The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-07-14

eTrng CaprceS OF one man, VINO hau used the veto not
to defeat hasty and lcOnsde ed legislation, but to
thwan the exerons Of the representatives of the peo,
pie in behalf of the Constitution of tIeir country. He
relied the people sustain their representatives in
vindcaing and upholdng the boOd>bought constitution
Of the United States.
gentleman had said that the President represented
the people Of the u. 81 He would not waste words I'D
on such anlNgument He did not refer to the office but
to tho lOcum teaeps-John Tyler. He referred 10 the
reasons sent TO the State department by the President
for signing the apportionment bill, and thereby ercour.
aging dsObedlence to the laws by the Sales The
ton of the President that bill in keeping with
his course on the present. LetoheTs do they might
he would rather sink the army and navy aogether-he
would see the Potomac rise fifty feet above the
dome Of the Capitol-than submit to the policy which
might bo prescribed by John Tyler.
Mr.. WELLER [demOcrat] said he should not now
say word, but for the remarks which had been made
by gentlemen the other side of the House. in rela>
non to the party to which he was attached in prnc>
pie and in feeling. But number the leaders of the
dominant party here had said that the veto Of the pre-
sident upon the little tariff was the consummation of
the treSty which had been long in progress between
the President and democratic party The chairman of
Ways and means--a man occupying no ordinary posi-.
ton, and whose declarations were entitled 10 respect
and consideration, had told the House that in veoing
this bill, ihe President only consummaed the treaty
which had been pending during the last six months.
Here then was declaration from responsible gentle.
man, who ordinarily paid great respect to the opinions
Of Others and who was careful in the utterai.ce
Of his own The gentleman said that the democratic
party now had their man-they had what they always
conended for, and what it was their character to seek
the spolls. Did the gentleman (Mr Fmore) recol.
ect the 4th of March, lS4l, when this city was filled
with thousands from his own State who then came on
to Washington hunting for The spos' What authority
then had he for charging the Democratic party with
longing after the spoisS The gentleman must have udg-
ed the Democratic party by his own; or it might be-
ha had his ohaPo nf thooa h.
would be in better humor than at present.
But Continued Mr.. Wy could the gentleman from
New York (Mr. Fillmore] show that one member of
the Democratic party in the House had been an applicant
for any appointment whatever under the present Ad.
ministratonl Was it not known that the very men
most hostile to the President were those who had
been rejecled1 were in fact, disappointed applicants
for the sposl There would, he imagined, have been
no complaint against Mr.. Tyler. had he shaped his
measures to suit them, and given them the offices
which asked at his hands. In that case there
wouldlhave bhen no complaints; and charges fperfdy
from the universal Wing party.
If he reeolected rightly, the gentleman from New
York, (Mr. Granger,) who left certain cabinet 50
mystetiousy, said that he stood now where he stood
year with the universal Whig party. He STOOD then
by a cider barrel, upon the broad platform Of coon
skin daughter Where does he stand now7 Laugh
teri What were then his principesl He did not ask
the question in jest but earnesywhat the prin-
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party pledge themselves that land bill should be paG.
sedl No, not at least, 10 his section of The country
There, the question Of the distribution the land fund
was not discussed at ALL Yet the party tell the house
this is now one Of their principles All he had to say
was. that they never aVowed them when they were
seeking power
In the present condition Of the universal Wing party,
he could sympathize with its members had they OBJ
tanned power by fair cans. II is. indeed, melan-
choIy sight to see number Of men, after struggling
| through twelve arduous years, and after spending all
their influence and money 10 order to get into power
distracted and divided soop after their accession. Al
the extra session he was pleased to hear the remarks
made by the gentleman from Indiana Mr.. Lane) who
came here flushed with victory and who boasted that
the Wing flag waived in triumph from one end of the
Union TO the other. Its measures were then con
cocted but not yet avowed. The gentleman from In
diana mr. Lane) delivered an elegy on the Democrat
ic party, and said it was dead without a hope o
resurrection. 1t was his (Mr. Vs. fortune to reply tt
the gentemaa at that time. He told him that the Den
ocrac party were not that we were only beate
and would rise with renewed power and strength. II
then told the gentleman that dssensions would shov
themselves in the whig ranks. He told them that theT
was difference between opposing an administrator
and originating and supporting new measures. Fl
warned him OF the divisions that would arise anon
the wings. And now without having gained the char
acter of prophet the House saw the events wbicn
predicted had come to pass. II righteous judge
ment on that party for the means they used to obai
their power. They got into place by humbuggery an
he hoped they would sink into the ruin which the
mered He should hate himself il, as member
the Democratic party, he could wish restored to pow
er through such gross frauds practced on tn
other side.
The gentleman from New York (Mr. Grauger) sal
he stood up here in defence of his fixed principles
What were those principles when that gentleman on
tered the cabinet the President what were they whe
he went QUIZ (Laughter) The gentleman said the den
ocralic party contended for the spoils Will he tell
how many victims were guilloined whilst he RENAME
in the Post Office Department. Were there no spoi
then fnr which the gentleman himself contendedi
Mr.. GRANGER said he'would answer the questiC
which had been put to him. The number was sever
teen hundred.
Mr. WELLER. Yesl seventeen hundred indvid
ais turned out Of office during the short Of Il
gentleman; and had he remained in Office two wee
longer
MIR. GRANGER would also give the gentleman i
formation on this head. Had he remained two wee
MORE three thousand would have been added TO 4
lst; making 4.700 in ALL
Mr.. WELLER. These seventeen hundred m
were vicnized TO this lust after the spoils, before
gentleman himself became VICTIM, Qaughter,l Th
too. is The gentleman who talks about the sposl I'm
CINE the honorable chairman of the COMMITTEES ofw
and me- ans, with his pockets full Of recommendaio
going to the Post Office Department to get the gent
man mr. Granger, TO remove men whose only erin
was that they voted for Mr.. Van Buren for Presidel
He (Mr. w. undertook to say that numbers were
moved for other reason except their having voted
'. Mr.. Van Buren,. The gentleman Mr.. Granger) sa
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