The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-05-04

die selfish ambition Of lloufy Clay or the
purr patriotism 0f0ur eKcolleul Chief Mugis-
.mle, b. 90 bn sustained
WAsHlsGros, April 26Ib, 1850,
THO proceedings Of both Houses Of Con
efr-s, thus lar, during lhe present week have
hrru pre- emlnenily uuiuiorcsllnF, although
,hry have not been altogether waiting in in
pofrnnre, The House hns been engaged
since "Wednesday IN the consideration of tho
senate hill Tor taking the CENSUS This WHs
reported inrk ~ lhr llouse lusl Alondny, with
-uudry amendments from he C0mmifIoe Of
do Judiciary and made lhe special order,
urlil finally Disposed nt There appears, on
ilIr one hnud q manifest disposition on tho
puH 0i tie h0ilrr disposed memhcrs, o. hhs-
Iru ns tasl 1s mny hG prarIlcnhin tho puFsnge
OF Ibis hill, aud 10 close no DICTATE UUnH IL
90 camnllnn a. as early q day M iurrihu
on tue other hand, some Of tho cxircmo al
uHlrs Of the south nrr disposed 10 make
tcrlnu md hitter oppnslluu 10 the measure
They uro joined hy n few violent Loco fo-
ru-, bat slull be- very much surprised IT.
TTTv rHTI nifty rf,rr.+-'Irl tt,tttti,-t..rt
,olrs altogether, Mr. Miller Of Ohio, WIN
dsunFuislicH himself on nll occasions hy
wang with the South aud uguiust The Ncr,h,
aud joining the former upon every question:
no matter what IL may be-, leads or in Ibis
opposition ~ the present Census bill lu
common with Howard ofTrNn-, Stephens
Of Ca, and n few others who have spoken
upon tho subject, this representative !rom tho
free State of OHIO hna mnhr the remarkable
discovery TINT Congress hls no constitutional
mower 10 demand tie taking Of any statistics
other ihnu bare enumeration of tie inlub-
llnnls, Ito Inns accordingly reported, from
'hc minority Of the Judiciary committee, u
l..II Ia. d. -.
iUg Iho number of inhabitants, llefe H. Ha
prospect of ~ pnssagc, aud the only prohn.
blu cilGci Of ~ presentation will b0 10 delay
Shoe adoption of tie Scuntr bill aud No. pu4-
tlgr to become law lut, tim, IL coutiu-
urI much longer, uny become iuiuurtuui, NJ
" very doubtful, even nov, whether time
enough b. lcl "a cuuhlr the census a. boz lulJ-
On N sruynn trT4Thr notion of the prr'-,nt
Congress Ia pUs-ing u new HppoUi0umrut
ms, Tho object urHll dis b. sufficiently
oNiuus, Uudur Tie uuW census 10 m we'll
hi'""e il'''i tia Sottl' vii relatively dwtHdie
nnd lho Tee states increase IN power. II h
thought lay those most couNurHuut W,h the
statistics ultlG country, aud who hive care,
fully uotrd the increase Of the different src-
li"us TINT w n lloti-r of the rnfne size ~ lhu.
present, the free Sl6ics would gain and tllo
slave states lnFc, not itr itum Fifteen mem.
hri- rnch The PROSPECT Of tltr los of pow
~ r. r"cu and bitterly telt, and hence tilr ci
forts To do lay iudrcct What cannot be-
dpno hy direct ucnus.
The Sonnlo has been tprousy occupied
'lhr'''f tive wrtk.-lrrl- "Wednesday IL lad
GlUe u long diHrussion upon tie sUtJect Of
thr inability o'ihc pubic mint 10 coin tlc
gold ~ East rs IL Is received. II il calculated
chat ihcrn ls au accumulation Of ucnrly eight
mlllous of dollars worth of gold dust Ia
Philadelphia alone, awaiting ils Turn Ia be-
ry'tcficd into coin, A. thc dust Is poured
go lAstcr ilinn the coin is turned uut, this me-
rumutilon'of unavailable gold would con
tuur To increase, were It not having the eff
lael, equally unfortunate, of inducing tlc
'"ui.Hr 10 England The gold, for the snkc 0l
.H'ra ~ roluod ltnppopr4, however, thai
no. ug"nruts hive hcru Wpdp go greatly iu.
grease tlr facilities or the Philadelphia Mint
lor tlc coming of gold. ltnppcnrs, from thr
statement or Mr. Cooper, Mat when the On.
p1rIty ottitis minr shHii huvc been thus en-
hrccd, IL will bc equal to an, md moro thuu
al, 1t Will hc likely TO DO called upon to per
form, !, rs estimated THAT It will bc equal TO
llc coming of mo- less than tory-two millions
Of dollars q your II is not therefore proln.
bic tina, IL win hc found necessary to uct up.
on the resolution ofiuquiry into Tho suffice,
propo-od by Nc Webster aud adopted Toy the
runtc.
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