The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-10

the members manner winch tOlu me thdl
| there must be some strong and personal feeling
prompting his most sudden and remarkable annun-
citation. To be sure, he informed MS that he spoke
more in sorrow than in anger. Well that may be
| So Yet could not see his "souy." His "mad''
| stuck out "a feet and up1ayds."
In connexon with the threatening and very alarm.
ing annunciaton which have alluded TO, the hon.
member made mention of two grievances of which
he said his State complains, and which, in no very
deeorous language, he charged against the pres
ent administration. The manner and connexion in
which he made his allegation Of these grievances,
were such as to leave the impression upon the mind
Of the nearer, that they were the exciting and inn
| mediate causes Of the threatened detection Of the
Ohio democratic delegation in this hour Of severe
| trial. Otherwise, and If they were not the causes,
as have predicated, why mention them In cOnnex-
ion with the threatened defectionl
These grievances were two; First, (tell il not in
GATH publish il not in Askalon ~ that in distribu.
ling Offices the present administration had neglected
the State ofohio. quote the honorable members
| words:
"ohio il the third STATE IN the Uni0ni and yet Vhat has
she got from this adsH'yafOH' Has she foreign minister
NOt "A eOnsHiIhiP ghs second olsIsl MOI 0"s"
Hear him How he goes it la Jeremiah "Not
ooo.n "Not one" And echo from her solemn
caverns answers, "Not one" The subject being
poetical, the honorable member quotes verse. Said
"Csn these things he,
And overcome u like summer cloud
without our special wonderP
In whose person has the great State Of Ohio been
thus nsultingy neglected. Is it true that the hon
orabe member himself has recently been a suppl.
ant at the White Housel-that he demanded the
post Of paymasteT in the army, and that he re-
fused because ofhis being member Of Congress-
Is IL for this that complaint is 10 be entered against
the present administration before the people of
Ohio' And is it for this that they are expected
to 90 into mourning Is 1t for this that the Ohio
delegation are, on the important question Of
the tariff, TO desert the great body Of the dem
ocratic pary' Do our constituents send us here
to solicit Offices for ourselvesl And is il writ
ten in our instructions that il we fail to obtain
the same by decent solicitation, we may take adyan-
tage Of the administration, and TO force a compli-
ance with our selfish demands, we may by entire
delegations withhold our votes from measures ma
tured, and recommended by the President, necessa-
ry to the success of his administration, and const-
tuting in part the honor of the democratic party
And shall such things be done, attempted, in the
face Of the democracy Of the country, Of tive oppos.
ton, and ofthe world, and no tongue be found here
to proclaim the thing as it Ito develop motive,
and its meannessi
One would suppose that this complaint came from
State whose electoral vote had contributed TO the
election Of the present chief magistrate-to the
adjustment Of the existing administration But
when, after the manner of the honorable member
from Ohio, we ask How many electoral votes did
Ohio contribute to the democratic victory of l544
The answer, a Ia BRIsKERHOFF, rs mot one'-"not
one"-'not one"
&c. too, one would naturally imagine that this
complaint came from the mouth Of one who himself
had been consistent supporter Of the grand and
leading measures of the democratic party. Is this
the case Is he not the same Mr.. BRNKERHoFF
who, in the last Congress, made flaming speech
against the annexation Of Texas And TO that ex-
TENT at least, did not the honorable member con-
summate an aduerous connexion with whgery
Or with abolitionism2
Sir, we all remember il we'll The honorable mem
Der pronounced a philippe against the annexation,
yesterday The honorable member then voted for
annexation. Did he represent his constituents in his
speechl or by his vote or BOTH
And it is not true, also, that since the commence
ment of the present session, the vast majority of
the democratic party in each house of Congress ox-
pressed, by acts the most decided their desire for
the ad jusment of the Oregon controversy by AMIGA
BILE negotiations And 1t is not true that such just
ment has been made by the aforesaid And
is it not true that such adjustment has met the
pressed approval of majority of democratic sem
utors, and the implied approval of a great ma
jority Of the democrats on this foori And is it not
that far the action Of the President in the
premises is concerned, he was but the agent of the
great majority of his party Sustained by other par
ties generality and executed that which die
taed to HIM And is it not true that the President
concluded no such adjustment until he was advised
thereto by than the constitutional majority of
the Senatei And vet is it not true that the hon.
member, in his speech on yesterday, denounced this
action of his party Ga most disgracefu surren-
deri" Is it not true that this denuncation ut
tered after the fact when the adjustment could not
be recalled, and when the faithful pen of history
is writing it down act of the democratic party,
and of democratic Administrations And the hon.
member insists on inserting on the page declara-
ton that this democratic act is "disgraceful
render'-"base bird ;" &c.i e.
And is it not true that the hon. member, in his
speech yesterday, said to the vast majority of
tie democratic party on this floor, in the most
nsultingy triumphant manner, "We can defeat
your bill, and we will defeat your bil'H Did he
not make the declaration in that manner which in
dcated, in NATURES strong language, that it would
do his soul good to defeat the tariff action desired
by the mass of the democratic party here?
And in fine, do not these facts prove that on these
great and leading observation-disclosures, Oregon, and
the tarif-the hon orsble member was prepared to
vote against his party, denounced its grand meas
ures, and has pronounced against the action of that
party, when practicable result follow the de-
nunciaton, except the disgrace, so far as in him
lies, of that party, and the Administrations And is
it not true that each of these enumerated ques-
tons, his dissent from democratic action, instead of
being expressed in such modest phrase and modest
manner becomes dssenters from the mass of their
associates, mas Deen DelCheu lOTtn language ana
manner most particularly uproarious and vehemently
utra3 And do these things make the honorable
member meritorious democrat Of the first water'
Do they entte him to demand, knife in hand, Of
fee of the administration Do they strip Of enor-
nifty the "s,rike for higher wages" which the hon,
orable member made in this hall, yesterday,
openly, and in the manner of an injured mani
And, finally, has it come to this, that the repre-
scntatives of the people are to use their positions
here to get suck OF treasury pap, by either viii
ming, coaxing, wheeding, and solicitation, or,
those failing by boldly deserving their prn-
ciples, and their duty to their constituents, and,
"putting the screws" to the President, chosen by
the people not to pet members Of Congress into a
faithful discharge Of their duty by gifts Of office and
place, but to administer the government, and exc
cute the lawsi
Sir, how do our constituents understand the duty
of partisan statesman They do not understand that
it is his privilege to bile position given him
by them for his own personal benefit They do under
stand that his tme talents and personal services and
influence are for the time being theirs wholly theirs.
They do understand that he is to support an ad
minstration for the sake Of the men composing it,