BY JOHN B. BRATTON.' VOL. 38. iJcmtflijlUanfiT acfitalnturr. SKETCH OF THE DEBATE On Goo. Bigler's Btntirrfetoea t in the House of April 20, 1853. Mr. James of Worron, moved to postpone tho re* bonsideration of tho bills for tho present. Ho said, be hoped tho motion to postpone would prevail. Ho woe opposed to hasty action. Mr. Bon&aIi said ho trusted the House would not postpone tho consideration of tho bill. Every mom. her, he had nodoqbt,had made up his mind on this subject. * He bclioved that it was very doubtful whether we had the power to postpone tho re-con sideration of tho bills, under tho terms of tho consti. tutiou. Tho constitution says, on tho return.of a bill by the Governor to tho Houao in which it shell havo originated, with his objections, they shall enter tho objections at largo upon their journals, and “pro ceed to reconsider it.*’ Now, sir, havo wo tho right to postpone <ho reconsideration of it 7 Mr. Ruev, (speaker) said ho would inform the gentleman from Cumberland that such had been tho constant practice -since tho adoption of (he now constitution. Tho motion was first made (o recon sider, and then tho reconsideration might bo post, poned for the present. Mr. Boniiau. lam aware, sir, that pu,c(i has boon tho practice, but is it right 7 I doom tho language of the constitution, •'shal I proceed to reconsider it," to mean that we shall not only undertake the recon sideration of tho bill, but go on with ’ll. In this case, sir, I would doom il highly approprl nto to lake notion at once. lam afraid of ooutbina. lions being formed to pass these bills by two thirds, if wo give their friends the time to rally their forces. 1 have seen enough of this combination during this nos Min to convince me, sir, tint delay mny be dang, crous. That combination has interfered injuriously with the logillmato logislulioa of this House. It has been moat manifest daring tho entire session, and when that combination was perfected, those bank bills wero all gorged up In one place, ilm sluices then wore oponed, und they sailed through this hull in fine style. All tilings wero prepared and ready, and then the work was done. I deprecate the passage of these bills by the constitutional majority. Tho people of (ho commonwealth would never forgive us. If wo permitted those bills to become laws under such circumstances. Tim I was done under asi mil ir 1 emergency in 1814,-whon the patriotic Snyder vetoed a batch of bills like the present. The Stale had sorely felt tho evils of that IcgMaion, and I hope, sir, it will not bo rc-rcnacted again at this day. I hope, sir, wo wilt sustain the present Governor tri umphantly in the noble stand he has taken on this vital subject. lam afraid, sir, of delay in ter. There Is a largo amount of capital struggling for chartered privileges, and wo do not know the direction il may lako in this hail.. I am afraid of delay, sir. Lot us act at onco, and promptly lake (ho vole i n accordance with tho requirements of the constitution. Mr. Jauks, of Warren. I wish, sir, (o notice o remark which fell from tho gentleman trum Cumber land, (Mr. Bonham,) that a combination had been formed in relation to these bank bills. Ho had scon H statement of a sioiUfar character in one of (ho nowapapere of the borough. In an article on that subject the editor had charged that there was such K combination, and (bat il obstructed legislation.— It won( on to state, that the banks had controlled the whole legislation of the session. If a party question came up, no more reliance could bo placed on bank democrats than on whigs. And further, that if a majority of tho democratic party desired to carry any measure, all (hat was necessary to defeat it, w.is for "some grey headed sinner in the whig ranks to run round ip the bank democrats and sayr 'if you vote fbr rftetr T win rhi --/» ~~ instant the l- ’ bank democrats wore voting with the whig*." Nuw, sir, thiff'charge fa repeated in substance by tbo gentleman Irom Cnniberland, (Mr. Bunimm,) ( and I deem it my duly to say that it is unqualifiedly —incorrect. Mr. Bonham. I said nothing aboiA sinners or grey headed sinners. (Laughter.) Mr. James. No, sir, lam aware of lint, but that doc* nol make much difference. The intimations are the same **' contained in the arliclo referred to, and whether that article was penned from insli act ions thrown out by any member or members of this House, I do nol know, but I think Iho statements in it are certainly incorrect and unfounded. 1 hope the House, will nol force a vole at this lime, as wo are nol prepared to act with duo deliberation. Mr.Giu.is. I hope the reconsideration of this bill may bo postponed for the present. I cannot qny how I may vole at the end. I will vole as 1 bo lieso to bo right on this subject, but I want some time for deliberation. iiiiio HU uuminioiiuii. Mr. Schell. 1 think, Mr. Speaker, wo are ns well prepared to vole on this question now as wo will be s( another time—at least let ns proceed with the reconsideration of the bill. I do not think tho niem b6rs want more lime to consider tho subject. I know that some of the democrats, some fivu «r sii, who voted for those bills, are procured to sustain tho Guv. ernor in tho course ho has seen proper to take, and I presume wo arc oil ready to act in the mat ter. There is no necessity for delay. Mr. Flanigan said ho was much astonished by the course of members on the democratic tide of tho Hoti'tf. Ho then proceeded to denounce In very strong language, tho notion of the democratic mem bers, in having voted for these bank bills, end now being willing to "go It blind,” and follow the Gover nor. He was astonished at the ooufso of tho gen ilomtn from Fulton, (Mr. Scholl) In wishing to stifle discussion, and apply thegnglbw. Ho said it would be recollected (hut the gentleman from Cumberland, (Mr. Ounha/n) occupied the time of the House, the other day, for two hours in speaking on litis subject, for the purpose of slaving off action upon them, and that oh (lie noil day ho spoke foY throe quarters of an hour when tho question was called up again. The Br*AKKn,(Mr. Rhoy.) Tho gentleman from the city must confine his remarks to the question be fore (ho House. Whether tho gentleman from Cum berland spoke one day or two days, had nothing to do with the question of postponing the reconsidera tion of (his bill. •* Mr. Flanigan. Well, air, I desire to diacuaa the morita of this bill, but I do not feel prepared to do bo at this time. 1 will say, however, in antiwar to the gentleman from Cumberland that— The Speaker. Well the gentleman cannot go into tho morita of Ihia bill on the question to post pone. Mr. Flanigan. If lam to bo choked off, air, I will bo hoard in aamo ahnpo or form—in some other way. Mr. Schell. If there is any thing more to bo dreaded than another It ia tho (errt’Me denunciation of tho gentleman from tho city, (Mr. Flanigan) In which ho la ao fond of Indulging. 1 hope tho gen (lonian, however, will hero an opportunity of being hoard on this question. Tho qneation was then put on tbo motion to post, pono, ond resulted aa follows—yooa 35, nnya 47. Tho hill for the charter of (ho Mauoh Chunk Dank waa then before (he House. The question was “shall the bill pass.” Tho yoaa and naya wore called apd resulted aa follows—yona 20, naya 49. Tho bill for tho charter of tho Volley Bank of MonongaheU waa noil In order. Tho yooa and naya were called ond mulled—yooa 25, nays 50. So the m£h*rT then moved that tho bill for the oslab liofimoVit of a ayalom of froo banking bo raado (bo prdor for Saturday next— lost—yoaa 37, naya 4j. A motion was then made that 1000 copies of tho Governor’s message bo printed for tho use of the House. To this an amendment was offered that 1000 copies in English and 500 copies in Gorman bo printed. Mr, QnooMAii then moved to strike out all tho resolution, except so much aa authorized tho print* tog of 60t) copies In tho Gorman language. On this question also, the yeas and nays were required by the whigs, evidently for the purpose of consuming time, and to prevent any action before the adjournment. Tho yeas aiy) nays were as fol lows—yeas 9, nays 58. The question then recurring on the original res olution, Mr. Madeira moved to amend by striking out one thousand copies in English and five hun dred in Gorman and inserting one thousand copies in English. It hero became very manifest that the whigs were carrying on their opposition to the resolution for mere factious purposes. Mr. Bonham moved the previous question,which being seconded, the question was “Shall the main question be now put'* and resulted as follows— yeas 40, nays 2. The whigS. refused to vote at oil, so that the House might be deprived of a quorum. Mr. Bonham then moved a call of the House, which was seconded; but the main question not having been sustained, by reason of no quorum voting, and the hour of one having arrived, the Speaker declared the House adjourned until 3 o'- clock In the afternoon. By this time the whigs looked as black as ten thunder clouds and as terrible as ton furies. At 3 o’clock in the afternoon the House re-as ssmbled, and Mr. Broomil of Delaware opened the bail. He moved as an amendment to the resolution, that the names of those persons who had voted for these bank bills on their passage and had after wards on tho veto being received voted against them, be published along with the message. The Speaker ruled the amendment of the gen tlemen out of order. / Mr. Broomal would like to know for what roa. son. The Speaker said the amendment related to an entirely different subject. Tho resolution was to publish the veto message, and the voting of (he members or having their names published was a different matter entirely. Mr. Broomal—Well I would like to ask (ho Speaker, if the voting to sustain tho veto is not a part of tho same subject. The Speaker—The gentleman can taka an ap peal from the decision of the chair. Docs the gen tleman wish to appeal. M,r. UnooMAtr—l do not. But I wish to say, sir, that we have witnessed a remarkable scene hero this morning. The gentleman from Fulton, (Mr. Schell) said in debate,That ho knew the mem bers who had voted for these bills, would vote to sustain the veto, but he (Mr. Broomal) hatl not believed il, till hesaw it. Mr. Schell—l slated that there were some five or six whom 1 heard say that they would sustain the Governor jf he vetoed the banka,'as they ex pected a veto from their beingol! crowded together and passed in one or two days. Mr. Broomal—Well, I would like to see the names of the members published along with the message. It would present a beautiful spectacle. The Speaker here said he would not allow the gentleman from Delaware to discuss the propriety of the names of certain gentlemen being published. Tho proposition has been ruled out of order, and if the gentleman is agrieved he has his remedy by appealing from tho decision of the chair. Mr. Okoomal— Yes, a beaniifuLjomedy, by ap pealing from the decision of the Speaker, after ihe votes which has just been IqWot.\ Well, sir, I have a right to speak of the propr>cty'of tho pub lication of this message, and I wish to stale my reasons why lam in favor of publishing it. The uqnllpinan from flumhf elaml /Mr. »!.* other day made a very long and very obfe speech on this question, the question about which this veto is given, and that gentleman’s speech has been published, I believe, and the Governor’s veto should bo published also. It has boon n powerful document. But tho other day some fifty odd gen tlemen voted in favor of some of these bills and against the propositions submitted by the gentle men from Cumberland, and in Uie short space of lime intervening, a large number of those who thus voted, turned round and voted the other way. Now, sir, a veto message, or any other do cument which can produce such results ought to be printed. Mr. Speaker, 1 have some alight prejudice against this veto power, this saying by ono man “I forbid.” 1 donl like it. But perhaps it is natural. During the last winter them wore dome two or three vetoes sent in to bills in w hich mistakes had been made by the transcribing clerks, and the only way in which those mistakes could bo corrected was to veto tho bills. I should have fell very bad had those bills been vetoed on other grounds, and 1. had voted for the kills, to havo turned round and voted ngalnst tho tills. Whigs-on this side of (ho House would have felt, very badly under such cir cumstances—almost as bad as those members who ' voted for those banks and now Voted them,' must feel. [Xaoghtcr.] t have u prejudice, sir, against onh man refer ring to Iris opinions for tho guidance of the actions of others hero equally as intelligent ns himsolf. “I refer you to my message to bo found at such n place.” Now* the Governor does nol oven assign his masons to us for those vetoes. Ho sends buck two bills here, and refers to reasons given to some oiher bill for not having 1 signed them'. Tho Speaker reminded the gentleman from Delaware, that tho message to which tho Govern or referred for his reasons accompanied tho bills returned, ami had been road at the clerk’s desk. Mr. Bkoomal —Yes, but it still referred us (o lli'o v6to of anolbor bill, and this message,did not purport to bn moro titan a copy of the real veto which he had sent to the Senate. I dont liko tho power, sir, and I dont like (his mode of exercising it. I think it is all wrong.— We have derived that power from the British Con stitution. The Speaker —Does the gentleman from Dela ware pretend in Bay that that was the origin of the veto poworl Does ho not know that It existed in tho Roman republic 1 Mr. Droomal — l dent pfolond to say any tiling about that, I merely say that we derived it from tho British constitution. It tins oomo down to us in that way. And I say, sir, that I have a preju dice against tho exorcise of tins power. I am willing to admit (hat (ho executive is light in ox pressing his opinions, and I give him great credit for expressing them and adhering to thorn, and it would present a nobio spectacle if this Mouso would oxproas its opinions in tho same way, and eland by ifam, Mr. ,S6rnci,t, (Fulton.) Tho gentleman from Delaware has boon complaining of the exorcise of the mo power.' Ho is but bringing forward again ono of tho old exploded principles of tho whig par ty. That party has had occasion to find much fault with this healthful and purifying feature of our government. I, sir, look upon tho veto power as tho oonSorvalivo feature of our form of govern ment. Tho whig parly In 1818 carried on tho campaign by making opposition to the veto power —it was tholr groat stalking horse. 1 recollect heating a whig stump orator during that campaign mako a,speech, moro than half of which was in abuse of tho veto power. Tho whig parly have no doubt found it on inconfonionl feature of our government. It Is tho groat preventative of hasty and unconstitutional legislation. Why, what would have booh our position in this House at tho present session, if this power had not existed.!— The Houso would havo disgraced itself. tho legislation passed here this winter Is a disgrace to thp .Houso, not bp much from tho fault of tho “our countut—may it always be right—but bight <m wrong, our country." CARLISLE, 'PA., THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1852 House itself, aa from the workings of ibis abom- j inable private calender, by which most objection- ; able biilaare snaked through, wilhoulihomembers knowing it. 1 believe the.genlleman from Dela-, ware (Mr. Bropmal) and the gentleman from Cum berland (Mr. Bonham) both endeavored to prevent the adoption of the rule, which authorizes the pri vate calender legislation. 1 wish they had been successful. We are now witnessing its evil ef fects. The veto therefore is the only thing which 1 now saves us (rom many bills becoming laws which should never pass this House, and which T uould never pass, if they were properly examined. But the party with which tne gentleman from Delaware acts, are hostile to this veto power from the force of habit. They have long denounced it —yet 1 had hoped they had grounded their opposi tion. It seems not however, and to-day’s proceed ings will convince the people of the Stale, that the old warfare on the part of the Whrgw is to bo re newed and the exeroioo of ihie power be made again a party issue. Mr. BrooMal- As to the remarks of the gentle man from Fulton (Mr. Schell) in relation to the consistency or the views of tho whig party on this veto question, I deem it scarcely necessary to re ply —for 1 dontclaim to bea whig. Neither would I like any body to call me a democrat (laughter). I claim to bo a freeman —that is my position, and that is tho important position in the present aspect of the subject matter before the House. I bollovo the whigs are protty consistent kind of men, and are looked upon as pretty clever fellows, if they are-tho same soft that lived in the days of the rev olution. Mr. Sohilt.—Thai in nol tho sort wo have up in our region of the country. (Laughter.) Mr. Bonham said ho did not riso for tho purpose of entering into the controversy between tho gonllo* man from Delaware (Mr. Brootnnll) and the gonllo man from Fulton (Mr. Schell) in rcltlion\lo tho consistency of the whig parly, or tho peculiar views of that party as to the exercise of the veto power— but merely to set the gentleman from Delaware right in his historical researches as in tho orign of tins power, or (ho source from whence wo derived it. I um a good deal astonished, sir, at tho want of histor ical accuracy manifested by the gentleman from Delaware in this debate, Ho stales Him vou power as wo hava it engrafted on our constitutions, stale and national, oamo from (ho British government —when the gentlemen ought to know that'is dated far beyond that—that it existed with the happiest results as for back os tho days of tho Roman ropub lic.whon it waG exercised as a protection to the right of tho peoplo, -by the Tribunes who woro elected by tho people, against tho aristocratic, partioian legisla tion of tho Roman Sonata. It was considered a great triumph for popular rights when this power was ex erted from tho particiun interests of that wealthy and powerful nation. Mr. Bnoo.MALL rose (o explain. Ho.had said nothing about the origin of the power he merely said that wo had got it from tho British constitution ; it had come down to us iu that way as most of our laws. Mr. Bonham —Tho gontloman from Delaware is much mistaken. Tho veto power as was once exor cised in the British monarchy is a very different power from the qualified veto, which wo have in our Amcncon constitutions. That power was absn solute and unqualified-lho veto power which we have is nol so,but a law may bo passed by (wo thirds of the two Houses of any of our stale legislatures, or of congress, in spite of tho veto. Wo did not derive this power from tho British government, no more than wo adopted tho other features of that govern ment. Tho people of (his country took other models for they free governments began, and adopted the good,repudiated the bad, and ilia result is, that they framed the most perfect form of government that has ever existed on the oarlh. The gentleman from Delaware says that this voto power is nol now exercised oven in Great Brilian. 1 know, sir, that it has not been cxoroi«od in that country since their revolution in tho seventeenth century—and I can tell the gentleman tho reason. That government is an oligarchy, made op of tho landed nobility ond tho aristocracy. They havo no constitution to bind and feller their Every act of parliament is supreme. Tho house of lords necessarily legislates to suit tho aristoorstio in terests. The house of commons, which is filled ap by the sons of tho nobility, through tho'‘rotten bor ough system,” by which they can buy their wuy to a seal in parliament, will also, as a general rule, legislate to subserve (lie interests nf the privil eged classes of that country. Or even if they should happen to pass a bill squinting towards favoring tho mass bf the people, tho house of lords can stop its progress and prevent its becoming a hw. What, therefore, does tho executive of that country want of a veto? Tho_only use which would be mndo of such a power might, perhaps, bo to protect, to sumo feeble extent, tho rights of tho masses of tho subjects of that proud and tyrannical srovornmont. Hence the politics of that country into a con lost bclwcoon two aristocroUv factions, one as con scrvalivo and oppressive as the other. Ilonce the crown cares little which parly is in power, and as soon as either party which happens to bo in (ho os ccndancy, is defeated in (ho house of commons, their ministers retire from office and a now sot tsfko their places. The veto power would only bo in tho way of oppressive, of tyrannical legislation, and hence it is nol wanted there, end its exercise has grown into disuse. But our position, sir, is different. Wo hnvo o i constitutional government, with certain well defined I rights and powers. These powers arc admirably ( distributed, They oro of a throe fold character — i legislative, executive and judicial. The legislative pov.'cr rcqtfrds the joint action of our two Houses 1 and the executive, unless two thirds of the two houses agree, when laws can bo passed without the sanction of the executive. Those aro the features of the constitutions of alt our state governments, ansl oftho constitution of the national ffovernmont. The his tory of this country lias shown (hat (ho exorcise of the veto power has always been In favor of (ho rights 1 uf the people, and against hasty, ill advised or tin* constitutional legislation. It is exercised by a person 1 who is elected by tho people of the whole state, or nf tho nation,and who Is directly responsible to them. Our legislative bodies may pass acts that ere highly itijaiious and improper, and without incurring ippnh responsibility. Tho responsibility is much divided. They act os bodies of men usually do. and whnl is done by tho whole is dono by no ono in particular. Mon, for instance, aro olcolod to the legislature; thoy vote for Certain measures, which perhaps may bo highly prejudicial to (ho interests uf the stain and tho people, and thoy go homo and aro forgotten by the alaio at largo—aro never hoard of afterwards oxcopt In their own Immediate neighborhoods. Thoy foil no responsibility Nor their vote, oxcopt to tholr own immediate constituents, who moy have had particular views or particular interests to subserve. Look at tho history oftho past legislation of this state, and what I assort will bo manifest. But this veto power Is placed in tho hands of tho executive of tho whole ponplo,nnd tho people look to him, and ho fools responsible to thorn. But, sir, I liavo spoken of tho three fold powers conferred upon those who represent tho people in tho varied capacities under our constitutional form of govornmdnl—thoJoglsiativo,'oxooutivo and judicial. The loglalativo bouloa and tho executive* make tho laws, or tho legislative bodies alone, provided two thirds of each house agreo to pass a law in defiance of tho wishes of tho oxooutivo, bo ho (ho Governor of a state or Brosidont of tho United States, If two thirds of tho legislative branches do not ogreo, ho has tfio power to arrest tho legislation. If thoy do, be is poworlrffcs. Tois Is the qualified veto, under our system of government. But, sir, lltdro is a more powerful veto than,this— ' the most powerful of all in our government, Tho 1 veto oftho judloisry,dot only of moasurbs passed by »| the legislature—but by tho legislature and tho exec- I utivo combined. Here is the greet power, which (can unmake laws which have boon enacted under the most solemn forms. Lootf at your supremo courts. In a small dingy room in (ho capital at Washing ton sit some nine persons, surrounded by no circum stances of pomp or display, conning over old musty papers, with scarcely light enough to decipher tho written or printed characters before them—and yet those little, old, docrcpid more power in your government than your President and Congress. A scratch of their pons can undo Oio labor ofCon gress for months and years. And yet no person objects to this tremendous pover. It is necessary for the duo administration of Uo government. It is ! a veto power of the most dccUod and absolute char acter-far more despotic lhai that complained of by the gentleman from Dclawo/o and the whig party— and yet it is a power oxorAsod In accordance'with the termf of the conelitaion, and is intended as a protection of the rights o/lhe people from legislative encroachments, from tho tyranny of irresponsible major-itivs. But (his qaaltfcd veto power exercised by the executive, has more than once saved the liberties of the country, I,i the hands of tho groat and good Jackson, it wai a potent power for good. By it ho arrested with in iron nerve and a strong arm legis lation of the rmst profligate and dangerous character. Wo may wol l feel the importance of (his power. Tho oligarchy ofGroal Britianjdo nol want such a power to interfere with their selfish views ond illiberal and aristocratic policy. They want the supreme power in parliament where they have got if, by the prac tice of that government, and whore they will keep it, so long as they aro able to keep down the people and proseno (heir unholy privileges. And for tho same reason the money power of this country has found it a most inconvenient barrier to privileged and class legislation. No wonder our whig friends aro dissatisfied with this excellent provision of our constitution, It stands much in their 1 way in tho consumation of (heir .schemes. How easy it would bo to got legislation to suit them, wore It nol for this hateful veto power, our past legislative history most abundantly verifies. Tho gentleman from Delaware says he lias a strong prejudice against , this power. But ho says, also, that ho is nol a whig. 1 believe lie is more Ilian that. 1 think the gentleman from Delaware desires to bo considord a federalist a wjljtr nf the dnennnl dj-n Ho (»«• spoken of tho wings of tns revolution, but I am inclined to believe, sir, that they aro not the persons with whom tho gentleman could have assimilated, but that the gen tleman's political affinities aro with another parly, which entertained strong anti—republican principles at that period. 1 fool sure that many of his views would nol bo sanctioned by his follow whlga of the pfosefit doy, that they would nol endorse many of his political scrilimonts. The section of (ho slate from ftliich the gontloman comes was nol celebrated for its paliiotio impulses, ol a lime when ho consid ers that the wliigs were pretty clever, honest follows, lie disclaims the tillo of democrat, and I think wiih good reason. In that ho is honest, ns well as 1 can. did. No person would, however, mistake him on that subject. But the beautiful workings of this veto power were strikingly illustrated In the history of hiS own, tho whig parly. They once elected a certain Johh Tyler to the Vico Presidency. By a Providential dispen sation ho became the President of tho nation. And what was his course when ho felt the responsibility —which 1 have already referred to—of his position, as tho representative of the whole people? when ho sal in a place where tho Argus eye of tho whole peo ple could look at him and through him 7 Why,sir, ho rose with the emergences ond “ honest John Ty ler,” in despite of the shackles of the parly, mot the just expectations of the people. Ho felt his pos ition—ho know there was no escape, and.allhough (jfbs and measures, yol ho showed Flia\ country moru. Ho fought tho battles of tho groat Jackson over again, and ho was tho victor. Bui, sir. 1 did nol riso to enter into tho merits of the controversy, which so unexpectedly sprang up between the gentleman from Fulton and (ho gontlo man freon Bold ware, on Iho course and policy of tho whig parly on the subject of the veto power. I merely wished to set the gentleman from Delaware right as to Ins historical reminiscences—for I con coivo he had fallen inlo a most remarkable error for one so well informed os I know that gentleman to bo on polilicultopics generally. Mr. Keiso (Kne). 'This veto message, sir, has not been to mo unexpected, from certain intima tions whhh reached mo in relation to the matter. And. sir, I saw hero this morning what incensed my feeling! no Mule. 1 saw the right arm of tho executive, the dunking part of ihe executive, and of (ho administration, I might say, hero in litis hall, this Homing, sitting among the members and taking down the ayes and noos, when they were called on tho question to postpone and on tho votes for thopassngo of tho bank bills. Ho was horo, sir, lodi in hand, in tho cotton field. Mr. Bonham interposed. -1 presume tho gentle man frim Mrio refers to the Secretary of tho (Join inonwcVlth (Mr. Hughes.) Mr. Kelso—l do ruler to him. Mr. Bonham— Well, 1 think the gentleman is somewhat ungenerous and unkind in his remarks, nil only towards tho Secretary himself, but to wards Ins follow membois on this floor. It will bo recollected that tho Secretary brought in those important messages of the Governor, and it being o matter of public interest,having (ho privileges of (he floor from his position, lie very naturally tar ried to see tho result of tho voto, as any ono would have dono. Ho may hnvo kept tally, which is done every day by members and others, on quos. lions of far less intorost than this. Mr. Kelso —Tho bills wore not taken up for an hour or two after tho messages woro brought in, ami the Secretary should havo boon elsewhere at tending to his duties. The Speaker(Nfr. R’hey.) Thogentlomanfrom Krio is mistaken as to the time which elapsed af ter the messages wore brought in, and the question of reconsideration entertained. Mr. Kki.so —Well, sir, I contend that Iris con duct was improper. Ho should not have been whore ho was. It looked too much like applying tho lash in tho cotton field. lam opposed to litis ono man power, sir. . It is a power liable to great aluitto nnd ahnilld lie ffrnally mirlallud If not entire ly abolished. Mr. Gilmb (Elk.) If 1 recollect rightly, air, the whig party themselves ore a little fond of tho. exercise of the veto power. In the full of 1839 they desired to voto (ho voice of the people ex pressed through the ballot boxes, and “treat the election as though it had nororboon hold.' 1 Hero, sir, was the veto power with a vengeance. The gentlemen on the other side of tho house cannot Imvo forgotten that-attempted veto, or else their memories are much more treacherous titan I lake them to be. Ami, sir, if;l reoollcot rightly in 1841, Mi, Clay, after this great attempt in Pennsylvania to veto the .voice of the people, moved a series of resolu tions in tho Sonata of tho United States, proposing to change.(he constitution of the country so as to dispense with tha harmless qualified voto, which tho President possesses. That was a voto power too feeble for the whlgs—they preferred soipolhing of n revolutionary character—something like tho “buckshot war,” to oxoroiso their skill in votoos. I am in favor, sir, of this message being printed and 1 hope (ho rosoluilbn will be adopted. The question was thon (niton and resulted as follows—tho whlgs refusing to vote—ayes M, nays 1, (Mr. Morriman.) When a man now a days wishes to oommumloato the intelligence that a daughter has boon added to his family, ho Bays that domestic affairs have retch ed U CKI-Blfl. 1 MUST NOT TEASE JUT MOTHER. BY MRS. l; H. SIGOURNEY.' 1 must not teaso my mother, -For elio is very kind, And every thing she says to me 1 must directly mind; For when I was a baby, And could not speak nor walk, She let rto in her bosom sleep, And taught me how to talk. I must not tease my mother, And when she likes to read, Or has the headache, I will step Most silently indeed, I will not choose a noisy play, Nor trifling troubles tell. But sit down quiet by her side, And try to make,her well. I must hot tease my mother, 1 heard dear father say, When 1 was in my cradle sick, She nursed me night and day. She lay me in my little bod, She gives me clothes and food, And 1 have nothing eiso to pay But trying to be good. I must not tease my mother, She loves mo all the day, And she has patience with my faults, And teaches mo to pray; How much IMI fry td please hor,' She every hour shall see, For should she go away or die, What would become of me 1 The Secret, “I noticed,” said Franklin, “a mechanic among others, at work on a house erecting but a little way from my office, who always appeared to ho in a merry humor, who had a word and a cheerful smile for every one ho mot. Let the day be ever so cold, gloomy, or sunless, a happysmilodanccd like n sunbeam on his cheerful countenance.— Meeting him one morning, 1 asked him to tell me tho secret of hie constant happy flow of spirits.— “No secret, Dr.,” ho replied, “Lhavo got one of tho best of wises, and when 1 go to work, she al ways has a kind word of encouragement for me, and when 1 go home she meets me with a smile and a kiss, and then lea is su.ro to bo ready, and she has done so many little things through the day to please me, that I cannot find it in my heart to speak an unkind word to any body.” Whalan influence then hath woman over the heart of man, to soften it and make it the fountain of cheerful and pure emotions. Speak gently, then, a happy smile and a kind word of greeting, after the toils of the day are over, coal nothing, and go far to* ward making homo happy and peaceful.” Tho most recent discoveries aro said to consist of a pair of spectacles to suit the eyes of potatoes. Xhe clu|).wlih which an idea struck tho poet. A stick to measure narrow escapes. . Tho hook ond line with which an angler caught a cold. The umbrella osod in the reign of tyrants. A knot from the board a man paid twenty shil lings a week for. A glass of lemonade made of a sour temper and the sweets of matrimony. The Realities of Life.—Tho seeds of groat empires, like tho gorms of all true greatness, in tho sport of ovory fitful broeze f before it finally takes sgilyTnffd’ine"season 1 tflust follow season, and /bsitlcm must ebb and fiowlbrmany years, before tho mature oak spreads its branches to the skies, and bids defiance (0 tho wintry bias). Myriads of litllo shell fish die, and for centuries the water rolls above them before the coral reef is formed; but it is formed and slowly yet suroly, rises its head above tho waves. “Why art thou sad, my love, to-day 1 what grief is frowning o'er thy heart? Why dost thou droop and turn away, and who do (ears unbidden start? When first 1 wooed thee in thine Isle—thy Erin Emerald of the deep—l-saw thee, sweetest, only smile, nor oven thought that thou could'st weep. Tho sun of summer lights the earth, tho zephyr’s kiss is on thy chock; all nature calls thee hack to mirth, then bo not pry thee, love, so weak.” While thus I spoke, rny bosom’s queen, one deep, fond glance upon' rnu stealing, exclaimed, “ Be jahors, but you’re green! Its onions sura I’m afthcr peeling !•’ A Sensible Landlord.— Tho Frrfnkford Herald is responsible for tho following: A little Incident transpired some weeks ago at ono ol our Frankford hotels, which, under thp pre sent temperance excitement, is not unworthy of notice. Tho names of the parties wo shall with hold from the public fur shame oako. A litllo girl entered the tavern, and in pitiful tones luld the keeper that her mother had sent her there to get eight cents. “Might cents,” said the tavern keeper. “What does your mother want with eight cents 1 1 dent owe her anything.” ‘•Well,” said the child, “father spends all his money hero for rum, and we havo had nothing to. oat to-day. Mother wants to buy a loaf of bread.” A loafer remarked to the tavern-keeper, to “kick out the brat.” “No,” said the keeper, “I will givd liertfio mo ney, and if tho father comes kero again, I’ll kick him out.” An Irishman, one glootny day In December, np*, plied to o merchant to discount a note at rather a long, though not an unusual date. The merchant remarked that it had a great many days (0 run, when the Irishman Said, “That’s truo for you, my honor; but then you don't consider hpw short tho days aro at tills Unto of year.” Poor bans, ho bit Mmaotf mit a nnadlofake and vash sick into his bod six long weeks in do month of August, and all do dime ho say vutor! Valor I and ho did not oat notin (111 ho complained of being bettor ao ash ho could stand upon his olbow and oat a litlloloo. Flooding in Schools. —Miss Boots, a teacher in a primary school In Cincinnati, has boon'bound uvor fur trial, by tho mayor, for improperly Hogging a pu pit because ho could not spoil correctly. “l.am very rauoU afraid of lightning," said a pretty girl. “Ami you may bo,” replied a des pairing lover, “as your head is made of stool I" “Bring in voua Bill/ — This (a what (ho honey auoklo said to tho humming bird, and what a fow of our subscribers oeght to soy to us. Soppoio UiBy try ilon. . An Indian chief onco wont to (ho ofilco of tfi\ American Commissioner, at Chicago, to whom ho’ introduced himself os a very good Indian, a groat friend to tho Americans, and concluded by asking far a glass of whiskey. Tho Commissioner gravely told him that they never gavo whiskey to gfiod Indi ans, who never wished for any such things—that it was used only by bad Indian*.—“ Then," roplicdjtho Indian, quickly, “ mo one damn rascal." *» My son,” said an afiucllonsto mother to her hopeful heir, who was about lu bo married, “ you are gutting thin." “ Yes. mother,” ho answered, '• 1 am i gelling thin, and 1 oipool you will soon sue ipy rid.” ATS 2 oom.ftracnv' Koiaath’s Blixjnshae, On iho 15lh of Mafcb, when;lfoflßalh } \wa»,itt St* Louis, ho delivered a speech commbpoirig «s Asa specimen of (bo imaginative it Is, pothaps,|tib surpassed in prose in (ho English languages—-I J “Ladies and Gentlemen:—To-day is -tho.fourth anniversary of the Revolution In Hungary... • Aopi vcrsarics of Rovolatioos arc almost alwayb con* nectcd with the recollections of some' patriot*,' deatb.falloD on (hat day, like tbo Spartaba olTherm opyla), martyrs of dovollod'to thyir /fatherland. Almost in every country there Is spmo proud cala falk, or some proud tombstone, adorned on 'subb a day by a garlaud-ef ovorgreop, tho pious oflpring of pairlotio tenderness. “1 passed thd last night In n sleepless dream And my soul wandered bnf the magnetic wings of tho past, homo to my beloved bleeding land, and I saw in tbo dead of the night, dark foiled shapes with tho pilotless of ; eternal grief upon their saa brows, but terrible in the (earless silence s 6f -tbit grief, gliding over, tho churchyard* of and kneeling down at the bead, of , the groces, and afters short prayer, rising fins, ahd/"“ gnashing (coth| and then stealing bwdy 'tearless and .silent as tlicy came; sloaling ‘away—because -thd blood.liounds of my country's murderers lorkwTfrqm ovary corner on that night, and on this day, and load to prison those who dare to show n pioui femcm branco to the beloved. To dayiofsmllo on;lho lips of a Magyar is taken for a crime of defiance ,(o tyranpy* opp a tear in his oyo equivalent to a .revolt. And yet I have soon with tho oyo Of my bomo.wonderlng soul, ihousonds performing tho wort of.patriotic! virtue. • , # . -V( “ And I saw more. When tho pious, offerors havd stolon away, I saw tho honored doadi half rifled from thetr tombs, looking to (ho offerings; arid whispering gloomily, “still a cypress, and still no flower of Joy.!v Is there still tho chill of winter and Iho gloom of night over thee, Fatherland 7 Aro via not yol fflvbn ged 7” and tho sky of (ho east reddened 'suddenly*! and boiled with bloody flames, and from tho f* ( ( k far west, a lightning flashed llkd a slar-spanglodotrlpe, and within its light a young eagle mooritod'aridioir--- cd towards (he bloody flames of the bast,'and aSh&>' drew near, upon his approaching, the bloody Abme* changed into a radiant morning eon, and a voice from above was hoard in answer to. tho qafesllba'of tho dead ; ... ■/ ~,, ;; . '“Sleep* yet a short while—minois.the rbVengb l • I will make the stars of tho west tho son oftho eaaU—. and when yo next awoke, yo will find the- flewot- of' joy upon your cold bed." . , ,■ • .. “And the dead took the (wig of cypress, the sign, of resurrection, into their bony hands and lay down. 1 * VulKAt Longasge* •, ~i Thoro is ns much connexion, between- the word*,, and the thoughts as thcro is between tho thought* apd llio words: ilio luilor arc not'ooly t’to dr tho former, but (hey have a power to ro'QCt dpon lbo* soul and leave (ho stains of thoir corruption A young man who allows himself to use oho profane; or vulgar word, has not only shown that them let* foal spot on his mind, but by tho utterance of thp, word ho extends (hat spot and inflame* It, till. by. riulgcnco, It will soon pollute and ruin thp whole abu|‘.. Bo cafoful of yoor words, as well as yonfthodghla. 1 If you can control tho tonguo, that no improper wotdrJ are pronounced by it, you will soon bq ablp lbr.cop-y trol tbo mind and savo (hat from corruption'. You extinguish (ho fire by Bmolheringltj of by bad thoughts bursting out in language. • Noferjjltcfa a word anywhere, whicp you wpuld be ns\ramed,io, speak in presence of tho most refined fctnalo,’,or th» most religious man. Try lhis/pracUco o liillb/ and you will have command of ydnraclf.^Jirordflfy 1 Ou Bdnoatloni more (han ninety who are what they are godcf op hait t * useful of pernicious to society, from (ho ibslrucllun' (hoy have received. It is on educalionllhal depends' (he great difference observable pmoog Ihetn.",* Th«- (oast and most imperceptible impressions recelycff/ri our infancy have consequences vcryimpofl'anVtjritf of long duration. -It is with these firat'lriiprccsiodi/ as with a river, whoso waters wo can easily l tdtnbyi different canals, in quite opposite courses, so thaty from the insensible directions llio stream receives hi its source, it lakes different directions, snd at' Id'it af rives at places fur distant from Oach other ; and with* (ho same facility wo may turn the minds'of children' to what direction we ploaso. A Last Loos.—There is a feeling that rescpiblod', death in the last glance wO ato eVor to on a loved object. Tho girl that you'have tfonßiirodin‘ : your secret heart, ns she passes by on her wedding* day, it may bo happy arid blissful, lifts up her laugh* ing eyes, tho symbol of her own light heart,' and loaves in that look darkness and desolation to you IW* ever. Tho boy your father-spirit has citing to, waves his hand from tho quartor*dcck, as the gigantic ship bands over tho breozo, tho wind is playing throogft tho locks your hands so oftentimes have smoothed/, tho tears have dimmed his oyos, for mark, he moves hit fiogora over thorn—and (his is a last-looki ,■ . ; Tub Tllustrious Farmbr.— t?usljs, m his ft'oeri. Elections ol Gon. Washington," draws the following lortrriit of llio Illustrious farmer: “Fancy to yourself a Ono noble looking old cata* tier, well mounted, aiding firm and* creel in*. Ills 'sail* dlo, llio personification of power, mellowed yet not' impaired by time, tho equipments of his steed all prop!* ar and in perfect order, ills clothes plain, and tkoqoof a gentleman, a broad brimmed while hat, with d. small gold buckle In front, a riding switch 1 from llilp' forest, ontiruly unattended ; and thus you liivo Wasli-' inglon on bis farm, in bis last dayd at Mount Ver non. " Ills rides on his extensive esUt'es would bb front eight, twelve or fouru-oit miles; he usuilly roOVod inspecting every thing; but-when behind'time, llio most punctual of men, would.display (hd •hip of hiit bettor days, and a hard gallop* bring 1 him up to (triad? so that tho sound of fills' borso*s hoofs Wore always board at tho hour of meals. •, (Xj’Womcn make their adVanCoß as TlnVo minted his. At twenty, when tho swain approaches. tp.pay, hla devoirs, (hoy exclaim, with an air of l*ung , uid in* difference, “ Who is ho ?" At thirty, with a pratfeni look toward (ho ways and jnuans,lho question Ist "What is he?’ At forty anxloly manlfyali itself to nuke the hymeneal aolocllon, and (liC'q'uDrjr changes itself into, “ Which is bo V' Dul at fifty tho anxious expectant prepares ip,seize upon'any pfey. and orcluiiris, “ Where id*ho 7" ii l - ' r • A Countryman applied (o a lawyer for,tdvicq.-7 After detailing llto oircumslanoesoftho case, hdwas asked wbctlior ha had stated them' exactly.as lt|«y occurred. M Aye, sir," lie rejoined, 11 1 thought ik best to tall you the plain truth—you can add thb Itfcd to it yourself." As long as a man gels six dollars « week fyo dkd live and got along rather quletty'attdcontented; but as soon as his wages roach tvVoWo iTollats t waok,’ b» needs twenty four—gets id debt and 4 ‘ buildup,*! at that! Mania a high pressure engine—vanity’s (h'o steam, money the fuel—apply jhoprinolplu and you have the facts. Make a nolo on’tl; . ,- : CCT'Mon pursub riches under Ihb idea triktf rtifellf Btfbsoaslon will sat theiftat case, andabovo tliD world* ut tbo law of association often nukes thopo.Vthq begin by, loving gold ns a servant, finish by .becom ing themselves its slaves r and ihdopbmlondo w|tti aut wealth, is at least ns common as wealth'without independence. Sol—Thoro.in n young Indy up .tojvn B*oyq that If. a can wlioel bus nino'follbWa, it’s q pity that a woman liko her can’t hdVb ‘one.' ‘ Sonkiblb gill, that., ’ l -' i •- i f. » . said pn exquisite*, ‘can .you dnabio mb Irom your oulmary stores tb realise ink {rioaiiurb of* fow dulcet murphies, rendered !)nn«xfioij»>{by .Iff* ooous martyrdom.* lio wanted a sweet potato* . '•HIT U’ti .Si*
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