Litchfield enquirer., 1838-04-05
CONGRESSIONAL.

4 CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, March 24-Saturday Evening.
The Senate Chamber was thronged this
morning and during The day by great
crowd, brought together for the purpose of
seeing and hearing the anticipated final dis
! cuSsion and decision of the Sub Treasury
/ Bill. Mr.. Southland had little account TO-
settle with his colleague, Mr.. Wall, for u saw
age attack made upon him and the Wing
1 party of New Jersey, in a six hours speech,
4 begun at noon and closed Mt night. The re-
ioiuder or MIR. Southland is the most eloquent
speech have heard him make, End one dis
tinguished for its good sense End ability
The vindcation Of his past history has been
manly and honorable in tie extreme. and
the position III which MIR. Southland has
thrown his colleague is s.ny thing but an en-
viable one, or one tks,t will satisfy his con-
stituents.
! Mr.. White spoke three hours in opposition
to the Bill, when the Senators ceased TO
speak upon matters foreign to the Bill.sand
commenced action upon certain proposed
amendments to the Bill
Mr.. King, OF Alabama, perhaps by way OF
compromise, proposed as the first amend
ment, that the a23d section OF the |bili-Mr.
| Cathoun's lard money section OF the pill
be amerdsd by striking out the year 1888
! and inse ring thesyear 1889. as the time Tor
commencing the specie collections OF public
revenue. Upon this motion to strike out
/ 1888 and insert 1889, the vote stood AZ to9.
4 The most important vote OF the day imme-
dia.ely acknowledging Mr.. Cuthbert's mo-
!; ton to strike out Mr.. Calhoun's hard money
: section from the bill.
! The yeas and nays were ordered and the
vote stood as follows 81 to 81.
j; Mr.. Upton, of Indiana, then introduced an
: amendment requiring, that the Government
J, receive the notes of specie paying banks in
I payment for the public dues. This amend
e ment was debated in the Senate by Messrs.
Upton, Benton, Sewer, Rives, Roane. Bu-
b chanan and others at some length.
: The vote was taken at eight o'clock, and
q decided in the negative-22 to 30.
g Mr. Webster then introduced an amend
: ment, with some few remarks, in lieu Of the
z 23d section of Mr.. Calhoun. The amend
b ment of MIR. Webster makes it necessary to
g make no distinction in the funds received for
h Government dues, whether for receipts at the
It land offices. Mr.. Benton few in . passion
J. when this amendment was offered, and spoke
e at some length upon it.
y Mr.. Walker says he shall vote for this
/. amendment.
q Mr.. King, of Ala, says ne shall vote
h against 1t.
# Mr.. Benton has just offered an amendment
: to Mr.. Caihouns amendment, the effect OF
!, which was to 60 back to the old system OF
= sound credit.
r Mr.. Young offered substitute to Mr.. Ben
tons amendment, which Mr. B. accepted.
Mr. Sewer thought that Mr.. Benton had Of
d fered his amendment for the purpose of en-
k barrassing the bill.
It Top. NM. Webster's amendment was
t adopted trumphantly -thirty-seuen TO fourteen.
Y 1t is very explicit, and requires that no dis
tinction shall be made in the funds in which
: the public dues may be collected.
, Mr.. Calhoun was rabid at the success of
: Mr.. Webster's amendment, and gave this as
: reason for going against the Bill.
The yeas and nays upon the third reading
of the Bill were ordered, and the following
was the results:
Ayes-Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Clay
of Ala, Cuthbcrt, Fulton, Hubbard, King,
Linn, Lumpkin, Lyon, NORRIS, Mouton,
i Niles, Norvclle, Pierce, Roane, Robinson,
Sewer, Smith of Conn, Strange, Trotter,
: Walker, WALL, Williams, Wright, Young
! Nays-Bayard, Buchanan, CALHOUN. Clay
of KY, Clayton, Crittenden, Davis, Grundy,
Knight, Mexican, Merrick, Nicholas, Prem
tiss, Preston, Rives, Robbins. Ruggles, Smith
Of Ind. Southland, Spence, Swift, Tallmadge,
Upton, Webster, White-25.
4 You see some queer voting here. have
no room for comments.
} WAsHNeroN, March IS. 1885,
That crisis in the political affairs OF Mr..
: Calhoun, which l have anticipated, arrived
} last night 1t was to him notifying event;
but from his manner, think it was not un-
: expected. Our prejudices and feelings are
apt to warp our Judgment. They may have
. influenced me in the conclusion TO which
: came; but certainly thought, that the Sena-
!. tor from South Carolina seemed to breathe
r more freely; seemed as one who had es--
capped from ihraldom, and was again in the
5 open air.
!, The Senate yesterday, struck from the
Sub Treasury bill, on the motion of Mr.. Cuth-
/, bert, the section introduced by mr.. Calhoun,
prohibiting aftera limited period, the receipt
: of any bank notes in payment of dues to the
, government. This section, in the opinion of
its author, constituted the great merit of the
bill, and without which he unexpectedly de.
clared that he would vote against il. Those
with whom he has recently been acting have
!, not moved without system. Their object
has been, to use his talents in defending the
measure, and thens if possible, to place him in
a position where he should be shorn of all his
. influence that he could no longer, do them
n harm. Whether the dominant party have
effected their object. remains to be seen.
!, But this is not the only amendment of the
: bill. On-the motion OF Mr.. Webster, n sec
: ton was introduced. repeating the far famed
] Treasury order Of July, and prohibiting the
$ issue OF any similar order hereafter. Mr..
benton roared nightly against the adoption
OF this amendment; but his believing was
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