Litchfield enquirer., 1837-02-23
cor,vs, OuSence Of the N. Y. Courier.
WAaliINnToN. l2Lh Feb.

Sttlte OE IcSIllR VO UC uCEAOAS0 ", friend fthe Federal Government. The eX; tremes of the North and the South, should pause ere it be too late. A portion oI ,,:IS anU citizens of these extremes are not un""T.a6 T.a.6 to meet a dissolution of the Un!on. su | man who cannot perceive this, must Oc .:.,ics oor;c;aI observer of the signs Of thc t,'e : |
 iSo h;n1 however, be he who he may. noo ulrs nromnted bv mad ambition, 10 .. couu' ,,oor,i1
 s,,ch 2 project, say, disappoln.'i;es,, ;e s,,ccess.
 ficatiori, and disgrace IS nls u ;F,%src.nssful.
 s.I"n;tv. contempt and scorn' II ul'Suc .' L"iI
 iutLPao. cPuo of inc members, from the slave holu-
 at.S oon" under feelings of great excitement.
 Nnsned Nns 1a meeting on Friday morning.
 colveS N.e .Sose etatcs there arc in Congress one
 rl',reJ rlO'n Representatives, exclusive of Sena- .nrs n Ofthis number, between fifty and sixty l attended the meeting. Among other propoSl- tions. one was made to call Southern Con-
 vention. The consideration of this was post poned, until the next day. Nothing was done except resolving to move reconsideration ot the vote of the preceding day respecting MT. Adams. They adjourned in the expecta- tion of obtaining a more general attendance. Yesterday morning they again met; put instead of the meeting being increased m number, it is understood to have diminished; besides am told, that a few of those who were not at the first, but attended the second meeting, did SO in the hope and expectation of allaying the angry feelings ofthelr south ern friends, and preventing, as far as advice
 would go, any ebuliition of passion, calcu!a- ted to promote geographical disscntlons.- | Nothing was done; and there Is no douDt' that the scheme, if one was formed for agita- ting inc country, must prove abortive.
 The Committee of Investigation have made but little progress during the week. The witnesses who attend, assume the responsl-
 bility of answering those interrogatorles only
 which they think proper. In such a state of things, the developments must necessarily
 be limited. Never was party more hearti-
 lv sick of any undertaking, than the friends
 of MT, Van Buren are ofthis sinvestigatlon.- They announced to the country, that the , President was willing to throw open the doors of every department, and to aid in the most thorough investigation, wherever tnere was the least suspicion of delinquency. The par tv almost unanimously, in the House of Rep resentatives, voted for the appointment ofthe Committees They authorized those com mittees to send f0r persons and papers" and , the Speaker of the house appointed on each committee sir Administration, and three Anti
 administration men. st.. Such was the commencement of this pre- , tended willingness to promote an examina- tion into the abuses committed by the Gov" ? ernment agents. And now, what do we be- . hold? A refusal of witnesses to expose Qt they possess the knowledge,) the frauds and coryruptions y of their employers and associates. , Have Congress the power to punish refracto-
 ry witnesses? If they have, will they exer- else it! Speculative opinions on this point would be useless, when the question will be decided so soon. The Committee, of which MT. Wise is Chairman, have unanimously pas- sed and reported to the House a resolution that R. M. Whitney has been guilty of con- tempt, in refusing to appear before them as a witness, and thus putting their authority at defiance. The House ordered the Speaker to issue his warrant against Whitney, and di- rect the Sergeant at-arms to bring him to their bar. He is now in custody, and will ap- pear tomorrow morning. He was in atten- dance all day yesterday, but the abolition question prevented his appearance. By the resolution he is allowed counsel if he desires | it ': but it is understood that he does not, and that he will say for himself all that he deems /" erpedient' to be said at present.
 A few days since Mir. Wise stated to the Committee that one ot the charges which had been made against Gen. Jackson was, that he
 had interfered in the election of the people 1; and that by virtue of his office, and the aid of those who held office under him, he had at- tempted to influence, ifnot control those elec- tions. MT. Wise added that he now stood ready to prove the truth of this charge and l for this purpose, the Hon. MT. Standefer, a member of Congress was in attendance as witness. He wished the witness sworn, and he would prove by him-that the President of the U. s. had written letter to Benjamin F. Curry, agent for the Cherokee Indians, ur- ging upon him (Curry) that nothing must be left undone that could be done, to defeat the election of Standefer; and that this letter was read on all occasions when it was likely to produce effect. The majority of the Con- 1 mittee refused to permit the witness to prove the fact Isnot this Committee rather qleerly situated One set of witnesses refuse to an- swer questions duplicating the Government agents or officers. Another set of witnesses are prepared and willing to duplicate the same officers, and the Committee refuse to let ] them Gnssrer.
 Judge Fancy has replied to the Committee in manner respectful to them, and highly creditable to himself. It appears that MT.
 Elliot, while President of the Union Bank of
 Baltimore, wrote to MT. Fancy, then Secreta-
 ry of the Treasury, that the board of Direc-
 tors of the Union Bank had refused to recom-
 mend MT. Whitney as suitable person to
 be placed at the head of Bank bureau in the Treasury department. To this MT. Fancy replies, that the project of such a bureau is to be considered exclusively as MT. Whit ney's project that he had not committed
 himself to adopt it, and that if adopted, he
 had not committed himself to appoint Whit.
 ney. hnG i+55 aHi------- Laos t4stg ht4 .r.5 |. gr tnt. .maa WASHINGTON, Feb. l3.
 This has been dry day within the walls of the Capitol, and, therefore, shall have but Q little news to spread upon your cditori. al table, s'
 The expected introduction of Reuben M.