Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-05-05
Extract from senator PREsToN's' speooh
49,. ON the Loan Bill. T.

Bui, Mr.. President, lheEs is not one Of these
temporary causes Of expenditure Of magnitude
worth fuotieinEsihat tlle late Administration has
NOT transmitted TO Us uhdiminiStiea i have adj
verted 10 lhass which ATE permanent and heieng
| 10 the incidental expenditures Of all Aduiinistra
tons. Oithose objects 10 their nature temporal
ry, such as public buildings the war inFit.rida,
/ bridge ovefLihe Potomac, &c, the late Ada.inls-
traIi9n finished nothihg--eveTy thing. vas LETT IN
complete The Potomac bridge was left 90 cur
hands; the Florida war was left on out hands
the Patent OfFice, The Post Office. the Treasury
Buildings, which were burnt under their Admin
strstior, ard The reconstruction. Of which was
1 hesun BIZ lbefn On a scale ofpraise wefihy mag
nifeence are left IL be completed by1us They
sceomplishsd nothing but tbe ruin Of me h1an-
ces. and, hank Cad, their ewn.
Tits curious and meuERful to see what an
amazing exiFpt Of widespread and multifarous
embarraTsuients they transmitted 10 us-+-a gere
raj pressure and bankruptcy, deplorabie relax
atien Of morals a rotten navy. an army e4hatisi-
ed BY ineGecnal tolls and shibned BY malignant
| diseases; aTreasufy empty and discTedfled; a
system Of france exploded; a miserable, ingio-
reus and mos expensive war with saEsges, and
all around the HORIZON Of eur foreign relations
angry and darksniEg elsmesSs- Yes. sir, in re-
speei 10 our foreign re tatons livery difficulty has
The Senator (Hr Buchanan) whispers tie Gre.
ale case Even thai is not new. Here are the
Northeast boundary andlbe North west Ibounda-
~ questions Of many years standing, pnd with
difficulties which petessarily augnentby time
and neglect Hereis The Caroline oase, 10 regard
TO which the patriotic wrath and fury Of The gem
tfeman, after having 5een sechfely bottled npfor
three years, has lately burst ont with sd much
foam and xputter You saw your vessels in
hames--you saw the, smoking blood Of your
murdered ctlizen-you looked down upon his
mutilRied body, whirled about in The edd,es Of
Nlagara, and calmly referred for redress 70 dis
taht and eqnivocal negotiation; and when years
had passed By, and indignation cooled, and scr
row suhsided, and you werr no longer ysipOnsibtei7
your wailinss brokeforth, youLiudignatiop burst
inioasponianeous combustion, and yod we're rea-
dy 80 weep to fight, TO tear myself, 10 drink mp
Eisel, eat a csocodies" Al 10 the CREOLE, Yous
len us TIA; oo; FOR precisely the same questions
and principles were involved in the Bermuda
Gases ofihe Comet and the EatefPfises the aego-4
fistions upon which tably eendpctsd. NO doubt,
Tby distinguished and iamenied secTet4TY Ter
minated ia rejection BY The British Minister Of
proposition ID permit oureyeSseis, under certain
circumstances. 10 lie in the roaastsad under the
guns Of British forts. because such servite would
be dishonc rRbls 10 British Officers.
Thus. Mi President, did The last Administra-
lion possess the Government. like wastefnl and
destructive tenant. breaking down the fences,
uprooling ths orchards, dilapidaiing The Bome-7
stead, and tpssing about the furniture. so IS 10
render the place untenabae for ne successor. and
requiring costly repairs bt The slaudlofd. More
Than this, Mr President for when we have al
length eisettd him. and 1 as seen that the house
1as- taking 6re--lhat constaslible patefialxa
were Iefi ID every psTE 0t a-s-he mt only opros-
IS our Efforts 10 preseffs il, Bni cries ont. with
bitter iauni and a Lesf suppressed satlsfsetinn.
s.See what The Whes hare done; SEE ihc ruin
they have. Rraneh, ;llhey have bui just entered,
and 10 | the awful ruin Il bui thirteen months ID
power, BOT ans session * ccuSrHs, l'ays the
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