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Mr. C. concluded by f ""’M* hjs vuiWS
more suitable oecasion i* ' r " f)IU |,„ wotWd
on ibe.ub j oet of.ha«neß roan , . y „
sssr dSti i».!.« °* tiic
Senate.
REMARKS OF MR. FOOT.
Air Four said, fino the ayes and noes «ro
ordered, and our votes are to he recorded on
(Ina .juestion, and especially alter the *. of
tho nominee had opposed a resolution ol toen.y
into tho conduct of the late Hec.eta y of Mato
in the dasel.ar.4o of lis official dutnit. Mi
desired the inmnb -a to oxamtne tor the n.- Jve ,
I fuel ,t a duty, cod esteem it a p.'vde?” 1
may st.iia in afe y wo.da, and ... *"""■•
the grounds oh which my vote will ho gm... a
ga.ust this nomination. . ,
Sir, tlie evidence of my own senses, of sight
and hearing, since the commencement « Hmut
ministration, have mud,iced a thorough ooi vie
uon in niy mind, that, upon .he Him.-fTm* >»»
|.r,ncipfc. vi* t- '• *""«* ’J* c "r h ' -
ft hr faithful lu the confutation ■■ — M V ,!r '
one sense of duty on the .piestion which will he 1
proposed, viz: “Will the Senate adv.se ... •
content M tho nomination I” will cunij ui 1,,w lu j
almvor in ilm negative.
4 A.osolution lias been offered, to nisi, net a
start ling committee of H„> Senate to m-pmc m '<
the conduce of tho nominee in relation 10 • erlnm
very singular and extraordinary oecurrenco*.--
Tins has been opposed by Ina I tends. It lias
been stated on tins Hour, Hint there a: e papers
m possession of Senators ready to ho pro -oiiled
CO 11.0 .Senate, or to a committee, sutlicienl to
cmivinco any eommiltoo or any member ol the
Senate, that the nominee lias staled to some ol
bis friends and partisans curtain bids m relation
to the causes of tin. explosion ol the late cabinet,
which if proved, it is admitted, ought to pro
. the continuation of this imri.tii.ilioit.
The Senator from New Vo k, (Mi. Maui V,)
slat.* that “he does not believe these statements
en'itled to credit; he does not believe that Mr,
Van Huron has ever made such rental ks or ad
missions to any J'Choii. Ihe ■ mator tom
Delaware, (M,. proposes ,» ... ...
duct, the witness on this tloor d desired. 1 shall
not look for any admissions or cmleiwioiw.nl
this nominee to his friend* or elsewhere w itch
would criminate biihsell. Min e all these olle.s
have been rejee.ed, I ask no lu .her ev.de,n o.
In fact, for myself, no evidence ol what my du
tv would re mi t, or, nil ocu.si.lll like Hie p.c.-enl
has been Wanting since the lettels id instruction
to our Minister lu England were read m ibis ho
tly neatly two years since, end wlneli 1 iheii
pronounced disgraceful to the Country.
Tho Senator from Maryland (Mr. fairii) has
said “ that for the iiiritunstions gircn by the «u
crolary afrit do to under, toe Mirre
tary is mil to he held responsible, the 1 rns.dcttl
alone is responsible.” His, whatever may he
tho views of tin it Senator, it is no rule lor me.
1 hold .a very tliireront docliinu. In my opinion,
there is net n Senator on this ll ior, or uuy othe
careful observer, who ha* noticed the pmceet!
mg* of this administration f.om ds commence
nn.nl, who is not folly convinced that there -ui.i
“behind the throne a /miecr arenter Horn
the. throne itself," which has directed most nt its
movements. 1 will not say there is legal mi
donee sufficient to conviet a man hefoo a com I
of justice, hut .here is enough In produce eon
vieiion on my mind, and I sincerely believe Hi ,1
’liiintuul Jackson came to this , lace fully deter
mined to remove no man from olUee, hut I 1.
good cause us removal; I am fully convicted
that the whole “ system of proscription" owe*
it* existei.ee to Martin Van Ilmen I 'Fh.it Hie
dissolution nf the cabinet was cileeted by his
management and fur his benefit I aiidlh.il Hie
hand nf llm lute (icerntary of State may he I r if
Turswrawim rfrriUWi r*uu.t.ii>it I. td I.la. 1
oliieur* of the (Jovornmenl ; and also in nduiiui
to tho prnselil “ improved enmliiimi ol the | uli
lie press,” and for the guml abtHoof H.o patron
ago oflhe (Jovorninent I And, Sir, I hold him
respoiisihle for many nets w Inch I can m vor a|
jexrvc. Hut, Sir, this is not the lirsl linio that 1
have pronounced the instinct ams given by the
late Secretary of Stale to Mr. Melanie, then
Minister to London, and the iinguelatinn vviili
tho court of (h eat lit itum, mi the subject of Hie
I'.tilonial trade, to ho degrading and disgi aeeftil
to the uni ion. Sir, it lias ever been nUr pride
and our glory, that in all tmr di domalic inter
course with foreign nations wo havi never ml -
milted mil' country to ho in tho wrong I nor has
i-hc ever been proved tn he in the wmng belli.l
tho lain liumilialing and dwgiaceful eon 1 S| un
donee with Hio Hiitish tiovurnmeot. Tliis i
the first lime in her whole history, in which she
has evoi hogged favors of nival bounty. And
holding, us Ido, the nnthiii ol those hist nations
rusi'onsihle for this disgrace, I can nevet advi e
the President to send the anlliui of such msl; u>-
lions, ns a minister to represent Iho inle 1 sis nl
ibis nation at the same com I when she lias h -. n
sn disgraced—and I must iccord my vole against
iho nomination.
REMARKS RV MIL WF.HSTr.IL
Mr. Presnlunl, as it is liighly pruhahle Hint mn
proceedings on ibis nomination will he puhloli
♦id, ! derm it puipcr to state -h ully Hie emisid
♦•ration* which intluoiwed my opinion, and w ill
tlticit'o my vote.
I regard this as a very impoitanl and delicate
t|iioiuiun. It is full of res umsihiliiv: mnl 1 feel
the whole foicn of all tliatresj tmsih lily. While
I have been in the Senate. 1 have opposed no
nomination of tho 1* e.-ldeiil except I’m cause;
'mdl have at all time* thought that such raose
should he plain, and sufficient: that it .-lnmld he
n< tl and substantial, nu< unfoiindtid or fanciful.
1 have never desired, and tlo not now tlesiie,
T 1 encroach, in the slightest degree, on Hie con
slilulinniil powers of the chief magistrate of the
nation. 1 nave heretofore gone far, very far, in
assenting 10 nominal ions which have hern snh
milled to ns. 1 voted foi the a; point incut of all
the gentlemen who composed Hie It -l cabinet;
I h ave opposed no noiniiiuiion of a f .reign minis
Ter; mid I have not opposed the nominations re
cently hofo.u us, for tho re O giitiizalton of the
administration. 1 h vo always been especially
anxious that, in alt niatlm* lel.iiing to our inter
, <>u *c with other nations, the utmost harmony,
tho g-eatost unity of pm pose, slmuld vxisl be
tween the‘Tresident and the Senate. 1 know
how much of usefulness such ha. inimy and imioii
are calculated to produce,
J am now fully aware, sir, that it i* a serines,
a very s >riotis matter, to vote «g;iius| the t enth
mil ion oft minister lu a foreign court, who has
already gone ahioad, and has hoeu reeeived,
and acc niliteo, by the government to which lit
is sent. lam aware, that tho rejection of this
nomination, and lh“ necessary recall oflhe min
isier, will bo regtn tied by foreign Stall.,*, at the
First blush, ns not in the highest degree fit 01 able
:o the cliaiaoltn of om got eminent. I hnow,
moreover, to what inj'i.ious redeclions one may
subject himself, c* cciully in times of paity c.x
ciieinunl, by giving a negnlivo vote on sncli a
nomination. Hut after nil, I 11m placed hoie to
discharge * duly. lam net to go through a for
mality; I«m to net form* substantial mid re
sponsible duty, iam to aJcisc tho 1\ esidont in
matter* of •ppoinnnent Tlii* is my constlln
tional obligation; and 1 si’all perform it conscicti
tionsty and feaHossly. 1 am bound to say, then,
sir, that for one, 1 00 not ltd vise nor consent to
Uiis-nommaiion. Ido not ;hmk it n tit and pro
|*e r nominal ion ; and my u-usuns aro found in the
letlor of mslriiciivn. written l.y Mr. Van Buri n
<m the tlthh of July, 1R29, to Mr. Me Larin, then
going to the court of England, as Amentum min
ister. I think those instructions doro ;a;oiv, in a
■high degree, to tho charnel, r stul honor of the
.Country. I tlnnk they -how a-manifest disimst.
lion, in the vviilcr oflliew, to establish n lii-tmc
tion between his cotinlrv and his party ; to olacc
that £sny shove the country; to make nuereil.
at a loreigu eou. 1, for that parly, rathorlh.m for
le-cftoiWry; t« j,9. g , ln j„ i[, B Vingli*:t ministry
and tee English monarch, that they had an in
terest Ml maintaining, in tho United State*, the
ascendancy of the party to which tho writer be
longed. Thinking thus oflhe purpose and ob
ject of these instructions, I cannot boos opinion
I that their author 1* a proper representative ol the
United Stales at that court. Therefore it is that
I prouo*e to vote against hi* nomination. It is
Iho first time, I believe, in modern diplomacy,
it is certainly the first time m our history, in
which a minister 10 a foreign court ha* sought to
make favor for one party at home, against anotli
• er;or has stooped, fiom being tire representa
liv'e oflhe whole country, to he tho ropresenla
tive of a party. And a* this is the first instance
in our history of any such transactions, so I in
tend to do all in my power to make it the last.
For one, I sol my mark of disapprobation upon
it; I contiihuto my voice and my vole, to make
ii it negative example, to he shunned and avoid
ed by all future ministers of the I oiled >.lutes.
If, in a delihoiate mid formal h tier ol instiuc
tions, admonitions ami diiections are given to a
minister, and repealed, once and again, to urge
tire >0 more party considerations on the hticign
govt iimeiit, lo what extent, is it pruhahle. the
tviini himself will he disposed to urge Hiein, m
j his one thousand oppo. timilies of informal inter-
I con sc with the agents of Hint government 1
I pro osc, air, to refer to some particular parts
!of those instructions,,; hut before Ido that allow
me to stale, voiv generally, tho posture of that
subject, to vt Inch those particulars relate. I hat
subject, was Hie state ofour trade with the Hiit
isli West India cohmics. Ido not deem it ne
cessary now In go ininiiloly into all the history of
that trade. The occasion does nut call for it.—
All know, that by tho convention of I*ls, a le
cijnocity ofintr renn: so was established between
us end t.!reat It.itaim The ships of both coim
tties were ullowml to (utss, to and from each
olhei resjieclively, with the same cargoes, and
subject to the same duties, lint this arrange
ment i11,.' not extend to the Hiitish M ost Indies.
The-c our intercom so was rut ofl. Various dis
criminating an I retaliatory arts wero passed, by
England, and by the United rilales. Eventual
ly, in the summer of Ithe English I'aili.i
incut passed an act ollming reciprocity, so far us
tin mere emryuig tirules vv us concerned, to all
1 itii.n-. who might elioose, within one year, to
aeecjit that tiller.
Mr. Adams’ administraliim lid not aecnpt that
ofle ; ti st, hecanse it never was officially com
miinii-aleil to it; secondly, licransc, only a few
tin >i it Ii -t he so e. a negoli ilion on the very same
subject hud heou suspen led with an understan
ding that it might he resinned; and Ihi.dly, be
cause, it was ve.y desirable lo arrange the
whole matters if | ossihlo by treaty, in u dor to
seem n, if wo could the, admission (four /irn
din ts into the Hiitish isles far rovsiiitijiti'in as
well a? the nil mission of our vessels. | ills oh
jeel had been e mostly ; n,sued ever since tho
ne.ace of Hl'i. It was insisted on, as 1 very ho
lly knows, Hi ongh Hio whole of Mr. Muinoo s
id ininislratiim. 110 would not t. oat at all, with
out treating of this object, lie thought the ex
isting state of things heller than any air.ange
m, •m, which, while it admitted om vessels into
West India ■ oris, s'dl left on, , rodin lions sub
ject to such duties there, that they could not he
enned.
Now, Sir, Mi. Adams’ administration was
not the fnst lo lake this ground. It only ma n
jiied the saute position which its prcilceessoi had
taken. It saw no miportnivt objects to he gain
tni by changing ti 10 slain ol things, unless that
1 hati.ie was to admit our jnoiluets into the It di
sh West Indies, di.cc.tly from uui ports, and nut
Hu dinted with excessive duties.
The direct trade, hy English enactments anil
Anierii an eiinelinonts| Ini 1 heroine closed. No
Lnlish ship came hero fiom the Ihit.sh West
Indies. No Ameiieatt shiji went limn us lo
those places. A circuitous trade look place
Hnoiigli the Islands of third jowors; and that
uneniioiis trade Was, in many feapocls, not dw-
In llm -tele ol nutljcv, Kir, nr. iiiinma.
sent to r.nghmd : and he received his instruc
tions fiom the Hucretary of rilale. In these in
sl.neliniis, and in relation lo this suhjei I of the
(iiloni.il trade, are found the sent intents ol 'which
I c.mn lain. What a.e they I I.el ns examine
anil see.
Mr. Van llmen tells Mr, McLane ‘‘The op
jiu tmnlius whieli yon have dm ed f. om pat llci
ii.ilioii in eur : llblic coinieils, 11s well as other
some.es of information, will enable yon to speak
tvillt conffilinice, (as far as yon may deem it
prone, and useful so lo do,) of the respective
parts taken by those to whom the adniinislii.-
1 ion of this government is now i i »inmilied, in
i elatien lo llto course herotofo.u pm sued uj on
the siihject of the colonial trade.”
Now,this is netiher inn: 0 not less than saying,
“miii will lie aide I•> tell Hie Ihilish .Minister,
whenever you think pioper, that yon, and 1, ami
the leading persons in tins adininisli.ilion, have
op used the comse herelofo:e pursued hy Hie
goveimnent and the country, on Hie suhieel of
the colonial trade. He sure to let him know,
that, on that subject, ire h e e hold with England
and not with our men oorentmenl.” Now . 1 ask
yon, Sir, if this he dignified diplomacy I Is this
statesmans)! p! Is it palitolis.m or is it mere
pi .aly 'l Is it 11 proof us nigh tegaidto the hmioi
and” enown of Hie w holu country, or is it evi
dence nf,» disposition to make amnit of belong
ing loom! of its political division*?
The Secretary ptoeeuds: “'J heir views, (Htal
is. H e views of tho present administration,) up
on that point, have been si.lnnitted to the j eo-
I jile of Hie United ritales; and the counsels hy
width your conduct is now directed, are the re
, suit of the jin'; incut expressed hv the only earth
ly t- ihuind io w Inch the late uilinintst. al.on was
amenahle for its ads.”
Now, rii , in the li st place, there is very little
reason to suppose that the li. si jiui t of tins pat a
graph is Into, in point of fact. I mean that jiurl
which intim ites that the ehango of adminislra
tion was brought ahool hy jaihlie dtsaj.jn tthalion
, of \!r. Adams’ conduct, respecting the subject
of the coloni‘il trade. I’ossthly, so mm It was
I then said, on a subject which so few understood,
some deg ee of inn ressioii may have been pro
duccil hy it. Hut he assured, rilr, another cause
will ho found, hy future historians, for this
change ; and that cansft will hr; the popularity ol
a snce.i ssful soldier, united w uh a feeling, ma le
to he considerably exlen-ive that the jirclVuen
c.es of My people in ins In half had not been jusi
[ ly regarded, on a previous occasion. Tlte.e is,
, Si., voiy little ground to say, that "the only Iri
, hllll.il lo w hich Hio late adimnistrald it wasame
mdile," has [l oitonneod any judgment against
it for its conduct on the whole subject of the
' colonial trade.
s Hut, however this may lie, the other assertion
in the parng.aj h is manifestly pinto wide oflhe
t , facts. M . Adams' udinimsliauen did not Inin"
* so; want H.is claim. I have stated, ahead), Him
. it had been a sithjecl, liollt of .negotiation and
Icaishilioti, through the whole eight yea sof.M .
L , Moltiuu’s admiiiistialloii. This .he rieeietary
know, or was h ntttd to know. \\ hv theinleeV
bespeak v)l it .as sci no hy Hn, l.ilo admitiisii..
troll, am! allot wards abandoned hy them, ami
~ not now tuvived?
~ Hut the most humiliating part of the whole
, folioe. s ; “To set np tho acts of the late admin.
. isttatiiui, as the cause of so fettle u and privileges,
, \\ Inch would other \vi; nhe extended to Hu- yeo
. pie of the United Stales, would, under existing
circumstances, he unjust in itself, ami could not
fail lo exe-iic their deepest sensibility.”
trio, tin 11 ,Mr. President, We j, e reduced, arc
we, to the j oor condition, that we see a Minis
, ter of this great Hcpnhiic instructed to aigue, or
to intercede, witlt tho 11 itisit Minister, lest he
’ should find us Co hue forfeited one pririlegr.s ;
. and lest these pruilrffcs should no looser he ci
a tended to us I And well forfeited 7hosr. jei.
„ ti frees, hy on. misbehave tie, in chousing iidors
. whothmight better of our own chum thin nf the
. Jintish! Why, riir, this is patiently submitting
to die domineer in,; lone of the Hiitish Minister*
, I hsiie\e Mr. iiuskisson— [Mr. Ulav said, “no,
r Canning.”]—Mr, Calming, then. Sir, who
y told ns that all our trade with the West Indies
. was a boon, granted to us by the indulgence of
c | England. Iho Hiitrsh Minister calls it a boon,
flnflusta
and our Minister admits it is ajjTirilege.tnd hopes
that his Koval Majesty will ho too gracious to
decide that we have forfeited this privilege, by
our misbehavior, in the choice of our rulers 1 Sir,
Ibrone, I reject all idea of holding any right of
trade, or any other rights, as a privileges or a
hoon, front the British Government, or any other
government.
At the conclusion of the paragraph, the Secre
tary says : “You cannot press this view of the
subject too earnestly upon the consideration of
the 111 itisli Minister. It has bearings and rela
tions that reach beyond the immediate question
under discussion.”
And adverting, again, to the same subject,
towards the close of the dispatch, he says: “I
will add nothing as to the impropriety ol suffer
ing any feelings that find their origin in the past
pretensions of this Government, to have an ad
veise influence upon the present conduct ol
Grunt Britain.”
I aslt again, Mr. President, if this he States
manship—if this he dignity—if this fie elevated
regard for country? Can any man read tins
winde despatch, with candor, and not admit,
that it is plainly and manifestly the writer’s?
Best I should do the Secretary injustice, I will
read all that I find, in this letter, upon this ob
noxious point. These arc the paragraphs :
“Such is the picsenl state of our commercial
relations with the Iftiiisli colonies ; ami such the
steps hy which we have arrived at it. In ic
vicwing the events which have preceded, and
more or less contributed to, a result so much to
he regretted, there will he found three grounds
upon which we are most assailable, Ist, in oui
too long and too tenaciously resisting the right
of Great Britian to impose protecting duties in
her colonies2nd, Arc.
“Tito opportunities which you have derived
from a participation in our public councils, as
welt as other sources ot information, w ill enable
you to Speak with confidence, (as far as you may
deem it pioper mid useful so to do,) of the ad
ministration of this government is now committ
ed, in relation to the eotuse heretofore pursued
upon the subject of the colonial trade, iheir
views upon that point Imvo been submitted to
tlie-pcoidc of the United .Stales; and liio couucels
hy which your conduct is How diiccled are the
result of the judgement expressed by the only
earthly tribunal to which the late administration
was amenable lor its acts. It should be sulli
dent that the claims set up hy them, ami which
caused ibe interruption ol the trade in question,
(rave been exj Icily abandoned by those wholi si
assorted them, and are not revived hy their sue-
C«’S4UI*9. If Great Britain deems it adverse to her
interests to allow us to participate in the trade
with her colonics,ami finds nothing in the exten
sion of it other than to induce her to apply the
same rule to us, she will, wo hope, he sensible
olTlui propriety of placing lier refusal on lliusu
ground's. To set up the acts of the late admin
istration ns the cause of forfeiture of privileges
which w ould otherwise be extended to the peo
ple of the United Stales, would, under existing
circumstances, be unjust in itself, and could nut
fail to excite then* deepest sensibility. Ihe lone
of reeding winch a course so unwise and untena
ble is calculated to produce, would doubtless be
greatly aggravated by the consciousness that
Great li, Via in lias, by order in council, opened
her colonial pod to II ussia and 1' j ance, not with
standing a similar omission on their pait to ac
cept the terms offered by the act ol July, I—Jo.
You cannot press tins view of tbo subject too
ra nesily upon tho consideration of the Biitish
Ministry, it has hearings and relations that
rem li beyond the immediate question under dis
cushion.* ’
“I will add nothing ns to the impropriety of
suffering any feelings that find their origin in j
the past pretensions of this Government to have
an adverse influence upon the present conduct ol
G.eat Britain.” |
j..ii'St,,l,r r rf“t'.',r.. y .°’-U and .to..the candor of all,
pervading topic, though the whole, is not Ame
rican rights, not American interests, not Amcii
can defence, but denunciation of past /intensions
fofoiirown connliy, reflections on the past ml
; ministration, ami exultation, and a loud claim of
| merit, for ibe administration now in power.—
I Sir, 1 would fin git o mistakes; I would pardon
the want of information; I would pardon almost
any thing, where 1 saw Imo patriotism ami
sound American feeling: hut 1 cannot forgive
the sacrifice oftbis fooling to mero party. I can
not cr nttir iu sending ah toad a public agent who
lias not conception so ! irgc and liberal, as to
fn l. tint in llie piost n * of foreign Courts a
inidsl the monarch'll.!! of But ope he is to stand up
fin his country, and bis whole country; that no
jot nor tiitlo of her honoi is to come to harm in
Ids bands; Umt ho is not to sulfur others to re
proach culler bis I Jnvoi nmeiit or Ins country, ami
1 far less is bn himself to leproach either; that lie
: is to have no objects in his eye but American
1 objects, and no heart in his bosom bet an Amu
i ican heart; and tjiat he is to forget itself, to for
' gel parly to foigct every sinister and narrow
■ Iccliii!!. in his proud and lofty attachment to the
' Ur üblic, whose commission he bears.
M . I* icsnlenl, 1 have discharged tin exceed-!
ingly unpleasant duly, tho most unpleasant of
my public life. But 1 have looked upon it us a
ilnlj, and it was not to be shunned. And, sir,
however unimportant may he tho opinion of so
1 bumble au individual as myself, I cow only wislr
that I might bo heard by evey independent
F ccaian in the I idled Slates, by the British
Minister, and the B dish King, and by every Min
istcr ami every crowned head in Knrope, while
standing here In my place, I pronounce my re-.
; buke, as solemnly and as decisively as I can, up
on ibis instance, in which an American M nistcr I
has been sent abioad, as the Representative of!
his party, and not us the Ueprcscntutivo of his j
1 country.
(To be concluded in our nett J
1 Alhnvok, in bis IMctir nniro Ivfjmolo-i
rriqum *iiyis that lottn ios were know n in j
' the IBth eentm-y, tinrler (he nnine of •Itlan I
. i /i f." front the Indian word Uutica. (w bite) >
4 iiceiuisr* in the (ii>t Inllcries, the tickets :
I that drew prizes were iAmt. und o:«:crs. j
hy far lira* hugest w ere w hile (w lienee
nrolmbly eume t!ie term hi:!::/:, in opposd-1
tit'll to friz i ). I.olteries, from linn tir j
. einuslunee. wereealletl g ro.-y di airlu hi .
unci, or “the w hite card gaiae,' 1 Lotto
( ries. however, won- know n to the ; I.v;
, minis in the lime of Aero ami Domhiun.
mill w ere culled eonyir.ria.
•'7m cJ it: nf. 1 1. tn r .V.Wr.—Akhnr was ve
ly pious to his mot iter; his piety appear
; nig in this porlii nlar, (hoi iviirn she tuts
onceearried in a palanquin octvvixt I.n
litrrat.il Air. n. he. (ravellinjr with her.
took tiie pniatiqiiin upon ids own shotil
tiers, eonimniu!in<r his {greatest nohlesto
do the like.mid so mriicd Iter over tho ri
ver from one side to Use other. l!e ne
ver denied tier tiny filing; hut this that the
Ilihle might be lianpred about tin ass's
neck nncl bouton i iiiau! tlit* town of Agrrti,
• for that the 1 V-rtug'ids having tuken a ship
of their's at sen, in which was fonnd the
Ah oran. tied if about the neck cf:i dog',
and lien! him ll;roii«rli the town ol'Ornniz.
Mill he denied her request, sayinir tlmt if
it were ill in the PortngTilp to do so to the
Alcoi hii, it becanie not a king to requite
ill for ill,for thnt the eoniempt of the reli
jrion wits the contempt of God. ami he I
would not bo revenged on tin innocent]
. hook. This net, w hich n Aliihotiieliin ‘
'■ though |>roliuu\wns perfoinied hy the no
torious Fetiche, in 1783, at Lyons.—,lsi
ufic Joiu lull.
, Air E. S.Thomns, proprietor of the C’in
f cinnmi Daily .hirtrlisrr, oilers his eslab
, lishmenklbr wile, or. adv antageous terms.
auccsta: =
HEU-VtSDAY, FjTbKUAKV 8, IH3J.
“ Be Just, and fear nut.”
MISSION TO ENGLAND.
Mr. Livingston and Mr. Forsyth, are each
talked of in Washington, it is said, aa the nomi
nee of the President, to succeed Mr. Van Beron.
The latter, it is said, wade a most violent speech
in favor of Mr. Van Bnren, and against Mr. Cal
houn, and this is supposed to be now the most
certain road to preferment, at W ashington.
WHITING APPARATUS-
We tecommend to tbo utjiention of tlio pub
lic, the Writing and Copying Apparatus of
Pritchard &. Bowling, which appears to uh,
an exceedingly useful article to letter wiiters
generally, Merchants and others, and as more
simple und convenient than anything of the kind
w have seen. One of the proprietors, Mr.
Pritchard, may be found at the Bugle and Plim
nix Hotel, where ho will shew the Apparatus
to persons disposed to examine it.
VAN Ill'll UN REJECTION.
We designed to commence, to-day, the pub
lication of Mr. Hayne’s splendid and powerful
speech against the Tariff; hut, in consequence of
the inteicst fell in the late rejection ol Mr. Van
Ut'KRN, and the natural desire tor information re
specting it, we postpone it for the present, to
make room for the speeches delivered in rela
tion to that rejection, the first part of which will
ho found in the preceding columns.-*-We recom
mend to the Constitutionalist, which is vciy
loud and virulent in its censure of the Senate,
for this measure, tho propriety of publishing
tliesp speeches, that its readers may judge for
themselves, of the fairness and justice of its
retnai ks. Assertion is one thing— proof another.
And it is evidently the duty of every editor to
lay before his readers, as far as practicable, the
best means of determining upon the justice of
Ida decisions: and, if he relies on the justness of
his cause, lie will be proud to do tins, in confir
mation of them.
Tho editor says much of tho greatness ami ta
lents of Mr. Van Burcn. If he means, hy this,
that Mr. Van Huron lias occupied groat stations,
he is light. But the wot Id has given instances
enough of unmerited distinction, to prove, that
to have occupied them, is one thing,ami to have
deserved them, another. What lias ho done? —
what benefit conferred on his country I What
grout j uhlio ob ject has ho etf’ucted ?—what great
and good measure advocated ?—where did lie
over boldly throw himself into tho breach of po
litical warfare, and stmggle nobly, generously,
courageously, and at any hazard to himself, to
promote I t couutiy s welfare, or avert fiom it
any impending danger? Is it not hy serving
bis country, that he should merit Ids country’s
honors? And in what has ho ever served bis
country ? Point, if you can, to a single act of
i his whole life, that merits the gratitude of his
I countrymen, or any portion of the honors he lias
i reached! For almost every other man’s dislinc- j
■—"ii. vrm can account by their own acts, ot some '
kind or other, that have drawn upon them puo
lic attention and respect; and note how increa
sed distinction lias followed after those acts, one
by one. Bui this is not tho case with Mr. Van
Burcn. His policy has always been “ non com
mittal," — irrcponsihUity —or, in other words, re
fusal to risk ought for Ids country, or cam, by
proper means, the lienors bo has attained. And
how has he attained thorn 7 Wlw, evidently as a
party man—by party management ami intrigue.
That be posso.-ses considerable talent, is beyond
all doubt; but it consists principally of a pecu
liar tact in managing men behind the scones,
drilling them to party purposes, ami making thorn
subservient to party ends, and at the same time
identifying those ends with his own individual
ones. By these means, he has made himself the
head of the most powerful party in the most
i owerftd State in the Union; and, hy tho pow
er he possesses,of controlling that party and that
State, can, perhaps, do inure in National clee
. lions, than any oilier single individual in the
Union. And thus ho has rnado it tho interest
of other distinguished men to conciliate his pow
er and influence, and to minister to his ends, ob
jects, and elevation, »s the best means of pro
moting their own. In all this, he is unrivalled.
And hy these means, he has attained distinctio s
due only to a service of his country, rather than
to a prostitution of the institutions of that conn
j try to Ids own selfish ends, and those of other
j similarly ambitious men. Such a man might
J sun well tho institutions of oilier countries
| where the people and the institutions aro con
sidered more tools, to he used or abused by wi
i ly political ini, ignors to suit their own ambitious
I and conupt purposes. And such arts might
1 suit the conupt political sphere of n Molternich,
lor a Talleyrand. But do they suit the straight-'
j forwaid, bold, open, fearless, and undisguised
character of the American - itesman, as it
I should he, scorning all concealment, intrigue, or
| mystery, knowing no ulterior polilcal object hill
j his country’s good, and spurning from him all
I power, place, or distinction, hut what may he
used to promote it—sensible, like Washington,
and others of our Revolutionary patriots, that
“honesty is the host policy "—the only sure
guide to t.ne distinction, and imperishable
fame—and that, however any other may elevate
for a time, it docs so only to bring about its own
proper punishment, in an ultimate fall fom its
undeserved elevation, and loss of its ill-gotten
power. Who vv ill say that it is not hcltor, fir
better, never to rise, than to rise, and then full,
that sueh a fall is not a hundred-fold' more
disgraceful ami painful, than the rise can he
honorable or gratifying—or that the fallen will
be able to console himself for the full, with the
thoughts of the rise ?
Wily, selfish, intriguing, and conupt politi
cians, do not accord will with the spirit of our
institutions, or tho genius of our people; and
though such have risen, their rise lias generally
been but the prelude to their fall, while that fall
has been designed by Providence as an exam
] pie to otlieis. Till men have sufliciontly profited
, by such examples, they will continue to occur;
and we mistake much tha character of the Ame
rican people, if the rise, and inevitable fall of Mr.
Van Bureu(now, it would seem, by means dis
tant) does not become one of ike most striking
and profitable of such examples. There is noth
ing more certain, tlpm that deceit, of any and all
kiifcla, is tiie most suicidal of all possible policy, j
No man ever attempted to deceive, without end- j
ing in most completely deceiving liimsell; and j
men will go on as usual, deceiving themselves,
and others, and rendering all things uncertain |
and delusive, until all have properly discovered j
and tested the most important nt'all secrets, that ,
the only practical wisdom, is truth, honesty, and ;
virtue.
Cut, we have far digressed from the principal!
object with which we set out,which was to give
the yeas and nays on the nomination of Mr. X an t
Curen. They are as follows: Those who vo
ted in favor of the nomination, are,
Messrs. Henton, Crown, Buckner, Dallas,
Dickerson, Dudley, Ellis, Forsyth, Grundy,Hen- j
dricks, Hill, Kane, King, Mangum, Marcy, Ko- ;
hinsrn, Smith, Tazewell, TiplCn, Troup, 'l'yier, ‘
White, Wilkins.—Sl3.
Those who voted in the negative are :
Messrs. Cell,Chambers, Clay,Clayton, Ewing,
Foot, Frelinghuysen, Hayne, Holmes, Johnston, i
Knight, Millor, Moore, Naudain, Poindexter, ,
Robbins, Haggles, Seymour, Silsbee, Sprague, ;
Tomlinson, Waggaman, Webster.—-3 —the X . \
President, also, voting in the negative.
See the pertinent remarks of our corrospon- j
dent, “Q,.”
CKEDITINO MINORS*.
There is no properly cautious and reflecting j
parent, who has eliildren at a distance from him,
in Athens, or any similar place of education, but .
must he anxiously alive to the great danger of a J
practice which too much privails in such places, |
of Merchants crediting youths, sent there for a
collegiate education, without the knowledge of
their parents. Most of such youths cannot rea
sonably bo expected to possess much ofpr mlence,
discretion, self restraint, or self-denial—at least,
notsufllgietit to protect them against those temp
tations of articles ofl’ii e<i on a credit, which are
but too often too powerful even for persons of
much ilper years, and which,after being thought
lessly submitted to in a few instances, often 10b
their whole future life of all its proper thrift ful- j
ness, independence, and respeelabili'y. Ihe i
habit, in youths, of obtaining articles on credit, j
will do more to rob them of the proper stimulus j
to industry, energy, and perseverance, as the |
onlv proper moans of obtaining such articles,and !
all the other objects of life, than pcnlnips all oth- i
er things put togetlier; and therefore cannot bo |
too cautiously giiardr.il against. .Sell'-icslraint
seJf-deni.il, those valuable, and absolutely indis
pensiblo roijuiaitos to future usofuhioss and res
pectability, must bo taught in youth, if ever;
and, without them,nothing,probably, either pro
perty, principles, precepts, or respectable con
nexions, will suffice to preserve those who do
not possess them, from ultimately becoming
nameless, useless, or worthless burthens upon
society. What is it that makes poccrly, in youth,
the best possildl groundwork of future charac
ter, usefulness, distinction, and respectability,
but the habits of self-denial, self-resliaint, and
self-dependence, which it necessarily enforces
till ton l ' nraeiioe has made them second nature!
i And, how often do wo soo those in whom such
i habits have been so established, completely out
stripping, in tint roan to nsciuiin;.-,.-, icspoouilnU
ty, and fame, those who have first started upon
it, with every advantage of birth, education, fam
ily, uirtl Wealth? How important is it, then, that
those habits or principles should be carefully and
pertinaciously inculcated by parents; and how
painful must it be to parents,to find their best ef
forts to that tffiict, defeated by the unanthoiized
credit afforded to their sons by the merchants or
olhers of the place in which they arc located for
the purposes of education.
Actuated, wo presume, by these views, and
those proper parental sensibilities which they
must necessarily have excited in the breasts of
those ofthem who are parents or guardians, the
Grand Jury of our county, at the late lorni of
the Superior Court, made the following ■Pre
sentment. :
“They present, as § grievance, tiro practice
w hich some Merchants who reside in thu vicini
ty of our public Schools and Sominaiies have,
of selling goods on a credit to minors, without
the consent of their parents or guardians. We
would respectfully cull the attention of our Le
gislature, to this evil, for the purpose of passing a
law imposing a pecuniary fine on all who may
bo guilty ofsueh improper conduct.”
This ircseutmant is understood to have boon
occasioned by the publication of several Mer
chants of Alliens, against a gentleman of this
city, tor Ilia refusal to pay the debts contracted
with them, by bis son,while residing in Alltpns,
for the purposes of education. And wo under
stand, that a true bill was also found by the
Grand Jury, on an indictment eg dust (hose indi
viduals,for a libel,allndgod to be contained in said
publication, and a Bench '.Variant issued by the
Court to bring them all to this county for trial,
under said indictment. Wo wish to be under
stood as taking no part whatever in the contro
versy, and ns having nothing whatever to do
with the individuals, on cither side. But, so far
as the subject has become one of a j übhc nature,
and the principles contained in it are consider- ,
cd of deep public interest, wo feel it due to the |
public to lay the matter he fore them, with our!
own views of it, and particularly as a warning :
to merchants generally, in the ncighboihood of:
Colleges and Schools, against crediting youths !
without the authority of their parents. Wo
know it to lie a subject on which parents feel •
great solicitude; and who can be insensible to
the claims of such a solicitude, upon the respect- |
fid consideration of every individual? That pa- I
rents do not more frequently resistllio payment \
of debts contracted by their sons, is not because |
they are always sensible of their justice, or tiiat i
they are either legally or morally bound to pay j
thorn, but because they choose to yield silently to i
what they look noon at least as a painful giiev- i
* °
ancc,mthe hope of preventing it,in future,by pa
rental restraint (a hope,but frail,and mostly inef- i
factual, while thu temptation still presents itself 1
to their children,} rather than subject themselves !
to the taunts and sneers of the thoughtless atul :
unreflecting, which few have tho moral courage
to brave, or a proper sense of the necessity of •
making such individual sacrifices,for tho correc- i
lion of public evils, and the promotion of thu
public good.
Witiiout presuming to scan the individual mo
tives or merits of this matter, wo cannot bn! !
think that it will tend to much good, by causing j
merchants generally to be more cautious in ere- j
(filing minors, and giving them a good excuse!
fur such caution—by removing dangerous temp, j
rations from the paths of youth—and by afford
ing a proper precedent to parents and guardians
in future occurrences of the kind. It will shew,
| too, to the people of Alliens, and other similar
: places, tho propriety of setting their voices
j against the evil, as not only dangerous to the
' welfare of youth, but prejudicial to the interest
; of those institutions which constitute the puma-
J ry interests and attractions of their communities.
: When a youth applies to a merchant for credit
1 how easy would it be for the latter to say he
i was fully disposed to allbrd it, if assured that his
doing so would meet the approbation of his pa
rents ; and how much would such a course ex
cite,not only the respect of the youth himself
| however it might annoy him for the moment'
| but the regard and confidence of the pa-enls"
! While, on the contrary, to credit him without
| this precaution, however innocent the motives
! which induced it,might subject himself, pediapa
! often incorrectly, to the (siinlii! suspicions or
j charges of considering his own interest alone in
tho matter, and taking advantage of the weak-
I ness and thoughtlessness of youth, to make a
I profitable sale of his articles at tho expense of
| the lather.
ion thc Aeonsia chronici.s.
Tho Senate have negatived the Piesidcnfa
; nomination of Mr. Van Burcn!! 1
j ‘-They have insulted the People, whoso rep.
rosontutivo is the President,” says one. ‘‘They
i have violated the Constitution,” savs another
“They are no longer the most august body hi
| tho world,” says a third. “They have been gov
orned by petty party hostility,” says a fourth.
Verily, if they have done all this, let thu traitor
ous liciriity-three, and the Vice President utllndr
head, "gang hock agin,” to their constituents
and stay tlieic.
As for the (i st charge, it is a now doctrine,
that the fiat of the President, is conclusive evi
delicti of the will oflhe people, and that he as
llio “people’s Representative,” is to ho botvoil
[to, by the Senate. Carry out your principles
j Mr. Bunco, and you give us a monarchy. But
j the Constitution has been violated. This is more
i monarchical still. Tho Senate have no right to
| negative the President’s nomination, forsooth!!
j The constitution renders their “consent” neccs
1 sary to appointments, hut I suppose that consent
|is to boa matter of course; and tho President,
jif they are refractory,may hold a “Led of justice,'
like Louis XVI. and command theirsenatorshijs
to register his mighty will and pleasure. i
But “tho Senate is no longer tho most august
body in the wold”!! Why?—Because Oca,
Jackson,being the most august President in the
world, and Mr. Van Burcn the most august no
litician in the wo. Id, and St. James’s tho most
august Court in the world,no body can bo august,
that will not second tho motion of said august
President, to send said august politician, to said
august Court!— Prohpmlur!!! l But, last, and
not least,Mr. Van Burcn has been rejected, I’rotii
party motives! !! What a burning shame! Par.'- i
motives brought to bein' on the nomination iv
Murlin I'an Burnt, of all the men on llio I'ao- |
of the earth! Such a disinterested politician— a :
man, who ncvoi thought of himself or of parti,
in a contest for ulhce!—one, who has held vial
patronage, and nkvkii, in his i.ike, allowed
party to govern his appointments!— who never ?
turned out a political opponent,on ywr/y grounds! ’
—whenever made whole*hog party deration a
sinc i/ua non fur the most petty office! To negi.
live such a man’s oppointnicnfion parly grounds;
O,shame! shame!!
“Judgiili-lil! tlimi art lied to brulisli be;. O',
Amt men have !u- 1 i!u if reasiin.' 1
u.
CoMMUNICA 1 Mi.
Mb. Kditou : —Wo- received, last evening |
tho first number of a publication, entitled tin '
History of Napoleon. To those who are imac n
quainted with llio author, J. S. LK)iMAMn«ytv, j
wo would observe, that he was a Colonel of tin J
Polish Lancers, in the service of the grout Caj V
lain whoso history he proposes giving to IhoA
mericati public, provided he meets with sulli
cient encouragement. After being condcmnc
to bo exe- uted in Paris, subsequent to the Kit
tic of Waterloo, he effected his escape, and in:
pily arrived in litis laud, as.lie says, of Ib-pulli
cans. Hu has, since his arrival among us, it
l«lfi, been employed in the General Post-olliw,
at Washington city, where, by his frugality air:
indnstiy, he lias not olfly secured to himself lk
good will, and siflecro wishes of his numerous
friends fur his success in the present nmlerlat- ;
ing, hut supports his wife and la go family oi.,
his salary of eight hundred doll ns.
Col. Lehmanowskv was also the companion
in arms of the late Polish hero, Mkizynt cki,oW
sneaks of him in the highest tortus.
With respect to the correctness and mil *a
no of llio wmk, wo intend saying Somalia",' ■
hereafter. All wo wish, at present, is'loro
commend tho author to onr Southern f icntls, at
an upright, Inmost, and worthy man.
Thu suhsc iptions are made with tho Rtf 'M
. masters of cadi of our largo cities and towns g
A VULf Nriii’.K Jj
I COMWCXICATiUI.
I Tito Members of the “Richmond AcaduU'-'-aH
j Soi im v, ’ aro requested to attend a nicotic: J
I the Society—to he held at tho City Hall,
; Wednesday, tho Pth inst. at T o'clock P. M.
i N. I’>. Punctual nttendiincu is desire 1, asbw .
I ness ofitn porta nee will he transacted.
liATII i’l*OVl U.’VCIL-A'VH.
; The s.hip Plutarch has aniv"d at ( ha l !- -, jl
1 and brought London dates to 'idml Dci ec 1-
XX'e. find little in them on the subject
jmu kel«. A London Commercial Ropoit c
j ITtit December, states that, the ! -'’ ■- : 1 W •
! was steady—sales of thu week about ■ ! H
1 bales, prices thy same.
i Tho general impression in Ifi. niingh no r •
London is, that in alarming crisis in n
! mercia! world is fast approaching. —JJ• n. Vd
' ham Journal. Mm
j Tho King's Si eech nt the opetrip# <?*
men!, on tho ;ath OoeombOi*, appears t-j
; gi\ i'll s itisfu-tion I > the friends ct re-ym ” S
,i' spoke to iho opposition in terms w.c- ‘ S
• cd them oi all cause of complaint. —H" s.
j a speedy and satisfaclo.y settlement of -S
* qnesiioii becomes daily m' more ! ! r-'- - y--
! riortiiive to the security uftlie litate, ; -
l contentinent'tud welfaro ol'niy poopnn
Atxoun's from Ltverpnoi ol B'tn D '''• ‘ Jk
“ Tlio demand for covl'rn ;s =ti-ady : i:in ' _ *
, chiding those by auction, have reached 1
j bans.
1 The Portsmouth IDrald of the Ith' l >/'" •
—“The result of,tho s cond reading |
! form Bill and th-> glo. us inajonty >1 1 ■