The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-12-31
Washington.
lConesondence Of the Herald
WASHINGTON, Thursday night, Dec ..
More OF the Political Fight-No business
DOne-Speech of Mr.. Wise.

DOne-Speech of Mr.. Wise.
Again, the day has passed without the transaction
OF any real business The Senate positively did no.
thing but receive large pile of petitions against
the repeal of the Bankrupt Law. In the House a
few resolutions were offered, and few private
bills were referred, during the morning hour; and the
remainder of the day was occupied by Messrs. Wise
and Fessenden in political speeches. Wise made a
good speech so far as it went; but he made sad
blunder in devoting about forty minutes of his hour
to the preamble that when his hour was up,
he had just reached the body of his remarks, and
had to conclude abruptly. His speech resembled
the carcatures OF Mr.. Nobody, all head, no body,
and very little legs-the pictures OF Jonathan Old
buck, 10 wit; or TO speak vulgarly, II resembled
tadpole-an enormous head, no body, and a thin
tail. Knowing that he would have but an hour, he
should have managed differently. Mr.. Fessenden's
speech might have been omitted without any loss to
the House or the country. The day was wet and
disagreeable, with snow and slush all on the ground
otherwise there would have been large and fash
ionable attendance to hear Wise.
During the morning hour, Mr.. KENNEDY of Mary
land introduced a resolution to enquire into the
practicability of enquiring whether steam vessels
might not be employed to transport the mail along
the coast, and to visit the lighthouses, and for auy
other service connected with the government this
was referred TO the same committee as Mr.. Kings
resolution OF yesterday. Mr.. JOHN McKRoN moved
for copies of all the correspondence relating to the
difficulties between Tom Carr, the late Consul at
Tangiers and the Barbary powers. This was caus-
edb the article in the $ Plebeian Mr.. Cosr JOHN
moved for a select committee to enquire into
and report on his plan Qately pubiished) to relieve
get up great national exchequer scheme, &c. His
motion was carried.
WnE's SrREsH.
Mr.. WISE then and said The question of the re-
peal Of the bankrupt law sir has come before the House
now, in precisely the shape that wanted il to assume
The repeal to take effect from the time of its passage
MT hat frsa
sachuses Cushing required any reply and least of all
such reply was made to it by the gentleman from
Indiana (Thompson), for whom entertain the highest
respect And prepared to vote once sir on the
question. But that reply sir felt bound
to enter at once into this debate and to enter into its
letter and its spirit And only regret sir that have not
two hours instead of to express my sentiments in al
though would be impossible sir to express the half of
what feel on this subject Sir intend first place nv
friend othe corporaPs guard Cushng) in his true posi-
tion and remove the injustice which has been done
him by the gentleman from Indiana. Sir he must have
that he did my friend injustce-he has slept night
the remarks he made, and have no doubt now Sir
that he feels the injustice he did my friend Sir the gem
teman said that during the administration of that disn
gushed man to whom he referred mr. Adams upon the
bare suspicion of bargain, powerful party aroseyes
and he might have added a damning suspicion which
rested that administration and which whether true or
false will rest forevera suspicion the gentleman
says, which exploded as made-yes sir and
which exploded SO that it could
effect anything thereafter party which talents
and power, and influence never has been equaed And
he might have also added that the best elements of
that great party have entered into the composition of both
the great political parties in this country fact as fixed
the constitution, although net in the constitution And
Twill not comment now, sir upon the eyentful results
that have flowed from overlooking that fact The gen.
tleman say that for the first time in the his
tory of this country-which not true for the
first time he spoke of has yet to take place-that
the first me we had the spectacle of the head of the
ting) coming into this House-coming land boldly nm
blushngly-and shamelessly-that is the last word
shameessy bargaining Tor the sIos OF office. And then
the gentleman went on to give us the scene of an auction
and won't it, sir but really thought that he ought
to have been bred auctoneer he initiated so very
we'll He called out, sir, Going going, going" "Who
bds" "For Gods sake will nobody start it-csnr get
bd2" He might have added because of the hard times
Here Mr. Wise repeated the whole of tt ompsons re.
marks about the auction which sent you yesterday)-
Going, going, can't get higher bid T And the repor-
yer noar' 1l laugn'er Then SIR, there was the
FOR HhS%
bnet speech Sir what that my friend from Massa
chusetts did say will be remembered that his speech
answer from the gentleman from Tennessee
(Aold madea week ago instead Of having twenty-four
hours it had seven days start OF him. My friend sir
merely deprecated this elimination, and recrimnaton,
and this Is called throwing brands into this Hail. Was
it not wisdom in him to dsprecate this OF words
What have you gained by your against John Tyler
or die What by your war the Veto, the fixed con.
stitutiona act7 What you gained by mptnx to
tear the Constitution to pieces Have you gained any,
thing the elections by this ncessant warfare
What gained by this war in the way Of interest il
please to lock at in that light And the simple
and sensible remonstance of friend is denounc as
throwing frebrand The gentleman from Indiana said
thamy friend began the attack Sir he did begin the
attack-he only deprecated recrimnaton-no more The
gentleman said Sir that he did expect we were going
to begin this fight He was right. We did not intend to
attack the wing party at all He was right It would
have been cruel war IL we had done II would have
been inhuman war II would been monstrous war.
fare! What, sir attack the wing party now! Why,
Sir, I'd as soon think OF striking woman, kicking
dead body. reat laughter from the ocofocos and MUIR
murs amongst the whigs) Sir the people have attacked
work. sir All we intended to do sir was to back back
back Here Wise kept moving backwards up the pas
sage way between the desk suitng the action to the
word and holding his hands and throwing them
If he was pushing some one away Tell them to keep
your hands off y and sir, il attacked why we
must exercise the common principles of seldefence
they come at us with deadly weapons why we must
strike them down. My friend told them simply that they
warred ganst the fixed principles of the constituton
against the will Of the peopeand against that they had
dashed themselves to piecesagainst the moral power
placed by the Constitution in the hands of the President
that great fact in the Constitution. And sir
Of that Constitution I could say more than
Currsn did OF the English constitutional will outve
ton through all this conflict party walks safely abroad
through the great mass Of the people, moving anmatng
and nvigorating them and sir the spirit Of the const
ton is and will be safely guarded by them. NV
friend net only deprecated this by the wings but he
also alluded to the other war commenced by metropolis
tan organ Of the uras of the other party and the
ultra sentiments of that organ except ave
and hope nneyn onehundredths of the democratic
party but appears to be done by certain leaders (Ben
ton Coz of that ultra portion who looked men, and
not at appear determined that John Tyler
shall be opposed every hand and that he shall no
The warning OF my friend for the wings to obey the
voice of reason and moderation in all their
He warned the uras Of both sides quit their factious
and ncesant opposition every measure of the admins
traon, good bad-he advised and entreated them to
adopt the best they could for the good of the
country irrespective OF patyto endeavor do the best
they could for the welfare OF a-and he armed
them that in opposition to such factions the time
had arrived when moderate men of all parties
determined putting down faction and the
uras ofboth parties whose motto by their conduct APP
peared to be rule RUM He warned them that il the
Pres Of dutv
receive their suppot-and call this house witnessin
carrying out the great principles of the Constitution he
must seek for II elsewhere-bound he is to carry on
the Government. What is greater truth than that the
President there 10 be the President of the nation
and Of party. This, sir, at time the decla-
ton of the wings. II their great accusation against
the democratic party when in power that they didn't pro-
that the President the president of the people, but
Of the party and the terms the party denounced
by the wings and spoken Of with horror. Sir the people
not il good measure is passed. whether it is passed
by party or another. Away then, sir with your