Vevay Times and Switzerland County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 16, Vevay, Switzerland County, 21 March 1840 — Page 1

AJW SWITZERLAND. COJfNTli' DEMOCRAT.

BV ISAAC STEVENS.

"THE SENTINEL ON THE WATCH-TOWER OF LIBERTY.”

AT Sa PEK ANNUM.'

VOLipiE IV.

VEYAY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 21,1840. / j

DUMBER 16,

Published every Saturday Morning Corner of Ferry and Market streets, Vevay, Indiana. Terms

“from the palace”—until he can learn the views of the President.

ed with--emotion .the comfort,‘the intelligence, and. the virtue, to befound in every dwelling. We find there citizens front all -quarters —Virginia, North,Carolina, Now York, Pennsylvania, New England; all have .their representatives, besides individuals from most of the other States. One of the finest libraries that I saw during my canvass for a. scat,here, was in a neighborhood of settlers.-It is there that I have seen the father becoming the priest of his household, his dwelling his only place of worship; and, with the Bibl in the hands of his children, teaching them the evidence of its^prccepts—of? fering up in the. spirit of devotion his thanksgivc ings to ‘the God*of his fathers, and imploring in Christian humility, the continuance of His hies* sing?.' ;; ' ■ Sir, the pioneer has not perform** his office. Uo genlletaen deiira to know wheVthe settler will cease to press forward!. I will tell them.— When tho labors of a Cushing, a<;Llnn, and a Floyd of Virginia shell be crowned with success, by filling up tho valley of the Oregon with settlers—squatters if-you please, ofAnglo-Sax*. on blood—then, and hot till then, will.thd tide of Western emigration cease to overspread the nubile domain. .1 qouldnot, however, Mr. Speaker, but.be reminded,'when I heard the/remarks of

be regarded ns settled! 'Is nothing duetofiaie and experience, aid ’the concurring opinion* ‘$f there tcAo have gene before i lit Sif, the Gotci'dment cannot be administered upon tor, other * principle.-' To say that ndthingjstd be.Kgtrded as*’settledso - far as the mere abstract rfuestibn, of power is concerned, l wbuldbo to. male the actipri of the Government. air Variable as ’ the ahade, And uncertain as the' 'winds. ’ \ I might doubt-the expediency of'a' and be disposed to change' the action or''policy of the Government;- but that is'a verydifferent question. Theprcicntiaaquestidri'Ofyjoieer— - of conriiMwnolJwfrrr—and,' nppn the .‘practical the Cbrjstiiation, . by thecoaiUtdted 'authorities,ia enough for me. . • • How stands the question before' the House!—, lias there been-any concurrent action’of the d|f- • ferrnt departments of the* tJoYernmcnVwith regard lo ir! I find that its- action'has'. been uni- * form fer-thirty.fouv Ii'has been gradually progrsssieg from 1806, down io the present time.’ - .More thin this wd have had the* Sanction of-Jeficrioo,' tbahdiitingilislied'Dxpo^itorbflho. Ponslitutldn, tdMiose opinions ‘many ofutt-aro'' prone to bowj with' the'most unqualified,deference. 1 ,Wc have bad the sanction ’of JIadiion, ■ Monroe, the dtetingufshed ‘ individual'that irbeceeded- hirn,«now 'a, member of'ihiS’ Hduse,'of Jackton, and UuV present'Chief Magistrate,— And Hera,’sir,'I'would remark,* in rsferencoto the opinions cjf the'President' efti. this subject, without knowing any thing mowf ihaln may. be known to - ariy other thU’ ;flopr, that should a bill bo-passody' graoiing ah* Appropriation to the Cumberland road, ihayerio doubt it would recei ve his' sanctipn. * Why Ido 1 say so!,. Because-1 look*at h&racts. He has.already, sanctioned tWb bills,’ frorahis past action'- what wd mar expect for the future. But, have’ h ad resort to/adihVrjfips dn thl8.Bubject,abd.aait may gratify* gentlemen,'! will pay ft*e ihcse’adthoririBk.'";, * • .The teto.meAsagp qrpfesldeVit ‘Monroe is Vttherbroi/ght to our notice thlrfrcad, 1 Is the 4 v iawiha r gentleman ffbrfi >Hainb 'has laVcn of iho: opi plpnexpresetedrinyhat message, I think * he has .misapprehended 1 It was not a simple-appropriation of money to* bo ap-. pli?u to Hhe’-'cbnMni'ctiph ,pf thtTGiimberland road that, y/as vqtocd-by Mr! Monrbc. ft was a Bi gates dn’theWd .withcertain other provisions’ thetwould 'have'gjven lb the United Slated'jurisdiction* within the .states through Whichlt p’aised; ipcbmjJitiblfe.wiih their sovereignty; In-returning the bill, Mr* Monroe s*y s: i.V < H. is’Withdeep fegret,-approving as I do of the policy, that l ira compelled to. object to its passage,V dec. He'&dds! “A power to esta-blish-birapihea with gates and tolls,f ind to'en- . force the collection of tbits by penalties, implies a power to adopt and execute a.cothpleto system of internal: improvement. A right t6 : impose duties to be paid by'all persons paiiing a certain road, and onhorsesand cirri ages, as iidohe by ■ lhis.bti|,:inTotyes the right lotikathe land froqiitfie proprietor. on a Valuation, and to’pais laws,for the protection of the road from'injuries; ana-ff it exist as to one road, it exists as to any other, end.,to a* : -many reads as Congiets may think proper to csiabtish, 1 A righMoIegiitalo for one of these purposes, is a right to legislate for the other. .It jq acomplcte right of jurisdiction ..' and yoyeregnty for alb .the purposes of internal improvement and not merely ah e right of applyingmonoy, under thopower.vested, ' to in ake|> pp top'riations, no d e r.w hi ch. power, . with lb e of ’the* States.- .through > which the road passes, the'work’ was originally commenced and . has beea v Eo Tar’ executed.” . Again be says:' “For AltboughtheWtho Statesj may assert the appropriation of the money within their. limi tB,”Jkc. .Now’, sir; what will the honorable , Ecnlleman.aay! Will La let Mr, ilouroo settle controversybetweenosl <'^ v •.>; . - - pfr. Parris hero ’remarked he would go With when ho waa rigbt,]v-c ■- . • The'gentlemah tells : Q8 he relief on these aqtfioritieswheiPlhey are right, hot wheji they fra wrong. J.If be possessed that admirable quality, which st all limes gives absoluin certainly as to the right and fthe wrong of * lions, why troablaag’j whytakeWp'the'time* of Ibe Houia in readjng'tha opinions of lhe great atalegnien who have.left the stage nf WciiotilV 1, mr,' shaU- take ooro to cite po authority, which, if miltedill notprove < ’my position; - ' ' S Mr.■ Spcaker. tfio .distinguished citizen, who ureilrcdto lheHermiiage;'Has been mpntioqd ifi tHh conrae of this opinions hivo been cited. It if'hot for ma to speak m censure or prajee of that extraordinary . man,» 'Hteactlone are now in the'hands of, the his)t»ianVand'I only refer lo him for the"behofit of mt aulherity upbh this question.' lb bis veto on ihe Mavavilie ro'ad hill, he dibs', evidently with ap-. probation, the opinion of Mr ; ilonroei . "that Congress have, ubliinited power to raise money, and thatyinMta appropriation, they hkye adfscretionaty* power;restricted by tfie.dp'ty to ap* prSpriaie W purposes, uf common defence and;of ‘ 'general, not local, national, nor Slate benefu^.” • It is (IjUs we" see the' oplriiohs of our Presidents; to which many motomight bo added, add the constant action of the Givernment correspond mg'to those opinions—the action of the Executive of Congress, for more than the,third oTa . century,- all in our favor,' arid.ytt we are new met witlfthe argumcnt'llial Cdngrcsa’hM.no power to continho this great national Sir, if this is lo be regarded as &H open queftion, to what period shall'we look ror t ihat regy-„ lar ahd-syicmatic under thp Coaititutipiri which shall fix'll, implant it deeply iu'jhe nnnds and affections of iho people! ’ . Sir, tofsubfitiiple llteofy for practice, h p he guilty or the fpllyja the affairs of Gevcrnfiieht, which wo'gjd cfiaracterite!the physician who should fhfow adtdle tjio rnedtdino that had its thousand^;.hebause It was opposed.tO some pre-con eel sed theory.— I say, then, to the ultraion hillter extreme, lp*t ray ground 1 , tlrai wherooti the it- • teelf must feutVits tutTenV,‘pracliial.exppirtipn •of thc Oonintulioh by i(s'legi3lalir c , exccutt je, ' and judicial action. '*

courtesy of the House,, withdraw the motion,” [a motion’which he had made to lay the subject on the taldo;] ond this expression, too, came from thfe amiable gentleman from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Middle.] ,*■ Tliqu gh J have not the pleasure of an'intimate‘personal acquaintance with that gentleman, yet I'know enough of him tq.beliov.o he regarded himself with .parliamentary usage; hut it must also be said that his conduct Was parliamentary severity, especially when it is remembered., that my coreaguo was on the floor for the first time. -'I'shall leave the way open, for tho gentleman to obtain the floor, or I would yield it now. , '

Sir, suppose this argument had come from some friend of the Administration-What would we hear? That its author was a "palace slave." - It would be said that there was an effort to make this House subservient to the President upon the great subject of-expenditure. We, Mr. Speaker, are the guardians of the public treasure; end in appropriating it our inquiry should be, not whether the President or Secretary has recommended the appropriation, but whether it is called for by the public service. • Id doing this, we act on our owrf .respoobibility; and I, sir, as one, will be found voting upon every question of appropriation, uptm * my own cdnvictiohs'of the necessity of the expenditure callcdfor, without being governed liy estimates, 1 ■ : In ibo progress of this discussion, my'attention was attracted by some-remarks which fell from an honorable gentleman from -Maine, [Mr. Parris,] ! am pleased tOjfind that ho has had the good not to'include in his published Speech* all the remarks which were delivered by him bn this floor. . ; !■;/; -<■ , ; v- v ; i . . [Here Mr. Parris explained. He said he did not write‘pufcdis remarks,-and bad no .wish to bo answerable for'; his speech in any other fortn than that which it was delivete^i] I regret it, sir, (said Mr. II.) for I had hoped that some of the offensive remarks made by‘that gentleman on yesterday, had been left'mil of the primed. report by hts direction. Did'he (mow, whon hp was assailing tho Western he -was assailing hts own countrymen! Wljat were we told!. “Thaf'thoao who. dome hereto ast, for,this appropriation', were squatters and pillagers of Uje public lands,**; If these expressions could be confined to these wajls, 1 should:; not regard it necessary to answer tfiemf.bnt When ! remember that epithets habitually' applied loin 5 * diyiduals or nations glvo charadler, I feel bdtmd at once to meet the injurious imputation6 Implied in the’.language! of that getotleraau, *WhatMd the idea of theforcigner when ha bears'the settlor? of the West characterised as equallersand pillagers of the public domainV ll I were to. euppaso what.it would be,* expressions of gentlemen here, I. should conclude that an Eastern of emigrating Westward, would esteem it necessary to provide himself witb ! traps| snares, and iheTiko, and when he should get there to use what,'In the western 'partnf North Carol m a,'* they call a deadfall, in order to catch and clear the country'of squatters, and render it habitable for civilized man.Forlho information'of thatjriintlcman, I will toll-bird*\hat theC iqu altera ofriHe Weal" walk’ erect, are possessed of the ordinary principles, of humanity, governed and influenced by’.lbs tike motives,* principles and feelings, as ourselves, fearing but ' little else than the God that made them. ‘ They have not, nor do they pretend' tq have, all tho polish, of (he older commudilies of the -East; but there, sterling integrity and manly energy about' them; indicative of the excellence, ami strength ,'and relative weight they arq destined to pbasesh as a part of litis-great empire* . -.Hoes the gentleman want to read their history! > Let him go, to tho Hock of Plymouth;—, ■>V|iy is that New. England, perform* her centennial pilgrimage-to that 9pot, reddered iacted by. ,the landing of tho pilgrim fathers!' They Uad oo title lothe ground on which they 'pitched their tents: It was the soil of the red man—of the stronger. They;came actuated by .the noblest feelings; they came, in pursuit of liberty and .equality; Jiko. thq' Western -pioneer', they came to hotter their condition, and find .'that in the Great West, f which the Old 'World’denidd them. : i ' ■ , ' •_» . .Sir, it sounds strangely to hear nf tho pilgrim fathers speak disparaginglyof the. settlers of the West, who, like them, V have gone to a neyV; land id encounter its[hardships; and.itf dangers, add open up the Way to tho --onward progress .of carrying* along >wilh them all our inetilulhmd. We aroallpioneert, and the descendants of pioneers,-'and ire governed by tho, iimo spirit. • Wo want ropm, aqd we.stcp westward;, the huntsman to find game,' and the cdhivatoj of the earth to findwhereon to raise the plenteous*meansoftubsistence.v'In doing this, the aetlier.had ever been the outpost; .the guard of.the interior settlements, and saved them from* the tomahawk and. scalping knife of tho savage. Tho same principle which prompts, —tho saino necesity- which nrge*,’ the labonig man to fincU'hpme in thewUderneisoftbe West, governs us all; men of all conditions and prO : feseions. . • ... ‘

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SPEtXII OF 3IK. HpWArtD, - ;■ ofisdiasa, ‘ ’* In the House of H ept(?EC ntati y es, Fcb'. 12, 154,0. On the proposition to ihstruct tho Committee of Ways and .Means to reports bill appropriating $1150,000 to each of the Siam* of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, for tho continuation of the Cumberland road. .*. :

I shall rtiy nothing farther on the Florida war, only, to insist that* wo ought not incidentally to discuss those measures of the Administration which ;froin their nature and iniportance, are entitled. 16 a djrcclconsideration., ’ lieforc, however, I touch tho'principal matter nottf'the Btibject’of'debate, 1 owe it to nn hororabld gentleman from New York [.Mr. Hoffman] to pay a just respect to. some remarks which fell from him, in, reference td the rocefit elections in Eftdianh, for 1 which he has kindly undertaken to account,‘ ; * ! •'. ,/ ■ ‘. r '. --‘u . ■ Mr. Speaker, why does that gentleman call' in question the decision of Indiana in regard to her dclogatipnift Congress! -.Hafll'Iio the right to interrogate hcr on ihat eubjectJ’ ■ l iromcmbcr, ’sir/ sometime 8ince,a Comcrcafirej'heri:; who, Wh c ut the president in -his jfnessage referred Jo. certain causes as .having,led lb certain poll tfcal’cli a'ngcs. ih N ew York weifc thrown, into political paVoxyema of mflighatton, because. tho President had chosen mo. speak of these changes of opinion, and'their causes. Weil* what havo wo now!' A mein-

■ Mr. HOWARD said s .... . Hr* Speaker: I regret extrf mely that thijdis-.-cussion Ikis hot been eu fferedto'progress, accor? iling ija the oxpreis wishes of tha'honorabiegenlemau from Ohio, [31 ri Ma=on.j who addressed on He ilisislfld, in the outset of his remarks, that the ;debaio should noi ltavo a party cist—that the question under consideration should be taken up, and considered on its merits alone, without, connecting it with the party politics-that now agitate the country, ' from one aide to the other. I. repeat, sir, that 1/regret, that others, have departed - from -this course, and that subjects,'foreign to the one before, the liom-e, have been drawn^inlo 1 the disettesiou. Wo have had a discuelJbn, not only • bn the Cumberland Hoad, but on-tho general politics of the country. One gentleman, distinguished for his propriety-in debate/and'his' knowledge of the rules.of parliwnenlary proceeding, has favored Us with a, discusEton of the ' merit* of the Florida war.* Whaihaa-llio Florida war to do wiih this great national highway! Sir, let us take up the Florida war/and discuss. It a and in its proper place; and let the-friends of the bnre'OlCccr&auiJsoldiers who have periled all-in theif country’seel vicewelcomc their return front thp dahgofs of a pestilential atmosphetq and savage foe, without having /hair feelings' outraged by 'iho '.disgrace that hits been attempted to be tjirown Upon thciri. 3Ve are loM that ibis has, bpen an "imbecile’ war/’.conducted disgracefully to/the country/' and wh<m I see lit the lobby of this hall the cars who havo’ rent rued, from it'with shattered* constitutions, qnd, embittered luindod of allot her gallant army, conquered treaapn, and cut of ,luo trailer,.“got ilieinadvcs by stealth into the city/-’and instead of allowed .to triumph; as .wap duo to a viclprhjiis aViiiy, retired - from* tlip .gaab of film whose diadem they had Instead of . being .welcomed homo b’itlUbouors and -rewards, ye see the Jesups, and, olhoi;' distinguished officers who lure returned‘from iho ’arituos campaigns of'tljowur, treated *us if /hey had returned in disgrace. .,. / • v./.- * i 'M±. [Mr. Fiddle here, explained*] '* V ’.Mr. it/ atpliuued. /\lr. Speaker,.1 y’asjiot mistaken as to iheJangiiagq.ttecdby the honorable gentleman on that occasion, and ho does fne ■ no more than justice when he says that l. W'Auld not intentidmiliy pervert his .moaning;: : But what did he mean when hespoko of the/'tinbe--ciic tnanqgejtieiil of this war!” Wbai'is.n)$tn.t by. that gentieinan and,others; when they speak thus! ' And tjpw do they.expect to to .understood, by that remnant/whoso boues .are not/fopnd bleaclilng oil /the fields, or in ..the Ipatehesqf.tlia^cquqfry. It (attup^gedliemen say to ihe army, •* we don’t mean yqn' whVn we wake sqcfi charges;, iye know* that your squares.fell on .the grim it'd, theyoccupied,, is if .you, had bqen brave; wc,have been, lobf that : eomecif. your companions ,even .laid, violent,hands on| themselves, because they .cpuld nq/overcome the obstacles interposed by the irresistible laws of nature. . It is not you we.mean; stand aside aWliilc,. Jtntl suffer this implied disgrace, flipttve may charge home ytport the administration the disasters of this ft5ari»rct f uk l hid’e-your‘vibloricB t your Bufferings',- ydtir battle fields,- from .-the country for the present; “and allow us to call it an “imbe-cile-wan' 1 , Such,* sir,- is *tho language implied by the course of'those who call this Subject iuib t requisition,* converting il’into political capital,, *■ ' . HuuglU wo*'’nbt to cheiisii oulr armyl 'Ought We-to/ heap - them, 'because that connlty-in which they have been - cmployed*hjjl been a Parlhia/ If the well appointed-legions of-Romo were not able to withstand the mode of warfare practiced by a fte far lees active and* enbtlb than the mOdcrrt'savage, and in a country noi*mora,suitoa for concealment and ambuscade, why shodId disgrace be heaped upon mif army because they found a Fa rth tain' Florida! flmvo read- 4hai-when -the' legions of Rome went-te tbo field where the army of Varro was slaughtered, .they raised,' a Itmdvmii of lamentation when they saw life field covered with"the bones and tho ciglaS of the Slaughtered legions. And shall wd, with such examples before pa, in our eagenicW /pr party qdVflnUge, hSdgg. Into’ discredit out national arms! ought, not to advance party’* purposes, by dotraolmg’ from the credit of thoseliravo men who have'perijfcd all in thoir ebury ry-’s soryice. . When I ftqard the dbndiiciatioBfl them on fliia floor, 1 fell djat'jf I liodbeen one’ of thcm,,T .would, have OontP fo oapiUl Cast dawn, my. firmor, aijd have' done, that whicH.t never.done before the'ci£e toi et(,of lhe couniry—I would haye turn- 1 my bifk upon/he’ epivico.'-l a?} 1 on behalf ofj nose the Administration js'to’ be ! charged with. | inbqfciijvy and mjsmanagement, tbit genffemVii. would*do-Jt /directly; ’ .and nut striM at it through them. ’ * y /3irv.BiddJo hero, asked 3[r. Edward to.give wat {brVn eVpJanatton';] ’ , , 7 / . . , p A 3tr.. wiwjuib‘. y /ry 7, mine, [iiVi'Wjck,] 'when he asked a ejmilar indulgapya, .•ho / vrn,po/$vor. Ho was' told, ■“ifToq art' nol ebnacTopi lf } barin f tbua tho

tho gentleman from Maine in reference :tp the people of Iho West, of the expression ofCrcsar, whenhe.saw tha dagger of his dearest friend raised, against him, doming, as that gentleman dope, from a.voung growing Stalc t he cannot be ignorant of the claims ofrtno pioneer to,ourregard,'■’ • ■ ■ . : . . *, I have mode these observations for,the Benefit of those who do not* understand', the Western people* If gentle men. would travel on this Western road) stop at Wheeling, now a city but late* 1? into importance, cross ’the; State Ipf Ohio, and ?eo, on tbs l|rfe of this great thoroughrare, the cities, towns,.'and villages, the farms; schools,’ and all.the variety of, improvements that distinguish the age, they would cease to apply offensive epithets to us, and be proud to.betome ono of us. It has not.been my fortune to .travel f mu chin the. East, haying, for thirty-six-years,'.drank the waters of the,West] but! bovo seen very-little in tho East that will compare, with the State I have the honor in, part to'represont. In no country have 1 ■ scen/eo,much equality. . Vfe have no population Rendered miserable by poverty, nor have yve many wap bays'* overgrown estates* It may’be fetid of us that there is unverial competence, audits never fail-: trig concomitant, independence. I fiave thus, Mr. Speaker, felt myself- to-notice severaf topics', which have,been' introduced into Ifais discussion, though not involved in the question before the House. I now. proceed briefly to discuss that question; Gentlemen are-greatly in error bn this subject, when they'State that Ohio has received, in tho. construction of this road, : tbq sumof 6,500, OO.p'dqlltn. . *. , [Mr, Parris bare explained that he had referred to threeS tales of Ohio,’Indiana, and Illioois, and'lhai he reported incorrectly as. referring tp Indianaialobe.] . . ; •. . -' -.>• Mr* H.' resumed. - Mr., Speaker, I accept the honorable genllepanV explanation,but it makes the case qq belter for him. He isjstill in error. 1 may, - perhaps, speak loo hut if so, |he gentleman can correct me by.dpcuraentary proof* He can have that opportunity,,'and may furnish me, while I 4m‘. addressing this House, ,w\th the document*; and I will add, that if bo Will dp so, I will almost promise.to vote against Ute proposition myself. Allowing lliegcnllem&n time to,'furnish the proof aasiaininiog his position, I wiJI not evqn stop now to state what baa been expended, -but will . rcply ld that part of the argument of the honorable gentleman .which interposes the Constitution as tin inaurmountable’obstacle lo Jhe conlinuanco of the Cumberthis subject, however, iliurely.caonot expected of me toonen.up and -discuss Uii* great question. It is not for me to ; attempt to do .over again what has been performed by the ablest of our stajtcimon. t This constitutional objection, .sir, ia ’.a -convenient resort, and is always found to be infallible. The:doctil pie ofstrict. construction has come, • at times, fram eyerytpktt of the .Union, .In 1807,itwaa a'f&sb ion able doctrine in the East, about; the time of the' embargo.:. Yea, 8ir;,ilwas v lhen jbqught .that' Congress bad power* lb, jvgvlate comyierfe, which implied it *cqn/w«rd cju/mce, andthatit. ryaa pnconstitdiipnal.. to detfroycom»lertet as*, it was said the pmbargp So-wo from blher quarters, at various period*', usually attended with circumstances whlcbtenderea the extreme of strict conaiructjbn expidienl, Inpromoling the interests,far the time being, of the particular section from .whence,*it fats been urged.. So of the doctrine of contoliddtiSn, and of kUitudi/ioiis. conriruciian*-,' Tfnvt/tcjpVlsa convenient doctrine at.rtlm.Mi noijor .any ode particular section, but for every section cf the Country, whose mtercatimay render it necessi-: ry fo tpsort lO)it.’ la notpfirhlfiloryreplotd'with proof bn this subject!.-.‘ . - i * * 1 ' : . I, sir, in niy huptble career,.have always endeavored tp avoid running into extreme*. .The ? olden medium of-troth is-the ground on which delight to tread. W.elli.sir, ,w(iero is this to be fpund? . Oq the one.hand we-find conaolidationiet; on the other, literal: constructionist*.—• I turn from these, and consult another able ex*

her of.Congrcea questioning a eovereign stayo on the subject of her choice of Representatives. Itiiiay be that the people, of Indiana ought to havc/fchosen the friends of the gontlcmcn/ias lead of those they have sunt here; In truth, sid, ltd ec cuts to be j marvel! ously Veil ‘ a equal nted -with our domestic The names of village papers and their contents arc .as well known •to him as if he liad travelled tltruugli that re-giqn-rbettcr k’nbwu Ip him than to myself, though l:arii rdcchtly from Indiana, . , , ,*■ - - [Kero Mr, Prbfnlf said he had given iho genr llcihe n front' Nc w Y6rk Ins in foni] ation/j Btli tho Iioitolrable gentleman from Kew "York’ hns ltiitdly informed us that it was the Cuinbefhiitl oil which the ; elections of that State turned: andjthab his friends failed oil the ground of Ihcir ‘supposed - hoaiility * to i! the' measure, or their inefficiency tri-pressing the subject on the, liollco of L'ongre##. Whilst l enter tkynv/Airrido, as tlic lawyers say, against his right to enquire lotd this subject, I will say to him, that so far as onodiatrict of that State id concerned, hia informafion is not'wellfounded. In rtgard.to other gcuUcnien, ! pretend dot Wspeak*, baying’ had a competitor that gave raas much as I dcsjrCd to aucud io, without looking, into’’ the CanVaiq in other' eection's ofdbV State. was ■ tfic subject of thol.Ccurnberland;road nient(pnied by either or.’myself, - 3Ye clisc«s?C(l • otUar.topicsrVihb/Sub-frea Uabk/tlio theritr ofthc Iato^alid pte|ent A'dminisiraiions, kma especially /the charges maMe agiiAsfthoin of j Irqud ,cor tup|i o m, a idexitava* 'gafice; "Ia yenty-flyo alddreftcs'w 1 1 ch I delivered; these were,'subjects' which 1 d ltcre*!. wbdld holico a rCibnrk of the hoitor-* ablrgentlerbart from Pennsylvania; [J ir/Biddle.j Ho: cbarcil inganbttempt to bring-into public 'odium 'the < lOngrcss of the .United States; by avotditjglhe re tponsibilUy of|BubamiUirig| estiiftatda of expeni lUurc, *and thjn charging the, extrataganed 6f tl o Gove rant eiit upon this badyl Sir, tlnYc is qi lOtlier view of [this'subject ivhtchl will bring to that gentleman's noticoK What has been tbo charge urged against the Ad niiUrtntion inVll thq opposition presses of th( epumry, and by gentleuien on this floorl It! as been thaiof extravagance and profligacy an t iq . part Kxecjitivc. Thq Cpurac which'J took on this subject was not that' now oiejibed t> the party.which T» sir, it is tru showed iho estimates .when this . charge was brought against, tho-.Ad-uiiul.tration, during the ( canyiss—but did I stop here! A’o, yirj*! .went into, the details; .showed the objects qf .e.vpendituro, and .that both parlies bad voted.Uio appropriations in Congress. In jhiK manner, sir, I defended the party to which tho geiUleluaii bclougs, as welt as the Adiuiqistralipp. • If I had stopped, with allowing the estimates,/J would have jqslly been chargeable with being a demagogue, and unworthy of addressing a popular assembly. But, when the honorable gentleman is defending this body against public Odium, why. U he not also' ' fjjado eensible of another effort which must have fallen witliln his observation! Has he not heard of tlic "office holders’ party/.’-r-lhc Vspoila party/—and other similar expressions! \Vb‘y, sir, If an aEsemblago of, citizens,, although it may consist of. farmers, is held fur tho political di^niHsiQh,pr,organization, and they happen u/le favorable to tho Administration, they go avvay.bVanded ih'cveryppposii.ioti primus the •Sspolls. party,”/-lhq ‘.‘office .holders’ parly,* 7 — and with such other denunciatory- cpitlmta as are ever ready to from thg lips of thq 'partisan. Boca the gentle man-see nothing in all this, calculated , to, array tho people, as such, pgainst the copstitmcd-authorities, and to bring iplo disrqputp our ,in«iituiion9..tIiemscJvea!-.1 would he gratified tp find that Ihflso facts ehot|ld make.a suitable impression on the minds of liongfinlfemou herc ( . But, sir, therois one ‘consolatory reflection, and. .that ip, that denun•cjation’frbm any quarter doss .noCptss with tho people for truth.The mass of tbo --people seek this pn every great question, and, he who goes before them for public favor/unlcsa armed with tnnh,. .although he njay have a temporary' triumph, <muat ultinyuoly .fall, - The honorable gout Ip map from Npw York sea ms, in his remarks on this subject, to -have./esqmbled a- rnarrinerwbaw hatk bad beea tbtftwa btween. the cannier currents of two contending ceap. Ho would be plciied to favpr this road, .and.yet he is unwiltiog to vote on tliis, subject tintjl lyi caa bear

Mr.Spoaker, I must be-allowed to apply'this principle to ray own profession. * A yooogman whoso father ha« given him-a good education, and good.morals, eels out- for tbo for haring spent sometime in acquiring ft profession.*— Ilo arrives, at one of our county towns, With purse exhausted, and coaUbreadbare, He goes to a Western-inn, and-soon strikes ! 1 bargainwith the landlord, the subiUraceof which is, tbit ho is to sleep under the tavern keeper's roof* eat at his table,'and pay him for these benefits, when he shall be able (o make the money by bis profession, I [o'commences the practice of the law, and in a short time gains a strong bold on the affccnionfl of the people, and a still stronger on the good, will-of the daughter of some substantial'.farinsr.,. He marries, becomes a useful citizen, and not a squatter in thhl hall os a member of Qongrcss. I bee such men all around me; \ » • ' Hut this occupation of the public lands is net only sanctioned • by the' conduct of.'ouf fathers, and our whole people: it has also the sanction' -oflaw. What has the Government done! I answer, if has done that* which should command the approbation of all good men. For the last forty years, it has told thB. pioncers of the West to “Go the lands—we will provide for you, and protect you in the enjoyment of t|ic fruits of your labor.” I have come acquaintance with tlic-cUitocLcc of those ‘who, under of. the government, now occupy the- public lands, i.have travelled amongst thorn, pariaken-of their hospitality, and witness-

positor, who bos been long engaged in expoundmg the Constitution.; .What; expositor ia that* I answer, Ilitlhe practice of the ‘Government /roik tit to this frme. Gentlemen may talk in mo about constructions of the Gona.Utution, and tell me that if we,depart from a limited construction, vb indanger the rights of the' States, orif, we do not givo.it a liberal construction, we impair the powers of the Government for psefulnossj but;I leave these contending theorists tp the enjoyment of their theories, and content myself with, the Constitution'as practically expounded by . the current and con-' current action of the several co-ordinate branches of the Government." How, I would ask-, can the Government be administered, or-Cer-tainty and stability given'toils measures,’ if mere abstract questions of pew'or are never to