The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-12-29
get me unto some difficulty, Sin. [Roars Of laugh.

trlne and PROSTATE another. sir: act one way and
mink another, SIR Has Mr.. Van Buren, ever re-
can'eG, SIT NO, err he's got too much hrmness Tor
which the wings echoed back.l He's a ripe man.
SIR, laughter] a ripe and sound statesman, sir
eireataughter and cries of "good" from the loco
cried out " | hope TO God he isnt"l Read hi.
speech, sir, on the bankrupt law-let 'cm read IT,
cir, and all he says goes with double force in favor
Ut this law SIR because II is better law than his
Great injustice has been done Mr. Van Buren,, sir
[Roars of laughter from all sidesl For it's well
known, sir, he was man Of talent and statesman,
sir. Not like what we got now, sir, poor wretches;
and If the question be-, sir between Mr.. Van Buren,
and any other ocofoco, SIR, go tor restoration SIR
[Roars OF laughter.l We turned him out, sir, and
put other men in sir just to carry out his very doe
frnes sir only more so, (Shouls of laughter
Yes, sir. they are Just like Mr.. Van Buren, doc
trues. sir only thar more so Continued laughter
Put Mr.. Van Buren, back, sir, [laugherl If We must
swallow his doctrines, and lie, him carry out his own
very doctrines himself sir, [aughter,] not another
man for him. sir, who III profess like traitor, to be
wing, sir, TO be wing, sir. II shant be SAID, SIR,
that any man ever received my support cir, who
turns traitor TO the whig party sir, John Tyler
has, sir He shall never receive my vote, sir, In no
way or shape, sir: [Laugh,erl Hardly so when
he's IN the right, sir; lgrea laughter but lhars no
fear his being right. sir; (roars of augher;] not
much fear thar, sill: lLaushter.l Gneral Jackson,
sir, was in favor of bankrupt law; was Frank
lin, sir Madison, sir, and Washington, sir.
These great men, sir, who framed the constitution,
sir, gave Congress the power to pass such law SIR
These are the men, sir, who were in favor of law,
slr--hese nobe-these great-these high-mlnded
PATRIOTS sir were in favor of this law, sir, which the
hungry, rascally, graspng Sbyocks OF the present
day, sir, oppose sir. (Laughter1 If had $l0O 600,
sir, owing to me, sir, would sponge it all out, sir,
rather than this law repealed, sir. Laughter
But this won't do as well as bankrupt law, sir.
lGreat Laughter] There's one man on this floor,
sra wise man, Observation-Disclosures, sir, and he's
QImmOcrat
after saying this sir of course it would be too fiat
terDg, sir, to name him, sir [roars of laugher] to
name him, sir, He says, sir, there ought to be no
law for the collection Of debts, sir. Laughter
don't 60 quite sc far that, sir, [great laughter
but I'd rather have that sir, than see the unfortu
nate debtor kept down by his grasping creditor, sir
his foot on his neck, sir, thar to keep him down,
cir, for ever, sir. This is modern dimmocracy, sir;
to put your foot on mans neck, sir, and
keep it thar, sir, forever. Some creditors, sir,
are like the buzzards the gentleman spoke
OF Sir; they are vultures, SIR, yes. vuures, sir
that preys upon mans lie blood, sir seems, sir,
that with these rascay buzzards sir, Qaughter all
other crimes be forgiven, sir hut that of being
in debt, sir in debt, sir Even the robber, sir, on
the highway, sir can be forgiven slryes, sir, the
robber, sir; Qaughter) the defaulter Sir, Qaughter)
and the forger sir, be forgiven sir and the
sir, in OF the States as have jist
seen. sir thar in the north, be forgiven sir, and
let off from hanging and be Incorporated in prison,
sir, tharto live for the rest ofhs life sir Continued
laughter.) Yes, sir, and he who commits the whole
catalogue OF human crimes, sir (screamlng,) can be
forgiven, sir, but the poor debtor, sir Laughter)
We will pursue you, says modern dlmmocrdcy to
the poor debtor; will pursue you says modern
sir with the recanting wings, siryes,
sir, the recanting wings, sir, Cunning round and
shaking his finger where Everett sat, amid great
laughter) One OF our western dimmocrats, sir, said
to me, about man who sued him sir would fol-
low him. sir I'd follow him, sir, to the last cent;
I'd sell all he got, sir; d sell the hair of his head,
sir, with an oath, and then, Sir, I'D sell him, too, sir,
with an oath. (Great laughter.) said l loved his
and so left him, SIR (Ro oars OF laugh
afresh, sir, and set II bleeding agin-now that it's
cicarized, sir. impore the wing party. sir, to lei
John Tyler and his crew do this thing sir Laughter
Let thin have the honor of repeal, sir the Tyler
dimmocras, sir, of the next session, sir. lGreat
iaughter] These legislatures, sir pass resolutions
sir, calling for repeal, while half the time they don't
know what they are doing (Laughter] The
Legislature of my State sir, passed resolutions for
the repeal Of the iaw-because Of the demagogues
hat raised the cutlery against it, and suppose, sir,
that the wings afraid the dmmocrats ud get the
start OF 'em Laughter know that the great body
Of the people sr,cant be statesmen, sir. Laughter
They can't take five or six newspapers, sir becausi
sir in the first place. they can't pay for them, sir
Laughter And in the next place, sir. they cant
read 'em when they get 'em, sir. lGreat laughter.
And they can't have great library of books on po
litlcaI economy. sir: lLaughter] But the God of
nature has dealt kindly with 'em, sir, and they're
honest and clear sighted, sir; and when man
the foul and infamous demagogue with 'em, they'll
believe him. sir. [Great laughter.l Pm against
the repeal, cir; dun know how it's going to work,
SIR, lLaushter;] The truth is, sir, didn't very
well understand the Bankrupt Law when it fust
PASSED. lGreat laughter.] Bat when l went home
from the extra session, found such hullabaloo*
raised about it by the demagogues, sir, at every
corner, sir, that ! set about informing myself, cir;
and whenever see a crowd at home discussing the
Bankrupt Law, alters struck right into the middle
on 'em, sir and the effect sir was just like stone
thrown into apond where there's parcel Of frogs,
sir. [Roars of laughter] The learned politicians,
sir. lLaughter.] Iwant to hear some of 'em on
this floor, sir. Thars the gentleman from Phila-
delphy, sir, whom always hars with delight, sir,
very often to my edifcalion, sir. and frequently
ing to c; j. Ingersol!.] want TO har him, sill, and
some others. Pve heerd the rotten demagogues,
sir. consider it no compliment to myself, sir, to
say, sir, that Pm alters ready to meet with rotten
him., wasn't able, sr,to vsnqush him sir, should
consider myself poor indeed. Uaughter) | sha Il
not apologize for the wing party, sir, for they have
Sshs s"S Saa Sir of laugh
coniessiou!') They have, sir. Increased
laughter at his solemnity of p,anner) But it's Gu
rious, sir, to see some gentlemen, sir; when the
people go thelrway of thinking, sir, and in favor
ple-how intelligent they are-we must bow down
TO their decision" (Great laughter) And then.
sir, when the dear people overturn our plans, then
sir, its Oh its to pay attention the peo-
pie, consult them-they don't understand the true
principles of the matter, they're under popular de-
fusion, and indeed, | very much doubt if they're
capable of self government at all!p' (Roars of
laughter at this fair hit at all sides.) Now, would
ask gentlemen, sir did the bankrupt law cause the
overthrow of the wing party, srl Ne, Mr.. Speak
er, no; no, SIR; no, sir. Did the bankrupt law de-
feat honest John Davis and put Marcus Morton, the
abotonst, in his place, sir Z Honest John Davis,
sir, one OF the uoblest ellers that ever lived sir;
man whom Pm proud to take by the hand, and call
my friend, sir. (1ere the renowned Tennesseean
literally screamed, either rage or deght) He's
overthrown, sir U.aughter) Did the bankrupt
law do that, sir Did the bankrupt law overthrow
gallant Tom Corwin, the wagon boy OF Ohio, anoth-
no, sir. Then there's my other friend in
Georgia, sir; did the bankrupt law-[a mem
Der, soto roce she voted for it, Amold"]
Well, SIR, he voted for it, so I'll not say any
thing more about him as an example. (Roars Of
laughter1 Well sir but I'll give Won a better ex-