Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-02-03
Tuvcnty-FiftIl Congress.
sECoND SESSION.

bECOND SESSION. l4 ttt
! We have the proceedings Of Wednes.
DAY and Thursday. Those Of Wednes.
day furnish nothing Of interest. On
Thursday, the land pre-emption bin was
before the Senate, and elected much de.
bate. Mr.. Clay, Of Kentucky viii
speak upon the subject at length. when.
ever the state of his health may "a permit.
rettlcoat Allen figured somewhat th;s
day, in the way Of presenting petit;ons
for Abolition in the District, and a0a;nst
the annexation Of Texas. He also Offered
resolution proposing an inquiry by the
Judiciary Committee into the proprietv
OF SO amending the Constitution Of the.
United States, as to allow foreigners to
enjoy all the rights Of citizenship SO soon
as they may enlist in the Army of the
United States What humbug now ?
What would this political parvenu be
at! Is the Army hereafter TO be the
avenue to citizenship? Is the tumultu-
GUS camp hereafter to constitute The
school in which the stranger to our laws
IS to be initiated into their peaceful and
equitable operationi Are the civil in.
stitutions Of the country to be endanper-
ed by the cultivation of a military or
warlike spiritl Or have we not sufIi-
cient native bone and sinew, with cour-
age TO back them, whence to recruit our
feeble Army, that Il is thus necessary tc
l~re foreigners into the ranks by the bro.
mise Of extending to them the richest pri-
vlIeges offreemenl Is the land given
over to political quackeryi Or is tRe in
vocation Of Timon of Athens about to be
fulfilled in our history
------- 800 ---" Slaves and fools.
Pluck the grave wrinkled Senate from their
bench,
And minister in their steads!p
Mr.. Allen also presented an impor.
tant memorial from some ofhis consiitu-
ents, praying Congress not TO interfere
with those citizens who are disposed
without violating the laws of neutrality
and upon their own personal response
blity, to enlist their sympathies and cx.
ertions in behalf ofthe Canadians.
The correspondent of the Baltimore
American says
Mr.. Allen preceded the presentation
of his memorial with some spirited re.
marks in behalf of the petitioners. He
condemned the attack npon the Caroline
in warm terms ofcensure, and said the
United States owed it to herself and to
her character and honor to demand salts.
faction for tho outrage committed upon
the Caroline. In all the movements Of
the Frontier, Mr.. Allen said the United
States had been more sinned against
than SHINING. 4a
The United States has recognised no
excuses on the part ofany other citizens.
But the attack upon the Caroline was an
official act, recognised and encouraged
by high authorities, and approved after
the commission of the act. He said il
was due to our Government to demand
satisfaction from the highest authoity,
and he hoped the Queen Of England and
the British Parliament would be ready
to grant it. The memorial was sent to
the committee Of Foreign Affairs.
lnthe House, Mr.. Foster, Van mem.
Der from New York closed tour-dav
speech in defence Of Claiborne and Ghol-
son, Of Mississippi. He was followed
by Mr.. Pennybacker, Of Va. on the same
side.
The most important report of the
day, was one from Mr.. Wise Of Vir-
ginia, as Chairman Of the Select Com
mittee chosen some days since to con.
slider the propriety of so altering the =
Constitution Of the United States that
the President shall not have power to
appoint members Of Congress to office,
while members, or for two years after
they cease to be members. Mr.. Wise
made his report in the form of two Joint
resolutions, which he said were unani-
moasly agreed upon by the Select Com
mittee.
The Resolutions were twice read and
sent to the Committee Of the Whole a.
mong the orders Of the day.
Another SUB TREAsuRY BANx Rux
DIFF. We learn that Mr.. KIinepeeler,
pr some similar name, postmaster at Liz
Derty, Montgomery county, in this State,
after peeling the bal k off fmost ofthe Van