Litchfield enquirer., 1837-12-21

Nothing of the least importance has been done during the day. Compared with yesterday, the House has left bed of thorns for bed of roses.
 Senate.-Mr. Allen, of Ohio. introduced resolution in relation to the choice of President and Vice Pres dent of the U States The bill proposes the amend ConstisTtIOn and fixes the time of the cleo that the District system of election be adopted. Mr. Allen, after the bill was read second time, moved that the bill be printed and referred to select commit tee of nine Senators-Canied.
 WAsMNGToN, Dec. A.-Evening ,
 The House did nothing after receiving petitions ana reports from the several standing committees and So journed soon after two o'clock, over to Monday NO thing of interest occurred during the session
 The Senate chamber, after the transact!on of some private business in which the Senators ron all tne discussion upon the EgPH"g'ng ftesOt"t'0"s-for the
 Mr, Ravnrd. of Delaware, introduced some resolu- lions passed by the Legislature of Delaware, calling moi for erDnction but for the rescssOn of Mr. Benon pet Expunging Resolutions. After brief conversa-
 amt d 6s left upon the table.
 MT. Buchanan lntimated that the resolutions would lie upon the table for long, long, LONG time before thought once, but dGybreak opening in the North and 1t might be he should live long enough the resolutions adopted. Mr. Buchanan retorted by inti- matng that thus he thought, he must wish to live long life "May you live thousand years" but not to see the rescisson of the resolutions the pith of his reply. In regard to daylight in the North, alluded Dy bayaFQP l0IlnlateQ that heaVy and lowering clouds were hanging the North, but dag ar0s datrning in THE SOUTH The Senators snl- ed at the Southern allusion-looked upon Mir. Cal houn's vacated, still seat and adjourned over to Mon day
 Senate not in session.
 The House then went into the Committee of the Whole for the purpose of dsposng of the Presidents Message. Mir. Adams called to the chair.
 The resolution in relation to Commerce was refer red When the resolution in relation to the Finances ,.l,S e,lorok L floor in opposition to the resolution. He referred at upon taking the floor, to the Message of the Ex- ecutive and said that he must heartily coincide with him in returning thanks the Giver of all Good for his benign proecton for it was true, and most true that no one but the Giver of all Good could have saved our land from the bghting curses inflicted upon it by the maladministratlon ot bad mea He referred to the late September Message of MT. Van Buren-ts causes for our embaTassmens-its overtradng argu- ments-its univer: al causes of reaction in Europe well as h this landits notorious nsstatemen,s in re- gard to almost every thing to which he referred.
 He spoke of the late changes in public opnion illus trated in the late elections. New-York had become an Empire of Frecmen; aud the North-the whole North, was enjoying her jubees, her trumphs, send ing forth the hunders of her artillery honor of that redeemed empire. But how had the President treat ed this denlonsraton Of public opinion? Still unre- lenting-stIl in favor of the Sub Treasury scheme still harpng upon the new and untried expedient- still of the same opinion in regard to the expediency of the experlnent-a favorable opinion now than ever before! This is the opinion of the Executive given it somewhat new name by speaking of Spe- cial Deposite System. But it is the same plan-and the rose smells no sweeter h from change of mittee of Ways and Means at the last session, had treated the petitions praying for national Bank Without reading the petitions, the Committee report ed against the prayer, and said not for the present time, but for all times, that no Bank necessary- Such conduct was wholly destitute of respect.
 Again he referred to the message, and said, that the sage was that which said that tho government was one thing, and the people was another; which said, that the government was foreign from the people, and
 A reference to the New-York elections came next, and that part of the message which referred to these elections The President sid @ charges the people with be- Wi Whs p. adn,ng that he wifi % of the % peope is 'be su preme la of the and he brings this grave and serious charge against the people. What ighs has he Presi- dent of the United States to all9de 10 the local cleo tions of the States. Isi dgniGed? lstrespecabIe? And yet the President IS bold enough daring enough, cnntumacious enough, to dare thus to arraign the peo- pie and to put ths n2on GoC ra and acc9se them obe again say. that the will of the people is the supreme
 He n spoke of the Committee of Ways and Means Of it's politics and organization It wns Laco-toco Committee. Conscrvatism was bnnished from it, and but two Whigs were upon the Colnmitlee-and he was unwilling to place too much power in the hands of such Committee.
 He said that he knew that the Administration had declared, and even hragacd and boasted during the present session, that they would carry the Sub Treas ury schcme--,hat compromise would be made, a nd Conservatives yield to the Executive. l do no,-I cannot---I will not believe that any man, who once was bold enough to take bis stand and declare inle- pendenre in September, will now vield
 Mir. Wise here finished his speech and Mir. Ha yne. fGeo.. took the floor in explanation, excuse and de. fence of the reference resolution, of which he claims to he the author MT. Haynes says the Snb-Treasury System is impernvely necessary, and thus saying, he has taken the floor
 [Mr. Bond of Ohio. MT. Reed of Mass. and Mir. Rat cliff Boon, each made some remarks, when an ad- journment followed over to Monday