Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-12

e."'eu, ~" AUNT thnt the Executive can long
CT reueat without disgrace, rs also hold that
neither this nor the other House OF Congress can
| without the same consequences. The position has
been taken on both sides: the issue has been OF r
&C ana accepted; and now nothing remains bu, that
an appeal he taken to the People or-wh;eh NAV
Heaven in its infinite mercy preven,l-su np,s,i
be had to the God Of battles. Much sensation in
the Housed "
Mr. A. concluded with motion to ref,r the
Message to a Select Com mit,ee Of I3-wh;ch.
after poin, OF order raised by Mr Wise, and over
ruled, was carried by vote Of los to 81.
| We annex an interesting letter from friend in
Washington:
Correspondence OF the whiE.
wAsnISoros. Avg. 10, lsis.
MIR Editor Before this re aches you, your read
ers will have already heard the peal of another OF
those bolts, which our petty thunderer here delights
to hurl; coneeiving, as Satyr suddenly promoted
into .ovo's ,elt would be certain to 90, that the
moro he pclis away, Tie mo- he's great Jupio !;
and so nothing but thunder!
had u pleasure Of witnessing the passage Of
the Veto. across tho Rotunda into the House.
was standing conversin there, near the base OF that
colossal statue of him, whom il is sad now to name;
when, hearing great shutting OF feet behind me.
| turned AMI saw the younger of the royal youths
posting along, his dexter hand eraSpipg that Gus
tomary bludgeon, with which he is always armed
when ne marches in with Message; while his sin
lister fist displayed the Presidential issive ITSELF
He wore an air of grandeur even beyond tho usual
loiI'ness oil his port. At his LEFT side, as if tor
shield TO the sacrcl document ITSELF strobe the in
domitable John Jones himself looking breathless
with the tremendous part which he was playing
Behind them with equally eager, but less elevated
uspect. the retinue oft Tho Of
the Palace. IL was n procession reminding one ir
ressiiby OF one of those annual mockeres OF sacred
things, which used TO lie prac,ised in the Monastres
whee ribald praneed as a hobby -horse. one
growed lion, one Kissed rs n d rasoon. while
the two chief fools of all played abbot and bishop.
The celebrated mummery Of the feast of Asses was
nothing to it.
The Message, thus borne, was received by the
House, with no such burst of displeasure or Of ex.
ultation, rs might we'll enough have been expected
There was, of course joy on one side, and resent.
ment on the other: but rs al sides were prepared
for it, there was nothing but a stsdicd moderation
and camness, throughout the House. Nothing
broke upon this, durin. the reading Of the obec-
tons, except where, at the end, his Excelency is
good enough TO inform his quondam friends and
"companions in arms" that they have his permits,
lion pass the bill, by vote OF two thirds, they
can-tLnt bill which he himself makes it an argu.
ment against, in the Message, that it is doubtful i:
mere majority would vote fir At this passage
the House broke forth into general laugh Of deIi-
sion. Not even the Locoiocos could be grave un-
der such a wretched piece Of Discrimination.
AS you will have seen, all went of calmly; al
though, certainly one accustomed 10 collect mems
feelings from their aspect, however guarded, would
have read in compressed lips and darkened brows h,
gEs oil profound concern for tho country and of
settled Indignation against this hEal this finishing
msrhi enacted towards it. The thing, in word,
was met, as it should have been-wth no flaming
out upon the unhappy cause Of all these public
troubles still less with any thing that beiokened
shrinking; but as beiIted men, who had collected
themselves, moderate in the midst OF all that is
most irritating, and resolutely calming themselves
down to such temper Us becomes those in whose
hands are the destinies of an entire people.
| have witnessed such a scene, tho little les G
intense, once before. was present in the S. Caro-
lima Legislature, when President Jacksons Procla-
nation. before yet il had been seen by any body
but the Union men, suddenly flung before the
body, and read by Col. Preston. The Submissive
men, secretly informed Of its contents, were in the
highest glee, expecting that it would fall like an
initiating thunderbolt upon their ndversares. can
never forget the breathess agitation with which the
earlier part Of that high handed documen, was lis
tened TO. AT first, mems colour went and came Ora.
dualy, as one after another of its arbitrary and in
tolerable claims were heard, faces became flushed
eyes Aashed, hands were cnchod, and from the sci
teeth ejacual ions OF anger and defiance broke out
Then followed n noble burst of the most indignan
| elcquence ] have ever heard from that Senator,
whom S. Carolina has now prescribed for not go
ing over 10 the authors of that Proclamation! II
was the first flash of lightning from the storm oil
rage that had been collecting over the assembly:
and we'll may all who were there remember how
they who had come there prepared to see their OPP
ponenis terrified, shrunk away themselves, aghasl
at the tempest they had raised.
This Teminiscence may please your readers; for
the scene has not before been described. | gran,
that South Carolina valour has fallen somewba,
into the wane since, being chiefly confined TO the
rhodomontndo tf Mr. Piekens, and his rivals in
Wanting, Messrs. Thompson, Rhe,t, Holmes. &
Co.-waddy Thompson, | believe, the Mexican
Envoy is called; and we'll does that Christian name
beht him, for he is all wad.
Bot rtUenous a nos mgutOns-back 10 the Veto
and Ve,oites. To day, Mr. Adams, as the Oldest,
the most generally trusted man in the House,
the least attached TO party or persons, and the
least to be suspected of utioring any body's
opinions but his own, took the floor, for an
hour, with a general commentary OF the Mes
sage. He spoke, in general, with great calm
ness, but most decisively against il. IL was The
sadl the last blow to any hope of that rcconciiIa-
ton between Congress and tho Executive, for
which the Legislature had borne so much. This
coup lie grace finished the.as and greatest and most
necessary OF those great measures, for which
| Wing Congress and Wing Administration had
/ been brought into power Measures, every one Of
which, except tho smallest The Bankrupt Actl the
| Pfe5ideni had destroyed: and now il upon that
Wing Congress that this disloya parzin, this self
seeking aspirant to impossible honour, for which,
and which alone, all his proceedings have been con.
stany shaped, claims that all tho responsibility Of
ovory failure shall fall
With what face such a charge could DO made he
/ proceeded II shev; how much, nj each successive
| sriven TO accommodate itself 10 his vews. They
had, inquest. onably IN one instance stopped even
| 10 n compliance totil.Y without example any who're;
they had suffered him TO dictate 10 them every
word Of a bill, which he said he could sanc ion.
Nay, they had consented that he should shape It's
very title 50 as TO please his own cars In vain
that bill itself he negauved!
II was now come The deciared) 10 an open, di
rect declaration Of war. The President proclaimed
| il by that paper. IL too late to decline the is
sue lhss rendered. The President was right thus
far-hs can no longer yield without utter roia; nor
can Congress without irredoomnbo disgrace.
| barely touch these stronger points; the speech