Litchfield enquirer., 1838-07-12

1 people themseTves-charges them with COT. iuption with being the tools of those who possess the means of bribery.
 Such language as this, used by the repre- sentative toward State, MT. Crittenden said, could be tolerated by no one.
 l Is the right of instruction come to this | When the instructions come from the friends of the administration against their political adversal ies, none are to be found more Obse. Quious in their devotion to the sovereign right of the people to instruct. But when, as in this case, the instructions are against "the party" then the proceedings of the Le- gislature are stigmatized as dishonorable, and the people are assailed with imputations of the meanest and most sordid motives; of being influenced by money.
 1 Mr. Crittenden said he had expected to see more philosophical spirit displayed more resignation to their fate on the part of those attached to the fortunes of the administra- 1 ton. The reverse, to be sure, was little sudden; the tender sensibilities cherished by so long period of good fortune had not hardened. No one of those who were iHthe fruition of the sweets of power, expected so rapid change. Yet the warnings were so numerous, that gentlemen were scarcely ex- cusable for not collecting themselves, and hearing the result with calmness and com- posture, instead of heaping on the Legislature and on the people of State of this Union, imputations improper to be made, and im- proper to be heard.
 The remarks of MT. Crittenden reused the Senators from Connecticut and they under took to reply in succession. Mir. Smith en- dorsed all Mir. Niles said, and both complain ed grievously of MT. Crittenden for the notice he had taken of their answer 10 the resolu- tions of the Legislature. In pile of ambi- guities which nobody could understand, MT. Smith mingled singular charge, that to bring about the revolution in Connecticut po- litical missionaries had been sent all the way from Kentucky!!
 Mr. Clay cried out "name! name!" 1 But the Connecticut Senator could not or would not give the names. He preferred to shelter himself in generalities, and repeated l that political missionaries were sent to his State from Kentucky!
 1 Mr. Crttenden again rose, and vindicated his right to comment freely on a paper which had been read in the Senate, and was to go abroad to the country as having been so read paper, too, containing unjust and in- furious reflections on the Legislature and peo- | pie of q sovereign State.
 He referred to MT. Smiths talk about mis- sionaries from Kentucky, and called on him
 
 He declared that he knew the charge could not be founded in fact-that it was a mere aspersion.
 MT. Niles then took the floor to explain, and | in the course of his remarks made a most ! gratuitous attack on Mr. Clay, whom he ac- cused of having once left high office with ex- ecrations on the people-with imprecationS of |" war, pestilence and famine" MT. Clay expressed his surprise at finding himself thus sunceremoniously drawn into the debate. He had not intended to notice in any ] way the reply of the Senator to his constitu- ents. He was indeed half asleep when that gentleman was reading his very able pa- per. But he could not allow these gross and fragrant misrepresentations to pass without repelling them.
 What ground, said MT. Clay, has the se- nator for his accusation that left office with generations on the people! Why that de- nounced military chieftain and his princi- ples did denounce them. And if I could have forescen the day when President of the United States would recommend that ex- ecrable and pernicious measure, against which the State of Connecticut has now raised her voice in the instruction to her Senators, would have put it in association with |" war, pestilence and famine," as not inferior to any one of them, in its disastrous effects on the country.
 MT. Clay maintained the right of his col league to comment, as he had done, on the paper just read to the Senate. The fate of the Sub- Treasury Bill might be decided by the votes ofthe Connecticut Senators. Have they not the right to inquire whether they are not acting in compliance with the will of the people!
 As to the charge of political missionaries having been sent to Connecticut from Ken lucky, he wished the author of such an ac- I cusation would give some reason for it. MT. Clay pronounced tito be entirely unfounded. Mir. Smith. thus urged by both the Sena- tors from Kentucky, was obliged to confess that he had no personal knowledge of the facts-that he had never seen the missiona- ries-that he made the statement on the au- thority of newspapers in his State-and ha- wing made it, he was quite willing that his should go abroad to the country together, and that the people should judge between them! Mir. Clay instantly rose and exclaimed, "What then must be thought off Senator who stands up in his place and makes such a charge, without knowing it to be true!" Mir. Smith replied, contradicting himself, that he did believe it.
 "Then," rejoined MT. Crittenden, "I deny the charge in the most unqualified and em- phatic manner. It has not a shadow of found- ation. Let him who asserts the affirmative support it with proof"
 Mir. Smith made no reply.-N. Y. Com. WASHINGTON, June 2S, 1898. Tn Senate fhiS vcOrn;n0 Mr. Wahetorso