Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-03-07
From Washington.
MONDAY, Feb. go.

NOlnlUE OIL puIuCVldt iuNSItbt III tuo otu-
ute. In the House Whitney occupied The
" hole day and was at last Discharged, the
farce being ended and the purposeo the par
ty' bsng accomplished. We have published
but little about this bushes s-diseracelul TO
Wise, Pcyton, and the House as whole,
and the v. B. majority in particular; and
sew we will give but an outline. Whitney
insults Peyton, or 7. so considered 1t; L.
threatened to kill him, or make a gentleman
of him just long enosgh to kill him, or come
thing about as rasb if he (W) continued to
insult him; Wise interieres, thinking that
Whitney was about 10 draw weapon upon
Pcyton, and in turn gets ready to kill Whit
ney if he should make any hostile movement
towards Peyton. The committee take up the
mstler--retun whtney's nswer, who apollo
sises. and Peyton also apologies for his con-
duet. Here the matter should have ended-a
Gisgraccful personal quarrel But no. it was
surinised, and we think truly, that the V. u,
party feared the disclosures that Wise and
Peyton would bring out in the committees,
anu UCuCCi III OluIh W plNNOht thS NiASNs "
those disclosures on the nation, they must
make Wise and Pcyton odious, s. at the same
time prevent them from getting as little infor-
nation from Whitney as possible. Whitney,
then, must refuse TO testify: he did refuse
The committee reported the fact TO the House,
which ordered Whitney to be brought 10 tho
bar he was brought thsre--snd then-Wise
and Peyton, not Whitney, underwent trial
a most partial and unjust trial, in which the
majority refused almost every question, which,
if answered, would lead 10 the excn patton of
Wise and Poyton, or to the injury of Whit
ney OF course, Whitney was xculpated-
and the nation is left to despiso the meonness
Of party tactics, which have been brought in
play TO effect the mcanest Of party purposes
There are some inferenees TO be drawn from
this affair: members of Congress, or some Of
them 90 armed it is affirmed that the threat
or adviee from the President that they ought to
be Houstoaized is the cause, and Bell wished
to prOre this 10 the House, but the majority re-
fused opportunity! Another inference to be
drawn is, that the collar Of party will very
much degrade men, who, from their station,
ought to be at least respectable. Bet 30 more
OF Whineysm we hope that, since the ".
B. majority have spent week in srcu sing
Whitney, when the work might have been
better done in one hour, Congress and the
country will spend no more time about the
man!
TUESDAY, Feb. 81.
In the Senate, abolition petitions were pre-
scented by Mcssrs. Davis and Ptcntss. The
taDfr was under consideration-a vote Of "a
cles in the bill, is supposed 10 be indicative o.
determination not to touch the comproms e.
In the House, the resolutions for acknowl.
edgng the independence of Texas were laid
on Il table, LOG to 80. Mr.. Pcyton moved
for leave 10 introduce q resolution requiring
Whitney 10 answer whether Amos Kendall
was author of certain anonymous letter tC
the Bank Of Burlington-relused 81 to &c.
The navy bill passed through the committe,
of the whole, and the appropriation for the ex
plorng expedition was not reduced.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. %.
Little done in the Senate which adjourned
house and eat OF the mammoth cheese, weigh
ing 400 lbs The House spent sometime oil
the navy bill, but, at about one O'Clock, tn,
cheese had drawn the members like so many
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quorum! Two or three hours were spent il
Intellectual efforts to adjourn, call the House
&c. Sc and finally majority of the no quo
rum House Of Representatives did adjourn ant
go to the cheese-mongers.
THURSDAY, Feb. 23
In the Senate, Mr.. Cluy's land bill was Ia
ken up; Mr.. Clay said there could be no sur
plus, if gil the measures brought forward [,
spend money were adopted, and he therefore
moved to lay the bill upon the table: agree
to- The tariff bill came up, and discussion
arose on motion Of Mr.. Davis 10 strike sal
frona the bill, which was one OF the articles Il,
duty OF which was 10 be removed, in whic
Mcssrs. Davis, Calhoun, Brown of N. Carroll
ma, Wright, Rives, Benton and Strange tool
part. MIR. Calhoun was strong against open
ing the tarffquestion anew--a measure of tn
new administration to put the North and tn
South by the ears--a state of things by whic
Mr.. Van Buren, could profit, bnt which coul
do no good to the South There were sever
passages between Calhoua and Brown-per
sonal. Mr.. Van Buren's course heretofore
was matter of disPute-and his future coursC