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COXGRE^IO^IL.
DEBATE IN THE SENATE,
On Mr. Van Burcii*s Nomination,
(Continues! from our last.)
REMARKS OF MR. POINDEXTER.
M . Poiwn«XTKR rose, and naid, lint an an
Bence of several weeks from the Hcnitlo, occa
sionnd by indisposition, had, a* he was inform
ed, boon llio cause of some delay in iho linal ac
tion of the Senate-, on this nomination.
, « • • •
Sir, it is known to all who have looked into’
tho political movements of iho various pa* ties,
which have contended for power, within the
last five or six years, that Mr. Van Bu.en enter
ed the lists as the friend of General Jackson,
Ion" after the commencement of the administra
tion of President Adams P.ior to that event,
he had lent hi* inltuencc to a candidate between
whom and Gen. Jackson there existed the must
deadly hostility. The administration of Mr.
Adams had no charms for Mr. Van Un en, and
after duo deliberation, ami a “ judicious” esti
mate of the probable results, he became the ad
vocate of Gen Jackson for tho Presidency, in op
position to the incumbent whose piospects for
re-election were overcast with doubt and uncer
tainty, and from whom he could expect no fa
vors, either for himself or his friends. The ra/ii
tut which he brought into the slock of political
influence then operating on the pending presi
dential election, was sup osed to give him a
claim to the highest distinction, in the excel ol
the successful termination of the struggle. Ac
cordingly, ho was placed by Gon. Jackson at the
bead of bis constitutional advisers, preferring
him to other distinguished gen lenten, whose
dtnpport Was of longer duration, and, to say tin
least, equally efficient, and whose talents wool,
bear an advantageous comparison with die most
enlightened statesmen in tins wotld. Tims pro
moled and ll ittoru I, wielding, as lie did, the
executive arm of the nation, permit me to usl'
what was the conduct of Mi. Van Ilmen. Iln-i
Secretary of the ll.ipiirtm ml of Stale I Was
lao honor and Welfare of the count y, or die pit
rily of its diameter, objects nearest to Ins near!
Was bis mind free from the bias of u .disci;*
lined ambition; or was be exclusively devote,
to bis own elevation, regardless of the nirntis,
or of the honor of his venerable ehiel, and ol the
iiilugi ity of the paity whieh bought him into
powe I 1 cannot answm these g ave iai.;s
lions by any thing which tails within ih scope
of my own personal knowledge; hut it the c lie
truth m facts which have been detailed to me
by men of the first rank in the nation, an I which
I am bound to believe, until emit udieled by evi
dence still iiio.o imposing, his whole con se was
marked by a systematic tissue of d irk and stu
died ill igne, which, ill Its c inse pi- in-cs, swej I
into chaos dm elements of (hat patriotic ban I
who fought the battle, and gained tho h,.1 -ndi i
victory in lk’Jd, which ; laced on die h o ofllie
hero of New O.leans the - ivio w uadi of his
g atefnl counliy- Discarding all po son d e.m
aideratiuns. foi 1 have neiiliei revenge nor pobli
cal uspi. ations to g alify, and it I had, da y
Would not enter these walls, to inlliioiice my
di-lib i alums in matters of national lame- rn, I
ask only the light ■ of truth, to guide me to a de
cision which ..hall accord With si id anil no, ar
tial justice, and seem o to me tho ;tj probation ol
mi enlighteiicil eople, and what is -till mo e
precious, the smiles of an up, roving com ai-nee
11. lin n dm f. lends of dn nonimee deem die
info in at ion on which I have received, to) on
which, fin the present, 1 must rely, ina 1.1 .P* ..
•usee, tilde of satisfactory ex; I iiillflon, I mviti
them. I urge Ilium, in ju-li e to llicir f iet-d, t
rescue hun f urn nvuiy shade of suspicion wlnc.l
may lie cast un him. hy tin uppointimnil of.
co' ii in it tec, oi he ulioson hy this houo. aide body
who -h dl be charged with h- duly o' i ullcelinij
nil the testimony which can ho a .'.need, culm
so I, against tins nominee, an I m king a faith
ful rnj Oi lof it to the Senate ; and if die -e-idt
should he such ns to satisfy my inmd dial dm
nominee is innocent of dm iiiiwo. thy < oiidin i
which has henu ascribed to him, my vole will
be given m favoi ol his nomiu.ili i; . with morn
real pleasure than 1 can feel in oimymg the die
talcs-of duly, hy denying to him my sn o I.—
'l'o such a com uiiicti I am authoriz'd to fu tiish
the n unesofsever.il goiitlenien, high in die con
fidence o( dm country, who are ready In testify
on oath, if required, to all the fids wli di they
have authorized mu to roiiiaiuiiicato in tlta So
nata >n tho present occasion, in a mm n mum
enlarged and satisfactory maimer, than d is In
rny power to give to them. Hull must be per
muted to remark, that if this invitation is dei lin
ed by tho friends of Mr. Vail Hu cn, my do
must he recorded against his Humiliation, emit, I
mg, as I do, m Iho lionurahle soincos from
which niv info illation is derived,
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But, Mr. p. esident, wb.lt i.s the liislo y of die
■W'lducl of Mr. Van Iturerr in reference to his in
to course with the Chief M igisl uie, A those asso
cinled witti him in the admimst aln n at die seal
of the National Government ? lie elite ed dm
councils of P.c-i lon' Jackson with sullen re
sieve on his brow, under which lie concealed all
bis o in in- on the great questions which agila
tod dm inn inn. lie suit d mi i ininnsiaiicos
Which mo existed iris jinluelion a. o ullico, mi
x'"! in their i haraclo- in this uii'-y, hut land
Jiar at lint Gum lof Louis dm i’n'i nili, in E: atiee, ■
and ut t'hatles the Second n; I'.ng. ,n I, by .neaiis
of which, he contrived tu *• tide on the whlil
xvin i, and direct the stunn, and to render tho ■
c*.'minus and cnnfidillg ehiuf, whose we :lam -
bi flittered, and whose rejmliees lie non i-j,
eo, inlisc. vient to all his m oses, no son.d and
Jiolili.al. llis . laijs of ope. at lull We esh.ouded
m la; kacss nd mystery, and executed hy tiro
a-m of powe., tie ed hy to. recent dex eln, e
rn it o’ public, o is:mm, so. the ucconmlisbment
m ■ a derm views—which knew no limit sho. t
ol . at oiling and directing lint destinies of the
n. l i ii Tim established ur i« ice ofevmy pro
<• ; nil uiinisi at ion to hold cabinet councils -
,oolislioit, and tho sued machinery of ) o-
In . al intrigue was pul into successful o"in aiiuii,
X' I hy the skill of the master s, i ll behind
tor en tain. No Board of (’onsn’dalnm mound
tilegt cell uloth was hold, where each memher
Was required to unfold Ins sentiments f eely ,m I i
liaol.lv of no il and measures, coimecteil with
national oolicy No principles were promolg i
tod rs tho stand.nil hy which tho pen. e might
lest the claims of the iidmiiihitration mihen e*ni
lidem c and support. Eve y thing was un "lx I
in loubt and uncertainty, in orde to ea ch thu
breeze of popular impulse m whatee dir elio.i
sit might sot, and to ‘-onto m tuns uverwlinliiiiiig
inlluenco. Tim southern politician who com
plained of oppression, was soothed , tlailured, or
thrmtcnnl aeco diug to the tliurnioaudor, vvb -'i
regulated the political atmos diem around llio
walls of ilia palace. The monopolists and ollice
huntciß received assu ances to satisfy then ut
most wislios sod expectation*, and 11,.-docilities
of the ” American System” wore adopted and
repudiated according to cal.tllations (bunded on
u well arranged scale of political p'ofit mid loss.
An Hurt to restore the ancient usage ofeabi
•Jet luscils, made by a few ol llio must devoted
1 mil I* of tianar 1 J ackson, was repelled with
indignation, and :.h intly interposition false
iy ascribed to r ■* ,f (tosuliiy, to a , articular
inomhar us his e.-dmict. Tin so gentlemen have
oyer since been ■ v i1 on wiili distrust and sus
pi' iou by tin; Pi, m.
Jhus prut- cum f -on ad interference on the
jia tof bis assoc i , n pnwe;, and f.om public
aniaiaw rsion, M Bur cn shaped Ins course
to su,' 'ha c.isi eg stvnoily in view Ins
V'umne rxlovatio , ~o ii st otiioo m ilia gift of
afr - > oplo. P * s»ed, as he was, of the un
it.lilted cuiitidul' . J.tCKSun, ha very soon
found free ace , s our, and by appropriate
advances, Isd hi' excesses, ui I a ruis, fatal
UMhe Iranquilit lie lmiuiliv. with hi iilford
ing tho Slightest v . me Ui dlie, ,n any inanuo",
jiurtieimrted in amg the rosuli which he
xosioes y icsi’So lq accomplish. The piuscrip
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livo policy, pushed, as it was, lo extremities
which (lie public inlet eat did not seem lo require,
and farlicyond the practice of any other chief ma
gistrate, hai been universally attributed to the
advice and influence of Mr. Van Hurcn. This
system, combined with the whola patronage ol
the government, wan, an fur as practicable, pla
ced at his discretion, to smooth the way to the
ulterior object of his ambition. He made him
self almost the solo adviser of tho President dur
ing the first lwf> years ofhis administration, ami
. every ono who stood in his way was made to
feel the power of executive denunciation, l'o
this cause may he # atlrihulcd the unprovoked
y rupture <>ctween the first and second officers of
this government; the prostration 'of I hos i noble
and high minded fiieiids to tvhose unwavering
. exertions, and lofty eloquence, <iei». Jackson
must feel himself indebted for his success in llio
! late contest for tho Presidency; and finally, the
f dissolution of the cabinet, and the consequent
ii nomination ofMr. Van liuron as Minister to this .
t Com tof London.
I have, M . President, been pul in posse-ssion i
I of a communication, tracing, vvithg 0.-. t minute-1
ness, and 1 liavo no doubt accurately, the means
. resorted to hy Mr. Van Bmen to f lodm e the
rupture between <»cn. Jackson and those hqiior
,r able men who had accepted hi* inviuiimi lolie
. come members of Ins no itic.it f jmily. Ifo hear
lo lead this paper to llio Senate, because ol die
i peculiar matteis of* which it tioats, but I hold
d myself ready to deliver it, with the name of the
i- author, to any committee of investigation which
may lie appointed to embody the evidence on
,f tins subject. I iiave also received, from a gon
• . tletmni now in this city, a statement of a conver-
Nation belt! with the late Secretary of State, al
tr ter lie had hui rendered the seals of olli' G, which
j. I beg leave to lay on tho fable, as the facts it de
io tails are iiitirn.itely connected with those train
,| actions which have oitm 4 ied so large a share oi
,t tlie public, attention, and winch, 1 regret lo say,
iiave never I e n ex lamed in a manner to Satis
(3 fy ilu* in*) ai fceiing oi ti« country. Os the writer
I; ol tiiis coiiiiniiincalioii, lit ive very little person*
i, al knowledge ; tint he li.is the most respectable
n testimonial of ills good clia.acter and conduct,
j. an !, lam informed, has heon favoi ably known
if as tiic editor of a joii.nil in .V w Vork, f. iendly
to the adminisiiniton of (he goveiiimenl. For
,1 myself, J do not doubt the verity of his state
t, f nit.iil, and suliniii it, w ithout comrmml, totiiose
wito d< site tiilb;rnatiuu on the in.liters to winch
o J it relates.
i- M . P.nsirlent, in additloti to (lie unhrok n cur
i: nut of testimony o v. hu ll 1 h ive id oiidy <ol
jq veiled, showing moslclua the foul iiioaiiseni
-0 I ■!•») e.d hy lie, tale Hecdaiy of State, to appro
ii jiriii'e liic u n.)o and well ea lie I l ime of (icn
i- oral Ji« k *on u u-e }»d vatieeno ni of ms own iim
s j hiliniii projects a id lo ove.lli.o v ail who ob
i- si nclcd Ins j a’h I > oiili* .1 ,owv-, I feel nlo he
t my dnl} logi. l • lii Senate 1 me distance of
1 | a cotivc m limn **. hi* i> look j I n e hi iwrcn the
i 1 P esident .hi I a in tube ol his lato cabiixd, .si
e ! i..;i!laiicoiis : y wHii its cUs .idlioii. C*ir, liic ills
• I (iiignisiic I gcnl ictiiiili wilo in ole iho stale.m nl
I- lof tills inlet vc w, is too la ii ove suspicion lo
i • need jio.n me the eulogy which his cnuiuclcr,
y j j utilic and pi ivale, «o jiisi.ly me. its.
yl ; . •
I Tile I* usidctit invucil ili;s gonileman to aj»ri
i- v i - tiidn nce, for liic pu. pose, of making known
- | lo Ii :n .he tic w :u i iing-omoiis on w Inch he iiad
if, lie iMiim.il. 110 ( omimnn «<1 with sin air of di
0 ' ; i.-ialic Ciiiiii ni, an t stu lied ji o ision. “ £sir
• I piilnnil l«» you Iwoleltuis, wincli I have re
u i ci ive.d i mu the rtiicre’ *ry ol iStati*, .and Iho Se
n : ercduiy «»! W ir, resigning their resj eclive ofii
i en«, ntnl ask lor llictn your st .ions coiisiduia
•’ t.oo ” “.'ii • led the mtonishud Secretary,
‘lam a plain man a* d your fund* Our inler
h coii'Si* Ii is In mi of long duration and you know
that di liinm y is no ; art of my c b a racier m
f t j Inins ; lie so good, I In; re lie i», ns h» feli me frith ti
- Iv, what ) '"I intend, and what yon ilesi •; ofmo* 1 *
> ‘ d'lti n. Sic, I will inform y«»n did I moan tore
-1l o gmi/, •my cab n o.” *• V'or} Well, Sir, I hoj c
1 | ymii will .ofil hy the ( hlnge. I liavo not been
M , vein fiend toe tli * Hake ofollico, and I wish on
1 i Iy lo he ill'll Hied \» licl'n r my condo t while in
'• J said the F* esid. nt, ** 1 no lault lo find w-illi
I you.’’ “ With (his assiiiimce,” sid ij h . Sucre
” j liny, “I a e»»nTented ; Iml allow me t«» in juiio
1 j \vl»o is lo he yon, S. r.n fi y of Stain /" “Mi,
' j Livin'/sfon,” was the icplv. Who is to liike
■ tlif) 'f > , iisM' - y Ih*.a»iintent I” M . lUcl.-mu,
' now Mmisier in Lngland." ‘‘ Who will occupy
the Nin v !)••; a tiiieiit !" “Mi, Woo.lhnry.”
s j “And p?ay. Si , who e* ?o rephice M.. .Mi Lane
1 ; i;i l auliiii l?” “ Mr. Van Bi iu.n.” And so the
i exinveisalioii ended.
j Tin nf i mice which is inseparable from these
' t dlselo-nres, must he obvious lo evi ry man whose •
ihiad is iii se.ar h oft,nth, mi I whos - judgm m
1 is free from iho “malign inlhii ncc” ol pn ju ;
dire.
'Hie lingo.- of.i disci,-lined inh iguer is mm'o .
in all llio va.ions idlorts made lo dismiss j i i
• 'dnr fiicinlie sos the c.ilmud, from an eml\ pn
-1 riod aOo. the inaiiguralion of <i. nt ial .1 .» kson
■ until it was ell*.-.-led in ISdl. Thu ohj i can
uoi he mi dak.mi; and at this day, the nnum <rrs
sea eelv attempt t oil their fixed p ; j «se
of design mug .Hi . V ll ien as the miee*>or'
jof the pi e »nt (Jhiof A. “nob ns voluiih,’*
as »I* i are t.» *. Sir, on what
tlatu * i't ■ " ■ I'.Miic.le the i" 1 .ii iiiilicmL.i
; ll";; . 111 s\V r ion by llio I’resni.'iii lo fioli in
.qn : y ml; till" I lie imlixi. Mills lie were lo
; euni'uisi’ lln* in*xv *-;i'i in**t, olliei I• ■ .*■ a lueron
<unli*cl iiiui . x 'licit i ranjMmipnt, 1',., ut■ ■.t on rna
tiiio ili'libin .i’ioii, .ni t a *. no ami mil r*m-iilla:um
xvi Ii llio ui x\ h *se MiiMtie.il \x aa ao
ciitloimnl in take »* il* subjoins if", eat ami ;h
so hill" inleiest lo tii.'oinitiy. I not the f.n• I
i.s itislinrlly known lo every nm* aeqiiainli il
, with 111 * jiolitiral niovoincnts at tin,* sea! ol’ tin*
Naiiunal Government, as any on ineord, tiiat I'm
mo o Ilian a yi'.v hmtiliiij* the iinln ii of llm
lul" cabinet, noconsu'taliens xx't* ai li *l,l, ami lail
n I'm mal inlcrcoii so ke, I up hot won the I’rusi
. dent ami 11000 ol’ liis cotisinu!l"iial a*Kis.;is! It
; eniinol. aol, I piosuim', will not he ilenim), that
the Secie* n\ ol St pc iia.i so m osaae.l ~s to oe.
on *y ill** Ii si ;.la* *in llio i "im h'lice an,| all'ee
lious i.l'tlie t'liiel'Mauis't.ali’. Tie- noly raiiuii
al conclusion, there line. 1., u hicli I can Inin" my
; miiio, after a *■ i c ol amt im; n>lial ex in.inalioii
I «liis whole subject, is, that the Seereta.y of
j Stale, |i' - io.' to his own nil until nj resi "nation, hail
not only iisCi rlainod llial a »* in* al swim,. Was
lo ho made ol’ all those whose iiilliieiife he diea.l.
! ed, ami who could not he liulneeit “to hcml the 1
j km o to Baal,” hut had o "ani/.ed a new caln
i net, and •‘tliott"h last not least,” li.nl taken es
;.* eial eaie to open an avenue tlieo.io). u hj,.|, | u ,
inieht w till Silety retreat, and plant liiniseH’in a
; situation still mote commandiii" in the |inlilic j
j eye, amt heller calculated lo accelerate the j
Consummation ol’his ulterior purpose. *• \\ | lo j s j
to nqila o Mr. Me I,ane in I'.nglainlT” “Mr. j
Van lliiren.” Sir, tho lime al which thisdeehi- j
I union is made is very roai ri.uVo; it p oecile.l
the 1 nhlieation of the inudosi ilijilumutic letle *'
I of lesignation, in which the See: eta v of Stale I
j attempts to mystify tho causes wh cli had nn**- !
■ rated on Ins mind, in surrendering the liigli t, nst j
J lo which he had heon called hy llm I’ivsidenl. (
; 1 lean hilly seeks, in that aniline.l ais eoimmini j
i cation, lo excite the sympathies of the Ameii- I
i can people hy pret* tided nlf luitnolu/ion, at the ■
sh mo of pill.; disinterested pah iotism. lie ro-
U e.l to tin* finite s of/irirulr. life, to iliscntanclo
llm administration of (‘resident Jackson, ami to
wsto*,. Im inony m Ins councils! No sinister
1 motives lingered in the mind of the unbuti-lit
: patriot—no mission to 1.0n.10n m the xiMa—Cnt
’ tl,e ! u,bl « sacrifice is iiiagmmiinonslv . Herod ut.
i on the alter of the public good, will, the icsor
vatum ol such fulute rewards as a gratolhl peo
ple might hestoxv, on one, whose moiits could
only be excelled by tho purity of his intenlions'i
Mr, would n be credited by a virtuous and en
lightened people, that, at tho very moment
w hen th so high smiled sent intents ami t atrimic
, rofessions wore unblushiiigly throw n befou* the
" o ld, the individual who appropiiakd them to
Imusbir, held the guarantee, that, in hp-u of the
office which he resigned, he should forthwith he
created Envoy Extraordinary and Minister i’leni
potenliary to the court of St. .fames! And yet
the fact is established, by the conversation 1 have
((noted, and strongly corroborated by the letter
of the President, in which he reluctantly ac
cepts the resignation.
Mr. President, I can view this nomination in
no other light than the result of a systematic
course of political gambling and intrigue, origi
nating m personal ambition, and prosecuted with
unrelenting ostracism and proscription, on every
high-minded statesman in the nation wiio refus
ed to subscribe to the articles of faith dictated by
this nonilneo, and prescribed, as a lest, by
which the patronage of the Government should
he dispensed tinoughout this widely extended
country. The succession to the Presidential
chair, must he secured to this court favorite, and
the moans to accomplish this end, were these
ini - ressiema. I should he guilty of a gross dere
! liclion of duty to the people, to the President,
I and my own conscience, hy advising and con
j seining to this nomination. I beg to he inform
j cd ot the necessity of so much haste in despatch
ing a minister to London. No negotiations were
pending which required the presence of a minis
ter, with full powers, at that court. England
was lopresentod here hy a Charge d* Affaires.
We had a diplomatic agent there of equal grade;
and surely the relations between the two na
tions might have been suffered to remain in this
equitable condition until the annual meeting ot
Congress, when the advice and consent of the
Senate could have been asked, before the pub
lic chest had been opened for the outfit and sala
ry of a minister. The circumstances connected
■ with this unnecessary precipitancy renders it
i obnoxious to the strongest objections, and war
runts the conclusion that it was designed to
■ opeiate on the action of the Senate, in their do
I’ liberations on this nomination. I cannot sub
i jeet my opinions to the control of a premature
movement on the part of ihe executive. Sir, i
i am aware, Unit for this independent exercise of
• my best judgment, 1 shall he denounced hy the
t press, as ihe partisan of a competitor for the
, Presidential chair. I spurn the ini| illation. At
i my time of life, I have nothing to hope from the
smiles, still less to fear, from the flown of any
man in power. 1 honor the man whose heart is
line; whose actions thioiigh life exhibit lucid
• pi oof that he is honest in the cause of human li
i innly ; hut, when lam invoked to give my sanc
tion to (link intrigue, | ulilical management and
• corruption, at the hazard of inclining the dis
pleasure of “those who feel power and forget
■ right,” 1 will fearlessly an I faithfully discharge
ihe liust reposed in mo hy my country, hy a film
■ \ indication of the moral feeling of ihe people
- who compose this young anil gigantic republic.
I w ill rep, ove .V cm red the inthicnco of v ice, hy
i inti cling ine. ited chastisement on all who per
-1 pel -ale it.
The following is the letter referred to hy
Mr. P :
Washington Ciiy, Jan. 24, 1832.
l Sin:—l have the honor to acknowledge die
i receipt ofyour note, hearing date this morning.
Soon after the dissolution of Gen. Jackson’s
first Cabinet, while the Ex Secretary of State,
. Mr. Van Itu in, was in New York, wailing the
i nnitalof MLouis McLiinr* from the Cou'itof
1 Si. James, I saw him. Being then ihe editor of
a | inier sti iporting the measures of the adminis
tration, I felt, ns was natural, seme interest in
I the events which had transpired, and which
wine yet to transpire. 1 asked Mr. Van Ilmen
who was to take the place of.Mr. Mcl.ane at tlie
(’>>in tof St. J lines? lie replied licit Ac had the
otrer of the mission, but thin lie was yet unde
cidinl us in ihe propiiolyof accepting il. lie
siid his (iieiuls wore of different opinions as to
the policy of his leaving thucountiy at that lime,
ihnio being some arrangements to make in ihe
Ue; iildienn paily for Inline operations. He oh
served that he was anxious to have an interview
with Mr. Mcl.ane before leaving, if he should
conclude to go. On being i te, regaled hy me
ns to Ihe rml causes of the dissolution ot the
('ahiiii't, win tin r it was, ns had been alleged
by SOIIIC at* till) editors, cans it hy Mu. L.iuii,
or hy a mutual d s-enliun among the heads of
d. linenls? lie answered, that Mis. Eaton had
no agency in tin-mallei, hul that it was caused
nunc hy ll o conduct of Mr. Calhoun and Mr.
liiuliaiii, who (lushed the retirement of Gen.
Jackson from office at the expiration of the fust
t‘mu' yearsiif his term of service, and who hud
endeavored lo riinsinnmnlo their designs hy
I null: fin ir the, eka ratter of a chaste, and virtuous
inimini On remarking In Mr. Van Boren, that
I l hong It t A had managed well to pass nnsculh
e. lit nngli the fiery ordeal, he laughingly ,e; li-
I cd, “Yes, I had seen for some two or three
: iniiiiths tlin a; preach of tronhle, and that a dis
solution cl the Cabinet must ensue—the material
1 "f which it was composed lining too discordant
to •••nit one together in ha. mony —and lo sure my
, self. I ihnnghi il heller to retire in lime—knoAv
! ng that if / led the Way, the rest must follow.”
* # * * • Jr
I have the honor lo he,
Must Uusiicntfully,
SAMUEL E. CEE',; ENT.
Hull. ti. PoiNIiKVI I K.
!MK. VI) \ M -i AMI Tlir,TAmri\
AAV ha vt> liclviiv this situ tcil Unitw e I mil
■ml.sec,in-nily received infunuulion sulis
l'ym;r us ilmt tve Irul ut first intrr|iri toil
loft liivernldy the liin.'gunge used By Air,
Adams in t''.iwiniltcr—ili uw ine- Iroin il
it mure extended inference limn he, per
!n.| s, intended ; nnd, in fuel, iiiiiUinip too
mneii ol tin* imitler. \\ e were »lll'|irised
■t hi-limiting: :my a linissiun in r>nr favor,
ind inferred (do Im-tily, it rseeins, that he
ti-ed the tviird relief in tin' smile sense in
u I deli it is Bore understood. It is rattier
inn'ier of fejgret linn of eonsulnlion to
us. tu oßserv e that, other presses. Both of
tho.-e on oar side, mid those against us.
hove fallen into the same error with our
scl* i s. on first reading (he language used
By Mr. Adams. We are now further as
sured, hy a letter from Washington, that
although Mr. A hams did undouhtedly use
I la* st' ong language reported, he is" dis
posed to disclaim our inference, and (hat
his course in the hou-'e will shew, that
Ihe " substantial relie;*'which ho will re
eoniineiul ** to sulisl'y the Soi.tli," w ill he
no more than sin h a reduction as though
lightly iilleetiug some protected articles
will leave the protection tiuimpared ; n
j redaetii n differing little in fact froinl'int
; rereouimeruled hy .Mr, iMeliA.Ni;. and
| " hit'll wdl never satisfy the Mouth. Air.
1 Am ms has therefore, merely, shewed us
! the ground on which he is willing “ to
light tln> Sonia"—mid all hopes, wheth
'e groat or saiaP, Built on his supposed
conversion, must he ahmidoned. as must
Up. it seems hut too certain, every other
hope of relief by the action of Congress.
Shnee writing the uliove. we ha\e seen
an article in this morning's Coin in', from
the i uited t-dates (nitrite. stating that a
known Tariff meiuher of the 1 hunmitteo
ims ex pressed himself fully satisfied with
the a it ws entertained hy Air..Vuams—mid
that he does not contemplate any con
cession, which shall at all uIM-et the pre
lected interests —Charleston Lv. Tort.
A singular freak ol nature ocem red in
.Monroe county a few days since. A row
belonging to Thomas* SS. .Melton; had a
na;f. beat mg the exact marks on Both of
its ears ol the rest ofliis stock the marks
oa one ear were a savulloav fork, and on
the other a smooth crop, in every respect
ns plain as if made in the usual wijv.
AlftlSTA:
S.-VTUItDAV, FliliKl AltY 18. 1832.
“ He just, and fear not.”
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
“Rdfcs” and “A Citizen” is received. Tlio
article in relation to the Cholera, with some re
marks cf ours, on the same subject, is unavoid
ably deffirrod till next No.
THE CONCERT.
We have heard soma wishes expressed, that
the late Concert of the St. Cecilia Society—
which we believe entirely met the high expec
tations of the public, and excited unanimous de
, light and admiration—should he repeated, at
some early day, as many persons were prevent
ed from attending hy tlio death of friends, and
other causes. And we have no doubt the rope
, tition, with sonw few additions ami alterations,
would meet with very general approbation.
We copy the following very appropriate re
’ marks, from the Constitutionalist, of yesterday.
■ The Concert richly merits the praise bestowed
’ upon it:
J “ What shall we say in order to give our rea
ders an idea—an adequate idea-~-ol the St. Ceci
lia Concert of last Tuesday night?—Beauty, tal-
I ent, sweet voices and instruments of finest tone
( —set olFhy drosses, lights and decorations —pre-
sented a spectacle and produced an effect winch
| ihe memory may retrace but finds it difficult lo
describe.
Several years have passed since we attended
, —if we mistake not —the first public Conceit of
[ the Society—arid received very fivorable, and
I agreeable impressions—but we were not pre
, pared for the elegance, ease, brilliancy and
’ grace which distinguished the last concert, and
| throw their more Ilian magic spells around an
attentive and delighted auditory. What could
. have been rn ce beautiful than “the Ploughhoy,”
, more sweet than “ Low Wave the Summer
Woods”—moro wild and imaginative than the
. olio:us f.om t'reisrhaiz f —When the fust part
oflho entertained concluded, it seeir.ed as tlio*
I il were impossible for the sense of hearing lo
convey a more perfect enjoyment, and yet the
I overturn from “La Dame Blanche’ —in which
the mysterious, the shadowy and the plaintive
, seemed to mingle in feaiful romance —the Slo in
, Kendo, where the winds and min and thunder
were blent into sweet music—tlio mellow ho n
• so much reminding us of the unrivalled “ concli
nates” of our own Savannah— the uich humor
of the A. B. C. Duct—an I ihe ominous 1 Away I
Away!” uttered in such soft and captivating
tones —spoke an ex .nisite pleasure lo the heart
and imagination which il hud been impossible
for anticipation to predict.
It is not our intention to run into hyperbole—
wc but endeavor lo spunk our individual feel
ings and arc mrite sn e we full shor t of describ
ing those experienced hy others more gifted in
11 the joyous science. ’
Thu members f the Society ami those who
assisted in the ( ctfo ni iiu-o merit lire highest
Praise. In a community like ours where husi
ness is the lot of.all —such efforts, will he emi
nently useful; limy will reach beyond the mere
reel cation of the moment —anil must lead to ele
vation of sentiment—kindness of feeling and
that polish of maimers which these bestow.
THE REJECTION.
The rejection of Mr. Van Boron has thrown
his party adherents into considerable consterna
tion and trouble, notwithstan ling their pruAioua
ly affected indifference as lo the result. The
Tammany men have had a meeting on the sub
ject, at which they resolved that “the State of
New Vo k cannot, without being lost to its own
cnusa/uencc, tamely milchU iu tln>
iVe. What then ! Will they tyiUify, or declare
war —At one of their meetings, it is said, one
of them declared tint Mr. V.m Huron hail keen
“ ins ul.tr. :l hy A uihrupl palit it inns, in a manner
which ought not to go unpunished" —and anoth
er, that “ their feelings as Democrats had been
outraged, and that it was an outrage irnpo taut
in its character, and big with events to the coun
try and posterity.”—The Courier and En piker,
not withstanding that its editor, Mr. Webb, hop
ed that Mr. V. B. would he rejected, is most
violent in its rage and indignation. Pretty gra- 1
titudo, tliis, for the consummation of his hope ! 1
That paper and some one or two others, have j
already nominated him ns a candidate fur the !
Vice Presidency, nnd lie will no tioobt run .as
such, hy a portion of the Jackson party. God
for bid that ho should he elected !
cyyrrox mvrkets.
Onr advices from Liverpool are of tlio 31st
Dec. The tone of that Cotton market had im
proved a little. Prices, however, had not un
dergone any decided advance. Tiro sales of
lire week were only to a moderate extent, 12,590
hales. Imports 7087 bales. Quotations 4?d a
Old.
The slot k of American Colton in Great B. i
tain, on the Ist Jan. 1832, was 154,180 hales,
against 179,210 bales at the same period the pre
vious year, an 1 of all descriptions 274,810 hales,
against 329,858 bales.
The weekly consumption of American Cotton
in Great Britain, during the past year, was,
11,890 halos, or, for the year 018,592 hales.—
The weekly consumption of all descriptions of
Colton in Great Britain in 1831 was, 10,952
bales, or, during the year 881,504 bales. The
export was 09,750 halos. There was taken for
consumption and export in Great Britain in 1831,
of all descriptions of Cotton 951,254 bales
while the import was only 905,190 bales. Not
withstanding this, prices kept gradually deelin-,
iag during the whole of that year, and Cottons
of fair quality, (using the Liverpool classifica
tion) Avlrich cost in this market 7 a 7j cts. jior Hi. \
left the shipper to Liverpool minus about one. I
dollar per halo. Now, the same description of
Cottons are eagerly sought fur hy purchaser s in
our market at 8] a 9 cts. per lb. while the quo
tations in Liverpool, remain without any altera
tion. It appears to ns, that our prices are far,
very far, beyond the bounds of p.urlencAj, nev
ertheless, speculation may, not only sustain
these prices, but carry them oven still higher,
hut who will answer for the ruin that must inevi- ;
tably follow? Vv e are compelled to recommend
caution. ,
AA o call the attention of our renders to the
following extract of a letter from a highly intel
ligent Commercial House, dated Liverpool, i
Dee. 31st. 1831. ,
“A reference to the annexed tables will es- r
lablidi the satisfactory result ot tlio consump- r
tion going on increasing, notwithstanding the I
difficulties, sufferings, and disturbances of this ( s
year. Tire annual and the weekly tables of i
consumption will, however, exhibit a larger in l
crease than is warranted hy the facts of the t
case; for we must recall to out-recollection that c
ilia Muck in the hands of the consumers, at the
beginning of 1830, was unusually heavy, and i
was estimated to exceed their average stock by
- 50,000 bags; &as their stock at the end of I
1330 was not above an average one, it follows I
that 50,000 bags more were consumed in that 1
year than appeared by the general returns, i
this would carry the real consumption of last I
year to about 15,000 bags per week, and would I
still leave an apparent increase of about 500
bags per week in the present year, from '
which we must, however, propose a further '
deduction, because it is admitted, that the 1
very indifferent quality of the crop of 1830- 1
31 led to an extra, waste in spinning, which
wo have heard variously estimated at from 4 to
8 per cent.; 5 per cent, will, perhaps, come
nearest the truth. These explanations will dis
pel Ur: pleating illusion of a very considerable
increase in the consumption ; but, wo think, it is
asuflicieiit matter for congratulation that it has
maintained its ground at all. The increase in
the consumption hv.s occurred chiefly in U. S.
Cotton, and consequently in heavy bales. The
stocks held by the spinners and dealers in the
country, arc estimated not to surpass those held
by them at tiio close of lust year, and which
were then considered as light. The demand for
manufactured goods has been generally exten
sive throughout the year, and the stocks were
scarcely ever accumulating ; but the trade of
the spinners has bean a very indifferent one, the
stocks of yarns, particularly those for export, ac
cumulated to a heavy extent, forced sales at ru
inous prices were the consequence, and nume
rous failures amongst the smaller spinners, tiro
result.”
The advices from Now-Yo.k of the Bih hist,
represent that Colton market as being firm at
former prices. We give the following extract
of a letter dated New-Yor k Bth in'st. “Notwith
standing the equivocal state of England, at the
last dates, from thence, both as regards the ex
tensive effects of the Cholera, and the internal
condition of lire country, our Cotton market
goes on to improve. Speculators, and not ship
pers, are the principal operators.”
Wo make the following, extract (Vom the Mo
bile Commercial Register of the lOih inst.—
“We have advanced our quotations in the
higher qualities of Cotton, though the rates
may he considered rather as the ashing than the
selling prices. The business of the week has
been fair, though not extensive, and wo believe
the sales that have been made sustain our quota
tions, 7 a Kit.. Freights are firm, and there i? no
prospect of any decline. Liverpool 9 IGd—
Havre 1 j a 1 j cts—New York g cts.--other
ports 11-1 G a ;{ el.
Oar advices from Savannah and Charleston,
by this overling's mail, represent those Cotton
markets as dull. Quotations a 0 1 ,. No al
teration in Freights.
The receipts of Cotton into our market, dur
ing the week, have been largo, and the quality
has been better than for many weeks pn vious.
Tie sales have exceeded the receipts, leaving a
less amount of Stock in ti st hands, than at the
close of the preceding week, and at prices rent
considerably beyond those of any other market
that we are acquainted with,the comparative ex
penses of shipping, &c. taken into consideration.
The Stock ol'Cotton in cur market is 2*2,18(1
bales, against ao,9s.i at Uio same period in is.u,
and 44,9114 bales in 1330.
\Ve alter our former quotations, as follows:
iVico.3 Corroni;.
MVKKI’OOL. AUOUSTA.
Ordinary 4|d. Inferior 8} cts.
Middling sjd. Common H t.
Fair fiiil. Fair 8J
Good lair f.Jd. a fid. Good 9a 9[
Good and fine, Ojd. afi-Jd Priinc&choico (H a 10
Fukiouts—to Charleston, .■jU 50 per bale—to
j Savannah, Cfi\ cents.
Exch vnge. —Rills on Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New-York, Providence, and Boston, at GO days
j sight, 1 per cent, discount—at sight, on the same
(Olios, i per cent, jnemium.—United States’
Bank Notes, J per cent, premium.
COMMUNICATED.
WASHINGTON’S BIUTH-D \Y.
The Committee of Arrangements for the Ce
lebration of the 22d of February, being the Cen
tennial Anniversary oflho Birth-day of the illus
t. ions Washington, announce to the public,that a
Procession will bo formed,in font ofthe U.Statcs
Hotel, at half past 10 o’clock, A. SI. under the
command ofCapl. A. Cvmmi.no, as Marshal of
the day, and will proceed iVom thence to the
Presin terian Chinch, whore, after the usual re
ligions exercises, the Farewell Address will ho
road by Dr. L. I). Form, and an O alion deliver
ed by Augustus B. Loncstiiket, Esq.
As usual, the Pews on each side of the centre
aisle, will be reserved fertile Military, and the
Gallery for the St, Cecilia Society, who have
kindly consented to aid in the Celebration.
The order of procession will bo as follows;
Volunteer Corps,
General Olfien s and .Stall',
Officers cf the 11. Stales Army,
Orator and Reader,
Reverend Clergy,
Magistracy of the City and County,
Citizens.
A Federal Salute will be fired at sun-rise
noon, and sun-set,
O' Revolutionary SoKlicrs, and the Magistra
cy °1 the City and County, are respectfully in
vited to join the procession.
THEATRICAL.
U ithtlie entertainments of the Theatre,on Wed- \
nosday evening, wo could not but bo gratified,
consideiing nil ilia disadvantages under which
they ware presented—the interior arrangements
of the building not being quite completed, and !
several ol the performers having arrived only on
the same evening by the stage, and being con.
scqucntly fatigued, and somewhat imperfect in I
their parts. Not so, however, with our old fa
voiite, Mrs. Brown, who, notwithstanding her I
recent arrival, played with all her accustomed
spirit and ability—equal, as she always is, to *
any emergency, and excellent in everything '
she undertakes. Site richly deserves the popu
larity she has acquired, and never was it mo.e
strongly evinced than on Wednesday evening,
when the audience cheered her, as she came j
forward, in the most enthusiastic manner, con
tinning their plaudits as though believing they
could never sufficient!'* testify their good reelin'*. 1
■ ’ It
The performances of Mr. Barton and Mrs. P l;} ,
par, in Romeo and Juliet —particularly that of
Mrs. P. which was strikingly animated, intercs
ling, and impressive—fully sustained the flat
teri g reputation which preceded them. Os
Mr. Holland, who h known to the Augusta
audience, it is unnecessary to speak. His acr
furinance, as usual, was admirable, and, of its
kind, unrivalled.
And now what shall we say of the performan
ces of the audience, which, on this occasion, was
scarcely less conspicuous than that ofthe actors?
Some few, who seemed to have paid their dol
lar merely for the pleasure of annoying other?
and rendering themselves supremely ridiculous
and disgusting, succeeded to a wonder, and
played their paits most execrably to the life.
“This is a free country,” said one of them.
True, wo did not think of that. What a bles
sing it is, to be free to play the fool as one
pleases, and particularly when it destroys the
proper freedom of every one else. This | 9 a
new illustration of the inestimable blessings
of liberty, and the gratitude which is due to
lliu wisdom, courage, and patriotism, of o rir
Revolutionary ancestors. “It is pleasant (says
a wise man) to play the fool in a proper place;’’
but that the Theatre is a proper [dace for it, rnav
perhaps admit of a doubt.
r.m riir. al-ochta crniosici.c.
THE OPPOSITION.
“ Conscience, Sir! ’ Pis an unpa iiumcntnry wort;-
Sir Peru nnr
Power and interest will sometimes become,
in public men, superior to patiioiisin, Wlica
these feelings operate with persons who, toge
ther with some distinction, unite considerable
talent, they acquire, to a certain extent, die L .f.
feet of fashion. It is from such or similar caus
es, that Governments frequently find exten
sive opposition. That fair rind honest oppo
sition to the administration of a country, is proper
and beneficial, is conceded. But it should ho
liberal—not engendered in feolings of personal
bitterness, or malignant hostility. There is a
class ofin iividu .Is, properly called agitators,
who tax their credulity ami passions (or rip, our
to do so,) in proportion with their own restless
ambition. Defeat or disappointment docs nr,;
satisfy them: they still go on, acting up to whnt
should be their motto — ll Qii credent multum v*
peccant (o ther.”—l have been led to these
suggestions, by the ap{ ca.anco of a certain feel
ing, strikingly exhibited in a late discussion in
the Senate. Several gentlemen figured on lire
occasion—amongst other*, Mr. Webster. Ho
observed, that it was solely to the fret of his
being a successful So dior, that the President
owes Iris present distinction. In assigning this
solitary cause, Mr. Webster no doubt spoke his
wish, if not his conviction. But is ihcre no other
foundation, on \v lilch the success of Gen. Jack
son rests? Did Mr, Webster consider the un
popularity ofthe administration he had support
ed. Did ho consider the reputation for liiglr
patriotism, and plain honesty, which connected,
in the feelings of Ins country, the fame ofthe
soldier, with the purity of the citizen? The
same association had, in a past ago, elevated In
the same distinction, another soldier—George
Washington! The idea of a “military Chief
tain,” is, with some, a smile of derision. The
fiends of Gen. Jackson need not blush for hi<
military name, ns true, he I-. one uCilio im.-,
distinguished Wan iors ofthe ago. But can it hr.
believed that his fame is to end hero, or that tire
only distinction proper to he assigned him is tlaJ
which is hoard amid the thunders of artillery
and the shouts of war ? Posterity n list decide
upon those who have gone before them. And,
judging the future by the past, wo innv cheer
hilly submit our venerable President to the keep
ing of history. In her loin | le, the Olive of] mice
will enwrenth the Lion of war—anil the honors
of an intelligent Statesman adorn the blow of
thu illnsti ions soldier.
The pres ml administration, in the important
department of Foreign Allans, has been more
successful rhan any that has over ruled in oar
■country. Let facts speak for themselves. Da
ring the adminis ration o Mr. Adams, on:
hiendly relations with M jxico wore inform: ted.
Those relations have been restored—all un
friendly feeling conciliated. A treaty has been
concluded. Indemnities to Amciicun citizens
have been procured Ito.n Denmark and Frauen
—horn Franco to the amount of five million?.
Those claims were urged for more than twenty
ye rrs. The demand had been made in vain.—
They are now secured. The British West In
dies are opened to our commerce : this we a r
'old is nothing. Why are we told so? —The ad
minist alion has also concluded treaties of
friendship and commerce with other nations—
and at this time, the first in our history, the ban
ner of (he Republic is waving within the strait!
ofthe Bosphorus. Tie decrease of public debt
—the general happiness and content of the na
tion, assure us, that the administration lias boot!
happy at homo, in proportion with its success a
broad. The discontents arising from the tariiii
form no exception to the good feeling ofthe ns
lion toward the Executive. They are to bevi?
tied upon bis enemies, who have caused then).
Notwithstanding the government has wisely an.l i
faithfully administered the affairs of its citizen- |
there is opposition to its head—op; osition most
violent and untiring. Its avowed leaders (Messr.
Clay and Wobstor)rtre men who | ottsess talent,
and of course have their party. Mr. Clay lias
gone further in abusing Gen. Jackson, than cvc".
the spirit of political fanaticism can applet!
Will it be believed, in another age, that ti * v
gentleman's declared “War, Pestilence and L
mine,” arc preferable to the present state .
things—the Pi esi.lency of the incumbent? Tit? j
war of’l*2—l3, found an ardent ami zealot 1 |
supporter in the eloquent “ Orator ofthe West.' |
In memory of this, something may be forgive?
But ns human said to Jacob, so has Mr. Clay B ;
the American people— “Take you to the rigid j
hand, rind I'll take to the left hand,” in the great I
field oi your interests and honor. In the ptibi
history of.Mr. Webster, there is nothing to pr
pitiato the fooling of those to whom he avov
political enmity. During the war in which tv
were last engaged, at the very moment who'
misfortune lowered above our heads—wltcr.
cowardice or treason hud betrayed Detroit—JE
Webster rose in Congress, and tauntingly asked
if “this wits the entertainment to which we |
Were invited ?”—throwing into the fare of t!'.-‘ J
nation, with malignant triumph, what had rest
or! Iroxn the wretched (oWnrd’oo, or heart' s ;