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£/*National Nomination. ,
^.t a meeting of the Democratic Mum-
hers ot Congress, in the Chamber of the
House of Representatives of the United
f States,' February 14, 1S24, th6 following
fis 'lutions were unanimously adopted*
Resorted, As the sense of this meeting,
that
H. CRAWFORD,
W Georgia, be recommended to the people
of the.Untied *Stues as a proper Candidate
for tiib office of President, and
ALBERT GALLATIN,
6r Pennsylvania, for the office of Vice Pre
sident, of the United States, for tour years
from the 4th of March, 1825.
a&^&SfHUiuW i
FRIDAY EVENING, Mir 14, IS24.
The editur of the Charleston Mercury, labors
hard tn hU paper of the lSih inst. to defend the
Conduct pursued by the President of the U S in
fetation to the Iridian question between the Cher
OkeCs And the State -,f Georgia. If we mistake
hot >t 6 observe the finger ot Mr. Calhoun in eve
ry line of the remark*.
The writer at tempts to prove that this atatfeha-.
ho right to the lands lor which she contend*; and
|a violent in hia abase of the representation from
Georgia. Now what are the facts > In December
last; the legislature of Georgia sent to the Chiel
Magistrate a memorial on the subject of the com
pact of 1802—(Aut mem-trial vat not laid before
Confret), but the President preferred to the le
gistative body a correspondence between the Se
cretary of War, and certain Cherok Chiefs, re
pugriant to the execution of the e apset. It is
piso demonstrated that President Monroe has neg
lected his o^cialduty in relation to the Subject
that the Secretary of tr.tr has imposed upon con
gress by a defective and defensive statement;thut
be has lost an important public document bearing
on the caset and that the Cherokee Chiefs, at
Washington, have been brought forward by the
President and Secretary of War, to assert a claim
. to Indian sovereignty, in opposition to the rights
of Georgia, and in justification of the President’s
negligence to fulfil the coinpact of 1802. Such a
condition of things, we believe, was never before
Witnessed in this country, and it remains to be
seen whether the other states of the union will
countenance theExecutivb in a course of conduct
which tnay teach some other President, a lesson
of insult and injury to every member of the con
federacy The report ef the committee speaks
in humane terms of civilising the Indians, and, as
the better method of permanently pursuing that
benevolent policy, they wish to remove them to
. other lands, the property of the United S'ates,
beyond the Gouts of Georgia, ts has been done in
other Instances by the general government,and to
locate them there in a proper manner?
The Mercury may distort the report of the com.
mittee us much as he pleases, but he will not be
enabled to proire that either Mr Monroe or Mr,
Calhoun bavfe acted towards Georgia with that
justice they should have done. Georgia has claim-
nothing more that) what she is entitled to. If
by the negligence of the -President, her right
brtvts been in jeopardy, it i» not her fault; and she
certainly ought not to be censured for firmly re.
ft castrating against an infringement of them.
The question of the next President, every day,
engages more the attention of the cootmuoitj.
There is one feature in the investigation that
claims especial consideration, that is the just dis
crimination between the civil and military preten.
(rfons of a candidate; when we niake that observe
tion, it will not be necessary to add that we have
Gen. Jackson in view. Gen. Jackson has render
ed great service to hia country; we are proud to
remember that we are among those who always
esteemed him, who defended him when many of
tho-e who now support him Would have had him
executed as a common malefactor, and We hope
we may always hold him and his military service*
in grateful remembrance. But lbe qualifications
for a civil Officer are very different from those
required in a military officer, and so distinct that
they are seldom united in the same person. Wash,
ington is an eiception and was a splendid example
of union of thtese qualifications. Such instances
seldom occur,and it would be madnes-To transfer
statesmen in the cabinet to the field, and it would
be less so to make every General;.who had dis
tinguished himself in the field; a statesman in the
cabinet, much less to hdvnnce him to the highest
fcivil station ih the gift'of the people. We have
been led to make these remarks from the firm be
Vtef that Mr. Crawford Is tbe man best calculated
to guide oUr political barque—and will unite in
hr -• solid column-, as did the illustrious Jeffersbn,
the democracy of this country. Besides the ad-
Wee of Gen. Jackson to Mr. Monfoe to divide his
cabinet between Federalists and Itepublicans, is
good reason why be Should not be supported by
the democratic party for the Presidency. This
amalgamation flystfeib has already nearly destroyed
the great republican fumily. When Gen. Jackson
tnade this proposition wr hsti just earned from a
War, hi whifch the Fcdertil party had thrown jev«,ry
obstacle in the way bf the Amerffiah cause; they
bud rejqjced at our defeats and piped at our vic
tories; they had driWb Hie line of distinction be
tween moral and constitutional trerton, and insult,
ingly announced to the world, that jt wfis unbe
coming a ftorat and religious' people' fo pr;iy for
Hie success, or rejo ice it the victories of our arena.
At such a period, the proposition to give to that
larty a full and equal -hare in the cabinet OF the
ualioh, displays a want of acquaintance with the
fee'ingt of the Republican party, \Ve speak with
feelings of t-espeet for Gen JaCksOn. hut had-the
proposition been made by Jefferson, or Madison
wc would be equally decisive itl Its reprobation
A sail boat having three or four persons on
board was upset during a-q<*all last evening,when
about ti mites from town; und immediately sunk
A boat some distance ahead went to their assis
lance, but discovered nothing except the mast of
the boat which was above the Water. The men
are supposed to be drowned—We hive not been
able to ascertain their names.
Col. D. I,. Ouxcn, of tbe U. S. At and family,
arrived at Pensacola on the 24th tilt, in the schr,
Eincline, from St. Marys.
Professor Olhstiad, of the University of North
Carolina; has ascertained that a fine illuminating
ga$ may be obtained from cotton seed, •
Thomas Jones, otherwise called John Robinson,
a colored man convioted of murder on board the
brig Holknr.nnd Josef l^erea, a Spaniard, convict
ed of piracy, were brought up before the U. 8.
circuit court at New York on the 2d inst. and sen
tenced to be hung on the llth of June next
Muj.Gen. Scott, ind suite, arrived at St Louts,
Mo, on the 15th ult. on hie way to Connell Bluffs.
We learn from tbe St. Louis paper, that mea
sures are taking lo strengthen our ports on the
southern nnd western fromi»r, by tilling the Com
nanies under Col. Aneorgig, and removing the
troop* from Fort Smith, to some eligible site near
the month of the Verdigris, and also by sending
two companies up the Red River, to establish a
post near the mouth of the fciamitia,who wjll keep
up a coil-tint communication with the Post, on
the Ar’ a-isas, bv a military route to be establish*
ed be 1 ween them.
W as a i bbt ob, May 6.
In the Senate, the Tariff Bill la ye’ on the ta
pis. With regard to ha ultimate fate, in a modifi
ed shape in tbe Senate, much is supposed to de
pend on the arrival of the new 8enator from Illi
nois, who is said to be daily expected.
In the House of Representatives, the bill to re-
luce into one the several seta regulating the Post
Office Establishment, has been taken up with an
earnestness, which aeem* to indipate a determina
tion logo Jjarough it.—Mar. Int.
We omitted, the other day, specially to advert
to the fact, that the bill, which had passed both
Houses of Congress, authorising certain Surveys
tod Estimates, for Roads nnd Canals, having re
ceivedthe signature of the President, ha* become
a l«w. This act is one by which the present Ses
sion of Congress will be remembered. The a
mount of expenditure, directly involved in it; is
indeed small, not greater probably than the actual
coat of the time employed by Congress in the dis
Cussion of it. The principle of it, however, is im
portant, it being the firat distinct and well under
stood legislative recognition of the right of the
General Government to appropriate money towards
objects of Internal Improvement. Our friends,
the Editors of the Enquirer, a few days ago, very
seriously, and, we have no doubt, very sincerely,
invoked the interpositidn of tbePresident.to avert
tbe evil consequences of this measure. For our -
selves, seeing nothing to fear, but much to hope,
from this beneficent measure, we take the liberty
to congratulate our readers on ita success. If it
be constitutional, and wise withal, and we have no
doubt it is both, to survey our coasts; our rivers,
bays, and adjacent islands, to build sea wall, Vc it
cannot be very pernicious to the public interest, to
endeavor to approximate the points of the interior,
now more widely separated thin if oceans inter-
vened- ib.
We observe that the New York Commercial
Advertiser disapproves of so much favor being
shown to the Beaumarchais Claim, aa that it shall
be beard, and is merry at our expense because we
suggested* as an argument in favor of a hearing of
the case, that the lady; who is the representative
of the original claimant, in pferSon solicits a deci
sion upon it That is ah argument, let the Ad
vertiser say wbat it will, why a decision should
not long be deferred. It would be a hardship,
certainly, if this respectable matron, the descend
ant of a valuable friend’to this country in ita days
of peril, were to be denied even an answer to her
application. It fa not her case alone, however, as
now presented. It is one in which the French
government has, at different limes, interested it
self; and which the President of the U. States, at
the instance of that government, has presented to
the consideration ofCongregs. Of tbe justice of
thi* claim, we bavie nfevfcr Spoken, it nfever having
fallen within our province to examine it j but the
Commercial Advertiser is mistaken in stating that,
“when it was last before Congress,” it was reject-
ed, &c. It has been favorably reported upon,
since the time to which that print refers; by seve
ral successive committees, whose unanimous lea-
timuny certainly bears favorably on the claim. Mr
Pitkin, we are told, was oppo»ed to it; but many
men, of whose purity and intelligence there can
be no question, have, after close investigation,
been its decided advocates. Tbe decision upon
It, whether favorable or adverse, is demanded
now, ii appears to ue, by considerations of justice,
as well as of feeling; by the respect due to the
express recommendation of the Executive, and,
we may add, to tbe interposition of the French
Government- by the respect which Congress
pwe3 to its own Committee, solemnly constituted
on the subject; and, finally, if the Commercial
Advertiser will allow us lo repeat it, by sympathy
for the estimable female, whose father was the
friend of America in the time of need, who haa
come to this land of strange vs, in pursuit of what
she has at least been taught to believe was her
rights—rJr. .
CHARLESTON, May 12.
From France.-*The ship Canova, Cap[
WbiTNEY, arrived at this port yesterday in
the short passage of 35 days from Havre,
but brought no papers.. We understand,
however, that nothing of a political nature
had transpired since our last accounts
Colton, it will be perceived, by ihe follow-
•OR extract ofa letter to a respectable house
in thteciiy, was improving.*
fix true t of a letter to a Coinmcrtial House
in this City, dated
f “HAVRE, Aprils
“ The Cotton Market was very firm. Wr
quqte Boweds 24 a 28 sous; and N. Qrleam,
28 a 34; Sea Island, 35 a 56 sous. You art
already advisud lhat our stuck was but 1436
bales on the 1st insu N 'thing new in Rico,
the curso is if j $l£ Exchange on Lon
don;. 25 25/ai 3 momtiii.”
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IN SENATE.
iS*® - as in committee of the whole; (Mr.
King, of Alabama, in the chair,) proceeded tn
consider the n -finished business of yesterduy, be
ing the bill from the House of Representatives,
“to amend the several acts for imposing duties on
imports.’*
Tito question was upon the amendment moved
by Mr, Elliott, on Monday last; tp strike out that
part of the bill which establishes toe winiirium for
the calculation of the duties on cotton cloth* ahd
cotton twin, yarn, or thread.
After some debate on this motion in which
Messra. Bell, Lloyd, of Mass D'Wolf, Mills, fifen
ton and Dickerson took part, Mr Eaton moved to
amend the bill, in the proviso respecting the mi
nimum on cotton goods, so aa to make the mini
mum of 35 cents per yard inapplicable to goods
which cost 15 cents, and less than that price* and
to leave those goods subiect only to the present
existing minimum of 25 cents per yard,
This motion gave riae to some cursory remarks,
S Messrs. Eaton, Lloyd, of Mass. Hay tie, Mills,
Ibot and Findlay.
Mr. Hayne moved to amend the amendment, by
extending It to goods * hich cost 20 cents. This
was not agreed to.
The question was then put on Mr. Eaton’s a-
mendment, ami decided in the negative.
Mr. Helmea, of Maine, then moved to amend
the bill, by reducing the minimum upon which
the duty on botton cloth is to be calculated, from
thirty five tents to thirty cents, per square yawl—
This amendment was agree*!; 28 members voting
in the affirmative; and. so the mbit mum on cotton
cloths was reduced to thirty cts;
The question was tbeo put on Mr Elliott’s mo
tion t . strike out all the proviso relative to tbe
minimum on cotton goods, an I decided in the ne
gative, by yens and nays, as follows t
YEA8i—Messrs, Baiber, Branch, Clayton, Elli
oti; Gatllafd, Hayne, Holmes, of Mb., Holmes of
Mias. H Johhson of La* J S Johnson of La. Kelly,
King of Ala. King of N. Y. Lloyd of Md Lloyd of
Mass. Macon; Milla, Parrot, Smith, Taylor of Va
Van Dyke, Wore, Williams—23;
NAYS —Messrs. Barton, Beil, Benton, Brown,
Chandler, D'Wolf, Dickerson, Eaton, EdVranh,
Findlay, luck-on, Johnson of Ken. Knight, Lan
man, Lowrir, Mciivaine, Noble, Palmer, Kugglct-,
Seymour, Talbot, Taylor of lad. Thonrtas,Van Bn
ren—24.
So the Senate refused to strikeout the minimum
on colton cloths, and cotton twist, yarn or thread
Mr. Holmes, of Maine, th „n moved to ntnen:
the bill by striking out from it the following
clause s “On all foreign* distilled spirits, lift el>
per centum upon the duties now imposed by law,
and in addition thereto.”
Mr llolmca spoke lirii fly in support of bis -.<-
mendment; w, also, did Mr Lloyd; of Mass. I-
was opposed by Meksrs. Talbot an I Findlay. Tin
uestion Upon the amendment was then put; an
rcided in tbe ajlrniutive, by Yeas and Nays, s
follows:
YEAS.—Messrs, Barbour, Bell, Branch, Chan
dler, Clayton, Elliott, Gail urd, Hayne, Helmet.
Me Holmes of Miss II Johnson, Louis. J S Job-
son of Loui» Kelly, King of Alnb King of V. \.
KTight, L. Jiman, Lloyd, of Mass Lnwrie, Macon,
Mills, Parrot, Seym .ur, Smith, Thomas, VanDyke
Ware, Williams—2^,
NAYS.—Messrs. Burton, Benton, Brown, D>
Wolf! Dickerson, Edwards, Findlay, Jackson,
Johnson, Johnson of Ky. Lloyd of Md. Mcllvaint
Noble, Palmer, Talbot, Taylor of lnd. Taylor o
Va. Van Buren—18.
So the proposed duty on foreign distilled spr.
its was stricken out.
Mr. Smith then moved to amend the bill, b
trikihg out. die clause which imposes duties <■
unmanufactured wool; and
Then the Senate adjourned,
[No business of particular intereot was transac *
ed in the House of Representatives,]
Washington Re/iu6lican.—Mr Calhoun’?
paper under this title (a paper which ha'
been the fruitful source of mischief,divisioi
and strife atWashington) says, "that the me
mortal ofM ('Edwards has stricken terror and
dismay into the ranks of the radical party
Our information gives a diff rent colouring
to the impressions produced by the flying
ambassador.' Mr Crawford iecls perfectly
tranquil on the subject, reposing with con
scious dignity upon the purity of his chat
acter and the integrity of his public life.—
courting inquiry in every shape, and anx
ious that the charges, whatever they may
be, should be fully investigated. It is fur
ther rumoured that ttie President has been
beard to say, that if he had known that Mr
E. was the author of the A B papers, he
would not have nominated him as minister
to Mexico* Such a declaration, publicly
made, would make some triands to thr
President whose good opinion is worth ac
qutring;
That the friends of Mr Crawford,and nu
merous they are, as events will show, feel
indignant and express themselves in a re
proachful manner towards this Mr E. can
not be denied, and their indignation is
heightened from the Very conviction of the
innocence of Mi* Crawford, and that a
suberserviceable finical knave should be,
clothed with power and office, and with
falsehood marked upon his forehead, pre-
"milted to assail the integrity of one of the
most distinguished citizens in the republic.
Tht time and manner in which these char
ges are renewed were intended by their au
thor to produce effect. He bad it amply in
his power several months ago to produce
his changes, Jiut a speedy report would
have been the resalt,and he would not have
been permitted to pocket £18,000 of the
people’s money.
Although Mr E. can never come into
court with clean hands,yet the friends of Mr
Crawford are determined to consider him
in this case as worthy of belief,with tbe sole
View ot probing the matter, and giving
great force and brilliancy to the triumph of
honesty over corruptions for surely no man
has, in thta country, been so assailed by the
minions of power, the ambitious for office,
or the hungry expectants of patronage
and court favor. Private worth and public
opinion will give him his triumph over
these conspiracies.—AW. Ad-ih
We learn from the best authority, that
should the Senator from Illinois (iti. the
place of Mr. Edwards) get to hi’s scat in
time to vote up< n the Tariff, i»o as tq make
a lie, the vote of the Vice President will,be-
yotul doubt, be given against ihe bill.
Aorf. Her.
We learn from Penaacola that Com. Belooue,
of the Colombian squadron, was about to proceed
to Now Orleana,for tbe purpose ol consulting the
Spanish consul, as to the disposition of his prison
era; it being his wish to obtain a cartel to convey,
them to Havana. ,
tfri-rh ihe fcttkrior.d &njiihv?.
W-' No.J
FOIJTIriAL S( UKMBUS—HARD TIMES.
Tariff' Bill— Independence of Foreign Nations
I have heretofore taken the liberty of
saying* that the pretexts for the Tariff bill
appear to me to bo flimsy,' visionary, un*
founded, and manji of them ridiculous. I
will now briefly examine one of these pre
texts, which seems to me to be the basts ol mems,' happiness, and the *im Wl ' C,I W
all the rest—indeed, all those which have of the human intellect.
branched forth from the'-parent stock, I
think, felo de se i I shall therefore IcaVu
them, at this time, to their own self des
truction, or to the destruction of the anta
gonist arguments ol others. Tbe ultimate
object of the Tariff bill is avowed to be, to
render the United States independent of
foreign nations- It would bo impossible to
tell, how oilen this plirase has been usher
ed forth in the newspapers, within the last
thtee or four years; and at this moment,
am as much at a loss to eoraprehehd the
prfcci e meaning, intended to be conveyed
by it, »i the precise’ object intended to be
described by it, as if I had never seen it at
all. According to my understanding, there
is as little definite meaning or object attach,
ed to this phrase, as to any other, ot the
same number of words, in the English bin-*
guage. I must presume that the phraseolo
gists know themselves what they m an by
it j but as I do not, I beg leave to state my
own difficulties in that respect; the more
especially as most polemic discussions are
found to depend rather upon the want of
affixing some precise definite meaning to
the terms used in such discussions, than
upon, ihe results from th? premises ufter
their precise meaning shall be ascertained
and kgreed Upon The phrase, "iiulepen
dent of foreign nations,” I presume, is in
tended to describe some stato of relation
between the United States and foreign na
tions; but what that precise definite state
ol relation is, I cannot comprehend from
(he term itself The term “independence”
is a word of relation. Do the Tariff schem-
«i s mean by the phrase, “independent of
foreign nations,’ a positive or relative indc
pendence of foreign nations? If they mea-
a relative independence, how near do thc>
mean to approach to a positive indepen
lence? If they mean a positive indepen
-fence, I then pronounce, that it is neither
attainable or dosirablc. If they mean a re-
>-»tiye independence then I assert, that the
United States do at this time possess ail
■nilutary relative independence ol foreign
nations. If theydotiotj Ihe Tariff would
mt have the least tendency to produce it;
•ut might, amt probably would, tend to les
nn the existing independence.
In this world, there is scarcely any tiimg
-jositive. It is a world of relations anti de
pendencies. Thta system of relation and de
jendence is seen throughout all nature. It
is seen, as well in regard to national us in
lividual relations and dependence. The
-treat principle of creation is founded in the
sexual system. In the relations of indivi
dual life, the sexes are made dependent on
tch othdr for mutual happiness. In in
fancy, the child is made dependent upon the
parent; and in old age the parent upon the
- hild. There are also relative degrees of
dependence throughout all social und <jo-
•nestic life. The same principle of relation
md dependence will be found throughout
dl scenes of business. ' The consumer de
pends upon the merchant to supply his
wants of foreign goods; the merchant de
pends upon the consumer, either, for mo
ney or other goods in exchange. This sys
tern will be found to pervade all callings
and conditions in individual life. To be
positively independent in private life, what
would be necessary for an individual to do?
He must be his own former to raise his own
grain; his own miller to grind it; his own
cook to bake it, before he could get a piece
ot bread in his mouth;, he must be hta own
grazier, his own butcher, and hisowp cook,
before he Could get a piece of meat ih his
mouth; and before he could get' a pair of
shoes on his feet, he must add the occupa
tions of tanner and shoemaker. Besides, he
must make all the cools and implements of
all his'variegated occupations, Through
out his whole long catalogue of wants he
must observe the same process, to supply
each particular want. Upon supplying
himself, with his owtt hands, with the whole
of his wants, he would then,'and hot till then,
be a positively independent gentleman. But
while this process, if practicable. Would ren
der him positively indepepdeht oF all other
creatures, it would render him the most pos*
itive dependent slave upon himself.—Ac?
cording to the doctrine of positive indepen
dence in private life, a gentleman with his
pocket astru’. with cash, would be depen
dent upon his tailor, hisshoerhaker, 8tc 8cc.
and the old notion of a gentleman of inde
pendent fortune must be abandoned alto
gether. Heretofore it has been understood,
that, when a gentleman has money enough
to pay for all his wants, he is independent ;
not that he is positively sop but.,relatively
so. However wealthy a man may be, he
is dependent upon the tailor for his coat,
upon the shoemaker for his shoes, and .so
on to tne extent of,all his wants, but "’the
furnishers of these wants are-dependent up
on him for his money. This mutuality of
dependence neutralizes its effects, and pro
duces a relative independence, which is all
the independence that is practicable, ol- de
sirable, amongst mankind in private fife.—
1 he same principles will be found to extend,
and apply in full force,' to the family of pa
lions. It has pleased the omnipotent Au
thor of creation to form this world with dif
ferent climates, different soils, different pro
duct joqs, and a vaneify of other differences.
Onemation produces more W a particular
article, suited to the use’apd enjoyment of
man, thap it wants for its oWn use; another
nation produces more of another article of
u different kind, than it *ants for its own
use; an exchange of each surplus produc
tion, therefore, becomes necessary for mu
tual accommodation. Hence the founda
tion of foreign commerce. For this purpose,
God has separated continents and islands,
by elements of fluids, and endowed man
with skill for navigating them; bdt ho has
not seen fit tp bestow on any one nation ev-
" r Wch was necessary or convene
ent for all Us own wants; t ; uism ,,
oibly dcnvmstraies Ins tlesirfh ih-i, ^
al intercubrse amongst natffi, Xulrfffi
place;—orin other.words, that -
snould exist amongst mankind. n
instance has God’s infinite goodne,??]
( Wiadom been more manifest, u, an i n IT
sing these mutual obligations and fl'LS
ties upon mankind, for their ow^ 1 den ‘
ll£ »PPincss, and the ioiproi
human intellect. Thr 0 U| 7°‘"
mcrce the greatest blessings £ C K ° m '
translerred from one nation to a „ n ?, bL ‘ cn
Letters fron. Phenicia; the marine -
pass from Genoa; printing from p L0ID ’
ny: seeds of various kinds h.\tn lin , ma '
try to another: improvements in ih„ C f Un 'l
agricultural and mechanic H
the intellectual endowments of ti,! k D al1
mind, Rc. In all these respects
States have derived more benefit B u ‘
merce, than haa fallen to the lot „/!! fiom *
thor modern nation. They
greatly blessed too in their own
producuons-^but it has not ole a !ft tt V
to bless them with every thing useful
necessary to the enjoyment of niatSSS
have not been rendered positively
pendent of all other nations.
ure two articles, amongst others lo t
are deemed highly desirable amoniSS
mankind, with which.,hey have bcciy
sparingly sup phed—gold and silver. Pef
haps however, the Tariff schema mil’
rely upon ihe omnipotence of their schemes
for diverting labor from its natural 2
artificial channels, to force a sufficient s !!
ply ot gold at least from tbe imn“ ofNuX
Carolina—or they might conclude, Z
gold and stiver were not wanted for ant
CkL'sSsr’
If gold and silver ore not to be expune.
ed from our catalogue of wsnt»; then no-
smve independence ts nnt attainable to die
U. S. Until the 1 ariff schemers turn al- <
chyrtfists, and shall make gold and silver I
->ut ol any thing or nothing, they cannot!
rentier the U. S. positively independent
uf foreign nations In regard to relative
independence, the .U-.s stand upon high!
gr-uqd in their intercourse with foreign
nutions—and will continue to do so, until
they throw away the abundance of good
things which their God has most’bound*
fully bestowed upon them. He has given
them climates, and soils suited to the pro.
duction of wheat, fcotton, and tobacco, t-
mong many other good things. These «.
tides are wanted io other countries, and
if the U- S- will out refuse a fair inlerchanp
of the surplus of these good things, fur tbe
surplus of the good things produced™
other countries, which.are wanted here, ii
will always insure to the U. B. a salulat]
relative independence ol foreign natims.
I should not led at ali dependant upoal
foreign nations for oiy«' gold nnd silver to
long as the nations which have hem shill
indulge the appetite -lor our flour anrttJ
bacco, and a taste for 'the articles produ*J
ced by our cotton; and sorlong as the po-l
litical schemes of the U 8 should Ibis J
them to their natural effects; & shouMaotj
drive back the gold and silver by tkicl
banking institutions or by other ruitml
schemes. 1
Thu U. S. have heretofore claimed pu-l
eminent ground in their relative imercoum
with foreign nations. They oossess a thin,
act've population—a fertile and unoccupied
soil—subsistence in abundance. Their
surplus production consist of raw materials,
in great demand in foreign nations—whilst
in most other countries, the. population ill
crowded—there ais more hands than cm.
ployment—the subsistence scanty; and our
Taw materials wanted to aid in giving cm-1
ployment to theaurplur’hadds These cir-l
cumstances, if not impeded in their natunll
operations, could not fail to place the U.S.I
on'vantage ground in their relations with I
foreign nations.
A few months ago, I could not help com
eluding, that the pretention to a relative
salutary independence -n the nartoflhe Cl,
States would unquestionable have found an
authority in Mr Speaker, of the House of I
Representatvcs, which would have been ir-1
resistible in its influence with a majorin' fl
that H >use. When I contemplated Mcl
Speaker, with his Briarian hands, and fan-1
Cied him engaged in delivering his inluria-l
ted Greek speech; with one hand battering I
down the Constitution of the United States I
—another battering d;*wn state rights,save*
only the Kentucky non resident and relief I
laws—a third beautifying the United States fl
with internal improvements—-a fourth I
spread over Mexico, and all South Anicri-I
ca—a fifth stretched forth to European I
Gieecc; a sixth' with qne Ittie finger,poi"j*I
ingto Africa, Mcaburado—a seventh ™ I
the forefinger pointing to the ? Pacific—I
mouth of Columbia—and with all thfe « st I
busily engaged in unsheathing to the_vica|
of trembling astonished Europe,one nil"* 011 1
of glittering American bayoneis, kc. « c -l
I thought,that Mr Speaker-must be buoje I
up with the hope, and even deluded withto l
belief, that the United States were P° S, “ V ®JI
ly independent of jjje whole world—in« £ “I
more, that the destinies oF the whole w® 11 I
were at their command. Could it b ?!J
been expectedl can u be credited! 'h 0 ! w ''. ( I
in- ope month afier Mr Speaker; w *. |
gigantic, appalling attitude, had ? elat > h l
ance one hundred and fifty millions Q»
most potent people upop eartn, W" 1
would advocate the most, despotic v 11 .
upon the ground, tliat tbe.U. 8* wcr f| ,^1
blessed with even, a common saluwijj I
pendanceof foroigq.nations!! .That M
were in such a state, of dependancci^ ,1
ball forth all the qnergios of his mind I
gislate them ifiiofo atate ef rclal1 ''® ho J
pendanceilf-Dependant foo, u P un v J; one .l
or lipbn wha.ti!] ’ Upon .this very B P I
he had jilsifrightedoutilj.its w,t3 .'‘ ' r ! ca „|
million ol unstfoatlidd,-.gjtucn n (J A ,. J
bayonets!!! Yet arc tlic&e strange I
now before util A-gTeat man—-a 1 . ^1
—above all a Pi-esitlcnt, should I# I
with fuculticsol forethought a,l(1 c " j g fl
cy.. Not only an onion t acor-'l
action in each particular rticaetM^; ' .
sisleni-y and coniinniry ol ,,, ° 1 rh i flu
jer jn all*hi» ftiea^urtis,' ,.,j iffd/d
byre? are tj(0t:- theSo tv.a v ‘ I
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