Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-05-26

TWENTIETH CONGRESS. I
1I1sr KRCULAR SESSION.
fra shs Correspondence Of BaIsi.ors Chroaieie
wAs"lnares, May II.
TREASURY NOTE BILL.-The House, upon
notioa of Mr.. Cambreieng, ut half past ono ~
clock went into committee Of the whole, (Mr. {
lncham Of Conn. in the cI,air) upon the following
A BILL to carry into effect an act we'd the
twelfth day If October, eighteen hundred and
shirty-scven, 'to authorize the issue of Trcasu-
~ Notes. F.
BE tssGscecd By Asc Senate and House Of Rep
Seseseaf;vcs Of tie Uaised States Of America in
Cesgyess sssembled, That the Secretary Of the
Treasury, with the appreciation Of the Pre- sidcnt
a the United States, is hereby authorized 10
esuso Treasury Notes To be issued, according to
she provisions ef act entitled "An act to au-
shosize tho issuing Of Treasury Notes." approved
the twelfth day of October last, in place Of such
ooaes % have been, or may be, issued under the
authority Of the act aforesaid, and which have
been, or may hereafter be, paid into the Treas
usy and cancelled.
Mr.. Cambrelcng made the FIST ministerial
move, Of course. upon this bill ,-sta,ed the
Il tho present difficulty. almost in the very lam
gusgc Of the Presidents message Of yesterday,
--dopreciating a mational debf-denying That
there was any necessity therefor, and denying
that there any kind Of necessity, If the
Bloursc does its duty, by issuing anew the old
Treasury Note.,) that the Treasury should be
bankupted. lie gloricd Van Buren, and mag
ni6ed his policy, and took o colour de rose
view Of the prospect ahead, under the benign
operations Of this benignant adminisira ton
Then We had the old s'crOtyped comparison Of
this crisis and this crash, with the crisis and
crashes which the country has gone through hero
Vofoee There was much Qualification Of the
6smuess u this administration in resis;in. the
councils Of fear and tho denominations of some
Of iis own friends, and in actually G.-niding the
Northern Banks IN ressninc specie payments!-Ic0
IL TINT be not brazen impudencc, then was Men
des Plato the mirror Of truth. aid the ndyen-
sur Of Baron MunchHusen vcr,ibic chroni-
cles! This administration taking to itself the
glory Of being the instrument o: the resumption
Of specie payment! The force Of impudencc can
no further 60!
SURVEY or THE ALLEGHANY RIVER
motion in favor Of n Repor. from the commit
tee Of Roads and Canals, that 1900 extra copies
DO printed, came up in order.
Messrs. Mercer, Whittlcsey, Fillmore, ant
Potter made interesting statements to show tho
great NATIONAL we'll local importance Of th
work.
Mr.. Dromgoolc ndulecd in TRADE about thi
covert attempt TO introduce a system Of interna
imPros emen's, and moved to lay the motion 4
print on tho table.
Tho yeas and nays being ordered thi
proposition Of Mr.. Dromgooic's was lost, yeas 6!
nays 81.
Messrs. Mercer, Harvin, BiJdle, and Beatt,
made some further remarks in favor Of the prop
certain set Of politicians could see tho Al
leghany mountains, moved to amend tho motto,
BY msking the number 5000 instead of $500 cop
les. And this motion prevailed.
The motion to print 5000 copies was then car
sied by triumphant vote, and Gen. Dromgool
TREASURY NOTES.
Mr.. Hopkins Of Va, asked for leave to intr,
duce . joint resolution, that the Secretary of II,
Treasury be authorized TO reissue two-miIIiou
Of the Treasury notes already issued: whic
joint resolution, If leave were given, he shoul
move 70 refer to tho committee Of the whole @
the state Of tho Union.
Objection was made, Mr.. Thomas (who no
takes the first step in all party movements her
.-an aspiring young,-Mr. ThomasD And NJ
Hopkins moved to suspend tho rules to cnab
him 10 offer tho resolution. The yeas and nay
wesc ordered, and leave refused by a vo
Of o. yeas to lO7 nays: requiring two thirds.
Mr.. Bell then asked leave to introduce the e
lowing resolution:
''ResoIvcd, That tho committee Of Ways a,
Means be instructed to report to this House fort
with bill authorizing the Secretary Of the IRE
susy, to raise by loan the SUM Of NJ
liens Of dollars, to supply any immediate q
snands upon the Treasury, to meet which the
aso available means on hand"
Mr.. Cambreleng objected, and Mr.. Bell NOV
tho suspension Of the rule,-uPon which n
Cambreleng demanded tho yeas and nays, viii
were ordered: and the motion suspend the r,i
was lost follows: So yeas and 81 nays. r.
thirds required
TREASURY NOTE BILL.
The House went again into committee Of
whole, ON this bill, and Mr.. Thompson iesun
the floor, and finished his very able and thorou
speech against the He clearly show
that this was not, was attempted to be M
out, in certain quarters, measure for the sou
He was very clear and convi ncing this he
(ss on the resi,) Of his argument.
Mr.. Rhett followed, in violent support Of
measure. Locofoco the back bone: and Of
J. c. Calhoun stamp. He spoke an hour W
unusual excitement, and in a manner indica,
the most warm devotion to the administrat
and all its measures. He is still speaking as
goes of.
HOUSE--May IA
TAKING THE BACK-TRACK-As soon as
journal was read, Mr.. Boon asked leavs to o
the -esoluiioH Of the legislature Of Indiana,
fhOrizing the Secretary Of the Treasury to m
NO discrimination in the kind of money receive