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the remarks made by Mr.. Wright. yesterday
in the House Of Representatives, upon the n
nendment to the Constitution offered ny Sir.
A Smith, that he referred 10 'e'iter heaned
" confidential which had becn crc"ia'eu n
mong some of The members OF Congress To IN
dnce them 20 vote III favor ol the proposition OF
Air a Smyth. He stated thar he had The orr
FINAL DRAFT of the letter he had read on pre- p
ding dav, on his table open 10 the inspection
Of gentlemen IN order thu, they might identify
,he hand writing great many members in
s,antly advanced 10 the table of MIR. Wright
! 20 examine the letter, and considerable
excitement was manifested throughout the
+ House
/ On the subject of this letter we received the
! following comrnun icatipn some days since, the
publication Of which has been heretofore ek-
cluded in consequence Of the press OF other
matter, as the subject has low produced S"
much curiosity and conversation, ana |as tbs
communication contains copy OF the letter
referred 10, as well rs lbP copy Of another letter
which may be also referred to, we think that
better time could not be chosen for laying 1t be-
fore our readers than the present We there
fore present it to them for their perusal.
For the National Journal.
AMENDMENT OF TIL CONSTiTU.
TON.
That the dear People. for whom Congress ex-
press go much anxie'v, may he informed of the
high and patriotic motives which influence som
OF our modern Constitution members beg
leave MIR. Editor 10 send you for publication
hfcrni copies Of certain notes which have re-
Gently been addressed 10 man, members, in the
well known hand writing Of one OF tue diSitn.
ynislsi rcforners f the day
The olowlngis cony of a note received by
n member on Friday morning, when Gen
smyt moved to take mp his scheme 10 limit ; he
right Of the people TO elect person President
for second term.
Confdential")
G Ought no, every gentleman who thinks that
he may one day have n fair claim to the PresI.
Dental Chair, be on the a,ert TO double his
chances
The following is the copy Of note. IN the
same hand writing, received by another mem
her on Saturday morning, when the dts
cnsson of the same project was to be continu'
cd
{" ConfideniialO
" Suppose that n gentleman should concelv"
" that he will at.somc future daY, say 90 or 80
, years, have fair claim 60 the Presidential
Chair, would he u n d. we'll "a reject that 8
= times 6 makes AZ, IL Is times 4 only n years,
" so that il SIX citizens stand before him he has
" no chance according TO usage and the Consti-
" tuition as II stands at present, and hat Il chan
" ged according to the proposed amendment he
- will. -
Now Mr. Editor the whole country mPy
probably he disposed TO deny that such notes
couldever have been addressed by one membet
of Congress to other members of Congress
but the originals shall be put in your possession
IL the fact is denied nd before the author o.
them takes that step, let me recommended him
to Spike The Bugie
Vaqtinctoa, Feb. i5.-The Senute did not
sit on Saturday.
Ia the House ofRepresentativeS, the resolu-
ton offered by Mr. A. Smyth, amendatoTy OF
the Constitution. WINS again taken up The
question being upon the amendment pTopoSed
10 the resoi ution by MIR. ] e. Wright, that gen.
item 4, be,ug entitled TO the floor, again address
ed the House, aud continued his observations
until they were again arrested by the eKpira.
ton of the hour The bills 'ch bad been en-
acted on in COMMITTEES on Friday we've then
House then took up the bill, postponed until thai
dav. for the relic Of the heirs of Walter Llv.
ingston. The bill, which appropriates abou,
g 900 dollars, claimed on the score of con.
tract was opposed and led to discussion, m
the middle of which il wHs scertained that
there was no quorum The House, and an ed-
jonrnment toak place.
During the proceedings of Friday, the bill
for the relilf ofthe heirs Of Caron de Beau.
marrkas involving an appropriation of mill
ION Of iivres was passed over in CuDsPguence
oC the molnentary absence OF the Chairman of
the Committee on Foreign Relations, who had
reported H. "a Saturday, MIR. Gorbnun NOV.
ed the reconsideration Of the vote by which
the bill had been passed over, and Mr. Ever
eft took occasion TO STATE that ne haJ authentic
but not official, information thai the French
Government had taken so lively an Interesiln
the liquidation oftha claim of Beaumarchais,
who vas French subject, as TO ASSOCIATE it
with the claims of American citizens on that
Government; on the subject ofspolia,ions For
a long time, France has refused even to admit
the discussion of our claims, which amount TO
thirty millions of dollars but now that she
seems inclined 20 permit the discussion OF the
subject II WAS OF peculiar importance that we
would throw no INSTRUCTIONS in the way. These
reasons seemed 10 be influential upon the
House, aud The question OF reconsideration
was then carried in the Affirmative, without a
division.
Notwithstanding this decision, il is somewhat
doubtful whether the bill will be acted upon at
the present 4esson. There is a wide differ
ence of opinion in the House on he snbjec, of
this claim; and whenever it shall come up for
confederation, IT cannot fail 10 lead to a long
discu sion, and, al this period OF the session
Nrp tIn TOD Nnhg hp Fat nj
sure.
The Committee on Rctrenchmcnt, on mo-
motion of Mr.. Hamilton, obtained leave, on
SntnrdaX 10 continue It's sitting dir;nn the ses