Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-06-28
EVENTS At WASHINGTON.
Letter from sssiiemsn IN ws.h,nseu, IN the edit.
81 ths Bellows fsis J~srrsi. dated

ef 81 ths ucaiVwt Tells y~srust. dated
MospAr, Juse 20.
On Sir The events &C the past seek have
been 90 important, that ! have though, word or
two in addition to what you ~iIl End in the On.
fsers Of this city mi ht not be oninieressng. You
viii have received information Of The passage Of
the DcPosie Bill in tho Senate on Friday, bys
vote Of 80 to @. aud Of ,tc iacresi,ag and impor-
,ant debate ~h,eh took place on that occasion.
On Saturday a motion wts made in ,he house to
take the hill up Of order. on which the ayes
were 100. nays 20. The motion requiring 2-3ds
WAS lost. This ofnIng Il was taken up commit
ted TO the con-. Of the whole on the state Of tho
Union. and made the special order Of he day from
to-morrov at IL o'clock. mil finally disposed OF
The time between Saturday morning and th..
V'orning bad been employed by the leaders OF the
aeiorIfy-no, that's a wrong word Dow--by the
leaders Of the ednnistrs,bsa syfy, sssiste by the
personal escrt'oDs Of THE Pres'deui and the heads
OF Of the departments. 10 eldesyorng 10 rally
sutle,eot force TO destroy the biz BY indrecipn.
The plan Was "a commit the bill to the committee
Of the whole with instructions to divide the bill into
two pats. separating the part which relates TO the
hanks. from tina, which provides e., deposi,ng the
money with the States this enabling the Pres
dent TO veto the latter, wlshout also incarripg the
responsibility Of defeating the former. % this
10 MON so animated debate took place, princ,pally
between the two sections Of tue adminitrst.on par
~, when the question was put and lost ayes 90,
nays 100 81 the oil has gone to the COMMITTEES
OF the Whole, uRiratnDeled by any Instructions
and there is not a question bot that it will psss
the House by a majority of IRON 80 to 4O-per.
haps by a vote Of two thirds. 1t may be proper to
add as evidence the state Of feeling in the Hous.
that the For,ifcation bill which has been under
discussion so long was. on Thursday and Friday,
reduced nearly a million Of dollars, the Chairman
of tae committee Of Ways and Mesns being uuabe
20 command majority, or any thing like il, on
his extravageDt appropriations. The deposite bill,
which have before stated will certainly pass the
House, is one Of the highest importance to the
country, and particularly 70 the inland States as
it will take the surplus opt Of the Banks, and DIS
tribute il where IL will be used for the benefit of
he whole people, instead Of enricbiug as il now
does the stock jobbers and land spectators only.
The bill proposes to deposi,e with the several
states in proportion to their representation in both
Houses Of Congress, all the surplus revenue which
shall be 10 the Treasury o. the first of July next
over the sum Of five millons--lhe states to be the
keepers OF the money for the general government
without interest, until the government shall call
for it. When needed by the government, the
states are to pay, not the principal. but the annual
interest, at per cent. It can never be for the in
terest Of the government to demand it, but under
circumstances which would require the assessment
of direct tax Tor the same amount aud the effect
of such call the staten would be to require thorn
to assesc tax, tof it's being done by the
general government. But il IL DOT anticipated
that there be any call the states for the
money. The friends Of the land bill consider il
as substitute for that measure, and deem its sue
the certain precursor of the passage of that
at future session. When that becomes law
the money depositcd with the states will be con-
sidered advances to the states under it, ard
be charged them in making out their respective
shares. TIE iaud bill is deemed the preferable
measure by all or nearly all who support the de.
post bill; but the President is committed 10 veto
the land bill, and probably will not veto the de-
posite bill, the latter will be passed as the last
practicable measure that is likely to become q law.
The amount which the depost bill will distribute
among the states cannot be less than thify mill
ions, and will probably be nearer forty. will not
speak of the effect ofthe revolution which is taking
place here, on party politics, further than to say
that it will probably be much more important than
any diow up which has happened since the COM
mencement Of Gen. Jackson's administration.