Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-01-10
LETTER TO THE EDITORS.
WAsBiNoroN, Dec. 81, 1886.

NE't DNNs ~ hOOOs
There 10 q cloud in the political horizon
that poriends storm fearful and ,hrcatninr
TO the bioof-sucscrs tha, have 80 ont fed on
the v,els Of our Government Fire sceD-
tire has been s'yayed by an awkward hand,
and the more cautious and iudcous of 'the
party are determined upon wrestling it from
its crap. Thomas Hart Benton has too
long stood up MS the champion and leader
ol the administration party in the Senate.
he has led aud lashed into the traces ADLER
and better men than himself, and the dig.
mtg and character and driSfocrofic feeling
of the administration will not longer suffer
II He is 10 be placed in the back ground
10 make room for The representative of the
pride, independence, stare sovereignty and
democracy of the Old Dominion There
is io be war. 1t has already begun. The
incsin of alarm has been sounded. The
Great Expunger' and Rives are each mar
shaling their forces, and before the second
session Of the twenty fourth Congress clos
es, there will be " warm work in Wertem-
| burgh." "Whcn Greek meets Greek, then
comes the tug Of war;" Van Buren, will
attempt to be on terms Of amity with both
beigerent parties, but here he will be una
bic to talry out the principle Of nor-com-
mtnlism with success. 1t is said he is par
iial 10 Rives ant that Benton knows it,
The first pass was made by Rves in his
amendment 10 Ewing's resolution to re-
scind the Treasury order, a proposition
which, it is said, Van Buren, favors, and il
is conjectured, originated and which, Ben
ton declares, is contrary to the spirit and
letter Of the faith of the democratic creed :"
and more hideous in its features Than
The original resolution itself; and sooner
than yield his support 10 the measure, he
will 90 tie 'cnti-e swine for tie rag sys.
tenn
Hubbard, in speech the other day, took
occasion 10 dissent from the ultra princi-
pies maintained by his honorable fr,n
from Missouri. He treated as visionary
the idea Of entirely suppresslng the crcu-
lation Of paper m ,ney and substituting gold
and silver as circulating medium. He
supported the treasury order because it
was an act OF the administration, TSuppose.
.ApPropos. The cabinet proper, Forsyth,
Cass and Woodbury., (Dickerson, as usual,
non-committaD opposed the issuing of the
order, and the cabinet improper, Benton,
Kendall, Blair s Co. supported it. The
President took the counsel of his bosom
friends and directed Woodbury. to issue the
order, and it was done, noiens coiens.
Rlves is quite courteous towards Niles
and others of that class, intending, nr
doubt, to detach them from Benton. He
does not pretend to address the Senate
without abiding in complimentary man
ncr to some of them, and especially to some
,cisc saying that originated with his frient
from Connecticut. There is a meaning il
all this, that in due time will be developed
On Thursday there was premature dis
cussion in the Senate on the subject of tn
admission of Michigan into the Union. A
the last session Of Congress an act was pas
sed for the admission of Michigan into tn
Union, as soon as she should, by conven
ton of delegates elected for that purpos?
accept the act and assent to certain prOvis
5 ions therein contained. Accordingly, il
| compliance with a legislative act Of tina
state, delegates were chosen, and met i
= convention and refused to assent to the pro
: visions Of the act for the admission If tn
F., state into the Union.
v Since this proceeding, and within a shoI
e period, the people Of Michigan, with the eS
/, ception Of Two counties, by spontaneou
c and unauthorized movement, have chose
: new delegates, who have assembled an
given their assent 10 the provisions Of ii
act for the admission of the state into III
: Union, and have forwarded their proceed
,r ings 10 tie President, who has communities
ted them to Congress by special message
o The mess, ge was referred to the Judiciar
committee, who reported bill for the in
MEDIATE ada issioa OF tie state into the VI
n ion.
Mr.. Calhoun, thinking here WAS tc
\ much haste in the matter and wishing I;
time ID consider the subject, moved that 1!
bill he postponed and made the special o