The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-07-17
NJ NEsEEs Al.

| you have a deficit OF three millions TO start
With But the gentleman from New York
{ Mr. liuneeriurt) very clearly deuonstin
Ted N his speech Of yesterday that ) ouf bill
would produce deficit ol much more Than
! three millions.
Tie average expenditure Of this Govern.
mens has been shown 10 be nearly twenty.
sly millions per annum, and ytu have
brought us bill which, without lea and
coftc, will not give you eighteen millions
! am under no pledge 70 20 for tanA 10
destroy revenue, and especially when II ~
loreaecn and is 80 intended tina, this shall
lead TO permanent tax on tea ard coffee
! suppose If We refuse TO insert the Tx in
tins bill, you will bring IN o separate bill
( Tor That purpose expressly. Now il is not
my duty os a Democrat 10 vote for such
bdl to mise revenue. bold II nett er wlse
as statesman nor polite as a partisan, and
have hero gwen you fair Warning that We
make anlssue with the Committee Of Ways
and Means on this poul, aud # sou reckon
on our votes 10 carry Your bil. yeu reckon
without J our host warn on to come 10
a IN time.
We have agreed lhlt We vii sur pofttbe
amendment moved hy The gentleman from
New York, (Nf. iluesedo i For that
We are ready 10 vote unanimously, b. cantc
"a compromises tins much alsru'ed ques
ton aUd viii settle II forever 1ha, bill
IS eAcmp, from the odlous mniuums whch
haEe occhs'oped 80 much comtllnt. aud Il
coutaIns but two Or three specific duties.
We cherish no hostility to old penusyl
yana' On The contrary, We love her veil.
Tor We look to her as parent. Virginia,
indeed, claims us, but we dlsosn her
Good old Iennss Ipaula has done moro Tor
tho State Of Ohio then all Gods creation
besides, aud sc are not going 10 prove ina.
trcldcs. We have loux looked Nth pride
TO her Democratic banner, and Il would DO
suicidal madness TO throw her lulo the en-.
braces Of our enemy
There IS point where neglect will be
remembered aud where insult vii mol Ue
Forgotten | believe pennsy wanna Will yield
muchtJr the sake OF compromise, but to 20
"iih our eyes open and With full know ledge
for the destruction of tariff which does
yield Sufficient revenue, TO adopt bill which
begins with deGell Of three or four nil
hons, We cannot DO it, and &C VII not do H.
We can defeat your bill and will defeat
your bin | speak this moro 10 sorrow
than 10 anger. | cherish no hostility to
nny man on this floor, bat gentlemen on all
SIDES may reckon upon this purpose TO be
fixed as fate. al speak "a 10 wise men;
Judge ye Hhat say THIS speech was
heard N profound slIeace. aud produced
great sensation.
Mr.. IAaCEY, Of Alabama, spoke on lbs
same day, uud read the cnlfc pennsyl,a.
nla delegation out OF the Democratic
Cbuteh-er cafhclra, Of eeurse-for does
he not always speak as oue having author
ly ! Pope Gregory did not thunder from
the Vatican against hcfesy and heretics in
more sovereign aud impenous tones than
arc habttual with this Alabama poutif lie
sas replied to, With Jusi seventy, hy Mr..
Thompson, Of Pa, WHO perhaps demufs 10
the night OF the gentleman from Alabama
thus 10 weld the sceptre aud the rod ="
But We have another chapter Of rLAIs
rALk,' from another conspicuous Admins
traton uncomfortable Tlbbalts, Of KY.
who vents has spleen in the following bitter
language:
"Mr. TlBBATTS was entitled TO the
floor, and addressed the committee as fol
lows;
Mr.. CHAIRMAN an no ultraist, I'm.
lees | may DO SO considered IN regard TO
the relations {! this government, with for
eIgn nations. was, aud am, a fifty lour.
forty man as to our northwestern boundary,
as well as a RIO Grando man as to our
southwestern boundary, believe that our
title to The one Is as clear as to the other.
! would not have sacrificed the one any
soouoT than the other. | would have eona
TO war Tor The one as soon as for the other
and believe that our brave and gallant ar
my and our patriotic -rhuIcated our title
10 ,ho QUO as easily as they have done to
he other. DO not, therefore, shrink from
hu position which and others have taken
upon this Oregon question nor do regard
The sGeers that are cast al us on that &C.
count. | am told that /, is said by some
hat tho President has displayed high de,
gree OF diplomatic skill upon this subject,
by using Us Of the fifty -four. forties us stool
plgeons to decoy wings and doubtful demo.
Gratis into the trap Of l0--llke skilinl fish.
crmnn to catch suckers. This compliment
to the President Is no doubt highly 10 the
credit Of both The fofty.nlnes and filty.lous
lurtIes. Which Of US IS the most highly
honored by the position assigned to us,
will no, pretend to say. A day of reckon.
mo will come, sir, however, after the smoke
of this Mexican wat shall have been dissi.
pntrd, when those who have been concern.
ed IN tho Abandonment Of our territory will
be called to Just accountability. In that
day, sir, "le' the gaIld jade vince :" We,
who have sustained the right of the coun.
try TO 81 deg 40, will have nothing to an.
swct for. We can then say that our
wi,hers arc unwtung."
When | think Of the manner in which il
is SAID tha, this Oregon question has been
settled, cannot but feel humiiated-i can.
not but think that the proud American
Eagle, towering in her pride of place,