Litchfield enquirer., 1838-12-27

vania-and there was not now and bad not been mob in Harrisburg. It was true he said, that some of the silk stocking Federal ists had endeavOred to get up the impression \ that there was a mob there. But thecry had
 been raised by the mean and cOwardly and treacherous opponents of the Administration at Harrisburg, who fled from the Senate Chamber of Pennsylvania when the people of Penn entered the Halls of Legislation. I The discussion closed here, and the reso- lution was adopted nearly unanimously.
 Petitions were then in order, and Mir. Read of Massachusetts presented one for admitting the Government of Hayti into free commer- cial intercourse with the United States.
 Mir. Wise objected to the reception on the ground of amalgamation.
 Mir. Adams said there was no good and substantial reason for not receiving the peti- ton. All petitions were received unless some substantial and cogent reason was giv- en against its reception. No such reasons now presented themselves. The right of pe- tition was a right which belonged to all na- tions-the Sultan himself dare not question it.
 The Constitution of the United States rccog- niZed it in so direct manner that the point required no discussion.
 The gentleman from Virginia, said Mir. Adams. objects to reception upon the ground of amalgamation. Is there not enough of amalgamation in the gentleman's own State, without going abroad! Look at the colors that present themselves there, and see.- There is legal amalgamation which unites in the bonds of holy matrimony the black and white, and the legality ofthis is we'll un- Gerstood by the members of both Houses.
 The Speaker here made some remarks up on points of order ya .nrs
 Mir. Adams said he was only answering bn x>T ia, which were that it was the wholesale amalgamation of the whites and blacks that constituted one of his objections against al- lowing commercial intercourse with Hayti Mr. Adams spoke at some length, and was followed by n'u ..ao .l Mr. Wise in reply-who was called to or der several times by the Speaker for irrelo. want remarks. He defended Virginia from the imputation of anna lgamation charged up- on her-but, said he wondered why Mir. Ad- ans had not. in his remarks upon this subject been more personal and appealed to mem- bers of Congress, which Mir. Wise intimated he might have done with propriety-or why rnot, said Mir. Wise, go to head quarters at once, and appeal to the Great Crossings of Kentucky. MT. Wise was here again called to order, and after some further remarks m order, took his scat, and the House adjourn ] cd, without vote upon the subject.
 House of Representatives., Dec 19.-Mr. Ad- ans, from Select Committee, reported bill ] with amendments, 10 prevent the giving and | receiving of challenges in the District of Co., lumbia. The bill was read twice and made subject to the further action of the House.
 Mr. Cambrelong also reported Bill ma king appropriations for the defence of the Northern Frontier of the United States.- Read twice and referred.
 The unfinished business before the House yesterday was then quickly disposed of through the Previous Question, and the peti- ton offered by MT. Saltonsthll referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs. 34
 The President of the United States sent q message to the House, ngrceably with the re. quest of the resolution of Monday, calling for information relative to the affairs of Har- risburg. The message of the President was accompanied by a number of Documents from the several Departments, and from the Governor of Pennsylvania, the Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, &c. >I
 The reading of the documents occupied an hour. After they had been read, MT. Nay Tor, of Penn. moved that the documents be committed to the Whole House on the State of the Union. sac ...."o.
 MT. Naylor spoke in defence of this mo- ton, and the discussion of the merits of the whole question, connected with the political affairs and settlements at Harrisburg, was recotnn1enced. Mir. Naylor spoke ut some leng,n,, md with some warmth, declaring that it was his belief that tho Administration had entered into conspiracy against the rights of the People of Pennsylvania. The correspondence, he said, was partial. The President had exhibited more than his usual haste in the transmission of the documents hoC tho n1c Nva | impossible to get an answer from resolutions for weeks and for months to come. But now the President, anxious 10 say no more than what he was compelled to say, and 10 keep important fucts back, had sent half message { to the House of Representatives.
 Mr. Potter, friend of the Administration | from Pennsylvania, replied sharply to MT. Naylor, and said that he agreed with Mr. N. that there was conspiracy, but the con- spiracy was with the friends ofthe Adminis- tration. After Mir. F. had concluded his re- marks, he made motion to lay the message and accompanying documents on the table. The motion was sustained, and the subject disposed of by ordering the printing of the documents. INTERESTING DEBATE IN THE SENATE. Washington, Tuesday Erening, Dec. 2O.
 The imaginary monster. the U. s.. Bank, and the real monster the Sub, Treasury Scheme, have been the themes of discussion in the Senate Chamber to-day. One of the most interesting debates sprang up out ot the resolutions offered yesterday by MT. Rives. the Senator from Virginia, whose position just now is one of great interest both to Vir- ginia in the Senate and throughout the coun. try. Mr. Rives gave bold and manly ex; position of his political creed bolder and more unequivocal exposition than he has yet given to his constituents. Even the whisper 1 ings of suspicion can make him no longer