The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-04-07

and unsuspecng people of all parties read this beau
| tifuI illusion, so becoming chairman of the first
committee of the House. and learn why il is and how
il is that their best and dearest interests are sacrificed
| by partisan leaders
And even now, sir, that am 'xposing these things
to the country, hired letter writers are fabrcatng
falsehood to poison the public mind and TO conceal
the real delnquenis, and will doubtless charge me
with wasting the time of this House, and purposey
misI eprcsent what say in my own defence
Sir, what must be situation of an Administration
with such head Of the Committee of Ways and
Means How can it be expected to act efficiently
with such organ Of communication between il and
| this House How can 1t maintain the honor and
credit of the Government when its every effort is para
lyzed by who, under the garb of fairness strike
their envenomed daggers to its heart
will call the attention of the country another
remark of the gentlemen for, deficient he proves
himsefin courtesy and prudence, and liberality of
sentiment, he is even wanting in ingenuity to con
ceal his real enmity to the Administration. The gen.
| tleman says.
"The Committee of Ways and Means had shown
as much regard the honor and credit ofthe Govern
ment as any finance, committee that had preceded
them; and in fact they had been induced to offer the
biz before the committee only by the ertreme urgency
| of The Administration itself"
| There sir, is the ncauous admission of the gen
eman himself; admission that we are indebted
to the earnest pressing anxious solicitation and re-
peated importunity of the Administration for having
any loan Bit presented TO u.s. This accounts forthe
criminal delay which has asonished the nation on a
matter of such vital importance. The Secretary OF
the Treasury, as we all know, has, from the com
mencemen of the session, urged upon our attention
the deplnrable condition Of the Treasury. lie has
| repeatedly warned MS of the consequences OF delay
Message after message has been sent US on the sub
ec not only from the Secretary, but from the Pres-
dent and now that the emergency is no longer avoid.
| able when the Treasury notes of the Government
are selling below par; when large amount OF them
have been actually protested 70. non -payment when
they who have loaned large sums to the Government
to protect its honor besieglng your doors and sup
plicating return of the money they generously adj
vanced 10 its necessities then, and only then the chair
man Of the committee is aroused from his elhargy
| And even now he informs us that he presents TINS
bill eniy at the urgent solicitations of the Admins
tration taking good care to make the time,
party speech, replee with insinuatons against the
| Administration and its friends.
| How have the Chairman of the Committee of Ways
and MeaIs and his peculiar friends" been amusing
themselves during the four months that have elapsed
since we metz He has the eye Of the Speaker and
the support ohs political frien Is whenever he chooses
| TO engage the one or ask for the other But he has
been engaged in the reputable and highly important
business Of tretrenchment, they yauntlnaly call
| il, and which in reality is nothing but wastefu eH-
| pcndilure Weeks have been spent in dispensing
with the services of two clerks, four pages one or
| two Messengers and waters, and gravely debating
how fev ounces of sand, qure or two OF paper or
a few wahrs, may be saved, or whether we should
have letters brought to lodgings or goto the
post Office ourselves Very eloquent speeches have
been mad the subject of desks and chars and
whether tie seats now occupy, or benches, or no
seats at al most b fitting grave leg isatoIs he
gentleman took very great interest in these matters,
doubtless ronceving them of infinitely more import
ance than he wants of the Treasury the annoying
importunies of the Secretary And even after this
Hou hal formally resolved that they could dispense
with hest pages, messengers, &c, and members were
congratuhting themselves the rast amount saved
the counry a resou ion was introduced declaring
that the pages messengers, &c, should be retained
DUR ng this session. would ask the gentleman It
the friends of the Administration countenanced this
petty legislative farce
will presently contrast the acts of the gentleman
with those of the friends of the Administration AT
| present will notice one other subject which he has
thought fit to allude to.
lie says "that one Loan Bill has been tried, and
that il had failed because the term of the loan was
limited to three years" And he further says "that a
Voice Rad been listened to, advising this Limitation OF
time, as consulting public opinion.
| Let the gentleman inform us phat voice it was ne
listened to. There may be voice which whispers.
in his ear and which does not speak the voice OF the
People. deny that public opinion had any thing to
do with the reduction Of the time allotted for the
loan. The People are willing to let your loan DIS
any length Of time necessary for the obtaining oil
the money for legitimate Government purposes
=.
that this gentleman who complaningy speaks OF the
limitation three years, and aments its consequences
the reyman cho proposed the reduction and roed
torH2
A gentleman here exclaimed, care you sure OF
that ~
Mr.. PROFIT said Yes sir, am sure OF it hold
in my hand the amendment which reduced the loan
to three wears. 1t was handed TO me by clerk OF
the House, endorsed with the name OF Mr. Fillmore
as the mover. And yet, sir, that gentleman complains
4 batth rad, Tnadp al
ted for by him. the of the failure to obtain
the loan authorized at the extra sessions and he now
takes to task because we will not bow to his com
mand, and sell the bonds of the Government to the
highest bidder
MIR. FILLMORE here rose and said, that he offered
the amendment limiting the loan to three years oy
order of the Committee of Ways and Means and
that if he mistook not, MIR. GILMER proposed the
amendment in committee.
MIR. GILMER said that if the gentleman undertook
to report him he would thank him to do correctly
he did not make the motion.
To be continued