Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-20
SCENES Al WASHINGTON.
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NV predictions are verified. The bill to repeal the
i, ~ establish uniform system OF bankruptcy, has
i, been passed by the House of Represenatves-yeas
fIa; NAYS ql-maiori,y - So you that our vote
Ia STRONGER on the final passage OF the bill, than II
was a, the beginning The opposition was desperate
h. the end The yeas and nays were called some
five or ;h,.ty times But those friendly to the
|,epea Of the obnoxious measure, determined to let
|ah!nr diver, them from that object, and II was not
united 10 resi- one moment from is first inception to
8 consumma;on.
six. Ex.Postmas.er- General Granger, who seems to
ave had 4 f, Of st. Ftus'S Dance, from the moment
e repeal bill was introduced, delivered himself to-day
magnoquen, strain Of mock heroic. lie insisted
apon il, that The repeal Of the Bankrupt Bill would be
La act Of unreasonable and cold FLOODED cruelty
That, 10 have excited the hopes Of the Bankrupt class
IA have induced them to make every preparation to
,2nce out their deb,s-to have let them look out upon
ne clear field Of liberty, aud then to dsappoint their
pudding hopes, vas sort OF inhumaniy that had no
14raiici ia astory II was manifest that the orators
Historical "reminiscences little obtuscated Just at
|;sa moment or he woa!a have Iecollected case or
40 in point that would have con,Tadcted his asser-
Ion 4 short time before the gentleman abdcated his
oce q Postmaster. General il said, that he had IN
.ed some greedy applicant ior Office TO come on, and
H. requests should b. granted He came according y,
With all the comforts aud emolutnents Of fat place
t.acng in bright perspective before his pleased
1lg nation; bat 10 when he got to Washington,
ur present Postmaster General calmly told the OF.
1eessrker that there was vacancy which he could
81! That, in orator Grangers view Of things, would
| t- case Of cruel inhumanlty. And the same might
s ad Of the ten thousand others whose hopes, pre-
cea.ed upon his known course Of policy, had been
sd % state of pfrensy, and yet, BY his Official exit,
sere cruelty and lnhumanly disappointed. But, as
ave disputed the orators knowledge Of history, will
~, case and that strong one, as he himself
shall admit One Of the prisoners confined in the city
pTson Of New iork UNDERSTOOD 10 dig his way through
ne solid wall. and in The Of night, he so
M succeeded, that he was enabled to get through; but
Us; as he had got his body iarly into the Breach and
us head projecting the outside snufiing the pure
az OF freedom, and cheercd b. the bright light of the
outer world-the keeper caugh; h'm by the feet and
a'sw hun back into his appropriate abode. Cruel
AHs to dsappont his well.iounded hopes of trcking
Tie law, and again tricking his fellow men. Thus,
nave shown, that orator Granger is sustained by
history IN the position which ne assumed, that there
never was such case Of cruelty and inhumanity. He
70 ttik OF cruelty and inhumanty Pshaw
various opinions are held here us 10 lis final pas.
sage through the Senate Allow me 10 give il to YOU
ny oPoson, that it will pass the Senate by decided
majority The President VIII no, veto ii, as some have
opposed. The lntelligencer seemed alarmed at my
assumptions the other day, that the odous acts of the
S'fa Session would be repealed. These developments,
NhoW, are not pleasing TO him; but still insist that
e ac' OF repeal will not stop with the Bankrup. Law