Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-01-28

man (a1r B,dlack) 10 order.
The SPEAKER desired the gentleman from New
York 10 state his point of order
Mr.. BARNARD made statement not heard above
the general noise.
Mr.. PlCKENS. The gentleman from Pennsylvania
(hlr Bdock is only stating the question. lie is, there.
fore, clearly entitled to proceed
MIR. BIDLACK. am sure am right. If the gen.
eman calls me 10 order, viii show him how it is that
it is. fLaughler.
Mr.. BARNARD. My point Of order is, that the
gentleman not discussing approaching 10 discuss,
the question before the House.
The SPEAKER said he would remark to the Holse,
that the bill repeal the Bankrupt Law had cer,a My
given rise TO dsbae of very general and Irrelevant
character and not strictly in order If the gentleman
from New York, (Mr. Barnard,) should insist his
point of order-hat is strict observance OF the
rules of the House-ihe gentleman from Penns yyania,
(Mr. Bid!ack,) must take bis seat
MIR. BARNARD said he did insist upon it,.
Mr.. BIDLACK said, he would bow to the decision OF
the Chair. He did not much regret, that he was pre-
vented from proceeding in The strain in which he had
commenced, especially as bis remarks were applicable
tn party dcad-and the House will recoect
the old adoge-lhat we should say little about the
dead as possible, except what wns good :-"Ds mar
luis nal nisi bonum."-[ Laughter. He would re-.
mark, nevertheless by way Of apology, MANY mem.
was difficult 10 please Laughter l-Ile knew not
whether he could make speech Of an hour without
saying anything The subject. If the House had al
lowed him to say, what he wished in the frs, place. he
should have been done in ten minutes He was then
going on show that, in relation the currency The
people would not be satisfied with the adoption Of
mere resolution lSeveral-"Yon are out of order
now HE was told he out of order, because he
said something that related TO the subject At home,
he was reputed good .natured man-not 80 here. Ii
seemed, that could get nothing in that House,
except what he he'd to fight for Perhaps it would be
found he could do better at that than at speaking.
1t appeared to him that jorty Of this House
would be able 10 settle their accounts will, tie people
they conented themselves with merely adopting the
resolution, and then leaving The subject TO sumber.-
Whether that had been asserted in article in the
"Union,' Tend this morning by The gentleman from
New York, Mr. Fillmore, THAT Wing caucus had
prevented the Committee of Ways and Means from
reporting The Exchequer bl-wes true not, he had
means of knowing. Yet he feared determination
had been come to, TO do nothing; and there leave the
question He believed that /, in accordance with
the wishes Of distinguished individual-a candidate
for the Presidency-to leave the question open until
after the Presidential election, alleged have
hcrn his wish in regard 10 the Tariff any voices,
"Who is hc: That man must be dull Of coinprehen
sion who did not know 10 whom he alluded.
He was willing to let gentlemen enjoy all the OBJ
tusensss of intellect that they claimed and therefore,
he would not mention the name Of the Individual
What he wished to say was, that, though he was op.
posed to the resolution reported by the Committee
of Ways and Means, he not in favor of the ex.
chequer plan recommended by the Executive. He
opposed TO endorsing paper money any further than
was rendered necessary by existing demands on the
Treasury, which might be supplied by the Issue Of
treasury noes The plans of the President of The Sc
crc,ary of The Treasury, end of the gentleman from
Massachusetts, [a1r. Cusling,l were all recommended
by plausible reasoning. That Of the gentleman from
Massachusetts was ne thought, the most acceptable
But either was, in his opinion an entering wedge 10
nop yyh Ea ne
But he did not desire to discuss the exchequer What
he had sought an opportunity TO 90 TO show tina. II
the duty Of the majority to adopt some plan, and
that they could rot escape that responsibility by en-
deavoring TO throw upon the Presidents veto Of lie
Bank bill; for Mr. Clay himself had expressed his vii
ngness to dispense with the agency of The Bank Of The
L. S. if any other expedient could be devised Il was
this which had induced him to demur the aryume nj
of the gentleman from Kentucky, lMr. Underworld
who had endeavored to throw all the blame upon John
Tyers constitutional fact" He referred to what
took place when the gentleman from Kentucky was
the House, and when that gentleman Said
"The very fact that the present Executive attended
the Harrisburg Convention, that il declared in
every paper throughout The u S. that Mr.. Clay was
his avorte for the Presidency, had convinced the peo
pie that he would approve and sign anything that MIR.
Clay favored.
"alr. BlDLACK (Mr. U. yielding the Aoor) inquired
if MIR. Clay himself had not various occasions, and
particularly in his speech at Hanover disclamed that
he was in favor of National Bank Several voices,
"No"l If he had not said that it question which
to he postponed and submitted TO the decision of
the people,
"Mr. UNDERWOOD said he had never heard any
disclaimer imputed to Mr. Clay before, since the
voss Of 1910 commenced; if there was any thing in
any speech he (Mr Clay) had ever made, disclaming
the policy of National Bank, he was ignorant Of it.
He requested the gentleman to produce it,
He (Mr. b. pledged himself TO produce it. He had
done so heretofore in his speech the Bank bill at the
extra session. in which he produced evidence that Mir.
Clay was willing that other expedents should be tried
before National Bank resortedt to. Subsequently,
he had endeavorcd get the floor 10 redeem his EDGE
and as he had prevented by the taken he
now claimed the ght, on this occasion, 10 do what he
had been called upon to do.
All that he protested to be was an humble member
Of the Democratic party. lie was not sufficiently con
nected with the President TO enable him 10 defend him.
but his doctrine was "et Justice be done though the
Heavens fall He did think that the gentleman from
Kentucky argued unfairly in conending that John Ty.
Ter was guilty Of treechery in vetong Bank because
he (Mr. Tyler was once in favor Of Mr. Clay as Pre-
sidsnt The argument of the gentleman was this -
Mr.. Clay is in favor of Bank John Tyler was in
favor of MIR. Clay; therefore, John Tyler bound
10 sign Bank bill lie took occasion to say that this
was not correct conclusion, and tia, Mr. Clay, in his
speech at Tnylorsvle, had said that other expdents
might be resorted to. Sir. Clay expressed himself
willing to leave The matter 10 the arbramen, OF enght-
ened public opinion. Therefore, he contended that it
would not have been inconsistent in Mr. Clay had he
been elected President 10 have resored TO all other
cxpedients before he took Bank of the u. S.
In order not to do injustice 10 Mr.. Clay, he would
ask the enton of the House 10 the exact language
Of that distinguished individual, in bis published re-
marks. 1t is:
That the currency Of the country it's stability and
uniform value, and, as intimately and indssolutly con.
nec,ed with it, the insurance of the faithful perform
of the fiscal services necessary to the Government
should be maintained and secured by exercising al the
powers requisite TO these objects, with which Congress
constituiionel!y Invested These the great ends
TO be aimed at-,he means are Of subordinate impor
lance. Whether these ends indispensable to the we'll
heng, both of the people aud the Government, are 70
be attained by sound and safe State banks carefully
selected and properly distributed, by new Bank Of
The United Statec, with such limstions, conditions
and restrictions have been indicated by experience,
should be left to the arbitrument of enlightened public
opinion"
He would take occasion 10 say that Mr.. Clay scourse
in his Hanover speech, not in accordance with his
general holiness and openness Of character. In that
speech be but pursued portion of The Wig policy IN
1910. which was call things TO all Tien" Therefore,
MI Clay told the people of Virginia, with whom, he
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