The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-05-12

TwE1TT-sEcoND WEEK OF THE SESSION
OF CoxaaEss-The psst was a broken week
in Congress. The House of Representa-
,ises was but three days IN session, aod one
of these was OF cupied with the THIRD assault oil
Charles Jared lugersoll upon Mr.. Weos'er'
and the rejoinder Of Mr.. Ashmun. we re-
gret most deeply these personal DEBATES,
Nothing can more detractfro the dIsniiy oil
LEGISLATION than the use of such bIl!lngssate
epi,hets as Mr.. IngersoIl INDUCED In' IN he
House on Monday. We regard them as
worahy. of censure, al least, and, with prop
er regard for The prophecies OF the House.
Mr.. lusersoll. for his conduct al the presehl
session Of Congress, should have been ex-
oelled. He has done that which cannot idIl
70 disgrace him Tor life, where he has been
but Iiue known, and NE regret to add thai
where he is known. he is generally considered
ms being beyond the reach Of reproof.-'LIar,'
coward .sceundrel,' and other hard words,
are what anu black guard may use at The cor
pers of streets, bul they ale terms which gen.
tIemeu very seldom use, and never when
they are not more false than truthful, and
more nassiouate Than cool. Mr. lngersolFs
attack. as might have been expected, led 10
IN. Ler TALON is from Mr. Ashmun Of Nassa-
chusetls.
The passage Of the Smithsonian Request
Bill, ten years after The receipt oil the money,
and sixteen years after the bequest was MADE
by the beneGcent donor, is also among the
occurrences Of the week. in the House. Inc
bill passed by the House il very unlike the
oae reported from the Select ComniIttee,buI
upon the whole, il is TO he regarded as a
murb better measure. The bill is much
more like that which p1ssed The Senate uncer
the auspices of Mr.. Choate, than the bill re-
ported by Mr.. Owen.
There is 10 he great add well seIec-
ted public institution for The diffusion oil
Knowledge among Inen,' but as books can
never teach the use Of books, II Is also inten-
ded tha, lectures shall be delivered TO Illus
trate whatever subjects shall be deemed nee
essary 10 give interest TO the lu-tltuts. he
suggestions made by Mr.. Choate SOME years
since. and by Mr.. Marsh of VT, recently,
have been needed 10 the bill before the Sen-
ate. 1t has been sent 10 he Senate, there
fore, with the probability that it will pass,
aud it is to be hoped that Al may, WIN s"ch
amendments as will make it perfect and
exrepiionable bill. The Select ComHi'tee
having charge of this bill. is composed Of
hiessrs. Dix, Lewis and Corwin,-a very IN
,eIigeut aud just Committee. who, we doubt
not. will press The suhjsci home upon lie al
tsniion Of The SENATE.
Mr.. Woodbury. invested five hundi ed
thousand dollars, received in gofd at the
hand of Mr.. Rusk, in Arkansas bonds. 1he
State seems 10 have received The money win
a misery ereediness, and 10 hare held en- TO
il With the same boarding and mi,erly Gispo-
sition The member from Arkansas,-sn-
io;ing the euphonious name Of YELL, we be-
Eeve,-in a speech made the ether Gay upon
this very bill. set up an Offset TO ihe claim Of
the United States. We did not hear what II
was. aud presume we shall never be so Tor
,usate. but the idea thai the U. States were
Indebted 10 Arkansas, created good deal OF
merritnent in Congress, and the members
I,ughed outright, at The skill AND cunning
displayed BIZ one who could suggest saeh an
liza. Illinois and Michigan have :ePudIs,sd
upon 4 much smaller scale and We hope
thlt the little they owe on account oil this
fund, will be paid. twill BIS disrace TO
tasSe States, and one that will rest upon
them as long as they endure. ifthss Snithsen
Institution IS mads chargeabls to The people
Of The United States. after the Teceit oi more
IN IN half a million of dollars from The N 1nI
fceut ,estator. The warm hearted conhdcuce
reposed in these States at The time oil their
gr-ates; necessities. is but poorly returned ny
a practical reputation. which does the sr' at
eat Justice to the people Of all the States.
The States can pay ifihey will, aud we hore
the moral suasiOn' arguments embodied IN
the amendment of Mr.. Adams, will exert
their proper Influence.
The Committees selected by Congress 10
10 es:,ats the charges made by MIR. Iuser-
g-rsoi against Mr. Webster, and the csnduct
o; Mr. Ingersol in stcalthily becoming pos
srssed of information belonging 10 the sccrei
pipers OF the Department Of Stale, will meet
his week We doubt whether anything will
come of these investigations. Mr.. lngersoll,
upen his own confession, has bcen.guiIty Of
pdiloiuinE the secrets Of the State Depart
maut. and we all know that this was done
uhlc the head of The Department was alb
s:a, in he State of Pennsylvania. Ii was
a lime like this when the responsible head Of
the Department was absent, that the member
from Pennsylvania made his pilgrimage 10
the Department. aud there, by lainperIng
with some ofthe clerks, OF by abusing their
confidence. or BY intermedling with their du-
ties--we care not which-became possessed
OF facts which he has grossly perverted and
di .ior.el. Norris this all for much that has
been sud by MIR. Ingersoll has been noto-
riousy the coinage OF his own brain. We
know not what the House of Representa-
tves will do with such an unruly MEM
Der, bui we know what il should do, and that
ia, expel him He that would purIoin from
the public archieves, papers which all prece-
dent has regarded as secret aud sacred, and
Whist the President declared could not be
communicated with dine regard TO the public
interest, we would no; trust beyond the reach
Of The law Express.
Mr.. CLAY.-We learn from the Kentucky
Observer that Mr.. Clay reached Ashland on
the DID instant, i'll excellent health.