The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-02-08

He wished TO know distinctly wba, q, =" cenSps
OF the North were, and he Ind >, '"' intention,
that there was any design on the part p Of
body of!he people of the free State. Tue great
their Southern brethren in the horror. ~ involve
war. When he had concluded. Mr. CO. Seris
oh'o' rose to express his high approbo,ion .. d
entiments expressed by the gentleman e" Of hs
lucky, and to say, as an Abo!i,ionis, 49,, ~" Ae
had taken pains to know the designs 81 '"e SAal
that they had no desire nor intention 4, ' party
with the domestic institutions of the son,h "''t'
the States. They wished only TO h. c "'AAl
the responsibility OF any connection wi,h ''u ''al
Mr.. Bolts, of Virginia, then rose 10 49,, 'sa'
character of Virginia as far as one ab,. '~ 'hs
do so, and he certainly did his State n .ooI could
In TINS tlme OF her need He took similar ,,o."'
to those occupied by MIR. Underwood ~, SOpAd'
very strong light the efirontery of The Somt ."
deavoring to silence the North on sub.. " en-
was continually in their own mouths H. "u@a
pointedly to the subject, he brought on, NJ, oa
| who read series of resolutions he had
some time ago, and the substance Of wh,,n' VI
| been published in Charleston paper. Thor'
posed the appointment of Committee ofor.t
each State, to consider the expedencv ,n,I
means Of dissolvng the Union-and wero ,o..'
ed in the true Southern spirit, which is h,,o, Wv,
known, and is too frequently avowed TO mood ~
Their clue dation.
Mr.. Arnold, OF Tennessee, said The sinh, =,
Speaker reprimanding so aged and SO dsuuu,h.
servant of his country at the insgaton Of, b,s
upon that floor, would be one which tho N.,,
would view with loathing and disgust. And wh,,
was the offence for which they sought 10 DnD,I
bim2 Why, he had, IN &C cordance with tho ~.
ciples upon which he had uniformly acted n,..,
ted petition, with the views and opinion, n
which he wholly disagr, ed. 1t was petition h,
the repeal of the Union, headed ,as he was cpdbI,
informed, by leading LocoFoco of Massacbps,,
Nathan Webster) who had been candidate t,,
seat in the Senate of that State at the last eesf,
The blame rested with those who had drawn M I
signed the document, and not with the veusnS,
gentleman whe had presented il. To censue him /
for having done what he deemed his duty in Tho
matter, was 10 violate the right of petition, which
he, for one, would not dare to vote against
Mr.. Saltonstall then made very eloquent and
highly successful speech in vndicaton of his hon.
ored colleague, we'll as of the right of petition
which was attacked so fiercely through him. Hl
commended, and with great power, tina, the Hou,]
had no jurisdiction whatever in the matter. Th,
propriety of presenting petition, or Of returning
was peculiarly within the province of each mem
ber's own judgment, and the House had no cOncen
with it.
MIR SultonstaiI having concluded, Mr., Thomm
Of Indiana, moved TO lay the whole subject on
table-but this motion was superseded by amcr
to adjourn-and then ensued n distinguished &
men Of the beauties Of Locofocoism, which kesh
House occupied for about an hour in motions ,gH
nately to adjourn land to call the House in count N
the yeas and nays, and such "wasting," ill theNE
spectacle portion of that agreeable council wen
Disguised and discouraged, when Adjournment 4
was ordered. 1t is to be hoped that some new and
strict rule may be speedily adopted, to &H No A
majority to put an end to such dsgraceluI practices 4
Friday, Jan. g.
In Senate.-Numerous circumstances were pre- A
scented, from various parts of the county, against
the repeal of the Bankrupt Law-amons which
were several from Mr.. Clay Mr. G. took lm@
casion to make some very pertinent and eIoq"
remarks on the subject of the Bankrupt Law
which he closed by saying that she could
| vote for the repeal of this Law, if other menN'
| could. have not, said no, the heart to 90 III
have the hand TO do it. l cannot do it Will \
not do it,"
The Committee on Foreign Relations reP'"
bill making compensation for French sp0IaO""'
prior TO 1900 The bill had first and second e" 4
ing.
Several bills in relation TO the Lake and "e'''
Commerce were reported on leave, and la's'"'D
Der of private bills.
The Bankrupt bill was then taken up.
Mr.. Clay called for the yeas and nays "n''"''
ing ordered, the result was follows:
Yeas--Messrs Allen, Archer, Bayard' pe""
Buchanan Calhoun, Fulton, Graham, hl"s' NS S,
McRoborts. Morehead, Pierce, Pren'iss' klVe,s
Ter, Smith, of Conn, Sturgeon, Tappan' "OO0'''
Wright, and Young-22. o,,x
Nays-Messrs Barrow, Bates, berrien' O'
Clay, of Ky, Clayton, Evans, Henderson, nD Sv'
ton, Kerr, Mangum Merrick, Miller, r %',m,a,s,
ter, Simmons, Smith, of Ind, Southa'd' ,' %
| Walker, White, Williams and WoOdOr'OS .lu,
lind so The Senate refused to 'ep'a''p' D''
Lao. s.,.,o adlGr
| The vote being announced, the oe"'
ed until Monday. ..,o..ia.s
The House spent the whole day in dl''''' -, h
motion of laying the resolutions OF csn'u'' md No.
table-Marshall of XIV. spoke in favor , ~sh