Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1836-04-21
CONGRESS-.

From the last accounts, the greedy minority
Were pushing their schemes with almost incrodi.
PIE ierocity. Tie Bills for the admission of
hiichigan and Arkansas were passed. The Post
hiaster General has made known to Congress thar
ticre isa 'S4o,006 deticitmndef tile old Adm;nistro-
ton, which he cannot account far. Bep,o, !. GILL
driving hard after money. He wishes stems to ho
taken to ensure a bountiful supply of buu;on tn
the United States Mint. Mr.. Calhoun,s Bil far
stopping tile REGULATION of inccndiary uublicn.
tons was the special order. OH the 5lh inst. Il,
wns laid OH the table for that dav. Benton IA
o"'ns his best Tor tie Expuneing Iecsolutions.-
1helr discussion was suspended after Mr.. Leiah,s
an'e speech against them. Mr.. Wise, i'll the
iiouse' propoSedn Resolution of enquiry into the
a''e"ged misconduct of the Deposit Banks, and Of
a"certaln Reuben Nj. Whitney, 1t seems. like
every thing else from the Virginia member. to
nave excited quite a general panic. Mr.. Storer
has. III ilart'it style, been applying the butcher
knife TO Mr.. Hawes. He is said to hive s,ood il
like a man.
40 not know that our readers will be bene.
htted by any further aHusion at present, to Com
gressioral proceedings. There is not ,,ucb !, :,
10 grahiy ule heart of the patriot. Its present
history Is little else than the history Of n reckless
aespohc MAJORITY, acting without responsibility.
inid DONG Whatever, in their sovereipptv ,bcv
may think proper. All their legislation MINIS n,
Il Pnrtici'iar purpose; TO place the Baltimore
nominee in the Presidential Chair. TI;si s ,hc;r
great principle of cohesion, and on all tho nh
stmse and diversified questions of national po,;cv
nay, in the details of n City Corpora,iop mr. tho
regulations OF a petty county, in any thing and
every unihs, great or small, ,but one opinion il
ehtertained' by the party. Our readers we he.
lieye, care little about having the disgusting ;our-
MAJ OF Their proceedings spread before them. We
VIII make hut aHusions generally, and when ~
can serve up u wholesome dish upon their ,,b,es
we will do it. They may eat freely of tina, which
we have prepared for them to day. II can do ~
harm. ~
'ohh randolph once said, that Ben Hardin. of
i>en'"cNy' was n butcher knife, whc,,ed upon n
hfIckba.. What do Adams, CumbreHps. Polk
ana Johnson think ofthis? Hehas handled these
gentlemen, this Session, with gloves off. T., tho
whole annals of Congressional history. we douh,
whether n like instance of rough dealing. con ho
produced. Ii will be remembered, that n, n,
carly period of the Session, Mr.. Adams. Win ,he
view OF helping Cambreling and conciliotine ..,be
powers that be-" jumped up suddenly with n
Resolution, to refer so much Of the Presidents
message us relates to the loss of the Fertilization
OH, TO a Select Committee, instructed to enun;re
INTO the matter. 1t was OH this occasion. after n
most outrageous assault upon Webster and the
Senate. and an ndnlatory strain OF Jaclison g. Co.
OF most wicked length, in the course of which he
contradlcted almost every thing which he had
ever said. that the Kentucky butcher knife was
applied to him, and his new associates. Adams
Cambreling, 81 Co. writhed in agony, and II i
SAID, that never We're men murdered with CIR.
ciimstanceso of more barbarity, and never did men
d'e' with more gracelessncss. Ben Hardin. ms
Randolph calls him, will. long be rcmemhered-
lie denounced the league between Adams mud
Gnmhreins' brought ,onc to the rhetorical Ex-
PRESIDENT bis shameful tcrgiversat;ons. asked for.
gi'ehess OF Heaven, for ever having supported
MN, anu with a success scarce equaled by Lord
Iniien, or our own Col, Miller, ,mimicked him in
ms manner and hs diction, amid the convnls;ve
ma dcnfenins laughter of the whole House.-
And poor Cambreline! Hardin and Wise h,ve
so trounced him, that it is said, he looks ten wears
oiaer thah at tho commencement Of the Session.
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