The Hillsborough recorder., 1846-04-16

coDcops upon such question IS lheses II
. WOO be p0siiiesl hypocrisy. I reas 10
an k1enczn Senate The lessons which
WaAinglOa taught, and upon which
Washington acted; sBd if thai be treason,
make The most of NJ"
B4s, before yoh strike. tlse People shah
hear Are noi shese lhe true principles of
the Constitution upon which every Ad.
miniskatioa Of this Government, from
Washington dOwn--Fcderal and Demo
cralic~-hase asled--hsse acted, | say-in
the management Of our foreign affarsi |
challenge refuiaIion BY their acts-not
mere words. Il is Southern Democracy,
Mr. President, beyond all dispute. ID is
that spri which | have always professed;
not Ike a potato, that grows under the
ground Il The root; but which blooms and
bears is fruit in the open air Of heaven,
and then ripens and is fil for use.
lsay nothing about Legislative lnstrue-
tons; aol word. Ihaye not time 10 speak
upon lhal point, so as 10 express myself in
a maoner 10 avoid misrepresentation; and
il is not necessary ! should raise that
question before | shall be instructed. Suf-
fee 10 say, that North Carolina has not
instructed her Senators. esteem il jew
el in the crown Of my State, that North
Carolina never did, in any party mutations
or political excilemenls, instruct her Sena-
tors upon atrealy or treaty-making. SO far
as know. lpresume il willnot SO much
as be pretended that ought to pay obe-
dieHce 10 the MANDATES Of any other State.
CAt this stage Of his remarks, Mr.. Hay
wood gave an amusing account Of the
game Of politics 70 be played with this
Oregon question in presidenl-making.
The substance, was, that the great Western
Democratic statesman Mr.. Benton, r
The had seen ever since last summer. +
was 10 be drummed out Of the party. with
the false label upon his back of" traitor 20
Oregon" The great Southern Democrat.
ic statesman, (Mr. Calhoun) was 10 be dis.
missed, falsely labelled with the cry o.
"Punic faith to 0regonl" The Senato
sor Arkansas. (Mr. Seyier.) another elo
quent and early friend of Oregon, woule
find himself marched out for his want o
foresight--because in the last Congress b.
made speech for the notice, but, instead
Of going for /. all or none," fight or nc
fight" he had got for his reward vul
gar patch to. his back, of " notice for The
sake Of negotiation" The Secretary oil
State Mr.. Buchanan) and all the Cabinet
would probably be dismissed, in body,
: from t3e parry, branded as British com.
nor Of New York slfIif ifhiii life ibbaft ibbafttGy,' tGy'Sff
II. asked what Of him! How is he to
be got rid of! "Oh, that will be small
job. provided the indignation against the
Washington treaty can be kept up 10 a
white heat long enough, as he voted fol
its ratification" Then turning 10 Mr.
Webster: "The Senator from Massachu.
sets may see more amicable excuse fol
certain stale structures upon the " Washing
ton treaty" than malice towards the negc'
tiator. Governor Wright, as Senator
J, voted for its ratification; and he happens
not to be here to vote upon Oregon. So
d" Ratification Of the Ashburton treaty
will be his badge upon his dismissal. Dur
= ing this part of the speech there was much
: laughter, and the picture, although drawn
seriously, was exhibited in good humor
I, lie then proceeded as follows:
II Why, in the name of all that is safe Il
: my party, where do the Democrats expec
: to find a Presidential candi late! Wht
will be our President after we have expel
e lei all our biggest men' Sir. | am sure
:. do not know.
mir. Hannegan, remarked Take hin
= from amongst the people, where we go
: one before."1
Oh. ay: then he is 10 be taken from
y amongst the people, is he, without resort
0 ing tosuch statesmen as those have nam
r ed! We shall see, however, whether tn
o people agree to have this game played al
e ter three years notice.
It There is mistake, however, Mr.. Pre-
h sident in what the Senator from Indian
: exclaimed at his first sight of my imperiec
n picture. In my State, lie, me tell that Sc
e nator, when Democrats talk of " the pee
e ple," we mean the Masses" the" bon
e and sinew" of the land, as distingulshe
e from the statesmen, lawyers, politicians
u and such like. In that sense | deny tha
" President Polk was got for candidate iror
: among the people" He has been pc
: litician all his life, and we knew it whe
!, he was nominated. Thank God for il! h
IL has now proved himself to have bee
1t more--one of the statesmen of this gre;
country. And if he will only stand up b
Ie the side Of Washington, as he has dom
10 and hope he will do, he will be entitled
n, out lasting admiration. That sort Of fla
le terry to the people would not take at a
e, with :" the people" in my part of Il
l. world, andl should be sorry to think
he would tickle the people very much an
is where. 4 man is no worse as man, b
to cause he does not possess the learning al
te political experience which are requisite
es fit him for the station of Chief Magistra