Litchfield enquirer., 1841-09-09
CONGRESSIONAL.

reported by Mr.. BerrIen I'd tue OSn"'c u.'S
and without amendment IL u tue
order of the day for Wednesday next.
The Revenue Bill was the next IhlPor'u'
measure before the Senate, and hnaly ue
Lsaud Bill from the House for the last tIme'
Something was said upon each OF these
bills during the day, though word or Two
only in reference to the Bank Bill. Mr..
BeIrien, of Georgia, made the report from
the Select Committee, and reported the OIL
without amendment, with motion that IL
should be made the special order OF the Gay
for Wednesday. The bill, agreeably 70 MS
motion, is so ordered for Wednesday.
The Revenue Bill was four hours under
consideration, and upon single amena,
ment. Mr.. Tappan, of Ohio, before the oil
was called for, had exhorted the majority 10
take up the resolution fixing upon a day Oh
adjournment The minority, he sald' nao
right TO know when Congress woulo go
home. The Session had continued tnree
months, and the daily sessions had oceh 'o"g
and fatiguing. Nevertheless, the appear was
in vain, and the resolution was not Jake" up;
Mr.. Clay, after the Senate had been engaged
for four hours in the discussion of the one
item in the Revenue Bill, answered the APP
peal of the Senator from Ohio, in reference
to the adjournment of Congress. In a Dill OF
a thousand articles, one had been discussed
for hours, and if Senators were disposed 10
debate simple propositions to such length
Congress would not get home until Christ
mas. AS soon as the Revenue Bill (beiore
the Senate) and the Bank Bill, passed the
Senate, the majority would agree to adjourn
and not before. Mr.. Calhoun wished the
majority to abandon their measures, and
then there would be nothing in the way OF
adjournment. "Never," "never," said Mr..
Clay" we will stay here q year first: :" "and
we," responded the Senator from South "a
rolina, "will contest every bill inch by inch
as we have done all the bills which have
gone before" This irrelevent conversation
which took place in the midst OF The discuss
sion upon the Revenue Bill was here drop
ped, and the propriety Of repeating the ACT
of Congress admitting railroad iron free
from duty, discussed for the day. Mr.. Buch-
anan's amendment WIS the one under consl-
deration, and to this Mr.. Huntington had
proposed that the repeal should not go into
operation until December, 1S4l. The pro-
position of MIR. H. was consented to, and then
reconsidered, and the Senate, after debate
of four hours made no additional progress,
except to receive a proposition from Mr..
Preston to place railroad iron upon the same
footing with other iron, except where corpo-
rations have begun public works with the
understanding that they were to have their
iron without an impost tax. Otihe interest
ing matters elected during the discussion,
was little sparring between Senator from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Buchanan,) and Mr.. Call
houn, upon a matter of consistency. Mr..
Calhoun went to the death for the free adj
mission Of iron, because it was to bencht the
corporations of the South, engaged in the
building of railroads. Mr.. Buchanan, in re-
ply, said the reason of the Senator was rea-
son in favor of internal improvements and
protection, both OF which doctrines the Sena'
tor so often repudiated. The Senator from
South Carolina found himself in a snarl, and
commenced with score Of explanations to
unravel the skein. The tree admission OF
"n;lroad irnn didn't fnyor sectional Improve
as protection to foreign iron because il
didn't. This was the substance of the argu-
ment, and woven rs it was with all the soph-
istry Of the most skilful ingenuity it amount.
ed to nothing more. Mr.. Calhoun was up
half a dozen times in this contest with his
friend, but was wOrstcd, believe, in each
neutrality-suspicious., however, to the last
that the free admission of railroad iron did
not show favor for internal Improvements
MiDgling, however, with much of the chaff
OF debate, there were many good things said
by the Senator, though ola contrary charac-
ter at times. He cOndescende.l to favor In
ternal Improvements for themselves, and
upon the correct ground, too, as it seems to
me, that the best internal defence the coun-
try can have are its public works. and the
best outward defence navy. The Georgia
Senators were against the amendment of MIR.
Buchanan,-and Mr.. Bcrricn said all that
could be said, and as well as it could be said,
against the repeal of the act. Tomorrow,
we hope, will decide the repeal question, and
many others connected with the Revenue
Bill
The Land Bill came next from the House,
and in good time to save the character of the
Senators as industrious Legislators. The
House had concurred in all the amendments
0t the Senate save three, and but one of these
we're important-it related to the ratio of
distribution. The Senate were for the fede.
al population distribution-the House for
he federal representative population distr-
oution. MIR. Calhoun resisted the House,
md was backed by Benton and the two Sc
,ators from Arkansas. Mr.. Smith, of Ino.,
Urged that the Senate should recede, and Mr..
Clay made thrilling and effective appeal in
behalf of the motion, and it was carried by
yeas and nays, 25 to IL.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, August 3d.
The action of the Senate already noticed an
IS'PulCS tudI vi tuC 11OuSC Vi NcpTSScutu.
ives. The most of the time from ten to
welve o'clock, was passed in obtaining full
House for vote upon the amendments of
he Land Bill. 204 of 24O members were at
ength in their seats, and the Committee on
Public Lands having reported the Senate
amendments, recommended n concurrence
in them. The first effort made was TO drive
he bill to the Committee of the Whole for
he purposes of delay the second was to lay