Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-08-28

N"N. W dlArf pCgau operations when he en-
tered Kansas by giving great treat to the
multitude-he to have the credit. and others
to pay the expense. The report Of the Com
mittee Of the City Council of Leayenworth.
to whom the bin was referred tells the story.
The Council refused to pay the bill
LuAvEs WORTH CRY, K. IT,.
July 2Sth. 1857.
The Committee TO whom was referred Tie hin present
90 to one iY Council against the city of Leaytuw0rt
i'r the ,nietanment Of Governor Walker and suite ask
leave 90 make the following report
w huo, on examination that upon the arrival If his
tXceency, Robert j. Walker Doc our city on the 2jtb Of
May last that the City Council passed a resolution ter
derng the hospitality of the civ 10 th, ucu (iotrro
believing that the then acting Council c1utefnuatcd "A,
ing ms ENeelleuey an entertainment Suitable the oc
easiun and creaitabc TO young city At e1ck Of
the same day the Governor vas requested n address fho
citizens, who had gathered IN large numbors In front of
he Planters House he refused address them but in
A'u eTeoi mag bottles of brandy and champagne the
value OF two hundred and ten dollars f2i dtrihtfd
amongst the crowd that were present. and this bin is
now presented by the pruprcors OF said Planters Hotel
for payment.
We are first opposed to the allowance Of this BIN be-
cause ~ was not contemplated by the CITY Council that
hospitality o this city generously rendered bis Excel
cncy, should be thus abused.
And ia the second place. that it would establish dam
5erous and pcucious precedent
And in ihe third place, win not give our influence
open the city treasury for the announcement of n
temperance, the mother OF crime
We Therefore recommend that the bill be laid ON the
table Al of which is respectfully submitted.
lsignedl ~ LATTA,
HENRY FOOT,
p. N. SATTlNG.
1t strikes us that the impudence of the
City Council of Leayonworth in refusing TO
pay the Governors bin for brandy and cham
payne, and giving such reason for so doing
ought to be taken notice of by the democracy
this State. 1t might be treated of either as a
case of " Maine Law" fanaticism or of rebel
lion against the United States Government.
JAMES b. CLAY AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.
The Washington States thinks it is impu-
dent for people at distance to tell what
Henry Clay would say and do If he were
now living, when compared with the opinion
OF " the son of his loins, and the people around
his hearthstone, and in his old district. who
so long honored and sustained him" To
this expression of views the New York Tri-
J,ae replies
Now, it is due to truth to say that Mr..
Gays own county, and the district which his
father so long and worthily represented. vot
ed against James B. Clay, who was elected
10y the votes of counties recently added to the
district and which were almost uniformly
hostile to the Great Commoner. Probably
seyen-eighths Of the voters for Henry CLAW IN
A now voted against James b. CLAY. who
was supported mainly by his fathers deadlv
and lifelong opponents. Looking over an
account OF tho Barbecue recently given by the
younger Clay in celebration of his own fri.
umph, we were strongly reminded of that Bit
ter description of the first Alexander's eorna-
ton as Emperor of Russa, which imported
that the assassins Of his grandfather were
IN mont those of his father on each side.