Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-03-03
.s,,-xTy.sIyTH CONGnEss Il. session.


| .,-tsras on ilc fcieleh wv. vas '"htn ]
ii !, one O'Clock. 20 Com. OF the whole as The (
,,,,i,. order. The question pending was, /
80, n amend, by providing that the
-,.,ey appropriated should not be placed IN
t,.ls ofthn Pension Agents, for more than
\ ,pe month previous 10 The i'me ~hen ine pay,
,s9 that the compensation on s''o hec'"' shaii
4 !, limited TO a salary OF sl5OV year,
m, go. az lie existing Pension System
4 vefe exposed with great power uy MI While
sYKy. who showed iAai thefe are now OF IN
A !. - Ia h,l,nocs. 10 the hands Of these A
a. ooo l1a. which might, under the ex-
4 -. - be transferred to the heads Of APP
i ..s...,,,,r :, which the sums now asked for
&C 10 be assigned
Wednesday, Feb. 10.
Seo,ionian FOG has been hanging over the
- h, four DAYS past, and the weather has
". As near the "Dluo devil order as anything
- an imagine The last ray of sunshine
-. eei It's lusirc upon the city, came and de-
1,r,5 on the Sabbath, since when an almost
r,rnsnan darkness has curtained the huri-
,oe M Clay, in the commencement, of his
r,,, stie speech to-day, which in spite Of the
l,,r, clouds and a threatened storm. filed ev-
,-t accessible nook and corner of the Senate
Chamber, alluded TO the gloom which peryad-
Cd he heayens and most eloquently remarked
rs a had lis correspondence in the dark drca-
,t ,nd distressing affections which pervaded
n classes Of society, and all sections of the
ran,fy Like the gloom too without, Mr. c.
sa,d there was not one ray Of light to illumne
the darkness Our granafies were full, our
warehouses; occupied but in the midst OF plen-
4 j, we were ready 10 perish. The entire cir
4 citation of the country had been reduced to
The amour, Of specie in the country, and the
a entire business now was confined TO some
eighty or eiehiy-hve millions OF dollars. The
country was suffering, the Treasury is bank
rupt.-and even but now, in the House. bill
4 has been reported for an additional issue of
Government paper money ] cCme not here
said Mr. Clay, with unusual feelings, TO indulge
"a recrmioa,ions or complaints. am weigh
ed down with grief at the extent of the calam-
Ry wmch peryades the land and ! am here
TO eIhor eureai, and supplicate the friends of
The Administration 10 pause. | ask them not
to ablndon their measures, but | do entreat
them Dot TO 60 so far beyond their legitimate
duties as TO make an attack upon the Sow
feienies Of the Union.
lie ,hen examined the report of Mr. Grundy,
aod asked ior what purpose it had been intro
duoed The resolutions of the Committee
were bot so many abstract negative PROPOSE
ions, and as well might he bring forth one de-
cllnng tia, under the Constitution that Con-
res should make no law of primogeniture or
establish any order or nobility as the Commit.
W be proposition now before the Senate,
Which declares that Congress has no power
to assume the debts of the Government.
NJ Clay enlarged upon all of these topics,
nd APPEALED to the Administration Senators
% be honest in their dealings with the people.
iN elect OF the report was to injure the cred
hol The States abroad, deny it as often as the
movers OF the Report might. And this denun-
cation sad NJ. G. came from whom From
Sta'ofs upon the floor of Congress-from
ssa sho had sworn 10 be the guardians ofthe
salfs These men called the States extrav-
'ela Yes, an Administration which had in
creased the expenditures of the Government
Ron sl3,000,000to $40 900 900 were denoun-
ohg ihe States. And how have the States
| hpended their money! For Canals, for
Railroads, for Turnpikes and other useful
uoiks How had the General Government
expended its treasure, II had gone, like him
who had paid the last debt of nature, to that
bourne from whence no traveller returned -
No man could tell for what good purpose it
had been expended
III Clay then entered upon an examination
oi the question of which he is so well quail
fed TO sFeak-the Public Lands. The posi-
tan that distribution was an assumption of
States, he treated as ridiculous one as most
sss1Iedly il is.
10 enlarging upon this topic Mr. G.. briefly
alluded TO the Tariff lie was tired Of the
oyof Revenue" "Revenue," raised where
ever distribution was named. He was not
De heightened by such cry, and bc the Rev.
'nee as Il might, he would distribute the nett
goceeds arising from the sales ofpublic lands.
lac Revenue of the country could be made up
u mo ways-by retrenchment of the enor-
@lDs expenditures of the Government-by re-
uee'ng The number Of officers and the expen-
n Ss Oh collection, and a portion of the army
ils could be done, and if done the deficit in
NE Revenue would be supplied.
ihe FLORIDA War had cost the Government
.'O'e 'han The seven years war of Frederick
I,e great and SIX times the sum paid for the
IeHhoy originally. Thirty millions and
MY had been expended in this war,-a war
e.n Without cause, prosecuted without judg-
- sDd closing in disgrace. These expen-
lie could be Topped off, and il there was
Msey wanting, he was free to say that
- saoa augment the tariff, lay a duty upon
- 1pon tea and coffee, and upon other ar
- q luxury imported into on country.
eoeh IN biief, is AN imperfect outline o.
nc o. The positions maintained by Mr. Clay
speech Of Two hours aud more. have
~ even given sketch of il.
Friday FEB. elm the House, soms
y'inis Of order were discussed in relation Il
V" New Jersey delegation in Congress, anc
f subject created as much excilemen, a,
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