Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-08-21

SPEECH OF WILLIAM /. GOGt;IN
or VIRGINIA.
O,FTHE VETO POU-ER. Sc
Deveed in the II use Of Repres nratives OF the Uni
States, July p, IS4S.
CONCLU DED

War; and as such had charge of all the War D.psrt-
e' ana indian oureauX attached 10 It, committee Of
me House Of Representatives, was appointed Of which
The Hon. Henry A. W Use was chairman with lnstrnc
Hns 10 inquire INTO the condition Of the Executive De
partments, &c. The committee met in a shprt fine
prepared and diproceed with It's Investigations, when
he following form Of an oath was at Mr. Wis.'s in
stance, adopted, to b. administered witnesses " You
do socnflty Sre that the erdence you shall rre foch
ing the subject Of Investigation Of this committee shah
DC me truth the chofe truft ad nothing but the TRUTH
50 help gou God" Mr.. Wlst was the first witness
tNa"i"e' ahI he was sworn BY rra ling himself the
oath and kissing the book" The wirrns, then ga,
ted, IN answer TO question put 10 him. anonq other
things
Il believe that Lewis Cass, Secretary Of War was
engaged IN specializing IN The public lands Wills, Secr
ary :" ar; mat he made eNurbtln allowances 10 ia
vorleS; paid one for service pe,rnn anrh.r of
ef he he'd fell knoclede thai The taroriie had foroed his
9bc'a signature permitted con4a ssons u.dty lima 10
be ante dated and has ordered Treasury warrant 10
be pald TO The assignee Of discussing officer ,cAo had
ga,nbled @cay. after it had been protested By deDnse
bank, and was connermaned by The Secretary of the
Treasury amt TO haze been guY Of sereru other nlt of
r'oldt'on q daiy"-al Of which (said Mr. GD will be
found in in Reports If Committees ri session j4,h Cn
gTess, volume ).
Mr.. WISE in continuance Of his statement a.,
sad
u know from evidence. laid b. fore me BY the Exec
ulve OF many Instances Of una wtu and Or acts
also as FIR Instance tie conduct Of lie Executive mn
ITS 9G'ces towards The Indian tribes, particularly the
therokees. believe that the wars " i1f the (reaks
and Seulnla Indians have been caused ty want t in
tegrty IN Executive officers Of the Government ana
tl NE defeat 81 our arms which has covered the nation
with disgrace in these wars has been owing 10 neglect u
want Of ability in The War DEPARTMENT.,
Here, then, (Sad MIR Guggr) was the testimonv If
one who was ret speaking in the heat of debate. no,
under the influence 81 high momenarv excitement but
IN the secsCn OF Committee ruun under The snctinc
Oh an "ath was deliberately dep sing TO hat lie beered
10 lie me truh, OF what, 50 far AS his knowledge
extended, he tells As he sNEw. That NJ Misc did 81
believe the time, have not Isaid Mr. G he Iht
est doubt. lie was whose word without an o9fb
would be airy where received and he had only shawn the
nature ana eAteh' oil The oath as proof of the Importance
which should be attached to the statement in the e.ti
nation of all thorough, regular and properly conduc
ted investigation, So Tar as lime would allow 10 be car
RED out.
| That, he would tell gentlemen on the other side Of
the House, the Lewis Cass who was now the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the Unl,eI
States This was The p ture Of him hot drawn by
himself (Nlr 90 not drawn from any one in HE heat ii
debate as he again repeated extracted from any ole
under HE excitement OF the moment, as he had shown but
1t was the deliberate language of high-ninded Whole
souied mar who was long member OF this House whose
name and fame were commensurate with Me limits Of
HE onion ami he called on gentlemen up usle to mark
The statement.
Mr.. &. then said Mr. Speaker dare YOU or I, with
III proof before our eyes, together with that which is
knownto US OF his political principles and Cpl ions dare
we, say, conlde to hi sues aud those uf this
our common country Shall such man be trusted iIh
the power Of the veto Shall the will Of such an one.
In any station be permitted 10 control the will oil twer-
" millions Of others, many Of whom just as good or
better than he, If what we see laid ba re be true now as
1t certainly believed to tie when the statement were
made regret that we have now in this House
the powerful aid Of him who on foot this inyestiua-
ZION. Other abuses, perhaps, might be lerreted ou
which now may escape detection. lis probing process
had, at the lime, given much offence certain ndivdu-
ais, and particularly had the venerable editor Of the
Rchmond Enquirer lament-d the dageneracy of the
times whch could lead honorable gentlemen to speak on
IN such pa ntenns their Of duty seem
ed 10 require According time before, Mr. Rttcit
had modesly cempa Of Mr. ses style lie said il
his paper
bad Tase.-Mr Wise seems for the present to b,
initiating rather the example of Tristan Iuges, thai
the classical genius Of John Randolph. The following
extract from his speech of the l2lh January, in rela
ton to the contingent expenses of the House, the pup
lie printing! and matters and things general, tails
INTO the following not very thas;e classical express
ions:
That report broke up The nest, rrobed the old sore
and laid bare the vrruplon Of that Department. dc
not know that all the foul matter has rim yet; and
that il may not yet become more corrupt than ever
There sIme other Departments which | should like
10 probed. There your land offices and your
Indian bureaux which if all believe il true are now
and have been for long time fostering with striking
corruption liberated the Post Office SC. 'Sir
twenty five thousand copies of that report were not hall
enough for population Of twelve millions. 1t told tale
Of corruption where all should be pure the your
mountains a republic. Would that could believe il
would produce real bona da refm such as party DO
llcians hold up II the desire and expectation of the
people mol a merely and put in but
radical reform, cure, healing Of the disease. Ii
did all it could do it informed OF the disease lei
out some toe id er But fear it exposed a musi
fearful character Of the disease. fear the king
evil on the body polite 1t is not always be
come informed Of lnaiady. You may sop up hole
sir, and they will gnaw another. You may ccatrize
old Sore and another will break out other part Of
the bndy.'
| "A little TOO much Of this corrupt Style
He, (Mr. Use however had not been de erred from
doing his hole duty or winch he received the thanks
Of the pure and patriotic Of all parties.
What MI. q. meant by these references simply
show the dangerous tendencies Of Executive
the improperly, manifest it was, OF enlarging by
means tho indlscrimnae Of The veto, that power
now great Tor republic in the hands Of such pub
lie officer Gen. Cas- is here shown TO have been.
Bat he had already consumed mUre time On the sub
lec Of the than he Intended to do when he
menced his remarks. lie wished now the attention Of
his Northern friends, and particularly The gentleman,
as did the gentleman from Georg Mr. Iverson,) yes
terday, here is the great good glorious and patriotic
1 Henry Clay To this question he would answer,
home, honureJ AM respected he mad been and
would continue beloved by his friends-adnred
even by his enemies. He would ask qnes ion him
self. Where is that sweet c fellow, Marin Van Bu-
rem (Langher) Where is the man whom you
of the South bestowed your sfrlges and ho, you
SAID served You with fidelity Where, If Virginia.