Litchfield enquirer., 1831-02-10
Ertrdct Of a letter, dated
WARRINGTON, January o.


| Mr.. Buchanan commenced his argument
at l2 o'clock yesterday, on the trial Of Judge
Peck, and it Is expected he will close it this af
ternOon. II is said he has sustained the arti-
cles of impeachment with much ability. 1t
not likely that the Court will give judgment
before Tuesday. Withoutin the least reflect
ing on the House for pre(erriOg these articles,
Or ON the managers for maintaining them,
think there exists much, from which no 9th.
er inference can be drawn, than that there is
a settled determination to break down the Ju-
dietary Of the United States, and that the
President gives to it his cOuntenance and APP
probation, If he is not made, by certain Jug
Cling politicians. to appear to be the prime
mover in the great drama. Yesterday, Mr..
Lecompte. Of Kentucky, who said, in the de-
bate on the Panama Mission, ne had never
heard Ofthe place before, and did not belle.
that there were five Of his constituents who
had, moved the following resolution -" Re-
solved, That the Committee on the Judiciary
be instructed to inquire as TO the expediency
Of amending the constitution of the United
States SO that the Judges of the Supreme
Court, end Of the inferior courts, shall hold
their respective Offices for limited term of
years." Mr.. Whittlesey called for the ques-
ton Of consideration, and the consideration
was rejected by ayes. 57-nays, us. 1t 10
possible that Mr.. Lecompte may have be-
come SO enlightened AZ to imagine he was able
to embrace. Sampson-hke, one Of the pillars
of this government, and remove it from its
place. l would not do him injustice, but I'M
til the contrary is proved, think there is a
strong probability that he introduced the res
olutiOn with the knowledge that others we're
TO try their strength in endeav oring to demol.
ish the fabric. After the other business was
disposed Of this morning. Mr.. Craw sord, from
Pennsylvania, on taking up the bill reported
by the Judiciary COMMITTEES, to repeal the
25th section of the Judiciary Act, stated that
the bill was too important to permit the pub.
lie mind to be in suspense as TO its fate for a
single day. The Speaker reminded him
"that the question was on postpOning the bill
until Monday next. and that If the gentleman
had any motion to submit. he must present It
before making any remarks" Mr.. Crawford
then moved the rejection Of the bill. and the
previous question. The previous question
was seconded by a large majority. The
Speaker then said the main question was on
the motion to reject the bill, and on taking. the
question by yeas and nays, the bill was reject
ed; yeas, 1S7-nays, ST. The question, in
essence, was sDketker, By an act ofLegislation,
tie Onion ah0aId be dissolved. There were but
few north Of MasOn's and DixOn's line, that
were prepared for this measure at present.
There is no longer any doubt that the
Globe is the Official government paper, or at
least 90 Gar as MIR. Ven Buren, can make it 50.
General Green feels It to be such and you
will have noticed that he has been. for some
weeks past, us quiet as lamb. In fact, he
has grown quite an inoffensive person, and has
greatly improved 10 mind and manners. He
has thought, heretofore, that he was the peo.
pies man and seemed not to have recollect-
ed that he owed his prosperity to the heat and
zeal Of party. think, however, as men
tened to you before. that Mr.. Van Buren,
will not oppose his election.-N. 7. Ado.
The Nat. Intelligeucer contains along COM
municatiou signed n .lJiend Of the S0bb0tA, 10
which il h stated that the petitioners to Con-
gress against the Sunday malls intssd 70 de-
sist from their applications. The raasons for
this jadici0ns measure are thus assigned:
Our reasons for believing that it is, our
duty to withdraw AZ present from this field Of
EFFORT are the following 81. The manner in
which. our petitions have been received and
treated. both 10 end oat Of Congress. has con-
vinced No that any further prosecution Of the
Petitioning plan is not only useless, but worse
than useless. Thsy have not only been re-
IJsesec, but they haze exelssd feelings which