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snres 81 Ceneress. mosf ef nhich have heen
thwarted By he President, and : conclusive an
swef p Mr.. cushing's assertion hat j, vas she
cessisy Of his Congress 10 accomplish he pros
irsiion Of the esuntry.n THE lasiaess Of Nd;
ceshins remark NAY. be estimated By he Iea-
der. phea Fenindrd hat dis same Mr. Cash
ing voted for every bin vstosd By The President,
and shen justified he vesoessl
We gaole ahs eonsiasisa or Mr. As! speech,
previous % his melton Tor the reference Of lie
Veto Message 10 a select committee. Il is
happy sdmixinrs Of sarcasm and DRY hsnor.
'-And now fsays Mr. Al q 10 The qnea-
lion Of responsibility the comparative
responsibility Of Congress and The Exec
uliys. I'll
"A gentleman got up here and threaisnt
ed Us Is II we were to be buried under
mountains. while the Executive vas fsis-
ed higher than the sisrsI Nov this Coo.
grsss had ct best but ! short time 10 1--we
on the third Of March next il dles al that
day every man here will Be poIiticslly
dead, save the comparative few who shall
be REELECTED. What are We 10 lose p
Our seats in this House Ills very possa
sible, know, that shall lose mine lor
YOU have declared that Of the delegation
Massachusetts has now on this floor Two
shall be screwed out. GA laugh.l Yes,
two must go. and ! may be one of them.
Besides, how many Of the distinguished
members Of this House. and on bath sides,
have already signi6ed their intention Ito
resign There is The geslemhn from
South Carolina. very distinguished mem
Der Of the Democratic patty, and here is,
he chairman Of the Committee Of Ways
and Means-both have voluntarily rece-
ded and yielded their places to success.
sors. Are you going tosppal these gen
tlemen with threats Of responsibility and
tremendous reckoning before the Peo'
ple9 No; they will 60 home and be re-.
ceived with open arms BY their own con-
siiiuents. wha,syerImay be the fate ofthpse
who seek d re- election. In The success
sion Of one Congress to another. every bo-
dy knows that, as general average, not
more than one hall the members survive:
at least half Of them are always left polili.
cally dead.
/ 10 the next Congress, then, atiany rate,
and according 10 theusual course Of things,
not over one half, possibly not more than
4 third. Of those now occupying these
seats will be found here. Where, then,
will be this tremendous responsibility p
What Is The responsibility Of dead men
Men are often dropped at elections for We
ry trivial offences. Where thenis The re.
sponsibility which il to pile up oversus
Peliol upon Ossa2 Possibly il may give
certain gentlemen vast qualification 10 see
the coming electionsresult In bringing ID
10 this House an abundant harvest oI good
Democrats; lei IT, come. | say heartily,
! lei it come. Will there be any greater
harmony. think yous between the White
House and that Democratic sjority, than
there is between that same White House
and5ihe Wing msjority hersl The indi-
Gallons DO not point4lhat way Of present.
| How will il be with that Democracy
who now vote with him and his friends
here merely for the sake 81 opposing the
Wings, but who are not willing TO take
| The occupant OF that House 10 them.
between him and themsefves, be tnyy
ever so democratic Aud lei The majors
" be what il will in numbers will they
all, like my colleague over the way. (Mr
CUSHING, take the oath Of unconditional
allegiance 10 John Tyler? No sir, no.
Mr.. Tyler will feel that responsibility Of
which the gentleman speaks pressing hard
upon him when we are in tie predica-
ment Of those who enjoy the benefit Of
the ancient adage de morluis nil nisi 6o-
nsi1. 4 Tnroad o,,Y thn,.h - -. i.
and Cong:essionally dead we shall, sup.
pose, still possess the rights of American
citizens-that,is. so far as ihe Captain will
allow us. A laugh We shall not, I
imagine, suffer a total denial Of the right
Of speech: we shall, 4 presume, be still
allowed to write and 10 Judge, lay, Of him
and his Administration. But perhaps nv
colleaguqfAr. CusHrEGl was not guile
rieht.in his vaticinations--possibly il may
not be With.the next Copgress that all
those halcyon days are 10 come, in which
be betolds with 50 prophetic an oye-per.
hsPs il may be with a Congress that is 10
follow that one. A Taught Very posi-.
bly, the Democrats NAV dnd>as MANY We
toes ia their way as we have had cast
across ours: and take my word for it, Mr..
Tyler will and that they will never com.
bine with HMM that whichlies a; The bot
tom OF all ihis-I mean the election Of
President Of the United States per Sc.
Roars Of laughter.] He will very likely
90 on increasing in their favor till the end
Of his term-snd ihen--we shall see
whatwe shallsee. Renewed merrimenl
Among the charges preferred against
this Congress is this, that we are engaged
here in nothing but President making. -,
Il is said that there stands our man in The
West, and lh1t The Wings are doing no.
thing else al day long but making him
President. Well, III is SO, | ask, have
The Democrats been doing nothing at the
same businessl-or have they quite agreed
as TO their nan yet; As to this matter
.of making a President, il seems 10 me
that the condition Of the Wings must be
far the besl:. they have but one man 10
make him out Of: while the gentleme en-
on the other side-I believe they have
not told US yet how many they have got.
More than Ione,I know. for have seen
il IN Print. [Eloud laughter.1 II
But IL the Wings have been at work
President-maki4g. who provoked them 10
IN Il was known to many here. within
twenty. four hours after the eonvoca,ion
Of the extra session. that the deterrbina-
lion aha. be would be President pr Sc was
distinctly formed. and every action Of bis
from that time 10 this has been eonforned
to such DETERMINATION"
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