The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-07

vertiSsr viii give our readers some ioea OF ING sill
political juggling which is now in fashion at de
the seat of government. y!
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The bill providing for the erection of light #
houses, placing of bgoys and for the con- o.
srruction Of harhors, passed the house sever m
al weeks before the Indian bill was taken til
@p, without opposition, and without discus W
sion. In fact no one thought it to be neces- Of
sarv to call the yeas and nays on its pas HI
SAGE. 1t was bill of ordinary character s. $
and such an one as has been passed at al ?
most every session of Congress The
amount of money appropriated was larger y
than it has been in some years, and less s
than it has been in others. Several amend
ments were made in the Senate-some APP
preparations were increased, others dimin- |
ished, some struck out and others inserted. I
The bill, thus amended, passed the Senate {
without much opposition, as the Indian bill '
was then nndisposed of in the house and !
nothing was to be done that should detach
the friends of that bill, or that should
create any alarm for the pressure 1t would
impose on the treasury. When the OIL
came from the Senate, il was referred, with
the amendments to the committee OF ecm-
MERGE: and other amendments wers report
ed to the house This bill, an2 other bills !
of great Importance were On the table at
half past three O'Clock on Saturday, the
last day they could be acted on, by the
rules of me house, when motion was
made mat the house take recess from four
unit, six o'clock, which passed without the
leost opposition. Col. Drayton immedl-
ately moved the consideration of bill to
nroyide for the ordnance, engineer, and
quarter master generals department; and
although several motions we're submitted to
take up other bills, the speaker decided IN
favor of Col. DraytoR's motion; and when
the hour for taking the recess arrived, 1t
was considered that the first business to De
taken up was the bill mentioned. IL was
known that Col Drayton was extremely
anxious to give precedence to his bill out
it was not suspected by the members gen.
erally that other bills were to be defeated
nv an early adjournment. When the house
assembled Col Drayton's bill was taken IN
and passed without opposition, although large
sums of money were appropriated 10y It.
think the next bill taken up was the lghi
house and the harbor bill. As it had passed
before without opposition, and as 1t was ar
ordinary bill, as it regarded the objects
mentioned in it, no one not in the secret had
anticipated any opposition to it's final pas
sage. The plot. however was soon disclosS
ed, for no sooner was the bill read throu a
and the amendments stated, than Mr.. Polk
tennessee,
ar. made one of his most vigorous e forts t
defeat it. by alarming the fears of tAe house
The stale cry of extravaganza, aid of bar
gain. was most vehemently set up, and re
peated over and over again, accompanie
i,y many horrid grimancss. much frothn
al the mouth, and violert gesticulationi
He accused the COMM dee of Commerc
with reporting bills wi dlout regarding tn
amount involved by TIL IN, and without know
ing whether the wor ks were necessary
not. Mr.. Whittles ey made some ohserva
tions in exculpatiorl of the committee
Commerce-he dor .hted whether there wa
anu eannrniffee in tho Ha,ise moro indnstr
ance the intere its of the United States, tina
did the comm dtee of Commerce. 1t WI
not suspected fly many, if it was by any,
the members, that there was an organize
and systematic opposition to the bill, b
when Mr.. p. p. Barbour took the floor IN
set speech, in opposition to the bill, 1t W;
discovered that an edict had been issue
from the palace, and that the President WI
not content with having lai 4 the axe at u
root of internal improvements, but that cor
merce, ancsher great interest of the cou
try, was to be attac ked, and, if possibl
Frustrated. He adr fitted for once that Il
erection of light ouses was constitutions
inasmuch as Congress had the power
erect all necessa ~ buildings Excepting a
observatory); b nt he contended that if Il
light houses ard buoys, provided for in Il
bill, were nee Sssary nOrc, they were nece
sary last year, and not having been PROVE
ed for last year they we're not then nece
sary-ergo, they are not now necessar
This nrgu mont was considered by all u
nuliifiers as overwhelming; and they erie
out, amen TO it. Mr.. Davis of South Car
lima, in order TO convince the house that Il
committee of commerce knew but little
their business, and acted without beiI
possessed of the necessary information, 6
lected one item in the bill, appropriating
small sum of money in Maine, Il think)
removing distractions at the mouth OF
rivuIet, and wished to know what eviden
there was before the. committee, that SUI
appropriation was necessary. The cor
mittee Immediately presented the eviden
which consisted of the statement OF a larI
number of captairIs and ship owners, al
merchants, accompanied by an estimate al
survey of an eng ineer sent out by the eng
neer department. to make the examlnati
and also accompanied by an elegant ma
As the enquiry had been made in mann
which showed that Mr.. Davis supposed th
the committee Sould not give a satisfacto
answer but would be COMPOUNDED and p
to shame, the exhibition of the evidenc
was proportionalLy notifying. The con
,mittee desiredfo know If information WI
wanted in any other case but no on
thought proper to extend the enquiry.
shall continue the account Of this eve
ing's session from belief that the prt
ceeding9 will prove to the satisfaction
every unpreiudiced mind, that the Preside
and biz devoted supporters are alike host
to commerce, as to internal improvements
that they are disposed TO arrest the mat'
Of Improvement in the country generally
that they are sensible that the passage
the Indian bill will absorb the money in q
treasury for many years to comes-and To
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