Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-01-25
CONGRESS-.
SENATE-Thursdnv.

time. and on the question Of its passage,
Mr.. Calhoun rose and addressed the
Senate at length in opposition to the passage
of the bill. He denounced the measure as
tho most unconstitutional and most danger
Gus that had>cycr- passed Congress. II
weakens our Institutions in their weakest
point, where If ever il falls it with fall. The
bill had been hurried through. and the grave
question would now present i'seli in a few
days, whether the Senators should be ad-
United. Il must then he decided whether
Senator'S elected bya Territory before she
became State shall he admitted TO seats in
tins body. Such question would not have
been permitted TO be entertained until with
in these few years. A revolution had CON-
menced; one which he had long ioresecn,
but had not expected to take place in his
time. lie adverted 10 the growing power
of the caucus system, Of its dangerous ten
denotes, and spoke with much severity OH
the revolutionary language of the Senator
from North Carolina, (Mr. Strange) and
the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Buch.
anan.) The latter, indeed, had not gone
quite the length of sustaining the revolutiona.
ry move nents in Maryland but s ! Q seem
ed to favor them. He adverted to the dan
ger which besets our Institutions, and ap-
pretended results which would involve
them in ruin.
Mr.. Strange defended the course he had
AIKEN, and defended tie Conye ,ton, and es-
pecially the Baltimore Convention, of which
he was a member.
Mr.. Buchanan also replied to the argu-
ment of the Senator from South Carolina.
In reference to the Maryland affair he had
declined acting as a Judge, but he would say
the people of Maryland had right TO go
into Convention for the purpose of changing
her Government. Mr.. Buchanan con.
tinued to speak for some time, and said he
was willing to bargain with the Senator
from South Carolina that he (Mr. B. would
never allude to notification and South
Carolina, if Mr.. c. would hereafter refrain
from interference with Pennsylvania.
The bill was supported by Messrs. King,
Of Georgia, Strange and Buchanan, and
opposed by Messrs. Calhoun and Davis; on
taking tie question the bill was passed
yeas 25 nays 10 as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Benton, Brown, Buchan-
an, Dana, Fulton, Grundy, Hendricks, Hub
bard, King, Of Georgia, Linn, Nicholas,
Niles, Page, Parker, Rives, Robinson,
Sewer, Strange, Tallmadge, Upton, Walk.
CIR, Wall, White and Wright-25.
Nays-Messrs. Bayard, Calhoun, Clay,
Crittcnden, Davis, Kent, Moore, Prcntiss,
Southland ard Swift.---10.
The Senate then adjourned.
Friday, January 6.
Mr.. Nicholas, from the Committee on
Naval affairs, reported bill for the relief of
Commodore Isaac Hull.
On motion of Mr.. Clay, who stated that
Mr.. Ewing having been called home by the
afflicted condition of member of his
family, expressed to him his hope that the
progress of the debate on his resolution
should not be interrupted, the Senate pro.
ceeded TO the consideration of the special
order, being The joint resolution resembling
the Treasury Order of July IL, 1886.
Mr.. Southland then resumed the remarks
which he had commenced on Thursday the
29ih ult. He agreed that there is no con.
stitut onal currency than that which is es-
tablished by Congress; and that as Con.
gress had ordered that the notes Of specie
paying banks should be received in payment
for public lands, the Secretary of the Trea.
sury had, by issuing the order of July llth,
violated the law, and usurped power which
did not belong to any but Congress, of
changing the currency to be received for
the public lands. ie also considered the
operation of the order, most oppressive, and
opening the door to the basest and most
corrupt practices.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Thursday, Jan. 5.
After the reading of the Journal, reports