Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-18
SENATOR GRAHAM q, NC.


To an invitation to = public entertainment, this
distinguished Senator returned the following reply,
~hieh we commend to the considerable attention of
the wings Of the Union;
kiLLSBORO', Sept. eith, 1914.
Genllencn-I have had the honor to receive
yoors OF the i7th instant, rendering 10 me and my
dis,,ngui.hed colleague, ME- Mangum, a Barbecue,
peopo,ed to be furnished at Henderson, on such day
ns We may designate, as testimonial Of the regard
and appreciation Of the wings OF Granville, War
rem and Franklin. I thank you for the 200 partial
and appreeiating terms in which tho ersonal feel
ings Of many OF your COMMITTEE have prompted
you TO convey to me the invitation of those you &c
present: and beg you TO assure them Of my deep re
gret. that my avccations both private and probes
soual latter long absence from home) deny the the
leisure necessary for such n meeting at any early
day, and therefore compel me most unwillinsly to
decline IL. With no portion OF my constituents
would have more gladly met ut the festive board,
nd freely commune on the present state Of pub
lie afi,rs than With those OF Granville, Warrer and
Franklin. No where, IRE there moro firm, true
hearted intelligent and patriotic Wings, men whose
honest and disnereted approval is most gratifying
TO public servant, Il fortiies his own conscious
ness OF adherence to duty in trying circumstances
You, gentlemen, have not undervalued the en-.
barr assments and diff culties with which the lori,
~ in the present Congress have been forced to
tend. Opposed and assaulted on every measure,
from the burial honors OF the amented Harrison 20
the highest question Of national policy, Ivy pow
srful and faeuous party, who, though they left to
their successors public service, costing aver
nge twenty eight millions Of dollars per year, lex
elusive OF the peculation and embezrlement so FREE
quen; under Mr. Van Buron's Administraton,) and
n revenue system yielding less than fourteen mil
lions, refuse to raise the means to supply the deh-
cicncy-though they left funded debt OF i've and
half millions, bearing interest, and Government en-.
gagements to the amount OF twenty mlons more.
will no, provide for their payment. Though they
habitually borrowed moneys for the Government
during period Of four years. clamored most loudly
TO the people, when loans became necessary To hill M
the vacuum they had created. Though thus OPP
posed and assai ed tho Wings. rs party, have
red through both Houses OF Congress, every inca
which they proposed for the relief o! the coun-
try. But our opponents have found, in the defec
ton Of the netting President, an ally; making the
minority more-powerful than the majority OF Con
gress. Although, as W the fact - attempted TO
be corcealed he has become thar, To every intent
and purposs, of party benefit and edvautase-ihess
in sympathy, in defamation OF me wing party IN
the dispe Of patronage, and the use and abuse
OF his vast powers OF appointment and removal
theirs in every thing, except Tor his own honor and
advancement. lie cannot be their candidate Tor the
succession; thcy spurn the very idea. But he will
be used TO the utmost extent OF appointments, re
movals and vetoes TO promote the election OF their
ndidate.
Had the Republican Wings OF the present Con
gress been pursuing the desperate game of Party
policy OF which he has accused them, they would
have left him in the hands OF his new allies. 10 get
through q term TO which he has accidentally sue
ceeded he might. But they have felt that their
duties the country remained 10 the extent OF their
powers, however much he has failed in his, They
have proceeded TO the enactment Of measures Deem
ed necessary for the public interest regardless Of
what he might approve or reject. fei, so freely !
has his inter oson been thruS. upon their labors,
that their chief benefits whch they are permitted |
10 tender 10 the country, ore OF negative kind. II
during the late long and arduous session, but tils
has b. en- done as is untruy asserted by Ihose who
intend reproach, may DC truly affirmed, that much
OF the extravaganza and folly of the administration
has been left undone. The contingent expenses OF
Congress have been reduced at least one hundred
thousand dollars, and principally IN the item OF
public Printing. A new and moro rigid accounta-
biity introduced into the public departments by
what has been heretofore left at discretion as in.
ciIenta expenses. And after all the land has rung
with cries of exuavagsnce, the appropriations of
this first regular session of Whig Congress for the
service oil the year. chorgeable on the Treasury.
less than twenty and half millions OF dollars
millions less than the average annual eIpen-
diture under Mr. Van Buren,, and two millions less
than the last year of his administration, when
such extraordinary efforts were used TO appear eco
nomca.
BY discharge which Congress has directed in !
the course Of the ensueng year Of more than FIVE
thousand men from the standing army, thete Is a
prospect Of still lower reduction OF the amount re-
quire1 from the people, for the support Of Govern
ment. But as 10 those measures of positive advaP
tage TO the people Ly which soundness is TO be re-.
tored 10 The currency our commerce revived and
prosperity thoroughly re.estabished, they must he
delayed until change IN the Executive opinion
Meanwhile numerous and lately dominant party
applaud all vetoss and Usurpations OF the Executive
which tend to thwart the Wing mijoriIy. and the
people familiarized TO the idea that the Press.
dent is sovereign, whose opinions not oay Of con
siIiuonaI construction, hut of expectancy also,
to set at naught oil the wisdom OF Congress. And
that whether this rejection OF bill arise fom simpe
inbecllty, from vlndc.iveness revenge 1t is be
justified because II dsappoints political opponents;
thus presidents sre formed which to become Law
hereafter, and the free constitution of fathers
degeuerates into an elective monarchy. IL was re-
mark Of a most sagaclous man, tina. where annual
elections end, tyranny begins. Yet The course of
passing events, IS TO confirm the doctrine that we
have in effect, but eection in four years, all
o,hsss being designed to conform the Legislative
assemblies TO the will Of the Executive then chosen
To correct this downward tendency Of the pre-
sent times, and to restore the Government to its
healthIul and proper action, the only reliance
Is on the ballot box al the next Presidential elec
ton. Accordingly the Wings of the country, from
Maine TO Louisiana, are already aroused for that
contest, and rejoice TO believe that prospects
of success are most cheering. With only one can
didate in the field, to whom the proudest 10 our
ranks think II no dsparagement to deier and give
place, and that candidate man who has illustrated
every important period in our history for the las. 35
years by his eloquence and courage, his patriotism
and wisdom, q man at the mention OF whose name
in any part Of the world an American heart beats
quicker and ptouder-when that candidate is Hen
~ Clay, and the issue is for the establishment; OF
the Jdst balance OF the Constitution and the true
prosperity OF the people, we need not dread the
suit. The more especially in view OF that other
controversy, now no longer concealable, as 10 who
shall he the candidate Of the party opposed TO w. or
whether amid their divisions that party can have
any one candidate. We have had our troubles and
trials, but are this dny as firmly united as ever
theirs are but beginning. And 1t remains to be
seen, whether they can present the same united
front in the contes, for the succession, which they
have exhibited in opposition TO the Wig messufes
for the relief Of the counry-or whether mere than
one aspirant to the Chief Magistraty will not find
himself like the tabled Ac,5eD n vicimizsd by these
followers whom he vainiy Battered himself that he
was leading 10 victory, that would enufe to his
benefit.
am, gentlemen, with the highest respee, and es
teen, your friend and servant,
WILL. A. GRAHAM.
Messrs c. II. WILEY, and others.
From me Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
WHAT DOES THAT YOUNG MAN DO
FOR a IIVING7