The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-07-04
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| but Tor NE course OF femsfks indulged->s'oy some
OF the gentlemen who addressed the House, ne should
not have said word about their m'siortunes naa
they pursued magnanimo'is course and mol exuiteo
over a fallen foe he should have remained silent on
| this occasion. But they were now reapng the irui'
of the policy which they had pursued a..
The President occupies the same opposition which
was assumed by Gen. Harrison in his inaugural ad-
| dress in relation to the Veto power. He has only
exercised il on the occasions which were Iaio
down as proper for its by Gen. Harrison INA
you expect him to forget all his principles, all ms
past political associations, merely for The sake Vi
preserving harmony in the universal Wing parry
When that party came into power, they auemptoo
10 carry every thing by caucus. When any mater
came up in the House suddenly, an adjournment was
moved, and caucus held In some OF inc io"ei
rooms of the Capitol in order to see II the reiracto
ry members of the universal Wing party couiu ho' o
whipped in. [Laughter.l The next day the euic'
was always passed within the twinkling OF an eye
II amusing the Democratic minority 10 see inc
facility with which the refractory spirits were
brought to toe the mark
Yet there little band-he guard-who eouio
not be whipped into the traces They had some
notions of republicanism still left; and they resisted
the tests which were applied to them. FROM una,
day to the present, the guard have been kicked anu
cutfed from all quarters Laughter 10 see q
small body of five or six men standing up against 'o
unirersm Whig party was, indeed, enough 10 excite
admiration. Mr. w. referred to the history OF events
at the extra session, and the efforts made to Induce
the President to sign a bank bill The party-many
of them-admitted that the bank might be unconstl-
tutional; yet it necessary TO preserve the nn'
rersal Wing party and therefore they asked the fre
sident TO yield to the mandates of their caucus
These caucuses were held on every occasion
on points Of order When tarif Dill mad 10
be proposed, two threatened to vote against
the whole if the interests OF their districts Wee not
included in the protection afforded He believed the
gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. TllnghasD stood
up and demanded the protection OF pms Great
laughter
Mr. TlLLINGHAsr said there was no pin manufac-
tory in his State.
Mr. WELLER thought the gentleman had presented
memorial to that effect last year.
Mr. TmLNGHAsr said it was true that the Commit
tee Manufactures had directed him to report bill
for the protection of pins but the petition came
from New York, and not Rhode Island.
Mr.. WELLER said he might have been mistaken.-
Some gentleman near him, however, suggested that
the gentleman might have made movement for the
of pills Laughter. Be that as it might,
there interests enough in the caucus to demand
protection.
He referred to the manner in which the land bill
gotten through at the extra session. and the provso
which was attached to it and without which the
President would not have signed it, While dwelling
on this subject member near him mentioned the
bankrupt law. Mr.. W. said he would not speak of
that law. Suffice it to say, that never was such an
outrage committed on respectable legislation as was
afforded by the manner of its passage
They had lately passed junior tariff bill, and en-
deavored commit the President to the principle of
unconditional distribution, thinking that should he
sign this he could not refuse to sign the larger tariff
bill But the President held them to the compro-
MISE and vetoed the little tariff Did any one be-
lieve that he would have done so if he could have
avoided the act? The veto power was one of the
conservative principles of the Government, and
there no danger of President going out Of his
way to exercise it. This measure not passed
with sufficient elaboration. The chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means endeavored to take it
out Of committee and pass it in half an hour
Mr.. FILLMORE said he desired it to be understood
that the Committee of Ways and Means not re-
sponsbe for the resolution he introduced for taking
the bill out of committee. That resolution was en-
tirely his own, and offered on his individual
sponsibity. He also took the present OCCASION to
correct an assertion repeatedly made in one Of the
papers of the city, and the floor of the House, that
he had endeavored to have the provisional tariff bill
passed in half hour. The truth was, when he
offered his resolstion the bill had been under discus
sion one whole day. laughter, and unless decided
then, would have to 60 over to the next week.
Mr.. WELLER said his recollection of the circum-
stances this: In the afternoon of the day,
the gentleman from Virginia Mr. Gilmer] got the
floor, and the committee rose; when the gentleman
Mr.. Filmore] offered his resolution for dsposing of
the bill in half an hour. 1t might have been debated
three or four hours that day but was that sufficient
time to examine BILL important in its consequences,
and to which many OF us were opposed II that was
not hasty legislation he knew not what was More
over, after the bill passed the Senate, it brought
back here, and passed under the application of the
previous question. The majority, though they had
thepower to silence debate, could not take from the
President the right which the Constitution gave him
to intercept its passage. If they could he (Mr. W.
had no doubt but that they would even gag him. Did
the Pr sIdent refuse to sanction any of the
party here, he was denounced as a traitor Would
any one charge him with being traitor to his coun-
try; No; but traitor to the universal Wing party,
because he would not sacrifice his principles and Vi
oIate his conscience. He willing to let the peo-
pie say whether or not the President guilty.
After some further interesting remarks from Mr..
WELLER
Mr. CARUTHERs obtained the floor and moved an
adjournment; which prevailed