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VOL. VNO. 25
TliOS. V. ATKIN, ;
I. EDITOR ANDPIIOPPJETOR.'
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Lctteri to the Editor most come free of poetagit(
la iniure attention. i . ; jj
L';ccclr of Hon. T. L. Clingraaii,
- x:: in: late psc&dextial election
. Dc!i: . red in ' the - House of IZepresentaiiccs,
. . . U.S; January G't 1845. - . J
" ' tla. Chahxax : r j'ia.11 leave it to ihosei
. t.Voc$iro il to d!,::;:j tho cor.-ii:tionality
.or expediency of the proposed annexation of
i ' . 'fcxas. Jt is not expected by any body that
iiny practical rc. nit, in ihe way of legislation,
7rto grow out cf theso proceedings. Doubt
lessyou may be able, Vis was "suggested the
ether day by the .man from South Cro:
. lina, to pass an uh:,truct resolution, after tho
fashion of your' Baltimore Convention,1 dc
claring that Texas ought to be ;annexed as
" ' oon as practicablo. Your ngitaiion of the
tnittcr is intended solely to produce capital to
- operate on our election at the So'utii durin"
theprtscnt year, and , l shalj. therefore mk't
'-t!;e qucsiin, on its re!,and not its' ostensible
, j' merits, . . , - h ' '..
r,. :v '". Tlio Cliuirman'of- the Ciimmlttco on ' For.
cign Ile!tions;(Mr. C.V J. .Iugcrsoll,) .who
opened the debate, staled tliit tiiere had been
,m n rcry decided manifestation of popular opin.
Ion in favor of the annexation, and was picas.
cd to refer to the late Presidential election as
fiirnishing evidence of it. '.The gentleman
1 frc:n lllinuij," (Mr. Douglass,) who, irnmedi.
ct:ly preceded mo in the debate declared,
' v.I;!i great vchetncflcc, that die. popular ver.
clct had been recorded in favor of the' roeas
tiro, cr;J that if .ihoso who ore now T on, this
rr failed to carry outt thos wishes of the
people, they would bo swept awny by a tor;
. rent of public indignation, and men be sent in
iLcir places who were more' faithful. If 'all
tl.is were true, Mr, it would furnish a strong
nr,Tumcht in favor of the measure. : because,
in a representative Republic like ours, popu
lar opinion is of the greatest conscqncncc.
1 V.. 'ill endeavor to shuw. however, that these
. '-crtlosieu are totally mistake i:t theso vistvs;
I. 1 Jo do so will oblige, me tocxamino a good
lzz in detail the causes which contributed
U produce tl;i result exhibited in .that clec
. I must, in the first place; however, ask the
I : 'ulcnce of. iho Iloude for a few minutes;"
t.l.llal id vert -to a mattcr.nvt directly con
i"., tcd with this subject.
At the bst session, when a proposition to
T';al the Colli rule was under consideration,
it;. 1" L j lemcmbered that the dcbite was prol
LriT.r nearly three months, and as 'each
: t cech was concluded," more than twenty chiv
I cntlcmep sprang lo their feet and strug-f-JjJ
for an opportunity to manifest their ar.
vlor. in behalf of Southern right. And it
A.-jrrdy, "sir'by- resorting to the previous
,.,jon that we were able to terminate the
i' ' .ta before tho close of the session.
0;i the first day of the pre;?r:t scrsio; the
...!:.tian from Mas3?ch-occttJ (Mr.; Adams)
' o notice that I.1 ' 1 r y tn-rrorrow in.
t.
e a nropositu :j ciisti inof.rti
.!:-.!,
rrcupon th gcntljrr.m frctn Yirid.i (Mr.
..3oolo) likew i ; j gi o notice t!:at he would
:t to lhe reception cf tlio reso!ution4 be.
it would bo. out of order. On the sue
-'"2 aJ'i lhe gentleman from Massachu.
io accordance with his promise, offered
:csolution to restind tlio rule, but thVgcn.
am from" Virginia, though' In his" place,
stly to ihe'surpriso of every body, rmds
r.
set'
hi;
tic.
-grs
no eSjeetion to its introduction. . If that gen.
llcir.ant'or any othcrmembcr, hadobpctcJ to
its reception -it could only have been gotten
in by a tr; pchsidn of the rules, and . jL was
well Uov. a thaj "Vyptp of, two. thirds, cotdd
no; hv. - ica pbtaincd for that purpose, ; The
Pr"P3 came hi without a Word of objec.
lion frci.i any quarter1 Thereupon a gentle.
man.fraf.v Mississippi acting under .the bid
dispensation pf Democracy, not having,. I pre
fumecjcahis location in the far Sd'utKwest,1
eea the neur rerelationlif liht in the' North',
ciit, moVcd to lay 'theesoIution on thyUh?.1
A x ola v. aS taken by yeas' and nayi,"andf bi'
rn " on w as lst by a decided tnojority ' mak.
in-' evident that the rule would be repealed.
T; ,aker stated the qtestion to bo on ikp
at. i ot the resolution to rescind the rule.
Ti f- ""nws q'jestio:! had not been ordered,
an 1 tho ;V.7fVti3 jtherefdre open for debate.
I Icow I rc-Z to sco what bold champion of
' .... v. first sound lhe tocsin of alarm.
,e . s'a full, array of the. ghi va I ry' pre.
scr.t. .'i.-re in j is seat'on, my "right, was the
ger.t!:tnar: f. m South Carplina, (Mr. Uriett,)
who.-at tl.J last; session dectared, 'with' so
much eloquence and zeal; that arepeal ofthe
.,T'i'"L"'- - i ' '1 "i" ii '. ' ' f' .i .
iuia,wouia a. virtual oissoiuuoj oi me
I H ...,!. , .... - ' , , 1 11 I' II I I - i
Ttiere sat my colleague, (Mr. Zr.icrs,
who went bfT on this matter with a f.rcs lLat
Z2T.I him daring the past summer ever the en
tire State . of North Carolina, dlc'.-tirning
against the reception cf tbolition petitions
There, too, were the gent I'-nen from Geor
gia and other States, who with each other
io their denunciation of alt those who did not
sustain the rule. , There all of these gentle
men sat, quiet and mute, 'as though nothing
Uflustia! was taking place j and saw, withVnuch
seeming unconcern, their favorite rule killed
fl by a large majority. There wasoo burst
of inaignation ; do exclamation to the South,
'Samsonf tho Philistines be upon the !"-
Not even the note of n goose, to give, warn
mg r of lhe! irruption of 'the. Gauls.; Were
they asleep, like the Roman sentinels of the
olden time ? No, no, sir i thev were awake.
butlhcv were false watchmen of the South
traitor sentinels! I have a right so to call
them ; for, in denouncing rr.3 ot the last ces
sion, some of them declared that any man
wHo did not sustain the ' tula by all propsr
means-, was a renegade and a traitor to the
Southern States. According to the form of
the logicians, the proposition would be as fol
lows : . Any Southern man j who docs not use
his efforts to preserve the rule is a renegade
traitor. They 4 were Southern men, and
might have preserved the rule by objection ot
the proper time, but would riot d.j it. There,
for, they are renegade traitors. Quod erat
demonstrandum, as the sophomores say.
How are we, llr. Cliairman, to account for
the trxtraurdinary change ia the conduct of
genilcmcn since the Presidecti.il election?-
:jAn'd I may also ask, why is' it that' Leavitt,
'the abolition editor, who wbs refused at the
list session a seat among lha reporters of the
'flotwe, i now tho occupant of ..one of the
hesi, jpositions in the flalHf j if. told you alt at
the last session that this 25th'rule was a hum
iug, getting to be so. well understood that it
vou!J deceive nobody much longer, jind
jmiislsoon be abandoned by its autliors. Will
gentlemen come out fran'lj and s-J !t that
Jail their parade at the lat session was a mere
humbug one of the most barefaced political
Iratids ever attempted to be played off for
party purposes? If they will not admit this
f they still insist that the rule' is of any vat.
ye, why did they give it up without a struggle?
Vasit done as compensation to their - aboli.
lion allies in the North, by' whoso aid they
tarried, the grcnt states of. New York and
Pennsylvania, and thereby elected Mr. Polk ?
I do not wish gentlemen to evade this matter
by their silence. If the rule was worthless;
why the " sound and fury"; of last 'session?
If valutttile for what consideration did they
urrcdcr it, exc t that just stated They
must take ctse horn cf the dilemma. . They
I' , " . 'I i .. . n .
cannot escape from a. s1 '
. f '' . r
; Ah ! J beg pardon, Mr. Chairman; there
is stilio third mode by whicji a part of these
gcn'tlepicn may get out of the difficulty. Some
of them may perhaps excuse i themselves by
trying-, if they had grumbled about this mat-
,ter they.might have been expelled from the
Democratic party, and lhu3 lost allehare-of
(lie spoils to bej ' 'ributed from and after the
foorthof 'March . Taking' tlu3 view of
tjiecase, sir," I frankly admit that these gen.
tlemeo deserve the sympathy j of this House
and o)f;thc country. . Their ate, in being
compcHed to make such a submission, is pe.
culiarty' hard, when it.i3 remembered from
wjiat quarter tho'princip1o of this rulo vas
originally derived. ( Mr. Senator Benton . did
great Injustice ,to John C. Calhoun,' when he
said, if common rumor be true, that the same
John C. Calhoun, so far from' being o stales,
man,. had " neer invented even a humbug."
The fact, cannot be disputed that John C. Cal.
houn was-the- first to lake ' tho very highest
ground for the South;" the prime originator
if the policy of ' objecting to the reception of
f ethics, of which the 23th nite.is parcel.
Hard then is the necessity which compels tho
peculiar followers of that gentleman to make
j burnt odering of the first add only offspring
of their idol. Considering however tho ob
jpet for wjiich the sacrifice was made, it is to
be hoped that they .will derive h much conso.
fotion 'as did 'dpt.- I)algetty;: who, when
rnbiircirig tho loss of hhi old.'kvar.horse on a
battle Held, remembered that he could convert
ihc hide of the dead, animal j into a - pair bf
Ireccl:bsi t John C. ' Calhoun's . otily ' humbug
jl It is due to the Speaker to state tl.at he declared
uoscqucntly tliat he Lad not assigned to .Mr. Lea
itt, thq Abolition Reporter, any f?:t in the Hall,
hut inasmuch as there were a grmt rur.lcrcf applu
tnd
orders bad been not to preTcnt any report -r frcn c:i
cring the Ilall, and occupying tercporarily ens cf
ne seats. .. i ne rule ot uie iiouse. no. JJ, is ui
ollowing words: , No person shall be allowed the
iprivacg of Uac Uatl UQder lhet character of stenog
apher, without a written permission from the Speak
r, specif jing the part of the s UmJ aligned to him,
Bunreporiet or stenographer shaU be admitted
pndcr the rule, of the House, unless such reporter or
stenoTaohcr shall atatn in . .
f i , ""6, ior wnai paper or
papers he is employed lo report. I As lb i. rule can
pniy pq paagT:u uy uie noose iiseir,' and as the re.
jporter ia qaestion occupied the seat for some weeks,
J presumed, in common with other members' who re.
marked on the transaction,- that he remained by ex
breas permission of the Speaker,; and not that there
;ba4beeb suspesioa of standing ' rule' of the
Jlonse bjf the Speaker for so long a period. -
(!anta for reporter's peats, he had n:t ytt cc;!!ci
tlie'arfanffeinenls and allotted ihercats annvg t.'.c: :;
, until his assignment had been completed,' Lis
ASHISVILLE,: Ni C, FRIDAY, . JANUARY ' 31,
eonrerlwf into, breeches for bis followers!
, Judging from the action cf the Iiouse on
this subject, what is to become of the repea
of the tariff?; I can tell you, sir. 4 If James
K Polk will give to a few individuals' that I
could name such offices as they desire, lie will
thereby effect such a modification of the ta.
ntr as lo render it acceptable in the main to
the chivalric majority of the S:ate' of South
Carolina. Should these persons, Jiowever,
an w uv; poiuou.oi iijc - spoils .as iney
coniider their due, viz., the lion's share, then
the tariff will be found so intolerably oppress.
ive that human nature! cannot bear it, ; and
must be nullified. Be pot deceived, 'sir, by
all the declamation which we hear" from. lime
totioe; for all this is merely thrown Out to
frighten Mr. Polk and hi Northern friends
into a good compromise with' respect' to the
distribution of, the cftccs. Can. this be acl
coinplished without beggaring tlw other sec-
lions 'of ( the party? There are not places
enough in the gift of the Executive to satisfy
the countless thousands pf greedy office seek
ers. 1ms consideration fnrrp llrwin mo
mind he greal danger which awaits your par.
ty, and, as a frank, benevolent Whig, I warn
you of it-;
biri it is a common remark that the mem:
bers of this so-called Democratic party, how.
ever they may lake opposite Bides on measures
of policy, never split in their votes, but al
ways make a common struggle on ihe election
day. .This is owing to ihe fact wh.ch I - had
occasion to state ot tho last session, thatiln
party U ' held together solely by the coIesWeT1
powcr.of public 'plunder';" ond,( therefore,
whenever they are making a struggle to get
into power, it is a part of their general - sys
tem of; tactics that each segment of the party
should' adopt that side of any question that is
strongest at home, and thereby increase their
chancq of carrying the; election. Though
not ycf generally known throughout the coun.
try, yet ihe matter is so well understood hero
that it seldom excites a remark though every
week furnishes conclusive . evidence .on the
point. tor CXaiTIDei.A rfintlrnmn
, B-
ennsylvania some time since charged the
Whigs with being less friendly to a protective
tariiTthnn the Democrats. Immediately- af
ter him rose a gentleman from Alabama, who
declaimed furiously against ihe oppression of
the tariiTof 1842, taking no -notice of Ihe
gentleman who was up just before him, but
assailing furiously some unlucky Whig who
may have taker, part in Ihi debate. Says ths
gentleman from Pennsylvania : Mr. CIjv
and the Whigs are for reducing tho prcm
duties on iron and coal, and prostrating tl.o
great interests of Pennsylvania." The gen
tlcman from Alabama shouts ; alouJ : The
duties on iron and coal, imposed by the pre.
sent Wjifg lariiTareso oppressive that they
cannot be bomb, but shsll bo resisted." So
far, however, are these gentlemen1 from find.
ing fault with each ether, that each of them,
by his manner at least, sccmV to say to tl.?
other: ''Godr;ccd you, brother; you are
worxinj oraveiy lor Uemocracy. ' As th3
speech of cacli rf t!:em 13 intended for home
consumption, : it certains no" allusion" to ihe
rcmams oi thootl.cr; &..J, by consequence,
the constituent '.at the' North 'sees from the
speech of his' .reprcsenlatiye ;hat the Whig
parly are opposed , to the protection of ho..
industry, and to tha existing laril"; while tl.j
planter of tho South is driven to nndncss bv
learning, in a sfmilar manner, how moch ho
is oppressed by the present WJ.ig 1 -"'. II :-.
ever, therefore, the membors cf ti.is ' ::
may differ about measures, thsy t " net r - 'it
in their votes on the elec5 d.iv, ttA cf
course they act together eg L. j as they zt?
out of power. ": Cut, rir, v:ry di:" rcr.t h t!.. Ir
Condition when in ..cr. I have already ir.-
ilicaled tjtiat they nro held lege:!. cr zJ.J.y L.
the desire of office, and as Li.ere aro nt L,
the Government places enough for til, there
will soon be a real quarrel, and the disappoint-
ed will vote against you. The only connect.
ing, lie being dissolved the party will go to
pieces. jThis, sir; is the rock., on .which 'you
are destined to split. Though a political ad.
versary,I warn you of the. ranger ; but I
frankly njrlmit, sir, that I do" not believe you
will be aUe to profit by my advice. ' ' '
r WhentheSubtreasury 1:11 was under con
sideration some timo. since, it will be remcm
bercd that ia the very I.ort debute which was
allowed on it, a very wiJj range was takeu by
some of the speakers. As I was not on that
occasion permitted to. occupy the floor, 1 may,
I trust -without imprr-rLty, advert lo seme
things that were said ihen. 1 do not propose,
however, to '.discuss the merits cf that m?T
sure. ; It was brought in by tho cemmittr" ' t
the last session, and laid up en cur tables, r.r. !
ihcugh I in common v.;;h c.hsr Vf!.'--s c.!L 1
jS;p'oa the mnjarity'to le!;2 it im tt c ee, : !
charged them with hoi '7 it l.e!;t".l L...r
the Presidential election, ia ciucr tj Licho
the country as to their real imentior.3, ycl it
" , ... . : ; j X . ? I tk " t i v"i I ' -. i ' ' t. ; ' '
iA story istolJ, Ly T J.l'.r:, t tL!..k, cf an inJi
vidual tvlioa;rIlJ la TI.-. "i '..rta Lr 1L3 cUco
of Secretary of tite, L-t t-Id ll.at it LiJ al.
ready been;promised to and!. :r. Ii'e tLca ccailnued
asking for Various oSces, in a deset ndlr.r' f--Ie, un
Ul he camd to the' lowest, and iras told that the of.
fice in each Instance had been already' promised to
801118 P1!3. lse Then aid be to the Presi
dent; ks'j I am fit a' very needy condition," could
yoq not gi ve me a pair of old breeches r;
&II availed . nothing, and it was permitted to
sleep quietly tn our tables till the'clcss cf ihit
session. And whn; during the fiit sum-
roer, we charged the parly wiih"des:gr.;::g to
pass this rreasure again' as soon as they! I.-J
ihe power to efTect it, yet it was, as if by com.
moo consent, stoutly denied by their partisans
all over the country.1 They sdr&icd that ihe
measii re J having been condemned fcy j the
American people in 1840, had been abandon,
ed, and, as a proof it, referred to tho fact that,
with an immense majority in this' IIou3C, the
party refused lo pass it. Now, however; the
election being over, just as I had occasion to
predict perhaps fifty limes in thef political de.
bates of the put year, this very bill h ! -l.cn
up before any other matter of i.. ..ti.cv
ond in a few hours forced through t!.a ll . j
and passed under, the- gag oft'hclprtvi-js
question. It is proc! : red ihat.the people
have decided in its fit ..r at. the late eLcttoa :
and we arc told, with that insolence t.I.ieh
the largo majority hero ! is inspired, that we
Wings ought to sit mu: . and make no oij-c.
lion to its passage. S ? far is it from beiir
true that the people, by their late vote, have
decided in ilsfivor, iVenlure to affirm' thai
if the party ! - 1 .r. I to" psV ji ht ,nri
anui..i:3c.: . - j r -i r--vT cn it. l!.? re
sult of the cl. iion would have been difTcrenU
The country understands this matter too well.
It is known to bo a measure which will place
in the hands cf the Presidcntthe money.po
er of ti.3 country, and which would, in tho
progress of a fj-.v years, convert lha Govern.
racnt into a practical despotism. ' ' j
I propose now, Mr. Cliairman, lo follow
the example of tho debators who hare -'dis
cussed Lsucs-involved in the late election,
and the effijetof" the popular verdict. ' At ihe
termination of the late session of. Congress,
when Heft this city, though ! was sanguine
as to the general result, I knew that we were
to be hardly pre-;c J at the south. .: James K.
Polk, the homiuce of our opponents, was un.
der '. J f I r r J Ir. J always been, opposed
1 1 ; . :'-:r ' n a mere revenue tariff, and
v,. avcv.c I'.j in favor of the immediate an
r. ...ilon cf Texas. - Though I knew'that the
portion of the' Whig party was right on both
these question?, yet, j inasmuch as jt had
formerly been the custom of southern" politi.
c;e:.3i: the main to denounce .i'J tarif
the policy even of incidental protection 1.- 1
rare! L n advocated, I fearcd4that the ti.. 2
inters enir- b-foro the election was t.., short
lornitlo r: Lily to enlighten the publis mind
with ic-.ttj the character cf the cct cf
lU, unJcjr pMJition in relation toils policv.
Ther3 was also, in rr.any quir?rs ofthe
so-Jlhcrn pari cf the .Union, a sir., g feeling
in favor of the annexation : of Tcx-s, and I
rJso c;-;rchended that there would hardly be
t. e enough " r tho people t') bece:"f:!jy
nc- : .ir.tcd v. I. a the terms cf t!:3 prr-pced an.
tic- ti-n cf Ter.as, an tiro u::j.;rtar.J cLarly
llie portion cf th Prc.iJential .iracJUitci
with respect to the r . tion. Though v. 3
rj3 cf tl.3 rnuth l;t:r.v that it had fallen
t-- ' t Jo defend ihepeint cf greatest pres.
sur:,;,ct vs went into tho cc:.:st with a
del:...;r.tiwn cnJ a ' spirit worthy of tl
noLlj in which we were cr;;-"J, and
whic!., L jt for causes 1l.1t we ha J no reason
tonr.tleif Mo, v.-ojld have al7ordod a success
filly crjl to all our hopes. ' " ' "
t t. 2 rerili t!:is ttoto cf t!.irs
was ro
ver
O.
r c:
ceci ; ieJ tl.3 cf
three q-iCiiio
that v.-cs i..t p.-j-ular with
b.-:h prticj in .A region, 1.3 had a right
lo cr.eieto r. ; -..i in t!... rarter, equal at
h. .1 to a:.y L.j tint 1. ' J..l'i suctained rrith
1v.t CA I L A any j;er:ee3 doubts &3 to
ihe result until wo saw tho t'jve!.j-:;.er.t? cf
:r.
.1 '
Tven it
2 v 5 T'
v.-i t: -t
1 ( : t
1 M.e
r : t:.l i.. :n, i.i i-.lcr.n f
.1 rc; j.
in their
t!:3 lea ..r- :,nr.ci i his avow 1
National. Cjvc.tLn, end at the same time
declared their determination to support its
Presidential nominee. It likewise no- ' V.J
for. Governor of that state;Si! 1 r-g'it,
whoto vbsis were, on both V . rcat
questions, directly opposite to t 1 cf James
K. Polky Mr. Pclk declu
opposed to the tari.r cf lLlJ,
the. immediate cr.rnv-'' 2
Silas Wrig1 ' - 1 - " -1' 1
utterly
- r t -f
I !
Tex
v
an 1
cf Texas; cr. i
voted f ' M '
man 1
that ti.j :
-r ' - -t. - r t..-t i.j
' ''.'-' -j;-3t.) t'itbut
- . -:')' wa.i held to-
.i" c.ice, or, in lan
. .u.ns classical, the
-.!ic plunder.".. 7.
- f th'.gi was exhibited in
; lt. 3 I have heafd Demecralic
". t'.ia Houii Fak' laughirg'y, of'
."tf"?, numberless b-T''" v.i'h
' 1 ! r:.j on! them,' " P..-r.:
: Dnocraiis TerifiT cT 12 12.n
. he.i lli3 Whigs &.:::.-;:. J. u
iLr right, they v.-r 3 t.'JLyths
Vto, .
et thi
honest Lut ignorant yeomanry : cf that slate,
that ibey. could not .believe ; that1 llr. Polk was
opposed to ihe iari.7, beciuss they had been
assured :by their- IcaJers, ;he '"men6 in whorn
they had been accustomed to confide, lhat he
IQCSl
was much i.;oru fjvcml!-j u p. prutccti'.o
iar:.l i:;3 tr;j .".'r. C.ar TL3 lead
ers cf ih- party i.i tl.ec two' tiatJj, ls'vcH
&s cIjcaLcra &I Iiorth, humil'ateJ them
selves so tit cs't'jccr 3 ir.to thesuppert 1 f n
r- r.l.D.LadLccn f.;rccJ upon them ;Ly a
. . ..., zzl till then, contemned minority cf
Uwlr ...:) party, and whooo eplcions were di
rectly tl.3 revere cf thos3 h:ch th?y them
selves i.e I f Lh'cly professed, list t' ? d;J
not stop here. Lert their position shse'J
unrewarded, tr.d tDfcr.urj cs rr.r.y
1'ces in political crime ta postible, ihey i . j
to Live deliberately crt!?n'd ictaa schem cf
rr-?::taiioocr.I fijj. To brirg Ij
t-e:l cf a man whose principles, if he
::y, '.era hostile to tha iews cf the
T.iti cf their followers .they d.libe.
resolved to misstate the t principles cf
th. man, as if ih.ey ccald.lhus- turn vrrcr.g
into right; and thit trua nhich was fa!.." Dy
false declarations, steadily persevered iri,:they
deluded ihe ignorant, whs trusted to their
truth. To further their conirRcy, ilieircan.
dlialo, worthy of his party, wrote in phrases
indefinite,- unmeaning," vague, ambiguous,
double-faced as th3 rerponses cf the old DA.
phic oracle. WI.cn inquiries frrrr ;r.y j--.i:er
whatever, were put ta t.:r.i . l'.Ai v.u ulJhaie
elicited a definite answer, he remaineJ mute
and permitted truth to be trampled under foot
Mr. Cha irman, there. are recorded' muny in
stances of individual misrepresentation, dis.
honor,, nni. eaches cf fiiil;, by thnis who
previously erj-iycd the public confi.-'ence; but,
sir, the history of the world affords do other
instance, of a total .destitution of a moral
sense, exhibited by so large. a number of in.
dividual, no example of; fraud and falsehood
on a scale so extensive. ' To furhiih materials
lo the active agents; there' was established in
this city.a mint' managed by it is not ncces.
sary for me here lo sny whom, for.it is too
well kcov.-n -y zl arcusd. That czlilYJ...
mcr.t worked with amisii:g rapidity, andtljrow
cT, every varLty cf falichooJj. ' To the
north, for example, it sent, infamous libels on
the Whig candid ites, such as were supposed
besl calculated to array against' Ihem all ihe
proffigato factions there, especially tho' un.
principled abolilionis Is;' whib to t!;3 eouth
was directed thandbills, warning tho people
of. that section, that Imrsiner.; danger v.-s
impending, end that, if the' Whig 3 ce:..j ir.:o
power, slavery wduIJ L3 r.L:: ' . ; rJ oil
the interests' of tho soliIi e:;-r!r r r-::rated.
The-? p'jllic-ticr? v thro-.i c : t pjrpc:cly
on thseve of the c!cct:un, i:i crJr that ihey
r..!g!.t net bpcnatrad'cJ. They were sign
eJ by j;o name; or iho name of an unknown,
irrcponsible . person! . 'If, th-refore,, ono of
ihem found its way to a region for which it
hid not been intend. J, Li prcr.sgo WC3 stj:7.
ly denied, and it wl3 afHrmeJ and certified to
bd a Wi.i fjrgery. Fcr eerr.3 weeks befjre
tlio election, tlie3 ban-!' lU were rcattered
f:r 1 vid'j. I v:cr.i;reJ el their nurnbcrSj
fir th?y ccvc;ed tha land hko tho locusts cf
E?y t. - I have since been informed that ecjvI
eral and perhaps all cf ihe departments of ihe
Government were ccn:tar.tly employed to aid
i' a party, in their cistrilution. 0:i3 of tliu
ILsJj cf Depart;:,;
1, I ti.i civJhly i..fjrm.
cd, franked them in pachages weighing, in
some instanccs, as much cs a thousand pounds,
As far as I know, however the: circulation of
these things produced littlo impression in' my
own state", or in the southern country general.'
ly. It ii the custom there for men of oppo.
site partita to debate political questions' face
to fa co before the people, and the voters tl.U3
have a better chance to ascertain ihe views cf
pnrtL3 .end cf ihdr 'candidates It is true?
thr.t cur adversaries som 2 tiroes c it errs; ted la
d.'tiy Mr. Po:i:Vview3 JiVto lh3 'C.:b.'treajury,
r.J ether cuctiens. Lut thees c
;j were
. !d-..i tuccc.M. CirfIr.-vcrj,tl.3vemet
u i..a;j th-t I CvjulJ not, in a c.y cr two's de-h-.;ej
Ly ccctiiiued question, cross-examinn-t
; .1 , c r. J cer.-"ciation, compel, to admit, lbs
truth, a I had documentary or ether plli.a
evidence Citallibh it. IV: vi .'.r.ee ecr;:3 to
.ae der.i'jd toman tl.3 j. cr t o f ersht i"
falaehooJ t' a r-",3 f.;,a'JI" cf c '.
and cou
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e:lli, ths mod cf conducting a c
..: Ji.'ircnl. The upeakers on orp.ij
iJes slJorn if ever meet each other in Cj.
l-.tc.. The meetings being compered of one
early only, the matter thrown cut roes cr.cm.
(.-', - .. J
iradicted alike, whether it 1 3 truth or fslce
hood, and lha men.h.rs cf cither party tdjpt
the views of tht ir own speakers. To the un-
intormea, nowever honest thev ma 7 be. ihe I
best aatnenucetej cjcument carries r.j i.-.cre J
evideccp c,C itsjruth, than tl ejil .l-i re -r 1
ing botlily p:eijrc3i.nd wnflng Mr. C!av
hangirg lha three Dutchmen', which was ro
cV.'" iv' circ';ared in PennTlvar.;i.
I '
lljicgs :cont:rr;::
ovcrr.'-t u ii Li LU
end. C.iV.'-bilcaa kyt'.;A $ upon
ti.3 principle that l! " .3 v,ho e-rrcLj -power
here represent ani crrj c-t, under the Con
stitution, the views cf the ; jp'.e Uut if tl.3
mailer be so macir;eJ lhat lbs rcat m2?s cf
the rcters cj net una c-nr:el ceccrtam th? !
views of the candidates before them", t : con-
7,
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t.!ccuJ u i.ot
, r.rA cur rrpulll.
virfj-.Ily rW'.h.
if :.r.2tz::nt
.-.ctlcj'cf rc-
inf
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c.a:j ierm c; it -cd.
J.s 3 means cf z. .
at least, tl 'i -rc.tct il, I
qxrmgi'j. V.ricnl
Ot.1 t.i u CQLiV zi
t-e.i ct..cr In J.' " ? I i
lor "t t! ' ?- t1 r I - a n-f-n ,fi.!!!'-i
why t' -rs Irs'. !i rrLV-I, V.ho uich to'eco
oar free C - ;l: pres.ruJ ij i.Jj.ti:.:a
cs well en i.. ;.!;.!, l:A who uMiic li.-.t tha
L'f !::g3cf I. .-r;y thouU be trac-i::eJ to
2 ' hj ers to come c.'.rus. -Atcnyrate,
I c..:: ; t ocry Whig to adopt this r.if
i-'-ii-ii :.4l;.l.;:cu:3,- crJ chalic.-a
your opponents tu meet yo a. ' If ihey fail to"
meet you denouncej 'e,n as fcl"'c- J c
such on ir.Teatijv.ion, because they know that
t!:e f:ct3 ore rg.ir.ct them. forsevero i.i this
course, end they will be comr;l!od ly pub.
he rp:r.:un, yes, by thi-ir wn follower, ta
meet yo-j ; for there arc in tho hearts cf cJf
countrymen cf dl parties, a deeirc to LcJw
tho truth, end a generous love cf kir play.
. I am now brought; Mr Ci.airmnn, to th.3
consideration cf r.:;cthcr most important mat.
tcr i : ce::r.?ii .3 with ihehto Prcsidcntiil c .r
v;.c. AI;cr tne nominations in l!.3 ?prr ',
Whig party held many (ltrg3 p '.:
meetings, at which ihru was r.-'ch t'.lj
eloquent discussion. .Ourorators wc::t ihrc
m-ny p.;:; cf tl.3 country, z:A cVt:J t.
tuicc-.r th? principles of il.etno r:
All t! r; . n .eil, for it secured ti ( r il
dard a vast m :joiity f ha inttl.'ij. : : r.:.d
fiocting portion of the Union. I: ihi.r h.
as the event has shown, was r. .t . .. .i
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Rcsimg c:i tlio gooJne of our c
sour. duces of ihe piinciplfs advoeali-d by u?f
and tl.u belief th.t tl.3 wisdom of our i.xzs.
urc3 would Uirja i...'j.rity of tho voters t
tl.3 support cf our candidate," wo' m-glect I
that ccrr;!wt3 crgariization in detail V -
wes necessary to prevent undua inCc: :; zr..l
imposition on the voters at lha chc:I .
Since the beginning of iho woiIJ, r: " ;Iaf
trained soldiers have alv. ays L :t n ul'j to Lett
raw militia.' Hence, . hvn any t'r.j r.a:'j::
keeps itp a xvcil-t? -:ii,i;..cd tta'nd;. g army,
the ncighbctlr - -.es must adopt 'a simihf
systcrn cr L3 crpowcred. . This' truth" rj
univereah'y admitted With respect, to , military
Eifairs, has not been generally understood in
ila bearing on elections in a country like cure.
In every part' of the Union,' there a'roVom j
individuals whoo opinibns'arc n'oV'so firr::!y
fixed -but, what they may Its changed et cf
about the timo cf tho election. ' This'
bo brought about In Various ways! A r.::s,
caiarauy lrrcspiuto cr unstablo in l.;3 j :r.
poses, may bo persuaded ; one not, infjrmv I
Lsta th.3 . princ:; !c3 arj conduct cf 1J.3 ci-
didztcs,45sy bo deceived by artful misreprwi
r.h-tion ; the dishonest are hah! t ha 1 .! -
cd by improper Irlj -uccs. ' , , ,
, Thcie clasecs constitute w hat !$ ;mei!na J
denominated the f! jating volc-that is, a vci j
which is liabla to be easily changed frorYcr.i
party to ancther.' ' It is,' doubt lesi, Iir.r'it h
tH great cities, nnd varies c-onsidrally; in
di.crest sections. .. E-t every where ti.,-j LiJ
ihceowho, by persu-iLn, mhsrrpn cntction",,
fraudj or other mjar.3, i..iy L itrlucud to vott
ui.Tercntly from !at they iutt n-lcd, a t' -t
lime previous to the election- Tl. j r. J . ,
of ihejs indivtdualos j'j sufficiently l.irg j to ..
cido ihe result in oil clunely come .. f r ' .
tionsi Take as an example the j'n- ! 1 r
New York in the l ite JVci-identi .1 ! ,
Thero were casi in all, about fmr h;..i.:i
and eighty thousand votesnnd the i.;.J ,;i:
forMr. Pc!!; was sj:;iq ifivc i!ious;uiJ thr:3
hundred. If twenty .ecvrn hunJrrd i,f ih ;:3
who i-ttta'.ly veleJ for llr. Polk had changed
to Mr. Cl:y, tho ctertoral vote of Ihe ttato
wcnld h . . j h .en given to the latter gentleman,
and he wJd have thereby been elected Prcri
dent. Or, upon the sftjpposition that one vo
ter hr every c::3 hundred and Sevenly.fi . 3
ih : r;:---lly vcteJ, l.af east a difil-rent Lai.
!- 1 hive varied the result of the cLr
."3 ih.e whole slate over, it V, ill
'l-ir.d by r.ny one th't thrrs i r.
-ertion than t
j cn political matters were :. :
ii' 1, ' 1 t prevent their being infijr.ced
ti 1 t" -: cf the t lectio.:. , Thoug'i of ecu
.1 j:.i.ar3 cf ihis c;. !!:! j cf ihi j
....3 Ci:-i.t i.) fil l'.3 fctatr-i, yi ; t;.3 ,
I .rty ha 3 in the rr: r
cf its cauee, en J tl; 3 '
its ir. Jividual.mem.
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all party mmccjvre.a, c; ' !y
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