The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-02-19

diately for musket and twenty rounds OF
cartridges. The poor fellow, hearing this
order, did not know what was to become Of
him. But very soon Gen. Jackson put the
musket in his hand, and said, stand there,
sir, and defend your cotton. Thus Gen. Jack.
son compelled him 10 stand up and defend
his rights Let all others who are interested
in property in this manner defend their rights
and there will be no danger. Why, sir, we
have men enough 10 form solid column from
this place down to the seaboard, and those
who are interested in the preservation OF
their property will defend il. This question
of dollars and cents cannot stand in the way
of our national defence from foregn invasion.
Who cares for the burning of some few ships
in cause of such magntude9 Have we not
made liberal reparaton for property destroy
ed by our enemy while it was used for the
public service? The whole history of our
Legislation on this subject proves it. Appli-
cations of this sort are now of daily occur
renee.
Twill pay my respects for few moments
to the gentleman from Va, who last spoke,
[Mr. LEAKE.1 admit that it was a great
speech, and admit all that the gentleman
claims for the Old Dominion. But times
change. The times was when Rome was the
pride of the earth. So, many of the cid ma
tions have in their day been great, and pro.
ductive of great men. But those nations are
not still the pride of the world, as once they
we're. Do the great statesman that once en-
ligtened them appear in them now? Do all
who come from them now bear the impress
of that greatness that in ancient times dis
tinguished them? No, sir. must now
speak of them as degenerate sons Of noble
sires. 1t does not follow that because Vir-
ginia has been productive ofso many Presi-
dents, every one who comes into this House
| from that State will also become a Presi-
dent.
Another gentleman from Virginia Mr..
BAYLY has made some remarks to which l
will briefly reply. That gentleman, in the
early part of The session, was charged with
being whig by gentleman from Kentucky,
[Mr. DAv1s.] l was disposed to resent tho
charge at first, as being unjustly made upon
one ofmy friends But now l am inclined
to agree with the gentleman from Kentuky,
though at first believed it 10 be charge
made for the purpose of detracting from the
influence and standing of one of my political
friends. Speaking now of AccoPack, it
was, ifI am not mistaken, the district from
which Mr.. Wise came. Mr. Wise came
here a Jackson man, died in the wool. He
became, after while, anti-Jackson, and
went back and appealed 10 his constituents,
and they sent him here again. After while
he became Tyler man; and still his con-
stituents, changing with him, sent him back
to Congress. The gentleman who now rep
resents the same people has also changed his
front; for he was, in 1910, an advocate for
"Tippecanoe and Tyler too," and made whig
speeches in my State. Under all these cir
cumstances, sir, it appears to me that the
electors in that district are not very stable,
and 90 not care who they elect.
Some gentleman here have charged me,
and my friends who act with me, with follow
ing the lead of the venerable gentleman from
Massachusetts, Mr.. ADAMs,l on this ques-
lion. | tell those gentleman that, in max
ing such charge, they show that they do
not understand the principles Of democratic
action. One gentleman remarked that
compliments from source always unfriend-
ly to that distinguished member, [Mr. AD-
AMs,] could not be considered as praise
But will say TO that gentleman, that, in
this remark, he has shown that he does not
understand the true principles Of democracy.
The time was when the democratic party
considered that the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts, [Mr. ADAMS, was acting wrong,
and they censured him accordingly. Butjthis
did notpreclude them from approving of his
course when he acted right. But, sir, you
cannot point to single instance in that gen.
tleman's long public career, wherein in any
controversy with a foreign power, and espe-
cially with England, he has not taken the
side of his own country. Ten thousand
times, sir, would | rather follow the lead Of
that gentleman than follow distinguished
leader in the other wing of the Capital, who
was once Jackson man, and then became
bitter foe to Jackson, and not only inflicted
a eensure upon Jackson, but refused to wipe
it out or expunge. Put your finger, sir, on
that gentleman and he is. not there. He has
been in favor of, and against. every admin
istration. | do not doubt that the gentleman
from Virginia, as he has said, has been dis
tinguished by the favors of the people in ev-
cry form since he first came into public life;
but | doubt whether the germ of democracy
was ever planted in him. When he charges
us with following the lead of the gentleman
from Massachusetts, or Of any man, he
speaks for effect, and for an effect not very
creditable to him. Twill not say Of him, as
the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr.. AD-
ANS once of an eminent person at the other
endof the Capitol, that, after expressing
such sentiments as he has done, he has but