Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1844-02-17

liar situation. ! found him several wears
ago in the hall way house, where he seems
afraid to remain, am from which ne Is yet
unwilling TO 90. Ihad thought alter the
thorough Kidding which the roof of The
house had received in the breaking mp OF
net system, he would have fled somewhere
else for refuge; but there he still stands,
solitary and alone, shivering and pelted by
the pi,iless storm. The sub-treaslry Is
repealed-the pet bank system is abandon
ed-the United States Bank bill is vetoed /;
and now, when there is as complete and
perfect reunion of the purse and the
sword in the hands of the Executive as
there ever was under General Jackson or
Mr.. Van Buren,, the Senator is for doing
nothing! The Senator is for going home,
leaving the treasury and the country in
their lawless condition'
81 deprecate this expression of opinion
from that gentleman the more, because,
although the honorable Senator processes
not to know the opinions O. the President,
it certainly does turn out in the sequel that
there is mos, remarkable coincidence be-
tween these opinions and his own, ana ne
has, on the present occasion, defenoea me
motives and the course of The President
with all the solicitude and all the iervent
zeal of n member Of his privy council
[ A laugh There is rumor abroad 'ha'
a cabal exists-a new sort of kitchen cab.
inet--whose object is the dissolution Oh
the regular cabinet--the dissolution ofthe
Wing party-the dispersion OF Congress,
without accomplishing any OF the greai,
purposes of the extra session-and total
change, in fact, in the whole face OF our
political affairs" -
And what was the reply of Mr.. Rives!
"Mr. CLAY having concluded his second
speech on the veto message
"Mr. Rives rose and said he must DC
permitted to express his surprise al the eN'
traordln ny exhibition Of vehemence we
had iu,t Witnessed from the honorao,e sen
ator from Kentucky. He was wholly al d
loss to conjecture what there was III uny
thing he had said to provoke SO towering
an outbreak of wrath and eloquence' l."
the remarks he had made in reply ~ ''' q
honorable Senator, he had limited hlmSe'i
ct. ic,ly TO a defence ola high puono ''',o.
lionarv, who had felt him called Oh ny
the most solemn Of all oblig atoms 70 eS"l'
great conservative power placed IN MS
hands by the Constitution Of his country
against animadver>io0s and reproacheS
which he believed in his conscience were
altogether unmerifed. It was an act Oh
Justice. which should have despIseo my !,I
self, (said Mr.. r. if | could have sat sun
in my seat, with the materials Of jus'Ilica'
ton 50 abundanty existing in my own
knowledge, and have withheld from tne
humblest Of my fellow citizens when mus
assailed.
"'The Senator from Kentucky may nave
iealousies and suspicious in his mind as 10
nv course here; but, if he has, permit me
to say to him he does me great lnIusilce'
concur with all cheerfuness, in the sell-aP,-
proving sentiments he has pronounced
with so much emphasis, in regard 10 MS
own high character for courage and patri'
otism.
"The Senator from Kentucky saws he
found me several years ago IN this nal,
way house, which. after the thorough rid
ding the roof had received in the breaking
up of the pet hank system, he had supposed
| would have abandoned. How could ]
find il in nv hrart. Mr.. President, TO aban-
don il when found the honorable Senator
from Kentucky (even after what he calls
the Kidding Of the raf 40 a. yipus 10 take
refuge in il from The ruins f us own con-
demned and repudia,ed system, and where
he actually took refuge for four long years
as have already stated? When first bad
the honor TO meet the honorable Senator
in this body, found him not occupying the
humble but comfortable halfway house,
which has given him shelter from The
storm for the last four years but more
lordIy mansion. gaudy 10 look upon, bat
altogether unsafe to inhabit, Old, decayed,
rat. eaten, which has since tumbled TO the
ground with IFS own rottenness, devoted
10 destruction alike BY the indignation OF
man and the wrath of Heaven. Yet the
honorable Senator, unmindf;I OF the past,
and needless of the warnings of the pres
ent, which are still ringing in his ears,
will hear Of nothing but the instant recon-
struction of this devoted cdiice."
81 owe il to myself, MIR. President, be-
fore close, To- say one or two words in re-
gard to this gorgon of a caba', which the
Senator tells us, upon the authority OF
dame Rumor, has been formed 10 break up
the cabinet, 10 dissolve the wing party,
and 10 form a new or third party. Altho'
the Senator was pleased to acqult me OF
being member of this supposed cabal, ne
vet seemed to have some lurking jealous
les and suspicious in his mind on the sub.
iect, Twill tell the honorable Senator,
then, that know Of no such cabal, and |
shonld really think that was the last man