The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-02-08
SPEECH OF Mr.. DAVIS
OF KENTUCKY,


OF KENTUCKY.
The gentleman from Massachusetts M.
Cushins) had commenced lis speech ihrs
morning by assuming most extraordinary
and most unwarrantabie premises. He had
deliberately said to this House tina, At he
called session l.o alternatives were presc;-
ted to gentlemen the one ofa constitution
administration OF Government, under The
lead Of the President, and the other OF .
fact,ous anarchy under the lead Of the gtras
ex-senator from Kentucky. Mr.. ID. assu-
med hero, and intended 10 prove that po+i-
ton falsely assumed, and that il Implied
caiumnlous Pronunciation agsiust the publ.
course CT the distinguished ex-senator from
Kentucky. He would ask the genlenla1
from Massachusetts what had been the ?rin-
ciples Of that Senator, as unfoded IN meys>
ures, and 10 which the gentleman had CIV;
his adhesion and support for fifteen year,
previous TO tho commencement Of the cxtia
session He asked any member Of III.
House whether that distinguished S,.nsIor
a, the extra session had marked out aay
new course for himselfl Did he take up
any new measure, or put out any new Prir-
ciples The gentleman from Massachu-
seiis had ln,Hnaied 10 MS hrst speech, as be:
had in all the speeches he had made IN tho
House upon This subject, that the Wings ~
Congress had thrown themselves iBto fac.
tioUs opposition 10 toe Government that
they had abandoned their duy TO the Gov
eminent and the country, and refused their
cooperation with the President in the 3D.
ministrstion Of the Government. The gen
Ileman from Indiana, (Mr. Kennedy,) hal
assumed the same position. and AID takrC 90
himseifgr credit (as many other Demo-
crats'' on this floor had for having come
up to The honest support OF john Tyler, while
the Wing party had abandoned inli duty.
which ought 20 have heen paramount 10 a,i
parry considerations. Let them .Aam,na
the ruth Of this position, and see a. me *.
ira session what measures were passed BY
Congress, and what measures wer, then
recommended by the Pfesiden, as nrcesss.
ry 10 enable him TO carry on the executive
branch ofthc Governmeht.
Mr.. ID. referred 10 the various measures
passed al the extra session; TO the &C: FOR thu
distribution Of the proceeds of the public
lands. recommended BY Mr.. Tylor to tie
bankrupt act, recommended By Mr.. Tyler
to the loan bill, with the same rccounenda-
ton ; 10 the bill 10 pay of the post office
debt Of half million Of dollars, which the
preceding administration had cfi as a lega-
cy TO Gen. Hanison's Administration. and
which the party who contracted that debt
refused to come forward and aid the Wings
Of this House 10 liquidaic to he tariff bill.
imposing duty on fee articles. supported
by tie Wing party, who rnaFch,d forth in
solid columns and voted for this bill to give
revenue to John Tyler TO enable him TO I'D
minister the Government ; TO the first ard
second bank bills-,he second an Admins.
Ira;ion measure, coming here with the sane
lion Of John Tyler, which the gentleman
from Massachusetts or the Secretary of axe
dare not deny. The Secretary of State had
been made the medium Of negotiation be-
tween the President and the Wing party.
He never had dared. and never would and
yet, after the word of the President and his
pledged faith had been falsiied the Secreta.
ry Of State still remained in Office, and child
the other members Of the Calumet, who felt
that II would be dishonor for them 10 re-
main. by saying that there was 10. cause for
the dissolution OF the Cabinet. Now, he as
ked, could John TYLER demand any thing
more of the Wing party Could the gem
tleman from MASSACHUSETTS ask of the Wing
party any thing more 10 enable John Tyler
10 carry on the administration Of this Gov
ernmenLl
The gentleman from Indiana Mr.. Ken
nedy) had said Mr. Tyler was an honest OIL
soul. and he would give his Adminis;ra,ln'.
an honest support, so far as he believed Il
entitled TO support /; and the gentleman uai-
ted with the gentleman from msssachusst'7
and his conductors on this floor in denour-
cling the Wing party in Congress for hay--
ing Withheld their support from this Admin
isira;ion; and yet, strange as ii might seem
the gentleman from Indiana mad voted a
gains, every solitary measure of the called
session Mr.. d. referred in term, of ant
madversion to some Of the doctrines advsr-
ced by the gentleman from Indiana, aud es-
pecially to the avowal that, as member o.
the Democratic party, he would no, advaHc9
any measure to the President tina, would b.
met by the veto power, and to his justifcs>