The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-03-17

nemoer from Henry, mr. Nutlall.) has ne'.'
occurred TO the member from Louisville that domi-
nant party in Congress may he guilty OF even more
awless acts than popular Chief Magistrate Does
he believe that the same spirit which animates Tue
Chief does not pervade the Represen allses OF giea
and triumphant party 2 Does he imagine that nun
bers Increase the sense OF responsibility anu that t"o
hundred men, who cloak to each o,her nave
more tender conscences than single individual e.
posed IN his IDnulesl action to the gaze anu s0'u"y
of II whole nation Heinous as was the vhehee VI
General Jackson in removing the deposiies ,naJo,'
ty Of Congress, with the same spirit, and uhdeI 'he
same circulnsl ances, would at The same iine, nave
done the very same deed The gentleman las read
the history of republics with little advantage, II he
fanciss that power Is exempt from abuse anu the Con
stituiou safe from violation IN the hands OF any mao
rity Ii there be any tyranny more odlous than ano
Their and the restraint of which requires all the checks
aud balances which human wisdom can devise II is
the crushing despotism OF dominant party flushed
with victory and resolved the dest ucion Of Their
political opponents.
Mr.. Chairman In one of his mourntul pictures of
the past and gloomy forebodings of the future, the
member from Louisville exclaimed that were
now grooming beneath the weight of the most odious
tyranny, and that in consequence OF the abominable
abuse of the Veto power, the purse and sword were
now in the hands of the Executive. The idea that
this great nation should be dependent the nod
of so contemplate creature John Tyler, filled
his mind with indignation, and which he could not
find language TO express and which time itself fear
produced no effect upon myself yet, regret the dis
tress that it will afford the Chief Magistrate himself
If IT be not unpleasant to the gentleman to withdraw
his mind from the realms Of fancy, and confne 1t to
the regions Of fact, would ask him how this union
Of the purse and sword was produced? Has John
Tyler violated the law or transcribed the Consttu-
ton Has he, by fraud or violence, seized on the
public treasure contrary to the wishes of the people
and the oaths of his Office Who repealed the Sub
Treasury before they had provided suitable depos
for the public mOneys2 Was not the national
treasure placed under the control of the Executive
by the operation Of the law Of 1888, and the acts OF
those whose euogy the gentleman has so often pro-
nounced' take no pleasure in awakening the gem
tleman from his pleasant dreams, in recalling to
his mind facts which he would willingly forget The
removal of the depostes for which jackson was at
the time, and has again in this debate been bitterly
denounced has been actually accomplished by the OPP
Grafton of law and the votes of Wing Congress-
More fortunate than Caesar, who forced from Metel-
lus the keys of the Roman Treasury the custody of
the public money has been imposed upon John Tyler
without his consent and against his remonstrances If
the gentleman breads Executive that will forcibly
grasp, what does he think of Congress that Will
peaceably surrender the control of the public money!
Does he not perceive that in all the denunciations
which he has poured upon the President, he has ut
tered the keenest invectiyes against those whose
eulogy it is the main business of his life to pro-
nounce.
MIR. Chairman The member from Louisville ex-
presses great surprise at the course which | have
pursued in the introduction of this resolution Sur
prise, ii said, is source not only of wit but of
pleasure and am happy to afford him all the graf
ihcatlon which our relative positions supply
lie is amazed that representative of Fayette coun
ty, and protesting to be Wing unfedged politi-
clan, and a man OF Wanting ambition, should differ
from Henry Clay. Mr.. Clay is one of my constitu-
ents and whatever opinion may entertain of HIM is
a matter Of no consequence to this House, and see
no necessity for me to express. In my action in this
Uarb him in he an.a lioIt uth thp hmm
best of the twenty-five hundred freemen whom
have the honor in part, to represent upon this floor
IT, by an unfedged politician, is meant man who is
yet hackneyed in the ways Of those who aspire to
public office; who is equally unskilled in the arts
that minister to popular prejudice and pander to the
purposes of great men, rejoice that distinction, in
this respect exists between the member from Louis
vile and myself regret that the feeling OF sur
prise which he expresses at my course, am unable
ments introduced by the Senator from Kentucky
knew the position which he would assume upon this
subject knew that he not unfedged as to
think for himself knew that bird which had first
broken the shell in the neighborhood of Ashland,
would sound its notes responsive to the orders of its
distinguished tenant. That trait which prevented a
famous character in famous play from standing up
right in the presence Of great man. does not seem
to be confined to the Scotch Treason no longer
consists in violation of the Constitution, but in poll
teal individuality. Whatever offences may be land at
the door Of the member from Louisville, this is a
crime for which he can never justly be arraigned
That he not only pulls fairly in the traces but is
more richly caparsoned than any other steed, is a
fact in which he gores and which even his enemies
forced to admit.
Mr.. Chairman; Abuse of the Chief Magistrate
comes with bad grace from the member from Louis
vile. The course and character of that high func-
tionary, | do not deem this suitable occasion Ell
Their to attack or defend. If philippe against him
had been pronounced by Democrat, there would
have been no ground for surprise or complaint In
revng the President, the gentleman nculpates him
self BY his Jealous exertions in the great struggle
of lS40 he either supported a man with whose po-
litical sentiments he not acquainted, or whose
moral character he never understood. protest
against the appeals which the gentleman has made to
the memory of Gen. Harrison to rouse the prejudi-
of this House and the country against his success
sor. The very same men " no now abuse Mr., lyler
denounced Gen Harrison up to his nomination by the
Harrisburg Convent on and, as believe, with the
same motives. The fragment OF the Wing party to
which the gentleman belongs had kept us IN hope
less minority for twelve long years and under their
auspices we should have remained in hopeless MI
nority forever II was not the member from Louis
vile and his political associates that accomplished
the civil revolution of lS40 We carried Harrison
and Tyler their heads and in spite of their OPP
position and abuse. Having found it difficult to de-
tect any feature in the tribunitan power, it exist
ed in the Roman republic, which was not purely de-
mocratic, he tells us that the Veto power cannot
boast of such ancient and honorable descent and
that it derived from the arbitrary negative OF our
colonial governors. Is the member really so defci-
ent in discrimination does he think this House pos
little discernment not to perceive the diff
ference between the veto of lordly proprietor
lonal governor, appointed by foreign despot, and
constitutional Chief Magistrate chosen by the unbiased
suffrages OF great and magnanimous people Is he
really serious when he asserts that Congress, and not
the President, occupies the position in Con-
sttuton with that filed by the tribunes in the Ro-
man republics
(To be continued)
The Maryland Legislature adjourned sine die on
Thursday last The committee engrossed bills
reported that they had examined 1886 bills and 81 re-
solutions. Among the bills passed was an act to
provide for specie payments by the Banks' The act
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