Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1833-01-24
Ex,rac.Of a letter to the same, dated 80

Extract of letter to the same, dated
W0shiRgtOB, Jan. is. 1853.
The long anticipated and promised message Of the
President, communicating TO Congress the ordinance
Of South Carona and the laws passed BY her legs-
cama,ion issued by the President, were to both
houses To-day. The ne ssage occupied an hour ana
quarter in It's being read. Mr. Calhoun addressed the
Senate ON motion 70 refer u 70 the 1udcsa.y coG-
ted feelings He charged the President, in the course
Of his remarks, with having mss,aed the facts com
neG'ed with .s oess" South am mr.
companyng papers were the Senate referred to the
Judiciary committee:
The reading Of the document was listened to in the
House Of Representatives with neMse interest. The
members and the audience, the privileged seats and
in the gallery, grave and solemn, becoming the
occasion. Mr.. Wilde Of Georgia rose as the Clerk
concluded the reading Of the message, Under feelings
considerably excited, and proceeding 10 remark
the Importance Of the crisis, when he was inform
ed by the Speaker he must submit motion before ne
proceeded farther, when he moved 10 postpone the
farther consideration Of the message until Onorro,
in order that that the house might see the message IN
print, and come to the consideration OF with feelings
entirely Invested OF excitement, aud with the design 70
discuss the subjects contained in the message, coOIly
aud dispassionately. Other motions were made to re-
fer the message to the Judiciary COMMITTEE. TO the
Committee Of the whole on the state Of the Union, and
Select Committee OF twenty four one 10 be se-
lecied from each state, which produced desull0ry
debate that continued until near four o'clock. The
morton to postpone decided in the negative The
message was uOatby T6teTTSu 10 uG SuutCdty SVsss-
miee and Twenty-Five thOnsand copies ofthe message
and documents were ordered TO be printed. This -
greater number by 600 than has been ordered
to be printed, Of any message, or public document,
since the organizasoR Of the Government. The mo.
ton 10 print 20 600 made by Mr. Arnold, who at
forwards accepted of an amendment offered by Mr..
Mercer 10 print IS 0OO The motions to print the lar
gest number coming from opposition MEMBERS quite
Disconnected OF those who have been in tho hab-
OF voting Cor the highest number. when the mo,ion
to print came from some one Of the Jackson leaders
and in this instance thinking there be something
wrong in this motion. they voted against il.
The passage Of Mr.. Verplancks bill to reduce the
duties il becoming daily more and more donbtfal.-
When the bill was frs. reported. and when its discus-
sion commenced, it was not expected there would be
more than ten votes agains, H. in the New-York dele
CATION; !, is now though. majority Of that deiega-
ton will vote against. There have been 80 many
changes in the Pennsylvania delegation. as 10 induce
the 6eel there will no, he over four or five in favor
of the bill Me- Wilde expressed his fears to-day the
hill would not pass am satisfied Mr.. Calhoun would
extend the period much beyond tina, fixed n the bill
for the lowest reduction Of du:ics If the question
submitted 10 him. He 10 aware the rapid reduction
! proposed will essentially injure the manufactures.