Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-02-28
From tie Correspondence ftAe Charleston Corr
-asS4Wasu1SGroN. Feb. S.

the Cummi,tee on Finance, reported The
bill 10 secure The public money in the hands
Of Government agents, and to punish pub
ish public de(aullers. This is moi the Sub
Treasury bill. Mr.. W. gave notice that
he should call up this bill on Tuesday next.
OF the House Sub Treasury bill, we have
heard nothing. 1t may be brought up at
the heel of the session, as matter OF form
but a chance for It's passage is looked
upon as very bad. The prospect is. thai
the matter will he recommi',eI to Con-
sress. and that ii will depend upon the e.
lections yet TO take place.
The Committee on the Judiciary, to
whom was referred that parl of The memo
rial OF America Vespucci. which asks
Congress 10 confer upon her the rights Of
citizenship, reported, in substance, that
Congress has no power to pass IA special
naturalization law, and the Committee
were discharged from the further consid,
GRAFTON OF the subject. The oher part Of
the memorial. asking for "a corner" in
which TO rest herself, is still before the
Committee on the Public Lands.
Mr.. Morris ultra abolition resolutions
were called up by Mr.. Clay. of Alabama.
and Mr.. Norvell moved tn Law the motion
TO consider them on the table. In some
little conversation that ensued upon the
motion, Mr.. Morris said that the conduct
Of Congress in reference TO petitions.
would be sufficient to delhrone any tyrant
in Europe. The subject was laid on the
table % 10 ~. Some of the Southern Sen
ators wished to take up the resolutions in
order to reject them. u
The bill introduced by Mr.. Crittenden,
TO secure the freedom. of elections, by
preventing the interference of Government
officers herein, and reported against by
the Committee on the Judiciary was taken
up, and MIR. Crtrenden spoke about three
hours in defence Of the principles and oh.
ecis of the bill, when the Senate ad-
journed.
In the House of Representatives, on
motion Of Mr., Loomis, 20. 0i}0 extra copies
Of the recent report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, on the public lands, were order
ed TO he printed.
After the reference Of some private bills
from the Senate, the House resumed he
consideration of the resolutions, reported.
yesterday. from the Select Committee on
Public Lands.
The question pending. was OH the motion
of MIR. Robertson, to recommit the report
! to the same Comnittee, with instructions
TO report n joint resolution, authorizing a
distribution ofthe public lands among the
States.
Mr.. Robertson, being entitled to the floor,
resumed his remarks from yesterday, and
spoke until the expiration oflhe hour, in
support Of his motion to recommt.
Mr.. Cambreeng gave notice. that on
Monday, he would ask the House to 60 on
with the appropriation bills.
The remainder of the day was taken up
in The consideration of private bills.
February, 9.
In the Senate, to-day, the most extraor-
dinary speech. ever delivered in that body
or any other in America, was made by
Senator Morris, Of Ohio. The occasion
OF it was the presentation, by Mr.. Morris,
OF large packet Of fabolilion petitions from
Ohio. A thousand living witnesses he
said, were now brought forward by him
to prove that abolition was moi dead, as
the Senator from Souh-CaroIina: (Mr.
Calhoun,) had the other day declarcd.-
Abolition was stronger in his Stale, than
ever it was. He congratulated Mr.. Cal.
houn. on his belief, in having passed
through the abolition storm. But he as.
sured him that the time had gone by when
slavery would he defended as an Ameri-
can Institution, &c. lie more than once
declared that slaves were not property;
anh for this opinion, he said, he had the
authority Of Jefferson, Of his own con-
science, of his own State, and of The whole
Chistan world, He threatened that when
he got home, he would set light on every
hill. and alarm the people TO sense of
their rights. In short, the speech was
revolutionary in its character. and it was
evidently delivered under strong excite
mcntof feeling. He spoke Two hours, no
Que attempted 10 reply to him. Many
snccred al his remarks. From any one
else, the speech would have attracted some
notice. But Mr.. Morris is known here as
an eccentric and ILL., conlrived man.
In the House OF Rep: esentaIives, the
unfinished business Of the morning hour
was taken up, being The resolutions repor.
tel OIL Thursday. from The Select Commit.
lee Oh the Public Lands. viz:
Resotred, That The Committee report to
the House, and ask leave to he discharged
from the further consideration of the subjecn
matter resferred to Them, and that the jour
nal of The Committee, be reported and pub
lished'
Resoired further. That the Committee
deem it itiuexpedenI to take further steps
on the subject Of the public lands this ses-
sion.
The question pending being on the mo.
ton of Mr.. Robertson, to recommi' ther