Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-19
ALEXANDRIA,.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH u
THE YORK (PA.) PROCEEDINGS

In yesterdays Gazette, in our SUMMARY, &C..
proceedings of Congress of the dav beforo @'
stated the presentation to the Senate Of aa.. We
Of resolutions from York county, Pa. bobI,. 'sS
decorous in their language. Of the natns. "'
the aspersions which they cast, some -,
ment may be formed by the following ny .~oS
from what they con tain. '"''
Gone word in conclusion: Daniel wab..
now Senator and d champion of the Po,I e"Slei,
at its creation, amember of the House oF n was
sentatives. Then the Bank was not HE nepre.
and he was opposed to it. His unbiassed ' nt
ion, as representative of the people, was ppm; ppm
rect opposition to what he now holds. b, Il! ot
he is concerned for the Bank lin LEGAL T' TOW
seology,) and no doubt finds it a good puIa
ent, as it has already disposed of more tba oI cl
ty thousand dollars in the shape of f f1.aH ~
1916, he was alarmed at the dangerous rs no IN
such an institution could make its own i pUStN
raised his voice for a sounder currenc,, lie
mere promises to pay with NOTHING ", '.ah
with to fulfil such promises. He then "" asis
gold and silver currency was the law oC ca ~
land at home, and the law Of the world sbros us
and that, in the present state the world ,5a.
could be no other currency.'n "'''e
| The Globe states that this paper was &C..
warded by Adam King, late member Of p.
gress, to the Vice President, to be laid b.c.
the Senate In running his eye over tho naoal
Mr. Van Buren, discovered a personal a'~d;o',
to Mr.. Webster, speaking Of his HAVING rocoi,
ed fees from the Bank, and his cbanon@i:
opinions in regard to the utility of the TnStt'
| ton. Mr.. Van Buren,, we learn from some "S,
were at the Senate before it convened c,Iros
Mr. Webster'S attention to the passage aDdtboG
showed it to Messrs. Wilkins and McKean
These last named gentlemen, as Representa-
the State of Pennsylvania, from sense fde-
cacy to MIR. Webster, made mark around tho
obnoxious resolution and drew a pen across II
to indicate that so much of the paper should re
be read. Mr.. PondeXter, after the readinc nj
the paper was concluded by the Clerk. took i,
| from his desk-declared the paper ought NOT
| to be received-and with the leave Of Mr. Web
ster read to the Senate the passage omitted IN
the reading by the Clerk"
The Telegraph says:-Mr. Webster presented
a counter memorial from considerable nun
Der Of respectable gentlemen OF York county
who were at the meeting, stating that the me-
mortal was to great extent untrue as to ma,
tiers Of fact, and that it was rejected at the meet
| ing by vote of at least three to one A no.
ton, by Mr.. Clay, not to receive the memorial
mainly on the ground that it had been altered
| by the Vice President and the Senators from
Pennsylvania, and that it was indecorous in It,
language, was carried by yeas and nays, by
vote Off to 20.
YEAs-Messrs. Benton, Brown, Forsyth Gun.
dy, Hendricks, Hill, Kane, King of Alabama
King Of Georgia, Linn, Mexican, Mangum, Nor
ris, Robinson, Shepley, Talmadge, Upton
NAYs-Messrs. Bib, Black, Calhoun, Cav
Clayton, Ewing, Freinghuysen, Kent Leigh
Moore, Naudain Poindexter Porter, Preston
Robbins, Slsbee, Smith, Southland, Spragus
Swift, Tomlinson, Waggaman, Webser-2l