Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-07
sPEEcu OFR.SF HAYWOOD, esq,
8sasre the DeInoFntic Club 81 Nashville,
SSlae, Is5s.
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lhe Constitution, that ED and Silver should be the
lsgitsts crrreaey Of CIR people repeat the sen
tirens that il should all ought to be the only leei
timste currency. NOthlving been satisfied By ths
friends OF banking Institutions Of their particular
sdgane age TO the country and having felt their pow
err their WreAgs and he auds they have perpesrsted
upou US, would never fF ore, consent 70 their be-
ing recharieIed Without dsqpa,e pr tocion 20 the
people In the frs plld would hive them Issue
notes Of q sms deR0analio and none ncl coz
vert bic irtO gold sad ser st tie Sil Of the hold,
er. | would Iuriher mails them individually liable
to the ts holder. Wbyfaould hey net Ara you
not made resp2a'ible for i5ur notesi And upon q
refusal 80 pay them, he ~ ComPels yoa, and sub
jscts Jour lTeper 10 exeptioD, and they should
NO be exempted from thehams Law. Are We to have
privileged elias. IS II his lou try Are thss supe-
riers too ssd rise aheSe IN Law No Srs. Ny
dscripe is equsl gh'st4 ali ard exclusive priyi-
leg rons those bsnls are fadlsi !, a concerns,
Of which the o6Sers isrFethe be nef 8 and should
be held individually rispRsbe FOR h e notes.
FURTHER | uld Feserveidihe Legislature the right
TO repes', mo fy o. snsSh raeir eharters. Tness
re rat ons F5u d maze fret en- the fact, IL
iher har should contain "a error ia their favor,
tie legislature would h4sef he power 70 eorreet il.
Second =. uudeF the pcGsen, system IN their eEpsn-
8 ons shd 90 lFaclions tket do r. consult Ii p &
tls'sia ere bus the 0Es toasoqaen IS tlu geUgle
are in their poses, bus Ylts this reservation they
would oaszlL Sc iateTeit Of the Eeople for j would
hut re re their voice 4 dsuand s e2eal Of their
CHARTERS, ana !, would 81 dine This right Is re-
served By bs States OF EeE YORK, Mary laid, Viz
gina Kentucky. AMI mss ) oibeF states CT t4e Unitn
nvt eliy IL bsrk charles, bur in many other &c
scFipii5n Of charters.
TIE uext QUESTION shih require oer examination
Is 10 YInmel ~ eneRditaTea, CT which ous
| Opposition friends 80 l0dly complain. We hud
from an examination oftae records, that these
expenditures commenced during lie admiuisira-
tian OF Mr. Fillmore, ali reached their highest
ToiHt duriug the Slth epugFess, Of which Mr..
Eaaks vas Speaker, and Va Cullen, Clerk, and
in Eh.ch the Opposition badt large majority. We
ind tast The expenditures q Dir. Fliluere's ad-
miaistration exceed Mr. PoikN administration over
,hree hrndFed thousand dOllss, notwithstanding
during sr. Folks sdminislTstiR, we we're engaged
! ia fureiga war, and maintains a large army in
tie isld They continued 10 Increase until they
reached, dnri0g the 24'h Consess, sevGniy-iWO
millions dollars We fad The exJtndtures OF Me-.
/ CGiom's department! exceed those pf the Democrs-
tie predeoes 3or lI3 SS4 Taas matters stood IN
/ n the assembling of the 18th Congress- when Mr..
| Duchaas1 in his mess saga inYild Congress 70 ia
stiiu rigid scrutiny Iuio thelexpeudi'Ures, snI
reduce them further, II possible. Congress, by tae
aid Of the President, did euSceG, during the first
session 81 She 35th Congress in reducing The expec-
| ditGrca Sl200o,000; at the seknd session they
/ succeeded in reducing them Sc. 0D 900 more. The
report Of Mr.. Allan, the present Democratic CT TX,
eho as reduction in the expenses, bis department
below those Of Mr.. CuiloIn Of $50 0G0, making in
| all nearly sic, Coo 600 below ths expenditures of
! the 34th Congress The record shows further that
during the 34th Congress every exF AvagBns spprO-
pristioa was Introduced and carIid by large ma
jority Of the Opposition, and tbatthey OpPOs
ed in every instance by large majority of the
| Democratic party. and now they have the impu-
] d-nop, the unblushing aud sciy, toeendemu them,
and seek to BOLD the Democratic party responsibly
! Tor them Strange 10 say they have the eifFontere
| 10 read 10 us extracts from the speeches Of Demo
! cratic Senators, oondenniDg and tsnouncjDg these
| ex;rsTsgant appropriations l. always thank
them for this testimony, for il not ly proses con-
clusiyely that the De@ocratic part sland comm +
ted on tue record in every Instance against them,
but have stood upon the Goor of the Senate and
! condemned hem And whilst they read TO you ex-
tracts Fl, n the speeches Of Dem crstic Senator'S,
they sii TO give y0u the speeches OF their Dan Sen
| stors. eJnO,roifg these eEtrsvsganoss, for they
| have said that hundred mllIiol oold be scOnom-
ieaIly expended.
VIVA is ne process Of the Opposition by which
they propo to remedy tae evil of which they com
psia? Il is this: by electing meslbers to Congress
! who will act with party, ,he majority Of whom,
10 eycry instance lad committed uFoa the record
in favor Of eEiraEagsrt appropriations, and less-
ening tha; party, mtjoriy OF whom stand COM
Ditrsd IN every instance agaiost them. This pro-
cess Of reducing the expenditures is beyond my
| comprehension. L does seem 81 me that the true
/ pulley would be to Strengthen the parry who are
/ committed against hem, and weaken the one that
stands committed in THAR favor. They ak US, did
1 we not have O Dsmocrat3c Senate al President
l. IL true we did, but these fxtrzE CANT sppropris-
mons were always Passed the heel Of the ses ion,
| ani then tackei On to The regu ar aPpropFi iion
n!is, 81 consequently he Senate hsd Psssthe N
aud the P esid1n; give them ais sanction step the
/ rboel5 Of q ,verum NJ The President, however,
dii veto them to su ancLn. e1eeeiing Eileen mil
! ion Of dollars.
upon h fact that Inc Government is being carried
back aud admin stored spon principles CT economy
which are in accordance With euiet coes ruciien
/ Of the CONSTITUTIONS, and the Democrats parry.
! Whenever the Government departs from ihis THie,
! and eng aga IA setems Of internal improvement
aud banking. it becomes contsm;nated BE- those
ooTEup!iag i hueGcss-iESOiTed in debt, The people
oppressed by that nest grieVoUs tax, which, the
/ eaeHF Ct Industry, is to opp-ste,T Of the poor,
the great AMI fruitful source Of neEu3l strife, dis
sen ions, eli civil war. |, has revolution ged Gov
| eTl1en dethroued Kings. and saturated The very
earth il human blood II is tie wesPan Ct .,rAnis,
J and The curge CT ell nations.
| Thus, the question presents itself, whether or
net these seheues be tft5 indivdrl enterprise, or
| whether abe GOvernRCut should engage IN them,
thereby sutecing it 70 thoss GcFrrpiiag influences
which will sooner later sap It's very goun istion.
/ Our Gevernment has been chsr6ciefts ID ss q mere
| experiment, irisl Of our viiiae aud patriotism.
VI told not long since by pEuishei states
man, thu Hon JoHS BgLJ, that the QUESTION had
been ssked Of en- able historian and Statesman Of
| England, what be thought Of the American Govern
"a he replied, that she question could DC ansgel
ei at the end OF the njnsteerth century, bur tlzi be
(ur BELLY 5hougat IL Gaes ion could be ensssrtd
al the end Of the third quarter Of the cen'ary.
Whether il be an experiment Of not, mere IiAl Of
eur yrjue Ii s government We cherish aha i0ys
Bnh devotion, and by adopting the former policy
we can pspetuste it, By adopting he lsuer tAere Is
much dsoger, aud ere long We grit behold Il Of
tsrng, cad in cunbrous ruin laundering 10 the
ground, meianch0lIy evidence of want Of virtue
and spaCiiy in The people for sslf-goVeEnnent
In conclusion, genlemeo, !? yoa desire the PIE
serve,icG Of ei1ai rights among hs States, ths an
lsXeton Of Gu6s tae Rdminisirat on OF the Gov
nent upon principles OF economy, IL IL essential
that the Democratic party should succeed, and it is
our solemn duty 10 aid in its cause. Your party
has done mush in tines past. In the infancy Of
the repub 10 they overthrow and defeated the Fed
eral party, who were friends to consolidation. an
eoemy TO States right; they broke down and dsmol-
ish1d the old National Bank, which would have
been most powerful and dangerous machine in The
hands Of corrupt administration. Strict Cen
sruoiouists Of the Constitution, they defeated the
Internal improvement party, and thereby closed the
doors Of the tIeseury against spectators and pee
ulaoTs. aud saved the country form de5ts that would
have taken ages to have received. The friends Of
agriculture they have defeated that policy which in
rs tendency, built up mouied manopOlies at the
North at the expense Of the filters Of the soil, and
before tae pernicious influence Of which your lUzu
rious fields would have Eithefed Ike an oasis
hpfrfc tho Cvr;ea vsuds Tha frian6s Of the