The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-03-03
ITO be cOntinued.1
WAsH1raroN. Feb. 20 1890.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 1880.
Mr.. Holmes concluded very able speech
on Mr.. Foot's resolution yesterday. He
repealed the attacks Of Mr.. Benton and Mr.
HayRe, and carried the war into the country
of the assailants. He had collected com
plete evidence from the documents, TO
prove that Gen. Washington's policy, during
the whole of his administration, was to
restrict the settlements to small districts of
territory. He recommended this policy to
Congress, from motives of humanity to the
settlers themselves; and he enforced it by
the declaration, that it was not in the power
OF the Executive to protect the frontiers, if
too widely extended. Mr.. Holmes proved,
from the most unquestionable evidence,
that in all the western wars, New England
furnished more than her quota of The troops,
and in many of them, that nearly the whole
military force was from that section of the
country. Mr.. Van Buren,, having in his
message to the New York Legislature, an
nounced himself as the champion of the
Republican party, and Mr.. Benlon being
unwilling that Mr.. Calhoun's friends should
be behind their opponent in popularity
hunting project, made most furious attack
on the federalism of New England What
ever was wrong in legislation, was traced
to them. He had several tests to determine
who were federalists. Whoever voted
against any question from the New England
States, interesting to the west, was feder-
allst; so were those who were not advocates
for the late war and so were those who
ropld ,t~.----.-- nm as a traitor,
or who supported Mr.. Adams for the Presi-
dency. Some of the hireling printers from
the eastern states, informed Mr.. Benton that
the federalists in Massachusetts gave a
dinner to Gen. Hull after the capitu,ation
of Detroit, and he lugged this in.o his
speech, for the purpose of shelving that the
federalists were rejoicing at the dehat of
their own troops.
Mr.. Holmes in reply, said he knew some
thing about the dinner, and that i was
got up and attended by those whom the
Senator from Missouri claimed to be men,
bers of the great Republican party, and the
most distinguished Jacksonites in Massachu-
sets. He said that Mr.. Green, mot Duff
former editor Of the Boston Statesman, and
lately transferred to the post Office in Boston
yielding snug living of three or -four thou
sand dollars year, was a very actire par
tlsan in the affair, if not one of the commit
tee of arrangements that Mr.. Simpson,
now minister plenipotentiary from the
Boston Jacksonites near the couri here,
was one Of the Vice Presidents and that
Mr.. Henshaw, lately promoted to tle Gus
tom house in Boston, worth six thousand
dollars year, was another Vice President.
The debate still continues, in the house,
on Mr.. De Wits resolution to abolish the
OfInn Of Iraffapoan NJ TIift@, i.
boasts of being the apostle of reorm, is
opposed to the resolution, and has charged
the committee with fishing after ninnows,
when they should have been after whales
and that they have been hunting after
crickets, when they should have given
chase to the lion. Mr.. Davis of M,ssachu-
sets, member of the committed on re-
trenchments, repealed the attack of Mr..
Chiffon to-day, with great ability and
sarcasm. shall not attempt to give you
his speech, for could not do him Justice
but | will only mention, he stated to the
house that the committee had called at an
early day, on the heads of the departments.
to know whether there were, IN any of
them unnecessary clerks employed, or
whether they could retrench in any expen-
dlture Of the public money, and that the
Secretary Of War, and of the Navy, prompt
ly gave answers that retrenchmert could
not be carried into their departments but
that the Secretary of State and of the
Treasury had not given any answer in
relation to their departments. He said it
was thought to be unnecessary to make any
inquiry of the Post Master General as The
chairman of the committee on post Offices
had reported bill for an additional nost
master general, and ten additional clerks.
After Mr.. Davis took his seat, Mr.. Tndersoll
commenced some splendid remarks. in
which he alluded to the report of the com
mlttee on retrencbments made when Mr..
lngham the present Secretary Of the
Treasury was a member of it, in which the
committee stated that one third of the clerks
in the treasury department might be dismiss
ed, together with the second controller
and second auditor.-.Neto York Advertiser.