Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-01-21

without submission to the people
and whether we are to pay them with
this money? That is what / desire 10
know. l have no doubt they want
money but should like to know how
much of it is going to be used, as has
been the case heretofore, in sustaining
usurpation in Kansas? How much IS
to be used to force, at the point of the
bayonct, upon the people of Kansas, a
Government for which every person In
the United States knows they never
voted, and never viii and that, too,
right in the face of the declaration that
Government derives all its Just pow
ers from the consent OF the governed" ;"
Let my right arm wither first, and my
tongue cleave TO the roof of my mouth,
before | will vote a cent to uphold the
infamous despotism which the past
and present Administration have at
tempted and are now attempting to
impose upon an unwilling people. j
have the right to inquire, and want
to know, whether that policy Is still
to be pursued, and whether the United
States troops are to be employed to
force upon a people institutions they
do not want. | know tyrants always
want money. Philip II wanted money.
1t was the urgency of his reign to want
money He wanted to send the troops
of Spain, under the Duke Of Alva, TO
the Netherlands, to inforce the Inqui-
sition upon the people Of the Lower
Countries President Buchanan wants
money, l believe, to force the Lecomp-
ton Constitution upon the people of
Kansas.
Mr.. LETcHER. Is the gentleman
aware Of the fact that the vote is being
taken in Kansas upon the Lecompton
Constitution to-day, so that the Presi-
dent cannot want money for that pur-
pose?
Mr.. LovEJoY. | know that the
party in power can play such "fantas-
tic tricks" as make Heaven blush, and
that other place smile with joy
Laughter say tyrants want mon
ey always, and that they are always
borrowing; and | say ] know no par
allel to the course of this Administra-
ton. | know nothing so much like it
as the reign of Philip III.
| Iohject, finally, to this bill, because
it is unconstitutional. Now, it is said
to be out of taste, and unparliamentary
to say anything about conscience here
1 do not know but it is unpariamentary
to say anything about the Constitution
but hope not, because we have swor1
to support the Constitution. | want
the chairman Of the Committee oi
Ways and Means, or any other friend
of this bill, to point me to that clause
Of the Constitution which authorizes
the issue Of Treasury notes. There Is
the power to borrow money upon the
credit of the United States, it is true
but what is the use of whipping the
devil around the stump? Why not
come out frankly, like men, and say
they want TO borrow money for the
purposes of the Government, and not
ask for authority to issue Treasury
notes?
The truth is, there is no Constitu-
tional power to issue Treasury notes.
know that it viii be brought up as a
plea, the precedents, that we did It in
1887, in lS42. and in ls47 and now,
cannot we doit in 1857? In the Ian
guagc of Young, with a slight varia-
ton,
Once more the fatal precedent will plead"
We have done it three times, and why
not do it a fourth I? Every repetition
Of an unconstitutional act endangers
the country, by making a subsequent
violation more easy. and soon You will
find the good national ship unmoored,
and floating away in very ocean ol
precelents, with the Constitution al
most submerged, and hardly able to
keep above the angry billows. And
here, from my place, and upon my re-
sponsibility as member of this House.
want especially to warn those who
live in the country-for
God made the country, and man made the
town,
and ] like Gods workmanship the
best want to warn the mechanics
and laborcrs, and the industrial classes
of the country, that this Administra-
ton, which | said was but an clonga-
tion of the preceding one, is cndeay-
oring to convert this Government in
the name or Democracy, into despot-
ism, and the Treasury Department,
under the guise Of Treasury notes, into
one grand banking system.
And, sir, before this ceases, there
will be 100, ,00o, 600 of national in
debtedness, and twill all be owned IN
the Free States, who will be undel
bonds to that amount to keep tht
peace. And when the Slavery Propa.
ganda wish to push their conquest.
over Freedom, and nationalize theil
peculiar institutions, and if any oppo.
siton is made by the friends Of Free
dom, the menacing cry will be heard
well dissolve the Union; well dis
solve the Union.' And a hundred
millions of timid capital will cry out,
with the carnestness of avarice and the
heartlessness of greed. " Yield. yield
am afraid they srH dissolve this
Union"
The President has passel under the
power of the old Wings Of the country,
and now he is attempting to slide into
their principles; he dare not do il al
one he dare not start up the ghost oi
the old prophet at once into full life
but he is creeping on. and by-and-by