The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1842-01-01

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the Tariff, 10 the Committee on Man
WactureS.
Mr.. Arnold said that he had been advi-
sed by some of his friends to speak upon
this question. They had said that per-
haps speech would have some beneficial
effect on him. They were afraid, by his
silence at this session, that he had accu-
INFLATED rather too much steam, and he
had better let it off, so that he might get
relief. lie had no idea of doing this until
he heard the ranting, raving speech oflhe
little gentleman from New Hampshire,
(Mr. Atherton;) but the very lace,ious-
he must not say the ridiculous-speech
of the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rey-
nolds) had almost put him out Of the no
ton Of speaking; but as the gentleman
hailed originally from the same section Of
country from which he came, he would
endeavor to answer one or two of his po-
sitions. They had heard all extraordina-
ry speech from the gentleman from New
Hampshire. He had come up and assail
ed the Administration, running parallel
between the expenditures Of this admin
istration and those OF the late administra-
ton Of MIR Van Buren,. 1t was a most
extraordinary position. Whose Admins
tralion was thls2 Was it Wing Admin
istration2 lie MIR. ARNoLD) denied en-
phatically that it was. 1t had not the
Incture of Wing doctrines about it,
Laughter. No; it was the genlleman's
own administration; it had merely chan
ged hands. 1t was true, the People
though. they had effected great revolu-
ton in 1910. They had hurled Van Bu-
rem from power with scorn, contemplated
indignation-more so, perhaps, than any
man was ever hurled from the Presdenli-
al chair; and there the matter ended. He
had thought that they had effected re-
volution; the great mass of the people
through the country had thought SO. But
an unfortunate stroke OF Providence fall
ing on us, and taking the lamented liar
rison from us, had thrown this Govern
ment inslantaneously, at the moment Of
that venerable PATRIOTS decease, into the
hands of modern Democracy again; and
when Wig Congress had been paraly
zed in every effort by the Executive, who
now stood surrounded by the modern
Democracy OIL every hand, modern De-
mocracy rises, here, and runs parallel
between the expenditures of Van Buren's
administration and The administration Of
John Tyler, who was worse Locofoco
than Van Buren,! twas most eXtraordi
nary. Could man listen to 1t with pa
tience! No; sick as he was, lie could not.
Laughter. They Qhe Whigs) wereinot
accountable; and did not intend to be, to
this Administration. The gentleman talk
ed about revolution. Yes; there had
been.a revolution, and one tina. this coun-
try would long feel, which began at the
day of the demise Of William Henry Har-
rison, whom they had elected. Were
they accountable 10 this Administration?
Where was Harrison's cabinets Only
one of .hem was left, and he was i'll so
questionable shape:that he had mind
to speak to him. And was that asrevolu-
ton? What was there in any of the great
measures of the late session that, as the
gentleman told them, had been condemn
edo lie knew, from the indications he
had seen in the public prints; that they
who were the Wing party proper on this
floor were to be paralyzed at the White
House. He knew that when they came
here they were to be hardly tolerated in
this House; that there would be an at
tempt to ride over them roughshod; and
they had this day Witnessed the beginning
of ltat attempt from the great; lofty, and
gigantic State Of New Hampshire.
As the gentleman from New lamp-
shire had taken such hasty offence at
what the gentleman from Vermont had
said, he (Mr. ARNoLD) could do him the
favor to give him his opinion of New
Hampshire-of the natural moral, and po-
li,ical state of New Hampshire. He should
give his opinion on all these heads before
he sat down. lie knew that the Wings
who were left here were hardly to be to-
lerated this session, and they had seen the
beginning Of it this morning. They had
seen it held out in the official paper-he
called it the official; to be sure there was a
little split apparently on the subject of the
''6scall,y," but on all other things he
looked on the Globe as the official organ
than any other paper except the Herald,
and that had been tw.tting them, and tell
ing them how modest the great Wing
party were who had passed the "gag
rule;;" that they felt the rebuke the people
had given them. He would teach the
Globe, ifhis life was spared, before this
session closed, how much he had REFORM
ed-how much he had changed his opin-
ons since the called session. The mod
ern Democracy was perfectly intoxicated
at its apparent success at the recent cleo
tons at the East, the West, North and
South; aud were coming here and giving
notice that they would repeal this bill
and that. Beautiful indeed! A revoi IL