Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-01-27


lriends of the Pr sidcnt from their course What had
tbs eonrtsiip OF the President 10 do with Treasury
hottest Gould not the bill before the committee be dis
cusSod without dragging these miserable party politics
INTO The debate lie should not soop 10 ask whether there
existed such cabal as had teen Charged Was he pu
,e into the miserable puddlohoe of party while the Al
minstfaton was calling Uf las add NJ, never What
did the gentleman CHARGE The gentleman had accused
the President OF the United States and his Secretary OF
the Treasury ollenl der,ei their duty because hey
asked lot Seasnry notes after the Secretary had repeat
cdlf-ycs, over and ovcr=said thai he could not also
money on loan' What had the gentleman luuhcrsadl
lie had asked why the Administration had mol driueht
ed hll i1f Treasury notes at last session. and Whit
WAS the answer There Wasa httle SpaItan hand ia
that llouse which had stood up against the majority aud
now they Wore told thai they could have passed the bill
had they 81 pleased Then they had been rdculed yea
muntrd, Yea, Knocked At as moi being enough 10 iii
cab, laughter, and now they Were spoken 81 great
party who could carry any measure they pleased. 4
gentleman from Maryland (Nr VIM { johnson )hadaid
that the President Of the Sales had left his GOOD and
gallant " hr ship with all htr sails SET aud favorable
breeze. 10 90 into the little miserable cockbout Of the
gentleman from Indiana, (viz Mr. Pr tlt) Yes. and if
Nlr y knew the President. he would leave any shipor
not merely curkbla but or a single plank Heating on
the great ocean It public sentiment Yes he would hook
To the People h the reope He was not the President
Of party. The President If u party. iorsooth Nlr
i said "looL 10 the country" that Was what he saw
hen gentlemen sud they counting the Van buren,
panty, he did uol 40 understood it, He had held eou
yersaton with The President Of these ned States as
freely any man of his age in that llousr. loud laugh
ter, YET lac was never tic man Ia say word 10 please
the ear Of power; and he could ern say that IN all these
conversations he had never heard John Tyler speak
word that he would moi have been " iin5 ia mn an ~,
per and show 10 all the world. Az the nsinnatiuns
that the President WAS oohnp Ia the support Of his own
power. where Was the proof There was none Had
the Administration carried ou lis own p1inciplcsl Had
the Secretary If the Navy fr instance clearly and cx
pliciiy stated the wants Of that Department Had the
Secretary # War given any statements # the
tue condition of the Amyl Had not the Secretary If
the Treasury done his durv} Where was any evasion
Ior subrriueel Had not the President piyen his views
as 10 our fiscal aairs} Had henot spoken clearly and
eypllcllg} Was there any evasion in his cuntnuniea
tulsl No none. And vet said MIR 4 because ur the
gentleman from lrgina (supposcd to mean Mr. Wlae0
or the gentleman lroa pcnuay lynnin mot undo rsood
which OF other friends Il tho President on this laor
express our =, ntimenls freely VIVA, are we lold} 20
the Guard dlllcr" Well II they did II was n proof
of their honesty. II the gentleman lrom pennsy Iva
nia--
liem Mr.. Cooper mterposcd. never referred to tic
"GuaTd ! never mentioned thom.-they never came
into my mnd. Az to the gcntleman from ndiana Mr.
prolliD | never once thought Of him. Loud laugh
ter.
Mr. PROFl'fr resumed. Ibid not shy that he thought
Of me, but ! viii make him think of me; mean wc
shall be heard Of. Commissions OF laughter Gcutc
men tel us what TO dove will tell them what they
shall dol Tell me- these thngsl Why. If gentlemen
assumo positions they cannot sustain by their own per
sonai hnowlclGeor that 81 others, IT will go 10 the
ny aud II we do not contradict them. II will be sad il is
because We could not. 1dony-- h,re rosiilycy-tlat
the President ever directly OF indirectly nlado overture
toany party or faction.
Mr. COOPER. never sad that ho actually popped
he question. Loud Iauptrt.
Mr.. PROFIT. II be had n question 10 pep he
would have popped as promptly IN lac popped ms veto
there was no consulting lhcn with Wig leaders who
climed out of back windows. Much noise and not u
tain himself before Congress he before the People
What is the necessity for these institutional What is
gained by by III Will The People ever believe that
such things are necessary No. they won't VIII not
the People that these are party misrepresentation
Yes, they will.
What are the true grounds of ths debate Are not
the questions these: Ist Does the country require these
Treasury notes "a. Can We cotsricni, usy vote for
them 3D. VIII loan be better: and If so. can we
pet the money by n loan For one, am ready vote
Tor any appropriation which shall be necessary I'LL the
country gets back 10 It's true position. That IL what
say II wc cannot get the money then let l5 take the
best III power. Mr. i. said hc had not in
tended osay word on tins bill; but when these several
questions should come up he was ready 10 discuss them
fairly and heartily, and hook the People the ground
work and basis Of every thing. Whom question If fl
nance appropriation up, let them discuss II Ike
mon; ihsbusnoss Of petty party politics and peloggng
never should be regarded
As 10 the proprety of issuing Treasury notes, Mr. I.
was balancing Ills mind was mol made up; nothing
could justify these emissions but an cXgcucy; he was o
posed to introducing them paper currency. and to
conceal the state of the public debt. What did the
Wigs say the last session They STRUCK balance to
show the amount ofpubIic debt, anl authorized loan