Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-26

voted Tor tina. then Wn1t Wos Nabeo ho INV WI
, bil-he believed the gentleman voted for that; an
last Of all followed the great revenue bil-he vote
for that Yet, voting IN succession foe all thee
several bills when they wero their usage in III
House. this same gentleman got up, as soon as III
yetoes OF after another IN, and dele nde'
the Presidents objection Of the messures he ha'
himself supported 10y his votes with serviltl
which the gentleman from Aeeomac would hav
scorned. That gentleman mir wise) voted boldly
asans, the bills, but would have seoro'd to do 81
under the Executive lash.
| IElere MIR q. WAS called 20 order by the Chair
The gentleman from Massachusetts. foe the
twentieth tims had this morning sid that the present
Congress was competent TO do nothing. Now this
very Congress had, last summer, passed bank
BILL which, the gentleman voted lor II, he suppo
sed, it seemed, TO be worth something: ihs bill was
vetoed, tho gentleman silently sequlecced.
second bank bill was propos j; the gentleman
voted for il: and when that, too was vetoed, the
gentleman eequessed again. Now, what MIR G
complained of was, that the gentleman, while pro
Tossing 80 heartily TO approve OF the vetoes, lad
not the courage TO withhold his vote from measure
so bad that the President could not In conscience
give il his sanction Nor did these vetoes convince
even that gentleman that the hills should no, pass
for he had voted for them all upon the second trial
| With all the committee had just heard about the
worihlessness Of the public lands, and the incom.
patbility Of the two subjects Of distribution and
revenue the gentleman had not the courage 10 vote
against the bill and here he is votrg foe the bill
as decidedly as any Of its best friends, while he
avovs the sentiment that i, would be better for the
States If the public domain were thrown into the
| depths OF the ocean
| MIR G said that, in the further remarks he should
submit, he sAouh eonhne himself TO the last bill he
House had passed for revenue. Was not that a
| bill we'll and thoroughly maturedl Had not the
gentleman himself, while il its pdssaI q
through the committee for amendment, brought TO
it all the benefit Of his vast research-ln which he
was second to no man on that aoori Had he not
followed IT, step 10y STEP and done his hest TO per
| feet il according TO his own best hghts2 Had he
not then voted for the bill and sent il the Pfesi
dent7 And whyl towhat end1 Did He want to
keep this nation in turmoil for the benefit OF po
| liiical candidate7 Knowing that the veto would
come did that gentleman lend his aid TO the gentle
man from Virginia (Mr Bot.s) in the process OF
| "heading Capt, Tylet7n Or did he vote for i, in
order that after the bill should have been returned
he nigh, rad lectures to members here Their le.
gisla;ive popretes, and m ght lave an opportunity
! OF again defending Executive preToga,ivc IN Ian
euage better BETTING the pen.ioned advocate OF
some Eastern despot than the Representatives OF
freemen, whose sires were the first TO resist the en-
croachmenis of tyranny, and whose blosd bough,
dwellings of freedom might DC seen from the mon
ument OF Bunker Hill
IT, as was alleged this revenue bill had been go,
up merely TO extort veto that should kindle up q
flame throughout the country, why did the genile>
man from Massachusetts throw, by his vote, ano:hs
or fagot the flame, sill more 10 nsgravate its fury
The gentlemln's vote was recordsd side by side
Win the NOkc OF VII DC ScutsCuidtiC ouiu pOiut
TO no appropriation, fair and proper IN itself, and
operating to support this Administration. on which
Mr. G.. had not voted with him. Yet, when a bill
was reported TO the House TO promote and TO secure
the dearest and most vital interests Of this country
"A bill matured by the gentlcman's own efficient
aid, far more than by any which Mr. G. could bring
to its peffecling-and his vote and Mr. CTS vote, in
lis favor, stood side by side upon the record, was
Mr. G. 10 be told by him that it was bill for maks
Ing Presideutsl By him, as gentleman VINO stood
r. 49, II IL -
that the gentleman should not have discovered that
If MIR Ct. was n q dilemma, the gentleman himself
was 10 double one, IL this bill was 60: up for eS
element, The gentleman he'd the miserable re
Election that he had voted for bad bill, for lhs
purpose of getting up an excitement in the country,
from which sxcitemen, he derived no benefit -
There were frequent eXcilemenIs here.
But where did the gentleman learn that Mr. G..
the particular slave of ore of the most conspicu-
Gus candidates for the Presidency MIR G.. had
known that PIE eminent Individual from his boy
hood. He had listened with admiration and delight
10 the first words which fell from his lips when n
member of the other branch of the Legislature: he
mad known him from that time onward: he admired
his tsleni-he knew his patriotism: but il had so
CHANGED that he had never been reekoned among
HIS particular followers. No honored that dis
nguished man more than MIR q. did; but the GEN
tleman must go somewhere else to find the man
whom he could justly charge with being under his
I inf Isnee.
| And here Mr. G. desired 10 say, that it was !
I base and infamous calumny 10 assert, as some has
done, tina, the distinguished individual referred tC
ever sought IN the slishe degree to influence the
! appointments OF the Executive IN that Depar,men
I over which he MIR q - for short time presided
He should not stOop 10 say here that he should ro
have been governed by any such interference: thai
was an assertion easy to make, and avniing bu
uiei but honor, justice, truth. compelled Mr. G.. L
declare that on occasion had the iusuous Sc
major from Kentucky, or any Of his friends, mucl
! as suggested an appointment beyond the limits o
| their own respective neighborhoods This would
not have been said by Mr. G.. in that place, had not
every gentleman who had dared with freedom 70
utter his opinions been accused OF "Pfesident ma
king" There were men here present who could
bear witness that MIR G. hsd long thought that Pre-
sideni- making had better be let alone, rs we'll by
the grand armies by the "guard.r But that there
ever had been pursued by the minority in that
House, or the other, any system OF legislation with
view TO the elevation Of any in !ividuai TO the Pre-
sdency-that m mbers OF that body had become so
corrupted and debased by party spirit to put at
hazard the interests Of the nation Tor the sake oil
putting one man into the Presidential Chair, or
keeping another out Of it, it was due 10 gentlemen
one and all, TO say that he never had seen the
ghiest evidence of IL.
MIR G. observed that he had but little more "a
say; ne had risen 20 reply to the gentleman from
Massachusetts as W ell as 10 vindicate himself How
had the gentleman met the argumenR lIe had
talked about the distribution OF the public land fund
! as II /: were a mere matter Of dollars and cents.
/ MIR u. would say 10 the gentleman from Massa-
chusstls that, os for the State Of New York, she
cared not rush for the matter Of dollars and cents
that was involved in this question. IL that gentle
man would look at the stUpendOus public works
which she had completed, and which presented
spectacle untqnalled in this nation and scarcely
surpassed in any other, he would find that their
proceeds, even in these times Of depression, Rnye
moro TO her treasury than would equal the whole
amount Of interest upon he's tobi, with all the an
nual charges for their repair. lie nigh, in justice
be permitted to say th't il there WIS one State in
this Union which, 10 relation 20 her undertakings
Tor internal Improvement, could 90 through The Storm
unseaihed, i was his own State; she would show
herself the Empire State in that respect, II in none
other. Mr. @. said he not only believed that the
distribution Of the land fund right in principle
the lands beng justly the property of the States,
but that sound policy required IL, m order that the
/ land might be put from cut of the reach Of party
| iavorilisnn, and because, If the nvas were TO be
thrown into the proceeds from the tariff Tor revenue
the tariff would no longer be Of any valuable ser
vice Gs protection either 10 manufactures, agdcui.
turc, or The nboTing classes, by reason Of lis un
certainty and constant fluctuations. Gentlemen
tllkci of two millions as the average product of
the lands 70 the Treasury, and then fell tack for
twenty years 10 gather the culafion TO prove is.
But let them look forward ne well as backward;
let them sinTi with our present seventeen millions
| Of population, with large emigrHiions from every
nation in Europe, and look forward a few years
and then say whether FIVE or SIX millions nigh; moi
more truly be set down the future average OF the
land sales.
But there was question beyond this. MIR G.
cared nothing for the receipts from the lands az this
momen'; bu. he did tare greatly care that aitor
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