itESSI9NAIL 4 . , We -B'~~tPt -"'~il~~,-lies$. I= - • rtitPesprnujetice (fele .11 ; 11/iliarc Smerichrt ~, • • UNITED ST'N'I'ES; sgRATE. - . .; ' _ wAsniNG.rthl, k.'eb. 1. • ~_ . . .:. - . • _. Thesenate Chamber. was - this morn , ...ii,g crowded to overtleiving . Witha multi h i d e orbalit - sexes:, anxious to heAr Mr.. -7 1 ‘V --- bster'a • I,_ -- t. •14 --- ' 7 W- - '"lt '- Ti .. e.,. -. .repy... 0... i r, rt 6 i . .:.- to -- .- 4 illeries•wer:figl to over fl owing, and ,- 7 1:1W - Pliiiite - iiiViiiii - bir ilia :Poi . , were --. 'a11...0ec0pied..,..... :---:- - --- ' -"-' -,-, - _ "'PreVious to the, orders of the day; pc _ t itien-s,resolutions, and repOkts were in • ": oriier.„. A great Mimber.-of - c inemorials ' Weke presekt eilSgainsttlies' nnexa Eton of -:- -.- ----Texes'ead in-fa vor -of -tlie-• A but-hien -of • t SlaVory - in , the District of Columbia..=:. $ . 4-in . .l.'exas - petitions Were laid upon the . . 13i1)1e, andtlic inotiOn'to receive the abo-. - Kiion - metnorials..sitsred the . samdf 1 ate. . .. • ~.._ ._. .... , • Trlig - lOrder of; (l .flay, :being : the' ', .S` rib.- - .Tr• - eo'o..v -- ,/1 ill,' ,it e ape bp-in-onlef - '. after lire disposition of Someprelireina ry buiihass. — -:_--, ; -', -• . • • ; • • Mr; Webster opened the debate, and • -.. be gori_his spee_ch thus': ".T et the --'peci'i • - plc- take - tare , of - theiribtisineas -- ." -- - "Let .. -the people take cake oftliemselvesOnd the government loOk:ont for itself.''--- . Those ill-boding,.orninoua - wOrds, have , • been uttered by. the honorable metritter,' I - eN - Fv. --- Vc - Wlc -- M . r. Wri - ght - 7 -- Sin -- continued Mr. ;Webster,._ in' speaking; - 7 - iffir. - 19 ier - b - ii - Mefreeta ,ba . e . k the - opt ni oaa -- . :-- -- -----e-x-presiedin--the-Metiaage-fof-the-Preei -.---.'--doit---in--Septemberr----the - Message_of- . --- -the-preient7session—the:Sub-Treasury - - - bill of-lite:past session, - .and.the -- .Sub T ,-- `keasery bill of the. : • • - What, Continued - . 4 Mr. ' Webster' " - would ha' ..been=-the- -cenditiod--of 1,.:-ttilingtOrth -- &- .tinsrrittorieft: 'l;hings as they Itvero?.- ',What, I might . ask, .would mat - have - been the-condi - ..tion-.6f,thitigs' had they been' left , es they' —I-were.•'l-Where- is that 4 4 .13 et ter.' Curren-. ey,P-Sivhich, the. Administration prom , ' - - iied us in 183-2, '33 "34; after legislating ' -nail experimenting, acrd experimenting . and Legislating "year after year-in. the . Senate and in - thellouse:--in 'the 'states, and amo.ng the p_eople!_ _Where.. islit?-_ .- -- Why the friends of the Administration • even acknowledge - that itIS-n - 04,thal. the word-.ofpro'mise Itas been' - kept-to ..----t-tie-ear-n-and-brokeir-t a -- the - Thope - r. - and:. - , what ITUo-lie the re medy an cl how are we .. , --to r be-taken-from , -this slough - Ofdesponcl- • • into whichwei - are':thrown? - How?' why -" rb'Aiiigh th es aVan'tilfiTarierrie raiiiii - Of -,a . Sub - -Treasury scheme. --From-this-bog " health and purity .are to come - forth. • - - Whenl . __turn My eyes, continued Mr._ NV. on my tountry, and' eXantine its .Lon Ilion and basis-its -resources,• its commerce-- z its manufactures—the state . _ of affairs among all dais of 'business _inert,. and_in all plates—whed_Llaok. upon this picture and see the distress . existing among the community, and - - troin the picture turn (my. eyes opon . this bill as . a.measure of relief, it appens to me there is some delusion ,some where: I . cannot - See-through it. , I . cannot understand it. • Tell line if . this . hill will relieve the country? No, no,- NoY • . . -- -- . 4_t- ip_oses to --- take-care ---- or - :govern - -- - . ; Meat and to • isolate the government ' - front, the .people. It makes the servants the maStee., and - the masters the.servants. It.gives_ one a better currency - to lite , tter cur . - -- We lis ter _ said.that the Senator from New.Yorlc, in his speech of yesterday, had conten ded; that the prosperity of the gauntry "as not irweded, its_business was_.not '',impetledi• • . .. • - Upon what authority can the -Senator make such a. declaration?.. Let: him - look over it and he will fi nd an.answer-to. his opinion in every branch of business,' and in eve ry, . portion of, the country.--; • .1q there n o -loss of-'credit,---no loss of . • - contidenee,---no , loss oflrade,--:•no .di minution of :prosperity,4--no - change. in --•itte-aspeet-o-f-affairst-!—A-nd-'-iet-when - ' - litirillra man . in the Unib.n its ncit -a suf . fever from. the" - experimenting__Of _the_ --- GenerarGovernmeht, we find the. Sen . 'atm. from_New York crying out-that_ all Is well.:- . -,that all' ii prosperous--that all . is.heall 4. If - this- be health, - in :the name-of heaven, what LS sickness? ' -- Sir, 'continued Mry •W; ..-'this - bill should have- a Preamhle=a preliminary .'' Oiiplanatioo- to . the first section;' Which . .should. read'—'that-w hereas the Govern -- - nitincortlie ± ViiiteS - tiiteiriv - OsT•,Criatile : .-- for , its own distiAt 'benefit--- - -that„ whereas -the , :Seeite was_ established' a -; • branell'of - the -riVrinm'ent- for its own `"special .beriefit-:-that..- whereas we are .. ereatcd4pr etir:own,use...and were , al . . lOketlier „distinct, , friaml the,,, peOple-',-- • .. thereTore,he it enacted,. &c.. -.- ‘ • .-.-. .. ' fr.,Atc% '. wg.p.sita. continued . his .._ sp_eech for one . hour and a half, and ,U ke. . All ; tie .; speeches, was distinguished •' 'CO: ..its. ''' ; cleqn - enee, sound argument antl - ,,aliiiity.- -,, He . contended- . that .the - principles of ,theliill - carried us....back to . . the dark• ages, ;to- the'. feticlal . times'of old-rtolthe practices or all „tyrannical . -government --to the - days of - bolts 'and - bars;;and Saks; It-took 11 confidence -. • frotithe .peopleoind denied all faith in 1 Man And All trOst .among Men... It, car- LLiied tie back- to - the alkyl. of. 'physital '. power;find,plabell-ourgovernment.upOn ' a ,liiel with the governments of EUrope min. . th - 0 . dark. and:: iron ages , of,-, the , .... . ' _ isioricl , `, . A 0 - • -.. -•,,:-.,--:- .-- , r'- . ~ , .''.... ' - contended - that .publ i c , : opinion -. was, agamat it,.And.dented as declaration , madt,by-Mi.. - Wright . of N - ...Yor_k; 'that --- luthlie_ opinion:. was In. its favor,' That. - ,S tia to it'.l3ai.-(1 —lll-r (-64 WiightOhas nit'. that ;he opinions 'of ; the •people:::4re — refle'etecl the' Senatoig aiitrlVletribers of_theAlouse of gepresetrilatlyeti. l'ilr..Welister denied this; .because all, the members of the present Congress ‘vere'-"chosen . before Lthe-Su h-lftte a s rry sche m,e was adopted. Mr. VV; Thonghltho Senator himself tli_ b tight-some ~Senators-froi the OpintonS - of-7 - tit(ir ••eolistitutents a's well as - some Of the' Senators. from the Last. It was_not fair thereforO . .to say that, either. the Senate Ok_.tho. Repraeniatives• relleeteti r lhe of.altelr'Constiteents., On the, emilra ry., l t ebelleveirtlnit - -.4 - tritijoi•ity Of the •peoplo..Were•opposed - to:the Mr. Webster' ii - Isti - enitendeil tint the bill vimlcl:... - pot off the . 114 of 'speitie. .tnients, ..aMI them; centraited 'the harsh; to . e,tisures -- :,of • the - government . • now, with, the- government When . . ad • ministereil . by..su . ch men-as Madiion, Cra ode. r cl: a' ticl-Lci w n d es. • 15=E=CHMMI ;s,,se.V,era ver .'art:.;.utininpor i.firaineriirtifeitts Were a opted tr i,n-c - OW:- mitten of the: - .Whole,i- On .motion 'of Mr . Calhoun ; the. - t4erily.:firgt section was , entireirstriekeu out by'tl~e follow. ring vdtet.. • * ' • . ----- Yeas% - -11 - eSsis: — Al I e BL'OWTr f -Bu _ , - anan4.oalhouty; - .Clay_t - imi,TDavis, - Ful ton, Tifundy, - knight, Petirce f ROliinstin t oT liana,- Spen.ce,. - ANays—MeS'Srs Clay of Alhamd, cali ber!, King; Lyon, Nichotas, • Sett Ter, Senith - of , giannectictit,lTiptoti, ' This section of -thy Bill related to the •Sfoc4-jobbing'of thb -Treasury' Depail: ment, for which 'provision Wits made in the_Bill. • „ • , remar, . - Mr...RlVES — lias' the f100r,. -- and will introduce his atibititute to-morrow.- The bill-was laid aside :at- ihree-P,; , n; . and'sorne. private business entereirtifion.. tvidti'clock,- ..11r.1~1V - ES - , -- iit the - request of Mr. - Weight,. - intedttuced his projer - t to the StiliTTreasury.bill,-±whreli; witßout :any--remarks,:--he-sent to-the -chair in fully by the-Secretary of the Senite. It-makes 13-sectionsi-and-the-following will give a sketch,:of•the-whole,.. "Sctran Ist: proviiles• that Jive Secre tary._of:TreaSury .shall - have powdr to appoint twenty-five deposite banks ,in different parts of the United• States, which shall be obese!) from the-sound est banking institutions in the country, and locaied in' the places,-most favora • -, ble business; - Section 2d. providFitiat the banks - thus selected as depositaries, onthd gen eral governmen.t.shall pay specie on d"e mand. - • Section SI says that the Secretary of the Treasury, .shall select the deposite .banks by the advice and consent of both houSes of Congress- in the forma of a joint resolution. , - • 'Section 4th. prescribes the terms u pon. _whielv_the_deposite_banks.shall ; _recei_v_e. the- puSlic money.. Each -bank must furniSh weekly statements of the condi tion of the bank, giving a•compfete and • . Section 4th. calls upon the- Secretary Treasury• to select banks who will aid c fie, be willing to . give.sll the.aid tot.. general govern-ntentfiyhich was ,gilian by the late U:Sialgs tiankiand provide also that depoiltes may: , be ,drawn in specie. . . Section 6 and 7.say, tliat~iab-~nlr ern- pleyed• as a depoSite bank shall be dis continued as a deposit° ban . k,"or r. have the.public funds . %vithdrawn, eieipt for . ' reasons specified in a Section Avhicli pre. : Scribes the. let ms upon which the pub lic money shall he received. The.other . sectjon provide' that the -Steretary.....of:_ ...Treastt ry—cha 11-se loot such banks as shall do all in iheir_pow er to afford the saac_reliefinklmgelar...,.- algoVernment as were: affordecl.by:the. late bank of United States, and the late . depositories of That it shall also be•thd duty of the Secretary of. the Treasury. to proVide. collateral - artdadditional securi shall his estimation im .suilicient to giVe undoubted Security 'for all the sums deposited with the anks on account of, Itie l _le tit vernent7—Titat—lirS'e tcre ary , of the Tleasury.sha II also have updOubt eti evidence of the solvency:of the banks employed as depositories and also, tha,t, they shall be able to' _comply with, the terms 'of the. governenent, and to perform - all their engagements, _ That the hanks, seleeted as deposito ries shall 'net hare . the f public. funds -1 taken ~ f roni 'them- or . be discOntinuedi without violating the terms of contract, .9r unless. the Secretary of the Treasury' shall.deem theth unsafe, •in WhiCh ease the Secretary '511611 .give full' facts :for withdrawing •the DePeSites may Ile .withdrawn Wiles diseontin,ed.whene,VeraDeCte pay- Menlo are refused .on deMarid,_ or for a failure to, comply .with all the terms of, the - law. . . Settlements are to be made weekly with ,all depoMte banks, 'and any things - . -priiatermatters excepled--which /•e7 late fti:the'-affairs-oi"-the Bank. The Secretary of the Treasury is al so required to i nduce the Deposite Banks to have some mdtpal agreement,' and; if possible ; redeem each,otliers irkptes in specie. • • • ' MEI V.ljt . ,‘C4trTip,l,*:lNtra , ..tti --- : (.1441:4:..1gyvp.ft*Or. II dues to the Qeoeral Governs ient Sar_ must 11'e paid- in- 1443,, rrettsury tiniest Or,,the notes of speerel paying Banks. After one ,yeaT -the Drposite Banks , most is'sne..bills of a-less itenortini tion than. SSL--in I ‘vii . tears of a tes's tie •norni it Alan than..lo. et hot• prods .ions.of I have; •-tratitreapircl itsimport ant : 1)1)000ns; att.(' I ''' ' "'dot . a . ,n rfor e nt afterifterATrTititi peStpitn'ed-1 he. Bil I to Monday: , Mr' CLAY :waS'in'favor ~of having the 'Bill , po , oplinetl to. I'Veilnesday . -and siid-he Atha,' oppose i(nitht ty ,C 7 od had:given hini, in itlits - fOrms, shains i arrangetnents;plans & provisio.ns. Corrcsporitiendo of tile . Baltimore patriot' . WAsiit:lGToN,..Febrittry. 5, 1838:- . , 'The .14issiWppi Elvetiihr - easa bas,been . ifecided at last. l hai•e• prepared your 'result. -The -coat - I:lints sent Lack ti► tbo_pe~ihle. MesFrA, lriss - and Wenn . liave licen....refected_ by. lthe--4asling vote. of the Party's ,S))e«lee'r .• _ . The - debate - to - 41y Was not attiltmt:eilliy :t single . ray . of-noveltit):: -. loterest, until the "question was just about . tli be taken ; 1 trittiAlien tVere.-Wcre . : . " . sceoeo-,exciting..' entinglt,..Mr, n o 111ivir ?: r. - .Ati) iaina, anti In. PArticEif of New ' York'; 'talked fir' rather a small rli -- ..1.46 - 11 - 161 - vm-crf - sentling the .caSe-lback-to, to the. people. ' Abort: I o'cltidk a call of the I-louse 'was ' orile'ved4 andSall':lll6-members - exCept two7.-were , Nu tid to be in at teMlance, - Mr. 111 yr It t.v, • . froth K.entuclty,-was=brottglitin a`sick bed- 1 to vote against PitENTISS .:1111(lW : ORD.* lie looked rlale and_li3ggartl4.tut;he.sat_ it out and gayeltis vote in every casN-- '' t.;.-...AlTri-7..0rt s 6:411th is st a gei- -- as k:Crl. - apc rnris : -_ . -sion for .Mr . .. Paii:s4tss . t0.76i1d - ress7 - the- House-for ttfetv- , toittutCs; Itu:t :there -was I so touch noise-in the Hall, and _such loud cries - of "nu! " . 7".no!'' 'that h 6 Waived his' . . ..- . - Mr.---GAtte:Axn of_ Virfiin~tt,._fh.etfitallci ed an_: amendment embodying .State: ment of the fact Aeclareit.Thy..the er\iden - .. -tial signed by the ,Governor, that'the'ejec -lion-in-November-was Made according tip ;the (2onStitUtion and the Laws. ---Mr: -AnA ms- made 'a -fli * W7 rAta rfisto - .Support of this amendment; .and G.Aitz,-spoke-a-shoctitien - q-imetpluisitionto it; but.after some conversation tfiea' inept -was N-thdraw;n: - - I\ll,T,wiNG•of.lndiana attempted t ‘ p aildre - sS'the lloiiise,f but font.!iftli - s of the members were so sudde - nly seized .with such siolent.fits of sneezing and c.mgh ing, that the .1-lon - arable ; member .was compelled to sit flown, -not however, i ,Avithout breaking a Trroad Irish Joke that turned„the'fits into convulsions - Of laugh. I ter. 1 ADAMS called for the readitig of the 15th section of the Declaration o f; Atight-s-of-tiro43ons-titurion-crf- . Missis.4p pi; which is in the following words:- 4 .tisTo Power of suspendin - g 'laws slta!l be exorcised, except by the Legislature or its attiliority:" . • •.. e_qu_r_atiort—iscas_t he n.,:put —on_the. l adoption of. Mi. HOWARD'S t:esoltnion, - . declaring that "Messrs, Pitizi . rissapd .Woup.are not entitled to seats as inern , . hers of the. 25th Congress,"; and carried_ I.iy the ekSTING VOTE OF THE SPEAKER. gliS 7 -"- - I Y 1 1.7:- As soon "as the Speaker .pronoanced this dectision, • Ntr. [lowAnn-. rosy, • and offered a resolution ' . that the . Sppaker be `directed to coninaanicate to.the Gover nor of Mississippi, coping 91 the resolu • _tiOns_declating_respe.ctively,that.Messrs. Gruc --- )e -----, N aiiii _ clafiteirprit _ ; _ ao _ tba . tr. l suppose. Ttie Stib Tt•easurr . Bib -of Vii. destructive, we are pro - scribed-denounced uq - Se - ssion - was-laitl-upGn-the-tablc., - 7 itopeaeluaLandinipa_led- There -is to - be nei- Messrs. PR Erriss and WORD are not en. aliii , the ' Bill 'or the :present perbaps the! , freedom of speechnerfre!dom .. ort . thought titled to, seat s as members of ,the 25th with oy denunciation-bitter, pu-sonai, vindictive . . . . . I May _be laid there--but what evidence Congress. • .- - • -and WC who willimot walk in . the footsteps of , • • sail-in-l- the il Senator . give . me that the the illustrious successor of 'the more illititrious --Mr,-WtsE-thert-teok-•the-floor,- ank sySte to - has been"even - - thus - Tr.iletessor,-are-to.-liay.e -imprecatious_b_epaK,d_. that. bold and energetic manner which 1 . ' r4te' It Irignishe - s - hint; told the . hiou . st . triet tar_u_np.optilar...with.:/the_ representative. or upon crir heads because we will dlOt do what the t /'” . - • , the rwoole. . . • '' ~ Exectitive bids us.do. • . ... . plain - truth-that their decision. had been ' ..- " ' . . Str continued • Mr..;11 , I'May suppose • tic- another part of his speech Mr: 'T: said we brought about , i by party considerations ... . •- " are .. called Conservatives-whether in, honor. or from all the ,evidetite'artiund me, that overcoming.the law and the Constiiniion. 1 derision I care 'not. We 'are called 'by some: is evefl . the most of the plans be- •' Conservatives,',.' followed him in a most fer- Conservatives,!.' and.called so because Mir mum: viti and forcible speech. He said he op} fot•e - Congeess or the people-or-if-not. _hers are_small, 'Sir, I must say that.t„think the the most' popular, perhaps the most like- 'name of 4tConser . vattives" ranch better than "Sub. pealed from this House to the PEOPLE • t4' ly''. to sitcceed. As a second clthice per- „Se.rvatives,". wnich• name has, been tendered to and en tereil his ' solemn . protest against t . • . - - the friends of die Sub-Treasury.We have also, hails it will . receive the support of all the_present proceedings as a palpable I been canal, what,we are; a Spartan Itand ; " and ore 4_ptttlics,: The ryadera of Plutarch' will 'when my colleague asks me :is one of that band .usurpaiftin:Over - t he -- CtinsfittitiOitTol: - ttinitecl.Stales- ayes -of the Stae 'of Nlissis- remember, that after-Ae...:hattle Of Sala- to surrender my.arms, t nma - g - iiieTtirkthesii a - 1 , ißcL_Officers - tif the Gre-(ian army as-, :t an answer, "gone and take them." _ ...,,,,., sippi; - ' - fte - expses - hi coaststiorrtha - t 4-ITl6'- bled to make choice of a commando In-CUTICII,IOIII. if thestt tivings -- are ro be-spersts. the ,pe o ple of Mississippi would not sub. ! st : m • ..... • ' • ted in here, continued' Mr. Tallmaclge,-if these he leave io The name ' f each muter was, written up, experiments are to goon-d warn gentlemen to mit to it ; and for his, own pea' t, n a slip of paper, when it appeared that remember the Ides ofNovember, whena voice notice' that if the. `Composition . of_ the ' t.) each • man .hart 'voted for himself. ' The will be heard in NeW York; from the Atli - 11111e to , House at the. next 'session - should givel hr fell upon Them- the Lakes, loud as the troaring cataract which him any hope of obtaining his * rights, its torrettts in' tones of thunder over heir ' istot.les, who received the..--unantmoue would then appear here and'again pursue ; .- election . of his loather affieera. p w o e j s i t r e s ;ub - orders. ' ' - • iris , . ' Mr. Wrightbriefly - repliek - by - sayttig that crams:- - - ' , - - • . . .. . Like this 'bright example, continued • The rosofution a' s amended by Air. • Mr. R., our plan .may perhaps receive believed Ina colleague had m i sun d ers t o od- th e , Presickot in his remarkS upon the State clectidn HoprAittooVis then adopted. Ayes 1 - 1 8. the choice of the two. p ar ti es . ."..Th e •of New Yurli'. I decline, however. continued Na s , 116. Mr. StivnE.ri r who:was• cOn cild.h.__ . e• Bub?Treasuryjirl, as their : !fit •. W e . c e a tit er_ i iiig is ti pon Jt disciTion oi pon fo this . Kt h, - fitted -- IFtiCime. - )31-Tindisposit:"-oni-thavinit.i--14-‘."'"': sairf7M - ::- 7Riv es, -- will - ---Votel6v ie: .._ _ 7r, t - itttx .. •1 7,..._:. _,. . „ : -• Come 'in and addecidne to number vo - --i 41. ' 1::eli'llie:re " :- l e for the Sub-Treasut•Y hili 7 -and the Whig I .Ali.-C'rty said he rote to express his thanks • to ting in llte_allirmative, and 'Mr.. M N.RO lilt , members. as their first . Choice, would 1 the:Senator from New York Ibr the comments he of Va. havingbeen refused per Mission to prefer a National - Bank. But for a see-, hnd !mole upOn the Prz.ddentli :11assage in regal% .votein the negative-because he sliSpnett- .ond .Clibice the- Whigs would prefer' the ,to the recent elections in -New lurk. - The• re ed. by the merest accident; to be . without D • -' -mark's Of the-President Were unprecedented. aUtl, epostte bank Bill,and so must all friends the ba s t' at the time his name was called; allow mean add,pcontione Mr. U. undignified. ofthe Ad Minietratiop, if consistent with i although he had been in his seat.dui'iOg Rig colleague, in deetming• to meet him upon lbeinselv es. 'Under tbesetirctimstances" that point, has proved most truly that !..diaeretiini the Whole'daY. - -' ~liinli minded generous, • .1 . -do not-despair. .. -, - ----, -...- -...-..; -• -.....4-is-sumetim.is the . better part-Of valor." .The mogiltaniniqus 'party, to take 2 adrantage . - [ln this but of his speech - 11; RllitS A I. ' ' chairman of, the Committee of Finance declines . Of such an -Incident when ' the right . s 0.1 . -. •. • • : - .• • -._ . - w i t . h.. rlis - ens:S:itig this. questio4,-because, - he . says,' the • r . gave way to a motioticto adjourn, the2,peOple - of Mississippi might - have . ' - ~• . , . ~. . i manor isforeign• to the bill before the, Stmat..-- out conducting ; N is re . marks.l ,. - : . _ I c i ssu s Al, ; 8 . !to C. 'ogress, w came the ['resident , then, in his message been depended on his single vote! But - .b. 6 . 4;1. 'ogress, to interfere with this subject, Wit is 1 have not Lime this evining for tom- le rs . usioess before tte eitate on i nesday.', TI ft t 6 '- " _ . an alien matter? , Sii• it:lid-Mr Clay L , I solemnly - • , . _ , ..11, Morning came in theform , of Ittr.: Grinuly'V - itf-tdeclar e - th a t if the Presiiiient li;(I - 141iii'I . f . tlie dee -mew. .structiuna n L from the egislatureeft'T o ennessees 't ons in.Retitocky what lie - .had said of the etre - presented by Mr. Grundy himself, under-his of omit" New. York, I Would not lave suffered one announcement that he shouldvote against the Subtliottr to have passed over my head without having Treasury ;fill from the Committee,of Finance,- , introduced a re.olutien before the Senate speak- His announcement to the Chnle,Was as,thllotv:-: - linglW•this act of the Executive in. the ;terms in "Mr.. President, I have reJetvecl and now pre.; which it deserve ' d to-'have -been..'spOken of. I sent to theBettate,tlie Preamble and. Resolutions ',lid even consult with'others as Of the General'Assembly of T ;'t efinesed, by one of - ' . to,; . ropirety of in rod.uckng such a.resolutiom and was only proven- . whichresoluticnisilielfsenatorsayeinstructatind requested •to V 'tell from cluing so frein the fact that. the President and their. Iteprcsentatives dote : had not mule his retnarks about my owl State. - against any law of general' finance,such as is i • Mr., Wriglit.brlefly rejoined to the remarks of 'recomended by pres.dent of the [hilted Suites • 'Mr. Clay..atersaid that the Senator front Kentnay loins Message of September last. 1 uuderstooilitrzt- s raim -- a -very good ride, which wa., . that the iiillefor l ilia - on ibis- sobjeCt.,and tin. j • ••discretion was: tietteK.pa - rt•of:valor.ti: . ---Ite--will der considerati;n, to -be such as.. is embracd ' by i atiownie to add that he put the rule fuily in force this Resolution; find believing in the right - of in-'-1 when hi' thoughtir'nett. wise td.have introduced struction bythe Legislature, I feel no difticnlty in ' his re:191660n condemning the ExCentive • declaring . that I shall comply with those instruc- The' debitte"Was here Cafshort, ardca' :moth:oil' noes." - --'- --' 1 . - • . , of• Mr. Clay, the Senate wentinto ese4tire sei- The preamble and resolutions liereteadin full - .lion.t - % . • - • . . MONDAY, February 5,1838. The Suto.Treasury Bill came up 'soon after, tine•o'clockl- - . • .Mr. RIVES said,. in opening his re marks', that he should have been happy could he lave . fOund any thing - in the Bill of .the comthittee ofYinance to alle: viate_the„bnrthen, which ye . ste'likein in cebUs f Upba t)he backs of the'peOple. l i n' thi Su b , Treaaury. said%Mr. - Rives, I fifndr•totbitieWre — sieii' the people=— . nothinVo diminish but eve. ry .thing to .aggrairate.thepresent state of 'affairs in the country; it Commits all the treasUre . of.thezoverntifent to public agents ? and introduces into . ottv guvei.n. • • men t the blotted. syseeins of 'Rita - rice CO,t6 - - . • -11)(19"-iVitti tlic t . V-01;St-61-glIVe4 , 41-1741ell —l-continitin_spite of a 11• the assertions' to,the e 641 t , - ..th.at - t l the. - . Senale from-the Committee onllnarice.'• creates ope currency for the government, andunother currency for the people, ,giv 7 • ing the gOvernment the-better currency. and he people :the: poorer currency.— Thcbill before yati elracts.'with Shylock . severity ?lie • - Me re. h •!. mid• - 111 liountl of flesh, not leayttigehtM„the 'drop h ich - iv as w. re. e e d ' rii the Itstirer% nytlles war upon. creclitlittrconfidenee, and levelS . a•creadly blow at all State Institutions under the seal of the . 'QoVernme.nt .of the _United. Sttit.es: 7 It will .:lircalratiiiin•Otir SStatc In - Stttuttons. • • •'"•-. • : • ._:.:,;••••. • - Tell me, said Mr. Rives. where 'iii th ' CiVilized cans find' un - exarnp s l tbi4—where int he ed Or uttekilizeil world? The hand .can not-In places: upon such government MiSIMI -- r upon a goveynmeni—Whkh has tw.o en rrenc.7 - e - si one fair itself and once for the lieople--;:neLwhiely-exletsjits—dnks;in--a: curkicy different from the currency of the people. me ivitere the goveivn • inent is which exacts Jedues in gold and silver; unlessilold.and _ .cuyrenc_r_or pcop!*? ‘Vlicre is the distinction. - - -7 For example,,said Mr. mast do back—back tol the nations of antiquity, wholltat4gll.--4,l)le!.y.:,_did_p_o_iltas.e_.two:_cur rencies,,ltad one, and . one idtich• they ho'arded - intheir vaults; under locks-and •e_ys, bolts and- bars," It kad,been con. : tend! boar"— n riftidi! :ed that this tog !iysferr war's" Rita kept the country in corninotiou? - Ceriaitily for the hoarded trea : .: 4ttres laid useleSly by d oin g good 'to no one, arid , exciting netg.thortng powers,- anttlice - . rrn t fu.ttgav - ernmetN. who were the treasurers, to and thti public .treasures, . War,• it; bad been - el:rem : said by high 'authority, was a teli - ef - , ro - tliett'overuiii - etit. imam! ing-1 -it s--t re asti re,..:as_ it - d.id., inaThfircli. -- as . it pit hs Amare.ed treasures into circulation; ..• Mr.. R ires!s.next argument was, that.. thebilrlye.fore the Sentite reateira'Gov• eminent Rank-:-a Government Witik..pr! t.h_e_worst_kind,and in all reSpects like the - Tactira - t - trtl - 4.1 - i - ve.rnment Bank proposed . tolieesLablished.by Richard in ~ England •. —like the Rank in Venice. . its system iginated With Gen; lacissein - in and' tS coinplete rudiments marlie found• in the Message of the- I.iiii--Nesi - dent.-t it w aS a commendation - orGen - ...! - J - ae, - kSoti - ; . [and. is - embrar.ed, : in .the stihje.cts of hiS • fllere .Mr. Ricca - .read .-- targely. from Gen._Jackkti's mes - sagesto,shoW that he_ reotitemilared-a -- scherne like- - -that Bill. Cfrom the ComMittee Finance, .which ! Sche me ;• however, Gen: Jackson I mended distinctly ! lis a National - Bank.] Even-with Gem Jackson's iron will he. I could not Make - siiili an institution pop. ttlar--and with-all . his power and' ability. he was obliged to abandon it. •-a-!' Mr. Rives then • addressed himself! in • .reply to m r ..Vrig : lit; who in his speech of ast ; week' h some insinuniing re marks . upon_ the _force and „ plan the • Consercat ices. R..contenileil that aiming . th c people the friendsid.the con- • seryatives , ivereas popularas'the friends or the _Sub-Treasury plan. The Sub- Treasury:tplan,he said, had defe_alettw4l chief or the Adrni n-istration-- , t hail whom no man had clone- more t hair himself to elevate him to his .present,exalted station : • - Look .to the recent, eleetions'id , -Indi• t,la, in Maine', in Rhode New Jei scy, and in New York = where, in• t hese :' Alenicnstrations of Rublic opinion. does the Senator find his Sub4reasury friends? ( I Sir, said Mr. lives, .the Sub-Ti asuries are not so small in influence, or-so dim inutive in number, as the Senat - r may of the Senate, ta - nd..on Motion of red to he printed. :fheinettnrt•, rogulogo s, are caustic antrpAgent, - ai t icl,' _as Mr. , ,Orundy himself iiaya and_repeats,..lett*hint_ no I mphole from.which 116 C:111 escape. hives toot: the .floorin continuatiOn and conclusion °Ellis speech: Mr. Rives' speech •to day, as yesterday, continued for- more than tOu hours, and was distinguished'fllr its ability. The . most Of - ids - speech to-day With 016 bill' of -Mr. iWrfght. ilhfstrations were strong and p prp .prate,.and-his speech .has received the' close'ai ention of a very 1 irge - Mtdience ' . Air. Itulibard got the floor after.3lr,:•llivca had'. finished his rifferecrseveral,..amentL_ tnentsio different sections of the bill, •• ' • Mr. piny made a ',few remarlc 4 oil the meritS the atneuttmentritt the course iir ttliich he rJerreil tO - 1 the styekjoblvirrg-se et frw as-11 i (need fr.ont the bill ,smnemotion Calhoun. said Mk; C. ti e• Vremier , of the' Adminigtration..—the Senater from the south t orOliiiii=-Itas defeated the Chi ncellor ofthe Cherpter, and .acCording ... tothe le; it corn. mdmeations and •.crinytesies bet% een flume . (tine , . iionariesi, the Chancellor of the blx - choriner Might tit resigwand to-'.the new Premie - r. 1 did not vote ninnt the stuck: obbing °section' of `the Sub-Treasury. -Mr. - Clay, because I, wanted - tO . See how the honih eold,of the Premier and the,Chanc.. l .. 'Ut'ag,reed, • Di4agreeing aitthey o 41410-hold-the nc-M•duty-hound -to,Tresign to-the , • Me. fluchaman that moved-that the Senate go into .Exrcot ve session, soon- aft.cr.4lf:elLatf• ad journineot fOlowed. . by the Secretor Griinti orc . . %Y. -rd- occupied tile whole AlitY• in : a de- fence of the Sub-Treasury bill. . TtionsioAT l Peb, 8 1838. r. Itcpinis and' Itesobitintis WCYC in order._ No resolutions lowever, of iinportance.yere_presen, r‘Yi . 11A - Tri l e 7 S - kiTi'Ttrar - pinuelifcl eil-ttr-the-orders- OF theday,--heing. a 'Continite'd discussion Upon the Sith•Treasitry Bill: ' Mr Ilubbard,. who- did: not finish .his .s . pfT6h: yes err -s -were - ni:toily in -reply tlr Ir. - Riles and hivßiil = 'i Ter .two hotakand' de: fended the Executive a.td its measures will) great and- w , tit all the argutnent and. 'he could I;iing• to his aid, • . • 'Mr. Tallneolge„ or N.• - 6 - a - th e It o " and addressed ithi Senate 6ir aliMit one hour with itist , nguished Iti4 ye".it.trks . were *partly 'fort to - lire subject_ and' in rtldy to Nle. • bard . • . . . - ... - Sl,- - , - Trojilte - .:au . ' , 4 - Oftie - ', - 1 - en - gt I ittpotr=therem - trlc:f in the l!residetii•S - l'eS',ltig,.._: that the-Nett/ York' Election.waa the result of tll - . exertions of the, New 'York Ilatiks,„ - .lle.i i said New - York . has 56 conidit;ii — Airliirf.3 have thinks, .5 orthena were Anti-Administration, slid 3 .Adminis'ration. In these 8 counnes where there were no flanks, the oppo,ition- gain:- W oig-gain--is neatly five ,thous and, and yet the Presarent says that the . flanks brought :moot-the result of this election. lit the _count.cs whete. there 'were,_Banks,, the gain was' in . priMortion not one halt.:..„ Sir, said Mr. Tall. midge, there maybe, :,,n,ex,e' tiSit fir this declara: i Cop, when it' is made by the'orgad . Of the Govern-, ment , -- . 4here__:_may be an excuse for it whim - it [ conies as lt does l'roin the city of New York-bitt when:Wein:wk. frOm the President: of the United . , Stalearl - hmattlre - cha - with astonishment:-:--- Nr, - cohtino6l : My.;VA!'epel - it With iilignation., I repel tt although it comes •frOin the.Preti.ident. himself. Ales - tumid have _known the peorde.Of NeW lork better, and he 'did know 'them better. 4.7-osIL-quirt*v_ertikKemPtal-i- 46 -.;sfl'oft kv , ----Y44- I *-- to bear witness-to the Ediiity - 14: the .charge.--,, l'iame frOm n•hat source it may, he it high or low, from the Ex • eentiveor_from one of the leasfesal ted, I , shall repel it., What- a 'sinatio we Pre sent to the world? • The Presid6tt of the United States holding forth. to the world the declaration that the Banks bribed the'vnters of it's own State to - vote against his 'own•measures.• What a mes, sage to send to Europe and the. world—to Bug. land, where we are largely engaged in trade! a __ N continuednin Mr. l'aillmadge„ this is not the -ca-user----Fne-from-it--,--But-l-wiii-tTI4-yoft 7 the-eanse, ' It' originated with the Loco-focus—the English Ita.dicals— who beg a war against' all Banks—in favor of misnamed equa;ity—advocating hard monil—hard Money—exelusivesp - ecie payments —experiments, 8/..e. This patty were opposed to Ire - U7S7lttukz--s - o - tnrett ac auntsTlittiini; - iiiiir thus a union was.brOught about between the-par ties. The Message-of the President in•Septem ber,--the squinting at-alrankrupt-law'in'that mea sage—rwhich 11w the party, with all its nerve Has nut yet .114 the - courage - to brhig .forth—lk is these measures, - . continued Mr. T. this-war upon -the-ifanks—this-anion with. Lotp-focoism----this denunciation of men not believe as the party. did L-it is this which has prostrated the Country, and brought: s Wheie we are. - !fere is .the cause- of our distresses. ' Your specie circular, your iron -handed, gripingev cation o the law lets Anne it; and because all of . us.du not di) as we are hl to do, and swear' enniity to every thing ISM who did A COSIPP:IMENT WELL DESERV ED-XND AN EXAMPLE l'IlY ImiTATION. - We'haye :already alluded to, tile many excel.lent.itoprolitptu sentiment s at the editorial .Festiyfd—and we ei - presh our yegreUthat they weretttit gathered. up fur'publieattoli..:.Tltereis one,. however, whlcti deserves to be teseoed. the just compliment *birh ityaJS. to -the toettiory_ oral 'illustrious . . 11r.1 t AV. White, of, the Atesteeniter, ,being - preventd.by receittitomestie;:iiflltd= iion 'from ; attending the festival,. tyktisinit 7; •ted'ilte folloviiOg‘tuist:: • - CtvEe. JusTicE2 Attsittist.;—Justly 'referee! for lis•many; virtues and 'unsul lied integrity. .One trait iii his eliaracJer deserves. universal adoption by tiewspk fie"rpatro.h.-r-fle(fiefef softened. himself to -be.. iti arrears to .the.perlo(lleals •for whiCh he•subsdribe(l.--.flithincind /F/Lib • YOUNGMEN'S STATE:CONYEN - ,PION: - • A State Qorive'rithin (if "young---men; :the State .Atlininisiration, 'is proposed by - some of ot,ircoteleporarieg.—• We go the: _whole for' this lnea►~urc, ,and wthild.suggektflie:FcturililAYednesday-iii May-next-for-tite-inee-tiii-g-4111-tliat-CuiLeen t • tion,.anti Harrisburg as a stiital,ile place, Sze. , - - I - itir; -•- • .Sol wer:doeuneertaf;aetion„isL desi ra, fact caoba,accomplisbeti 'without : And, moreover, much' de pends open 'the young -- inew-7and,• • they' should, be a f ctiVe.. The Whig-young-men-of Philadelphia„and other cities,. by .their complete organi -zationr sleepless vigilance,• and ..untir, ing,action have prostrated the enemy, ant Witticeep.bunritatstra te:±,-12et- tit ey-titt .n . .It friendly-to the State Administration, therf;-. hold a - convention . . ' ; 'lt--witt persons : togetlier .froia alfparts of . the commonwealth; produce tin in 4crehangestlf.npinion:arid seiitin9etir;l4l4- efisiaPtiot. °lly; :to...the _object . for:- which_'' they- assemble; but formilig-acquaintance from d'fferent sections,.wilrtentl bind togetliii'_stinnore firaily thoSe:viliostr'ev eu interes64, Uether in - - the' no; th, or (11e-sauth, the east,-( k i.-the West, hx_tme.-,... We . hop'e.the PresswilVspeak oot upon 11re - s u Net f; - Talid - ifc!r it be-Well done7.---:WilkesbarrtrAilv.- N . 7n nyr,....! ScamtE.---ft .appears that there hasi - been . within' a few years one ,thousand eight hundred and thirtv-two defaulters in the' Post Office departnient alone ; and. not a week pasSes but we see it announced in the papers, that : some of these Sub-Trea 7 . . sury wily legs, have-matte tjieliest. use 7 of them; leaving Uncle Sam in the lurch. - - So 1011 it-be in: the ether department thegoveenment 7 —for instance, collectors' - of the customs, receivers 'of :Pnbfic..inon ey at the land offices, Ste. By the .new .Sub -Treasury bill a new class of ca ITd - Ilieceivers General," is. to be cre ated;--all these -however are should guggesf.- to the friembi of the schemeiielheir object be to secure- the safe-. keeping of the - public monies, to pCoVide_some . way (or amputating the legs of thes e Sub-Treasuries; to prevent their running off; and for 'this purpose, that in addition to the.other..generat Officers they have One to be. entitled Surgs.tm .General,- .whose Special duty it shall be' to, ampu tate the legs orall_Sub-Treasu rers..—Com. Cour. TOUCHING ANEnnorc.—A French pa per says that a little boy*.abiint siryears .01d,.-Whose fat 11 - e r ing his , mother weeping .bitterly, ver his bed,when she believed him to be asleep, Said. her, . "Mother, Will not God be your husband now?" "Wliy do you ask That question my son," said she. "Be cause, you have often', told me, that now my father is gone to heaven, God will be My - fifth fin he -be your husband also!?' ----- --- -- 'rite Secretary of thi,, Treasury, in slow obedience to a call made last ses •sioli,oc. Gorrgress, , .has • at -lengt Ivoyade a, report of all the. receiver*. collectors, and depositories, ,q.pubiie: - money de , , T•faulters-since-hduary, 15:34. ..the-list•- .gves a most alarming view of the sub ject, especially ,when considered in con nection with the present plan of the rill in gparty,4a-adn pt-a-sc he re e •wh ieh-they have-:thernsel ves-deciarexhvoulthexpose the public moneys to , the, depredations. °fa hundred . hnods-, where heretofore one 'could not reach it.' Mr. Secretary Woodbury gives a list of defatilters enough, to.. shake,, we i 811°4111 - suppose, the - Strongest-ddvdeate of. thel•Stib-TreaSury..system-.--' a' list ivhich - cniitaing the narnel - ofintlivitlaals who,. collectively owe the-government several iMons. • - • I)sci as We base alWays considere.d_the Pet •Bank:systeM,' it'appearS - frOhOheir report that vvery small amount is like ly:to be.tinally lost to the goVernmnt, by_ the Banks--;smaller than is ly to be. lotit even, during the :isame time by individuals, 5ince...1834; al.: though _it' was, most Of. the time, thA imperious .'duty of all the receivers of publiettnOney to had.it o'Ver to the - de.i positorie - s; yet notless . than-siX hilndtcd thousand dollars ha 3 heen retrained or cibtained — byAzinivtotrA Ls; who •ha v e never eith \ T-sie pended it for'poblic uses, Or, paid it over according to taw,. I They of strong boxes, sureties, lec. , ; but of what ..tiSe.are . sttotig ..boxes • . • M if you have , rogues tp - Iteep the keYs?— Ind - whit is the use of -sureties, when by . the time you' begin to..call them . to account, both* principal and surety are insolvent or gone to Texas? - -Wei have - strong - hopes' that there will, be found to be a majority in Con.; gress, against this measure. One thing ' is certain—that if this should go_. iptoN effect; specie payments °cart never be Joa l . . intained by: banks. If the whole , United States revenue' should be_ col lected kspecie i it , will, give' such a pre ference to ' tb•al article; • as.to create i perpeival-caTI upon the Bank - k: mid - iriemu= -- : troy all circulation; business must ecrict; to a l dvd - stand; and.every debtof, go any-considerable-amount-multb e ut- Iterly'oruirteitz. - -Essex - Ucizette. - - UPPEIt CA.NADA . ThelluffaloStar of the Slat 'ult;.-says of matters on the Frontier—‘,'There is ry little intercoUrie.with theither:sitle'or tb,e , The British 'are , nol'very. par-: _ticular_about;letting people-pass-oveeter this side; but - noone . is allowed_toLCrosS froin - . the American side . without strunity.. • . . "We werryelreMity hifiirmed ..a 7 - -credible resident - at Blaclatock, that two: _ decent looking men:caine•;o r ver.'oh . ifon-. day, having come outof Toronto,jail ‘ ,bui • 'a fiiw days since---They ha(j• beekfriel, amt . acquitted; but, beiiig _threatene d; wi! .. h . • another arrest, had taken the best..nilans • . tirget — mteottlye — reach - - - of -- the — tyratinr 'that o' Tess them. • • . 'These gentlemen state that there are nbout two - hundred atorfifiyinjail at ronto, in the most abominable conditioe The.y''fare '4O ? • Once in twenty four hem riovith apiece - of bread the.size - of a man's fist, and .. ,some water. No attention is paid to the sick, and they are soficreil to die by: dii?;eni,..witheutit 7 ny-Medical.,ettendsnce whitievei. The dead- bodies are -removed, no one knows - ; The follmVino• items of the • moveMenfti nnd doing in the .Vpiier Province , show what treatment'the Itefortoerg are:to ez pect. from the C vernrncnt. •.- c. • Filifn.the Bumilo. Com. Mir.. . .. tint . des- 15untnint?e;:nifi1Atili.'Rolpli,• . . I....'itrs: on 'the 20111 - Jan.iveie . stiverally - .expi.lleil from Patliainent," . anilineasures - t;ike . ti -to' have .neiv menitiers in. their•Oli- On motion lty widows of traitors should ettjttp their* g I share of . __contiscate . d.- property, -wag rej r c _ . On,itte44, tlie . l2, til fortim-morespeettx : ___, attaintler.oe6aittirs wasiptissed, with sun-: • • - • littbatli! Dunlop gave "..notice the 25i1l That he meant ,to move an ad dress to •: osi Gracious Majesty, re qUesting her to grant 190 acres of land to all officers, privates, and volunteers, who' took up- arms - to defend the province on the 4th, sth and 6th Dec. last. „_ An annuity of-240-per annum-'was iro ted-tn the Oil . lows and' children ,of these who had been-killed •in the last rebellion. The House resolved, "That' there be granted to her majesty one hundred pounds yearly, to enable tier - majesty to‘ , .grant an .. ,a , ..noity to the-widow and chilren of the • - ...... late Col. Moodie:" Also. • , " Itesol ve11,,. That the sum of -, 1'200' he\ n °Tan ted -to her Majesty abnualli,to enable ''---- her'Majesty to pay Col. Collin, Adjutant . General of Militia; a retired allowance - during , bis'life.!!- ... • . Tilos farthe_pat liament.. - - An apilrnss "To His Escellency Sir Francis Bond kle_ad,. Birtinet,ACnight,: . i.. - Com. -of. the noyarilanoyet inn Order of .. ' -Merit,,ieiit..-Governor of-the-Province of lippt.l Canada, &c. &c. &c." upon his. restirnation, had . .been got up by the royal biluiitants of Toronto. 1 -2- Tii - e - nitlitiatif - thirprovince - have - been ---. 7 Mostly ,seti,t. to their'homes. . . ' . The Toronto Patriot, from which wer • glean the foregoing, also contains a des- _ patch of Col. Radcliffe, relating to•the. capture of the 'Anne;' and of the intention t •• to.born Iter,lte says; • • .We-found-onboard-21•persons, „I led, S wonuded, 12,prisonees.„3 cannons, not very useful, about '2OO stand .Orirms, • tufreptrlshelt* -- ' - artninunition;:ulittiWinie'7. small.supply. .% .. Gen. :blunt, for whose apprehensiou rewatf.d . was . tAred, has been taken pris . oner, under the following circumstances: • •• Ile and three Uthers,attempting to cross -the Grand River ; -the-boat be . • . came fast in the fl oating ice. They were. rescued from freezing .bysome humane persons, and sent to prison. The:PattioLblackguartia_antLgaggn, _atles_as_u_sual,—extilttiktheitrospecVof Ta r- War on the Mirth . Eastern Botindaiir qiestion, wh'cli, lie thinks,, from certain eircumstancets, • skeli .as the despittchint the troops from, the West Indies•to Hill- • fax ; mug - takCitlaCe ;Otitis, if the Uni; ted States_tlo,e_eoutbst it. DISTRI:SSINdINCIDENT. A yougg girl; the daughterof Joli ••. Leonard of this city t was - .a__.deasl. body—on:3lle -morning of the -eigh.th, and as many persona,. in.aimilar .• .circumstance Ore w.ay, to superstitioix it is probable the .rnind "of ,the git:t h been labouring at,the time, under v - fears, when•Wedischarge of the • • • „ thiewberinteconvulaions, renewed every time the 7'.••• • was heard, until the Made knoW.n to the. officers; ..• • • fliscontiotted: Since that been'ty 61Hr - tiny . • . such a _the Blaming . • • ately brings on these •: ..• ed by, her ifriends sustained-a shock •.• • 4 ir • AltiverrecOcr,,, ... - -*ld Go+ ,7 MES=M
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