Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1842-01-15
Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 1871.

No comment has been made, us We
: upon any portion Of the message, exceI
that which relates to the fiscal agent q
the government which it proposes, an
that So lar as have been able to learn, !
unequvocally condemned both by wing
and democrats. la many other of III,
Presidents suggestions there is a pros
pect OF general concurrence.
Mr. Clay was not in the Senate cham
Der to-day. Mr. Rives was present bn
offered NJ comment on the m ,ssage. ~
one made any remarks upon il excep
Mr.. Benton, after the usual number q
number OF copies OF the message and ac,
tompanylng document, Mr.. Benton rose
aud made lew remarks expressive of his
opinion upon the fiscal project propose
in the message. He could not, he sa,J.
suter II 10 go forth to the public wiho II
declaring that, in both OF its essential fan
lures, this PROJECT was Aagrantly uncon
slltutlonaI and emnenlIy dangerous. Il,
proposes to issue government paper mon.
ey, and to authorize the govern nent 10
deal IN exchanges. These were new
IIeas. Gen. Hamilton never counienan.
ced either OF them Hamilton was for
bank paper, but opposed to COVE rnmeo,
papers. Ih3 lIea OF exchaluer bills orr.
gIna 81 with Sir Robert WdlJole, and il
mad oien pursued since, uaiI by its means.
the public debt OF England had besn in.
creased from Iwenty-o1o millions to nine
huudred millions. Tne o,h.r idea or the
necessity of facilitating exchan yes ior The
D5ncHI Vi merchants, was inyen;el bv
Nicholas BID lie. as an arrany.m,ot e.
@eiPlnS up national bank. NJ. 3 4nton
conlehded that the trainers ofthe coasll-
tutIon denied to the Federal Government
10 can't bills ol credit-thdt is paper mo.
ney-lor the reason they intended ii TO
be hard money government, and this
PROJECT OF the m :ssage would render il
paper money government.
In the House the message was also read
and MI Wise moved he printing of the
lsual number. 1t SO happened That the
OF The pamphlet copies oil the
message, printed at the Globe office to sun |
ply the orders OF The loco members, con, |
AIMED an advertisement Of the Conrres.
'Ional Globe and appendix. The Globe
laI preylsously published a notice Of
heir nIentIhn thus TO advertise their ey.
ra Some OF the pamphlets we're distri.
'uted IN the House by The pages, lor the
to use in following The Clerk
While no read the message. Mr.. S inson
Mason, OF ONO, rose aud asked Mr.. Wise
whether the Globe advertisement was
TO the House by the Pres
dent, aud whether he, Mr.. Wise, pro
'osed 10 include IN the order to prini.-
dr. Mason said II was kin to the other
S range things done by the Presidenl.--
hr. Wise reiorted Indignantly to the
arcasm, and remarked that The repr..
enta'lVe OF the government was OF the
anne character and entitled to the same
ollce, with The other attacks made uo-
n the President oy Mr.. Mason anI his =
rlends. Inc motion to priht was passed S
'Ithout any other comment. c
The motion ef Mr.. Wm. Cost Iobnso, s.
, adopt the rules Of the 96th Congress- u
MIL other rules be adopted, was taken c
p.
Mr. Fllllmore SAID if this motion pre-
alei the report on The rules would not
. taken up TINS session, and no altera- n
ons would be made in the rules, though r
ley required alteration in many parlicu> a.
RS He suggested the proprieiy OF fix 4
9 a day for taking up that report. Mr.. r,
'hnson assenled and next Thursday was >,
;cordlngly liked. The moved resolu-
on passed by oIly two majorily--the
'uthern members voting in the aifirma>
We. =
Il is said that Mr.. 'Ben,on's speech, to.
y, was intended to warn the locoIoco =
Irly against going for Mr.. Tyler's ex-
equer-but there was hardly need Tor pr
The Globe follows up the attack aud in
lnts to the ruinous consequences attend.
use OF paper money by governments;
unvaryng tendency to run into dan. =
rOus extremes, &c.
NuuI0 Eso E,ns,I,t,.., =.