The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-04-07
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! following up to 5 O'Clock, on "Wednesday eve.
ming, comprising the SPACE Of t,centy nine hours
the most extraordinary sitting of The house
ever known. The subject was the bill! for an
issue of Treasury notes.
In the Senate on Thursday the most interest
ing and important subject before the House was
the Boundary. The Washington correspond.
ent of the New York journal of Co nmcrce
says:
Mr. Davis, OF Massachusetts, said, i, was now
evident that we could temporize no longer. 'We
must assert our rights or abandon them We
should no longer admit that any part OF our ter.
rItory was in dispute. He regretted that we had
eyer allowed the phrase disputed territory.
There was no dispute about it; there an IN.
truSiom upon ii by the British authorities
Mr. Webster Expressed his sense ofdeep re.
grct that the TWO countries were likely TO come
INTO collision, not on the main question: but Oh
intermediate and collateral matters. 1t was un'
| fortunate that however pacific might be the dis
position of England or this government the
question was one that was likely to tester and
become matter of collision between the nhub
'lanls OF the two sides of the line. lie had,
mere tore, endeavored formerly, TO impress our
| Government, with the necessity of settling | he
question anicably and justly. But SO long as
The question was open t would be irritating to
the inhabitants on both sides of the line, and
would become moro and more dangerous every
day. The correspondence earnest as was the
question:, but on the manner in which the agree
! ment respecting the occupation of the territory
ad interim, had been fulfilled. These questions
would be multiplied. and would be more and
more exasperated and exasperating, the longer
they were left open. 1t was important to both
countries to settle the Interior question. 1t was
necessary that the adjustment of the question
should be urged, as far as the power Of national
intercourse would permit.
MIR Williams of Maine, said for twenty five
years, we huve heard of the pacific disposition
Of the British Government OH this subject, and
she would be of The same disposition twenty five
years longer, if we would permit the question
to remain longer.
! Mr. Webster concurred with his colleague, s.
the gentleman from Maine, that there was no dis
pute as to the territory-nnd that we ought not
10 admit that there was any dispute. He was
unwilling that the issue should be changed. He
did not wish to divert it to II question of tom
porary possessions; and when this government &C
, ted, he hoped they would act upon the origina
, question.
The Message was deferred to the committee
on Foreign Affairs and ten thousand extra cop
les orderered to I've printed.
In the house there another long session
running far into the nighr The Suh'Treasur
bill was at last reported, as it came from tn
Senate and referred to the committee of tn
Whole. The House then went into com
mite on the Treasury note bill Many speech
es made and at about IL o'clock, p. NJ, tn
House adjourned, the bill having not yet got on
of committees.
Correspondence Of the Boston .4aaS.
,, Washington City, March 2S, 1910.
. The bill for the issue OF Five Millions of Treas
, ury notes was before the House, yesterday. M
, A ford Of Georgia, showed up the Treasur
, Notes in their true light. lie said they wer
, unconstitutional Bills of Credit The Govern
I ment had no specie. no capital of any kind
) they were opposed to borro wing, and so they
, proposed giving their notes payable or l;
, months after date, with interest. These note
| were nothing more nor less that bills OF credit
They were issued by Government Bank;
bank without capital, President, Directors, am
; of The common departments of such institutions
/ II we must have such bank-if we mus
have such Treasury Locotoco shinplaSters III
WAS in favor OF issuing them in small sums, 81
| as TO bring them within the reach of the poore
class O + community. Ifthey were issued onI!
, in Of hundred, poor man neve
could obtain onc-As they must become the
only valuable currency of the country, he de
sired that their benefits might not he confined t.
, the Office holders, and the money dealers, bu
, that the laboring classes might also receive
share of these Loco Foco rags.
The motion to amend the bill by reducing the
, amount of the treasury notes to $40, was pre-
, emptorily rejected, together with several othe
amendments calculated TO make the Notes more
generally useful, circulating medium.
The bill was passed in the same from tina
it was reported from The committee of ways &
means, and not single Loco Foco except the
chairman of that committee has dared to raise
his voice in favor OF the measure. The vote up
on the final pnssage stood Ayes ITO, Nays &C. L
, was not test vote though strictly partzur
one.
In the House, to day, the morning hour was
occupied bv Mr. Medill of Ohio. in relation tC
, The proceedings Of the committee Of Elections
on the N. Jersey case.
t When the morning hour expired, the House
!; took up the private bills upon the Speakers ia
BILE, and after reading them third time pass
ed about 20 or 30, aud disposed of the remain
; der in the usual manner, and Adjourned at al
early hour.
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