Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-14


gentleman charged The gentleman had accuse
| mo President, Of the United State and his Secre,M
the Treasury of being dsrc'ict TO their duty. bc
e'use they asked foe rte sury notes after the s,
| ,ea,y ma repeatedly-yes, over aud over-sai
that he could not raise money on loan, What la
'ne scnteman further s,idl lie had asked VIII
ne Administration had no, draushted u bill IL
'easnry notes at the last session. and what wa
.he enn~er' There was a little Spartan band
ina. House which had stood up against III
majority and now they were tod that the
could have passed the bill had they 50 plea.
ed! Then they had been ridculed, yes, taun
ca, yGa' Knocked az. as no, being enough TO fill
Gao, llaughter,l and now they were spoken of as
great parry who could carry any me ,sure they pleas
co. gentleman from Maryland mir VIM c John
SOM had said that the President OF the u. State
had 'eit his good and gallant Wing ship with al
her sails set, and favorable breeze TO 90 into III
little miserable cockboat OF the gentleman i.om In
diana, WV. Mir Profft.) Yes and it Mr. L. knew
inc PRESIDENT he would leave any ship Tor no; mere
~ accckboat, but for single plank floating on TN
great ocean OF public sentiment, Yes, he woul,
'ook to the People, to the People. lie was not tn,
PRESIDENT OF party. The President OF a party
iorsooIh MIR z. said "loos to the country" tn,
was what he saw. When gentlemen said they wcf,
counting the Van Buren, party, he did no; so un
ucfstnnd u. lie had held conversations with III,
Presi lent OF these United States as freely as any
man OF his age in that House, [loud laughter vel
he was never the man TO say word 10 please the
ear OF power; aud he could here say that in all these
N'"VsSubiOusN nc uuu never nclru yOnn ylCE speak
one word that he would not have been willing to
put on paper ard show IN all the world. As tc
the nsinuauons that the President was looking Ia
the supper, oi his own power, where the proof
rheIc was none. Had the Administration carried
out It's own principles? Had the Secretary of the
Navy, for instance, clearly and explicitly stated tho
wants OF that Department Had the Secretary oi
war gwen any accurate statements of the true con-
di,lon Of the Army1 Had not the Secretary of the
Treasury done his duty2 Where was any evasion
suntsrlura1 Had thc l. :.
views 10 our fiscal effiirs? Had he not spoken
clearly and explicitly Was there any evasion in
his communications No, none. And vet said MIR
L. because |. or the gentleman from Virginia, (sun.
posed to mean MIR WiSe,) or the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, mot understood w.ich,) or other
friends of the President on this floor express our
sentiments freely, what we ioldl ''Oh the
Guart tfer." Well, 1t they did, i; was proof of
their honesty. lfiho gentleman from Pennsyl-
IH;re Nr Cooper intcrposed. | never referred
to the "Guard"-l never mentioned them-thev
never came into my mind. AS to the gentleman
from In llama lNlr PeatfO never once thought Of
him. Loud liueh,er.l
MIR PROFFlr resumed. | dill no, say that he
thought OF me; out will make him think of me;
mean we shall be heard Of. [Convulsons Of laugh.
ter Gentlemen tell us what TO dove will tell
them what they shall do Tell me these things ?
Way, II gentlemen assume positions they cenno; sus
tain by Their personal knowledge or that of
others, II will 20 10 the country: and II we do mot
them. II will be said il i, bec,us, We
could no.. dcny-here-positivcy- the Pre-.
sjent ever, directly or in directly made oyertuteS n,
any party or faction.
Mr. COOPER. never slid that he actually
popped the question. Loud liughlerl
MIR PROFIT. lfhe had had question 10 pop
ne would have popped It as promptly as he popped
his veto; there was no consulting then with WIN,
leaders who clmcd out of back windows. Much
noise and not little merriment IN the HALL If the
President cannot sustain himself before Congress
he can before the People. WHAT is the NECESSITY
for these institutional What is gained by IN viii
me feooie ever believe that such things are reces
sary No, they won't. Will not the People see tina,
these are party Misrepresentation Yes, they
will. my
Whntare the true grounds Of this deba,e7 Arc
not the questions these Isl. Does the country re-
quire these Treasury notes? 2i Can we conscicn
uousy vote for them1 81. VIII loan be better
and, If 50, can we get the money by n loin7 For
one am ready TO vote for any appropriation which
shall DC necessary tall the country gets back To its
true position. That Is what say. II we chnno,
get the money, then let take the best measures in
our power Mr. p. said he had not intended to saw
word on this bill; but when these several questions
sFoud come up, he was ready 10 discuss them fairv
and heartily, and look to the People as the ground
work and basis OF every thing. When question
oi finance or appropriation came up let then isruxs
like men; this business Of petty party politics and
peiuioggng never should he regarded
AS 10 The propriety OF issuing Treasury notes Mr.
L. was balancing. His mind was not made nm
nohlns could justly these emissions but an exisen
cyi lie W as opposed TO introducing them rs n,ncr
currency, and TO conccsl the state of the public
deot. What DID this Wings say the last session.
lhey struck balance to show tic amount of puh .
nc debt, and authorized loan, but they could not
ge' the money. IL WIS asked, IN reference to the
present state of the Treasury, "Sho did Jpn Hc
did not know about that. Was th,t reason IN
attack and abuse the President No. He thoueb,
the gentleman from Pennsy lvania was mistaken IN
ms position; we must now issue Treasury notes. or
let the Government be disgraceI. If this oucs,,on
ABOUT biIling aud cooling was TO be discussed here
when the Government was in an extremity tbev
night as well break up and go home The Peonle
would understand 1t; they would understand The
whole matter; and IN five years there would be no
party at ALL the People would be all one side
for his own part, dlsrcgardIrg men that might oct
up here and propose their different plans he mean,
TO come out for the public good, and for the public
honor. That was what he intended to do.
Mr. MARSHALL, OF Ky, next rose TO address
the House He said thlt the subjec, .nder debate
was one IN which he felt an uncommon degree of
interest," else he should not have risen Ia sDeak M
It, Tor he felt undomiablc repugnancc to be drag
ged out into debate in that body. lie had risen ior
the purpose Of asking the honorable Chairman of
the Committee Of Ways and Means. with whose
aborlous. indefatgable exArtinns TO obtain nfo,n,
ton touching this entire subject he was well ca amt,
ed, and OF which he felt afraid to speak as thew de-
served, II he knew any facts, Of his own p.rson,l
knowledge, independent Of what had been officially
communicated to him, from the head of the TREASURY
Department as to the ability OF the Government to
raise the money necessary to meet the cXigencies of
the Treasury by other means tLln this proposed
issue Of Treasury hottest To him IL had apoenred.
and he said this without meaning in the slighte Il
degree TO reflect either on the President mr. un1n his
organ on this floor turning to MIR Profit) loud
ughterl-wi,fout any wish 10 provoke the Pres-
dent 10 make "pop" ofany kind against that House
(thoush nssure1ly, if he were dispos 10 do So he
had here pop gun rc1dy)-t increased merrimentI
without the slightest possible mpu,ation upon
"tho guatd"-ior in truth he did not know what or
who were meant by that term--withoui holding the
gentleman from Indiana or his plriy responsible
for, so Heaven help him, he never once so much Ms
thought Of holding the gentleman responsible hero
for the President Of the United States-Ilnugh'crI-
he supposed the President was as much his Pnsi.
dent as he was the gentemnn's; nor did he know
any peculiar right that gentleman had TO consider
mse'fassal.ed whenever any remarks were directed
against The Executive.
Mr. VI. would say that he never had chlreed
that there was n cab,l on tina, floor who were the
Keepers uf the Presidents Conscience nor had ne
affirmed that they were RI o6ieio his Cabinet-n
charge which had indeed, been advanced of the or.
ira Session, but which had heen instantly renolled
~ strains OF manly cloqucrce whose tones of thun
Der ma not even yet celsed tn vbratc on the car
Nor could he comprehend why the sensibilities Of
gentlemen seemed now to- be awakened into 50 much
uWIy; he could, no. reilly understand IT,
Aud gentlemen carried It much further. his
susp cions would begin to he afoused-Much as
Mr. Nj. mast deprecate ami depIore the course the
Executive had deemed II his duty to pursue, in re.
gard to a great financial measure which had been
SUBMITTED tor his approval at the extra Session,
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