The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-02-02
Correspondence Of The Charleston Courier; e.;

them. They retain nothing but the Treasury
notes, and these are to be issued on actnai ue-
posites, to an amount, not exceeding niteen
millions The control of the board is taken
from the President, by provision requiring the
assent of the Senate to any removal OF men,
her of the board. This, however, rests on rll-
NOR. The provisions may be somewhat diher-
ent from those here stated.
There is now little probability that the BANK
rupt bill will be repealed in the Senate. It's
we'll ascertaincd that, even should Mr. Cuth-
bert. of Geo.. arrive in time to vote for the re-
peal, it will be lost by tie vote.
: Mr.. Walker, in the Senate, to-day: urged
the necessity of acting on the repeal bill before
the lst of February, in order to avoid the legal
difficulties which would arise in case the law
should be repealed, after processes were COM
menced under it But nothing further was done
than to read the bill second time, no day mas
been assigned for taking it up.
The Treasury Note bill was discussed on Is
third reading and finally passed, Il to ~. MI.
Calhoun spoke two hours, very correcfiy' III
favor of retrenchng the expenditures OF 'He
government, which had, as he Showed, increaS-
ed, in twenty years, three fold-irom nine NIL
lions to twenty-siX millions, while our popula-
ton had increased only 75 per cent lie UNDER
rated many subjects of reduction and upon the
whirs who, he said, had come into power on
the faith Of promises of retrenchment' to iulhl
their pledges He made statements showing
that the navy cost us one-thlrd as much as the
whole expence of maintaining the British navy,
and said. that unless the expense could be so re-
duced as to enable US to keep the navy on the
same rate of expense with that of Great Britain,
it would be useless to rely on that source Tor
defence. He estimated the necessary expenses
of the government at seventeen millions, but
said they could be reduced to fifteen.
Mr.. Evans replied, at length, explaining the
manner in which the present expenditures were
forced on the country by the two last admInls-
trations. :,
In the House the Select Committee, on the
apportionment ntrepresentatives ofreported in favor
of fixing the ratio oil representation at-6S,C0U,t
giving 224 members. No one seemed to like
that ratio, end there is no prospect that the
House will agree to it. They will not 60 he
vond 10000. The report was committed to the
Committee of the whole on theGstate OF the
Union 1t will not be finally acted on for at least
three months.
WASHINGTON, JAN. 25
This has been an extraordinary day IN the
House. The disorders of the last two or three
days have been succeeded by profound gravity
and attention Mr.. Adams, by his course, had
almost provoked the House to state OF phrenzy.
He had succeeded in creating much confusion
and excitement His petition for the dissolution
of the Union and proposition, for the consldcra-
tion of the subject by Select Committee,
h~S,,1.. .le the House to some reflection AS MIR
no;nt at WIFE, Ia. remarked, they had come to
Contemplate their position. - --7.--1-t4t --
Ameeting of Southern and Western members, |
from slave holding states, took place last night
and this morning, and the resultwas seen IN the
proceedings of to-day Mr.. Thomas L. Marshall
of XIV. was deputed by them to offer resolution
setting forth the views of the House as to the
character of Mr.. Adams's proposition, pronoun-
cling that he ought to be expelled as member
but, as an act of grace, committing his punish
ment into the severest censure that the House
could pass uponhi
A motion was made to lay the whole subject
on the table, but it failed by vote Of "a to ll2
Mr.. Marshall then submitted his preamble and
resolutions, and spoke at some length in their
support He expressed his personal respect and
kindness for Mr.. Adams and regret at his course;
but condemned this act as treason to the Union.
If any one could be found out of this House SO
mi schevious and wicked as to plot the disember-
nent of the Union, certainly il could not be sup
posed that one could be found in this House who
was capable Of seconding the design. Some
nave thought it best to pass over the outrage in
silence; but he did not Treason must be no.
iced and crushed in its bud. 1t might be said
hat the instructions proposed by Mr.. Adams were
hat the committee should report against dissolu-
ion. But if it should be admitted here, that the
proposition could be made the subject Of con- {
;ideration and debate, it vas also admitted that
he committee could report as they pleased.
Mr.. Adams was heard, at length in reply. He
said he should not 60 fully into the subject of
his extraordinary proposition until lie found
whether the House was disposed to entertain it.
He ridiculed Mr.. Marshal's idea that he had
,een guilty of treason. 1t is not for the puny '
mind of that gentleman, said he, 10 define trea-
ION. The Constitution of the U. S. defines what $
shall be treason present this petition and de-
nand its consideration under the fundamental {
aw of the land. will shew you my authority
or it, said he He called upon the Clerk to
cad the first clauses OF the Declaration Of Inde-
,endence. 1t is the right and duty of the peo-
de, said MIR. A., to change their form of govern
nent whenever it may promote their interests TO
10 so. His own attachment TO the Union and ;
he Constitution he had shown in his endeavors '
o preserve and defend the rights guaranteed to {
he people by the Constitution. The Southern
,laveholding interest, he would, at proper time
show, had sought to abolish all the landmarks of