Litchfield enquirer., 1841-08-05

! Madison 10 Mr.. Calhoun. The review OF
Mr.. CaIhoun's votes in IA, 'l6, and in 80,
were reviewed with powerful effect, and in a
manner not very acceptable TO the Senator
from South Carolina, though the Senator
from Kentucky was mild and courteous IN
the extreme.
In dealing with the Senator from South
Carolina, the Senator from Kentucky did
not trust to memory, but to facts. He ad-
dressed Mr.. Calhoun out Of his own mouth,
and from his own mouth condemned him, at
least as an inconsistent servant OF the pubic
1t was amusing to look at the Senator from
South Carolina as all eyes were turned upon
him, and remembering, as all must have re-
membered, the contrast of opinion between
the present and the past.
MIR. Calhoun, with some feeling remarked,
( in reply, that he did not like to be placed in
such a position as he had been placed. No
wonder!
Mr.. Allen and then Mr.. Benton wildly re-
announced their revolutionary repeal opln-
ions. Mr.. Allen was unusually boisterous,
and filled the Senate chamber with his noisy
vociferation. The speech, however, was
brief and remarkable tor nothing but the
revolutionary sentiment announced by the
Speaker of destroying the institution as soon
as it should be created.
Mr.. Benton was quite as ultra. He would
! not care he said, in his metaphorical style OF
speaking, "three jumps of louise" for such
charter! The bill should be disembowelled,
its carcass exposed to the sun TO rot,-its en-
trails dug out. In this style of speaking Mr.
Benton performed his surgical operation up
on the anticipated monster. The sentiments
were less offensive, if horrible, than his hor-
rible butchery of the kings English and the
decency of debate. Having exhausted the
interior Of the animal, the Senator went to
the skin and bones of the animal; now pull
ing teeth like protested dentist, now hayIng
the skins of beasts, and anon curing them in
the pits of the tanner. Those who heard Mr..
Benton for the first time must have fancled
themselves in saughter-house in company
with wholesale slayer OF four.footed beasts.
When all was said that was intended to be
said in reference to the general principles of
the Bill, the clause was retained in regard to
small notes, which was struck from the Bill,
or rather refused admittance TO it yesterday.
As the provision now reads, the Bank may is
sue notes of the denomination of five dollars,
and Congress hereafter has the power to COM
pei the issue of those of the denomination of
$40.
The great question of the day was the in
PRODUCTION of the compromise principle, Of
which so much has been said, in regard to the
Branches. give it 10 you in The very words
in which it was adopted as presented to the
Senate by the Senator from Kentucky.
AMENDMENT
sand the said Directors may also establish ono or
more competent officers discount and deposit, in
any Territory of District of the United States, and in
any State, with the assent of such State. And when
established, the said officer officers shall only be re.
expiration Of this charter with the previous assent Of
Congress. Provided, in respect to any State which
shall not at the first session of the Legislature thereof
so ae % s y
sent to the establishment vt such officer or officers
within it, such Of The snid State shall be there
after presumed and provided, nevertheless, that
whenever it shall become necessary and proper for
carrying into execution any Of the granted by
the CONSTITUTION 70 establish an officer or officers in
nent ,heeoi shall be directed by law, it shall be the
duty of the said Directors TO establish such officer OF
officers accordingly"
Mr.. Clay accompanied his amendment
with reasons for its introduction and reasons
for its favorable consideration. Though the
Senate had been four hours in session, u siege
Of four more followed upon the immediate
question. Mr.. Clay and Mr.. Rives had
passage at arms, conducted however, in good
humor. Mr.. Walker was rabid against the
amendment, and Mr.. Calhoun lugged in his
slavery hobby as reason for resistance.
MIR. Buchanan, too, prolonged the discussion;
Upon the other side of the question stood
Mr.. Clay, Mr.. Preston, and Mr.. Simmonds
Mr.. CLAY behaved nobly, and deserves all
honor for his firm, patriotic and conciliatory
course. So also Mr.. Preston, who resisted
the combined factious pressure of his own
colleague, and the worst of the Loco FOcoism
of the Senator. MIR. Simmonds spoke briefly,
and like practical and sensible man as he
is. OF Mr. Rives and Mr. Archer will say
nothing, except to give the yeas and nays,
and refer to the brave commentary of the
Senator from Pennsylvan who lauded him
for the manly and independent course he had
taken.
The yeas and nays upon tho amendment
of Mr.. Clay, and the engrossment Of the bill
were the same, and both us follows:
Ayes-Barow, Bates, Bayard, Berien, Choate,
Clay OF KY, Dixon, Evans, Graham, Huntington.
Kerr Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Morehead, Phelps,
Southard, TalImadee, White, Woodbridge-25, !.
Nays-Allen, Archer, Benton, Buchanan, Clay Of
AL Calhoun, Cuhbert. Fulton, King Linn, Nc Roberts,
Conn., T Surgeon, Tappsn, Walker Williams, Wood.
bury, Wright, Young-24!
Mr.. Archer and MIR. Rivcs you find in the
negative, and Messrs. Clayton of Delaware,
and Henderson of Mississippi among the abb
sentees. The two former Senators voted
with the opposition, and the two latter, pre-
ferring the original bill and disliking the
amendment, chose not 10 vote at all.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,, July 27.-The
House of Representatives have spent the day
in the discussion Of the Revenue Bill. Scve-
raj speeches have been made pro and con.
from members representing all opinions and
all sections of the country. Much that is
said, is said for home effect, and Of course not