Litchfield enquirer., 1836-06-16
Correspondence. b d. n. Z. 1Daay AdD.lrissr-.


! WAsHlNGToN, May IS, 1885.
a scene IN the House. ~ closed my letter
TO you IN great haste last evening, aud from
my dwelling took HpImy line Ut Gnarch, pre-
pared az least Tor a midnight sessi0n. Up 70
the hour Of twilight, little or nO excitement
prevailed. Many and long and very good
speeches had been delivered by Underwood
of Tenn, Allen, Of KY, Carter Of TeDu., In.
Gsrsul, of Penn, and Hall, of Vt. ~
Mr.. Jennifer, Of Md. siook the floor be-
tween eight aud niue O'clock. The sleeping
and yawOing members. WIN, ia fact. con,pO-
sed greater part of the assembly, We're a.
reused By the v"ice Of The Maryland member.
Ills subject, Of course, like nine tenths VI the
members of all parties who address the House
IN Committee Vt the WhoIe, was Irrelevant!
His reasons, however. for taking up the time
Of the House, were given. Que Of his col
| leagues. Thomas, nI,on a former occasion had
attempted to bring the Maryland legislature
intO disrpp0te, because they had presumed iO
send 10 Congress resolutions inslrucsing ihgir
Senators, aud requesting their Represents.
tives to vote against ExPnnging. Then, to
use his own Language. the voice Of the legisia-
ture was not the voice VI Maryland, aud the
legislature itself was ne exponent oG the pop
ular wilt Mark the assertion. tor to this and
almost this alone, Jennifrr replied. Though
weeks had elapsed since Thomas made his at
tack upon the House of Delegates, Of his own
State, still the present is the first opportunity
which has been offered 10 reply. and here a.
gain Mr.. Jennifer charged Mr.. Thomas and
| Speaker Polk with c0mmuning together for
the purpose Of Keeping him (Jennifer) from
the AoOr. '' 7iat.4',,,4 az i.,5t' 81. .
Mr.. Jennifer, began his speech by making
q few remarks appropriate {" the subject, and
then commenced a reply to Thomas, con.
demning him out Of his own mouth, for say
ing that the legislature Of any State was no
expOnent "fthe popular will Upon former
occasion Thomas had expressed himself very
differently, and now Jennifrr to"k 1t upon
himselFt To compare the professions aud doc
times Of the past with the present, During
the process Of comparison, Th0mas, who had
taken seat near Jrnnifer, became very an
cry and violent Every five minutes iound
him upon the floor ~ explain or rather to e.
q,ivocate. for rising from his seat, only sunk
him deeper 10 the mire. Jennifrr Was cOOl,
ana prepared tor the onset the floor was nj.
ways yielded with pleasure and readiness, and
while the plaintiff and acci,ser was gaining
character and strength, the defendant and ac-
cused was losing both. That, however,
which made Mr.. Thomas most angry was the
charge. which he could not deny, that he had
been communing with the Speaker. 10 order
to keep him (Jennifer) from making any ~
Ply to the former speech of Thomas. Fur 4
time the Glands gathered thickly over the two
colleagues; Thomas had lost himself in pas.
sion and guilt, and began to demand if Mr.. |
Jennitcr Intended TO be- personal. By no
means. was the reply. and again the onset was
renewed and new charges made, which Thorn.
as could not parry. Thus a running fre Of
nearly two hours was Kept up between the
two brlligerents. 10 the midst or The, fight.
HnnfSman, the snrresssara nf4 naxv Crockett,
rose TO u point Of order. And what was,
think you, " II in order" continued the TEN.
nrsscan, move that this private quarrel be
referred to y select committee. A loud and
continued laugh followed, which had u won.
derfnl effect in waking up the sleepy members,
and putting the muse in good hnmar. Jenni-
Ter went on sustaining himself. Thomas con-
linned growing each. moment more angry and
excited. until finally, SO gOadrd WAS he by the
unexpected onset. that be actually begged 1T
Jennifer to cease the attack and, give him
qaafter. Thus ended the affair, much To the
honor Of one, and much 10 the discrsdit OF
the other. , ,.,.,.. .si,....it e., ii f,.,ss@f
All this, however. was hut a prelude to
what came after. So far two men, each Of
y different party, had been sparring. Now,
general quarrel followed. Mr.. Cambreleng.
the very persOnifcati0n 0f neanness and cor.
ruptiOn combined. next took the Auor; not to
make q speech, bot 10 do an act which ne in-
tended should correspond with the midnight
darkness around him. II was now, think.
past eleven o'clock, at this hour of night, 4
with GOT more than One mao above n quorum
in the House, and after the House had ileen
in session thirteen hours. the Chairman ofthe
COMMITTEES Of Ways and Means has the I'm i
parallelled effrontrry to rise in his place, and
present amendments To the Fortifcation Bill,
to the amount Of more than one million Of
dollars. s... ..,, 8ss,s4s5.,48
At this moment, as sOosl ~ more than half
a million vi dollars had been proposed in ..
mendmen.s, Mr.. Granger took the floor
Surprise and indignation were paintrd Upon
his cOunteOance as we'll as upon the faces Ut
all those who had not before heard or seen Of
these vast appropriations. Mr.. Granger ex-
pressed himself with warmth and feeling and
ended few remarks by submitting the ques-
tiOn 10 CambreleDg whether these amend
nlenie had been discussed in the Committee
room before they came into the House,.
Again up jumps 0ur New York pigmy. full'
Ofire and ferocity and locking very like him
self upon another occasion when he threaten
ed 10 annihilaie Mise. and cried amt with u
voice ri Ss-ntor. Z" Let the gaii~d jade wince
-t,nr withers are anwrong. He wO,ld nOsv
emily reply 40 Granger BY challenging single.
member Of the committee Go say that these
ameDdmeais had net hren fully discussed Ia
the cammiftee before they wese presented %
the House. Also Cor the, Hon. Chairman IN
making this reply iasirad Of carrying. him
safely beyond the Rubicsn. e famblsd rim
into the stream. For while he looked like
drowning man catching vt . straw. Law
renee Of Boston. man lored and respected