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Rosband. Yon ceriaioiy do the slams
Thy dear, if you plcaau.
T’de. I thank von str—Miy cheeks do not
*’«•»’ paint, unr my eyebrows penciling
Husband. Frue; the rose of yon h and
beauty is still upon your cheeks, and your
*>row the how of Cupid
Vi »fe. Y-><. once thought so; but that mov
ing mummy. Molt Dnw>ott, is now your f.V’.>r
ue. She’s let me see no gossip, and yci .-.lie’s
* mnd in every house but L-r own—and so si
, 00, when she has all the clack to her
?tir. Her tongue as thin as a sixp-’use with,
talking—with a pair of eyes burned into the
socket!, and painted parmels into the bargain.
And tiieii as to scandal—-but her tongue is no '
scandal.
Hnsbind. Take care—(here’s suth a ’.Viitm
fig standing in a white sheet
Wife. Curse you ; y ( j;> wo:< Drnvo i. e a
sasnt •
Husband. Y'di t 0 j, B getting into a
passion.
Vvde. la it anv wonder ? A white sheet?
\ou might to be to-'-ed m a blauke* Hand
some ! I can’t forget that word. My charms
are lost on such a t isteless f.--low ,<m are.
Husband. The ch irtns of vour tongue ?
Wife. Don’t pn v -k« me. or I’ll flmg tins
dish at your head
Husband. Well, 1 have done.
Wife, But > miv’nt done. I wish I had ;
drowned mvsHf ilu: first day I saw you.
Husband. It’s n>t too late.
Wife I’d see you hung first.
Husband. You’d be the fi st to cut me;
down.
Wife. Then 1 ought to be strung up m
your stead.
Husband I'd cut von down.
AVife You c ould ?
Husband. Yes, but I’d be sure you were i
dead first.
Wife, i cannot bear this anv longer*
Husband. Phen’tts time for me to with
draw; I see, hy your eyes, (hat the storm t
collecting.
V» ife. Audit shall burst on your head.
Husbaud. I’ll save my poor head if I can.
A good retrea' is (letter r»an a neat bittie.
f Ihe husband flies for his life, purs ted by
his wife, and reaches »he street ju-t in time to
save his head from the attacks of a set of chi
ni, which came rattling after him, from his
good-natured spouse.]— Transcript.
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An I risk soldier's contrivance. — Michael
M alo ney was a private belonging to an ,
English regiment <>f infantry, which happenedi
to be stationed in Ca :ad i during ihe American [
war. \t the distance of two or three mii<-s I
from the quarters of the re iment there was an
out-post, at wh.eh a sentinel was placed.—
fine day, when it tell t . M Honey’s lot io be 1
employed on this lonely service, an unexpect
ed ord< r arrived from headquarters for tlm nn
medi ite. dep ir ure of he regiment. Amids .
* the hurry and hustle usual on such an orca
wton, nobodv thought of r lieving the out post;
and there thw poor Pail indei was left to starve
with a musket on Ins shoulder, or to run the t
risk of being taken • p and shot for desertion ■
The feeling of hunger, however, having at j
length got tin* better of les sense of duty, he
returned to quarters without leave; and find- .
ing th it the regiment was gone, nobody knew
whither, he proceeded to a farm house, and .
found employment as a labourer. After a
lapse of taiee years, during which Le lived
very comfortably, hi* regiment came back to
its old quarters. Al first he was terrified at ,
the idea of being taken up for a deserter; but
that native ingenuity, which is sowtnii,
whimsically displayed by Ins countrymen, soon
suggested the means of exculpation. He nut
on Ins sjcldier’s dross, shouldered Ins mu-ket,
and took It'S station nt (he very out-post, where
lie bad been placed three years before. He
had been here scarcely an hour, when .1 cor
poral belonging <0 (he regiment; with a guard,
approached (he spot tor the purpose o! leav
ing a sentinel upon I’. Ihe coipora! seeing it
already occupied, cued out, “AA ho the devil
arc you; what regiment do you belong te; who
sent von; and how long .have you been here!”
“Ocl», then,’’ rep’ied M.'i'liael, ‘‘you n -.y
well talk ot the devil, for sure none but Le
devil himself could have kept guard so long;
don’t you know that -ome ot you left me here
three years ago: th;.l none ot you ever came t.i
relieve me till this very moment; and havn’i
you now found oie .it my post?” I’he [liber
nian was mimed a elv conducted to hi- quar
ters. The commanding ofiu’er, on bearin
Li; store, received him with kindness,* and the
ud.enti.re form, d a subject of merriment for
butr.o days alter.
Food the Q’> nicely.— Trial b , Jury.—
Ago ilcin in, ho n.s i itely return- dir hi tin?
west, inform d th«» editor of the Alexandria
<» ;;;*.< tv, »i Hin | ‘hr V.e si.a; of
11 <i 1 1 tn 1 L<* m . >pp, J 1,1 11,i:. iv *;>'v n t;
the Scjsmn of the court, in thili pla H
was iiivred to niter.d tile Court, and m’’ l ' r
dmglv found e Judge si ting on a 1 rge
I lock. 1:1 one corer «>f a log » nb'n, paring lus
toe bulls, a’ <1 *hn members ot ihe ear next the
judge, 't-para e<; limn the people bv •• pel,.
fastened u the Ktdes f the uuse, and ex end
ing .u r- -.s t’,.- r>> >m. boon «l’ei iu- ent. r».d
' s■ • . us j-. te ti ■ j >.i e inq in dos ihe
shentT, w . jm> v ».• not :.tri-.«-<>it;-,;., —
to ul .. h er- o d th : i>r had c’< ven ued
u? s:a .. s wen* eng <>•
runi.mg ' ho; 1 » :h >i l’ . iry w .
be re o > in 1 t n m - I » ■
’r v. Io r -.me ui.it > Utq ai cd, and »uc.i al.tr
le t the state.
L’u .:.ig <J /’ t —*‘ A’ ■>' er, I v” ve eve a
pal p .«t h i I’. s. -ir ** Iw . "> afrner
lurch-t 3 eg o uiii w , i< w 11 von ai!" Nine
1 " g- \ -.h o,' t>uv i»t be te Its
ho devil o-u -l. I could buv me same for
rr it i d vt nee a while sin e* Oil we?,
Uu.i** » lie m sumtnr 1 .s oveaud you may
i-* 1 “ Iruo fur ve,
. and what’jl cover the heai of me »hs while?
O’ by the powers, I’H fix it so that nather
of • u ill be chated —PH taka ihe hat now
1 a d .111 v wh-’ii t e . r eis down.”
1 From th Grec >vt'ftc AJountinrer.
SECRET WHIG CAUCUS
Jit t> n minette a Candidate for
tnc Fresltlency.
V/ ABrfINGT'«N. i'i'c!), 10 1G35.
Among the most -
'* 1 -“ c vP. occurrences of in-
terest at this nlaec- n n c
, ' •*> tiieie has been a Secret
at< \ ’ d'.date for the Presidency. The
■*_' ' fig W:S ’ieid the iiigut before the list, at
J Leary’s. Messrs. Calhoun, Leigh, Pin k
ney, Poindexter and I'n ston composed the
meeting. I have possessed my-el , by' iiinai
ry, of many of the facts which occurred, as
indeed it became - in consequence of what liap
■ pened, as you wdl set: in the seque } impossi
ble to conceal them. i will give them to you,
as I heard them described. It is necessary
however for you t<> understand, (hat the room
in which the Caucus met, was nt the hear! ot a
flight of stairs, and the door ofit oppm d upon
ihe landing place, and on ihe outside.
As soon as the Caucus was called to order.
Mr. Lt it'h in the Chair, Mr Calhoun rose
and observed, that in order to piodu.-e a eon
ceri ofaction among the great body of the
Wh.g party, he had been induced to retire
'romthe contest for the P osidenti.d (’hair
that the peaceful walks of priy -te lite had a!
Ways been pref, rred by l,im -that noth rm but
the urgent sohciiamms of his friend ~ whose
was Lb. a d ever forced him into public
;. r , t | ie never na .i anv a(n h| iJon to
ty -that intrigue was foreign to his nature
and iiabuM —and tie felt more than h ippy* at ihe
position of circumstances, and the st -te of par
ties. which would e iai)b* him to ex cite a
wish, for many years v unlv indulged, ofwith
dr ■wing from the list oi e ind d ;'es for p > » 1-
l.ir favor, witho :t giving offence to his f iehds
—that he would now leave the aren t to those
who liked political strife, and enjoy in retire
ment t.mse ple isurea which a q .iet con
science, and a toi .1 exemption from ev< ry wish
loi public honors w0..1d inevitably afford h m
—that his friends, >nd the great Wing party
m Ist now selem s<»m<* other candid :te for the
Presidency—he was ou of the quest on; but
whoever might be the object of their choice,
he con'd safely lay his hand upon his heart and
declare, he did not, and would not envy hm),
though he should be successful, who that can
didate— ’
Mr. Calhoun was 1 ere interrupted bv a
voice 1:1 tite room, saying.
II r. tn for J u.kson—hurrah for Jackson -
bun ah for Jackson!
, Mr. Leigh, Order! gentlemen, {.iside.
Poindexter must be drunk attain) Mr r’om
dexter, was it you who cried out just now?
Mr. Poindex er, who sat in a corner of the
ro un, between sleeping and waking, »m being
appealed to, roused himself and positively de
nted having uttered a syllable. Mr. Pinkney
observed, that it might bo some wag at ihe
door. That can’t be, s lid Mr. Preston, as the
sound came from mother quarter of the room.
The members of the Caucus severally pro
tested that it was not from either of them hat
the vtm-e came.
Mr. Leigh. 1 hat is strange—l am positive
I heard some one, or some thing, say hurrah
lor Ja. kson! there it is again, and hurrah for
Jackson was audibly repeated three times. —
On the repetition of the sound, Mr. Pinckney
iidgeted a good deal, and moved an adjourn
ment.
Mr. Leigh. I hope we will not adjourn
1 would rattier remain, and made some effort
to discover what this can be.
Mr, Calhoun was observed to take his seat
when the voice was first heard, and appealed
overcome with surprise.
(.Mr. Poiidexter, in a tremulous voice.')
D—n me. if 1 am afraid; it would lil become a
min who had Caught at Orb an-, t be fituht
ened by a foolish fancy; it is nothing but con
ceit.
Mr. Leigh. Is there a Ventriloquist n
comp i.-iv!
Mr Poindexter, No—Bui there are some
V- iitril ’ijui'ts. I think that's noi so bad—eh!
Mr. Pmcknev! II i, ha, ha, ha! Here Mr
Poindexter ttfecieil to I nigh at his own humor;
■vhen, to the consieroaiion of t‘e whole com
p my. a laugh much louder and longer in a
von-e strangely peculiar, w«s heard in the
s ime qu ir er of the room from which the first
sound issued.
M>. Leigti. This is atnazin.’.
M' Pmckuey. I< —is it- -is most
aw fol!
Mr. Le.gh. There must certainly be some
one < or c*’a!<‘d in th • apatitn nt.
Mi Pr -sion. A very reasonable conjec
ture. I move we search the room.
But it was m vam they searched. There
was no furnHtt't* m the room, but .1 table,
s »me chairs. Hid an rid book cas**. There
was nothing in Hint but some w t>ie pipers.—
I irre was nothing under the table—there
was no place in 'tie w,b,s through which a
-■, s,'d < ll -i id p<; >s, •1 nd ’.ie v o>i'e was cv 1 . ei*• iy
Ul the r ' 10.
in this si;.’ , C of ;>Prplexiry, 1! miy very well
tie miagmi'd, !<«..■ ’ r r alarm w ,s gr< - 1 v in
. le.iKp? by a re; ► ; 'cn l >* sounds lew nlO
’r- ids i «td, witfi ? unp >' nt rd iinon • t
• m De»u 1...v0 (ho V. i gs —the De...
Wtl. i. ve ’*>e lies'
Mr. Ibo'Mli v. Let gs go to
’ I . os. (I i.or 1 have m-r.’y
'!r L« gh. 1 ve, Mr I* nk-,t--I Luvr po
doubi that (he thing w ■ b< > xpi.u-cd on nati.r-
M principle*. Let US wlie issue. lor
my part, iam no skeptic. I'hat there have
he» u, afirl w.ll be again, .•’pec: d interposition*
ot Pro*, dem e, for re i- ma not -een bv us, [
do not, . i c’anno: deny. S icti a ca-e I
take to be il.e ii ng o’ Laurence- pistols
the »ther day But I ;»-.•? •••.:. :r ;
’ inipt.iv.s, ascribe am eflect 10 D vine tuterfer
ence. which may be see -ote-j f-r b- a u_t'or-
L -ud aeccssaij
.Wr. Prcslon, quite) in the theatrical style
“Angels and 1M nisters of grace defend us: Bo
thou a gpii ix of health, or goblin <f—d?” Thou
contest—thou comest —aye, in so unauestiona
ble a shape, that I will, yes, 1 will speak to
thee—speak, I charge thee, speak and tell me
who and what thou art. Think not that i’H bo
awed, though thou art disembodied? This
breast can know no fear; therefore, spirit,
speak, and (ell a doubtless listrter who art
thou. To this invocation, uttered in the man ■
nor ot Sylvester Daggerwood, an answer dis
tinctly saying, three times, “Tim, the Devil,”!
was given. The tears of all present were
now excited beyond control, and as if seized 1
with a common and irresistable impulse, (hev |
made a simultaneous rush to the door of the;
iotu.i—Open it flew—and well it might—so;
had it been one of the gates of r Froy, it is
doubtful if the massy and ponderous portis !
could have resisted tite impetus of such a 1
charge. But, oh! Cervantes, assist me to j
des ribe tlie f all, down siairs. Foremost in!
the flight carne the Hon. Henry L Pinck-]
ney, closely followed by the Hon. J din C. '
Calhomi, tiie first victims of their rapid egress. 1
Ihe press behind drove them downwards,
out nor in a straight Lae—in consequence ofj
which unlucky rmsdircciim), instead of reach
mg the bottom of tiie stairs, th,;v would have
reached th- onts ; do, but the railing not giving ■
way, the [lon. Senator and member were;
thrust betwe.m the i>ao usters, heads foremost,
iheir bodies hali out, Live a bolster though a
broken vvmd’W-glass. Is a man under such
cir<-um-;i HP-es wdl msfincnvely catch at ran
dom with ms bauds- t > save htin.sclf, the Hou
Member accidental I v fastened his dexter-claw f
m the hair of the Hon Senator, and clung 10!
it with th? convulsive grasp of terror. Th
lion. Sen itor, not bemg able to accoun* t *t
Lis seizure, and pulling, in the agony of the
mu limit, conceived bimseii nabbed by the old
one, and r >ared hide-msiy. Mr Leigh came
next, but tripped by ttie legs of the H >n Srm
a *r, tie came to the bottom, m ~ manner not
unlike > frog when jumping. r. Poindexter
followed but met a woful disaster, after rea di
ing (lie landing pla o below; for Mr. Preston,
co mug last, and smingiug fr >in the top of the
slaws, wishing to clear the whole it ,< 1,. . t)1
wa- me’ by tite |-gs and feet of > t - JJo col
league. while descending, which sudde ly re
versing the mo le oflus descent, placed him m
tlie. attitude ot a diver, plunging head fore
most; losmg Ins wig by this al orrnimi ol’posi
tio 1, his head performed ’he ofli-e us a b ii’er
ing ram. whicn, coming plump info contact
wuh Mr. Pm idejier’s victualling ofliee, suetn
ed to eximg Itsh tut: vial spark, for he lay
entirely moUuiilcsq when the landlord come
into tlie passage, at’raci d by the noise of .such
a crush. I’he fallen W iiys, with the • xcep
tioti of Mr. Poindexter, ware assisted to thitir
feet by their host, having sustained less injury
th in might hive been apprehended from the
accidents ot the night. ihe Liudiord, on re
cognizing Mr. Poindexter, and turn in!
an app irently lifeless st.it', cried out hk * a
trie Carkoriiin, “Bv tile mother of Moses, |
there - one «>■ them ktit—lanh, if there’s life
in nun, it is Dennis O’Lei y who knows the I
wav to make mm show it. Here Mike, ye Di
vd, firing the whiskey—raise the gentleman
so that he can swallow. The Dtvd a tear of
his losing sorb 11 chance. If he don’t dunk,
he is aS dead as Brain Boran jh Och! By the
powers, don t you see him open his eves at the
smell of the liquor, just! From thw or some
other cause, Mr. Poindexter was measurably
recovered, and was enaliled to take a hearty
swig of the mountain dpw. “Now Mike, help
him to bed, foi if he is not dead, he will be
dead dr ink wuh t le liquor tijat is m him ” So
off Mr. Poindexter w’i:s carried.
\nd is i lighting that you have been
amusing yourselves with, gentlemen? Or have
you seen the divil,”said O’Leary
Mr. Pinckney. Indeed, Mr. O’i.eary. a
most iwful citcmnsiance his happened up
stairs. I lie l.vd One has ,appeared to us.
Mi! Sir, i' is awful to think of.
■ Mr. > Leary. Then, by the powers, it is
<up si airs !’m going, io see if he w ill appear to
i me; by my soul, I believe you h ive all been
1 frightened by a Parrot. So, going up stairs,
: into the L.muted room, he noun called to ibose
; lii ’ow o come up, and he would show them
I the ghost. Encouraged Ly his manm r, they
[ am ended, when, to their mortification and sur
prise, thev saw .1 Parrot on O’Leary’s finger.
' O'Leary. And sure, want it niyselt that
, taught him to say, hurr ih tor .1 n kson, and to
! laugh, arid roptare what 1 believe as firmly as
th u th- bill ul liowth is in Ireland, that the
idivil will have the Whij/s—And did’ot I tache
j him to sav, Tim die divd? I-ay, Tim, spake
for the gentlemen” Hurrah for Jackson—
, hurrah tor Jackson—ii.t h 1 ha, ha ha ha the
’ divd will h ve the whig-, tlie divd wdl have
! the whigs—Tim 'he divil, Tim the divd.
O Leary ‘‘Faith, lim lias more smse than
many a christi in. 1 found him on the top of
that o. !d hook case, behind the mouldings, L
■as you happened not to see him, you thought
( it was a (/host or tlie Divd von heatd.”
It may be supposed tne Caucus did not re
sume ttieir meeting, but got off w ith the best
fire they could; mH, however, without an as
surance from O’Leary that he “belayed in
i his concience that some of the Whigs had so
much to do w’i h the divil, (hat Le would no'
-’.irpris-'d ■! her me for ttiem m e.iraest. oe
fre io.ng."— lor 1 sterns <) Lean- is thor
oagii g dr.g Jucusmi min, andthe Wf ig Cau
cus tor tint n ght met at Lis house, in conse
•pience ot tneir being unable to procure a toom
any w here else.
Good. —As a country follow* was passing
‘:»owi Washiiigiun street the day, a
wag thrust his Lea.' out of a window of .1 boar
ding house and sung out, ’’Hollo, there you
rike 01 , when d d yoij come down?’, Joana
i tau cast Ins eye up to 1 ie widow, and re
plied. ’’ I say m ater, you’d better haul in your
head—to'*'- w,l| think you keep a slaugter
.‘touje—sremg a ca’fs head hanging out o*
the window.
(From the Al. 1C Commercial Advertiser.)
I FROM FRANCE.
tVERY I. ATE & IM PORT ANT N EWS.
I’wo arrivals from France since our last
publication, have brought important intelli
gence freni that county, but still most vexa
tiosly leaving us nearly as much involved in
doubt and peplexity as to the t eal state of the
question, pending between Fiance md th” U.
States as we were before. The arrivals to
which we refer, are the Sully, Capt. Forbes,
from Havre, whence she sailed on the ISt'i
January, and the French brig ot war D’Assas,
Capt. CagueneZ, from Arest, whence she sail
ed on the 20th. The Sully firings our f’aris
papers to the 17th J iiiii My, inclusive. The
national vessel brings no papers, but comes
with dispatches for the French Minister.
M. Serruier, with an order tor his recall.
I’his latter circumstance, of itself, look unfa
vorably, but taken in connexion with the mtel
igence by Sully—upon the supposition that
nothing of importance [tad occurred in Paris,
between the date of our latest papers, (the
17th)and the sailing of the D’ Asses on the
20th—we argue that the stale of things is even
more pacific that the advice of Thursday.
In the first place, true io his engagements,
the king of the Fren' h caused the Indemnity
Bill to be introduced into the Chamber ot
Deputies on the 15th—the day on which the
Government had promised to bring it forward
in the ofli■•ial note published in the Moniteur.
I’tiere seem to have b.eeii a misutidei sltiudiii;’
1 both tn Pari* and London, (ha the bill was to
! have been submitted to the Chamber 0:1 the
1-lih—and as it was not introduced on that
<!av, unfavorable auguries were indulged.
But this was a misiake. The loth was the,
day intended, and on that day it was intro
duced. Beyond all doubt, more over, it lias
been intr uluced in good faith, Notning can
be more obvious than bus fact, from (tie frank
and manly speech of lit * Minister of Finance,
,M. Humana, a full irausiatiou us which will be
: t’ound below.
In the next place, it ts evident from the gen
eral tone and complexion of the p ipers, that
the French people are utterly averse io a war
with the United States. Bui further than this,
I the report that Mr. Livmgs on was breaking
j up ins establishment a> th • [I tel of the Amer
j wan Embassy, prep-I’itory to his departures
| from the French capit.il; is authorial ively
[contradicted, and it is positively asserted, that,
I notwithstanding the notification in the Mtm
■ iteur, the American Minister fnid no intention
[ of demanding his passports.
A third favorable symptom in the present
1 accounts is a statement put forth in one of the
! Paris journal' —The Ttibiitie- hat the French
Government was at least not sorry at (he op
portunity presented of recalling M . Serrurier,
who has give 1 much cause of dissatisfaction.
It appears from tho statement of the Tribune,
“that previoas to the debates m the Chamber
on tlie twenty five millions, he wrote to lie
Ki"g dm the difference might fin settled for
iwenty millions francs ; & it is behoved that a
dispaich, being comm micated to several
influential Members of the Centre bv the
friends of M. Serrueir, contributed in no small
degree to the rejection ofthe demand for the
twentv five millions francs. Ermn this mo
ment, the discharge of ihe Mimsier to the (;. I
1 States was resolved on; ut could not be deci- !
ded upon for fear of divulging the motives.”—i
; It is added, th it after the final .idjuMtment of,
; the question, M. Serrurier wdl not return as!
Minister to the U. States. A circumstance
, has transpired in Ibis city this morning, which i
[corroborates this statement <)n“ of' the of'-;
; ‘leers of the D’Assas has spoken of f. S' rro ;
I rieras a Minister in disfavor, mid it is said not
’ to be the intent <m of Hie Government that lie
1 should reiurn tn this vessel.
CHAM BE R O F I) E PUT IF .S’.
v if/rng ofthe loth January. |
! The order of the nay was the comminuca- i
(ion ofthe Government, announced yesterday j
tn the Moniteur. Before the opening ofthe!
session, fixed for 1 o’clock, Marshal Mortier, >
[’resident of the Council, and M. Hamann, I
were in the ministerial teat, and a number of,
Deputies were present. M. ILipin took the I
Climr at 1 o’clock. After the reading of the j
process verbal, M. M. Sunperne, Nicatdandi
Blanchard, recently elected Deputies, deliver- I
ed the ratification of their powers and were!
admitted to their seats —it tins tune the atlun- !
dance was exceedingly numerous.
The President gave the word to the Minis
-1 ler of Finance. A profound silonce immedi
ately ensued.
M. Hamann —Gentlemen: Faithful to the
! accomplishment ot its duty, the Government
was disposed to submit a new to your delibera
tions the measures necessary for th'' execution
. of tlie treaty of the 4th of July, I S3l. it bid
prep ired it-ls tn defend them in the name of
j istice and in the name of the political and
commercial interest ot 1 r.mce, and it is hoped
■ that you would participate in the conviction
upon which they acted.
; The message of the President of the United
‘States at the opening of the American Con
gr'-ss, has suspended the execution of this de
sign. Government had from that moment, to
ex imino whe.'her it still r -inamed under the
cmnire of iim same duty ’.vhc hf-r ihe dignity
1: Fr < .ce 3id not d'.-m ;r.<! <./: rent line of
■ —or, finally, whethet there existed
any mown of placing the immutable laws of
justice in accordance w.th the legt iinate sen
timent ofthe national honor.
The Guvernmeet of the King, gentlemen,
need not justify itself before vou fiorn the re
proaches which tlie President of the Untied
Mates i.as lavished upon ir. Such a contro
versy would bo alike without object, and with
out dignity. Nevertheless, in the debates
which must ensue before you, all the necessary
f explanations will be given; and all the d<»cu
! m-'nts which will be requited will be submitted
to the Chamber.
General Jackson has teca xn;s:tfcrxcii aa
, to the extent of the powers which the ConftJ
Itution ofthe State confers upon us. But if ht j
is mistaken with regard to t| lo | a wa of oyj ' '
[country, we will not fall into a similar errw
;on the subject of the Constitution of
l c;i * .
'I he spirit and letter of the Constitution, a
like forbid us to view the document to whicfc
I have referred, in any other light than as tha
opinion of .1 single individual, so long as (hat
opinion has not receiv’d the sanction of the
’■o-ordinate powers of the American UniotF
The Message is an act of Government as vet
incomplete, and which cannot, therefore, hurry
us to any of those determinations by which
France usually replies to a menace, or an i n .
Gentlemen, we might wait until the resolu
tions of Congress should arrive to prescribe to
us our conduct. But a temporizing policy
would either hive the advantage of ensuring
trie security of our commercial relations, nor of
eventually placing them under the protection
of reprisals. By the adoption, likewise, of
such a system, the two governments would be
compelled to wait mutually, (upon the procee
dings of each other,) and from the great dis
tance by which they are separated, the legisla
tive sessions, both at Washington and Parts
would probably terminate, leaving this impor
tant question not only undecided, but irritated
by fresh delays. In this state of things, the
g iveiumenl iias rejected a temporizing sys.j
tern. «
The question of the national dignity has a
right t;> rs first solicit ;de. You are aware, gea
tlemen, how it has been provided for, vet, as
t.. ' treaty of July has become neither less just
ti ir politi- th m befiro, —as the proceedings A
of tlm Pre?ident of the United States has not
av ul -1 to weaken the basis of equity and rea
soit, on which the transaction rests, —the gov
ernment has preserved in its determination ( 0
!> esent the subject anew to your examination.
F ns engage nent lias been made; the honor
of France demands that it should be fulfded.
In this important deliberation, the Cham
ber, we doubt not. while watching vigilantly
with us over the dignity, will keep in mind all
the sentiments of good will -ind friendship for
sixty years have united the French and Amer
ican nilio s. I will recall to my mind those <
High eons’,,’orations of commercial power, and
of maritime lo’ce. which h ive ever
our alliance wuh the United Staten to be re
g irded as one of the unalterable rules of our
national policy.
In holding this language, we only wish to
ten ler homage to those truths which are of
every tune—to oppose them to temporary
impiessions—ami, above all, to declare, jhat
L rarn’e imputes, neither io the people nor (he
govvrnme'it of the United States, (he senti
ments and tr.o propositions w hich their Presi
lent lias expressed. We only wish to see in
his message to Congress, the ineotisidcr- »
ate act (I’acte pen reflechi) of an isolated pow.
er, and the national honor does not the less
comm imi us ro musist in the policy which al.
ways have been that or the King’s government
—THE P iI.IC'Y OF GOOD FAITH-
Gentlemen—Yen "/ill scrupulous weigh the
motives which solicit the adoption of the trea.
ty. It will be required of you, above all other
things that, in examining this question, you
j will divest your minds, as we have done, of
I every consideration unconnected with the
. j subject itself. In other word-;, unconnected «
with the right and justice of the claim*, and
: with the compensation we should offer for the
: commercial advantages winch the treaty guar
j m'ees to France.
! Impressed with ihose considerations, gentle. ,
j uen, the government mike me its organ of *
ag on lying before you the project of the law
i which 1 shall now have the honor of readi-rm
; to you. °
It has been judged necessary to insert an
; eventual cl iu.se, of which, without doubt, you
; will ac(juie:si't« m tho propriety. Tina clause
j lorbuls ihe payments to be made on the sum
•fixed by the treaty, until the intention of the
j •.mericau Government shall be made known.
,It is our right, and our duty, gentlemen, to
J render that government responsible for every
act whit'h may lend to wound (lie digmtv and
the interests of France.
I 1 rani the JW 1 ork r ] itni‘9.
I> triere is any thing wanting to prove the ut
ter hollowness ot the professions of the party
I which but a few months ago claimed to act '
upon the doctrine of “principles not men,” '
it <s the course of that party in reference to
I Judge White, <>f Tennessee. That party pre
tended io hold m abhorunco the principles
(Upon which the administration of Andrew
j r ickson was emiducted, and therefore it op
posed that administration, and every one who
was connected with it. Thu men wore no
thing. I hey advocated bad doctrines, and
it was necessary for the salvation of the coun
try that tin y should be put down. It was not
. Andr. w l.icksoti as a man but the principles
of Andrew Jackson tli.it they quarrelltd with,
t and iliey were determined to put down unyji
. man who supported the sama principles. <Sofl
i fur, so good. V* hue they opposed
Jackson, they acknowledged Lis honesty, and J
argued ;hat the more honest and sincere ho 1
j was in advocating bad doctrines, the more dan
geroua P was ‘<>r 'he country, Hut when the
name ot .Jr. Vv nite came before them, how
changed is their tune. General Jackson was
a tyrant, and usurper, a madman, because ho
t supported certain doctrines—Mr. White sup
; ports, ami has during his whole life, supported
■’be same doctrines, and yet he is a compare*
■ lively harmless man. '{ he vices of General
Jackson are virtues in Judge White; the dan
i gar.ms doctrines of General Jackson though
curried to their utmost extent by Judge White,
can work no injury to the republic. A policy
pursued by one man n oppressive and rnino us
i mir-m-J by another man it is sound and heal
, thy. , I his is Whig logic and Whig consisien
fey. I his is Whig devotion to the sentiment
;Cf “principles no: men,” This is e fair J