Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-03-20
DEFICIENCY BILL.

Committee sf the Whole ON the state of the Union mr.
MEApE, o. Virginia, in the chair and resumed the
sideran Of the bill TO supply deficiencies in the appro
paons for the service Of the fiscal year ending the 30h
J uns, 1852.
Mr. APPLETON of Maine thought that debate on
party politics would produce no bad effect upon the coun
try or upon the Democratic party but directly the re-
verse The exhibition Of frankness and eloquence which
had taken place seemed to him presage the
the Democratic party II was when the political
stagnant and quiet that the was to be feared
While Samson slept Delilah might approach him with inn
puny but when he awoke and stood forth in the glory
conscious strength head erect with eyes starting muscles
swelling and every fibre instinct with fe then wo unto
the man or party who should attempt to arrest his adj
vance Let the Wings lay the hatterng JUNCTION to their
souls that the Democrats destined to overwhelming
defeat But what they imagined discord was only
the tuning of the instruments and when the Baltimore
nominations should be made the Democratic party would
give them harmonious burst from that full band whose
music had often driven them from the field.
In relation TO the compromise measures he hoped thew
would be disturbed From his observation he did not
believe any such disposition existed the North They
were the fruit of certain old and established Democratic
principles applied to serious exigency in affairs II
seemed to him it would be BETTER instead of discussing
the method OF the remedy to be applied to that exgency
that they should take by cngng to their old prn
cipies that exgcney should again exist need this
remedy If the Democratic party had trump he'd in 848
he believed that necessity would have existed for the
of the compromise The Wings got the country
into difficulty, and called upon the Democrats for relief
The Democrats did relieve them and applied their prin
cples to meet the danger which existed.
This the legitimate era of all reform, and it had
been illustrated within the past few years. But there
two kinds OF definite and regular
and sesred by compass; the other was wild and dash
ing and toe magnificent to be defined. He deprecated
the latter but in favor of the former In conclusion
he declared he would for the nominee of the Bati
Mr. TOWNSHEND remarke ed that the question Of slavery
which excited individual and sectional ami
mostly, had to do with the election Of public Off
GERS nterfered more with the ordinary routine of bu
m in w oft ia he
would ask what bad been asked thousand times before
what had Congress to do with slavery He believed in
the old Democratic creed that Congress had power
interfere with slavery and referred to the fugitive slave
law of 1913 the first interference of Congress with this
institution. As another of such interference he
also referred to the reesabshng of slavery this Dis
ct and held that when the cession of this District was
made, slavery in its limits ought to have ceased mas
much the General Government had authority
to make slave than it had to make king Slavery in
this District should therefore be abolished for it was an
unconstitutional act which established it here He also
held that the fugitive slave law unconstitutional and
thought that it should be repealed
In his opinion the Democratic party could not carry
the State of Ohio if they undertook adopt the pro-
slavery position of acquescng in the compromise
sures. These measures were in direct plain opposition
to the expressed platform of the Democracy of Ohio To
sustain this position he read the resolutions adopted by
the Democratic Convention which nominated Governor
Wood which declare slavery be evil &c., and stated
hatn the committee appointed to draft resolutions for
that convention consisting of twenty members when
resolution submitted to endorse the compromise
measures it received but vote
Messrs OLDS and EDGERTON both dssented from the
opinions expressed by their colleague and believed that
the State of Ohio would support the nominee of the Bat
more Convention, even if he endorsed the compromise
measures
Mr.. T0WNSHEND thought it would be admitted that
the compromise would not strengthen the Demo
cratic party in Ohio and repeated that he did believe
that party could carry the State with compromise
didate.
MrCHANDLER said that there was now pending before
committee q on of
February and it had been discussed for several days and
yet not word of had been read by the clerk He
now rose, not for the purpose of making speech in
laon to the troubles existing the Democrats or
the Wings of his State but to call the attention of
the committee to the bill under consideration.
great error had been committed by the Representa-
tiyes of the people. One of the first things owed
himself sefrespect and evidence of it, and one of
the first things that legislative body owed itself was an
exhibition of the same quality. There now going
abroad report of the proceedings this body upon the
bill before them, which bringing upon them the con-
tempt of the people, which in time would do more to UNI
dermine the repubcanism of this Government and
traze il than all the influence the Executive power ever
used Legislative power retreated from legsla
ture until the legislators themselves had confessed by
their conduct that they were unfit to hold it,
The institutions Of the country had spoken Of and
the committee had been told that it not their bust
ness to legsate upon the dangers of the country They
had been told this but there dangers stalking
In this country to which the President had alluded in his
message greater than any that could spring up in their
midst and which were to be brought from abroad and
inoculated within Speeches were made associations
formed and sentiments uttered which would 90 far
towards vtating the public morals Yet this subject had
never been referred to proper committee! While these
things existed, they sitting here in cool debate pick
ing away the rotten boards of the platform of Baltimore
And what was platform? II invention by which
certain men had built up something to hide the consttu
ton from the people-introducng the opinions of men
and parties every in four years hide the great light
by which the world should be illuminated but which was
darkened by the counsels of party men.
Not long since there proposed to the House n mea
sure by which the printing Of certain document which
would be very costly should be sent to certain paper in
this city the organ Of the Democratic party OF this
organ ne knew nothng but its tune was not in accord
ance with his ears and though was ground from day to
day yet its wall faint for Of the pabuum to give
1T strength On the floor Of the House every day were
men resortng TO means to carry party measures and
keep up party power and party discipline expense
10 the National Treasury when they should be carrying
out national measures because their party could
be paid for doing it well The time of the session now
nearly four months) had thus been wasted in needless
discussion.
He was startled little when the young gentleman from
Maine Mr. APPLETON pointed, his lip curled this
side OF the House. and noticed the small number of Wings
yet left in this body He deplored this and would the
nation depore it, If the majority in the House still
disposed to waste the time which should be appropriated
q legislation thus abusing the patience Of the people
lie would say to the gentleman that If there had been
enth part of the number of good in Sodom there
we're Wings in this body they would have saved the !
'ity from destruction. Laughter
lie had no desire to place himself here rs the censor
oT OF the House, but desired to preserve the nstitu
lons the country, mind in whose hands they
ng be placed He desired that the people of this
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