The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-10-13

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uni the 10Th of June iss2 NO complaint agaia.,
my position or my course issued from an, Mty
press, and none reached me from any individual con
siiiuent Up 10 that time, have heard II 90 aleF,
ton OF any departure b, me from my dut, 81 700 "a
10 the country. But six months Of The session hil
thus expired. Were those sx months blsnks "a
no events 'ransp're ~ their progress Was there
ominous aosno, u nents upon which the sy. of liz
county was hxedi Let NE remind you ,hat up 10
that time there had been one universal cry Of con.
domination against this Congress and will ada tb,t
the very presses which have lately been the mos,
frantic ~ their attacks upon me and the Adraio.,ra
Ton TO which sm attached these very prcss.s
IN 'he principal ci'ies OF the country which were the
oudest IN condemnation Of that Congress. Whence
arose this universal condemnation Upon what .,aie
OF facts Let us take illustration The subject
IN which you are most deeply interested ~ reyenGe
the tariff OF duties Upon this subject you were kept
III constant suspense and agitation for nine months
during the longest session Of Congress since n. Gov,
eminent went into operation. Why this ~ p
why was this question not settled In June In Nav
IN April' IN March in February in January /
ask why these things are soi III any gentleman can
explain this matter and exonerate this Congress from
blame, shall be most happy 10 hear him. ! know
OF no answer to these qles,ons-l have heard Of
NONE can conceive of none none that l. not dec.
sive OF that other question which am about 10 AK
you.
say that no press st,ered single complaint If
my course until the 18th Of June. Was | idle tlI-
that time Was dumb in that Hall, Twice be-
fore then there discussions as 10 whether the
Government should be bankrupted by the neglect 81
Congress to act. Twice these United States wtr,
actualis oahhtupt, aDd Tor The space Of NiTty DAYS
each tme-in the instance from neg eci Of
the Loan BILL and in the other Of the Treasury Mole
Bill Then came those projects Of rciren hnent On
which SO much parade and eloquence were expeud.
ed. Nhat were these Wanted projects let us
look al their results. We them in navy half di,.
maniled-iD a dlsbanded army-in the curtail.d
civil service Of the country
Thus was the House occupied for six months m
iactiou- action, or in facous naction. | care not
which il be called And the real cause of complain,
me- ms t,tpex ~. f
tending John Tyler but that was defending the IN
situations OF The country from the deuge of re,rcnc.
ment and reform that dashing before ii every
thing most beloved and valued IN the Government.
Then came the 29th Of June when had occasion
to make speech In debate and immediately a GER
tain description of presses burst into furious outer
upon me On account of the mater Of tina, speech
The only issue presented against in the paper IN
correspondence or IN conversation, has been dsWu
from that speech. The only issue say, for have
this day carefully scrunized all the papers tho
late to it. The only controversy has grown out
of the incidents of that day. Upon that day, the
29th of June, returned TO the House Of Repre-
oentati,es the bill providing for temporary contuu
alton OF the old tariff laws, with the message OF the
President, containing his reasons for Withholding
from it his signature. When that message cane to
be considered, sundry speeches made 20 which
replied.
My reply to those speeches has formed the sole
topic OF censure agans, me. What was that reply
Tor that Is the precise topic That furnishes the on
~ sPeCiHc TACT aleged against me. GeDtIemen--thc
questions Of that day we're thrcc-frsi Mr. Fillmore
OF New York, alleged grievance and represent.
ed as disastrous crisis IN public aiTair~ tina, after
the Both of June there would exist no law for the
collection OF the revenue replied tina, if this were
true, and repeat now that il this were r,,e then
the plain duty of the House, and especially of MIR r
himself as the Chairman of the Committee of WAY
and Means, was TO bring in bill for the collectlon
OF revenue and have IT passed forthwith Was not
right; Was there any other course; Although a
ed IN do nd "A
propositions for series of days. and rejected every
attempt to carry such measure, yet calmer thought
convinced them that their duty was such as had
toiu them was mat same party majority instruct
ed the Committee of the Judiciary 10 bring in rev
enue bill instantly. Thus it was proved thai nv adj
vice was right by the admission OF the Wings them
selves. The majority by this bill admitted that |
was Rightly Mr. Barnard's bill mean
Secondly. Ii has been said that have been Ell.
logist OF vetoes-that | have lauded the vetocs
can only say in this regard that whoever uttcrs such
an Imputation IS ignorant Of the facts-he has not
read my speech. The question is of speech which
was delivered IN Pubc-n the hearing of the world
lin the presence of the people Of the United States
What did say The question then was whether tie
Tariff bill should pass, notw thstanding the Veto,
and Mr. saltonstall seized the opportunity TO give
his opinions respecting the orig and of The
Veto power These opinions were incorrect and |
said so and demonstrated it. | said In Veto power
was in the Constitution and part Of our system of
government--that we were not a convention 10 frame
a new Constituti n-not party caucus TO advance
party measures but House Of Representatives le-
gisating for the benefit of the PEG lethat the Pre-
sident, in refusing his assent to BILL was only per-
forming function entrusted to him as coordinate
branch of the Government. Upon this sole idea a
dozen criminatory speeches in the House were made
in reply to me--a thousand crimnatory newspaper
paragraphs were Illuminated against me- assuming
that had called the President coordinate branch
OF the Legislaurc--which | did not say--and then
assuming that this was monstrous heresy and pa
radox unheard Of in constitutional history Suppose
it had been so-supp sc that in such circumstances
called upon to speak at all hours upon all subjects
with or without eparation, had uttered theoreii-
cal political opinion which was Incorrect Would
this have been stranger 1t would have been s,range