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sides to this question between Geor
gia and the United States ; and he
would tell the Gentleman firoin
Georgia that there existed two opiu
ons also, not only on that question,
rut on the conduct which that gen
leman had designated as “ base and
infamous.”
This, Mr. W said, was strong lan
guage, but it was not argument. The
gentleman had told the House that
nothing had prevented every thing
going right in Georgia but the in
terference of the General Govern
ment. The gentleman denounced
such interference, saying, in effect,
" hands c>ft' for the present ; leave
the Indians to the remedy of the
Courts.” Hut, Mr. W. said, he
would tell that gentleman, that if
here were rights of the Indians,
which the United Stales were bound
o protect, that there were those in
his House, and in the country, who
would take their part. If wc have
bound ourselves by any treaty to do
certain things, vre must fulfil such
obligation High words will not
terrify us—loud declaimation will
not deter us from the discharge of
that duty. For myself, said Mr VV.
the right of the parties in this ques
tion shall be fuily and fairly examin
ed, and none of them with more
calmness than the rights of Georgia.
In my own course in this matter, l
shall not be dictated to by any State,
or the Representative of any Stat<-
on this floor. I shall not be fright
ened from my purpose, nor will I
suffer harsh langiiHgo to produce any
re-action on my mind. I will exam
ine with great and equal care all the
rights of both parties. Occasion
had been taken on the mere question
of reference of this communication,
ho would not say for argument, but
for the assumption of a position, as a
matter perfectly plain and indisputa
ble, that the Government had been
all in the wrong in this question, and
Georgia all in the right. For his
own part,'Air. W. said, he did not
care wha||ta|tiK communication did
or did nm^F to a Committee of the
Whole on the stale of the Union,
nor how soon it went there, and was
there taken up for discussion.—
When he went into that Committee
he should go there, not in a spirit of j
controversy, nor yet in a spirit of I
submission, but in a spirit of inquiry, |
calmly and deliberately to examine
the circumstances of the case, and
to investigate the rights of all par
ties concerned. Hut he had made
these few remarks, to give the gen
tleman from Georgia to understand
that it was not by bold denunciation,
or by bold assumption, that the roem
b rs of this House are to be influen
ced in the decision of high pubile
concerns.
V Mr. Haile expressed a hope that
the communication would go to a
committee of the Whole. All the
States, situated us Georgia was,
claimed the sovereignty over the
whole extent of their chartered limits.
They had forborne as long as they
could, and the future destinies of
the Indians, their future location
and civilization, or their final extinc
tion. must soon be decided on.—
Three great questions were involv
ed ; Ist, the powers of the General
Government within the limits of a
State : 2d, the power of the States
to legislate within their own char
tered limits ; and 3dly, the power of
the States over the Indian tribes.
His. State might, ere this have ex
tended ils legislation over the In
dians within its territory If it had
no right to do so, this House ought
at once to say so. lie hoped the
whole matter would be heard and
soiled ; for should Congress adjourn
without settling it, consequences
were likely to ensue, of great in
terest to many of the States.
Mr. Webster rose to make one
remark in reply to'the gentleman
from Mississippi. That gentleman
lie said, had reason to know that he
(Mr. W.) was disposed to use all
prop r authority of the United States
to extinguish Indian titles to lands
within the States. But he must tell
the gentleman from Mississippi that
the States would kcT on their own
responsibility and at their own peril,
if they undertake to extend their
legislation to lands where the Indian
title had not been extinguished. If
any such measure was contemplated
in the state which the gentleman
repre i-tiled, Mr. W'. hoped that gen
tleman would loose no time in warn
ing his friei ds against making any
such attempt. Tho relation which
the United States held to these
tribes, ot parental guaruiauship over
these remnants ol mighty nations,
row no more, was a very delicate
relation.
Mr. Bartlett snid, that hc had not
risen for the purpose of entering on
the general subject, but nierelv to
suggest to the gentleman from Geor
gia whether it would not be better
to refer the communication to one of
the Committees of the House. Be
fore any thing like a correct decision
could be had, many facts must be in
quired into; aud it would facilitate
the debate and the decision, if these
facts should previously be ascertain
ed aiH reported to the liaise by
one ol its Committees. Should the
subject go into Committee of the
YVliole, before this was do#e, much
room would be left for declaimation,
mad much time probably wasted,
'•hich might otherwise be saved.—
He should suppose the Connnittlee
on the Judiciary would be a very ]
proper reference.
Air. Wright said, that with the!
very imperfect understanding which
the House now possessed of the pa
per to be referred, they were not in
circumstances to decide whether the
case was such »s required legislation
or not. Even the present discussion
he considered premature; and, with!
a view that every member might ob
tain a right understanding of what
the communication was, he moved
to lay.it on the table, and to print it.
This motion prevailed; and it was
laid upon the table accordingly.
A few days after, The following
Message was received from the
President of the United‘Stales, by
his Private Secreta/y:
To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States:
Washington, Bth Feb. 1827.
I Communicate to Congress co
pies of a letter from the Governor of
the ijtate of Georgia, received since
my Message ofth sth inst. and of
enclosures received with it, further
confirmative of the facts stated in
that Message.
JOHN' QUINCY ADAMS.
Executive Department, Georgia.
Milledgsville, 27 the January, 1827.
Sip.: —As the Officers of Georgia
engaged in the execution of their
duties near to its Western bounda
ry, by order of the Legislative and
Executive authority of the State,
have suffered frequent interruption
from the Indians of the Creek Na
tion, accompanied l>y indignities and
insults sufficiently Jggravntcd, and
are still threatened with others of
more violent and outrageous char
acter; and. as there is reason to be
lieve that your Agent of Indian at-,
fairs is the prime mover and instiga-;
tor of the sumo, I have deemed it j
porper to lay before you the enclos- j
ed papers in support of that belief j
and to ask the favor ofyo'vto inform j
me if that officer is so acting by vour '
authority, or with your sanction and '
countenance. It may be thought]
painful enough that the United I
States, whose undoubted right it is, j
shall enter into controversy with |
Georgia on the validity of Treaties, *
and the lawfulness of boundaries, ]
trespasses committed cn the one j
side, or right of sovereignty viola- ]
ted on the other with the remedial
or redressive measures demanded b;*
either.
It is not to be presumed that the
President would transfer the sover
eign attributes to a subaltern Agent,
much less that he would delegate
th m for the annoyance of the Peo
ple of Georgia, for insult to their
public functionaries, for invasion of
their territorial rights, and finally for
bloodshed.
If these powers have been insol
ently assumed by such subaltern, for
such purposes, it is not for the Gov
ernor of Georgia to -dictate to the
President the measures which ought
to follow, as well in vindication of the
honor of the United States, as in re
paration of the wrongs doue to Geor
gia. The President is competent to
judge them, and the Governor dodbts
not his willingness to judge them
rightly.
With great consideration and re
spect,
G. M. TROUP.
Tho President of the United
States.
Cop if of a Letter from Wiley Williams
t(J (lOi/. i /’GitjJ.
11th District, Carol County,
January 22d, 1827.
Sir.:—l did flatter myself that 1
should have been able to complete
my survey without troubling you, or
being troubled by the Indians, bnt
in this 1 have been deceived. Eight
or ten lusty follows rode up to my
camp last nigh, with a letter written
by Crowell, and signed by several
Chiefs, and ordered me to desist
from surveying the land on the West
side ofthe new treaty line. Mr
Rogers who surveys the 9th District,
and who will be the bearer oi this,
was broken up by them yesterday.-
You will know best what measure to
pursue in regard to the affair, but if
the survey proceeds, a protection
must be afforded us, and that must
be sufficient to protect the whole
frontier line from the intersection of
the Cherokee line with the State
line, to Miller’s Bend. There is a
bout one-forth of my District that
lies YVest of Bright’s line, and I yes
terday completed my meridian lines
through it. I shall to-day commence
my transverse lines, but, after ma
ture reflection, I cannot feel myself
safe in crossing Bright’e line at pie
sent, but shall proceed to survey that
part which lies East of the line, and
when I am dono, I shall make the
attempt to survey the balance.
1 hope by that time, however, a suf
ficient protection will be afforded.—
Mr. Rogers can better inform you
than I can by writing.
Yours, respectfully,
WILEY WIILIAMS.
Creek Nation, Jan. 12th, 1827. j
To the Surveyors, running the land j
li est of the line ofihe late Treaty.
Gentlemen: Wc. the unde
signed Chiefs and Head Men of the
Creek Nation, having leurut witi>
great regret, that you arc engaged
in »wvf jrtng tho lands YVest of fbp
GEORGIA STATESMAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY *26, .1827.
line of the late Treaty, which
was not ceded by that Treaty, we
have again to request and demand ot
you in the most friendly terms, that
you will desist from streetfcasg a
chain over any of our.kinds, not
ceded by the said Treaty; hc flat
tered ourselves, and we had a right
to believe, the stipulations of that
Treaty would have been friendly ob
served by all parties concerned, aud
that our formftr differences with our
neighbors, the Georgians, wou'4 have
been finally settled, and that wc
would, in future, live in tho strictest
friendship in all our intercourse. —
W e are determined, on our part, not
to do an act that can Le calculated
to give offence, but are right, and we
1 hope they will be respicted.
We are your firier.ds.
Signed by Little Prince, Gakfusky
Yoholo, Sparner Tustnngg Hnigfc,
Easticharco Chopco, Wicas Horgc,
Coche Hodgo, Charchus Rlicoe.'
Copy of a letterfrom James A. Rogers,
District Surveyor, to Gov'. Troup,
January 23. 1C27.
His Excellency Gov Tnocp.
Sin:—Enclosed, you will find a
copy of an instrument of writing,
which was handed to me by a parcel
of Indians on the 21st inst. arid, af
ter I read the letter, they demanded
of me my compass, which I had to
surrender to them, but after a few
minutes they agreed to give me back
my compass, and would come with
me over the new Treaty line,, which
they did. and threatened r»C very
severe if I should be caught over
Bright’s line again a surveying. I
have come on to M’lntoabs old
! place, and havestopt my hands un
til I hear from you. If you intend to
give me assistance, I hope you will
take the earliest measure to get it to
me, as provision . j scarce raid my
hands uneasy to go home. ■* -ft? to
the number of men it will take to
guard me I a:n unable to say—- my
situation is this: There is" tkree
settlements &•' Indians in ray District
that have in them about ten men,
and in two miles, on the Alabai§p
side, there- .3 a largo town that I am
told have from forty to fifty warriors
in it, which is to be placed on the
new Treaty line as spies, and pre
vent the land Irom being surveyed;
and as for further information, I will
refer you to Major Pauamorc, the
fearer of this express, and who was
With tnc when the Indians ..stop!
me.
Yours, fcc.
JAMES A. ROGERS, D. S.
Geo. M. Troup, Gov. of Georgia.
The message and papers were
read, and referred to the Select
Committee to which was referred
the message of the sth instant. 1 "
Tlisse references being disposed, cf after
wards in tha course of the same day,.
Air. FORSYTH asked loavo to
lay on the table the followin resolu
tion;
“JOINT RESOLUTION to in
demnity the Creek Indians for the
land lying between the Chafhhod
chie River, and the dividing line
between Georgia and Alabama,
Resolved by the Senate and House
oj Representatives of the United States
oj America in Congress assembled,
That the sum of dollars, to be
paid out of any money in the Treas
ury, nut otherwise appropriated, be,'
under the direction of the President
of the United States, distributed
among the Creek Indians, as a fall
'
on, or in any other manner use, the
strip of land lying between the Chat
ahoochie River and the dividing fine
between the State of Georgia and
Alabama, which said land is to be
subject to the undisturbed occupa
tion of the citiz eris of Georgia, iiiuier
the laws of that State. 0
The CHAIR decided that the
resolution was not now in order, un
less received by unanimous con
sent.
Mr. FORSYTII thought that tls
43d rule of order allowed its presen
tation by special leave.
'I ho SPEAKER rt plied, that this
was not the rule which regulateSTHe
morning business of the House; ami
pronounced the motion out of or
der.
From this decission, Mr. FOR
SYTH appealed; but after some ex
planation it appeared that the C H Al|l
had misunderstood Mr. FORSYTH
as moving the lesolution, instead cf
which he had only asked leave to offer
it.
This latter was declared to be in
order; and the question being put,
leave was granted, and the resolu
tion was received, and laid upon, the
table until to-morrow.
Tlie foregoing Message from Qj« President
and accompaning documents from fiowrusc
Troup, being read in th* House.
Mr. FORSYTH moved to lay the
Message upon the table, but after
wards withdrew his motion; when
Mr. EVERETT moved its rtdbf
ence to the Committee on thi> Judi
ciary.
Air. FORSY TH moved that it be
referred to a Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Ustioo
Mr. Y\ JCKLIFFE said, he offer
e<l with both the gontlemoii; from
Massachusetts, Mr. (LvcrtU,) and
liie gentleman from Georgia, Mr
[Forsyth,) as to the propriety cf the
■ by th m. Jlq was
•igamst the reference of this guoioet
|to either of the Committees propos
jed. And before he submitted the
motion hc intended to make, he
would, under the indulgence of the
House, assign briefly the reasons
which influenced his judgment.
The question grows out of the
supposed existence and validity of
two treaties, heretofore made under
all the sanctions of the constituted
authorities of the United States,
which treaties are at variance with
each other. By the compact made
with Georgia and the United States,
many years ago, the United States
are bound to extinguish the Indian
title to all th lands within the State
of Georgia. In fulfilment of this ob
ligation on the part of the United
Stales, Commissioners were ap
! pointed by the President to negotiate
la treaty with the Creek Indians.—
I A treaty was entered into between
! the United States and the Creek In
jslians, in Febuary, 1825, at the In
i dian Springs, by which, among other
things, the Indian tit le to all the
iand within the State of Georgia,
was released to-that State; this trea
ty was ratified by the Senate of the
United States. The Creek Nation
of Indians, or, I should say, a por
tion of the Headmen nd Chiefs oi
that Nation, objected to this Treaty
as not having been made and agreed
io bv a majority of the Warriors and
Chiefs of the tribe. I need riot de
tain the House by a detail of the con
sequences which ensued. 'They are
familiar to the House, and to the Na
tion. To quiet this difficulty—as
wo all Relieved and hoped—last
Winter, during the Session of Con
gress, another Treaty was entered
into bctiveen the Creek Nation and
the United States, by which it is de
clared, that the Treaty ofthe Indian
Springs shall be annulled and set
aside; and anew stipulation as to
the boundary of cession and guaran
tee, was defined. A part of the land
which was ceded to Georgia by the
first Treaty, is, by the provisions of
the second, reserved to the Indians.
Georgia contends that, by the Trea
ty ofthe Indian Springs, all the lands
within her limits became vested in
the State; and that the second Trea
ty, so far as it pretends to divest
that right, and guarantee it to the
Indians, is void as to her This, I
believe, is the true state ofthe ques
tion Georgia has directed the survey
ing of the kind. The President con
tends that the act ofthe Legislature
of Georgia is a violation of the Con
stitution, and the supreme law of the
land; and that the entry of the Sur
veyors of Georgia upon the Indian
reservation h a violation ofthe act
of Congress; and be has consequent
ly ordered the arrest and trial of the
•Surveyors. Against this course I
hope—l cannot believe otherwise—
Georgia will not protest. It is a
Judicial question; it has been refer
red by the President ofthat tribunal;
and why should ire be called upon
to mingle m the excitement and feel
ings to which this delicate subject
must,give rise, if discussed in (his
House, now or at any other time.
I am extremely anxious, at (his
late period ofthe session, to avoid
the discussion; angry, as l fear it
will be, if this delicate question, is
to bo considered. Under this view
cf the subject, and with a hope the
House will acquiesce in the course,
I move you the subject lie upon the
table
.Mr. W. withdrew his motion,
however, at the instance of Air.
OWEN, hut as lie said, with a de
’.oru);.' *ti :> to renew it.
Air. OWEN said that he had no!
risen to enter into any discussion of
the general question, but to say. that
hc could not precoive any reason for
the reference of this communication
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
He thought the appropriate refer
ence would be to a. Select Commit*
ree. Indeed, he thought it was not
proper to refer it to any one of the
standing Committees of the House.
Air. BUCHANAN said, hc regrot
ed that the gentleman from Ken
tucky (Mr. WicklirTe) had withdrew
iris motion to lay the message of the
President upon the table. He be
lieved much greater importance had
bsen attached to tho subject, than
fairly belonged to it. In his opinion
it involved no question of civil war—
nothing which ought to alarm the
imagination of the most timid. He
thought the subject should he laid
upon the table, or referred to a Com
mittee of the whole on the State of
tho Union, where he hoped it might
sleep. Georgia possesses th un
questionable right of having this
question determined before the Ju
dicial Tribunals efthe Country. In
this state of the controversy, the
President of the United States has
pursued the proper course
—the course which the Constitu
tion and laws of this country clear
■ly prescribed. He has directed the
(surveyors of Georgia to bo arrested
.and to bo brought before a Judicial
..Tribunal lor trial. Upon this trial
the, respective claims of the United
States and of Georgia will be fully
au l fairly investigated, and their
rights wd! be determined.
H there a title of testimony before
this Mouse tending to prove that
Georgia will not submit peaceably
to tile judgment of the Court, what
ever it nay be? It would be doing
injustice to that State, for a mo
ment Mi a uprose that she would not
yield obedience to the laws of the
Country.
* [Mr. E. had not then seen Governor
Troup’s Proclamation.]
I repeat that the President has
my entire approbation so far as re
spects the reference of this contro
versy to the Judiciary. I am sorry
it has been referred to any Commit
tee in another body. It should have
been left exclusively to the Courts
of Justice. For the purpose of pre
venting the angry discussion which
would probably arise upon this sub
ject, Mr. JB. said he would move
to lay the message upon the ta
ble.
Mr WEBSTER observed, that
the question before the House wa3
a mere question respecting Com
mittees to which this communica
tion was to be referred. He should
confine his remarks to this question
an 1 could not, therefore, without vi
olating the proper order of debate,
make any reply to the remarks which
had (alien from the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, on the genera! topics
contained in the communication from
the Executive. lie thought the
communication ought to go to some
Committee which might be competent
to ascertain whether the whole mat
ter was before the House, and
whether any legislation would be
necessary. He was not at alisolici
tious to send it to any particular
Committee; and certainly not to
that Committee with which he was
himself connected. As one ot that
Committee, hc would say that they
would neither seek the reference
nor shun it if it were mape. But
undoubtedly it ought to go to some
Committee, more especially as there
was a proposition upon* the Table
which looked to legislation on the
subject. This was the ordinary and
usual course in relation to Execu
tive communications and, Mr, W.
said, hc saw no reason why this
shouldhiot follow the usual routine.
It is not my intention now to dis
cuss the general question, or to go
into an extended reply to the obser
vations which have been-made up
on it; but 1 am toll by the honora
itble gentleman from Georgia Mr.
(Forsyth) that the Courts are open,
and that this question may be settled
by a Judical Tribunal. This might
have been a remarkably good argu
ment to address to the Stale of
Georgia before she took tho remedy
into her own hands. It is anew
mode of settling a Constitutional
question, to seize the lands in dis
pute, and send out tho Hancock
troop of horse to defend the posses
sion of them. But, at this stage of
the affair, that appeal to the Courts,
comes with rather an awkard grace.
When a man advances a claim a
gainst the lands ofhis neighbor, he
makes his appeal to the law; but
when he forcibly enters upon pos
sessions of them, hc makes his ap
peal to something different from the
law.
I [Here Mr. HAMILTON called
the gentleman to order, and when
called upon by the Chair to point
out wherein Mr. WEBSTER was
out of order, he explained himself as
wishing to prevent any course of re
mark which might tend to produce
excitement. The CH AIR decicded
that Mr. WEBSTER was in or
der.]
Mr. W. resumed: I have no in
tention to produce excitement on
this subject, hut 1 have my own
opinions upon it. I believe them to
be tenable, and, at a proper time, I
shall net forbear to express them in
this House. Mr. W. concluded by
expressing his hope, that the matter
would be allowed to take the usual
course of reference to a Committee
for examination.
Mr. EVEItETT pbserved, that,
as he had the honor to submit one
of the motions now before the House,
he fell it his duty to explain the rea
sons why he had done so. In the
first place, in reply to the gentleman
from Kentucky, Mr. Wickliffc ) who
thought we ought not to act at all
on the subject while it was before
the other branch of the Legislature,
he would say, that there was one
view of.it, in which it not only be
come proper that the House also
should act, but absolutely, necessary.
There is now on our table, said Mr-
E. a joint resolution, moved yester
day by the member from Georgia,
which goes directly to the subject
matter oft he controversy, which re
quires an act of legislation; an ap
propriation of money to extinguish
the Indian title to the land in dispute;
and this act of the legislation must
originate here. Sir, I hope the res
olution will he adopted. The gen
tleman from Georgia shall have my
feeble aid in obtaining the appropri
ation. lam willing to give five
times, ten times, the value of the
land, (which, in fact, is said to be oi
no great worth.) to come to a pea
ceable adjustment of so unpleasant
a controversy. It is, then a proper
subject of the legislative action of
this House.
As regards the particular refer
ence. said Mr. E. I can, of course,
have no strong feeling, nor any rea
son pecular to myself, for referring
one committee over another. The
Judiciary Committee appeared to
him lho proper Committee: for the
subject seemed to turn on guest ionl
- the validity and construction of]
treaties of this Government, and the
force and application of (ho laws #f
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Georgia. Its importance is the very
reason why I would refer it to its ap
propriate Committee. An inter
pretation of laws, a construction of
treaties, and au investigation of facts
connected with them, are wantedia
a very important case. For that
reason, I would resort to that one of
the Committee of the House, whose
peculiar duty it is to entertain such
questions.
Sit. it is an important, but not, I
trust, an alarming subject; quite im
portant enough to receive the prompt
attention of the House, but not of a
nature to excite apprehensions as to
he result. Recent intimations have
een received, (it is said) which
hold out a hope of amicable adjust
ment.
Mr. HAMILTON said, that hc
regretted that the gentleman from
Kentucky (Mr Wickliffe ) had with
drawn his motion, that the subject
under consideration should, for tho
present, lie cn the table
The true state ofthe case is brief
ly this: certain difficulties, growing
out oi the construction of a treaty
or treaties, which form the Supreme
law oi the land, have ensued be
tween Georgia and the General Gov
[ eminent; these difficulties have ar
| rived at such a state that they are
I about to take that course which
every one must most desire who val
ues the peace ot (he country, to wit:
to be placed in a train ofjudicial in
vestigation and decision, by which
whilst an important constitutional
qu stion will be settled, justice may
be dona to the parties, and the tran
quility of the country preserved.
In this state ofthe dispute, have we
any thing to do with it? Docs the
President call upon us to supply any
now power to the Executive arm?—
Ilas he called upon us to pass an”
law to aid tho judicial authority of
the country ? Has ho told us 'that
war is to be made upon Georgia,
and, therefore, the military resour
ces ofthe country are to be organi
zed an:’ placed at his disposal? No,
sir: he has barely informed us. that
he has directed the Surveyors actin"
under the authority of the State of
ueorgia to be arrested for trial, and
has intimated that, ifshe resists the
judicial power ofthe United State?
he may have occasion to make ac
other and a different appeal.
lias Georgia resisted? Has this
crisis arisen.
[For the solution of this question, we
would refer Mr. Hamilton to his Excellency';!
late order to the 6th aud 7th Division of Geor
gia Militia.]
Sir, 1 think that there arc pecu
liar reasons, why this subject should
for the present lie on the table.
Whilst he was opposed to a refer
ence of this subject, at present, ton
Committee of tho YVliole on tho
State of the Union, he was Equally
opposed to its special reference to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
lie had his own opinions aud his
own feelings on the subject. And
being fully of opinion, that the game
that has been thrown into the House
is not worth the candle I will move
you, that the message and accompn
nying documents lie on the table.
Mr. HALL requested Mr. HAM
ILTON to withdraw his motion, but
Mr. 11. declined to do so.
The question was then taken up
laying the communication upon the
table and decided in the negative,
Yeas 72, Nays 84.
Jtf Uiianj Claim of htorgia. —The committee
on Military Adairs has reported in favor
of the claims of Georgia on the United
Slates for military services performed ia
the years 1792 179:! and 1794, and offer
ed the following resolution—
Resolved, That an appropriation,
sufficient to cover the claims of the
citizen of Georgia, lor military ser
vices, performed as before stated,
ought to he made, and placed at the
disposal of the Secretary of War,
for the accomplishment ofthat end.
Vice President. —On Wednesday
l’< b. 14th the select committee ap
pointed by the House of Represen
tatives on the subject of the Vice-
President, made a report which was
ordered to lie on the table and to be
printed.—ln the report the commit
tee observe that there are no facts
which will authorize the belief, or
even suspicion, that the Vice-Presi
dent was ever interested, or that ho
participated, directly or indirectly, in
the profits of any contract formed
with the Government through t ho
Department of War, while he was
entrusted with the discharge ot iff
duties, or at any other time.
They arc also of opinion, that the
conduct of Mr. Barbour, the present
Secretary of War, in regard to the
letter of E. Mix, is- not, in the slight
est degree, deserving of censure.
'The accusation contained in the let
ter was regarded by him an a base
calumny upon the Vice President,
penned by a man wholly unworthy c'.
notice; and the Committee have no
reason t<> believe that the supposed
truth of that accusation was at au?
time the basis cf any act of the
War Department.
The committee also remark that
they place no reliance whatever O’ l
the testimony of Elijah Mix. I* rorn
the self-contradictions, apparent o'
the face of his testimony, which it
unnecessary here to recapitulate, *-
side from the infamy attached to hi
character, the committee were satis
fied that hb ought not to be believed
on his oath.
Mr. Calhoun has resumed bis '- 1 :
a.g President ofthe &ce"*v