Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-07-07
WEDNESDAY, July 5, 1913.

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which the interest upon the public debt has been
where, which was ordered TO BE- printed
After The presentation o. petition The Senate
resumed The consideration Of Inc joint resolution
from the House for the adjounmen, OF Congress
On The 18th inst. and the amendments proposed
thereto.
Mr. Clayton who was entitled 10 the floor, rose
TO address The Senate when
Mr.. Niles renewed the question of order, 10
which he had referred on Monday, and conended
that as the discussion hal been so far entirely II
relevant, il was lime il should be aresed.
The Vice President decided in conformity with
the point raised by Mr. Niles, that the debate was
not in order.
MIR. Clayton appealed from the decision Of the
presiding officer and lengthy debate ensued.
The question was finally, by yeas and nays
taken on motion made by Mr.. Mangum, 10 al,
low Mr.. Clayton 10 proceed, and it was decided
in the Acknowledgements 90, nays p
Mr.. Clayton expressed his thanks 10 the Sc.
nate, and remarked that all he had 10 say would
not nave occupied the time consumed IN this dis
cussion. lie was surprised when he had beer
invoked 10 reply by the Senator from Missis-
sppi, that the attempt 70 cut him OF by raising
question OF order on the other side, should have
been attempted.
He knew nothing OF The opinions Of Gen. Tay'
lor. Blu, he though, tina, the lish, in which ne
had been held up BY the Senator from Mississippi
and olhers-lhai he is Wing, bound 10 carry
oul Wing principles and doclrines-is entirely
erroneous. He was nominated by The Philadcl'
phia Convention as Wing, and in every le.le!
he has ever written he has shown himself 10 be
Whig-bu, in allowing his name 10 be used as
Tor. ho bag faEPn The
high ground that, il elected, he will administer
The government Tor the benefi, OF the whole peo'
pie and moi OF party.
He here read his Allison letter, and said thai
Gen. Taylor Stood upon precisely the ground thai
did Mr.. Jefferson when he entered upon his du.
ties as President. And il is precisely his ground
that constitutes The difference between Lewis
Cass and General Taylor. He examined he
circumstances under which Gen. Cass received
mis- nomination al Baltimore. The first &C. OIL
that Convention he declared a fraud upon The
people--il was The declaration that The Will o.
The majority should mol rule, but that two thirds
should b. necessary 10 nomination. thus
Convention may be packed, The will OF the ma
lorily defeated, and any candidate who desires
success must pledge himself 10 carry out all The
measures which this packed convention may dc
tate 10 him.
In relere nee 10 the veto power he commended
that il was never intended ty the trainers OF The
constitution that The Presidency should be par
Of Inc legislative branch OF the government
that i was not intended that the Pfcsiden! should
have more than qualified negative tina
The doctrine OF giving he absolute veto power &c
the President was OF federal origin, and advoca
ted by Inc federal members OF the Conventlon.-
He examined The speeches in the Convention on
this point in support Of this position, and 10 snow
that Gen. Taylor's views on The veto power are
more republican Than Gen Cass'S.
EIe meant 10 stand by Zachary Taylor as The
great champion OF the principle hal the majority
shall eovern-tha he will apply the veto where
there are great infraclions oil The Constitution
but he will never sci himself up as pat OF The leg
islalive branch Of The government, or interfere
with The right oil The people 10 govern lhroushthei
representatives.
Il is Tor this that ne prefers General Taylor t
Lewis Cas-, who says that he subscribes 10 al
The dosmas OF The Baltimore Convention. As
Wing, AMI true friend OF the doctrines ri hit
Wing parry he was perfectly willing 10 believe
Zachary Taylor when he sars mat he will safe!
III viii Of TIE peope, expressed through their rep
resenta;iyes here, 10 govern the legislation OF the
country. Nothing can save any parry in this
country which advocates the principle upon
which the nominee of the Baltimore Convention
has been SET up. The difference between Gene IA
Tavlor and Martin Van Buren,, he said, is, tina
The former is ,sise and The latter a cunning mar
and he never knew cunning man tha! was a
successful one in his lie.
On all the questions he believed General Tay-
lor would allow the will Of the people, express
ed through their representatives here, TO COVE n;
bu, Lewis Cass was pledged to veto every bill
not in accordance with the doctrines Of the Bal
timore platform of principles. He denied all
intention Of the Wing party again TO bring for
ward any bill for the establishment of an United
States Bank If the Democratic party wanted
a Bank, lie. them bring it forward, for never
would the Wings go foc another, unless with the
concurrence of both parties. If Congress
chooses to pass bill for internal Improvements,
or for any other great object, General Tay or is
not going 10 veto 1t.
He did not believe any case would occur
where General Taylor would veto bill for in
tcrnal improvements; but it was very hard to
find ont what General Cass means by his votes
on this question. He expressed his contempt OF
all platforms, as being frequently violated or
abandoned by those who laid them down-as
having been violated by Mr.. Polk on the Ore.
gou Question, and in his disregard Of the princi-
oles Of his Kane letter. He dssented from the
whole system Of platforms. rs intended 10 hum
hug the people lie regarded them all III the
light OF the old saw
"The Devil was sick,
"The Devil Monk would be,
"Thc Devil got we'll,
"The Devil Monk was he.n
In regard to the Wilmot Proyiso, he said the
people Of Delaware never would connect them.
selves with any geographical party whatever.
But they thought that free soil should remain
free, and where slavery exists, hat It should De
permitted to exist. Yet they repudiated the
idea that the Wilmot Proviso was Wing mea-
sure. II it was forced upon them il would be
done by the Barnburners, or other geographical
agita,ors, with whom they would have nothing
10 do All these matters, for one, he was dis
posed 10 settle, when it could not be otherwise
settled, by compromise.
OF General Taylor's views on this subject
or whether he would veto tho Wilmo; Proviso,
he knew nothing. lie concluded with some
very amusing remarks on what he understood
TO be one Of the laws OF Michigan for selling
white men for vagrancy, getting drunk, brawl
ing, &C., &c., and which General Cass signed
a. Governor Of the territory of Michigan.
Mr.. Foote made few remarks in reply 10 This
pan OF MIR. Claylon's remarks, in which he s;a
led that H. undefs GOD that il was derived iron,
the statute book OF Vermont, and was merely
signed By Gen. Cass in hi, official capacity as
Governor, and in case where no veto power
existed. And certainly, had il SO existed, the
Senator from Delaware would no! insist, after
his arsnmen. against the veto, that he should
have exercised ii, and il any sucn law ever pass
ed He also reviewed and rccapilulated some
of the other positions OF Mr.. c., TO show that
after his whole argument, occupying The whole
day, he had arrived a, the conclusion that he was
unable TO put any construction upon his Allison
letter in relation 10 the Wilmot Proyiso, though
Mr. Ashmun ami other distinguished wings had
declared ,ha, he would MOI, 10 The event OF its pas
sage, interpo.e his veto. He could not, he said
even tell them what his own opinion is IN re
gard to Gen Taylors opinion. Ridicule is al.
ways The las. resori OF defeated argument, and 10
this had the Senator from Delaware finally re-
sorted.
Nor was he prepared even 10 saw what were
Gen. Tay!or's opinions in regard TO single 9th
er question which had been propounded AL
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