Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-01-14

he ghi be walked up any hour of the night and he
would tell at once what John Tyler would do in regard
Bank OF the United States lie had also heard him
say the Wing party tina; they should have tins mea
sure, and other. Surely, the gentleman did not
to say that his word law TO the House lie
did not refer 10 his pnwer, when he spoke IN that
authoritative tone Knowing the stubborn nature OF
the veto-and by the by, he approved Of that power N
the Constituencies coe!l, OF course, cn!y suppose
that he referred 10 tie action Of the Executive, ana
spoke by authority But WHY should the Committee oil
Ways ard Means report ary;h!a. else TO get ano.
tacr veto: ID 4 the gentleman wish !" pace the Con
gress of the United Safes agan IN this p'edicamenl
Who did remember The charges made against the
Wing party at the last and for which he had
doubt they condemned by the people-o. legs
lsting for the purpose of catching vetoes why, ten,
(sad MIR should we report another plan, or amend
this The Secretary of State had sad change tbs
thing" He knew hi; skill, aud the tools he had used,
and that it would work we'll 'Dont therefore, (said
hc,l ate il the Least; but give US the thing we have
sent you, and pedge'-O, what pledge-"l pledge
my reputation that ii will work we'll" Why, then, sad
Mr.. } should we rcPoF, another bill and get another
veto? for another veto is inevitable, if we do IT.
He had been charged in that House ond out OF the
House with being Inclined surrender to Mr. Tyler
the independence OF Congress upon the subject OF Tue
clause relation the po5lic lands tha. stricken
out of the Tariff bill (as he said) upon his motion,
(though there seemed 10 be cbscurity upon that
questlon) When that question came up, as his own
honor involved, he would have tha, question ex
planned When that subj CT up, IL won!d be found
whether ne was inclined I'D SURRENDER 50 was
concerned the independence OF the legislative branch
of the Government 10 The Executive power
On that question he differed honestly with some Of
the mos; distinguished men of his party but here EN-
phatlcally question Of surrender OF the privi
leges Of the House of Representatives We have (said
Mr. NJ sent plan after p!aa 10 The Executive and they
have been vetoed; have been told that any law on
this subject, according with our principles vii. he We
toed have been Told that the legislative will on this
subject must submit and that must take the law, and
every letter OF it, from the Executive. This was not
question Of The veto power. Not at all 1t was not
here the question: Whether, because the Executive ve-
toes law, the Constitution shall 5c changed Not n
all The question was, whether tie Legislature should
take the law draughied by the Executive, with every
dotted and every crossed, &c: no law al all
Must they take the law as it came from him, and
have no power to amend ii: That was the question;
and let be expressly understood that if The EScheque:
bill passed by this Congress, it would be passed
contrary TO the principles Of both parties Dared he TO
vote upon principle Ike t.s' Dared he TO e.siate
under the dciaicn Of the President Of the u. States
That Capitol might c-rmLle to rum over lis head-the
commerce Of The country nigh, suffer ten thousand fold
more than Suiiefn lie would lend bIni
SELF to any such proceedings /: was question oil IL
her;y it.eli and yet gentlemen exceedingly anx
ious Tia: the measure should pass.
He (M:. Marsh:ii) woui: probably have another op
portuniIy, before the lib of March next TO continue
his speech lie desired this to be understood as merely
the exordum Of the speech which he intended 20 make
IA laugh He had great variety OF matters to dis
course Gpon great 10
in Congress and N relation 10 his very peculiar
posi,ion which he intended 10 deine exactly. taught
The gentlemen connected with the Administration on
that floor, extremely anxious that the measure
should pass. They had had toleraby distinct annun-
citation upon this subject the other day, fsoG The gen
tleman from Massachusetts
He (Mr. NJ. had suffered SO much from misrcPresen-
taloa himself, t!a, he would not willingly msrepfc-
sent any human being. lie had not read the gentle
mans reported speech bat he had heard, al least,
three four.hs OF L. lie considered las being sort OF
half Jest halieatncst affair that might be taken
either way. He did not understand the gentleman rs
announcing upon that floor! by authority oil the Frcsi
dent, that any one who expected to get Office under
John Tyler must vote for this bill. But ne certainly
did understand the gentleman to say, that the wing
party as dead Is s.oae-thet they had bntted
their brains against the constitutional question
aud that the Administration had thrown them Off
lie understood il be, the part Of the President
and his Administration, distinct and hna reputation
of the Wing party. The gentleman had announced
one fact-which would, he feared, be found 10 be
fact, and melancholy onf-tai there was now In Inc
United States 10 man of sufficiently commanding char
ac,er and pa,fiotisa-no who, by his name and
weight Of character alone, could rally around him is
around common cea:!e, any party in this country
The gentleman had also declared that the proceedings
of that body were bu: continual struggle between
number OF gentlemen that House, whose name vas
LEGION and tie President Of the United States and
that among this numerous host, there was not single
individual Of such standing and stability as 10 draw
the SaDDUI. al q
divided the; were, were ~ very great tahsel,
y means Of the Unconstitutional fact, and there stood
the great party "ho had been sgnay discounted, and
there another grsa; party soon 10 be put ho'S l
combat. The riEg waS TO be- cleared laugh lie
did not know who those gentlemen were whose name
was LeCon-he had G0at they could easily be dis
,;nrushed by the gentleman. Though they were
marked as distinctly the Eite sheep 81 pa'aetea'y
described BY the gentleman !fom New Iork-thnusa
rejected ana aeivcn from the fn.1no one could blame
10 ft,l ria
they had leftand he had sort OF hope that amid me
divisions the other side, and in The exuilaon winch
an overwhelming minority so apt 10 Inspire-oe-
lie ving as ,hey did, that the Wings were dead-stone
dead-some of these days they might again look up,
and recover their former standing The gentleman
from Massachusetts apparently desired to settle THIS
great question for Congress- leaving them no ground 10
stand upon. .
It would however, all thought, be queer state OF
things 10 see union between Mr.. Tyler, Mr. Webster,
and the Postmaster. General. lie spoke not now OF
the otter members OF the Capinet, lot ne Ga ho'
know them so well; he would not name The gentleman
from Maine. Bat 10 unite either the Northern OF
Sou,her. interest with John Tyler-my conscience,
what coalition il soud be- II this should ahe place.
and the gentleman ironi Virginia should De 'ouno
amonss, item would he say anything moe on
that floor about coalition:
A strange SIGH, to see Mr.. Van Euren associated
with llr Calhoun and Mr.. WebsteI A taught But
enough Of this lei the Democracy stick TO Their pr'n'
ciples and leave the Wing party to take care OF mem
selves The principles they once held were right: lei
them stick their principles, and let the others s'c
TO theirs let the Administration go on as chose, II
would be over little time and IT. has OPINION, when
it was over and The history OF ths country cane 10 De
written, this Administrator some ni the members
of which he FELT the highest rcspect-would De sou
OF paren,hesis, IA aughl which, on looking into Tue
rramua. books would be found TO 5e passage which
might be left without injury to Tie sense FRO
ionged laughter.
He (Nr NJ lad held on 10 the Administration as
long as he possibly could, "hig Administration
and he was one who believed that hr Tyler, although
he had been called traitor and denounced Tor having
deserted his party honestly and sincerely disagreed in
Judgment, aud entertained opposite sentiments from
those of a majority Of the Wing party. He believed
Mr. Tyler be lower iFginian Of the later rlatonic
school A laugh lie had never F'a'ned the dea
OF Mr. TYLER hcng out and out Wing from the mo-
men, of Gen. HARRISON death M. Tyler, If he kncw
anything of bis history, once Jackson man. and
,,oa IL, Administrator rattv on account Of The