Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1830-02-09

III ttS ScSStVus AHIOHS tuC pGtttiOuo p'Co-
entcd, were several against the transpor-
tation of the mail on Sunday, and sever
al against any interference with the sub
ject by Congress. Some petitions were
also presented by Mr.. Buchanan, praying
for the abolition of slavery in the Districl
of Columbia. Several resolutions were
offered and adopted, and among the res
olutions was one by Mr.. Drsey referring
To the committee on Naval Affairs to con-
slider the expediency of making some
provision for the families Of the officers
and men who were lost in the Hornet.
The House subsequently took up, in COM
mi,tee Of the whole, the subject Of the
contested election in Maine, when Mr..
Tucker Of South Carolina, and Mr., An
derson Of Maine, addressed the committee
against the petitioners, and in favour Of
the sitting member, and Mr.. Pearce OBJ
tanned the floor, and on his motion the
committee rose, reported progress, and
obtained leave to sit again.
TUESDAY, JAN. 26. In the Senate,
the bill making appropriations for the pay
ment of revolutionary and invalid pension
ers, was ordered to third reading. Mr..
Barton reported without amendment the
bill to continue in force an act authoriz-
ing certain soldiers in the late war to
surrender the bounty lands drawn by
them, aud to locate others in lieu thereof
The Senate then resumed the considera.
ton Of Mr.. Foot's resolution, when Mr..
Webster took the floor, in reply to Mr..
Hayne of South Carolina, and spoke for
three hours. Before Mr.. Webster con-
cluded the Senate adjourned.
In the House bill was reported by
Mr.. r. M. Johnson from the committee
on post Offices and post roads, authorizing
the Post Master General to employ addi-
tional clerks. The clerks thus authoriz-
ed, exclusive of third Assistant Post
Master General. are ten, two to receive
salaries Of 1900, two Of l40O, and six of
1900 dollars per annum. A number Of
resolutions were introduced, and the
House then resolved itself into commit
tee ofthe whole on the report fthe COM
mittee on elections, on the petition of Ru-
ell Washburn, contesting the right of
James w. Ripley, of Maine, the sitting
member, to his seat in the House. Mr..
Pearce addressed the committee at some
length in defence of the petition of WASH
burn, and in opposition to the report of
the committee on elections. He review
ed the testimony, and on full investiga-
ton came to the conclusion that the sit
ting member is not entitled to his seat.
Mr.. Monell then made some observa-
tons in favour Of the report.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 81. The Sem
ate resumed the consideration of Mr..
Foot's resolution respecting the surveys
Of the PubIick Lands. Mr.. Webster,
in speech of three hours in length, con-
cluded his argument. Mr.. Hayne fol-
lowed, in reply, in a speech of about
an hour in length; to which Mr.. Web
ster briefly rejoined and then, on motion
of Mr.. Benton, the Senate adjourned.
The House was chiefly occupied in the
adoption of resolutions, and on the Maine
election, on which the House came to no
decision. A message was received from
the President on the subject of the con-
ditipn of the Patent Office and another
recommending the revisal ofthe laws on
the subject of the expenditures in the de-
partment of our foreign intercourse.
THURSDAY, JAN. %. In the Senate Mr..
Webster rose, and addressed the Senate as
follows -
Mr.. President "A newspaper has been
put into my hands this morning, purporting
to be published by Duff Green, who is print
er to the Senate. In this paper | find an
article referring to the debate of yesterday,
and in that article find it said, among 9TH
er things equally false, that " Mr.. Webster
contended that the National Government
was established by the people, ,cho had an
parted to It unlimited potOers ousr the State
and The Constitution"
am of opinion, sir, that we ought either
to leave our seats here altogether, or to
protect ourselves while in them from such
wllfu and atrocious calumnes by those
who are admitted on our floor, and who re-
eeive through our hands, large. disburse-
ments ofthe publick money. 1t becomes
US, sir, either to go home, and yield up our
places to men of better spirit than ourselves,
or else to show that we will not be either
bnllied or slandered, by persons circumstan-
ced like this publisher, out of the free ex-
ercise of the right of discussion.
rise, therefore, sir, to give notice, that,
on the next similar occurrence, which,
judging from the past, may be daily expect
| ed, shall make it the subject of specific
motion to the Senate. should do so now,
sir, if followed the inclination of my own
Judgment, but it is thought by others, to
whom defer, that the course which | have
thus adopted, may, on the whole, be more
advisable.
A message was received from the Pres-
dent on the subject Of an unexplained def
cheney Of $42,90 in the accounts of the Pa
tent office, and also message on the sub
Ject of the expenses of the intercourse with
foreign nations, recommending revision of
the laws. The former was referred to the