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POETRY.
THE WIDOWER’S BRIDE.
at Mas *si;r.
j wedded t\here I fondly loved :
My frien. with osgei voice
Bestir ved their tuiulivn ami approved
TJie huslrend of my choice ;
They told ine that It is I'ormrr b.id
L'ntuirigl.d biles hud known,
And from her lorluuts piopln. cil
The brightness of my own.
lie 100 hud fiends—hi* deep list res*
They pitied an J deplored,
And soul that woman's smile should bless
Once moie his hearth and board ;
Tluil he ahoiild seek the busy throng,
And mark the young and lair.
And hi his children know ire long.
Another mother's earc
till,sad exrhangc !—the lieait I brought
Was full of joy ami youth,
Warns,open in ita slightest thought,
And single in its tiuth ;
W hilst bin by soirow worn and tiled,
Una vision only nursed.
The image ol another hride,
The dearest und the liisl.
The lawns and bowers about the hall
Her taste arranged mid pDliu’d,
The flowery w orld lie loves to call
A little fairyland;
And then 1 sigh for some lone ■ 01,
Where clustering boughs might twine,
Whose foliage should aeknow ieegs nut
A training hand but mine.
The old domestics mutely elude,
1 meet the r mourn u le A,
If 1 displace or cast u-ule
A picture, vase, or book ;
Though mistress of this nob t f.me,
Thev gait 1 on me in drrud,
Asenc who lightly dors* profane
The relics of the dead.
Her kindred gather round our hearili,
An of some guest accost
With records of the giace and wrlli
Os her the loted and lost;
Then start, and pause, and glance mound,
If 1 perchance drew near,
As if they feareJ to wound
My Helming jealous ear.
Her children —1 could love them veil,
Might I their trust secure,
But my caresses they repel,
Or passively endure ; a
And if I venture to reprove,
They trembling shun mv gaze,
Or murmur ol the tender love,
They knew in happier days.
Yet ills l.ka these 1 wellcoulJ brook,
If he my loved, my own
Rejoiced me wiili one happy look.
Or me endearing tone ;
But no hin lost one ever seems
Ills heart and thoughts to claim,
And oft he stalls from feverish ‘■beams,
And wildly uriutUis her name.
Daily lie hasps to solitude,
And o’er her portrait sighs ;
That porliail ones by stealth 1 vitw’d,
I marl.Sd the dazzling eyes,
The g dJen locks, lha lip of rose ,
‘l'he cheeks ol sailer bloom ;
My riv.il smiled upon iny rocs,
And mocked toe from ;Uc tauili I
Yet mv complaints must fruitier.* be ;
The woild esieens me hous'd,
Ol power, and pomp, und luxury,
Ti iu uptnirvAy possessed ;
And 1 must einilu with feelings lam,
And fond affection* check’d,
And yield my giilhood’s tunny morn
‘To culJuc-* and neglect.
Y et to the youthful and the fair,
This warning I impart;
If thou canst humbly sioup to share
A sad and widow'd heart,
Know that each trial 1 have proved,
Thou also must sustain—
lie who has warmly, truly loved.
Can never love again.
POLITICAL.
DEBATE U.\ TIIS TREASURY BILL.
Sr£M'H or Mh Nisbut, oj Georgia.
In the H use of lirpresi-rUutifc; Jttn. 22,1911.
Mr. Chairman : l voted during tils lust session ol
Congress for the issue of Treasury notes. I was then
satisfied of the power of tho l.r gisla'ure to contract
a lean up m this plan. 1 am still convinced of the
power. 1 call nuw see no constitutional objection to
it. Having then presented my views upon iiiis sub
ject, to that argument 1 have no dung to add, and
Irom it nothing to subtract. I was wilting thin to ex- .
crcise the p.uvei, avowing tha’, because of the seduc
tive, ea .Y and deceptive cha ael< r of this mode of
ivising money, it should he resorted ; o with great care
and only in eases of extreme mcesdly Such a case, 1
believed, was thou presented. The Government was,
ns was conceded on every hand, upon the verge ol
bankruptcy. She could not wait for any less rapid
measure of extrication than the prompt one proposed.
I was constrained to cotnc to the rescue of the Treasu
ry, and relieve it from a monitory and political dis
honor. Too obligations of putiiotism, irrespective ol
all party views, required it. In a like case of enter
genev, my conduct will be of like character. \Y heth
ir, therefore. 1 shall v.tc I>r tin bill now before the
committee, depends upon the necessity whi I. iu.iy lie
shown now to exist to raise five millions of dolla s at 1
once. It is not questioned that the Governraent will
need the sum in addition to tho revenues which will :
acctue from all ordinary sources during the year Ittf 1.
The chairman of the Mays ami Means (Mr. Joiiue,)
admits that there will be a deliei ■ m-y, hut calls it tem
porary, and assuies us that it w ill be reitubuised in the
last quarter’s income. The r'errcUry of the Treasury
takes similar grounds. Indeed, the very proposition
of the > dicers ol finance to borrow money assumes
both the waut and the uub.hty >1 the usual resources
to supply it. To justify my support, however, 1 shall
roq lire the gcutleim n to s iow iv,at tliO i xigencics of
tho Trea.ury a;c so imperious that they cannot await
the process of a permanent and w i.-e sy-inn of levcmie.
Tins they wiil scarcely he aid* t.> -how ; lor, however
deeply the Government may have been involved by
the absurd and temporising expedients and cxpei iiucuts
of Mr. Van Burcn and li s fiends, ! believe it may be
relieved witiiout resort to a unasii sos always doubt
ful expediency.
Mr. Chairman. I do not propose to d.si'uss the finan
cial administration ol the party now expiring. Ido
not intend to show up its errors u! theory, and its infi
delity in practice —to dcuiointrate the existence . fa
national debt—the amount or ih-’ mode of its migiii
and augmentation ldo not prop ‘..: to analyze the
mystic and oracular report of the SScn isrv, whose ex
ternal aspect t. so fair, and whose s net meanings u.c I
so various and pregnant. Other gentlemen have done (
all tins. Tnat the Government is in o-ht is a postu- I
late—the only mooted points arc tin amounts and the !
mode us payment. The amount hm. l*c. n x*riou-dy
estimated from eight to sixteen millions of dollars. It
is to the m inner m winch the m ine’ should he raised
to discharge this debt, a id also for tl,t usual purposes
of the Government, that l propose addressing myself.
’This inq tiry is important, beaausa it involves the per
manent financial system ol the coning Ad ninistra
tion ; iitnl to Southern statesmen, t :e vita! question,
how far and in w hat form the revenue is to he taised
by duties on imports. The taritf, the compromise act,
the rights and feelings ut the South, are therefore
brought into tho discussion. Upon the question of a
revision of tbe tariff, nor as to the o ig'O, effect, and
rnsinteiionce of the act of 2d March, 1* 39, known as
the comprcmise, would 1 have said one word, but for
tho cour-e of argument slid remark indulged in by my
f-iend from * tub CumUiis. (Mr. L.ietl.) To him I
hop*’ to tre able to rtpiy sucxiesjdully.
rt r, as i sic liter of the II in I .on party, I wo ,M dis- .
card a afu and S.i. ids! JJ’ t-.rf Jgv I• a for : >pt-
* ing, in the very outsi t of the new A Jiainislraiion, a
system which will py the debt entailed upon the
Mate, and keep .Iter out of debt—u system that shall
. h’ equal ton supply in a uin lor in way ol sll the wants
of an eeoi u i teal administration. The reliance ol this
Government lor revenue is upon, Ist, the punhc do
main; 2d, direct luxation ; and hit, imposts. Should
the u-uge of the tiovernmcni f.>r past yen*, ill relu
tmn to the public lands, continue to be Us policy for
yours to come, arid they should ho brought into mar
ket on the most favorublo terms, reasoning from the
past tu die lutuie, tlnce uiiiliot: ol dollars must he the
I extent ol income from ‘hut quarter. The expendi
tures ol the Government cannot fall below twenty
millions annually. Avery suull part, tlierelore, ol
the annual wants ol the Slate can be realized from the
j public domain. But, sir, how long shall we receive
this small revenue from lands 1 Who shall tell us
’ the destiny of the vast territory of the Union ! Wlfo
ao aeer-like as to predict its disposition ! A lew years
| may witness the lulul loss ol this magnificent mine ol
| wealth; scutlcicJ to the winds, dissipated to feed the
aspiration* of unhallowed ambition ; a boric over which
the mad zealots of party light; un interest which we
uiav li i to sat’ sold to buy the bauble, the Presidency,
to amuse tor a moment some spoiled child ol power.
The new States claim it even now as their own, and
threaten to seize it with the strong aim of liter outnum
\ beriug representation under the next census. And
leadcis of party — nut at least—would conciliate this
Warwick power ol setting up and pulling diivvn Pres
idents, by substantially giving wlmt it asks, uml trans
ferring the title to these lauds to the new Slates in
which they lie, alleging us a reason that, ii we do not
give them the lands, they tv ill soon have the power to
take them ; thus violating a trust to avoid a robbery.
Or this rich legacy of the old States, either given in
their munificence, or bought with their blood and
treasure, may be squandered by a spendthrift trustee
i in pre-emption privileges to foreign emigrants, iuvit-
I cd by democrat c cupidity for power, to come und rule
! over us, und patJ out ol a fund not its own to stamp
| upon our system cither the impulsiveness of revolu
• Hungry mobs or the despotism of European dynasties.
I Ui, it may lie, the Sun , dietiu ting the fidelity of the
I Government in the management ol this trust fund, all
charges upon it having been paid, will divide its pro
ceeds, as lbey have a light to do. equitably umong
themselves.
1 will n it now, Mi. (thaiimun, pause to discuss, us \
’ others have and ute. the distribution bill of Mr. Clay.!
j Sufficient to the day will bo the duties it may bring
I w itli it. 1 advert to these measures, in relation to the j
5 public Inids, lot the sole purpose ol showing that from
j them we have no certainty of deriving revenue to any
j amount w hatevur.*
| The gentleman from ijuutli Carolina is the only
statesman ol the uge who has approved direct taxa
tion, in time of peace, as a mode of raising the pub
| lie moneys, lie stands alone in tins icgurd. He
I with his usual independent e of thought and action
| action, has ventured to recommend direct taxes instead ,
|of indirect taxation by duties on impoita. lint, sir, j
| his system is revolting to the feelings of our free peo- i
■ pie. They have, and will ever utterly repudiate it.
| They abhor it with all its odious machinery and throng
ol gatherers; its Executive patronage, its expensive i
j execution, uml its cruel exactions. It is true that it!
! may be plausibly said ol it that it is the only plan ot
I apportioning taxc-, with mathematicalcqqaliiy among j
the people ; that it adjusts, rightly, the pioportiuiis ot j
property and taxation. But, sir, however fair may ap
pear the reasoning of its frieuds, when drawn out with j
all the aid ol figures, it is still true that, m -a political j
sense, the scheme has the effect ot vastly augmenting I
tile taxes ol A atm B against tireir consent, and ul di- j
imnishiug thuse ol U and D, which under a different I
system they pay willingly. Tu ation by imposts is |
a voluntary system tea great extent ; by direct linpo- I
sition, onu ol constraint, ‘The former levies its celt- j
triontious upon consumption, which is great or small \
according to the means ol the cil z n, his wliimoi j
| caprice, his luxurious excesses, or his necessary wants.
All die tax winch the citizen pays over und above hi- 1
! necessary consumption is paid voluntarily ; whereas
die lax which the law directly levies must be paid with j
or without consumption. 11 indeed, direct taxation, j
rn time ut peace. w ere right in principle, it would he
m vain to attempt its adoption. V— , „„ lv# m
expect to stump leprosy upon the body physical, as di
rect taxes upon the body politic of this nation,
j \\ heaever, therefore, Mr. C luirman, we need mure j
money to defray the necessary expenses of the Gov. ‘
eminent, we must resort to imposts. This is the an
cient, well approved means adopted by the wise lath- j
ers ol the commonwealth, and persevered in by every j
■ administration from V ashmgtun to Van Buren. Gen-j
! tlcmeii dce.rv i net cased duties as ut vvat with State j
right tenets. ‘They cry tariil I tatilf! and vainly, as 1 j
believe strive to stir up the South upon this ancient j
alarm nole. Sir, this unreasoning, dhbcia! panic de
vice has lust its power at the South. Its day has gone :
by ; we have become so accustomed to the “ extraor- |
vhiiaiy tiis.s” of certain political leaders, that they are ;
I held piotty much us periodical matters ol course. For j
j myself, I have thrown off the shell of my political im- |
j maturity, and haply feel able to run or fly on my own ;
: account. -Nor is my Slate, sir, in the leading-strings
|ol any self-constituted director. She is fre a iu her |
> opinions us the winds of her own mountains, and I
| steadfast as their granite foundations.
I shall show , sir, I trust, that 1 advocate no tariil
! for protection, ‘i lie opposition is stern, unflinching,
and universal, and in tunes to come will know no
abatement. No one from liie South has advocated a
j tariil” Isr protection. My able fiiend lioni South Car
olina (Mr. Thomson) has yielded no anti tariil priori
pie, and I am ut a loss to perceive why all this talk
about anew tariil- It it be to arouse in advance pub
lic indignation against duties on luxuries lor revenue,
and thus forestall the public judgment, 1 am sure that
gentlemen will probably fail of their object. My con
stituents, at least, have the power to discriminate lie
i tween low duties for revenue, and high duties lor pro- |
| lection,
I am, si , a 3lrict constructionist —a very strict cun
! etrucldinixt i a t'hurisee ol the Bhaiisces. The State ;
Right principles 1 profess have been brought into dis-
I repute by llio tierce exliavaganeu of ultra leadcis. As !
!>_, some expounded, they become wholly impruclica-,
I bic, uml, il at a 1 available, make our system of Gov- i
, eniHieiit 100 lceble. It is live habit ot one distinguish- j
j cd name to bung almost eveiy proposed power o 1 the J
Tedeial Government within the rungc of a eonslitu- |
Uoiial doubt, an J thus nullify us indispensable action.
.No one sustains fiiiiisdf with more uialetieal ability ;
be decks his sophist)les in the hcaulilul rubes of geni
us, uml gives tu them emphasis anu impressiveness by
the fiery xal of his advocacy. He is still an uusatc
Icudci, because tl.c past has proven that, with the sums
niristcily ability, he Has sustained the most autugonisl
policy, lie is a changeling ; and has the infirmity ol
being unconscious of n, or tire hardihood to deny it in
the lace ol the most deinoiislialive proof. Ills course
is still a blazing track in the firmament of polities ; like
: the meteor, having no established mbit, but wheeling
madly ulhivail the firmament.
1 My idea of brute Rights is to deny to the Govern
-1 merit all powers not expressly giauted, arid to exercise
fearlessly slid freely those that are. Ik or am I willing,
with metaphysical subtleties, to refine upon the con
ceded powers until their utility is reasoned away.—
Then, sir, the p vvc. to lay imposts is expussly giunt
od. lam uo-v ready, under the lest) 1C lions I propose
to suggee . to use it.
[ IK lor* entering upm, this branch of mv argument,
allow me to digress but for a moment, tui the puiposc
i of saying that the wasteful expenditures of this Admin
! istiatiou are to Ire atlubuted, in pait, to a careless or
1 merely paitisan selcetiui of dtsbuisiug agents; and
] dial this is lolly proven in the vast sinus expended lit
I the conduct ol the Sbciinnoic war. “1 he pi ox unity ol
: my own chute to the liuilda hue, and the pail fici cit
izens have borne in the suilviings of that disastrous
atil doomed conflict, constrain me to know and con
’ dcmn its inrnag uient. My ow n Stale hus not been
exempt Iron aava e incursion ; her village*have been
iu seme instances burnt, and her housctiolds butchered.
To us tne parent Government has extended no protec
tion. Uur own chivalry has repelled Hi* toe.
As to Florida, uftcr years ol buffering, she is still the I
victim ol Indian crah and cruelty ; ot Federal incom
pcluncy or carelessness. Her lauds aie untided, and
her tiupieal tiel Is yield no fruits. The wu.'-whonp
wakes tiro slumber of infancy unto death; manhood
and lerr.ui.tiity te alike defenceless. The cottage ut
the woods.nan aim the pa aceul the rich plintercruiu
, hie before tire torch of the iuccudia.y. ibo blood ul
the bravest and Get bus mingled wrlu her yet uncoil
qur.eu soil. And still the Yemassea warrior lingers tu
I hi* lair, The fcfeniinole hoides still roam over her
1 j Isirs, tjrskulk in fief evargladni. The wars*.:!! ges
and the people sutler. These sutli ring, are so rom-
I moil,that they seem ol late to atlr ieliio attention.and
j eummand no sympathy. The complaints of Flotidu
j reach not the ear of power; her agonies touch not the
hearts of her tulers. Money enough iurs been expend
, ed in conquering these niaiuudiiig savages tu elotlie
’ the Territoiy fii the bloom anil beauty of art, science,
und religion—a richer bloom by tar mutt tti.it vvnich a
j genial climate begets upon her woods amt fields. 1
j make these remarks, sii, not ulone to rerun] my con
demnation o! the past, but, il possible, also to enlist
sympathy lor the future.
I Assuming that there is u debt of the Government to
j Lie paid, and that the income is not equal to the wants
! of the Government, it is nty conviction that resort must
he had to an increase of duties upon luxuries, which,
I Ly the compromise act, are free, or bear u less tale ot
duty than 20 per cent. Such an increase w ill not be in
violation of that act, but in compliance with one of its
express stipulations. Ido not make void, but establish
| the compromise. And the great reason why I would
j thus early commence the imposition of duties is, that
the net of 1833, not merely until its own limitation*
shall repeal it, but through generations to come, in all
its conservative stipulations, may become the perma
nent policy of the country.
Before proceeding to show that an increase of duties
is provided for iu the act of 1833, 1 hog leave to say
that I consider that u. t in the light of u compact, and
that Southern interests, more if possible than Northern,
require it to be so helJ, and such religiously lutuituiii
ed. Il is an agreement founded in concession. It
provides guaranties tu behalf of the free trade principles
of the South. It originated in an imperious political
necessity ; it was devised in wise and patriotic coun
sels; und its result was tile urrest of rivil striie in its
ineipieney. I need not recite its history, depict the
evils it prevented, or aggravate the dangers to our Union
which it avoided. The passions of that day have cool
ed down, and we may look bu‘k upon it with reason’s
unclouded eye. The them dense, cloud of war. and tin |
fogs and winds and lightnings which it engendered, j
hut truly, the political heavens ami earth, ‘1 hat was |
iu fact a crisis. All men frit it to be so. And in i's
muou i.t of utmost and in ,=>t foailul intcicsl the ma ter !
spirit of that day came to us, the hitd of reconciliation, j
with the olive bough in his beak. The fiery and proud !
spirits of the South accepted the overture of harmony, j
: and this act was the result. It is an agreement, sir,
I not to subsist for its term of legislative being only, but j
I settling principles of perpetual obligation. The gen
| lleman vvlto lias just taken his seat (Mr. Rlictt) denies
■ that it is obligatory upon us. He says, and says truly,
that the Congress of 1833 could not bind that of 1811 ;
and that the act is now subject to repeal. Sir. I know
one Congress, by a mere act of legislation, cunti it bind
another. The gentleman is right technically ; but, sir,
the act ol ‘33 is binding in a higher view ot tire subject.
It is obligatory aceoidiug to all the requirements of
good faith, hunor, und honesty. In vvliat light did tin
men ol that day view il! Did not the Ikullifietsol
; South-Carolina accept it as satislm tory 1 Did they
not haul down their palmetto barm, r. rescind ibt-ir or
‘ durances, und disband their forces ! Yes, sir, they did.
I And it was upon sufficient consideration ; or oilier,
wise they are open to tlie imputation of abandoning
rccreunlly tlic lolly ground they had taken.
[Mr Kusi r here remarked tliat Mr, Calhoun avow
ed, at the time of its passage, that he did not hold the
act of ‘33 so far obligatory a not to he subject to it- !
peal or modification.]
It ui Ulcrs not, sir; he accepted it, uuJ so did bis i
! iriends ; und they ltuve acquiesced iu its provi-ious ‘
bom that and ry to t ht->—ail, sir, except my friend, (Mr. j
Kiielt. lie, I know, never did accept it. He, (to :
use a phrase peculiar to a man at die oihei end of this 1
Capitol.) •• solitary and alone,’’ resisted iu the in dst •
I ul his 1 1 tends, tlic rescinding the celelira t-tl Carolina !
J i rdinanecs. He is, tlieiciuic, now eonsi tent.
Viewing it, then as n compact, oneoi its stipulations
i is in the lollovvtng words, to wit: - Prijvieteit, That
- nothing herein contained shall be so cons rued ss to
pievv.ul the passage of any act prim to the 30tii day of
June, 1842, in the contingency cither of excess or rieti
| ciency ol revenue, altering the rales ol duties on arti
cles which, by the aloiesaid act of the 14th J ulv. 1832,
a:e subject to a less rale ui duty titan 20 per cent.ad
v .iorcin, in such manner a not to exceed that i* •
and so as to adjust too rev. • ‘ vl * a ‘o con
tingencies.”—bee see. 6, act 1833. The 3Udi June,
1742, ts the time at which the comptutilise act expires,
i Before thul time, vou pete ive, sir, tliat ptovisiuil is
| made lor altering the rate ol dudes, in the contingency
■ ol excess or deficiency of revenue; that is, it, before
J the 31)ill June, 1842, the wants ol the Government
i should require mote money than would he raised un
j de. the act, provision is made lor supplying that want
|by the imposition ol additional dudes, Aul only so ;
j but the act itself prescribes the articles upon which the
| duties shall be imp sed, and hunts the height of them,
i buck is the contract. The contingency anticipated
’ has, in fact occurred : thcie is u Uclicency of revenue ;
the debts of the Government cannot be paid. Indeed,
independent of any debt, the ordinary wants ul un e
conomical administration cannot 1c supplied by the
revenue which is forthcoming under the act. The in
come ol the Government is still to be reduced by the
necessary operation of that act; because it cuts down
ulldudcs, by the 30,h June, 1842, to 20 percent.
Each following year, the deficiency wilt inctcasc nec
essarily until'42. And making all allowance fur in
creased importations, 1 have no idea but that the defi
’ ciency.in both ’4l and ’42, will be wry great. A'ovv,
sir.it is to supply ibis deficiency, and pay the national
debt, that I would lay new duties. Are we not per
mitted, nay, sir, is it not one ol the imputative obliga
tions of the compact, to do so ! Wlmt becomes, then,
of the idea of gentlemen, that we interfere w ith the
compromise 1 These demon trstions, I apprehend,
are designed only to excite an uninformed opposition
to what I trust will be the policy of the Harrison party
in relation to revenue That policy,! believe, ought,
and will be, to raise tlic money iiece.-sarv, by imp sts
upon luxuries that ate unprotected, in addition to the
I amount that may come in, according to the minimum
rates, under the act of 1833. It would seem, sir, that
the manu'ac urcis themselves, it any tody ought com
plain of a disregard ot the compromise; yet they com
plain not. The complaint comes from the alarmists
of the South. That South which, lain prepared to
show, holds a deeper stake in the solemn guarantees
of the compromise than any other section of the Union.
By the section ot the act ot ‘3 J which I have read,
you will perceive that the articles made dutiable by
1 new legislation, are such us, by the act of ’32, bear a
/ess rule us duty than 20 percent, udvalorem. Upon
no other hi tides can you lay duties; and it is only up
on them, or rather principally upon such articles us
bear no duty, that a duty i proposed to be laid. Ol
course, tio tree article is prut cted, nor arc such u
heur a duty less than twenty per cent.; for it is admit
ted that even twenty per cent, utllird- no protection.
If, therefore, you this day read just the duties on this
class ol articles, you pass no tanll'act for protection;
and such rate of duty as i am willing to lay, such a*
would raise ample revenue, would not at all afll-ct even
the importation.
Those articles upon which it is proposed to lay du
ties, are silks and wines at.d some otlxcis, being luxu
ries. The importation of silk* from France is very
gicat. The average imports from Franco and hei
West India dependencies, annually amount to clout j
$1 IjOoll.OOO. This enormous trade pays no tax. It!
vvouhi seem but reasonable bom this soutce to realize
revenue. But it is said by the gentleman fiom !Boulh |
Carolina, (Mr. Klrelt.) that a duty upon silks would j
injure the South. His a gumrnt is briefly this : A du
ty upon goods imported front a foreign Slate affects
out own exports to that State, by reducing llicin.
France is u market lor the cotton of the South, which
she pays fur bv sending u* her silks and wines ; if we
lax Iter silk* and wines it w il! operate as a tax upon
the export of cotton, and thereby reduce the amount
us it.
Ret us took into thisargument, am! ate how far the
principle ussumed he tiuu, and how lar it is applicable
lo tlic tiad ■ between the United Stales and France.
The pus lion, 1 conceive, sir is just in two contingcn
cies. If tlic duties upon the imports sue so large as to
jtnounl to a prohibition, it may be conceded at once
I that it will, in ordinary raws, prevent exportation; or,
if the exports and imports are equal to the extent that
the duty diminishes the importation, by lessening the
consumption, will usually, though by no means no es
sarilv, reduce the export. Now, the argument ul the
gentleman scented to assume that we propose to lay
such u duty on silks as would amount lo a prohibition,
and upon thut assumption there might be force in il.
Hut n tso ; no one. has dreamed of such a duly. The
highest rato of duly t igeested by any one is twenty
per cent. ; and I believe half that umotint woulJ be
sufficient. The gentleman lias w holly ludeal lo oow
that vu:h iu'.:: would affect at til the coiHtiinj-ttufi ot
silks iu tic United Stair;. No, sir ; a moderate duly
would not ul all aflecl tie import, because ihe con
sumpfon would be undiminuiied. Our belled and
beaulifd, our dames and their daughters, will still
ts uiii.h in flounces, furbelow*, and silks. The weal
i!iy * who are the consumers mainly of silk goods, would
not regard a *ui ill increase of price. Pride, fashion,
and vanity, would still ask their supphca and take bo
denial.
lithe gentleman will lay duty on no article that is
paid for in whole or in part by American cottons, why
i then he w ill never lay one ; his position will drive him
jnecessaiily from imposts to direct taxation; for lie
knows well that cotton, in our cou.iiince with the
world, pays, in some degree, and indeed in great part, i
lor ell our imports. When asked by his colleague J
((jen. Thompson) to name an aitide that was not so .
paid for, my fiiend was wisely silent.
Nor, sir, are the imports from and exports to France,
*o nearly equal as to endanger our cotton trade. On
the contiu y the balance of trade is largely oguinst us. ■
And this fact must deuiol *h wholly the argument of!
the geuilemaii. The entire export from the United .
Stales to Fiance, composed principally of cotton, ric*,
mid tobacco, ;mounts to about $19,000,000; and the j
importations from France and her West India depen-;
demies, to about $.30,000,000 ; leaving a balance ti- ‘
gainst us of $14,000,000 ; which balance is paid by
an export of specie. Now, sir, before it is possible to *
alii ct our Colton trade with France, the consumption,
and consequently the importation, oi lier silks and |
wines, <Sa*. must he reduced moc than sl4 000,000
No rate of duty that 1 shall ever consent to impose,
and none that an economical administration may de
mam), can ever thus lorscn the importation of French
goads.
Again, sir, the cotton which we send to France is
consumed by her own people principally, and that de
mand must continue iricspective of aiiv foreign demand
lor her silks and wines. And conceding, only for the
sake of the argument, that a duty us proposed would
les.-en the consumption of silks, I believe in the same
, i alio would it increase the ennsumption of cotton fai
ries. li silks are excluded, cotton will become the
| apparel of the rich, as well as the poor. We uie under
no obligation either, sir, ol commercial courtesy to
1’ ranee ; tor she levies u duty at her own ports upon
j American cottons —and that a discriminating duly, ii
being more th in she levies upon Egyptian cotton,
j Now, sir, inasmuch as the Government is in debt,
i you must cither pay its obligations boue tlv, oi con
tinue them by loans; to pay them, the present mid
prospective income is inadequate. Vou . ust, there
line, open up new souiCes ol in ome. Wi.at will lt*
your resort ! DouhlUss new d..lies upon imports;
and if driven to this, you are to determine whether you
will impose them upon luxuries, which arc free, or in
crease. tiiein upon necessaries, already heavily buideu
cd. That is, whether you will tax the rich or the pooi.
Will ywu grind the poor man’s face by your legislation,
and mollify the sleek cheek of wealth with the oil of
j exemption ! ttir, 1 never have raised shouts to pov
erty, enlisting its honest zeal in behalf of either un-n
or measures—decrying its imaginary oppressions, aiui
alienating the diiiercnt orders ol society. I have nevei
luhoied to arm the poor against the rich, to airay vice
l against virtue, and ignorance against knowledge. 11
l have considered a drveisity ol estate an unavoidable
! condition ol all social organization, and that one of the
I highest obligations of patriotism i- to improve all grades
| and, if possible, to harmonize nil orders of men. 1
i have ever claimed, and shall always claim, that Ameri
can citizens ahull it equal under the law. hw as said
; in triumph in Fiance, ul the adoption of her amended
j constitution “ail Frenchmen are equal under the la
It was not the fact. 1 doubt if France ever realizes so
• almost divine a consummation. We, sir, with mine
I propriety, claim for all our people political equality,
i W e practice, with nearer approaches to truthiuiness,
the sublime doctrines ol civil equality; and yet, we
! have not attained to this high state ol polilicul perl**®*
j ibil.ly. Our people are unequally tuxeJ, Ihe bur
dens of Government a it? not equal ; nor are the bene
| tits. The luxuries of lhe rich, many if the u ”
\duty, wh J l tic ntceaaar.es ift .e y art 11 “ fuxc “.
!Bv tho ta.iir U ‘ u sllß '” l ‘ ra l e O
vl.u-h euvj.l.-*- c,>uc “ ut llie rlch
y.. ivrfux ; whilst Uie ihm colii nutrass and scant
bl.uikel of the poor, bear all. svy duty. Strange, sir,
yet true. 1 have always considered lhe e coiption of
luxuries as one of the uuoniolii s cl lepublicari leqlsla
lion; and iiavc wondered—often wot.di red—lu.w so
much ol practical oppression could bare been so long
tolerated. It is now unto to amend, it not atone, for
the errors ol the past.
Gentlemen talk of reform: we invite them to the
work here. They ate the friends of.he poor; now is
the time must gloriously to signalize their regard VVe
a=k the poor man's inciid to attest the sincerity of bis
professions by his deeds. The wine that gladdens the
heart of wealth, and maketh merry the board of his
festivity ; the silks which high bred women weal", and
the spices which stimula.e lire sated palate of the luxm |
linus gourmand, are now proposed to be moderately j
taxeu. Sir. you must do tins, or raise your money .
from tire overwrought muscles, the blood and bones ot j
laborious poverty. VVe shall see, -ir, who are in truth j
the friends of tit poor.
The rale of duty will he regulated by the amount J
of money required. 1 have already stated that 1 urn
opposed to all duties hut for revenue ; and I uow say 1
will vote only fur so much revenue lobe raised as will
pay the expenses of an c ono ni. al administration.
The exp ndituies of the Government ought and 1 hope
w ill be leduced. VVe arc not now called upon to vote
any specitic amount ot duties; the propos.l.ou is, t .at
the Committee ut Ways and Means be instructed to
report what amount may he required. Sir, whenever
this hill is brought forward, 1 shall riot support it if it
raises one dollar more than will pay the national dc l
and sustain the Government. The public debt must
be first ascertained, and the estimates of expenditure
furnished. lam therefore pledged to support no lull
which does not fall within the posit ot.s I now assume.
The member Iroin South Carolina rematked that ho
was at a los. to know the reason why duties were now
proposed to be laid, until he heard it alleged in the
Senate, that more revenue would be necessary to sup
ply the delicit in the public income, occasioned by the
distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, For
myself, 1 am influenced by no such reason. lam
aware that it is said, and reiterated daily, that high
tarills and profuse expenditures, each begeiting the oili
er, will bo among the leading measures of the new ad- j
iniiiislidtion. For one, Ido not believe it. Whether.
the distiilmtiou measure prevails or not, it is apparent
to all that the Government must have more means.
Thul necessity ought to be, by candid men, consider
ed us a sufficient reason fur a revision of our impost
lans.
Mr. Chairman, I have been greatly surprised to find
leading Southern statesmen so willing In relax the ob
ligations of the compromise ; obligations so essential
to Southern interests. 1 remarked before, that, in that ;
agieenieut, are to be found the strongest guarantee.-
agaiust protective duties.. In it arc s.ipulatious con
servative of Southern principles. Whether it was ori- 1
gin,illy just to the South or nut, ii is useless now lo |
inquire. She has acquiesced iu it, and so have the j
manufacturers. Interests have grown up under it:
which we may not now rightfully dialuili; the benefits!
1 provided for the North have been secured. The muu
i ofacturing iiiUuc.U, 1 am induced to b.licvc, arc sat-j
I isfiod with ti.e protection it affords them ; they desire j
no change. A'.id lire time has arrived when the con
| dilious favorable lo the South arc beginning to be op
erative, Our guarantees arc now to be ava (able ; and
ahull wo cast them oft’ by annulling the compact I :
No, sir; ratbor let us latily it anew, by now acting
under its provisions, V\ fiat ao some of those con
servative guarantees ! I call your ulti-liliun lo one, so.
of vast moment, which, if faithfully observ'd, will quiet
forever tho exciting and dangerous topic ol protective
dutt s. One of the covenants ol tire contract is, that
“ uiilil tbo doth June, 184S, the duties imposed by
existing laws, as modified by this act .shall temaip and
continue to be collected ; and fium und i fler the day
ufuruuid, such duties ihull be laid Jar the purpose us
Tuning such revenue us may be neusnwy to uu cornu
uncut administration if the Government.” bee 3d
see. act 1833.
Now, sir, you perceive, that by virtue of ’he com
promise act, it is the solemn pledge of the parlies there
to, that, f.ota and ufier the 30th June 1342, uo duiic
shall be laid but fur revenue. Not only u ; but llist
the aiuotinf of such revenue shall be limited to tile
wants oi an economical administration.
The principle of protection ts discarded. No one
can rise up alter ‘-Id and ask lor protection. The
North is estoped. Thu South can point lo the agree
ment, and demand that duties shall bu limited to pur
poses of revenue. not only so; but tn.it the reveuno
shall not exceed the limits of a just economy. A jo*
cr lo lay Ju:iu- for revenue never la, been detiw-J :o
Congress. It was against a perversion of lius power,
sir, that my own State and all tho South rebelled, ft
was the doc:fine of protection, os held by toe manufac
turers and those who repiesentod them, that stirred
the ire of iny constituents and awakened the burning
eloquence ot sucii men as t.’ubb andOrswfyrJ, McDuf
fie and Huy no.
Suppose,.dr, that these principles shall prevail; tlu.t
ibe compromise s observed; that dunes iu times to
come shall be laid only 1 r revenue : where is Ihe poll- :
tict.in so lustidious as to compla n ? Will not peace
j rule in our councils and Jiuternul feeling pervade all
sections? It, sir, economy in public afliiirs, which
j s .all confirm appropriations to constitutional oljcetJ,
! and revenue only lor the public wants, are the guiding
Stsrs of die liuirisi.il administration, let no man fear j
that the sbipot Stale will not sail o'er prosperous seas (
beneath liciiigiiaiit skies. Am gentlonu n piepared to
yield the obligatory power of the art of ‘3d 1 To yield
; 111 the moment ol victory the fruits of the ar— to open
, again the touiiiuiiis 1 strife; n> loose the elements of
j commotion,now happily lied tip; and invite ihe storm
’ and cou t the tempi l? Now is the tii..r the Har
j limn parly lo identity ilsell with the principles of that
| act. ‘They should bo now affirmed ; we ought lo he
committed upon them, And the moot tfleclu.il mode
j ot identification, is to start our revenue system ucconl
i iug to its provisions, by laying duties now on unpro
i tecled articles. Now is the time in stereotv pe the com-
I promise.
To avoid a protective tarilf, it is necessary to con
demn it lii fie the compromise expires. 1 would pro
ciaim ulo tiie people of my own Stale. 1 desire it to
be known all over that sunny land, from her moult
la ns to tliu sea, that now is the lime lo act Upon this
gieat question. It was ssi,l ut the Lt- canvass, that
ilamsuo, the honest, vali ut, and successful whir? cun
di ate, as a tar ill man. Tile reply we made, sir, was
thu’ he was in fa- r of tile principles settled in the
compioiiiise. Upon tins explanation we triumphed.
And now who shall object, when he confirm vvii.it we
then said ol him ? (Ji ms friends, no one ;of his ene
mies, oi course all.
\\ i should nui na.t until at it June MS to arrange
the revenue, because then it will be siid, tbo coinjiio
inise having c ased by its own iniiilalions, tliu wuulc
subjvrl of protection is open Attempt then to lay ini- !
posis, und vou encounter the c.inlhctiiig int. rists ot iln j
whole l nion. Every anicie ol uouitsuc inanula urn: j
will demand protection ; capital will wield its might .
against lice trace ; se.lisiuiecs will clamor fui legisla-
livebounl.es. i scr.minute then you must. Angry
passions vv ul ria uu Ulili: cin \ our c oui.c.l . , S .. U* au
dio ily may again anay Use I against i tUrrui law ;
die ,tiijiiv.il ol uie Lomu may again l.e punned against
some Sniuil.ern city, and ii.e.e in,.) be none so potent
us to command jarring elements udo peace.
* The. public lands were either ceded by tlie Stales
wiiliiu whose limits they lay to the lieiioiul V.ovrriiin.-id
or purctiused (as I- ton,ln ~u. i-.misiana) with 1..- coiii
itiou binds, in most ct me eomjmcis ol cession, iti
stipulated that toe lands are in be . pplie.l r, the
pavinei.l ol Ihe naiionul and el, and, vvn thill is dis
cluirgi il, aim 11 tie / eld on Ute OuVeruo.ei.t Jor In
use uj the United Stales, la ihe Ireely of i : ss;.,n be- 1
tween Ueorgia and Hue CiOvtuilineiit ot loUd, iiy which j
she relinquished die vast terrilory wlneli eons’.,luies tin- |
giealer pari of Ajubaina and Ali-sissippi,it is provided j
that the lands snail bo chained unit die payment of'.
$1,2011,0UU, and the costs ot a lew guilds, andsiiail (hen (
be held lor the use of the l, luted Stairs, iterselj included, ;
So that, according to these coin; m is, pardcuiu.-ly Und :
of Georgia, the charges on the land being satisfied, u !
is clearly the right ol die (ioveriiiii.-nt. it iboiiglii ud- ■
vi -able, io distribute its proceeds among die Males. .111 I
i ontroveisy. however as lo the power ol Googress over !
loe terrilory of the Lruled Mates is, lo uly iiitinl sullied j
by the Gonsblution, wiiiih in words, elollies Congress
with liie power lo dispose oi die leiiitory of die Loin and i
Slates.
From trk Express.
MR. FICKENS ANU FOKLIIGN AfTAIUS. j
‘i iiU Uepoil in tho ii >use oi the Chat.iUiiu tin
V*onuiitU*4i *>* Foreign lulutions, is one ol the trasli j
it\st otlici.il tuirago of words we ever lead, —so tiasin j
c\vii, that il would hardly ;>ass mualtr tor an cditori- |
al article in the loudest demand toi, and absciu eot ul i j
other copy. It has in it neither dignity nor a good !
construction *<f the Fngh>L iaiiguago—and were it the
work oi u College bophofnore.il would he discreditable \
lo tiie \v .ter. There is an air i t aniurtutsx in it,v. ry -
peculiar to ihe honorable nit tuber tioin boulli Caroh j
nu, but very disreputable lo tin- lion. Chairman ol a !
Coniuiiltee ol the Mouse ol Kepiesentitives, so that ii ‘
is in many respects as improper .*r and as mean a public \
document, as ever enianuteii horn any tenth rate pub ;
lie luiktionaiy. It comes neaily up to the blustering 1
l ravaJo 4 Goveinor Fun field, the hr o ot the an.-|
I uign ol the .\ladavvaska,t ougli the lo.ic in ills not ‘
hall so meritorious, as that o the .Vlaiiic Coniu.under ;
in Chick
The reasoning of Mr. Pickens upon the case of the j
steamboat “Caroline,” and McLeod, will pass fur J
j wnat it is worth, though he has very poorly argu-
I tel here upon ihe claims ol nations to violate each oth
| ers terrilory, und made but a miscruable case for bis
lountryinen, when he might have made a good one : ‘
—for we pass from all this to comment upon die style •
I lone, and manner of the Report, which is a disgrace 1
to the House ot Kepi esent a lives for c\r sanclioning I
! ils publication.
In the opening *>f the report, Mr. Pickens speaks of !
an “ insinuation” ot the liniidi Minister, which might
well be *• retorted,'’ and then he goes on Miveringly,
in a grave oilicial report, to speak ol Gieat Uiiuin “in
the ( lentitude ol its power,” easting the di g:is ol llrit
ain jurisdiction over American soil,”—follow ing on
with the idea, tint •* the Lritish Minister isj oleuttd to
call the Caroline a piratical steamboat,” lo conclude
with te remark, that, “ The epithets of any cure no
matter how high in place cannot make that piracy,
which the law of nations does not recognize as such.’
VV e are then told in a subsequent parag aph, what i
disgraceful to us, if true, and which, thereto e, a Coin
min e on Foreign Rela ions, should not publish to the
world, that—“ There is an assumption in most of our
intercourse with Great Britain revolting to the pride
and spirit ol independence in u free People” (a fGur- !
ish ot rhetoric this,sadly out ot place) whereupon we
aie urged further on, not in words though, but ui the
tone ol the style, and the rlictoural sputter of the sen
tences to be mighty siuait in showing off our pluck,—
ut least so lo swagger as lo sei in to be ** born insensi- .
b!e to fear.” Further on wc arc told, the demand for
( M’cLeod is “preposterous in the extreme ,” us if this
were tit diplomatic language, and nut disgraceful to
the parties employing it; when Mr. .in the piocess
of h:s logic concludes with the remaik that “ in tni
case, the demand for liberation has been made by the ;
accredited of a g ext power, and under ei cum
ft rnceb of peculiar aggravation and excitement
‘i'he most absurd and out of place partoftlic Kejort.
however, is, the dia.-c tation of the Honorable Gin lie
man, political and geographical, upon the power of
Great Britain, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America,
as if, when his Committee was charged with two spe
cific cases, dial of “ the Caroline” and of *• McLeod,”
lit* had a light to print a treatise upt n “Gibraltar,” !
j “ Malta,’ ‘the lonian Islands,” “ Jean d’Acre,”
I•• bt, Helena,” “ lUditiiK,” “Bermuda,” “China,”.
! *• Trinidad,” and thc“ Caribbean Sea,” —with “ steam 1
! to bout, unJ some additional grave disertations, to wit,
I tiiat “ avarice and auib.liun are the ruling passions ol ,
! modern times, and it is vain la shut our ••.yea to the
state of things around us.” (Indeed !—important too
it is so new !)
It is vain to abut our t* es, (hough, to tho tact, that
Mr. Pickens is a very gic'dt swaggerer in words, and
■has nude a repoit iri Congress disreputable :n logit’*
t disreputable in tone, expression and character, and in
| the worst of taste. What does the man mean 1 if
j there be *• assumption *’ in our intercourse wiih Gual
! Britain iw.voltinq to the pride and spirit of indepen
dence in a i KkK ei.opLK, il wiis tiie iluly us this gieat
! •waygon- lo cud bis ropurl willi n rosulnlio.i (br tho
j I’XCLAUXTiON of VVxh, or for iiiiieut tax . a lorlli
j with, and an appropriation ofa husdh:;ii Mti.i.ioprs of
| dollars to prepare. If Great Hrilaitt'a *• accredited
j agent” make* demands of us ni.ciisTi.aoi s tux
! i x rnxvic, and •• under circumstances us (rj rmu
| ar ago aa v ATtojtwhy not forth w itli teconinn i.d a
| conscription of one hutulred lltuusand nu n, a fortified
| garrison often thousand for Dctiiot another ol tv in
. j thous-ind for 13ulFil> >, and so on —with tvv. niv m
.I of dollars for -hqis t-> drlend tin- cut., l ! rj G.
. I Britain demands what is revolting In our h; i.il and
pride as a free People, preposterously, and m the ex
treino, aggravating us too, the remedy at IPU.I is pre
i patation for war—for which this Boanerges ofSoulh
■ Carolina makes not the trust preparation.
The object of the South-Caiolina swaggerer is pnl
• pslde, however, in all this utterance of words Mr.
Uiauger, in the course of the debate, beat what he well
cnl'cd “ the bog* cl wind,” and Mr Adams let it oat
of the bags. Mr. Pukcnv was making a parly renc,.|
he told us, and it osme from the Committee by u pan,
vole. •• A defeated enemy in our war was abandon,
ing a tenement, und setting fire to it upon their
trio!.” Now that Mr. Pickens’ party had lust t|.,
control of Ihe Government, if words would set it onf lft
iu new hands, he meant to leave enough to hum it Lr
To a Bankrupt Treasury, lie wished to add, the Lt.
quest of a war. To Forcigu Affairs now already ci„|,.
’ plicated enough by the want of management, he vvi
id to add more of complication. The train might i, ol
! reach; the fire might not catch well. Mr. Pick*,i,
would prepare it all. apply the torches, and run to v s„’
< arulina—the last wc should probably ever hear of
in case of war, •• though horn insensible to fear.”
DOMESTIC.
FLORIDA.
The St. Augustine News of the sth inst. recvv. e ,|
by the Southern mail yesterday, nas a long ediiong
upon the War and •• the treaty,” the elo-ing psisi i,,,!,’
of which contains the particular of a noble deid ,!f
daring by an It ish sergeant of the 3d A Hill. iy ,
is subjoined.— Sjvuinn.h Georgian.
Asa relief Iroin our weekly task of tecorJing t:, c
blunders of whut we have long been, and we fi_- u ,
eauttnuu to be ihe victims, we feel pleasure in dvv, 11],,,l 1 ],,,
on cvi-uta of a more agreeable character. T.iis cm',
test has not been h.n .oii in incidents of personal dm
slid coutage, which teflcet high credit on the ‘ ,
Ihe pursuit and destnwut nos Ct l: ,h ki in ,|„. |,.„‘
glades by private Hall ol the and H,,ig,.,, lw u , „„ , .
we be lure ullutlctl, ought ii.l to be u. v ,
ven tliit aeliiveinrnt is Bur|>as:iei! by a 3".*d >t ,u i
performed by uu lusi ergeaui 111 the 3d Artillery,*;
the late capluie of the Indians unde. Maj u
ike Jlaulovcr. Wc received the particulars fim an
authentic ttouice. Whi nt. e Lidims were surprised
ui their fishing operations by the t; ops. th ise
escaped immediate caj.tuie 01 dr.th, made olfin vari
ous directions in tli ir bunt-, M ; t .ff them v\\ u* u
ken in the puratiil by the lroq a, Clui'yawi bust cai-
Uiiiiiiy 3 uarricr.s, 4 squav.b. and 3ciiildien, was cl.s
----s. and by Lt. Taylor, two private.*, and ihe N rge.iiit.—
; W 7 .;en they had got wilia u 1,!:.)! of the i d.a;i;,
j -hoir boat ;;ol aground. ‘Foey ull jumped uu! to puli
1 the boat mtv> d* p walei, and in doun* so, e ?t -n su -
| deuly .ey Otid their depth, (Lut they were eonipli teiv
immersed —anna and nil! ‘i
111111 who rsk.ij ed immersion. The Indians now tired
upon tin m from then bu .I but without efl et. Ft •
Sergeant lelumed it, am one ..| the w. i: in sw a s sc 1
lv> tail bark 1.1 t,e boat. He lin n t rew ti n his r,{],*
and, armed with a bowie kni’e, he stated .! m m pm
fc>uit ot the Ji>J:aii b/at: in r.n, a: h.vuiii.
‘led, hS Cil Ulllilillll t'n ('iiiUUUtvi, tiii he f ,ol iil.j
on the enemy's boat. A cii p rule si. now , t , u
ed i tween tiie Indian und tiie Fishman. i Iny \-e.ti
both powe tnl 111 11, 1. 4 a ere? ii". inin rup led in lit ir
dutt, iu i.ia nl :h t.iho. t-.o vva..ims ju njM 1 out ol
the and nu ‘ - !.?• esrape s.n.;. . t.. 0 .nil
1 upj.M'ouchfcSd, Uik.'i the x’l.'.i 1 s. as to iii.ry • j | tJ
j heht. i !;C • q..u..... . j e t Us i.•
j Futile. It w .diort .and -a,;,.,. 1 i..:;.ni,a.
|no wcupoii but his idle, a?:U luJii ‘-.as 1 i.u Use
jat shall qu.irU-is. ills w;j et m iiiolu t lo •ii out
; h.s Hiivesury\s biuins, hut
j next aim was to pn vent the cm my Irani buu.dttjg hnu,
! m which he succeeded lot u sho t tone. Lut .** baou
I • x s the while mull a in the b)at. uu iio-'ie
| knilo sooti * iMed the
lin rapid succession into t*,e breast ol thesavaj; ! The
| biuve b-ig ant having now scalpeii the in.h iu, called
’ out to (lit* niliu r at the top of (ns v.iee : •• Lft taunt,
will l set ip tU itsi < f *"• * ” ‘* *• * u n UCvi
1 .....n*r a'.m uie squaw.--. On receiving tt negative re
ply, he paddled up to las j e -imude*, v.. h n
iiur.
UNITED BLN ATE.
V\ isaiA(,tun, Feh 19.
The Senate, ycMe.Jay 1 .u.u. 6 *:. uk.; on , FMr.
Calhoun, adjo umd lo Monday.
J he i rea>ury no.e Dili was debated there until li.<
hour ot adjoinitmeiil. i L*e yeas atit. uj\s wt ;o ti. .1
ordeted, and the Dili linally p tsatd by the follow in#
vote :
V e.is, Messrs. Anderson, Buchanan,(Jalh uu, (’lav,
ol Ala., DiXfii. Fulton, Graham, ILibbuid, Kerr,
K. Linn, Lumpkin, AicheLou, Niuvei, l'ie;c,
i’orter, U;vcs, Roane, Robinson, >e\ifi, Bn 11 . ol lad.
rallmadge, VVaii, Webster, Williams, VV and
A oun —-8.
Nays, Messrs Alien, Benton, Clay ol Ky., Cl.ivion,
Henderson, M guum, Fretou, and U h:U— B.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
Tuesday, Fell. Iti, t> i\ M.
The maiket continues very much depressed, ud
the uncertainty us to the fate ot Uu F.iiladelulua i-aiiKH
is the same, i’nc citation ol Andie \ M*he;
the L.B. Bank, lor non piymenl ot Us hills, iias been
dissolved, by pay 11,cut ot tin; i.umand. New proceed
ing# have been commenced for The payment
by the bank is a vutuui ol ns iiubh
ity under the law, — A. Y. tit raid.
Georg'a Hail Road bank. —VVe under’stand that
the uijUlt Lank at Athens, ha-> stopped paying spe
cie; we copy tiie following from tac lii.t Augusta
Colon ( In :
Georgia R. Ro .and notes continue lobe receive.l by all
0! our banks (except, ihe M; chanics’) I.r d* counted
paper. The suspeubion of too Mother Bank has not
caused t'Ur Bunko geuetaliy to change their policy in
regard to the notes. ‘Thu Branch ot tho Gcoigia R.
Road at tins place continues specie payment, and we
are informed on good authority, will not stop. TLa
public may rest aosu.cd lliaL none ul our City Bunks
will suspend.
Dklawaiie.—Mr. Cooper, t!:e new whig Governor
ol Delaware, has beau inducted into office. His inau*
guiul addres.-> discloses the singular facts, that the Slate
ofDeiuwuie has never been ui d.bt; t..at u Blute t.x
docs not exist, und luvcr was even laid but on one
occasion ; and that the Treasury lusasurpius ol ha.l
a million.
The su ccsoful compentor for tin* pren iums offered
by the Agricultural S. ciely, oi Kenr.tbcc (m., Me., w*s
Mrs. Content IV. iiaints, oi VVmth.op. lier wueal
crop was 29 bu.dicis to tLe acre oi whe t. lier cum
crop consisted of 132 bushels to the lcic !
BANK OF MILL EDGE VILLE.
We learn that during the session ol Lihb Euperii'i
Court, which cloned die week before lasi, sivtial ta>e*
of the liank oj MMtdgeville , against sundry tltleuu
aiits. were tiitd, to ah oi which pleas oi njisuemcr iiad
been iiied.
‘i'hese pleas, wc arc informed, were similar to thaso
sustained during tho last year in Baldwin Mupciior
Cou it by Judge Bill. It sec.us that King took
a veiy different view oi toe exemplified copy ul the
charter oi ttie Bank, certiiied to under th# seuloltln?
: Secretary of Slate, ifum ti'at ot Judge Hill. Judge
Hill held it to lie no ev dence, al ml, in the ca c dt*cl*
de i by him ; hut that the pri ti'd statute book was tr*a
1 highest evidence oi ttie numt? oi the Bank. Judge
king ..eld ttmt lue exemplified cop; was the lugneit
. evidence, and tiiat he would look into it, ioi th^
! rcctiou of t m statute bock when wrong.
‘i’i.e Counsel lor the Bank was i'ei*on I*. llarrin,
Esq.; lor the Defendants Absabiu H. Clia/ pe.f and
\\ illiain JB, Koekwr il, Esqrs,
We beg our In. nds; we beg the | ;t ‘T !W lo F ,UEC
land Consider the siate ol presented by the un
certainty of the law asevinecii •> die oniridtciory ue
’ deca.ion just stand Vt ill the people of Georgia a.-
wav. suoll.lt to such aiandest mj is.iec, a, must havt
been commuted by memo*decision or the ul .er Wby
’ not orgauizj a cv'UM—t4 ~#u r><Uil ‘- . flicn i.t, arm
I economical yUu-iot the tuuectmu ul Enois ?
hco gia Journal.
[n a ease tiit’J oil VV . din xday io the Novv-\ otx
t u.l 111 Goiuoioo i’loo-., 11l *llllll a Ituoliauil vv an nuovl
( or u,liclo. luflitkliotl l:; wile alu-i alio liJ quitlud
ihiU bed an.: fioucu.’’ Jui:. In,, i oiu.*<;U lio juty
: tal j[ ... ,i; 10,,* i.ji liualtaiivt ol lior own lit* *-*i‘.
In- 1. hot li,. ... vv .1 sot r uov:vs.-.oio- Buv .1 1.0
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1 l( ji trio wo. id, atui : tic b:i. :a 111... l o an i.er iiv’ l i.hu.)
cunt.act. btio make...
[ ’J’hc Jji v roil Jo.ui a vcrjicl fit ‘.tic vlcfi’Fitianl litc
! husUafnl.
j Gol. Benton says tlial lie gun “ for Mr. Vuu Ba
'n n uKiti6l ?> world.” 1I h ui*ay B'otc so. hit
Van Bu rn ogninit !hi e.untry.—Prtuiict.