Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-07-03

aog0.y, aa1 a0.4feny. Mr. Ca.luua eaert .l-
I 10 The pl-.5sapa cal principles which Lscumal,sd
a Government, based on the funding sySeni-
taxation be ,ond the actual wants of Govern.
uent and monopoly as pavI Of that system
t from Government Of lhe people; and he made IL
/ manifest that the worst ard most oppressive Tyr.
! amy may be most etitclalIy INTRODUCED 10 this
way under the forms Of Republic.
| Mr. Calhoun sat down. Mr. Clay rose, as be
sad, not to argue the question, but to complain
that others had argued the matters arising Ola the
/ report. lie said II was a mere question Of pun-
ting, ard should not have been dicussed and
IN The course his remarks, made ZONE Indecent
psrson1l aIlnslons TO Mr Woodbury.. who, as be-
mg very rouUd, he inferred was yey windy. and
with this sort Of fling. eudeayored 70 escape from
the NECESSITY Of responding as head OF Finance
Committee, to the thorough exposure which he
had m1ds of toe false statements aud gIaung iln-
posture attempted by the Secretary OF The Treas
ury. Neither Nr Clay nor NJ: Evans, (hs col
league on tie Finaure Commiee,) could bring
forward notwithstanding the days Of vacation
which have nteruoSed, a single TACT or eSpiana.
ton from he Treasury, to cover the manifold err
rors and frauds exposed IN the searching exami'
nations Of this extraordinary report Of The extra
ordinary session, made by Messrs. Woodbury..
Wright aad Calhoun. ~ Mr. Cay's remarks, by
which he sought TO excuse himself for not offer
M some defence of that which was the ground
work ofalI that be proposed 10 do, VIZ that /;
was mere question Of printing, Mr. Calhoun re-
Piled BY observing, that It conla ned the proposals
Of all that Congress was called Ia legslale upon,
and therefore presented the gravesi and most i'm
portant subjects Of delIberaon--th as the
Kings speech IN Parliament, which, when propo'
sing innovations, was always met with the most
prompt and liveIIest discussion, 80 the Treasury
report on this occasion deserved the most Inmedl
ate aad The CLOSETS scrutiny Of Congress-. Ii
errors were not exposed the legislation propo Ted
to be founded upon ii would necessarily be emo.
neoUs, the public mind abused, and the public
interests sacrificed.
Mr. Woodbury., in reply to Mr. Clay flung back
his tauntS with spirit and success, and made 1t
appear to the Senate that tie Finance Committee
had been driven to report against some of the
exravagaut suggestions Of that report by omit
ting them IN the system they had devised, and that
they had been forced 10 give up every thing like
defence of the statements and conclusions OF this
paper, after the first efiolt made by Mr. Evans to
sustain II.
Mr. Buchanan rose before the vote was taken,
and SAID he had something TO say on the subject
OF this financial document, but as he found The
Treasury report sunendered--as he foand tina,
the able and mastery expose of the late Chance-
Tor OF the Exchequer, (as Mr. Clay called Mr.
Wright was not in the slightest degree contro-
verted by the new Chancellor OF the Exchequer
t5lr Evans. elevated to the post, by MIR Clay's
resignation of it in having nothing TO say as he
bead OF the Finance Commitee,) he, Mr. Buch
anan, could not be SO cruel as TO uict another
blow on The umesislng The printing Of the
unfortunate Treasury paper was then ordered.
bill 10 recEarter the banks OF the Distinct of
CoIumOla was then taken up, and gave rise 10 an
animated debate-Mr Allen of OHIO, with great
energy, opposing the measure I he Senate adj
1ouhed without comHg to a vote. The debate
will be resumed Tomorrow.