Litchfield enquirer., 1837-10-19

tts@tI OWlt t.-HAApA in conversation. MT. Legare and Mr, Gar land, know will not support it, and the op- position from this quarter is almost a sure In- dex of the united opposition of the entire Con: seFvative party. | have seen enough and heard enough, then, to warrant me in saying that the Conservatives will not support tho new and Untried Expcdient, neither do I be. lieve they will dodge the question, or absent themselves when the vote is taken. My rea- sons for coming to this conclusion are groun- ded more upon facts than upon imagination.
 Mir. Rives, MT. Tallmadge, Mir. RuggIes, MT. Tipton, MT. Nicholas, Mir. King of Geo., and MT. McKean, gather strength and deter imitation daily in their opposition. Denun- ciaIion will not drive them, nor threats deter them or diminish tithe of their eXertions.- The Conservatives of the Senate are also in frequent conversation with the Conservatives of the House. An interchange of opinions is also matter of daily occurrence. The col umns of the Madisonian are also indicative of the signs of the times. In this state of things the Conservatives may defeat the Sub- Treasury Bill if they wish. They have the power to do so-holding, as they do, the ball. ance of power in the House of Representa- tlves. That they will doso is, think, not an unsafe conclusion. My opinion is-they wiH. The WhIg members of the House believe they will, and have, therefore, come to the conclusion rather to hasten than retard a de- clslon upon the question. The opinion here is, that the Conservatives are more ready to vote against the Bill, than the Loco Focos are to vote for it.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. II.
 A celebrated writer asks-st What is the history of nations but narrative of the foglies, crimes and miseries of man p The political IcfN <Nff Il
 " tollles" of ambitious statesmen, and the |" miseries'' of confiding people. No change of "position" has excited more aston lshment, or elicited more expressions of re- gret, than that of MT. Calhoun. Not on ac- count of it's political effect, for it will be limi- ted, very limited. But the personal devotion which his friends have evinced must, in some measure, be interrupted, and those endearing ties will ultimately be severed, because on great national questions, where they have acted in harmony and concert, there is no longer any congeniality of sentiment. MT. Calhoun IS another striking illustration, in addition to those already recorded, of the frailty of memory, after the lapse of a period of time sufficiently long to have swept away nearly a whole generation; and will now give you the evidence of this fact.
 Pending the late debate in the Senate on 1AlS NooD- iSuouy O1lIs SuluOuu StulGus that he had been opposed to the bank propo- sed by the treasury department during the war, and had always been opposed to bank on grounds both of constitutionality and ex- pediency. He went into particular statc- ment of facts, to show that he was the cause ofthc defeat ofthe Bank Bill in the year 1915. Among other things he stated, that in some remarks which he had made on the floor, on tho day before the news of peace reached here, he said, accidentally, that if peace should be declared, there were not fifteen members who would vote for the Bill: That it was advocated and supported only on ac- count of the, then, situation of the country and the war. That when he made the re- mark he had no idea that peace had been made, but used it as an illustration of the feeling and opinion of the House. That on the evening of that day, tllore was drawing ruul, 1Tl tc went to It to s07D nts Js0!ty to t6e administration, which might be questioned on account of his opposition to it's favorite meas ure. That he there met Mir. Sturgcs from Connecticut, who had received by express, or some other way, notice of the arrival of a vessel at New York; bearing the treaty. Mr. Sturges, he said, having been struck by his (Mr. Calhoun's) remark in the morning, took him aside, and communicated the fact to him, in strict confdence. That he so regarded it, but went into the House the next morning, and moved to lay the Bill on the table, with a view to it's final defeat. That in some mode the rumor had got out, and it was understood, among tho members, that there had been such an arrival at New York; and that his (Mr. Calhoun's) prediction of the day before was verified, for not twenty members voted against his motion, and thus the bill was de- feated, and the matter ended for the session.
 MT. Southard, in his speech, alluded to the statement of Mir. Calhoun, and said, that there must be some error in the recollection of the Senator from South Carolina. That the rec- ord did not sustain him, and he then read from the journal of the House of the 17th of February, 1915, by which it appeared, that on that day, MT. Lowndes (no, Alr Cathoun) had made a motion for indefinite postpone ment, or defeat of the bill. That the vote was taken by yeas and nays, and was "A for and 73 against 1t, and among the nays was Mr. Calhoun's name. That the treaty had arriv- ed in Washington previous to this vote, and it was taken under full knowledge of the fact. That he could not reconcile the statc- ment of Mr. Calhoun to the record. That his (Mr C:'s) vote had been against the de- feat of the bill, after the war was at an cnd- Much less could he reconcile to it the univer- sal impression of the whole country, and all cotemporary history. That MT. Calhoun had at that time and ever since, so far as he (Mr; Southard1 knew. been regarded as one Ot the most active and zcalous friends of a bank j. and his notions against its constitu- tionality and expediency, were unknown to his fellow citizens. If the Senator was now correct in his statements, it became him speedily to write anew that period of the his- tory of the country and of his own actions; for there was general, and he believed uni versal, misunderstanding throughout the na- fion iN, y,aUn rd %> hsosh