Litchfield enquirer., 1843-12-21
Iessrs. Harper, D. s. Reid, T. Smith, J. Brown,

MaEtays Esssas.a
Mr.. Payne Of Ala, Chairman Of the COMMITTEES
on Elections ct his own request, account Of IN
disposition was excused from service on that Com
| mittee.
The majority, able, by its overpowering num-
bers, to effect whatever they undertake, and in viz
tue of their perfect party drill certain to sanction
any measure originating in the right quarter, by
their action yesterday finally succeeded in expnng-
ing from all the previous journals, the entry of the
protest; and the journal Of this morning exhibit
ing aTefefence almost sunnteligible lat present,
certainly as matter of history hereafterl to it.
| Mr.. Barnard moved to amend it by defining pre-
cisely the question passed upon yesterday inclu-
ding to this end the protest itself.) ~. ;.
Mr.. Dromgoole of Va, raised the question OF re-
ception against this amendment, d5@espeettM OF
the House! they having already, as he said, deci-
ded again and again against this very proposition.
After some remarks by Messrs. Barnard, Drom-
goole, Ingersoll and Owen, message from the
Senate announcing the death Of Mr. Linn and their
proceedings connected herewith was received;
and after an eulogium Of the character. public and
private, Of the deceased, by Mr. Bowlln, OF Mo.
similar resolutions were adopted, and the House
adjourned.
:--s WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10, 1s43.
There was very little done in Congress to-day,
but some things indicated. For instance heard
it avowed by prominent Van Buren, mel. that 1t
,oas their policy to get through the session aciM as
little action as possible-that the Tariff question
must be fstGved off to a more convenient season.
But Mr.. Spencer must have more Revenue 1t
was urged. 6 Let him issue more Treasury Notes,
was the dry answer. ! have no doubt this line Of
conduct will be very warmly urged, but think it
cannot succeed. If 'the party after abusing the
Tariff for. two years as sfraud, grievous tax on
the whole country for the benefit of the Manufac-
turing Capitalists, &C., were now to give it the go
by, they would disgust or undeceiveethousand of
their best men, and inevitably break up their pres
emit spacious harmony The Calhoun men sCM
not support Van Buren, if his friends do not take
bold, unequivocal ground against the present Ia
riff, or any Protective one. That Is settled
think stern Necessity-the fear Of greater evils on
the other hand-will compel them to get up and
carry through the House Free Trade bill, but
they hate it dreadfully. sss "a s,,se +,
!, t- iS THURSDAY, DEC. Ia, 1913.
In the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, to-day, Mr..
ADAMS announced the death Of his late colleague
Hon. BARKER BURNELL Of Nantucket, in terms
eloquent, feeling, and highly appropriate, as fol-
lows . 7E
j AT the second session Of the Twenty seventh
Congress it became my painful duty, amidst the ar
duous labors and important deliberations of the
House, to announce the decease of one of my col
leagues, member of the House from the Common
wealth Of Massachusetts,
4 The same melancholy service has now devolved
upon me again, and, at the very threshold of anew
Congress, when every heart should bound with
hope that the legislation Of the nation has fallen
into hands busily INTENT and abundantly qualified,
to advance the prosperity and promotethe general
welfare of this great community the heart IS sad
dened with the reflection that one Of our number,
among the most ardent, jealous, upright, and intel
ligent co-operators with us for the accomplish
ment of that glorious purpose, the happiness of the
People, has been taken from US in the midst OF his
useful and honorable career, cut down by the,
| scythe Of death.
| | am to communicate to this House the demise of
BARKER BuRNEIL, late an active and efficient
member Of the Twenty-seventh Congress, and by
the sufages Of an enlarged constituency, destined,
had it so pleased the omnipotent Dposer Of events,
to take an active, vgilant, and laborious part in
the proceedings Of the Congress now first assem-
bled in the Halls. Such has not been the will of
Heaven. This Hall shall hear his voice no move.
He was native OF Nantucket, small island
Of the ocean appendant to the State of Massachu-
setts long renowned as the mother of race ofmen,
for unblemished integrity for perilous enterprise,
unsurpassed by any other portion of the jewellers
upon this terraqueous globe. In this, do but re-
peat, in humber strain and simple language, the
magnificent tribute Of justice to the foreathers of
the present nearly seventy years ago pronounced
by the most eloquent lips that ever graced the
British House of Commons. The panegyric of
Edmund Burke upon the Nantucket whalemen Of
his age has resounded in every corner Of the earth
where the English language is spoken or understood.
1t has stood the test time, and will be cherished in
the memory Of man so long as that language shall
live to express the thoughts Of the wise, the be-
neyolent, and the Free
j Sir, the Islanders Of Nantucket, our cotempora-
ries have not degenerated from the virtues of their
fathers, and of that race of men Mr.. BURNELL was
the worthy Representative on this floor. Born and
nurtured among them, as one of themselves, and
chosen by their voluntary, unbought snfirages, he
reflected upon the deliberate councils of the nation
the express image of their character. He had re-
presented them before in both branches of the Leg
stature of his native Commonwealth. Those Of
US now present who held seats in this Hall at the
last Congress have seen and heard him here. Two
years from last May he came, full of life and hope
and vigorous energy to serve his country as trusty
councillor, and faithfully did he fulfil that trust
So thought his constituents who, with the increas
ed numbers of congenial spirits on the adjoining
continent, had, with confidence in him riveted by
experience, recommitted the charge of their inter
ests to his hands--to his hands, already enfeebled
by that insdious disease which was hurrying him
to the tomb! During great part of the last SEES
sion of Congress he was disabled for attendance IN
his seat, and at the close of that Congress he was
left in confinement of a sick chamber.
There, on the first Of May last, l took leave Of
him, in the tender and afectionate nursing care Of
partner worthy Of himself, and to whoms his life
was more precious than her own. lett him with
yet lingering hope that we might under happier
auspices meet here again. That hope was doomed
to disappointment; his dissolution was near at
hand; and on the 18th of last June he expired, far
from his beloved native island but with all the APP
pliances ofdomestic love and friendly kindness that
could smooth the bed of death
By strangers honored, and by strangers rnournd."
On motion Of MIR. A. the customary resolutions