Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-06
THE LAST HOURS OF CONGRESS


A Gard from Senator Foole, OF Mississippi,
appears in The National lnlelisencer, correcting
the report OF his speeches on the last night OF
the session in that paper. Referring % the House
amendment Of Mr.. Thompson OF Indiana Wei
siei's) 70 The Appropriation Bill, Mr.. Fooie says
"Nor should have deemed II necessary even
10 ask the insertion Of this Card, but for the
mary shameless misrepresentation which have
been made II wha, | said and did On the n'ghl
Of the Sd II March AL! OF which then Judged
NECESSARY ant stall ever believe 10 have been
necessary, 10 he defeat OF that amendment t:om
Inc House Of Representatives, which, Tor hours
was 50 near becoming paIt OF the l'w Of the
IauL, and The adoption Of which by the SENATE
II am Authorized 10 saw would inevitably have
deea ed the civil and diplomatic appropriation
bin. IS PRGsinEsT Polk HAD ALREADY IN PART
PREPARED HIS VITO To THE BILL, when The motion
Of Mr.. WEB-TER, tnai he Sthdle should frcrdr
hon lis dmehGmen: vas carried; whereby lie
bill itself was saved from obstruction, AMI the
scheme OF continuing the existing Mexican iaus
in force IN California Was tfectuaiir defeated.
Yesterday Times catches al similar statement
in The Union, and incontinently conyic,s Mr..
Foo,c OF "be ne he probable cause OF The failure
II Congress 10 pass Satisfactory law Tor The g.
vefnmrn, Of California" The Times says:
"Haa he desisted al early bonr Of The night, from
his ceasel.ss speeches, made, a he avuWs, with
The view III preventing anything ben & lone We
aie convinced that The Senate would c,thcr have
insis,ci on Walkers amendment or molihed il,
accofGIao TO- Nj. Mason and MIR Bcrrien's propU-
>i,ion So ~ 10 strike out lie clause giving fierce
10 he Mexican laws; ami hen We believe The
House wrult have acquiesced In TACT II was
well known and Mr. Greeley ma opsnly atmined
il in III. " Y Tumuue that could dirrct vote
have been ob'ainct a any hour that night in ia,
| Huus., on the single question OF adopting oT T..
leciin. Walkers amendmeni, Ii WCuii nave tern
| r.rrie! Hur iot Mr. FCoic's resolution 10 speaN
III IL o'clock on Sunday, II IS therefore, pr"ba.
bic lhal h whole question Il slavery IN The tel.
| riinrip> would have been satisfactorily .nd per-
ma nenlly sealeG."
The Times lorscs that i is e>opped from al
duciny such an argument, BY having previously
| relied upon The evidence ii Mr.. Webster, VIZ
that he was opposed 10 am Amendment by The
Senate, az the House would mol assent 70 H. and
he bill would therefore be lost. Had Mr.. Web
SER ard his co.atju'ors consented q The insertion
Of the few words moved By Mr.. Hunter, The
House would have acqniesced, and salisiacto
| " arrangement o; the California question Woud
have been The law. |, is, then, mol upon MI
Foote's, ba! upon their head, hat the odium Of
| its defeat must lie.
! Ii canno, be denied that To the abnlionist Sc.
| ward u.u Il 81 Tie b!amc is 'tacrah!e or he de-
ieat Of the measure. We have his owa evidence
IN his ir,lsr, lha, his attention WAS called by &c
neral Taylor, Mr. Clayton AMI Mr. Ewing, 10 lht
necessity Il having some government esisbiishet
for Cailornia-ha Mr.. Ewing LETT tie whole suJ
jeel 10 h (S.'s) jutemen that he Isl induced
me House 70 amend Mr. Walkers proposition
by the Objectionable amendment Of Thompson 0
Indiara, and hat he Is ",nsiasd that no fer
emf proposition" should pass III Senae. FaIa
counsellor and aserr tor "a Sou hern President,
and Tor the peace Of California and the Union
The more the Wings stir this question, III
darker Tor them does il appear
We arc authorized by DR.. Sheppard, one {
ne candidates f,r the Stale Senate in this Dis
trict. who was alluded 10 in our brief article yes
tcrday 10 safe emphaiically, that he is out an
on in favor Of the slavery resolutions adopted b
the !as, Lesi>iaiu,. oi Virginia, and will stan
BY them 10 the last
Mr.. Stanald, The other candidate, as We hav
already stated, moved IN the Senate The s'rinser
resolutions as adopted, and a, The late session al
yocat,t them with ability and zeal
THE SIKuS.-The Sikhs are said 10 be IN
most hardy and heroic Of The races Of India
They have proved themselves worthy OF inc
nauie oi Lions" They are said TO be compa
!a!iyey Tree from Heathen supersIitions:
fRepublnGn.
The Boston Times gives 'olally different We
sion. l. says hat The word Singh means "L'or
Blu, Sikh means .diScip!es'-and ira; so "a
from their rot being affected BY supers'inoi
their desperate and enhusiaclic valor is enseI
dered like that Of the Hindoos and Mahomm
dams by their religious devotion 10 their dlvlnil