Litchfield enquirer., 1836-06-30


Them for q third reading, smile peculiar 10
: fhe man. ulaved upon the lips of the senator
His henri seemed 10 beat then rs well as ou-
, ring the whole time he had listened to the de-
bate. His voice, naturally sweet ana mar
monious, was now more melodious and erect
i've than had ever heard It before. w. w.
!. ster and nearly all of the supporters OF Va ,r
Buren, and even the Vice President niLIlso"
had each taken seat very near Mr.. EIa ~;
Each were attentive, laying aside az ,. DuS
ness and listening with eager anxleg S1I.aSr
the opinions of Mr.. Clay. The Sgn.S .',o,.
Der below and above, in both gaLIled Al, ,rtaJ
crowded with an enlighteneo a., ma ,,nsn;no-
:..U., MA NJ CLAW IN the outset of his re-
-. uLS hoS at length dawned upon us. The
a;S.h4 ~ Jernotisin has departed, and now
thsnk heaven we are acting more the part OF
parriots and men than Of partisans and poll
| ficians. He alluded in a manner at once
forciJle and kind to the support which the
minority were receiving from the majority,
and particularly to the speech of Rives Of
Va. He hoped that from ancient relations
and from the part the Virginian had taken in
the Bill before the Senate he might be per-
mitted to call him his friend. A distribution
of the Surplus Revenue was an object he had
long been jealous in supporting, and to tlnd
his political enemies engaged in an object
even like his own, afforded him great and
unexpected Joy, "look, look,'' said he to the
opponents of this bill. Who are they and
how numerous are they! Whence arises
this opposition! 1t comes from SIX Senators,
only four of whom have originated dliferent
plans for disposing ofthesurplus. The Sem
ator from New York said he wished to loan
it for the purpose of gambling in State Stocks.
| Here he alluded to Wright. Another Sena-
tor, continued Mr.. Clay, abiding to the Mis-
SiSSippi Walker, is for expanding the surplus
Revenue in public lands, and means to pre-
vent its increase by a reduction OF the PRICE
of the lands. Still another project was nam
ed by Senator from Tennessee (Grundy)
who was for making way with the Surplus
| bv steam. Finally the Senator from Missou-
ri CThomas Benton) had expressed his desire
to have the Surplus expended in a way pc
culiar to himself. He would have 1t laid out
in bricks and mortar, until all was expended
in fortifcations-expend continued Mr.
Clay, which should never be made unless
when the public axigences positively demand
their erection. Then and then only should
her large capital be taken from active circu-
lation and expended in surrounding the coun-
try with the forbidding implements and mu-
nitions of war.
MoNDAY EvENMG-The Deposite Bill this
rnorning received the attention of the House,
without count, but not, however, without
great opposition on the part of the rank and
file. followers of Martin Van Buren,. The
yeas and nays were taken on many OF the
important propositions introduced by differ
ent members. They will stand both as 'front.'
lets upon the forehead, to show who are and
who are not friends. of the country: Many
o.. the friends of Martin Van, Buren, did not
believe the bill could be taken from the table,
two thirds Of the votes being required to suS- |
pend the rules of it's conside ration. Imagine
then, their astonishnen when three fourthsct
the members expressed themselves in favor
of its reference to the COMMITTEES of the whole, |
and of its immediate consideration. This,
however, was not the test vote. ts. ,ses H. 6if
Soon it came upon a motion to refer the
bill to committee of the whole, with iastruc-
tons to make tscO ills-the one regulating the
deposite banks, and the other making q pro
vision for the distribution of the surplus rev.
eIue. AZ IL Ealsysts tye IS EY38t tsrg {y.sa.9 u
Could the bill have been thus divided. as
desired by many of the partisans of the ADJ
ministration,s the hope was to pass one and
defeat the other, an attempt very similar to
the one made in the Senate. Fortunately,
however, the whole party could not entirely
forget their constituents in the love they man.
Tested for their political high priests, and
upon the motionfO refer to the committee of
the whole, with instructions to divide the bill
sent from the Senate, the vote stood as follows
ayes 96, noes l2O-being the greatest vote,
with the exception of the one which followed
it, that has been cast in the Session.
An attempt was then made to make the
bill the order of the day for to day, and every
succeeding day, commencing at IL o'clock,
until the same shall be disposed of. This |
motion was lost by the greatest vote cast since
December-ayes LOG, noes l13.
The bill was then made the order of the
day for tomorrow and every succeeding day
until disposed Of
From these notes you may conclude that in
politics as well as the dearer affections of the
heart the course of true love never did run |
smooth" The gods and the idolators, the |
captains andssoldiers, leaders and followers
of the party are all by the ears. During the
discussion of this morning Churchill C. Cam
breleng and Francis Ormond Jonathan Smith
had some cross firing which did no little ex-
ecution. The New York pigeon auttered and
fell to the ground, while his brother of Maine
SCARED higliin the air "a conqueror. 1t was
amusing to see these loving nephews, snar-
ling and growing at each otherlike two pup
pies. Smith, however, had the advantage,
being in good temper and upon the right side,
, while Cambreleng was raving like bedla-
mite, and all in the wrong. This is only the
E prelude OF the quarrel among the faithful,
ana you may therefore prepare yourself for
= furious battle before the session closes.
Ihe deposite bill disposed of for the pres
, ent, an important resolution which threw the
whoie House into an uproar, was presented
by Hunt of N. Y. The resolution proposed
, qulre, with the power OF sending for persons
and paperS) whether anV member of Con-