sir but sixteen of his Wing friends upon this
floor at the last session. found voting against the
appropriation of six thousand dollars, notwithstanding
all they had said-all they had done
Some short time since, in CHANGING over the Rich-
mond Wing, one ofthe leading Wing papers IN Virginia.
and, might add in the whole Union, found a letter
written from this city BY Wing and will ask the m
diligence Of the committee whist read IL
lUasiinrtoa Correspondence Of The Richmond Hhig.
GES1lEMEsFo the first time in my life visited the lre>
dents ,anson Thinks TO myself is day. my eyes spsn
m made mamie s. The gorgeous castles Of the Arabian tales
1ha, have been written about that White House.
40 osle where art thou my asty son 81 ,slcn II NY
words, when thou dds' utter thy hyperbolcai oao then DO
rie plain unvarni,hed the chairs old and
o~ k"o ragged and tina, me only osf from which lied
plain which covered H. And rs all were covered
M the same way guess chair has a.ercd com
peer. in East Ruom. Il that room saw The ragged
., an Gon-e would take $50 900 to put !, in proper
great and free and honld endeavor avoid
luxury hand and nsgardy conduct on the other
President should such furniture aud fixtures rs compo
VIII, The dignity Of our nation mol In such things for party
and consequently asked for office eAce such the
somn,ry when saw ragged incy Nations House. Be
the curtains in the green room are n-ra faded things
.l,nd be too poor eel 1t that the cande
the East roDn az 80! handsome, aud 10 my country
eyes that ragged chair there Coniond
a'aGrep cna I o i,ye,w shocsin" ON VIM The
tatred Things, and let US have whole chairs and
the zoo or too snsy To get new sci 10 SUIT he
thing rather than ragged hacr. be sent
the house and take all tina, worn out and
Moreover nothing should be that house that had
fabricated in tho United states and by the proper hands
Of n WE'LL tile misunderstanding
nothing In vernacuar they crosegged crlckets
with silk cushion seats.
.'Your obedent,
'ToBACco PLANT
Here Mr.. Chairman, is the unvarnished truth, and
every member here, be he Wing or Democrat, knows
il to be so-provded he has visited the Presiden
tal mansion. But will dismiss this topic; have
only introduced it to show what miserable humbugs,
10 use no stronger expression, resorted to by the
Wings in order to upset the late Democratic Admins
TRITON.
1t will be remembered that about The close Of the
last session Of Congress- when the civil and diploma
bill before the House, colleague of mins Mr..
Cave Johnson offered amendment TO il, limiting
the fees and emouments of the district attorneys and
narshals of the L. 5. 10 six thousand dollars per
num- and the clerks to four thousand FIVE hundred dol
lars per annum. Under the old law, their fees
enormous; in single year district attorney received
in fees S25, 000-and the marshal of Mississippi $751;,
U0Ol From the incessant cries of "retorm, "reform,
which we have often heard from the Wings here It
would seem absolutely certain that my colleagues pro-
position met with their unanimous appreciation. But
no, Sir, no. Fifty Wings, good and true, voted against
IT. What glorious ''reformers How admirably they
are carrying out their pledges!
The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr Saltonstall)
deems i rather unfortunate that the national debt
maid off SO soon lie may rest perfectly conented.-
If the Wing measures carried OUT public debt
will shortly be large enough in all conscience They
have already proposed funded public deGt Of twenty
eight millions /. Why, Sir, the very principles of
majority oil the wing party ieou W e~pa'
They are in favor of protective Tariff mean the
Northern Whigs)-and Internal Improvements ny tie
General Government. The higher the farm, the
greater the profits TO Northern manufacturers ana the
more money will flow into the Treasury, at Inc ex-
nense of Southern labor, be squandered upon har-
bors light houses and internal improvements within
the States for more than three hundred millions OF dol
lars But the people hurled from power those who con-
-c"d the Administration at ,hat time. and shortly al
"sky high by the Presidential veto Does this "re-
forming Administration intend to revive il, together
with high Tariff: 1t would appear SO from the course
they pursuing.
Mr.. Chairman, the gentleman from Massachusetts,
says it is that the Wings into power under
the cry of "reform." What "reform' have they pro-
posed: What have they effected: | will tel! you A
Wing Speaker of this House has been elected, who,
amongst the first things has stocked the committees
completely stocked them lie has put majority
OF Democrats upon but three committees, and they
amongst the most unimporant. Upon the committees
the expenditures in the various Departments
the Navy and Post Office Departments the Depart
men,s of State, Treasury, and War-he has appoint
ed large majority of Wings. This is unusual
unprecedented, if 1 mistake not During the last
Congress, the Wings had ajorty on all these CON-
mittees They had opportunity of examining no
all abuses that might exist in any of them Now Sir
the doors closed against the Democrats and mat
what extravaganza is going on what frauds are be-
ing perPetrated, there way of getting them We
cannot even move 10 suspend The r,es under resou
ton which passed the other day. in order to make
calls for information from any of the Departments
Here are bound hand and foot, and not even per-
mitted say aught against the powers that ben or
der" A beautiful state Of things truly Worse, i'll
possible than the alien and sedition times Of l7gs In
addition to all this Sir without intending the slight
est degree any personal dsespect the Speaker there
he sits ready and willing to ego it blind io his party
on all Yes, Sir, he goes the "whoe hog, tall
Irs,les and ALL The other day he came very near de-
,idns if he did do it, that if Democrat and Wing
endeavorng to get the floor at the same time, and
he Democrat should prove too fast for the Wing, he
mould sit down and take start I!
Here the Chairman MIR. Briggs of Mass called Mr.
Yatterson TO order.
Mr.. Watterson continued. / presume, Sir, that
m not strictly in order or the Chairman would not