The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1838-02-13

rr'eno ~ Am no 1oo Of "a 10 49, Mr. Rives has
the floor tomorrow, aud will Introduce MS s"''''
tute M. NJiss;ssinn, Elcc-
lion Lns heen before the House during the aay u"u
has given rise another interesting oGg"'I lizard
resolution introduced last evening ny W. 49,. ao,.,
docloriny the seats of the Mississippi mompe'S NV
vacant md ins,ructng thcSpeaIer to h"'y NC I
of Nlssissippl of tho fact The intention VI VIZ J y,
lion il 10 send The election back to inc people,
Ioiaro null and void The election ct NoVnmoo' us
ueGr"ao H." oinc,ion of August in Mississippi In
tho absence Of several wing members INC uuoP,"r
If his unfair resolution may prevail n.y. ono vi wv
majority, and thus Mississippi, LOT '"'0
will be without n representations
Correspondence IF the Boston aH@S, o
r. tho sonnto to-day. Rives brought forward ms
counter project to the sub'tre"sury o'.'i a ~,
~ , hiu 10 Teorrauze system OF pet pahhs'
'rhi Liu nroViIcs for tloentyGUe OanhS 20 DC Sc
loctod by and with tho advice OF Congress " L pe
ovnres.ed in n Joint resolution such oanhS 10 oo w.
nnSSitn hanks These banks, or any OF 'he'p' u"y
bo discontinued at any tune, ny lhe a, y,ho
,he Trensury ho giving his reasons therefor ~ ln'
c,rliost period possible 10 Congress Dut nose .e"-
sons must be judged OF ana nPProVGa r ny MONEY
,,h;ch The convenience Of the Treasury my re-
mira free Of EXPENSE and their books and accounts
are to be at all times open 10 me lI' r snoc;
Sncreturv Of The Treasury The bi'is OF specie
noy;n, bnuks are to be received in payment Oh pup
In dues; but after the expiration OF TWO years "T
nors undcr ten dollars are 10 be received "o' S'''
| .l,p
INV hank uo;cs which will not be received ana
credited as cash by the selected bank III when lle
receiver makes his dcPoSl tos Inns hi.tler' 10"
ever is subject TO DO regulated ny inc "ecfo''"y Vi
tho Treasury ,,..I =. -
All the deposlto pahHs arc ~ W ~ .an,o ,
coiye each others notes as cash, so as 10 cre"to
sort Of national currency and any punN "i"y ~
anv lime discontinue its connection WIN INC gov
"rGynnnt unon paving over all sums due .
The bill has been ordered 10 DC p'ineu' unu '' -,
further consideration OF the supJect IS 'Poie" ~
|
In tho Housr, J. O. Adams finished his speech
upon tho Gorosza resolution, ana Ho""ru com
inenced reply. 49,, a.,
AGnr tho oxpiratiou of the morning hour, The
Mississippi election question was taken up ration
had the floor. but lie yielded 1t to fre"iss, Who
called the attention OF INC louise y" '"' ';i L
the member from Arkansas stood upon Prec'se,y
Tho same ground as he did. lie was elected IN July
for the "c0ed session." ana afterwards AT Tue reg
ular election in October he was again e'ec'od no
vote of tho House had already declared, mat inc
INV election was void. The member from Arknn'
sns must therefore claim under the October elect9n;
and that election was no more VaHa tha' 'i'o I>o,
vembor election in Mississippi ~ TVS P,""t'''
from Mississippi were sent back, the member from
Arkansas must bo sent back too yet his clam 10
scat was undlsputed. Did moi tho claim OF himself
aud his coleage stand upon precisely as gooa ground
as that Of the member from AtkanSas!
Yell made some exI osition ABOUT ms own eiecI!oh
With respect to the Mississippi election ,he avowed
that he bad no sort Of doubt that one eect!"n or
no III
good the November election must bn good there
could be no sort of question about that. However,
as he though, that the July election was good be
amendment, which declared that Prentiss and Word
were not duly elected,
Patton made an able argument 10 snow Inc an
surdtv of tho shallow pretence upon which II IS
ATTEMPTED TO sustain the proposition OF Howard
'rha, pretenco is this >; that by the decision OF the
House in October, tic iaso Of the case for tho time
beng was fixed by that law the seats inil,
and being full no valid election could be held in
November notwithstanding the decision debating
tho seats be full, was unconstitutional and VOID,
and had since been reversed
Bddlc Of Pennsy vanIa addressed n solemn APP |
peal to the House upon the danger Of the precedent
they were about to esab lish. Dy this precedent it
would be settled that the plumbers of tho House,
whether through ignorance or design, were suft
Gent to overrue the law and constitution Of SOW
ercign State l!o characterized the attempt that
was made to minse mp the decision upon the claims
of Prentiss and Word, with that question abont the
claims of Claiborne and Gholson, which had been
already settled as mere contemplate party trick,
which when attempted to be applied to case like
this, in which the House pnrpor'ed to act IN judi
cial character, no better than solicitation to
perjury.
Eicniteo spoke with great energy and ability, and
held up to tho eyes Of tho House the abhorrent
character of tho doctrine they were called upon to
sustain,--a doctrine which sc; up the decisions Of
this House, matter how totally erroneous and
unconstitutional, as equal in validity to the consti- |
tuition itself and able to p0raliZc, long they
States, or other ordinate branches of tho gov |
crnment and potent enough to defeat all proceed |
ings even under constitutional laws, whenever the |
decisions of tho House were at variance with those
laws. 1t was monstrous to hold that the constitii-
tiona action Of the State of Mississippi was TO be
suspended and rendered void, by the unconstitu-
tiona decision of this House.
Correspondence Of the Ncio York Daily Ezp,cs
February 5.
mississippi Election Tho battle is over tho
Mississippi contested election decided Mississippi |
DISTINGUISHED, and the State not represented, and
according to The decision of tho House, cannot be
represented during tho present Congress. The |
House from three to seven o'clock, like Bed.
lam Of reigning BedIamites, where a might as |
we'll undertake 10 preserve order, among the |
representatives, of tho people. A call of the House |
designed to drum up recruits, and bring the |
members from all parts Of the capitol and from all
quarters OF the city-begun between three and four
o'clock or 24O Members of Congress, 23G were
in the city. Horses and carriages, messengers and
officers, sent IN all directions to bring in the
lost and scattered faqk, The friends Of the claim
ants, in the city, man, cary at their posts
"a O a fri nd n ,.!pSn