Litchfield enquirer., 1834-01-09

considered this nOuee the saUctuRTy Ol the People Of the copn'rythe sanrsaary, tn aPec"Iar m"nner Of
 IL was here Iha. free citizen of this Republic might hee and lay hold upon the hOros ot the altar. Here to the Representatives of the whole nation, he might p0uF out his Rrieyancee and tell his wrongs; aud n was here that he had right to demand redress. He
 must he allowed that the eyes oGhe nalior were always directed towards this body with peculiar inter- est inasmuch as they looked the last refuge O liberty. No wrong, violence, no arbitrary despOIic nee or power, should here be tolerated. And n said Mr. D.; Ihere be, ia the community Verres, whose shall dare k the scOurge over the helpless, m ought be safe guard enough far any man, 10 say l Roman citizen" Here, Mir. D. said, was hum be individual, who came 10 Ihis House, not as Ro- man. bu, ns am Americaa citizen, who asked, respect fully bu firmly, ofIhis body, the redress of aM injury which he considered himself as having sustained. It was one of the great privileges o Anerca'i cI',ze" according tO his own judgment and understandings This sad he, is the great preTogatlve we alt caimi is the great attribute of ireemen, aud the character islic Of liberty itseif.
 h belongs to freedom that each man sh"Uid he permitted utter his sentiments without resiraMi cordng to the dictates Ot his co"scence and under standing; and wherever this is impNgOed, n is the du " 0C this House nterpOse, and exert its guardian power. It IS for this body to preserve the citizen of this country from being brought under ,o any power or authority that may rise up aud seek iO domineer. Under cOnViCt0m 0t lhis truth, the petit ,ioner comes here and asks of redress. And give me leave |" say that m oppression, no ahaee ofpow- er, should ever be tolerated within these walls.
 ~ rule of the House, which forbids member from de- batting at large when presenting petlion. The chair decided he put of order, when the petition of Mr. Fletcher, and resolution ,ra, he was removed from the office orassis,ant Clerk without any sufficient cause and ough, to be immediately reins,a,ed," laid up- on the table. Adjourned to Thuraday.
 IhWrsday, Jan. 2.
 Ia Senate, Mr. Grundy gave notice that he should next day introduce bill for the amendment of the laws regulating the Post Office Department.
 Alter sundry bills were reported, resolution by Mr. Ewing to this purport adopted: that the Sec re,ary of State ay before the Senate copy or the commission under which the late Secretary of the Treasury acted, and that under which the present Secretary now acts.
 The Senate resumed the order of the day, the Pub ie Deposies, when the Vice President observed that before the discussion was commenced, he should take occasion 10 state ,ha; any expression ofther opinions or feelings by the spectators in regard any thing said n dehaie inconsistent with the order of,he Senate, and would nos be tolerated; and if this ad- moni,ion dieregarded; he should order the gae- ries to be immediately cleared. Mr. Benton then ati- dressed the Senate untl the hour of adjournment.
 In the House, several bills were reported, when Mr. Davis inquired if i; in order take up the resoIu- ton respecting Noah Fletcher, which, afer some dis cussion, was decided in the negative.
 The House then proceeded to the order of the day, the motion ofMr Polk, when he addressed the House until o'clock. On motion of Mr. Binney, adJd. E Fsiaay Jan. 3. ' In Senute, the Vice President laid before the Sen ate communication from ths Secretary of the Treas. ury, the subject of notes dshonored by the U s. Bank-ordered to be printed
 Mr. Benton resumed and concluded his remarks upon the subject of the Deposites. On motion Of Mr. Grundy the Senate adjourned
 In the House, some private business was ,ransacted -and little sparring took place between Messrs. Seden and Cambreleng of New York; on the subject of nsrucing the Commissioners ofthe sinking fund to purchase forthwith the unredecmed five per cent. slocks-when the House adj'd 10 Monday.
 
 The Great Jackson Sanhelrim of this town was put in motion on Monday evening last, about foddering time, as we learn from some ofhe Simon Pures; but as we are under no special obligation 10 publish all the particulars (not having been furnished with them) shall only state that Messrs Lyman Carter, Tho. mas L. Sal;onslal, Phineas B. Taylor, and Phinea. Lord, all good men, were appointed Delegates to ga to Wolcoi,vle to select Senator for the 18th Dis irct. We learn also that there was little coo ing and billing on the occason-that one gentleman who already holds the best office in the county in le gift of the general government, besides sundry minor ones from other sources, made most tear.drawine speeci--ialked so periodically about harmony and
 union' and tour party and success and such like matters, that he made the o,iginGls "snicker righ out," as Major Downing says. Seriously, however we are glad that lie has at last been driven show his colors-ior heretofore he has had many us he fa. bied chameleon. Now have a great deal or faii, in this gen.ieman's Jatksonsm-jusi about as mucl, as we have incur 0pH!
 In the Review of the Market for the past week, the N. Y. Daily Adv. makes the annexed remarks-" We have received later advices from Europe since our last report. The public mind seems to be wholly en- grossed with the state of the Money and Stock mark e and the discussions in Congress. This being bo- liday week, accom- panied with much u0favorabIe weather has added much 10 the suspension Of regu. lar business We are also in the midst of tie winter season. rui o from the usual channels or iniercourse with the interior, and with but lew merchants here to lay in their supplies. h is therefore to be expected thai we should experience GUlt period, and pecia.ions arc fully realized. Not article of mer chandize las advanced. while many have declined, and general laDguor has pervaded the wi'ole."