Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-02-21
From Washington.


black Monday" as it is the day on which |
hosts of memorials are poured into Congress
on the subject of slavery. Monday the 9th !
was distinguished, as day above all others
for excitement in both houses Of Congress-
In tho Senate, very large number of petitions
foT the abolition Of slavery in the District were |
presented by Messrs Upton Of Indiana, Prem |
tiss and Swift oil Vermont, Ewing and Morris |
Of Ohio, Wall of New Jersey, Knight of
Rhode Island, Buchanan Of Pennsylvania, and
| Davis and Webster Of Massachusetts,. Mr.. |
Calhoun objected to their recepton--a debate
ensued, in which Messrs. Calhoun, Upton,
Ewing Of o., Swift Wall, Buchanan, Morris,
| Hubbard, Preston, Southland, Benton, Web.
ster, Culhbert and King Of Geo., took part
AS we intend to publish this debate hereafter,
we shall only remark now that Messrs. Web
ster and Southland asserted that Congress had
already exercised the power to regulate the
commerce in slaves among the states Mr.
Calhoun maintained that slavery was not an
erH in the present state Of society; and thnt
Mr.. Rives Of Virginia admitted that IL ,oas an
era these few words comprise the gst of
much Of the irregular but interesting discus.
sion in the Senate. Mr., Bayurd moved that
the question OF receiving the petitions be laid
on tie table carried
Yeas-Bayard, Benton, Black, Brown, Bu-
chanan, Calhoun, Clayton, Cuthbert, Etcing
of ILL.,, Fulton, Grundy, Hubbard, X ont, King
Of Ala, King OF Geo, Linn, Lyon, Moore,
Mouton, Nicholas, .NorpeH, Page, Preston,
Rives, Robinson, Ruggles, Sevier, Strange
Walker, White, Wright-3i.
Nays-Davis, Ewing Of Ohio, Hendricks,
knight, Morris, Niles, Prenliss, Robbins
Southland, Swift, Upton, Tominson, Wall
10.
We have put the names of Senators from
the free states, who voted in the affirmative, in
italic it seems they are all Van Buren, men.
Only FIVE V. B. men voted in the negative.
In tho House was presented such a scene as
was never before witnessed in Congress--au
account of which we have copied from the
Boston Atlas. (See first page.)
TUESDAY, Feb. 7.
In the Senate, Mr. Mexican Of Pa. present.
G ed various circumstances against reducing the
: duty on foreign coal. A message from the
President, relative to Mexico, asking an act
G authorising the making Of reprisals, was recei.
we'd and referred TO the committee on Foreign
Affairs. The restrictive land bill was ordered
to be engrossed, "a to 10.
Resembling THE EXPUNGE.
u Mr.. Bayard laid before tho Senate instruc.
e tons, from the Legislature of Delaware, thai
4 the Senators Of that state introduce and sus.
n tain resolution resembling the erpunging res
= O,utions, which were brought in ny Mr.. Ben
d ton and recently adopted by the Senate. Mr.
@ Bayard SAID it would be improper to compl,
/ with the instructions at this session of III,
,. Senate, but he gave notice that he should, a
the next session, bling in resembling resolu
/ tons-that he should continue to bring then
= in every session, until they were adopted or 81
a long as he held seat, and no trusted that th
y Senators that should succeed him would fol
If low the example, believing, as he did, that tn
k, expungng resolutions were contrary 10 tn
!. feelings Of the nation. We rejoice at thi
ID measwe-we had ourselves tho't Of suggest
=. ing it, us strictly constitutional aud as abso
y lutely demanded in defence Of tho Constitu
IL toni
= The House spent the day in debating tn
lr privileged question"-or, in other w .ds
Is considering what was to be done with job
of @. Adams, for inquiring Of the Speaker ,cheth
er a petition Of slares came under a certain rui
l. Of the House There were sundry resolution
n and motions presented touching the matter
10 some 10 censure Mr.. A., some declaring tina
10 he ought TO be censursd, and others that he i
m ensured OF course there was an almost in
ID finite diversity of opinions, and what the re
t suit will be is matter of guess work. w
y guess the ho;-blooded southerners will suffa
s. their wrath to be evaporated, and that MI
" Adams will come off the victor.
rs WEDNESDAY, Peb. g.
a. In tho Senate, Mr.. Webster presented III
e. memorial Of about 500 merchants Of N. Y
n for a national bank. Mr.. w. said his view
IL were now what they had been on this matter
v but That he had determined not to move on tn
'e subject until it was demanded by the unite
of vaice Of the people he also suid that he be
Ii lieved u change would sooner or later TAX
'e place in the views of gentlemen opposed t
H. him, and then they would properly inlroduc
at this subject. At 30 minutes past IL O'Clock
as the Senate repaired 10 the House, TO canvas
ly the votes for President and Vice President
Sc The United Suites, and returned at half pas
" three o'clock, when Mr.. Grundy, from III
III ioint conmItpe remarked n resolufon FIR