Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-01-07

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boldly siaked into the Representative Hall of People
and held the pos of Office whatever else of power
ght have around the Executive brought
them into market for sale TO the highest bidder.
Mr.. T. had said that the gentleman from Ma.sachuse,a
spoke by authority He did not do the Administration
the gentleman injustice when he said IT, This declaration
was not founded on idle il though,ls.sy
made he had put ii ON the declaration of the gentleman
himself, in speech of his when, Massach he
rendering an account of his stewardship his
and referred 10 transactions in the Cabne, of the President
OF the United States There before the people Of the Uni
ted States the gentleman had declared authority. that
he authorized that the President United
States had proposed his Cabinet announce his in,en-
lion to decline reelection to the Presidency. The gen.
teman that occasion had spoken'by authority" From
whom did he the authority From the President
the United States! lie must have received i, from
President from the Secretary State those being
y two men who, from the nature OF things would have had
the Of commune ting information the .uhect
When had President United forgotten the
high and elevated he had assumed the last session
of Congresss In the interim between the
the last session. the charge made boldly Throughout,
country that the manifesto W hgs applies office.
that their letters file, they hnd humbly
ed like menals The lootstool Of administration which,
when would not reward them they turned about and abu
sed They had called the President u. States,
by of the House, and tell the
these men were-who there of the Wing party
House who had thus BUNDLED himself the footoo Of
Executive power "Why.'' said the Presiden, the U.
States, 'sths ia confidence; divulgo
their shall be dsgraced il do it.'' How, thcn,
it proclaimed by authority, asked Mr.. r. that
these application flel But sooner had the
President assumed this high ground Of
party and influences. than he had authorized
the gentleman Massachusetts go high
Cabinet and, only this but TO proclaim what had ta-
ken place regard negotiations between this House
the Executive department. of Government The public
been gavey told by the President United States.
by those spoke President, extra
sion of Congress, committee of the House called
President OF the United States in order negotiate terms
with him in regard his duty President of the United
States. Mr. T. took say that, no
implicated in this charge, totally he hur
led il him with and Indignation. And he most
religousy believed be toto cello. Where
the menu Name them. lie asked for their
country might know great Wing party Of 1910,
Massachusetts a n
member il was tina, had thus dated tamper with the
President; Mr. T. believed that no such commune alton
had been made with President Of United States,
either the pa OF the Wings in person. by portion
of Them tina, were authorized TO make such unc
But this whole course o: conduct tho part
OF the Administration, aud from the gentleman
from Massachusetts as It's organ, was but 10 kee-
ping with the position which the gentleman him
self had assumed in the OF his speech Of
yesterday. Mr. Il. had said that this was the FIRST
time in the history Of civilized Governments
when the Government Of a country-ihose hold
ing possession Of the power OF the Government
had como into market openly, and offered that
power for sale TO the highest bidder The gen.
ileman had said that the Wing party. (and he
boas ted and exulted its destruciion) Of which
he himself was once member. whose tenets md
opinions he himself had once proclaimed from this
Hall, and Of which he had been able defen-
der, was dashed to pieces and DESTROYED; that the
banner under which he had then rallied was
trailing, having been dragged down from tho
proud staff on which he had helped to erect il, by
the Executive power Of the country.
The gentleman told them that tho Wing party
had knocked out their brains against this "fact'
which existed in the Constitution. [Laughter.1
VIVA, was tina, fact3 The veto power. l, was
a sefevident fact, (the gentleman had said,)
standing like pillar before them, against which
they had knocked on, their brains, and as they
no longer helped the Administration along, i,
was the high, solemn, responsible duty Of tho
President Of the United S.atee, and those who
where they migh,-amongst the minority on this
floor who would aid him in carrying the Go.
vernment.
But The gentleman, speaking by authority, said
TO the minority on this floor, "That self-evident
fact still you in the face, and If you dsro
to turn your backs on these promises Of the Ex-
ecutive, you too shall have your brains Knocked
out by this same fact in the Constitution. That
was to say, the Wing party in Congress. with
their majoriies AT the extra session, at the last
session Of this Congress, have been check-maied
by the same veto power in the Constitution, and
your ma or,ies in The Congress Ill be check
mated too, unless you come TO the support Of the
President Of the U. States 10 his peculiar policy.
This, said Mr.. IT,, open offer TO the par
ty constituting the minority on this floor, TO pros
,itu,e themselve. at the foot Of the shrine of
power. !, remained TO be seen whether the gen.
,eman could get bid for the article he had thus
offered for sale. Judging from the expression of
opinion the part Of the organ Of the Democrat.
ic party Of this morning, Mr.. T., should incline
to think tina, at least that portion Of tho party
reparded the article offered for sale as somewhat
damaged. [Laugh.erl He supposed il must be
a remnan of an old stock on hand Bot il seem.
ed that there no bidders on the other side Of
this House, so far portion Of the Demo-
cratic party was concerned and the een,lemsn
MIGHT find that the President Of the u. States
would again be obliged to exercise the self-evi.
fact. The gentleman told them that. indie
pendent of this fact in the Cons,i,uion--this vc-
to power, which was capable Of being welded BY
the President for the destruction Of the legisla.
ton f,he coun,ry-that there is something else
in the Executive arm, which ought to strike ter.
ror into the hearts Of all opposed 10 the Execu-