Litchfield enquirer., 1837-02-02

great man of the day, he is flying his kite high. He takes nothing EeO. He iS plam- ming for the Presidency. He hates Rivea, be- cause he thinks Rives is in his way; and therefore, he is ut work doing all he can to shove him aside. Buchanan is planning be- tween the two, and will in the end jump on the back of the strongest. BentOn's arrogance since the passage of his Expunging Resolu. tiOn, is amusing. He Lords it over his own party inthe mostamusing gmanner-Erpress.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. g.
 Abolition F7uTry-.TOhD Q. AdGms-YGnkec WOmen.-Monday IS MT. Adams's day-for hin,-the slaves of the District of Columbia, and the women from the East. His bald head lifted itself up as expected this morning, and on his table was whole regiment of Aboli- ton Petitions from the men, women, and chil- dren, and Clergymen of the North. Any body might have seen the thunder-cloud lurking in the locks of the old gentleman's head. The other day. you know, the House agreed, to lay all Petitions relating to the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Co- lumbia, upon the table, and without reading. This was intended as stopper upon MT. Ad- ams, but to stop him what an idea. The truth is, he is man of talents, and what we of the North call pluck, and they of the South call chiuGlry, will have his way right or wrong. A thousand MT. Speaker Folks could not put a stopper on him. He began, !" Sir, my old Petition. presented the other day, being pre- scented before this rule was adopted, docs not come under this rule." "But it does," said MT. Speaker Polk. Iappeal from your de- cision, " said MT. A. The appeal was taken. Only thirty-two men stood by MT. A. "What will you do now!" said to myself Here is a snag in your way," and that even your Steam Boat can't get round. The old gentle man surveyed his file of petitions; he turned an eye upon the House; he gave dreary look up to the Speakers Chair. A thought had struck him, it was clear. "Give me back my old petition then," he said. The Speak CT sent the boy with it. He then re-represen- ted it again, and made statement of its con- tents, and reiterated, that the petitioners a. vowed they would present this petition ev- cry year. The house heard him quite qui- Ctly. The old gentleman then branchcd off. He got upon the Abolition principle. Orcer. ORDER, ORDER, screamed d hundred voices from every part of the House. Not at all disconcerted, Mir. A. sent up his petition, and drew forth another from his prodi gious file. This came from the women of his District.- He stated the contents of this, and tlourshed little in what a yankee would call |" pretty considerable of a speech" He drew out an- other. This was from 700 women of his dis trict. He stated the contents. "It was for Liberty," the House budgcd little: it was for the humGn race, the House budged more {: it was to relieve the wrongs of the African" and " order," BORDER" ORDER," stopt him here. Old Rath Boone nestled in his nest Adam Huntsman turned up his eye. Col. Johnson turned his spectacles agog. The Colonel you know, is no Abolitionist-amal- gamation is has forte. Now, when Mir. Adams had presented all the women's petitions of his district, and fiourished away on them for a. while, lodging points of order, creeping through this rule, and skipping over that, he came to one praying that the slave trade be abolished. This does not come within the rule of the House-"no Abolition in the Dis trict here," said MT. Adams,-" but it does +l,ou54r,.s suiu hfr. epruker Polk. "Bur it doex not" said Mr. A. The Speaker, however, has the power, and Mr. A. was compelled to obey. New Hampshire petitions he present. ed next. Connecticut then came in order, and at last he got to N. York-all the while four ishing away in tit bit ofspeeches, which were so short and so quickly said. that though they were oM of order, nobody could call him to order, as when they did he would say "my speech is done." At last he came to pcti- LIOH lEOkI CGTIulu AutNCIuu N4HllSCCiS AA ANO" York, praying "that Congress would form laws to carry out the principles of the Decla- ration of Independence in the district of Co., lumbia." "This says nothing oi slaves" sad Mir. Adams" nothing of abolition in the District. It docs not come within the rule" "But it does though" said Mir. Speaker Polk. It does not" reiterated MT. Adams. "I de- eide a does," said MT. P. "I appeal" said MT. A. "The gentleman appeals" said MT. P. "from decision of the Chair" "What is the decision," asked MT. A. The previous question was bawled for. "The decision," said MT. P. "is, that the petition comes with in the rule." "What is the rule 2" asked Mir. A "That such memorial" continued MT. P.-" but what is the memorial P asked Mir. A. "you have not read it. The House has not seen it. The House cannot guess what it is. All they know is my brief statement of its contents, and have not said word about abolition there." "Order," "order," "or- der" the cry run round, and "order," "or- der," l" order," was long tho order of the day. MT. Adams appealed. They put the stopper to the prevfous question upon him. He got the ayes and noes. He compelled the Speak CT to read the petition.so that the House might know upon what they were to vote !-and there he sat, half rabid, and half laughing in his sleeve. He had had his way, even with the opposition of 200 to one
 But one word to tho yankee girls in Mir. Adams's district. You have no idea, Mada- ,noiselles, of what fuss you make among our Solons here. Even the young Misses in tho gallery, among whom in common with all the world was buzzing about, puckcrcd up their pretty lips, and made wry faces at you. As tender hearted angels as you are, here, they think you are doing wrong. Now woman c6S k~Sr