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• i Springfield and Harper's Ferry was struck oat,
end the clause providing for the Civil Superin
tendence prevailed by a vole of 103 to 77.
The next amendment voted upon by yeas and
Days, was a proposition to strike out the fiftieth
section of the Bill. This was tost 90 to 88. The
next amendment voted upcn has reference to the
rations, and the amendment of the Committee
was lost. The yeas and nays were ordered upon
the passage on motion of Mr. Profit of. Indiana.
The vole was 123 to 62.
The Army Bill having been disposed of, vari
ons motions were submitted as to the order of
business. The first successful motion was to go
into Committee of the Whole. Mr. Briggs of
-Maas, was called to the Chair, and a half a dozen
- members submitted so many motions as to the
. order of business which they were anxious to
have considered.
The successful motion was to lake up a Bill to
regulate the taking of testimony in reference to
contested elections. 'This Bill was debated
through the day.
Washington, Aug. 5.
The Senate adjourned yesterday evening soon
alter four o’clock. The Revenue Bill was order
ed to a ihird reading, when Mr. Kvans of Maine
reifies ted that the BUI might then have its third
reading.
.Mr. Calhoun expressed himself anxious to be
heard upon the subject belore the vote was taken,
and upon the liual passage, and upon his motion
the Senate adjourned.
1 he House devoted the whole day after the pas
sage of the Bill providing for the re organization of
toe Army to the Bill from the Committee on Flec
tions, providing for the taking of testimony.
Toe debate continued at length before the Com
mittee lose. No effort was made to take the ques
tion.
to-day’s proceedings.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
Tiie Journal having been read, the morning bu
siness commenced with the reception of reports and
memorials.
A Joint Resolution in reference to the Naval
Pension Fund, some days hetore under considera
tion, was passed.
A bill was also passed in relation to the District
Courts of the Northern District of New York.
-The Committee on Military Affairs, through Mr.
Preston, the Chairman of the Committee, reported
back the Bill which passed the Home yesterday.
Mr. Preston moved that the Senate disagree, and
that the Senate appoint a committee of Conference.
The Report was concurred in. A committee was
appointed, which w ill probably ccn-isl of the>ame
S~*3R3rrn Wiir.^??^re“TenfrßfP«
a brief debate arose upon the printing of a map of
dc importance to any body.
Mr. Calhoun said that the Tariff Bill of lS2Shad
beeu called the Bill of abominations, but bad as
that Bill was, that was worse. That bill averaged
46 per cent, as near as he could make a calculation;
but this, according to the statement of the Chair
man of the Committee, was hut 36 per cent. But
this Bill proposed cash duties, ind with its other
burdens, it imposed a duty quite as onerous as the
act of *2B. What was still worse, it violated the
Compioimse Act, and was 4 in violation of the proms
ivesof thr- author of the Act, and the pledges of the
Governor of Mass, who took a prominent part in
the framing of the Act of 1838.
This Bill too,as another a»d a greater objection,
bo stated, violated not only the Compromise Act,
but it provided for the distribution of the Public
Lands. It provided for duties, and we had a
flood of experience which idiowed us that low du
ties were belter than high duties. Notwithsiand
iug all the adverse times usder a reduction of du
ties, the industry of the countiy had never pros
pered so much before. Reverse the protective
system, and this was a mere protcccivc Bill, and
the effect would be to paialize again the industry
of the country.
After spending considerable time in denouncing
the bill as a prohibitory measure, and in no sense a
Revenue Bill, Mr. Calhoun ptoceeeded to discuss
the question of Protection and free Trade in what
he called a more philosophical manner. He de
nounced the whole Protective policy as levy, plun
der, tribute ; and used o'her terms cf a correspond
ing character
Being of this character, he argued that the Bill
which contained such p:;nciplcs, contained them in
violation of the Constitution of tte U. 8. which
forbids protection of oje class at the expense of
another. It was agrarianism of the worst sort. —
You were bound to ask whether lhc*e burdens could
be paid, and t is he argued had not been done.
Mr. Calhoun, whose speech shoved that he had
spent much lime upon the subject,though he said
nothing he had not said one hundred times before,
contended that his views were nottostile to rnanu
factutes. tree trade, he argued, 4 or strict, stern.
He venue duties, could be maintained without hos
tility to the manufacturers, lie professed to be
lieve that hostility to protection lunnonised with
protection for mauufactuies.
Mr. Calhoun also avowed himself a friend of
Mauufactuic;, but his friendship w»s hardly an in
ference tu be drawn from any ol his conclusions. —
In conclusion, Mr. Calhoun said he did not expect
that his remarks would have any effect upon the
Senate, and lie did not believe an angel’s voice
would, have any effect. He spoke lor another
sphere, and the People would heed what he said
The People, he believed, would remedy cxi-.tiug
evils, and under the banner of Free trade, low du
kes, economy and retrenchment, separation from
hanks, the Democracy would triumph.
Mr. Ucntori continued tho debate in a speech in
opposit •!i to the bill. He called the bill many
hard nai.tes, and repealed them many limes. When
Mr. Benton took bis seal, Mr. Walkci ul Missis
sippi role, ami moved a iccommitmcut of the bill
with instructions. The motion seemed to h*-ve
been for the sake of a speech. The yeas
and nays were oalied upon the motion, and it was
lost by J vote of two to one, 26 to 13. This lelt
the question just where it was, and upon the mo
tion shall the bill pass.
Mr. Hvans rose to reply, and spoke at some
length m answer to the several speeches of Messrs.
Woodbury, Benton, and Walker of Miss. The
speech was very able, and was listened toon all
sides of the Senate. The argument of the Senator
from S C., was answered in some detail, beginning
with the denunciation of the Tariff of 1828, and
ending where be closed.
it was shown that the tariff' of 1828, so much
denounced, was made a bill of abominations by the
enemies of the bill itself. They piled amendment
upon amendment in order to make the bill odious,
and who voted for it then ? Mr. Kvans showed
who supported it by naming Mr. Van Buren,Mr.
Woodbury, Mi R M Johnson, Mr. Wright and Mr.
Buchanan, and others, among those who voted for
the measure. Mr. K. turned over the defence to
these gentlemen,and is speaking as i close.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
DEPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AE-
Jfairv.
The report of Mr. Cooper of Penn, from the com
mittee uu Indian Affairs, was the first business be
fore the House this morning. The debate was con
tinued by the author of the report in reply to the
speech of Mr. Cushing of Mass., and in a continued
examination of the examples cited by the member
from Mass.
Mr. Cooper having closed his remarks, the ques
tion was about to be put upon a substitute proposed
by Mr. Everett of Vt. to the resolutions submitted
by Mr. Cooper of Penn, as the organ of the commit
tee. The substitute was chiefly a resolution to
the effect that the answer of the Secretary of War
was not satisfactory to the House.
Mr. Adams said, he should vote for the amend
ment proposed by the gentleman from Vermont.—
The House had already had many collisions with
the executive branch of the Government ; to his
great sorrow and regret these differences were mul
tiplying. He was anxious, as fa: as possible, with
out compromising the dignity of the House, to re
concile these differences of opinion. He agreed
with the gentleman from Vermont that in the pres
ent case there was no direct occasion for censure
beyond the expression of an opinion that the an
swer was unsatisfactory..
After the adoption of the Resolution he hoped
the answer would he forthcoming, with the papers
called for by the Resolution which had been adop
ted. The Secretary of War had no right to give
his reasons for withholding information in such a
case. He could have no reasons which were satis
factory. It was enough for him to know that the
House wanted the information called for—wanted
it for national purposes, and in the discharge of its
high duties. It had been said by his colleague (Mr.
Cushing) that the information should be furnished
if required for purposes ot impeachment. How
could his colleague or the Secretary of the Treasury
know that it was not for this very purpose that a
Committee of the House had called for the informa
tion they bad desired >
But he did not agree with his colleague thatsurii
information could not be procured unless for pur
poses of impeachment. The House for any purpose
had a right to information in the possession of the
Departments. Mr. Adams spoke at considerable
length, and with a good deal of earnestness of man
ner until the expiration of the morning hour. His
last remarks were of the most eloquent character,
and produced a strong impression upon the House.
He spoke of the degeneracy of the age—of the
change of public sentiment, when a member could
rise upon the floor as his colleague had done, and
defend the Executive in such an exercise of power
as had been practiced.
Mr. Adams was blazing forth like a meteor
when he was called to order by the expiration of
the morning hour. The subject was then passed
over until to-morrow.
PRIVATE BILLS.
The House on motion of Mr. Cowen then went
into Committee. Mr. tioardmamof Mass, was call
ed to the Chair, and the day was devoted to the
considcratien of Private Bills, to which there was
no objection.
A hundred Bills and more have been favorably
considered in Committee and will be reported to
the House. It has been the best working day of
the session, and much of the success has been ow
ing to the inielllgcnt Chairman.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
Washington, Au g. 6.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
The business of the Senate has nor been of
importance during lha day, except one or two
measures.
A suggestion was made at an early hour that
the bills upon the private calendar be considered,
and it was generally acceded to.
AHMT Blit.
During the day, the conferees made their re
port, which was read and concurred in.
The committee of conference upon the Army
bill have reported, and the report will be concur
red in by tbe two Houses ot Congress.
The regiment of dragoons is not to be disband
ed, hut after tbe 4th of March it is to be made a
rifle regiment. The regiment at present has re
ceived orders to be on duly.
An abolition of storekeepers is also recommend
ed, end a further reduction in tbe rank and file.
Tbe Bill to supply lire deficiency in the Navy
pension fund was also passed during the day, and
after some debate.
A Bill for the re-organization of tbe Navy De
partment was also passed.
At an early hour a motion wag made to go in
to Executive Session, and after a short lime the
Senate adjourned. '
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Journal of yesterday’a proceedings read
by the Clerk, recorded the good things done yes
terday. The Journal was so long that much
time was consumed in the reading. It was a no
ble record, however, and very pleasant to hear.
The House was then occupied for so|se time
in miscellaneous business.
A number of resolutions were adopted calling
for information from the Departments, and in ad
dition to these a resolution agreeing to put a slop
to the debate upon tbe bill reported by Mr. Hal
stead, from the Committee on Elections, and pro
viding for (he taking of testinlDny in cases of
Contested Elections.
The bill was urJer consideration through near
ly tbe whole ot Thursday. At one o’clock on
Monday the debate upon the bill will close.
A bill was then passed requiring the Secretary
of State'lo make an annual report to Congress
upon the subject of the commercial relations of
the country.
The report from the committee on Indian Af
fairs respecting the conduct of the Secretary of
War, was the order ot tbe business tor tbe next
hour.
Mr, Adams was entitled to the floor in contin
uation of the remarks made by him yesterday.
Mr. A. addressed the House with his usual abili
ty, with earnestness and in reply to the remarks
of his colleague who had spoken in defence of
tbe veto and tbe Executive while aMtbe same
time he had spoken in derogation of Congress.
Mr. Adams spoke particularly of this last re
mai k and considered that his colleague had rather
wronged himself than degraded Congress by his
efforts to bring disrepute upon Congress while at
the same time be was ready to do all homage to
the Executive. He had said that he wasjin fa
vour ot the administration of John Tyler, and un
doubtedly he was for no man bad rendered a mote
devoted support to the Administration.
Mr. Adams commented upon the exercise of
the veto power by the President. Thrice he had
interposed the veto power and blasted the hopes
of the country and Congress. A bill had now
been signed by the Speak ?r, and this day would
be placed in tbe bands of the President. If ft
Was approved the effect would be salutary upon
the country in tv/entv-four hours it was
apwpved. In cunnajcUo» with «wr negotiations,
i/ow completed, the effect for good would be in
stantaneous.
Instead of being unable to procure the means
for the support of the Government, a loan of 12
or 20 million, could be at once negotiated.
The great error of the President was in sup
posing that tbe supreme power was lodged in bis
bands,
His colleague defended him upon tbe same
grounds. Like Charles the First, he preferred
to be governed by conscientious motives, but in
tbe name of conscience the worst errors might be
committed, and often were.
Mr. Adams spoke until the expiration of the
morning hour, and was followed by Mr. Proffit
in reply.
PRIVATE BILLS.
The House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Uoardman of Conn., in the Chair.—
Bills of a contested character were considered,
and a long debate upon a claim of Ex-Governor
■Shannon, of Ohio, was debated at length.
The bill was debated by Messrs. Mason, Medill
and others of the Ohio Delegation, and was then
passed over with a recommendation that it be re
ported to the House not to pass This Bill dis
posed of, tbe House soon afier adjourned for the
want of a quorum.
Correspondence of the N. Y. American .
A Precious Morceau.
Washington, July 29.
The Committee of the Whole yesterday after
noon finished the Contingent Appropriation Bill,
and reported it to the House with a few amend
ments. It is a very important bill, and the neces
sity of some of its permanent provisions is abun
dantly proved by the testimonies adduced (in the
debate) of the audacious corruptions of the Van
Buren Administration. Among others, a fact
staled yesierday by Mr. Linn, (Chairman of the
Committee on Public Expenditures) is highly in
structive as to the propiiely of checks and guards
on tho administrative power.
A manufacturer of mail-bags in Ohio in con
sideration of his consenting to become the Loco
loco candidate for Slate Senator received a new
contract for mail-bags to the amount of between
>.200,000 and $300,000, at a reduction of only
5 per cent on the former preposterous prices,
while a Whig manufacturer was at the same
lime offering to contract for any amount at a re
duction of 25 and fifteen percent on former pri
ce.-! The Loco toco wer.l on with his contract,
the result of which is that the Department has
now SOB,OOO worth of new mail bags on hand
entirely useless, and having been so tor years—
the contract so far exceeding the wants of the De
partment, for the sake of giving a fat job to a
worthless partizan as a reward for political servi
ces. The correspondence with Mr. Van Buren
at t\»e time, in which iho«*e objects were Boldly
avowed by the contractor's friends, and as boldly
recognised by Mr. Van Buren, is now in the
hands of the Committee of Pubic Expenditures,
and will be published.
There is now on hand in the Postoilicc De
partment a quantity of blanks for various purpos
es, sufficient to last fifty years ! This is the
way that such men Blair arid other Locofuco
printers grow enormously tich by public thieving,
while every honest man in tho country was grow
ing poor by the distress which they caused or pro
moted.
M ill not tho country be roused by such facts?
Aral yet, these are only items in a vast budget.
Can it be wondered, that we arc a bankrupt na
tion'
Preaching anti Practice.
A certain preacher was asked why he did not
practice iris own doctrine? He very frankly re
plied, that he was in favor of the division of la
bor, and that, us ho had to do (he preaching, lie
would turn over the practice to his hearers.
The following wholesome lecture, as compared
with Mr. Tyler’s subsequent practice, would seem
to indicate, that he had come to the same conclu
sion, as the rule now is, that all office holders
must serve him personally. — True Whit*.
To the Hun. S. A l . Hobble, Acting Postmaster
General.
Sir: Information having been received in a
form entitled to attention, that the Postmasters
at •••■», Pennsylvania, and *•***, Ohio, have
so far violated the obligations which they implied
ly assumed on taking office under my administra
tion, of abstaining from any active partizanship,
or in any way connecting their offices with par
ty politics, or using them for party purposes, I
have to request that inquiries shall be instantly
instituted into their conduct, and that if the
charges against them be found to be true, they be
immediately turned out of office, and citizens ap
pointed in their places who wdl otherwise con
duct themselves. The Post Office Department,
in all its operations should be conducted for the
single purpose of accomplishing the important
objects lor which it was established. It should,
in an especial manner so far as is practicable, be
disconnected from party politics. It was estab
lished for specified purposes of equal importance
to every citizen. To convert it into an engine
of party to be used for party purposes, is to make
it tne fruitful source of the most alarming evils.
Ramified as it is, and extended to every neigh
borhood, the purity of its administration, and ne
cessarily of its agents, should be particularly
guarded. For a Deputy Postmaster to use his
franking privilege (a privilege bestowed upon
him for the sole purpose of exonerating him from
oppressive charges in the necessary correspon
dence of his office) in scattering over the country
pamphlets, newspapers, and proceeding to influ
ence elections, is to outrage all propriety, and
must not for a day be tolerated. Let this be left
to the politicians. I should be happy if one or
two examples shall be found sufficient to correct
an evil which has so extensively prevailed.
I will take this occasion, also, to add, for vour
instruction, that the appointment to, and conti
nuance in the office of Postmaster of any one
edit ing a political newspaper is in the highest
degree objectionable. It involves most of the con
sequences above stated—introduces politics into
the Post-Office—diminishes the revenue and
confers privileges ou one editor which all cannot
enjoy, in a word, it is my fixed purpose, as far
as in me lies, to separate the Post-office Depart
ment from politics, and bring about that reform
which the country has so loudly demanded.
JOHN TYLER.
Sept. 28, 1841.
A few days ago, .he Washington Globe con*
tained some severe strictures on the expend-' t
lure of about one hundred and thirty thousand
dollars, to effect a termination of the semtnole w/» ,
in Florida. This looks monstrous, to be sure„»
pecially when everybody remembers that J f r
Van Buren expended upwards of thirty i iil
lions in this same war, without product ne s
tithe of the effect brought about by the sl3* j qo<j
expended by the present Administration ir , ’ pav ,
iug some thirty Seminole chiefs to emigre t * e
take their followers with them. Why d the
Globe harp upon the present Administrat ...i.c,
60,000, and preserve silence about Vac Huren’r
thirty odd millions? Does that paper lhink , h .
people a set of foois!— Prentice.
QC/’lt is a somewhat singular fact If ,at the floor,
tn the Patent Office at Washington so
stone imported from Germany by a Conn ecticut
man, who works an extensive quar l
land of‘.blue laws” and -horngtr .flints ” Th"
stones were transported as baltar t
cost. That, together with the lo- *V* es s®.“*
many enabled the-calculating’* Yankee £f£'.
rush tiie Government with the (imported .r n. .
a price less than he could oflord huT own vLh
mg him too, it is said, a handsome profit. *
efironfcle sentinel*
AUG US TaT. i
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9.
WHIG NOMir^TIONa
FOR CONGRESS.
RICHARD W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
RICHARD 11. WILDE, of Richmond.
ABSOLOM H. CHAPPELL, of Bibb.
AUGUSTUS H, KENAN, of Baldwin.
HAMILTON P. SMEAD, of Talbot.
AUGUSTUS R. WRIGHT, of Cass.
FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
senator.
ANDREW J. MILLER.
HSPRESENTATITBS.
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD,
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
SAMUEL H. TARVER.
TIR"
THE NEW FEATURE.
ft is a source of no ordinary gratification to us
to witness the prompt manner in which the
Whigs are responding to the “hew feature” in
the prospectus for the “Reformer-Revived.” It
is equally flattering to our vanity as an editor
as greatful to out fellings as zealous Whigs.
This prompt action is right, it is the proper spirit,
it brings fresh to our recollection the memorable
spring of 1840 when almost every mail brought
. its fifty to an hundred subscribers, good and true
I hearted Whigs, ft encourages us to prosecute
the work with zeal, energy and a hearty good
will, when we see our friends rallying so prompt-
J ly and cordially to our support, and it augurs well
| for tbe success of our measures. Rally around
; iK. standard say .we, inscribe upon -it* iolda
■ '‘Henry Clay a sound currency—no rotten
banks,” and put your shoulders to the wheel like
gallant, high souled Whigs and push the Refor
mer-Revived along. Send up your names to be
enrolled upon that fast swelling list of one bun
. dred and fifty high spirited Whigs, who approve
of the -new feature,” and we will welcome,
thrice welcome you to the noble contest for “de
liverance and liberty” from currency tinke.rs and
a depreciated rag currency.
fn reply to the numerous enquiries “when will
the first number of the Reformer-Revived be is
sued” we have the high gratification to state that
from present manifestations, should no accident
i intervene to prevent, we shall send forth the first
number on Saturday the 20th inst, and we must
' r therefore ask our friends for a prompt return of
their subscription lists, prior to that period as it is
1 desirable that our first issue should be sufficient
1 to supply every subscriber. While on this sub
ject we desire to make a suggestion to our nu
e merous friends, which if promptly adopted will
give the paper a circulation cf 20,000 copies in
two weeks.—ft is this—Let the prominent, lead
ing Whigs in every county in the State make
up a purse, some will give five some ten, some
'- twentv and others fifty and a hundred dollars
[
’ each if they feel in the right spirit, to have the
paper circulated, and by this means it can be
i- placed in the possession of every luke warm voter
e among the Whigs, and those who will read it
t among our opponents, neither of whom would
e subscribe. This is the true policy and is carry
i- ing out the object of the paper. Whigs of Georgia
3 arouse and move forward in this contest and if
yon do your duty, the Reformer-Revived will,
. aye, shall tell most powerfully upon the rotten
v banks and currency tinkers in the October elec
-1 lions. The fate of the wotk is in your hands
Y
and success or defeat awaits your action.
B
C. J. Jenkins, Esq.,
Is out in thi-5 morning’s paper, in reply to “ A
t Mechanic and we tike great pleasure in inviting
s the readers’attention to his communication, for its
i manly and dignified tune. The Whigs of Rich
mond should be proud of such a representative, and
all parties should unite, in this time-serving age, in
doing honor to man who has sufficient firm-
ness and honesty to express his opinions regardless
y of their influence upon his personal popularity.
y Read the communication, and then, like prudent
e and wise men, determine that Old Richmond cannot
** dispense with tiie services of such men as Miller
and Jenkins.
; Our Job Office.
0 Having recently made considerable additions of
r t new and f ancy tyfe to our office, it is now in ex
- cellent condition for doing any work with which
'* our friends may favor us. We can do all sorts of
? letter press woik, books, pamphlets, bills of lading,
visiting cards, steamboat bills, horse bills, show
" bills, hand bills, commercial and law blanks, rail
toad and <jray receipts, posting bills, bill headings,
warehouse receipts,ball tickets,business cards,etc.
Orders from the country will meet with prompt al
•t tention. The business season will be upon us ere
J* long, and we hope we m;*y look to our friends fora
continuation of the patronage they have already
expended us, and we confidently assure them that
j their orders shall be executed in a style superior to
q tiny office in the city, ?ind at prices adapted to the
i- depressed state of the limes. Give us a call.
s .
The National Intelligencer of Saturday says :
r The Revenue Rill yesterday passed the Senate, and
was returned to the House of Representatives, it
a will to-day be laid before the Pro sident, with whom
4 the solemn responsibility will then rest, either to
® sign the bill and give relief to a suffering people,
and spread joy and gladness and {gratitude through
the laud, or, shutting his eyes and his heart to the
public distress, refuse his assent to the bill, and
| plunge his country into hopeless rn isery. May the
y Giver of all Good “incline his heart to wisdom,”
e and avert a decision so calamitous !
e The yeas and nays on the pas rage of the bill
are
r Yeas — M essrs. Archtfr, Barr ow. Bates, Bay
” ard, Choate, Clayton, Conrad, C'refts, Criltem.'eu,
e Dayton, Evans, Huntington, Keer, Mangu.m,
' Merrick, Miller, Morchead, Phe?,ps, Porter, Sim
mons, Smith, of la., Sprague, T allmadge, Wbite,
0 Woodbridge—2s.
Nays—Messrs. Allen, Bagby, Benton, Buch
-0 anan, Calhoun Culhbert, Fulum,Graham, King,
0 Linn, Mcßoberls, Preston, Rivet;, Sevier, Smith,
0 of Conn., Sturgeon, Tappan, Walker, Wilcox,
“ Williams, Woodbury, Wright, Young—23.
? From Washing ton.
s The Baltimore American of Saturday says;—
1 Gentlemen who have just rett irned from Wash
ington state that rumors were very current there,
f and generally believed, thru Lord Ashburton
- would leave that city in afr w days preparatory
| to his departure for Eng l and, the terms of the
r treaty which he was sent ro this country to ne
t gotiale having 'seen concluded to his satisfaction.
It was also str .. c d that Mr. Websler designed to
resign his ofjicc as Secretary of State soon after
, the adjourr .ment of Congrers. Os course we do
not know vrhat credit is to be attached to those
r sports, I j-jt ss the same rumors have reached us
I before f som ether sources, it is possible that there
naay ' Je some truth in them.
The iWagmolta.
/’he July number of this periodical, the first
. -he new series published in Charleston, war
i*:«'on our table yesterday by Mr. Charles Gron
, ville. the agent for this c.'ty. Our anticipations
, ( of the change to Charleston have been fully suf
t tained so far as the typography of the work is
?. concerned, which would do credit to any publirb
r ers in this country. The little leisure wo have
been able to devote to its contents satisfies us
L _ that the readers of the Magnolia have much oth
a er cause to rejoice at the change than mere typo-
W graphical execution. It is apparent from this
?! number that Mr. Simmes is determined to make
id
le it a much higher toned and more useful work
1- than it has heretofore been, casting aside the
8 light trash usually found in periodicals, for matter
of a more solid and substantial character—this
is well and we wish him god speed. The edito
rs rial bureau evinces industry, zeal, tact and talent,
31 and is exceedingly well storeo 1 .
It
n (Jj* At a recent collection in one of the Churcli
ie es in Mobile, the greater portion of the receipts
5 was in shin plasters, which purported to le good
f ’ or a drink or drinks at some tar in the city. S°
j much for the bettercurrency, which the currency
I tinkers ptomised the country when they began
their experiments, .
I
The Ball la Motion.
We take pleasure io placing before the rc-adei fi
the following letter from a gemlemarpia Rm» to '
bis friend, who has submitted it to us lul publica- ti
tian, and we smccicty hope that the coie ludiog b
suggestion ot the writer will not be lest on our (
Whig friendfthrouglioat the Slate. We have no- ,
thing to apprehend from the most searching inves- s
tigation, our principles will bear the seve-est test c
of scrutiny, and if the people be made familiar with t
them success is certain. Whigs do your duty.
. Rome, July 23rd, 1842. j
Dear Sin—l send you a brief account of the ,
political discussion which came otf yesterday at ,
Hardin’s Mills,io Floyd county. 1 regretibat you (
were not present, as well as every ore else who ,
can judge impartially of men and measures. At an (
early hour as directed by a Committee of Arrange
ments, Col. Wright of Cassville one of the Whig |
Congressional Candidates commenced an address to |
a large and intelligent assembly cf both parties —j
After a playful allusion to the disadi antages under ,
which he appeared before the au itorv in being
obliged to open the argument, and to precede .
three, not only champions, hut the bestloOM.ing
men in Georgia, he came at once and boldly up to
the consideration of the prominent topics now he-'
fore the people. He depicted in strong and
with a master hand the depressed and waning con
dition of all the leading interests of the country
now, as compared with their prosperity tu former
times; briefly retraced her history for the purpose
of ascertaining the cause of the distress, and the
measures wliiih in his judgment, enlightened by
forty years of national prosperity, and for warned
by half as many of embarrassment and ruin, would
recall to activity the palsied energies of a whole
people. In tins connection he spoke of a Nation
al Bank as emphatically Ihe measure of bis party.
With a perspicuity, a vigor and beauty peculilr to
his style of oratory, he forhibly demonstrated
its constitutionality, by argument, by precedent,
by the reiterated sanction of every department of
the governrr.cni, and of all parties. He sustained
its expediency by his theoretical opinions of finance
and the effect which it would have upon the cur
rency, and powerfully supported those opinions by
aa ftppohl to tb« ht-twrj of Iho Un»«c4 SUteo Bank
in connection with that of the nation. He boast
ed that he came before kis countrymen with no
new measure, no new experiment, but with one
which their fathers had tried and sanctioned, one
which had more than once brought us from distress
and peril to safety and prosperity. He repelled
indignantly the charge of the Democratic papers
that the Whigs arc the supporters of the corrupt
system of banking, under which the country now
suffers. He demonstrated by the sudden and large
increase of the number and capital of the local
banks, immediately after the Veto of President
Jackson, that it was the failure of Whig measures
and to the acts of their opponents that the state of
things now so loudly complained of had their ori
gin, and by the journals of the Georgia Legisla
ture, that the Whigs here, have bravely resisted
the cureut of ruin, had nobly breasted the gather
ing storm —and patriot like, had endeavored to pre
vent as well as predict the evil which would ensue.
In his conclusion he called upon the gentlemen
who would reply to hipn, to specify their measure
of relief, or if they held that this was too much fo r
the pcop e to ask of the Government, he called up
on them to state their financial policy. Opposed
to a National Bank, he contended, they must sup
port either our present system or a mctalic currency
and the Sub-Treasury. In a few sentences he
sketched most graphically our present irredemable,
' depieciated paper circulation, and enquired if they
were in favor of this. With equal brevity sud
i clearness ho exhibited the grinding operation of
the Bentonian currency, and asked in a lore to
which the sympathy of his hearers lent point and
[ energy, is that the system you advocate ?
Col. Wright’s speech upon this occasion although
mostly argumentative, was impressive and-inmany
passages thrillingly eloquent, and marked through
out by a courtesy, a candor and a slalesman-like
’ dignity which drew waim encomiums from all par
-1 ties.
William 11. Stiles, Esq. of Cass, one of the Dem
» ocralic Candidates replied,or rather made a speech,
for either he did not consider his opponent’s argu
ment worth a reply, or he had pieviously arranged
his speech and was afraid of losing the thread of it,
amid the sadJleb gs full of newspapers ami mat.u
--' scripts which he exhibited, in case ho should al
-5 tempt the business of replication, at all events he
overlooked both the strong and the weak points in
* his adversary’s speech, and wholly omitted to le-
J spoud to the demand for the announcement of the
financial pioject of his party, lie consumed about
s an hour endeavoring to prove that the Whigs were
all federalists and monarchists and represented their
t prominent men as jockeys, booted and spurred to
t ride down the dear people. He spent about the
r same time in vulgar abuse of the Whigs, for hum
bugging the people iu IS4O, and ot the people f-r
being asses enough to submit to the operation upon
that memorable occasion. Among other of his de
r
derations was one that there exited no financial
necessity for the extra session, for he was in pos-
session oi testimony then, ’ushovv that at its com
-1 meucement there were twenty millions in tf,e Ha
lt tionat treasury! “If any one doubts it, said he,
v “let him call lor the documents,*’ “I’ve got the doc
- umenta,” shaking a bundle of newspapers in his
>, hand. “ Exhibit your proof of that,” demanded
one of lus opponents, 41 produce your boasted doc
- uu.ents After fumbling several minutes in his
e bundle, he produced a newspaper cditoiia), coin
a menliug upon Whig extravagance in burying Gen.
)' Harrison and not one word of the state of the trea
t sury, “ will that satisfy you he asked in a lone
0 of tiiumph; and after reading two or three ex
e tracts equally pertinent , he was allowed to proceed,
it being evident he could nut bring his mind to the
point in issue. If his flights had been comet like
j before, they became after this interruption still
{ more erratic. The treachery of his memory or his
( understanding was strikingly apparent. After a
> harangue of two hours and a half he yielded to the
. entreaties of his friends and spared them farther
k mortification. Bis Stilishness both of manner and
e matter may suit the meridian from whence he came,
j but the people of the up country are incapable of
appreciating its beauties.
„ Col. A. 11. Ken an, of Baldwin, next addressed
the assemblage in a very neat and pertinent speech
marked by'his customary'boldness, manliness and
brevity. He was unusually caustic and happy in
r , his reply to Hie rigmarole which had just proced-
ed ; and Air. Stiles evinced, by his excitement and
i, uneasiness, the pa:u he experienced under the lash
To use his own figure, one of the booted and spur
h red jockey'* had mounted him, and what wonder he
should prance when he felt the gaff in kis flank.
, ’The manner in which Col. K. repelled the asser
-1 tit u, that General Washington believed a Bank to
be unconstitutional at the time that he signed its
charier, though acting under the obligations of an
oath, was a line specimen of indignant and impas
sioned eloquence. lie presented the true points
in issue, in two or three striking point." of view ;
and with the good taste characteristic of a man of
, chivalrous fueling, omitted to notice or imitate the
n abusive pa.rt of his adversary’s remarks. While
Col. Kenan appears to want the cogency cf thought
and brilliancy of fancy', with which, Wright sus
tains and enlivens his argument, he possesses a
readiness, a reckless, dashing independence o l
manner, which give him great advantages as a pop
-0 ular orator
-r General Haralson, ofTioup, had the benefit of
0 the conclusion ; but counterbalanced by the disad.
;e vantage of having to sustain a sinking cause, and
[s rally-routed forces. To effect this, he brought in
e to play a fine fund of humor and pleasantry; and it
his argument failed to convince, his jest could
not but amuse. Icdeed, he scarcely attempted to
return the blows which his heavily'-armed adversa
ries had dealt so liberally upon him: he only
is sought to blunt their force, or, by stepping nimbly
i- aside to avoid the fate with which they threatened
1S him. His speech was long, and on the whole, in
teresting; and his auditors must have had little
veneration for Momus. if their risibility was not
is
excited to the utmost; but it presented no new
l ' points in argument or views of policy, save this—
e that he was finally provoked to disclose his scheme
is , 9 f finance so far as it relates to the State of Georgia,
i- Though, he wishes to be considered alone responsi
>- bl ? for it, and not his party. It is the same, he
\ s said, as that proposed by Governor McDonald, some
e time since. He wishes to let all the present in
-1 corpora ted banks run out by the expiration of their
charters, and confine the business of banking to a
° single Slate institution, with branches at the va
!r rious commercial points. You will perceive that
s this is just <ke system which works so beautifully
i- and beneficially in Alabama.
t “ Let me ask you,” said Col. Kenan, “ to state
to these people where the capital of your.bank is to
be procured. The State has no* even the means of
- discharging her liabilities. Must 94*e borrow mo
-5 ney to bank on, did Alabama, or tax the whole
d people to raise a banking capital, to afford coramer*
° c»al facilities to a few ? Which scheme are you *Q
y favor of ? When will you get the capital of your
n bank? Or, will you set it a-going without capi
tal ?
Here, the facetious General was in a dilemma,
from which, neitlu r the *x it ion »»: hi" t * r a
stroke os his Wii coaki exiitcaiv him. Ti.elir>t al
ternative was manifestly impolitic and impra« tica- n
ble; and the laat certainly would be unpopular. a
He was literally conSrcd,and with a hearty laugh c
at his expense, the assembly dispersed. Beloie he r
speaks again, he must have his financial project q
more matured; and not only know* what sort of a 0
bank he wants, but where he is to get the capital e
also. As an orator, he certainly does not rank J
high, though inmeasuiably superior to his feeble
coadjutor of yesterday. Hi* social qualities con- «
stitute his great excellence; and if he should not be c
chosen as one of the representatives of Georgia iu t
Congress, there is no question but that he will Le t
one of her best citizens at home.
This display has convinced methatgUie Whigs r
have every thing to gain by discussion. They
have important measures to bring before ihe couu- 1
try—they have a set of candidates capable of sup
porting them honorably, to I hem-elves and the pai- i
ty. Their opponents propose nothing, : advocate
nothing, but are against everything; and with a
ticket greatly inferior in popular taienls, cun they
do oilier than lose by investigation.
(Tj* Holmes of the Literary Depot is ever on
the qui vive with something choice in the literary
world in the shape of sn Extra New World
or some other gem, and he yesteiday laid on our
table three extra number of the World, contain
ing that admirable wo»k by Dr. H. R. Madden,
THE UNITED IRISHMEN,
Their Ike* anil times.
Also a double Brother Johnathan containing
THE CAPTAIN’S WIFE,
A new naval tale complete.
Call aft see him.
New York and Albany Rail Hoad.
The n.-Lt st(*p towards the commencement of
this important work to the city ot .tew Y ork was
taken on Tuesday lasi. A large party cf gentle
men, including the president and directors of the
Company, left New York on Monday, and pro
ceeded to the village of Pawling, in D?ffiiess
Couniy, where the ceremony of first breaking
ground for the great work took place in due
form. The inhabitants of the county turned out
in great number, and welcomed their visiters
with enthusiastic hospitality.
Thir road, which is to connect the two impor
tant points of New York and Albany, passes
through one of the richest and most productive
portions of the Olale.
For the Chronicle 4- Sentinel.
Messrs. Editors—My attention has been direc
ted to the communication of“. 4 Mechanic ,” ad
dressed to Mr. Andrew J. Miller and myself, which
appeared in your paper during ray absence. The
subject of which it treats, having excited much
feeling in this commioity, and the communication
itself being altogether respectful, and kind in its
general tone, I feel that I may indulge m3' decided
inclination to respond promptl}', fully, and frankly,
without establishing a precedent, which shall com
mit me to a controversy with ever>’ anonymous
writer who may choose to arraign me at the bar of
Public Opinion.
1 am askedJir.sf,foi “ a circumstantial history of
an act passed at the lost session of the Geneial As
sembly, establishing a Board of Aldermen, for the
city of Augusta, prior to its passage.” On my re
turn to Milledgeville from one of our Circuit Courts,
or soon afterwards, the Senator from Richmond in
formed me that the act referred to had pat-sed the
Senate, requested me to give it my attention dur
ing its progress through*the House, of which I was
a member, and placed in my hand a memorial from
sundry' citizens of Augusta, in conformity to which
he had introduced the Bill. He give no indication
whatever of more than ordinary interest in the
measure, but
acts introduced bv him, and conducted through the
Senate, at the request of our common constituents,
ami then turned over tu me, as claiming m>’ atten
tion no Icssjhan his own ; and so I regarded it. —
Having carefully read and considered its provi-
I sions, I gave it, with the exception of a single
clause, m3’ approval and support. With the entire
concurrence of Mr. Miller, I moved to strike out
the objectionable section, and otherwise slightly'to
. amend the bill, which motions prevailed. When
t it came upon its pa?sage, 1 stated to the House
that the measure was local, that it had been called
for by a memorial then in my pjsscssion, (which
t might be read at the Clerk’s desk if any member
; desired it,) and thatlheic was no counter memorial,
r nor (so far as I knew) any’ oilier expression or in
) dilation of opposition io it at home. No one ob
; jecling, the bill passed the House as amended, ai d
- was returned to the Senate for concurrence in the
r amendments.
i 1 had very little conversation with Mr. Miller
- on the subject, and (if my memory be fcut at fault,)
1 none whatever with any other person, having u
- ceived neither verbal nor w ritten communication
- (except as above slated,) from any' one or more of
my constituents. Tins i* all I know ot its history
, prior lo its passage.
I am asked secondly “what will be your fntine
4 legislation as regards this act, in ca :e of jour re
-1 election ?” I answer, that must necessarily depend
- upon circumstances, which I cannot certainly ac*
s ticipatc. Should the citizens of Augusta ask no
legislative action upon tin- subject, by memorial or
• otherwise, I shall propo-e none, unless it he to re
" duee the properly qualihralion, and thereby in—
-1 crease the constituent body, which 1 now incline
* to think is 100 *mal). There is, however, abund
» ant reason to believe, that our fellow-citizens op-
L * posed to the act, will invoke legislative action,
L * will petition cither for its modification or repeal.
I It is impossible for me lo conjecture, with any sat
s isfuctory approach lo truth, what modification will
’*■ be proposed.
E I have been told, that the advocate? and the op
r pouents of the measure, would probably unite in
i proposing that the act be ?o amended as to abolish
, tire properly qualification for voters, retaining that
f for Aldermen. I have no hesitation in saying, I
would vole foi that, or any other amendment which
1 would reconcile conflicting opinions, and theieby
1 give stability to the new Board, without destroying
i its utility. In a government like ours, the iegisla
-1 tor’s hist o: jr*ct should oc to enact good laws ; bis
■ second to make them acceptable to those upon
whom they are to operate. In the present state of
uncertainty, as lo the aspect in which this question
■ will come before the next General Assembly, I
e can only add under this head, that if I should be a
. member of it ; I will make that the rule of my con
- duct.
u But it i> proper that I should advert to the other
s alternative. As an individual. I must frankly say
u that lam opposed to the repeal of the set. N'otbir.g
ha< oc uned to change the opinion I entertained
g when 1 voted for it. Your correspondent has not
. a<kc«. for an argument on the subject, and perhaps
f the proper limits of this communication would pre
c elude one.
e The citizens of Augusta, however, are divided
t upon this question, and circumstances sometimes
render it expedient and proper to dispense with an
a institution good in itself. If, therefore, a majority
( l of those opposed to the act, and of those originally
in favor of it, should concur in the propriety of its
repeal, I as their common representative, would
not set up my opinions in opposition to theirs, but
would vote in conformity with their concurrent
wishes when ascertained. I must be permitted
heie to notice an impressien prevailing to some ex
if tent, that this is only an entering wedge to a limit-
ation of the right of suffrage in State elections.
0 Were there space in an article like this, I would
satisfy any reasonable man, that there is a wide
y difference in piinciple in the two cases; nay more,
v that there is a wide differeace between limited
suffrage foi Ibis Board of Aldermen, constituted as
it is, and for members of the Gty Ceuncil. I must,
e however, content myself witli saying, that so far
lt as I am concerned, the apprehension is wholly
v groundless. I have never contemplated such a
movement, and without a change of opinion, can
e never propose or vote for such a measure.
u Whether or not this explanation will, in the lan
_ guage of your correspondent, “ dispel the clouds
e of discontent which now rest upon the minds of
e many of my friends and constituents,” I know not.
- It is offered in a spirit of frankness, and as much
r concession as may consist witk self-respect, which
a no man, worthy to represent intelligent freemen,
would consent to surrender,
t CHARLES J. JENKINS. , i
The Harrisburg Keystone announces
Governor Porter refused to sign the ApporiflßH
L ‘ menl bill recently passed at an extra sessioi^H 1 ;
3 Pennsylvania Legislature, called for this
f If this be the case it is slated that no
► members of Congress can lake place in
$ this year.
The honorary degree of L. L. I>.
1 ter red on Edward Everett* at
Minister at the Court u Lt.
verities of Cambridge and
hrom the Lynchburg Virginian.
Duvet taxation.
\Vl;«n t. e "jit-> k a 01; sciu me was first pro
muiga;:'l: was dciiarod that I bat‘*g: cat measure
01 eDiuerance and Liberty” was only the first ol l
a aeiic- . of propositions, c utemplated t»y .ts advo
cates, :tio design of which was to effect a thorough 4
revolution in our financial system, but in 1
the entiiC policy of the government. The authors
of that measure, which, though it was foiccd up
on au evidently reluctant party, was afterwards
euthu :iaslicaiiy defended by hundreds who were
driven into Us support, were challenged to reveu !
the other measures,thus darkly aliuded to, but ne- |
verdi"tintiliy mentioned. They, however,mantain
ed a profound silence generally—though Mr. Khett, ;
of S. C. who was, like his leader,Mr. Calhoun, just 1
pipping the siieil ol Loco Focoisin,but who is now
rccog.iiZid as a “cock of she walk” in that party,
even then, bolder than his coadjutors and allies,
took open ground lor the abolition of the custom
houses, and in favor oi the support of the govern
ment i*y u system of DIRECT TAXES. That
system, however, was manifestly unpopulai ai
first; and “the party,” therefore, gcneially' dis
claimed ail intention of forcing it upon the country.
They knew indeed, that it hud never been resorted
to, even under ihe pressure of circumstances which
left no other alternative, without exciting public
discontent and popular clamor—they knew, that of
all the measures of the administration of the eider
Adams, the imposition of a direct tax was, next
to the alien and sedition laws the most odious—
they were uwuic that of all the modes of raising
revenue, it is the most unequal ami oppressive in
its character —and hence, they shrunk from the
premuiuie avowal of their purpose, relying upon
the force of party discipline to induce a tacit ac
quiescence at a future period, when they might be
compelled to take a stand on the question. That
lime has come—and the avowal is now openly
made, not only by the Calhoun section of the Loco
Foco parly, but by those who have heretofore rank
ed witn it- other division. me Washington
correspondent of the New York American remarks:
•‘They declare loudly and universally in favor
of the entire abandonment of our present Revenue
system ol indirect taxation. No more duties on
imports! No more protection to our agriculture,
manufactures or Commerce! Custom-houses aie
to be put down as monsters, in the same category
with b. nks. The Sub-t reasury was only the in
troduclieu of the Locofoco system of reform into
the business of keeping ai d dUbuising the public
money. The free trade and dire* ttaxation scheme
goes toUbc veiy source, and applies the sy stem to
the ebusiness of raising ana collecting the public
money.
‘• You aie scarcely prepared or able to credit this,
because you have not yet had a chance to read
what we hearing lor the Inst fortnight.
But there is no mistake about it. Read the Loro
foco speeches made during these Tariff debates and
you will find it al» laid out as 1 have said. Loco
focus of every t variety and section—Northern,
Southern, Eastern, Middle and Western—almost
without exception, haimonize in this giand move
ment. Yesterday was rich in these disclosures. R.
D. Dacis and Gordon, of New York, Gwmu of Mis
sissippi, Burke of New Hampshire, and Daniel, of
Non 1 Carolina, each and all, came out and com
mitted their party fully against the present Re
venue system, and in favor of direct taxation. This
is the issue made up by themselves. Meet them
on it. Whig"! throughout the Nation, immediately.
Blow the trumpet and begin the battle.”
Upon this issue we are prepared to meet the op
posing p.:rtv, and we cannot doubt the result of the
contest unless the spirit of American freedom is
utterly extinct, and the people are prepared to sub
mit to a boovlpg; far snore exacting and grinding in
its character tnan the yoke which Great Britain
attempted in 1776 to fasten on the necks of our
Revolutionary lathers, and which,like the infant
Heiculcs, they snapped iu twain.
At the outset we declare, as we have always
done, that of the theory of Free Trade we are sin
cere disciples, but we deny : hat that is free trade
which on one aide, a boh >he s all duties, and on the
other imposes the highestdu.ies which every aiticlc
is able to bear, the introduction of whicn E not
positively’ prohibited. Let Great Britain, Fiance,
Germany, and the European Stares abolish their
tariffs, and draw their revenues directly from their
subjects by means of the tax-gatherer,—and then
we will aaree that the U. States shall do the same,
not only as a measure of national comity and stiici
equilv, but as being in accordance, when universal
ly acted upon, with the highest interests of ait
countries —breaking down ail the barriers to that
unrestrained and universal freedom of intcrcouse
between the nations of the earth, the interruption
of which, by artificial restraints, is ucq*:e"tionably
the most fruitful source of commercial derange
ment mid disaster, as well as cf individual poverty
and suffering.
But a partial Free Tiade system can confer no
benefit 011 the country by which it is adopted. If
she permits ail other countries to l.vv a tax upon
her products, carried imo their ports for sale, while
liicii products are admitted into her ports free
01 duty, or by the payment of a nominal rax, the
remit manifestly' is that her people are forced to
support, to riio extent of the revenue derived from
1 tin* duty on her exported rommodiiies, the govern
mmU of the nations to which those commodities
are txpoited, as well as hi r own. Are the people
prepared for this ? Arc they prepared to strike off
all duties —to abolish our custom houses,and in
vite foreign nations to pour their fabrics upon our
shoics, to an extent equalled only by our wants,
and thereby to prost.aie the American mauufar-
j -- 1 —
lures, whose origin can be traced Co a universal
public necessity, by which we maytigain, and at no
1 very remote day, be visiUd. Ye?: Patriotism in—
. voked, from ISOS to iSlh, the aid oftlio.se, who
, saw, with Mr. Jefferson, tint to be independent for
the comforts of life, we must fabricate them our
-1 selves,” and, yielding to the cal! —when our ports
were close,il, not by piolcctiug duties, but by jiio
hibitory ehaclineuts, such as the Kmbargo a..d the
’ War, — a number of our citizens invested their
capital in thG branch of national industry', for the
purpose of supply ing those piecing national wants
j which could fie met from no other quarter. And the
question now is, —. l o far the new aspect ol it is
presented- in Hie nropoHtion to at olish the cus
. torn ho.:s •, and to sustain the government by di
r reel tasvs, —sh II our existing manufacturing, es
» tablishments be, nut protected incidentally but des
* troyid' Shall we lay the axe at tin* root id this
* source of national independence as well as of na
1 tioual prospen’y, and throw wide open our ports to
tin* m.inulacluieis of England, I* ranee and Germ ny
while their ports are cio.wd and barred against
ne ?*
us r
U m ght, indeed, well admit of a doubt whether,
regarded simply as a leveuue measure, tin* policy
of direct tuxes, as the substitute for customers on
imports, is not to be depreciated. Look at the dif
hculty with which the great Male of Viigiuia now
raises an annual revenue of liltmore than half a
million of dollars, and the clamor lo «**hich it leads
when a proposition is made lo augment tise taxes,
even, by the uddi’i >n of one or two cents upon the
h -mdred dollars value. See, in other Mato, *he
odious docitinc of Repudiation opcnlv avowed,and
in others, as in Pennsylvania, acted upon while it
is denounced, —not because the States which have
resulted lo this dishonorable expedient are unable
to pay their debts, for there is not cue of them
which cannot nay what it owes with but a slight
pressure upon the citizens, —but actually and solelj'
because their Legislatures, dare not incur the odium
of levying increased taxes, in order to pay their just
debts. Should we witness this degrading and hu
miliating spectacle, if those States, instead of send
ing tax gatherers among the people to collect spe
cific sums, from which there is no absolution but
in hopeless poverty, had it in their power, by a
s> stem of direct taxation, which leaves every man
free lo pay as little or a- much as be pleases, to
replenish their exhausted coffers? Never. We
may, it is true, be rot erred to the present condition
of the National Exchequer, which although no at
tempt at rc-pudiaiion has yet been made, never
theless destitute both ol cash and credit. This,
however, is not because that government has a
right l«! collect duty oh imports, but became, hav
ing that right, it has failed judiciously t«> exercise
ii—because, uudor Inc influence of an unfortunate
combination of ciicumstant ts, superinduced by that
fatal propensity to manufacture hobbies upon which
Presidential aspirants may ride into power, the du
ties were reduced to a point not adequate to the
public emergeneie< —the revenue derived from tnem
{.tiling snort, duiing Van B urea’s four years,many
rm.li i.s of dollars, and of cour>e, having bten since
that time still further reduced, leaving the govern
ment p.uportiouatf ly less able lo disehaigc He sa
cred obligation which it has assumed. The duties
must be raised, even though the expenditures of
goveiuin nt wcie reduced to one-half the amount
they rear bed under the ‘-economical” rule of Mr.
Van ijuici; or o! ms ‘•illustrious predecessor.” Cut
if they .;i ,- ail taken oil—if the custom-houses be
aholi'hcd, an I Federal Marshals a«e to go through
theltiui, iu Lowing in the foot steps of our lax
co.kcu i' and gleaning for the general government
the ■ enmant left oy the Slate officers—if, our man
ufacturers are to be prostrated for the benefit of
foreign capitalists and their laborers—if that source
of national independence and wealth is to be cut
off and dried up—if, while the European nations
are prohibiting our bread-stuffs and imposing heavj
duties on such articles as they design to lake from us
at all, we throw open our ports to them, without
a tax, —we shall, as Mr. Wise predicted, in his
better days “ die of an abstraction —We shall be
the victims of a theory, which, extolled on all
hands, has never yet found a nation willing to a
dopt it, though some of them recognize it in their
standaid works, and leach it, as a fundamental
truth, in iheir public schools !
Who, then, goes for direct taxes ? Who wish
es to see the Federal Marshal walking by the side
of the Stale collector assessing our lands and ne
groes,our horses and cattle, the table on which we
eat and the bed upon which we sleep —a system,
which, like the dew ot heaven, falls impartially
upon all, but, unlike the dew, impoverishing in
stead of enriching the spot on which it falls ? Let
all such vote for lire Loco Eocos. If a majority of
the people desire the establishment of this policy,
as the suffering will be theirs, so is the right lo
inflict it. But they will curse the hour, when, de
luded by a theory, they lent themselves to a pur
pose so suicidally ruinous.
* Extract from the Editorial remarks of the En
quirer, on Mr, Madison’s Message to Congress,
Hth of December, 1815.
“The President* in speaking of the finances,urges
a word in favor of the Manufacturers. He lecom
mends, that in adjusting the duties on imports to
the object of revenue, such a tariff maybe used,
as to protect certain manufactures,more especially
‘articles defence or con
nected of—
-,\ Hi the
11 a v c
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10.
Iveup il before ihe i eople,
'fill ihe “ HtFUKMKK R| vi VI. II ” V-.JI .
the largest circulation of any paper ever publish* !
ed at the South, provided the Whigs do their
duty. We shall see .
Hoi! on thru Hull.
Tin merchants and trader* of Col ambus Geor
gia have determined to discontinue the airomina
hie practice of receiving depreciated bills, except
at their regular discount. This is the true prin
ciple, and it is a duly which Columbus owes to
the c mntry, to take a bold stand in deience ol a
sound currency, for her institutions have contri
buted largely to the present deranged Nate of
things. Hut we will not discuss who done the
mLchief, let us rather welcome our Columbus
brethren into the told, and invoke their aid in a
cause, the success of which is so important to
the country. Go then and do likewise! say we,
unto every planter, Merchant and Mechanic in
Western Georgia.
The True Spirit.
The following pointed communication from a
geiieiun.4, whole souled Whig, is m the right pirit,
and we commend it to ihe Whigs of old Ricl.ioond
at worthy of their unanimous approbation. We
knew too well the generoua impulses tha< thrill
the bosom of “ One 1 f the People ,” to doubt lor a
moment, that he would be found wanting in duly
to his old and tried friends in Hie hour of in ej.—
Burn men aie worthy the name «»l Whig.
To the Editors of the Chronicle 4- Sentinel:
Gentlemen—From the manly and dignified
manner in which Andrew J. Miller and Chales J.
Jenkins have .'expanded to the call of “ A Me
chanic,” 1 feel fully and amply'satisfied,that they
did nothing mote Ilian Republicans Humid have
done, and what they ought 10 do again under simi
lar circum-.tances. 1 shall, therefore, with great
pleasure, “pick my flint and try than again.”
O.nE OF THE PEOPLE.
Periodicals.
Hcnt’s Merchant’s Magazine for August,
prompt as the precepts it inculcates in mercantile
transactions, is 011 our table. Praise of such a
wo:k is superfluous.
Tuk Southern Literary Messenger for
August is on our table, and like its numerous
predecessors cannot fail to secure a cordial greet
ing from its legion of readers.
Oar acknowledgements are due to Mr. Mason
the American publisher, for reprints of Bent
ley’s Miscellaxey, Blackwoods’ and Tin.
Dublin University Magazines for July, all
oi which fully sustain iheir high reputation.
Henry Clay—The Democratic Review, the
organ, pur excellence , offs party, in its last num
ber, Ims an article headed, *• Clay in the field
again.” The article thus opens ;
“ Ciay is a line fellow.—He is so bold, he is so
brave, and in the political melee, he rides thun*
■ dering along at the head of his hosts, in the van
' of the strife, so gallantly, and with so haughty a
crest! Like the panache ol Henry 1 V r , wberev
r ?r the fight is hottest and the blows the heaviest,
r there streams its white flutter as the signal to his
i friends oi the point ol pressure, and the direction
» to which they should follow. He is a man eve
-1 ry inch of him—worth fighting, worth healing.”
, And it is thus that the noble and gallant *‘Har
’ ry ol the VVe?.L” extorts admiration even from
1 his bitterest political opponents, ’•’hey cannot
> help yielding him iho tribute of their praise.—
Alexandria Gazelle.
1
A successful experiment was made at the
a *
f Philadelphia Navy Yard on Wednesday morning
ri with f Captain Stockton’s large wrought iron can
e .
e non. i his mammoth gun is 13 feet long, with
ea bore of 12 inches, and will cany a ball of 112
|| pounds. Il was first loaded with fifteen pounds
-of powder, out that load did not reach the touch
- VI util mill nmu out UUUI lilt: UlUUt*
holi', and a was therefore drawn out, and a larpra
t* b
f wad rammed in first. It was then tired off, first
wall 15 pounds, then 25, then 35, and afterwards
with 45 pounds. The last discharge is said to
- have made ths ground shake lor many yard.-.
iiu>v iiijui/ in . givuiiu su.inc iui many yaiu
around.
This terrible nslrumenl ol’ defenn was placed
on board one ol the iron steamers at tue Vard lo
be taken to Sandy Hook, where it is intended lo
try its power in throwing hails.— Ball. Amtr.
The receipts into the Treasury of the IT. Stales
lor the first half of the year 1842, as reported to
Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury, went
as follows. The amount may be slightly varied
when the accounts of the second quarter are accu
rately adjusted :
From cu-toms $7,974,689 SO
From lands , 705.001) ou
From mi-cel hi neons sources 54,145 32
From loan 1,594.479 09
From treasury notes 8,490,536 06
Fioro trust funds 148 602 15
18,907.513 02
The expenditures of the Government during the
same ,vcrit d were :
Civil list, miscellaneous,and foreign
intercourse $2,935,107 2s
Militaiy establishment 3,020.347 *7
Naval establishment 3,039 512 73
Intere-d, &c.,of the public debt 104,231 77
Reimbursement ami interest of trea
sury notes 6,922,065 01
16,680,324 ..0
Tm t funds 123,288 93
16,803,613 59
The lioiiiiJary Settlement.
The opposition wliidi is beguiling to manifest
itself agumst Hie projected treaty between the t .
•Stales and Cleat Britain on the sul.jactof the N’oilli
Eastern Boundary, is,lo >ay the least of it, some
what extraordinary. The source from whence
this opposition came cannot be overlooked. As
the lasi icsort of a party which lias lost every ten«-
blc position, the martial spirit ol the country is in
voked, and a war question is stirred.
\Ve can regard the sudden hostility against the
boundary settlement, so recently started, as noth
ing more than a political movement, if, as we are
given to understand,an agreement lias been set led
satisfactory to the General Government, to Maine
and to Massachusetts, who arc the parlies concern
ed in the anangernen*, there arises a strong pre
sumption that nothing of an improper character his
been conceded —but that, on the other hand, eveiy
thing has been yielded on the part of England,
which ought to tie required. The opposition,how
ever, has started wiih an apparent disposition to
liud fault without regard to the real merits of the
question; it has not waited to ascertain precisely
the facts of the case; but by a seemingly conceit
ed movement the whole arrangement has been con
demned, ana a rejection of Ine treaty recommend
ed. A member from Mississippi (Mr. Gwtnn]
opens the first attack, and a member irorn Georgia
(Mr. Black) unites in the assault —the.-e gentle
men having been selected, probably, as the pioneers
in tire enterprise, oecuuse their local prepossessions
might seem to have no inrtuence in determining
their course oa the subject, it would seem lobe
unusuii yaiiiotic in .>outhein gentlemen so stand
up i.i behalf cf Northern territory', t.> come forth as
ihiiiii.-i m defence cf the National soil —t».u>
d;v ' '.ncniieivo ol sectional prejudices anda.-
suming the high ground of chivairrc devotion to
the honor of the whole country.*
We look upon these displays with some suspi
cion. The party from which they proceed are
driven to desperate extremities. They want polit
ical capital; for, they have become bankrupt on
every ilvestment hiherto made. They cannot
make a stand on the currency' question ; the Sub-
Treasury is done, and the humbug of an exclusive
metallic circulation is exploded. They have been
equally discomfited on the Tariff. It is manifest
that nothing can be gained Dy crying out “ free
trade, 3 ’ or by denouncing protection. Jn looking
this way and that for some available position lu
rally upon, tho Van Buren leaders appear to think
that a war question will answer their purpose.
The settlement of a long and vexatious controver
sy must be opposed, even although an arrangement
is profit-red upon advantageous and honorable
terms. If a war should be provoked, the calami
ties and distresses which it would bring upon the
country are to be reckoned as nothing, provided the
disturbers of the peace, the fomenteis of discord,
the reckless agitators in the business, secure politi
cal ascendancy. Against such a course as this, we
have a right to protest in tire name of all good citi
zens.
It may be that the present condition of the coun
try' producing in the minds of multitudes a restless
feeling of discontent, or an indifference toward re
sults of any kind, since all control of reason and
good policy has ceased in the Government, may
have the effect of favoring the appeals now about
to be made to the warlike spirit of the people.—
We trust, however, that there is yet in the coun
try an abiding sense of justice and propriety, with
judgment and discretion enough to direct the pub
lic mind towards wise and pacific measures, and lo
restrain the fiercer impulses of passion, until at
least the national honor and interest shall require
the assumption of arms.— Balt. American.
* We sincerely hope the Editors of the American
have not done Mr. Black such gross injustice in a
serious vein to attribute to him any such high mo-
I lives for his conduct; for we can assure the Edi
tors tint Mr. Black belongs exclusively to that
class of politicians whose character singles him out
knd who e habits fit him for the small, dirty work
■ his parly.—Ed. Ciiron.
■ There is a roan at Rochester, who has become
■ celebrated for adjusting difficulties, that the
Hies in his neighborhood, when they are out of
Igs, send for him to settle coffee /
I
I'rom the Georgia Jnvrna'.
'l‘r\ AND COFFF.t:. — It Eet-TTi*. ijCltfi liiL lOil'jEV
... ili"t ti<- Hon .ViarX a <loo(H>r am* i! lion. K.
iiavc»ol.’ii totax tea and atf e How is ,
till-, i: f1; t litncti > cmnc, explain itawx if joucan?
Tlic' ytofle won il I e glad -o heat fi.»m you.
[communicated ] . 1
In tin; Houre Ilf ilepiesenuu-.es ol the United
St iii> mi (he debate on the Naval appropriation I
bill, tiov. Rejnolds, of Illinois, a J.icoloco, was
malting a strong speech against the'Kav> abuse.,
sbuwiut that a single vessel had <•<*' more to re
pair it, than to build it. The facts were astound
ing —Hie locos were very uneasy. At last, exlra
Hilly > i till, a 1..c0, slept the old (inventor, and told
him be was treading on corns.
UeyaoUn —lf I am. they arc not m;i cons.
Smith- -But they arc those ul your tiiends.
fit’ijnolJs —How ;
Smith —Our parly made the expenditures.
A general laugh ensued, and Reynolds moved
tu adjourn. Next morning nothing ino.e was heard
again*! the Navy abuses. The case las a parallel
111 Georgia.
Seen# —caucus room.
The Democratic Committee have published - ,li
add re.*-sin which they suy—“nothin# hut the al<le
unil energetic oppo.-ition of the Deiim. rat;c p**f>
raced your tea and coffee from being w ‘ddled at |** e
famous ex'ia session with a tribute to retrenching
w i | *s6 er y- ,>
In the House of Representatives on Saturday,
the ICth July, 1542, on the motion to make tea free.
Mask A. Cooper, a. loco member of Congress from
< ieoigia, voted against it.—Un the qlie hull to make
Coll* o pay a tax of live per cent ,o\ 21* per cent.
Mark A. Cooper and Kdward .1. Walk, both loco
loco members of Congress fumi (.coi u. voted for
Hie highest duly ! ! !
Cooper and Black —Hemic men, you tread on
our corns.
Committee —How * leave you been voting for
“saddling ten mid coffee, with tiilute to retieiich
iug whiggery.”
Cooper and /Hack —we —we —we —ah —wc —
umph—we voted lor free trade —we- —ah —we vo
ted hi carry out our anti-tariff doctrines —all who
vole to make those articles free are protective tanll
men.
Commit lee (aside) —Curse on such men,we never
know whereto find them.
Co p- r and black —Gentlemen Committee, see
what a glorious list of good and line Calhoun men
voted with us. Our votes will show our piinci
jjle‘— lea and coffee must be taxed. Cook, here h
Dixon H. Lewis, Houston and Chapman, from Ala
bama —S. 11, Butler, .1. Campbell, Pickens, ami
Rhett, of South Carolina, besides others, who voted
with us.
‘loihinittee—Wow’ did these gentlemen vote ai
the r-Xtra speoian.
Cooper and Black —Strongly again-1 the duty.
Committee —Worse and worse.
Cooper and Black —Ah, that will make no odds
—the humbug has lost its favor, and so we can say
one way last vear and another tlfi .
Warner (aside) —These mfiiifieis will ruin us ;
wheie was Colquitt P
Cooper and Black —He —was absent.
Warner (in alow voiced —1 wfih you all had
b?r n absent.
Committee— A bad beginning.
Fouche—l had intended makin. fifty speeches
about lea and coffee. Both subjectr arc now taken
from me and I shall have to defend my' fiicnds,
rather than assail my opponents. > h, cursed for
tune! how eloquent I intended to be about the pool
1 man’s tea and coffee—let’s adjourn. But stay,
Warner, how will the rest of the address do *
Warner —It will not do at all. It is filled with
errors «-'f fad.
• Fouche —What P
. Warner —All true.
Fouche — Oh that 1 had stuck to school keep
ing. 1 never had sense enough to dive poli
tics. Come, Cooper, let’s go.
(Exeunt omnes )
, Warner (behind) —A pretty set of turncoats,
who quit their own pany to get office in ours. They
1 gel all the offices. They ruined us iu 1840, and
1 they will do so agiin m 1842. Abuse a bank, do
- you p I will let you see, that Ido not give up the
bank to oleasc VOU.
, LtaiiK 10 please you.
The editors of the Richmond Vv hig propose
enlarging ihcir paper in the fall, and print it on
’ new type —Tiny also expect such editorial aid
- in a few months as will make the whig, “if not
ii the ablest, equal to any journal on the continent
I and worthy of the high favour it has received at
- the hands of a generous, liberty loving, tyrant-ha
ling people.”—May success alien f their efforts.
e Correspondence of the Bull imure Patriot,
g Philadelphia, August 4, P. M.
i- There was sevcial descriptions of stocks taken
j, at the exchange heard to day, hut in small par-
O CC,S
--" The weather continues cool, wi h the wind
Is from the North East, accompanied with slight
i- rain since nine o’clock this morning.
New ITobk, Thursday, P. M.
Business of every description c ntinues ex
tremely dull. The Flour market is drooping—
sales of Genesee and choice brands of Ohio were
mafic at $5,75. Southern Flour is dull, without
sufficient selling to warrant quotations.
Cotton is heavy—soo hales sold this morning I
at prices in favor of the purchaser.
There was quite a small business done at the I
stock exchange.
Nothing was done in Southern Exchanges
worthy e»I note—Exchange on London is firm at
100*. a 107, ami on France at 51.42A a 51.40.
Philadelphia, August 5, P. M.
There was nothing of account transpired at
the stock exchange to-day.
The weather continues cold and unpleasant,
with the wind from the eastward —am! so high
this morning as to prevent the ('ape May boats
from starling on their trips at the usual hour.
•Several blacks were taken up and committed to
prison in Moyamensing, last evening, lor disor
derly conduct, among themselves, however.
The market lor Flour has been rather fiat for
the last lew days, though tiie stock and receipts
continue very light ; prices remain at $5,31 lor
Western, $5,50 lor old, and $5 02A per bid. for
fresh ground Pennsylvania, with moderate sales;
$5,50, however, is the extent that puichasers
seem willing to give, and the market may he con
sidered on the decline.
New Vo uk, Friday, P. M.
A regular North East storm set in last eve
ning, which continued throughout thenigi.t and
the greater part of lire day—this put a slop to
what little out door business there was. No flour
could ho landed, thereloie prices remain as they
did yesterday —there is some enquiry for Colloi.,
the Miles to-day are GOO hales—the fi icr descrip
tions, such as had been held lor the manufactur
ers, having fallen off’A cent per lb.— in all cases
1 find buyers have the advantage.
Nothing of importance lias yet been done in
foreign exchanges lor 10-murrow’s packet. A few
hills on London have been taken at lOfi a 107,
and on France at 5,42 A a 5,40.
Cold Comfort. —The Federal Union in its
up hill work ot defending the Centra! Bank, sug
gests a mode by which the credit ami diameter
of the Bank may be retrieved. Listen -it is well
worthy consideration, at least ol the bill-holders
—to whom it holds out the prospect, that at some
distant period, the bills may be worth a little more
than they are at present.
This cunning financitr, (he should figure on
the Rialto,) recomends the following assu! slanli
ully the mode by which ail present difficulties may
be remedied.
Ist. Thai there should be no more calls upon
the Treasury, beyond what the trearury can pay.
2d. That the State expenses should be less
than her revenue by which meancs a sinking
fund obtained.
3J. i’iiu people should hear in mind that this
is ihc-ir own Institution—and that therefore liny
should submit quietly to losses, incurred by their
own Bank.
This financial Dogberry deserves promotion,
lei him have it. Suppose he makes a calculation,
and let the dear people know, how long a time
it will i k • to accumulate a fund to ledtvm the
bibs—they stand in need ol same comfort par
ticularly at this time, when the bills are at a dis
count of 25 per cent, and every day falling in val
ue.—Macon Messenger.
To the Editor of the Baltimore Patriot ,
Sir: An incident has just been related to the
writer, by a country merchant, which in these
times will no doubt be very acceptable to many
of your readers. On the last return of “Harry
of the W est”lo Ashland, he stopped at a certain
Hotel on the road kept by a staunch loco foco.
Mr. Clay feeling thirsty approached the bar in
company with the driver of the Stage Coach,
and politely asked the landlord for a glass of cool
water, at the same time asking the driver if he
would also f akc a glass—in a short lime Mr.
Clay called a second lime for a gliss of water,
. the diiver if he would take another, to
which he assented. The land ord appeared very
grum seeing he had to give histime to helping to
> water alone; but on drinking the second glass Mr.
Clay threw down 25 cents. The landlord bright
’ ening up declined receiving it, saying he could
not take pay for water. —Mr. C-ay replied, “why
. not? You have waited upon me, have given mo
what I most wanted;” and walked out, leaving
• the quarter behind. The landlord was heard to
I say soon ofter\vards,that he (Mr. Clay) was none
of your stingy teetotalers, and has been a strong
Clay man ever since. D. E. P,
An Apphopiate Custom, —It is the univefeal
1 practice, wo believe, for all our men ol war, in
’ going up the Potomac, to salute the venerated
mansion of the Father of his Country in passing
—an honor which was paid to it by Captsin New
ton on a late occasion. Even the enemy, in as
cending the Potomac in IS 14 to lire the capiiol,
1 forgot for a moment his savage intent, and paused
l to honor the resting place ot Washington. It is
■ a ceremony which we hope will continue through
all time. There is sublimity in the cannon’s
roar around the res ing place of the hero and the
patriot; and the associations it calls up are lofty
and ennobling.— Mobile Herald.
Receive. —To make excellent Com Pudding,
to be eaten with meals, &c. Take 4 large ears
of green corn, boii them until half done—cut the
corn oil' as fine as convenient—mix with it 2
heaping spoons full of flour—-one pint sweet
milk—and salt and pepper to season—bake until
well done. Serve it up hot.
Fiom the Balt more American .
The Volo Power.
The difficulty of defining by woids the me
oat un* and exu.nl oi tins power, under the con
stitution, renders it one liable to great abuses, it
is vi hind in the President without any other qali
iicution than that of being subject to a reversal
by a vote of two thirds of both Houses of Con
go —a qual.licution which takes away little or
nothing hum ils character.
There is no difficulty in ascertaining the spirit
of the constitution in relation to this powe.. it
was designed to be used only in extreme cases.
The chid considerations winch tu make it ne
cessary were—first, that the Executive might
have some safeguard and means of defence against
being encroached upon or swallowed up by the
Legislative department— since without it, says a
high authority, he -might gradually he stripped
ot his authorities by successive resolutions, or
annihilated by u single vote;” and secondly, it
was considered that tho veto power would afford
some additional security against improvement
and impioper legi.-, ation.
That u was regarded as a power to be sparing
ly exercised is plain from the following rrmaiks
in the Federalist:—-“The superior weight and in
fluence of the legislative bony in a free govern
ment, and the hazard lo the Executive in a trial
of strength with that body, afford a satisfactory
security .filial the negative would generally he
employi great caution; and that, in ns ex
ercise, would oftener he room lor charge of
timidity than ot rashness. A King of Great
Britain, with all Ids train of sovereign attributes,
and with all the influence he draws from a thou
sand sources, would, at this day, hesitate to pul a
negative upon the joint resolutions of the two
Houses d Parliament.”
Such were the views and inferences of the
founders ol the Constitution concerning the na
ture ol the veto power and its probable exercise.
Vet the limitations here indicated could not be
annexed, in the Constitution, lo the great ol the
power—because they are themselves of an in
definite character, and to he viewed, not so much
a ajji/silive rest ruin Is as the probable counterac
tuns of other parts ol the government resulting
from lhe regular operations ol the whole system.
'The idea of the V eto power, and the analogies
which were adduced to illustrate its nature and
use, hen it was proposed as a feature in our
Constitution, cam.; itum Un* U < ii«U government-
And here we cannot hut think a great mistake
was committed ; lor the analogies which were re
lied on as applicable to the case, do not exist.
There aie two sources oi power in the British
Government. Thus the House of Commons de
rives Us power from the people; ifie Crown ho ds
what authority it possesses tromthe old principle
of the divine right ul kings secured by hereditary
1 succession.—'These powers cannot both be su
preme at once. The question of supremacy was
in fact settled by the revolution of 1688, when
i the piincipie of hereditaiy succession was put
, down, and Parliament assumed the sovereign
power of tire realm, which power il exercised by
1 cubing to the throne \V iliiaui of Orange a man
’ who had no more right to it by hereditary claim
( than the Gn at Mogul had. 'The regal power
bus been suffering gradual diminution since that
period until now the royalty ol England is little
more than an empty pagentry ana a memorial of
- the past.
'The Veto power, then, in Great Britain is a
mere imbelle it mm —and a weapon formidable
enough in iiseh but quite harmless in hands too
* feeble to use it. When the lluu.se ol Lords uni
-1 les with the Commons in any enactment there is
j presented a combination oi the aristocracy and
a the popular power which is altogether too formid
able for the Crown lo resist.
abb; Dr Hie Drown to resist.
In cur government there is but one source of
power; and many contest between the Execu
tive anti the Legislative departments each claims
to be the exponent of the popul tr will—or, in
other words, to he sovereign. A British mon
a th will not dare to defeat the legislation ol Par
liament ; for he knows that the actual sovereign
ly of the realm resides body, and that he
himself teigns only by Us permission. But an
American President,looking forward to a re-elec
tion, or anxious to carry out his own favourite no
tions, or to deieal a political enemy, may embar
rass the action of Congress at evciy step—may
nullify the doings of both Houses—and in the
meantime employ all the influence vi his station
and ass the patronage of the government to
strengthen his parly, and secure by ail manner of
insidious arts a popular majority to confirm his
arts, i'lie lempi a lion rto do ibis aie strong and
constant—the attempt may be successful or it
may lad. Bui in either case tiie country suffers
trunrdistrac'.ion and fierce disputes, and fails
to enjoy any of the quiet blessings of good gov
ernment.
li the supremacy of ‘he Legislature were as
fully itcogiiized in the U. fcJ. as it is in England
i the Veto power would he but rarely used among
j us. But the President claims to he the represen
-1 tative of the people as well as Congress—and to
make good his claim he will ex* rl, if there he oc
casion. every power vested in him to the utmost.
The "Veto power will thus he used not only to
forbid— but also by indirection to dictate ; and be
fore Congress ventures upon any act it will be
come a matter ot the first importance to ascertain
whether it is in accordance wiih the Executive
pleasure. The power of saying what shall not
he done is not far removed from the power of
saying what shall be done.
The nearest analogy that we can rail to mind,
as applicable to the \ eto puwor in our govern
ment, is to he drawn from (he nature of the same
power m the Roman Commmwealih. The tri
bunes used the V eto in tiie* name ol the people ;
and they soon contrived to make then power su
preme and then to al>u*e it.
It the President had the \ eto power subject to
a reversal by u vole of the majority of both Hou
ses he would still retain ail tiie moral power that
belongs to it. His objections duly set forth, with
reasonings annexed, would he entitled to respect
ful consideration. Bui so long a-: the Veto pow
er stands as it is, it cannot be denied that the
President may, d he chores so to abuse it, not
only posse s “ an active agency in all legislation,”
hut hold also a cm trolling power over all legisla
tion. II the supiem.- power ol iegisluli an under
the ( onstiiutiuii really belongs to Congress, noth
ing will secure the possession of it to that body
except such a qualification of the \ eto power as
will leave it reversible by a majority of the two
legislative bodies.
“ J’lie President is in the most profound igno
rance ol the stale ol public feeling towards him.
Not long ago. he said to an eminent W hig Sena
tor, (who had been obliged to visit him on offi
cial business and who had made some incident
al reference to the state of public opinion,)—
“Sir, you know nothing about public opinion.—
You are deceived by the papers you read. Read
the Madisonian! and there you will see what
thepe.tple think of my administration!!!”
Washington Correspondent of the N. Y. American.
One of these mornings, possibly, this poor
miserable man w.ll wake up from his delusion.
“Read the Madisonian,” he advises! “And there
you will see what the people think of my admin
istration!” And iK it possible he does not hear it
thunder not far oil I — T» uc Whig,
The next Senate.
The term of one third of the present Senate of
the United States exp res on the 4th day of
March next- Ti e retiring members are as fol
lows :
Loco focos. Whigs.
Williams, of Maine. Crafts, of Vermont.
W ilcex, of N. H. Kerr,of Maryland.
Sm : i, m Conn. Graham, of N. C.
\V.;gr,l. «t \. V. Pre-lon, **l S
Bui i;.ij.;n, ol Penn. Conrad, of Lou.
Catbbcrt, ol Geo. Crittenden, ot Ken.
Bag by, of Ala. Smith, of Indiana.
Allen, of Ohio.
Young, of Illinois.
Linn, of Missouri.
As the Senate is now constituted there arc 29
Whigs, 20 Locofocos, and Mr. Rives Tennes
see not represented We have every hope that
the Senate of flic next Congrcac will be saved to
he Whigs, whatever the House may bo.
There is nothing purer than honesty—noth
ing richer than wisdom—nothing warmer than
. love —nothing sweeter than charily—nothing
brighter than virtue. These united in one mind,
form the purest—the sweetest —the richest—the
, brightest and the most steadfast Happiness !
} The New Orleans Picayune says :
Darwin Gibson, was tound guilty of pacing
* forged letters of credit for a large amount. Sen
j tence—five years at hard labor in the penlenlia
r '*•
* Double EscAPE.-Theschr. Saul, Capt. Simp
’ son, from,Boston on the 22d ult., for Savannah,
5 was struck by lightning on Saturday evening, 23d
ult., whenfoff Plymouth, and the Captain, who
was struck senseless; shortly after, smoke was
seen to issue from the hatchway, and on remo
ving them the flames burst forth with such fury
i that the crew had bare lime to escape in their
1 boat.
; They remained in the boat all of Saturday night,
* endeavoring to get into Plymouth, but found it
- impossible. On Sunday evening, with the aid of
, a small piece of sail which was fortunately in the
I boat, they made out to reach Nantucket, and un
* fortunately capsized in running her ashore on the
beach, thus a second time narrowly escaping
; with their lives, and took shelter iu the Humane
■ House on the beach.
Cargo partly insured in Boston. No insur
ance on the vessel, which was owned by the Cap
lain.—Suvh. Republican.
The value of the cargo of the schooner Saul,
burnt off’ Plymouth on the 30th ult. is slated in
the Boston papers to be over $20,000, of which
about SIO,OOO was insured in this city, and $4,
000 in Augusta, Georgia,