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no good account,contradict the I;k> ‘'" Gn
the Creator. They frustrate boia >■'-■>
bounty and their f . • *
has not been n iy distin t in its
reproofs oi foe;r aimless life. Itnas.een
heH drrorr.t: n to the dign Wl! ’
are j-■•-■•n so aid) tp r
stand to more liiimoie iinents o.
domestic industry. —G ice, their exceed
ing h*clp?esssess, when ..y the fluctuations
of fortune, Sr the commbh accidents of life,
tiiev'are-jtarowu.upon tucsr awn resources.
Then- niiserahie imhechity, iu times of tri
al. ha’ brought :at ufo n upon education,
itself which only belongs to fl! directed ed
educaU m or to a sentiment of false shame,
wh : oh should be early rooted out. Useful
occupations ought not to be discouraged
by thp contempt of th -so. who are not
obliged to pursue them Ara livelihood.
In the, ancient lepubkcs, the diligence c;
cur sex v>as noaourau.e. x nau
probably'in his mind, s >me model, depicted
by the historians and pools of another
age, when lie said, "1 would much rather
see a than a piano—-a shut
tle than a parasol—a kniituig-ntseuie tnan
a visiting-card.” ‘Perhaps, he detected,
even in his own times of greater simplicity,
a love of ind.deoce, or display, lurking in
the hearts ol his faircountry-w >mcn. Fer
bans, he remtoned, ns a. political economist
for the good ci his country. In either
ca? 3, -the o ■: mien >f s> shrewd a philoso.
pher is Worths’ of some regard. Those em
pjoynients y/bich. tend, evidently, to the
comforts, or necessities of existence are
least encumbered with the principle of
vanity.
«» vw.rrrri —- -ar —•
J Sr -V
fepecer.a tie Sir. Caihaan,
On *'i« • Sar tos- aa:.itea.-a i off ’liuinijjnri.
In Senath.—xowai, January 2.
Mr. Cai.H'jun men rose, and addressed the
Senate as follows:
i have bestowed on this subject ail the atten
tion tiiat was iu my power, at?l, g;.i actua-
. ted by a mast anxious d? sire for the admission
of Michigan into th-? Union. I find it impossible
to give my assent to this bill. lam satisfied the
.1 udiciary Committee has not bestowed upon the
sunject all that attention wliicii its magnitude
requires; and 1 can explain it ou no other sup
vv.aaJT i.»N j foiGitej pivli.'C td<! HViilllSSlCfl Oil
tlra grc-uihis they Lave. O.ia of the Committee,
the Senator trum Ohio on my 1 ft (Mr. Morris,)
has pronounced the grounds as dangerous and
revolutionary. He might nave gone farther, and
with -ruth proaounesd them utterly repugnant
to the principles of the eonsritutiou.
1 have not ventured tins assertion, tis strong
as ms, without due reduction, and weighing the
lull force of the terms I have used, and do not
fear, with an impartial hearing,-to establish its
truth beyond the power cf controversy.
To understand folly the objections to this bill,
it is necessary that we should have a correct
concept: on of the facts. They are few, and may
be briefly told.
Sometime previous to the last session of Con
gress, tiie Territory of Michigan, through its
Legislature, authorized the people to meet in
convention, for the purpose of forming a State
Government, They irr.-t accordingly, and agreed
iipm? . ley foTtlfwitb trans-
mitted to Congress. It was lolly diseased in
tills Chamber, ami, objectionable as the instru
ment was, aa act was finally passed, which ac
cepted the constitution, and declared M ogan
to oe a State, and admitted into the Unicr, on
the single condition, that she should, by a con
vention of the people, assent to the boundaries
prescribed by the act. Soon after our adjottm
c-eHt'the-Legislature of the State of Btictugan
fib” she imu been raised -by our assent to the dig
nity of u State,) called a convention of the peo
ple of the State, in conformity to tne act, wmen
met at the time appointed, at Ann Arbor. Af
ter full the convention withheld its
assent, a-.u formany transmitted me result to
the Pres* deni of the United' States. This is
the first part of the story. I will now give the
sequel.' Since then, during the l ist month, a
pelf-constituted assemoiy met, pro.-ssediy as a
convention ct tPe people ol t:ie btute; but w.tu
out trie autuei'ity of tu.e ■- w-e. x.ms un .Limo
rized and lawr.’ss assemolage assume toe
function of giving the assent of the State of Mi
chiga 1 to the con litibn of admission, as prescri
bed in the act of Congress. They comm uuica
ted their assent to th ■ -Ixecutlv;* of the United
Sfit- s, and he to the sk nhte. The Senate refer
r, } '■ imittoe on the Judi-
ciary, and th'Jt committee reported this bill for
the a-imissfo” oi the ite. ,
Such nr • th • J of- which grows the
»ju;--I.' i—l;“i '■ ;s self-constituted as
sembly the auiiiorlty to assent for the State?—
Had thev the authority to do what is implied in
giving assent to the' condition of admissiea !
That assent introduces the State, into the Union,
and pledges it in the in . -ole in iii-umer to the
cr-. - stitutional comp:?, t ' ' fob binds these States
in one confoder .ted bo-ly ; imposes on her ad
obdiAtionS, ffini so i her all’its benefits.
Had tuts irregul". r> li-comsi t.u--•> a.ss. ufolige
the autlv-rily te iK.’. iorm these ±. ga ai.u solemn
acts of 'sovereignty -n tiic u-ime o< the State o,
iSb.il eo-uld'ordy come'in as a State,
irM nmiii c?ui- ::ct or s ? f ‘ l -' forker without tier
express r--iliority ; ami to auue the authority
without her sanction is nofoiug short of treason
against die Suite. -, , q
R- x - t'ie assent to the condition prescribed
bv Co^‘^> l au j 4 wh °
~r,y <» ,<- » , «;■!•>'■-•'■. e m f -u v the constitution oi
i-,S< of l;‘ ■ ler-corasutHtioafi®-
eg the bo-iiid ■.■hcs ot t;ie»>..yt- <'-• p'** l J1
M „.,, <Hr- w , di t-e cun utiou of admission en
■ •. - ? t would
z-,h united, whether this sell-constituted
. t ’ av.ution, ha 1 the
UjSSr.
- ' .-d c. convention ot Lie
rr’on’.c >••order todettrmine whether trie con
euldbe sented toornot.
The convers ion wet Jj and, after rmuiu.e delffie-
■ • HP . ikLtlOll <•! HGi.’iiS.SiUll ;
rntiOHg 111 -v- it. ,
•*
ffiis c;mcus-fcr .1 is u.f.tl .1 to no Ir -.her name
—had t !d authority t-> ..T.U ttie L.-..>e..t of U
State, solemnly given by a convention o< tue
„p, ~u , . u U-, ccnv Acu und T tue express
eon:,tltutud authorities of the
Slated
If all or anv of these questions be answered
in the negative—if the i-eh-created assemblage
ptf December had bo authority to spc-.in. iu tuc
name of the .Slate of Michigan—-:!’ none to su
persede any portion of her constitution *t none
to annul her dissent to the Condition of admis
sion regularly giveuby a convcuti.m of tue peo
ple of the State, convoked by the authority oi
the State, —to introduce lier on its authority
would be not only revoiuwonui j a>id dangi rous,
but uttcr’iv repugnant to the pr.nciples ot our
SOashtUtiWi. Tue question then submitted to
the Senate is,—bad that assemblage the autho
rity to-perform these high and solemn acts ’
q’- e chairman oi the Committee 011 Lie Judi
ciary holds that tais aek-cuastltuted assemblage
ji id ‘tue authority; and what is his reason !
Vvh”, truly, heca tse a greater number of votes
Vv r for those who constituted that as
iinire than for those who constituted the
se.m> ’ - t i, e people of the State, convened
nndZrds ccnst-.lated authorities! Tins argu-
J, s itselfinto two questions—the first
„1 the second of principle. I shall not
ot ! ‘ CU .i" first It is lot necessary to do so.
discu-ss ■. 1 • • wol)W be easy to show that ne-
VUt ■ im lorta il a fact so loosely testified.
v 3? was so un?m Qf evk!cnce fae .
There is n t ! ] othi , g i,ut the private letters
fore us W ■ know eyen t( . ~n m _
of intli- muuL > „ ek p er occasion ;th .mow
her n f ?of°£ nu llifications of voters, nor how
n.dhmg of 41 1 cive d,norby whomcouuted.
votes w< re
Now, none a suc h test i !n ony as is
gentle 1. mmn --. , f act o f this mo-
sTnaittcd to v.s toesuum’
ment, would net be received in the lowest ma
gistrate’s court in ths land. But I waive lids,
i come to the question of the principle involved ;
and what is it ? The nraument is, tiir.t a great
er number of persons voted for ths last conven
tion thmi for I fie first, and therefore the acts of
the last, of right, abrogated those oi the first; j
•. ot ier w. i, num&e?-s, witnout re- I
gard to the formsi of law. or the principles of
the constitution, give authority. Tiie aulMrrily |
Jiw-ini v raing to tais ar'i-iimenf, sets aside.\
Ihe'aut'nvriiy cf law and the constitution; Need I!■
show that such a principle goes to the entire
overthrow of our constitutional Government,
and worn ! subvert ail social order 1 it Is foe i
dentfoal principle which prompted the late revo
hitionari, . : narchial movement in Mary land,
and which has dune more to shake the-confi
dence in our system of government : .a any
event since the adoption of our constitution, but
which happily has been frowned down by the
patriotism and intelligence of the neople of that
State.
What was the ground of this insurrectionary
measure, but that the Government of Maryland
did not represent the voice of the numerical ma.-
jority-of the people of Maryland, and that the
authority of law and constitution was nothing
Against that of numbers ? Here wefind, on this
floor, and from the head of the Judiciary Com
mittee; the same principle revived, and, if pos- i
sible, in a worse form; lor, in ? f >ary land, the an
archists r.ssu med that thev were suxtuine I by
the numerical majority of the people of the State
in their revolut.onary movements ; but the ut
most the chairman can pretend to have, is a
mere plurality. The largest number of votes
claimed for the. self-created assemblage is 3,0(10 :
and no man will undertake to say that, this con
stitutes any thing like a majority of the voters
of Michigan: and he claims the high authority
which he does for it, not. because it is amtqority
of the people of Michigan, but beeause it is a
greater number than voted for the authorized
convention of the people that reiused to agree
to the condition of admission. It may be shown ;
by his own witness, that a majority of the vo- j
tors of Michigan greatly exceed 8,000. .Mr-
Williams, the President of the self-created - ,
semblage, stated that the population of tnatj
State amounted to nearly 290,(100 persons. 11 :
so, there cannot be less than from 21,000 to
fiO,GOO voters, considering how nearly universal
the right of suffrage is under its eon.~ . tufion ; !
and it thus appears that this irregular sell-con- j
stituted meeting did not represent toe vote of j
one-third of the State : and yet on ■ mere prin- j
ciple of plurality we are to supersede the con- j
stitution of Michigan, and annul the ct cl a con- I
vention of the people regularly cc . vene-d under
the authority of the Government of the State.
But, says the Senator from Pennsylvania,
(Mr. Buchannon,) this assembly was not sclf
! constituted. It met under the authority of an
1 act of Congress; and that act had no reference
I to the State, but only to the people ; and that ;
i the assemblage in i.’eceiEber was just suca a 1
meeting as thatactcor.'v.; mlated. It is not my |
I intention to discuss t iestion whether the !
i honorable senator h? ;.veu the true iiiterpreta- ‘
i tion of the act; but, if it were, I could very ea- :
I sily show his interpretation to be erroneous; for, |
if such had been trie intention of Congress, the ;
act surely would have specified tne time when
the convention was to be held, who were to be
the managers, who the voters, and would n*'t
have left it to individuals, who might eiioose to
assume the authority to determine all these im
portant points. I might also readily show, that
the word “ convention” of the people, as used
in law or the constitution, always means a mee
ting of the people regularly convened by the con
stituted authority of the State, in their high sove
reign capacity, and that it never means such an
assemblage as the one in quest!? ■ But I waive
this; I take higher ground. . "■ act be, m
-1< I, such as the Senat . nlmain-
tain that it is utterly opp ised to the fundamen
tal principles of our Federal Union. Congress
nas no right whatever to call a convention in a
Stale. It can call but »ue convention, and that
is a convention of the people of the United
States to amend the Federal Constitution; nor
can it cail that, except authorized by two-thirds
of the States.
Ours is a Federal liepublic —a union o! States.
Michigan is a State ; a State in the course oi
admission, and differing only from the otiier
States in her federal relations. She is declared
to be a State in the most solemn manner by your
own act. She can come into the Union only as
a State ; and by hei voluntary assent, given by
the people of the State iu a convention, called
by the constituted authority of the State. To
admit th? state of Michigan on the authority of
a self-created meeting, er one called by the di
rect authority of Congress, —passing by foe au
thorities of the state, —would be the most mon
strous proceeding, under our constitution, that
can be conceived ; the most repugnant to its
principles, and dangerous in its consequences,
j It would establish a direct relation between the
individual citizens of a state and the General
Government, in utter Bulvei-sioii ci the federal
character of our system. The relation oi the
citizens to this Government, is through the
states exclusively. They are subject to its au
thority and laws only because the state has as
sented they should be. If she dissev.'s, their as
sent is nothing; on the other hand, ii she as
sents, their dissent is nothing. It is tlirougu foe
state, then, that the United States Government
can have any connexion with the people of a
state; and does not, then, the senator from
J' Pennsylvania see, that if Congress can author
‘ ize a convention of the people in trie state of
' Michigan, without the authority of the st-iit-.'. it
matters not what is the object, it may in I ke
l . munuer authorize conventions in ai*y otner
‘ state for whatever purpose it may think proper.
> Michigan is as much a sovereign slate as -eij
other, differing only, as I have said, as to her le
' deral relations. If we'give our sanction to the
1 assemblage of December, on the princi; ,e laid
down by the senator from Pennsylvania, then
we establish the doctrine that Congress has
power to call at pleasure conventions within the
states. Is there a senator on this floor who will
assent to such a doctrine 1 Is there one, espe
cially, who represents the smaller states of this |
Union, or the weaker section 1 Admit the pow-'
er, and every vestige of state rights would be j
destroyed. Our system would be subverted,
ari'l, instead of tt confederacy of free and sovereign
States, we would have all power concentrated
here, and this would become the most odious
despotism. He, indeed, must be blind, who does
not see that such a power would give the Fede
ral Government a complete control of a-i * ::e
states. I call upon senators now to arr t
doctrine so dangerous. Let it be renicm .' .d,
that, under our system, bud precedents live ior
ever ; good ones only perisn. AVe may not fee,
all the evil consequences at mice ; but this pre
cedent, once set, will surely be received, and will
betometheinstruineatof infiniteevd.
It will be askedi what sb 11 be done I Will
you refuse to admit Michig an into tue v mon !
I answer no ; I desire to a unit her ; and if tae
senators from Indiana and Ohio v. d agree, I am
ready now to admit her as she stood at the be
ginning of last session, without giving sanction
to the unauthorized assemblage of December.
But if that does not meet their wishes, there is
still another by which she may be admits d. VV e
are told two-thirds of the Legislature am P'°'
pie of Michigan are in favor of accepting the
conditions of the act of last session. Ii that ne
the fact, then ail that i < necessary is. taat the
Legislature should :• .mother convention. A
difficulty will thus be removed, and there wm
be still abundant time fur her admission at tins
session. And shall we, for the sake o. gain
ing a few months, give our assent to a mil
fraught with principles so monstrous as tn.s .
We have been told, that unless she is aunut
ted immediately, it will be too late for her to re
ceive her proportion of the surplus revenue un
der the deposite bill. I trust that cn so great a
question a difficulty like this will have no weight.
Give her at once her full share. 1 am ready to
do so at once, without waiting her admission.
I was mortified to hear on so grave a question
such motives assigned for her admission, con
trary to the law and constitution. Such consid
erations ought not to be presented when we are
settling great constitutional u qdes. I trust
that we shall pass by all «uen nv. clous motives
on this occasion, and take ground on the great
and fundamental principle that an informal, irre
gular, self-constituted assembly, a mere caucus,
has n authority to speak for a sovereign state
in any case whatever ; to supersede its consti
tution, or to reverse its dissent deliberately giy
-1 en by a convention of the people of the state,
1 regularly convened under its constituted autllo
. rity.
I'rom the National Intelligencer of Jan. 17.
ETiT’s.'ivGFsrc ■ •.
The p reposition lock, m ge a p urt < ■-f the Jeu
nal of the Sen .revived in that i •• . ' at. the
present session ofCoc.g, rs, has c,.-■ i.iim-dr:
good deal of the time eftm Senate, to thehiii
dranceof suclt wholes<up;>iegp.foiiioij as foe va.
nous interests of the countiy ‘.foiiaxd. If, l:y
this consumption of tin v-, au'. r-urp-.. -t- pras iicai
b useful were, i> ' ’■ to bt acco:
posried, the time might not be co;.siJur M as ab
solutely lost, though some rnay ihi> k that it
might?have "been hibre p'rbfita Idy i-mjfoived.
The topic which engages so large a portion of
the attention of one branch oi th.? Nhlio.ml Le
gislature, however, carmot i<? v. hohy uninter
esting to our readers, and still less to ns, w'r se
vocation makes us daily observers of v. uat is
passing in Congress. On. the contrary, we
have heard ac.d thought so mm h inion tills sub
ject, that theiurceofoi.il’ c.wivfofion, rather
than ofour incliuatic. . e< mr.-ilj t s to commit
to paper a f w rellvco ■ s »?'. regard to I‘.
The re.- . uon now before the Senate pro
penes to expunge from the journal of that body,
uiid ■ '.'ircumslancca of great i dignity, an. so
lution passed three year.i ago, censuring the
conduct of the Exoci’tive, in assuming au
thuntv, some months before;. ..it d :'.e, to remove
the public deposited irons the Lank of the Li.it
< d States.
It will be readilv admitted, that the subject
of the Resolution proposed to ba ettmniged is
one upon which there might', when it passed,
and may now be, an hoi-est difference cf opin
ion. There is in all ‘ fovornmeuts, at all times,
a difference of opinion imioiig the People and
am.,ng their Rapreseiitaiivei? (where th y have
any) as to thetrue < xtentand limit of the pow
ers ::n:J prerogative. 1 ? of fo> If’iccutiv.? branch
o' ’ < . ament. This difference is i i fact the
usual lino of demarcation'. ■? ’-.■ • n parti :s in
States which ci joy nr.y degree of frei.iiom.
It is not ;d ail a matt, r' cf surprisi-, th-refore,
tlim it should exist h> re. But, however wide
the difference of opinion i:i the cur reierr. i t?,
the will and voice of the T/crity prevailed,
as wo hope it will be u.-iveisaliy admitted
ought to be the case upon ail disputed qti stions
in deliberative bodies.
At this time, we ail know, th? constitutional
majority of the Senate of a dllfom t opinion
from the majority of 1534. 'Phis difference of
opinion, it: does not appear to i s to be timiatti
ral, nor very unreasonable, that they should de
sire to express. As to the manner of express
ing it, the obviously easi st wou.d b-.? by passing
a resolution affirmative of an opinion opposite
to that now on record. One resolution would
then counterbalance, <?r set off, th .; other. Or,
if a more decisive mark <f dissatisfaction were
desired, a resolution might ■ '? pass.-d rescinding
ths obnoxious resolution. 1 his? is <1 process r ot.
without precedent; and by such a. vote the reso
lution would cease to star .-las th.: act of the
Senate, as effectually as by iis ben x “expu :g
--ed.” Upon the resolutdoi, the effect of each
mode of proceeding would b? just the same.
The effect of the two modi- s upon the Jourard
of the Senate, and upi.n tin Senate itself, would
however, be widely dliferent, as a moment’s
thought will satisly any one. By rescinding,
the only legitimate obp ct is effecied • whilst,
by iging, the r..cord • !''ll? ;>i c'- .. ngs of
the St iate must be sols lie 1, mutilat id, di .• cra
ft d. In the opinion of ablest constitutional
lawyers, the act of expunging would be a vio
lation of the Constitution ; aiid in the opinion
of eminent statesmen would be a vita! stab to
the rights, the honor, the useful’, ss of that bo
dy which has been heretofore regarded, even
by the wildest demagogues and most infuriated
partisans, yvltlisufficient Vifiicruiionand respect
to exen? t it from indecent out age.
We need use tioargumsnt’to show that if the
Expunging proposition be fraught with any
portion of this mischief, it ?ot, either to
gratify the mover of it, to propitnfo- the idol of
party, or to satiate vi idictive feelings any
where, to receive sanction from the Senate, or
countenance from the F icple.
It is said, however, that the People have con
demned the action ofthe Senate in the case be
fore us, and demand font it be reversed or set
aside. If this po.'i iou were contested, it would
be difficult to maintain ii.by any su lncior.it proof.
But, forthesakeofafgume.it, we will admit the
truth of the statemei..'. Aiffe-ugh we, do in our
hearts believe (hat; > prop .sitiori iu politics can
be more true than that embraced in the obnox
ious Resolution, let es admit that the People
have condemned it by a decisive expression of
opinion. Say that it is so : nay, say that they
have rightfully condemned it:—and what then?
Is this the only ease in which there has been
an uiid ȟbted reprobation of proceedings in
Congress by the People? Surely not. Every
one who knows any thi: g of the history of his
country can readily call to mind repeated in
stances of cases, in wim-h uo possible doubt
could be entertained of their condemnation by
t.;e votdicl. of public opinion. Without going
back to tl.e Alien and S. dition Acts —remarka
ble cases, however—wo will fostance one ot
t;iore recent date, Withi? the personal recollec
lio.i of most, oi our r<:.id ,:s. We n for to the
Act f;in:i;iur : y known anu pcliiicully damned
by the title of tae ■isafom Law. That
act, introduced 0.1 the moiioii of Mr. Johnsox,
(one of the candidat s between whom a choice
of Vice President is veiy shortly to be made,'
was passed with little hesralien by both Hon.s<
of Congress in March, 1816. Itwas received
with such a burst of disapprobation by tho Peo
ple, that, at the opening of ths second session
of the same Coiignis.-, <»;i the !?d of December
following, tho roll of Members was hardly suf
fered to b.‘ called over before a proposition was
preso. ted for its r. j cal, on the ground of the
cdiuni attached to it, nod it was repealed.—
Repeal was the remedy, :uid the true remedy,
for al. gisialive error. Did at;y one then pro
pose to expunge from the journal of ib.w pre
ceding session the proceedings thus nek- owl
edged to be most c b.mxii us to the People 1—
| Was such a thing ever dreamt of.i’i th; tease,
byway of cure, us an evisccrmion of the j >ur
! 11..1s of the two Houses? Or has it ever been
I proposed in any other similar case? Il it has,
let it be shewn. 'A’e know’ of loco such, and
do not believe that such a case exists.
But, it is argued, the Res<T.i!io:i of the Sen
ate, censuring a particular act oi the Executive,
was not an act performed in I he legitimate capa
city of the Seuat s, and theres ore should be ex
punged. If it were true that the Senate had in
ibis case exercised an authority denied to it by
rhe Constitution, still, as we have shown, u re
scission of the act would be the lawful remedy,
and would be tie expedim 1 orc, even as nn al
ternative. But the Se nile exercised in this
case no more nor other juris.lictiou than both
the Senate and the House of ItepresOntalivcs
have ext raised on various occasions hereto
fore, if not without dispute, at. least without
having their proceedings therein proposed to be
expunged. The right to approve the conduct
of the Executive certui’dy implies the right to
condemn it. The affirmative ai d the negative
powers must go together. V» e remember very
well a case of approval of the conduct ol thi
Executive, in which the right as w 11 as the
expediency of the measure were '/cry gravely
OjUestioned, but affirmed by the Senate by a ma -
jority composed of more than all its Republican
members of that day. We refer to t he rcsolu
lion introduced by Mr. Giles, of Virginia, by
which the Senate resolved, in December. 1810,
that it would stand by and stq port” the Execu
tive, (in the case of its dismission of Mr. Jack
son. the British Minister.) “-and call into action
the v. hole force of the tuition, if it should become
to. < y .Ma to. Me- v ? 'tr
Oto ,/ -y
necessary, rn consequence of the conduct cf the
Covii'nmt :!. m th s respect,” &c.
.. ; re !.; :i Cf..::: . v.'j.';: 3 forn’e v. :■? no doubted’
Ex p -.j.. ~. r right or
\> r-: : . I ■ ■ of its constitu-
tional autiioi'ity ; atju yet the Senate iaougat it
t0p...’l ■ t Weil till , r ~to; in. i.y to op
yfcif the conductdftiic Ex. cuiiv by a'vote to
which there were cut us the wiicie boe-v but
four disse.ilier.ts, oi ,■ horn Mr. I'niiyciiy Picii-
EiiiNow-s cue, a:..! Mr. Jamiis lin.T.wr-m
another; botu higHy respectable ao is; er but
not much agpruvuiLus politicia j ■ is?-
■pubiiciins of that j pj u Crtse J,,.
at-? had the power to apyrouc, does a. y or.?
doubt, that they had tr. equal power to condi'niu?
ire not these pow.rs corn iat.ve ? Are they
ri- 1 . iu truth iLisep.inbie ! one, who is not
bln <'ed by passion tr prejudice, can deny it.
Now, .hen, we pit it to our readers, whether,
if the Senate have he power of disapproving
of the conduct, of fo.'iJxccu’t. re in a case strictly
within the pale oi is cotisiitutio'ial duty, that
power can be dem d to the Senate beeause, i:i
the opinion oftheSiiaic, the Executive has, in
the case in whichits conduct is disapproved,
transgressed its rigitful authority, and done an
■". ct whii’ii the Couiitution does not authm i.: -, ?
We challenge an aswertothis question. Yet,
though it is a quesfoti v. Inch cat; be answer: ;i
duly in line way, itis upon a different presump.
ti f’i that, is rested,is we understand it, thear
... mtint, the sole .T..tomant, to ilie Ex
: ..'toin.r R.s d is . tt ; exception to’Tiff '
ord: .ar?’ ?.i’ii.. : 'lie S.-'.’fote and of other Le
gisiative bodies. 11;; have not thisjuir iiica ion,
it has none. O’ ifcssedlv withi ui prec ide
it is alike onfbitnded iu nglit, and unsupported
by rt iso::.
We Have referred oi'lv to isolated cases in
L x ..':d; live history, l.'ecau.se it appears to be
needless to miiitiidvirustrations. But the jour
nals of both Hun.>s abound io them. The
same resolution, rerrre 1 to above as originat
ing wiih an eraincit Senator from Virginia,
was concurred in aro bv the House of Repre
sentatives, a ! i.:r a oi'g debate, involving rhe
(pinstie.il of-riiieiph as well as that of expedi
euc' >:3: ijd in tiii; resolution. Both Houses
■- .gross, iiideed,p<jsse: ; s, beyond ail doubt,
th? ri,p’i freely to express tbeir opinion in re
fere -.ceas wdi to the co '■’ ict of the Executive
as to any oi n r public matter. Ilpon any (h»-
ferent hypothesis (:i.e power of impeachment
being, i.; th;: case efthe Chief Magistrate, ob.
vious’y unavailable and illusory) the Executive
is under no real effective responsibility what
ever for his acts.
I f there be no purpose of public utility to be
answered by this proposition to mutilate the
records of the S.e:.ute, and if it be, besides,
contrary to usage, as well as to reason, is there
any object to be accomplished by it, on pure
party grounds, to justify the pertinacity wi h
which this purpose of defj."i >g the journal of
the Senate is jiressed ? The vote which it
aims to stignntize will still stand the recorded
expression of the opinion of those who passed
it; it. will so stand in ail the published copies
of the proceedings, and on the pages of th?
thou 'mid pn!-’in journals ofour country. Ex-
- cord cannot undo the fuel.
'. . - ■ J ,p.
...■■'the past has power,
. been.”
I. h" m.-nsure w.>md show, indeed, that, th?
majority cftlie Senate new differs in opinion
from the majority which passed the resolution.
But an objection fatal to it, in the mind of any
cool or reflecting man, is, that it seeks to ex
press that, difference by a method altogether
unusual and liighiy offensive ; a method held
to be unconstitutional by a large portion of the
Public ; a method which has in fact been vo
ted to be unconstitutional by an intervening
Senate, when there was a majority opposed
in opinion to the resolution proposed to be ex
punged. Them< Shod whereby it is proposed
to express this opinion is, moreover, held bv
ma:', v to be degrading to the body, insulting to
the record, an outrage to the feelings of those
Senators who dissented from it, and most evil
and dangerous as a precedent.
In this last view, how deeply is this act to
be deprecated ! What a spectacle will be pre
sented to the world when it shall become the
practice for successive parties, as they obtain
ascendancy in the Senate, to aim to stigmatize
any unpopular proceedings of their predeces
sors bv mutilating and defacing t 1 - mrnal,
and thus reciprocatingconte tints atd .oi'.mc; !
Yet. if the example is once set, can it be doubt
ed that it will be fallowed by others? Can
there be a single gentleman now in the Senate,
however much inclined to support this mea
sure, who is prepared to look with complacen
cy on such acts becoming the common prac
tice of the body ? Hud, indeed, the resolution
of 1834 been passed by the political friends of
the ChiefMngistrate, there might then be some
show of reason (though still insufficient) for
these same friends, ii .dera change of opinion,
s n king toobiiterale the record ofan act which
thev repented. But, in the case before us
the vote was the act of those wh > differed from
the Executive the:'., and who differ from him
still. As an expression of opinion it cannot
. he reversed or weak••ned, except by tnrirecan
; tation ofthose who avowed it; and it is unjust
i io thorn, as members possessing equal rights,
denv them the privilege of placing their
i :veio s on the com non record, kept for the
i purpose of preserving the decisions oi each
i and of all.
If that vote can be rightfully obliterated
from the record, anv other alteration can be
mr.de in it that the majm i v for-the.time-being
choose to order. T'l y may as well cha-ge
a member’s vote as to expunge it, because
both equally deny the right of the member to
show, to those who coma after, what that vote
was. The mtqoritv might, therefore, with the
same propriety chnngp an aye into a ro, or a
no i.it au rye, 011 the record, as to extiuguish
either one or the other. The extinction and
t! 'ch r wou d couailv infringe a personal,
1 . and constitutional right.
a party measure, moreover —one having
rtd’.w ’ace solely to the person!:! feelings or
bni-or of the President of the L T uted States—
this violent remedy will, notwitbstiwdisg ;ii;
ils violence, bo inoner- jivc. It cannot reverse
the declaration made- by the majority of the
Senate in 1834; it. will onlv show that he pre
sent majority—a very small one too —differs
from the majority of that day. A declaratory
resolution, disapurovi-'g the opinions expressed
I i 1 1834, would' be equally efficacious; and
such a proceeding, although on several ac
counts not to be desired, would not outrage
propriety. It womd comport with custom —
would be free from all anpearauce of vindic
tiveness—free from insult to the minority,
and would as effectually heal the wound sup
posed to have been inflicted on the Chief Ma
gistrate, ns the effusive and most unconstitu
tional course now proposed.
We believe that no question before. Con
gress h : ever been viewed with so solemn
.d. ; a dinghy-the thi iking Public, as
th io<. wl> ,j there is too much rea-
" .0 rm to be adopted by the Sen
, . . r o ■ 1, we declare, in all
sol t that we look upon it with more op
pressed feelings than we should upon a pro
position heedlessly to involve.the nation in the
calamities of wqr. Wo shall look upon its
passage with a more painful emotion than we
experienced, when, many years ago, we saw
the Capitol in flames, and our own individua
property committed to -the forqhof an ir.vad
i::g oticmv. Time c:in obhterite the evils oil
' war, and industry repair its ravages. But
| what time can heal a wotied inflicted .bv the
I S mate on its own honor? I' sa . orsj we know,
of arr.).' '.nce, to i ,terpose oer immble voice i.i
a question upon which the .■alnst minds of
cur country are exerting tli-ir powers. But
in the full scf the heart th< tn nth speaketh;
'and it is-not v.mhont the hope of inducing
some cf th -se more coini ler..'-: geaiJcintm who
are coeEcier'tiousiy a; proachirig this act as
an act cf duty, to pause mm reflect v. hether
Inert: arenct Seine iiicriiiccs tooiearliil to b?
_.. -di (.1 to the vito ictivo ( xec'i ..s cf partv, e I
of vindictive parly lc;'(’..'U's, that we have s.-/|j
ii- is much. There is i. . • d sca.-cffy aZj I {
so itd sacrifice which we v, oiild not cht/ff I j
make to avert the iiupcnfli g calnro* .I.
God knows that the sacrifice woui/ |
by us wi>h fei ii. gs unt tii : d >j p. ■" ’ ' lel!CC ’_ .
ami wrh-.lmsJe and edv ™;tivo ol •
saving the Constitution cf ou <; ro ’ 11 a ,
wound, and the Senate cf tH cols^?J r '' >n \ "
<ii..honor, which we hasy 11 ? SUxCi ?' 11,1
Senate iiself would ;
From the United 1 e S ra an ' ’
Webrwe i P x returned from witnessing the
hist act oftff political drame--nn act of deg
radation Ai:d abasement unparalleled m the
an mils A'mar kind. An act which, by set-
t’■;v f. e dociri e that. Congress carmot pre
--rfo the 'lowers confid :d to it by the constitu
te':, or lawful!'.' resist the encroachments ol
ti;e Executive, strikes a tatiil blow at the entire
f'-ame of our s fover'et'. nt. and converts it at
oi’ce i .to a practical monarchtj, wiih unkmit 1
ed powers.
The deed is done 1 . Th? constitution has |
been grossly ami wihu'.iy violated, a.:<bbe Jour- I
nah? of the Senate been dei'aced by those who
justly merit the title of traitors. They have
taken the great charter ?f American liberty,
and basely laid it at the feet of their master.
There are no termsofreprob.'tbm strange, ough
to express the scorn am! det’station th; : befit
their conduct. They may have rewar is for
this solemn mockery, hut the infamy o’ the act
instead of falling on those w hom th- intend
as victims, will be branded on th. iro ■ brows,
as indelible proofs of their own ignminy.
i The deed is done! The m?.j":ity of the
I Senate, or what was the Senate ofthe United
I Stator-—at the mid font ho ir— m hour seated
io such business —!?■ e <d i: ■ red themselves
—declaring ir ! ■ ’ whole worid that
they are wilL •■■ ■ 'the public records,
and outrage - it’itimi which they had
sworn to supper, in ord -r to do homage to the
President of the United States.
The. deed is done! In the face of assem
bled multitudes from every quarter of the globe,
the records of the tuition have been torn from
I its archives, and publicly defaced and folsified 1
We did not, we could not. witness tr is laU act
ofindividualbaseness ;i:id nation..: degradation .
We fled from it. ns from a pestilence. I : ’ig
nant and disgusted, many pursued the same
course ; and, under the canopy of the quiet
heavens, enquired whether the scene they had
i witnessed was indeed a reality or a drecm.
The deed is dove! The constitution is
struck clowa by th" parrici:!:’-! hands of obse
quious vassals. Tit re is no ba:rier left to the
usurpations of power. ”he spirit ofour ou’ce
free institutions is irone, and the lifeless skele
ton of dead forms alone remains tor us and our
children.
r fhe deed is done! And the last act is but
an earnest of what is to come. An American
citizen, without th? slightest, evidence, a stran
ger in the gudery, surrounded bv hundreds,
was rudely dragged before this midnight inqui
sition, and, in defiance of every principle of
American liberty, was refused to !>e heard in his
defence!! This accorded with the whole
proceedings of the day. They who knowing
ly trample on the constitution will not stop to
enquire about the rights cf private citizens,
i’lu; time is past —the contest is over— we live
now under a despotism.
The deed is done! But the voice of an in
sulted people is yet to to heard. The betray
ers of their country’s honor, and the violators
nfher constitution, have vet to answer for the
deed before the bar cf public opinion. They
ask but for the guerd an which the act deserves.
Th-v will get it—THE BLAST! NG CURSE
OF INFAMY !
EXPTKGreG S2Ji&«»7.I T T OXS.
It is impossible for us to give any thing like
a synopsis of what was done yesterday on the
expunging process. The debate was so am
mited in its character, and so absorbi-.-g in its
interest, that it required a much more practis
ed hand, and more disciplined feelings th tn
we possess, to have sketched even us outlines.
The hand forgot its office, while the eve and
the ear were engrossed with theirs. Nor are
we ambitious of the honor of chrmiicjeieg this
funeral of the const ituti > —this hist and lowest J
act of degradation. The time must come J
when the actors in this—shall we call it farce
or tragedy I— shall receive from an honest and
intelligent people that measura of recompense
which the act and the .viofire deserve at their:
hands. The present may bestow rewards pro- |
portioned to the demerits of prostitution; but l
the future will upporiio i its recompense by a j
fir more honorab ea .d equitable sta dark—
Men, intoxicated with power, emulous of the
honors and h ipe’.ui <»f:he rewards of excessive
servility, urged o:> by the ignoble ambition ol I
b i g forem st in the work of abasement, may
trample the constitution of the country under
foot; plant an indelible stain on the national
character—and stamp the records of a mighty !
people with the foul bint of falsehood and per- >
iurv; but the end is not yet —a day of reckon- I
iiig will come, and when the rancor of party :
contests hits passed away, and the turbulence j
of popular feeling subs;,led, '.he names these j
men will stand out before tboeyesot the whole I
world as synonymous with i ihimy— -corned, i
detested, and accursed, by every noble, virtu
ous, and patriotic spirit.
We have said we could no* give an outline
ofthe speeches delivered. N >tes were taken
bv others mid the whole debate wif,m course be
published. We must co itent ourselves with na- ;
miugthe speakers and the ord-.ria
addressed lie Senate. *.
. Mr. Dana./; h.' :
eluded the r ■miw. • -
day. lie ■libyMr. MF,.
torturing ■■ m ■ ; dr wont Mr. RWTVT'JjT’
ply. He started front his seat in the utmost
conceivable wrath. His whole frame quiver
ed with anger, which seem d to struggle in
vain for a vent. 1 i il;■■ tempest of his fi-eh -gs
his prudence forsook him entirely 7 , and with a
face as pale uh that of a corpse. and a tongue |
faltering out wild incoherent clamors, he pour- 1
ed fourth what his antagonist called “a rabble ;
of ideas," in admirable contusion. It han been I
better for his feelings and his fame had he re- I
mained silent. The reply oi’l.is well poised I
and collected adversary, he, at least, will never j
forget, though his years should embrace the i
remnant of the time that is to come.
When Mr. Preston again took his sent, Mr. I
Rives attempted a second time to disengage j
himself from the shirt of Nessus which enve- ;
loped him. but the effort was more feeble than
lhe first, and be sat down with a countenance I
which pictured th' deep agony within. Mr.'
Niles, then came to his rescue-—talked fora'
half hour; but we heard mt a sentence heat- !
tured. The whole audience, tilled with the j
deepest 'emotions, seemed totally disinclined io I
•listen .to balderdash. Mr. .Mo- re then tnndou
j few just and pertinent remarks in
I of the vote he should give; Judge fojjn speak
. iowed, ami after expressing as the
' upon the subject, moved an to accord
' 'lour was la-e. The parffoflfoore again r:-
| thl.i privilege lc him. j/f again lost. Mr.
I new.d th? 'notion. about ten mm-
Calhounfo'm arc at ;d indignant elo
utes, i" a sfr:i to he overcome by his
*'• sat down, as it appeared to
.ir "•’ :' ; f’ ' ’ tteranceto
. : occasion ex Cited.
■■. '' ~ rose md said, tbit he had in-
tended to . it" us the Senate in defence ot the
. r";;nai resolution sought tube expunged; but
from what had passed he supposed ihat the
privilege wou.d be denied unless he spoke at
di d late hour. Mr. Moore again rose to move
a:'. mrameEt. Mr. Clay s.ad lie should not
now ask the favor. r. Moore then urged
him to give way to the motion, which he final
ly consei'ted to; and the motion was carried
by a majority ol two. So that he has the floor
to-day.
With this brief,outline, the reader must be
content for the present. a lie debate was one
of greater interest than, we have ever witue
;:d and we shall take the earliest opportunity ol
layi: git before the public.
Inthb Hcxse.—Little cf general interest
was done, except the reference of th biij -or
the reduction of the revenue to the Cuuimfoee
of the Whole ou the state of the Union and
making it the order ol the day ior 1 nuisday
From, the Correspondent cf the Fhila. Enquirer.
XN .'?<;?!SS
One word for A) kansas. I f she is not now
“nominally for Air. Van Bur.a, Judge White
in fact,” the day is not remote when she wilt
be loe.tid in that position. But a few months —
certainly two tears will not elapse, before the
nodiics oi this country wiil turn on the pivot
of the stave question. Oathat subject—and
it ie one that will create two oi the most angry
jichlical parties that ever convulsed a nation—
can the co’.to ,:■ :.ye, or the policy ol Arkansas
b? doubt-ci ? Just admitted to the Union, and
just opening her wilds and prairies to the slave,
she wi’l he found exceedingly sensitive; and
can it be supposed that she wdl vote for a
northern candidate, when the Norlb is arrayed
i against the “ i istitution of slavery ?—The ques
tion for the South to decide, in summing up
die Fresldentiai question, will then be, “ Can
wo, consisientlv with our inter; st and priaci
| pies, sustain a northern candidate —a man
| whose habits, education, and associations, ren
j d r him the oppoherit of foe ‘institution oi slave.
Jry ?’” Will Arkansas, when the question ih
| il:u.i propounded, vote for ary 7 man north oi
I .desou ami Dixon s imaginary line 1
i From this dav forth, till the slave question is
settled, the S >uth will not again vote for a
orthern candidate; and the North, in obedi
ence to the dictates of powee, if not from the
dictates of policy. not vote for a southern
man. Henceforth, in mv opinion, there will
he but two patties in the Union —the one em
bracing the free States, the other the slavehoid
i- g moependencies. It is but too apparent —
and I HIT! sorry io sav it—-ihat the uorthom anti
middle Stat, s are determined to try the ques
tion to which I unwillingly refer.
I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet
but. let me don' in predictions. I
?F'w
viously pledf-vd binisself to opptjfce * ,
I speak of these things incidentally, and not
with the design of mooting the subject of
“Southern Institutions.” In relation to the
subject of abolition, my sentiments are well
known to all who know me. In me, the abo
litionists have for years found an ardent and a
zealous opponent —an opponent who was actu
ated bv the love he boro the peace of his coun
try ; aid the experience I have had has taught
me, that no influence or power this side of the
■: aw?, can stem the current of that feeling of
she North, which is now moving with the ve
locity of a typhoon in opposition to “ Southern
institutions.” The South should know the
.act, a id be prepared for the approaching tem-
Ilavmg long since abjured political strife,
and bailor ” ....-.d '..oi. to attach myself to
i.hc chariot wheels of party hereafter, I only
i.tend t;> notice these things calmly and dispas
sionately. I have not the slightest, disposition
to interfere with the political interests or for
tunosof Mr. Van Buren or Judge White, or the
interests er fortunes of any other gentleman,
who may now be a. candidate, or who may
hereafter be an aspirant for the Chief Magis
tracy of the Union.
Before another Presidantia! election can pos
,-ibiv take place, the North and the Sauth—or
j more correctly speaki: g. ths slnvuholdi.g and
the non-slaveholding State?—will be in the sit
uation efpolitical a. tipodes ; and the struggle
for conquest will b? warmly and bitterly c.m-
I tesfed between them. The r.ovimhve’mlding
j States now hold th 7> b?la-'.ce of po ver-—they
1 will adhere to it; nor will the miserable twad-
I die about the lux'-iriimi ii ids of Tex s. induce
! them to surrender what they now p-. ssess, to
! yi< -c that, control which they are too wily not
i to wield for the furtherauca of their own inter-
I e:.t and affva t.ige. Martin Van Buren is too
I adroit a politician not io understand these things
I a -d von may d -nend upon it. will adhere to
i the aon-slavaholJi' g States, as the only hope
i of securing a re-election.
■'
From the Chronicle ’nd Sentinel.
[FEC-.n OUR CORR I-SPO.X DON T.]
Wasxkn ton Cm 7 ,
Jan. 15th, 1837. $
I Since I last wrote to you the Ta.riif and the
I expirngiug Resokiiio.is, Slav > been th ? engross
ing subjects —the former in the House the
! latter in the Senate. I slated to you. that not
-1 withst ."ii , the flourishes, some ofthe party
; make about Free Trade and the elaborate, an
i ti-tariff report, that accompanied the bid, to
I reduce the sevense, at its introduction, that
ataoßmg would be.. nothing mount to be
‘ The result so far. shows the justness
bill has been put to rest
•; has been referred to the
- ■ iSjLnerfeci.ly well, lirat
11 as if it
w<7?T nt tMte.’ '-ut let me
-t. Mr. Cor-
' wm.one ot ?'V * ino mmmtt.ee oi
I V> ays an I "b?®! J r lu j*i ; 's.lay, on tn
’ ' ’-w . on*- 1 ’ r ri •<-ir!esof
j the Report, and be bill- It
! was a most powsrfuiafflnnstructive speech—
lon the whole more valuable than any 7 speech
lof this Session. The theme he urged with
’ most elonur-nce &. fervor was the inviolabh.-
i itv of ths coki’KOMise. The effect of this
| part of his speech, was evidently immense.
' tie completely enchained thi> attention oi th 1
whole house. The Representatives oi the South
' and West crowded around him, andironi what
wns dropped by jevcral of them at the time,
I and what I have since ’earned. I am convinced
Hur.’ is net om- Southern or Western man on
1 the opposition, mid who represents the plantin ■
| i terest, who will not oppose the i" ! Io tix vir.
i inis. They believe the purpose ofthe framers
I of it is to make a DiJmo-wtr.•.tfo's ox Pkotec-
.. .. ttha policy of’Mr
ren. annou iced in that memorable declara ion
that “he would carry the South by Miung'
with Southern Measures” —and they are e
termii.ed, as fares in them lies to put down tms
part of his system, of governing by delustoa
and excitement. After Mr. Corwin took nur
seat, Cushman of N. H. a mare nartisan. ai*>s«>'
and talked Auti-Taiiff for an hour and more.'
and to get the ignorant to bslieve that the par
tv are in earnest about, reducing the Ruvenuej
expressed the hope that the President would'
call an extra Session of Congress so-vn for t ®
purpose of passing this bill!—in case the pres*
<mt Congress should not have time to act upotv
it.” After a little more talk, Mr. Alulenberg,
one of Van Buren’s most servile tools moved'
to LAY THE Bini, ox THE TABLE ! TIIIS is tO
vet favour in the high Tarin’ State of Pennsyl
vania. Mr. Cambreleng and Mr. Mann grew
highly indignant of course,’ as had been pre
vicu i’v arranged; but the House took up and
went to dinner, leaving matters in this state.
Next day the subject was resumed ; and the
first movement convinced me'hat the bill was
not intended to be passed. Afr. Lawrence a
Ren rose'itative of Boston, who moved the
i'■'definite uostponement ou a aursoaj, withdrew
tii-J motion, iu*d ma<h the proposition to refer
to th-. Committee of th:; Whole. The strong
est Tariff man in the ! louse and those pretended
to be most anxious for fl.-e passage of the Bill,
including Cmibrelmg & all the most prostrate
partisans of if magician aided in voting for
the reference, i.. vain were several success
ive efforts made to have tiie bill made the gen
oral order for a particular day-— 1 hey all fail
cd. Why, because should it be made the spe-
I cial order' there would be some prospect of its
befor sassed vt the present session. But in
tim Committee of the M r hole there is no such
danger. It will not b? touched, but for the
purpose of being interposed perhaps to prevent
the passage oi’another Distiibutton Bill, rur.
( la"’s I .and Bill, orsome other measure which,
would reduce the amount of public money un
der the control of the party’s leaders. 11 wilt
b". krnt alive but sleeping. In the meantime
I the Report of Cambrideng will be scattered.
I over the whole A di-Tariffregion, as the expo
sition ot Mr. V Buren’s (.pinions, and dema
"oirues and sb will rise up and proclaim
th:it he was p”. ited from carrying out that
policy, bv th ■ Federalists and Whigs.” Your
answer will be ready and at hand however.
I f the party wish to reduce the revenue why
Ido t they doit ? They have a majority in
j both branches. Why send the bill to the Com
' mittee of the Whole. The Speaker decided
i that it was net necessary to give it. that direc
i fjon but the party were resolved that it must
go that wav. They were so anxious it should
not be mad-? a law. that they were determined
to send it to rhe ody quarter a here it can nev
; r be heard of more !
Tho deb'ite o?. Expunging was highly inter
esting. Mr. Crittenden’s speech was one of
the noblest ever heard within the walls of the
Capitol. In wit—m withering sarcasm—
in powerful and lefty declamation, it has few
parallels in the records oi eloquence. Afr.
Preston’s speech too, on Friday 7 , was most
splendid and impressive.— Both these gentle
men spoke like American Sen: tors filled with
uncontrollable and unutterable emotions at the
■hornght ofthe disgrace which is soon, I fear,
to be brought upon the body of which they are
members. Their impassioned and indignant
_aaaaajj|fcodaced_a deep i npression on the
Bfclau-.litory.— The more
\dmm-
i Amu-gers
die time abashed and.
tne sacrilegious character ofthe
act they 7 contemplated performing. ..It was ex.
pected on Friday that the order would be gir
on for execution!—for execution of the Senate’s
journals—for execution of the constitution—
for execution of lhe dignity and independence
ofthe Senate. Mr. Preston was roused to the
highest degree of intellectual power by the con
sideration, and he was at times sarcastic and
scorching in the extreme. Rives was touch
ed too quick by some indignant allusions of
Preston’s to the degeneracy of Virginia, and
arose and undertook to vindicate his State.
But he was so much excited that he could
scarcely speak. He poured out a torrent of
wrath against the opposition, railed against the
Bank, the Aristocracy, tec. &c., like any foul
mouthed demagogue addressing a set of bull
headed clod-cmnpellcrs, and took his seat amid
tha disgust of his audience . Preston replied
wi h great spirit, and Rives rejoined. It was
growing late, and several motions were made
to adjourn, but the majority steadily refused.—
Mr. Calhoun then rose ai d spoke for a few
moments with great solemnity and impressive
ness. Again the motion to adjourn was re
newed, and this time it prevailed. Mr. Clay
has the floor.
The Committee of inquiry into Whitney’#
case are steadily and actively procuring their
investigations. The report will not, howev
er, be made for some time. M.
The Expunging Resolutions. — These reso
lutions have passed the Senate by a vote of
24 to 19. i his degrading act of servilitv, is
at length consumated. The following is a
stak’mvnt of the yeas and nays,lost its passage,
it will li? seen that both of the Senators from
YEAS—Messrs, Beaton, Buchanan, Brown,
Dana, Ewing, (III.) i'ulion, Grundy, Hubbard,
King of(Aln.) Li:m, Morris, Nichols, Niles,
Paige, Rives, Robinson, Ruggles, Sevier,
Strange, Tailmage, Tipton, Walker, Wall,
Wright.—2 1.
NAYS—Messrs. B.tyard, Black, Calhoun,
Clay. Crittenden, Davis, Ewing of (Ohio,)
Hendricks. Kent, Knight, Moore, Prentiss,
I'-.-.'Ston Robbins, Southard, Swift, Tomlinson,
’.-V. bster. White—l 9.
The Senators in italic, represent Whig
States. Seo. Journal.
Alarm in the Creek Nation.— lntelligence
has just beenr. i-.nved in our city that the In
di. in Warriors h > were encamped about 25»
miles from th i-tce under charge of Lieut..
Sloan, brok ose yesterday morning, and took,
to the woods, carrying with them their Rifles*.
aintinitio.!, &c. / their number is some two
hundred, and there is every reason to believe
that they are as hostile as at any period ofthe.
late Creek war. A family came into town
last evening, who had fled from alarm, stating
that the Indians appeared numerous in the.-
neighborhood where they had lived— that they
were constantly whooping and shooting around
their dwehing and gave every demonstration
oi hostility—as we stated a fortnight since,
there are about four hundred warriors vet re-,
main in the Creek Nation, and agreeably to
our best inior nation, they have ail good Rifles
und a. supply ot powder and ball: what dam
age may they not do? What defence have
the Whites ? The friendly Creeks now at
Dade’s battie ground digging ditches would be
of more service at home.
lhe Volunteer Companies of this City hold
themselves ready at a moment’s warning to
take the held, we have net learned whether
tl’.n Governor of Alabama, has ordered out any
troops—he news has not probably reachedl
him yet.— Columbus Herald of Jan. 2.0..
Z?eatA of Black Hawk.—The Red' River
Gazette reports the death of this celebrated
warrior. He was drowned in the Red River
from his canoe’s upsetting, in coming fro mi
i ti-'iitv. probably in a suite of
.—-U. ’ " ‘ '