The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-01-12
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| respondent OF the Americnn-The Navy.
The extraordinary demonstration in the House of
Representatives. Saturday, on the bankrupt law,
has produced general CONSERVATION among its
friends, and universal establishment in the minds Of
all who were not in the secret of the movement
The act is without precedent in the history of our
government, and if the design is consummated the
English language will be searched in vain for ade-
quate terms wherewilh to express the scorn, the
Indignation, the contempt, with which every right
judging man will view the inconsistency, the ca
price, the folly of the wing party in Congress- The
repeal of the bankrupt law will be most appropri-
ately followed by the repeal of the distribution law,
and then the wings in Congress may as well be blu.
ried for they will be dead for all useful or practical
purposes, thereafter. II they give up these two
measures, or either Of Them for they are ndissou-
bly, connected in their passage, they give upevery
thing. They abandon the whole ground, and stand
self convicted OF degree of vacillaon and corrup-
lon withouta parallel in the history of legislation.
The merits or dement's of the measures have moth.
ing to do with the question. No manifestation Of
the popular will has operated upon Congress in re-
laon to them. If they are inexpedient or wrong in
principle now they will be less so, when, after
mature deliberaton and full discussion they passed
both houses. Neither reason nor reflection will
| have any thing to do with the repeal If accom-
pshed, 1t will be an act Of passion pique utterly
| lndeiensble In every point Of view. I.
Every sagacious man in the nation foresaw the
mischief which has resulted to the country from the
uncaled for, impolltic and absurd extra session.
Every sagacious man predicted the destruction
OF the wing party as its inevitable consequence
But no one supposed that at this early day, Mr..
Clay would repudiae, that is the dainty phrase now,
the action and policy of the extra session, and ad-
nit the necessity of undoing what was then achiev-
ed. This he has virtually dVne through his part-
sans IN the House. The movement against the bank
rupt law comes from him. No man knows better
than Mr. Cay, that the distribution bill could not
have been carried through Congress, except by con-
Meeting 1t with the bankrupt BILL They were linked
together like the Siamese twins and the fate of one
depended upon that of the other If the tie had
been severed, the death of both would have follow
ed as matter of course. Let the bankrupt law be
repealed now and the distribution bill shares the
same fate, just certain as effect follows cause
There cannot be doubt entertained On this point.
The thing is clear as the sun at MONDAY. And
yet Mr.. Clay, with thorough knowledge OF the
consequences, insliga,es their movement upon the
Bankrupt Law, with view to coerce the wing
Senators into position Of uncompromosng hostility
towards the administration of President Tyler His
purpose is to have the repeal bill pass the House, and
then to hold it over the heads Of such of the whg
Senators as have manifested disposition to fall in
with the administration, and endeaver to settle the
currency question. We shall see what success at
tends his sinister management.
Whatever evil grow out of the extra-sessiOn, it
should be born in mind that President Tyler is in |
wise responsible for it. He is guilty Of all agency
in that piece of supreme and unspeakable folly
Mr.. Clay forced it upon the country against the |
better Judgment of the whole party Mr.. Tyler was
decidedly opposed to it, but the poor compliment Of
asking his advcewa never paid him. On his ac-
cession to the Presidency he found the thing in pro-
gress and could not arrest it, Neither the tax upon
the country, therefore, nor the.de molton of the
wing party, growing out of the factous vioe nee of
MIR. Clay, and the absurd course of the party under
his dictation, is to be charged upon the President
But this matter is too well understood by the people
to need argument or illustration.
The of a majority of the wings in the
Senate on the fiscal plan, is to be inferred from the
conciliatory speech of Mr. Evans, of Maine.
and it is not improbable that the bill with some
notifications may be carried through, but every
thing is in the greatest state of confusion and ex-
element
of Mr. Skinner, one of the; Assistant Pos. Master
Generals the allegation of ranking violent psrtl-
IAN papers. The movement was prompted by an
impairment clerk who ought hmselfte have been re-
moved long ago, and who will probably get his
deserts if he fabrcates further charges against his
superiors.
The New York American is congratulating itself
on Its precious bargain of a correspondent at this
MIA 18Th l-aa
bought and fearlessr' Now this is refreshing and
delightful. "Free spoken the man is no doubt,
nobody more so. The veriest drab in Billngsgale
could not scod more volubly or calculate ridiculous
ISLANDERS and absurd epithets with more freedom or
worse taste. "Unbought' he certainly is, but only
because there was nobody to purchase. He was
long time in the market, but the administration
would not buy HIM up He was hanging about The
White House and the State Department, we under
stand, almost from the day of General Harrson's
Inauguration up to the opening Of the presen,
sion, imploring for office of any sort. Poor devil
His voracity was such that he grasped at every
thing, from the mission 10 Bogoa down the petit
est clerkship under the government. He was backed
up by some members of Congress, but alas his
pretensions were set aside, notwithstanding the
potent support he had secured and now he is strain.
ing to avenge the slight by abusing President Tyler
and his administration There is a vast deal of this
sort OF unbought patriotism exant in these days, and
the wing press has pu, considerable portion of it
IN requisltion.
The Supreme Court commenced its annual session
today. The entire bench was present, with the
exception of Judge Thompson, who is expected to-
morrow.
The Report OF the Secretary of the Navy will
soon be the subject Of discussion in Congress and
from the spirit of the times, it appears there is much
doubt concerning the issue. The Report itself has
every where met the appreciation of the people Of
all parties, and classes but the speeches and
casual remarks Of politicians or demagogues who
| are bound to indscrlminate reirenchment, intimate
| an intention of thwartng the noble efforts of the