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THE DEFAULTER'S FAREWELL.
Ara—The Bride's Farewell.
Farewell, Amos! thou art filling
Extra Globes with extra lies;
1 would aid thee, oh how willing;
But my dark fate onward cries.
Farewell, Amos, now I leave thee,—
Hopes and fears my bosom swell;
IVltore I go, they may believe me—
Thou could'st mover, Fare thee well!
Farovvell, M•uTIA! thou art smiling,
But there 's sadness on thy brow;
Vain the hope that's now beguiling,
Vain tho trust that fills thee now.
Farewell, MATITIN! thou dtd'at give me
Office, ere thy fortunes full;
And I'll lova, although I leave thee,
Suffering MAnTru, faro thee well.
Farewell, CAmiouxl thou art turning,
As thou did'st when first wo met,
Still thy patriot bosom burning,
On the strongest lido to get.
Farewell, mild and gentle LEVI,
Though more dear than word can tell,
Amos! M•IITIN! C•LI10111V! Lsvi!
All beloved ones, faro yo well.
maoo2{sabamacala.
SPLENDID PRESENT.—In return for the
splendid presents from the Sultan of Mus
cat to the Pr.sident of the United States,
there has been put on board the Sultanee
four mahogany cases containing four repeat
ing pistols, of Colt's manufacture, for the
I maum of Muscat. The pistols are on the
rotary principle, have each five chambers,
and carry balls weighing from 80 to 120
to the pound. The barrels are beautifully
figured and inlaid with silver, and the stocks
aro made of the mother of pearl, secured
by steel, mounted and rivetted . by silver.
The rifles are eight chambered, and carry
120 balls to the pound. The stocks are of
dark veined mahogany, but in other respects
similar to those of the pistols. With the
fire arms are all the appurtenances, and a
suitable place is appropriated for them in
the cases.
HOT WEATUER.-At Watham, Mass.,on
Friday last, •2 o'clock, P. M. the mercury
stood at 99, which is higher than it had
risen before since July 22,15P0. At Salem,
same day and hour, 98. The Salem Ga-
zette contains the following:
Roast Apples.—A gentleman on Friday
lust brought into our office an apple which he
had picked up from the ground, in his gar.
den, on that day, and one side of which was
completely baked by the heat of the sun.
1 1
DICK *4lB.—The Liverpool correspondent
of the N fy York-Signal says: "Dickens has
been ve ;all, indeed,but is much better now.
Some o Bin first numbers of tho Clock were
written for him—the few last are entirely
his. How different in worth and beauty! He
is a glorious fellow. I was afraid that he was
quite done up at one time, his head was so
bad, but he is almost himself again."
INSOLVENT DEBTORS OF THE UNITED
STATES.—The Act of 1831 for the relief of
certain insolvent debtors of the United
States, and the Acts additional thereto, are
continued in force for three years from the
27th of May last, and are made applicable
to cases of insolvency which have occurred
since the date of said Act, or which may oc.
cur prior to the 27th of May 1843.
GEN. III'KEAN.—It is mentioned in the
Bradford county papers, that the late mel
ancholy act of this gentleman was commit.
ted under the influence of opium, which had
been administered to allay the pains of an
acute chronic rheumatism. Somes hopes
&to now entertained of his recovery.
PENNSYLVANIA JUDGES.—Referring to
the late decision of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, overruling the jurisdiction of
Judge Porter to issue a quo warranto in the
case of Samuel D. Lieb, esq associate judge
of Schuylkill county, the Philadelphia Sen
tinel states that the whole case is to be car
ried, by appeal, to the Supreme Court of
the United Slates. According to the Senti
nel, it was also apart of the decision of the
State court, that the act of Assembly of
16'40, reclassifying the associate judges,
was unconstitutional, inasmuch as the
amended constitution required the first Le
gislature after its adoption, (to wit: that of
1839,) so to classify them. Judge Leib
being so classified, the court derided that
the Assembly had no further constitutional
jurisdiction or control over the appoint
ments.
'Very cheap, but most wretched accom
modations,' a 9 the fellow said yen they rode
him on a rail.
Cautiousness.—'lll ratify it, after I have
put my concluding claws to it,' as the cat
said when she was watching the mouse.
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NEWS VIA KNOLAND.-A late London
paper says, that "Daniel Webster, the great
American statesman, has abandoned the
Senate and taken to the stage—doffed the
gown of the barrister and put on the Tnes•
plan buskin." The writer of this must be
the same chap who said that Washington
Irving, finding it impossible to live by his
pen in America, bad taken to teaching a
dancing school!—Standard.
A CONTRAST.—It is stated, on the author
ily of General Waddy Thompson, of South
Carolina, that on the night of the battle of
Tippecanoe, Mr. Van Buren was leading
on' minuet at a ball in Albany. How dif-
ferent from the situation of Gen. Harrison
at that time!
SILK STOCKING GENTRY AND BANK AR
IBTOCRACY.—The Trenton Gazette states
that at the dinner Frovided for the Vice
President, at English's hotel on Saturday
last, there were two tables—one for those
rich enough to pay three dollars each—and
another for the poor peoplo at fifty cents.
STATE OF THE POLITICAL THERMOMETER
AT COURT. — The results of the consecutive
elections in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vir•
ginia, and Louisiana, and the universal en
thusiasm in favor of Gen. Harrison which
prevailsthrouthout the country, among the
inmates of lot , cabins, the people up the
creeks, and almost every other class ofcit.
izens, except the lordly sub-treasurers, has
produced a depression at Court which has
become quite apparent Many of the office
holders; :ieretofore confident in Mr. Van
Dui erl'b re-election, now admit that his par
ty is in great danger, and others are forward
in affirming that they will not only be glad
ofa change, but that they are decidedly in
favour of Gen. Harrison, and always have
been so to tell the truth,from the beginning!
Madtsonian.
NEW ISSUES OF THE GOVERNMENT BANK
-The New York Courier says—
" There were yesterday circulating in
Wall street, Treauury Notes of the denom
ination of $5O, payable in a twelvemonth
hence, and bearing an interest of two per
cent. Hero is an irredeemable paper cur
rency for ordinary transactions of business.
These notes are issued as a circulating me
dium. They are the new issues of the great
Government Bank, of which Mr. Van Bu•
ren is President Levi Woodbury, Cashier;
with Amos Kendall and F. P. Blair, for Di
rectors. Here is an issue of irredeemable
post notes, by the Government of the Uni
ted States. This is the end of the experi
went, for which we have through ten years
of suffering and disaster.
A MOVEMENT AT ST. LOUIE.—Tho me
chanics of St. Louis (Mo.) held a meeting
on the evening of the 13th inst. at which
two of their number were nominated for the
Legislature, and a resolution was adopted
that each of the two political parties be re
quested to place upon their ticket the name
of one of these candidates. The nominees
by the mechanice'of that city are, Abraham
Allen bricklayer, and S. R. Higgins,printer.
Balt. Patriot.
JACKSON'S ADMINISTRATION.—In a re
cent letter, written by Gen. Jackson to the
editor of the Nashvil'e Union, he says "he
never admired Gen. Harrison as a military
man, or considered him as possessing the
qualities which constitut3 the commander
of an army!"
Now, the old Roman has a perfect right
to have his likes and dislikes, but the latter
are not always agreeable, to the large ma
jority of the American people. For instance,
in '9O and '7, he was in Congress from Ten
nessee, when a resolution was before that
body, to pass a vote of approbation on the
conduct and services of Gee. Washington,
when he retired from public life. Four
members voted in the negative, and of these
Andrew Jackson was one! The reader
may judge then, what his admiration is
worth.—Pa. Telegraph.
From tho Boston Journal
GEORGE M'DUFFLE, of South Carolina,
who has lately made a violent attack upon
General Harrison, besides being one of the
most zealous advocates of Nullification doc
trines, a coworker with Calhoun, Hamilton
& Co., is a brother.in-law of Abraham Van
Buren, the eldest son of the President—both
these gentlemen having married sisters.—
This will account, in part, fur his hostility
of General Harrison.
Mr. MThiffie will long be remembered
by the American people, not only for his in
tellectual and oratorical attainments, which
are of the first order, and his political servi
ces to his native State, but for his celebra
ted quarrels, newspaper warfare, and duels,
with Col. Cummings, a number of years
ago—being the most ridiculous farce, ever
Enacted by brave and high-minded men of
/mar. Probably no single circumstance
for the lasi half century, has effected more
towards bringing the odious practice of du
elling into contempt.
It will be recollected that when these
great heroes, after blowing trumpets against
each other for weeks and months, at length
"screv.ce their courage to the sticking
point," and met in mortal opposition, the
G. WACHINGTON 3;077.E11, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.
ge The liberty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, is above all other liberties.”—Mivron.
eanewzrozatrava s a)42.9 inuzaazoQarr e Qtatoztenpatp aacio).4
skin of the chivalrous M'Duffie, by the free
use of cologne water, and a decoction of oak
bark, was rendered almost as thick and
tough as the hide of a rhinoceros! Col.
Cummings did not resort to the same expe•
dient for preventing Injury from his antago•
nist's weapons, but when the word was giv
to fire, ho dodged—threw himself forward
in a most humble attitude,and presented only
his bare head to the enemy. The brave
Colonel escaped unhurt—but M'Duffie,alar
med at the aspect of affairs, turned round
and presented his back to the enemy, which
was not so well fortified by astringents—in
consequence of which the Colonel's bullet
lodged in the most fleshy part of his frame
about an inch beneath the epidermis. This
rendered a sitting posture uneasy for a few
weeks—and thus ended the memorable at.
fair.
TilE BRAVE ARE ALWAYS GENEROUS.-
The Philadelphia National Gazette of yes
terday has the following testimonial, as to
the benevolence of General Harrison's dis
position. The conduct of the hero of the
Northwest, in the instance thus related, is
another proof of the truth of the general rule
that the brave are ever generous. There
is indeed a noted exception, in the patron of
Mr. Van Buren; but the exception proves
the rule. The National Gazette says: We
learn from an officer of the army who has
been for some time stationed in the West,
that several years ago General Harrison
paid out of his own private resources all the
expenses of educating thirty orphans, the
children of soldiers who had served miler
him. This splendid instance of Harrison's
well known liberality we have never seen
mentioned in print. Our informant's state
ment however we entirely rely upon, but
forbear at his own request to publish his
nameras he does not wish fo be troubled
witu a citation befo►e a Court Martial, as
were Major Lendrum and Captain Dusen
bory, recently in Baltimore, on suspicion of
doubting the immaculate nature of the pre.
sent federal executive.—Ball. Pat.
IMPORTANT DECISION. — The Selma, Ala.
Free Press announces that the Supreme
Court of Alabama has decided in favor o
the constitutionality of the 'Real Estate
Bank of South Alabama.' The unconstitu
tionatity of the Institution was pleaded by
its debtors in par of some actions brought to
recover notes which it had discounted, and
the plea was sustained by the Circuit Court.
The judges have unanimously reversed this
decision, and pronounced the late law of the
Legislature against this and similar institu
tions to be unconstitutional and void.
STEAM CARRIAGES FOR COMMON ROADS
—One of Sir Jas. Anderson's Steam Drags,
for common roads, was tried June 29th, on
the Howth road, near Dublin, and is said to
have fully answered the anticipations of all
concerned. It ran for about two hours,
backing and turning in every direction—
tbe object being chiefly to try the various
parts in detail It repeatedly turned tho cor
ners in the avenues at a speed of about
twelve miles an hour and at a pressure of
only 40 or 49 lb. on the square inch. No
smoke whatever was emitted, and very lit.
tle steam was observed, while even that, it
is alleged, will be removed while running
publicly on roads. The whole machinery
is ornamentally boxed in.
FACILITY OF TRAVELLING I 1 Euncitic.--
The Boston Evening Gazette says that Mr.
W. M Andrews, who came passenger in the
Britannia, has made a rapid tour from Malta
to Boston. He left that Island on the even
ing of the 15th ofJune, and,sieco that period
has visited Naples, Leghorn, Civita, Vec.
cilia, Marseilles, passed over land 600 miles
to Paris, from there to Havre, crossing over
to London, and from thence, in the Britain
nia, to Boston via Halifax. All this he ac
complished in the short space of thirly•two
days—and time enough being allowed to
see all that was necessary to be seen at the,
different cities.
MISSOURI.—The prospect appears prom.
Laing, at this time, that even Missouri will
be found ranged, in due season, on the side
of Harrison and reform. The St. Louis
Bulletin of the 14th says : "We conversed
with a gentleman yesterday, who has just
travelled over a great part of the State,who
thinks that changes enough have taken
place to give the vote of the State to Gen.
Harrison. Indeed, all wha have been in
the interior agree that we are rapidly gain
ing ground, and every mail brings us en
couraging news. Wherever you see an old
soldier,there you see a friend of the old hero,
who is active and zealous in his cause. The
accessions to our ranks have been so great,
that many of our friends believe that we
shall have a decided majority in the next
House of Representatives. We think a
little exertion can give us this much; and
if we can succeed in this, we shall carry
the State at the Presidential election."
A RELIC.-At the Stratton 'log cabin
gathering, a veteran of the revolutionary
Boston 'Tea Party' was introduced to M r.
Webster, who, on his return to Brattleboro,'
called on the aged hero at his humble dwel•
ling among the mountains. He was the in
dividaal who pushed the tea from the gun-
wale of the ship into the water. He is 94
years old, and was overjoyed at taking by
the hand th6"Defender of the Constitution,"
which was the title frequently bestowed on
Mr. Webster, and the "Defender" was e•
qually gratified with the opportunity to wit
ness eo old a specimen of the brave farmer
times still lingering among us.
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SPZIEOEC Or
Mr. James Cooper, of Pa.,
ON THE SUB•TREAMURY DILL
Delivered in the House of Representatives,
June 22, 1840.
NOTE.—The two or three paragraphs of the fol
lowing speech, included in brackets, contain the sub
stance of the remarks which Mr. Cooper was preven
ted from making by the operation of the gag.
Mr. Chairman: Before I proceed with
the remarks which I propose to make on
the bill now under consideration, I must beg
the indulgence of the committee while I re
fer for a moment, to a matter of personal
character. About three weeks since my
attention was drawn to a speech purporting
to have been delivered in this House by the
gentleman from North Carolina, (Mr. Mont
gomery.) the report of which is contained
in the Globe of May 9th. This speech con
tains a paragraph.which impeaches, by in
sinuation, the fairness and validity of ray
election. It is to this lam about to refer,
and L should have done so sooner, but for
an illness, which has prevented my atten
dance in the House ever since I was made
acquainted with the existence of the publi
cation, until within two or three days past.
The following is the paragraph to which I
desire to call attention.
"Oan the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wise)
prove that 101 votes is a majority against 122? Up
I demand his proof," &c. clslothing canproveit,
but the modern bank, federal, whig arithmetto,whieh
my friend before me (Mr. Ramsay) stated in his
place on this floor, had numbered and returned a
clear majority of 1,000 votes for his whig colleague
(Mr. Cooper) in a single township where there were
but 100 legal registered votes, which was not denied
but admitted as true," ikc.
Here, sir, in the language of the books,
is not only suppressio yeti, but also the aug
gestio falai. The wrong consists in the
suppression of the fact.
Mr. Rhett, of South Carolina, here inter
posed and called Mr. Cooper to order on the
ground of irrelvancy.
Mr. %Vise remonstrated. He said, after
leave had been asked in the beginning, and
the House had tactily given its assent, and a
gentleman hnd proceeded a considerable
time without objection, it was certainly too
late to call him to order.
Mr. Ramsay, of Pennsylvania, requested
Mr. Rhett to withdraw his objection, and
allow Mr. Cooper to proceed.
[Cries of "oh yes! go on! go onli
Mr. C. lam not in the habit of con.
suming the time of this House by explana
tions and statements of a personal charac
ter; though its business has been frequent
ly obstructed by the gentleman from South
Carolina Rid his political associates in "de
fining their position." Au interruption of
this kind, from that quarter was unexpected.
Mr. Morgan expressed his hope that Mr.
Cooper would not be interrupted.
Mr. Ramsay moved that he have leave to
go on, and make a personal explanation.
On this motion Mr. Hopkins, of Virgin
ia, demanded the yeas and nays, though in
Committee of the Whole. [A laugh, and
cries, the yeas and nays cannot be called in
committee.]
Mr. Montgomery hoped that if permis
sion were given, he also should have leave
to meet the statements of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania.
Mr. Cooper. Certainly, I will give way
for such a purpose.
The motion of Mr. Ramsay was not put
by the Chair.
Mr. Cooper said lie would content himself
with saying, that the statement was false in
every material particular. ,
[I was proceeding to say s when interrup.
ted by Mr. Rhett, that the wrong done by
the statement of the gentleman from North
Carolina (Mr. Montgomery) consisted in
the suppression of the fact that at the time
of the election, there were fourteen or fif
teen hundred men employed oil the public
works in the township referred ti', most of
whom were entitled to vote. and who did
vote at the election; and that a further
wrong was committed by the gentleman
when he insinuated that a registration of the
voters was required by the laws of Penns3li
vania; and still another, when he asserted
that the statement had "not been denied but
admitted." Admitted! When? . Where, and
by whom? When my colleague (Mr. Kern))
travelled out of his way to make a charge
substantially the same, 1 met it promptly,
and pronounced it false; and that, too, tong
before the publication of the gentleman's
speech.
This statement of the gentleman not on
ly impeaches the fairness of my election,
but contains a reflection upon the conduct
of the officers who held it—meo who io
point of intelligence and respectability are
equal to the gentleman himself. This re
flection upon the character of honorable
men, a title sometimes blindly bestowed by
courtesy, is one of the principal reasons
which have actuated me in noticing and
contradicting the statement put forth by the
gentleman. It is not my intention to enter
at length into the exposition of a charge
which, in answer to my colleague, I have
heretofore explained. I will content myself
with saying, that persons having the other
requisite qualifications of voters, namely,
being citizens, native or naturalized, of legal
age, and having paid a State or county tax,
if over the age of twenty-two years, are
entitled to vote in the State of Pennsyl.
variia, though but one day a resident of
the township. Such was the case in the
instance referred to. Fourteen or fificen
hundred hands were nt work. in the town.
ship: eight or nine hundred more, were
entitled to vote; the township being their
only residence, and the foreign portion of
them having been naturalized and paid tax.
Does the gentleman wish to be understood,
that he would exclude such persons from the
right or outline? If he would not e then he
has no•subject of complaint. I trust from
this brief statement the gentleman will be
able to see how 1 obtained a majority of
1,000 votes, in a township which ordinarily,
does not poll have that number. and that
there is nothing extraordinary in the arith
metic by which such a majority may be de
monstrated.]
Mr. Chairman, said Mr. C., I have heard
much complaint from gentlemen in the ma
jority, that the discussion of the bill under
consideration, is delaying the passage of the
bills making appropriations for the army
and navy, and as I believe the passage of
these latter are more urgently required by
the country than the passage of the sub-
Treasury bill, although I am entitled to the
floor, I am willing to yield it on condition
that this bill shall be laid over for the . preik
ant and those appropriation bills taken up
and passed; after which I will take my
chance as to again obtaining the floor.—
What does the honorable chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means (Mr. Jones)
say to this proposal?
Mr. Cooper here waited a reply.
[Cries of 'make him answer."]
Mr. Jones. In reply to the inquiry put
to me by the honorable gentleman from
Pennsylvania, I have only to say that I have
neither the power nor the inclination to
make any such agreement. [Laughter.]
Mr. Cooper. That's honest.
Mr. Cooper then proceeded in his re ,
marks as follows:
Mr. Chairman, said Mr. C., we are now
approaching the consummation of that series
of experimente which the late and present
Administration have been practising upon
the currency and prosperity of the country
for the last seven yeare And although I
am perfectly' aware that nothing which
. 1
can say will prevent, or even delay, the pas
sage of this bill; yet I think I shall bo able,
by taking a brief review of the other expe
riments of the Adininistration, so much lau
ded in their day, to abate, in some degree,
the arrogant confidence with which certain
gentlemen predict success to this measure.
1 repeat, air, that I have no hope to prevent
or even delay the passage of this bill. I
know that the decree of party has gone
forth; that preparation has been made; that
the rules of the House have been violated;
the constitution - sacrificed; the acts of the
constituted authorities, and the rights of the
people of a sovereign State, trampled upon,
in order to insure its passage. 1 look for
no conscientious, independent action on the
part of this Ilouse. It has become a mere
"Bed of Justice's to register the edicts
which are sent hither from the Executive
mansion. It is no longer what it was intend-
ed to be under the coustitution, un indepen
dent branch of the Government, charged
with important duties, and clothed with
powers necessary to their performance. Its
functions have been usurped, or with sla
vish tameness yielded to the Executive, un-
til it has been permitted to exercise, in ad
vance, a power ten times more formidable
than the veto—a power by which tt corn.
mends the adoption of one law and forbids
the passage of another, while we mere ob
sequiously servile than the old Parliaments
of Paris ever were to their Kings, land the
usurpation.
Sir, do 1 misrepresent in this matter? 18
it not a fact, that consistency nod the inter-
ests of the country are sacrificed without
hesitation, whenever they come in conflict
with the will of the Executive, or the inter-
eats of his party favorites? Every body
knows that the great peculiar sin charged
upon the administration of John Quincy
Adams, by the oppositioa,was extravagance;
yet the majority of this House, who cotnpo-
sed that opposition, with the word economy
always in their mouths, justify and rote for
all the expenditures of the present Admin
istration, though nearly three times as great
as those of the Administration which they
so much condemned.
ing table, taken from
sent Secretary of the
what I have alledged.
furnished by the pre
Treasury. It proves
Expenses of the Govern-
mentduringtho adminis
tration of bit. Adouils:
1825, 811,490,495
1826, 13,061,316
16270 12,653,095
1828, 13,296,041
$60.301,911
Aietage for each ycar
$12.575,477.
tieing nearly three times the amount expen
ded by Mr'. Adams, and more than double
the amount expended by Genera! Jackson,
the average yearly expenditure of his ad
ministration, being $18,224,092.
Thus, sir, we see that those who claimed
to be the exclusive friends of retrenchment,
reform, and the enemies of peculation while
in the opposition, have become, on being
transplanted into office, the advocates of
extravagance, opposed to reform, and the
justifiers of the pillage of the Treasury. Is
it not so? Do not the records of the House
prove it? Look, for example, at.the con
duct of the majority of this House on the
subject of the public printing. It will be
recollected, that when the chairman of the
Committee of Ways ar.d Means, in the early
part of the session, proposed a resolution to
employ some suitable person to execute the
printing in the manner prescribed by. the
joint resolution of 1819, tbe gentleman from
Ohio (Mr. Giddings) offered an amendment,
that the clerk should be directed to procure
the printing of the House to be done by such
person, as would do it "at the least expense
to Government."
[Here the Chair arrested Mr. C s 6 remarks
on account of irrelevancy.]
Mr. C, insisted that his remarks were
relevant. I am, said ho, proceeding to prove
what I. alledted in the outset, that no lode•
Examine the follow-
he official documents,
Expenitee of the Gotert.-
went during the adminis
tration of Mr. Van Buren.
1837, $39,164,745
1838; 40,427,218
1839, 31,815,000
, 9111,406,955
Average for each year
937,136,651.
UPZEI492ZU 41 7 11 1 0% elaUe
pendent canscientious action need be looked
fur on the part of the majority of this House;
that they will obey the will of the President,
anti' pass this bill wilt - mut regard to the
effects which it will produce on the country.
[The Chair cannot see the relevancy of
the gentleman's remarks
Mr. C. replied. I wish I could try this
question of relevancy before some tribunal
sworn to administer the rules of this House,
oven such as they are, without fear, favor.
or affection; could I do so, I should not dread
the result. I am collecting facts which I
intend to hurl at the head of your party; at
the advocates of this measure; at the mea.
sure itself. When I apply them, you will
see and feel their relevancy.
Mr. Chairman, I was about to remark
when I was interrupted, that the amendment
offered by the gentlemen from Ohio (Mr.
Giddings) commended itself to every friend
of economy in the House; that it accorded
with all the professions of the majority; that
it was entirely consistent with justice. and
was required by the great reduction in the
expenses of printing which had taken place
since 1819, when the joint resolution regu
lating the, printing of congress was passed;
and which expenses wore to bo still further
reduced by the operation of this very bill,
then already a law, only wanting the trifling
formality of being passed through the two
Houses! This amendment was adopted by
a large majority,—yeas 107, nays 60, tWen.
ty members of the majority voting in the
affirmative. So stood the majority before
the consciences of gentlemen came to be in
structed by the patty preceptors. It would
not do however, to leave the matter hero.
This was no place for retrenchment. Such
retrenchment would affect a party favorite
and reduce his profits. He would not be so
able to perform what was required of him
in the approaching campaign; and forth.
with the gentleman. from. Ohio, (Mr. Dun.
can,) the Field• Marshal—the greet Aga ,
mermen of the Adminiatration army, having
observed that some of his troops bad coma
milted such gross treason against "the
party" and the party printer as to vote hone
estly,moved a reconsideration of the amend
ment, himself having voted in the affirma
tive, I presume for that purpose. ' Then,sir,
the rally was sounded. The drill serjeants
and corporals went to work, each With his
platoon, encouraging the wavering, denoun
cing death to the deserters, and now and
then administering to the refractory a blow
of their halberts.
Mr. Smith; of Maine, hero rose and called
Mr. C. to order, insisting thnt his remarks
were not relevant to the bill before the com
mittee:
Mr. Morgan denied this, and hoped that
Mr. C. would be allowed to go on. It seem•
ed, ho said ; to be the part assigned to tho ,
gentleman from Maine to watch the gentle
man from Pennsylvania, and interrupt him
when his remarks born too hard upon the
party.
The Chair said the gentleman from Penn
sylvania must speak to the bill; if he did
otherwise, he must take his seat.
Mr. Wise. Does the Chair claim to be
the judge of every gentleman's arguments,
whether they aro relevant or not 1 If he
does, God defend me from such a censorship!'
Mr. C. resumed. I am, then, it seems,
to square my arguments to the comprehen.
sion of the gentleman from Maine—to regu=
late them by the standard of the understand
ing of some partisan who cannot, or, perhapi,
designedly will not, see their relevancy.=
This; sir, is an easy way of abridging the
freedom of debate, and I am sorry to see the
chairman, whom I believe to be honest,
lending himself to smothet discussion. I
had hoped that ho would hate permitted me
to state facts, and apply them tam sorry,
too, to fad the Vision of the gentleman from
Maine, (Mrs Smith,) obscured so early in•
the morning. tA laugh:]
Mr. Smith. Ido not understand the gen-.
tleman from Pennsylvania.
Mr. Cs I thought you would not, from ,
the evidence you have already furnished.
[I was proceeding to say, when I was'
called to order byihe gentleman from Maine,
(Mr. Smith,) that the House refused to re-
consider the amendment,the yeas beingloB. ,
nays 110—fourteen of the twenty who voted'
for the amendment, now voting to reeonsiden.
—their judgment having been enlightened'
by the argument contained in the call of the•
previous question by a party leader. The
amendment was then adopted—yeas 115 E
nays 98. But this was cot the end of it.
The House having adjourned, the night was
spent in the application of discipline, and in .
the morning the gentleman from Indiana,.
(Mi. J. W. Davis,) moved to reconsider the
esolution; the previous question Ives called;
he mod of command given—"the whole to
he right about wheel "
—and in solid column,
he obedient masses moved in the direction•
The teSolution was reconsider-
ndicated.
ed—yeas 110, nays 107—two,and only two?
of the Admintstratron membfitrs voting a.
gatnst the reconsideration. This is Ketrench.
But it is not my intention to heap unqual
fted censure on the heads of those gentlemen;
who at first voted, from conscientious con-
victions of duty, for the resolution of the'
gentleman from Ohio, (Mr. Giddings,) and
who afterwards retreated from the position
which they had assumed. I know too well
the influence which obr hopes and fears ex=
ercise over our actions, not to regard with'
charity those who have been assailed through..
the medium of one or the other, or both of
these passions. Order is maintained is
civil' society, by appealing, through the
medium of the laws, to the hopes and fears'
of individuals. These men were assailed'
through• them. They were given to kaow