Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1855-01-10

anu hli'f' holding the straylng of one as an ind'
Carton ,hat II we do not look out the rest will iul
lp". would hold them together till have re
no'eu me scab from the whole of them. Yes
ST. would wash them lhoroughy-not white
WASH them, Mr.. Speaker. Ga augh.) and yet
nave my Tears that washing would kill sume u
Them Cloud laughter.) Sir, il would be as mucI
dreaded by them as by dog with the hydropho
bla. Qaugher.) Sir, | would spread the alarm
and spread it in time When see a dog ruanin:
swiftly along with his head covered with foam
ana his eyes looking green and CLASSY, am fo
crying mad dog that everybody may be on the
guard. 1t we have lepers in the community,
Will cry out, as others approach, ''unclean! IN
clean J" have been raising that cry for years
you would not believe me, but now you all SET
the truth, for the lcprosy has broken out into ;
running Sore. admit that each deiaulter is an
sUerable for his own offence, hut | hold Mr.
Woodbury. answerable for them all; he knew u
their crimes, and kept them still in office Give
me this document, that may show that 10 tht
nation"
In October, 1887, Mr. Wise delivered speech
In the House "or the bill from the Senate to ere
atea Sub Treasury System" Wepropose toshow
from this speech that his heart was not with pure
and undefiled Democracy in regard to that strict
ly Democratic scheme. The exordium of This
speech is SO rich and entertaining compliment
tary 10 the Democracy that we give it entire
Mr. Wise having again obtained the floor. a
bout half past O'Clock p. M, lie said: Alter the
rich treat which we have just enjoyed, can hard
" hope to be listened to. | have much to say
t,,csp roht IL. | NAT
that it was the wish ON all sides for the commit
tee to rise this night and report the bill, | would
not proceed now; and had not at the last session
reviewed the last Message Of the ''Greaiest and
Best" and did not feel it 10 be more impera-
tive duty to review the first Message Of his FRO
tege and successor, | would not proceed at all
But, sir, a duty rests upon my shoulders which
most gentlemen seem 10 shun, and | shall dis
charge it, though the debate has exhausted Tins
subject, and exhausted still more our time and our
patience. | mean the duty complaining: | rise
to murmur and complain.
The gentleman from South Carolina (Nlr. Le-
gare) eXhored US not to disturb our tempers by
tracing The causes of the ills we endure to their
authors-t could lead TO nothing but elimination
and recrimination he begged us rather to study
out the remedy and to apply ii to our maladies.-
shall not follow the genileman's recommends
ton. 1t may well suit the powers that be, who
have always heretofore been claiming FOR their
Administration the highest praise of prosperity
and iniallibiIity, now that they have reduced the
country to distress, and the Government to bank
rupcy to cry for spirit of Cancellation and char
ity but. as for me, compromise not, conclllaie
not with public punderers, and spare not those
who have wiliully and deliberately miSgoyerned
my country, and who have basely and corruply
ruled in her dislresses and her wrongs. Whom
have they spared Let them answer me. Have
they spared anything worth preserving Sir. ]
believe that the only true remedy is TO trace the
evils of the present time to their real authors. and
to hold these authors responsible to just. though
it be severe Judgment. No virtue shuuId be 50
severe, so auSlere as patriotism; il should be no
respec:er of persons, excuse man or set OF men.
for bringing ruin On a country rich IN every eIe.
ment Of wealth; and it should visit, with the
most condiga punishment. that man or set OF men
who has usurped and perverted power for The ba-
sest and worst purposes of reducing that country.
once the freeSt in The world, TO slavery as well as
beggary. There is no remedy SD wholesome rs
that Of convicting these spoilers, and taking from
them the power to do further mischief
Pretty good Democratic doctrine, that. The
speakers heart was evidently with Democracy
then But let US see what Mr. Wise thought Of
the Sub Treasury system. Speaking OF Mr.. Lee
care, of South Carolina, the honorable gentleman
said:
81 congratulate this House and the nation that
the gentleman has returned to his country in time
to strike Tor her blow with his strong arm a
eainst this neiarous measure, calculated for no
other design than that Of strengthening the cords Of
Executive power, and Of riveting forever the
chains which have been forged for us for the last
four years and only regret ttot he was not here
before to war side by side with me and others who
have been aboring in vain 10 ward off the catas
trophe which has betalen. and the crisis which
now threatens the country aud its institutions. II
he had been here to watch the conduct and mo.
tives of our rulers, as ! have been. he would be
as ready as am to arraign the conduct and i'm
pugn the motives of the real authors of this mon
sirous change in the form Of our Government and
in the condition Of onr affairs. Sir, repeat that
rise for no other object than 10 crmnate the con-
duct and the motives of the preceding and the
present Administration. They have deliberately
and wickedly, with malice aforeihought. wrought
this mischief. and bill of indictment should be
laid against them before the grand jury Of the ma
tion-the People! | appeal to them. and, sir,
propose to show the guilt Of the culprils out Of
their own mouths"
Here we have the declaration that the Sub Treas
nry was ga nefariOus n.eaSure.' After reviewing
at length the history Of the "pet bank system, :"
Mr.. Wise delivered himself of the following en-
ergetic paragraph 1t will be seen that fancy,
Jackson Polk, Woodbury. and others, from whom
MIR. Wise quoted, were all fools-ifnot knaves-
and according to Mr.. Wise-both,
"Sir, it is unnecessary to quote further will
not quote from Mr.. Woodbury's testimony before
the investigating committee of which my col
league (Nlr. Garland) was chairman. will not
cite passages from the valediciory-the miserable
imitation of Washington's farewell address
will not stop to show continuous recommended
ton, incessant, labOred, from the removal of the
public deposites, in 1888, up to the 4lh of March.
1887, the very day when this system of deposite
in the local banks sunk never more TO rise but
only ask of you and all men to contrast what
have quoted, to compare all this with the letter of
the immortal, infallbe ex President, during this
summer, denouncing the pet bank system as the
most base and pertidioas, and with the successors
present Message, conlessing That The Experiment
has failed! And then tell Inc whether these men
G. Gotham are again TO be trusted IN their recon-
menda.ion Of another experiment.! Did not the
future touch their very noses before they discov
cred it? i. so. they were-l will not mince
terms-fools Did they foresee the failure p
Where is the warning the,' gave? Where isthe
measure they took for safety? If they did fore
see it, and, foreseeng it, gave no alarm. took no
measures safety, they are-knaves! They are,
undoubtedly, both knaves and fools!"
In the course of this speech, Mr.. Wise intro
duced authority, ''beautifully illustrating The val
ne and importance Of National Bank in times of
and financial embarrassment and dis
lress," and said great many other things going
to show that his "heart was all the time with pure