The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-07-05
MIR. sPEECH.

readers this week with an extract from Mr..
Claytons great Speech delivered on the 18th
ult. at Wilmington Delaware. We do so be-
cause the extract can be left out of the
speech entire, which we shall give next
week, without any injury to it as a whole.
As well remarked by the Cincinnati
Chronicle, "Mr. Clayton is one of the great
pillars of the Wing party. He is a man of
eloquence, acknowledge, of talent; possess
ing all of these qualifications in a degree ex-
eeded only by a few men Of his party in the
United States. He is a man destined to per-
form an honorable, an important, and an use
full part in the wing administration of the
country. His relation of his experience with
Mr.. Dallas is humorous and sad-sad, be-
cause it shows how plant is the conscience
of a man now a candidate for the second of
flee in the Government.
"There was another citizen on the same
ticket with Mr.. Polk who merited a passing
notice at this time; he referred to George
Dallas, the candidate for the Vice Presiden-
cy OH the modern Democratic ticket. Ithas
been said that Mr.. Dallas is a Democrat, ac-
cording TO modern acceptationo of that term.
Now that mightbe SO, but he (Mr. c. would
like to know what the definition of Demo
crat'' is-for when he and the gentleman
served in the Senate together they were
virtually of the same party. George M. Dal-
las sat in 1912 with him (Mr. c. in the Sen
ate, and like all other good Wings, the gen.
tleman was in favor of a Bank Of the United
States-(Cheers and laughter.) Why George
was the Father of the Bank Bill (Roars Of
laughter, with some expression of astonish-
ment.) Yes, Continued Mr.. C.)George came
to US from Philadelphia with a great memo
rial in his pocket and told US he was going
to introduce tito the Senate, and that he was
going for the re-charter of the Bank. He
took the lead, we only followed in his wake.
He made a motion to refer it to a Select
Committee and ofcourse, as is usual in such
cases, he was appointed Chairman. Well,
he reported a bill, and | thought it was a
very good bill. | voted for it, but they say
that the thing which he brought forth ON thai
occasion was a monster, Qaugh)-a monstel
Of iniquity and yet George is good demo
crat. they say. He not only reported ths
bill but VOTED for it in every stage Gifts pas
sage. He advocated it in every instance
He and others thought it was necessary tt
speak, and he always spoke when he had
anything to say-and he sometimes had
and a BITTERER BANK MAN | never saw thar
George wasi (Renewed laughter.)
Whenever an attack was made agains
the Bank there stood George M. Dallas eve
ready to defend it. To use a very rough
and homely phrase common in the West-he
clicked horns" with Thomas HI. Beaton.-
(Continued laughter.) AsI have already
said, George not only voted for it on all oc
casions, but he also, when the President sen
it back with his Veto, voted against the Veto
And, when Mr.. Corwin of Ohio, expressed
in a conversation with him, his apprehension
that the Executive would Veto the Bill
l George declared that he dare not do i'll
: Well, General Jackson did do so, and the
r next thngwe know is that George had com,
: out a th5rough-going Democrat, "dyed in tn
; WOOL" and opposed to Bank. (Great laugh
ter.)
u WOt 4 lIfuot give 1Ou q uLtl I1OiC dDOu
D George. He's a clever fellow, and l lik,
10 talk about him. Modern Democrats sa,
that Mr.. Clay's bill to distribute the proceed
of the Public Lands would corrupt the PEG
e pie. Now, | remember that Jack Cad
i, complained to Lord Say that he had corrupt
t ed the people by establishing a Gramma
k School!
Well, if there were any corruption abou
it, Mr.. Dallas voted for it in every stage oft
g passage! and did not know a warmer an,
g more sincere advocate of it than that gentle
It man.
On the last night of the session of 1888
e we who we're the friends of the Land Bill
were in great anxiety TO know its fate
being then in the hands of the President
e The friends of the Compromise saw that
e that bill was defeated, one of the chief OF
o ects ofthe Compromise would also be delea
ed--the land fund would remain a part {
the revenue of the country, and consequen
ly the wants of the government would b
d supplied from that source as well as from th
duties on imports, directly in the teeth {
the stipulations of the Compromise. Fe
that reason, and many others | would assign
we felt alarmed for the fate of the measure
We did not know what Gen. Jackson wa
going TO do with the bill, but we took a liz
of ayes and noes, and ascertained that two
thirds were ready to pass the bill, ifhe con
piled with the requisition of the Constitute
and returned the bill to the House in whic
1t originated. We went several times-on
or the other OF us--to the White House,
learn, if we could, IFS fate. / think M