Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1848-02-17
MR.. GocGIN,s spEEcu.

We extract the following, from The .,
cellent Speech Of MIR. Goeers in A
House Of Representatives on the ,s6;.s
of the Merican Var.
But now MIR. @. must. 70, lid.
pay his respects (al 10 a very friend, "n'N
to his colleague over the way from The "a,
Ferry district, {Mr. BEplseER.l VT
Mr.. G. should not attempt 70 s,llor
Of that genileman's flights os fancy ~ saF
the gentleman was quite 100 pue,ical X, Ivy ny
he could not hope 70 match him 10 poe,,r
his muse never would keep pace with he ~,
tleman.s, VINO, every one knew. made he, !.
gle fight among The clouds. Bu, ass.a.na
into The humble area OF debate in Thai Hon.ss
the gentleman had warSled for mo,pep, - .Sss
among the ..crabs" and s'craw ASH u IN ~
Wing party. The stoop was great He sns
possd the gentleman liked the Whig, n sSip
fish, because they were known TO cary sh ~.
wherewith TO defend the constitution. a., !
the Wings were ''crab pariy,n how w.,
with the party OF the gentleman Was,A..a
no "crab" movement on their side 81 i.
House They came into power with ! NJ
horror of all banks: the very aame filed ,h.,
with disgust and terror: but no sooner wss
they snugly ensconced in power and pla,.
than forthwith they set up 10 build for ,hsm
selves one OF the grandesi government, laes,
that the wit of man could con,rye. and h.
tzed 1t the subtreasury, the cons,i,u.o,,,
treasury, SC. Was not that proceeding +.
lie in the "craw '6sh" order Was 10, ~.
"crabbingn il SOMEWHAT Then Tho, ma
very pious hatred OF bank rags, and pre,rh.s
TO the people that gold and silver were tho !.
ly constitutional currency: bu, il SO bappensa
that they found plentiful sca,ci,y If hs
golden sinners, so they rcsor,ed 10 an ovs,
flowing issue Of treasury notes as a curryncr
good enough forihe people, while they re,,,,
ed what gold there was for those pure pa,r;os,
who had been rewarded with an Office A..
other crab movement. Then they proclaimea
themselves the irreconcileable, the deadly o.,
emes of protective tariff. But now ,bey
find il necessary TO resort 10 aariif again 10 70.
plenish their exhausted treasury. Very crah
like. They came here asserting on~ char aoS
unquesiioEable right TO the whole q Or.
gon," up to $40 40. and they vowedNA
would have il, all or none. But no soAasr
did they see the old British lion rising up fA0
his lair and shaking the dew drops from AZ
name than they craw- fshed back TO ago. /,
distance Of four hundred miles; and Their
they stood with their coats off, painting, bu,
after while they thought il best on the whole
to put thei, coats on again. bid adieu to old
England, and turn about and shake their 6ss
at the south, and swear that they would have
all Mexico. Now, after all this, one would
really think that the poetic gentleman from The
Ferry (who was so great an adept in natural
history might have perceived that he and his
party were quite as worthy as the wings Of
the title Of s'the crab and craw fish pariy.n-
Mr.. G., however, would make use Of no such
language-he applied no terms ofthai descnp
ton to gentlemen who happened TO differ from
him in political sentiment.
Mr.. c., having but little time, must hasten
on and call the attention Of the House 10 III,
instance the gentleman had taken from tn.
Administrator Of the venerable gentleman
from Massachusetts, Of a refusal to commupi.
cate certain documents TO the House, as ju,.
tifcation of his leader in refusing TO comply
with the call of the House for the instructions
to Mr. Slidel!. But if the gentleman had
crawfshed back little further in the record he
would have found that President Adams bad
communicated the very documents asked for
10 the Senate, and that he referred the House
TO that body, who might impart them or moi,
as they should deem most for the public good
The instance quoted, therefore, did moi sustain
his case.
But the gentleman complaining Of the
Wings for giving encouragement to The Mer-
leans in holding out against our arms, because
their speeches were read, as he said, atihe
head Of the Mexican line when drawn up on
the field. Why, did the gentleman think so
little Of his own poetcal and eloquent speech
as 10 suppose that the same mail which car
ried the weak and dull speeches of the Wings
had not carried his and did he suppose the
Mexicans could not tell which had the mos
weight? But were the representatives OF A.
merican freemen TO be stopped from the lib
erty Of speech lest what they uttered on tina,
floor should reach the Mexican camps2 Mr..
G. had supposed. heretofore, that his colleague
went for liberty Of speech and liberty oil The
press, but il seemed that the gentleman had
lately endorsed the good old Austrian doctrine
OF passive obedience and resistance. Mr.
G.. for the gentleman's especial benefit. would
read him scrap or two OF Austrian orthodoxy
Here it was, and in the form OF ca,echlsn
too:
"Question. What must subjects abstain
from, [besdss treason
"Answer. They must abstain from talk
ing unreasonable on the events Of the war.
s.Question. And why sol
"Answer Because, as they are not awar
OF the real circumstances OF such events, ihel
easily can deceive the populace with then DIS
course.
"Quesiion. What must citizens and coun
try people do not TO be suspected2
"Answer. They must keep quietly a
home, mind their own business, work an
pray" Laughter
Was that what the gentleman would hav
us dol Was that his doctrine for Wing Re
representatives., that they should not "talk IN
reasonably of the events Of the war, - that the
should 'siay at home, work and pray
while the gentleman and his party came her
and denounced them, and compared them &
crabs2
One reason why Mr.. G.. wanted TO see ih
instructions from the Government was be
cause he desired TO know whether the Presi
dent had given instructions which warranted
the forcible incubation of the Roman Caho
lie faith and worship on our uoops2 Whe.h
er the observance of the ceremonies OF III
Romish Church was 10 be enforced, by hi
order, at the point OF the bayonet, upon A
mericans enlisted or volunteering in the pub
lie service? On that subject, he wished b
bring to the notice Of the committee one lac
or two.
Mr.. G. here read the following from lh
Protestant Union OF December Is, lS47, y
which an article was copied from the Nom
American, published in Phiadelphia:
"We yesterday had the pleasure Of CONVEX