Litchfield enquirer., 1838-12-20
THE ENQUIRER.
LlTCHFIELD, DEC'R 20. Is3s.

occurred of much importance. The standing com mittees were duly appointed, and announced. They do not vary much from last year. In the House, there was considerable excitement one or two days occa- stoned by the presentation of sundry resolutions touch- ing the Abolition question by MT. AthertOn of New Hampshire going the whole figure with the Southern notions upon this subject. It is believed they were prepared in accordance wiIh caucus of tie loco loco members of Congress previously held, in order that the administration might gather strength among the slavcholdng Statcs-it having lost nearly all the nor,h The resolutions passed by different ma juri,ies- -sorne of them, which contained trnsms which nobody would he found to attempt to contro- vert, by nearly unanimous vote, and others by about l3O to TO- The following are the resolutions as they were passed
 Resolued. That this Government is of limited pow CTS, and that by the Constitution f the United States Congress has jurisdiction whatever over the insti- tuition of Slavery in the several States Of the ConIco
 Resolued, That petitions for the abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia and the TeTrtores ot the United Staes and against the removal ot slaves from one State anniher, are part of plan or operauons set on foot to effect the institution ot Slavery m the several S;ntcs and thus indirectly to destroy that n stitution within ilieir several limits.
 ResoLred That Congress las no right 10 do that ln directly which i, cannot do directly, and that the ag ,aton tf the subject of Slavery in the District of Co
 mmbia, or in the Territories, as means or with the view of disturbing overhrowing that institution Tn the several States dins the true spirit and mean ing of the Constitution, infringement ot the rights of the States affected, and breach ot the public faith on which they entered into this Contederacy;
 Resolped, That the ConsHtion rests an the broad principles of equality among the members of tlls con federacy and that Congress- in the exercise of It's ac knowledged powers, has no right to dlscrImnate be- tween the institutions of portion O the States or another, with view of aboisEIfng the one or pronot- ing Ihe other. z Congress abolish Slavery in the District ot Coium- ba or the Territories, or prohibit the removal o Slaves from State tn State, or 10 dlScrmnate between the Constitutions of portion of the Contederacy and another. with he views atoresal are m YIoa.lon of tie Constitutional principles on which the Union o these States and beynnd the jurisdiction o Co gress and that every petition, memoral Tesoiutioi proposition or paper touching T relating 'n any way CT to any extent whatever, 10 Slavery as atoresald the abolition thereof, shall on the presentation thereof without any further action thereor be laid on tue ta bIe without printing, reading, debate or reference
 These resolutions were, of course, opposed by Mi Adams in his generally i'rpossioned strain. and by many other members from the north, as well as some from the south. MT. Wise of Va. made some remarks against them, as, coming from northern doDghnrc l,e did not know what it all meant but he as well as all others were cut of from debating them upon ther merits the Jreoious question having been called hy hr A.heron also anos, immediately upon their presen ta.ion Mir ". refused to vote at all. Considerable confusion prevailed, but tlle resolutions were finally all passed by large maj,rities. The delegation from Connecticut were divided, Messrs. Haley and Ing ham voting against. the others for ;l,cm
 la the Senate, little ofimpor,ance has transpircd.- The subjcc. of the Public Lands incidentally being brought up. spirited debate took place, in which most of the lions took part Messrs. Clay, Calhoun, Preston, Benton, &c, but decisive action was had. In general no, much important businessi acted upon until after the Christmas holidays.
 Pennsylran,a.- intended :his week 10 have given full history of the difficulties which have ta- ken place in e Legislature of this State from day to day, hut found it would occupy 100 much space for our little sheet. We have therefore only given sum- mary account extrnctcf from the Hartford Courier, and the Senators statement of what transpred in their body the first week. The papers from day to day contain long end in many cases contradictory statements so that il is difficult 10 say where the truth lies Ono thing however IS ccrain-tl,at in the mob which has attempted to ovcrawe and put down the members of the legislature, there no Whigs-'ley at least have kept alees from the attempts to prevent legislation by force. Gosded on as tl,ey may have been by their opponents they have not attempted to retaa;e except by fair argumeut-ihe weapons of truth and candor--and have heen dcsirous that the law and justice should be enforced. ss,a
 On Tuesday of last week. the two houses ccnven ed together long enough tfTe votes for and against the adoption of te. new Constitution It np pears that it is adopted by about l20O majority only B; this, Gov. RtDer continues in office nn.ii the sec ond Tuesday in Jannary next On subsequent day, 'he votes for Governor were also cavassed, by which it appears that Porter had .325 votes. and Riner l27,s2l-,naorty ios Porter only 5492. This majori " would we presume le increased for GOO if all the votes of Philadelphia County to be included. Committees have been appointed foinvesgatc which sets of candidates entitled to seats from the con- tested senatorial districts, but nof learn, have such mensnres been yet taken in the house ef representatives We rns, however that the reign of anarchy will soon he over, and that the people of Pennsylvania will soon be restored to iher reason.
 Iadiann.-The Legislature of this State attempted on the 7th and 3rh inst to choose Senator to Con- gress in place of Mir. Tipton whose term expires the 4.h of March next. Eight hallotings took place the
 first day. and eleven the second. On the last ballot ing the votes were, for BInke (whig Noble (whg) 44-Howard loco, go Postponed to the ll.h.
 PafTiofism.-Anoherfo fool-hnrdy incurslon into Can- ada in the neighborliood of Detroit has met with most signal over,hrow-ahout equal to that at Pres cot,, except more made their escape. We trust this will be the last outbreak until it is asceriained that she Canadians themselves desire the liberty which some Ameoan patriots are endeavoring to effect for fhem In thislas incursion it does not appear that single individual from Canada showed any disposi- 'ion to join the invaders. though such story was first started. See preceding page.
 MT. Benjamin Mason. of this town. butchered on Tuesday last two Pigs eightmon.hs and twenty days