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GEORGIA COURIER. J. G. SWl’^HOaTER HENRI? MEALING, PUBLISHERS. Term*.—Thin P-ifwr i< pnWi*hc<l evwy Monday and Thursday afternoon, at $5 00 per autinoi. payable in ad- vanee, or |R HP at the expiration ofthe year. IT Advertisements not exree.lin)? a »<|uare, inserted the first tune or 62 1-2 cents, ami 43 3-d cents for each con- tinumlC*. rr»j> the “ Urn Ion Sun" of M ,v 2d, received at this Office IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. House, of Commons — Fuesday,May 1. The Members’ Lobby, and toe steps leading to it, were much crowded through out the dav, by persons anxious to get a glimpse of the political character, regard ing whom there is so much public interest at present, Considerable doubts were en tertained as to the poss.bdity of Mr. Can ning’s takiiig bis seat tp-day at all, from an impression which prevailed that he could not take the oaths after the clock had struck four ; and it was thought that the ballot would not admit of attention to any other business- till some time after that hour. All misapprehension was*,how- eve terminated bv die appearance of the Right Hon. Gentleman, followed bv an attendant bearing his M -qualifications” for a seat. IIis entrance nto the lobby was marked bv a, demonstration of eager curi osity on the part of the strangers in wait ing, who by this time formed a body so dense as to make it n work of extreme dif ficulty for the High Constable with his numerous posse of subordinates, to keep a clear passage for the Members. “There’s Mr.- Canning !” burst from many lips ns ihe Right Hon. Gentleman appeared up on the scene, and began to make his way through the crowd not without consider able impediment from the curious, jo the office appointed for the examination of the qualifications of Members newly elected. Similar, although less in degree, was the feeling of interest excited towards Mr. Peel. The gallery was not opened till near five o’clock, at which time the appearance of the house, to eyes accustomed to its ways, and having an acquaintance with the “ olden stvle,” was highly singular and in teresting. “ A mighty change” was visi ble, and it seemed as though some magic influence had been at work altering the face of all things. The House of Commons no longer appeared as a house “ divided a- gainst itself.” Hostile array there seemed none, and'conflicting interests and parties appeared now assembled round the same cause. In other words, tlie ancient oppo nents of his Majesty’s Government had ceased to contend and fairly grounded their arms before one, destined to attain m-'Sterv over all his enemies, by the force of genius, and the wisdom and integrity of his mind. “ His Majesty’s Opposition had absolutely fled from the field, and were to be seen in dense arr.iv behind the leading Members of his Majesty’s Admin istration. On the Treasury Bench Avcre Mr. Calcraft and Mr. Western, seated beside Mr. Wynn, Mr. Croker, and sub sequently Mr. Canning, Mr. Huskisson, &r. On the second Bench sat Mr. Tier ney, Sir Francis Burdett, Lord Ducan- non, and others. On-the third Bench, Mr. Brougham had taken his place, together with Sir. R. Wilson, Mr. Leicester, Mr Powel Buxton, Lord Nrtgent, and several other tnembe st of the Opposition. On the fourth Bench were to be seen, Lord Seaftopj Mr. Gordon,'Mr. W. Smith, and so on up to the sixth Bench from the floor into the remotest corner ofthe House.— A more full attendance, indeed, could not be conceived—nor did it seem possible to find room for one additional.JYlember in a- ny part of the building. The side galle ries were crowded to excess. Many Peers, amongst whom were Lord Bexley, Lord Farnham, Lor-d Roden, the Bishops of Litchfield and Bath and Wells, were ac commodated with seats in this parr of the House. The Duke of Norfolk wasalso here, and appeared to take a deep interest in the proceedings. But which puzzled the skill of the most experienced attendants of the House ,vas to discever who were the Members in possession of the Opposition benches. With the exception of Joseph Hume, Esq.’ who was constant to the pil lar erected for the support of the side gal lery, on the third bench, and Lord Milton in his usual seat, it was impossible, among the crowd of faces, to recognise any one accustomed to shine or take any part in the business of the House. Mr. Peel has taken his place on what is understood to be the neutral ground on the M nisterial side of the House,and the iden tical seat which Mr. Canning used to oc cupy during, his temporary retirement from ofliee in 1S22. Mr. Goldbarn sat beside him. The gallery was sometimes in a state of great confusion, from the excessive crowding of the strangers, but successful precautions had been taken to secure as far as possible, the convenience of the Press. The House was occupied until tvtthin twenty minutes to five o’clock in b dieting of the Ludlow Election Committee. We found Mr. Western upon his legs, and repotting to the House, from tiie Eist Retford Election Commit tee. We understood the Hon. Mem ber to say that Committee had decid ed, that the petition against the return of the sitting Member wasn’t frivolous or vex ations—that ttie Sir Robert Duncan was guilty of treating by his Agent at the last Election for the said borough—that Wil- that the electors had been encouraged in . another aspect, lo ^hich, under othet cir the expectation of such rewards by the sit ting Member—that the Committee re quested that the House would order their report to be printed before the issuing ofa new Writ of Election for the borough of East Retford. The Report was then ordered to be ta ken into consideration on Thursday the 17tbof May, Lord W. Russel was understood to move the addition of three names to the list of Members appointed to serve .upon the Committee for the consideration of a Bill for the better regulations of Private Election Committees. Mr. Pointz observed, that the Noble Lord niOA'ed an addition to the Commit tee of three names and that on a former cumstances, he himself had been in the habit of offering a decided and undeviat ing resistance. Under these circumstan ces, the nature of his opposition being such as not to be constituted of temporary difficulties, nor having been such that he could have hope for time to have remov ed, and that opposition being necessary, as he conceived, for the maintenance of the question in favor of the Established Church, principally in Ireland; be did not think but that he tvas bound to retire from public service should his Right Honorable Friend, the First Lord of his Majesty’s Treasury, be placed at the head of that Treasury. He should now state the rea sons, why he considered that the success- of the Catholic Question would be pro night, he had. moved the addition of six j moted by the appointment of his Right names, most of which belonged to mem- Hon. Friend to the station of Prime xltn- bers of the same family, and all promo- 1 isier.—(Hear.) He gave his Right Hon. ters of the Bill. He felt perfectly con- j Friend the fullest credit for the honest vmced that the Members nambed by the j sincerity of his intentions. He judged ol Noble Lord avould act in the very purestj him as he wished others to judge ot h»m- manner, but he objected to the additions self—by his acts—and he could not help of three names as a breach of the general recollecting the uniform course he had principle, and wished to take the sense of the House upon the motion of the Noble Lord. Strangers Avere then ordered to with- draAv, and the House Avas proceeding to divide, when Mr. Calcraft rose and moved that the consideration ofthe Noble Lord’s motion should be adjourned to Wednesday the 2d of M;.v. The Speaker then put the question from the Chair, and Mr. Calcraft’s motion was unanimously agreed to. NEW WRITS. New writs Avere moved and ordered for the return ofa member to serve in Parlia ment for the borough of Peterborough, in the room of James Scarlett, Esq. Avho had accepted the office of his Majesty’s Attor ney-General ; for the return of a member to serve in Parliamarrt for ihe county ot Sutherland, in the room of Lord Francis Levison Gower, who had been appointed one of the Commissioners of his Majesty’s Treasury ; for the return ofa member to serve in parliament for the borough of Lis- keard, in the room of Lord Elliot, who had been appointed one of the Lord Com missioners of his Majesty’s Treasury; and for the return of a Member to serve in Parliament for the University of Cam- bridgej in the room of Lord Lyndhurst, Avho had been called to the House of P cers. ' A neAv writ- for the return of a Member to serve in Parliament for the borough of Ashburton, in the room of the Right Hon. Wm. Sturges Bourne, who had accepted the office of one of his Majesty’s principal Secretaries of State, having been moved for, Mr. Peel rose amidst loud cheers, and expressed himself to ihe following effect: As this motion was immediately connected with the office Avhich he held, he trusted the House would not think that he pre ferred an unreasonable request when he entreated them to alloAv him to take the opportunity of explaining the grounds on which he retired from the service of his Majesty. He knew hoAV much personal matter must be involved in a step of this kind, yet he had so frequently met with the kind indulgence of the House on for mer occasions, that he should be disap pointed indeed, if on the present occasion, lie found he had entertained a vain expec tation that they would allow him the op portunity he now solicited. In this ex pectation, he had abstained from resorting to any other mode of explaining his mo tives. Three Aveeks had hoav elapsed since he had virtually resigned the office of Secretary of State for the Home De partment. During that interval his si lence might have subjected his conduct to much doubt, but be bad waited patiently, supported by the confidence that he had acted on public grounds; that he had ta ken a course consistent Avith the mainten ance of his own character, that he had been acting Avith a view to the character of that class to Avhich he belonged, he meant that of public men, and supported bv the hope, that on this day, and in that place, he should have the opportunity in thefaceof that House, whose confidence and good opinion he was chiefly anxious to possess, and, if he might say so, to maintain—(hear, hear)—supported by the hope too, that he should be able to vindi cate him r olf from any misconstruction of his conduct, he had rested till the present moment, he said, to vindicate the course he had taken, because he did not con ceive that a public man having embaaked in public service, was entitled on light and trivial grounds to sevre the connection that subsisted between him and the pub lic, and to withdraw himself from those whose confidence he had possessed. If be bad acted from feelings of inconsisten cy—if he had acted from levity or vanity— if he had acted from any private pique or personal violence, he should consider him self though not constitutionally, yet mo rally, most unjustifiable, and unAvorthy of the confidence his Majesty had reposed in him. The grounds on which he had retired were shortly these—from his first entrance into public life, he had enter tained an opinion, and taken an active part in a great constitutional question, to Avhich he was most firmly attached.— (Loud cheers.)—For eighteen years he had persisted in aD undeviating course, offering an uncompromising opinion, and which he considered a constitutional re sistance to the motion brought forAvard.— During fourteen of those esghteen years he bad held office, for eleven he had been closely connected with the Administration of Irish Affairs, end he had still to this bam Wrightson, Esq. Avas also guilty of j moment retained the opinions he had ori- treating, by bis agent, at the last Election —that it appeared from the evidence giv en before the committee, that the corrupt state of the Borough demanded the most serious attention from the Iloase—that it was the General practice in that borough, for the electors to recetve the sum of forty guineas for their exorcise of elective fran chise—that it did not appear, however, ginullv entertained ; but above all, having taken such an active part for some time past, if a single Minister entertaining sen timents in opposition to those he had cherished came into office, he did not consider that he could, consistent with his honor, and as a public man, remain in of fice, if the situation of that Minister was calculated to maintain that question under taken in favor of the Roman Catholics.— Judging from the Right Hon. Gentle man’s previous conduct, in his (Mr. Peel’s) opinion, duty as well as inclination would oblige him to promote, if not the immedi ate, the ultimate concession of those Claims—(Hear, hear,)—and therefore, he considered it as his duty to retire from office. The change Avas not so much be cause his Right Hon. Friend differed from the Earl of Lh’erpool in his opinion on the Catholic Question, but because his Right Honorable Friend’s attaining the station of Prime Minister, a change must take place in the direction of that influ ence which belonged and properly be longed to the First Minister of the Ciowd. That influence which lay Avith the most able and poAverful opponent of the Catho lic Claims was nciAV transferred to the most poAverful and most able advocate of those claims. With reference to the Ca tholics, he Avas prepared to act as he bad acted from the first dictates of his feelings, which usually pointed out the most hono rable course to pursue. Subsequently, however, he had frequent opportunities from mature deliberation, and the persua sion of every hour confirmed him ;n the first suggestion of his feelings. Could he have acted otherwise, when he beheld his Right Hon. Friend, Avhen the period ■to which the restrictions Avere removed from his present Majesty up to the time Avhen the Hon. Member tor Westminster had brought forward his last motion in favor of the Catholic Claims, earnestly, consistently, and perseveringly, adA'ocat- ing those claims, and acting as earnestly in support of them as he (Mr. Peel) had acted in opposition to them! Then Avhat Avould prevent his Right Hon. Friend from doing in 1827 Avhat he had previously done for a course of years. There was no Constitutional ground to prevent him from adopting the same course. No pledge had been offered to him (Mr. Peel) that his Right Honorable Friend would not adopt that course. He had not asked for such a pledge; but if he did, he was sure he would be refused it. Had he ac cepted office under his Right Honorable Friend, the possibility, nay, the probabi lity Avould have been, that this very Ses sion he would have been* compelled to re tire.—(Hear, hear.)—Because it wa* im possible for him to acquiesce in any mo tion pledging the House to take into con sideration the Claims of the Catholics in the next session of Parliament. From 1812 to 182T, whenever the Catholic question had been brought forward, His Right Hon. Friend had been its most de cided, its most powerful, its most effective, advocate. When it had been brought forAvard by others, the Right Hod. Gent, had given it decided support, and he him self had brought forAvard the claims of the Catholics at different periods. In 1822, his Right Hon. Friend originated a mo tion for admitting Peers of the Catholic persuation to seats in the House of Lords ; he (Mr. Peel) opposed that motion ; and noAV suppose his Right Hon. Friend, in vested with the authority of Prime Minis ter, should bring forward that motion, could he (Mr. P.) acquiesce in that, Avhich five years ago he had opposed ? He did not mean to complain of the conduct or opinions of his Right Hon. Friend iu the remotest degree, but he thought it due to himself that he should state the grounds of his retirement, and essential that he should state the whole truth, and explain the principles upon Avhich he had acted.— Then what security had he that his Right Hon. Friend would notbring foru ard mea sures similar to those which he had brought forward in 1812? The language of his Right Honorable Friend then Avas, “ I solemnly declare that I AA’ould not have brought forward the present measure of reparation, if I Avas not convinced that in the name of policy it was expedient, that in the name of humanity it was charitable, and, in the name of God, it Avas just.— (Cheers.)—Then if it was expedient in the name of policy, if it was charitable in the name of humanity, and if it was in the name of God just; with my confidence in the sincerity of my Right Hon. Friend, could I doubt that now, when placed in the si tuation of Prime Minister, that I must ac quiesce in those measures of concession, or withdraw myself from the Administra tion? Partial success, my Right Hon ourable Friend admitted, would lead to greater concessions, and it was not in nay power to acquiesce in the introduction of any' measures of concession. Then he (Mr. Peel) should only have held his place by sufferance, and have been com pelled to resign his office at a week’s no tice, when his retirement would have been more inconvenient.—Ahvays considering the prominent part he had taken in the opposition to the Catholic Claims, he could not doubt that it was his duty, as well as a man as a Minister, to pursue the course Avhich he had taken. He (Mr. Peel)was placed on the present day, in circumstances very nearly similar to those in which his Right Hon. Friend was placed in 1812, when he refused to be come part of a Cabinet, the Prime Minis ter of which was not pledged to the Ca tholic Question.—When the proposition to join that cabinet was made to his Right Hon. Friend, he, in a speech delivered within those walls, stated the grounds on which he rejected that proposition. His Right Hon. Friend had at that time stated, what would be the situation ofa Minister thus opposed to the Premier.—(Hear, hear.) He could not avoid adverting to the example which was then set by his Right Hon. Friend, nor the construction which was then put on the proposition, bv the A'ery Minister who now possessed the highest situation in the Ministry.— (Hear, hear.) He certainly felt that the doctrines laid down in the speech deln'er- ed by his Right Honourable Friend on that occasion, might have been quoted against him (Mr. Peel,) if he had submit ted to continue in the situation of Secreta ry of State for the Home Department un der his Right Honourable Friend, the whole of whose influence Avould he exert ed in the support of a measure of which he (Mr. Peel) so entirely disapproved.— (Hear)—When, on the 21st of May, 1812 Mr. Stuart Wortley (now Lord Wharn- cliffe) moved an address to his present Majesty, then Prince Regent, praying him to take measures for forming a strong and efficient Administration, it Avas under stood that the Catholic Question Avas to be left an open question amongst the members of that Administration, At least, lie knew that his Noble Friend, the Secre tary at War, and some other members of the Administration voted for it. That motion was carried by a majority of 129. He (Mr. Peel) voted in the minority, which was a very small one ; for the Pro testant cause tt'as not then supported by such large numbers as now uphold it. He mentioned this circumstance to show that his conduct with respect to this question had always been consistent, Avliether lie Avas in a majority or a minority. On the 21st of May, 1812, his right Hon. Friend, in his speech on Mr. S. Wortley’s motion for a strong and efficient Administration, assigned the grounds on which he declin ed taking office; and those grounds so nearly resembled those on which he (Mr. Peel) deemed it necessary to retire, that instead of explaining them himself, he begeed leave to make use of the much clearer and more emphatic tvords of his Right Hon. Friend, which were as fol low ;—“ I have been asked whether sup posing I had accepted the offer that Avas made to me, I should not have felt myself at perfect liberty to act as my OAvn opin ion should dictate upon-the great question Avhich constitutes the main bar of separa tion ? I reply, that as a Minister I know I should have been at liberty :—I do not mean to assert that if I had joined the pre sent Administration to fight against my own principles, under the banners of the Noble Lord, I should not have had the power of making my solitary speech, and of giving mv solitary vote, in support of opinions I had previously maintained. I will not even say that there may not be honorable minds who Avould be satisfied With such a distinction; and it maybe my misfortune or my fault that mine is not a mind of that construction— If wh°n out of office I haA-e lent to any cause that I deemed just my influence and authority, I never can consent to accept office under the condition, that I shall in stantly divest myself of that influence and authority which ought still to be my com panions, and to leave them on one great vital question in open and wilful abeyance.” Those were the sentiments which his Right Hon. Friend gave utterance to in 1812. He(Mr. P.) admitted them. He gave his Right Hon. Friend credit for sin cerity. He was satisfied that lie would use the influence of his new situation for the purpose of carrying, when in office, the measure which out of office he had declared to be just. He would read an other extract from his Right Hon. Friend’s speech, every Avord of Avhich applied strongly to his (Mr. Peel’s) situation— “ Personal objections (continued his Right Hon. Friend) to the Noble Lord, I de clare I have none;” nor (said Mr. Peel) had he any personal objection to his Right Honourable Friend. From the bottom of his heart he declared it. “ I am actuated by no feeling of rivalry,” said his Right Hon. Friend; neither was he (Mr. Peel.) When his Right Honorable Friend was about to proceed to India, he (Mr. Peel) declared that he would feel no objection to continue in office, if it was thought that the services of his Right Honorable F riend would be advantageous to the iuterests of his country. After quoting several passa ges from the speech of Mr. Canning, the Right Hon. Gent, entered into a defence of his conduct with respect to the three great questions Avhich applies immediately to the state of Ireland. He said that when those questions were in agitation, he AA'aited on the Noble Lord then at the head of Government, and expressed his wish to retire from office. Many Avere the consi derations that influenced him; but most of all he was urged on by the circumstance of seeing his colleague actively engaged with his political opponents—(Loud cheers.)—If such Avas his feeling when his noble Friend was at the head of the Government, h&Av much more cogent must these considerations uow be, when his Right Hon Friend was the Prime Min ister. It must be known that the Prime Ministar possessed all the patronage and appointed to nearly all the offices, whilst on the other hand it was the peculiar duty of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, charged as he was with the administration of the domestic affairs, to affix his signature and to give validity to to every measure orginating with, or proceeding from persons selected for, and acting on principles diametrically op posite to his own. Throughout all the recent changes he declared most solemnly that he had-not acted in concert with any man or set of men. His first communica tion was made to his Right Honorable Friend himself^ and he put it to the can dour of itis Right Hoh. Friend to say, whether his conduct had not been open and explicit.—(Hear, hear, from Mr. Canning)—His next communication was to the highest authority in the State; at the same time he did not in either of these communications disguise his wish to con tinue in office, provided the Government was conducted orf the same principles which formerly guided it. I have stated, said the Right Hon Gentleman, that I did not act in concert with any other persons; but Avhile I state this, I must also declare able advocate and supporter of the A. ican system. Indeed, sir, I would what great measure has been adopt? which he has not shone conspiciously And yet, he has not been greedy or an., ious for office. Mr. Madison offered hiin him a place in his Cabinet. Mr. Monroe, when he came into office, tendered him one in his Cabinet; he declined both. James Barbour is the Secretary o; War—a man Avithont fear and without re proach; a man of high order of talents, a pure heart and the strictest integrity; a in the teeth ofthe foul imputation cast on i man on Avhom his native State has show, me, namely, that I despise or disapprove | ered all its honors. I have had the plea- ofthe feelings by which they were actu ated, that I think their motives as pure as mv own. And equally false is it charge these high individuals with having formed a cabal—(Cheers)—Upon my honour, continued the Right Honourable Gentle man, I neAer had any communication di rect or indirect with the late Lord Chancel lor until the day after he had resigned his office. The Right Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to p onounce a high encomium on the splendid military talents of the Duke of Wallington. I notv (said Mr. Peel,) retire from office with regret, but still with the conviction that no other course remained open for me Whilst in that office I believe I may appeal with confidence to the House for the truth of; James mv assertion, I did not neglect the op- —He sure of knowing this distinguished mat) from early life. He was a native of Vj r . ginia. As soon as he was eligible, lie was elected, a member ofthe House of Dele gates, and it happened to be in the session of 1798 when the Virginia resolutions * against the Alien and Sedition law were passed. Upon that occasion, he made a i speech, as young as he Avas, against the j Alien and sedition law, of such merit, that it was preserved by Mr. Jefferson and may now be found in the Library of Con gress. In the next year, 17S9, when Mr. Madison was pressed by men from all parts of Virginia, as Avell as in his own country, he declared it a condition upon which he would serve that this same Barbour should be his colleague. Avas elected Speaker of the portunity and the facilities Avhich it afford- j House of Delegates many years. He war ed me of rendering myself useful to my, then elested Governor of the State, and couutrv by effecting those reforms in its i it fell to his lot to serve as the Executive laws, and in the Administration, which I of the State during the war—a period full had recently the honour of bringing under | of peril, of labour, and difficulty. The the consideration of Parliament. And I j People of Virginia are Avitnesses to the en- do most solemnly declare, that the only; ergv'and promptitude of his conduct, of distinction and the sole honour Avhich I j the decided and important services he hoped or expected, from the exercises of rendered; it tvas at a time, too, as we all 9 any poor abilities, was, that it might be hereafter said of me, that I had thus ren dered myself useful to my country,— (Cheers—in Avhich Mr. Brougham loudly joined.) He had the satisfaction of re flecting that office Avas conducted by him in such a manner as called forth the thanks and gratitude of the country. He might in some respect have been illiberal and partial, but all must allow, that the duties of his situation imposed a very high and unusual responsibility upon him. lie had also the pleasure of reflecting, that there was no laAv in the Statute Book in his name, but had for its object the mitigation of the seA'eritv of the law - , and impartiality in the administration of justice.—(Hear.) During the severest trials Avhich the man ufacturing districts of this country had ever experienced, he meant those of the winters of the tivo last years, during which he had the Administration of the Home Office, he hoped they had no cause to attribute any inattention on bis part. He considered it his duty to maintain all the institutions of this kingdom, to which he Avas by early associations attached; and since some of them could without danger, admit of some temperate reformation, he would still exert himself for that purpose, the same as ho had endeavoured to do heretofore, & concluded by thanking the House, amidst loud cheers, which lasted for several minutes. THE ADMINISTRATION. Extract from the speech of Mr. F. Johnson, of Kentucky, delivered the lGtli of February', on the floor of Congress, on the subject of designating the change? Avhich have been made, and the causes of each change, in the publishing of the LaAvs, directed to be published in 1827. At the head of the Administration, is John Quincy Adams, President ofthe U. States—a man who is alike distinguished for his eminent talents, and long public services, at home and abroad. His name is connected with most ofthe great events of our country for the last thirty years; who, as a statesman, has no rival; as a patriot, no superior; a man Avho loves his country, and glories in its free institutions, and devotes his time and attention to pro moting and securing its best, its dearest, and its greatest interests ; a mail approach ing to the age of sixty, and growing grey in the service of his country'. He di vides aud employs his time with all the economy of Franklin ; his morality has all the austerity of the patriot, Samuel Ad ams; he possesses the purity aud self-de nial of Madison; and I do verily believe he is the plainest man that ever Avas Presi dent oi the United States. He is seldom seen out of his house except on foot, min gling with his fellow citizens and is then only to be distinguished by the humility of his deportment. The next is Henry Clay, Secretary of State. Need I speak of him in this Hall, the theatre of his noblest efforts? Shall I speak of him to the People of this nation? They are witnesses of his pub lic life for the last twenty years. His character requires not my eulogy; it is as far above my panegyrick, as it has proven to be beyond the reach of detraction, the assaults of malice, or the power of party. We have seen personal dislike and party violence, and disappointed ambition, in- Southard attracted the attention of his na- know, Avhen the country was depressed, and without money to carry on the war. He obtained money for the uses of his country, upon his own responsibility.— His ample fortune and himself were pledged to raise A200,000 for his country \ defence. Nearly tAvo millions passed through his hands, as Agent for the Go vernment, yet he was never a defaulter He has not asked, as others have dene, remuneration for his services, or indemnity for his responsibilities. His only aim ami his only desire Avas to be seniceable to his country, and, if I am not mistaken lie originated the School Fund Bill in 1809, which promises such benefits and renown to that ancient and respectable State.— From Governor of Virginia, he was elec ted to the Senate; and from there lie cam;* to the Head of the Department, over which he now so usefully and ably pre sides. Through all the conflicts of av;*i and of party violence, through which lie has had to pass, he mn\'ed an onward course, reiving upon the purity of hi> motives, and the poAver of his mind, and none have yet dared assail his reputation He always had the confidence and friend ship of Jefferson and Madison. Richard Rush is the Secretary of d:e Treasury'. He, too, is a man a In get her without reproach. Wherever lie has been known, he has been loved and respected. He has had long experience in public af fairs, which, added to his fine talents emi nently qualities h',m for t re-wflTice tic* now so eminently fills. lie is the son ol ; Revolutionary Patriot, avIio Avas not less distinguished for his republican course, than he Avas celebrated for his great ac quirements in the medical art. Mr. Rush, early in life, bad the confidence of that good and excellent Governor, Simon Snyder. Mr. Rush was Attorney Gene ral in Madison’s Administration. He was the close friend of Mr. Madison. The Democratic party of his native State, Pennsylvania, in looking around its nu merous and highly qualified and respecta ble sons, to present the nation one for pre ferment and promotion, singled out this man as the favorite, and he Avas unani mously' nominated by the Democratic Convention of that State, to be run again V. President, with Mr. Monroe, the la5 r of the Revolutionary Patriots. He Avas many years our Minister in London. In all the public stations be has filled, he has acquitted himself with credit and ability, and such is the purity of his private and public life, of his devotion to public prin ciples, and the love of his country, that the most malignant breath of slander has not been able to touch his reputation, or reproach him with a single act, even of in discretion. Samuel L. Southard is the Secretary of the NaA-y. He, too, is the son of a Revolutionary patriot, who carried his musket during the Revolutionary war, ami was one of that invincible and much cel ebrated corps, called the Jersey Blues, so well known, anil so eminently distinguish ed during the Revolution. That old pa triot has always been a true Republican. I had the honor of meeting him on this floor, where I heard him raise his voice in favor of Missouri; may he live long and enjoy the fruit of a well spent life. His son has inherited his virtues and Demo cratic principles. At an early age, Mr. f) ■ I ’ HS fluence, ability, &zeal, united to effect his destruction, We have seen a Jbmerous party, with a press at command,-Snd with great talent, marshalling their united for ces to break down a single man. *He was not unconscious of the danger, nor insen sible to the assault. He looked fearlesly on the storm that raged around him. But he stood unmoved, unhurt. A reliance on the justice of his countrymen; a belief that truth and reason will prevail over vi olence and faction, has armed him with a moral courage, that puts malignity at de fiance. He first entered the Senate ofthe United States in 1807; subsequently, he came to this House, over which he presi ded as Speaker the whole time he Avas here, except a part of one session. He wasselected by Mr. Madison to go upon the important mission of peace. He has been foremost in all the great measures of the country; he was the supporter of the war, and the minister of peace. He was the advocate of State Rights, and set tler of the Missouri question. He was the tive State of New Jersey ; he was placed on the Bench of her Supreme Court, as its Chief Justice ; from thence he was % transferred to the Senate of the U. States, and from thence he was placed by Mr. Monroe, at the head of the Department over which he presides. In every sta tion in which he has bedh placed, he bas proved himself worthy of the confidence and trust, and h is ably discharged the ^ ties incident to every office he has held. ' There is scarcely another instance in our *4 country of so young a man having filled Jj so many important offices. His character f| and deportment in public and private life fj are without reproach. - William Wirt, Attorney GenerJ— fg last by no means least. He, too, is a De mocrat of the Jefferson school; early in life he was a distinguished advocate of those who were prosecuted under the Se dition Law. Virginia was the theatre ol his active life—there he built up for him self a high reputation, he filled several important offices, bo was Judge of the