Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-01-21
CONGRESSIONAL.

T., s,,ot,.-A bill for the relief of the sufferers
Nv fire in the city OF New York, (eA'end'ns tn"
.;., =, ,,vm.n, on duty-honds, due from such
,crsons as suffered by loss OF property IN '''a con-
Naoration. to the amount OF Slooo, not exceeding
q and 5 wears, in equal instalmentS,) has passed
the Senate.
The Anti-Slavery petitions before the senate
,a,c not yet been disposed oi--nor at our lost adj
,;ecs from Washington, had the debate upon them
been renewed.
The Senate were debating Mr.. Benton sfcso'u-
lions, proposing to appropriate the entire surplus
revenue Of the government to purposes OF national
as,.nce-,hc general character of which may Lc
gathered from the following synopt'cal 'e"
From the Washington Telegraph
most interesting debate took place yesterday
y, Mr.. BENToN's Resolutions for the apIropra-
zion Of the whole surplus revenue TO Notifications
I'll increasing the naval and military forces OF the
,,rv he commenced with real war speech,
i.,,,;,a =, the same tn,c that i,c had no eApcc-
,s,;,, ,ha, the two countries, France and Amer
;., would come into hostile collision the latter
mar, of his speech completely con!radictlng ana
rrn,c,,np all he said before. He commenced by
,a,I;nc a mart ola speech of a member oil the
Chamber of Deputies, rejecting on the United
States. and taunting on the subject OF the trr
millions, and threatening us with the :" Tong SroFd
uf France Ills eblect evidently was to make
war speech that might go forth 10 the country, ana
cet IN a spirit that might be stimulated into wish
nnr = war with France. He attacked the Senate
for the failure of the Appropriation Bill Tor 1orti-
e,,ons. Of the last year.
Air WEBSTER rose and stated, that at some fli-
,ue time. after thu Senate shall meet once more IN
session on Erecntire business, he would then nave
the materials with which he would sho" that the
Senate had acted with perfect proprlety III the
matter referred to.
Mr.. LEIGH then went into detail OF the whole
circumstances connected with The forlcatlon
Bill and showed in the most conclusive MANNER
that The failure of that bill" was owing to the o'hrr
House. He also showed that 'ihe Senate had m
creased many Of the appropriations made IN me
bill from the House that they had d"mW'shed none
Of them; and that it had made appropriations for
new subjects of iortitlcation
lie also corrected gross m'statcmehi, 10 use
IN. mildcs, EXPRESSION possible, in relation TO a
instrumentation of the Senator from Missouri,
relative to the "reiectiou" ola certain report OF
the Committee for Military Affairs. He showed
by the Journals of the Senate, that no socn f'Je'
ton had taken place. Mr.. BENroN actually look
Cd ashamed at being detected in 50 cross IA mis-
statement; IA thing We scarcely expected to see
Mr., PREsToN rose, and in his usual iellcous
manner, exposed the absnrdity of the course adop
ted BY the Senator from Missouri. lie sho"e'
the anomalous nature of the resolutions, HIST APP
propriaing the whole of the surplus revenue to tho
objects mentioned in the rcsout ons, and then calm!
the President for information and estimates, a
TO how much it would take.
Mr.. BENTON, in the course OF his remarks laI,
great stress on the fact that large French flee
had been sent to the West Indies, and intinatct
strongly that they had been sent there TO overaw'
the votes of Congress.
Mr.. Preston commented most beautifully anC
forciby on this lftherc was he said, any tim.
OF hostile nature to be apprchcndcd from TIM
fleet, why, says he, are we to get the knowledge
oft through this i, direct channel Where is I'll,
Executive! Why has he neglected his duty SO TAI
as to keep us in ignorance OF this important IN
formation, II there be any foundation for II iit
mas promised to make communication when Wiz
sbwton should arrive. If then, said he, there be
any Cause to apprchcnd danger from this fleet, Il
is his duty to let Congress know It,
MIR. PRESTON declared his willingness to go tc
any reasonable extent in carrying on the system I"
iorhcations and naval and military deenccs, but
SAID ne let us have il done in the ordinary regular
manner. Let proper Departments make the
eS'h,aes, tell US what the appropriations are ior
ana'iet us ctunderslandngly on the SUBJECT l '''
legislation by indrcction is neither reasonable II
"se'' nor IN conformity with tie practice oil tic
Government.
Mr. CLAYTON also spoke, in reply to Mr.. BEN
roN' and exposed still further his gross m'srfprG-
Sehtn'lons. He stated that he himself had IN INC
committee, moved the appropriation OF the add''
"ohai I'VE hundred thousand dollars tor forti'lca-
ohs' lie showed that the increase of the approPr-
a''on Tor that purpose made by the OpposI-
"on and that the loss of the bill was attributable
o'he Proceedings in the other House. On inc
whole the Senator from Missouri must have Tell
very uncomfortable at least his friends felt Sc
Tor him.
!, Mr.. Ewing placed The Resolution in most RI,
u'cuous light. He Showed the absurdiy oft, and
INC zeal object, as appeared on the face OF ii, wa
"eet rid of the public money. He showed th'
aoSurd'ty appropria,ing tho" Surplus Revenue
W oo]ects that were the regular and constant sub
yie's OF the appropriations ofthe government. l-e
proper Departments send in their estimates fo'