Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-07-29
NO. 30.

- i"S SohSiuc'eo eitucf lOOl or III tpe lm
lie munity Of ignorance is denied 10 him,
!. traitor-a quack in The scierce Of in,e,na
al tional law, orof having wilfuily and know
lngl y taken sides against his own country
: and in favor Of foreign power; and ID,
latter is not without precedeu, 10 The liz,
: Of the Hon. Daniel Webster.
WAsHISoroN, July Is.
In The Senate, this morning. Mr.. CLAY,
g OF Kentucky. expressed q wish that tho
). Senate would take up the bill 70. loan OF
twelve millions of dollars, as the exigeneies
oil the Treasury rendered its prompt pas
sage highly necessary.
Mr.. Calhoun hoped they would dispose
OF The suhjec! before hem (the Bank BilD
before another was taken up.
Mr.. Clay said he wss as much disposed
to finish The Bank Bill as he Senator from
Sou'h Carolins. hui The condition OF the
Treasury was such that i, was necessary
I" acl on the Loan Bill Immediately. At
presen, there wa, i'll theTreasur5 but $780,
900. not enough for single fortnight.
Mr.. Calhoun asked If the necessity was
so urgent. why the Loan Bl had not been
acted "a earlier, instead Of repeating Tho
Independent Treasury Bill. The Dislribu-
ton Bill. the Bank Bill. &c. But ir the
/ Senator wished prompt relief 10 the
Treasury, lei him introduce bill for tho
temporary issue Of Treasury no,es, aud
there would be no difficulty in pnssingit.
Mr.. Clay secuted the idea Of Treasury
notes. The Senator might a. well ask
them 10 establish the Sub Treasury. As TO
the delay in this and other measures, il was
attributable TO the fac, that the minority
had the control of the business OF The Sem
ate. The House had passed several i'm
portant bills, which were now lying on tho
table. and yet gentlemen evinced deter
minaIion 10 protraet debe,- by useless
amendments.
Mr.. Calhoun replied TO The remark o. 10
the greater expedition in lrousacling busi-
ness in the House. How had il been ac-
complished. BY the act Of despotic ma
iori'v rranpling on the rights Of the mi
'y destroying the freedom Of de-
,agging the representatives. Of
ought il would be necessary to
Inilar means in the Senate to give
ity control Of the business.
lhoun would inform the Senator
attempted il. he would hnd II no
easy mnucr TO accomplish.
Mr.. King repclIed the in'imstion that
of the delay in iha, body. The Senators
on The opposite side had occupied eonsid-
erably more than half the tim. Of the Ses-
sion. and the Senator from Kentucky had
consumed more time than any two Scna-
tors on the floor. Blu, he would say 10 the
Senator il he wished to take vote on his
Bank Bill. the Democratic Senators are
willing that il be taken on Saturday, hUs
they would NOT be restricted in presenting
their views on The momeuious nieasures
presented for their consideration. Ii il
should he attempted, he, for one, would
resist il to death.
Mr.. Benton thought The admouiiion
nbour long speeches came with an i'll grace
from fhc opposite side of the chamber. He
would regard the introduction Of a gag law
in that chamber. rs an utter subycrsion Of
the Constitution; that their business there
would be. not to legislare for The country.
but to register the edicts Of Dictator.
Mr.. Clay again defended the gag law OF
tho House. and said il was approved OF by
the country, who were tired Of long speech
cs.
Mr.. Calhoun could mol help noticing tho
similarity Of the Senator'S argument to
those formerly used for the passage Of tho
Sedition Law.
Mr.. Linn said iha, threatened men live
long. aud he trusted the liberties Of the
Senate would survive the threats Of tho
Senator from Kentucky; but he wished tho
Senator would nj once bring on bis gag.
and he would find the minority would &C.
fend their rights like men.
4 motion was then made 10 20 inlo ES-
ccuiive session, which was opposed BY Mr..
Calhoun, rs a violation Of the rule intro
duce, by Mr.. Clay. which made il imper.
alive that the unfinished business Of tho
day before should be taken up at o'clock.
The Chair (Mr. Soulhard, decided against
Mr.. Calhoun's point Of order, and the latter
appealed from the decision. AT the re-
quest Of some Senators, tho appeal was
then passed Informally, and ibe Senate
vert into Executive session. and adjourn
| ed about 4 o'clock. Most Of The time
have been informed, was consumed in de-
bate blythe Wings. in confirming The nor-
I innlion Of notorious Aboli,onis,, which
was not decided 90 al the adjournment.
In the House. The day was consumed 10
debating The Forli6calion bill. Mr.. Rhe,t
closed the sitting by some very elequeut
remarks in reply TO several Wings who
where now calling loudly for appropriations
for he defence Of the country. and bad vo-
ted last week TO distribute from three TO
FIVE millions Of the public revenue among
the Stn.es. He said he would express no
opinion upon the difficulty between this
country and Great British in reference 10
Alexander Mcleod. That subject was iu
agitation elsewhere, and he would viah
the hands OF ihe Executive to bc FREQ in
carrying out their own policy. But j, vas
obvious. from The position assumed BY The
Srcte,arr Of State, N his ate corre,Pon-