Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-01-01


gcan,s enough to give them strength
enough to carry through the Lecompf0'
Constitution, uitious submission IN tie peo
pie; and whether we are to pay them iodS
Mis money! That is what l desire tC
know. have no doubt they want mon
ey; but should hike to know how much
of it is going to be used, as has been the
case heretofore, in sustaining usurpa'ion
in Kansas! How much is to be used to
force, at the point Of the bayonet, upon
the people of Kansas, Government for
which every person in the United States
knows they never voted, and never will ;
and that, too, right in the face of the dec
laration that Government derives all just
powers from the consent of the governed y
Let my right hand whittier first, and my
tongue clcave to the roof Of my mouth,
before | will vote cent to uphold the in
famous despotism which the past and pres
ent Administrations have attempted and
are now attempting to impose upon an un'
willing people l have the right to in
quire, and want to know, whether that
policy is still to be pursued, and whether
the U. S. troops are to be employed to
force upon people institutions they do
not want. | know yrants al,cays uants
money One wanted to send the troops of
Spain, under the Duke Of Alva, to the
Netherlands, to enforce the luquisition up
on the people Of the Lower Countries.
Presiden, Buchanan wants money, ! be.
lieve, to force the Lecompton Constitution
upon the people Of Kansas. | object,
finally, to this bill, because it is uaconsfi-
tutionaf We have sworn to support the
Constitution. l want the chairman Of the
Committee Of Ways and Means, or any
other friend of this bill, to point me to
that clause Of the Constitution which au.
tho, invs thv issue Of Trv.s~-y notos There Z
is the power to borro,o money upon tie
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 Gov
ernment, and not ask for authority to issue
Treasury notes?
The truth is, there is no constitutional
power to issue Treasury uotos. Every
REPETITION of an unconstitutional act en-
hangers the country, by making subse-
luent violation more easy, and soon you
will find the good national ship unmoored,
md floating away in very ocean Of pre-
,cdents, with the Constitution almost sub
merged, and hardly able to keep above
he angry pillows. And here, from my
1lace, and upon my responsibility us
member Of this House, want especially
0 warn those who live in the country
want to warn the mechanics, and labor
RS, and the industrial classes Of the coun-
ry, that this Administration, which said
vas but an elongation of the preceding
me, is endeav oring to convert this Gov
in the name of Democracy, into
despotism, and the Treasury Department,
lnder the guise Of Treasury notes, into
nc grand banking system.
And, sir, before this ceases, there will
,c a hundred millions Of national indebt-
dncss, aud it will all be owned in the
1rcc States, who will be under bonds to
hat amount to keep the pecce. And
shen the Slavery Propaganda wish to push
heir conqucsts over Freedom, and "nation-
lie their peculiar Institutions" if any
ppostion is made By the friends Of Free
'o~. the mepacing cry will be heard,
Well dissolve the Union we'll dissolve
he Union And a nuui-aa millions Of
imid capital will CRY out,with the earnest
less of avarice and the heartlessness of
,reed, "Yield, yield; l am afraid they will
Iissolvc this Union"
The President has passed under the
,ower of the old Bank Wings Of the coun-
ry, and now he is attempting to slide into
heir principles; he dare not do it all at
nee he dare not start up the ghost of the
'old hero at once into full life bu. he is
Keeping on, and By and by the Democracy
sll get used to it, and will swear that it
Eas always Democracy, and that they were
lways for Banks! Sir, plant myself on
he Constitution, and call the country back
o it. You, gentlemen, opposite, ,are"strict
onstruc,ionists you not? Willyou
oint to the place where the Constitution
ays that Congress shall have power to
,sue more or less of Treasury notes! ! You
an not Gud it, 1t is not there. 1t Is an
implied and dangerous power. 1t would
ring you back to the old deprecated con-
mental currency Governmental currcn-
y, that is not convertible, always depre-
iates. therefore call upon the people
nd upon the House to come back to the
, that the