Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-31
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! scenes M IN House of Representatives.
The House Of Representative has been tho the.
atre, during the pas. week of scenes. at ,vbct r..
publiclus may well blush and hang down ,b,;,
heads in shame. The PRINCIPAL actor, in thee
| disrepunb'e exhibitions were Messrs. Adams ,,d
! Wise-who seemed mutually intent on savioc ,bo
hirshest things they could OF each other. Roth Of
| them have proved themselves Intimately eco,.i,..d
with the vocabulary of billinssgi,e. and have well
nigh exhausted j, in their viupcrAtion of each other
Mr. WISE, however, we think, hears off the p,ln,-
he beats Mr. Albums all hollow Indeed so viocnt
and Vnd'etve was he, in his assaults upon the
aged member i'om Massieh usotis, that pu bic sym
pahy, we hear, his been excited in hvour of IN,
! latter aud men are disposed to excuse that con
duct Of his, which Otherwise would nave been uni.
versally rcprehended
letter IN the Aicxandri, Gazette. saws thew
are both deemed pests in the House. and ,b. .v,,i
sion OF both OF them would give general satisfaction
while It would contribute TO the public good We
have heard the same sentiment frequently xpressed
IN tins c'iy-ani Is spreading, and becoming the
sentiment of the country. They may, both Of Them
be very honest and patriotic gentlemen none r,oro
So or none to equal them-but people look 10 m.
ELECTS of their conduct Between them. the nublir
business - delhyed-the National Iesis,tu,, i,
made the Theatre OF bi.liugsGate exhbitons-,bo
Representatives Of the People are dlssraced in thu
eyes Of the word, and through their degradation
the public liberty receives an IRE nediabe wound
II Is high time that these proceedings were STONED
-hnd II there be no o'her means OF efsctins it, than
thf"ush the expulsion OF the authors of them that
means should bo resorted to- on the prineiplc that
the public safety and welfare must be consulted
without regard to the interests Of this or that md
vdual.
On these proceedings the Independent thus com.
ments:
"The proceedings Of the House during all tbi,
week. have presented to the world truly ezra.
ordinary spectacle. The cOntetnp. atom of sucb
scenes new ~ hey TO US for W. we not until
recently, seen Congress in session for many wears
and the cOnrs they present those brishter d.vs
oi the Republic, when the dignity OF a great nation
g II -ciod through her prcseniauvos, was never
forgotten or list sight Ot-hns given rise 10 p,irfl
sens Mons both Tor the desene racy which IN rks the
unes' ana ucchu'o % Is an tntailIhc symp,Gm of an
"fo'chtns DISSOLUTION. The American zen ,yI,,
c"pabi- OF reasoning and np,ung the essnns Of
nso WIN fHs'ing reh'i,ics. has only TO enter the
tiaH OF Repfescn ntvos on such a day as was
wednesday, 10 hecons str.hed thit the irntstn,l
TIE which once unucd these States as a band m
bfoher', Is seyrrcd-thaf sectional hatred has suc
c''u 81 u" TIE election when formerly vas r~ripro.
Gated by nIl quirers ui the UniOn-th,t the uanlv
zone OF other times Is lost and eone-and that dema.
sosuism, whicl has Ovorhrown all one exist,ng
Republics, is busy OF work Ia achieve the s,,,s
citns'rophe for this. The man who has not witness
eI ines scenes. can form adeq ise conception of
them Liar, rascal, murderer, fool bInckcus,dp
nro epuhels banded be wecn members Of Congress
with the familiarity Of h1u.e' Old words and he got,
the 'ugh on his sile who Is most ready and nost
unqualified IN the Bihngsgato. No good citizen
no man who loves his country or respects her INST
glory, or the sublime future within her control can
survey these dismal scores without erecrating the
demigogues who, in pursuit Of their selfish ends
fufr L
h'utD m'ntled the check Of many citizen who
"shed well TO his country, Wednesday, when
was kroFn that Lord Morpe'h. a distinguished
English Liberal, was witness ofwhat was passiny
IL ~ not less derogl tory to public t7sio, and an
evderce OF deg"ncracy, that the public crowd
81 10 hear ueso disgnceiul wrnngles while
JUDGE BERRtES, in the Senate wss delivering
az argument which classes him among tho first
men OF the age. Cicero Tobukcd the Roman
m0h Tor makinga noise IN the circus while Roseius
was acung hard by ; and do We + ell at Liberty we
might as justly rebuko the tas'o which listened to
tn1 coarse psrsoniliu and rambling and disiUinted
discourses Of the two champions from Mass ,chuscts
and Virginia while Mr. Bsfren was in the same
mouse, eIucidiing great principles and making his
name historical There was relief IN the lucid ar.
gument OF Mr. Marshall and IN TINT only"
With respect to tho merits Of the matter in ISSUE
ii there be any, We have foretorno to speak
partly because our engagements during tho past
week were Of a character to deprive ne Of the OF.
pottunitY TO possess ourselves Of all the firts We
have now read the voluminous reports in tho
National ntolganeor, and wo have seen enough TO
be convinced that the uptoar and exclamation
about the presentation Of petition for tho digsou-
ton Of tho Union, is little short Of faroical--sn
outbreak Of affected sensihilGy and patriotism
ASSUMED TO subservo piuy objects. We value the
Union AZ highly rs any one cnn willis, 1t proves to
be, what il was designed Ia be, an effective MANS
Tor the preservation Of tho public liberty. When
Il fails in this--and becomes tho instrument Of
dcspotsm, our rcvoren.o FOR It Is at m end. That
u may ho thus perverted was deemed within ths
range Of possibiIty-by tho trainers Of the Consul.
tuuon-who made provision Tor is alteration. or
which is laniamount, for It's abolition. But We
have no fears Of ne dissolution, 90 long r., itts
worth preserving; our fears aro Of an oppoqio
character, that mny be consolidated into grinding
de'poism. Cer'ainy petition from 80 or 30
per'on', cannot ovedurn IT, II the language OF
he Indeponjcnu
Is petition N dtsolv, the Union, so dreadful.
20 'h'r after aR What cay Messrs Calhoun,
Fekeo', Rheu and the NaIl6en Of is321 Whit
'y' Mr Abel p. Upshu1 (Su the sketch ofWr
BofF 'p'esh yesi.rday.l What II the Union beeom,