Litchfield enquirer., 1837-01-26

1 was aItf1Out0Dtc 10 tuS tacL tuoI Hc uau uiS commission for six years in his pocket. He Executive power, but merely to public will. MT. Preston expressed his ignorance ot
 what had conjured up this tempest. It must
 be something in the gentleman's own bosom He (Mr. P.) had not lnsulted his mother; no. in sorrow, not in atgcr, he had spoken. LIe could not do any thing to inJure ner nc
 could not bring her here to be used "HT eTho puppet in the hahds of the Executive. tms U, 1 gentleman had with all his cnlvaiLy; hnS I suddenly changed the issue. and draggee nP inc raw head and bloody bones ol nuI1'ncu- t;or t,1 inc Expunging resolution. ne re
 ma rked on the phantom Ot the BanK WhIch
 h",,nted .'' Gentlemen on the other side. It was
 "i,uavs sThe Bank" :" "Thc Bank" The Bank seemed to have engrossed all tnelr 1ac- ultics and thoughts. They could only cry ont. Bank :" Bank" Nremlnded nm o1 the parrot of the celebrated navigator bou, painvile, which, after an action, was 1ound hidden in coil of rope, and which instead ol ;ts usual facctious note, could only say " Bomb!" "Bomb!' He ridicu!cd this Gd captaadunu mode of speaking to catch public applause-this tingling bell with three tones to call up a rattle of ideas. He adverted to The resolutions of Patrick Henry, which were carried bv his eloouencc, and reminded the
 Senate. that when he had left the Legisla-
 ture and the thunders of his eloquence had
 snhs;ded. the remnant of the Colonial power
 of inc Crown caused these resolutions to pc
 expunged. This was the case referred !oDy inc Senator from Virginia. lie dlsclalneo
 inc idea of intimidating any one. was not
 for gentlemen in large majorltles to pc lntiT'-
 ;Ja.ed Ii was for those in small minorities.
 s,,ch as he himself was in, to be intlnnldated. Execution was about to be done, and surely those who were compelled to stand by, and see it done, might pour out the etfuslons or their sorrowing hearts. As to argument ne had not proposed to carry on any, when ne believed that he was speaking the last, dylng words of the Constitution. Mr. Rives said few words in explanation of the warmth of manner and matter when he had shown. He would not have said
 word, but in defence of himself, and because
 reference was personally made 10 mn. ne disclain1ed any desire to invoke popularity, when he pronounced the Senate as the cita- del of aristocracy. The only check upon 1t is the voice of the People, speaking through the State Legislatures. He contended that, although the Senator from South Carolina had not mentioned the Bank, no one could doubt that the Bank was among the most lm- portant drcmGtis persona on this occasion.
 MT. Moore said there were vacancies, and he thought it desirable that the question should be postponed until Monday, which was negatived-ayes IA.
 MT. Moore then stated that both his col league and himself had opposed this resolu. ton, side by side, at the time when their Ae- gislature instructed them to contrary course. He was glad to say that after an appeal from the Legislature to the people of the State, there is sufficient reason to believe that pub- lie opinion in that State is changed. But their fate had been different. While he (Mr. M.) had been denounced for violating the in- structions at public meeting attended by few; his colleague received laudatoly ad- dresses for his consistency. .5.
 MT. Niles said he had no great partiality to Black Lines, he would prefer rathsf t4 P66 retain the word "expungc," which was dear CT to him than any other part of the matter. The judgment of tho people had been pro- nounced, and we are here to do execution, but he did not know that lines of any partic- ular character were essential. The best way was to call the sacred fire from Heaven to consume the desecrated page.
 Mir. Moore said that this was actually done on one occasion by the Georgia Legislature, who, wishing to get rid of some odious docu- ments, and being perplexed about the mode, used a glass, concentrated the rays of the sun, and consumed the papers. He thought this suggestion should be the ground of an a. 1 mendment.
 HSghly ImportaM-On reference to our re- ports from Washington by our Private Daily Express, it will be perceived that the Senate of the United States were in session on Mon- day night till late hour, and that during this midnight session, the Van Buren party consummated their dark and disgraceful pur- poses of destroying and defacing the records l of the Senate of the United States those re- l cords which the constitution of the country require should be made-and to destroy, al.
 ter. or deface which, cannot fail to cover with
 merited disgrace and obloquy all concerned
 m so infamous transaction. By this vote
 of an interruptions and unprincipled party.
 the country itself is in a measure disgraced
 and if we know the people of the U. States
 if we do not overrate their patriotism and
 their self-reSpect-then are we safe i'm pre-.
 dieting that the great body of them, without
 reference to party, will proclaim this-the
 first fruits of MT. Van Buren's election-the
 most infamous proceeding which has ever tn.
 ken place under our Government.
 Correspondence ef the W. Y. Courier and Enquirer. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Ten o'clock. The Senate has just adjourned after ses- son of ten hours. and after having completed tne torce of erpatnging from their Journals by drawing black lines round the mischievous resolution of censure against General Jack. son, passed in 1884.
 , To the friends of the Constitution and con. . stitutional rights, it has been proud day. } The minority, so fur as they expressed their l opinions, sustained the high character for pa- ? triotism and intellect, which they have so de- } Servediy acquired. It is impossible at this