Litchfield enquirer., 1840-02-27
corrsspOadencs Of the NsU. York E1prsss.
w axTVNscT TOM Eol,sv, n


both Houses of Congress to-day from the
| President of the United States. IT Is Ac-
coMPANIED BY A REPORT FROM THE SEcRE-
TARY OF THE TREASURY, AND THE LATTER
| 1s A RIGGING DOCUMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL
ISSUE OF Treasury NOTEs The predic-
tion is verified and the prophecy fulfilled,
made by every second man who read the re-
port of the Secretary OF the treasury, not
Two months since. Mr.. woodbury. and Mr..
Van Buren, are forced to acknowledge, what
both would have been glad to have kept Sc
cret The one that he IS mistaken IN the
calculations of the Secretary OF the Treas
nrv, and the other that he was incorrect in
some of his estimates, calculations and pre-
dictions, touching the revenues Of the coun-
trv. I have not read the report of the Sc
cretarv of the Treasury which accompan-
ed the message of the President, nor has it
been read TO either House of Congress, but
I / know its contents, and can assure you of
the fact that it authoriSeS an issue of bet,oeen
fur and fire millions of dollars in Treasury
Notes, to meet the demands Of the Government
prior to the first of Moy. Mr.. Woodbury. in
his report states that subsequent to that time
the revenues Of the country will be adequate
to the expenditures. The resident tells the
Congress and the country the same story
There are many who will not believe him,
four or five millions will be asked before the
close of tho session. Both of these docu.
ments will be cut in day or two, and re-
commend both of them to your careful at
Etention. Compare them with the Annual
| Message and Report, and you will find some
curious mater for speculation. The docu.
ments are now with the Finance Commit.
! tees of the two Houses of Congress, who
forthwith will concoct " an act entitled an
act in addition to an act for the issue of four
million and five OF seven hundred thousand
/ Treasury Notes."
The morning hour in the Senate to-day
was taken up with an interesting little skir-
mish between John G. Calhoun and Henry
Clay. Mr.. Dixon, the new Senator from
| Rhode Island, presented the Resolutions of
the General Assembly of his State, remon-
strating against the passage Of the bill pre-
pared by Mr.. Calhoun, and proposing the
cession of the public lands to the new States.
Mr.. d. recommended the subject to the con.
sderation of the Senate and spoke with
much truth of the services which Rhode
Island had rendered the country in the days
of our Revolutionary struggles. He spoke
of the public lands as public property,-be.
longing in common to the old States and the
new. Mr.. knight before the debate closed
spoke pertinenlEy in defence of the same
points and in vindication Of the character Of
the Resolutions, and those who adopted
them. Mr.. Calhoun begun an intermediate
warfare, and spoke of the respectable
Justly with his Land Bill" He presumed
the members of the Assembly must have de-
rived their information Of the converts of
that measure from the newspapers or letter
writers, which so often stated truth for fic-
ton. Mr.. Calhoun continued, and informed
the Senate that in his opinion the resolutions
OF the General assembly did him injustice,
&c.
Mr.. Clay responded. He said that he
thought that the resolutions stated the ease
correctly, or nearly so. The Bill of Mr..
Calhoun did contemplate cession of the
public domain to the States where the land
was located. II was true that one half the
receipts arriving from the sales Of public
land now returned to the General Govern
mcnt. The States, however, were to be the
collectors Of this money, and though it was
not probable that they would do, as some of
the individual collectors of the States had
done,-run away with the money received
yet it was very probable that they would ask
and demand their own terms o. payment
They would wish for time and acco'"Hoaa,
ton. While there were two currencies, ana
INC CuTT6HCy VI luo OtdLC COuAu uOL w PAAA ,
to the government
Mr.. Calhoun replied with his usual ego
tism, and said that he was not to be provo
ked into discussion. When his bill came
up, he would challenge the Senator from
Kentucky, or any body else, to meet him in
debate. He had no respect for the results
founded upon the opinions Of the Senator
from Kentucky, &c. Mr.. Clay responded
with his usual promptness of retort. He said
that he could heartily reciprocate the COM
pliment of the Senator from South Carolina.
He could 60 farther and say that he had no
respect for that Senator's opinions, past, pre-
sent or to come. Mr.. Clay then drew an
amusing picture Of what he called MIR. CAL
houn's natural egotism,-suiting the action
to the wore, land initiating Mr.. Calhoun in
manner and language both. lie wished, he
said, that Mr.. Calhoun would forego his usu.
al propensties to say what he would do, and
what he had the power to do, and leave the
Senate and the public to Judge Of his boast
ed prowess. Whenever the subject OF the
Domain, comes up, shall discuss it, contin-
ued Mr.. Clay, in my poor way, and as we'll
as can. am willing to acknowledge, &c.
that the Senator from s. C. has all the genius
he boasts Of having-but think 1t would
be less egotis:ical if he left others to find
out and speak of his abilities.
Mr.. Calhoun followed, and endeavored to
make the Senate believe that he had not be-
gun the personalities. Mr.. Clay appealed
to the Senate in truth of what he had said.
The Senator had used unjustifable and I'M
parliamentary language towards him, and
now in manner SO common with him, he
sought to Government, they would delay
payment, and in the end the Government |
MIGHT h,,k1 In
considered the Bill a cession Of the public
domain,-equivalent to that at least, and
therefore that the General Assembly of
Rhode Island had not rnisrenreSented thu |