The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-08-18
SPEECH OF MIR. sTANLY.
OF NORTH CAROLINA.

Defending the Wing Party from tho charge
increasing tue Expenditures of Goye!nmcp
uadc in Committee of the whole, House Of 4
personalities, March 18th, 1912.
Mr.. SIauly said should no, be di
iposed, Mr. Chairman, 10 occupy tho alter
: !Ion OF the committee, if | had seen an
disposition manifested by any member
lobsain the floor. Ii is rare occurrenc,
Y That there were not several members et
: doavoring 10 catch the eye Of the chairman
what has happened TO check that iasa,i1
Die, unspating desire Of talking, whie
. : rules tue hour" here, | cannot Imagine
5 But | am sollcilous not TO interfere Wit
: any member Of the minority here who dc
sres to speak, and if any one Of then. Sish
es TO have an opportunity, | Will mos
chcerully yield tho floor. Il any one G
The seIt.sty led democrats is ready TO bri0!
stound.ess accusations against the whl.
party should DO glad to bear him, for
wish 10 have better excuse, lllle more
proyocatlou than has ye, been furnished
tor | shall not hD Justified before The public
IN consuming time, b. replying to @bal wc
have jus, heard.
Wen, sir, Us no one will claim tic loor,
, must needs 90 on to say a word in defence
OF the Wings agulast charges, heretofore
made. and Just now again paraded forth,
for tue huudledih time, TO mako ny re-.
marks IN order, say, | wish to reply 10
what has been said Uy tie member tom
Pennsylvania, Mr.. G.. Brown
This gentleman, after dwelling upon The
great increase Of expenditures, under
Wing administration, TO which will reply
before | take my seat has talked q good
deal about responsibility, and has, with 40
air Of triumph, asked the Wing panty,
when lbey were Wiling to take the respon.
sbllhy Of the acts Of the present admins
tratloD! Il IS With much reluctance | can
bring myself 10 say any thing OF this ad.
mloistraton, because mr. Tyler has, by bis
unworthy conduct, lost The confidence o.!
bis friends, raised an impossible barrier DO.
tween US and him, cut himself loose from
his irleuds, and is no longer regarded, by
any honest Wing, as The head Of tho Wing
purity. To be Tyler man is now become
a malter Q[ repIeacA. and Nlhils HE'LL a,u. I
lssfatiou, Wien they afa righl, Tor the sake !,
Of the country, as matter OF duty, yet
there is only one condition, rs member
Of the wig party, on which | can consent
TO defend The Tyler administration that
condition is, ,hai Mr.. Tyler should dis
provo the charges published TO The world
by the late Secretary Of the Treasury, { Mr.. /
Ewing) Let him show them TO be untrue,
and viii give him the support, BY night
and by day, of oil such capacity aud ener.
sies as ! possess.
And, while speaking of this shall be
glad to be informed by tho gentleman from
the Norfolk district, Mr.. Mallory wheth.
or he had said that the President had au.
thorizod him to pronounce, thattho charges
made against Mr. Tyler, by Mr.. Ewing at
the Extra session, were false :
Nlr. Mallory said, in reply, that he did
not recognise any right on the part OF the
gentleman from North Carolina Mr. Stan.
ly) 10 ca,echisc him on this door for occur.
rences elsewhere. ilo would always be
fccnd ready to respond when that question
was propounded TO bim in proper way, and
by the proper person,
Mr. Stauiy said DO not claim the righ
10 ca,echse the gentleman from Virginia,
but CONCEIVE that he could have no ohlec.
ton to answering such n question PROFOUND.
ed by any one. referred TO what w.
dcrstood was a public declaration, in pub.
lie place, which had been in several news
papers. | had not imagined that the gen
tIeman from Virginia would have declined
answering such question.
Bu, let that pass. From the high, unm.
peachcd, and unimpeachable character OF
Mr. Ewing, if there was 20 other proof, |
shall take his published statement to he
correct, Unlil the President, or the Vice
President, or acting President, or whatever
he isl mean John Iycr-shall drsprovr
it. And until this is done, | shall hold
myself, as whig,-l consider the Wing
party, as no longer bound 10 support, or re.
spouslble Tor, the acts and doings OF this adj
mlnislralion. For never since parties were
known, never in the history Of any civilized
government, was party treated with such
lTeachory and ingratiiude, as this whig par.
ty has been. Never has any man, in high
station treated himself so lnjuriously as Mr.
Tyler has. When Congress met at the
Extra session, the wings were animated by
the kindesi feelings towards Mr.. Tyler
His namo had been inscribed on our ban
-uers, with the glorious heart thrilling name
OF God Tippecanoe. Knowing lhtle of
his political history in his own State, we
thought, him sound hearted and true. lie
had profcsSed to be in favor Of our leading
measures, With tho mighty effort OF
$40, tho people, disguised with the nal,
practices of the late Van Buren, party, and
patriotism OF General Harrison, hod elected
him as Vice President. We had nothing
to gain, by differing with him. Tho coun'
try demanded our vigorous efforts TO re
deem our suffering fellow citizens from ru
in. We thought Mr.. Tyler, favoring thu
QUO, term principle, could have no motive
for quarrelling with his friends. But, alas
how sadly mistaken VIC were Instead
) determining to relieve the people, to restore
our blasted prosperity, 10 re.nulmatc indus
try, he listened to the deludIng whisper
ings Of deceitful ambition, suddenly enter
. a Al 4 Il.