The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-01-19

Mr.. HAkALSON asked the consent OF the House
10 withdraw from the files certain paper Of Il. Han
son and others.
Leave was granted
Mr WINTHROP asked leave of the House the
state OF Maryland being unrepresented-to with
draw from the files Of the House, certain pspeis be
longing to citizen of Baltimore.
Leave was granted.
Mr. CAVE JOHNSON renewed his motion foi
the House 10 resolve itself into Committee OF the
Whole on the state Of the Union which was agreed
TO.
The SPEAKER vacated the Chair and called Mr.
WINTHROP thereto, who announced TO the Committee
OF the Whole, that the subject before them the
resolution of the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr
IhomassoD) instructing the Committee of Ways and
Means TO report an appropriation Tor the improve.
ment OF the
WESTERN WATERS.
Mr.. WELLER and said that, on yesterday,
he promised TO pay his respect, to the gentleman
from Pennsy avana Mr. Stuart to-day and he should
proceed to comply with that promise. But that the
House may properly understand the difference be-
tween that gentleman and himself il is necessary TO
go back to its origin.
The gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr. Thomson
with the feelings OF his heart had introduced reso-
luton calling upon the Committee of Ways and
Means to make an appropriation for the employment
OF snag boats in the Mississippi TO protect the lives
Of our unfortunate fellow citizens and had stated to
the House, at the time, the loss of Of our fell
low-citizens by the smuggling OF the steamboat Shep-
hcrdess near ST Loui', and while this gu stion was
before the House, which required p;ompt action on
the part of this body, the gentleman from Pennsyl
wanna Mr.. Stuart) came forward and covered
The whole ground of party politics, reiterating an
"od stump" speech, which he MIR. Weller) did
then, and does now, say was an insult to this House
The main object of his speech was 10 place him In
false position before the country. 1t was an attack
upon Mr.. Van Buren,, known to be his choice
for the Presidency, and the choice of the People
of the West, in which he Mr.. Stuart had stated
untruths, mich he ready to prove to the salts
faction of every member of this House and the coun-
try at large.
After that gentleman had disgorged himself of his
vile ISLANDERS against Mr. Van Buren, and his friends
he felt himself und to state to that gentleman and
the country that his statements were untrue, and
when he made The remarks, and found the gentle
man from Pennsy lvaDia absent be had distinctly
stated that he should embrace another opportunity
of telling that gentleman that the remarks he had
made re untrue, and if he did not place the brand
upon him Mr. S. he would take the brand himself
That gentleman had stated in the of his re-
marks yesterday that he Mr.. w and his Western
friends must desert their principles and stand by
their man, or desert their man and stand by their
principles, TO be consistent which he did here in
the face Of that gentleman and the world pronounce
untrue.
MIR w. said that, he might not be misunderstood
he lwould read the remarks of that gentleman from
the National lntelligencer, which he presumed to be
good authority for gentlemen the other side of the
House, upon which he based this assertion, without
a shadow Of truth, that, 10 be consistent we would
be compelled to abandon our principles or our
man. Mark what he had 10 say; he did not
wish to be misunderstood this sub ect The gen.
tleman from Penns yyanla stated in his remarks, aud
here they reported in the lntelligencer that Mr..
Van Buren, had withhe the estimates OF the Cum
berland road.
Mr. STUART; presumed the fact.
Mr. WELLER There Is no presumption In The
matt ii is positively asserted, and when he was
asked if he made the remarks lac denied them. II
there is gentleman on this side OF the House who
will say the gentleman from Pennsylvania did not
make the remarks just read and which he denies, he
/ Mr.. w would retract No man will take back
what he asserted. Then the untruih of the assertion
j. clearly established. I he gentleman from Penn
sylvania had stated what Mr.! Van Buren, had done
and when he was asked if the remarks, as reported,
were made by him, he denied them. Here is false
hood number one take it, aud brand your rshsad!
Then, to escape from the unensiable position he
had occupi d, sub ect foreign from the one un-
der consideration; he skulks behind an inference"
But no gentleman upon the floor of this House
has right to infer falsehood, t" as he Mr. $. had
done in This instance Yesterday, in the course OF that
geDtemans remarks, TO screen himself IRON the di
lemma in which he had placed himself as yolun-
teer he denied the statements contained in his speech
in the lnte yencer and which had gone forth to The
world under his sanction truths aud now he creeps
out of IL by saying he was not member OF Mr.. an
Buren's Cabinet, therefore he could not know the
fact that the estimates had been Withheld but ia
fsrea il as a fact, and calls upon me Mr.. W. 10 dis
prove all he saidyes all, all he said Is II TO be pre-
sumed that any on the face of the earth could
occupy the floor Of this House for an hour without
telling truths II there is such man, he must be
the greatest preyarlcaor on tie face OF the earth.
Mr.. w. said to illustrate the false issue the gentle
man from Pennsylvania ished TO make, by placing
him in the position 10 dsproye all he SAID, he would
relate aneodote of tayern-keeper AID an Indian.
The Indian said to The tayernkeeper If you will give
me glass Of whisky, will tell you where you can
kill deer he tsyern-keeper very readily sssenied,
and gave the whisky TO the Indian, who told him
to go into a Ger ain field, and he would there
see a certain large oak tree, with three nolches
cut in it and under that tree he would find
the deer. The tayern-keeper started for the spot
with his rifle, and went to the field, but returned
without the deer. On meeting the Indian he told
him be had been 10 the spot designated but he found
no deer. The Indian then replied, you found the
tree Yes You found the three notohes in the reel
Yes You found the DEER No. Then said the To-
dian smacking his lips with the whisky, it is very
god for an Indian 10 tell THREE truths and ne.
This is the position Of the gentleman from Penn
sylysnia who insists that oil that he stated must be
proved to be untrue before he would take the brand
which is virtually admitting, like the Indian, that he
told some trulhs, ana some Hes Inc gehuemhn
shall no, force into such position, because he
had made no such remark. lie had said that he
would dsproye all that the gentleman from Pennsyl-
vsnia had said about Mr.. Van Buren's Withholding
the estimates for the Cumberland Road, and his OPP
position to oil improvements. These he would dis
prove and which amounts TO falsehood No. g.
The doctrine in the Veto Message Of the Maysville
road bill was the proof of the opinion Of Gen jack
son and those who acted with him. In that Message
no where can IL be found that General Jackson was
opposed to all Improvements lie expressly states
IN that Message that he is only opposed TO
local and sectional Improvements, which does
not embrace all improvements, as asserted by
the gentleman from Pennsyl vanis, but only local
improvements and this d, he evidence, from which
he stated yesterday that Mr.. Van Buren, was OPP
posed to oil Improvements, but to-day he infers
In. fact and denies his speech as reported IN his