The North-Carolina standard., 1841-09-08


amendment was agreed TO-
The Senate returned the Forti6cation bill. in
sisling upon its second and fourth amendments
d1saoreed TO by the House. viz to appropriate
100000 for surveys and $4,000 for national
armorv; several other bills were returned concur
red in. The House adjourned without coming
to any decision.
the Post Office Department on the Treasury Tor
support. occupied the greater portion OF the days
session The bill provides $497,647 for the
Post Office service out of the money raised
through the customs and amendment was
tackled to it, in the course of the day. giving th'r-
teen additional clerks TO the bureau o. Auditor
of the Department. This is novel state oil
things in our Government. The Post Ohce
Department once paid revenue into the treasury
The new tax bill was taken up at the close OF
the dav.
The House, on the lst, was chlehy occupied
with the Fertilization Bill.
In the Senate, Sept. /. the Tax Bill was lald
aside to make way for the Bank Bill. Mr..
Allen, OF Ohio, gave notice that he would IN
troduce bill to repeal the tea and coffee TAG
and the lana Distribution. on the first favorable
opportunity after these correlative measures were
adopted. The tax bill being laid aside. Mr.
Berrien made speech In favor OF the Bank
bill, which was responded to by MIR. RiVes.-
Various amendments were offered to The Oil oy
Messrs Benton, Walker, and Allen. They
were all rejected by Il strict party vote. The
amendments being disposed Of, and the question
about to be taken on engrossment. Mr.. Archer
said he desired to speak on the bill. and moved
an adjournment II was voted against by the
Democra ratio side of the chamber. and the ques-
ton on the bill deferred by the vote OF the Fed
eral majority exclusively.
OF the proceedings in the Senate on the I'd
inst, the Globe says:
The discussion, or rather the dissension on
the Bank bill. was 2rotracled to so late an hour
that we have scarce moment left to give an
account of it.
MIR. Archer opened the day with finespnn
argument to prove--frst. that a National Bank
to discount promiSSOry notes, was the most dan
gerous, fatal despotism that ever reared its crest
among free people But he argued that
National Bank to discount promiSsory bills of
exchange, was the mos; benefcent. useful ln-
stitution that could be devised. The one he
pronounced abhorrent to the Constitution, as to
every principle of lIberty-the other. the very
thing 10 save the Constitution. in its last gasp
from contending parties. The first in discount
ing promissory notes 10 the amount of seventy
millions. issuing paper currency, had all the
property ofthe nation subject to its sway-had
every mischief in its power; the latter, in dis
counting promissory bills Of exchange to the
amount OF seventy millions. and issuing cur
rency for the nation, had no power to do harm,
but vast deal of good. This was the whole
drift of Mr.. Archer's argument.
He was answered by MIR. Buchanan in an
argument of great ability. in which the two
Banks were compared, and the kite-flying facili-
ties and powers of the Bank discountiug bills of
exchange, instead Of the ordinary bills, were
shown by the well established history of this
sort of dealing to be. in every shape, WORST
II would be On usurious. specializing, political
constrivance, having the very worst features of
the banking system.
On the close of Mr.. Buchanan's speech, Mr..
Clay of Kentucky took the floor. and made
dead set at the President OF the u S. To make
his attack he laid hold ofsug gestons first thrown
out by Mr.. Archer, that the President would pro-
badly veto the new bill, aud OF a disclaimer on
the part of Mr.. uchanan, that he had not ac-
cess at present to the Presidents opinions add
ing. in jocose vein, that he might hereater.-I
This. Mr.. Clay chose to construe into an inti-
nation that the President meant 10 desert his
party; and on this shallow pretext, (Which Mr..
Clay TO cover his arrogance, supposed impossi-
ble) he visited on Mr.. Tyler the most unspar-
ing philippe ever delivered in the Senate. This
called out vindicaton in behalf OF the Chief
Magistrate from all sides in the Senate. and pro-
tracted the debate until near nigh. The state
of parties and party feeling in Congress was
fully developed in it; and for that reason, and its
great ability, it will be interesting and import
ant to be reported to the country. Mr.. Calhoun,
MIR. Walker, Mr.. Wright. MIR. Rives. Mr.. Pres
ton, Mr.. King. and Mr.. Linn. took part in it.
The design of Mr.. Clay in giving this new
direction to the debate, was made manifest at the
close of it. The argument of the measure was
closed in the two morning speeches. Through
out the rest of The day 1t was not touched on and
in fact, no one proposed to discuss question a.
gain which was fully discussed in the first bill.
Mr. Pierce, in behalf of the Democrat, party,
declined further debate, and waived the right Of
opposition, to get the vote. He said he had the
floor something like an hour ago, but yielded it
10 his friend from New York. LMr. Wright.l-
He chose to consult the disposition of his friends
on both sides of the chamber; and if they. at this
late hour of the day. and period of the session,
would have heard him with patience he would
have made some reply to the very extraordinary
remarks Of the Senator from Virginia, [Mr |
RiVes] He had heard in that Chamber the
course and conduct of the two preceding Presi-
dents, past and present. animadverted upon in no
terms, and the future acts OF one anti
cipGted, in language the most caustic and severe
But in the estimation of the Senator from Vir.
o inia the honr had arrived when a n onnrovina