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in after years as the pattern oi exce; o.>c. , as ,
the most patient, the most devoted ol nim
to us all. She was by nature a mik w<>..>_....
with htghlv cultivated tastes, and an u..i <»-.»<- •
'veetness of temper; but she was ■ (,t s 11
to take cliarge >fa yining tiger or "J •
We were a large family, and mJ '■’)'• t<.
perfect torments : they were '
myself; though heaven be praised, they nave
had better training. She succeeded m gam
ing their afiec ions, for they were too young,
at the time the entered our family, to have
fixed prejudices. She moulded their charac- |
ters after the pattern of her own. tamed the <
wild luxuiimice of their mu ds, grafted upon ■
them the love oi knowledge and the love of vn- ,
tue. gave them principles, and excited in them ■
pure tastes. They are, I believe, fine fellows: i
but I have rot set n them for twenty years.
I now look back with admiration at the pa- !
tie tree and erdura ce with which str- suffered -
all ovr slights and imtnider.ee. Never do 1
recollect of her h- ving complained to our fa
ther. She. suffered, in secret. I have often
seen her in tears. Wh ’: misery she must have
endured! Had she b en.a very fashionable,
party-giving, shopping, journeying, hyst.ricrd,
heartless woman, bow diiferent would have
been the lot of my brothers! My father was
a man of violent passions, A cunning woman j
might have gained the whole ground to her- ■
seif, and turned us all out i>! doors ; for my fa- ■
ther was easily influenced by those he loved.
The difficulties were so frequent on my ac
count, that since, soon after ny father s mar- |
riage, I have never had a permanent heme in !
my father’s house. College vacations were *
planned to be spent abroad ; and though tor .
months,sometimes, I staid at home, yet never .
with the feeling that I was other titan a visitor, ;
whose presence-cotlid well be dispensed wtfa.
H ho does not know the sanctifying ittflu- j
er.ee of the domestic hearth ■’ 1 xe from a:
young man his love for home—u.ive him oi .
domestic habits and domestic affections and ■
the road is clear for base passions t > enter.
The veung and eiJiitisiasfic niii?'! must havi:
something to clirg tm L.ke th ivy, it will
reach out its tendrils far to seek support, but
finding nothing around whic h it may wind, it !
sinks to earth, and grapples with the base soil I
I pity the orphan; I pi‘y the stranger in ■
strange land ; but, Oh ! I pity rm 1 all ttie
desolate vouth, who by his own . ices, his own j
obstinacy, his owe pride, has closed the hearts ,
of his family to welcome. Think of the ;
misery that mind must endure, which, witn
the knowledge of what is good and rail i d,
finds itself deprived of these legitimate p i
leges of its nature, and is driven by ttiiuS with
despair and indignation to seek alleviation !■>;■
the bitterness of its lo', in what looks to the i
inexperienced like pleasure. The youth with- j
out a hnine is like a mariner without a com
pass, in a boundless sea: he has no poiiv from (
which or to which to direct his course, but is j
driven, here and there, upon a tumultuous ocean :
unknowing and unknown. At a time when so :
much is slid in the cause of education, a >d j
when so many plans arc offered for its im- |
provement, I am surprised that the influence of
home is so much disregarded.
Parents! do not send your sons and dttugh- ’
ters from home. Do not destroy the love for
your fireside, and the objects about borne.—
Let their eyes rest upon the same furniture,
and the same prospects; kt their slumbers be, >
where they slept when very you g. There
are valuable associations there. Keep them j
under the shadow of your wings. They were !
given to you ; who can watch over th -m like I
you? Who can pray with them like you?—
Who can love them like yon? Do not eover ,
the bonds of home ! Home binds the heart to j
virtue. Home is pure. Who would defile j
his father’s house? Who dreams of vice iu ;
the presence of his younger brothers and sis-:
ters? How healing to the sick and worn out i
spirit is the society of those young prattlers, i
whose blood, we feel in our hearts, is derived !
from the same source as our own?
Mistrust not the warning of one, who re
cords deeds of folly and years of uselessness—
the confessions of penitence—produced direct- |
ly by exile from home—by having no home ,
but a world full of vice; no friends, but the I
chance companions of pleasure. But do mis
trust, I warn you to mistrust, the pretensions !
of schools,: where everv attention is paid to the ;
morals of the pupils.’ Their air is moral death, j
They deaden that fine sensibility which keeps j
us children of God, before we are under the in
fluence of higher principles. Beside, children j
are always unhappy away from home, when !
thev cease from their sports, and have time to I
think. How many blessed seasons of sorrow !
and contrition f> faults are lost by this sepa- I
ration! A child will not open its heart to a
stranger, or one he esteems as a governor.
Were your child with you, how you might, in
such seasons, rivet the principle of love and
gratitude ’•> you, and fix a strong impression
upon some point of conduct! When every
hour is training your child for some charac
ter, can you trust him in his ductile years to
be abs :nt from your hearths far months?—
AVhen he shall return, you will not know him.
. Me has become a different being from what he
Was when he left you. You do not now k low
the avenues to his heart, consequently you have
lost your iuflu nee over him. Still, ho is
•bou id to you by the idea, that we must love
our parents. He will say that he loves you,
and will resent your wrongs, and be happy in
your successes, but you will see that he does
this more from childish habit, than from any
really hearty feeling b -two->u \ u. He will
never seek you in child-like confidence. silent
ly to ask your sympathy, or turn his face, full
of the overflowings of a loving heart, to vours
t« speak ids affection. He will never seem j
pleased in your society, but consider it as a I
restraint he would gladly be rid of. lie will '
come to you for money, but l»e will ask it more j
as a favor due to his Wants, than a gilt paid so.
in love for you. He will ask vour concur
rence in his views, more from .i w i.,ti to avoid
your opposition, than to strengthen the dictates
of his ownj idgmn it. Ifyou endeavor to con
trol him, i i the d uigarnus passage from buy to
man, he will view your amhori y as assump
tion, and escape from it as tyranny. But this
boarding-school education is the education
nine-tenths of the sous of rich men receive, i.i
our cou itry.
If it be asked how this result is to be avoid.
’ ed, we answer, by keepi ig our children with
us; by studying their dispositions; making
them our friends ; getting their confidence, and
in this way searching their hearts. Wi.ata
chance does a young man run now ! He is
thrown boldly i to the world to sink or swim,
It is a trial by fire—by the fire of the passions.
■■ unternpered by age, unregulated by experience.
But the reader is looking for incident, and is
w lary of my youth. I set out with the inten
tion of writi g a‘plain unvarnished tale,’ and
‘a his ory of my mind.’ The reader must know
cans s. 1 ask his patience, and if necessary,
his pardon.
ST.yrisTics.—ln England, if the land was
equally divided among the inhabitants, each
person would have 2 acres, 2 roods, 22 poles
and be 113 yards distant from his.neighbor. In
the United .States each person would have 265
acres, and be 1133 yards distant from his neigh
• bor If the whole world was divided up among
its inhabitants, each person would have but
31 acres, 1 ro-■ ' 33 poles ! Each person in Eng-
Imd pays, or some one does it for him, §1144
a inn div f-r th ■ s ip >ort ot the Gov -rnment—
in the U. >Sta es but §1 5'J
Lk.cech cl*
(Os Giiorgia.)
O?t !■><■ bin makin ar; •p,-'. ~ ■ . r . r _
mil f'a iw.n-se.s of lit.,'; indian j;,;, awl. j
for , --'0 •• fisntlatio!.; . <. > .•
rious ind'uin tr.i,:.:, for tiic. rn'ti.,- 1H..7. <‘r-
lirered in Ir,e House of liepre.sentiiti.ves,
Felrnary 1, 1837.
! Mr. .I.i •> S(>N,ot Georgia, said the <tour.se
: which the d bate had taki a on the bill before
the House hud made it ins duly, as one of the
: representatives of Georgia, to ask the :.idul- I
: gence of the House, for a short time, that he |
( might be heard upon some of tha fuels stated I
I by gent!,-men, and briefly to reply to so.ne of
I the insimiii-ions, charges, and' allegations ,
which had been made in relation to that ■ ;
lof the Union from whic . he earn
| range of tins discussion had beer .
; to my mind, in a great measure u;..m: jorizec
bi ic . bjectsof the bill, questions and subjects
h. . but little connexion, if any, hid been
introduced.
Gentiem:m had spoken freely and simp
theticalb. tom-hieg the p-dicy .mrs-' d i i r.- -
tion to the Indians, and especial!,- . . C'rc.-ks,
( and had plainly intimated, if m • chu g -d, that
; humanity had been violated, mm the character ’
I of the country blackened by . is of cru Ity to ;
I them; that the conduct oi he citizens of]
: Georgia and Ain myna to these lodines had gi- I
I ven origin to the late war. which, it s:.-<.has ,
i not yet <■ lire!’ subsided, mid, i i its co-.se- |
i quonces, the butchery of nrm, n .men. and I
| chdilren, depredations, and desolation of pro- I
I pFity.
- Mr. So ?skc r, rmit me to say these allega- j
- tions e< t_m m.t the true causes of the v ar. .
I It is a mistake, a very great mistake : it is not |
j so. I'l'U'-h and justice unit: . ami <:.mv il. . i
j < leo'gia and Alabama were in fault i- t’ s - . . 1
- ter ‘o such an extent as to justify so yn.v .- m. I
' ail.-gation : and in their vi .diea.tion, ;.;:d < sne-
I cidly those of my > istituents, who have been I
j denoininated the P o--i of th .■ Frontiers, a: d j
- against whom it has been said the direc dami
ties which vere perpetr.it -d on th ■ east, r . •
pmd western banks of the Cis ittaho ,cti e river. ;
1 .!uri: g the last spring aid summer, w.-r par-j
tia'ly charge .bi 1 may say. wi .rmt!) -ing in- j
fluence.i i>. State pride.r- more ho mrabm and !
lik h-mi..de i population inhabit no porti.m of:
this U io i, :■ ms-r th fmi me..t of tiieir du
ties .is goo I ami wor’hy citiz - -s, poli.ically i
-a. d m<»ra’i ■, r-• mi udl-rior to a-i’.- other n >r- ,
ti >n of the ( : d'd >racy. .. ■ch irge that
th'ir l ondaet forced the I dims i ito a stat 1 of
desperation, a- <1 caused tin- blomlv and save-m 1
acts which thev committed, is not true or just,
I nor can it, with any propriety, be made. Sir, i
the people of that section of the country ui ■
i benevolent and generous, and possess, at least
1 man equal degree, every sympathy common
lo our nature, and which excites noble and *o
i nornble acts, ami would extend the influence
; of th. se virtuous feeiingj as far as any people
; <m earth. And here, in ail kindness and good ,
I feeling to the gentlemen from
and Vermont, who, on -sterday and io-day,
addressed the House with so much sympathy
in behalf of the aborigines, and who depicted,
with so much pathos, the oppressim a,.<| cru
elties which had b -e;i i ;ilicledo:i tha rn :o, [
i cun say no man indulges a more sincmx ..sire
to alleviate their condition, ami improv th
i minds and their morals, than I do, and th : gen
I tiemen will pardon me for reminding th n the
i the tide, the first wavo of which beg;' to il.
I ot> the landing of the pilgrims at i'.ymou
i (1620,) and beat on that rock which now
I cupies, as a curiosity, the centra -t the l.wn
!of Plymouth, and is to this d respected as
I sacred, is still flowing, and will iiimlly urge
tins race beyond the Jfississippi, without lea
ving a remnant behind. The w sos this
: tide have, in its floods, lef' the remembrance
j of’ oppressions and seeming, if - ' actual, cru
! elties towards the people of th. ...est, which
j the history of the New E .glam! pilgrims and
j their d. scendants have recorded. On the pa-:
' ges of that history scenes are. painted not less |
: abhorrent to humanity or less appalling to the j
I sickly imaginations of the present day, than
: those scenes of cruelty and oppression to
> which such frequent reference had been made
j during this debate. May 1 be permitted to
■ ask, where are the wiighty tribes of Indians
who once occupied the delightfu regio.,s of
i New England, and from the -‘mountain top”
limited their extent only by the surroundi.ig
j sky, and who, iu their native freedom, s: ‘ -.1
i o i the beautiful rivers, a id who spr h
! terror and constiiiation among th b■: ’»:> ; ■
I settlers 1 They are gone, sir; and the places
knew them once will know ihmn no more.
A -i by what power were they forced, at last,
from the land of the p 'gritns?
Sir, I will not cry out cru 1 v, inhumm.itv,
or injustice, or indulge an -ssand umic
cessary tirade about the policy p. sued i:t that
section, in that period and sitice, towards the
people, whosn condition we cannot improve ;
it would, perhaps, be unk: ,d so to act or to
sp.eak ; for necessity, no doubt, prescribed the
policy of that day ; the same causes would
now produce similar effects. I will, howev
er, remind gentlemen that, the same tide which,
! I might say, was put iu motion by die Puritans ;
j in its floods, has spread desolation over the r.a
--| tives of the forest—first in the East—and it
will not ebb, I apprehend, until thev are utter
j ly annihilated : the idea is unpleasant, yet it
I is clearly the result to be gathered from the
; past history of this country, and the iudiead jus
l of the future. Let not the East, ' -ci
I on the policy ol the Gereral Government, or
! the States, in relation to the aborigines : ne
i cessity and poke , prescribe the course of ail,
I mingled with and regulated by justice and hu
manity.
| I trust the House will [.ardon mo for :dlu ii
at this time, to the legislation ot Georgia, and
t her course towards these people: hr laws,
> when understood, will be approved —h r sta
i tute books will show the protecu m and secii
; .'ity guarantied to the Lull ins. Th -ir perso i.;
; and pioperty are as inviolable as those oi’ the
i whites : personal wrongs committed on them
i I by the whites are pu ieh m by the same law.
j and to the same extent, as if committed on a
white man.
As to the indulgences towards the Indians,
the patience with which Georgia awaited the
fulfilment of the compact of IHO2 will show.
. Audit is worthy ol remark that,.notwithstand
ing the various tribes which have resided in
fnat State from the Revolution to this day, her
, history is not stained by a single act of cruel
ty towards that people ; nor has an I ndian
suffered the penally of the law for its violatio i,
•vhicli a whitenian would not have sutlei’i lor
, the same offence. Nor has the . policy of
, Georgia, within the st forty years, ami 1 be-
I lieve never; nor have the acts of any portion
of her citizens involved this Gover aneut i:i a
single border war. But, sir. foi t 1 years
past individuals, and perhaps numb. of very'
good mem have labored under a de. ion ami
. belief that Georgia had acted towns ■ il --
, dians within her limits ujjh great rigor ami
i oppression. This is not true, to the oxter al
. i leged : in fact, every act of theStmehad , -n
1 j justifiable and demanded by the . tate o. >ur
■ Indian re! itions. No Slate, Vr. Sp aker,
(said Mr. D.) in this Union h xhibi n r
' j magnanimity mi 1 mdui-.-. >w.,.r th,: I -
i dians. Hiw long have tn ■Ch ;■ .k. esb? min
. i tlm pea - able mid quiet occu; cv oi the
| lands of Georgia, within her c . iitutional li-
I mits, and guarantied by the Ge.'.era! G ivcni- jt
1 meet in the compact. I 1802? .Core than a:
!ha f century, sir! What has ::rrcsi“.l the j ■
growth of Georgia in- so many years, a.a! | |
kept h..r in the rear of the old thirteen ! 11. r -
kind - - and generosity to the In lim s, • |
; Which of the States, originally fi-rmi. ■; ih<
I Coasiitution of this Umoo, has burn;i such a.t ■
incumbram-o upon its prosp.--ri:y ' ?. > ic, sir,
none. !s it not th.-.-a n d.imi a d u-.uem'i’.ms.
vea, mmist mid exciting, to b.; chma.ed al this .
dav, by imose who have swept th ■ Lidia..s Iron: ;
their soil years ago, with imrelenti g exs-rmi- :
nation? But th.: cry has raised ol cru- j
< Ity and oppression, a.dth : mad-iess of th- ■
I day must have time to cool. 1 trust, sir, I ;
j may be pardoned for the mgr; ssior.s into which I
I I have been drawn by tins 1.-but- .
I f’o return to the cmises <d tin: late w:-r. It .
has been asked, if the conduct of the citizens |
1 of Georgia ami *' '-mini did not procmce th
war, v, lat did ? ; answer, the treaty, and t':e i
emn-ey-' procei ding necessarily from it. j
les. sir, the treaty mitm-e l into at. Washing- 1
t m city, by th;, Unit.- I Sm. s and the chief ■
of ill- Creek natioe, iu 1832. .‘ly opinio
and so is the opinion of ail who ful y unu ■
sta.:d a' :ts parts, t itou'.id th' h:rms of that I
treaty grew the cfftr.s'.-’o! the misluftimes. j
bti’cheries, and de. <>::s which the peopl- ,
of Georgia and Ah ■mi .r._d within .
i last eiglneeii months. L-t me explain. The |
i reservations, the Li 'tan r isarvaiimis, sir, turn- j
| ed the Creek country mto a market, or
I covert, fors-iies and contracts, honest and ms- .
st; for frauds, limited and extensive; and
i to this market sp C’.ilatom of all sizes ami
I clm ses, ami characters, individually and in
\ e:>n; cd.i rac:,', aval these w ho were too honest to
I ae. improperly in perso::. s mt l.ht lr men. From
i th; s reservi lion pr .gth ■ contracts and
| sales, hone it and iltshm.i, -.n! al! th..: I ram Is :
about which so nmeh has hi - . been said, i
And these frauds chi Cly. d -r?m . }
will :g::esso:i th • part of d; . in to go w: st '
lof tlm Mississippi, jsr-• i Lt- war.
: H nice, my assert; ..! i :.- : iii.it ill * provisions
jof ! he Treaty cr .n lih • e:m-. s th ■ wr.r—
--| the frauds, th- wm—: r. • ..r. a'imt'l -
' auds—the Tret; ,th r •-m i-. il-ar !
|iu 2J article oi ih.it. i r -Hy ; it r< tin::-:
■ The I J Status e.i 'ii ohi .•.•'ins \ ihekr! I
as soo ms th-same cm co .v. i „t!y be d me, '
i after th ■ rat ii :ati mofth ■ treaty ; and .!: m I
the same is si rv . to aT >w nine ty principal '
i c/« S s’ tne Creek irib- /■; m'rnZ m;.-- ■ ret ion :
' < ;c/i, mi i c vc/'< r i of a < ’rm k family !
v. hich tracts
i shall b ■ 1-es ?d f: i;• th: ir use, for
I 11l el ,e,iOlltA-OO.'itr I(:l.s'yo..'.'-.‘.Z .
j of by the nip &c.
, Tti 3d artiek: s vs. •• Th. r.:' tracts may ho
co iv.' ved bv th- ; <V- . scl.:e:ill:’ tile snm -,
\to any olncr persons, i .: i lair < -■ mst.i-irtiitmi. '
; : such mmm -r us th- F’. ■ '-mt may dir< c‘ ;■'
th-.' contract shall be ccrlft d ly some person
appointed for that purpns : be the I’l' .-sidcut, but .
sli.di not be val-1 tiii the president approves
the same; a title ill,.!! be given by the United
States, on the cn;ip!< ;i m id’ the payment.”
, Who emmot see, at a. g;-::<: -, that this treaty. :
concocted, arrangi ;!, ] immed, :md ratified here,
m the city of Waahi >gto ’, threw open, wide [
and broad, the doors mr spei-ulation, fraud,
mid .option? An',-ir, 1 :mve no doubt one |
of i c contracting i.l s ...w it, m.d knew it, ;
and. it seems, <" -i \ : <! to provide against it ; I
the 3.1 iuele, win. h co..!emp!at s a sale,
ys reservaii ots ii.ay be sold, for a fair j
consideration, i.. such a manner as the Presi
dent may direct; the contract shall be certi
fied by some person appointed for that, purpose
by the President,” &e. Georgia nor Alaba
ma did create this mother of so many evils :
no, sir, it took its origin in the city of Wash
ington, and was the production oi' one of the !
departments of this Government. And who
should be answer.;! le for the dreadful and 1
heart rending calamities, frauds, speculations, !
and infamous combimitions i<»r unworthy pur- :
poses, growing out of ii '! I. he answer is pal- i
p ble.
And, sir, who has not hear:’ it and seen it
i in the public prints, tint this treaty had been
j made a means, an engine, an instrument in the
hands of Government.d agents, ii: combination
with individuals mid companies, for, in many
instances, dishonest, .speculations and fraud ?
Yes, sir, these things are public ; and, in rnv
view, it is clear that this treaty, with its reser
vations, has been used lor the mercenary inter
ests of others than a portion of the people ci
Georgia and Alabama. Ta, North and
South, East and West, mid ibis centre, Wt'-h
i.igt.m City, t' lam- which gave birth to ..
treaty,aie said, and I have ::o reason to doubt
it, to have recipi nts m.d partakers of th: st
fraudulent specidations. The dav, 1 trust,
will come, when th eurti-iii shall be removed,
■ and the aut.’mrs, 6'C/<’." ’ a -1 il irmant, i.: b .
dark deeds c-f mfamv, shall be drugged for
ward o i the sc:- '; when the whole of the
facts connected with ibis treaty and the frauds
shall be deliverc :i .I t::: i..g proof agai -. t
the guilty, ami tiu.pic justification ami a; ; 11
va! of the holiest sp mdutors or purchasers,
whim the wori.i ..■1;-J1 km.'.v wh.-re to attach
the blame, to apply th:: 11 -ger of sc J
the acci-ats of indigmi :t r< pr. betiou. I'm. ..
weshallfind who has pocketed the proceeds
of frauds carried it: • succ-ssfifl operation by
means <4’ this measure < f the Government,
the Tr. .ity. And -. ■(, sir, notwithstanding
tlfe many actors in tlmse atrocities, exclusive
censure has been directed io the contiguous
States of these frauds, and they alone exposed
-nd branded as th ■ oi. ginaiors of thu evils
which have followed. i,.c. >m ■ <m ' :. his
share of the blame, as .s his portion of,
the public indignation, wh-.-thcr he be in office, j
high or low, or occiq ; \i :g a priv-te station : ,
thev who are equally guilty ot' fraud, should be i
equal in every thi g else.
| To change the conclusions which have been
drawn bv myself and oih.-is. in rclalrm to the
causes of the war, it Ims been said, and I
thi k by’ my colh agu •. (3/r. H.) that the. w hite ‘
population on the fro. ti-rs and the 1: di o s are
_. div in a slate of hostility with eachoth
ei , .m a proposition, it may be true, but in re
lation to - kite (k'ei'k war it was not so:
for 1 have no i . ■ cliem of any acts of op
pres ion to the Indians, or h >stililies from the • .
The India s were peiau-able until the conse
quences of th : treaty began to develop them- :
selves. Frauds, it is said, were committed in 1
relation to the reservations, which could bo el- ,
lected only by a combination ot the certifying
agents ; and unless the agents connived, a fraud
could not be easily prac.ised. The removal :
of suspected agents, by the President, took j
place itt order to protect the Indians; but, sir, j
notwithstanding frauds were perpetrated, the ’
Indians were swindled, and they, at least a ;
part of them, became desperate, particularly
when the man or men which their Great Fa
ther the President had s nt for their protector,
had become a traitor to their interest, and was
in i nmental, as has been charged on this floor,
.. >d elsewhere, in defrauding them.
Men fr >rn every section, almost, of this
wide (' i .federacy, concentrated in the (’reek
country about this period—and for u hat pur
pose did they go ? To take the advantages !
which the provisions of the treaty unfortvnate- i
ly presented for speculation in Indian reser- :
vations. They did make it a source of spec- j
illation, am! plunged innocent mid imoii'-uding |
men, women, aid children, of Georgia ami j
Alabama, on each side of the river Chmtahoo- j
dice, in all th.- horrors of a bloody ami sava; ■ 1
warfare, by their impious and eager thirst ibi i
gain and prolit; and when they hud consum- -
■ - T 'lb -..ff fy; ■>
mated th ir ctilatioe.s mid frauds, in which
smn-Georgia: s and Alubmm.ms pni imipated,
th:'-. ;nn in t’m ir horn a..,1 ad ;to tlieir in
famy, i-j. wandering and cnhim intrng-ih.' peo
p’o on th- t'i-ontl-.-rs, •!',-:>>< til- -.- had :,h"-.i'''.
to much in'mred, by lib Hing th-m as being th:
I -. tig.Cors and cause of th:.- dr.-adi'ul cuiise
q'l 'lie. .< < f th- ir own m/s of i
Sir, tl’.'.l’e ha-. I) -an mi i.:: a.- ■ ••;.e-!::-;o 1’
rr.oti >n in r: iation to thi s : frauds, and .-mriilar
.specula ions, in every cti.m of the emmtn
v. h-.-r : the public lam’s ar- for-rile. Wher ■
can th ■ . b sir? f have heard it sai 1,
prob >biy in the city of Washington. One ,
: hiiig se.-ms to be most c: rtain, that it is in op - j
r .tio >; bit wh-> m:i:i:;;>- -s ilm h i idle, a :<1 r'- 1
gulates its mighty action, is beyond diacov-ry ;
rm ' he day, and thos<■ i
w!::> have <-■ . : . ideals or com
- -ic-s, ar, 1 a. ■ active or ;
. rz.'iZ pa com
I milted the t’mu- ; . reek
i country, wheth •: limy w< .- ■ agents or < tfici rs :
j ot th ■ G ivcrnment, imiividu ‘l >, or companms. -
; or otherwise, are, in a -.sitze. b'v the
i ■-;> th:: treaty ami its u ibrtmr-ite ami tin- -
I i- ' provisiens, the-curisc of rim late Indian j
! d.iikmlties.
The- gentleman from -Vermont had very elo- t
i quentiy and feelingly deyem 1 ilmse fruudsj
1 i d imd also !.>i'i-s.'?-ted to tins House a deplor- ,
| able picture, as drawn, of the < or.m .nm ami j
I situation of the emigratmg and also !
by the ... onymous letter which be has caused |
,to be read by the Clerk. Sapjmse ail this to |
ha trim, co censure s-muld Im attributed to
Georgia or Alabama, f>r they had no more |
connexion with these matters than any other ’
States in th- Union; it is a'matter in the ex
ckisive control of the G-merM Governnmnt. i
[ Hr. Everett rose, am! asked Mr. D. to per
j mil. him to explain.]
Tin -?■ idem from I ; mrgia ( M - . T. said)
• h id inisapprehemded th ■ sc >pe < / he remarks-
| fie certainly did not int -ml to make any impu- ■:
mmm against the ch. r-.et tof miy State; ... :
th- nrht liis expressm, s had been snfficrnntiy i
guard 1 n > exclude such a < > t act ion; he
had, in gm-.i-ral terms, dm rged thb t-rcck frauds j
on the whites; he had not desigmited to what I
’s' ction of country they belonged. He as '
■ well aware, as the g>mtlernmi from Georgia,!
that they did not belo >g exciu : rely to the ud-
S ates; I h/. A siani
(■leev.-kere were cone " ■:•,! in tlm framls and tlio ,
: removed; and th.it it would b • in the highest ;
d< ■ illiberal and u: : Ist to ehuracteriz - any
’ Stat.; by the improper c• induct of a lew iudi- j
v< ni I.: a.,d he couid have no doubt that the!
, cO'idticl of these spr-ct'.lmors was li;dd in as
da-p reprobation in G.orgia-aud Alabama, as i
in ;my part of th. • ’ ini'.
Yes, sir, (said Mr, Dcwso::.) there is no I
doubt of that fact, and I i.m gratiri< d at the ex- I
’ planation. Tim letter, sir. which has been |
read bet' 'iis Hous -. d-. tail! \g the condition I
! of the (' -i her '..rue or
in's;', had no relation to i.m Btni'-s from whence j
thev had removed; nor could i' originate ceti- ]
j sure against tnose States which had suffered
:bv th :r mr.rders, arsons, and rob; ii s. it
! censure were due, it properly attach :d to the j
: Govc'- .m 't, or its agents, a this article of!
I the treaty will clearly demonstrate: “Art.
|l2 The United States re desirous that the i
I Creeks should rerno' etc the country west of
I1 ho Mississippi and j iin their countrymen!
there; and for this pure-se it is agreed that, as i
fast as th- Ur.-i ks ar I'reyared to emigrate. 1
they shall be removed . ' the expense of tin: Cni. j
lid 'Hales, a: ' receive subsistence whilst
on their jon.. .7, mid for one year alter their
arrival at their new home,” &c.
'i’he Government is thereby bpuhd to remove
the Creeks, and to subsist ami piotect them,
! and to pay al! the expenses of removal; and
! to support them a- d supply them for one year
j alter their arrivai at th ir “new home.” These
! are obligations and duties lelonging to the !
Government, and forth ir fu'iilimmt and dis- 1
charge ample appropriations have been made ;
Iby Congress. If these dmiesiir.d obligations |
have been neglected; and it kbe true that these !
people are in the miserable condition repre- i
seated; that their suff.-rings ire such as have {
been portrayed, the fault rnus' be on the agents |
of the G •-vernment. The contractors for re
moval, I understand, have ftllilled their con- i
tracts; no cause of censnre justly applies to
any State —the Government is responsible.
Sir, a needless sympathy s ems to have been
excited, i of the few host le
I Creeks ‘ i -iit-’d iu chains.
1 I’liis is • :■ . -. and pioper,
• ■ m l the c - "t ' serve no
censure lor ti . ity prompt-
ed it; it was ue lo i!m sail tv of the defence
less women and chi'drea of tie frontiers, and j
for the protection of the property of our citzeiis ;
ia tli.it section, which w as :hm a scene of des
..mtio;?, conflagration am! murder; and, sir, it
was an act of kindness to tin Indians them-,
selves, thus to force them to heir new home,
ai d prevent them from remasiing and aveng- !
i ig fl; -ir mistaken m il savag: propensities by
acis of cruelty and murd -r against: th ■ whites;
and it g ive them a:-’, escape from the vengeance :
of a justly incensed and excited community,!
who had been roused to desp ation by the mur- |
derotis acts these very em igrating Indians. •
It was an act of pure grace tui-.l favor, for, by :
the laws of the land, these murderers of wo-
I men mid children, amt desMitors of property,
! and destroyers es the public nails, had forfeit
ed their lives, and deserved death. But, si r,
the generous, and noble, a d brgtvi'-g fee lings I
; of our nature permitted th mto escape the ven- j
g> nn.-e of the vi-dated law. L t no man I
'i speak of the iadigtnition of the ii jured Geer- !
i gim e. ami Alabamians leading to crudtv
■ ■migration of these Indians, after the nmrdm.-
| they had committed, th- robberies and coufla- 1
gratioi-.s they had perpctnitcd, being p-nuitted
by an in jured people to escape, and to have ta
ken up their line of march for the VV< .. al.
1 most in view oftbe smoking ruins of Romioke, i
' amidst the remains of which now lie the bones
ai.'d ashes of father.'-, mothers, brothers, ami .
sis; -rs, innocent ami u mfl'mdi.ig women and
chiidi-eii, who were murdered by the deadly !
rill, s ol’ these emigrants, or perished in th ■ j
of the coniLigraticm. Mr. Speaker.'
. their permission to escape is wondrous, and
j speaks volumes m favor ot that portion of this :
! Union, and will command applause. Such an 1
! indulgence to the ignorance mid savage fero
city of the men of the forest can be found iu
: the history only of Georgia and Alabama.
There is still a part oi'these people reinain
: ii'g, a ! :o appropri:i ion contained in die bill
j befori '!■ ir removal; let
: me, in the name of m ■ eposed and injured peo
ple, urge that it should be made, and these In
; dians removed. Then may the men. women
and children of that suffe ting piir.ion oi the
Union sleep secure, and b- reliever from all the [
tears and apprehensions ot’ savage cruelties.
From the Chronicle and Sentinel Feb. 15.
Ct-i:. Jackson anti Hr. Csii!ss»
(t>-Read General Jackson’s letter and Mr.:
I'alhomi’s speech, ..iiichwe extract from t!ie '
United States T<-!. graph of Feb. W- Th- old!
, fhmeral, ■ -s ol’ the dignity of his own I
station,! .nation of others, appears deter- 1
' mined to bully every body who dares say award ■
about his administration. He now stoops to the ;
I degrading business oi limiting up certificates ,
to prove tliai a member ol the Senate has dareil
■ io speak about tile purity ol 1:.- administration,
■ '!'i-n e.di. upon him <■ :!i.t to rdr.-iet lli<-I
words <>r prefer an impeaclimet t again .t bun ! j
iluw must the Gem ;-.d and ins certificate men 1
fee! after the testimony of ’siessrs. Grundy and I
vValker ! The triumph of Mt. Calhoun is com- I
pletc ! I'
I nit ' Slat?s T ' '■■ . j 10. !
ja ardhtr I elf ,-z.
The reader v.Ti find, in to-day’s paper, the
!-iter reii rr- d to in our report of tlv- Senate’s
pro'.-iK.'dr.:.-s v i ;'!.:i'day, addressed bv .kndrew
J.-K-f.son. Prqsiihml of the Unite ; Stales, lo lim
lion. John C. Calhoun. \V r e also present the |
substance of the remarks made bv Mr. Cal- I
iioun after the r-admg of the letter by the Se- j
: eri-ta. v of 1 Im Senate.
I But that the public mind is fully prepared 1
:br any course ci conduct, however extruva- :
I g -1, on the part of the President, this epistle '
: migiit excite surprise. Its niamicing tone and ;
1 coarse style, ri ik-ct, most, i’aiiblmlv, the cha- !
! ract.?r of the writer. Had it proceeded from
j lim brothel where lewd vagabonds and fuddled
rs nmet to vent their noisv wrath in
. boisterous Billingsgate, it might have been
passed by as unworthy of notice ; but coming,
i as .t does, from one who holds the station of
I Chi> f Magistrate of this Republic, it. cannot but
excite feelings of regret and indignation.—
I How it must appear in the eyes of other na
tions, we know not; but here, in our own
I country, it must be regarded as disgraceful and
audacious.
b’his is the first fruits of the expunging pro
; cess—that, midnight act of shame and degra
j dation. In ths remarks made by Mr. Clay,
he called upon Senators to mark the fruits ot !
: their conduct. Here was not only a gross in- 1
j suit offered to a member of this bodv for words -
: charged to have been uttered ia debate, b ' a j
flagrant breach ot privilege committed bv the 1
! supreme Executive power. What could they ;
:do ! He had waited, he said, under the hope j
! that some member of the partv in rower would {
move ii) some way to preserve the dignity and !
rights of the body. But all sat silent, bound i
1 ’ 'm chaiits they had forged for themselves.
: a- his ow pert, /:e woo d make no motion,
m.d he trusted that no one i.i the opposition
i would.
j W hen ho had finished his observations, in Ihe !
1 highest degree solemn mid impressive, there j
was, for a few moments, the most profound si- .
lence. All ('yes were turned to the admiiiis- |
! ration benches, but not a word was uttered, i
Tbev sat like criminals' with h liters about their I
! -.eel’s. .Messrs. Grundy and Walker hail al-
I ready borne testimony to the truth, of Mr. Cai
! houu’s statements, but none other uttered a ;
- word, or proposed any measure to vindicate !
the honor, dignity, and rights of the Senate, or !
of its memb irs.
j A,d this is the Senate of the United States of
j America ! 1 Where shall the hov.est patriot I
! turn his eyes to shim the deep and damning ■
| evidences of national disgrace and degradation? ■
jDo these men delight i;i dishonor? Do thev
' bow to insult without even the blush of shame !
I Do they submit to outrage without ev.m the
I feeling of resistance? Have they lost, not |
j only the ennobling emotion oigentlemen, but the |
j common sensibilities ofwiea? () shame! —'
I Shame! Shame! Rights? Privileges?—
i llesistar.ee ? These words are not in their vo- j
i cabulary. Would they have resist 'd had th-y
j been kicked out of their seats ? No • not five !
! of the whole number would have dared to say!
I“ I am a freeman and a Senator.” It is of!
{ such meterials that despotism has made instiu- !
j merits to enslave mankind in all ages of the j
1 world. And weie this mo 1< r:j tyrant to com-
maud them to strike down the constitution of,
this country, removing the fear of the people
from before them, we do solemnly believe, be
fore the God that made us, they would not hes
itate one hour.
Ucmarlks Calhonn,
On the passage of the bill ' • liui't the des of'
public . .
lx Senate, i>ni-.av 9th. 1837.
Mr Calhoun said : I have received, within .
| .he last forty-eight, hours, a communication ■
! from the Chiei'Magistrate, connected with the ;
i bill now b; lore the Senate, of such a nature .
that duty to myself, as well as to this body,
: renders it necessary that I should lay it before :
the Senate. i
| Here Mr. C. sent to the Secretary the letter,
which was read as follows:]
Washington, Feb. “th. 1837.
Sir: In the Globe oflhefFh iiist. 1 find the
report of a speech made bv vou on the lib up- i
0,1 tlie kind bill, which contains the following
j pussag’-s, viz: _ _ ,
! “ Was it not notorious that the President of ;
i the United States himself had been connected i
i with the purchase of the public lands ? Yes,!
i the “experiment” (Mr. Calhoun delighted in !
die word) was the cause of speculation in pub- ■
lie. lands, mid if this bill should m>t be passed, ,
! speculations could not go on, and the pi ice oi
the public lands must cousfequenfly be reduced.
: lie contended that every man could not but see 1
that it would be utter rum to those who had
borrowed money t-j speculate in lands, ii the
I system was not to go on.” In a former part i
■of your speech, as reported, you say : “ The
| speculation which a particular state ot things |
j had given rise to, had been produced by those j
in power. They bad profited by that state ol
things ; and should (his hili be passed, it would j
oiilv consunmiiite their wishes,” Kc. ecc. &e. :
Knowing the liabilities of reporters to erri 1 |
taking down and writing out the spei-ches of j
I members of Congress, I have made enquiry i i j
j relation to the accuracy of this report, ami have !
b-.’en furnished with certificates oi ge -tlemen ,
!io heard vou, aliirmi that it is substantially /
ct rivet.
| Ymi cannot, but be aware, sir. that the impu- -
tatums w hich your language conveys are cat- ;
! cul-ted, if believed, to destroy my character as ■
a man, and that the c.large is one which, it true.
j ought to produce mv impeachment ami pmikh- ■
meat us a public officer, it 1 caused th- re
moval of the deposites forth ba >e purpose of
' enrichiug mvselt or mv iiiends by a.iy oi the j
| re. tilts which might grow out ol that measure, I
I there is no term of reproach w hich I do not de
! serve, and no punishment k .own to the laws :
I winch ought not to be inflicted upon me. On j
the coiitriirv, if the vJi.-1.-imputation, bothasl,
to motive 1' ci, be a fabrication and
In.y the punishmi iit winch belongs
ifgniltv, is too mild for him who v.ijjt
makes ii.
1 am aware, sir, of the constitution;'.! pilTO*
lege under which this imputation is cast forth. ■
ami the immumtv which it secures. ilnitjui j
vilege it is 11 110 degree tn;, purpose to violate, ,
however gross and wicked may have been the ,
abuse of it. But i exercise only the common j
I right of every citizen, when I inform you, that
I the imputations you have cast upon me aie
! false in everv particular, not. havi-ug foi the last
ten vear-i purchased public land, or had
aiiy* interest in such purchase. The whole
charge, unless explained, must be considered
the oiistirmg ot a morbid imagmatiou or ol
sleepless malice.
i | ask you, sir, as an act due to justice, hon
or and truth, to retract this charge on the floor
j of the Senate, in as public t. ■ la.uu-r as it h;i-
■ been uttered —it being the m ist appropria-
. mode bv which you can repair the injury whi a
I might otherwise flow Irmn it.
1 Bul m the event that you fail to do so, 1
i then demand that you place your elm ge be
, fore the ‘louse of Rep;i sentutiv -s, 1 it in. y
: may institute the nee 1 :<>cc : < . to r.s.
i cett;-;.! th: truth or :. .• ur inqmta
: tion, with a view to such further measures as
! justice may require.
I It you will neither do justice yourself, nor
I place the matter i 1 a position where j istice
j maybe done me by the representatives of trie
j people. I shad be compelled to resort to the
| only remedy left me, and, b. fore I leave dm
City, give publicity to this letter, by which you
will stand stigmatized as one w ho, protected
by his constitutional privilege, is realty to stab
j lhe reputatioii of others, without the magna
i rnmity to do them justice, or the honor to place
t them in a. situation to receive it from others.
Yours. &c.
A.X DPJ2W JACKSON.
: The L'oa. J. C. Calhoun,United States Senate,
! i‘. S. i herewith enclose the copies ol
1 two notes, verify ing the correctncss of die re.
j port oi your speech m the Globe ol the 6th last.
Feb. 7, 1837. A. J.
( No - L ) T . _ ,
Washington, Feb. 7, 183 1.
At the request of the President of the United
States, 1 hereby certify that i was present in
lhe gallery of the Senate of the United States
oa Saturday, the 4th instant, during a discus
sion upon the land bill, and heard some of the
remarks of Mr. Calhoun upon that subject, in
which the president was charged with being a !
speculator iu public lands.
Oa coming out of the Capitol the subject
was mentioned to me bv a friend ot the Presi
dent’s. And mv recollection ot the word 3 us- I
j ed accorded with what he uaderntood had been ■
I said, and which is substantially the same as |
reported 11 the Glob- of the 6th 1 istant.
ARTHUR CAMPBELL. j
(No. 2.) ~ ;
W ashington, Feb 7, 1837.
i Sir: In answer to your inquiry of me wheth
er Vir. Calhoun, in his remarks oa the land
' bill, o > Saturday last, used the words attribut 'd
Ito him by urn in the r-port, which a >p.;ar ' >
“the Glob ■” of ystetd:. - > a'? it not
notorious that the President ol’t.'ie United States
himseli’had be:m connected with the purchase
!of public lands?” I would state that I have
i referred tn my short hand notes, and li id th.U
: sm-’i v.’.is dm language he used according to
lhe best of mv knowledge and belief.
Yours, very respectfully.
! (Signed) ' W. E.’DRAKE.
I certify that. No. 1 and No. 2 are true co
pies of the originals.
Ti st: A. JACKSON, Jr.
1 do not i it'.m l. (s lid Hr. C.) i 1 wh it 1 pro-
■ pose to s.-.v, to comment 0:1 the character or
: the language of (his extraordinary letter. It
lias excited in mv bosom but one i '■'!> >g —that
' of pity for lhe weakness of its author, con
j tempt for his menace, and humiliation that one
occupying the office which he does, should
- place hims-ii’in a situation so unworthy of his
exalted statio'i. Nor do I intend to invoke the
! inierposr.i m of dm jSenate to protect the pri
vilege attached to a Senator from one of the
j sovereign States of this Confederacy, which
m.s been outraged in my person. 1 seek no
’ aid to d f-nd my own privileges ; and, so far
! from being intimidated, I shall be emboldened
! to express myself with greater freedom, if pos
! sib'e, t > denounce the corruption of dm Admin
! istration, or the violation ot the laws and oi
: th- constitution, in consequence oi this attempt
to restrain the free exercise ofthe right oiex
, I pressing my opinions upon all subjects con
-1 < 'ruing the public interests, secured to
tie constitution. I leave to the
own p-ivileges demand. SH
I Much less do I intend t” —.upi.V d HIW." Ib
’ quest, or of me : demand has
' no place between equals, and I hold myself
! within my constitutional privilege, at least equal
to the Chief Magistrate himself. 1. as a legis
lator, have a right to investigate and promm.ice
! upon his conduct, and to condemn his acts free- 1
! ly, whenever I consider them lo be in viola- ,
i tion ofthe laws and of’the constitution. I, as j
-a Senator, may judge him; he can never judge I
me.
Mv object, is to avail myseif of the occasion,
to reiterate what I said, as broadly and fully as
! I uttered them 0.1 a former occasion, here in
! my place, where alone I am responsible, and
iv here the friends ofthe President w ill have an
I iipportunity to correct my natement. if erro- i
' neous, or to refute my conclusions, it not fairly |
' drawn. I spoke without notes, and it may be
that [ may omit something w hich I said 01 the
former occasion that may be deemed material,
I or to express mvself less full and strongly than
j ’ the 1 did. If so, I will thank any Senator to
■ remind me, so that my statement now may be
' as strong and as full as them
If my memory serves me, I opened my re
marks, when I spoke formerly, by stating that
! so many and so subtle were the devices by
which those who were in power could, iu these
■ times, fleece '.he people, without their knowing :
I it, that it was almost enough to make a lover 1
ofbis country despair of iis liberty. I then !
I stated that I knew of 1.0 measure which could I
I better illustrate the truth of this remark, than '
the one now before us. Its professed object is
! to restrict the sales of public laud, i;i order, as
! is avowed, to prevent speculation; and, by
consequence, the accumulation ot a surplus re
venue 11 the Treasury. The measure is un
derstood to be a:i a hniiiistration measure.—l
I thonstao J that, so far from preventing specn
-1 latioii, it would, i 1 fact, tut consummate the
1 greatest specula;:.m which this country have
I ~;-<-r wiiiiessed—.l speculation originati ig in a
! state of thi >gs of which those in power were
; ;he ,-imhors : by which th: y had pt'mited a.id
I which this measure - 1 • • u 'uom a law. (
j WOllld blit Complete. 1 thed iiski-'ll ’.l 11 it bld '
i caused such a ; extraordmarvdemaml lor pub
' lie land, that the. sales should have more th in
I quimrupled within the last three years?—mid !
'. id that, to answer this ques-tio-i, we must ■
I look to the state of the currency. That it was
■ owing to the extraordiiiary increase ot bank |
' !ia[H i'. which had full'd to repletion ail the chan- ■
■n<is oi circulalioa. Ihe Secretary had esti
niiited tins i crease, within th it period, from |
! six dollars and fifty cents per iadividual, to ten i
i dollars. 1 believe the increase to be much |
; greater—the efleets ot w Inch have been to j
s kmblc the price ot every article, which has |
-V! i‘‘eu kept down by some particular cause. I
di],..! n fl ine the price oi" public land has ;
jfi/.-tied u dollar and twenty -
cents tli(f* . ■!- m.tural couse j
! .pie ce ' currency ov
j flowed tip'll . hj" l ' has caused
ihoso exti'iX.- . Y "Rich it is
■ the professet J*to prevent.
1 then ask®^./fi»ed this imnida.-
tum of paper?W; . . Jit; was, the Experi
ment. (I the gentleman of
the word.) wiiicliT»SC.-emoved the only re
strictions thatexisted against the issue of bank
paper. The consequence was predicted at
the time —it was foretold that batiks world
multiply almost without number, and pour
forth their issues without restriction or limita
tion. I’liese predictions were at the time un
heeded; their truth now begi. s to be realized.
The experiment commenced by’ a transfer
ofthe public funds 1 ■ :;i where they were pla.
ced bv law, ami w here they were under its
safeguard and protection, to banks which wet’. -
mnicr tlio sole and imlimited cot.tre.l of the
Executive. The clii ct was a vast increase
of Executive patromig-e, and the opeuing a
fi. id of speculiilioi!. i i i.iscussi ig which, i >
a.ilic ;'.,'-o:i, 1 p:iou .eed it to be so ample, I
that Rothschild himself might envy the op
portunity which it afforded. Such it has
proved to be.
The administration has profited by this vast
patronage, and the prejudice which it has ex--
cited against the bank as the means of sustain
ing themselves in power. It is unnecessary toi
repeat the remarks, in illustration of this.
The truth of the statement is known to all the
Senators, who have daily witnessed the party
topics whicli have been drawn from this fruit
ful source. I then remarked that, if rumor
were to be trusted, it was not only in a politi
cal point of view that those in power had pro
fited by the vast means put in the hands of the
Executive by the experiment,—they had pro
fited in a pecuniary, as well as in a political
point of view. It has been frequently stated,
and not conti adicted, that many, in high pla
ces, are among the speculators in public lands ;
and that even an individual connected with
the President himself, one of his nephews, was
an extensive adventurer in this field of specu
lation. I did not name him, but I now feel
myself called upon to do so. I mean Mr.
.McLemore.
Having established these points, I next un
dertook to show that this bill would consum
mate those speculations, and establish the poli
tical ascendancy which the experiment had gi
ven to the Administration. In proof the for
mer, I availed inyself of the declaration of
the Chairman of the Committee on Public
Lands, who h v.d stated that the speculators had
already purchased and held a vast amount off
public land, not less, as I understood him, than
twenty-five or thirty millions of acres, and’-
that if this bill did not pass, the scenes- of the’
last two vears would be repeated in this andl
the coming year. I then undertook to show,
from the showing of the Chairman himself,
that these speculations would prove ruinous
without the ai'l of this bill. He had stated,
that the annual demand for public land, resul
ting from our increased population, could not
exceed five millions of acres.
Now, assuming th at the quantity on hand is
thirty millions of rcres, there would be six
years supply in the hands of the speculators,
even if the land offices of the United States
bo closed ; and that if the bill did not pass, ac
cording to his showing, it would take double
or treble the time to dispose of the lands,
which, in that case, will be in the hands of the
speculators. All must see the certain ruin, in
that event, of i hose who have borrowed mo
ney to speculate in land; particuluily.it the
sales of public lard should be free and open
to every one, as it now is, to purchase to the
extent of his means. I next showed that the
contest was between the Government, as a
dealer in public land, and the speculators; that
they held in market at least an equal quantity
i i value to that which the Government now
has offered for sale, and that every restriction
.iposed upon the sales ot Government land,
must of necessity increase the advantage ot
its rival dealers.
I than showed that very onerous and op
pressive restrictions, of an odious character,
upon the sales of public lands, would be impo
sed, if the bill should pass. No one there
after could purchase laud of the Government
without license—-a license, in my opini; n, as
offensive and odious as would be a license on
the press. To obtain this license the oath i f
the applicant was required ; and then it could
only be obtained on the payment ol one dollar
and twenty-five cents per acre, for which the
iTfizen may now receive a grant in fee simple.
his purchase, under aulho-
; to
|Ke7-- ;.:ion 1 :. .ement an 1 culti-
wit . i the period of five
i years, prove to the satisfaction of the Register
and Receiver, who are made high judicial of
ficers, a compliance with these conditions, be
fore he can receive his title : and if he failed
to comply, by accident or otherwise, he forfeits
both his money and the land. I stated that
this was a virtual increase ofthe price of the
public lands to the actual settler; so much so,,
that any sober minded man would prefer to give
th:’ speculators two dollars per acre for land
of the same quality, to giving the Government
one dollar and twenty-five cents for a license,
with these oppressive conditions.
Having established this point, I then under
took to show that it would increase vastly the
power of the Government of the new States,
if they chose to exercise this patronage for
political purposes. That they would so use
it, we have ample proof in the past conduct of
the Administration, and in the principles which
have been openly avowed by its friends. A
former Senator from New York, high in the
confidence of the party, and now Chief Ma
gistrate of that State, had openly avowed, in
his place on this floor, thafto the victor belongs
the spoils, for which he was reprimanded, at
the time, by the Senator from Massachusetts,
(Mr. Webster,) in a manner worthy of his dis
tinguished talents, /issuming, then, that the
power would be exercised with a view to po
litical influence. I shewed that it Weuid place a
vast number of the citizens of the new States,
probably not less than one hundred thousand,
in a condition of complete dependence on the
Receivers,and of vassalage to the Government.
These are the sentiments which I delivered
on a former occasion, and which I now reite
rate io the full extent —omitting nothing that is
material, as fir as connected with the letter
of the President; and for the delivery of
which, my privileges as a Senator, and those,
of this body, have beet) so grossly outraged.
Mr. Gru.i y a id Mr. Walker rose and sta
ted that they bad been attentive listeners du
ring the debate alluded to in the President’s let
ter, and corroborated the correctness of Mr.
Calhoun’s statement of what he had said on
that occasion.
Mr. Calhoun then said thal|he was gratified
at wh it had been said, and that all might now
see, from tin ir statement and the acquiescence
of o here, uh.it little cause. Uio President had
for the outrage upon !>is privilege, and that oF
the Senate, and for applying language to him
which i i never used in intercourse between
gentlemen, and better suited to the purlieus of
Billingsgate th in to the miuision of the Chief
.Magistrate.
From the United States Telegraph.
Yet another ILetter.
We lately published a letter from our Parlor
President to the Chairman ofthe Investigating
Committee, Mr. M ise. \\ e have now io record
another trorn his ••counterfeit presentment’ ot
lhe kitchen, Mr Reu. <”.i M. Whitney. Me
live under this duplicate dynesty, whose joint
orders stand as edicts fixed as fate.
ir will be observed how strictly the netfrer
King follows the example of the upper; and
how cordial is the co-operation of these holy
allies. "The world is governed too much,'' says
tne speaking trumpet of this Janus Executive.
It speaks truly for once. Three Presidents and,
two Vice Presidents are more than the consti
tution recognises. Messrs. Jackson, Van Bu
ren, Whitney, King, and Johnson,—to say noth
ing of the candle-snuil’ers —present a proper
commentary on the text. Does the read
er inquire how the strange events which daily
strike liim with their novelty come to pass?
Our answer is, go to the dunghill and see how
the musroon springs up in a night., lhe fun
gus is inherent in thee, rupt soil. lhe times,
are out of joint in every v -.v. The whole Gov
ernment is corrupt t ifie very core—and the
living <hitigs, gend< led in its hot-beds, spring
up around us, like the teeth ot the dragon, arm
ed with power. Look at this one, stepping forth
from the ranks and telling the assembled Rep
resentatives es the people ofthe United States