Litchfield enquirer., 1834-12-11
THE ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD, DEC. III, 1884.

usual variety of matter. On i's receipt we were all tempted to have nothing to do with it-and ab- jure the President if he had any bowels of ccmpa for the printers of the little in the try, either forthwith resign" or commit the writing 1 of his messages some other personages than the long -winded '' heaven-born born Anos' little isaac the scrbe'-but on further reflection concluded go work and put it i" type in time for the regular publication Of the paper. Our readers will fHd il without much trouble in hunting.
 The Message of the President will we presume he 1 read by nearly all our subscribers. There are some things in it which the impartial wou'd commend, and others that they would condemn. The major part of that which relates 10 affairs with France is in tone of candor and Manliness worthy ofprase. That France has pursued of fdupiciW, and has lr- fled with the feelings of the American people cannot be gainsaid or denied but whether the Congress will carry ou, the suggestions Of the President and au,ho rze repri.als upon the high is cer,n"Iy marr of serious doubt. That would be kind of warfare "whch i've eau play at;' and i, is exceedingly doubtful whether lhe American commerce would not in the end be the greatest suerer--s,ill, France must make some recompense. 1s.-
 Upon he ,ri,e subjec, of the U. s. Bank, inc Pre- sdent dwes very much at large. His remarks are characterized by all the and malignnncv of the envenomed of the party press. and unwor,Iy of the office of the Presidents of the occasion.- They really fit only for the pros,u,ed vehicle of islander and abuse in the precincts of the palace, and its coworkers in viluperation and dciraction else where. The recommendation to prescribe the notes of the Bank from being received in the land-of6ces must excite in the western people smile of derison and contempt. The truth is the of this Bank scarcely ever find their way into the land-olices-hey being better repue than the local currency, specie. for remittance the holders of the bills almost universally exchange them for loca! money at small advance and pay the deprecia,ed currency into the land offices. Analhematise and decry the Bank as much as he may, the President cannot prevent the people from preferring it's noes to any other. Tha, par, of the message which relates to the Iin- gering remnants of the revolution will excite in the minds of that class of readers melancholy inter- est. 1.-the suggestion of the President, suspend pay ment until full investigation whether any frauds have taken place, should be carried into operations many of lhem would be gathered to their long home before it could be accomplished. I, would, however, give the President opportunity 10 appoint an army of office holders to he scattered throug ghout the land :-and are not sure Dut Is IHe OI SuSRee ton. There yet great many hungry expec'ants, ready take n!os, any thing that falls from the hands | of the President.
 Congress-We have the proceedings of Congress down to the close of the first week. Very little has been done except organizing and preparing for busi- ness. All the members from this state, MT. Young excepted were at their posts the opening and Mir. ] tees of the House would no, he announced before Monday of this week. Botp HouHaa adjourned over from Thursday to Monday.
 It might be mentioned 10 the credit of the V PresI- dent that he present al the opening of the Senate and took the chair. So much fault was found with his being dalory in his arrival last year, that ihs he was among the earliest to reach the city. The Speaker of the House, Mr. Bell, also present at l the opening.
 1 The Hon. Wm. R. King has been reelected Sc. nator in Congress from Alabama hy nearly nnani- nous vote. He has already held his appointment ff l teen years.
 Important Decision in Tennessee-I. appears by an article published in paper printed in Athens, Ten nessee, that an act passed by the Legislature of that | Othte AooOS CAtcuu'"S O' ''~" over the Cherokee Indians, has been pronounced Mn- constitutional md Uoid by Judge Keith, of the Circuit Court. It appears that James Foreman ard Anderson Springston indicted for the murder Of John Wal. ker, r.; that they alledged that they native horn citizens of the Cherokee nation that the offence charged, if committed at all was committed in the Cherokee territory and beyond ihe righ'"l jursdc- ton cf Tennessee. To this plea inc Attorney Gener- al put in dem"rrer and the question was argued at great length by able counsel. "The arguments being gone through, the Court delivered its opinion, sustain ing the plea and overruiiOg the demurrer; deciding. that the Cherokee though not sovereign, indepcn- dent nation, were, nevertheless nation, recogniz- ed bv all the treaties made with them, that the indi- vduas composing this nation, were not citizens or members of the Staies but members of separate conn muniiy that the if,ey ever were sovereign. had los, their sovereignty by acknowledging the pro- tection of the U S.-ihat they had passed under the
 dominion ol the U. s., but of the States in their separate capacily-ihat they were not subject lo the legislature of the taes but Co the legislation oi Con press He decided he Ofihe legislature Rdng the jurisdiction of the State over the Indian territory, 10 be unconstitutional and vOid because Of it's being partial in iis terms, Hnd not general and uniform law of the land. An appeal, in the naiHre ol l writ oT error, was taken to the Supreme COurts
 F,eemasonry-The Masons at Hartford, pursuant to previous public notice, held meeting last week, and passed the following resolalons, which we give a'