Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-02-22

employed TO make the impression mat
Congress, as a whole, is utterly degraded
that both parties are equally engaged
IN the suicidal, disrepulable work of sub
verting the exalted and digniied charac-
ter which should ever belong to tho Rep.
resentative body of the nation, and that,
therefore, no hope of reform, and a res.
toration of IFS respectability is TO be in
dulged. From the letter Of our New
York correspondent, which we published
Yesterday, it will be perceived how deep
hly these impressions are already made at
di"ance.
1t is not true, we believe, that either
party, in or out of Congress, as a party,
seek to disparage the Represe entative bo
dy. That some macOntents may, is pos
sible. But il is most Aagrau'ly untrue
that the democracy Of feither House have,
in the slightest manner, contributed TO
the scenes Of confusion, or the Obsruc-
ton Of business, which portion OF the
Wing majority are constantly getting up.
We have had an examination of the re.
ports of the House made, that we might
be enabled TO point the public eye to va
rious occasions when the order Of the |
House has been prostrated, and we give
L below, that any one having the newspa-
per reports may recur TO them, and see
who are the actors. In not solitary IN
stance have we found that any OF the De-
mocrat;c party have been the aggressors,
and scarcely even participators, in the ex-
citement engendered.
The violent feeling which has grown
up in Congress among certain members,
all must have perceived, is confined 10 the
leaders ofthe Wing party. Mr.. Clay, ii
will be remembered, at the last session.
I attacked re sonaIly the Presidents
friends, making a portion of them with
. con,uneIious epilhets; and Mr.. Wise,
D then, and at this session has resented it
3 has assaiIed Mr.. Clay in Congress, and
y in letter in The newspapers--and has
! been assailed in turn by Mr.. Adams on
4 the score Of Mr.. Cilley's death. He has
thrown ofFthe prompting ofthat fatal al'
+ fair, and imputed the stern terms which
!, made blood the only alternative, to Mr.
n Clay. All these things, together with
Mr.. Adams late move, have begotlen
|. the most deadly feeling of hostility be-
tween the dilferen: factions OF the Wing
4 marty. which are continually breaking out,
n and marring all harmony in the halls OF
e Congress. No Democrat has shared in
these violent ssentions. They have moi
!. encouraged these feuds in order to aggra-
II vate riot in the House, (unlike the Wings
n in this. who even provoked it, when the
~ g, tho \ la Il
r.. the responsibility among the people, on
}. their political opponents. The Demo
IL Gratis do not, II is true, interfere on be-
| half of the beligerents, because they
m know that, as in case of war between
ID man and wife, the person who intertere'
ID 10 reconcile them brings their unltet
p. force on his own head. The Democrats
70 in Conpress have been quiet lockers on
he The responsibility of wasting the PubIl'
"a time-the pubIic money-the high reput'
N. of the Representative body and oil In
nd Government. must rest on those VIII
Of WELD the power Of both. An episode t
N. the Congressional drama will be found il
sr. the letters of Messrs. Wise, UPshur, an
Iu. Bolts, which we publish in another Co
lr- umn.
&C. December G, ls4I. Mr.. Adams, to eS
m cent the twenty.frst rule; opened th
re. frat davis session on the dissention, keE
,od I'D in disorder, Mr.. A. denying that ther
la. was any parliamentary law beyon" IN
en- adoption Of express rules.
December ID, Abolition petitions P'
,od titious to lescind the twenty'first rule, io
of the RECOGNITION of Hayti, &C., &C., pr
to sented BY Messrs. Adams, sal'onsla
Fillmore, Hunt, Barnard, Gates and 1T
ed, man Smith.
sid. December2l. Linn ofNew York; cor
un. parison between slave labor and free
Dor; Mr.. Stanly calling Mr.. Linn to ord
ma. from an invidious attack upon VINO
pro. section of the House. .,,
ion December %. Insult Of Barton Of '
and 6inia to Speaker, and retractlon.
January 4, tS42. Insulting condu
the Of Mr.. Adams to the Speaker in referen
ear, to the making up the journal Same Z
d. bate, Arnold's speech, disorder 'hrout
out.
Same date. Speakers admission q
the debate which had been going on
Do entirely out Of order
IS. January 5. Alteration between
the Adams and the Speaker as to the jour-
de. Same date Mr.. Profits complaint
ns Of the insulting language Mr.. Arnold
Il to been permitted to use towards him,
both ArpoId's dsorderly conduct.
,Iican Same date. Mr.. Adams disOrderIy
have, duct.
Con JGnuGry ! D'sotderly Gay ~ ~
ports quence OF AOo'"'on Pe',t'ohF, u'Iu
which &c aud Mr. lams insult I" 1P9"N0
it the January s. Calls of the House,
the yeas and nays. to slave off the nstruc
las - 10 repeal the Bankrupt act.
the January IL. Treasury Note bill