Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-02-10


Mr.. Webster moved the Priatiae 81 The 6oeu.
ment, and said 10 would take The oecasioe 70
present soosAer document, aad move that il b
printed with the E'rnscr. II appeared, he :aid,
By the report, that the Secretary and the Collec-
tor at Boston went on the same ground- that
these paymen,s in Commonwealth Bank bills
were voluntarily received ~ had been taken
by the Senator from New Hampshire, (Alr. Hub
hardy Ii happened Mr.. w. said, that the mail
Of this morning had brought him an affidavit on
this Subject, which Show Cd what Of voluntary
payments these really were.
Mr. w. here read the affidavit Of Mr. Picker.
ing, a member Of the Mass ,chuse,ts Legislature,
affirming that he had been Instructed to get spe-
Gle fos > pension. and that he had in vain cndeav-
orcd to ret any part OF il in specie, or IN any
thing but check on the Commonwealth Bank
he had been told that he must take that moth
ing. This, Mr.. w. said, was the way N which
these payments were made and voluntarily re-
ceivcd.
Mr. Clay, Of Alabama objected TO having
this letter printed among the official documents.
Mr. ". did not care in what form il should be
printed.
The report and affidavit were then ssvorally or
dered to be printed.
Also, report from tho War Department, in re-
lation (certain) I.dian affairs. was presented,
and ordered to be printed.
The following petitions and memorials were
presented and referred:
M. Southland: From the agent Of number
Of Cherokee applicants for pensions, wounded at
the battle Of the Horse She.
BY Mr.. Linn: For a right Of way Cor a rail-
road through the public lands, from St. Louis to
the Iron Mountain.
Also, from citizens Of Scott county, Missouri,
asking presumption rights under certain cir
cumstsnces-
Also, for certain new post routes and dcviataOns
from certain old routes.
GENERAL PRE- EMPTlON
The Senate resumed the consideration Of the
bill granting pre- -emPtioUs to settlers on the pub
lie lands-lhe question being on its passage.
Mr.. White entered at large into support ofthc
bill.
M.s,r.. WHITE, WALKER, CLAY Of XIV
STER. YOUNG, BENTON, and McKEM, tol-
lowed, and continued the debate till o'clock.
The question was then taken, and the bill was
passe by the following vote:
| YEAS-Messrs. Allen, Brown, Buchanan,
Benton, Clay Of Ala. Cu,hbcrt, Fuiton, Grundy
Hubbard, King, Linn, l.ompki", Moo'on, N'cho
las, Niles. Norval, Pierce, Rives, Robinson,
Sewer, Smith, Of Connecticut, TnllmadQe, Tip
! ton, Walker, Webster, White, Williams, Wright,
Young-aO.
| NAYS--Mcssrs Bayard, Calhoun. Clay Of Ky.
Clay ton, Crttcndcn, Davis, Mexican, Merrick,
Of Indiana, Souihard, Spence, Swift, Wallis.
The Senate then adjourned.
! Mn. PREMISES SPEECH.
I, Cosvesposdesee Of The N. Y. Cosr. + Esqsirer.
J., 1t is impossible Cor me 10 give an idea Of Mr.
Prentiss's speech. The following 10 q brief and
imperfect sketch Of his pcroration. His utter
ancs i. uncommoaly rapid; his voice good; biz
enunciatiou distinct; his manner, when excited
impressive. forcibIe, commanding. When about "a
close, he said:
'Sir, 10 there q State in this Union, tina,
would submit to have her RICH, Of choosing hei
own representatives torn from her, and q repre-
sentative, not Of her choice, palmed upon her, by
, = decision Of this houses What says Aassacks
, sets? From the cradle in which Young Liberty
, was first rocked; even from old Faneul Hall
, comes forth her ready answer,c"lt was for thi
very right Of Representatives our fathers Tough
the hattie Of the revolution, and, We will sus
render this dear bought right, those battles shall
again become stern realities"
, Would Kentucky SUBMIT Ask her, MI
Speaker, and her very mamuoh-cannon will h0
a voice to thunder in your ear her stern response
{ "No sooner than submit to such an outrage, o'
soil shall 30 re-baptized with a new claim to IN
proud but melancholy sislc-"'he dark and bloc
!. dy ground
'What says Virginia, with her high, stern dc
vice, her "sic semper tyrannis." the proudes
motto that ever biazed upon a warriors shiclt
: usurpation? What says the mother Of States
+ and Of state right doctrines; she who has place
"ins,rac,ion," a. . guardian over represents
: tion," to the proposition, that this house Cal
+ make q representative for q state, and force
i upon her, against her choice and wilif''
~And what 'South Carolina; - the "Hasr
Percy" Of the Union; though there lives not sh
e Harry II Monmoth, who can pluck from her bra,
: the laural, which she has 20 nob,y won in m,a
a we'll fought feldi On which side, in ihI
: great controversy, docs she couch hcr lance an
{ draw her good bIadef ] trust upon the side {
her sister state; upon the side, too, Of the Coz
stitutional rights of all the states. And let he
4 lend all the strength Of her good right arm to III
c blow, when she strikes in 30 just and righteous
e quarrel"
~Sir, twenty-five States sit here in Judgment upo
>, the most sacred right Of a sister State. Shout
:, your decision he against her, you tear he
n brightest jewel from her brow, and forever boz
= her head in shame and dshonor."
"Bat lift is yo1r determinaticn, thave but on
d request, on her behalf, to make. When you d.
c eide that she cannot choose her Representative
a ON this hoos, At the same moment bolt from Il
=, spangled banner Of the Uaios the bright ~
E that ei;tsers to the name Of Mississ;ppi, b.