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/■rom the Motional Gazette. *
WAR.
War not *Uh France !
And to the traitor who avers
That coward terror prompt* the word,
My country! show thy sepulchres,
And show thy victory-hilled sword, —
And touch him, should, upon thy name,
Old Europe brcstbc dishonor, out
A million such, unsheathed, would flame :
And millions thee would wall about
TVar not with France!
No—though she hull withheld thy gold j
With generous blood who dares weigh dross 1
Who deems a nation's honor sold,
Though countless ingots be her loss 1
Can all the guerdon thou may’st gain,
Be recompense for crime's inercaso I
Can crimson spilt dash out the stain,
Os vice, sfltailed oq years of pcit e! • .> . •
r - " ■ ffiir hoi with. Frame
Nod not for fame; there'-* many a home
Earth’s holiest blessing qow makes g ad,
Bid battle’s foot come nigh the dame,
Ami all is lltere In make life sad.
For; will the sheen of conquest-dry
The widow’s tear it eaneod to flow 1
From orphaned bosoms, the low sigh,
Will tones ol triumph banish! —No 1
U "nr not with France '
Keincmbcring in thy dafLest hour,
When thou wast poor, her fleets, her men,
Witli thine made weak the Briton’s power.
With Freedom, Franco wan kindred then
War not «itli him, the wavering Can! |
The present for the post forget;
And who shall doom (ho motive small
That spares tho land of Lafayette !
j
From the Columbia Toler cope.
We are sorry to perceive that our ex
cellent ami able friend ol the Telegraph
is, once more, zealously at lit* old trade
of President-making. One would think
that the issue of certain ancient I’eiiU of
his, in the game, way, might be cnoup.lt nl
warning; for any mini. -Nay, more seri
ously ; is it not pomewhat bold for n man,
having so large a purl of The sin of Jack
son’s election to answer for, to be thus
thrusting upon uffrt.sh presidents, whose
auspices are infinitely less promising
even than were those ol the lasi unhappy
choice, which Gen. Green so much con
tributed to brio ; about ?
The Telegraph replies,• to some com
mentary of our brother of ihe Times, by
a reiteration of its arguments. In the
absence of our friend, we may venture to
mix in the discussion. In doing so, how
ever, we must find..assure the, Telegraph
that it mistakes the purpose of our neigh
bor, in giving to his teriiarks any inter
pretation. that might impeach the purity
or elevation of (Jen. Green’s views, There
is no conductor of a press, nor politician,
in this Stale, who is insensible to the
greal—we' may'frankly say. the unequal
led services, which ihe Telegraph has
rendered to the cause of good principles,
in the existing contest.
In the present case, however, ils argu
ments arc ns follows.
*■ Tho question before us in not what we would
do, but it is what cun we do ! It la nut whether
we will support our lir»t, our second, or out third
choice.”
The question, we can assure Gen.
Green, is, in Sou them apprehensions, not
what can be done by others —but what
we, as a party, having set ourselves upon
certain great principles, can do, for their
advancement? Arc we,in the rashness
of inconstancy’ and of temporary views,
to abandon, or grossly com pronut those
principles, because, for the moment, we
cannot compel their success r
As little is this a matter of our first,
second, or third choices. It is, that we
cannot fitly make Judge White ottr
choice, in any event—atnny stage.
The Telegraph continues
“ We bold that as citizens we arc bound to net
outlie Presidential question. We are no less the
advocates of our great conservative principle, be
cause, in the alternative we prefer Judge While
to Mr. Van Boren, than if we wore to fold out
anna and say that we aro above the Presidential
question.—\\ e tell the Timet that no citizen has
a right to place himself—nor can any citizen place
himself, above this question—come it will, and
when it does come, we are hound to take part hi it.”
This Slate has already, in one eminent
and honorable instance, decided, that
she was not bound to lake part in the
presidential quests m, She did place her
self above it; and still will do so, when
ever higher considerations (of which there
ore many) compel her to avoid the Pre
sidential gains, at one where—could she
even consent to Min dishonourably—she
can win nothing. But further;— ’
11 It is probable that Judge White and Mr. Van
Buren will bo the competitors. Oi these, \vc pre
fer Judge W into; not because we expect office
or honors at his hands, but because \ve believe
that he is in * position which ngressarily throws
the weight of hi* popularity and ii»f|uencp against
the organized olliriul corps w!yy,l»,w..- selected Ja,
Van Buren as their lea.lrr, Aif \lqufc at -tlie-re
lative position of the (wo man; and if Judge White
were in bo other respects io lie preferred,-that the
office is sustained by the ollWi il corps, and that
the other will represent the popular interest, would
determine our choice.”
We have generally found it not very
difficult to win, at Chess, when our ad
versary permitted as to direct what pie
ces he enould play. .But how can Gon.
O. to find out that the Castle of New En
gland and tlte Bishop-of Ohio wore to be
withdrawn from the game, in order that
the Rook of New York may be beaten by
a Pawn ? Nay, how tong is it since Gen.
Green—playing, io this manner, huh
sides ol the game—found it most conven
iently clear, that lac whole contest was
, finally to settle down to Mr. Calhoun i
gainst Mr. Webster ? Why is the latter
now regarded as out of the question, e\
cept that the adversary, in Gen. Green’s
sanguineness most appropriate for him,
is now no longer in the field ?
But to cleave to a certain man, only be
cause the office-holders prefer another, is
certainly as ill a mode of choosing, as we
can.well imagine. The South will nei
ther go blindly/or, nor blindly against
any man, merely because the office-huld
evs support him. Suppose the case re
versed, and Mr. White, not Mr. Vanßu
.rcn, the source of office, would not the
officials be, to a man, for the former.?
and, if «o, wruld we (hen be bound to
clmg to Mr. A'au Buren i
•-- 1 . *r ■■‘i
—■ maMm&mmanrcr: t. p»in i
As for the “popular interest it is not 1
sn tond of being in the opposition, that, it!
should fight against Administration with-1,
ouVknowing why—-without a much more ;
assignable cause than the very paltry dis-1
ference between Mr. Van Buren and
Judge White. The people, in their plain
way, will think that when the Devil is
forced to carry off one of the two, he will I
scarcely know which to choose.
But, once more;—
“ Is it nothing that Judge Whits’* weight,
thrown into th» wale of the State Rights party,
will imbdue - an Burcnism, and break down tho
Kitchen Cabinet in Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia. Alibama, Mississippi, Tennc««J», Mis
sauri, Illinois, and Indiana ! f« the Time* blind
to the consequence of the union of there Bute*,
in apportion to tho tchemes of consolidation ami
corruption which threaten to make the South de
pendant colnnici of tho Empire Stale.”
Judge, White’s weight thrown into the 1
scale of Stale Rights!— that is, the Pro- 1
clamition thrown into the scale of Stale
Righlsl Truly, a rare consummation of
our principles would it he!
But why not say Jackson's weight, or.j
IVebstsr's weight; or John Quincy old-
Fin's weight, or Marlin Tati Huron's
weight, or Jlmos Kendall's Weight, in this |
same*scale? Any of these might add j
weight to our scale: blit, as for weight to j
our principles, Gen. G. may heap ini
millions of tons of such weight; and the I
triore ofstilch, the more, will our prin
ciples he crushed, in their seeming xuC- j
cess. j
The TMegreph continues thus.
"Ii the Time* blind In (In-fart that if Judge
While is the candidate in opposition to Mr. Van
Buren, he must he the candidate of the reforming
iritt-ac-.it.; and that if ho triumph.) at all lie must
come in on our principle* 1 While if ha ia de
feated, hi* friend* will In prepared to act with ua.
in rein-ting power 1 We make tlu-se remarks
n(>ori the supposition that Judge White ami Mr.
Van Buren .are tho candidate*, and that Judge
While doo< nothing ineaneutunt with his present
position. Tho editored the Timas *ud ourselves j
have tbs mum end in view. Our opinion ia that l
the wiso and coiisutrnt course on our part in can- 1
didly w express and act on our preference—not j
as partisans, luiteis citizens compelled to cltoote \
between candidates nciili -r of whom is our pro-i
ferencc. Under ouch circumstances wo are ready
to commence n warfare on his administration
„ whenever required to do so by our public duly.”
i As lor a man’s coming in as the chain- j
. pion of our prim iples, simply because he j
; beats Van Buren—perhaps on that, very j
I personage’s own practices—wo da not
j comprehend it.—But place any other, of
. principles confessedly more irreconcila
ble with ottr own, in Mr. White’s stead.
Bay that Mobster or Clay triumph, by j
i our assistance, over Van B.: will that be
. a triumph of our principles ? Yes ; they I
will doubtless he there—attending the
Victor’s chat tut wheels; not as the hono
rable (though inferior) partners of his
glory; nor even as his equally liravc,
though less fortunate captives; hut as
paltry auxiliaries or despised deserters—
shatnchil participators in a triumph,
, where tho. honor and freedom of none will i
, he more utterly lost and overthrown, than |
i will be our own.
The Telegraph should remember that •
. there are victories far more fatal titan any j
defeat; and losses, which, leaving our
courage the same, and our honor undi- j
minished, make ns but stronger, by mark j
ing us to the world as- a party noble and |
devoted. Our present part, then, is, to j
suffers and, calling about us the constan-1
cv of brave mjnds and high principles, to !
abide those better times, which Heaven j
rarely refuses,at last, to the firmly good.
—■•Q»—■
J Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
1 Washington-, March 2.
This evening, after a motion from Mr.
, M atmongh, to lay the whole subject on
(he table, had been put. down, by a vote 1
ol 187 to 48, Mr. J. Q. Adams obtained j
the floor, and spoke at great length, with
■ great clearness and decision, with strong
emphasis, and to the great satisfaction of
the I fiends of the Administration. - Mr.
Van Buren, Mr. Done Ison, ami several
Members of tho Executive Department,
were attentive, listeners to his speech. He
appeared to direct his argument principal
ly against Mr. Archer, who maintains that
France is not so far bound to preserve Iter i
treaty, a-; to render it inexpedient or just
to declare war on account of her failure
to make the appropriation to carry it in
to effect. Mr. Attains, on the contrary,
insisted on the necessity of our taking
an it titude in conformity w ith (hat, as
sumed by the President, tor the support
i ol our national honor, of our national
- interest, and of the faith of treaties. He
J said that it had been his object to urge
the House to express some opinion, which
, was the more necessary, because the dif
torence between the President who re
[ commended Reprisals, and the Senate,
who declared it inexpedient to do any
thing at the present time, placed us in a
' strange position before the other nations
ol mankind. After Mr, Adams conclu-
L ded, which was about 9 o’clock, Mr.
1 Hardin and Mr. Archer addressed the
House,
!1 la the Senate, to day, wc hack a brief
j hot an interesting discussion on the smb
| ,jcct of an outfit and a salary for a Min
* istcr to Great Britain. The appropria
t lion for this object was inserted by the
■. House, and the Finance Committee of
the Senate a:ruck it out; because no
“ Minister had been nominated, and there
j | -'was no reason to expect a nomination be
i | tore the next session of Congress. Mr.
•Webster also, as Chairman of the Com
r inlttec which had charge of the bill, fi
nally modified th.c motion so as to make
-a -stipulation that (lie outfit and salary
. sliould not be paid to anv Minister who:
- was not appointed by ami w ith the ad
■ ' ice and consent of ihe Senate, previous- i
t I >’attained. In this form it passed. The I
■ discussion was very interesting. The I
. British .’'fillister (Sir Charles Vaughan) |
was present, and took much interest in
(.he debate. The rumor is he will >.■> ]
home immediately, should no appoint
ment be made by jur Government. The 1
Navy Pay Regulation Bill passed the |
Senate this evening, and now only waits!
■ for the signature of the President. The |
, war fever was certainly at its height a-:
bout ’ho region of the Capitol tltis even- i
- mg.
5
In regard to the elections hi England, wc be
neve (say* the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.) it
I will turn out that the Liberal, have a considcrablo
■ majority m the Homo of Ctmimona, though not
‘ » ST*,'**' *’ 10 Pirl,ame W recently dissolved.
■ P 1 ' 11 8 K,v assert* that “ the imm
, her ot Whips and Radieaia displaced hy Cottser
vativiw up to the prenant moment exceeds 104.''1
’ The Wliig p.i|H'rs on the other Imud, appeared to I
'j bein'good spirits, end nn!'..liiit of being able to;
j Control the House. ,
CONGRESSIONAL. |t
In Senate, Tuesday, March 3. : t
i, . North Cap.oun\U’wsoLUTrosß.
Mr. Mangum, asked leave to send to ]
i tint clerk’s table certain resolutions a- t
dopled by the Legislature of North Car- i t
! olina; anti asked that the Senate would ( !
indulge him in having them read. He i
' said it was not his purpose to detain the j i
Senate by comment upon them. This A
vva i not the arena upon which to discuss ;
and adjust any difficulties that had arisen,
or that might arise, between his ccnstitu- i
ents and himself. He would not detain
the H.-nate longer titan to express the
hope that the expunging resolutions ,
would be taken up in the course of the
day, and that he would be allowed lb re
j cord his vote upon them,
j lu reference to the instructions, he
1 would avail himself of the occasion,
; barely to say, that Its should not conform
Ito them. He should vote against expun
ging the resolutions. The' Legislature
i had no right to require him to become the
| instrumenCof his own personal degrada
tion. He repelled the exercise of so j
J vindictive a power; and, when applied
| to himself, he repelled it with scorn and j
indignation.
The members of the Legislature were |
i servants and representatives of the neo • [
Iplc; he, Mr. M. was likewise one. That
l they were disposed to guard with jea
lousy the honor of the State, it was not
his province to discuss or to question,
j He likewise felt it his duty to guard
,; the honor of the Slate, and not lesa to j
guard his own personal honor; both, in 1
:; iiis conception, imperiously required him
to disregard the resolutions; and that
point being settled in his mind, he trust
; eil no one who knew him could entertain
, a doubt as to his course on this subject.
Mr. Prclinghnysen, Mr. Calhoun, Mr.
j Ring, of Alabama, Mr. Mangum, Mr.
I Clayton, and Mr. Benton, made some
observations, when, on motion of Mr.
| Clayton, the subject was laid on the table.
Tub Expunging Resolution'.
Mr. Clayton moved to take up the re-1
solution of Mr. Benton, to expunge from
the journal.* of the Senate the resolution
j of the 28th of March last; alii it was tak
j en up.
I Mr. White then moved to amend the
| resolution, by striking out the word “ex
punged,” and substituting “repealed, re
scinded, and declared null and void,”
anil called for the yeas and nSys, which
were ordered.
| On this motion some debate took place,
after which, Mr. King of Alauama, moved
I to strike out the words from the original
resolution, “ordered to be expunged from
the journals of the Senate,” on which, af
ter further debate, the question was tak
en by yeas and nays; yeas 39, nays 7.
Mr. Webster then rose and said, the
vote, (he great vote, which the Senate has
now given, has accomplished all that I
! have ever desired respecting thisexpung
| ing resolution. Mr. W. concluded by a
j motion, which he forewarned friends and
j foes that he would not withdraw, which’is,
I that the resolution he laid on the table.
Upon (his motion, without further dc-
I hate, the yeas and nays were taken, as
i follows;
I Yeas—Messrs. Hell,Bibb, Black, Cal
j houn, Clayton, Clay, Ewing, Frelinghuy
| sen, Ooldkiorough, Kent, Knight, Mah
' gum, Naudaiu, Poindexter, Porter, Pren
j lias, Preston, Robbins, Silsbee, Smith,
Southard, Swift, Tipton, Tomlinson,
Tyler, AVaggaman, A’tebster—27.
Nays—Messrs. Benton, Brown, Bu
chanan, Cuthbert, Grundy, Hill, Kane,
King of .Ala., King of Geo”, Leigh, Linn,
M’Keati, Moore, Morris, Robinson, Hag
gles, Simpler, Tallmadge', White, Wright
! —2O. —So the resolution was put to sleep.
I On motion of Mr. Ewing, the Senate
proceeded to consider the hill from the
House, amendatory of the act for the con
tinuation of the Cumberland Road, and
it was finally passed.
From Ihe National intelligencer.
Votes upon the I'rt'mli Q.iirstiou, in
lino 11. oi - Krpi\!H('ll(»tlVl > !l.
The House of Representatives sat, on
i Monday night, (March 2d) till midnight,
having commenced its fitting at 10 o’-
clock in the morning. The whole time
was occupied in arduous debate on the
question of our Foreign Relations, in
which a number of members engaged.—
AVe have only time and means, at this
moment, to make (he following statement
of the results of (lie whole proceedings.
The following gentlemen (after Air.
Robertson, who was the last Speaker,)
took part in the debate and proceedings
that evening; Mr. Binncy, Mr. Schley,
Mr. Gorham, Mr. Mason, of Virg., Mr.
Watmough, Mr. Beardsley, Mr. Briggs,
Mr. Wise, Mr. Cambreleng, Mr. Adams
of Mass., Mr. ChiUon, Mr. Hardin, Mr.
Archer, Mr. Hawes, and Mr. Jones.
The first question taken, was upon a
motion made by Mr. Cambreleng, to dis
charge the Committee of the Whole on
the state of (|m Union, from.the further
■ consideration of the whole subject, in or
ker to bring it directly under the action
of the House: on which the Yeas were
lOd, the Nays 92,
The subject being thus before the House,
the question recurred on the following
Resolutions, moved on the 27ih Feb. bv
Mr. J. Q. Adams, viz :
Unsolved, That the rights of (lie citi
zens of the United States to indemnity
from the Government of France, stipula
ted by the Treaty, concluded at Paris, on
tho 4th of July, 1831, ought, in no event,
to be sacrificed, abandoned, or impaired,
by any consent or acquiescence of the
I Government of the United States.
2. Resolved, That, if it be, in the opin-
{ ion of the President of the United States,
| compatible with the honor and interest
| ot the United States, during the interval
j unfi' (he next session of Congress, to re
j sunve the tu gotiations between the United
) States and France, he be requested so
to do.
j 3. Resolved, That no legislative mea
| sure of a hostile character or tendency
1 towards the French nation, is necessary
I or expedient at this time.
| Mr. Archer moved to amend tiiese
Resolutions, by striking out the whole of j
the Resolutions, after (lie word “Resolv- j
ed,” and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-1
lowing: —
“ That in the expectation that the
Government of France will have made,
or will make, provision for carrying into
full effect the Treaty with that Govern
: meat of the 4th of July, 1831, stipulating
) indemnity for claims of our citizcnt,
j which this nation is bound to require,
I therefore (his House deems it inexpedient
to adopt any measure in relation to that ii
subject.” * h
Mr. Watmough, at this stage of the
proceedings, moved to lay the whole F
subject onfihe table; which motion was
negatived, hy Yeas and Nays ; Y'eas 48, h
NaV» 167. ” v L
The question was then taken on agree- t;
ing to the amendment moved by Mr. Ar- t
ch’er, (as above) and decided by Yeas 71, t
Navs 143. • • •:
Sir. Adams then modified his first Uc- 2
Solution so as to read as follows: h
“ Resolved, That in the opinion of this v
House, the Trcatv with France cf the 4th t
July, 1831, should be maintained, and r
its execution insisted upon.”
Mr-Jones, of Georgia, moved to amend 1
the Resolution of Mr. Adams, as thus f
modified, by substituting therefor the fol- c
lowing: , t
“ Resolved, That when a solemn trea- t
ty, acknowledging the right* of ottr citi- a
zetis-, entered into Under die usind'forma-. j
lilies', ams with a' nation professing to be c
governed by that code which prescribes (
| ihe obligation of such instruments, we (
I have every right to expect the same will i
| he ohserved in good faith ; and that, as 1
j this House is officially informed the law I
| for executing said Treaty, is now under
1 consideration in the French Legislature,
it is inexpedient, for the present; to le
gislate on the subject.”
Tlie question upon this amendment (
was decided’in the negative.
Mr. Robertson then moved to amend j
I the Resolution of Mr. Adams, by substi- i
1 tuling therefor the following : (
“ Jcesolvfl,. That there is satisfactory
evidence (hat the French Government '
desires that the appropriation for indent- ;
nity shall ba made fit pursuance of the 1 *
stipulations of the Treaty of July 4,
1831, ami reason to hope that the Cham
ber of Deputies "ill adopt that measure,
and faithfully discharge the obligations of
France to the United States.”
The question upon this amendment
j was also decided in the negative.
The question was then taken on agree
ing to tiie first resolution of Mr. Adams,
modified as above, and decided by Yeas
and Nays. Yeas, Two Hundred and
'Pen, Nays, None, So it was
Resolved, unanimously. That in the
opinion of this House, the Treaty with
France, of the 4th of July, 1831, should
be maintained, and its execution insisted
upon.
The annunciation of this vote from the
Chair was received with a loud and spon
taneous burst of applause, which broke
at once from the galleries, and was re
echoed from the-fiuor, making the wails
and dome of the chamber to resound with
joy, while mutual congratulations passed
111 all directions.
Mr. Adams then withdrew his other
two resolutions, (as above inserted.)
The question was then taken on the
2d Resolution, reported by the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, (the first hav
ing been merged in Mr. Adams’, just a
greed (0) which 2nd Resolution is as
follows :
Resolved, That the Committee on
Foreign Affairs be discharged from the
further consideration of so much of the
President’s Message as relates to com
mercial restrictions or to reprisals on tho
commerce of France.”
And the Resolution was agreed to by
a unanimous vote.
The 3d Resolution, reported by the
Committee on Foreign Relations, is in the
following words:
“ Resolved, That contingent prepara
tion ought to be made to meet any emer
gency growing out of our relations with
France.” ♦
Tltis Resolution was ordered to lie on
the table. And so the proceedings ended.
Proceeding* ol Congress, March a.
In the Senate—the civil and diplomatic
Appropriation Bill being under consider
ation—Mr, Ewing proposed to strike out
the item for an outfit for a Minister to
Spain, but the motion was withdrawn, on
a letter being received from the Secretary
of State,stating that the Minister to Spain
had asked and obtained leave to return.
Mr. Clay reported a bill from the House,
to carry into ell'ect the Convention with
Spain, with an amendment, providing that
the distribution of the fund shall be made
by the Attorney General, instead of a
special commission—the amendmentwas
agreed to, ami the bill read a third time
and passed. Mr. Smith, from the select
committee on the Poindexter affair, made
a report, at length, concluding with a re
solution, that not a shade of suspicion ex
ists, that Mr. Poindexter was in any way
concerned, directly or indirectly, in the
late attempted assassination of the Presi
dent".—Yeas any nays ordered, and re
port unanimously adopted.
March 1, —The Committee on Foreign
Relations were discharged from the
further consideration of the portion of
the President’s Message, referring to our
relations with France. The expung’ng
Resolution of Mr. Benton was taken up,
on motion of Mr. Clayton. Mr. White
moved to substitute for “ expunge,” the
words “ rescind, make null and void.”
Mr. King, of Alabama, witli a view of
this substitution, moved to.strike out the
words “ expunge from the Journals of the
Senate,” which was adopted, and the
whole matter then laid on the table by the
opponents of the Resolution, who con
stituted the majority, without-psgmitting
the substitution to he made.
Charleston Courier.
i'rcm the .Yational Intelligencer, March 5.
Ln*l nay of tlie Session: t'niiaished
Kusinrn: West Point Academy: Los*
of the Fortiaicatlon Kill.
The two Houses of Congress adjourn
ed, the night before last, their functions
then ceasing: and what a wreck of pub
lic business ensued!
Congress lias broken up, leaving al -
most every great measure of the session
unfinished, and therefore totally null and
void. The following bills, originating in
the Senate, most of (hem passing that
body by large majorities, and some of
them quite unanimously, have shared the
i general wreck and ruin;
j The Post Office Reform Bill; (passed
unanimously in the Senate.)
The Custom House Regulations Bill;
(passed nearly unanimously in the Sen
ate.)
The important Judiciary Bill: (passed
vote SI to 5 in the Senate.)
The Rill regulating the Depositc cf the
Public Moneys in the Depositc Banks
' I 1
The Bill respecting the Tenure ofOffi-j 1
I cc, ami Removals from Dfficc; (a most D
important bill, supported in the Senate 1
by men of all parties.)
"The Bill indemnifying Claimants for -J
French Spoliations, before 1800. j,
These half dozen, (not to speak of the
bill for the relief of die Cities of the Dis- <
trict of Columbia; the bill providing for
- increase of the Corps of Engineers; :
the hill to carry into effect the Conven
tion between the United States and
.Spain ; and the Bill to improve the navi- .
gation of the Mississippi in the vicinity of ,
St. Louis,) are among the bills which ,
were seat from the Senate to the House of
Representatives, “ and never heard of
more.”
The Fortification Bill is totally lost!
Yes, in this very critical moment of af
fairs, not only has no new measure of
defending the country been adopted, but
the bill for the usual” annual appropria- 1
tion for Fortifications is totally loft! not.]
a dollar is appropriated to Fortifications, j
and we dount whether it be .not theboun- 1
den duty of the President to' call the new |
Congress at the earlie'st day possible, j
Certainlya-Moost certainly—such is his |
duty, if lie has any reasonable apprehen- i
hension whatever of hostilities with a j
foreign nation.
O
Correspondence of the Macon Meeeengcr. j
Washington City, Feb. IG, 1835.
Lithe Senate, on Mr. Calhoun’s lu
minous and profound report and the Bill
accompanying it for the reduction of
Executive patronage, there has been a
very angry debate, indeed, so much so, as j
to create the belief that it would lead to a
personal difficulty between Calhoun and |
Benton, but it seems to have passed off,
not however without a manifest triumph
on the part of Calhoun, Ins whole bearing j
was that of (he great and self-poised Ora- j
tor and fearless Statesman.
Your Jiombasto Tvrioso Senator took '
a part, and such was his ranting, bluster
ing gusts of nonsense, that when lie con
cluded there was a universal burst of
laughter from the galleries down to the
flour.—The Bill passed yesterday 26 to
15, King of Georgia voting for it, who by
the by is a man of great firmness and in
dependence.
There have been not less than six me
morials from different parts of the North
and North-west praying for an emanci
pation of the Slaves in the Dist. of Colum
bia, and thereby paving the way to a gen -
eral manumission in the South. It is true
tlie petitions have not been acted upon
but very warm feelings have been excited
anti it is evident that the storm is coming
on which must either sweep this property
from the Southern people or dissolve the
Union. Atpresentthe measure is silent
ly advocated hy the most talented men in
Congress, who will finally get up such a
state of feeling as was produced on the
Missouri question, which, in point of
sympathy, (and through which they will
act,) is nothing to compare to the Slavery
question, until no man can hold his head
up in Congress from the anti-Slave States
who votes against any measure, tending
to emancipation. Mark the issue !”
From the [/, States Telegraph.
The Frederick Arena is somewhat
mistaken, when it says, (speaking of the
Poindexter affair,) “ as many affidavits
can he produced as will be deemed ne
cessary.” Even this could not be done.
Such was the gross absurdity of the ac
cusation that they could not” even bring
the affidavit maker to the true point. No
doubt this would have been done, if the
matter had not been nipped in the bud
by the discovery of the conspiracy, and
the prompt action of Governor Poindex
ter 011 the case. If it had been kept se
cret until the adjournment of Congress,
Mr. Poindexter would have gone to Mis*
sissipi; and the conspirators would have
had until the spring court to mature their
evidence—jobs, contracts, and offices,
would have been held out as glittering
baits to tempt every scoundrel in the
community, to recollect if he had not
seen or heard something by which Gov.
Poimlextec might be connected with Law
rence. Other places besides Gov. P’s.
house could easily havebeen fixed on as
the scene oi meeting between him & Law
rence. The evidence would all have
been arranged to order. Their courage
screwed to the sticking point—whispers
circulated of developments about to be
made in court—and then with a flourish
of trumpets we should have seen the
Globe horrified at the “monstrous dis
closures,” and the “ high standing” and
“respectability” of Messrs. Stewart, Foy,
&c. &c. would have been insisted on as
putting the matter beyond all dispute.
Pamphlets innumerable would have been
distributed through Mississippi, and a
base press from Maine to Florida, would
have repeated from the polluted Govern
ment official, that there could be no
doubt about it—that the facts were es.
tablished by the most respectable evi
dence.
But the scheme and all its expected
consequences were overturned by Dutee
J. Pearce unfortunately mentioning it to
an individual who did not choose to keep
the secret—one who probably thought
that truth and justice would be bettei
subserved by *Mr. Poindexter knowing
what was going on. Mr. Pearce may
have acted from similar motives.
Not the least remarkable part of this
transaction is the faithfulness with which
the secret was kept. Though known to
so many that affidavits were beinggotup,
yet, from express injunctions of secrecy,
or from an internal conviction that every
thing depended upon Mr. Poindexter
and the public, not knowing any thing
about it until every thing was properly
prepared, and Mr. Poindexter in Missis
sippi, the whole matter was kept con
cealed, and the first intimation of it was
in a New-York Journal. This fact alone
is conclusive that the actual agents in
the affair, must have felt conscious of the
baseness of w hat they were engaged in.
On tho 24th ult. Mr. AVaggaman stated in the
Senate, that the whole annual produce of the
Southern Gold Mines, could not be less than $2,-
000.000, and that tlie amount must rapidly in
crease. On that day the debate on the Mint Bill
was continued till 6 o’clock, when the motion to
recommit with instructions, was negatived by veas
21, nays 22, and the bill was then passed by yeas
£4, nays 13.
The Boston Advertiser states that there is at
thi* time a great scarcity of seamen in that city ;
SIS per month offered, and many vessels want
ing crews.
In Charleston, also, there is a groat scarcity of
seamen, several vessels having been detained for
some days, on account of not being able to ob
tain crews Char. Courier.
President of the Senate.— At 6 on t!lc
evening of the 3d instant, pursuant to * _
previously given to the Senate, thg Vice f Teg [.
dent retired from the Chair, to enable the *-^ ate =
to elect a President pro tempore. WMnSjZ
the following bailotting took place for a Preside.;
pro, tern,;
First ballot, Second, Third Fourth.!
Mr. Tyler 15 15 20 25 I “
Mr. King, of Ala. 'lB 20 21 19 n
For various others 11 7 4 'id
The Senate spent some time on Tuesday even- i p
ing on Executive business, and acted on a large | j
number of nominations; amongst many others,
the fallowing, we understand, were confirmed: r
Edward Kuvanagh (a member of Congress a
from Maine) to he Charged’ A (lit ires to Portugal, n
in the place of Thomas L. I- Brent
John G. A. Williamson, of North Carolina, to c
be Charge d’ Affaires to Venezuela.
Henry Wheaton (now Charge d’ Affaires at <
Denmark,) to be Charge d’ Affaires to Prussia.
Jonathan F. Woodside, of Ohio, to be Charge
i d’Affaires to Denmark. ■ ■ ■
i Henry Hone, of New York, to be Consul at St j 1
fJago de Cuba. ■ ... . j
Robert P. Chacc, of Mississippi, to be Consul j |
| at Martinique. I
i Cheney Hickman, to be a Director of the Bank j
I °f the United States, iit place of Thomas Ellina-!'
‘ kor, deceased.
j Upton S. Heath, of Baltimore, to be a Director
j of the Bank of the United States, in the place of
I Morris Coxall, rejected by the Senate.
Isaac O. Barnes, to be Naval Officer of the port I
1 of Boston.
j The nomination of Roger B. Taney, as a Judge I
of the Supreme Court, was taken up, and indc-1
finitely postponed.—A‘at. Intel. sth inst.
Election of Printer to the Senate, —lt will he '
seen by a reference to our Congressional head,
that Gales and Seaton arc elected Printers
to the Senate. That our political course, op
posed as it has been to both the great political par
j lies, would lead to that result, we have long con
sidered probably. We are therefore not taken by
j surprise, and inasmuch as we did not waver in our
j public duty, for fear ot personal consequences,
j we w ill not forfeit our own self respect so far as to
indulge in ui • vailing regrets or useless repining.
For ourselves, personally, those who know us best,
! can hoar witness that money has but few attrac
, lions; as a means of serving others and defending
1 those great interests which we have ever held para
| mount, its possession has been the source of the
j highest gratification. How far our poor services
I shall hereafter contribute to these ends will depend
upon a generous public, who'are deeply interested
in sustaining one press at the seat of government,
which has not quailed and never will quail in the
presence of power.
The loss of the printing of the Senate will in
jure us most by the effect which it necessarily
j must have on our credit, and we appeal to the jus-
I lice of those who arc indebted to us to remit by
mail the sums due, a moiety of which will enable
us to meet all our engagements.— ls. S. Tel.
Hevuy W. Malone, Esq. has resigned his
office as Cashier of the Central Bank, which, in
order to allow the Directors sufficient time to se
lect a suitable successor, is to take effect on the
Ist of April ensuing.
The resignation of this gentleman (caused by
ill health,) may well be considered a public loss.
1 Taking into view his unimpeachable probity, his
i accurate and assiduous business habits, his finpn
> ciul ability, his thorough acquaintance with c
■ very thing connected with the Bank since its be
ginning, together with an urbanity and spirit of
accommodation, which rendered business with
the Bank a pleasure, we do not say more, than the
public voice will sanction, when we express our
t I belief, that a successor every way as acceptable as
r the late Cashier will hardly bo found, even with
the Shite to select from. Wc sincerely regret the
necessity for bis resignation—and can only Con
sole ourselves with the hope, that relaxation from
his arduous duties may be the means of restoring
him to his wonted health.— Southern Recorder.
’ Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
Washington', Fob. 26.
. As soon as the senate met this morning, Mr.
- Donelaon appeared with a message from the Pre
>■ sklent. Mr. Preston asked foi the reading of it.
J The first letter of Mr. Livingston refers to the
, g T ™t excitement which by the message had been
' produced in Paris, and cxpicsses his fears that
the Chambers would not act in passing the appro-
I priation, while this menace was hanging over
them. His next letters speak ofthc continuance
of the excitement; of the character and result of
his conferences ; of the note of De Rigny inform
ing him that the King had recalled M. Cierrurier,
, j aml own passports were ready for him, if he
' j should think that his sense of duty would require
him to send for them. In reply to the last inti
, mation, he declines availing himself of them un
r dcr existing circumstances. Mr. Forsyth writes
; Mr. Livingston that, if he had taken his passports
t at that notification, the President would have at
tached no censure to him for the act. In the let
ter ol Mr, Forsyth of the 13th instant, it is stated
for the instruction of Mr. Livingston, that if the,
. !• ranch Chamber should icfuse lopass the Appro
; priation Bill at this session, he is forthwith to
. withdraw himself and the entire legation from
> Paris, and proceed to Havre, where he will find a
, U. S. Frigate waiting to bring them away.
•®9~
; Trade of Apalachicola,— The commerce of this
, place is daily increasing. Upwards of thirty thou
sand bales ot Cotton have already been received
from the interior of the country, and, as far as we
7 ■earn, the quantity in reserve for this port, is
I sufficient to swell the number to forty five thou
, sand. The number of hags exported last sea
s son, according to the Custom House report,
.. was twenty-nine thousand. From this it will be
j seen ‘fiat an actual annual increase of more than
fifty per cent is to be realised on this one article.
During the past week two large ships, the Dalma-
I tia, and Henry, have departed hence for Liverpool,
- the former with 1432 and the latter 1405 bales of
0 Cotton. Taking all things into view, wc do not
1. hesitate to predict (the available and increasing re
. sources of this place are so extensive) that the day
is not remote when Apalachicola will rank among
j 'he highest of our commercial cities.— Advertiser.
o Highly important.—We have to day received
n an “count of an experiment made during tha
rt *? st "eck, by R. L. Stevens, Esq. to whoso scien
title, improvements and discoveries in mechanics,
and untiring industry, our country' and the world
= 18 more indebted for its travelling facilities than to
V any living individual. It appeals that Mr. Ste
vens has invented an apparatus, by which a boat
s may ho driven, with certainty and safety through
1, ice of any thickness, and for which he is about tak
-0 ‘"5 out a patent. This wc are gratified to learn,
is no matter of speculation or mere theory the
’ apparatus has already been applied to the steam
. boat Newark, and the result, was that she made
y her way though the fresh water ice of the Newark
1- bay (where she had been frozen during the cold
T weather) with the greatest ease. Since that time
?■ she has continued her regular and daily trips to
Newark.—.V. F. Courier.
. j
s Correspondence of the Courier Enquirer.
Stewart, one of the affidavit makers, is literally
demolished. Perhaps it is well for the honor of
' the country, that he is; and that he is totally uii-
J worthy of credit. It will be proved this evening,
. (for the Committee are now in session,) by two
or more witnesses, that he stated to them, that if
he had sworn to all that General Jackson wish
, ed, it would have filled a newspaper. You have
seen that Mr. Ewing- and Gen. Green deny the
charge made by the Globe, that they had com
j municatcd with this fellow. He has now admit
ted, under oath, that he never had anv conversa
* 'inn with these gentlemen on the subject. It
will appear, by the testimony, that tire President’s
friends.il'not his family, knew the character of
Stewart, before his deposition was procured.
1 i Amoag other things which the House of Reprc
. sentativos left undone, was the election of Prin
ter to that body for the next congress. That clcc
f tinu would have been made, but for the attempt to
■ introduce, in connexion with it, a provision direct
■ ly contrary to law. that the election should bo
i nude wa voce. —.Valional Intelligencer.
— =
AUOTOT.-U
' sATrfri)AVi aia itt'n J. 1835.
“ Bejnel, sndfearno t.”
DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT.
The pubhc will doubtless be much gratified to
l h that a highly interesting dramatic entertaiu
memwill be given at the Masonic Hall, on Mon-,
day cvt next, by the celebrated Mr. and Mrs
Barnes, , ld interesting alid accomplished
daughter, MsCmuiom Barnes, who has al
ready acquired her performances
at the North, anV. olit’illil, we understand, the
most decided approbate a|ia upp huse, by her re
cent performances in Charleston. Os Mr. and
Mrs. B. it is unnecessary spcab . Their ex
cellent histronic powersaare,(c >e ,( w the
Augqata public; and probably no ac t reS s ever en
joycd..amoic general arid flattering jiopularity iff
this, city than Mrs. B.—and certainly hone more
justly so.—We doubt not they will receive the
hearty and enthusiastic welcome they deserve
| For the particulars of the entertainment, see '
! the advertisement, . V
LAW LECTURE.
Wc had the great pleasure, on Wednesday
i last, of hearing the introductory lecture of flic
I second course of Col. Gould’s Law Lectures/
I
| which was attended by a highly respectable audi
| tory of ladies and gentlemen’, beside the students
| of the institution, and elicited, apparently from all,
j expressions of the highest gratification and most,
1 decided approbation. It was certainly highly cre
ditable to the able and learned lecturer, both in a
professional and literary point cf view—presenting
a lucid and instructive history of the legal science,
in England and the United States, from its ori
gin to the present time, together with an impres
sive and interesting vciw of its character, and the
striking incidents and distinguished individuals l
connected with it; and impressing the conviction
on the hearer, of an intimate and accurate know,
ledge of the science on (he pa'rt of its author, and!
a zealous ami most praise-worthy desire to elevate
the character and improve the influence of the
profession, in this State.—Wc were gratified to 1
learn that the students designed to request a copy
of it for publication, and hope the request has been
granted, or will bo, confident as we arc, that the
publication of the lecture cannot fail. to enhance
the character, both of the lecturer and the institu
tion ; and >ve feel assured that the interest and wel
fare of the Southern community will bo greatly'
benofitted by a correct ami general understanding
of the character and value of the latter.
REJECTION of the APPROPRIATION.
It will be seen by the following extract from H
the National Intelligencer, that the hill to appro
priate money for the fulfilment of the Treaty, has
again been rejected by the French Chambers.
War may now be considered certain, unless the
pcoplc'spcak out against it, immediately, and decid
edly. Will the Southern people remain silentunder
impending ruin I As to the non-appropriation
ofthc three millions, to he placed at the discretion
of Gen. Jackson, and which the National Intelli
gencer considers so very’ fortunate, it amounts to
little or nothing, in our opinion—nothing, certainly,
beyond an expression of opinion by Congress—and
how far the President will regard such an opinion
when in opposition to his own will, surely no
one can be at a loss to determine. The remark,
too, that “ the three millions arc still in Uncle
Sam’s strong box, secured by lock,” &c. and can
not be used without the permission of Congress,
strikes us as supremely ridiculous ! What con
trol has Congress over the money I Is it not en
tirely within the solo power and direction of the
President I And would it be any greater outrage
for him to “ take the responsibility” of using it a
gainst France, than of removing it out of the
power of Congress into his own 1 Has he not
ordered Mr. Livingston to return, with his whole
suite, If the appropriation was rejected or post
poned I Is he not evidently bent on war ! Ami
has he not the same power to decide the question,
that he had to start it I Even if he docs not 1
choose to use the money without an appropria
tion, he can easily obtain one. Both houses of
Congress have decided unanimously, to insist up.
on the fulfilment of the Treaty ; and he may' con
sequently, as the next resort, convene Congress,
and present to it another message so much more
violent than the former one, that with that, the
rejection of the appropriation, and the unanimous
declaration of the last session, it will probably
choose to consider a war unavoidable, and declare
war aeoordingly ; particularly as he will find lit
tic difficulty in forcing his own parly into the
, measure, and the Tariff party, feeling no real
1 repugnance to it, will probably aid them, if they
! cannot effect it alone !—lf the Southern pco
• pie have the spirit of freemen, or the least regard
. for their rights and interests, let them speak out
, against it at once.
! Washington Citt, Marcli 6.
1 Wc learn that news reached this city yesterday,
• by Express, that an arrival at New York had
• brought information ofthc rejection, by the French
• Chamber of Deputies, ofthc Bill for carrying into
f efleet the Treaty with the United States. We
' believe the news to lie true.
Well: it is now quite well that the three mil
' LIONS arc still under the lock of the Treasury.
’ Wc might otherwise be in a state of war before
• we were aware of it. France, wc doubt not, will
reconsider the matter when she learns the doings
ot Congress; and the members of that body, after
i a recess among their eonstituenLs, will, wc trust,
> be cooled down from the feverish and fitful tem
• per evinced by too many of them on the eve of
■ adjournment, and bring a just temper to the whole
1 subject.
5 It is now quite certain, we think, that we shall
- have no war this season, unless wc make it our
t selves. It is therefore fortunate, wc repeat, that
i the three millions are still in Uncle Sam's strong
- box, seenred by a lock, of a curious construction,
, upon which the letters must be made to spell the
5 word Congress, before it can be opened.
•SOUTHERN AGRICULTURIST.
; We publish to day, the table of contents for
| the March No. of this highly useful and valuable
, work; and seize the occasion to again earnestly re .
commend it to the patronage and fostering cure of
the Southern public, to whose great leading inter
est it is specially devoted, and, through that, to
the general interest and prosperity ofthc whole
. South, so completely dependent on it. The pub
j fisher and editor, A. E. Miller, Esq. with his,
i usual ardent and enthusiastic devotion to the
f character, and welfare, and influence of the
[ South, has been induced to take upon himself
, the management of it from a hope that the South
will yet sec the importance of fostering such a
work as it deserves, more than from any imme
diate pecuniary considerations; and wc caiuxo'
but anxiously hope and trust, that his praisewor
thy and patriotic anticipations will be more tins re
alized, and his valuable efforts liberally rewarded.
It is really disgraceful to the South to ptrmit the
few literary works so important to its general inter
ests, and elevating to its character, to languish and
decay, while it extends a liberal patronage to those
of foreign origin; and we easwestly- appeal to it
to do justice to itself, and not suffer this vain-