Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-01-24

approye of it, ies-the President was accused 0
treason-not to the Constitution nor to the Goserh
men of his country, but TO party Instead oil ask't
what was the Presidents duty TO the country tht.
only INQUIRED what he ought TO do for the party ~
this view of matters he (Mr. G. took his stand IN de
fence of the Constitution. lie cared not "hat n'g"
be the clamors Of party men raised AROUND MN lis
should stand and permit himself TO be hewn down, ia
ther than yield any of the positions wn'ch w nau
taken. In this spirit he came 10 touch upon the 'oPcs
advanced in the general debate upon the merits Oh Tue
Administration Eich party had an interest IN ms
CONSTITUTING the Administration. All parties here wish
ed TO break it down, by making an attack on tue mo
tives Of its friends.
They expected i.-they were ready to encounter 1t
they appealed time for judgment on their ac.ions
and the course they had pursued What was u ina
The gentlemen from Maine (Mr. FessendenD and Ind
ana (Mr. r. w. Thompson,) and Vermont (air. Eve
rett) had imputed to hem-grlng the lead IN this DE-
bate TO all the denuncations which had been poured
upon them? The gentleman from Maine admitted thai
he had adopted the idea of the gentleman from Indiana
IN charging him (Mr. Cushing) with Offering Inc pow
sr Of this Government at auction, as The price WIN
which to purchase party in that House; and he chai
ienged the gentleman from Indiana TO point out sen
Of his speech which could bear such cons.ruc
ton.
MIR. THOMPSON rose; but
Mr. CUSHING said he could not yield the iioor
MIR. THOMPSON said, then, he hoped the gentle
man would not challenge him for an explanation, un
less he would yield the loor to give him an oppoElu'
nifty 10 make it.
Mr.. CUSHING said the gentleman could no. escape
IN that way He had felt il be his duty TO spread out
m article Of the Globe and he would have opportunity
sufficient 10 explain hereafter; but he (hlr Cushng)
could not yield any part OF the halt hour mat re-
manned to him.
The gentleman from Maine had said that instead of
replying 10 The gentleman from Tennessee Mr. Ar
nold,l who commenced this debate, he ONT W mad
only devoted ten lines TO that gentleman speech
Mr.. FESSENDEN rose.
MIR PROFFIT. "Order." s'order!
Mr.. CUSHING refused TO yield the floor, and con.
tnued his remarks. The gentleman from Name SAID
he MIR CO. began the attack on the Wing party at the
extra session. but he denied that that was true lie
spoke bnt party questions at the extra session.
and then in reply 10 assaults on the Administration
Mr.. FESSENDEN again rose, but
Mr.. CUSHING said lie could not-hc would not
yield any part Of the small portion of time remaining
10 him, and continued. The gentleman from Name
said that, the OF the second session. ne
began like course of remark but he MIR C said that
was not true Late in, about The middle OF the SEES
sion he did reply to various speeches. but he did not
begin the attack on any gentleman, or any party 1t
was after debate in which many gentlemen had spo-
ken, that he replied 10 those gentlemen The gentle.
from Name then proceeded to say, that, IN the
controversy Of last session. II was not as alleged oy nm
1T not fact that the Wing party was broken TO
pieces against the Fixed constitutional fact oil the con-
stuona power OF The President; but it was IN con.
sequence Of the disappointment felt on the failure OF
measures of relief What measures? Dad not The
President concur with the House IN the enactment OF
The Bankrupt law; And when had he asked Tor It's
repeal: Did not The President concur IN The passage
of the Distribution act: And when the House and the
Senate chose pass for relief what measures
did they pass in which the President did not concur
There was nothing but the u. States Bank in which he
did not concur; and he (Slr. C9 appealed 10 this
House. and from this House to the people the u 5,
whether there any thing ese and he there asserted
that majority of The people of the U. S were opposed
10 u. S. Bank.
The gentleman from Indiana had quoted from a
speech Of his in 1884, The Bank BILL for the purpose
of showing extreme Inconsistency on his part TO
which he would only reply that he could not conceive
thnt political blindness could be obtuse not to
perceive that the experience OF the last four years IN
the history Of the Bank of the u 5 must have affected
every ones judgment in regard to that Bank. Were
they expected to FIX their dgments and opinions on
what they before hat PERIOD Were they expected
TO retain opinions held before the gross coruptons and
abuses Of that Bank brought TO Light Tie denied
that the people Of the U. S., ma ory OF them,
were in favor Of U. S Bank but, If this were so,
IL did not change the nature OF the constitutional TACT
TO which he had advefed.
MIR e. then referred 10 and quoted some remarks OF
Mr.. Fessenden in which he spoke of the power OF the
President the public press, and of the vcnay and
corruption ofsome OF the Wing newspapers Mr. e. sad
that the remarks of the gentleman involved two tacs'-
In the first place there the allegation that The entire
Wing press yenal; and, IN the next place that II
was bought up by The President of the w. ). There
could other meaning attached to the gentleman
remarks In reply TO the gentleman he denied the We
nay OF The press in these broad terms He admitted
that there was much al the extreme of faction H. there
was faction in that House, ind among the people; and 1t
was consequent the common passions OF our nature
but it not true that the press was thus Vena ana
under the control OF the President Of the u States and
that being bribed by him. it had illuminated Congress-
The gentleman had supposed an impossible fact The
President never possessed the patronage sufficient TO
materially affect the press; and what little patronage
he did possess had been taken away by the act oil The
last session. The gentleman from Maine then pro-
ceeded TO arraign him (Mr. CO as no party man,
and TO pick out of the newspapers and quote
against him migratory paragraph which some oil
them had extracted from Jonathan Swift and Jonathan
Swift the most corrupt tory OF the corrupt reign oil
Queen Ann, with Lord Boiling broke by his side, was
used TO arraign him for his speeches in an American
Congress- All the coarse Cenuncatlons OF that man,
(who was not napy termed the lbeller OF his genera
son vented forth against the party opposed to him. IN
order that he might hound the dogs OF faction, were
quoted against him. because he deprecated faction and
party excitement. He ashamed that any gentle
man should come into that House, and read lessons on
party spirit from the most actious and corrupt writer
that ever existed There were lessons on that subject
which il would better have become the gentleman to
read from; SUCH Tor instance, the farewell address oil
the Father OF his Country, from which the most whole
some and useful instructions could be drawn. lie would
have the gentleman from n York, also, (Alr Gordon
who seemed 10 correspond with the gentleman from
Me- in his ideas of the blessings of party SPIRIT to reec
on the came lessons He would have that gentleman
and his colleague (Alr McKeon) 10 remember The lette
of Andrew jackson in 1916, to James Monroe IN which
he also invoked his countrymen to Danish all party
spirit from their councils, On hs subject he must nd
vert to what was ndspu;ab!c fact IN the history
the world There had been two combinations OF Re
publics precisely analogous 10 ours-he meant TIT
Republics of Greece and the Italian Republics. Bot!
these Republics were bound together by communi'.
Of language and Of customs, of origin and OF interest
ANY one who would reud and reflect upon their hlso
RES would that it party spirit, and The spirit
faction that caused their overthrow AS illustrative
this fact he begged leave TO read passage from th'
warrior statesman and historian Of OF these conieGe
rated Republics Thucydides.
MIR C. here read the extract which he alluded to-
Now it seemed to be supposed by these two srca
partes that The moderate of The House and country
were TO be the victims Of both of them. He beggst
gentlemen delude themselves with tue idea that he
Mas moderate man, or that he had the least idea %
becoming The passive victim, in the words OF Thucy
daes. of these two factions Had not the gentleman
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