Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-26


his political sins. that he IS res.ive under It's
stripes. II is because Il hurled with such an uner-
ring aim the arrows OF truth, thu, they are YET
ranking aud quivering IN his side.
The gentlemen tells us we are "caughr'-com-
ple,ely esught-and that we cannot, by any posi-
bity, eNtricate ourselves. Caught, are wei Yes
sir, we are caught, And SO were the Spartans n,
the fatal pass when the traitor pointed out to the
terssn hos'' the e'feuous mountain path, that led
TO their impregnoble position. Sul, they checked
the torrent OF that invasion, which the Ii.
berries OF their native land. Although they were
overpowered, they died like brave men and true
and have leit record OF their fame, which will be
rs enduring rs the mountain IN whore defle they
tell. The gentlemen said, further, we were out in
the open held, exposed on every sde-,hat we could
neither advance nor retreat. True, SIR, true. II
We advance, we encounter the batteries Of treason:
II we retreat. we lose our honor We are indeed
in the open field, still uneonq uered and un,erifed
Treason cannot disniay us-the rawlings of disap.
pointed ambition cannot disturb us II we are in
the open held, II is the glorious field on which
we conquered in lSi0-it is the field of truth of
justice, OF constitutional freedom. On that field We
intend to stand, and on that field We intend to fall
u fall we must-on the field OF our victory, the
field Of our fame -
The gentleman from Virginia denounced that
msntesio as containing federal doctrines rs aJyo-
eating the tenets OF "the old federal sect" TO use
his own language-a sect TO which, he says he nsv.
CT belonged, but which, he says, he has always op.
poset, because its doctrines opposed 10 the rights
ot Nle states dr. professions prove nothing: .
era charges prove nothing. | defy him to point out
one single anu-State rights principle in that nantes
10. II advocates the curailment OF Executive now =
or, and an equal balance and distribution Of autho-
ry among the different CT ordinate departments OF
the Government IL strikes nj the conee ntraticn of
kinely power IN one man, and Is for making the
will OF the People paramount 10 the dictaotal will
OF the Executive. This Is the very doctrine upon
which the Whg party, to which the gentleman
himselfw was once proud TO belong, first came into
lev .,-k, IL. L..
vance in strength; upon which they finally triumph
ed. The gentleman talks of his regard for State
rights Can he look IN the face and Ia k OF State
rlshtsl Has he forgotten the history Of the past
1t reeoleei Alright, he was first elected to Congress
as the advocate and supporter OF General Jackson
about the very period OF his issuing his famous proc
iamiuon, which contained such hsh-toned federal
doctrines that many Of the advocates Of the federal
creed could not themselves sustain II. The same
year, believe It was, IN which the gentleman was
elected to Congress as the advocate OF Gen. Jack
son. was defeated in my county for The State
Legislature, because | would not bow the knee to
that political Bial-bccause dared 10 combat the
federal heresies OF that same PROCLAMATION, which
oreaihed OF blood and slaughter against his own
countrymeu. General Jacksonis popularity rest
Ing as 1t then did upon the very basis OF federalism
sent the gentleman TO Congress, crowned with sue.
cess, at the same time that it defeated me- and con-
ssnea me TO private life: How, then, can he talk
TO me OF State rights | have paid the penalty of
my devotion TO State rights was tic advocate OF
those doctrines when It cost man something to sus
tam them. Can the gentleman say as much
lMr Wise said he dared look the gentleman from,
North Carolina IN the face on the subiec, Of State
| rights or any other subject. He caimSd now. and
always, 10 be a better State rights man thap he :
lie had come into Congress because he had opposed
nullhcation, and not because he had been the al o.
yocate OF the proclamation nl General Jackson
tie had opposed many OF General Jackson's mea d.
sures
Mr. RAVNrr al 80
nave always been the gentleman's line OF policy
u IS strictly IN accordance with his present position.
ne was Jackson man, and yet opposed 10 msny OF
JACKSON measures ne IS now par excellence TYLER
man. ana yet he opposes many OF he very mes
sures Whlch ate indispensable 10 the existence NJ
, ly.ers Administration, and which the Mics f.cI
themselves bound 10 sustain from 4 sense of duty 10
the country. ~
The gentleman from Indiana (Mr Pro;5D nj.
W,nP'eu 70 De very severe IN his nnimad versions on
" " n's measures az Wing policy. My friend from
Tennessee mir Gentry has inst appi,ed tho .sn
20 nun so severely, that ought, perhaps in mercy
20 'et hm pass; but, as his attack was unproyoked
ne nee1 not expect US 10 submit to it in silence. He
spone WIN an ar OF reviling, OF the long list OF
members Of Congress he could expose if he chose
VINO had been app icants Tor Office
MIR Profit said he did no, say that nenbers a
congress had applied for Office for themselves.l
Mr. RAINIER. The gentleman was so UNDERWOOD
| oy 'he i1ouse, and when called on for names said
ne would name one, which, however, he refused IN
20, housn repeatedly called on 20 do so. He will
not 1ehy, however, that ne spoke OF the numerous
| applications OF Wing members for office for ,bc,r
l'ehcs. SIR, ADMIT i; and had they no, a risht 50
! 20 appyf Was there any imnroprietv in their do
ing sof Was not The removal OF corrupt and incom
ss'.L me rom once one Of the principles under
when we fought and conquered Was not the Ger
ueman from Indiana himself once an advocate for
that doctrne2 Has he not now allied himself - =
pIy Sho:e war cry IS ito the vctors belong the
1pUhsi admitting all the gentleman has said, and
s''l "hht Goes ~ proven WHY, that Whi1 mem,
oefs oil congress have asked for the removal oftbose
"nO'n they mad long accused, upon good evidence.
OF ptostiutug their Offices 10 the perne,uatior ~
uet powsr; and the appointment in their places. of
Tno,n1 WY our own friends, TO be sure. No one OF
me wing party has ever advocated proscrip,ion for
opnion's sake; but we do complain, and we have
cause 10 complain, that men have been retained in
power VINO used the patronage oil Office 10 thwnrt MI
our eu0r's al reform. More especially do we com
pam ua', IN many cases where Offices have become
vacant, they have been bestowed on men who Ia 20
been our most deadly and bitter enemies. Did we
wage Twelve years war for the purpose OF puttino
IN power the nominees of Andrew Jacksoo3 for The
purpose OF reinsiatlng those whom the lamented
hanson tnousht II his duty 10 rel for the pur.
pose OF pacing IN Offices OF trust foreign stage NAV
ers, 10 TIE neglect Of the native born sons Of on,
soil ID every Wing in the land arouse bimseli
IN lS4O Tor the purpose Of bestowng nearly Ali Le
most important Offices Of the Government iInon ,bc
-V''s VI ohs otale-Nir virginia; and that a State.
too Whch went against us1 Is IL expected that ia .
Wings or the Democrats either. Of NV Sto,e c.1
IIeptess their Indignation, when after eivns Ills
same ) ohn IyIer majority Of 1900 votes tbev
not only DO not receive any Of the places Of trns,
1hoer The Government out OF the Slate bu, when
ne IocaI olhces even within the State are fsd lac.
HLshians' There IS the Office Of travelling Post
once agent IN North Carolina, which became VA.
cant by the death Of the incumbent last fail. ,,d
oi US oeing bestowed on a citizen OF the
otate, the ONCE IS divided and bestowed on tvvo
virginia gentlemen" one, near. a near r.j,,;vs
o. me acting Presidents and they are now travelling
through NY State in all the nride and -, -
] brief authority These are among the ~ =,
our toll in North Carolina. ' "
Inc gentleman from Indiana tNr Prof5n in m.
Ofeath laun's the chairman Of the WAYS and Ne,ns
.o' uy aging me passage Of this loan 6 and IN the
next he complains Of him Tor ndoptiog he .,,.,o
ton OF the Secretary Of the Treasury in rss5,7, >,
/ he amendment providing for selling the sioc, n,
"hat y viii bring, provided it cannot he sold a,
Plr' DOCS the genten1n mean 10 insinuate tb,,
tns proposition Of the Secretary was not ssnc,ioneJ
/ oy me acting President and his other Cab,nc, ,,,
''eist suppose II vas not; yet has not the Official
organ la'ely revived, and does 4 no, continue =,
MAINTAIN the exploded doctrine OF TIE Jackson or,
WIG E,Iy OF me Erecuiivei and Of the responsible
" OF the acting President for the faithful condurt "a
those entrusted with the discharge OF Executive an
uesf ana d this amendment IS calculated te die.
grace me Government, as Is insisted by the "psr,
mar trends OF the acting President why do tbsy
not insist on the removal Of the Sscret1rv ~ ~
! I"nsury who recommended ~ Afer such an
aVo"a as this by those VINO are known 10 uosss.,
INC confidence OF the Executive, II the Secretary
mas IN MS bosom spark Ofi hat fire which animal
me I7'e Cabinet, ho will D. appears 10 me ,b,o,.
his commission ~ John Tyletis fnce and sesk a,
honorable retirement NJ homo IN pennsvtvs,,