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twenty-fourth congress.
• KCOUD session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
February 2, 1837.
Tb« Hill making Rpnropriftlinn» for the current ex
penses of’ tli«; Iii«1**n Department, Arc. having heen
read a third time, and the question being on its linn I
pnssngt’—
Mr. GRENNEL said that, in consequence of the
action of the House yesterday in refusine to accept
the amendment of the gentleman from N«»rtli-Cnio-
linn, (Mr. Williams,) proposing a rhango in the
system of removing the Indians, he <.Vf r. (».) should
he under the. necessity of voting ngninrt the hill.—
lie believed that the hill pr«»vided lor the removal :
of 5,000 of the Creek Indiana, who xxcre not only
in amity with us now. hot who had engaged in (•«»- j
denvortng to snhilue lire Seinintdes in Florida: mid j
yet this band was to ho taken up and removed in
lie same way ns other tribes who had boon muov-
west of tile Mississippi. He did not pretend to
ay that there might to he a distinction between
ili^sefriendly Indian* and others who had been hos
tile to ns. Put he did say that we were hound by
every dictate of policy, and by every feeling of hit*
inanity, citheir entirely to change the system • f re
moval, or to provide that their removal should he
executed in a manner more merciful to the savage,
nnd more wise* and judicious in refercuoc to the
safety and honor of our own country.
Mr. G. commented at length on the system of re-
inovul, the abuses to which it was liable, nnd the
abuses which actually existed, anti routciah d that
every consideration of policy, jiistirt, tual humani
ty demanded a change.
* Mr. Mr. ALFORD of Georgia, asked the indul
gence of the House, to give Ida views in t< lution to
this subject of the removal of the ludruis. which
seemed to him to have cli« tied in tlii« House a sort
of sickly sympathy, lie came hero ns an opponent
to the present Administration, hut lie fell constrain
ed to support the policy of the Government in this
one of its most important measures—of removing
the Indians. He. knew something of the Cicvk In
dians; he came from the frontier, and he knew well
how tlieir stifl’eringH had been brought upon them.
He had held those Indians as prisoners under his
own immediate charge, hut he had had no part eith
er in their removal or in the speculations which had
been made. But he was well acquainted with their
circ.titustnnrcs and their sufferings, from his own ob
servation.
These poor Indians, as they were termed, were
better, «>r fully as well clad, as any ladies in Wash
ington City. They had invaded the frontier of
Georgia, murdered our women and our children, and
clothed themselves in the. muslins and the fine, linen
plundered from the horning ruins of Roanoke.—
When he heard these appeals made oil this floor,
his mind reverted in his own people, who deserved
the sympathy of the House more than llio savage
Indian. What were the facts to sustain these char
ges of inhumanity on the part of the eotilrnetors?
A letter from the West. By whom written? God
only knew. Who vouched for the truth? It was
taken for granted.
Mr. A replied to the remarks which had heen
made by several gentlemen in relation to the specu
lations in the Creek nation. Tito people of Geor
gia and Alabama had undoubtedly participated in
these speculations, in common with all the Mtntes
of the Union, ho far as his knowledge went. But
the fault Inyin the’treaty itself; that opened thodooi
to these false speculations. The silt of these speeti
latious ought not to he visited on the Georgians and
Alahniniaus alone. Mr. A. entered into details in
relation to the Creek war, and the causes which he
ernsidered brought it nlmiit. lie contended that
tho Indian was the aggressor; that the tomahawk
was first raised by him against the white man, nod
not by the white matt against him. He believed,
however, flint these laud-stealers had been instru
mental in bringing on tho war, and they rmnsinfed
of citizens of every State in the Union. The G
ernnient ought so to have projected the treaty that
these frauds could not have crept in. The President
sh uld have carried out that part of his policy which
rejected Indian reservations. As to the removal of
tile Indians, lie thought that the present maimer of
their removal was the host. Tho contractors had
done that which tho agents of tho Government
could not do, and ho hoped the hill would pass.
[This was n mere outline of Mr. A.*8 observations,
hut time would not admit of their being given more
in detail this dav.l
Mr. GRENNELL remarked, that the gentleman
(Mr. A ) had no occasion to apologise; the stillness
wjiich hud prevailed i« tho House; the silence with
which he had been listened to, wus an honorable
testimony paid to his eloquence, iiimI a proof of the
^unification with xvliioli ho had been heard;
hut he (Mr. G ) must beg to differ with the honora
ble gentleman. Ho (Mr. A.) coming fresh from
such scenes of blood, had painted in glowing colors
the atrocities of the ruthless savage, which lie him-
self h id witnessed; hut he is wrong (said Mr. G.)
in supposing that I am an advocate of tin* savage
Indian. Mr. G. proceeded to observe, that he was
not nn advocate of the savage, nor had he sought to
paliittc his atrocities. But ho (Mr. (».) was an ad
vocate of Christian forbearance; lm was an ndvo-
eato for treating the Indian, not with a cruel von-
f ioanee, in return for bloodshed nnd atrocities which
le (Mr. ti.) did m»t deny, and which lie was tint
disposed in any way to justify or excuse, lie was
opposed only to the principle of returning c\il for
evil, ami in so speaking, in thus desiring a inihl, and
gentle, and just policy to he pursued toward the In
dian, no gentleman was justified in charging him
xvith sickly simpatliy. or in imputing to him the
charge of being an advocate of brutality, ferocity,
nod injustice, when lie advocated clemency, mercy,
mid forgiveness.
Mr. EVF.KETT observed in answer to tho hon
orable gentleman from Georgia, (Mr. A.) had hern
present yesterday during his remarks vpon this name
subject, lie (Mr. A.) would have perceived that he
hail not attributed the cause of the war to Georgia,
lint to the conduct of the whites in getnu al, not those
of Georgia or of any State in particular. What lie
(Mr. E.) had then stated, was imw confirmed in an
ns>onishiiig manner hv what he had heard (all from
tho ueutloiiiau from Georgia himself, viz. that fraud,
on the part of the whites, had heen the cause of the
war. Mr. E. then observed, that in reference to sen-
tiinsiits attributed to him in a morning journal, thu*
they were, perhaps, substantially correct, yet he per
ceived he had been understood as going rather too
far in speaking of the degree of blame he attached
to the Government in relation to this question. Mr.
E. then gave to the Clerk n document to rend, rela
ting to the removal of the Indians, by which it ap
peared that their own wishes on one occasion lutd
not (tern consulted, ami that against their earnest
remonstraiir.es they had heen abandoned to the con
trol of mercenary contractors whom tlmy disliked.
Tiiuir earnest remonstrance to their Great Father,
the President of the United States, was received,
ami it appeared that inis remonstrance had not been
attended to.
After which, the question was taken, nnd tho bill \
passed.
Correspondence of the Xeic York Daily F.rprcst. j
Wasuinotox, Jtin. 29. N? I
The Letter of Gen. Jackson to Mr. Wise. Calhoun. 1
White, BU, Peyton, Pick*** and R ise suhpanacl— \
Whitney and the President—Important signs upon
the Tariff.
I wrote you yesterday hurriedly, that tho Freni- !
dent of the United States had written a letter to Mr. !
Wise of Va. in which he protested against a re- J
quest the Committee, which Mr. Wise as Chair* j
man, had made, of knowing ichat names there tee re vf j
U. S. officers not on the Blue Book. I know now that j
this letter, for I have since seen it, is more courteously
worded than I then heard it was, and that it m not!
a production of the President's own non, though his
name i» signed to it. lie denounces however tin 1 ii •
quisitoriul power of tho Committee* rails it even n
Hpauuh Inquisition,—proclaims his intention to dis- j
regard it. and adds that he hat ordered his Secretn* .
ries to atteuJ to their own lutsiness, and let the Com- 1
niittee alone 1 Hucli a letter ns this frotn the highest •
officer of the Government, who tints steps forth
with his shield throw n over all his officers nnd nil {
the corruptions of u Inch they may he guilty, creates, j
n* ft well might, a great aentiution, and is the uni- ;
vcrsal topic of conversation in every circle. Iii oth
er countries, the monarch who dure do this, might, i
find his throne shaken to the ground,—but ours is n •
free country, anil our monarch being the inutiaich of
freemen, has \\\t freedom to net as lie please!
Apart from this, the Van Huron men have set up
a cook Are upon the opposition, which they imauine 1
is a trick mighty fine, uml one well worthy of the ’
best tacticians of New York! The lion. Ahij.ali
Mnnn of New York, it appears, for the Commit.« c
hava pm Ins a member of the Connnitltcc, upon
oath, i an to the Pioftidcnt after the pas sage of the
resolution requesting tho nnnu'sof the officer* not m
the Blur Book, and odd the old gontk.issn of the
White House nil that hud been done. ‘The old
Lion, of conimt was in a mar.—but Maun and oth
er \ an Huron niso immediately put the President J
upon a nsw track, winch plraied him mightily at
ones. What do you think this w n»? Why. it was
n«» less a project thin to ordei the examining Com- ,
luiitse, to Munition malty »#f the most prominent op-
positlo*, men from the HouiJt to route before this
•aid of reasons and causes. Judge White »• one
those subpoenaed, and lie will appear on Monday.—
The Van Omen party fancy theycan there make the
veucrnhle Judge rum himself forever. But Judge
White ns I underntand, has said, “there are sonic
thing* in my heart which I hoped to carry with no*
to the grave, hut I cannot lie guilty of perjury to
save any mortal man, if they put me on no oath to
tell all of truth I know.” Senator Calhoun is an
other of the gentleman thus suhpernacel. Mr. Pick
ens of S. C. is another. Mr. Peyton, of Tennes
see, is another. Mr. Wise of Virginia, has already
given in his evidence, nnd I unde.i stand it is sueli as
will make the Committee cautious Imw they ndvnner
much more. Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, was upon the
stand on Saturday. After uttering a protest against
tins violation of the pnvilegeof n member oft Con-
gic*s. and this turning of a Committee appointed to
i xamiiie the Executive Department into a committee
to examine the opposition members of Congress, lie
took time till Monday to conic to a conclusion of
what part he would act.
In making this extraordinary move of calling be
fore them such men as White. Bell, Calhoun and
others, Mr. Van Duron fancies he can kill off these
men in the South. Not a Northern man, you see,
is yet summoned 1 If these Southern men had re
lied upon tlieir privilege of which this attempt to
make them sircar to all they say in debate, is a
inoiistroos v iohitioii, striking at the very root of the
principle of free discus-ion, nnd making speeeJies
oaths, the Van Bureu men would say, “Sou Imw
these men skulk when railed ti|>ni« to testify to what
they say in Cnngr.iss they betters !” If they go un i
testify, the attempt w ill he made to rn ike tliuui le.-ti-
to the entire and doubted truth, nod of tlieir own
knowledge of what they have said they btdirre to he
true in Ilnur speeches. If they do not stand upon
oath to the full extent of what is there tillered as !»•
luf. tlieir opoueuta upon the stump, when anothei
election comes round for members, tin sc men v\ h!
raise nil outcry of*—“see these men had an oppor
tunity to sircar to the truth of what they had said,
anil they would not take tint until.” All this is thu*
so far cunningly devised, lVut it is a game which
two can play at, and therefore in all probability, as
the opposition gentlemen have concluded to go
upon the stand and weshallsee Mr. Senator Wright, 1 couched in proper hi
and he. severely censured by the Speaker. No lan
guage could he stronger or more appropriate than
that which was urged uy Gen. Thompson. Mr. Pick
ens anil others, in support of this Resolution.—
Messrs. Lewis and Ripley, nnd I believe others,
were for stronger measures. They said, if the time
had come, when petitions from slaves were to be
thrust upon the House, it was time for the Southern
member* to withdraw from it and go home, in a
body. Mr. Lewis afterwards declared, that if the
Mouse had not the power and the will to ptmiidi the
tuetnbei from Massachusetts, the Southern mem
bers ought to go home.
Mr. Adams, while all this was going on, sat quiet
ly in hia aeat. enjoying the confusion which it had
In eii hi* purpose to create. At length he rose, and
•iiggehtcd that the Resolution of censure should he
made !o ronfoiu to the fact, else when lie came to
the bar to receive the censure of the House,—if he
should there be permitted to gay a word in bis de
fence— lie might, by a single word, put tin end to the
procedure, lie then declared, that lie neither pre
sented nor attempted to present the petition ; and
that therefore, the Resolution did not conform to the
f.irt. lie said, too that every member had taken it
for granted the prayer of the petition w as for the
abolition **f slavery. They were nil mistaken.—
That w as not its object; and w hat its object wan, he
had not stated and would not elate, until the Chair
answered his question. It might he, he said, that
the petitioners asked for the very same tiling w hich I
some of the members proposed, viz. his. (Mr. A’s.)
trpulsion from the House. It might he, that the pe
tition w as from Slaves, who represent that they are
content with their condition, and consider tin ir in
terests to lie prejudiced l»y the efforts of the Aboli
tionists, ami therefore, humbly pray the House to
expel him and every other Abolitionist from it. He
took this occasion to correct another misapprehen
sion, Ho far from being in favor of the abolition of
shivery in the District of Columbia, lie had, both in
nubile and private, from the fust hour he entered this
House <h:rhired himself to he adverse to the prayer
of these petitions, lie irisinled. however, upon the.
right of petition, nnd declared that he would pre
sent any petitions gent to him, no matter what was
the character of the petitioners, provided they were
Forsyth lias announced his intention to keep liis j now no longer a necessity for tlic further pic* t c
division of the Augean stable closely shut. In t of troops upoq our western frontier,
answer to the callupon him, he has transmitted The establishment of jour own head quar ers
a letter to Mr. Wise, saying that some of the in- near the theatre of war, at the commeiicemen
formation required has heen already enmmuni- ! of our army operations, has already enabled joti
d to the Committee on Expenditures, St. that j to become acquainted with tho principal occur-
cater
other information sought for shall not he given,
without the permission and direction of the Pre
sident! This is u it at tlic Glolic lias the modes
ty to call “ giving every facility to Sir. \\ be,
iii making an active and full investigation.”
Let no injustice ho done to General Jackson,
however. I believe lie was in favor of tho in
quiry, nnd I will relate a circumstance which
corrohorates this opinion.
.Mr. Validcrpoel's course, in moving tiieprcvi-
qncstiuu on Mr. Wi-c's resolution, astonish
renecs, ns well as the difficulties which retarded
our movements, prior to tho recall of the
then commanding General. the gallant and ve
teran Scott. That distinguished officer upon Ins
retirement, was induced to belies c, from informa
tion derived from various sources, as well ns
from the stirrcuder of several hundred hostile
warriors that hostilities hail ceased, ami he 80
announced the fact in his valedictory orders
end several regiments of the Georgia line w ere
consequence, disbanded ns no longer nccc-sa-
cd many of his friends and opponents, as ho w as j r y for the purposes of the war. A considerable
at first among themo-t zealous in opposing tbe j body of the enemy, who had in the tm an l*mtv
‘•e- I i ' 1 "
rd to remain concealed in the swamps of i
many ittlmra, and Mr. Van Bureu himself by their
sides. If Mr. Van Bureu will tell all he knows, we
hIuiII have a talc indeed, uni ess, perchance, he may
know no more than Mr. Amos Kendall, xx lm being
railed on Hntimluy, lie fora t lie Whitney Committer,
knew nothing at all!—nothing at all !—as if bin eyes
had hae.n closed, and lie had been sleeping for years!
Thus summarily I have gathered up for you a
little history of the marching and enuuter-mnreliing,
in, uml out of Congress. Tho belief grows strong
that Whitney, bring but a Jonah on board the ink
political, will be thrown overboard, and left to his
late. | doubt this at least so long ns Gen. Jackson
is the helmsman. It teems to He the misfoinine of
this singular man, whose heart is so often better
than his head, to cling to a bankrupt characters, us
others nrc compelled to shrink from it. Attaching
himself, as it were, to its loneliness, nod grasping it
closer as others dislike it tho more. Tims ns Whit
ney lose* ft iriuls now, Gon. Jackson comes to bin
rescue. The protest Gen. Jackson lias sent to the
examining Committee which Wise heads, is hut a
copy in sentiment, of that Whitney bi on ;ht in to the
Committee of which Mr. Garland is Chairman.—
Already Whitney has received a resolution id*
unanimous censure for insolence to Peyton, in a
Committee of his political friends. Already Gar
land, Chairman of that Committee, V an Bureu
man as he is, shrinks from him with distrust. Al
ready facts are gathered up, which when embodied,
will startle all lli« people, as did the f.iiumm Post
(Hfii'o Report,—lint Gen. Jackson cling* to \Ybilnoy
nevertheless? “I will aupport him,” said the old
geiitlminn the other day, ami with the energy •*( an j
uplifted arm, and with a high loud voice—• I will j
support him against this Spanish Inquisition.” Ah
long iih the old General is his friend, and tlie<»IU
General reigns in the White House, Whitney is safe.
But the moment another power rules there, nothing '
on earth can protect him, i am sure, after a report of !
his power over, and his abuses of the Treasury of i
llm United tSlntcs is made. Tho people are not pre
pared to let one man he even suspected of hating the 1
omnipotent use of the Treasury of the Government
nr omnipotent control over the different banks,—the j
disbursing pnwor, too! particularly when thst man
has ns better character llinti Whitney,—of whom
by tho way, Mr. Peyton, tho other day, ns the ru
mor goes, said, in Committee, after Whitney hail
insulted him, “Hileneo! silence! sir, I throw by
my privilege. 1 will make you a gc.utlemnii just
to take away your life I won’t he insulted by a
d d dog.”
My letter is stretching out to an inordinate length,
hilt I cannot pass over min topic, which is of inter
cat to all the North. The Tariff begins to be in danger,
not so much from Mr. Vmi Diircu's friends, for lie
is hut juggling, nnd dare not ftmicli it, hut /rmn|die
South. I have been conversing, with many intelli
gent men from the South nnd South West, and tlieir !
process of reasoning is this: “We are satisfied H ult of uiv lah<
,vi.h tho r,,' ,, |„(V" | .,c Hill-ire n »k no chnnga. flm | (n-enn his experiment of n specie
llio ISnrtli prnpnsns to strike nlT nil Inxrs: nml u ti.il clll rr ,„. Vi mm.ii iifln- lie wat olootoil President. I
me we tn dot W.t know Vim Bitten is insincere. „.j|| (|, n period, tlioogh, of 18!k). 1 found
Wo know Hint Ponnsylvanm, Loutsinna, Khode | j„ ,| 11B i„ (gun. ilieio were in ihn United .
nml Territories, 330 hanks, ami in Dec. i63(i,
Gen. Thomson then modified his Resolution so ns
ts rend as follows :
Besotted, That the lion. John H. Adams, by an
cffbjt to present a petition from Slave’s, has commit-
eil a gross eonti mpt of this House.
Uesuhcd, That the member above named, by crcn-
tlie impression nrd leaving the House under such
impression, that said petition was for the abolition
of slavery, u lien he knew it was not, has trifled
w i'll the House.
liesulrcd, That the lion. John (L Adams receive
the censure of the House for his conduct, referred to J
in the preceding Resolutions. i
Mr. 4>nd>rehng soan after announced to the]
House tlnttliefietition xvan got up in the South, and j
by Slave-holders, with a view to impose on Mr. Ad- j
ams : ami he stated that the petition prayed ftu Mr. ,
Adams’s expulsion. The whole thing was a (nice, ,
and be hoped the House would not longer Buffer it j
to engage their attention. Me also mentioned, a.*,
he was understood, that the fart of the charm ter of !
the memorial was known ton Southern member, this I
morning before it was presented. Several members
then said, it there was any member from the South
w lm had any htiml in getimg up this petition nnd pro
curing it* presentation, he ought to he instantly ex
pelled. Mr. Ciirnbrelcng was called upon to name
the member. It turned out that Mr. Pearce,of Md.,
hail seen the paper on Mr. Adams's desk, and that
Mr. A. showed it to him,—hut that he had no sort of
agency in sending it to Mr. Adams. The actual
character and purport of the petition is not such as
Mr. Adams stated hypothetically- It was ptobahly
got up as a quiz, by some young men in this City,—
and Mr. Adams availed himself of it to irritate and
insult the Southern members. It was contended
that Mr. Adams's course was equally offensive and
censurable, whether the petition was spurious or
not. The House adjourned without coming to any
conclusion mi the subject.
The Fredei icktdmrg ladies turned out to he color
ed women of loose character, and Mr. Adnmskncw,
when lie presented it. that it was spurious.
1*. S.—I have just lime to say that the President
will, to-morrow, send a Message to the llnuse re
commending Reprisals upon Mexico.
inquiry. Ilu took that step, it is understood, he • .
entire lie knew that the President wished thereso- ! Alabama, were no sooner apprized ol this cir- .
|iitiott to pfisg in its original shape, as introduced ! ctiinstnuce. than they immediately crossed the i
hv Mr. Wise. ! Chnttnhoochic. and commenced their march in |
'Phe party, however, have found that the dis- the direction of Florida. In their expectations j
closures made by the W hitney committee nlrea- of an undisputed path to that territory* iliev j
dy have gone far beyond what was anticipated, were, hnwevri, \m. fully disappointed. Although ,
even by the opponents of the administration, and, } partially successful in the fir*t recotuiire with
a« I said in my last letter, they have become a- , nJ r troops, they have nevertheless heen putMit d, <
laimed, nnd brought in the irresistible power of overtaken, beaten nnd dispersed in every ottec-
the President to save them frotn overwhelming uou. ThU event was officially made known at j
exposure and disgrace. the time of its occurrence, nnd in all hitman
To-day Judge White appeared before the coin* probability w ill be regarded as constituting the:
mince on executive adrnif^'trnfion, and entered lust act of hostility between ourselves and that i
a solemn protest against its proceeding in railing once formidable and always troublesome tribe. ,
him away from bis .Senatorial duties by a sub- | M this opinion, I ant fully sustained, from the ;
plena. ’Phis he did, lest by silence, lie might be fact that nt this time, suitable preparations are in
thought to sanction tlieir course, but lie waived active, progression for tlieir removal to the place
hi-* privilege and consented to he sworn. If j of tlieir ultimate destination jn the wcst--aiid
there is one among tlie majority of that commit- i when the eminent qualifications of the individual
tee who did not feel ashamed, when he saw this j (Major (Jcucnil Jessup^ to whom the direction of J
aged and venerable man brought before them, this important measure lias been specially ns-
nt the command of the Kxccutive, he cun blush signed, arc considered, no doubt cun lie enter- j
at nothing. | tallied that everything will he done to ensure its ;
Judge White was, for years, the bosom friend ! speedy consummation. I
I of the President. Of the troops who have been called into the i
Many things, no doubt, took place in the I service w hich has just expired, ns well as tho:
I cour.ie of that long intimacy, w hich men of lion- ! different officers I have had the honor to com- i
I or would bold sacred from all the world beside, j maud, I cannot speak but in high tcrmsofprnisc
j But this partisan majority will not allow* the up- j f ( ,i* their conduct, their valor and their patriot- i
! right statesman to keep what be knows in his j ism. The sudden and extraordinary tormina-!
own bosom, lie must tear the veil {aside, and, J fton of the war, has, indeed, denied to the grea-
I in one moment, disclose the buried and confideii- j ter portion an opportunity of rendering thatscr- j
j tio! secrets of years to the gaze of all mankind. ! vice in the field, which engrossed and fired their ;
Well, be it so f Mr. Pickens and Mr. Peyton al- j every thought, upon leaving their homes ; but, j
I so appeared before the committee ; were sworn, i although no brilliant exploit may hereafter tell I
( and received n question which they have been j of tlieir deeds of noldc daring, yet the impatient j
; requested to answ er. eagerness with which they ru»hcd to the scene i
Thc*w gentlemen arc n-ked whether they ; of danger, has evinced a spirit capable of lofty j
1 know, of their ow n knowledge, auv act of any ' purposes and glorious action. But what these !
of the bonds of the Executive Departments, j were thus anxious to have achieved, Iras been ',
which is either corrupt, or a violation of official more especially reserved for the Third Battalion j
duties. The purpose is to challenge the proof
for every allegation made on the floor of Con
gress. And, since the President lias been indu
ced to issue his proclamation, commanding Sen-
ofmounted men, ('including Captains Bo-*tw ick’s, ]
(/lover’s and Jeruigau’s companies, provisional- j
ly attached) under tho command of tho fearless |
and impetuous Major Alford, and the Columbus i
|Corrcsjtondcnee of the X. Y. Express.
“ The Experiment.” or the way to bring about a ppe-
eiu currency—or the Gold Humbug of Benton, the
Iluiiibuggrr and Exptingcr.
Washington, 1). C., Jan, 2G, 1837.
A document of Home importance was yesterday
lain upon the table of tbe members nt tbc House.
It enmes from tbe Secretary of the Treasury, and
is a report of the condition of all tbe banks in tins
country, made in compliance with the resolution of
the House. It is a .document of 218 pages, and of
great labor nnd much value. Having little or noth
ing tn do last night 1 uttacked it; and here is the re-
«tor* and Representatives to he brought up to j Independent Battalion, led by its experienced
sw ear to their speeches, I understand that Mes- 1 chief the intrepid Major iloxcv.—No portion of
sis. Kendall ami Blair have it in contemplation [ the army was as frequently called on to march
to compel tho letter-writers to attend nnd sits- i against the enemy; none encountered greater
tain ihtir charges against the ability and infeg-| hardships; nml none remained ns long in the
rity of the administration. So look out for a field—in every situation, whether penetrating
subpoena by and by / i sw amps, or plunging quagmires in pursuit of tbe .
Not a great deal was done in the Whitney j foe, or in the performance of the lighter duties
committee to-day. Some of the clerks in the of (he camp, the merit of both officers and men i
Treasury Department were examined, nnd I has been eminently conspicuous nml justly enti- |
learn that their hearing ami deportment, as well
as their replies, w ere such as to leave a strong
impression on minds of all the members of the
committee of their gentlemanly character, frank
ness, and candor. Their answers have been al
ways full, pertinent, and satisfactory, nnd in
some cases, when they have not been so fully as
they might have been, these gentlemen have*, af-
tlos them to the expression of* my unqualified
approbation. Nor can I permit the present oc
casion to pass without heating testimony of my
high estimation of the character of that part of
the Regular Army and Marine Corps, serving
under my immediate command—its officers,
combining the elegant accomplishments of
cntlemcn with Ingli scientific attainments in
ter an examination of their papers, returned to j ihcir profession—its soldiers, courage with the
the committee and restated them more pnrticu- ! cxactcst.discipline, will do themselves and their
larly and distinctly. They all agree that Reu
ben M. Whitney was not recognised by Mr.
Taney, w hen he was at the head of tho Treasury
Department.
The curd, signed R. M. Whitney, that ap
peared in to-day’s Globe, w ill, no doubt, he co
pied extensively by papers in tbe interest of the
party. I therefore give it a notice which •liter
wise it would not deserve. It is in almost every
country honor, whenever its rights are to lie
vindicated, or its soil freed from tho trend of an
enemy.
Inclosing this report, justice ns well as a
grateful recollection of their services, require,
that I should particularly make mention to your
Excellency of tho various members of my staff’—
of my Aids dc-camp. Majors William S. Rock
well and Josiah S. Patterson—of Quarter Mas-
Iwlnnd ami Connecticut—all Van Bureu States.—
dare not touch tho Tariff’; and, therefore, xvo will
not he made tools of. Van Bureu men shall not
take Camlierlong’s Bill upon tho stuni|», ami say.
“ I am in favor ot this Bill, ami your mcinhci of
Congress i* opposed to it. We w ill not thm* have
the Now York tactics played off’ upon ug. But w»*
will vote for every reduction the North proposes.—
If you choose to sweep nwny the w hole protecting
system, this is our creed, and we w ill not votenguinM
it. True a compact was made, Imt you are puny
to that contiact,—throw up the part w hich hone-
tits yon, and there by exonerate tm.” This is now
the process of reasoning, uml thu- the Tariff’ begins
to ho in jeopardy. The moment however. Van Hu- I Hl| . ovet i
rcu secs that the South, and South West, lire tnov- ! I,, i
(i?7 nml l ift branches !
Thus, w hen General Jackson first began to bring J
about a specie currency, there wore 41M) less banks j
than there are now. Tims it appears he killed oil* I
one “monster,” nnd created 4LH) “monsters” in its
stead. 1
Again: tbe bank capital in 1830 was 145,102,208 I
dollars. In December, 1K1G, since which time Mis- ,
somi and other Van Bureu Stales have created :
g oal-sized monsters, the bank capital was 378,421,- j
liW dollars. General Jackson in account current .
with the banks, therefore, stands thus: United |
States Bank “ni.mster,” 35,01)0,000 dollars do-j
U.J '233,228,000 dollars created to take its t
ing thus, lie xvill drift about upon another track.—
To Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Inland and
New York, ho is under such obligations, that howev
er much he and his party may talk, tie dare not se
riously redneo tho Tariff’. Assured of this great
fact, I tell his party—“you have omnipotent power
in both Houses of Convresa; hut I challenge you
seriously to touch tho Tariff*. You dorr not even
takeoff* the obnoxious dul y nn coal. You dare
touch the sugar of Louisiana
it spinning jenny in the North.
Condensed Statement of Banks lately Chartered.
No. of
Bunks.
D #’2a
State
Territories.
Maino, (V*. II.)
Ma^iicliusctts. “it
Rhode Island, (V. B.) *3
Vermont, 1
New-Ymk, (V. B.) 12
New-Jersey, 1
Idimter, ami intrigue, hut you dare, not act.
You d.iro not touch \ IVnnsylvai.ia, (V. B.) G
\ou may talk, and , Maryland, II
B.
( Correspondence of the Charleston Mercury.)
Wasihsotox, Fch. 6, 18.17.
Mr. Adams has. at Inst, brought his absurdities to
a climax, and the llmise is brought to tho question
w hether they will turn him out or submit to be mock
ed, trilled with nnd insulted by him, from the begin
ning to the end of every session, while he is a mem
ber. The proposition to censure him, is inadequate I N’m
to this occasion ; hut still it will serve the purpose | the V
to bring the lluusc to a division in regard to the pro
priety of Mr. Adams’s conduct, and xvill enable iib
to mark those w ho may be his barkers ill this busi
ness.
This being petition day, black Monday, or as it
Ins been called of late, Adams’s Monday, Mr. Ad
ams. as usual, took the floor, and commenced Ins
Abolition speeches, motions, and scruples with the
Chair ami the House. 1 saw* mischief in his eye,
and perceived Ids purpose to he to insult and mock
the House, and if possible to raise a row. lie said
that, among Ids petitions, were sonic of a spurious
character, which lie intimated that he should pieseut
unto itiistamling. This fact must lie kept in mind,
for it distinctly shoxvs that Mr. Adams was aware of
the line diameter of the paper* which he was about
to present; nml that the excuse of ignorance, and of
Ins having been Armot, xvill not avail him.
Mr. Admits went on. for an hour nr two, present
ing Ins Northern petitions,—and every attempt to
stop him or put him dow n, proved nhortixe. At
length, lie offered a petition from nineladiis, of the
low not I i cdci iek^nng, i Yu.) pray ing the abolition
of the slave trade ot the District nt* Columbia.-—
Whether it was genuine or not, it w as for the House
to determine.
He then said that he had in Ids hand a paper pur
porting to ho finui txxeutv-two persons dedal ing
themselves to be SUres. lie should not, he said,
state its object nt present, lie nuked, iii advance,
the decision of the Chair upon the question x\ hefti
er tho papercaino within tin* order of the House di
recting petition* relative toslaverv, to be laid oil the
labh*.
Of course great confusion took place in tbc House.
The Southern members particularly, utnuifocted n
deep and pni|»er sense of the outrage committed
upon tlieir fccinigi, by this impudent attempt to in
troduce a petition from Stans. No ilmilit existed
that the petition was of similar import xx till those
xx Inch Mr. Ad.no* had prex iotiely presented, lie
Florida, (V. B.)
Louisiana, (V. B.)
Alabama, ( V. B )
Mississippi,(V. B )
Arkansas, (V. B.1
Michigan, (V. B.)
Wisconsin, (V. B.)
Capital I
nuilioiised. |
$].<i()0.000 |
G.820,000 ,
350.000
300.000
03*5,850,000
200.000
30,700,000
lG.lliO.OOO '
4.000. 000
2 OOO.ftOO ,
5.000. 000
10.000.000
3.500.000
3.250.000 i
100,000
Total,
lor all tlii
Bureu State
110
i n cron *i
Pen
of bnnki
sylvaida i
$05,170,000
; capital in
teepted, the t
Van Bureu party is responsible—the men who
have such u horror of paper money! O ye hypo- 1
elites!
Again:
Condensed Statement of Banks trhich hare been au- .
lltoriscd to increase tlu ir Hank Capitals. (
Amount of capital (
particular incorrect, ami Iras been so pronoun- ter, Joseph Sturgis—Judge Advocate, Iverson
L. Harris, and Lieutenant Colonel S. Rockwell,
Adjutant and Inspector General. The prompti
tude and ability with which they have severally
discharged the various duties assigned them,
have fully sustained the opinion w hich i had
previously conceived of fheir worth. To Colo
nel Rockwell, in a very especial manner, are my
acknowledgements duo ; his services in organi
zing and fashioning the army, wore invaluable to
me ; and throughout the whole campaign its
condition continued an object of unceasing vigil-
nuco and uiialiated attention.
1 have tho honor to be, vottr obedient servant,
J. W. A. HANFORI), Major Central.
IIis Exct Henry W11.li am Schlky,
Commander in Chief, Mi (ledger ill c.
Difficulties between the Public Authorities of
Panama, and the English Consular A gait.
When Mr. M'Gregor, the English Cou-nl at Pan
ama died, the public authorities of Panama
sealed his papers, nnd put them in the keeping
of Mr. J. Russel, tin Englishman, w ho was em
ployed as a clerk by Mr. M’Gregor, ami notice
of it was given to the English Minister at Bo i
gota, w ho approved of the step that had been
taken, ami authorized Russel to receive the
packages from London directed to the Consul
M’Gregor, and to direct those which were tn- !
closed for the coasts of the Pacific.
kuch was the situation ol Russel, when, liuv- 1
ing had a private quarrel w ith Mr. Justa Pare- j
j lies, ho determined to take a bloody revenge I
| Paredes was in the Itahit of going with his wife j
I in the evening to his mother’s house; Russel'
j " ay laid him, ami when the former was passing ■
! with his wile at his arm, Russel wounded him
j til the sale with a stilletto xvltieh he had in his
i cane, and which passed through the clothes and !
entered tho flesh. Paredes cried out “ murder," I
hunk*
23
State*.
Massachusetts*
Ncxv-York,
Pennsylvania, I
New Jersey, 4
Alabama, i
Total, 34
Add to which the bank
capital lately allowed,
Last
ced, i understand, by Van Burnt members of
tho committee. The public will hear in miml
that the committee adopted unanimously a reso
lution of censure upon liim, for having given a
disrespectful answer to the question propoun
ded. That fact is decisive as to his conduct.
On Saturday there xvns quite a blow up in the ranks
ol the parly in the Senate. The Baltimore Patriot
has the following account of the Hectic:
“ I heard that, in consequence of the outrageous
arrogance and violence w hich Mr. Benton display
ed yesterday, in his speech on the hill which repeals
the Treasury Circular, several Senators of the Rives
section, at a meeting last night, resolved that he
must he put down—that he must he given to under
stand his part was to follow, not h ad! But I had
no expectation of hearing such a declaration of xvar
ns Mr. Walker, of Mississippi, evidently with the
concurrence of a majority of “the party” proclaim
ed against the Great Expunger to-day. * “God save
the country.” he exclaimed, "from the wild and ex-
traxngnnt opinions of the Senator from Missouri?”
Tli is in his opening paragraph. Then, as if the rec
ollections of their former companionship had rushed
over him, he said he would overlook many of tbe re
marks of Ml*. Lb-ntOII.
“1 hope you w iff not overlook one, sir!” cried
Mr. Benton, ii>iug in wrath, and pushing his chair
from before him.
“ H hat one /” asked Mr. Wulker, his cinder ris
ing. ^
“Not fine of them, I say,” replied the Great Ex-
punger, in infinite xvrath and fury, retreating to*
Yxsrds the d»nr.
“ Mr. Walker called out after him. in tho most ex
cited tones, 'Then I’ll examine all sir! and if the
gentleman wants an angry discussion, here or else-
\v here, he can have it.’ ”
And the Senator I r*hii Mississippi did proceed
to examine the points; and, for au hour or more, did
all he could to hold up the opinions, arguments, and
fe;mes of the Great Kxptinger to the . outempt and | cnlercd the flesh. Paredes cried out
n.lii-Ml.' ol III.- Spruill-, lie ilfM'luirtl Ms Ircli. f tlint | many persi.ns were eollcrto.l ami rushed" m.ii'n ,
Mi. llrm.m war alum- m Ins wild am! iiiq.rarlic.dde ; Kltssel, who slill held ihe weapon ill his hand • '
many paid, ipaw.l in dm»e ..pinions, lie ut.I.rniU- I !'!!> ,'T .'"I" ,0 J 1 " 1 I,,u ,lu requested to he ,
..I him (all! nnkin.lrst rut nl nil!) ,, i.|, Imvine 1 ° ' at , s 11 l>ou»o. wlucll was granted, and j
Inn'll -III. opponent, In uf the illn.-tiinu, iq-csi. I !l s ! ,ni ‘! 1 M'ltionrd at the door. The public I
limit, nl' whose r.Miscicnre lm now wishes to hi-non- ; BUtllorilies id I’linamil took cognizance of the
ei'leri'd dm cxclnsivc guardian.” And lie finished : offence, and llnsscl was sentenced to six years 1
ritv and open defiai.re, hv I imprisonment. I(ns-rl transmitted an Bceor.nl
pons.hie Mr wlmt he j of this matter related after his own fashion, to 1
the Commander of the Jlrilish «qundrnn in those i
?IU7, ir.r.,000
certainly did intend to produce that impression
h’ft tho llmise under that impression. Manx
uituiher* cried out ^erpel him ;”expel t im instantly ”
A Resolution of explusiou xx as drawn, hut untoffVr
cd. Mr. Alford proposed that the petition, a« soon
as presented should he hurnl. No, no, rued iiintiv
memheis “ erptl the more,:* At length, Mr.
Thompson, of South Carolina, offered a Kean-
lulion, declaring that the lion. John Q Adam .. hnx •
ing attempted to present a petition from Slax
xx ork to get
a specie currency,
Deduct tin* U. S. Bank
(Penn.) already existing, 35,000,000
Now, here i* proof positive of xxhnt the Whigs
always predicted, that the States would rixaleneli
other in dealing hank capital to till the vacuum of
the Uni:* d States Bank ; nml yet, that ns they
he unable to regulate the ruircncy, or to ri
the domestic exchanges, the mer cantile inn rests
would he subject to the greatest fluctuations ol trade,
nod exer he at the iiieiry of the usurers. All this
now ex cry hoilv, xx ho knows any thing, dailv sees
ami knows. Yet the committee of Finanre in the
U. S. Senate threw out the memorial of the Bonn!
ol Trade, and thus fell us this miserable experiment
must go on, while the Van Bureu party are xx anting
State Bank*, with what seems tome n* ftighlfiil rap-
•ditv! Merchants of the United State*—mechanics
— all xx ho «!•■ hiisiuess on borroxxcd capital, and xx ho
do not »h>ire to pay for it txxo or iluee pi r rent, per
month, xm.r only leninly is nt the polls. Relief
a moment; hut there can be no ahi-
a speech of extreme se
declaring he held him
had said, in or out of thu II
“Mr. Rives, followed, nnd returned his thanks to
Mr. \\ .ilker tor the masterly dcfcnco he had madi:
l? 12,105,C00 ! ol | ,r «M»'»sit»»ii* against the assaults of the Sena-
tor b.m, Missouri. H • asked an mljmirnm uit.
xvlueli xxa.x grantial. The ‘gentn I* Virginian will
ilu hi* ilex oir on .'londay, and xvo w ill then see w he
ther lie or Benton is the stronger.
, *’ "‘ill the poor (h'lmled ft'lloxvs, xx ho lliuu-
25 guns on Federal Hill in honor of
95.170.000
To
Bento,
hn
hen th
annihilated
Walker. Tell them to xvlioel about a
, ” ow ( “ r Mr. Hives, or thev may bo too late f
I I , spoils.”
On M
Hfttw, whoiinmecliutely flispntelieil n ship to in- .
quite into the subject.—This is the situation of j
the affair.
It must also ho nntc.1, that Ilus.cl hu.l nnnlhi-r
crimii.nl pi'itsei-iitimi pending ii-aimt him, nml
Inal the court having consulted the
Cuiirt of Bogota, it was there tie
not entitled
supreme
rifled that he
. . , j ; V.....IVS* is/ auv peculiar privilege.
i.j ^ilnp’^uf Mr 1 1 ,lm ‘ ho ou » u « i ° l,e «»»>• oti. w .-,5,.
; h'.ir'l'.f'lhn i < V, , " sul r " M " !| ! S Vllitcd HtHies lit l’.ma-
I ma ' 1‘crniul nlm is now in t liis city, wa»|wo-
'' 1 - ^I.'- I!ive« nui.lc n Inn- im.l . Inli.irnlo sent when whnt i- I'clntt-il nlmvo luuk iihicc nml
s|.I., in r. |.lv l.. Mr. IMul.ius laklntf |. tins how- 1 " ill testify «. the (•mrcclnv.i of ||,u i„ u ’ c co-
itciuout. 1
ever, to hr
lor io point of m iuiot
niolishcd nil liis argi
utter impracticahilitv
illy to tho M i".(tori !
his doctrines
Benton wa
tv, nod replii
oration of ku
> thi
while he very effectively de* j
neats, and demonstrated the {
d dangerous tendency of,
‘tirrenr
A Nativk or Nkiv-Gkanaua.
mhject iif the currency. _ ir.
- omnilestly r« linked hack into liumili- #4 .
I hrn lly. and ith extraordinary mod-
guag«‘ and manner.
[ B ash. Sun.
'Hn
terly in ad
sent to
I | ding relief, xx ith
In
W’nshim
neh n disjointed cum
at the disposal, as it is. ofoxi: mx
i- ^ ..—7 rr*y* w . ciUHniittrd n gross outrage upon the ||oii«e, *nu mat »nucu mimmi »«» >i iin me noors ot me r.Xfeiilivc
•> >«*, (lid loiuskstMsni.st.ty t„i,|| thty hiJ h* b* ilicrefnrc, bronfht In tli* bar «f ilnr Uepnrtiucuts in the fnee* of tile cotnmitlet, Mr
[Cn’-rf./Mint/rncr ttir /hi/titnnri Pat.int.]
INX KSTIU VtlMJ I’OMMIT'l i:.
XVAiBiNoroH, Jnu. yo.
Mr. Srcrctnry Forsyth lm, follow cl she Irn.l
of liis chi. f. *1 In- Fn-.i.lmit Inning hrrn pre*
t ■ lmi 1 'nilo.l upon t.i .Inin thr iloor. of the Kxriulivr
Frcm tin Pi ill rat l II Ion,
Cltr.F.K < AMP.\|(;\ op 'pup, |.\sr
X I.AK.— I’lic- followiiig r.-pnrt of Major Ui-iu-r-
«l I* AM OLD if wow* pwhh.hr.l somt-wimt out
of»cN»on. Hut n< it i< cu.tmnnry to puhli-h
surli il.u-umrnts, nml thoy rmwtititto umtnriuU
for hi.t.iry, worm.lily avail ourselves of a copy
funii.livil a.. 1
Hr nit Quarter,, I ,t Army Cor/’*,
t'l lumliui, litfUrnbtr Pth, IKIti.
Sin—I nm happy to inform your Kxccllency,
tli it the Creek war has lerminatnl with the rlo*«
of the present cimpniju, eml that ili.-rc e\i« t
Postmnstcr (irncral irromnirml., that j
of newspapers ho required to pay cjunr-
a.lyanee the postage upon all the’papers
their *uh*criht*r*. \\ hat tm ctpiitahle re-
coainu-mlali.m ! Ilutv very just it w ould he to
make us pay in advance for carryin« our papers
In llteir places of dfsiiaaiinn when not more Ilian
htdf ..I litem are ever carried there at all! Aflrr
our havi,i» paid the p.nta^e, wlm knows Imw 1
many .rf the cwnlr-u-l..,'., I.k.t tiro one hetweru !
tills nty and Na-hvdle, wuuld llirow ihe mail-'
has- I...III their stages to rot liy the wav side
Ami wlm knows'upon how many roules the
m.ii.s would he dise.iiiliuue.l nlloi;ellier, the
.tai'es and horses, as in a inemornldo ease in
Mi.os.ippi, hein* *'-i/.o<l and .old under the
hammer tor slvlst I—[AoeiinV/r Journal.
If we resist uurpiu.ions, it i* more from their 1
ittiHuei* tlntt by onr iircugth. '
THE .TOURNAlT
Alillcilscvillc, Feb. ai,
Uiot in Sew-York.—By a slip from the
of the .New - X ork Daily Express, dated Fel °
ary Hill, we have an account of a prent runhi
New-1 ork. A meeting of the people was I
led in the Park, to consider the present hi h
prices of flour. As soon as the meeting disJw
vc«l. many assembled together, nml proeer.ilj
to Mr. Eli Hart’s store in Washington st S
a great moll was soon raised. Mr. || ni . t .
agent for several flour inaunfaeturcra, nnd hi*
large stores^contained several thousand harrel*
of flour. The store was taken liy assault ,i *
doors and w indows liroken in, and ihe flour r,,?
led into ihe sireet. The rioters helped i|,r m '
selve. lil'n.g their boxes nnd hags. Sni„ 0 W "‘
may he gathered of me waste, by the statement
of tho Express, that the flour in tho street
front of the store, was knee deep. L'tiwm.l.
300 barrels were destroyed. 1 J of
Abolition Petitions.
The teachings or tho homely precept “tnin,|
your own hu-iness,’’ seem to have hut linlo
weight with the pseudo philanthropists of ih»
North, they still pertinaciously interfere with
the domestic insiiiiilioiis of the South. Were
their efforts properly estimated not only in Con
gress, hut nt home, they w ould soon cease tlieir
labors on a subject w hich concerns them Imt lit-
tie, uml of which they know less. Unfortunate
ly, however, for our country, the sickly love of
uotoiicty, has far too great an influence to h 0
counteracted by sound sense, nnd an infamous
celebrity weighs more in their minds, than an
holiest obscurity. Did the open and unsparing
voice of censure greet at mice « deviation from
propriety, the petitions of these fanatics would
he unknown in the Halls of Congress.
unwearied attempts of these intcrmeddlers nro
not properly met in Congress. Session after scs.
sion their insulting memorials, and libellous pc-
titious, m e piled upon tho tables of members of
Congress, and Southern members are compel
led to sit -nil and hear tlieir friends abused ami
denounced, ami when they rise to repel the ca
lumny, are branded as agitators. Where is t| le
respect which congress should entertain for it-
self? it is time, high time, that these insults
should cense, and if tho majority in that body
fear to act in an independent milliner, let the
country know it, and we will answer for it, that
the divisions of opinion among Southern mem
bers, will he promptly removed.
The Federal Union, appears indignant that
the Representatives from Georgia who voted
for the reception of those petitions, should have
been severely denounced. It palliates their con
duct, and endeavours to fasten tho charge of
agitation on those who fear not to display tho
treachery of their Representatives to the people
whose interest they have betrayed. They aro
Southern men, says their apologist, arc owners
of slaves, fir. We know it, nml ivc know far
ther, they are Mind tn the cmi-cqueuce of tluir
nets, nr nro hound by party fetters to an impli
cit obedience. If they see and know the con
sequences that must result from Ihe admission
by the Smith of the right of Congress to legislate
mi this subject, w hat estimate must we put upon
their patriotism; if they arc really ignorant of
those matters, w hat estimate must we put upon
their capacity. Hut says the Federal Union:
—’* Our representatives me southern aim.
Tliev are themselves the owners of slaves; nail so
m e their neielrliors. nnd friends, and kindred. Tlu-ir
wenllli. tlieir e.md.iil, tlieir safely, nil tlint is dear
and valuable tn them in soeiely, depends on the pre
servation of our domestic institutions against the
sar.rilegi.iii8 interference of the nlinlilionistst nml
these men, so situated, arc accused of hidruving
us In the delesled families ! To say tlint 11 luxe "will)
make the charge are conscious of its injustice, would
lie to slate lint a small part of the tnitli. The accu
sers know tlinttheir nccusalionris wil.llv, extrava
gantly, absurdly false.”
Their arcu-ecs know that the accusation is
ns susceptible of a clear demonstration, as any
proposition in Euclid. liy their vote they
have admitted that Congress has a light to le
gislate on the matter of slavery. For as harsh
ly ns wo condemn them, we do not believe them
guilty of the stupid absurdity of voting la re
ceive u petition for the redress of a grievance
which tiicy have not the power to redress. They
inny deny tho prayer of llio petitioners, and
Congress has already done so, but if the denial
had been I.ascii on a want of power to grunt,
the question would long ago have been settled.
Such how ever, was not tho reason of the deni
al. It was inexpedient to grant the petitiansof
llio abolitionists at tlint lime. Hut when il be
comes expedient, in tho opinion of the majori
ty, to abolish slavery in the District of Colum
bia, amI a Georgian Representative shall lift liis
voire to declare in behalf of his constituents,
that Congress possesses not the power to legis
late upon the subject, ho w ill he siiccringly point
ed to the votes of Messrs. Grniitlniid, Haynes,
Cleveland, and Owens, (if ilicy are mil expun
ged,) ns evidence that Georgia Inis admitted to
Congress this right. In behalf of the people of
Georgia, wo disavow this net of tlieir Repre
sentatives, nml we declare that no public ninn
of litis Stale dare avow to the people, from whom
he seeks nil office that ho believes Congress lau
any right to interfere in this matter, in any
wav.
Suppose we admit the palliation ndvanre.lhy
the Federal Union, and w hat must he the infer
ence? why, that although Congress possesses
the right to abolish slavery in tlie District of
Columbia, limited only by thu consideration of
expediency, the South need fear no danger.—
That incorruptible and patriotic body will al
ways look to the welfare of tho SoiiiIi! ’I he
man must he idiotic indeed who would rest his
bosom on the sword's point of his jealous rival
and tru-t to his magnanimity, that he would not
sheath il to tho hilt in his h ■ in. A. long as
trade cxi-ts, sn long will the freo labor of die
North look with nn eye of loathing on die slave
labor of the South, nnd when the opportunity
oflVrs, annihilate it at mice if possible.
The Federal Union wo dare say is in earnest
in the attempt in avert from these individuals the
indignation w hich they should ami will be math)
tu feel, and as the Federal Union has of late
hern schooling our inexperience, we would cunt-
mend to its perusal the lesson taught in the fol*
low ing excerpt, from the experience of a wise
man of old, who went liy the name of .Eroy.
” A Country fellow mine one day into die w.iad,
and looked about him with soma roiieera; nj'"n
who'll the. trees, wiili n curiosity natural t" s< 5 11 1 f
olln'r creatures ask.'.I him w hat lie wanted t o"
replied, that ho wanted only a piece of 1000, I' 1
make n/inn.Hi to his hulrhct. Since that u
it was voie.l muiaiinously dial ho should have a
l»icc.p of good, sound, l.otgh n-h. Cut he Inn J n
sooner received and filled for ids purpose, lltan 'o‘
began lo lay about him umucrrifulty, aiI'" "
and lew without distinction, felling the ii"J , ti-«
trees io all Ihe fores). Then Ihe oak is said I"""' 0
spoken dills n> the heeeli, in a low w hixpei, l.rot.ui,
t.-e must ta/ir. it for our jitlitis." .
The mnrai of t Hi - fal.lo, we commend lnd'. e
cqieei.d attention of tho Federal I ui"». d 11
affirms the right of Congress to receive pctiti""*
of this character. Tho question of rrrepli" 11
once settled in favor of the abolitionists, and m"
South may prepare In trust its safety only J ul ‘*
own strength. The hiini/le will have hero fit If
to the hatch:!, nml wo must submit to the tea
sequences.
The deliberate insult ofl’orrd to the
Smith liy Mr. Adams in bringing helore '
press a paper pur. orting lo he ti petidon u*' 1 "
slaves. i» as astonishing as it is outrageous. ' ‘
have not room for Ihe whole ill bate at pros'a^*
on ibis subject, and mast rnni< nt oium I**’’.
referring our renders lo the xki ti h present. "
the letter of the rnrropmnlcut ot the Chat''
Mercury. The history of our country <!."■- ""
present so pros* nnd 11 .grant u violation ol ' . a^
Hum decency an.I pcopricly : th# W**' .
erasure of the records of the Senate.
Hoped would stand as no tiiipnral.ll.il cim >
on our nnii'.il*, hut m comparison with tl *‘ 1,
