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- -V . ..7. ? , , . ... thumed tVe WJ farmer i : tide wbUb called forth remiaik: nor had T any imeution t. wound their feelings. Mr 4Bkforw?ytwiu-gut, aU.,thbjkflUi4 wihthe view to put down elieciually Ihe slah lcr.ij t1wie t' mciniteiicv .,v in reference my tir? on the fourth isilalnK-iit at the" extsvt session, with thaj iUi fiwiiiajtivius'! t my tnitivev NVe ' ao now ,a full ktaiiMBKiit of I'ii ooveitin, ccurdt"g lKtb re- ' 1 yes iti f" thtsje ' present, .and it turn out, i felt cnu ti lent it woul.l. iiisV.mAt.' rattier! ban bm-Wiro-.jit fit init it l I mil Mt cfli ly uith atW tTiirig" li7raid,l'li t- Ju'i tiativjf on winch. I acted was'a eon tin not rKMfcinpUteiilii jfi4! wcriiiioii, anti on wimwu ot course, u ili.t notTimi;- A t'Miee foarih instal ment. ( mi then, am now. and ever lare.1rTiifor;'f--rwfiiftirg-itnr act,' according to it true rtilet and puri,e. '. We all know it ohjyct was " g 't vtcar of an thumoi lt vfplnt by th'o-ititi it with t:ie stairs, witti ifisj Unuble viwf withdrawing fraiu tUt'.itnmttliftt c xitr. l of tlic Ex ecutive and the depi e banks, where i( was &livvtd i be a .datigeroiis' (Mrce of,, pAtronage -d ArUtiu, an I iii it i a tl 'jmite n if r than !uwe banks: "and I a'atid prepared to cx -cute the act ti the full. a. far an in y vtc uiiy g i, whe n v-r tere i an avatla'jlef urplu biyoitd ihe pro'iable expenditure t the (j iva-rnmi-nt, wl,t Ihe States will receive, whether it be tuili iir 'tiaivr. "'".Several jf iny fri-i.U " - tlirt-e vvai hotid ii'.ore siitrcitous vthati myself to rairv -out the act, acronli '' t jiiv c'oneepiioii of it true int nt and ilijut. tut lULtlifr I touUl int ao. v I hall -never ijree to iaie iitpucy by " JL''1M! wrTaxea, to i-.iake a surplus tu U K !cpoited vviih the Jj'tatea; and this 'wairtlie rituttd t1oV'rn dfbate on the ,i p istpduemjMt iCtiie f ui tli iiistalineut nucii a coura wouiii. indeu, hive "b?eiriiicTfsiKti4miif'iril'iau1iorTriirio every tiling I have ever lme urtaul in reference to thesutjec,t a 'l rati. i ' thai rai a cent by laxnj; or borruw. - - mgr to bi dppcfftiTf rfr I 'woii I d n it bnre hc-ilat. d a lumuetil to obliterate the s " net frain tho iaute book. ..To.do.fi ' tuej"j'M(Mild be a fcris and dangerous -....pco ita of rilifijacU .and resiat.ita teutior), . . .." . In my fortner rein trk. I neither af .. v fir'med ipr denied the truth if the . ' atatemrnt as tta the allead coneersa - tiou and Icpiifuieil my at-If sjintily to j bc-twcA what I ihajrbave said and iff , ' uccauju Im I a yrrv iii'ltinct teco . .f ..,..". . s . . . . . . ' jecttnii ut- uxi : conuTkation. I had an ' iinprcsirni of liavinj; conversed on the ti was in me laeT or on tlje ateoin. b.t, be in siiaie iulfieiouc( or wrth .ii v avjian; or w hat I aail, I had no rfcol iei.ti.inj but of otie tbinj I was per "Teclty ciin tenr, rtiil t' CdutnoT irave , aai.Kn thinlVnly understood, in- . ro'nsistent" -wjtlijvlui I did, as that v rc(e t on fixed "priiu-iple. long estab- 'li.shed in iny riiiid.Biid on which I tand it in1 lily coramitte.l in report and ileb ifd I coinplaii not, but It is deep 1 v- , . . lf-tVoSt4itia!jfctBaL - aa'tons," which are sojeaajy to be ir det'stooif. should find their m iiLfonrcrii miiun- way fnto - , puuiic journals. . n places t . " .; fubUcJi fitia-a tl a w tivard i ui V they'j are nUerved, hy "'.' themselves to tlte imputation 'public j'iuril3ls.t It places thuse Jn tuation.- expns potation pf im- r:"P?r- roa4yeyin4-4f -tUey -oa4r orse ireeljr, yiey afeTmljTe'to ba inirepre7 .caled. .;' i . ..;; ' I ask, as ancf of jiitite, that tltose who may rpubiUh tfia (a(cinnts to which, this rcfecs should publUb this !au, t " - " ' - - - :xc cALiiofcK. " 'Abolition 'V.-,esterdaya case ,..f A5J.?iUt,i,.ai..lxii; J JiJUlbe - Common r t rieas," which f.ir iisiiujioi tance and its ' resuitlnay ba deemed as settlirts; a very ' ' interesting qestWi" a far as public o- pinion goes. Itinown that fanat . . ica generally and part jculaily abuli riunist.s, tike every opjiortuuity in pub lie assemblagei, i steam bqatsT rail ' roadi carsMytels,&c to '.broach and - iliacusslhe particjilar subjecti iij which they take ait iuterasf, with tht Jew .of obtaining vbieaod making cohverta, ' They are" generalltolerated because the subject is must frequently Jpreafn- Jed under t!i garb of rejlgion. In the ' present ctt?c Mr. ;SViUiaw. Editor td V .to Emancipator, thought fit lo open ' the fjUcu jsion of the abJilionquestioii an boare; a steam boat on ifie lludstm ". last fall,' and, rgatii?.ed is meeting, and . kept op the .Aate'1tefire.' and after - dinner. - The pii.i!!' desirous ol re plying to some oN'ctioni - made by Judge Radchiff tliidiii; the defendant ' James Ross, vnciferiouity calling for the question, took tiim by rollar ( audi endeavoured fo quict him iy aay j rig "where is the use ' of your being uch aif'iolj'' foe which expreaitn 1 and thu assault Rs boxerlits rail1-. r .The abolitionist brought bis actios) for amagCi, and the jury after a very in teresting and sharp digci(Mi on both Hides, detljrcf fir the tlefeiidant. : So that a box on tfia ears and a tweak of tliC noic wl.enever such iriecnJtary di cui'uir are pHrprtnelr got up, are not be decmes. tonira bono .' :r nuil rJitera. bny, have been ar. t. i .'i..a fuitr.il in their poaaeMos) ' ( 10,000 doltara. A ftaiUeaa e rtytrient tit one of the draft, nEltXARXS of tlr. nolXlX h the Senate U. S'Det. II, 1837, pnfniitian f Jttf Cleg, it reir ailitin - f'UUantU tht Vnmnullee ftrlh lMttrtcl t tblnin fi am them m rtpwt deliberately and 'fully dUeuitinf the wMt rabject " " Mr. UOANKf of Viriw'u, sa'ul, that warm, arJent, and strung, m were all bi f.-oling. and fixed a was Uis opin ttin on llti subject, be alioul J perhaps nnx mve iprei nia lips on tue pres ent iuot unexpected occasion, but for In: relation hanuens to bear towards 1 utnbia:'l whirli-it.ia nrnn..1 i.. rfer. firopM Ilkl'ilt- W vast iivporU'icj - tnywlvinf the dt arest riiUand interests of millons of our ci('i7.efi! and ierbaps the Union of these States. A committee, tailed to tak charre of the local concerns Jof the p-kj)le of this I) strict, is not, hmnlily apprehend, Ihe suitable coin- inuuc lor sot n a am iect i lint mm- mil lee was not constituted with n fer ence to questions of such ma.nitudi and extensive bearing; and I do trut tliai, hliituld tins body uiifortunately agree to receive and refer these peti tions, with a view, as we are informed. to have a clm. didiberate.' and lull discuttsioii of. their merits, they wilt send them to some other committee nay, raine a special committee, com poed of gentlemen who have the talent an. I the taste for such illccunsion; for I lake this oe-aion to say tha, mi (her in committee nor elsewhere, will I ever consent to arue and ilUrus the inerits of . thin teudt-r and vital question. No sir; when , my life and them not tivanrnment-aiTd disrossinn, Sir, the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. oiayy lias akett wiietlier the inu(tidication of these petitions in the jNnrth, and the spread d feelinj which proiupi iii-in, i noi uiainij aiifiDUta Lie to a belief, on the part of the peo pic there, that the creat r ght nf net! lion had been invaded by the .direction which this bndv lias given to them for iiielaRt two' years? "lTe"lias been s"n swere I in the' adirniative bj the Sen ator Irom Vermont, Mr. Swilt.Y. and it is utterly denied that fanaticism con- it lutes any. part of the spirif nhich ac tuates our Northern brethren, in thus eternally atirring aqucstiun which thrj must know is vital to us of the Sjuih. (iii nt"-w not fnatid5ra; it is not humanity, it is not philanthropy, but it is pnirioliim! it is only to assert and maintain inviolate. thes great right of pet tion! I perceive, sir, that one of tha petitions presented this mtrnin is signed by, I t:nnk. one hundred and eleven women. Allow me to ask when before, on what vtlrer: occasion. on what other great question have the females thought it their imperious duty tl s'ep lo: th us the asserters and chain, pious of tiie great riht of petition. Al- liVV me to blii' vi fiir. tk.'il inrli rtin. tiVe conntituteil nor iiaitf: 'tKai?r feel- injjSinevertof one moment entered in to their braiaj no, ,sir, U js thej fals fire of philanthropy, so easily kindled in their warm ami lender hearts, and too easily lanned into flame by fanati cal, vile, and designin; men. a No man, nr. in4hu wide extended empire, more dearly loves, or would more aacredly guanf t Ivan I, the great, the inestimable .right of petition, as asserted and prattised in Enland, and tlicncc enrafted into our Own ivrittcn llonstitutioni bntlikea 1 other good thing it is liable to abuse, arid lias Ms limits? ami 1 for one am bold to say, th th subject now before the Senate presents a limit rite PconleJiayf ajright peaceably to assemble and petition fur what? To, ta kea way fny right-1 eoj!y--J life. liberty, anil t,h pursuit ol happinesrv Nd, !irf blttvtd redress tiievances' to js hich tlvesllwrmiking power cat ppyr4 lions must not only be sent to a tribii-. nal com'itent to-lieaF -tlie bot HuH ici.iie i a aoujrvi on nicn niai .in- bunal can legally and authoritatively act Sir, the 1'eople are occlndedj they have occluded; themselves; they are occluded by the' stcred co.iipronn. nes of the Constitution the charter of all their rig!frar-from bringing this subject belore-Cowgres in any manner, whatever aa one of ordinary legislatiaii . It is in vainHbTay that J his right of petition baa'nri HiiiitsW We Jia vejieen told this morning, "that we are'the ser vants of 1he Ifooidet tetjre thia Sen ate, requires that every pf titio whiclv is oflered to it, shall be respertful in its language, and decorous in its form. This,' sir, is a limit; and one liable-o abase; ami why not. I seek to .know, require that they sjiall.also be pertin ent in their matter, and iegitinwtCwin t'terjorVec? 4- I ask gentlemen who are ao.aenii live 5n their feelings, and ao! latitudin ous in thejr Wtiona, abo-jt the right of petition; 4 what theywottlil 'tlo; if a "reSpectful! petithut was preaented to the Seiiatfc't prayiug them Jo pass a law directing tbnt, in future, each' one of our twenty-si.; aovereigri States sIhiuM have on this floor but ane, to steftd ol two Senators; as guarantied ay, coinprojiitsed, by the Constitutron? I t there a member here who would not scout from this chnmber such a , peti tion, aa ging far beyond any thing contemplated b the terms or spirit if our association? The right of peti tion, as secured in the Constitution, waa intended to redress all grievances within the' pale of the flaw and the Ustitutiwr4Mt-fiot4oMbvcrteitlijerf We aretidd, airy that , these peti tions only relate to theDislrict of'Col ombia. Who, tSt has at all looked 'passing eTenU Van'-for wom believe mil siutensenu v " "v lieve that the hamanit j, the philanthro py. r tbepatrioti-m ofjoo' Nrthera beeibreaaa-be. sated byjemancpating the few alave whMtiWrtiTEf miles' square? 'air,- this. jolide acrit Dintrict of Columbia, beeuseof some plausible construction gvO certain equivocal expresaions atut the "exclusie juriwlictioti of conjreM has been adroitlj mail the jiuclcas around which the abolitionists are to forces for a eoncfitrateu I mttvemenTolriWSlJTO ir. in t ua Ilistricl. mil Lncrwisii enter the wedxi -with witch they Would rend asunder this geat and glorious Union. Wr.iaiJ Mr. R. we bs ben ta by ths Senator from Vermont that, on thu question tlier u m division of sentiment in iU State: 14 that on tliia only questinn. all partici in poli tic and all aecta in religion, eoma Ugihtt and aijire. tSir. let me inform that Sator, and the whole North, that the eiilira eoldry aouth of tha PoUmac,- without any ic4 whatever to party, or any thing eUa. la aa ftfily united as can domiIiIt bo Ilia peopM M Veboni. and will boldly (ac and defy the atorm i abolition ism, eoma whan and whence it' mal Oentle mrn may tiilk aa they will fbuqt right of petition, and all that, but the veryact wmrn the Senator from Vermont ha fed, proroa inconlrovertibly o my miod, that M quoatiori u aolclv and wholly one of power tu aggrami izement; to which poliliec, religionmorlity Sl pstriol'nm are all aubaervient; I wfat. air, that it i a atruggla for power I cannoview itatu erwiae. I VNT V-FI Fi ll C(!U RKSS. IN SENATE. TAttrluy, Dntfiet &l Railroads and Canali, repdttd a bilr- Zi-aiiti iz an, r ipnaiions failiuntinz to abiut 1,100.000; for tlU extension ot the Cumberland mad tlifugh Oluo, Indiana, and Illinois, ltdd and or dered to a second reading, The bill small notes to restrain issue of n the Distridol Colum- hi a was taken up, when 9' B'nton went inbra long speech oahe hi&tory of banking. Sic. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. . After the reading of thsjournal of y 'sterday proceedings. Jr. Patton of Virginia offered lolloltig resolu on ajr abolition tion against acting. petitions "EearJvaJ, that all liiion, smoriala and paper, touching the abolition ol ivery, or the buying, wiling or iranafering i slave in any Slate, District or Territory pf tl United Slates ba laid upon the table w?lhtfu einf debated, printed, rrad, or rrfcrred, and at no further action whatever ahall be had t -eon." The rule was auspende year T35, nayt GO when Mr. P'on said Ji had oHerrd the resolutiorta a spirit of co npromise. It involved concession on the part of the sou. He then called for the previous; qislion. Mr. Adams attempted to re id I he house refused, ycaa -ISJ. - TH main ques tion was pt by a vote of29 to 62. JWr. Adams rose and aiwered when his name was called, "I lid this Res olution to be a violation the Consti tution of the United Stai !" and im- nediately resumed his ieat, amidst clamorous cries of "iller." The proposition was adopted as 122,nays " - After thi result was aiouceJ. Mr. Adams remarked that iiiinine did hot ppear on the list nt leashd nays, nor his reply. I lie apeaker-r-Call S tfc gpntlemen from Massachusetts. - Mr. Adams then moveilhat his an- ?: be entered on ihe lurnakand llie" chair decidiiif that iu. . not in order he moved In havdhis motion and that decision of the b aker en- tcred. $1 r. Sawye r.nrN. TGITniT5rr7 Wise of Va, rose and refi'd to vo,te afall on the question, not (jinking it a fitting subject "ToFTegTsIairtTiVfioh."'" ,C The rfercnce,of the Mtkatre was once more iaken un, in coAnittee of tne wnoie, mt. Adams itijtie chair,) and after some squibbing, if rather a mud throying character, between Dun can if Ohio, and Ewing ui Indiana. Mr. Utileiwood went yevy ihly into thfcordal sunptrj of MrCutuinir's a- I me ndiiirfitv-aml examined tlW Presi-J dentVallusion, in the MessaV. seri atim, .iio the ptesent condViun of our aff.Jrft Each department was shown Jo be. (lit of errors-of administration. . it- ..tt; r. r' siwiM ' -mum muuti voiiiii- iur reiwrmT 1 lie KavyJ the War; th Post UiTice, the State fnd Treasury Dtpartmeuta were all eiamined, ind.abuset ahoayn in masttilv manner. r' . "M 'Sawyer, of Koylh Caittina.at). dresjed ne -ommittce f specUJ y on the aeh vA-which ha preventeilth sail ding of the Exploring Expedilionj fcnd geoeraii v on existing autnes in tna, rua- yj )epartment, which ho representeit a going ncau long to ruin, owing 10 tue otters incompetency and "mismanage in snt of ther present. Secretajry whom he artusad of hostility to the increase and "prosperity of that branch of th tsoitaUderence, and of i tyftetn favoritism whicii .haa tlisgusteu our naval oncers, and threatened to drive fhem! from. the service. . Ir SJ indi cated hi intention of following this at tack, by .heieafter introdttcing a re0' luttoii proposing a, thorough inquiry in to the condition and management v the Nasj. i ' : The committee, then rose, on motion of Mr. Pottervof Penylvanii who, of course, has the floor for to-morrow. . ' . IN SENATE. Jndnu'Dec. Z2. - r- " - .- r a- 1 he lull restraimnsr fe. sons ana Cor Tf,'. j . ..7 ... . - a"". noartions from issuing amall note Tun- der five dollars and individuals from,' MiilnetnThhtnthi Dite Passed th Senate, after mucb tUseus sion; to be fhgrossed and read a thud time.. . - ' r,' The Senate adjourned over to Tues- After the reading of the Journal. Mr. Adams ibe and said that he perceived in the reading of the Journ-I al, that his answer to tne can w name; did not appear. The Speaker said the gentleman did not answer yea or nay to his name. further remaiKeti mat he had requested his the answer to be. inserted ..wiili jhe answer iu the Journal; and thU re- ouest he renewed. Mr. A. reduced the motion and an swer to writing as foliows: To insert after the yeas and nays, on the adaption of the residution rela ting to abolition petitions, the follow ing: The name of Mr. Adams being called, he answered, "I hold the reso lution to be a violation of the Constitu tion of the United States, o.f the right of my constituents, and of Ihe People of the United States to petition, and of iny right to freedom of speech, as a member of this House." Un motion of Mr. lloon the motion to amend the the Journal was laid on the table. Mr. Smith from the committee on Commerce reported a bill providing for the entire reorganization of the Treasury Department. This bill was read twice ami ret.-rreu to the com mittee of the whole. House, on the state of the unions Ms.iniih.lrjfm mittee, reported a bill providing lor the employmet of Boys in the Naval service ot the United Mates; read twice and comin'tted. Also, the Senate bill to allow a drawback on hemp and cordige manu factured; without amendment, The House then adjournal to to. - day. IN" SENATE. Tuesday, December 26. NEW-JERSEY MEMORIAL. Mr. WALL rose and said that, in compliance- with the reqnest of the Governor of the State of New Jersy, he presented to the Seriate resolu tions of the Legislature ol the State of New Jersey, and moved that they be printed, and laid on the table. Mr. LLAY, ol K.en.,nid he wished to .inquire what was the suhject of those reoiutions? Mr. WALL said he believed they constituted the creed of a certain class of persons... He did not feel as if he could particularize it more. Mr. LLAY called lor the reading, and they were read.; A copy of the resolutions was pub islied in the National IiitcUmneee ., the 20th of November. ' They declare t the duty of Congress to provide for the safe-keeping oud disposition of the public revenue approve of the resolu tion of the Senate which was sulne- 3uently expunged from the Journal enounce the expungign resolution, the removal. of the deposites bv the President, the issue of the specie cir cular, the sub-Treasury scheme, the issue of Treasury notes, and a pnrtial bankrupt law and approve of the course of Senator Southard on all these subjects, and of the conduct of the present representatives ol the Mate in Congress. 1 Ihe resolutions were laid on the ta ble, and ordeird to be printed. DISTRICT CURRENCY, i ne out to restrain tne cur small notes in the District of Columbia, and for 1 other purposes, was read a third time, and passed 3716 1. 1I0USE OF. REPRESENTATIVES. Ihe House was occupied, through out the entire sitting iir consTdering the motion af Mr. Adams to refer to a select committee the memorial of a PeacelSoa New York, praying I ougrrss to con sider favorably an overture, in the shape of a decree of the Mexican Con gress, for an amicable settlement of the milieu I ties between that country and this; and, should the effort, fail, for a reference of the question m dispute lo tne mediation oi a irienmy rowctv Mr. Howard, chairman of the -Com ptittee on foreign Affairs," hail moved the reference of the memorial to . that committee. The speech of Mr. i Ad- ams wssv directed to ahow that Ihe memorial ought not to go1 to the latter committee, because a report made by it at the last session ('the chairman and many of the " tiieraberscomposing 1he committee at" that session, remaining still upon it at the present) evinced a predetermination in favor f a rupture wim Mexico air. tiowaru made a brief4 response, in yrlnch he dented that iny such overture Had in fact been ' mta.tWL. a)'. iU. tt-ta' t e..,.! and argted that it would be useless t remilra l laiuirl nn nia aut.t. f. -.1 oflno, existence, -In. the course of the debate. allusions iVert ; incideotally made to.th retive conduct o(t the two Governments, and lb the tone and language of the President's Message on that part of our foreign 'relations. ' Mr. Adams, in the. course tf hio speech, ; which' occupied - more 1 than three hours, was repeatedly railed ' lei rrder,specially when , adverting in his opening remarks, to the cotiducl f the Committee of Vys and Means, aa avowed in a late publication by a -InumHer of the member of that cimo'- mittee. , TTiediscu&sion deal of interest fur some time, but was much protracted that when ihe, qnes- between 4 and ,5 ojcloclfc, there was noquitiuui present; so the matterJiei over until another tlay.- ! , f ' ' . Pre iousl y to. ttic Debate above it'fent red twand iminetliifjtly after,the; read- - -BW.-...-..-.! . - . .. ' rose, an'", by permission q tne House, sliit.nl that he had ssenthe Washington correipinilehco in one ol . the publio papris, which he"lield in hisliand, and from which he quoted the following parajrapii: . A soon as thia end had been aceompIih - im - r- -r-1- ir-Uili f-lft t"'ir the aiijeurnment upon Mr, moiton IfntferrtlM QimlHia, oTe4 M. whole boi neni neie iif: atioii t" meet in the committee-room of t!ie Commince of Cluiina, to devise ways and mean f'" t'e emergency to take all necra, wry tep toward a dissolution of the Union. Such siMt the tenor of his lanjoaffe, but audi w ''a anbilaiice." Mr. Campbell observed, in sub sfanre, that if he alone were interest ed, he certainly would pot have called the attention of the House to the mis representations of an irresponsible letter-writer; but that, by request,' and injustice to those with whom he had acted upon the occasion alluded to, fce would state, that, in the in vita. tion extended by him to the Rcpreseh tatives'of the ilave-holding interest, he had acted as one of a committee appointed by a meeting then being held in fhe District committee room, composed of Mr. Bauldin, Mr. Johnson of Virginia, and liimselfj and that, in the invitation which, as one of the committee, appointed forTffttt pirfpotr, hejiad extended to his colleagues, no reference was made .either directly or todUtliituu ".)& ion. Mr. C. also slated, that the result of the meeting was well known, and that every candid man must acknow. ledge that the course adapted. was cal- rnlatfd to uay raiherthan to increase excitement. IN -SENATE..-. Jf'ednttJay Dertmber Q.7. Mr. BENTON oflered a Tpsobtion calling upon the Secretary ol the Trea sury to report to the Senate what a inouiit of specie lias been received -uu. to the Trersury since the suspension of specie payments in May last, and what amount of specie has been paid out of the Treasury, givingJJie.aggre tr.ite amount since the suspension in May last. Mr. CLAY expressed a deairc that the resolution might be modified so as to present not only the aggregate, but tha specific objects of the several pay ments, so as to show to whom the spe cie had been piid. Agreed to. Mr. Calhoun presented several res olutions, (a copy of which coiijd not be obtained,) chiefly relating t the re ecjvelsii! General Government and of tlie sevtn ral States. These resolutions "we re laid on the table and ordered to be printed. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF REPHKSKNTATIVKS. In the House Mr. Polk laid before that body a communication from Messrs. Prentiss and Wood, represen tatives elect Irom the Stale of Missis sippi, enclosing their credentials, and declarirg themselves ready to be qual ified. Upon thin, a debute of mere order aroo, which extended to a considera ble le'tigth, and was participatcdin by a good many members, but vrry dis cursively and inconsequentially. The point "nt issue," at Bif, wa,whellfer. flupnn the d'r,"'itoiU'f the reference of the memorial to the Committee on E- lections, or otherwise, the claimants should be admitted 4o seats upon- the floor, and take part in that particular dfhirte, ; T: M uc h fee l ing an d h tvw i ti g vf hit rids were elicited by tliis question, in all parts of the House; and the merits of the xaaa. wereono. tnto, to .rather , a. greater extent than was repeatedly de clared by the Chait was in order. At length, the motion to admjt the claim atits to a seat on (he 8n nt once, fmade and sustained bv Messrs. Graves and others,) was laid nn the ta ble by the yea and nay vole of. "90 16 87, until the previous, quest ion of Ref erence shoujl bt decided on. . . ' ;' t There was then a little more flurry, and the wlmle thing ende'fjby ,ihe proposed reference to h Cowtiniltee on Elections: and Ihctvtlic, House, ad journed. - .i..;;;,!,fi'.-c"3 i .INSENATliW'- Tiitrssdtiv, I)ecS 28. fhe Senate Iiavin2laken',tn the res- oluiion befora o.Tered by Mr. Nilesiboiitionists, relative to anSinsuiance of the safe transmission of money in themaitsv- v4 Mr- Niles , uffed , a snbstitute fcr that resolution, requiring the postmas ter General to , communicate to ihe FenMe hi? opinion of the propriety and. uraniagea ot, auintiriKing py law tne transmission in ihe" mall of sums of mon,e";'not exceeding ". severally a cer tain amount, at the risk pf the Depart ment; thi rate pertentage "which ougt lqti he'rhargrd by Jhe; J.lleimrt'i ment tor that risk; ami auch other in formation n the '-subject he might ;jhink proper, and w'uhin his power. . .vuerc ome tiisr jion, toe rryoiu tion was laid, on the tub!". . v , ; . Mr. Norvell presented the following re"o!orions: . ',, "' r : " - tirsotved ih thn Government nftho t.ti?te4 9iat is a liulMHinl tnvei nmeiit rnly p-nefiit(iUrposerape:iut.it in the Frrtcrsl IMH mo; , t. ThM th Hales it this Uniou. ha H thfir re served rtghta ana powei i aro epant9r UhWixo itenr. awat sarereiea nolilieal aummuaitir.a - ' Ttit aar intetformre by one or snore State their tiosicahe-jtra "uJ anjoiilty; 4 ' Or by tha prop! of oea Or riot, r. tb dnmctlia iutiiluiiiMiS of anjr o;!irr lliia JaiHye wht awy 4 its rr, ,, antl powrt over thnsv lnMilntion, Ma and 'ifsngei-nosltifriMtiioa of j,e ' U wsTmttHM, of ilia United Suir wtly to lisirb tba a?;, asd o-s,,,,,,,!,. Union, and ta srver lha links, which Ul lopeiheTat itnrl'efipta. ; , v ciTiuit.jJieSenalt! of the Unht Sln posed of tne iie jiw wnrilvei hf ii,e s lUeir aovereii.ep:itirs, and bonnd to T" the reered f i!t and powers left 0 the. mp,et ol Ui. , would rre,tj T teiopt.'ON iho pan -f lti Pcdora! tiottt?' uiilerha pretelt l ertulstiDs; nsJJ roonj the sesoral Stleeor nailer any teat wbaieir. to truhibit lit ilomeniltn.k Iweeo any of ihe Sialei, or the ciiiiesnT' Ihe States, allowed hj ihem in ay kh4 u' erly. reeoni-d Sasoeh by their mt, - ltesleS.. T'' .'he Senate Of tita II. j, will nei'hee irerive, nor eaiertain. anvja., mem irrul . resolution, or other' paper, Cmirres, to prnhiliit aiy wish Irsdo. Kesoiron, i "i n wmi 'i uct a bfaftA. Hit (jul.lie Isith of ihe nation to aboliih J in Ihe District ,.nt Unlnmbis, without t, sent, of the people of lha District, itie jj will neither receive, nor entertain aor s,, memriil,siilulion, or ntliee paper, for the aduptinn of such measures., tuilcn iv rd Irom ihe peopl of die District of IV iia - '--: - w t The resolu t hmw -bei ng read . were laid on the taMe, aittl ordered; be printed. " . . -.: i rii Senate proceeileit fa. Hiecoiu eration of th resolutions oEredji terday by Mr. , Calhoun. aelaJw,, interference -witli-'tlieJ rigrt af i States. - ';'-'-:' Mr, Calhoun spoke in favor af', resolutions, dwelltng-chieHy nn ol tions whjjch had been, or which Jut be maile." '' - ; A tleuale followed, (to he publ'i. hercalter.l tj Messrs. Calhoun, f, ton, Swift una Strange. ' w Qrr motion of Mr. Calhoun, il, spociat "oru-erTOTVtr.wdFf , wi'h an undetglandingthat they slws be considered in advance of theft moot resolutions. HOUSROF KEPRKSEXTVriVRS. Mr. Cambreleng. front, the coron' tee of Ways and Means, reported tt usual appropriation diiisw . j The memorial presented by Adams on Tuesday last' froniX New York Peace Society, In relafr to Mexican a Hairs, was taken npu, referred to the committee on Furrk r. t j. . . . . . . , .J neiations, iijiqii, IN SENATE. ;-.! 5 Friday, Dfc. A series of resolutions were liibw le'dyMr?Morrii.6r OhloTaj i" ijji. stiiute for the excellent resolution! : Mr. Calhoun, in . relation to Su rights and the treasonable conduct t the abolitionisls . These rosoluiioi are the very opposite of Mr. Calhouni, They rommenre with asaertin, tht a tore ol the Federal Compact; J branch of into a whining ripnvA about the liberty of4 speech and of lit preaa, ; and of the impropriety of State's interfering vi i'h anojher WTOaUer; admit that the Gow meat has no righrt Uterfere witsfc rights of the Slates,- but ta.ljounil protect them, tc, t declaie slavery be a moral and-political evil, andi sert the right of , petition and di sion on the whole subject; and conttt that Cong-ess have the 44glit4t sW'k slavery not ouly in the District.t likewise in the Territories! ami to pr titbit the people of one State from ling their slaves to those of anotho and most violently oppose th-nnB tian of any newTerritory; or State " the Union in which slavery is tpleratd The bHI anttiortnglthr cessiiia" certain descrintioDi of lalUls approp' ated tof urposes of education.'and & en (en ng id . otherSvlirareaiI . : t time and passed. The wlVn ams bjqawsGf the Un'Statea in tti tion to the ? punisiimFnT7 nf cJrW crimes wa mrtf r eVf rfll amending. paseif ln committee of the WlioW) Tire bill for the relief of theepref f . tatives of G. - W.. Meade was .it passetl, after amendments i" coftiiif i tee of Ihe Whole. -t-,,' .,. MOUSR OF ItF.PItRsV.XTATtVW I -"-The day Tvaerertert:to tiva V and petitions." .- V-" -'! Abolition and antiTexian petiti almost past numbering, were prff el, Mrs "Adam tried to g't upas'fr eitement ott lhoVtibjeet; but faileti' but Httlo notice or respect wasroii' what he aaidthe aobstanc of "was that he considered the re"'1"" adopteiliby' the limine .in rtdalmii inch hiwmoriat ttncpiisututima',' felt noobliiratron to rerafd juclii.'1 law, and would still moye. . t'lififf fc'f enco tir-approprrate. committie) gave notice that he h on Id (wntn-nifrt" move toescind "the infininiisres , lion he had referred to !! Iho t' , is matt and mil,! aouT and bijilf. l e- .- J ' . MR. CALHOUN'S HESOLjniOfrS "The followmg are tlienresoluiionf troduced in the- Senate on Wedne1 by Mr. CalVtunt . ., t, : fr"'e,Tiat;n the atlopr'.inn of the' frsl Constitution, Uia late wJ-fitiitg th ' acted, -severally, aa free, looVrtJent, "J reia4tafc nl.lhat erih,, for hlt. own voluntary assent, eifrrcj the t'liion tho view to iu inerase,korurliy afainf1 danger, dametti well foreign, more-'perreet r.n,V enjoyment of if vantage, riturnf, political, anil social. . HtflvtJ, That In detpgBtinir pnrt thrir powera to he eiercise.l by tho F', (joeerninent, the Slates rvtuJned, aeve !! xchirtve and right over 'Jtcir own A tii iiistitnlinhs and police, ami af ' jxinwhlo for them; And' that any intesmo'' of any onrf or more State, or aoiihin"1 thair cioins. with tha ioftflie'inlili: r iiiiM I and police of the others, an any frwn4 "x ler,ahv t.r.tefSh!vfev-e. n.7Mticak m 2j.el)sl)iia.w.il!i2i vlw a." l5jr. aitrra""' ubverion,i a as.HBtion ottei'oT,:J ' warranieiL by . tV . Ccnsutuitont . io"11 lh States IP.trfere) will.; mhnt
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