Litchfield enquirer., 1842-01-27
WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan. 2l.

WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan. 2l.
 Tn Senate, great number of memorials on the sub. feet of the Bankrupt Law were presented by s'1tee" different Senators-nne. tent hs of them renonsrang apains, Repeal. MT. Phelps of Vermont took occa- sion to state that he should vote against the Repeal
 Mr. King presented Joint Resolutions of the LegIs' lature of Alabama, refusing to accept that State portion of the Land Distribution; also in favor of the admission of Texas into the Union, It she desires It.
 MT. Linn of Mo. reported bill to authorize the adoption of means for the occupation and settlement portions of the laws o the Union over it, and for other MT. Clay, in reference to the Alabama resolutions and others of like character, submitted the following ResolUed, That the Committee on the Public Lands he instructed to inquire into the expediency o pro. vding 5y law that, whenever any State or states s public lands, such proportion shall be distributed among the residue of the assenting States.
 Mr. Allen of Ohio wished to take up his resolution caEing on the Secretary of the Treasury for Report on the Ways and Means of the Government MT Clay in view of,he necessity o providing tor the press. ing wants ofthe Government, moved that IL le on the a Mr. Aen sa mat s was sss cnsucd. MT. Rives moved substitute, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury tor Report stating in what Departments of the Government, Retrench' men,s may he made, and from what sources the ad' di,ional Revenue needed may best be derived. The no,ion to Iav ,he whole subject the table prevailed by a s,rc, party vote Yeas27, Nays l9
 
 Benton moved additional sectione, taxing notes and paper issues by corp ra'inns. tlhe amount proposed was ten cents per annum on each p'ece of paper n circulaton.) This, Mr. B. urged. would destroy all Small Note circulation:
 On motion of Mir. Clay, the Yeas and Nays were ordered . embraced the radical of the Protective policy. It was taxing for other purposes than Revenue. apans, which he earnestly protested.
 Mr. King of Ala. was utterly opposed to the proposi' ,ion deemng it q violation 0f tle Cohstitntion He appealed to Mr. Benton to withdraw it, which he did pledging himself to renew It whenever favorable opportunity presented.
 Mr. Woodbnry proposed to pledge the Revenue from public lands for the redemption ot the Treasury Mir. Clay resisted this with much spirit. The Sen a;or from New Hampshire was much averse to lreas- urv Notes now, though he had issued them through the las, four years that he Secretary of the Treasury He is willing to vote Taxes, but bow does he show it? While Secretary, he proposed Taxes on Tea and Coffee, but as Senator he voted against them! eco Af,er some more sparring between Messrs. Wood' bury, Clay. Calhoun, and Linn, the question was ta' ken, and MT. Wuodhury's amendment rejected by parry vote: Yeas l9, Nays 26. Tho bl! was then ordered to be engrossed for third reading; hut MT. Calhoun desiring 70 srenk a: length on il, asked an asournmeni which was carried in the House. several petitions were presented. One by Mr. Calhoun of Mass. praying the establish. ment of Diplomatic, and Commercial relations with IIayl MT. J. Campbell had moved 70 lay on the !a' hIe. The motion to lay on the table %sas r7ected- Yeas 96. Nays94. .. MT. Adams presented petition from colored citi. zens of Massachusetts asking that naturalization laws he sn amended that coored immigrants may be-; come ci,izens and hold real estate. MT. Wise raised the question: and moved that 1t do lie on the table. Carried: Ysas ll5, Nays 69.
 A memorial from the Anti Slavery Society of East, ern Pennsvlvnnia, against going [" war with England ahou. the Creole business, likewise disposed of. Also one from Genrsn, protesting against Mir. Ad. ans holding the station of Chairman of the Commit. tee on F"reign Affars-by 94 Yeas. to 92 Nays Adjourned. N' l. 1f'o""e.