Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-06-05
From The Correspondent Of the N. Y Commercial
Advertiser.

WASHINGTON, May %.
The Senate is prepared, l think, to act decisive
iy, ard soon, on the bank question. Since Mr..
Dallas introduced the bill with an exclamation of
It's provisions the discussion has been suspended
ny inc delay OF the documents accompanying tho
report OF the Committee of the House of Rcprcsen-
tatives Tomorrow, the discussion will be resu
! med, whether ,hs documents arr. furnished or not
Mr. Clay, In his remarks the postponement to-
DAY, indicated an ardent wish and firm purpose to
settle all the great questions now cforc Congress-
such as the Bank, and the Land and Tariff oues-
tIons. do not see however, on the part Of other
gentlemen, on either side, similar disposition
Delays continue to be thrown i'll the way, from'day
to day. by which the progress of business is retard
Cd The Bank stands well with the Senate to the
extent, though not, perhaps, solely for the reason
that The President is hostile to it. The majority
IN Its favor is so decisive and firm, that it will go
through very Col. Benton has for some
time, been reserving his fire. and have no doubt
That he has prepared volicg offgures, quotations,
double commas, exclamatIoDs, and notes of inter-
rogatI"n, that viii do terrible mischief to those
whose misfortune it may be to stand in its way
when it is discharged. 1t will PROSTATE astound.
or put to flight all, whether friend foe who may
be within It's range. This will be succeeded, per-
maps, by an ctux, rapid and smooth, Of words,
words, words, from MIR. -, after which, the
question at issue, if by that time it be not wholly
lost sight of and forgotten, may, he taken. The
friends of the Bank will not, | think, delay the
decision by perpetual speaking The bill will have
majority oil SIX or seven i'll the Senate. In tho
House its fate is doubtful, but many think il NAV
pass by an inconsiderabie majority
The Tariff question excited great feeling, and
| the report of Mr. Adams has not done more to re-
coucilc the conflicting views of III" Nnto gon"t par
ties than did the Treasury report which it was
based.
The Members Of the late Baltimore Convention
| are many of them, here. As il was known
| here that Mr.. Van Buren, would have the nomina-
tion of that Assembly, Mr.. Barbour was written 10,
by many Members OF Congress, from the Southern
States desiring to know from him whether he
r,IIn ffn hc t,iut.,
dcncy. His reply may be expected in day or
two. Virginia, rely upon it, will not support Van
Buren,, "or will Missouri, if Ashley, Benton and
Buckner judge Alright, will North Carolina if
we may depend upon the judgment of Carson and
Branch So there are thirteen States Opposed to
Van Buren,, viz Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Vermont, Delaware, New Jersey,
Maryland, Virginia North Carolina, South Carroll
Louisiana, Ohio and Missouri.
| This morning signalized by another coup
| detat, suppose it may be called of the admins
| tration. At the meeting of the House of Repro
| scntatives, Mir. Plummcr of Mississippi, attended
by body of his friends, stopped Mr.. SlIdc Of
Vermont, in the entrance to The Hall of Represent,
atIvcs and SIT IN MS FACE, at the time grasp.
ing his dirk in his hand, and having pair of ps-
tolls in his pockets. As the mighty deed
was effected, the Members friendly to the assailant
Interfercd to preserve order For the origin Of
this affair, must refer you back to a distant DC.
riod in the session, when MIR. Plummar commenced
speech on the apparently main subject of the scs-
sion, the Wiscasset Colcctorship, which, from da
to day, afterwards, he confined during the hour
assigned to the consideration Of resolutions. In
the course of his speech, he alluded personally to
Mr. Sladc, an individual who had been turned
out of Office. MIR. Sladc, some time back, upon
the conclusion of Mr.. Pummer's speech took the
floor in reply. Yesterday nc had, at length arri-
we'd at the passage respecting himself, and he re-
piled to it, i'll terms which attracted no particular
| attention at the time, and wholly unnoticcd
and dsrogardcd by MIR. Plummcr himself, who sat
fronting Sladc during the speech. / have heard
the remarks repeated, but there is nothing in them
which savourcd much Of personal severity. Mr.
F., who was the party most concerned, certainly
did not cvince any dissatisfaction the time nor al
forwards, during the sitting. But if would seem
that in the course OF the night, he chan cd his Opt
Mon