Litchfield enquirer., 1836-02-18

last session Of Congress, pending the question
Of the three million appropriation, two mem
beers Of Congress were hesItating about the
proPriety Of. voting for that appropriation,
! when one Ofthem proposed To the other that
he would make the inquiry of the then chair
man Of the Committee Of Ways and Means,
1.-THE present Speaker,) and you informed him
the President did desire it. (Mr. w, was nm
derstOod 10 read from some written meme-
randa he held ia his handy Sir, ] charge Won
with being that member whO--TLOud cries
Of a." Order! Order PIP
Were we not right in considering this rare
specimen of the style Of Jackson Iegislation .
We doubt whether any public assembly has
quite come up to it for some time. The late
meeting of a portion Of L" the family" at Hart
ford, ought perhaps to he excepted. There
the managerie was recently thrown into
fearful state Of confusion, in consequences of a
dispute about the distribution of the loaves
and fishes. The animals belonging to the
different classes, arrayed themselves in Open
hostility, and snarled, snapped, and spit at
each other like SO many hyenas. 1t is not to
be wondered at.-NOr,Oich Republican.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Q.
The nullRers, it is stated, are divided on
favor of compromise similar to that prOpos-
ed by Messrs. Jarvis and Owens. 1t has been
rumored that a conspicuous nulliffer would
propose resolution declaring the unconstitu-
tionality of legislation, by Congress, ON the
subject of slavery in the States, and the mex
pediency of legislation on the subject in the
District, and proposing to accept all the petit
tions and refer them to Select Committee
This would. perhaps, he the best way of set
Ting the difficulty. and putting stop to the
" black debates" 10 Congress.
The President is outrageous and furious 10
bis denuncations Of the Pennsylvania Legis-
lature, for presuming to recharter the United
States Bank. He threatens vengeance against
all the public men and political aspirants who
have been concerned in it. Mr.. Rush and Mr..
Dallas, as you have before heard, have gone
to Harrisburg, to claim the right of appearing
at the Bar Of the Senate, as the delegates Of "a
public meeting, to oppose the passage of the
bill in that body. The President, apprehen-
sve that the bill will pass the Senate, has
held Kitchen Cabinet Council, in which it
was determined to appeal from the Legisla-
ture to the people Of the State, and to direct
the assemblage Of State Convention, COM
posed Of the Democratic Jackson party, who
are to be instructed TO take measures for the
destruction of the Bank, at all hazards-and
to create a revolution. if the end is to be at
tanned in no other way.
A correspondent Of the N. Y. American, at Wash
ington, gives the following the substance Of part
Of MIR. CIayton's remarks in the Senate Mr.. BEN
toms resolution -
MIR. Clayton went on to remark on the hue
aud cry raised against MIR. Webster, for hav-
inc said, because he believed that the amend
ment was unconstitutional, that he could not
vote Cor it il the enemy were battering the
capitol, and upon the statement of MIR. Ad-
ans, that he who said so, chad but an easy
step more to take, that was to join the enc
my" He would leave to Mr.. w. he said, the
task Of defending himself; but he could not
help saying, that ali that could be inferred, or
ought to have been inferred from it, was, that
Mr.. w. preferred the preservation of The con-
stitutiOn, to that of the capitol. This was the
head and front of his offending, no more; and
where, he inquired was the man who believ
ing as Mr.. Webster undoubtedly believed, that
such an amendment was a violation Of, and
surrender of the constitution, that would not
surrender the capitol rather than it? Where
was the traitor--where the coward that
would come forth and say, uuder any circum-
stances, he was willing to surrender the great
charter of their liberties? They had in his
tory examples to warn them. There was a
Clytus who advised the Athenians so-whO
advised the preservation Of their Capitol. at
the expense Of their liberties. He met his re-
ward, and was stoned to death by an enraged
people and such should ever be the fate of
those, who deemed the preservation of a par
Gel of stones and mortar more important than
their liberties. If such sentiment should
come from one, who owed to the Senator
from Mass, and his friends, the eminent sta
ton which he en- oyed 10 political life, if such
a reflection was made by one who, in the
hour of greatest need, was supported and
strengthened by the Senator from Massachu-
sets, he meant to say, that such denuncia-
ton did not stand. in point Of moral charac-
ter, one jot lighter by comparison than that
ofClytus himself. If the denunciation was
made, as stated. he did not believe that it
was owing to any promise of place or emolu-
ment or honor, by the party ia power; for
ne believed they could not, would not, trust
man who SO acted. All they could do for
him, would be to dub him, " TRAITOR" and
by that name, through after life. he would
doubtless be distinguished.
This is feeble and hurried outline of the
most cutting rebuke Mr.. Adams as vet has
had to endure. More and more he will have
| ofit.
LATE FROM FLORIDA.
J We have had for day or two past rumors
J Of fights between the Indians and the whites
IN Florida, and alarms of whole towns des-
F.! trOyed by the former. The following is the la
test authentic inform alton that has raachaA arc