The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-01-26

saries Who had sriumphed 10 l94t
we're seen, Ike lhe Kilkenny cats mii
l4nally devourin9 one another. 4
laugh And with all ibis warning
before their eyes, with i full knowl.
edge of all these facts the indiea'
lions were-@the Imperfect glyings on
The whispers were, that This 0theI
lparfy had come 10 tbs conclusi0ns 4
Ithe same madness Of desperation &c
lhurl itself against the. rock Of the Gen.
/ eral Government.- Loud and long
continued laughter,and great sensation
in all quarters oil the House.
He heard a gentleman say that this
was great mistake; he trusted i was;
for although their might be certain lea
ders ofthe party who would like such
a course TO be taken, il wonld not hap
pen. Renewed laughter. he had
said that the Federal Government was
a fixed constitutional Eact--(here Mr.C.
was interrupted for short time by the
confusion and merrimentin the Housel
--yes, ii was a fixed constitutional
fact, and that was the basis OF all his
conclusions. Now suppose an indl-
vidual placed as the President ofthe
United States--it mattered not whether
he held his place by primary vote,
or whether by circumstances untore-
seen it devolved upon him---in either
case there he stood, by the Constitu-
ton, President Of the United States.
What was his first duty The honora-
Bile discharge of his official functions
the endeavor to do as much public good
as Providence would permit. In dis
charging this his duty, he was bound
to look at facts around him ; to see
how far he could count on co-opera-
ton by the People or their Represen-
tatives. Laughter.] When gentle
men talked abont the treason of GER
tain of the Presidents fiends--the gen.
tleman from Virginia, MIR. Wise,j for
example, or himself; land he really |
thought they had their full share ofper-
sonal abuse, )Dthe question was how
he Government was to be carried or,
md by whose aid ? Mr.. G. would say |
o gentlemen in all parties in that |
House, and more especially to gentle
men constituting the majority in Con-
,ress, if you wiH not cooperate Nth
he President IN carrying on tie Coz
which is your highest duty,
&c must SEEK THE AID OF YOUR AID
Renewed sensation
aughter and cries of''that is it!""good
we !"] If you Wings (said Mr.. G..
will lock the wheels of Government, l
rust aid will be found in the Demo-
rats and thus only / present the
question to the House. The House
vas for time in no little confusion,
hough apparently more in merriment
han anger.
Thus Mr.. c.. went on to observe,
Re had presented TO us, in these u. S.
great career Of ambition, and its end
as the eliminating point Of human
reatness, at least in this country, ifnot +,
lie very highest ascent of human am
ition in Christendon. And IL they
,oked round, he knew not how many
were striving for the prize;
e doubted if he could count them on !
is fingers. "a voice, "Five.'O Well,
" FIVE. "a voice, "Name them do
lme them ?'') it is not necessary that
should name them. ["Oh do !"1 |
heir''name is Legion % In this state !
things, Mr.. G.. said he knew not how
r parties might split, whether from
ference in opinion or from peisonal
solutions. He could see in the race I
r the Presidency no Individual who,
far as he could judge. presented an il
'erwhlming, irresistible power. v
ooking to overt acts as the criterion, a
J should say there was no such COM
'titor. He understood there was 10
Wing Convention, and there was1
80 TO be Democrat Convention, and n
did not krow that they might not u
rec. A taught But there were b
rtain buddiDgs-which might lead to ;,
doubt what would be the precise T
urse of these conventions. However "
S might be, this he did know, that re
ring year and half to come there
Isl be great popular commotions and
'cussions. Whether a candidate :,
ght be nominated by each conven- :.
n or not, this he knew-and why III
ould he not say it !? he thought on W
J whole he had better say it;-(sev- fe
i voices, ''oh, yes, do say it do;" if
Il Mould not be for the political enter HI
Of any one Of the parties TO carry on hi
'eyy furious acar against the admin su
-atio's and ITS friends. T
Here Mr., G. was brought to a ";
Ise by peals Of laughter, and cries 70
All that's tender point" 81
Mr.. G. said he considered It as ma D
al that there should be a frank un- ell
standing on these matters. There 6,
e men in the administration, or
Injected with the Administration. | m.
, at proper time, might have = ad