Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-02-01
CONGR ESSIONAI..

The only subject Of intcres, before either
House OF Congress, Abolition excepted, which
sill continues to vcx their deliberations, is Mr..
bentohS Resolutions in the Senate, and Mr. Adj
ans's in tie House of Representatives grow ing out
OF the debate Oh Bcnton'S and inter dcd TO vim
dloate the House against the charge, made by va
rous speakers, in lhc Senate, and connadictcd,
far as we have seen, by not one of them, that
the loss OF the three million appropriation bill' y
last session, attributable 10 that Lods. In
support of his resolution, Mr. Adams is said TO
have made powerful Speech" assailing Mr..
Webster whgrcat bitterness, and completely idcn-
t,fying himself with the Van Buren, party-ui
which he may hereafter he regarded one Of the
leaders &c congratulate the Democratic patty
on this accession to their ranks II the Legisa-
,ure OF Massachusetts had only elected Mr. Ad-
ans, L. $. Senator insead of Coy. Davis, this
last and most di,graeeiul OF his somcrsets might
have been spared the " hoary changclng.' But
enough Of him. Our recollccions of the past,
when We believed him to bs as honest as he is UNI
douhtcdly capallc, resrrairs cur pen, and we LEI
him pass.
Ate, Mr.. Adams sat down, Mr.. Wise of Va.
(vho is rapidly rising to distinction, as the success
sor of John Randolph intlc kcenncss of his invec-
tive and the fearlcssncss with which he assais the
hangers ION of power,) rose and occupied the foor
till the hour OF adjournment. Speaking OF this eff
fort, the correspondent Of the Baltimore Patriot
SAYS:
Mr.. Wise of Virginia, "carricd the wan into the
enem,'s CAMP" with all that energy Of style,
that plain spoken directuess Of matter as we'll as
manner for which he is So noted-lt was his great
est effort
"Cambrelenr, Polk Beardsley, Smith of Maine,
Jarvis and others, were especially marked out Tor
attack, and as he told the whole "plain, un-
vanished tale" in simple, vet pungcnt manner,
with ncceSsarQnJtcs and aHnotations,- he turned
to Car, md pontngto him, told him o." Thou
ART the man y to whom the loss of the orllfIca ton
Bill OF last session was oWing-as he ca ON the
Speaker in his chair, too, to declare oy whdt
inFueuce and hOn ercrtcd, that Bill was carried
through the House,-as he alluded to the wills
pcrcr, aud spies, and techcrs and carriers OF billet
doux from certain quarters, To certain quarters,
which swarmed around tic Capitol. on the last
nipht of tie last scssion,--bere was "A ilutterng
among the pigeons, YOU may be very sure.
In describing the memorable scenes presented
in that Hall on the last night OF the last Congress,
he alluded to several d,sgiacclu ACCIDENTS that then
occurred and in describing item, he said that some
members were sleepy, some were tired, some NOISY
s1Dt d,ank, when he was called to order lie
remarked, i" What say is true, sir some were
drunk do not say how many, but some--and
who will DENY it p Mr.. Lane, from Indiana,
asked him 10 name some one who was IN that pre-
dicamcn,;-,o which Mr.. Wise responded: :" Were
I Ill, cir lat
happy"
Another correspondent OF the same paper mus
adycr,s to Mr.. Wisc's speech:
He said il was not ihc Senate, it was not the
House. he said, that was Justly chargea6ie with
the loss of the fertilization bill. Ncither OF lhcm
were entitled to the credit Of the act. II belonged
TO hat mar, (poinling t" Cdmbrclcng WHO sat IN
front of him, and shaking his long finger full and
,orntI, in his lacc. as tic little " prcmpniio'y'
,urpcdround his smilmgphy, ognomy,)y yes, said he,
r,; ,;nc hi. voice as Nathan said to DaNld-fhG"
art thr man He then went into Il history OF the
,,holc proceedings. Took up the record and
showed BY it tat Mr.. CambrcIeng refused on That
fmou, uipht to report the bill agreed upon by the
Conference Committee. after the Grcslath' hao
left til, CAPITOL in wrath, because, as he sa'd AT
,l,n linn. II wa, after u O'Clock and therefore
,l,.rn WAS no constitutional House lie then
,ho,vca that Churchill {. Cambrclcng (and he run9
ont ,bc name loud and oflen) did remain IN The
un,,,n and vote after that time. lie said MIR. ID.
n Lewis, another men Der OF the 'oh,c'c,,e
rnn";,, ' made the report after he found that Mr.;
C,"hrnleno would not (IIere Mr.. c. SAID he d'd
u't n1aLr ~ lie did make Il, said Wise at the
,on Of his voice, and here it is upon the record l'1
,,,. sn,r ti..a holding ~, the Book ct h'pof's'
He CHARGED the same species OF nan"n'er''s az,
50 upou Samuel Beasds.oy. lie sa'a '..s m,, W.
NJ. u. H. ,,oui. naio IL" report ana u "'' "