The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1843-01-06
WING MORALITY AND DECENCY.

We hear and Sec great deal in the federal
papers OF dccency, morality. &c. and profanity
in their opponents, a cat sud- remari, loosely
made ont Of his seat, by Mr. Bynglon, in our
House of Representatives, and reported in that ~
ing and nquitous sheet, The Ohio State Journal
as part Of the proceedings, h1s gone the rounds
Of the news papers, while all acquainted with the
circumstances looked with contempt upon so foul
and petty lrck,lo acquire little capital Tor sheer
political purposes But what now, have we from
The United States Senate, from the very leader Of
moral, hvpocrltical federalism. We extract from
The reports in the National IHieligeHcer, the
federal organ of the nallon. We call The attention
Of those lins hypocriles Of Ohio,'o the truth from
their own leaders Let them onder IN ii. and an
swcr for it.
Exrlac, from the Senate proceedings, Feb Il,
1912,
"Alr CLAY was very sorry that the Senator
from pcnnsy vnuia, seated as he was, near him and
his (Nlr CLAY's) friends, had not imhbed some
Of the principles which ucluaied the Wings upon
this side Of the chamber, ard he had hoped that n
little of those principles would have reached tho
Senator, heart; but lA' Senator would still attach
himself to the other side, Notwithstanding all his
(AIr CLAY'sO Kind attentions. ] hey had, how
ever, gained something, and he gave the gentle
man credit for his candor in asserting TO his (Nr
CLAY's) principles with regard to the appointment
Of the commission. The senator Was, So far as
That was concerned, good Wig, and he con.
graduated him on the conversion, and hoped that
he would he restored 10 religion and 10 patriotism
once more. But the Senator seemed 10 have got
TOO much in his head about Pres Ger'iI candidates;
and, according To his (Nlr CLAY's) recollection,
this sam swariwoul never was candidate 'oI
the Wee Presidency
Mr. BUCHANAN. You don't read the news
papers.
Mr. CLAY said thu! he read 100 many Of them,
and that hi' friend from Pennsylvania had been
reviewing this suhjcc, with too much scrutiny and
nicely But where was the s'eeplcss eye OF cter-
nal vigilance that watched over the Treasury De-
partmenl when Sam Swariwout was nominated
for the Vice Presidency, and previous TO when
frauds had hcen committed at the custom house,
lie would, however, take the occasion to say that
he believed that Mr. Van Buren, was originally OPP
posed to the appointment Of Mr. Swarlwout. and
he had understood tia! the Senator from Penn
sy,unia was also opposed TO the appolrtmcnt;si
the selection was made ny me man OF ''e IRON WIZ
II was impossible Tor gentlemen 10 escape ,'om re-
spon,lhhhy' jesse lioyt was appointed ny Mr
,hh bnteh' hut 'he appointment was ,I"ue "g.,ns'
the cohsen! OF The Senator i'om New YORK "hh
regard to Inc increase OF inc cost o' ro"er'oh AZ
New lor"' 'ne per- cc., was Id "nuu' ''' uo'.
'tci"'s"P w 'u"'""U lu'"'r'' ~ ''"'' ~,
OF Swdr'wou' IL was o. u 'he senator "'r'u
not be responsible Tor this, would TIC answer LOT
Jesse lloyt!
Mr. BUCHANAN. No. sill.
Mir CLAY. IIhdt "a The Derf are you re-
ponsi6ie for lie was thorough going Loco
ioco, he never lad any Wing sympathy, and YET
the Senator Ind no sympathy for lloyt Does tho
Senator charge The Wings win responsibility
Mr. BUCHANAN. don't know.
Mr. CLAY said that lie would he extremely
happy to know. and that bad as sam was The cost
Of collection had nearly doubled under the admin
.,ralion Of Jesse lloyi. and had increased to L.
Under Mr. Jonathan Thompson, with a revenue of
fifteen millions, the total number Of persons en-
plcycd was 1863. hut after the first year OF sam
SwaItwout the number was increased TO 10y, and