Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-01-17
a7Tn CONGRESSES SECOND SESSION.
Corespondenee of he Ttibnrs.

~ .s'''""o" ~ necessnty in case OF tho rcnoV-
al or resignation of the Vice Presden, NJ ,ba r.
nitcd Sntes; by Mr. Barrow, direc,in H. ' 60
nIttee on Naval Affairs to inquire into Tho ,vro-
uency oi regulating by law the nppoint,rnn, &c
NiidshipmeH, aud their distribution nmonc ,ba
states according TO their Representative Ratio.
Inc deDnte on the reference ofthe plan of Ex
cheqlIer TO n select committee, was coui,puod L,,
Mr. Hdnlingtoh of Conn., who cotdemned ,bo
pan ~ us every aspect in its Government relo-
'Ions as injurious and unsafe as a remedial mems
We Oh the finances and currency, inelEcncious
ana as political machine, destructive. IL pro
posed 70 confer such power as he would trust to
, io TanI'o place the money of the country in
independence aud liberties of the people. Tn i,s
present slnIe, no Senator could supnort il.
journcd. "0""'o u"-
In The House, Hon. James NJ Russell. Ren,o-
sentative elect from PENNSYLVANIA vicn ill.,.
Black deceased, WINS qualified and took his seats
Mr.. WIN. Cost Johnson smoke nearly ,,yo
hours on The Tariff question, and adyocaied the
rc'srehce 10 TIE committee Of WAYS and Means
rs me most appropriate committee, having iuris
ulcuon over lhe whole subject of revenue, the ar-
Plopria'lohS, &C lie did not by lis vote OPPOSE
protective duty but was friendly to mnnnCnc
lures MS well as to the other branches of Industry
'or an OF Which he claimed an equal encourage
,neht under Tariff for revenue l1e direrIed
MS remarks mainly 10 an advocacy of n sysIe,n Of
re'a'laory duties, calling on the farming and CON
Stunning interests OF the Middle States to come 10
Tvs support, from the adoption of which the Corn
Lh"s OF England, now costing her people in in
creased prices OF meat and bread stlffs over ono
nuhufed ana ten millions pounds sterling annual
! 'Woull be repealed in less than two yeors nnd
NUS double market being afforded to the ngri
cui'',ra, products of our country, their producers
~ou'u become more able 10 purchase both the
! manufactures Of the North and the raw material
OF me south, and al the industry of the conn.
! Try would be benefited, aud national prosrer;rv
restored When lie concluded, '0''
mr.. D Z. Clark succeeded in genne the floor.
ana alter remarklng that the debate on This oues
''ch h'nhored legislative action, and held the CON.
mttee inactive that he had no disposition To s,iaa
debate Oh this subject, and TINT il would remain
| open Tor discussion when the bill came up. moved
the previous question.
On motion of Mr.. Clifford, n cali of the House
was made, and 1893 members were ascertained IN
3e IN attendance. The question of seconding the
demand tor tie previous question was carried. by
Yeas SO; Nays IS the Speaker deciding the RE
| III the affirmative.
Mr. kheu withdrew his amendment of insiruc
llohs to The committee and the question was in.
Ken on the amendment Of Mr. Alheron, TO refer
me SUBJECT to the committee Of Ways and Means.
I04. '0' -'"'''
The question then recurring on the original re-
solution 1t was modified hy Mr. Fillmore 81 as tn
refer 10 the committee on Manufactures, that part
OF The Message which "relnies to discriminating
duties and domestic Manufactures" and was then
adopted without n division.
Thus preliminary debate, arising on n mas.
ton OF reference and extending through eich.
teen days is at length closed by signal iriumph
OF The great principle Of Discrimination and Pro
lection.
Inc remaining pnrts Of the Message, including
me flscal Project, were now referred without OBJ
| IN fIn
House, having disposed of the subject, adjourn
ed.
Tuesday, Jan. A. =
In the Senate, the following bills were passed :
n pm allowing drawback on merchandise expor.
.eh IN me original package to chihuahua and
santa e III Mexico allowing pensions 10 cerf-o
invalid Cherokee warriors under the treaty of ls35
and for the relief of VIM Rand.
iue pun OF Exchequer was further debated by
| Mr.. Bates who, without directing his remarks m
me merits OF the plan urged OIL the Wing partv
10 avoid condenning it immatureIy, as had been
zone ny the opposite party but when the sub
Jec' came up IN proper manDerto effect the prea
test benefit TO the suffering country-not despi
sing the less because the greater desired good cam
not be obtained &; and by Mr.. Barrow, Who deci.
dedly opposed this scheme as a continuation of
the llst OF experiments that had been made since
me seizure oil The public moneys by Jackson and
as proposing Government power which was in.
consistent with public liberty which, iii became
n law, would be the death. kuell Of our freedom.
and which, mongrel product of Northern Fed
eralIsm and Virginia abstraction, he hoped The
| wing party would not vote TO refer 10 any Com
inlitee but that they would strange it in its birth
IL was such scheme as no one who repudiated
n Bank of the United States could consent TO- and
such as no Federast ever yet had the hardhood
TO recommend, and yet il emanated from STRICT
Slate Rights construction Erecuiire, whom no ion.
ger recognized as the head of tho W hig party, aud
VINO, rom ms vetoes, had sub ected hnsefto The
'rldlcule OF the Democratic party and the .scorn'
of Inc wings.
| Mr. Alornhead took the floor, and the Senate
went into Executive Session.
10 the House Of Representatives to day, Mr.. Hunt
gave notice leave for its introduction having been
refnsed-of proposed amendment to the Con-
stution OF tho United States, rendering the Pres
ident ineligible after the term of four wears
! conversation arose as TO the priority of bnsi
ness MIR. Adams earnestly insisting that the Abo-
ition petitions, some days since laid over for de.
bate, were now the business in order. Those were
finally taken up. The first, protesting against the
Adoption OF any rule stismatizing abolition petit
tons Mr.. Adams had moved 10 refer to a Select
Committee of nine. Mr.. Meriwether how moved
instructions TO that Committee to report a general
eystem OF rules, and to consider the expedency of
abolshlng the Previous Question, of re-eslablish-
ing The one hour rule aud the rule to take bills out
OF the Committee Of the Whole.
Some conversation arose on points of order
and Mr. Wise among others, commended that this
amendment was out Of ORDER being irrelevant to
the snbjeci of tho proposition.
The Speaker overruIed the point OF order from
this decision, Mr.. Wise appealed, which appeal,
however after some remarks he Withdrew, and
moved to lay the whole subject on the table
which motion was carried-Yeas lis NaysS "a.
Mr.. Adams them fired with his Abolition zeal,
which to-day gowed as warmly as ever insisted
hat The petitions OF the same character, about
dozen OF which had been laid over for debate,
should he taken up; which was accordingly done,
and Mr.. Gamble of Tia. moved to lay them all on
the table. This being too summary disposition
OF them, MIR. Adams called for a division of the
question and was to vote on each separately, and
called the Yeas and Nays on the first question.
| The roll had been called and the vote was about
10 be announced when
Mr. Sanly inquired Of the Speaker at wha,