Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1841-02-18
Correspondence Of The Charleston Courier.
WASHINGTON, Feb. q.

!. conservative came out openly and expli
city against all tho leading measures o
the whig par,y-viz. Bank, Tariff. Dislri
button, &c. lie coucurs with them in one
point only-the repeal of the Sub Treas
ury, and he wishes to fall back upon the
State Banks, as the fiscal agents of the
government.
II is remarkable how much disscnsior
has already appeared i'll The ranks Of those
who brought Gen. Harrison into power
But as yet, these gentlemen. with all their
variant views. appear 10 tolerate this iali.
tu,le of opinion among each other, and ac-
cordiugiy, to treat each other with due
respect and kindness.
How il will DC during the extra session,
we cannot tell /; but it may be supposed
that The breach will daily become wider.
IF Mr. Adams views can be considered
as in any way, the exponent of the feel
ings of a portion of The wings, there is a
prospec, of any thing but harmony among
them.
In The Senate, the Bankrupt I'LL was
taken up.
Feb. 5.
The National lntcllisencer contains this
morning, all elaborate and apparently well
considered document, setting forth the ne
cessily of an immediate session of the
twenty seventh Congress. This paper. or
as some call it, proclamation, declares that
The people wiIIcd The extra session, when
they wiled Il new administration; and
that the policy of Mr.. Van Eurcn must
expire with his term Of Office. This doc
umcnl is said 10 express the opinions of The
friends cI the new administration in the
Senate The Harrison members in The
House had also had a caucus on Inc sub
.icct, but were not so well united, in favor
Of the extra session. Afler all, as old Mr..
Adams said, The members appear TO forget
that they have no power to call an extra
session or prevent one, for the ConsliIu-
lion leaves that matter to the discretion of
:hc President. lie must determine upon
the expedicncy Of convcning Congress, af-
Ter full survey of the whole ground, and
must act, in this respect, entirely upon his
own responsibility.
There appears little doubt, however, that
General Harrison will sec fit to convene
Congress at very carly day. The coun-
try has certainly reached an important cri-
sis in respect to lis policy. The land ques-
ton must be sclllcd; The tariff must be re-
modelled; The deficit in the revenue must
be supplied; the bank question must be
decided; aud the bankrupt question must
be disposed of. All these matters press at
once on The new administration, and they
might as well he met at once and settled
i'll some way. They will occupy more
would allow for their consideration, provid-
ed ordinary legislative business were to be
taken up.
In The House, to day, The treasury note
bill was reported from the Committee of
the Whole.
Mr.. Wisc's amendment, providing That
the ncw administration shall have Fl We mill
lions clcnr after tho f'urrfi of March, wi
prevail, and afford ample means to carry
Oh the government Till The tariff can be
modified.
The Scnac did not take up the bank.
rupl bill to-day. The motion now pend
ing, and which will give rise TO debate
enough to defeat the bill, is to recommit il
with instructions to include banks and other
corporations in tho compulsory provisions.
The Senate will probably become con-
vncc,l, in day or TWO, Of the folly of
wasting the remains Of the session in The
discussion of Il bill that lhe House will have
M time to act upon.
President Van Bnrca will cvacuatc the
palace on the 20lh of this month.
Feb. ).
The wings and democrats held caucuscs
last night for The consideration of party
matters. The wings here have been some
what frightened al he course pursued by
SIR. Wise, and his letter addressed to the
editor of the Richmond Uhig, will show
you lha, sonc dissatisfaction was express.
cd by his friends in regard to his recent
course in the House. The northern mem
beers were completely taken aback by his
speech, and heard one Distinguished gen.
llcman from Massachusetts, address ano-
:!cr, to know "what Wise meant 7" These
disposed to be uncharlabc, say that his
,:reech is merely thrown out as fceler to
rhc cor,in: administration. in order to Sc.
cure place for hia flIhcr-in- Mr.. Ser.
seaut, or himself. I make 10 comment,
and merely tell you the tale as It's told
TO me-
We have had no business transacted
since my last save the Prescription Bill Of
of Mr.. Benton. in the secret session Of
The Senate Yesterday, the treaty with Por-
tuSal, which has been undergoing sys-
TEN of diplomacy for several years. was
finally ratifcd-,hc votc is of course un-
known.
We have had hopes of getting through
business in the House by The resolution to
finish the debate, but as that has becn re-
peaed, we are in the dark again, and have
no prospect Of seeing land.
The Clerks in The Departments are COM
planning of the want Of money. None were
paid on Saturday last, when their wages
were due, and still Congress and the bill
for their paymen, are dragging along as
there were nobody in the world interest
ed. The doors of the capital are besieged
by hundreds of private claimants, and
all they receive is talk.