Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1841-06-23
From the Pennsylvania Republican.
Congress.

! the correspondence of the Baltimore American
and Philadelphia Inquirer, given to our readers
in this paper detail of the proceedings OF
Congress from Monday until Thursday of last
week inclusive. They will be found charged
with interesting results. Mr.. CLAY, with all
the energy and activity Of his younger years,
has pressed business forward in the Senate
with great expedition. Already has the SUBJ
Treasury been repealed by tha. body by the
decided vote of % TO l9-BUcHANAN dodging
the question, and STURGEON voting in direct
opposition to the instructions of the LegIsla-
ture of Pennsylvania. The Locofocos COM
menced an interminable discussion OF the ques-
ton which they kept up all on one side for an
entire day; but the Wings refused to waste time
with them, and holding the judgment of the
people through the baot-boxes as their strong
est argument, pressed the vote and doomed the
death of the bals(ul measure. Mr.. Artful
Dodger" BUCHANAN, it will be seen, has taken
Issue with DANIEL WEBSTER on international
law, and commenced discussion at the pub
lie expense and 10 the great waste of time,
with view TO pick holes in the correspondence
between the Secretary of State and the British
Minister. This is all done for political effect,
Tor the Pennsylvania Jacobin is so greedy for
preierment that he desires to make capital out
OF the most delicate questions connected with
our foreign relations. The correspondence of
Mr.. WEBSTER with Mr.. Fox, has exemplifed
IN the strongest manner the pre-eminent abil-
ties and high patriotism of the former. The
British Minister is in his hands but a child in
the claw OF lion, and 'the Eagle of his pride
OF place is now hawked at by housing owr'
from Pennsylvania, whose only object is to
stride into the Presidency by means either fair
or foul. MIR. BUCHANAN was met and triumph
antly answered on the floor of the Senate by
Mr.. RIvEs of Virginia and Mr.. CHoATE of Mas
sachusetts, who spoke on Friday. Mr. CAL
HoUN on the same day attempted TO assist his
brother Locofoco, but was ably responded to
by Mr.. HUNTING DON, of Connecticut.
In the House Of Representatives the week
was signalized by the restoration to the people
of the Right of Petition, and the repeal of the
rule of that body, adopted by the Locofoco pre-
decessors of the present Wing majority, which
arbitrarily rejected every memorial from the
people which referred to the subject of Slave
ry. This triumph of liberal principles was
gained through the perseverance of JOHN QUIN-
cY ADAMs-the champion of free petition, and
carried in Whig Congress. After its adop-
ton, CHARLES J. lNGERsoLL. who had voted
for 1t, moved e-consideration-for what pur-
pose do you suppose? To vote against it? No
but to advise the Nation and the World of
what HIS opinions-the opinions of one who
'would have been TORY had he lived during
the Revolution" on the subject. He
took up two days of the public time in this dis
play of self-importance, wandering about from
point to point like the fantastic fancies of a
crazy man, and was frequently called to order
for his wide departure from the pending ques-
tion: The farce closed by his voting just as
he did at first!
We refer to the proceedings of Wing Con-
gress above alluded TO, with pride and pleasure.
AS far as the Senate is concerned, the odous
Sub-Treasury has been killed. and in the House
the night of the people to approach the Repre-
sentative andl advise him of their wishes, has
been vindicated. So far all has been well done;
and when we add that Messrs. GALES & SEA-
TON, the gentlemenly editors of the National
lntelligencer, have succeeded the unprincipled
Blair of the Globe as printers of the House, at
a reduction of 25 per cent. on the prices paid
by the loco focos to the latter, our readers will
observe lha. the work of Reform as to men,
measures and expenditures, is steadily pro-
gressiye under the new order Of things
From the papers received by Mondays mail,
we learn that Mr.. EWING, Secretary of the
Treasury, in compliance with resolution of
the Senate, presented to that Body on Saturday
his plan for national fiscal agent. We hoped
to present this plan TO our readers to-day; but
find that the amour. Of matter already prepared
for publication excludes it. 1t is difficult 10
give a synopsis, because the Secretary has
used no waste words in his communication.
We therefore now merely say that he propo-
ses to establish Bank in the District of Co.
lumbia, with branches only in such States as
will assent to 1t, having capital of thirty mil
lions of dollars of which the Government shall
own one fiflh-the States in the proportion of
their respective populations one third, and the
balance to be subscribed by individuals:-The
shares to be furnished either in stock to be
created by the General Government and SUBJ
scribed in their names as the unpaid fourth in.
stalment of the surplus revenue, or by means
of direct subscriptions by the several States,
with an appropratiOn of the Droceeds of the |