Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-10

need say by whom, Lathe Indignant voice Of
deceived people answer the question:
When the present session Of Congress commence
ed, !, did so under the most inaus peiOus eireum.
stances Their Captain had deserted them, aud
their Corporal" was in the ranks Of the enemy
They were met with tauu,s and reproaehes aud OBJ
ioqay-They were ridieuled, and efforts were made
systematically to provoke them to refuse to do their
duty But they KEEP, the even tenor OF their way
Animated by holy spr, of patriotism. they
heaped Goals OF FIRE the heads OF the Captain and
his allies, by voting him supplies which even hi,
peculiar friends were not willing to give to him
They furnished him with Treasury notes for the
immediate necessities OF the Government and pass.
ed loan bill to enable him to raise the means to
pay Ell all of the debts Of the Government They
determined to do their duty let others take what
course they might This tho thing that CALLED
the Captain and his friends. II Congress had only
Withheld the means Of carrying on tho G overnn,enl
so as TO furnish Pretext Tor the cry Of "persccu-
ton," they would have been perfectly hsppyi But,
being foled in that quarter by the wisdom and pa
trio,ism Of the two Houses, they were forced to
make other issues, and to seek other grounds Of
qnarrel-Ilence tue idle clamor ngains, the hour
rule, and the rule for bringing the debates TO close
nner reasonable time. These were tried for some
time, but as the people seemed to think that hour
was long enough for Of to talk. and that
1t was Altogether proper to stop the eternal babbng
OF political adventures after reasonable time had
been allowed for discussion. the cry Of gag has
also been dropped, and now, instead Of hasy action,
the accusation is that Congress moves too slowly,
and does nothing!
| / Ii uat 10 ,oto Ill.
the members Of Congressional is their own affair
but cannot forbear from calling the attention of
the country TO the studied attempts which have
been made 10 destroy the confidence Of the people
in their immediate representatives. This is uni.
iormly the game Of the Executive party, when they
mediate an eheroachment on the rights of the pso-
pie. II they can only succeed in trampling upon
the faithful servants of the people, they will soon
find the means Of placing the yoke OH the people
| themselves.
But to return. MIR Adams took occasion to-day,
in his place, TO do justice to the present Congress
lie said that he believed that there never had BEEN
since the foundation of the Government, Congress
which was mole laborous-more patrioiic-more
faithful and attentive TO the true interests OF the
country, than the present. Coming from such
source, this small compliment He has
grown up with the Government. He has seen i,s
operations from the beginning, and hence his opi-
Mons are entitled to much weight.
The ordinary labors Of Congress have extended
ITS sessions Tor many years past 10 the middle or
twentieth Of July. and yet heard but little
plant from the Locos. Now. when we recollect,
that in addition TO the ordinary business the present
Congress was under the necessity Of bringing up lee
way in regard to private business, having acted
through their committees on about rHIRrEEs HUN.
DRED elams-when they had the abuses OF the
various branches Of tho public service to inquire into
and reform-a Treasury note bill TO pass-a Loan
bill to enact-lhe delicate and difficult, task of APP
poronins the representation, TO perform the Pro.
visional Tariff bill and the Permanent Revenue
system TO mature and periect-is it TO be wondered
at that the session should be month longer than
usua7
The proper mode Of estimating the labors OF the
present Congress, would be TO compare the time it
has taken to dispose OF a given subject, with the
time which has been devoted to a similar matter in
former times. Compare, for example, the time that
this Congress has required for the settlement, Of the
Apporiionmen, question, with the time occupied by
former Congresses-so of the Tariff bils-the
Treasury note bills-Loan bills, and other impor.
tant subjects of lesisation-and will venture to
say that the result will be highly crsdiiaLle to The
industry of the members of the present Congress.
But then you mus, not forget the discouraging cir
cumstances under which these labors were perform.
cd. Instead of the cordial co operation Of the Exc
euIve, they met with every kind of obstacle AMI
impeachment and hindrance, which seemed insur-
mountable, and would have caused n less resolutc
and determined set Of men TO give up in despair.
say then il is the duty of the press and of the
country TO sustain the representatives OF the people,
vino have endured so much TO promote their best
interests.
MIR Calhoun made his great speech in opposition
TO the Tariff, yesterday. His friends regard il
as ole of the creates, efforts of his life heard
few detached portions of it, but enough to ena-
bic me to form an opinion OF its merits as a whole
The great fault of Mr. Calhoun as u statesman, is
10 my opinion, his tendency TO hobbies. His mind
to embrace idea 10 the exclusion for the
time being, of all others. lie is thus the perpetual
subject of some hallueination. The Tariff is his
hobby for the present, and he traced every disaster
which now nfRcts the country to the passage OF the
Tariff of 1928. He denounced that bill in the
most unmeasured terms as "wicked" and "mon-
strous," &c. thought, while he was thus pouring
out his denunciatiOns, could see a flush upon the
countenance Of Col. Benton, who, as you we'll re-
collect, voted for that bill. Another thought occur
red to me whilst he was speaking-Thinks to-
myself, "if this bill Of 1928 was such an abomina.
bic bill, how could you reconcile il to yourself,
Mr. Calhoun, TO support Martin Van Buren,, who
voted for il, for the Presidency"
Col. Benton made some remarks on the bill in
which no conlrovcried the correctness Of Mr. Cal.
houn's propositions about the Tariff of 1928, and
i A.
speech Of great ability, which hope will be fully
reported.
Yours, sc. r. S T.
DISCRETIONARY POWER"
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