The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-01-21
Correspondence Of the Boston .Atlas.


today, were rather unimporlant DR. Duncan OBJ
tanned the floor, in the Legislative branch, in tho
morning, had made long speech for " Buncombe,'
on the everlasting New Jersey case, mixed up in
his usual rambling, desuItory manner, with great
variety of other topics, such Bddle and the
Bank, the Harrisburgh Convention, the Florida
Var, Public Printing, the Treasury, Public Lands,
&c. &c, the whole explained and illustrated by
vulgar anecdotes and prolane illusions to scripture
history, winch the reporters will correct in the
printed copy.
DIR Duncan occupied the attention of the House
nearly all day, No business Of importance was
transacted Mr. Bolts of Virginia. new member
Il man of extraordinary abihy-has the floor, and
it is supposed will reply to Duncan's bombast. to-
morrow.
In the Senate, IL slight debate took place, on the
subject Of the distractions in the Red River, and
the appropriations proposed for the removal, in
which Nj Davis of Massachusetts, and several 9TH
er Senators participated.
MIR Clay of Alabama replied, at much leugth, to
tho remarks of Senator Preston of South Carolina,
on the subject of occupying Florida with armed
settlers and appropria,ng lands for that purpose.
lie attempted defence Of the late campaigns in
that territory, and sustained the bill before the
Senate.
Senator Preston gave notice that he should make
some further remarks on that subject, tomorrow-
The Senate after adjourned.
Washington, Jan. 9, 1870
Mr. Bots Of Virginia. then obtained tho floor,
and gave a specimen of his powers debater
- of which very high opinion had been formed
10 advance and fully sustained all the predictions
of his friends.
Mr. Randolph of New Jersey, followed MIR Bots
in speech upon the Contested Election, and had
not concluded when the House adjourned
Mir Criltenden, of Kentucky, addressed the
Senate, with much good sense, in opposition to
this bill, Ohc Florida War Billy aud showed the
total nsuffciency Of It's provisions to accomplish
the intended object. He pictured in true and
glowing colors, the miserable and degraded condi-
ton 10 which these military settlers would be
reduced. The garrisons, he said, would be filed
with set Of lazy, idle, useless, vagabond soldiery,
without commanders, disci pine, who would be
| rewarded with rich donation of the public land,
! merely for eating government food, and wearing
the government clothes, during the term Of this
vagaLond service Tho western wilderness was
conquered, he said, by hardy pioneers, with the
rifle in hand and the the plough in the
other. And so it must be with Florida. These
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COUNT -would never become actual settlers, like
the pioneers of the West. They would live out
the Of service, in nglorious Incidence in their
garrisons-neither seeking To reduce the Indians
nor cultivate !he ear,h and when they had receiv.
ed the land patents from the Government, they
would barter them fer the meanest pi,tance to
spectators, and brokers' in all parts Of the Union.
1t was proposed TO send 10000 of these armed
! ittn =
garrisons The land equired for these men would
be upwards Of 1000, 900 Of acres, WORTH at least
from to 100000 of dollars. And he asked
what possible benefit could be expected from such
an imbece measure The war had already been
in progress four years. A vast amount Of blood ~
treasure had been poured into that miserable
tex of Indian warfare. Upwards of % 900 600 of
dollars had been voted to carry on the war
trims, ammunition, and troops had been
furnished whenever called for, and in the
mos. plenteous nanner-the whole military force
of the United States had been at the complete dis
posa of the Secretary of War, for tour years, and
yet told that at this moment more than
$4,000 miles of the Territory of Florida were still
in the possession of little handful of Indians
The Florida war, he said, commenced smuItane-
ously with the present administration, and it had
been continued ever since. 1t dark and
| cloudy spot upon the policy of Mr. Van Buren, and
the Secretary of War-t a black line drawn
around ihe whole Administration, which ought Ito
expunge the Executive powers; unless some reason
able explanation should be given of the extraord.
nary facts which now before the country
Washington, Jan. 10, 1910.
| In the House of Representatives, the never
enoCg talk ed about Contested Election is still the
| theme of discussion, and the stumbling block in
the way of business. Mr. Randolph, of New Jer-
sey, concluded his speech that subject this
morning, and occupied about hour. Mr. Smith,
I of Me-, a Locofoco followed, and made the most
sensible speech that have yet heard from that
party.
! The Special order appointed for this day, was
| the election of Printer, but the Administration
members refused to go into the election, by vote
| of no, to GO.