Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-21

information hy prohibiting resolutions of inquiry on the sHiJeCts which might bc brnagA before them N tad placed desk d si oi the subjects winch Congress would be permitted I0 egishte upon, and here resolution to prevent them 1JH talking on any other sbject. lie gave nntiCe he Mas not to be gagged, and would eXpiess his sentiments heel! and fully on every susjeet that was presented.
 Mr. lay replied tie diverted to the Lime con suWed n debating useless questions, which could lead practical results, and insanced ihe debate re-
 pecng the transfer of Gen. Aihuckle If this course rresistet m, the session would he interminabe Next week bill would bc brought to charter United States Bank, consisting of perhaps, thrty-hSe or forty sections. Ii the morning hour was consumed in de- batng resolutions, most oi them oi mere curiosity, would take them months to get through with the pub- lc business. lie trusted there no Senator there who wished the session protracted beyoud July The country the agonised country wanted actlon and she had right expect that they would act not talk.
 Mr. Calhoun opposed the resolution as high han ded attempt 10 gag the minority of the body, the Rep resentatSes of sovereign States of the Union, and dearm them of the most efficient of protecting the rights of the august constituency they represented He pronounced that Il was more fatal suppression of the freedom of public scrutiny, than that which led on the despotc career of the elder Adams; and that beng done at moment when everydangerous, every monstrous scheme which Federalism had devised from the heginning crush and extIngush the Democratic principles inherent in institutions returning to life he looked upon the proposition as one of most
 
 lucky would withdraw his resolution. Mr. Clay-Question Question l sIan't with draw it, sir.
 MT. Cahoun--Then I move to lay it on the table. The question was taken by dividing, and some whgs stood up in favor of laying il the table; but
 the yeas and nays having been called they fell back into the traces, and the motion to lay on the table l was lost--l9 to 27.
 | MT. Allen of Ohio, then opposed the resolution with great energy and ability. He said il was the despotic will of man attempting to letter the free | action of body which palsied befOre.-
 Great measures were brought before them proposing a complete and radical change in the action of the l Government the time in which these were to be dis | cussed and perfected was marked out-and limited l not beyond the month of July-and here all l tempt to force these great and important measures
 through this body by subvertng the ndubitable
 and inestmabe rights of the senatorial minority. and
 through them the democratic party all the conii- | nent
 | The debate was further continued by Messs. Bu-
 chanan, King, Young, Calhoun, and Clay of Alaba. l ma, in opposition to the resolution; and Messrs
 Clay of Kentucky and Bayard in it's favor; and even-
 tualy, Mir. Clay perceivng the unwiingness of some
 of the conscientious of his party to this | most unnecessary and tyrannical rule, accepted a | modification, which made it almost word for word l the with the existing rule of the Senate, and | the resolution then passed 1 The Chair then presented report from the Secre-
 tary of the Treasury containing his plan of Fiscal | Agent, which read.
 l On motion of Mir. Clay, of Kentucky, the report and accompanying bill were referred to the Select Committee on the subject, and 800 additional copies ordered be printed.
 The bill to distribute the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the States, was read second time and referred to the Committee the Public Lands.
 On motion of Mir. Preston, the Senate then pro- ceeded to the election of Chaplain, and the Rev. Septmus Tuson, of the Presbyterian Church, was elected.
 On the motion of Mir. Preston, the subject of Mr. Webster's correspondence with the British Mn,s- ter was postponed until Monday, and the Senate ad- journed.
 In the House several abolition petitions were pre- sented, which gave rise to angry remarks, and occa- stoned much loss of time. During the sitting the yeas and nays called several times, and each call occupying 30 minutes, three hours and a halt were thus wasted. Towards the close of the sitting, when more than one-thrd of the members were ab- sent from the House, the Select Committee for re- l yisng the rules, made report The report was ac- companied by resolutions proposing to conine the action of the House at the present session, the sideration of subjects specially referred to it in the
 Presidents message, except in case Congress should | hInk proper, that of general bankrupt law Also,
 that all petitions not relating the above subjects, be laid on the table their prosecution, and no ac- | ton had thereon at the present session. These resolutions, by rather stringent course of action were forced through, and at o'clock the House adjourned.