Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-31
ny LAST EVENINGS MAIL.
CONGRESS WEDNESDAY.

COsNbRfSS - "WEDNESDAY.
In the Senate, discu ssion arose ON the Exebo.
qner scheme. on thu mo,inn Of Mr.. Tallm,dee. to
'eler " to select Committee.
nc inselligeneer did not como to hand, aud w
make compilation Of what passed, from TIE Globe.
~" buchanan opened the ae by n general AT.
tack upon the scheme-and mos, distinctly roin,o5
out the course OF the Democratic party.
tie stated the objections which Forbid. hin, m,
,ho ., muo S .1 WIN nm irom embracing any Of
N,v .N,'aotu,nsy features cngrofed on tho simple
snoS rNum OF the lndependen, Treasure III. r..
ed That the whole supers,ruc,ure was C;ox,rnn,.,
nohk OF Immense AMI irresi'tblc tendenci. , In ,;.
ehie end maxim. absolute the Identification ot a..
pou s end 'nonoyed powers Of the coun,y-a
perfect blending OF Bank end State.
Mr. Calhoun, in very brief and cl.ar s,,,.,,.,,
'ouched on some important admissions of the Cab
"e, EXPOSITION, initiating against the measure itself
80 ~" 1 Nno'o system OF banging rs associated
win Government. lie sustained MIR Burb,n,n :,
ad MS positions, and declared resou,eIv the n,,"
" Snhn hrmly on the ground AMI nrin c;,i.ss ~,
whleh the Democracy had planted itself !, IL ~
-; , between 1t and its old anita gonists
AIr Tamadge hnvins Withdrawn from, ,b.
ave after making his motion for the reference NJ a..
OH anu the Cabinet exposition. (bcins nfr,c,sI -
eogn. lnalspa,iunn,l MIR RIves undertook to reply
W "ehn" OF MIR Tallmadgc and for himsolc 10 m,
views delivered 10y Messrs Buchanan and C,ISon r'
"r N'es seemed TO take offence tina, III, Sc.
MAJORS who had commented on tho GREAT m.,.,ra
p'op"sed by the Administration had M, ,,,,,.J
1nuI IL mad undergone the alterations which bc
u'u no' hesitate TO say u wnhld receive from tho
hands OF his iriend, Mr. Tallmadgc, who conemr,sJ
WIN MN IN - many points ol political f,,b
modes OF thinking and feeling. lie went M
10 say, that he DID tot d,ub, tina, ,vc,v hi,
continued IN the proposed plan which mndc
VI obnoxious 10 the charge Of being N Gov.rr-
mont Bank, would be Topped of, ii Mr. Tail.
l'"S mover OF the committee, and therefore
lkey 10 be lts hend) could have his w,v NJ
Rive', for hmsG', expressly dscIaimed ali c,yor 70.
INC eSohnnge aud discount operations propo,ed IN,
'he eNchcquer lie pronounced aga INST tho provis;on
""'"o' Lin% the Treasury u Issue pnper tn ,brc,
uhes 'he amount OF Srecie on hand and d-cl,red
n', ne would assent To no issue Of note, which
the Government hld 10, tie cod ard liz. ~ W
Iecm, dollar Tor do''r. He iuvcighed AGAINST IN,
independent treasury, as condemned by the ncnn,o
-proell'mcd Nltion1 Bank rs now an ininotri.
.'''F gave up hrs halfway hnuse-he S,,tr nj
u"nosic "ystem-as altogether imprnc,icnbc I'm,
sun ecared himself oac Of those who n ;,reI ,Lo
= a. nothing Parig" aud iu,ims,rd an iricntion IN
MAKE something out Of the Administration scheme
whlch would redeem tho country from, tho nrcs.n,
ocPiorhhle state, which lie dcpir,cd as one which
uemanHcd relief from Government lie had no no.
u'n 81 thli philosophy which would Leave inJ;yiI.
uaiS 10 take care al themselves and leaked mann
government a. t1c instrument which was TO deliver
inc unfortunate 1.-THE specializing tribes. bank. n,
wei ~ I"uI'lHnl'r, We snprnSe,l from the embar.
'assmen's INTO which they have plunged them.elyes,
This is the Globes account Of the deLate-nllnw.
nnces must always he made for ITS statements MIR
kives is doubtless msrcpresenied in some particu-
ar or other-butin what cannot be nscertnined un.
al report of his remarks comes 10 hand.
Mr. Mangum had the floor The next day.
The Tariff iiscussio was contained IN tho uo,..