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fiijj{ fjR^SSr ’'vv.V-.u ^ >*J£j*£k’a SteSfc^$ ,;V •'• V^- f *<^ "-a: jJrMbvi iw fisbaa^aa^Vift^yiin »E.swaBsaan. .«««* >'Hft i KICK 3. PfcftL Ci-ir iiuiui. D-ily rupci-*...........Eight Dollars per annual. Country Paper... Sii Collars per annum rAYAain •o.^nrAurB 01, Ait news und new advertisements appear in bath papers. XD £/*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.” $£ightee nth Congress. m mmm vfffr; IP MaV5 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 . %• K