Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-07-15


lief which nothing could have prevented but u
reaehery ofIhe man they had placed in power.
| Gentlemen told the People 70 look TO the Fees
dent Tor deliveranee from their own Represents
tives; but there was nothing TO look TO; there w'
| nothing fhim. The Wings were battling with u
place where he stood, but not with the nothin
which filled il. lie clog TO the march Of the VIII
party, All his power lay in the guard. and IN the
new allies the Jewellers. Mr L. invited them 10 q
issue. Let them look to their man. Could no
true to any body who hid proved false TO all vi
had ever trusted himi Let them make the most I
their midnight bargain bargain IN which 'he 50
crihced victim OF it's contamination was the nauoha
honor. The President had yet the poor prNhsg
Of having friends, condition that he must D"
them. lie might possibly, m this way, &c. u party
though he never had got any yet. bu' shou'u o.
succeed, he gave gentlemen warning .ney hith
| look out for trouble in their camp. Would tn
veteran, honest Democrats al such colloca,ion o
terms was allownble) consent TO sacrifice all thet
| fayori,e menf And Tor WHAT To make John Ty
Ter their Presidential candidate7 Such purpes'
never entered their heads. No; they meant TO use
| him, and leave him. They would act on the prin'
ciple of the writer who recommended aman TO have
| no friends longer than he had use for them.
MIR L. here quoted that clause OF the veto IN which
the President declares the suspension Of distribution
rs the condition OF all the benefits TO he derived
from tariff. In word, this was the Presidents
sine qua non and this reminded him OF a story of a
certain Captain Hunter, in Shelby county, Ken
lucky, a great Indian fighter and woodsman; who
being asked by some Of his neshbors what the
Phrase sias qua used in the British treaty sig
ni6ed, replied that ait was the name oil an island
in the Passsmaquoddy bay, and he mean, to shed
the last drop OF his blood before he would give It
up" A laugh.l
After referring to the multiplied declarations here.
tofore publicly made by MIR Tyler in favor Of dis
tributon, and contrasting them with lis present
language that subject, he intimated as solution
his suspicion that this declaration OF war against
distribution Of the hard conditions OF the
great bargain recently contaminated, and that it
was chs poverty, not his will, that consented" 10
il. A taught
Mr. L. then went on further to comment on seve.
raj subsequent clauses OF the message, and espee-
ally where the President refers to the loan; remind
ing gentlemen that the loan had been asked for by
his own Secretary at the very session when the
Distribution law was recommended, and Of the
promptitude with which 1t had been voted by the
factious Wings As TO the proviso in the dis rbu-
ton law, it had been inserted mainly from the ru-
mored probability Of Presidential veto, and also
TO secure the vote of the Senate, which he defend
ed as proper and legitimate course Of parlamenta-
ry proceeding.
The President declared the tariff and the COM
promise act to be insepatably connected with the
subject OF land distribution; but Mr. LIS colleague
had just insisted that they ought to be separated,
and dis,inc; action had in regard 10 each. Who
should decide when doctors disagreed
The President in one breath told Congress that
the compounds &c; had binding moral force, yet
in the next proessed his willingness TO depart from
his provisions.
MIR l.. then went into some remarks on the con-
GLIDING part Of MIR Cushing's speech, and parteu.
larly vheve that gentleman ridlculed the idea oil
calling the present crisis in the country and the
Government. MIR l.. thought that when Presi-
dent claimed the power Of legislating for the Anne
rican People, II was a most serious and alarming
crisis, and minated that the people would show
hat bnYr al
submit their own proud sovereignty to the cAprices
OF one man and OF such mani Was the noble
ship which had outridden the storms OF the Revolu-
ton, and whose glorious flag, tributefree, had vi
slied every Shore 10 veil her coors and surrender
her legislative helm TO such a commander No
such catastrophe should ever cloud our national
history by action Of his Far otherwise would the
issue prove. Pyramids OF stone might mark the
proud spot which the last abode OF freedom
upon The earth; but the people never would yield
their liberties without struggle. Better have such
q Government as that OF Great Britain, than Con-
stution nomnally protesting the perfection Of free.
dom. with President who, by the exercise of the
veto on every question Of legislative expectancy,
might thwart the Representatives Of the people and
make his own will the unresisied law Of the coun-
try.
Would the American People give UP such pow
er TO such handsi Never. The power Of voting
supplies would soon settle that question This had
in England broken down the iron will OF the Stuarls
ana u would triumph again on thls side the Allan
tic, If the American People were worthy OF their
Constitution and of their household gods. Execu-
tive apostles and prophets might stand here and
preach passive obedience and resistance but the
People would embrace very differen, creed. The
thunders of their denuncialon Of Executive oppres
sion in the glorious victory Of 1910, had yet scarce
died upon the ear; and they were not the people to
accord niallibility, and bow their neeks 10 such q
creature Of accident and chance now occupied the
sea, Of their own delegated authority.
Mr. l.. here dgressed 10 advert 10 the reasons
fled by the President in the Department Of State
together with The appoEtionment BILL and denounced
them amounting TO an invitation TO the States
10 refuse TO carry out the legislation Of Congress
and melting to bloodshed and civil conmo.
ton.
In conclusion, Mr. L. declared that he never
would bow the knees Of a freedom American 10
this Baal Of unrighteousness. He stood ths.a a
thc Independents Representative oil a free constitu-
ency; and he never would vote 10 cleave down the
independence OF Congress for any question or eni
Of mere expedieney. Before he trampled on the
consecrated abors OF his forefatlers and counte
nanced tyranny worse than that of tie Great
Mogul, he would zee our brave army dsbanded
gallant feet dismantled and roiting in ordinary
Yes he would rather see the WIVES Of the Potomac
than agree TO ask of John Tyler what laws Should
be passed by those whom the people had entrusted
with the power OF their legislation.
lie hoped the House would 90 on and pass
tariff bill; not such as MIR Tyler might please to
approve, hut such an one as the House please !:
when that failed vt becoming law, il would be
time enough for them 10 suit their action to the
case; but sure he was that the course when taken
would be worthy of this House and Of thia uatinu