The Democratic Whig., 1843-01-26

any man or party can u+he cen~
rupt law that win at FIRST be inyulnera-
Die in ali It's paris. Iam, consequent
Iy, disposed to make lhe most Of this.
/ am for saluiarY, ludicious' and nee
essary ame udmenls ) / am opposed 70
the repeal. have always been IN ia-
vor Of a judiciOus National Bankrupt
Law; and earnestly contend that this
is a most propiiious hour Tor the most
happy legislation upon the subject. !
sincerely regret being compelled, BY
the deep and rooted convictions Of niy
mind, and the best impulses Of my
heart, 10 differ, in this SINGLE instance,
with my Democratic friends. lf any
man ever was truly proud ofhis party,
I an he man. may be wrong; but
If am, it is an error both Of the head
and ofIhe heart. Icannol favor the fec
to OpPress the many. If | do err, /
feel that il is an error on the side Of
mercy.
Mr.. Dawson was succeeded BY Mr.. Caleb
Cushing one Of "the Guard" who gave express
sion TO sentiments unparalleled in the history
Of our government for their prohigacy and
shamelessness.
He openly and unblushingly acknowledged
that the Administration which he termed a
"Consti utional fact" athe God Terminus
and The 'Rock Of the Constitution was utterly
without any fixed princil les, and was ready to
eoalesce with any party, which would afford il
its support. He appealed to the ambitious
and interested motives Of the different aspi-
rants for the presidency, and held up to their
view tho inducements which were presented
to them to sustain the Present administration
He enlarged upon the means, which the Pre-
sident had Of promoting or thwarting their
plans by the influence Of bis patronage or the
exercise Of the Veto power. And be warned
other parties by the example ofthe Wings Of
the danger they encountered in coming in
collision with the tremendous power Of the
Great Unconstitutional fact" Mr. John Tyler
Of Charles City County Va. The Globe con-
demns with becoming spirit this shameless
avowal ofthe most uEmitigated prohigacy:
at is with pain that we record this
first instance Of Executive influence
openly put up to sale in the face Of the
Representatives af the people. The
Pretorian Lands never so openly set
up the imperial purple for sale in Rome,
or so indecently offered it 10 that faction
which would promise most for the
opportunity ofprostitutin5 il.
We cannot dive into Mr.. CUsHINe's
thoughts; but, to our apprehension, it
did not appear that he rendered these
cnurtezan favors so much 10 his old
companions, (tbe Whigs,) IS to some
novices whom he hoped to entice from
the ranks Of the Democracy. The
coarse, indecent ovenures made 10 day
were we'll calculated to preventive mis-
chief intended. The profer of to day
is notice TO the nation; and the man
who is found in the embrace Of the Ad-
ministration, and supported BY its mer-
etricious influence for the Presidency,
will sink with it. Mr.. CUSHING must
look for the paramour he seeks among
his old acquaintances-the CooRs. Such
a character cannot be found among the
prominent men oflhe Democracy"
But that our readers may form their own
opinions Of the utter abandonment Of principle
which is unb'uihingly avowed by the Presi-
deut's confidential advocate, we copy a por-
ton ofthe sp, ech as it is reported;
There was another consideration
VT ich ought to be looked at. twas now
not two years since, by the result Of
the elections Of 1910, a party revolu-
ton was effected in the country;a new
party was formed, and new men came
into the Government. Since then there
had grown up an iateTReciae war in the
ranks Of that party, which had been
pursued for a year and half past. In
the meanwhile, there stood the Federal
Government, with its fixed Constitution
and all its several functions as deter
mined by that constitution, unchange-
able by the behests Of party-a sort of
god Terminus, with all these political
aud party changes going on around it.
Against this fixed, immovabIe govern
ment aud constitution, they had seen
one of these parties hurl itself in the
madness Of desperation. And what
has been the consequence The par
ty thus holding the shifting relations to
which he had alluded had been DASH
ell to atoms at its feet. In the course
Of this operation they had heard in that
House and throughout the country
quite enough ofmuinsl elimination and
Fecriminatiou. God alone knew, indeed
how much it was enough TO suffer;
but, for one, he thought there had been
enough quite enough Of it. Were
any further and future objects still to
be promoted by Wing gentlemen in
dulging themselves in these ferocious
attacks upon the Government For let
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