Excerpt from Eloquence of the United States, Vol. 2 of 5 And notwithstanding all this, the gentleman from Pennsylvania Mr. Gallatin, ) tells us, that this is mere ly a question a out salaries, a question of saving nine thousand dollars, and wonders how it could lead to a. Controversy, about the constitutional powers of the President and the House This proves that the gen tleman from Pennsylvania intended his speech for a concluding speech; or that he entertains a most con temptuous opinion of the understanding of the House. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.