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Who could teH what addition* would bo made,
whon other hand* pot into power. Under «tie cir
cumstances of the case, he should vote to refuse the
application.
Mr. HOLMES said, that this was simply an np-
plication to introduce a bill, tho object ot which the
Senator from Kentucky had explained, llo had
been in Congress for twenty-five years, and this
was the first time, with one exeplion that lie had
ever known leave refused to bring in a bill, lie
confessed he did not entirely comprehend the prin
ciples ot the bill, and it was for this reason that he
wished to have it on the table, in order that he
might have an opportunity of examining into its
details. As to tho punishment threatened by the
Senator from Georgia, to the friends of the manu
facturers, we will inform that gentleman, that we
will submit to none. Wo have committed no
crime, and do not deserve punishment. No, Sir,
thecottou of the United Stales has grown up un
der a protection of three cent* per pound, which
had heoti continued ever since. Who committed I
that crime ? .Now that the cotton-growers had re
ceived the benefit of the system, they were willing |
to see it abandoned. With respect to the question
now before the Senate, lie conteaacd llint it was a
little extraordinary, whon a Senator rose in his
place, and proposed a measure of conciliation, to
settle the discontents that Imd so long distracted
the country, Hint one of those who Imd hern the
loudest iu his complaints, should object to tiie
measure, and a«k for the yeas and nays, lie con
fessed it was strange, in times of excitement, to
refuso to listen to a proposition for conciliation.—
ilc wished, for his part, lie had complied with the
request of his constituents, and resigned Ins seat
in the Senate, before lie heard it. He did not stato,
at the time the request was made to him to rciign,
his reasons for not complying with it: they wore,
his time had not come; and would not until the
third oT March next, when ho would certainly re
sign. As the application was merely for leave
to bring in a bill, nnd committed the Senate to no
action on it— compromising no constitutional quos-
lion—he could see no reason for refusing the leave
asked.
Mr. FORSYTH said, if the liororable Senator j
from Kentucky had explained his bill to contain
that cliuise, which, in his opinion, violates the Con-!
dilution ot the United States, ho would not have
opposed the introduction of the bill. If the Sena-
tor from Kentucky, would consent to strike nut [
that clause, lie would nut opposu the introduction
of tho bill.
Mr. POINDEXTER said, that wo Imd arrived!
at a singular state of tilings, in the singular divis
ion of parties in this country. Wo see a Senator j
rising in Ilia place, and denouncing the Tariff os i
unju it, oppressive,and detestable ; and then voting '
for fleets and armies to enforce the execution of
this Tajiff! Wo seo an liororalilo Senator, iinimn-'
tod by the purest patriotism, nnd in the spirit ofj
conciliation, propose a measure calculated to hen) j
the dissections which have distracted and divided]
the country, and restore peace and harmony in llm
place of discord and dissection : ami wo sue Hint
mensnro opposed at tho outset, before it is proper
ly before the .Senate! Sir, wo have been from
tho commencement of the session, consuming tiino
in itllo and unprofitable debate, on metaphysical
distinctions and fine spun theories, on tho relative
powers of tho State and Federal Government ; &.
when thu Senator from Kentucky for llm first lime
offers the otivo branch, it is refused, because it
contains something that requires amendment—
Gentlemen who had been voting to clothe the Ex
ecutive with arbitrary power to enforce a law he
believed lobe unconstitutional, objected constitu
tional difficulties against a measure which might
bo easily divested of them. Mr. I’, said, ho did not
know but there wore many provisions in the trill
that he should object to ; but Hie bill could be
amended, and that course was open to oilier gen
tlemen as well ns to himself. If tho application lor
leave to introduce tho hill be refused, because one
of its clauses conflicts with tho Constitution, what
would gentlemen say to the bill before the Sen
ate ? We have u bill said lie, now under dis
cussion, which might to havo been kicked out ot
the Senate the first moment it was introduced.—
He confessed that lie,for one, was cxcnedingly
thankful to llm Senator from Kentucky, for tho con
ciliatory mensnro lie had introduced to heal the
wounds of ournffiicted country : and ho hoped it
would receive as much countenance ns the panacea
of the Judiciary Commiltoe, compounded of bullets
arid bayonets, cannon and muskets ! If the bill did
not contain all that he wanted for the State lie rep
resented, lie would vote tor it, notwithstanding it
did not promise as much as the inturosts of Ins con
stituents required.
Mr. SPRAGUE said he was astonished that a
simple request fur leave to introduce a bill should
bo resisted«it the outset. What was tho proposi
tion?—ft was u proposition for pence ami harmo
ny, nml have we not, ami! lie, heard from oil sides—
out of the walls of the House ns well ns in, that
peace urn] tranquility was what we, ns the agents
of the people, were expected to give to tlio coun
try. Hus not tho gentleman from Georgia (Mr.
Forsyth) himself said this much ? And yet, how
has ho met the proposition of tho Sonator from
Kentucky ? JSy biting scarensm. Uy telling the
gentleman from Kentucky that it was to him more
tiiantonny other that Hie country was indebted fur
the discord nml diasention that had distracted and
divided it. What, then, was Hie way that peace
nnd harmony was to be given to tho country, if
that was the wav that a proposition of a concilia
tory nature was to be met by gentlemen coming
from that quarter of the Union said to be oppress
ed by the operations of the tariff 1 . Sir. this is rath
er a peculiar method of producing peace and har
mony. What mure ? Why, Sir, the trumpet of vic
tory is sounded ; tho friends of tho manufacturers
have boon told you are vanquished, prostrate, und
under our feet, and wo will not hour the terms of
your compromise. That is the way of producing
peace und harnmny shown by those by whom the
trumpet of victory is sounded.
Sir, it this is their inode, the gentleman niny
find that the victory is not yet quite so certain :
that the buttle is no yet over. The nrmor is still
oil. It is not lie that puttctli on, but lie that piittotli
off, tlio armor that bus gained tho victory. What
is our present condition ? From tho whole ol that
section of country where the tariff is opposed, eve
ry southern breeze brings us tlio noise of warlike
preparation. Ami yet this proposition of the Sen
ator from Kentucky lias been looked upon as an
evidence of the weakness of the friends' of manu
factures. Sir, the offer of conciliation is Hint of
strength, conceding to weakness, yielding in a spir
it of magnanimity what the weak could not extort.
It is with reluctance, Sir, that 1 use such language
but I confess I could not sit silent in my seat, and
hear such lanau lge without rising to protcat again-t
it. Sir, if such is tlio return to n conciliatory pro
position, tlio task of tranqoilizing the country will
be a hopeless one. The simple question before
the Senate was,shall loavo lie granted to introduce
the bill, and this Ind been answered by the assump
tion that if it met with unnkrersal approbation it
must arrest the grogresa of proceedings elsewhere.
Mr. FORSYTH said ho found himself placed in
an awkward predicament; he had drawn upon him
self i fire from both sides of the House. Gentle
men who had hitherto been making war on each
other, now joined in making war upon him. lie
had been accussed of indulging in personal scar-
casm. How, Sir. By referring to wliut had been
the pride and boast of tiie .Senator from Kentucky.
Ho spoke not in tho language of scarcasm, but in
terms of accommodation. Tho Senator hail been
considered the father of the American system,
which he and his friends had always contended
would produce the greatest benefits, but which the
people ot tho South looked upon us the greatest of
evils.
The language lie (Mr. F.) used, was that of res
pect for the gentleman who stood at the head ot
the party. And was he (Mr. F.) to bo taunted
with indulging in scarcasm, amt of using an un
worthy tone, when a proposition of peace and har
mony had been made. The gentleman of Maine
had gone farther. He had said that this bill was a
magnanimous concession of the strong to the
weak. Sir,this may be so now, out will it been on
the 3d of March next? There will then be a major
ity opposed to the tariff system who will notask for
concession. Sir, do we uae threat* or menaces ?
No. W* rely on the change ut pablic sentiment.
We are satisfied that Hie tnriff cannot continue.—
floes any body within the sound of my voice be
lieve that it can ? He thought not He was con
vinced that a reaction had taken place in pub
lic opinion, sufficiently poworfulito settle this vexed
question at the next session of Congress.
Mr. CLAY, nfl nr a fow remarks, said he would
undeceive the irenlirnian from Georgia, w ho had
imagined that thcbill he had asked leave to introduce
was a proposition of tho manufacturers. It was
not. It whh a proposition entirely hi* own. Some
of the manufacturers were opposed to it, nnd if lie
had listened to their advice, he should n»»t hove in
troduced it. On the constitutional question raised
by the gentleman from Georgia, lie had one or two
words to say. This bill was notone to raise reve
nue, but to reduce it. Tho power of receiving
§ ich never had been questioned iu tlio Senate.—
At tho last session , a .S'cnator from Virginia [Mr.
Tazewell] has introduced, on leave, a bill similar
in its nature, and no objections had been made to
the constitutionality of tho measure. The Consti
tution said that all bills to raise revenue shall
in the House of Representatives. Now, i
Senate, though tie at the tame time agreed with tiie
Hennlor from Kentucky in hie technical definition
of the t**rm revenue lull. The words, mien reven
ue, applied to tiie arrangement, adjustment, levy,
and every other matl<4 relating to the collection
revenue. Why was ibis provision in the Constitu
tion ? It was because, pursuing the constitution of
tlio British House of Commons, our House of Itep-
ri-senlalivAM, coming from the people more imme
diately connected with them, and Appointed for short
er terms, is the fittest trustee ot the purse striiiga ol
the nation.
The case now before the Senate was. however,
entirely different from that contemplated in
constitution. The lull was one to reduce ret
ne, not to raise it, nnd he should therefore vote
for granting leave. lie was not prepared to say
llint he was willing to go the length of the bill.—
He was iu favor of the principle of protection t
our domestic industry, though he would conned
much for the sake of conciliation. Ho would not,
however, sanction any course that would have Hi.
tendency to shut nut all hope of settling the tlissen
lions that agitated nnd distracted tins country. Hi
would therefore vote for granting lenve to introduce
innate- III uiu iiuiibv til **»#«*, i ,, . •»., ■ P r . • _ ,
Huh bill was to reduce revenue, not to raise it, with ! ob ^ rveill ^t "."'ll could'"L® nrigi.rali'd the
tlio exception of a single c nine. 1 lint clause It lie 9eIlnll) f „ r Bny „„ w „| ljen , „ f |, ut tlioucht
nnu objected to by tlio gentleman Iron Georgia] re- u 1P ,Senate miglitc.riginule a lull, reducing some de
fers to tlio tariff loll passed at tlio last session ol t,.. and increasing others, if on tlio whole, there
uis no increase of the burdens of the people.
.Mr. 1IOI.MRS wished to say one word. Undid
ot understand all the distinctions that b ad been
unde ; hut if the Senator had ottered a bill which h
Congress, nnd n«>t yet, gone into operation, nnd it
waa to raise woollens from five to fifty per cent. &
then to make tho reduction on that article gradual,
os i9 provided for the other articles of importati
lie was entirely of opinion that the Senate had n believed constitutional, while all the rest considered
riirht to originate such a bill ax the one presented ; ' •
right to originate
nnd Hint tho clause objected to, did not, lor the rea
son ho had named, contain any thing repugnant to
the Constitution. If, however, this clause, or any
other, did not meet with tho approbation of the Sen
ate, tlio bill could be amended.
Mr. CAIjIIOUN arose nt tho same time with
Mr. DICKERSON. Mr. 0. proposed to give ploco
to Mr. Mr. I). which being declined. Mr. (\ then
said, that lie arose lor the purpose of making but few
remarks. He said he heartily agreed in the object
which tho Senator from Kentucky had in view, tho
adjustment of the tarilf. There was no man that
loved his country, who loved its peace and harmo
ny, but must desiro to see the controversy terminat
ed. Until its satisfactory adjustment, it was im
possible to restore quiet to the country, or to place
it in n sound politicinl condition. Ho felt a deep
conviction that tho present degraded political con
dition of tho country, as ho was compelled to call
it, had grown out of tho conflict which had, for
some years, been carried on between tho northern
nnd southern sections of the Union, nml which
could only bo terminated by the adjustment of tho
lari IT.
Having made those remarks, ho proceeded to
observe that lie entirely concurred in tho two great
principles on which the Senator from Kentucky
proposed to make the adjustment. Ho had long
been of opinion that no adjustment could be made
that would ho satisfactory, which was not based on
time on the one side, and tho establishment of a
uniform ad valorem principle on the other. It. was
obvious that any sudden withdrawal of protection
would be ruinous to the manufacturers ; and he,
for one, would say that, though his position had
placed him as much in conflict with t[ie principle
of protectum as any public man hi the country, lie
wps far from desiring such n result. NVero it in
Ins power to withdraw all protection to-morrow, lie
would be far from ad opting n measure which would j thy dec
bo followed by such disastrous result*. He
would regard as a public calamity, any measure
which would destroy tho great amount of capital
vested in manufacturing establishments, or tlio skill
nnd industry which had been reared up under the
protection which had been afforded them, but, u(
the sumo time, while ho considered time as impor
tant to tho manufacturing interest, he considered
it no less important that the principle, which it con
tained in tho hill, of an average ad valorem duty,
should be adopted, to give security and satisfaction
to tho smith.
r.nlerlaitiing these views, he could not but ap
prove of the principle on which the Senator had
baaed the propositions for an adjustment, but he was
not prepared to say that the details would be equally
satisfactory. Tlio hasty impression which tho read
ing ol the bill bad made on bis mind was, that though
moat of tho details were satisfactory, there were
others that would require some modification. lie
hoped however, that the principle being once agreed
upon, there would be no-difllculty in lire untie/ncto
ry adjustment of the details, nml he trusted that,
with liberal nnd patriotic feeling on all sides, this
vexed question, wldcli had inenuced the country
with such imiuont danger, might yet bo det rmiti
ed by something like an unanimous vote of the Hon-
ate.
[On tho termination of Mr. Calhoun's remarks,
there was a general burst of applause on the part ot
the spectators iu the Uallery and in the lobby, which
the President pro. tom. checked by ordering the gal
leries to be cleared : but which order was counter
manded, on the expression of a desire of some of the
Senators, that,owing to the peculiarity of the occa
sion, that it might he overlooked ]
Mr. WEBSTER said he would make hut n few
remarks on this very important subject, and first
he would ask of the Secretary to read the title ol
the bill.
The Secretary then read the title of tho bill, ns fol
lows :
“ A bill to modify the act of tho 14th July, 18112,
nnd nil other nets imposing duties oil imports.’*
Upon the immediate question before llie Senate,
snid Mr. Webster we cannot look further according
to strict parliamentary rule, than the title of the
bill. Wo cannot read the bill until it is introduced,
nnd we must therefore only know it by its title. Iu
point of term, then, the introduction ol' the bill was
proper, and he should vote for it. Without doubt
there were mnny modifications which might be made
to the bill, but these could only be proposed niter
the bill had undergone a second rending Having
said this much, he could not forbear going a little
farther considering the importance on the subject
involved and the relation that lie bore ns u member
of that body. That there might be no misapprehen
sion, lie would say that many objections were pre
sented, both to the principled and del-til* of the bill
It propojeJ, and nt the end of each process, that
there shall be one uniform rate of »d valorem du
ties, and although the bill did not amount to a guar
antee, the Senator from Kentucky calls it a treaty
of peace, amity and conciliation, nnd ns such t
American statesman would hereafter rise iu h
place, und attempt to destroy it. Whatever opii
ions the present generation might have on the sub
ject, Mr. W. said he was disposed to leave the
generation untrammelled. Farther, the Senator
from Kentucky said that the protective system was
in danger, ami could not stand ill in its present shape
beyond the next session of Congress. For one lie
did not see the danger, lie bad seen no sucli chan
ges for the last six months. There was one tlmi;
certain, the system could not gland unless sustained
by public opinion, lie believed that the system, t
u moderate extent, nt least, must lie kept up, but h
was disposed to leave this matter to the good sens
of the public. lie would to-morrow, ns the most
economical disposition of time, lay resolutions on
the table expressive of bis Hentiments on the subject.
Mr. FORSYTH said, that os the Senator lro.it
Kentucky was unwilling to strike out this objection
able clause from the bill, vV. ns be did not expect many
votes to support him iu lus opposition to its intro
duction. he would read from the Journal of the Sen
ate a case in which leave had been refused u oenatur
from Missouri, to introduce a bill similar in its na
ture. Mr. Forsyth then read from the Journals of
8th February, lo'll, the case of the application of
Mr. Benton, of Missouri, to introduce a bill to re
duce the duties on imported salt.
Mr. BUCKNER said, that as the question was an
important one, und placed him, as a Senator from
Missouri, in a novel situation, he must be permitted
to make one or two remarks on the subject. He en
tirely concurred with the gentleman from Massa
chusetts, that in accordance with strict parliamenta
ry rule, an application to introduce a bill ought not
to be refused because of any of its provisions ; be
cause they could m.t be known until read, nnd could
not properly be read until the lull was introduced.
In the course of his parliamentary rxpcrince be bad
seen nothing to conflict with tiie views taken by the
Senator from Massachusetts. It was true the Sena
tor from Georgia had adduced a case in which Ins
colleage had been rather severely dealt with m re
fusing him leave to introduce a bill , but be Mr. Ji.,
thought that this was not a good example to be fol
lowed. He thought that the Henate was wrong
then, und they would be wrong now to do the same
thing because they have done it once before. Any
constitutional objections to the provisions of the
bill could easily, Mr B. said, bo removed by amend
ments after it was fairly before the Henate. He
agreed with the Senator from New Jerssy, lh*l it
was not proper la originals any revenue bill i« the
for one, would permit him to
ntroduce it. I low in it possible to reluse such cour
tesy to a member, because we believe his proposi
tion is iiuconstilutionul ? Is this the time to inquire
into its constitutionality ? No, Sir, it ought to bo
heard, nnd printed, and examined, and then let us
deotdt.
Sir, I do not understand how a transfer of punish
ment can be made from the manufacturers t«» their
representatives. On tne fourth of March, I shall
be politically dead ; besides 1 am not the original
pepetrator of the crime of protection, but can say
that the serpent beguiled me. Htill I don’t like it
that the members should bo punished for the meas
ure, nod if after the fourth of March, any attempt
should be made to punish me, 1 shall settle down on
my reserved rightn,nnd resist it. I*erliap9 the Sena
tor, as he is from Georgia, may he exempt from such
implications; for in nullification, South Carolina
beat the hush, blit Georgia got tin* bird. 1 usk
him to suspend his punishment till the fourth »f
March, and then I shall be secure on my reserved
rights.
Air. CHAMBERS, after a few remarks which
were not beard, said lie rose chiefly to make an
appeal to the Senator from Georgia, whether it was
n»t best to withdraw tho demand for tlio yeas and
Sftrlourniil*
Wtiai l« ilbutN nmp of Puny liter Cowper.
•lllllcdgcvillc, JfMnreh 7, 1 8351.
Col. Samuel Rockwell was, on tiie 22d tilt, re
elected President of tlio Darien Branch Bank ut
tins place.
TV Death of Doctor Harlow, whoso obituary wo
copy from the Augusta Chronicle, is a public ca
lamity. His family, his numerous friends, the
Church, and the Medical profession, of which lie
was a member, and tlio Slate's councils ail are Hitf-
ferers. His amiable temper, and modest deport
ment, conciliated an esteem on u first acquaint
ance, which grew into confidence and respect as
his higher qualities gradually displayed themselves.
His principles and his talents, Ins various and ex
tensive acquirements, his manners and temper,
made up that happily compounded, well adjusted
whole, that fitted him equally fiir the amiable do
mestic relations, the agreeable intercourse of so
cial life, or the severer, sterner duties of the pub
lic service. There was a ‘ daily beauty in his life’
that was edifying while it was pleasant to contem
plate ; and tho moro pleasant ns the whole waa
based on principles that might always he relied on.
Tlio severity of this infliction may bo a little soft-
'enpd to his immediate relations, in knowing that a
whole community sympathise in their loss.
\V e learn that Doctor W, B. Rodgers, of Ma
con, died on tho 24th lilt, in one of the lower
counties. Being on on excursion which lie had
taken for the benefit of his long declining health.
Stage Accident and Itoss of Life.—Tho Muil
Stage in fording Walnut Greek, last Friday night,
2 or 3 miles from Macon, on tho road from Clinton,
was swept by the current from the rockey ford into
deep water, where it capsised, and wo lament to
any. Mr. Charles W. Washington, of Macon, one
of the passengers, being nimble to swim, was
drowned. Two other passengers, a white and a
black man, escaped by swimming. The driver
swam out ort one of the horses, but tho other three
could not be extricated from the harness, and per
ished.
M r. fOt IT made some remarks on I ho question of
order, and read extracts from the Journal of the
Senate, to show that tlio ease cited by Mr. Forsyth
did not apply, and argued that it was clearly with
in the constitutional power of the Seriate receive the
loll.
Mr. KING spoke on the same aide, nnd express
ed I lie pleasure with which he had listened to Ilia
conciliatory proposition of the Senator from Ken
tucky
Sir. FORSYTH said, ho should not oppose bill;
lie should not object to the project ; but lie wished
tiie public tu understand on what principle be anted
as it would be before them to-morrow. He had no
objection to laying the bill on the table, if lie was
in,I asked In violate the Constitution- lie referred
»f Mr. Callimin, when in the Clmir,
in which, ns he staled, .Mr. refused the introduc
tion of a bill, on a point of order, beenuse he deem
ed it nnconstilutioii.il. llo (Mr. F ) said, ho thought
then the decision was incorrect. Now, the ques
tion woe not of order, but of power ; then tlio Chair
decided, now it is tor the Senate to decide, and on n
subject on which, above all others, this body ought
to deliberate. On one construction nf tlio power to
raise revenue, this bill would not be received ut all;
and on the oilier,tile nbjeotion was uulirely conclu
sive; there waa no resisting it. I refuse, because it
is unconstitutional Lu do otherwise, I move an amend
ment, that leave be granted to introduce tlio lull,
with the exclusion of those pnrts of it which propose
to raise tile duties.
Thu CHAIRMAN said the motion was not ill or
der.
Mr. FORSYTH, by requent, withdrew liis call for
the yens ami nays, and tiie Senate, by unuiiimcus
consent, permitted the withdrawal.
The question was then taken, nnd leave wns grant
ed without adiviaion, nnd tlio bill was read and or
dered to a second readings.
Mr. FOltSYTII moved to read tiie bill a second
ne by its title, llis motion was objected to by Mr.
Dickerson, ami the question could not therefore be
put.
Frbrunrl 13.
Mr. DICKERSON moved to refer it to the Com-
niitlee on Mtinufaclnrea.
Mr. GRUNDY proposed In refer it to a Select
nominee, which would give it n fairer chance.
Mr. CI.AY approved of Mr. Grundy's proposal
Mr. CALHOUN said, ho was much pleased that
the motion I'm a select committee had been fnnde by
the Senator from Tennessee ; and equally pleased
that the Senator from Kentucky bod acquiesced
l. The question before the Senate properly belong-
din no standing committee ol that body. Il ins
ol a manufacturing question; it was not an ngrioal-
nral, nor yet a commercial question. It was in fast,
n effort to restore pence ana harmony to llm no
try, and should therefore bo confided to n cuumnuce
ist likely to produce tbnt desirable end.
Mr. BUCKNER was for referring it to III* C»m-
Uee on Manufactures, nnd concluded by Busang
that though willing to concede mueli, lie was alto
gether opposed to abandoning the protective syetsut.
■Mr. HELL was in favor of a select committed.
So also were Mr. KINGaml Mr. HOLMES.
Mr. IIENTON thought il quite useles to send tire
bill tu a cnmillee, lie bad objections which lie would
stale. The bill was made on tiie foundation of the
public lands to be distributed among the States, and
lie should object to any eucli foundation. There
w as another objection ; the bill was a pledge for the
abolition of discriminating duties, nnd to such a
pledge lie was altogether opposed. if the duties
should be brought down lo 2ll per cent, ns proposed
iu the bill, Missouri, would no longer have any inter
est iu the Tariff. Further: without the information
necessary t» be obtained from the Secretary of the
Treasury, relating to Ilia TarilT. lie could not vole
oil ibis bill with any adequate knowledge nt the
consideration implicated, lie objected lo the bill,
also, because it was a violation both ot tha constitu
tion and the principles of representative govern
ment. So far as this great subject was i-unearned,
the newly appraised portion ot the people^ on the
subject of representation in Congress were wholly
out of the question.—Memorials had been presented
from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, \ erin out, and
other States, strongly declaring in favor of i he Tariff’
pollicy. Ill tile next Congress there would he a ma
jority opposed to the high Tariff policy, but not to
the system of protection; that hail alwayie
allowed; discrimination of duties bad always
practised, llo was allogetlier in favnr of incidentu!
protection. Mr. 11 alluded to the votes on the land
bill, ,Y the course nftbelmajorily on thatqueMtii li. lie
said lie bad no jiubhc ur private reselllmft nIs. lie
thought lie knew where lay the strength ofttie Yaritl
system, & tho key to ila continued prevalence ; it
rested on tiie woollen interest. If that interest ould
be quieted, it would quiet the agitation of tin- ques
tion; 11 it could not, the agitation would still be kept ij>.
He was fur quieting those concerned iu ilitt interes-t,
by I nr],V liberal provisions. He thought thirty per
cent, a fair and libeial provision for that great inter
est with the exception of two or three items. If this
liberal provision should bn marie, iu ins opinion it
wrmbl produce quiet.
With respect to the bill he asked how it could
pass ? It was assuming as correct the act of 1S3Y.
against which sixteen Senators voted, as unconstitu
tional. It would be all lost lime to consider the bill.
Mr. POINDEXTER called for the r/eris and nays.
Mr. MOORE said he should vole lor Mr. Cloy s
proposition. It was only tile measure calculated Lo
give satisfaction and restore harmony.
Mr. DALI.AS moved lo lay the bill on the table.
Mr. I’f)] NDEXTER demanded llm yer.s nnd nays
on Mr. Dallas's motion, which being ordered, the
motion was lost. Yeas 13, nays 2(h
The question was then taken on Mr. Dickerson's
motion In refer it lo tiie Committee on Manufactures,
which was lost. Yeas 11, nays 20.
Mr. GRUNDY'S motion to refer it to a select
committee was then carried without a division.
Tiie following gentlemen esmpose linj select com
mittee :
Messrs. Clay, Clayton, Calhoun, Grundy, Ifehs-tcr,
Rices and IXUtus.
A Hurricane passed through several of tho ad
jacent counties last Friday. The only towns we
have hoard Irom are Macon and Monticollo, where
it unroofed houses, blew down chinmios, nnd killed,
ns we learn several people. Tlio plantations in
Houston, Bibb, Monroe, and other counties are
many of them entirely laid waste. We had nt
this place a severe gust, hut there was not much
injury done.
Tobius Watkins has been finally brought up by
Habeas corpus, and discharged by the Supreme
Court dissent. Johnson J. and immediately thereaf
ter arrested on n cn. sa.
Tho loss in the destruction by firo of tho Onlle-
go Mills, near Richmond, is estimated nt nrnrly
9100,000. More than 200,000 bushels of Wheat
was consumed.
There has been another destructive lire ir. Buf
falo.
Tlio Legislature of Pennsylvania have again
failed, after live more bnllotings (29 wc think in all)
to elect a (Senator. The balloting is postponed
till llio 12th of March, and il is thought them will
nut even then, be a choice made.
The Legislature of Virginia havo passed an act
ordering a subscription for 9,500 shares of the
Stock of thoChesnpenk nnd Ohio Canal Cuuipany.
We have heard a regret more than once ex
pressed that tho stirring scones in the course of
the session of Congress, now closed, has never
brought Governor Troup upon his feet. We can
not ourselves join in that regret; for although we
should havo felt a livelier interest in a speech from
him than from perhaps uny other member of the
Senate, it would liuvu been ucvuiiipniilctl by n p car
that it wns his Inst effort. Nothing but a liigb sense
ot duty, we presume, could have induced him to
spend Ins winters in that climate, with an ailment
in the breast that must hazzard his life; and has in
fact, as we see in the pnpers, confined him to his
room during a considerable part of the session.—
He is public property, it is true, and will probably
be used as such us long as lie lives, but is it as
wise, or just or generous to “ use him up” in his
present service which he can perform but at inter
vals, as lo place him where we most need him, nnd
whore lie can serve us longer and better? The
great question of tho rights of tho States is now
to bo settled, and wo hope, finally. The tiino is
fast approaching whon that cause must be sustain
ed by all tlio moral force wo can put forth in its
support in a final effort. Who ought wo, who
shall wc have “ to the fore,” ns tho Highlanders
say, on this occasion ? Wc verily bolievc if the
question was put to the whole people of Georgia,
m one great assembly, nearly every eye, most of
them gladly, and the rest involuntarily, would be
tinned on George M. Troup. The people placed
him iu Congress for good reasons; ho was cer
tainly wanted there. But tho extraordinary events
of the time now require him here. Should ho not
he brought homo und replaced in tho Executive
Chair?
Tile ladies of Rotterdam have, it is said, in the
absence of the gentlemen on actual service, offered
lo perform the military duty of tiie town. Thin is
something m the spirit of the ladies of Poland, iu
the late struggle, ami of those of Locedemou in an-
eient 4*yt.—Ch. £. Port.
Our renders will see that tho enforcement bill
has passed the Benato by a vote wanting ono only
of ununitnity. Mr. Tyler alone of tlio whole 33 that
were present, voting against it. It will be seen
that of all the Southern Atlantic Senators, Messrs.
Forsyth and Rives alone voted for it. Messrs.
Calhoun, Miller, Troup, Manguni and Brown wero
absent, as wero Messrs. Clay, Bibb, Smith, Moore,
King, Poindexter, Black, Benton and Buckner.—
Troup we know was sick in his room. The rest,
except Tyler, may have preferred to leave the
chamber a solitude when such a bill passed through
it. It will meet its quietus, we trust, in the House.
They may perhaps go off and leave it sleeping
on the table, and if so, Heaven grant it may sleep
there till tho last trump is sounded.
It would puzzle Dr. Faustus himself, with all the
help over promised him, ns the price of his soul,
to givu any thing like an intelligible account of
tho state of parties in Washington at the close of
the session. If wc look to measures, we see this
enforcement bill, confessedly an administration
measure, nnd made up of Hamiltonian federalism,
grafted on tlio proclamation, going through the
Sennte all standing. Another administration
measure, the tariff modification hill, reportod by
the Committee of Ways nnd Means, ultcr be
ing so lopped and cut tip and crippled and maimed
that even its parents would nut know it, will be
left to perish. Turning to the votes, wo find con
fusion worse confounded. Like the ever changing
figures in a phantasmagoria, tho groups change too
quick to be counted—hands all round—right and
left at tho corners—back to back—Allemande
turn your partner—castoff—down out side, and up
in the middle. As a mere spectacle it is beauti
ful, but the figures being new lo us, we can have
no knowledge how all will stand when the danco
is over.
In tho Elections, tho signs are plainer; Galea
& Seaton, Tariff—printers to the House; nnd
Duff Green, Nullifying—printer of the Senate,
are clearly the progeny of Clay nnd Calhoun’s
late happy union.
Thus tar the administration has tlio two worst
in three. Then as to tho future. If wc might
hazzard n conjecture it would be that although
things will not, and indeed cannot come round to
their old position, there will bo less disturbance of
the Stains quo r.nJc helium than many seem to sup
pose. Wilkins’ farce bill, which lias just passed
the Senate, may fail in the House; it for want of
time it will bo well; and probably that will be the
only mode of compromise its friends nnd enemies
can hit upon; but it it could be voted down it
would be still better; as showing forth more man
ifestly what the fact really is, that force is not Jan
element of the American Union.
S Carolina, whose Convention meets next mon-1
day will susprnd her Ordinance till the close of |
the icxt session ; for she will not be so insane ns
to I flic all her professions heretofore constantly
ma o; and convict herself before tlio world of n
pro etormined hostility to the Union. It our
hop :s should be verified in cither particular; if
the House of Representatives has not passed the
Soi ite’s wretched bill, or South Carolina suspends
her Ordinance, the public pence is sufe. But if
hot parties are so tnnd and blind nnd reckless ns
to take a point of honor of marching op to the
Stic flog point, thoy will concur to place us in that
plenant situation where the pence of the country,
per nps the stability of our institutions and the
crei it of free government itself, here nnd else-
wlitre, now ami hereafter, are made to depend on
the coolness nnd foibearance of a heated City pop
ulation on the one hand, and the discretion and
moiiration of an armed soldiery on the other.—
Ratter a slender thread on which to hang the des
tinies of this nation. But we hope better things.
Can the Tariff men resort to force when they see
thatbublic opinion is taking away the bone of con-
tontiin ? And will anti-tariff mon fly to the same
extremity nt the very moment the government is
coming round, & lest it should come round without
it? I’ublic opinion is not only settling the mutter
of Controversy, Imt wo devoutly hope will cool and
control the belligerents themselves, and keep all
quiet till it can act. And how will it act ? It has
already laid Nullification out of the case on the
one hand, and direct protection on the other. Tho
ground of dispute is narrowed to protection or not,
within the revenue. But to dispose of this ques
tion, and of the measures that will influence or
effect it, such ns the public lands, the pensions, the
new projects of expenditure hereafter to be got up,
and tho Bank, uml keep all true and steady after
wards, will require that every free trade and State
rights man should be at his post.
POSTSCRIPT.
Good news !— Great news!—Peace lo the country!
und Oeath to Protection !
Wo have just tiino after the arrival of tho North
ern Mail, to say that Clay’s bill from the Senate,
passeil the House of Representatives on tho 2tith
ult. being substituted for that reported by the Com
mittee of Ways and Means. Yeas 119, Nays 85,
names below.
By this bill it will lie recollected all duties over
20 per cent, are reduced 10 per cent, annually till
they como down to 20 per cent! nnd then, all du
ties are to be paid in cash. In the .‘Id Section it is
distinctly stated thut the duties to be levied, shall
be “ laid for the purpose of raising such revenue
ns niny be necessary lo uu economical administra
tion of the Government.”
We hail this olive branch without enquiring
whence or how it comes ; whether from the high
regiors of a pure patriotism, or from the mire of
intrigue. Whether it is a holy offering on the ni
ter of Union, or merely a trump turned critically
no matter; it is uu event that brings pcucc ; we
welcome it ns such with all our hearts.
YEAS—Adair, Alexander, C. Allen, K. Allen,
Anderson, Angel, Archer, Armstrong, J. S. Bar
bour, Barnwell, Barringer, J. Bates, Bell, Bergen,
llelliune, James Blair, John Blair, Bonn, Bouck,
Bouldin, Rranuli, John Brndhead, Cnmbreleng, Carr,
Carson, Cliinn, Claiborne. Clay, Clayton, Coke, Con
nor, Corwin, Coulter, Craig, Creighton, Daniel, Da
venport, \V. R. Davis, Doubleday, Drayton, Draper,
Duncan, Felder, Findlay, Fitzgerald, Foster, Gai
ther, Gilmore, Gordon, Griffin,T. 11. Hall, \V. Hall,
Harper, Hawes, Hawkins, Hoffman, Holland, Horn
Howard, Hubbard, Irvin, Isacks, Jurvis, Jenifer, R.
M. Johnson, C. Johnson, J. Johnson, Kavanagli,
Kerr, l.ainar, Lansing, l.ecoinpte, Letcher, Lewis,
Lyon, Mardfg, Mason. .Marshall, Maxwell,W. M’Coy,
M’Duffie, M lntire, M’Kay, Mitcliell, Newnan,New
ton, Nuckolls, Patton, Plummer, Polk, Renclier,
Roane, Root, Semmes, Sewall, W. B. Shepard, A.
H. Sheppnrd, Smith, Southard, Speight, Spence,
Stanbery, Standefer, F. Thomas, P. Thomas, VV.
Thompson, J. Thomson, C. Tompkins, Verplanck,
Ward, Washington, Wayne, Weeks, K. Whittlesey,
C. P. White, E. D. White, VViokliffe, Williams,
Worthington—119.
NAYS—Adams, II. Allen, Allison, Appleton,
Arnold,‘Ashley, Babcock, Banks, N. Barber, Bar-
etow, I. C. Bates, Beardsley, Briggs, J. C. Broad-
head, Bucher, Bullard, liurd, Burges, Calioon,
Choate, Collier, L. Condict, S. Condit, B. Cooke,
Cooper, Crane, Crawford, J. Davis, Dayan, Dear
born, Denny, Dewait, Dickson, Ellsworth, G. Evans,
J. Evans, E. Everett, H. Everett, Ford, Grennell,
|I. Hall, Heisler, Hodges, Hogan, Hughes, llunt-
ingtop, Dine, Ingersott, Keiiuau, lveuuon, A. iving,
J* King, IL King, Leavitt, Mann, McCarty, It. Mc
Coy, McKennan, Mercer, Milligan, Muhlenberg,
Nelson, Pearce, Pendleton, Pierson, Pilcher, Potts.
Randolph, J. Heed, E. C. Reed, Russel, Slade,
Souls, Stephens, Storrs, Sutherland, Taylor, Tracy,
Vinton, Wardwell, Wutnmugh, Wilkin, Wheeler,
F. Whittlesey, Young—85.
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.—This lib
erally endowed and flourishing institution, under
the Presidency of tho Rev. Alva Wood, I). D. al
ready numbers ninety-three students, among whom
wo observe three from Georgia, and nine from oth
er States. It has now six professorships, besides
a'tutor of ancient languages, and an assistant to
the professor ot chemistry. The chair of natural
history, chemistry, &c. is filled by Mr. John F.
Wnllis. lato of Athens. They havo an extensive
and complete philosophical apparatus ; nnd a libra
ry consisting of 2000 volumes ; and 1000 volumes
more already ordered. The College expenses
(tuition, room, use of tho library, fuel, servant’s
hire, and a small deposit to cover damages) is 940
in ndvnncc ; and board $80, quarterly in advance,
for tho Collogo year. Ono neody student of good
talents and character from each county in the
State, may be educated free of the College char
ges. Alabama is doing her part fur herself and
her country, in placing and sustaining her literary
institutions on so liberal a footing. In this she
contributes her share to tho intelligence on which
rest the final hope of the patriot.
press through them. An opportunity was there
fore sought to waylay one of the proprietors wlmil
occasionally in Boston, in order Hint we mmlit ho
brought to triul in that citv. After a lapse of ieven
months, during which time Air. Hill had been in
Boston several times, nn opportunity presented it
self, nml he was arrested at nn hour of the nirri l
when it was supposed it would be impossible for
him to find friends to boil him. It is believed h*
our friends in that city, that tlio immediate cause of
this attack upon us, is the recent proceedings i„
this State relative to the Tariff, which tho Boston
Aristocracy attribute to the influence of tlio NW
Hampshire Patriot. No one heard tho discount
of Johnson in this town, who was not satisfied wiih
the justness of Hie paragraph applied tn him Fvi
ry one will readily see who reads the article tha'r
nn action could not be sustained upon it a mn*.
in this State ; what may be the result before .
forTt^resee!”'‘ BO8t0n ^ * is H***
Tho Now Hampshire Patriot is a handsome ns
per, printed with clear new type, on nn imperil]
shoet, the matter judiciously selected. 1
If it could, ns it ought after this/ to receive a
generous patronage from tho South, it would shew
the sense we entertain of its patriotic services nn,l
ol the wretched incendiary who seeks to nut „
d0Wn ’ [Ms. jLr
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distinguishing principle of tho sox. Its dress i>
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uent; its manner is sprightly, with just ciiou-h of
tho sombre to place tho brighter parts in proner
rebel; and, of courco, enough of the sentimental
to render it amiably interesting; it has its foibles
too; now could it bo strictly femenino without
them ? It is the very tiling for an evening’s Iwm-re-
the mere sight of it suggests the idea of a sooha’
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in their Printing Establishment, they will be uble
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about the commencement of each month. This jt
is believed, will ko found of general advantage’to
subscribers. 6
The February number of the Lady’s Book con
tains the usual variety of interesting literary mat
ter, including several original articles of oreat
merit. The embellishments havo been adopted
und prepared with attentive care, nnd it is believed
will give universal satisfaction. The frontispiece
representing the Q,ucen of Belgium, is, nt this
juncture, peculiarly appropriate, and has much mer
it as a picture. Tho whole length of Napoleon is
one of the best specimens *f that style of engra
ving, which lias ever been presented to the public
and reflects high credit on tlio artist, Mr. Lubbren!
Tho Mermaid ol Martin Aleor, though of a differ
ent kind, is no loss excellent. Lord Byron’s
beautiful stanzas “There is none of Beauty’s
Dauifliters,” set to music by an iminent composer
will be found in this number.
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requesting ageuts to forward tho sums which they
may respectively bo indebted, ns they are anxious
to close the accounts of tho lost year. Delinquent
subscribers are onco more invited to liquidate the
claims against them.
Tho number of new oubscribers received since
the commencement of the present year has been
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Mr. Hill, one of the Editors of the New Hamp
shire Patriot, a paper distinguished by it sound,
consistent, able support oftlie rights of the States,
the steady advocate of Jeffersonian republicanism
in the very heart of consolidation, has been lately
arrested in Boston at tho suit of “ a fellow by tlio
name of Johnson, said to bo the editor of a paper
in that city called the ‘Christian Soldier,’ nnd nn
agent of the Anti-Slnvcry Society.” It seems this
“fellow,” in a tour through N. Hampshire, preached
a discourse on tho subject nf slavery, in which he
took occasion to belie nnd vilify the whole South.
It is said that a more indelicate and disgustiiuf ti
rade was never exhibited before a civilized people.
He proposed the formation of societies in Now
England to procure an immediate emancipation of
the whole slave population of tho South, nml pin.
cing the slaves upon n standing of perfect equality
with their masters. He did not point oultlie pro
cess by which this was to bo brought about, but
proposed that every member ot the society pay two
dollars n year, or fifteen dollars for a life member-
slop. The ntonoy collected in this way, wo pre
sume,” says the patriot, “ is to be expended in
paying agents to go about the country, abusing the
administration, nml exciting ill will and bad feeling
between tho north nnd south. Slnvcry is nil evil
which every body deprecates, but it is tlio height
of absurdity, to attempt to compel the southerners
to liberate their slaves immediately by tho forma
tion of societies in N. England ; and to talk ofiib-
ernting the slave population of tho whole South &
suffering them to remain there on terms of equality
with tlio whites, is too ridicuUus to be thought of.
This agent of the Anti-Slavery Society condemned
tlio Colonization Society, because the Southerners
were friendly to it, and it seemed tn bn his object
to induce the people ofN. England tn march sword
in band to the South, and set tho slaves nt liberty.
Instead of being listened to by the people of deli
cate nnd refined feelings, even by respectable fe
males, as was ‘lie case in this town, he ought to be
taken up as a vagrant and vagabond, fit sent to the
workhouse.” For these remarks of the Futriot it
seems tlio notion is brought.
“ Although the action is brought in tho name of
this Johnson, it waa no doubt cooked up by the
Boston Aristocracy, nnd is to be made the pretext
for inflicting summary punishment upon us for our
politicial sins. Jeremiah Mason, now n resident of
Boston, had seen too much of the stubborn inde
pendence ofa New Hampshire Jury, in the Uphatn
trial, to wish to nuke any further attempts upon this
MSRMONITES—Wo havo just received a
January number of “Tho Evening and the Mor
ning Star,” a clean royal sheet, printed with now
typo, in quorto form, monthly at Independence,
Jackson county, Missouri; and devoted to the
propagation of Mortnonism. Wo huve not much
knowledge of this now faith. Wo understand it,
however, to consist of “ divine revelation, made
by an Angel to Mor* ,on i atl ^ engraved by him on
plates of mciat, to supply tho deficiencies andex-
pi«;« *t>o obscurities heretofore existing in tlio
Scriptures, and thus to reconcile all religious dis
putes, and ussemblu all true believers together ia
“ these latter days,” preparatory to tho consumma
tion of all things. It Booms this divine elucida
tion of the Scriptures has been concealed for wiso
purposes till very lately. Tho account before us
Stales that “in the yeur ono thousand ei<jht hun
dred and twenty-seven, tho plates came forth from
tho hill Cuinorah, which is in tho county of Onta
rio, and stato of New York, by tho power of God.
In loss tlmn three years after, it was translated bj
the gift and power of Go,I, and then published;
and on tho (ith of April, J830, tho church of Christ
was organized, with six members. It may be just
to romurk, that this church was established by rev
elation, ns the church of Christ always has been,
since tho world began, to be acknowledged by him.
As in days of old, so now, tlio koys of tlio myste
ries ol tho kingdom of God, worn committed unto
man, and, by a few commandments, in connexion
with the book before us, tho contrite nnd humble
seeker of eternal life, hud opened to the eyes of
his understanding, that hnppy view, and blight re
version of latter day glory, which shows the na
tions gathering round tlio standard of the Lord,
which was to be raised upon mount Zion, prepara
tory to liis second coming. That vail which had
been enst over the prophecies of tho old Testa
ment,or, ut leust, over the reading of many of them,
since the day that Moses vailed his face before the
children of Israel, was removed by tlio plainness
of the book of Mormon. Tho doubtful points of
doctrine, in tho bible, which left ono sect to im
merse for baptism ; n second to sprinkle; a third
to pour, und a fouitb to do without either, were
cleared up by tho book of Mormon. That embar
rassment under which thousands had labored for
years, to leurn how the saints would know where
to gnther, that all nations might como to Zion, with
songs of everlasting joy, and prepare a house, that
the Lord might suddenly come to his temple, so
that the muuntnin of the Lord’s house might be
established in the top of the mountains, nnd be ex
alted above the hills, and the law go forth out of
Zion, in tho last days, was obviated by tlio book of
Mormon. Thut wonderful conjecture, which left
a blank ns to the origin, or forefathers of the Amer
ican Indians, was done away by the book of Mor
mon. To use tho language of ono of its opposers,
it opened a flood of liglit nnd might justly be called
a wonderful volume.”
Wo are told “ tho book of Alormon, ns a reve
lation from Gud, possesses sotno advantage over
the old scripture : it has not been tinctured by tho
wisdom of man, with hero nnd there an Italic word
to supply deficiencies. It was translated by the
gift arid power of God, by nil unlearned m« n '
through the aid of a pair of Interpreters, or spec
tacles—(known, perhaps, in ancient days as'lent-
pliim, or Urim and Thummim) nnd while it unfolds
the history of tho first inhabitants that settled tins
continent, it, at the same time, brings n oneness to
scripture, like the days of the apostles; and open*
nnd explains the prophecies, that a child may un
derstand the meaning of mnny of them; 0°“
shows how the Lord will gather his saints, even
the children of Israel, that havo been scattered
over tho face of the earth, more tliun two thousand
years, in these lust days, to tho place of the ttnme
of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.”
The hypothesis as to tho Ifiim and Thummidh
pleases us. Who, of the biblical critics, that have
been puzzled so much eu that subject, could hate
supposed the mystery would turn out nt last to be
nothing more than a pair of Spectacles? .
That there may not remain n doubt in the mm
of any human being, of the authority of this rev
elation, we have the following :
Testimony of Three Ifitnesses.
Be it known unto all nations, kindredr, tonga
nnd people, unto whom this work shall come, 11
we, through the grace of God llio Father, anu o
Lord Jesus Christ, have seon the plates which con
tain this record, which is a record of tiie l 100 ? e
Neplii, and also of tho Lainunites, his bretlir ’
and also of the people ol jHrt-d, which cauic u