Litchfield enquirer., 1841-09-09

has not vet adjourned. 4uS n1'SS'""0'
however, are to-day most IavoTaOIe TOT an
adjournment, and the opPOsluOn We!'OcIs
promise most fairly. MIR. Buchanan during
Inc dnv expressed wish that the business
might be so pushed forward that an adjourn
ment would be agreed to on Monday. Out
Of Congress, others of the same party name
Wednesday, and if not on Monday III all
nrobahilitv there will be a breaking up on
Wednesday. The Bank Bill, it is apparent,
lv desired by the opposition Senators. should
have but one days consideration. NO more
| is needed-the principles of the Bill having
already been fully considered, and the ques-
ton of difference being upon principles very
simple and very we'll known to the commu-
nitv. and of course to Congress. We have
| Mr.. Buchanan's word then that the Bill may I
pass tomorrow, and a may will prove equl-
valent to will, it the opposition Senators
consent, as trust they will
| The passage of the Post Office Bill in the
Senate will be good news to many IN every !
State and Territory in the Union: Inc oe-
partment owes half million of dollars to
contractors, and the two Houses of Congress
have now agreed that they shall be paid Out
of the Treasury. The passage OF the Dill
will be jubilee to very many who nave
been made poor by the poverty OF the Gov
eminent. Upon bill so simple as this, 1t
! WOuIO utTuly uO ouRPOS>N N''O~S
liberation would be necessary-but so 1t u.s.
Mr.. Calhoun made one of his Tariff speeches
in reference to production, consumption
taxation, and almost every thing else upon
the bill. He voted against the bill, OF course
It would not have been Mr.. Calhoun If he
had not.
Mr.. Clay, of Alabama, did the same. after
making two of the lowest, and literally most
BLACKBOARD speeches ever delivered in either
branch of Congress. Mr.. Granger was pro-
nounced by him TO be "an Abolitionlst, "a
creature" "a man not honest enough 10 be
trusted with the public money!" "one who
needed watching" ga party hack surround
ed by party pimps," &c.-to the end of
long string of abusive epthets of a like char
acttr. All this was in addition 10 what
might be deemed legitimate debate, such as
charges of" prescription" "neglecr ofduty,"
&C., though every word is untrue. Mr.. Clay,
of all men, should be the last to name pro-
scription or party spirit. He would go as
far 10 kick at Wing as John Randolph
would to kick at sheppard in addition
to disposition to indulge in the worst party
malice, he is disingcnuous and unfair in all
his representations of opinion or fact. VI
all the opposition Senators, there are but two
or three more rabid, and none Of less in
tellect.
Mr.. Benton opposed the bill because it was
to increase the number of clerks in the De-
partment, although it was to do work which
the predecessors of the present incumbents
should have done or procured to be done.
Mr.. Henderson, in reply to MIR. Benton,
and one or two others who were as ungra-
cious in their opposition to the bill, reminded
the Senate of the spectacle presented. a
late administration had created public
debt Their SUCCESSORS were paying it OIL
nc kosr 4hon rod
should be, they were abused.
Mr., Woodbury. was mean enough to OPP
; pose the bill because it would be necessary
to lay additional imposts to collect the debt
cfeidsed fa1eso or postah alsf rBrftfhfhgg the III
Department halfa million Of dollars.
Mr.. Wright, Mr.. Buchanan, Mr.. Sewer,
and others, in one form or another, lent their
aid to defeat the bill. They were met step
: by step, with bravery and good argument by
> Wing Senators, until the vote was taken and
the Bill passed. One of the Loco Foco Sena-
tors voted for the Bill, and few deliberately
lodged the question. OF all the lodging,
however, that by Mr.. Wright last night upon
the amendment to the Land Bill was the
most barefaccd have ever known.
Tho REVENUE BILL was before the Senate
the last hour before the adjournment. Mr..
Mangum submitted the interesting PROPOSE
ton to place tea and coffee among the free
articles. Mr.. Woodbury., who as n Secre-
tary of the Treasury had recommended
tax upon tea and coffee, chasing them with
silks and as Injuries, was ready as a Sena-
tor to make political capital out of the pro-
position ofthe Senator from N. G. He even
regarded the thunder rs his own, and was as
punctllious in claiming it, though it showed
a gross inconsistency of opinion, as man
could be. More proud of a little popular
honor, than of attempting defence of for
mer opinions. as good now as when they
We're advanced, and more so indeed, as there
| are additional necessities for the duty, he
chose TO ride upon the popular breeze, and
unsaid in speech for his constituents what
he hnd said in Report for Congress and the
country. Mr.. Clay made brief reply be-
fore the misunderstanding that the
condition OF the Treasury demanded a tenn
porary cuty upon the articles, and that it
was within the terms Of the Compromise to
create the duty. MIR. Mangum gave notice
that if he could not place tea and coffee !
among the free articles, he should move for
reduction Of half the duty. There is |
no doubt that the original motion will be
sustained.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, men, !
bers OF the House, by desperate effort, con-
sumed four hours in doing but little, but only !
for the reason, however, that there was but
little TO be done. The Mcleod Resolution,
which had its origin in June, was debated for
an hour by Mr.. Barnard, as the unfinished
morning business. 1t goes over again. and
is about the only business before the House
another good reason for speedy adjourn |
ment. The Western ArmOrv aDnrnnriation !