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sENATE~TurshAr.J.N:1.

4 Nt. AouuAr % liift lnfrOGuceu q Bill
which had ~ FIRST and second reading
KHh view 81 refersnce, proposing IN
amendment Of the Land Bill Of 1871. rs
laat the Legislatures may control, whe-
E.her In session o. not the lsnd appordon-i
ed to tbs respective States.
BOARD or ExcHEouER.
The unfinished business vas caIledsuo
fathaii past one, in The form OF The mo-
len ct reference, anf The tkeA'e thereon
lcrntinued for an hout and half
MT. Bates Of Mess. aud MIR Barrow of
ELous. spoke upon the question MI =
T Mr. Bates did not discuss the bill ae.I
companylDg the Report Of ,he Secretary
81 ihe Treasury a. ell Heohfy said that
his impression was in lis favor Tbe
Report he did commend, and warmlytoo
as very able, but as Fcontainins the bes,
Efes, Of is merit in iis own words. Mr..
Bates expressed his great regret that the
discussion had been allowed TO continue
70 the Chsmber;sas il had, by bis WhiT;
rlends. From the othetside he had ex.
pecfed ihe opp9dtioh which had been
elected bpt moi from The Wings pf the
9k i
Thel cophtry demanded some action
from Congress and would mot excuse
Congress ior any dis My Of temper. and
feeling which grew vi Of party disap.i.
poIn'menta They Demanded hat Sena.
aeotk should be governed bYIa high respon-
Islbillty and high patriotism, and If there
ever was a TINE SO 70 act. now was that
e. Il i
Nj. Barrow took theEe1treme efoppd
70 opposition 10 the Presidentofthc u. S. 4
He&aid be was not willing TO-. acknowi. !
edge the President as tile head Of The
Whig party He had no confidence in
lm.f He1had been once disappointed by
his hopes. had proved himself incoD.is.
tent, ,had#withdrawn hiscouhdence from
the patty which gave him bis. support,
ana had shown hinfse f,eminentry incon.
s'stent 10 Wanifesling DISPOSITION TO char,
ter gFeiat Government Bank much
worse than any contemplated il the bill
Of ME extra, session, and every way OBJ. :
npxious. ~ 4
The bill proposed, continued Mr. RI,
bad all the bad fealuresof the Sub-TD9a.7
suFy Bill, and was presented by ore Isll.
ing himself al Wing President, in Vie e II
peetatlon that lt was u be adopted III
eeuld receiver no favor Mem his hands.
and none from Congress. Ia Conclusion.
he hoped i'iWould not even><6e referred !.
TO a Select Committee, bXthat the BRO.
proposed motion would be- reiee1ed. n
Mr.. Merehead rose ioIspeak, butihere
being disposition 70 /Postpone lhe COO
sinued discussion unKl 10. morrow,
MIR. Merfick moved an Executive See.
WfDNrspAY. Jan. 5.
The proposed Boald Of Exehe quer. as
the unfinished business OF the Senate.
came up for/ consideration and was4dis-
cussed al 9bme length by Mr. Morehead
of Ky, and Mr., Simmons the fermeE
opposed /to.the measure and The latter in,
favor II il with certain modi6caiions.s
WI NJ. said that whatever might be
ihs[ diversity Of opinion. as 70 The cause
Of gu. entertainments there was no
doabAol the fact that the distress 10 the
coun,rS was severe in the extreme. Tho
People 10 the West believed thatihe rem-
edy for those embarfsssments was tp be
found in 4 United States Bank They
feh,-his own State especially,--ex.
,remely sensitive upon these, points !
Kentucky seemed surrounded with EN-.
barrassm ents as with stWo edged sword.
They metihem upon every side vi Isl
Mr.. NJ. said they paid d rate o. ex.-
change hichf operated as lax upon the
people there to the extent Of half mil
lion Of. dollars per annum; they paid this :
at the East where they purchased their,
ARTICLES Of consumption and which had a
mudh better currency than the West
While they did this they sold their pro-
dlce SrSfe5 South and received. poorer
currency Than their own. Upon all sides
iheFefoI9zthey were afflicted.
What was true of Kentucky was true
of The Western and South Western
States Eigh, Of hem paid, he believed.
four millions per snBpm, and such a state
OF things might we'll be- regarded as
iatoIersble. The people of the West had
matted with alacrity to sustain lie present
Chief Magistrate, and had rushed like
mountain food 10 his support, even when
fayotite son OK their own had been laid
aside In respectful the claims OIL others.
Il was sad spectacle TO observe the CON-
trast betweenihe victory of 40 and the
present time q great party staggered and
as il was. Fl TT q
But great as was this'contrast, and Sc
we're as were the .sufferings 81 the west.
they could not coEscientiously unite uP-
on such plan as this They Zee in ii
The germ Of a great Governmeni Ihstttu-
tion, dangerous to the, Government and to
Liberty. Above All 10 bis esiimanonIthe
Wing party could not giye IL their sup.
port. 1t embodied principles dangerous
and great, which they had opposed Tor
twelve years, and which no pressing me-
cessity could make them yieId 10. i
The, scheme presented was a great
Government Bank Such 40 institution
as had been proposed by General Jackson
and repudiated by Congress MOI would
the plan, in. his estimation, perform 'te
duties required Of il. nor was 70 be as
beneficial 10 the people IS Was antlclPa:-
ed. Under no circumstances, therefore,
could be give ii biz support, and III he
rightly understood the Bill il did not
form even, The basis Of q Practicable
Lscheu1e. He, therefore renounced u
fnow hencefosth ana forever.
! Mr.. Simmons 1of r. I. followed ia
some mild and jddicious remarks He
fhad great faith that good Institution
miphtbe framed out ,oftbe plan proposed.
EoneFth.t womb he oktserSIce 10 the Peo-