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FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 19-
Gen. Hamilton and Annexation.
Since the, return of Gen. James Hamilton, to
New Orleans, from Texas, he has addressed a
letter, through the N. O. “Bulletin, to Mi.
McDuffie, urging, in strong terms, the projet of
Annexation. We have not seen the entire let
ter and can only inter its contents from the ex
tracts and comments contained in the New Oi
leans papers, ot which we subjoin those ol the
u
of delicacy, on the part ol General Hamilton,
largely interested, as he is known to be, in the
stocks anti lands of Texas, should have pre
vented his appearance in the public prints as an
advocate ol this measure. For however pa
triotic may be the motives and influences which
operate to produce his opinions, the world will
not hold him a disinterested advocate, and while
the administration at Washington render them
selves obnoxious to tRe charge of springing the
question for political aggrandisement, he will
be subjected to the suspicion ol having been
alone influenced by considerations more sordid.
With all our kind feelings, therefore, for Gen
H. we can but regret his course, so far as he is
personally concerned,yet,we frankly confess, the.
appearance ol those who are deeply identified,
pecuniarily, in the fortunes of Texas upon the
arena, is a source ot gratulation to us. Such a
course,on their part, will opentheeyes of there
fleeting men of all parlies Io the true character
of this negotiation, and the motives and in
fluences that have O[ierated to bring it about—it
will show to the prudent and discreet the reck
less spirit that animates those desperate specu
lators, whose fortunes hang upon the fate of
Texas—a spirit which would sacrifice, not only
the harmony of the Union, but endanger the very
existence of the government itself, at the shrine
of their own sordid lust tor money.
This is no question hn which party leeling
should be permitted to mingle : it is a question,
however, of the gravest importance, and one
which the American people should meet in
that spirit of calm and dispassionate investiga
tion, that becomes them as freemen, and the
magnitude of the question, in all its various
bearings, demand at their hands.
That we have been heretofore silent upon
this measure is no evidence that we were not a
deeply interested spectator ol passing events,
but rather the result of our disposition to await
the developemcnts of. the action of the govern
ment, together with the documentary evidence
uponnvhich that action has been based, and by
which it is sought to be sustained. These we
trust will shortly be before the country, when
the people will be the better able to arrive al
correct conclusions. \A hen this testimony is
developed, we shall not hesitate to pass in j udg
ment upon it, and to give our views fully and
(rankly, aud we shall do without expcctinj;
or desiring td commit any man or party.
But we are permitting ourselves to be led off,
■when it was our purpose only to intro
duce the comments ol the “Tropic” upon Gen.
Hamilton’s letter, which runs thus:
The Bulletin of yesterday contained-a pomp
ous communication, dated “ St. Charles Hotel,”
and signed “J. Hamilton.” This personate,
we take it, must be the same who commanded
an entire brigade ot South Carolina militia—
“ armed and equipped as the law directs”—du
ring the nullification times. His letter is ad
dressed to Mr. Geo. McDutfie—under the en
dearing appellation of “ My Dear Mac”—and
forms a very elegant specimen of nullification
rhodomontade. The subject is the annexation
of Texas. Brig. Gen’l. Hamilton, ot the
South Carolina militias, has just arrived
ed from Texas, and soon alter landing, he stum
bled upon the letter in opposition to the Texas
annexation project, written by Daniel Webster,
whereupon he launches into a most eloquent
rhapsody, surpassed by nothing, that electrified
the world at the time' ol the South Carolina re
bellion. As a fair specimen of the letter, we
give the annexed extracts:
“ With all possible moderation allow me to
ask, if this is the ground on which Texas is to
be excluded from rhe Confederacy, have v e any
other alternative but ANNEXATION OK
DISUNION L There are limes and occasions
in which the best discretion is to be found ii) the
highest courage, and if slaveholders are not fit
to be admitted into the Union, we are not fit lobe
there- The argument can have no other extent
but this.
“ Humble an individual as I am, I desire
my position in relation to this subject not to be
misunderstood. 1 have hitherto taken no part
in the battery of this question. To the best of
my recollection, have neither written to Mr.
Calhoun, yourself, nor a single member ot the
South Carolina Delegation on the topic. 1 do
not even know your opinion, intimate as our
relations have been. I have been restrained by
considerations ot peculiar delicacy. I have pe
cuniary claims on the Government of Texas,
and desired no distrust of my motives. Besides,
I procured the recognition of Texas from the
first! and most powerful nation on the face ot the
earth, and from two of the second rate powers
of Europe, and co-operated in obtaining that of
the King ot the French. After assuring these
powers that Texas desired to be a sovereign and
independent State, it was not for me to lake a
prominent part in measures which were to place
her in a subordinate sphere by contributing to
a reversal of my own measures.
******
“If the South, however, after listening for
one hour (yen, a stated hour) per diem for the
last four year*, to reproaches and inSult, in an
assembly which, ought to be blessed by the spirit
of a fraternal concord, should put up with this
indignity, not gently intimated but flung slap in
her face, why 1 do not see, my dear Mia-, that
you anti 1 have any other fate itiaii like the rest
to be contented and inlamuus, and make cotton
and rice as long as our masterswill permit us
to do so.
“But if, on the other hand, the Southern dele
gations should rise to a level of the spirit which
once distinguished our fathers, and they sound
the tocsin aiiet Congress shall have declared iis
authentic sense, THAT NO MORE SLAVE
STATES ARE TO BE ADMITTED INTO
THIS UNlON—why, then, humble and sti tok
en as I am, I promise to re-echo the blast in at
least three Stales in the Union which I touch in
social sympathy and contact. 1 think we may
count on all ot litem. As to that noble old State
to which we both owe, with our loyalty and
aflection, so much gratitude, as among the favor
ed of her sons, shall we doubt her ? No.—
“ She knows how o die but never to surren
der.”
Sincerely your friend, •
J. HAMILTON.
St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, April 11, ’-14.”
As especially germane to the subject, wc pub
lish in connexion with Brig Gen. Hamilton’s pa
triotic epistle, I he following letter, received from
one of our own humble correspondents. The
writer, we dare say, never deserted his native
land—never swore allegiance to Texas—never
speculated in Texas funds—has no “ large
pecuniary claims on the Government of Texas”
—never “procured the recognition of Texas
irom the most powerful nations on the face ol
the earth” or from “two second i ate powers.”
Like Brig. Gen. Hamilton, therefore, it is not
“ for Atm to take a prominent pan”- in securing
the consummation ot Tyler’s schemes for an
nexation, but he has a right lobe heard in his
own modest way-•
To the Editors of the Tropic.
The Bulletin of yesterday contains a suf
ficiently long letter —its tone considered—from
“J. Hamilton,” on the subject of coalition with
Texas, in which the musty leaven of nullifica
tion is again strongly agitated by the “humble
individual,” of by-gone pretensions, whose re
buke, from the whole nation, lor former efforts
to scatter fatal discord among the thirteen states
(God bless them) is yet reverberating among the
“ cotton, rice, sugar and tobacco fields” ol his
native state. This individual, with “ large
pecuniary claims on the government ot Texas,
may, with propriety, entertain asperity ot feel
ings towards Mr. Webster for his expression of
sdntiments antagonistic to those ot “J. Hamil
ton” but there is no propriety, and not mucl
courtesy, in his imputation of these semi men s
io the whole north, and upon this naked postu
late elevating such a very top-heavy superstruc
ture ot “ southern chivalry.”
As for myself, I am too a very “ humble in
dividual;” nothing bui a dependent upon the
“base profits ot traffic;" a “damned yiHikee,”
whose grandfather was unceremoniously tun
through the belly' by the bayonet of a South
Carolina lory, during the revolutionary war, and
whose father was enrolled among his nation’s
defenders during the last war; yet, with all my
humilty, my love of country is fully equal to
that of the intriguer in question, for it will not
allow me to impute his bombastic notions to
more than a dozen or iwo of his own most silly
personal friends, and on the strength of such an
unjust imputation, quixotize against a much
honored class of mv own countrymen.
In truth, Mr. Editor, 1 am unqualifiedly in
favor of the annexation ot Texas, and hope to
see that country, within five years, reposing un
der the shelter ot our national flag ; but I have
no bullyism to offer upon the subject,.for I firm
ly believe that that there was as good fighting
behind the hay cocks of Bunker Hill, as there
was behind the cotton bales of New Orleans.
JEREMIAH DUSENBERRY, Deacon.
American Eating House, i
New Orleans, April 12,1844, (
Those who have not forgotten the lamented
comedian, Jemmv Thorne, and who knew him
in the hey-day of his prosperity and all lhe rich
ness ol his intellect, can easily recall to*niiud
his personation of Bombastes Furioso, and the
inimitable tone with which he exclaimed, when
he fastened his “ Wellingtons” to the tree—
“ Whoever dares these boots displace,
Must meet Bombastes face to face.”
We never listen to the rhapsodies of any of
these South Carolina heroes, upon any subject
whatever, that the “ Gen. Bombastes” of Thorne
is not instantly forced upon our recollection.
“All the chivalry” of the “Palmetto State”
have taken the lead in tiie matterof declamatory
paltroonery. They can talk more and do less
than any set ol creatures known in modern his
tory. They proclaimed “warto the knife”—
which means the same as '‘death for the sugar"
—lll 1833, and ignobly threw down their arms
at the gleaming of the first bayonet. They de
clare that they will never support Van Buren,
or any other nominee of the Locofoco Conven
tion at Baltimore, as now constituted, and yet
when the nomination is once made, they will
drop their tails between their legs, and like
whipped curs, humbly lick the hand that has
spumed them. Such, Heaven sake the mark I
is South Carolina “chivalry.”
As regards the cry of DISUNION—come
from what quarter it may, whether from “J.
Hamilton,” from D. Webster, from the ragamul
fin abolitionists of the North, or from any other
source—it is all the merest child’s prattle, with
which an intelligent people were ever disgusted.
Disunion! Depend upon it, that no question
on which freedom of opinion can be be brought
to operate—which admits calm and open dis
cussion from one extremity of the confederacy
to the other—which, m brief, ty submitted to the
honest decision of the People— not the base
politicians—ol the Repub ic, can ever originate
the dismemberment of our twenty-six States.
The craven cry issues only from the throats ot
uohtical speculators and stock-jobbing dema
gogues, and is entitled to no more consideration
than the midnight croakings of the frog, the
screechings ot the owl, or the unholy discord of
a Dutch organ-grinder.
Ms. Clay inN. Carolina.—The Wilming
ton Chronicle of Wednesday the 17th Inst
says:—Mr. Clay’s progress up the B.ail Road
on his.way to Raleigh was marked by frequent
demonstrations of respect. At various stopping
places along the Road there were numerous
collections of people from the surrounding
country, waiting to greet the distinguished
citizen. At Goldsboro’, there was a very great
crowd; also at Weldon. The train got into
Weldon about 8 o’clock. Mr. Clay lodged
that night at the residence of Col. Joyner, a few
miles from Weldon. Early the next morning
he was taken in a carriage across to the Ra
leigh and Gaston Rail Road, and reached Ra
leigh about 2 o’clock. There, we learn verbaly,
no papers tiayi'igjcogte tp hand, hty recgjjlipix
was most cordial arid enthusiastic. rhe num
ber of persons present were estimated at from
JO to 15,000. Mr. City designs to leave Ra
leigh, it is stated, on Thursday, to-morrow
morning, for Petersburg.
Mit. Clay’s Progress.—Mr. Clay was to
leave Raleigh N. C. yesterday (Thursday)morn
ing and reach Petersburg Va. in the afternoon,
where says the “Intelligencer,” a most cordial
reception awaited him. While in Petersburg
he will be the guest of Col. William R. John
son. .
Connecticut.—The election ot members ot
the House of Representatives is now complete,
and shows the following result: ’
The number of Whigs elected to the House
is 101; and of Locotbcos 82. Making the
Whig majority 21. The Senate stands 15
Whigs and 6 Locos, and the Whig majority on
oint ballot is thirty.
S. A. Holmes has laid on our table a varie
ty of Literary novelties, in the shape of Maga
zines, &c. &c.
O’A fire occurred at H udson, N. Y., on Wed
nesday, which entirety consumed the City Ho
tel, all the out houses, and the two adjoining
buildings.
Prom the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
Seven days Later from Europe.
The Packet Ship Sheridan, Capt. Depeyster,
arrived yesterday Irom Liverpool, which port
she toll on the 14th ult., bringing us Lon
don and Liverpool papers to the 13th ; for an
early delivery of which, we are indebted to the
politeness of Capt. D.
The papers are unusually barren of interest,
and’with the exception ot the News from India
by the Overland Mail, there is no intelligence of
any sort of importance. The British have had
two despe-ate battles with the Scindians, and
have beaten them in both instances, and have
made important additions to their already over
grown empire in India. The Anglo Indian Ar
my exhibited the greatest steadiness and valor,
apd though it was resisted with great spirit by
the Native forces, completely triumphed at all
points. The losses, however, were very severe.
The English papers are filled with the details
of these operations, whatever may be said of the
cause 1n which so much gallantry and profes
sional d.-voti.hi were displayed. The following
short summary of this Indian News, from the
Liverpool times, is all that we shall be able to
make room lot.
The Overland Alai!, which arrived last week,
brings accounts of two very desperate battles,
fought and won by two Anglo-Indian armies,
under the command of Lieut. Gen. Sir Hugh
Gough, and Major Gen. John Grey, at a lew
miles distant Irom Gwalior, one of the most
celebrated fortresses in the East, and the capital
territory tormely held by the Scindia. The ob
ject of the military movements which produced
these battles, was to uphold lhe Regency estab
lished at the death of Scindia, and, ultimately,
the authority ot the youthful heit to the Seien
dian dominions against the intrigues of Scien
dia’s widow, lhe Maharanee, and one of her
creatures, who had deposed the regent, and gain
ed over the Army, composed of many thousands
of those btave but turbulent soldiers who during
the life of Scienuia, carried on so desperate a
struggle against the Anglo-Indian armies. For
some time the whole of the Shindian territory,
which borders on the Britishdominionsat many
points, had been in a state of complete anarchy,
and it was to pul au end to this dangerous state
of things, as well as to uphold the authority of
the regent and the young Prince, that the Brit
ish armies advanced.
It will be seen that they encountered a most
desperate resistance at all points but that they
triumphed over it, and succeeded in establish
ing something like order in lhe Scindian terri
tory, which still, however, contains ab.mt lour
million of as turbulent subjects as are io be met
with between the Indusand Calcutta. The Go
vet nor General. Lord Ellenborough, was present
at the beginning of the principal battle, and
showed, by his conduct, that a man may be a
great coxcomb, and yet no coward, though it
says much mote for his courage than his pru
dence, that he should have exposed himself
w here his presence could do no good and bis
Icath (owing to his official rank) might have
done much mischief.
A grand entertainment had been given to O’-
Connell at Birmingham, and on the eveningot
the 12;h of March, the grand dinner to the great
Agitatortook place at Govern Garden Theatre.
This affair appears to have gone off with great
eJof, the company being very numerous, very
noisy, and very enthusiastic. Air. T. Dnncombe,
the radical member ot Pat liament was in the
Chair, having on his right hand the “ illustri
ous guest,” on the left, the Marquis ol Shrews
bury. Among the Guests we see the names ot
Olazaga the Spanish refugee, and “ General
Washington Barros,” who tins latter maganle
is, we do not know. Several pungent speeches
were made on the occasion. Mr. O’Connell’s
of course the most so. He was so much pleased
with lhe enthusiasm of his reception that he was
actually felad of his conviction.
Prince Albert was about to make a visit to
his mourning relations in Germany.
Sir Henry Haltord, the celebrated Physician
is dead.
We are sorry to see a lurther decline of i in
the price of Colton, though the business in the
article was brisk. In Flour there was a down
ward tendency.
Spain.— No new event of much importance
has taken place in this distracted country. The
Queen's mother, Christina, had entered Spain
and had been well received at several places,
but had not reached Madrid at the last advices,
though she was shortly expected, and would
temporarily take up'her residence at Aranguez,
not tar irom the capital; a corps of troops hav
ing gone there to act as a bodyguard, and great
preparations were making to give her a right
royal reception. The young Queen Isabella
vyas going out to meet her mother, and then re
turn immediately to Madrid. Her Majesty,
the Queen’s mother, seems lo have been promo
ted or rather reinstated to an old post since her
arrival, as a decree appears in the Gazette for
mally appointing her anew to be Colonel ot the
Regiment of the Casadoresde Isabel! I! We
hope her Majesty will make a more manly mili
tary commandant than her late husband; and
though we do not recollect to have heard before
that her Majesty had commanded a regiment,
we suppose she was qppfoutqd tolhat post about
lhe time that Ferdinand was engaged in the
employment of embroidering garments for the
Virgin Mary.
The insurgents at Alicant made a demonstra
tion on the 29th ult., and with three hundred in
fantry and sixty horse, attempted a sortie, tor
the purpose ol destroying the batteries form ing on
the side ot Cruz de Pietree. They were, how
ever, bravely charged by the regiments of Sa
nag and Jusetania, who occupied that point,
and beaten back with loss.
We do not see any thing of importance in
the papers of affairs in France.
The Frankfort Journal says it appears by
letters from St. Petersburg that several Turkish
vessels, loaded with arms and ammunition tor
the Circassians, have been taken by the Rus
sian blockading force. It is said that the Rus
sians have found papers in those vessels which
prove that :be Ottoman Government was not
acquainted with the forwarding of the stores.
The Russian Government has made a very en
ergetic representation on the infraction of the
treaty of the Dardenelles. The Divan replied
very humbly, that measures vzou Id be taken to
prevent the transmission of any warlike stores
in future.
Expulsion of the. Poles from Posen.— The
Augsburg Gazette gives the following f m
Posen, under date the 25th ult.—“ The fate of
the Russo-Polish refugees is decided. This
morning about two-thirds ofthem were sent un
der escort to Magdeburg. The remainder will t
follow in a few days, with the exception of a ,
few, who have received permission to stay until
the end of March. Amongst the persons affect- !
ed by the measure are the Count de Plater, who i
has always resided here in a very retired man
ner, and who recently purchased an estate in
the Grand Duchy; the rich Count de Potecki,
son-in-law of Count Edward de Razzinhi,
Count Eugene Brezo, and M. de Luszewski,
who is the owner of two houses in Posen.”
From the New York Express.
The Blasphemies or Locofocoism.—The
recent Tract, No. 4, said to be written by Amos ,
Kendall, which the members ot Congress of ]
the Locofoco party are now franking and cir
culating through the United States, contains ,
the following sentence:
“Who can lookback to the falsehood, the
fraud, the intemperance, the debaucheries, the
shows, the mummeries, and the general temor- 1
alization in the Whig campaign of 184), and 1
then turn his eyes to the events which folowed, 1
without mentally exclaiming, it is Gm’s will ,
it is God’s Justice! If the judgments upon the
Egyptians, for the oppressions of the Israelites,
were more terrible than those which havj over- 1
taken our Whig brethren, they were smreety <
less remarkable. The contest had notjended ]
when these almost supernatural demonstßtions
began.”
The punishments which were inflictedon the 1
people torrel'u-ing to elect Mr. Van Buien. and ,
«ii mb are termed acks of are
the foiliAvTiYg events' t
1. The death of the son of General. Harri
son.
2. The f Ring of the statue of Justice in J
front of the Capitol.
3. The falling ot the Eagle tromfcver the J
chair of the President ot the Senate. ,
4. The falling of the portrait of G«i. Harri- !
son from the walls of the Congressional Libra- 1
ry, “without shake or jar!”
5. Three alarms of fire in Washington on f
the night preceding the arrival ot Gen. Harri
son.
& Officeseekers crowded Washingtonas thick ;
as the frogs of Egypt. (About this tame time
cannons were fired off in the night at Wash
ington, awaking Amos Kendall’s baties. The
modesty of Mr. K. prevented him fiom men- f
Rolling this circumstance, and wi therefore
hope it will be inserted in the next edition of ’
Tract No. 4. —Fbpress.
7. The death ot Rev. Mr. Cooknpn, in the 1
steamer Presicent, because he preatied his last 1
sermon in the presence of Gen. Hanson. J
8. The death of Gen. Macomb, because he ‘
followed the funeral procession ofjHen. Harri
son to the tombs. 1
9. The burning ot Gen. Harrisd’s house at
North Bend. (Probably lhe workof some Lo
cofoco, who was executing “ Divne Justice,” I
as he understood it.).
10. The death ot Mr. Ogle, of Jennsylvania. ,
11. The passage of the Bankript Law.
12. The death of Gen. Harrisdt. ' I
13. Crimes in generalall overhe land!
14. The death of lhe wife otPresident Ty
ler
15. The death of Hon. Mr. Ltgare.
IG. The death of Upshur andSilmer. ,
20. A military parade in Nev Orleans, on
Sunday in presence of Mr. City, which didn’t
take place.
21. The falling ol the Clay Club house at ,
Richmond, whete one man let his life, and
several were maimed.
22. The failure of the Bares. (Says noth
ing about the failure of 183’, just after Mr. j
Van Buren was elected.)
This singularly blending Sgether of events
mournful, and by association ludicrous, is an 1
exhibition of the moral stale of the parly at j
once striking and characteristc. The death ot ,
a clergyman because he ptsached in the pre
sence of Gen. Harrison; anl the falling ot a
gilt Eagle in the Capitol, are both set down as
events indicted by “ Divine justice.” General
Macomb is stricken down ly the arrow of the
Almighty because he atteiied the funeral of 1
Harrison; and the falling da portrait “with
out a shake or stir,” are iassed together as
events equal in importance and equal in evi
dence in the state ot the divne mind. Consid
ering, however, lhe state o’ the morals of lhe
parly generally, it is not firprising that their
discrimination, should nol be very nice in mat
ters of this son. j i
Nai .m: Americanism.-Fl’he Savannah Re- ’
publican says:—We undtrstand that many of
the Locos are talking acojt a Native American
parly. We have heard sich talk here before.
It is a trap to catch un war Whigs, but we trust
they will not fall into it. No sooner are the De
mocracy defeated at the plls than they begin to
feel strong sensations in hvor of an American
party. For the last ten or a dozen years, during
which they succeeded bythe aid ot Irish votes,
the idea of an America! party never crossed
their minds. When thfie voles were more nu
merous than they now we, they thought nothing
about an American par) . They were always,
when successful, the (special sell-constituted
guardians of the rightsif adopted citizens. But
now many of these citzens have become ac
quainted with Whig ptnciples and have chang
ed from conviction, js soon as they' appear
in the Whig ranks, totvhich they have until re
cently been strangers a this c:ty’ and to which
in every other city offie Union without an ex
ception, they are gefeally strangers, yet the
Democracy begin totlk about a native Ameri
can patty. The Deaucracy since 1827,in Con-'
gress and out of it luve advocated the largest
liberty of naturalization to foreigners, all because
they thought that thevote of naturalized citizens
-welled their own raks, but as soon as their
opponents begin to posit, their American viitue
is sensibly disturbed Lisa strange spectacle
to see the Democrac party in New Orleans
making more than ,• thousand illegal votes ot
foreigners in two di-s, whose votes have been
cast at two late eletions in which they have
succeeded, w idle ifother places their American
feelings are arouse. The Whigs have always
been denounced btthe Democracy as inimical
to foreigners, andopposed to naturalization, and
we are not sure that the cry would not be
repeated here, if dice some of our Whigs gave
ear to this new ratchword I Savannah is not
like New York r.d New Orleans, where the
accession of stragers is constantly so large, that
it is as difficult jo discriminate between legal
and illegal voteis, as it is to deceive and corrupt
new comers bv he wholesale. We hope that
the Whigs, wtytever their views are, will think
andact fortheiaelves. “ Timco Dauaos,” ought
to be the mottubf every Whig.
£>Mr. B. ?. Butler and Mr. Benton are ex
pected to meeat the Hermitage this month
I Mr. Van Kura is said te be getting uneasy.
AUGUSTA, GA THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1844.
SATURDAY MORNING, API*. 20.
New York Custom House.—The “Journal
of Commerce,” a paper tor sometime devoted
to the interests ot the President, contains the
annexed paragraphs in relation to the recent
movements in the Ne .vYork Custom House.
So fat as Mr. Curtis is concerned, we care no
thing, for when he perceived the purpose of the
President to betray the Whig party, acquiesing
in the proverb that ''thrift doth follow fawning,"
he “ bent the suppliant knee” to retain his of
fice, and forthworth enrolled himself as one of
that distinguished class, known as the “Tyler
party” alias “spoilsmen”—mere “camp fol
lowers.” He has therefore received, at the
hands ot the President only what his conduct
richly merited—to be kicked out ol the custom
house, that he might in retirement contemplate
his own servility. While therefore we mur
mur not at the fate of Mr. Curtis, we desire
to call the attention ,of the reader to lhe
pledge made by Mr. Tyler to the American peo
ple—a pledge morally as sacred as though he had
sealed it with an oath, “not lo bring the patron
age of the. government in conflict with the freedom
of the elective franchise."
This pledge which was repealed again and
again jiriiw to me election, was renewed, when,
by a providential act, Mr. Tyler assumed the
duties of the office he now holds. Yet notwith
standing this, the ink with which it was penned,
had scarce dried—the voice with which it was
uttered had but died upon the breeze—ere he
commenced a system of removal from office, for
opinion’s sake, which was not even surpassed
under the Jackson and Van Buren dynasty—a
system of proscription unknown to the princi
ples of out* government. Corrupt in its incep
tion, and degrading yi its influences, it sunk
men to the position of servile slaves to the Presi
dent,- by offering them a bribe for the abandon
ment of principles, which they honestly, and in
good faith, entertained.
Buthe stopped not here in the case of Mr-
Curtis, who proclaiming himself a good liege
subject of his lord and master, ever and anon
bowed most obsequiously to Master Robert,
and sought to lick the foot of hifn who has now
spurned and kicked him. It was not sufficient
that Mr. Curtis should proclaim himself a Tyler
man, but now in the more desperate fortunes
ind unholy ambition of the President, he must
lo more—he must go forth into the by-ways
ind high-ways and brawl T'ylerism ; and for
sooth, because he would not do this, he must
’tve place to one more servile, and more cor
•npt than the suppliant Curtis, who in his cra
zings after the spoils proclaims himself ready
o do the bidding of his master.
Such is the administration of this govern
nent at this time, and by a man too who came
nto power under such pledges as we have re
erred to—such too are the hands into which is
o be committed (if Mr. Tyler can accomplish
iis purpose,) the vast amount ot revenue col
ected at the port of New York. Does any man
narvel at the number of defalcations which
ia.ve occurred under this corrupt system, this
nore than dishonest exercise of the appointing
lower of the President 1 If there be such a
nan in all this vast republic, he should not suf
er his organs of marveldusness to be longer ex
ited by any thefts that may be committed, par
icularly after reading the annexed paragraphs
rotn a paper ever ready to gloss over any act
if the President —a paper which has watched
tnmoved, all the former attrocities committed ■
n the exercise of the appointing power of the
’resident—but this last was too much, too :
ross, too palpable, and they proclaim, ft thus.- t
'.'MK.
ays, and we regret exceedingly to learn that he
tas been engaged in a grand effort lo sustain >a
Convention for the nomination of his father '
or re-election. The Colleclorship, we under- j
land, he offered to a gentleman upon these condi- j
ions; and the offer was, as it is ought to be, re
ected.
The New York Custom-house is a post now '
if vast responsibility, the revenue collected here
ieing a million and a half a month. The es
ablishment was never in a better condition, nor 1
Ije business more satisfactorily done, than now. '
Co see such a post offered by the President of the
Jnited States in market, on terms which no '
tonorable man can comply with, is evidence :
nough what sort of a man he must be who '
vill be appointed. The office of District At
orney is offered in the same way. T|je Post
Jffice is filled by a gentleman who is ready to
lornply with the terms as we suppose. These '
iroceedings, if consummated, will be highly in, ,
urious to this community, dishonorable to the
:ountry,'and they will overwhelm Mi. Tyler '
vtth a degree of odium which we should be sor
y to see fall upon any man in his station. (
XVIt is understood, says the National Intel
igencer of Wednesday, that the Hon. Mr. j
<ing, the new Envoy to France, accompanied ■
ty the recently appointed Secretary of Lega- ;
ion, Dr. J. S. Martin, will probably sail for !
Vance in the New York packet on the first of
text month, <
The HebkewControversy.—The Charles- ,
on Courier of yesterday says:—The Court of i
Jommon Pleas was engaged the last four days ,
n the trial of a case of deep interest to the Is- |
aelites of Charleston, involving the right to the <
lossession of a Synagogue. The controversy 1
vas between the Reformed Israelites, common- j
y known as the organ party, and those who J
vere for a strict adherence to ancient rites and 1
isages. The case was argued with great learn- 1
ng, ability and eloquence by Messrs. Petigru t
ind Bailey for the Reformers, and Messrs. '
King and Memminger on the other side. His '
Honor Judge Wardlaw, charged the Jury late
ast evening, and after a few minutes consulla-' t
ion thev found a verdict for the Reformers. ’
’ t
gj-Tiic Philadelphia U. S. Gazette says:— I
ft. grand Tyler State Convention has recently {
jeen held in Illinois. There were nine persons, -
present. Three or four gentlemen excused 1
hemselvcs by letters from attending—one in '
jonsequence of the sickness of his wife; anoth- ■
:r. disinclination to out-of-door speaking; and a t
bird, irom a dread of being in such au “ im- '
nense crowd.” ,
The Little Rock (Ark.) Times, one of *
he most zealous of Locofoco papers, uses the
oilowing language in speaking of Mr. Clay: 1
“It is not the num, it is not the orator, but '
he politician that will be defeated. Who has 1
rot admired the unequalled oratorical powers ot I
Henry Clay? Who does not point to him with :
tinde and exultation, as the modern Demos- 1
henes, the world’s greatest living orator?”
Virginia speaks next. —The annual election
lor members of the Legislature is to be held in
Virginia on the 25th inst. Both parties are very
active, and though the partisans of Mr. Van
Buren claim Virginia by from sto 10,000 ma
ority, the Whigs of the Old Dominion are con
fident ot making large gains upon the vote of
previous years. In the last Legislature parties
were divided as follows:
Whigs. Locofocos.
Senate 12 *2O
House 59 75
71 95 .
Standard.
Something New.—The Whig Standard
says:—lt is stated that the friends of Captain
Tyler design getting up a mass meeting. We
have some curiosity to know how this is to be
accomplished—we know that it was maintained
by Sam Patcht hat “some things can be done
as well as others,” and we shall therefore suspend
our judgment efits practicability until the trial
has been made.
A RareSnake.—The editor of the Port Gibson
Herald has seen a young moccsin snake, about
ten inches in length, having two heads, each per
fectly formed, and of the usual size. Those
heads formed a junction at the neck, which,
with the other portions of the body, were ot the
usual shape and proportion. This strange
creature was found in Warren county, Miss.,
and when first discovered was quite vicious;
when touched with a stick, he bit at it with
either mouth which happened at the time to be
nearest the intruding object. |
Whig Movements in WestfAGeoroia
—The following gratifying intelligence ol the
* Whigs in the Cherokee CircuittyWe obtain
■' from the “ Chattanooga Gazette,” we heart
e ily commend to the Whigs of Georgia the ex
-1 cellent example ol their brethren fit lhe Chero
kee Circuit:
Discussion before the People. — pleased
e to learn that in the ol
? Georgia, the political questions day, par-
?, ticularly the currency question, ,site discussed
before the people, with much SSility. The
- Courts in the Cherokee Circuit affiihow being
1 held, and the lawyers, as they joantey around,
attend meetings of the people . Sjf participate
in the discussion. At Lafayette-Ast week, a
lengthy debate was gotten up with four speak-
- ers on each side, and continued evenings
t before a respectable portion of the voters of
Walker county. We understand that the dem
-1 ocratic orators made tremendous rarirts to con
: vince the people that, a National.pahk was the
- very impersonation of old Satan himself, and
. that it would bring ruin upon the whole coun
try it ever it was again establish®!- Thvparty
were strenuously urged to discard olMaith in a
- National Bank, and to bring tliety .offerings and
I lay them before the of the
Sub-Treasury orsome other Gownjient con
cern. Tfte poor Bank-defnocrawpfuticularty
' the Bank-democratic orators, card® in tor a full
share of abuse, and were charged',"-!-'!: all sorts
[ of motives, tor jliring to ueelgjmeii'convic
tions of the necessity of a But
' the question had two sideirtto *”nd we are
- credibly informed that those who defended the
policy of a National Bank, handled the subject
ably and convincingly. Upon a final hearing
’ before the audience, after much pressing and
pulling up of voters, by atti-Bankiles, a
resolution in favor of a National Bank offered
by Col. Crane, was only lost by nine or ten
votes. This we consider a very good vote for
Walker county. We understand the speech
of Col. Crane, in favor of his resolution
has been, called for by a committee, and we
hope he will furnish it for publicaffon. The
Colonel, under the flag of a “ Bank Democrat,”
was elected to the last Georgia Legislature from
Lumpkin county, where the Dcmociats had a
majority of upwards of five hundred.
We happened to be at Dade court She first of
the vyeek, and witnessed the excitemeit among
lhe people on the currency question. Itisthe
all-absorbing topic. The country has been
cursed with a rotten currency so longj tjiat many
Democrats arh con ing out boldly in ftvorof a
National Bank. It takes up all the tine of the
file leaders, begging, threatening and Misrepre
senting, to prevent the sufferin'/ people in the
Democratic party, from breaking ouiof ranks
almost in a body. So fearful are the feaders of
such a catastrophe, that they seek oppmunities
to harangue the people under circumstances,
that prevents answers from their opponents. —
This they did at Trenton, in Dade county, on
Monday night. They called a meeting avow
edly to appoint delegates to the Convention,- to
nominate candidates lor Congress and Electors,
and took that occasion to assail the principles
of the Whig party. Had they have defended
their own political principles and noi assailed
the principles of their opponents, none would
have complained. But they called a meeting of
their own party, to do party business, which ex
cluded the interference, of Whigs, ind give
them a chance to say what they pleased, wheth
er true or false. But such unfair sailing, comes
to no good end. The people, in the main, are
honest and liberal, and they will condemn all
such illiberal acts of political leaders.
We do rejoice that the people of the Cherokee
country ot Georgia are alive to the importance
of a correct administration of the General Gov
ernment. A fair, full and impartial investiga
tion of the political principles of the two great
parties which now divide thecountry, is all the
Whigs want. They do not fear but what truth.
will prevail when fairly defended. With the ef
forts now making, before the next Presidential
election, the Cherokee country will be in favor
of a National Bank, and in favor of the men
who, when put into office, will carryout their
favorite doctrines.
Free Trade—What is it t
We have been at a loss to understand what
wet e the precise views of those who pretend to
belong to what they term the free, trade party.
At first we supposed, taking the sound for the
sense, that it was the doctrine of that party to
admit the manufactures and productions of other
ly.foe.lmU.-fed
1 competition wiflrfhe labor ofonr owu citizens,
thereby giving a preference to foreign countries,
and resorting to direct taxation at home, to sup
port the Government. 'This, at first, was the
meaning of the thing, but finding the people de
termined not to submit to it, politicians, taking
council by their fears, have abandoned their po
sition, and now pretend that free trade is some
thing else. Well, what does it mean?
Men deeply imbued, as they say, with this
doctrine, and who should be capable of explain
ing its import and meaning, differ so widely as
to leave us in doubt as to whether there is realty
any such thing or uot. Mr. McDuffie explained
it to be a kind of revenue business—a Tariff
levied on the rich to be placed in the pockets of
the poor; A^oodbury'thinks that the beauty of
tlie.system consists in reducing the wages of the
industrious mechanics, to keep them from drink
ing too much; whilst Benton, who seems to be
regarded like Stockton’s cannon, the biggest gun
by far in this mighty war, regards the principle
of protection as all important to perfect the sys
tem of free trade. We had thought that protec
tion wasja bugbear that would throw a modern
democrat into convulsions—that the doctrine of
tree trade in its practical application, was like
the philosopher’s stone, to change every thing
into gold, and that no democrat good and true
would venture to explain it as meaning anything
squinting at a discrimination in favor of domes
tic industry. But we were entirety oft’the scent.
The champion ot Locofocoism, the bull-dog of
Van Burenism, upon whose shoulders more than
any other man’s the weight and burden ol the
party rests, has, in his recent speech avowed the
doctrine of protection, and scouted the horizontal
system. What does he say? Listen.
“ 1 am for discriminating between articles
made at home and not made at home; and
placing the highest revenue duty upon the for
eign rivals of our productions. We are not to
make war on the manufactures. Every States
man will cherish them, and honor the skill and
industry which perfects them, if left free to fol
low his own inclinations.” Them are our sen
timents, Col. Humbug, but how are you found
uttering them? You are the great Magnus
Apollo of the democracy, and we supposed that
this was the view of the matter so bitterly de
nounced by your party. The Whigs go no far
ther; and yet Mr. Benton is lauded to the skies
as the advocate of tree trade.
We have no fears that any party in thiscoun
try will ever dare to legislate for the paupers of
England, or any where else, to the injury and
ruin of our own industry. They may make
pretences, as has been done in the bill lately re
ported to Congress, in order to catch gulls in
the South; but when it comes to final action,
we caniTot believe that locofocoism itself is reck
less enough to sacrifice the pet manent prosperity
of their country on the anvils and spinning jen
nies of any other. But still they' vow bitter
wrath that they will, and experience has furnish
ed some examples that when they have the pow
er, they dare do any thing. The safest way is
to withhold from them the power of doing mis
chief and the country may yet be safe.— Cohim
bus Enquirer.
Locofoco Songster.—Notwithstanding the
Globe ?ays that Mr. Van Buren would scorn to
be sung into the Presidency, and notwithstan
ding lhe Locofoco papers universally express a
great deal of horror at the immorality of song
singing, yet a volume has been published con
taining sixty “ songs” dedicated to the service of
Mr. Van Buren and Locofocoism generally.
The following is a rich specimen of these
songs:
“ I wish I had some of your cider,
At least a barrel or two,
I’d drink it and hazza for Martin
In preference to Tippecanoe !”
The Locos tried to tune their voices in 1840,
and failed. They will fail in 1844, for music
and Locofocoism have no affinities tor each oth
er. A genuine Locofoco has no “ music in his
soul,” and is fit only for “spoils.” His grum
blings and curses cannot beset to music. Even
if he could sing, he has nothing to sing about.
A Sub-Treasury song could be arranged to no
tune but the “ rogue’s march.” The truth is,
the Locos have neither hearts, ears, nor voices
for music. In this respect, at least, they resem
ble jackasses. AVe should as soon look fbr
smiles on a death’s head, as listen for blasts of
melody from a pair of Locofoco lungs.—Louis
rille Journal.
Father and Son.—The“AVhig Standard”
says.—The appointment of Gov. Shannon, of
Ohio, as Minister to Mexico, places ic the
gubernatorial chair of that State, the Hon.Tho
nas AV. Bartley; President of the Senate, who
is a Democrat. The father of this gentleman
is now the AA’hig candidate ror Governor at the
next election, and, should he the son
will have to vacate the office to make room for
the father.
O* A reverend lecturer at the East recently
look the ground that no man could become “ an
established fact in society,” unless he got mar
ried. The Cincinnati Herald goes a little fur
ther; he cannot become an “ established fact,”
unless he surround himself by “a crowd of little
I witnesses.
MONDAY MCRNING, APRIL 22.
l iit. Tariff—Locofocoism.—One of lhe
means resorted to by the Locofoco organs at
the South to deceive the people, is their constant
effort to make the impression
that the “ Democracy" of the North and Ea?t,
I are the zealous and open advocates of “ Free
i Trade,” and opposed to any tariff wlticlraffords
protection to home industry. These efforts at
1 deception on the part of the press of that party
at the South, are characteristic of the reckless
spirit which animates their organs and parti
sans throughout the Union. Engaged in a des
perate struggle, to regain a position from which
a misrule'of twelve years has hurled them, they
scruple not atjhe means to be employed, and
hence, in the face of the most abundant and
conclusive proof to the contrary they have had
the unblushing, effrontery, to proclaim that
their party took open ground against the tariff
in the recent contest in Connecticut, and are
now assuring and reassuring their readers, that
opposition to a tariff affording protection to
home industry, is a cardinal doctrine of the
“democratic" faith. Can it be possible that
they hope to deceive and gull the people by such
gross and palpable misrepresentations of fact,
as such declarations amount to ? To the can
did portion ol the people, the lovers of truth of
their own party, such attempts at deception
must appear revolting in the extreme. Revolt
ing however as it may be, it is nevertheless true.
Let facts be submitted.
The present Congress, composed of an over
whelming majority of these self-styled “ demo
crats,” opponents of a tariff, assembled under
assurances to the people at the South, that the
tariff was to be reduced to the “ Free Trade”
standard, of which they boast themselves the
exclusive and universal advocates.
How have these assurances to a confiding
people been redeemed or even answered f Con
gress has now been in session nearly five months,'
aud in the House, where the “ democrats” have
a two-thirds majority, and can consequently
control the action as they please, it isonly with
in the last few weeks that their famous humbug
tariffbill was reported, by a committee as tho
roughly Locofoco and “ free trade,” as their
Speaker could, with the slightest possible re
gard to parliamentary usages, construct it.
And notwithstanding all the assurances that
the “odious Whig tariff" would be reduced, of
which webave heard so much, notwithstanding
the state of parties m the House, all the drilling
and caucussing they can bring to bear, the
Chairman of the Committee on AVays and
Means who reported the bill had net been able
at the latest dates to get even a majority of the
House to vote to go into Committee of lhe
Whole, to take up and consider this famous
bill for the reduction of the “ odious black tariff,"
and at the latest accounts, was about to aban
don the bill in despair. Do not these fafits
speak volumes to the people—do they not por
tray in glowing colors to Southern men, the
efforts which have been made by lhe Locofoco
organsand leaders to deceiveand mislead them,
in relation to the views of their party at the
North and East? Most assuredly they do.
But this is not the only evidence of deception
which these demagogues are daily endeavor
ing to palm off upon a confiding and unsus
pectingpeople—the papers at the North—their
allies, those who unfurl the Van Buren flag at
their mast heads, teem daily and weekly with
labored articles in support of a high protective
tariff—they denounce the AVhigs as enemies to
a high tariff, charge them with being in favor
ofa moderate tariff only, and pour out the vials
us their wrath upon Mr. Clay for his support pf
pf fils open rleclara- I
tions in favxir of a moderate tariff, sufficient for’
revenue, and a reasonable discrimination in
favor of American manufactures and labor.—
Yet, in the face ot all these facts, with which
these organs at the South are familiar, they con
tinue daily to ring all the changes upon the
opposition of their party throughout the Union
to a “protective tariff.” In support of this de
claration, we might regale our readers with ex
tracts upon extracts from the Locofoco organs
of lhe North and East, but we content our
selves on the present occasion with a single
extract from the “ Williamsburg (Pa.) Gazette,"
a paper published in the district in which the
recent Congressional election was held, and in
which Snyder, the Locofoco candidate, was
beaten, as the “ Gazette” says, because “ his
strong professions m favor of a tariff were not
confided in"— and because “ the democracy will
sustain no mon for a legislative or executive office,
unless he is committed beyond suspicion on this
question."
The following is the extract to which we
have referred, and we beg the attention ol the
reader:
“ A Tariff lor the protection of home manu
factures and products, and for the purposes of
revenue, is one ofthe earliest principles adopted
by the democratic party. That party lias al
ways sustained the principle, and in no in
stance have the democrats of Pennsylvania
sanctioned a departure from it, and we firmly
believe they never will, their interests being as
closely connected with it as with any other im
portant measure, we care not what it is. This
lhe federal party know, and are attempting,
after all other means have failed to insure suc
cess, to place themselves in the position of its
sole advocates. They are trying to rob the de
mocracy of the credit ol having sustained the
Tariff through sunshine and through storm.—
AVe are disposed not to let them succeed, and
shall accordingly meet them at every corner in
their twistings and turnings after power through
its means,
We wish every man in lhe community to re
member that lhe AVhigs have been the greatest
enemies the Tariff ever had, and ask all to turn
their eyes to the compromise act of Henry Clay,
which was forced upon us by him, and the lead
ing members of Congress who acted with him
in defeating every other measure proposed.—
That compruiiise aetdid more to destroy lhe sta
bility of the tariff than all the other aets of Con
gress pul together. Il led to the belief that the
tarili States would give way to the wishes ol
the anti-tariiites on any occasion for the sake of
compromise, and the consequence now is that
some of lhe Southern membeis of'Congress are
endeavering to have the present tariff repealed.
In FAVOR of this compromise tariff Henry
Clay hasdeclared himself AVITHIN A YEAR,
and yet he is the leader ot the AVhig party now
claiming to be the friends ofa protective Ta
riff!!
AVe trust that the editors of all the democrat
ic papers in the State will come out boldly and
fearlessly and sustain the present tariff. If
there are any in our ranks who set themselves
up for great and leading men opposed to it, let
them rest upon their own strength. The Tariff
must be supported if we desire that our parly
should not fall. Home protection is one of our
first principles, and now is the time to take bold
grounds in favor ofit.”
AVe learn from the New York Tribune,
that suits have been instituted by gentlemen of
that city against the Postmaster General and
one or two of his subordinates, for illegally
opening letters passing through the United
States Mail. It is alleged that the letters were
opened by the Government agents fbr the purpose
of ascertaining something in relation to the
Private Mail.
JJ-The remains ofthe Hon. Hon. Alexander
Porter having been conveyed to Nashville, Ten
nessee, they were committed to the tomb in the
cemetery near that city on Sunday, the 7th in
stant, where they now rest in peace beside the
body of his wife, who died some twenty-five
years ago.
Affairs at AVashington.—The Charleston
Mercury of Saturday, says—All accounts con
cur now in lhe conclusion that nothing will be
done or seriously attempted on the Tariff. Those
who have been promising for lhe party have
reckoned without their host, unless they 100 have
supposed that going tor principles, means giving
pledges, without intending to redeem them.
TV A Chinese Azaleais now being exhibited
I at Boston, which has in bloom upwards of 10,000
fluwar*.
Clay and Van Buren.—The following well
drawn picture of the dauntless western orator
' and the calculating New York intriguer, is from
the pen ofthe Editor of the “ Ctwiaw Gazette,"
a paper zealously devoted to the support of the
self-styled “democracy.” The sketch of Van
Buren is true to the life, and even that of Mr.
Clay is highly complimentary, coming, as it
does, from a political opponent. He, however,
does ample justice to the bold, frank and manty
course of the great AVestern Statesman and
Orator for the open avowal of his principles on
all questions—regardless of whom they may
please or offend. What man, in whose bo
som an American heart pulsates, does not ad
mire the bold, untramelled course of Henry
Clay! however he may disagree with him in
opinion ? Honest in his purposes, he knows
no concealment, and like an American citizen,
conscious of the dignity of his position as a
freeman, he speaks his opinions upon all ques
tions, as an American should do. Such
a man does not only excite admiration, but en
thusiasm-, in the bosom of every trulyjAmerican
citizen.
But Van Buren, cold, calculating and ex
clusively selfish, how faithful, how true to na
ture is his picture sketched by this master! In
whom can such a man excite admira
tion, much less enthusiasm! He excites'not,
he cannot draw out from their recesses the finer
feelings of our nature, in admiration of his
character. But the more you study his charac
ter, the more you scan his secret impulses, the !
more thoroughly you become acquainted with
the man, do you become satisfied that he is a
mere calculating intriguer for place, in whom
you “ canhave no confidence.” But to the pic
ture. Here it is:
“ Mr. Clay.— Although politically opposed
to Mr. Clay’s views and sentiments on many
great questions of national policy, we cannot
but admire his openness and candor. We
have read with feelings almost amounting to
admiration, the bold avowals of his principles
on all occasions where he addressed his fellow
citizens in the South, even in the midst of his
political enemies, during the course of his re
cent pilgrimage— -(for in despite of his repeated
and distinct disavowal of all intention ol turn
ing his journey to New Orleans to political ac
count, facts prove to the contrary,)—and we
have asked ourself this question—Would Mr.
Van Buren have thus acted, or would he hat e
veiled in a routiplicity of words, and in eloquent
speeches replete with smoothly rounded, un
meaning sentences, his real views and feelings?
and the answer has been anything but favorable
to the avowed head ofthe Democratic ranks.
Had Mr. Calhoun been the nominee of our
party, with what enthusiasm we would have
rallied to overthrow the principles of our op
ponents —but under a leader in whom we have
no confidence, we are shorn of our strength, and
will suffer defeat with scarcely an effort to main
tain our rights or even avenge our wrongs.
But the day of retribution is near at hand, when
the high qualifications of our favorite candidate
will be rewarded by the unanimous acclama
tions of a just and generous nation!”
Texas Treaty.—The statements with regard
to the provisions of the treaty, are so various,
that we know not whether to accredit any of
them. The following, however, contained in a
letter to the Newark Advertiser, appear to us
rather more probable than any we have seen,
and we give it for what it is worth:
The treaty is summary in character and ex
plicit, and it is said that the documents which
are to accompany it are not voluminous.
The Treaty provides for no assumption of
the debts of Texas, beyond the amount of the
proceeds of the sales of her lands, which are
to be transferred to the United States.
The annexation is to take place in the first
instance simply as a Territory of the United
States, and not as a State.
The Institution of Slavery is to be left an
open topic, to be hereafter decided by Congress
when the Territory shall ask permission for ad
mission to the Union as an independent State.
The Ttyaly is to be ratified within thirty days
by the (iriiteo Sfates Senate—in default of which
it is to be no longer binding upon either ot the
negotiating parties.
The Credit of Pennsylvania.—The Phila
delphia “ North American” of the ,17th inst
says: “AVe begin at last to thinks tha twe may
speak in earnest ot the credit of Penmsylvania.
Our Harrisburg correspondent gives the grati
fying intelligence thut the Three Mill Tax bill
has received the assent of the House, by the
decisive majority ot fifty-six to thirty. The
news yesterday afternoon caused an instant rise
in State Fives, and there were sales within a
feu minutes after the opening of the mail at 68i.
Now, if lhe Senate will do as the House has
done, the honor of Pennsylvania is redeeme d.”
gj* It has been decided in a Pittsburg Court,
that a Judge may call a printer, an ass w ith
impunity; but if the same printer in return lor
the compliment, puts in his paper that thissamve
judge is an ass, it is a libel.
The Hon. Egbert Ten Eyck and the
Hon. Micah Sterling both, died suddenly in
the village of AVatertown, New York, on Mon
day last.
Florida—lnvalids.—The Savannah Repub
lican says:—We received by the St. Mathews, a
private letter from our friend R. L. Porter, Esq.,
Editor ofthe Boston Traveller, who is spending
some time in the Territory for the benefit of his
health. His letteris dated “Jacksonville, April
161 h.” We make one or two extracts, as they
contain information which may be useful for
invalids who may hereafter visit Florida:
“ 1 removed from Augustine to this place two
weeks since, in a much worse condition, than
when I went there. The damp, cutting East
wind, which prevails there, is as much an ene
my to weak lungs, as the same wind in Boston.
My cough is much increased, the difficulty of
breathing also greatly increased, and my strength
entirety exhausted. Whether I shall be able to
recruit here, a few weeks will determine* The
aip is vastly preferable to that of Augustine, and ;
all the invalids are here. There are only two '
or three at Augustine, who are too sick to get I
away.
“ Remember and tell your friends who have j
an inflammation of the lungs, or a cough, not lo ’
go l<> Augustine, but to stop at some place in.
ilic interior, removed from the sharp sea-wind. '
This place is at present the most inviting, on '
account of the new hotel, which is much supe
rior in every respect, to any other in Florida.”
The Fashions.—Willis, ofthe New Mirror,
who is prime authority for all matters pertain-:
ing to this subject, gives the following as the ;
fashion of caps now all the rage among the la
dies of Gotham:
1 observe a new fashion of cap, which gives !
the ladies an air
“A» pert as bird, as straight as bolt,
As fresh as flower in May”—
a cap that would fit a child’s double fist, worm
perched upon the summit of lhe organ of self
esteem, looking like an apple-blossom on the
top-knot of a French chicken. It is one ot those
fashions whose worth depends upon the wearer
—very telling upon a pretty' coquette, and very
ludicrous topping of dignity or sentiment.
Names.—The Macon Messenger says :
The Locofocos assume to themselves all the
patriotism, and in their hot zeal call names,
without reflecting upon their appropriateness.
For instance, they denounce all tariff' men as
Federalists; and yet thev elected with acclama
tion Andrew Jackson, who voted for every tariff
bill before Congress, while he was a member
ot that body. The same party aie now support
ing for the Presidency Martin Buren, the
man who voted for the tariffs of 1824 and 1828
—the bill of abominations, as the same party
now term it, —the man who voted against a
reduction on salt in 1827—the man who delive
red his celebrated Sheep speech, in order to
prove his attachment to the tariff. This same
party denounce the Whigs as Federalists, while
they are supporting the men who opposed Mr.
Madison, the great champion of Democracy,
and who was the friend of Rufus King—tke
great Federalist, and the great champion against
the South on the Missouri question. “ Whafs
in a name?”
O’ Ths Cincinnati Gazette says that there
were shipped from that port to New Orleans,
during the last five months, 185,767 barrels of
Pork, 34,875 bbls, of Bacon, 8,340 bbls, of Hams,
19,704 bbls, of Beef, 80,127 bbls, ot Flour, 4,-
624 bushels of Potatoes, 9,798 bushelsof A spies,
285,030 dozen of Eggs, 313, 100 pounds of But
ter. 406,285 lbs. of Cheese, and 12,900,196 lbs.
ot Lard.
TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
C’orrrepondcnce of the Baltimore American.
Washington, April 15, 1844.
SENATE.
Mr. King was in the Senate Chamber this
morning and left it by sending a letter to the
President of the Senate, taking his leave in very
touching and handsome terms of a body with
which he had been connected since 1819. Mr.
K. said he had been connected with the Senate
for nearly a quarter of a century; and, esteem
ing the exalted position he had held as he di J, he
might well regard the favor he had received as
sufficient to gratify-the loftiest ambition. AU
this time, he had the good fortune to be sustain
ed by the State which had sent him here. He
left the body now with feelings of the deepest
regret, and with his heartfelt wish for the health
and happiness of each of the members.
The Chairstatedthat, with the consent ofthe
Senate, he would have the letter inserted upon
the Journal.
Resolutions from the Florida Legislature, in
favor ofthe division ofthe territory, were recei
ved, and laid before the ,Senate.
Memorials were presented from New Hamp
shire by Mr. Woodbury, from Airmont by
Messrs. Upham and Phelps, and from Penn
sylvania by Mr. Buchanan, all remonstrating
against the annexation of Texas.
Another pile of memorials from Tennessee,
Massachusetts, Delaware, Pennsylvania and
Vermont, aH'against the Tariff Bill of Mr. Mc-
Kay, and in favor of the Tariff of 1842. The
memorials, though.different in terms, all prayed
forthe same great object.
A brilliant speech .was then made by Mr.
Choate ofMass., in continuation and conclu
sion of his speech commenced on Friday last
on the Tariff. The speech today was mainly
in defence of Massachusetts and her legislation
upon the subject ofthe Tariff, and particularly
in reply to Mr. McDuffie.
: Mr. McDuffie interrupted Mr. Choate once
iluring these answers, in a manner which Mr.
C. regarded as rude, though he did not suppose,
he said, it was so designed.
Mr. McDuffie appeared excited and left his
seat.
Mr. Choate continued, and closed with a pe
roration which charmed all ears by its elo
quence and strength. The speech is pronounc
ed one of the most eloquent ever made in Con
gress, and was listened to by a great crowd of
hearers.
Mr. Bagby of AlabamS rose to continue the
debate, but yielded to a motion to postpone the
subject.
The Post Office bill was then called up by
Mr. Merrick, who spoke briefly upon its mer
its.
AV ithout any action upon the bill, however,
the Senate went into Executive seesion, and
soon alter adjourned.
HOUSE.
A Resolution was adopted calling for further
information in relation to the contracts of Isaac
Hill with the Post Office Department tor the
printing of blanks.
Mr. Cave Johnson moved a call of the House
in order to consider his resolution to take the
Army bill from Committee of the Whole this
day, in ten minutes after the House resolved it
selt into Committee of the Whole.
The call of the House was ordered, and 173
members answered to their names. The doors
were then closed, the absentees called and ex
cuses received, which occupied an hour and
more.
AVhen the names of the present and absent
had once been called over, Mr. Kennedy mov
ed to suspend the call, but the motion was lost.
After an ineffectual effort to persist in the
call and a wrangle among members, a motion
was made to suspend the call, which motion
prevailed—ayes 107, noes 64.
The doors were opened.
Mr. Johnson renewed his resolution that the
Army Bill be taken from Committee of the
Whole in two hours after the discussion shall
commence.
The Previous Question was moved, the
motion seconded and the resolution prevailed.
Mr. McKay moved to suspend the Rules in
order to submit a motion to go into Committee
of the Whole upon the Tariff Bill.
The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote
excited great interest, as the result'was very
doubtful. It was finally announced—ayes 84,
noes 95.
Mr. McKay moved that the House go into
Committeekof the Whole upon the Army Bill.
The motion prevailed, and the debate proceeded.
Mr. Morse ot Maine addressed the Committee
in reply to Mr. McDowell of Ohio and Mr. At
kinson of Va. Mr. M. reminded these gentle
men who had blamed General Harrison for
calling an extra session of Congress, that Mr.
Van Buren commenced his Administration by
an extra session of Congress. Mr. M. then
compared the expenses ot the two Administra
tions of Mr. Van Buren and the one succeeding
it. It was proved that Mr. Van Buren came in
to power with a surplus of twenty-four millions
in lhe Treasury and that he left the Treasury
bankrupt in means, and that with all the issue
ofTreasurynotes they had discredited and dis
honored the Government.
The promisesofthe Administration of Mr.
Van Buren were then stated in contrast with
their measures, and finally the so called Demo
cratic party were called upon to show their
principles inasmuch as they had mentioned that
the Whigs had no common principles.
Mr. Morse closed by proposing that one half
of the proposed appropriation be reduced.
Mr. White ol Ky. rose immediately at the
right hand of Mr. Morse, but the Chairman
gave the floor to a gentleman upon the opposite
side ofthe Hall, Mr. Hamlin of Me. who fol
lowed in the discussion charging the Whigs
with being Federalists and Hartford Convention
Federalists ofthe ultra stamp.
Mr. H. then replied to Mr. Morse in part/and
discussed the subjects of the Bankrupt law, the
Tariff and the Land Bill—all of which he op
posed. The Bankrupt Bill he charged as en
tirety a Whig measure. (Mr. Morse had be
fore said that it was passed by Democratic votes,
alluding to the votes of Keuel Williams of
Maine, and Gen. Mouton of Louisiana.) Mr.
Hamlin was anxious to know if his colleague
would vote for the bankrupt law now.
Mr. Morse replied that it had done its office.
The gentleman’s party had made the bankrupts,
and his own had relieved them. >
A few moments were left ofthe two hours al
loted to debate, which Gen. Harelscn of Ga., to
whom the floor was awarded, improved by dis
cussing the amendment under consideration,
which was to strike out about #250,000 from the
pay of officers of the Army, being a part of the
retrenching changes ofthe Bill passed last week
to reduce the pay ot the Army.
The amendment pending was rejected by the
Committee as soon as the debate was closed,
and seven amendments were submitted.
Mr. Tibbats of Ky. proposed 815,000 for an
Arsenal at Newport, Ky., which amendment
prevailed. Some other immaterialamendments
were also adopted, but none of importance.
April 16.
SENATE.
Among the numerous petitions presented this
morning were three from Ohio, Vermont and
Massachusetts presented by Messrs. Tappan,
Phelps and Bates against the annexation ot
Texas.
Also three from Delaware, Pennsylvania and
A’ermont against the Tarifl'Bill reported in the
House of Representatives, and against any
change in the existing Tariff. Also a memorial
from Tennessee, presented by Mr. Jarnegin,
protesting against lhe passage ofthe House Ta
riff Bill.
Post Office Service.— Mr. Merrick submitted
several unimportant amendments, which were
agreed to nem. con. ,
Mr. Woodbury proposed an amendment regu
lating the rates of postage upon the weight be
yond lhe first ) oz. by fixing it at 50 per cent for
} oz. instead of 100 per cent as proposed in the
Bill. The amendment prevailed by a vote of
17 to 15.
Mr. AVright of N. Y. proposed the novel
amendment of an entire abolition of the frank
ing privilege for members of'Congress, propos
ing only that it be extended to the President,
Vice President, Speaker of the House and Sec
retary ofthe Senate.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Mr. Foster of Tenn, said he did not regard the
so-called franking privilege as any in reality,
but rather a burden. He thought it wise, how
ever, to keep open the avenue between the
Representative and his constituents.
Mr. Wright said a?reat many memorials had
been presented to Congress upon this subject.
Mr. Foster answered that the number of me
morialists ought not to have too much influence
here. Persons were in the habit of signing any
thing that did not ask for money. It would be
easy to procure signatures to a memorial ito
hang the Hon. Senator from New York or the
President, as many who signed tnem never
read them.
Mr. AVright hoped if the hanging memorial
should be included, there would be a division of
the question. He would not like to be elevated
in such company.
The amendment of Mr. AVright was rejected,
ayes 5, noes 35.
Other amendments were proposed and dis
cussed, and the day was given to the subject.
During the day messages were received in
writing from the President. There was a ru
mor that the Texas Treaty had been sent in,
but the report is not true.
HOUSE.
Mr. Cranston of R. I. presented the resolution
ol the Legislature of Rhode Island in answer to
the minority of the last Legislature, whef pre
sented a protMt in lhe early part »f th* *»*»iou
VOL.Vni.-NO. 17
The resolutions were laid upon the table aad
ordered to be printed.
Mr. Duncan ot Ohio moved to suspend the
Rules in order to lake up the bill repotted froat
the Committee ofthe Wnole, providing for tha
election of President and Vice President on one
day in all the States of the Union. The House
refused to suspend.
Mr. Burke of N.H. desired at this point lo
say something upon the Rhode Island contro
versy.
Mr. Weller, to enable his friend toaccomplish
this, moved to reconsider the motion ordering
the Rhode Island Resolutions to be printed.
The question mainly in controversy was upon
printing certain proceedings of the Legislature
with the Protest ot lhe Governor.
Mr. Causin of Md. spoke upon the merits of
the question. He hardly began, however, when
Mr. Burke twice called him to order.
The Chair over-ruled the point ol order.
Mr. Causin proceeded and made an able
speech upon the merits of lhe whole question.
He discussed the history of the memorial which
has been the cause of all the controversy in lhe
House—accusing the members of violating their
oath of office andof asking Congress toaid them
in this violation. They had solemnly sworn to
support the Constitution of their State and then
sought to overthrow their Government.
Mr. Causin was several times interrupted, buz
he proceeded to discuss the constitutional ques
tion of the duty of the General Government to
put down an insurrection like that attempted by
Dorr and his associates in Rhode Island Mr. -
C. denied the power of this Government to in
terfere in the manner proposed with the legiti
mate government ot Rhode Island. It* rights
in connection with the States were those which
were clearly set forth in the Constitution ot the
United States. 1 This Congress had no super
vision over State Constitutions. It could not
make an itinerant journey over these States,
Constitutions. If it could, what would it say
to that Constitution of New Hampshire—that
Hepublican State—which upheld the Rhode Is
land insurrection, and yet persecuted every
Catholic by prohibiting him from holding any
office under the State ?
I come from Maryland, said Mr. Causin, a
State where the Catholic Cross was first plant
ed, but where universal toleration was allowed,
and where every Christian faith was protected,
and no man persecuted for his belief. I deny
the power of this Congress or this Government
to interfi re with the Constitution of my State,
as I deny its power over that of Rhode Island.
The people ot the Slates have a right to change
by peaceable and lawful means their own con
stitutions, but they have no right to revolution
ize the Government. Mr. Causin next denied
that Suffrage was a natural right as contended
by some. It was not so regarded in any consti
tution or declaration.
Mr. Causin denied that such a principle was
maintained even by Dorr himself. Suffrage
vas conferred upon termsand consideration*
Age, taxes, conforming to certain laws, were
parts of its cost. It little became the State of
New Hampshire to arraign Rhode Island end
the royal charter which they had endeavored
to make smell to heaven as some, rank offence.
Mr. Payne wished to know if this old charter
of R. I. did notallow slaves to vote.
“No,” said Mr. Causin, “it does not It
contains no such provision."
Mr. Payne wished to know if Mr. Dorr’s
Constitution did not prohibit slaves from vut-
'Klr. Causin said he did not know and did not
care: It was none of our business what any
Constitution of a State proposes or adopts. It
is her owh business, ndt ours. It she wished to
admit negroes to vote, he would not interfere.
Would the gentleman from Alabama ? And if
he would, what would be the consequence?
Congress could then interfere with the States,
and abolish slavery in the State* if it chose W
do so. Cengress, he contended, had no power
over slavery in the States—none over their con
stitutions in any form, and if we admitted the
f rinciple for one purpose in regard to Rhode
sland, we must admit in all, ana with the most
fearful consequences to the States themselves.
Mr. Causin spoke for part of an hour, and
closed a very eloquent speech.
A debate followed upon the point of order,
and the scene of confusion was very great:
Points of an immaterial character were then
discussed, growing out of the presentation ot
papers accompanying the Protest of ’be Govern
or by Messrs. Dromgoole, White and others,
which ended in an order to print.
Mr. Burke then presented a protest of lhe
minority members .if the Legislature, protesting
against the protest of th* majority. A contro
versy arose about reading this minority proteat,
which ended in the reading.
Mr. Barringer asked to whom it was addresa
ed.
" To no one,” was the answer.
The Journal of the Rhode Island Legislature
was then read, and it was found that this minor
ity protest was not received or printed in Rhode
Island, because it was insulting to lhe majority
there.
The Previous Question was moved and the
Protest was laid upon the table and ordered to
be printed. Ayes 76, Noes 60. The fii«t Pro
test was ordered to be printed. Ayes 187, Nos*
20.
W*SHINGTON,;ApriI 17.
SENATE.
After the presentation of some petitions
Mr. Evans, from the Committee of Finance,
reported the Revolutionary Pension Bill with a
recommendation that the Senate concur in the
amendments. The motion to concur prevailed,
and the bill was sent back to the House, ready
for the signature of the President.
The Navy transfer Bill from the House, ap
propriating $116,000 forthe immediate use Os
the Naval Service, from sums received by the
sale of condemned naval stores ot copper, junk,
iron, &c. was called up by Mr. Bayard.
Mr. B. explained the provisions and the im
portance of the Sill, ana as the Department de
sired the money to meet the necessities ot th*
service, he hoped it would pass.
Mr. Haywood spoke in opposition to the Bill,
when it was finally passed.
Mr. Merrick called for the consideration ofthe
Post Office Bill.
Mr. Foster moved to amend'the proviaion re
lating to the franking privilege, by extending
its benefits to member* of Congress, Clerks of
the House, Secretary of Senate, Heads ot De
partments, and all Deputy Post Masters who did
not receive dollars per annum.
Mr. Buchanan argued that cheap Postage
was not to be had with the use of the franking
privilege. If the amendment now offered pre
vailed he could not vote for the Bill, a* it would
destroy the efficiency of the service. The frank
ing privilege had been abolished in England,
and the Revenue there under the cheap system
had fallen off five millions of dollars.
Mr. Merrick also spoke against the amend
ment and entreated Senators to take more in
terest in the bill. It the pending proposition
passed it would be to the ruin ofthe Department
which would soon be in a hopeless condition
unless relieved.
The debate was continued for some time up
on the amendment, when Mr. McDuffie renew
ed his amendment, (first offered last evening)
for the indefinite postponement of the bill.
This opened a new debate, which is going on
as I close.
Mr. McKay, from the Committee of Ways
and Means, reported a bill making provision
for the support of the Post Office Department
lor the fiscal year, ending 30th June, 1845.
Mr. J. C. Ingersoll reported a Bill from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs to provide forthe
ascertainment of the amount due our
for French Spoliations committed prior to 1800.
The bill appropriates $12,000 for a Commis-
Sion to be held at AVashington and define* the
duties of these Commissioners, and the manner
in which the claims shall be made.
Mr. Dromgoole asked the amount appropria*
commission. The Bill was then read and re •
ferred to the Committee of the Whole.
A great confusion arose as to the order of
business.
The Speaker at length decided that the Wes
tern Harbor Bill was the order of business.
The Bill was before the House upon it*
passage.
Mr. Douglas* of 111. made an argument in de
fence of the bill and in review of Gen. Jackson's
opinions upon thesubjectof Internal Improve
ments. Mr. D. contended that Gen. Jackson
had no scruples about appropriation* for Inter
nal Improvement and navigable rivers. Mr. D.
went on to prove the constitutionality of improv
ing harbors and rivers, and to contend that there
was no doubt upon lhe subject.
Mr. Rhett, by permission, denied this and
called for proof.
Mr. Giddings gave the proof of the first Con
gress which had made appropriation* for th*
improvement of the Delaware river.
Mr. Douglass said all the Presidents had
maintained ’he same thing by singing and ap
proving Bills. Mr. D. said he would like to
know whether the Charleston harbor appropria
tions were unconstitutional in the view of the*
gentleman from South Carolina.
Mr. Holmes stepped forward and said that
the Charleston appropriations were unconstitu
tional also.
Mr. Douglass was glad he said to have driven
the gentleman from the Charleston District t*
this dilemma. But the same gentleman had
maintained at this very session that appropria
tions were unconstitutional for the Ohio and
Mississippi. . , .
Mr. Holmes reasserted this now, and found
the special power which he claimed under th*
ordinance of 1787.