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■ _ ihfti on some 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 ■