Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-04-20

n. Joassosi when the gentleman from Onto ss, a. .ni
says IN has place that the Senate has Inundated sethst
has adoptrd miserable. feeble. patcrnT contracted
snd As h. sesd have said sbeet and savish
let me tell hm hath does know this body nor the
material Of which u !. composed. And let add there
smother and more difficult lesson which fear the SEN
nt0t has Yet o learn aud that H. TO know himself When
he knows himself little better he will be In
better 10 appreciate what due from him the Senate
lie nny saunt himself his assumed Office OF exclusive
dlea'or 81 the President Of the u s. and defender Of tho
honor Of the House Of but that him no
warren, to treat this body with want OF consideration. As
member OF the Sensc feel that i dignity been
sailed aud is character uaduced Ny personal share
In the remarks Of the gentleman and my personal sense
oi injury and offence, absorbed in the stronger convc
ton OF the disrespec which has been msnife.,eJ
hs body The Senate has adopted the substance OF
oluon which had myself the honor TO Offer and the gen
ernsn has felt himself authorized characterize reso
ton which had just received the =. this body
poor patty. ALTERING. tmid tremuous thing tell that
Senator that tho majority OF this Senate aud the humble
dtvidua who addresses 10 little ed by the
dread of any responsibility that of doing wrong the
chairman Of the Committee OF Forien Relations.
Docs IL belong TO this body TO submit TO remarks, no
matter with what force vehemence of gesteuauon and
loudaess OF tonc they be delivered, which convey
furious ,mputnions It's official and public
T. for one shall stand here be rcbuke hear
this Senate schooled called to by such
thorty The gentleman undertakes make himself the
advocate aud defender OF the House of Representatives
Why sir who what the House OF Of
tbe United States that stands in need OF sseA adyo-
The gentemans advocacy OF one Of the Houses OF
Congress equally OF alton, shall OF
assumption. with his rebuke OF the other Who here has
nrraigned the House Of Representatives. Who is there
nng us h, does not think of and uea, with the most
profound respect Who among us is 10 learn from
that very experienced gentleman that the House Of Repre-
,onativea fs Ordinate branch of the American Gov
nen,7 And when before did any member OF this body
rise in his place and toll that be controlled
our action here by the scton OF naores the argeness
of magazines in the other House of Congress1 The gen
teman tells us OF the majority by which certain resolu
has passed body and he brings that here
argument to govern and 10 control us 10 our ndepen
enI ~ snfty hat, fhan ~
Congress think of member there who should tell them
thai the Senate had passed out
ola decent respect the Senate they pass tool
Would that House think viley OF u.s. could be
acuated by such motive, We in the like case, should
be warlntod in thinking of themf As the presiding o
of this body appeal you whether in speaking in
this Chamber of and nsioriues Of n coordinate
branch the subject before the member from Ohio
has violated than the rules of order of the
Senaiei The theory Of the Constitution is. that the
branches OF the Legislature shall independently OF each
other; and the rules which forbid reference what
done the other branch has foundation that princi
pie. II is for Judge whether both the rule and the
principle have here been violated The gentleman is
chairman of the Committee Foreign Relations; but
what confidence reposc his lectures addressed
great national aurs. while he is himself wanting
-rspoei the body which he beongsi In attempting
nAueEce this Senate by holding up to us the courso OF
o. House he has violated the order OF the Senate and
l,,.,ea II with disrespect
sc not to be Influenced in that way, much less is
t.-' lfeman to hector aRd tell us that
bound this that OF action because the House Of
representatives has adopted How would they submit
TO such an indgnyl hope that no more such sn2unge
will. be permitted here. 1t is offensive The gentleman
tells that the President will hide behind bush. What
does he meanl Does he that the Senate will do III
II his remark of that innocent OF rhetoric which
has meaning IN M The gentleman is calling upon
for unsnimy; he beSeechng here be unanimous
Why, sir the like heardl A gentleman IN n
small minority Of this body, calling upon continually for
unanmit He very modesy requires that all the other
members OF this body shall abandon their opin
sons 90 the very small minority which ne be-
SIR he con hen
" point other mode u arriving unanmiyl Sup
pose the gentleman himself should psck up with all his
dgntes OF chairman OF the Committee on Foreign Rea-
mons, and go over TO the majority would not that be some
approach to unanmtyI No. SIR, thai will no. do We are
h suppose To consent that views shall be unheeded
and we are all to come over to him as the great Standard
bearer, beneath whose banner alone all national unanimy
all patriotic unanimty, all unanimy becoming Amer
can is to be found Yes, sir There is TO be no contra
band there The Tag evey thing, and be the
witness OF the nationality OF all which spread and
of the gentleman of those Who under it, Real
y. sT. have supposed il to be possible that
may have much patriotism and much bravery an the
ordinary scenes Of human life the Senator himself
and yet not rally under that standard The gentleman
seems to think he has an unanswerabe claim 10 invoke
unanimiy, because he tells that for many long year
ne himself on great public measure stood SOLITARY and
alone" He was then. imagine, not quite ardent in ia
Yor OF unanimity.
Bat mark IL. sir. such The effect, such the influence
ol that magpanmous example, that now the Senate and all
mankind are come 10 rally round the gentleman from Ohio
True, he says took five years accomplish this. Now
sH Wal MOI tue senator nave magnannlY enough 10 Ill
low Us hive years TO resign principles and convic
lions and adopt hist Or does he demand instant submis
sioni And rs that his new doctrine OF unanimiyf
had thought, according TO the arrangement proposed.
that were to-day TO do little else than We all
know that that Senator both mere IN his pace and in his
personal intercourse with u.s. has expressed the greatest
possible desire ana soeiiude ha We would INK upon day
when we should arrive at result IN this matter and yet
nov, "hen that day u come, when the Rentemon's own
appointed tune mas aved the course OF the Senate which
he earnestly invoked and which TO bring deli
beratons 10 cOse has only qnekened him TO renewed ef
forts IN prolongng tins contest lie now tells us that he
will vote against oil resolutions have not adopted
ms amendment. he against the whole. Well, SIR be
II so; the genemans mag doubt be d Of
great regret, and he may consult his personal dignity by
Standing alone another five years and waiting IN solitary
grandeur till all the Senate and all Congress shall flock and
coDgregate about him. Achilles in his tent Yes, sir
Achilles in his tent! Laughter. | wonld still recon-
mend the lesson 10 which have once reiened-know thy
self IL Is the wisest lesson that any man can learn
The honorable gentleman finds now tor first time
that the preamble which the adopted in
coherent and irrelevant 10 the other portion OF the resolution