Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-05-14
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CONGRESS-IS SENATE.
On Monday, the Senate spent nearly the whole
day IN the consideration of executive business. Pre-
Yious to going into secret session. the bill authorizing
subscription of stock in the Washington Turnpike
Road Company, ordered to be cngrossed for
third reading, 81 to 10.
HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MIR. Potter of NJ c.. offered the following resolu-
tions, set off to the report of the committee of
Ways and Means on The subject. which were
laid the table, go Sc. with view of being call
ed up for consideration at the proper tl,s.
Resolved, That the constitution ofthe u States
coners no power on Congress 70 establish corpora
ton with authority to manufacture money out of pa
per- and circulate the within the limits Of any
of the States
Resolved, That if such power existed in Con
gress 1t were unWise and inexpedient to exercise it.
and especially the extent contemplated in the pre-
sent charter of the Bank of the U. States
Resolved, That tho paper money, banking
system generally, in its tendency ruinous to the
teress Of tabor and dangerous TO The liberties of the
people
4. Resolved therefore, That this House will not
the u States.
In relation to these resolutions the National In
telligencer says:-S'Ihe motion of Mr.. Potter can
hardly be regarded any thing else but the express
sion OF his individual opinion the subject in which
we have doubt he is honest, but should be very
sorry to suppose that he had any prospect Of carry
in :. majority with him. The vote upon the cues
ton OF laying It or the table appears to us to indi
nothing than that 10 entirely late in
the Session entertain such grave questions his
propositions embrace
On motion of Mr.. Ma!!a-y, al Tie intervening or
ders, engrossed bills, &c. postponed to future
day, and the House resolved itself into committee of
the whole, Mr. Polk in the chair, on the bin to o.
mend the act in alteration Of the several acts npo-
sing duties irnpor.s"--the question being On Mr.
McDufic's arnendrnent-Nlr Burgess, of &. !. rose
ard addressed the committee three hours and half
IN support OF the protecting system, in commenting
the opposition to it, &c. AIr. Bouldin of Va fol-
lowed the other side, and spoke nearly two hours
against the protecting system. and in reply to its ad
vocates. Mr.. Martinlale Of 3. next rose, and ad-
dressed the committee hour in defence Of the pol
icy of the protecting system. When MIR. III. bad
finished, other gentleman rising to speak, Mr.
MeDufie to reply, bat from the lateness of the
hour. nearly O'Clock, the committee rose, and the
House adjourned.
The National Tntelligencer of Tuesday says--"Ege
mentioned Saturday the arrival in this city of
Agent from the Cfoctnw nation of Indians, nego
tate for the sale of their lands in the State of Ms
sissippi. The person referred to is we under
stand, only the bearer OF a specific proposition to
that effect from the Choctsw Nation to the President
of the United States, having delegated powers
from that nation to change the terfas proposed by
thctR."
lz5 subscriber at Smthfeld, Isle Of Wight, writes
us that he has not received more than FIVE papers
in seven weeks. This is to US most unaccountable.
The papers to that Office arc regularly mailed every
Tuesday and Friday, before 10 O'Clock in the day
time, We should bike to hear from other subscribers
at the sane place, whether they have received their
papers regularly. We have spared no excrtion to
trace and correct errors Of this kind.
YTf-mAsoNIc-The Albany Evening Journal
gays that ninety Delegates have been already
elected to the National Convention ito be holden az
Pbiladelpa, in September next, from the following
States..viz:
Massachusetts -
Connecticut
Rhode GssHd
New York IS
Pennsylvania 26.r
The same paper also states that "Anti-Masonic
State Conventions have been called in Ohio kentuc-
Ky, and Michigan"
II is reported that information has been comruni-
Gated to the British Minister at Washington that
Cant William Poiso Finch thn rSFeset