The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-01-05


on motion of Mr.. Linn lis farther corsid
GRAFTON was postponed 10 Tuesday nex,.
! The bill from the iiouse making appro-
priaiions for the civil and diplomatic ex.
prnses Of the Government for the year
SAB, was read twice aud referred TO the
Committee on Finance.
In the House q! Representatives on the
/, Goth December, Mr.. Gwln asked leave to
introduce resolution calling upon the
President for information relative 10 the
mulny on board the l.. S. brig Somers.-
Mr.. Andrews OF Ky. objected. Mr.. Gwin
moved the suspension of the rules. Mr..
Wise suggested TO Mr.. @. that court OF
Inquiry would Immediately be called and
/ the information asked for would transpire.
Mr.. G.. persisted in his notion, but the
House refused To suspend the rules.
i Mr.. Fillmore moved that the House re-
solve itself into Committee of the Whole
on the State of the Union for the purpose
of taking up the General Appropriation
bill. Negatived. When
Mr.. Everett moved that the House pro-
f ecu ~ tIlc EtiislutIdllblI Vi tilS lOlIOhii5
bill heretofore reported by him.
Be ii enacted Jyt6e Senate and House of Rep
resenfattres of the United States Of America IN
Congress assembled, That an act entitled "A
act 10 establish uniform system OF bankruptcy
throughout the United States" approved on the
18th August, ISL be repealed P,ceidsd, That
tits act shall not affect any case or proceeding in
bankruptcy commenced before the Jth of Decem-
Der, 1912, any pains, penatias, or iorieitures
incurred under sand act.
Mr.. Everett advocated the bill at some
length. Mr.. Barnard opposed il and NOV
ed its reference TO the Committee on the
Judiciary.
Mr.. G.. j. Ingersoll moved an amend
ment to Mr.. Barnard's motion, instructng
the Committee to report bankrupt act
excluding voluntary applicants, and banks
owned by States, and including such cor
porations not owned by States as issue
notes for circulation"
The question being on the amendment,
considerable debate ensued, in which
Messrs. Winthrop, Payne, Everett, Cor.
don, Arnold took part. MIR. Arnold NOV
ed to strike out excluding voluntary APP
plicants and banks owned by States, and :"
when Mr.. Pickens demanded the previous
question. Before taking the vote the
House adjourned.
In the House, on the 2lst, after a call
made on Committees for reports the bill to
repeal the Bankrupt act was again taken
Up. The demand for the previous question
(Which if seconded, cuts off The motion to
commit with instructions, and brings the
/ House to direct vote on the engrossment
of the BILL on the day before having pre-
cedence, Mr.. Gushing requested Mr.. Pick.
ems to withdraw his motion, Mr.. Pickens
consented if the gentleman would pledge
| himself to renew il. After an Intellectual
attempt TO amend Mr.. Cushing renewed
/ the demand for the previous question,
which was not seconded bv the House
The question then recurring on Mr.. Ar
noId's amendment, discussion sprung up
which consumed the balance of the sitting.
The following is an extract from Mr..
Arnold's remarks which tell some homeIy
truths:
i" Mr.. A. said the gentlemen were greatly ms
taken if they attributed the overthrow of the
Wings to the bankrupt law. Was it the bank.
rupt law that defeated honest John Davis by tho
abolitionist Morton 2 Honest John, one of the
noblest fellows that ever drew breath ? Was it
the bankrupt law that routed the gallant Tom
! Corwin man of the finest talents and Of un-
bounded popularity? And then there was Gov.
ernor Mouton, of Louisiana, somehow, he al.
ways got to calling him Gov Mutton, this
Gov, Mouton had voted for the law, yet the dem,
ocrats made wonderful Growing over his vcto
ry Was it voting for the law which put him in Z?
From voting the law. ho went home and was re.
cevcd like a demigod aud had ridden over his
opponent horse, foot, and Dragons. Did the
bankrupt law do that : Let not gentlemen de-
cove themselve The character of this admin
istration was so bad that nothing could be said
would hurt it: it had no effect. Men replied
" Oh, I've heard all that before ;" yet he would
whisper one truth in gentlemen's ears, THE LUST
OF OFFICE there was the true cause OF the Wing
defeat. This mighty passion had actuated such
man as Daniel Webster, when in Faneuil Hall,
the very cradle OF American liberty, he had ask
cd in most piteous accents, And where arc you
] going 10 place me Yes he cared not il the
Capitol were tumbling to the ground, and every
ship of our gallant navy buried in the deep, deep
sea- PROVIDED ne coulu DC permitted 10 nOlu an Oh
fec under John Tyler Here Mr.. A. inveighed
! with great wrath against the audacity Of such a
mans making such infamous avowals in Fan
euil Hail. Had the minister of the British King
dared to do the like in the days of our Revolu-
tionary fathers, they would have thrown him
out of the window, or tarred and feathered him.
or poltod him to death with brickbats. No, it
was not the bankrupt law that done this that
law was more snned against than shining. II
was The accursed lust Of office which enabled such
a man as John Tylcr-wthout talents-without
/ character-with nothing but previous baseness TO
90 upon-to keep men of the first talents in this
/ land dangling at his heels-waiting waiting
/ -hoping-tor an OFFICE He saw them
here every day he met them every where in the
/ purlicus of the House, in the Senate chamber
every where week day and Sabbath day they
were hanging about-caucussing, planning,
creeping, crawling, fattorIng, coaXing and all
for OFFICE.
/ Mr.. a. had asked one Of these gentlemen,
whom he well knew, and who had no ostcnsible
business here, what he was doing The man
+ looked as if he had been caught with sheep on
his back, n laugh, but told him in confidence he
had been promised an Office He met him again
some time after and enquired well have you
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