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Sib t csterdajvuurmg mn dabate on.
the fiiMrr.iag biti, (oiiw remark* were
made by Nr. Forsyth, the object of wbicir
~I th ill not, hi present, enquire into. A*
they wore in no manner connected with
the ttabjeei matter under coasidemion,
fear* •osriMfe boon an WHrutteona raw-
wen, for itu.oductfn them.. . Tbo Hon.
Baatfeown front Georgia, in discussing
« constitutional poitu, took itccaaion to re
fer to the tale Gnu. Aktytnder Hamilton.
fie remarked that M . Hamilton had been
a "arneA aimed man;" that hit opinions
and principles at a eiaieimen had beau via*
dietirely awaited; that justice bad not
beau done to, him,, ami that if the tecret
proceeding of the Convention, which^ for
med thn constitution, had not been pub
lished, lie rierer would hare received jut-
dee, he. ^
To prove the troth of t$in position, Nr.
Forsyth read the following remark*, made,
by Dr. /okUtern of Cotmecticut in the
Convention }£*% ijrdjleiuan frpm New
Jdrk (Mi. ffeWSi7/Vm),wph boldness and
dociiien, mppoa.ad jt *yu< jp totally diflyr-
Unt from both, and tuowyb ho Iran been
praired by dYaty body; he ha* been sup-
porto^ by.'nqtte. ;
Lot me r premise, thi^t, f have no deiira
it nsaplt toe memory otGen. Hamilton,
' to nee any laatua|e which can b# con-
1 le'deomW. But T will not pfraait
Iwupfl, or any other mao, to distort
1 qiiirepresent historic facta, for the pur*
, MO of defending Gan. Hamilton, and at
ilia aamalima sstaiNtfg tlio democracy, of
wo nnuntry. By tyhom waa,G«n. Ham
ilton M a piuch abused man ?" To whom
does Mr. Fortytk refer ? Evidently to
tbo democratic 'party Of •1798. t\nd how
fed they ataehihjU Why, byrepresent
ing him m the advoeate of a monarchical
foverament. And how does Mr. Forsyth
him froimthis'charge, and" by s'o
A maiding army
itsallg, to prevent an invasion nf our conn*
try by France, at a mdmani ’ when her
porta were closely 'Mockedad by Great
Bntiao, aad when ahe had but an occa
sional frigate skulkhto on the ocean.
ThriMWWifiBr dudWaiWlog iHhy,
mere mutual prop* uaeh uTibn other.
Geo. Walking!*i'#na Oppuf«ud to the
command of the army. Gen Hathilton
cond iu commend, but dt [facto com
doing
upon
lust if himself,in cailityt. a. siigmu
tne democratic party f In no
Other wey, but by reading the remarks a-
bove quoted from the speech of Dr. John*
■nan. ’
During the lifu lime of Gen.. Hamilton.
Jin never atlempied to defend himself a-
gainst this charge. Hia great merit was
t and for it he deserved praise) that when
in found no matt in tlio Convention would
-support his preposition, lie turned in the
nuarest plan to that which he wauled, that
he could obtain. Now, what whs, Mr.
Hamilton's plait T
It was an Executive for life. A Sen
ate for life. There two departments a-
lorn, to have thu power of making peace
or war; end the Executive of the dinned
States, mas to appoint uu. officer, with
power to negative *H\ lews, which the
legislatures of the several States -ought
pose; ' ’ ,*'*
Such was die project# of Mr. Hamilton.
Vou may call it wbat-yon please; Call it
n repeblrran or a democratic government,
if the terms are morn-palateabld; lint in' its
dpcrutitfhs open tile jatupfa'ii *11 monarch
al; aristocratic)’ ij .iIlia ttlj. In Hie
Coevehiiui; tbe-languegeol ina* hqjior.iiiln
feutinman, was as explicit, and ns bold us
his piopoeiiinn. 1 • ‘ ‘ 4 1
“ I lieliuvo (says, Mr. r Hamilton) the
Hritisli govermti'iM “ |brm< the best mo
del the world ever {fHkduced, aud sttcli
has been i»e 'progress in the miudl of the
many that' this troth gradually gains
ground. 1 .’
Again; "The people nre turbulent eod
dnutgirig. *TliUv's«M )ib jtdge or detdr-
nsiiie light. See the Excellency of the
British Executive. Ife'is placed above
temptation. Nothing short of xucii an
Executive can be efficient."
After many days discussion; finding
there wai no chance* for life plan, lie re
marked t— 1 "The public mind is, perhaps,
nut MOtMreadv to receive the Acs! plan of
government; bnt certain circumstances, are
now progressing, winch will give a differ
ent complexion to it."
Such were the theoretic epiniuus of
Gen, Hamilton, and in after-iiidMtliU po
licy by yvhicli be WSs governed, was ip
conformity with them, A few word* • to
it : *
At tan early period after ftwerganixatiup
of our Governnuust, the French revolistluu
burs) forth, liku a mighty volcano. A
large portion of the American people sym
pathised with Freese, and rejoiced that
tlm had broken th* tyaPvHpa which for a-
get had hpund ber w glaywy. The prom
lamatitn nf neutrality was iosued. But thu
whole policy of the adntihistrmloe, thee
nml er the obntroVof Oin.'Hamilton, was
hostile tp revolutionary Frances and ho-
thing lmt the-amboundmf popularly of
Gen. IFnsuyfeu) ceufdhuTeeusialwvU thitT
adminittrAlip^-'
in 1794, the Pennsylvania insurrection
broke out. >Oa ihitr occasion, it is well
known, Goa. Hamitten’'‘pressed upon
G e tier*! JVaskuigton, cuercoin, prontp t •
ly, by military iusre; but the P ret ideal
preferred appaintiog commissioners to ne
gotiate with the insurgents; and by acts of
kmtinnss, rathkr then bv tbs bayonet, to
adjust tbe difficulty. . Thus, again, -Mr.
Hamilton evinced w desire to can ry prac
tically, into operation* his notions of *1
strong gouefomeat. If Hr. Foriytk im-
nginss, aa bn probably does, thut he .can
in-re hhd a justificatiau far hie vote on tbe
enforciag biH, feume rttniad bim of the
diBeiente tieipboh an upfewfol combina
tion of private, iiuliridu*ls,.«ud toe acts ol
a state in herioevoreigu capacity.
la |7gi the alien and sedition law«
warn pessedP They are pdw uoiyersntK
yrenouncsA to' have, been uocotistituiion-
el, aed an unwarrantable uaurpatieu of
power. Gen, Homitfan, vfas'their rhens-
, A mt their father.It ere* known
niaultler in Chief.—The fonjier it is be
Hated, never viuited a camp. At this
crtsii tho people seemed to u#tk», as if
from a dream, him) becoming aferuiod for
the security of their iiistifutiotn, llxey ef
fected a revolution. ,TM erisis bdwev-
or wus pot a* (hirteulotw; not a* alarming as
the present. .. i ,"
Previous to this revolution, hdpoyer,
Gen. Ilamilteu hid distracted Uw cabi
net. His adherents went driven from
their exalted nations by Urn fs\HlfF0lami,
who jealous of his own right*, and posses
sing great sagacity, perceived il>4 exor-
tlons wore making to hofd bint in lending
strings. He became indigiiant. lie was
to have been betrnyotl ami sncrificed by
the Hamilton oi Itigh toned /“oddf'l party.
To accomplish litis end, Clin. Hamilton
wrote a |>nnt|ifelet, assail!Ag, With great
virulonce. President Adaitf. This pam
phlet, a shoit time previotn to (he choice
of presidential elecion, jyity priufed, in u
most secret manner. It was to have been'
circulated iu South Qurolina,.with the de
sign Of depriving Mr. Adamt, o'fajie vote
or that State, and thereby electfug Mr.
Pinelcney President, who was the- ledernl
candidate tor Vice President. At that
time, by ihn contututiou, the 1 candidate
who had the highest aumber of votes, was
President, and the next highest Vice Pre
sident. ,, ‘
A few of the ccntinolson ttio deriiocrut-
ic WBicIt tower, who, in the W.uion ol
Mr. Fanyfh,. "have much abused” Mr.
Hamilton, discovered this plot. Means
were adopted to procure it copy of tho
pamphlet, the moment it wus. printed.—
Extracts were forwarded to William Du
ane printer of the Aurora io Philadelphia,
and Charier Holt, printer of the Dee iu
NeieLondon, The unexpected qppenr-
mice of those extract* convulsed tbe fede
ral parly. They operated nuyt power
fully'ou the Pennsylvania Legislature,
then in session, and greatly contributed to
the ovctlhrow of the dominant party.
These historical details arb given to
protect the democracy oft 798, against the
charge of doing Gen. Hamilton injustice,
as to Itis political opinions. |t is dutt Jo
his memory to say, these oniutoiis worn
openly and manfully defended by bin,ton
propor occasions. I’l'ftt (blindness is not
now tho tnfijeat of, nnuirv., I will add;
If it bad been Alt. Fortylk't lip to have
m i.lo his nttarlt ou ntv par'v ip iho other
hr,im-h of the national legislature, it would
not, I can assure him have pstsed unno-
iced, on .the flour nf tlm Hiiusu.
Tbe sttpreme.conrl, ibis dayigove their
ouininn in the rase Of Tnhiai IFa/l'iuS.
He was di-rltarsed; intmedtafolv after
wbirb he was again taken : rtto ptstodv nn
a ea. so. I* omdnred groat mritnmont.
•The procedure is revolting to every iimm of
common humaniiv.
John Randolph, «ct»ntpained bv Mr.
Tutktr, arrived hero Ian iilghr.
The Spt its '•''asiiinotou.
o’clock io the morning.
“ Hour lute iu the night were veu hupt
ut thut work T We were never kept less
then till ten aud eleven o’clock at night.
» Worn Mm bud* principally young
",Wf*u pipy wenL-poorL 31m **"1
puufe tbe pUorcit oflnc poor?
" Wboro dhi.Uiey cmne from} Bone
from tbo peer house* in Edinburgh.
" Were they-gsnt yoongl Y-jUJ they
bants at 6 and 7 years' old.
‘"And they were sent for a stated
length of time 7 - Yes.
‘•For a number of yearst Yes-; I
knew some that wore engaged fin- three
and fourteen*,.
" Were those children worked as Song
you have been stating I Yes.
" No exceptions m favor of tlte younger
children and the girls t Not in 'the least.
“ Was that exeessivo working accont
panied by excessive beating ? Yes, very
freqtieotly they were beaten; children
wero pot able to stand the work : and, if
i hey hid made the letist fault, they were
beaten cxUMsivcty.
" Did you ever hear of any one attempt-
ng to escape from that mill t Yes i there,
wore two girls that made their escape
from the nt'll through the roof of the house,
and lef| neurly all their clothes behind
.ilium.” '
ITEMS
From the tenor ol the last accounts from
Liiglnnd, u division in the English Cabi-
set seems to be threatened. Lord Broug
ham ahtl Mr. Stanley arc said to dillier
THE rAKIJfF 32 |
While the dum.tuMMmli«|Mf*'«-
uul passage of Mr. ly<ay*i mil, it was
moved as an ausegdmept to Mr Verptauck
bill m the House comumtbo to n com
mittee of tne Whole, adopted, and ord. r-
ed tu be eugroseed by a vote ol 105 jo 71
Yeas—Messrs. Alexander, C. Alieo,
Robert Alims, Anderson, Awgwl, At ewer,
i. 8. Barbour, Barrmget, James Bates,
Bell, Bergon, Betbude, Jlimes Blair, J ohu
Biair, Boon, Bouck, Bouldin, Hrutich,
Billiard, Cambreleug, Carr, Chiun, Cl*-
borne, Ctoy, Clay ou, Coke Cuhnes,
Cdrwin, Coulter, Craig, Creighton, Dan
iel, Davenport, W. H. Davis, JJoubleday,
Draper, Feloer, Findlay, Fttxgersld, Gat-
tltev, Gilmore, Gordeo, T. H. Halt, W-.
Holt, Harper, Hdws, ilawkwis, lioilman
Holland, Hora, Howuru, Hublmrd, lrvto,
I sacks, -Jarvis, Jenifer, 1. M. Johnson,
C. Johnson, J. Jolts son, Kavunagii, Kerr,
Lamar, Lansing, Locoinpte Letcher Lew
is, Lyon, Matdis, Mason, Marshall, Max-
Well, Mclutire, McKay, Newton, Nuck
olls, Tattoo, Plummer, Polk, Readier,
Koune, Root, Sewat, Wnt. U. Shepard,
A. Hi Shepard, Smith, Southard, Speight
Spence, Stanberry, Standefer, F. Thom*
as, Wiley Thompson, J. Thompson, Tracy
Vifcce, Verplun ck, Ward, Washington,
Wayne, Weeks, E. Whittlesey, C. P,
WhimfetVickliUe, Worthington.—105,,
Nayt. —Messrs. Adams, H. Allen;
Allison, Appleton,, Arnold, Babcock,
Banks, N» Burbur, Btnstow, I. C, Bales',
C. Uroadhead, Bucher, Kurd,. Gaboon,
CliAnrilet, Bates, Cobke, Cobper, Crane,
Crawford, John Davis, Dayan, Deatboin,
Denny, Dewart, Dickson, EILwortli, G.
Evans, Joshua Evans, E. Everett, il.
Everett, Gremioll, Hilund, Hull, Hester,
I iwdMore ingUrtaiiaud himself by be imagined?—People trould bo driven
i he(Mr.JBurgos) liad don* In from tiieir employtaeut usd reduced
Beardsley, Briggs, John Bro»dheud,«lH-State. (Pennsylvania!) wObM be expthOd
i* ll.n.»lltwnil Itllpikpr. Hill'd. liBlllinn. .feu tiro nrAtnesltm .InlHlU II rtf I nn
Itom tiieir colleagues, Lord Russell and } ’ lu! , heg ; Huntington, Ibrie, Iiigeraol'i
l*r, Pobletl rhumpson, Vice President | Keodnllf Kennou, Adam King, Henry
King, Leavitt, Muiiu, McCarty, McCoy,
ot the Board of Trade; us to the ex|K>di
cncy of furihur Padiaiuantary reform.
The former two personage* wish die Re
form bill lo be considered a final measure
‘irliile die Itvo latter have declared, in
'speeches delivered previous to tho late
elections lo Parliament, that they would
resist nil attempts to Introduce veting by
Ballot and the repeal of tho Septennial
act. Under these circumstances, «disso
lution ol the present Ministry seoms al
most inevitable.—There are no materials
out of tho Whig party to re-eenstruct uu-
Oiher, aud whether die government is Iu
full iuto the hands of Radicals, or to
remain with the most moderate of its pre
sent possessors, is now in n course of
experiment. Should the ballot be
introduced, and the duradonof Parliament
shortened, this must throw the power uf
tint Slate into the hands uf men who are
incompetent to wield it, and other charge*
will soon follow to- the overthrow of all
existing establishments m Great -Britkui.
But duuUi Lord* Grev and Brougham
unite with me great uotfy of ila-
aristocracy in suiying the tide Ot reform
at its present limits,, there is anfltcien'
sirength remaining in the great outworks
of die manarcliy, which are vet unassailed
10 preserve its dtstmelive ehnracter and
institulions. A very few months will de-
cidp the interesting question, as ou the
nssenihlinTof Parliament the questions of
~ihn vote by ballet and the repeal of tho
Septennial .cl must come up fur discus
lion.— Ch. Patriot.
FACTORY L.VBfjfR.
fn looking ovor some of fur English
batters, our attention whs forcibly arretted
by the notices taken by several of the pa
pers in relation to a bill now beforo tho
House of Commons, entitled-a F.iticrie’s
labor regulation hill.'" The evidence giv
en before the Committee of the House
exhibits a picqire of misery snd suffering
which would excite the pity and indigna
tion of tho most callous.' Vex! in the
midst of the population of England, there
la a class of peoploof whom ti whig paper,
tho Mortiihg Chronidlo, confesses that the
life of a West India negro is-happiness
itself compared with it. The miserable
inmates of thoir spinning nulla arolho vic
tims of a systematic tyrdimy. from their
taaderest years (hrou^hont their brief but
Miserable -existence. W«>, •ill xive our
renders an abstract of the regulations of the
factories atbioecbt to light I# thuwvideece;
Children are taken at tbo eitfly agp of six
yoail, Alexander Dean, »p evqt-ioher »t
Dundee, testified that at Dunixuiu Mill,
Me working hoart were not lets than »«-
osttlccn, etclutiee of meab. fikd the chil
dren were kept constantly stgufUng.—
They were docked up when m wetk, and
they ware lodked up at night.' For them,
tho pore sun of heaven iljone ip vain—
neither d d its refresniog b,n.*es t i,ver aool
their fevered ft saw* Wrvusk chd any
kind of slavery b« wOrsd’ltiafl such as
this I To enforce work, 4*y dhliuqiium
was freely chastised. A.t.lhe^ooil two
mills jn wnfch he worked,' mse I tours wore rr ||
fourtPen;exclusive of meals- in others it
varied front 14 to 17. Tlie "iffecU of
such cunfioemeiit, end the' promiscuous
intercourse of th* two sexes Until the boys
are upwards of 16 and the gifts 14, cannot
bo otherwise than most dsalfeikle, until
at regards their physical and juorOl devel-
opemeni. Their minds alftl bodies are
titia ed, and we tee deformity, diaeas and
vice in n most loaihioian cotqhm* , i°n-
Mast of the accidents which occur in lac-
lori*s, mu attributed ta this' drowsiness
produced In the children by hate bourn aad
hard wwk, which renders them iqcapable
w V 5* ‘Vi? »the machinery.
We wiH add uo'hing mere, hut merely
subjoin an ex-hitt from the testimony.
(hr. in curtain dhurihts' of. ihi ci.yoir , [Thefitst qintiina r elalm' to hia hours 0
(baselaws couldfidyh* aeforced by tbojMhwm Otmirutn Mitt.}
McKenriun, Milligan, Muhluuburg, Net
sou., Pierce, Piiddleton, Pierson, Poits,
Randolph, J. Reed, 11. C. Reed, Slade,
Soule, Stoors, Sutlierland, Taylor Viuluu
Wurdwell, Wutmougli, Wheeler, F. Wit-
ilesey, E. D. White, Youug.—?1.
THE TARIFF BILL.
House of Jityrt9cnlalices t Feb. 20.
Wus read u third tune. Upon the ques
tion, of its passage. '<
Alt. Huntingdon lose. It was not his
intention, he said, Id discuss tbe question;
he had deliveind his opinions on it
in a former stage j, of the bill which
hud boea laid aside,. But considering the
purport uf the litessu{e, mid thu elloet
illicit it would liuve on the general inter
ests of the country, hu wusdnsirous that a
full.expression of the 'sentiments ol the
llotixe shuokl be given ou ih.s occasiop.
lie Imd risen solely for tbe purpose of
asking a tall of the Hons*.
The call was ordered and proceeded
m until the list was gone through.
1 he spanker announced that 201mum
her ; had answered to tiieir names.
Mr. Burges then moved lo suspend all
further proceedings on the cull.
Mr. Wickliffie expressed a wish that
the absent members should lie sent for.
The motion of Mi. Burges was nega
tion),—yeas 69, uoes 78.
Mr. Burgos would detain the House
but lor ti few minutes. He rose for the
purpose of reading a siring of resolutions
which passed by tlio Legislature of the.
Sttito which lie imd the honor in purl to
represent, upon tlio subject of tlio ques
tion nutv ponding hcforc the House.
After reading the resolutions, which, in
the usual mauuer, went to point out the
disoatrous consequences which were likely
io result from the reduction of the pro
tective duties, Mr. Burges said, that lie
must oilier itis protest against the mcqs-
ure, because it abandoned protective poli
cy; Ho showed tho disastrous effects
which, in his opinion, it was likoly to have
upon urn, manufactures agricultural, aud
uvury other interest. Il was tho destruc
tion of a system which bud required many
years to build tip.—Tho bill went to re
duce tbo protective duties year by year,
and-thus every yeur opened u door wider
and wider, for tlio introduction of foreign
productions, and at tlm expiration of ten
years, abolished that protection altogether;
thus exposing Americau luhour to unre-
srinined competition with foreign capital;
and all litis was done because we were
toUtliat the labor uf the free man of ]ji$
north, was more productive than that pf
the slave of tbo south. It was ‘done ju
favour of the men of the South. Hu hod
been told that there were not, iu South
Carolina, more than fivo thousand raisers
of produce for tbe murket and for lliqse
five thousand men, thu interest of six or
sevcu millions wore to be sacrificed—the
interest of free men was to be sacrificed
to that of a lew slavo holding men. Tljp
hill, he said, was not a tax on proporty,
but oh consumption, and asked by wbat
process could it be known who were the
—— x. eonsiiuwis of foreign producet The la-
inrooed speoies of Cotton.—Mts'BuK bor of tlm country now paid nine, teuthp
Dyles, in Newberry District, South of the taxation; and the Stute of Rhode
Island alone paid, more than any of the
Southern Stales. The northern Status
generally consumed iron, and other arti
cles paying duties, of which the Southern
States consumed comparatively none.
Tim demand was made by a class of men
in the count y , the principal part of whose
properly consisted in llie bodies of. tiieir
slaves. The honorable gentleman, after
alluding to the sale of slaves, observed,
that whatever gentlemen south of tbe Po
tomac might tbiuk. free people were uot
io be bought and sold. s Bul, let it pass—
if not io these times, hereafter there would
he retribution.
Mr- Jenifer could uot si* dileiit, and
he*r unjust & calumnious charges brought
against anv gentleman. He l|ad no tiesi.
to poverty; and all thi» was to be done
from a mistake* notion of policy. 1 ho
House had been told that several years
would elapse before the protective policy
would bo done away witn. This was his
principle objection to the bill. He would
rather it had been cut off at once. It
the delav guve time to the American mau-
ufacnirer lo cYlculate hoV he whs to pro*-
ceed, so it did te the British manufacture!'
and flite kiferitme tjme, too, to Jay out
bis plans for inurfdalitig the Albertan
market with British goods. He 8 UPIJ? S ®"
that by 18-10, the concerns of ulnjp
manufactures would bo wound up and their
factories closed; He looked upon 20 per
cent, ns no protection, when it. was con
sidered what facilities the British manu
facturer; who conld obtuinhiioDey ut three
per einti-, possessed over the American,
tie would not accuso the noble Senator^
who had pfdduced the, bill With any view*
of overthrowing the Americuu systetn^but
this was a new country; and having ull the
wbrld to contented with, it was an unfair
race-.
Mr. Carson said, tho House had now
heard three speeches on that, sido of the
fejflcstion, and he hoped that nothing would
lie said tjii the sido that he espoused, lie
moved the previous jjuesjion.
Mr. Arnold called lor the ayes and nocs
upon the previous question, but the motion
Was Withdrawn at tlm instance of
Mr.'Bates, of Maine, who said he-
would voio for the bill, becuuse it pryposed
to lessen tlib luxation of tlio country. It
the bill Imd been offered at the commence
ment of the scssioh, be would haVe iejec-
le'd'm but circumstances had transpired to-
sliow that a compromise was’offered fur
the restoration of peace nhd'lifc lelt him*
self bound to accept it. lie wished tb say
a word on the pledges of Congress. Tlm
House hud been told that those who had
voted for the induction of the tariff in 18-
32, were pledged lo leave the question ne
rest, ho never held such views. Cougress
I had settled the bill as then ap|>eured to
them best; BhTtie had always held himself
ready t<* vote lor an improvement whenev
er iiWoukf come forth; and now lie hrnfTto
right to pledge himself, nor had Congresw
any right to pledge itself it) thb pcraiunoti-
when it would be found that* the vote i cV HI nny -measure. In ft«uio»-se»mo*s»
which lie had given, would be proved lo goililemen might to act us they saw "»! , V
- -- - aad for the benefit of the country,.. Gem*
r rose t* correct an appiffir-
mtee of inconsistency which might arise
■tram th* vat* bo intended to give tbe bill
now before the Howe. He bad last
night Objected against voting for die bill
unwss a clause was strickeu out which
seemed«tO him objectionablo. He hud
examihed the bill in the extern and
found (but hit-objection had arisen from
misapprehension. He had objections
against Othdr provisions of the bill; but ns
he was aware that future actions of Con
gress would niter any of its piovisioes
that might be found tO he inconvenient,
lie would vole for it, opt binding himself
lo abide by it longer than it might be
louod so be beneficial to the country, lie
was id favour of the spirit of mutual for
bearance; and il the measure should have
the’cffect of saving the Union, and resip-
VIng peace, ho would rejoice—It was
jjibre than he expected (wo days ago.,
-tjfr. Denny said, it might be poreiqvcd
'dim tbe bill Was notfeuended to IR more
'bah m experiment which the heftse wo*
called npon to tftake for tlio purpose of
gratifying a few dfeconted people oi tb*
South. The gentleman from Kentucky
had proposed the bill as a compromise.
No doubt he had received it as sucti. He
spoke of tbe danger of granting this mea
sure of compromise, lest more should be
Mmsted upon. He enlargod upon the
inconvenience to which (he manulactuitng
purl of the country, paaticulsrly his otvn
by yielding the protective duties! nml on
tlio superior advantuges enjoyed by Eug-
laud, of qapitnl and pauper labor, over
ibis country. He wished some gentle
men, more able than himself, would pro
nounce the funeral oration of the protec
tive policy,, for it had been murdered.
Them still remained to the industrious of
Pennsylvania, however, tlm prairies of
the west; thocc they blight bb driven freth
(heir usual labor; for tlmy were not like
slaves confined to ope plantation.
Mr. Daniel rose la perform u ditty to a
friend, who had bqen . maf'cloualy and
wautonly slandered in that house, and
from a qumter where ha hud the least
rigiit to expect it. The time would’ coiltb
Sew Yotlr, Fih.W.
Remains of Henry Kckford.— The
ship America, Capt. Matthews," has ar
rived this forenoon, having on board the
remains of our late respected fellow citi
zen, Henry Erkfonl. No better evidence
of the high estimation in wljich lliis gentle
man (Me. E.) was held hv the Sultan,
need be requited than the following t- In
speaking of him to Commodore Porter,
the Sultan observed, “ America must be
a great nation, that she can allow such men
as Henry Eckfordto leave her dominions.
Cnptnin Matthews intorms itsthnt when
ho suiloil, the Egypiaiu army was at Ca
nts, within four day’s march of Smyrna.
Tho Turkish fleet was reluming into port
for tbe sumo purjiose.— Com. Adv.
Holt’s hotel in New York appears to he
•n extraordinary affair. We find the fol
lowing in th« New York Gazette;--
1 It hns been opened scarcely a month,
and ho now dioes over loro hundred' g*h-
tlenieo at his ordinary, aud at least two
tltoiwund iu the various rooms, daily, life
betls amounting to near 250, have been
several timos completely filled. To sup-
pv Ins table, he purchases, besides large
quantities of cut beef, a fat bullock every
morning, with ether moats, poultry,*fish,
dec. tit proportion, lie roasts 700JI>s.*of
provisions ot * lime, tho spit being .ywnatl
by tin engine. Gut; correspondent wishes
that Ihoso who bev* not yet paid Mr. I loir
a visit, would call aid view tor themselves
one of the most extraordinary botbls in the
world," ,
An
Carolina, lately brought to market three
bales of Colton, the staple of which is at
lowed to be superior to any heretofore
seen in that country, and for which 11
cents hail been refused. It uppnars, that
four years ago, Mr. Lvlei observing in his
efopt n single stalk remmkable .lor its
height and the number of its, pods, which
came to maturity earlier than the rest,
saved the seed, and from year to year
planted it in a separate patch, aml.tbfe,
year he urns enabled to plant 14 acres.
Hr .calculates tho produce at a baled 325
lb. to the acre. Mr. D. proposes to dis
tribute the send iu different pane td the
Staid, aad if it uicreod* agreeably 10 ex
pectetioo, it will ho oft he vidua then lb*'
discovery ot Gold Mine*. , _ _
ifnleigh Register. muon in saying, that tho hwoorebjo gw
lie unconstitutional, add when 'those {who
now liiambd hint would be most loml* in
Itis praise, lie was npw slandered be
cause lie attempted to snve the country
from bloodshed mid slaughter. He hail
always acted wit|j that gentleman (Mi.
Burges) and did.he export jtitn to go with
him to the destruction ol the'country. He
(Mr. Burges) hud made comparisons lie-
■irer.it tlm labor of the slaves and free In
bor. Did hit suppose that thare was no Iren
labor in the South?—that there was uo
white population there? He had ussested
tho Rhode island paid us much in toxe«
to Government us South Carolina. What
did Rhode Island, jtny? A poor little stair
such us onu might put in ' life hreeelie*
pocket. Rhode Island, indeed, tnjgot
appear to pay a good doal in the shop* of
custom house duties; but was thut (Mid
in Rhodo Island, or by those who con
sumed the goods on whirliihe duties were
charged? Did the gentleman desire the
slaves in the south to be sold, and the
money given to the manufacturers, end
their masters to Iteconte clerks and over
seers to them. But the gentlemen com
plained that the hill would destroy the
protective principle. Why it gave from
seven to ten years for a gradual reduction
from a very high duty to twenty per
cent which ivas almost a life time, and
the* lefftwrnty per tent;—He thought
gentlemen ought to be contented-with n
profit of twenty par cent, on their capi
tal invested—liio southern farmers wera
contented wjtb ftom two and a hull' lo
three. He asked what the western stales
gained by the larifflaw*. Tlte protective
system cost them nearly a million of dol
lars annually. Mr. Daniel coucluded. by
observing, that the geullemnn whom lie
slated to have been slandered, would
lie believed, retire from puttlic business
and that lie had been actuated by no other
motive than the benefit of the United
States'. lie culled for the previous ques
tion.
Mr. Burges observed, that his (Mr.
Bfe) censure would brighten tho cliarnc-'
ter of the gentleman in question, wheu
Itis (Mr. Daniel’s) eulogy would render it
contemptible.
r Mr. Sutherland,_of Pennsylvania, nr-
gued against the hill nt considerable
length.. Uo alluded to the act of July
last—contended that the protective prin
ciple, was in past years, fostered in South
Carolina and Virginia, and qoutod instan
ces of its former popularity in those
States, and now Congress was asked Id
repeal the protective laws because the
people of South Curoljna said they were
unconstitutional. There had not existed
n distinguished man since tlio Revolution,
tier did there exist one now, but was in
favour of a protective principle. He in
stanced the duties on lientp and indigo;
but now, lie said, we must take the doc
trines of the present day. In tlte first
sessioaofCongress, an effort: was made
'for protection to manufacture*. He made
these remark* to show, that sp far as tho
constitutionality of the measure of pro
tective duties was concerned, it was .not
of the power of the House to annihilate
it. He then'enjered into a history of th#
protective laws which had existed «t dif
ferent periods, aad asked what depend
ence was to be-placed on the pledges of
Congress?—referred to Jefferspn, Giles,
and nther nathnriiian, who had advocated
home manufactures, aad read extracts.
He had hoard gentleraea sneak of (he hot
tors of a civil war. Would not thig bill
bn sj deviating u nay thing that could
liemblt febd advocated litre bill, Imd beep
accused of -yielding to tbe shives-jOf the
south; lie acted t«h a ybrv JilTereTiTr po^
jdc—the slaves of the north; but thfiy
were a people it lib uridet siodd- thdir
rights; *nd were uwnte that tjtp prqtecjiw
dunes were n tax upon them, and wou^l
support this bill, and every blhcr wlticfe
Imd it tendency to lighten their tagatiom
He Imilod hostile harbinger of peuce to
the rotinfey. • ^
Mr. Pendleioq wohld vote sgninst i»
bill. There was no guarantee that the
pesent enactment, would he permnnent.
No power in th* House could bind the
$urecssurs oftlie present Congress. As to
What was said about compromise, IX#
looked upon it a* amounting to nothing.
Mr. Bales of Ms itsachuseis Heprcciifet!
the bill ns subverting the best interests of
tlte country, and exported that before the
tort years expired, din southern gentlemen
would com*' back snd ask to lisve it re
modelled.
Mr. Williams moved the previousqoer-
Mr. M'Dnffm said lie could not admit
that litis hill wits such ns to deserve the
unmixed approbated of tho -oulh ! he
thoitgitt that more ought tp have been
conceded lo the just claims of the sOullr.—
But ii was his wish to give quiet to the
country, and its be believed tlife bill tlbttld
have that effect, lie would give bis vote for
Mr. Speight said that the subject in hi*
opinion having been already sufficiently
discussed he would rc iew tlm nioitbn lor
the previous question. _
Mr. YVickrnlb hoped the nmtion woubl
be witiidritwi), as it must'bo evident thut
there could be no longer any deposition lo
debate the subject flit liter.
Mr; Speight Withdrew the motion. •
Mr. Bates of Mass.; briefly rfecapitulu-
ted his argunienls iu opposition to tit* hjjL
after which, " , '
Mr. Williams renewed the motion lor
the iireviotts quesii*n. •
The vote was taken, Mr. Speight and
Mr. Taylor tellers; and the motion for tin-
previous question was carried—ayos 9'v
noes 55. .
Mr- Dickerson called for the nyy*imd
noes, on iha puttiug of the mum queibon,
as Uo was anxious to kitow who Were Ol the.
whip, spur and gag.
The main question wxs ordered to ni;
put, by vniqofaycs 108,no*» 85.
Mr adams rose to propound some ques
tions on tho suliject of' the bill, but an ob
jection being made, tbe question, was or
dered to be taken *« iho moliou of Mr.
Clay, of Alabama. The yeas and nays
were ordered and taken as follows :
Yabk. —Messrs. Adnir, AJexauder, C.
JUlcn, R. Allen, Andersbit, AV-pul, Arc*,
her Armstroag, J. S. Barbour, Barnwell,
Barringer, Jams* Bates, Boll Bergen, Be-
thuue, James Blair, John Blair, Boon,
Bnitek, Douldin, Branch, John Brodhead,
Bullard, Cambreleug, Carr, Csrson,
Chinn, Cluiboree, CUy, Clayton, Coke,
Conner, Corwin, Coulter, Craig, Crei|ll-
too, Daniel, Davenport, ,W. R. Davis,
Doubleday, Dravton, Draper, Duncan,
Felder, Fiodlay, Fitxg*rald..Foster, Oal-
ther, Gdamrej Gordo*. Griffin, T. H-
Hail, W. H»H, Hat per. Haw** Haw
kins, Hoffman, Holland, Horn, Howard,
Hubbard, Irvin, Isncks, Jarvis, Jenifer,
R. M. Johnson, C. Johnson. J. Johnson,
Kavanogb, -Kerr, Lamar, Lnnainr, Le-
r-ampte, Itotcber, Lnnis, Lvoa. Msrdis
Mason, Marshall, Maxwell, Wm.McCoy (