Litchfield enquirer., 1834-02-13

oasly dismss auy officer who dd not si ouee obey hs brhests. Sir, said he, when we know from eNperI- cNce, that dismseiun from office is tue consequence OTa difference of opinion between any Head ofa De. partmeni aud the Executive \ acknowledge that ' have lost all confidence N opiniOus from lhose sour ces l. tor one, can UO longer respect the opnons ot the Attorney General any other Executive officer, when such doctrines aVOwed as had been main taWed ON this lOOF, doctrines heOnging not this GOvernmeni, nor even to this Rge-d0cIrines pass- i've obedience and n0n-reeistance. sc.
 Mr. c. passed high eUlogium on the pers0n and character Of the present Attorney General. Had he remained al Alhany, he would have paid much re- tpect !" an opinion o a's on ques'io" oI law, dev- ercd from hs private office, any But brought within the presidential atmosphere of Washington, he must he excused, if he cOUld accord fu e edit to his public opinions. Mr. c. hoped that the NeterenCe would take place; and was satisfied that the report resulting from tt, would show that the usurpaOn, of which the President complained, had been here, and not in Philadelphia, and that the Bank, afer full m quiry be acquiHed from Ihis well all other ser- Ous charges that had been brought agansl it.
 MT. trigks said, he thought he was in possession of fact which would enable the Senate to decide this sUtiecE He would state that gentleman from Kentucky mistaken in what he said in relation ,o the powers given Io the War Department this sub ject. He (Nr. w. Cwould merely gay, that the power claimed by iI'a Department Hs to the pension law was different by that 1t has reference whatever either to the law of 1928, which is commonly dcnominated the pension law the law of l832. The officer at presen, at the head of he War Department is the oE
 cer who corrected the decision of his predecessor in that respect, having thought it was wrong that any payments should be made in virtue of the provisions o
 the las, by the Bank of the United States, but thu, lhe payment should be made elsewhere than by the Bank. He (Mr. w was that the gentleman from Kentucky would go far to say that the officer would ihNs reverse his opinion palpR' by. He thought the Senator had not thoroughly amiNed the subject or he would have found yer, marked difference between what he supposed to be the facts in relation to this suhect and the real of the case. When the gentleman should have exam ined the matter, he was of opaioa that he would be satisfied.
 The motion was agreed 10.
 Me- Wright presented the memorial of the mer chants of New-York referred to in yesterdays pro- ceedngs of the House, and said it was but justice to acknowledge that he had received it from most res pectable committee of gentlemen who had been sen,
 her for the purpose of presenting it; and that the expression of opinion from such body of men was entitled to great weight Mir. Webster also made a few remarks upon the subject, stating that in the course of2O years experience in Congress he had such memorial; and expressed his doubts whether in the whole history of the government any had ever been presented tn which such pains had been ken to give such respectful and emphatic expression of the deep widespread and earnest conviction oi public suffering as this exhibited The proofs of pub-
 lie distress, he sad were of too character o be scoed at, and plain to be mistaken. It pressed so hard upon the people that they could scarcely find terms adequate to it's expression, &c.
 ln the House, the message of the President alluded to in the proceedings of the Senate was received. debate until ensued whet her n should be refer red, on motion of Mr. Hubbard, to he committee o ways and means, or, by Mr. Watmough, to the judi ciary commi,,ee--which was finally decided for t,, former by a vote of l07 to 1O6.
 "Wednesday, Ftb. 5.
 Ia Sen0ie--Mr. Webster from the committee on f. nance, 10 whom had been referred the report ef the Secretary of tie Treasury and various other docu men,s respeciing the deposites, made Report, which occupied an hour and q quarter in the reading. A mo.ion was made by MT. Chambers that 5000 ex,rs copies be prbtsd for he ofthe Senate which gave rise 10 spirited discussion between Messrs. Forsyt h Tyler, Chambers, Wilkins, Grundy, Webster, Clay dEc. when the motion was carried, ayes 27. In th, course oflhe debate-
 Mr. Forsyth said bs did not well understand the object of printing than the usual number o cop les Ot the repori lt had been suggested by an hon orabe Senator the other day, that the prnliug Of additional number Oi copies of any document gave to it a sort of official sanction, which he was by means willing to accord to the document then under considerations If this view was correct, and the port he the foundation of the action of the Sen ate, he objected to printing additional number of copies of the document because he did not think 1t stated fairly the views of the Secretary of the Treas ury. Certainly great credit was due to the Committee Finance for the zeal, ability, and industry, with which the report had been brought out.
 He thought the reference was made yesterday ai four o'clock and the Committee could hardly have had time to agree on and write long report in the short space of time intervening since ihen IL possible that the subject might have been discussed and well understood in the Committee before, and that the Chairman had time to embody the sentiments oi the various members of the committee previous to the reference. IT such the case, it reminded him of hat had once happened in fthc Courts of Jus tice of the State of Georgia. grave question "i Constitutional law was presented before that Court, argued for days with great ability, and when the | argument concluded, the Judge drew from his 10 he recorded as the opinion US the Court. A ap- peared, therefore, that unless the Senator from Mas sachUseis carried the opiDiOn of the Comiee in his coat pocket, he could have presented his report with the Unsxampled despatch that had been witDes- sed To this, however, not his purpose raise any objectionable objection the report itself, iD which he did not ibink the true questioa fairly met.
 Mr. Tyler said, that the gentleman from Georgia need not have gone quite 70 far for precedent He might have proceeded 10 farther than the Executive himselE The committee Finance had held their cabinet meeting, RRd had coIpared their views the subject, as one which was likely come before the SeRate very speedily, and they have convey ed their views to their ChairmaD, who had done them ample justice i0 the report.
 The Secretary of the Treasury, like oaf Chairman dent, he had taken himself all the beRefs of the communication made to the Cabinet Council; and, in short period Of time has been occupied by the Committee of Finance, he had come tO his decision,