Litchfield enquirer., 1836-06-30

and after thorough exhAll-.,o.ls WIN only slr
disscntient voices. ~
c.e,, ~ fhe most fiastidious sticklers, and its
s,,,c-af;on Cannot but be salutufy-yet be-
.p,,.s n fhwartg certain fayorite schemes or
,1eraoual calculations of Mr.. Van Barren and
his Immediate partisans, it is. if possible, to
be crushed and Overlaid inthe House, through
the exercise of executive influence.
We speak advisedly when we saw, that at
present there is in the House decided ma
jority in favor ofsthe Senate's bill. But Mr..
Benton, Mr.. Wright Mr.. Cambreleng, aided
by the President and Vice President, will
leave nothing uninterrupted to overawe and
change this majority.
If the bill passes, there will certainly be
twenty, perhaps thirty millions of dollars, to
be thus deposited without interest, after jan
uary next, with the several States, there to
remain till the wants of the government shall
again require the funds. The proportion of
this State will be between three and four mil
lions of dollars. Why should we cast from
us such capital? Can common sense an
swer why IN. Y. American.
WASHINGTON, June 81, 1886.
Discussion upon the Bill regulating the Public
DepOsiteS, and providing for the Distribution Of
the Surplus Reremue-All eyes were upon the
clock this morning, ready and eager to an
nounce when the hour of twelve had arrived.
The Speaker announced the hour-the House
resolved itself into committee OF the whole
on the state of the Union. DR. Sutherland in
the chair, man by the way who would &C
scomplish more business in week than Polk
would or could in month. The House was
full-all members of ell parties being attheir
posts ready to support or defeat every meas
ure that should be proposed. The bill, con-
tanning i'm the whole fourteen or fifteen Sec
tions, Was first read entire, and then read and
amended, section by section. The friends
of the bill in the outset, agreed to act instead
of talk. Virginia began the opposition by
presenting, through her Administration rep
resentatives, two amendments to the first Sec
tons. No discussion followed, and the a.
mendment was lost by a large majority. Nc
Kay, ofN. c., came next with an amendment
to the same section. The North Carolinian,
however, was no more successful than the
Virginian: and the third amendment was
therefore lost without count. Vanderpoel
followed next, proposing that ten dollar bills
instead of five dollar notes be the lowest de-
nomination received and issued by the De-
.posite Banks. This amendment followed suit
with the other amendments. Chaplin, of N.
Y, followed with afifth, that shared the same
fate. Jarvis, of Me-, whois very rabid against
the bill, proposed to strike out whole Sec
H.
made him more sour than ever. Ransom H.
Gillet, ("much learning hath made him
mad presented an amendment, which went
the way of all the rest. Vanderpoel then
came forth in support of a second amend
ment of his own-iost. Abijah Mann, who
makes point Of speaking upon every occa-
sion, followed the multitude who had prece-
ded him. At the request of Anthony, of
Penn, who held an amendment i'm his hand
somewhat similar to the one proposed by
Mann, the latter yielded, and the former pro-
ceeded in long speech, listened to by no
one, lin relation to depositing the public sur
plus money according to the ratio Of repre-
sentation in both Houses of Congress, instead
of the federal ratio of the States themselves.
The speaking of Anthony was contagious, and
the MiIlers and the Manns followed, full of
wise saws and modern instances" in favor Of
this proposition or against that. Vanderpoel
then rose to support Anthony's amendment,
and to make a.few remarks upon the merits
of the bill, for he declared, he was wholly
hostile to it. Wonderfully condescending,
however, he gave notice that he had designed
to examine the subject, and in his opinion,
Anthony's amendment made an indecent
thing more decent. Vanderpoel was again
succeeded by Mann and Mann again grum-
bled about the amendment, insisting that the
members should hear him, whether they
would or not, declaring that his constitution
al objections would prevent him from supper
ting certain provision of the bill. Mann
concluded-Mr. Adams took the floor to adj
dress the House, when,'it being half past twos
the recess commenced.
The above names will show you who are
endeavoring to clog the wheels of this bill,
and will also make manifest, who are and
who are not the everlasting takers With
the exception of few, moments the whole
time has been occupied by the friends ofthe
Administration. 1t gives me pleasure. how
ever, to add, that great number of the friends
of the Administration are in favor of the bill.
The House after recess, began business in
a business-like manner. Amendments came
as fast as rain drops from the clouds. ALI of
them, however, save one, were like water split
upon dry ground, of none effect. An amend
ment proposed by Anthony was carried after
hundred and one speeches, mostly from
friends of the Administration. The Presi-
dent is also understood to be favorable to the
measure, and some of the knowing ones de-
clare, will save the veto which the Presi-
dent has threatened ever since the bill passed
| the Senate The amendment proposed that
the public money to be loaned to the States
| shall be received again when called for by
the United States in the following manner:
$4,000 when called for without notice, $780,
600 at 80 days notice. The smaller States
pro rata according to the sums deposited. The
bill was taken from the committee of the
whole on the state of the Union at o'clock
In the House, many amendments were propo-
SSSxs .s.s"I.Z iS,Sts oIAIa..s-HAy supported.
+. 3. Half past eight o'clock.-The yeas
/ n arpn14 A.,sr1 H.