Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-07-20

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result had discovered that almost all were dspose'
10 20 for n distinguished Senator from the West
how long had Il been before the bittcrest denaneia
tons had been Illuminated against that great mau
and that by those who had previously PROCESSES
themselves his wsrmest admirers and most devoie'
friends1 Soon after that the press opened its thun
ders upon him; and what had he and the Wings, a
yet donel No, one thing against MIR Tyler; the,
had given HIM all he asked, aud treated him will
degree OF consideration to which his fortui,ou,
elevation gave him but little claim. Yet he Ell
| no means unired TO baeken the character OF
rival so much drcadcd-and the settled policy seem
ed to be to render him odious. by continuaiaceu
| sations and attacks, that il would DC dangerous
for his friends to take him up as their candidate,
| and so an opening would be iett Tor Mr. John
Tyler. Meanwhnc, as the Wings were deci
| dcd maiority OF Congress, they would get the
credit OF all the salu,ory measures originated and
| passed and it therefore became necessary to de-
stroy them And from what source did the first de-
| nunciauons Of Congress proceed From the ESecu-
tive organ se, "a paper under the complete control
ofthe Executive, which lived by his sufrerance and
rested on his patronage. Then soon followed all the
little penny papers like many NANCY ours uniting
IN the general howl which assailed the members of
both Houses with eeaseless calumny and the most
scurrilous abuse-all this, while the friends of the
administration had folded their arms and looked on 4,
without effort to counteract the injustice. But
while this course was still pursued, what was the
actual TRUTH The truth was, that this much
abused Congress had passed Il We times many pr
vate bills, and done FIVE times rs much business
generally as any other Congress for a long course
OF yesrs. But, as IL the denunciaiions and ISLANDERS
of the press were not enough, the President himself
last comes into the field and writes TO one Joseph
Graham, an individual often seen round the desks
of the letter-writers in this hall, correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Republican, and in the ma nanim-
~ Of his soul, denounced the majority of Congress
as ga set oil housing politicians" Thus MIR Tyler
let loose the hreing presses OF the country TO hunt
them.
MIR w. went on 10 say he took il for granted
that the terms and conditions OF an alliance had
been settled and the union consummated; and gen.
tlemen OF the other side need not try to Skulk from
the responsibility Of having taken John Tyler
That person had utterly repudiated the Wings,
and all connerlon with them. He had courted the
Locofocos, and there he was now. He was there,
or he was nowhere. A laugh The wings had
dismissed him, rather he had taken himself of,
and gone over. But how had he entered the other
party7 With bold brow and open front, and the
port OF an honest upright mani No, far from it,
lie crawled toward them, and said 'Gen,emen, |
do not pretend to be one OF you. never have
owned your cause, but the conirery. But now
have deserted from my first love, ard here 10 the
evidence of my treaehery IN my hand | DO not
expect 10 he taken into your ranks orher men
are. come TO buy my way. | come 10 offer you
offices and all the fruits Of my patronage; and here
is my veto, TO crown all. Now won't you please 10
let me int" The party might have him, in wei
come; but he warned them now, that IL they agreed
10 the bargain they would get cheated in the price.
Loud aughter.l
Now, the gentleman from Massachusetts justified
this veto, and insisted that the President had acted
only as one Coordinate branch of the Government,
IN the exercise OF legislative functions.
Mr. CUSHING said he was not aware of having
used any such language
MIR WHITE said he would submit il 10 the
House whether the gentleman had not said that the
President was coordinate branch Of the Govern
nent, and that 1t was in his ordinary legislative
capacity, as such, that he had sent in this veto?
MIR w. then alluded "A snefrh delvarai lx H.
Gushing at Boston, in 1885, where, alluding to tho
jesertion Of John Z. Calhoun, (now one of his new
allies, he presumably he said that the Wing defeat
was owing to treason in their own camp. The ger.
tleman, in his treason to the Constitution OF his
country, now declared the President n coordinate
branch of the Legislature. For this MIR w. referred
the gentleman 10 his own constituents. They
would arralgn him for this, and for turning his back
upon his party and his principles, and would call 10
remembrance his own denunciation of Just such
Ieachery in his famous Boston speech in 1886.
Mr. w. went on 10 say that there was now no
one principle in common between John Tyler and
the Wing party; there not one left on which 10
hsns hope. Yet he did all, all from the dictates
OF This conscience" He came with one hand t,non
his heart and the other lifted toward Heaven and
called upon Congress 10 preserve that faith TO the
compromise which ne had himself openly violated.
John Tyler talk about consclencei ltwas n mock
kerry. His conscience! All done for conscience
sake. Oh, yes. And while he stood before the al
tar of his country, and lifted his eyes to the Defen>
der OF her edom, he graped dagger TO plunge 10
the heart Of the Constitution. veto on mere ex
pediency! II such course tolerated, our iber-
ties were gone, gone. We might have the forms
and the theory OF free government; so had Rome
under Tiberius and Nero; but our liberty would he
the liberty OF slave, who knteled the feet OF his
master, and begged leave 10 live.
The People, the fond deluded People, might, in
all simplicity run TO the baot-box, and there de-
signaie representatives 10 speak their will; and thew
might faithfully speak il in the Peoples hall of lie
sisetion; but there the farce would end. or what
avail would there voices be, when q rescript from
the palace set their will aside as no,hiusl They
might vote for what the People desired; but unless
the President chose TO grant, they never would got
il.
The gentleman from Massachusetts nnn.,led 10
witness that appeal however sorry he might feel 10
think OF the source whence il proceeded. Mr. w.
too, would appeal to New England, and, like the
gentleman, ask, "What is TO become of us1p And
what answer would come back from the green
valleys and the romantic hills Of the land OF the
Pilgrims9 Would that people ugrso ,ha, the Presi-
dent IS part OF the Leg'sinturel He knew the
men; nc hnd long studied nd admired their history
aud character; and If he estimated them Alright thty
would enlrench themselves behind the bulwarks OF
the Constitution, and prepare to die in its defence.
They would cry, "iet protection 60 lot the tariff
perish let trade, let commerce. let manufactures
sink and die, but give US our berty!" Yes, their
own cloud capped mountains would ns soon melt
down beneath a summer shower, as that hardy PEG
pie ever yield either to seduction or to fear. The
Executive will might overawe many; them il would
never terrfy. The genlleman's new tangled doc.
trnes Of n legislative Executive, OF a presidential
Representative, would find no tolerance in New Eu-
gland.
And, after all, what would the gentleman gain 10
his party by such treason 10 the Constitution lie
nigh; gain aiterng alliance for day, with those
who would leave him when the crisis came; and he
would drive from him the votes of 80 voters on this
floor from beyond the Alleganies.
And now, what the House 10 dot Publish
10 the world that the President had returned its bill
unsigned; and that the House, in contemplation Of
tho whole case, hid deemed il best to abandon its
ground, and tamely submit 10 Executive tyranny
Was this the advice Of Representative of Mossa-
chusettsl OF that Massachusetts, who led the Re-.
volulion in resistance 10 the British Throne7 II IL
was, let them know IT, and this would DO the day in
which the world would be undeceved in the osti.
mate had 10 this hour entertained Of the fearless
virtue Of New England.
TAX ON BROKERS.-On Saturday morning
the Judges Of the City Court rendered their decision
in the case Oft the State Of Maryland VS.. Leo and
Johnston, which, IL will be recoecied, was brought
before the Court by amcable arrangement, for the
purpose Of deciding the legal Interpretation and
application OF the Act Of Maryland which requires
bfokcfB 10 pay a heavy license tax for prosecuting
their business. The ground Of defence aSumtd in
this case wss, We believe, that tho defendants did
business with their own capital and for & cir own
account, and therefore Brokers in the eve of
the Jaw. Tie Count, however, decided that tho
defendants were BfOkers, and that the Law applied
10 them and % every person tbut deals in the pur.
chase Of Stoke, bills notes. IL was said on Sa.
lurdly that no appeal would be taken from the de.
csion Of the City Court.
The Law divides the Brokers into three classes