Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-08-26

vote on the subject, ne shoho nave suS'en.u " "'
vote the proposition Of tie Committee of Ways and
Means, as tie best thing the maj oriiy OF the House
could Co. under The circumstances. The aspect OF ai
fairs us it struck him. then greatly changed since
that vote WINS taken; and events, which ne aPpre-
hended were taking place since they had got in,e
N, Sc difficulties he feared now taking place
If portion of The Wing par,y-foE il seemed on ms
ouf s,,cp they were dividtd--siou!d unite with Tie en-
tire mass Of the majority in this House. Ee proPosii'
Of The gentleman from Pennsylvania Mr.. Y. y lngei
sol would be carried. liza fragment OF the Wing par
IT, and small fragment of the Wings at the other END
of The Capi,o should unite with the mnority-with the
entire mass ofke mnory-on this question, the reso
luton 10 adjourn on Monday next would continue 10 I've
on the table Ct the Senate. very small number unit
ed with the mass CT the minority, would not only Keep
,a resolution on the table bat would pass this bull, u
came 10 the Senate from this House, Now, notwi,i
standing he told for he did not hear ~ that he had
been read out of the Wing church, he begged before he
took his departure from that sucred temple, 10 cast back
few words OF advice 10 his colleagues;-not that thai
advice was worth much in itself-not that it would
have any sort of weight hut because he was so deeply
impressed and profoundly convinced OF The truth Of
The positiun which he had taken in relation to ths
matter that he could not let the occasion go by WIN
out expressing his views upon H. Now, The high-
spirited Wing parly-or that h'ghsPIleo portion ~
lie Wing party who took the ground that they would
not Weld one hairs breadth 10 Executive diclaon,
and who were committing themselves TO The policy
they we're about 10 pursue, and were about to cause
others TO pursue the high principle OF parliament
ary independence Of Executive power-he adjured to
look well to the position in which the union 10 which
he had pointed would place them, here and before the
country Suppose the bill of the gentleman from
PENNSYLVANIA should pass: what became of the prln-
ciples which the majority of the Wing party had been
contending for: Would they go before the coun'
ry and the world as divided party, and ask the coun'
iry to discriminate between those who went with the
minority, and those who place themselves on lne
higher ground, aud refused to yield an inch Dio
they expect to make separate cause with Tie majority
before the country, and TO succeed? They were re-
sponsbIc as entire par.y-they must and would De
Judged by the nation that placed them there and arm
ed Them with powers 10 act and held responsible as an
entire party. Now, if this proposition were carried,
how were they situated The proposition OF The gen
tleman from Pennsylvania contemplated raising Of
duties above that point at which, and at winch alone,
by the law they had passed themselves distribution
would cease and the result of their Legislation
would be- that the President would have crushed
both branches of their system, somehow or other.
They would have lost the land, and they would
have lost the Tariff too. They who had refused TO
WELD anything, would have chung TO the land until II
vas wres,ed from their grasp and they would be in
the notifying position, that revenue bill would De
passed under The direction and acquescence and accord
inc to the very will of the President And should they
90 before the world, and say they had lost nothing OF
their honor under these circumstances! itcen nonhs
they had held power; and at The end OF nat Time hey
minority Of the Legislature came in and wrested The
see pte from their hands, and legslated at their Will
and pleasure on both of the contested branches
both land and revenue Would they tell their const
tuents they had not surrendered Inc PUBIC laho''
not they laughier;l that they had placed themselves
on the broad platform Of that great principle: Bu'
they would also have TO say that the minority had Ia
Ike the bill in hand by which the public lands were
gone from them and the Tariff was passed by the op
position in the House. He should 60 back to his con
| md tn
baGrinr and hemp which the House had adjusted, in
stead Of cents being put upon by the majority o.
that House. as in The bill which they had passed. Inc
power Of legislation passed over TO the Opposition
there and they had brought down ,o2 cents, and lei
It perfectly naked and deenceless And YET there wa
danger Of The proposition passing into law.
Blu, word or two before he sat down, in defence o
his own Views of this subject; not by way OF pretend
ing be wiser than others, or OF debating 10 oiheis
for in his conscience he had ever yielded ground io
the sake of union lie had his preferences, and he hae
them still. and for them lie would assign reason; but
ifhe were a recreant and alien from the party w'tf
whom he formerly stood he should not surrender HIM
self to the minority on that floor. He took the liberty
them to express, Wing grounds, the OPINIONS ne nae
before indicated by his votes in this House, and ne ooI
ground, the present position OF affairs, against au
! lournng Congress without doing something on Inc
subject Of Tie revenue. He took this ground, not al
submission to Executive dctaton but as the discharge
of their duty the country, that they might 80 bacE
before the people with clear conscences lie wIsheo
it 10 be understood when he pressed his own views
the matter that he did not find fault nor cast reproaci
on the majority Of The House for pursuing Inc course
which they had heretofore pursued He (Mr Marshall
\ as not ,ere ct his business and his Duty perha
10 have been lhere but he skuked from no responsible
ty and if he had been there he did not doubt he SHOULD
have acted with the majority When The Wing part,
came into power-at least, he came SO lmpressed-s
far as he knew anything of the principles of that party
t,,ac
national policy One was, TO give 10 The people uni
form NATIONAL currency, through the means OF Ban
Of the United States, for the purpose, PrInc'pa!y,
rectifying the exchanges. Another was, Inc G'sif'ou
ton OF The proceeds of the public lands amongst th
States in order thereby strengthen their credit, AM
enable them to meet their engagements, for the i'm
provements which they had made, and which, IN iact
were national The third TO provide revenue Tor 81
exhausted Treasury, and 10 operate incidentally Tor IN
protection Of American industry IN all It's depart
ments Those he understood 10 be the three great mea
sures; on them he least, stood pledged and he con
sidered it 10 be bis duty carry each Of those three
measures into effect in the best way he could wthou
reference to the will decision OF any other person
He did not consider the Legislature as depending OF
the Executive; and lie considered the Legislature
departing from lis duties when 1t stopped 10 consul
the Executive, or anybody else; but he considered
leaving TO The President the full discretionary powe
with which the Constitution armed hlr-tiat they mus
DO something before they quilted that place, ana leave
the President not only his discretion but his respo1
sblli,ies. Now, suppose they had connected a oanl
with distribution and revenue in BILL and the Presi
dent had vetoed that bill, and stated that the combna
ton of those measures in tarbill was injurious in it
nature and they had presented him those measures SIN
ely, he might, under other circumstances have signed
part, and vetoed others. Suppose he had taken tina
course could they then have gone before the country
issue oftis SORT md submitted as an abuse OF The
veto power' They passed their Bank bill by itself; anc
he might venture 10 suggest that the Bank, grea
fiscal agent or nstrume nj, might ms we'll be connected
with revenue measure, as bill for the distribution
the proceeds Of the sales of the public lands-and
would be difficult, 10 show, by any reasoning, that the
giving away of money oul Ct the Treasury vas par
of The system, and, therefore, was naturally
associated with it, Now, he meant TO censure nobody
for the conncxion of these measures for, If ne had
been there, he had no doubt he should have voted with
the majority, and have joined in doing SO, in the hope
that though the President might have private objec-
tions the distribution Of the proceeds of the public
lands yet when ssnt 10 him by the Legislature, arm
ed with the rover that that was he would have yield