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REMARKS OK HR. COBB OK f.KOUEIA,
On liii proposition to ntrtend the con
stitution of the United States, by declar
ing that “ No Senator or Representative
in the Congress of the U. States shall,
during t ie time for which ho was eloct-
ed, or within one year thereafter, he ap
pointed to any civil oliice under the au
thority of the United States
Mr. Chairman : Having had the honor
to he the mover of this resolution, it
will, no doubt, he expected, that I should
support its propriety by a few remarks.
Yet, in favor of a measure so plain in it-
self, and founded upon principles now
so familiar and well understood as to
have assumed the nature of undeniable ax
ioms in all free governments ; little ori
ginal matter can he urged, without ex
tending my views into particulars in
which perhaps I ought not to be tolera
ted. Nor am I so vain as to believe that
1 possess the talent of giving to an old ar
gument a new dress, which w ill make it
appear more attractive. The proposed
amendment of the constitution is not a
novel one. More than once heretofore
its principle has been brought to the con
sideration of the nation. It was discuss
ed in the federal convention ; and, at a
later period, it has been renewed upon
the floor of Congress, in a sl.apc not dif
fering materially from the one in which
it is now presented. In both instan-es,
and especially the latter, it seems to
have been well received; nod yet w,
rejected, for i .loses not nor.- co:y to b
triced or understood. Upon each of
these occasions, it was supported with
tin ability to which I make no pretensi
on*. The principal arguments urged on
the last have been preserved, and I have
no hope of adding to their number, their
Strength or their beauty.
The proposition, as submitted, is very
general in its nature. I made it so. de
signedly, that the committee might not
be forced, in their deliberations, io con
fine their attention to a single insulated
point; hut that, after a full and free
discussion, it might receive such amend
ments and modifications as will make it
best answer the purposes, for which it
is intended. It is now, in stilistance, &
almost in the very worJs, in which it
was proposed by two nt the states (Vir
ginia and New-York) at the time of their
ratification of the constitution. There
is one amendment which I (hall myself
offer before I take my seat ; hut it is
such an one as I hope will not be unac
ceptable to the friends of the motion.—
Yet I hope that the measure will not be
smothered in its birth, by tbe kindness
of its friends, in vainly attempting to
give it too great a degree of perfection.
The object of the motion will be obi i-
oos. It is, to sccuremore effectually the
independence of the Legislative branch
of the government. Ilow very desirable
it is, that those who arc the immediate
representatives of the people—“ the
guardians of the sword and the purse 1 '
of the nation, and to whom are confided
the preservation of the constitution itself,
should lie placed above all control, save
that of their responsibility to their con
stituents, and the honest dictates ol their
Own conscience, is a point that all will
concede, and rcq'tlrci no argument to
prove
The separation of the great Depart
ments of tbe government, to wit: the
Legislative, the Executive and Judiciary,
und the independence of each, hut espe
cially the first, has become un uiideiiia-
bb> principle. It is, indeed, the basis ot
liberty, and is now received at one ot
thosepolitical trmsiws so engrafted upon
the very na. ire of free governments, as
that they cease to bo free without it.—
The am ilgamation of these Departments
into whatever hands, (whether one or
jko hundred, is immaterial,; has been
aptly given, by the authors of the fede
ralist, and others, as a correct definition
of despotism. If, of the three, any one
ought to be placed above the influence
of the others, it is the Legislature ; for,
upon this branch depends every thing.
It emanates from the source of all pow
er—the people. It is composed of those
by whom the interests, the wishes, and
the circumstances of the nation are pre
sumed to he best understood. I am tar
from contending that they shnuldbe pla
ced beyond all control. The Legi-lature
may err; ami therefore a check has
been provided by the creation of the o-
ther two Departments,not dependant up
on the Legislature for the girt or tenure
of their otliCM. Against this constitu
tional cheek upon Legislative excess, 1
urge nothing. My wish is to prevent an
unconstitutional and illicit control upon
the legitimate exercise of Legislatiic
will and opinion ; to increase, and ren
der permanent and safe. that confidence
in those to whom are entrusted the mo-t
important interests of the people, which
constitutes the “ strength of the got em
inent.” So long ;tlie“e shall he placed
above all influent/except that of their
own virtue and .trlligence, all will be
sale. Rut. if cifthey become ‘* iden-
lilieil with the <fl of the Executive,”
and the submis-a servants of bis wish
es, whether hymen corruption, or the
mote concealciinstriimciitality of the
distribution of fees and honor", “ the
‘pint of liberty* gone its form will
scarcely remaigaml the whole marhi
ncry of govermerit becomes a feeble Jk
nerveless mas tlie spo"t of intrigue and
ambition, and lie curse of tbe nation.
In our govcRment, and indeed in eve
ry other in with (his separation of the
lepartnieuts pnstitutes a principle, that
branch into -hicli their consolidation i*
most to hoipprehciideu is the one in
which the jdver of nomination to oflice
is vested. ; is a prodigious engine, and
if skilfully ised, can be wielded to the
utter probation of those virtues that
givedignif to the citizen. Even where
the othei/dcpartmcnts are placed be
yond its Bach, it is sufficiently fearful in
its operaons upon the great body ofth*
peopleJtid Cannot, therefore, he watch
ed witLtoo much jealousy.
Undpr the Federal Constitution, tki*
dreadid instrument is confided to the,
handsof the Executive, subject to rery
little Restraint. I say very little restraint
heciffse the Senate intended to stmtrol
it idthin proper bound*, is itfclf left
w itfiin the sphere of it* influence ; and I
sli/ll not be guilty of the foll v of admit
ting that there is to lie found jkt that bo
dy a degree of integrity greater than
|£rvades this house, or life nation at
large, or that it i* in any Wanner better
protected against the danger ot'corrup
tion.
A glance at the Official Register, pla
ced during the present session on our
desks, will afford ampU cause ol jealou
sy of the patronage tins placcu io t!..
gift of the Executive. It forms a volume
of about two hundred and tw enty page*,
in a small print, anibcontnining but little
else than the name/ and salaries of tin
officers appointed, tfirectly or indirectly,
by the President What is the amount
of salary annually paid to this long list of
oflicerg I have never pretended to cal
culate, nor do I know that it would re
ward the curiosity of him who should
undertake the task. Judging frc-n the
declaration of ethers, heretofore mad.-.
I should presume that the aggregate
sum, inclusive of (he. post office estab
lishment. would be little, if any thing,
short often millions of dollars. If this
prodigious sum is nt all limes disbursed
iiir the public interests alone, it will in
deed he fortunate fur the nation. Rut it
is not difficult to conceive tin- possibility
of its being used for the worst purpo
ses.*
We shall have profited but little by
revelation, history, or our observa’ions
upon mankind, if wc are now blind to
human frailty. In all ages, and i’l all
governments, man has ever shown him
self to be the * tine yielding victim of
temptation. That the citizens of our
own country are the most virtuous and
enlightened of an v upon the face of the
earth, and our own form of government
the most perfectly adapted to prom ite
their happiness, are sentiments flatter
ing to our pride, and which we shall
most reluctantly yield. Such sentiment*
are worthy of being cherished, and all
our political measures should aim it
tliei preservation. They w ill imper-
ceptiblv outer into our national charac
ter, mid eventually contribute much to
give rtality.io that which, at one time,
had much the appearance of .affectation.
1 hope 1 shall he the last to destroy them,
even were they illusions. Rut, let us
not he misled by our faith in this virtue
and perfection. Let us not forget that
the citizens cl pur country are, at last,:
hut men, the issue of a depraved stock,
und that, consequently, our government
may not prove to be incorruptible. It
we have any real cause to boast, it is,
not that we are perfect, but that we are
not so corrupted as other nations. I o 'is,
as to the people of all other countries, the
love of honors and distinctions is so grim
as Io appear natural, nml our sacIIlice*
of principle will be proportioned to our
desires to obtain them, lienee the ea
gerness manifested in their pursuit. Let
us not flatter ourselves that a scat upon
this floor will defend us against tho con
tagion of this universal desire. Wc are
no better, perhaps, after a short period,
not so good, a* those by whom wc are
sent. We ho ist no grenter peiferuou,
we passthrough no ordeal by which our
integrity is more relined. Indeed, it
will be wonderful if we are not less se
cure from contamination than o ir con*ti-
tueins. Placed jot at the great foun
tain ; daily witnesses ot the profuse ,ii*-
- Ill the M - .|,HI ul lUlO-ll, a repfi "»in;UivC
in (’ongri-ss from M.is-arliuxctl* -latr,| (upon
wlint authority i* not known, unless it In- uctu-
it! (-Hti-iilntion) licit then- wns -* luinaaliy div
trihtik il, from the -rest dcpartim-nlx, an a nomil
not less I lias J5,*«>,<(»', unit fr.ua lh. jhi.I-oI
lii i- ntibliMunent not I.-, than J-Uanj,- on, u.o
king nn agrrei-nle of tfltVXm.WS'. l,r
Sieved Ihnt this calculation was intend -1 to cm
bmee vstar'ui unit emoluments only. Wli.-iiier
correct or not i- not known , toil Uiisi. rriSiiir.
(tint neither the number or finoh mi a ef nth-
cerv hava undergone any dimrtin'ioa lintc that
I lo.Oo,
tribution of official favors ; observers of
the dignity and consequence acquired by
the fort mate solicitor, and the rapid and
advantageous change made in his style
and appearance ; il would afford an un
exampled test of disinterestedness, if our
desires were not increased to run the
same glorious race, when the prize is
importance mid fortune, and the only
price required in a proper degree of sub-
s ereienre. The proposed amendment
will go very far to check this inordinate
passion, by removing the temptation
“ I'lace. it out of the power of the Execu
tive to buy in.” •ml by the same opera
tion “ '.ve shall place it out of our own
power to be bought." In uttering thc-e
scntisients, I set up uo pretensions to
peculiar integrity. It may be that I
should prove not more inaccessible than
oilier men. I know not what efl'ect such
a temptation might make upon me. I
esn only say that it has not been presen
ted, and I have not sought it.
I therefore advance the opinion that
office-hunting pervades the nation, anti
that even in this House it is to lie found.
The means of success has become mi
much a matter of regular science, that
the candidate for favor is distinguisha
ble without difficulty, by his conduct.—
If indeed the members of the national
legislature could he withdrawn from the
rood that year after year infests this ci
ty, the danger would he lessened. Rut
the appointment of these is a growing
practice. To quote instances would he
unprofitable, perhaps an invidious
task. We have only to tax our recol
lection in a silent manner, and cases will
uise by tho dozen. By proceeding in
this manner, a friend and miself have
pointed to the appointment of twelv e
Senators, and about double that number
of Representatives, tu offices of one kind
or Niulliei, and probably these do not
or?** Inti
The enquiry would not prove tmprn-
iiue, to examine with *0100 semtinv
into the political opinions of such as have
received appointments under the seve
ral adiniui-trations of this government.
I think it would result in an acknowl
edgement, that with very few exceptions
they will prove to have been the uni
form friends and admirers of the execu
tive magistrate at whose hands promo
tion was received ; and that, in mo-t of
the cases, it was bestowed after a course
of the warmest support ef llieir favored
chief. Cannot our men urii - at this time
furnish many of us with cases of this
kind.’ Hare none of us observed, from
conduct sufficient to lenvo n> doubt up
on tho mind, instances of servility undt r
the mask of affected independence ? Can
we remember no solicitations bv, and
recommendations given to, members of
Congress? Have we never heart "fa
wish to obtain 1 seat first upon this floor,
and thence a promotion (a the Senate a*
bringing them nearer to the o'ljecl of
(heir desires, by a kind of regular march
to tLo summit of lienor ? In short, ran
we remember no appnintmentsjjeing ac
tually made of these imnoi tuuito solici
tor*? Short as has been my iiulilx- life.
I have thought tli it I have witnessed
something of this kind.
To suppose, then, a seat in Congress,
and the responsibility of tli - member to
his constituents, are t-flectu.il harrier- a-
gaiust corruption, is reiving too much up
on a perfection, that experience contra-
di' ts. As 1 have said, it only brings ns
within view of tho tempting bait. The
clause in the federal constitution, to
which the amendment mar - particularly
attaches, is itself founded upon the pos
sibility of corruption in the legislature.
Its defect is, as I will hereafter attempt
to shew, that it docs not provide .1 sutli-
cicnt guard against it.
The history of this government points
to the necessity of this amendment. From
this we know that, in times p 1st, tho spi
rit of party has run into extremes in
search of office* and dignified stations.
We have heard of the creation of offi-e-
hv an expiring faction, just sinking under
public indignation, to be fille I by them
selves or their fri -ml*, in the hope of yet
retaining power in some ol the depot
ments of government. Nay, the time
lias been when the executive has been
reduced to great difficulties by being for
ced to choose between two legislative
frieiiJs, in search of tbe same nomination.
And here I do not »i*h tw be understood
as hinting that there have been open ca
ses of bnrgaiu between the executive and
an individual for office. I know ol no
such case ; and if l did, prudence would
induce me to fm bear mentioning it —
Rut, when the executive can give, aud
the individual wishes to receive, there
are a thousand ways in which matters
can be understood, and vet never a vvord
spoken. In cases of till- kind the execu
tive is certain to lose one Iriend, it he
appoints cither, and, if he refuse* both,
he forfeits the support of both. By the
adoption of the proposed amendment of
the constitution, all these evils and ditli-
cultiea will he prevented. It vvill do
more ; it will afford to our constituents
the best possible evidence of the purity
of our motives and regard fur their inte
rest*, unconnected with selfish conside
rations.
It may bo urged that, if the amend
mentis adopted, it will abridge the rights
ot the representative, by debarring him
from that to which every citizen in the
republic is entitled to aspire. Thi
would indeed be the case for a certain
term, to wit: “ during the time for w hicli
he was elected.” Rut, if it is believed
that, to secure the purity of legislation,
such an abridgement of right is proper,
then the representative has no right to
complain after hr (I1.1II hav e contented
to take upon him the legislative function,
with a knowledge of such a provision in
the constitution.
A more common argument against it
is, that it will place beyond attainment
the best talents of the country ; for (hat
those can only he developed on the floor
of Congress. Whatever weight such an
>hjeet might have had in the early his
tory uf the nation, il Ins now very little.
At thi* day oliice* can he a* well filled
out of, a* in, Congress. The very e-
qual distribution of property throughout
the country, (w hen compared with what
it i* in other countries) and the very few
splendid fortunes owned by those who
have li.nl seats in cither house of Con
gress, united with other causes, among
which live free and frequent exercises 0/
the elective franchise miv be stated,
have produced, and will continue to pro
duce, a rapid change in tbe members ol
the lcgi*lature. I have not observ ed tlv.it
tlmsc n ho have retired, are le*« worthy,
or less wise, than those who have suc
ceeded them.
As before hinted, the constitution doc*
not now provide a sufficient guard against
the exercise ol executive influence upon
the deliberations of Congress. At pre
sent its only provision upon the subject
is, that “ No Senator or Representative
sii ill during the time for w hich tic wa*
elected, be appoinied to any civil olfici
un lor the authority ol the United state*,
which shall have neen created, tL-
eniolutnents u hereof shill have been iri-
cre,i-od during such time : amt no poi
son, holding anv oflice under the United
States, -hill be .1 member of cither lie ise
during Ins contin i.anco in olli e.” Her
the evil anticipated, and against tvhi.-l.
provision -vax made, was the multiplica
tion of offices, and the exorbitancy of sa
laries. I'be clause does not ohstruc
members from obtaining offices previous
ly created, and with the sal tries of which
they may be satisfied. What is the iiism-
berof tlio«e 1 have before hinted. Th.V
we ca.-i move within their tempting vor
tex with less danger to our integrity III in
iv mid arise from the open creation ol
oflice for our own benefit, is scarcely
credible. In truth, the proposed amend
ment is necessary to the perfection ol
the clause read. It is true that, to cre
ate a perfect guard ag tins! all corrupt
motives in legislation, i* not possible :
for instance, it n possible a man might
ic swerved from coriert conduit hv the
wish to obtain offices for hi* relatives.—
In sin li ca*. * we k.i hv not where to st.i|>.
At what degree <d rol .tionship shall thi-
tlrsirc he said to erase ! The question
admi's of no certain answer. But it i
not difficult to provide s yvinst M-lfe-i.
temptation* ; and, when tin* is effected,
we shall have done much.
The amendment as proposed ha* one
lefi-ct. It does not defeat tin: possibility
if obtaining appointments at the in-unent
of retiring from Congress. Between ap
pointments wlnle a men.bet, and at the
moment ut ce witi. to be so, there is lit
tle difference, i lie evil, if any, is as
great in tho one case n.s in the other, it
bestowed a* the reward ef obedience to
executive will. There should, there
fore, be a period fixed within which the
member may again mix with the great
m iss ofthe people, before bis eligibility
to office i* restored. R .ring this term,
Ins capacity and quulifi- .turns will be
undergoing a process of probation and re
finement. If possessed of neither talent*
or integrity, he will sink into olecurilv,
the world forgetting, and In the world
forgot.” If, on the contrary, he du-s
po*.*e.*s them, like the Rom in, he vvill be
invited again frot:i his retreat, and drawn
into the service of his country. I shall
therefore propose to amend the resolu
tion, by inserting the word* “ or within
nne year thereafter.’’
Before taking my seat, for the purpose
of giving all the information I ran upon
a subject of so mnch cousequonre, I will
advert to the attempts heretofirc made
for a similar principle as that under con
sideration. In the Federal Convention,
asimilir clause was eaiU introduced, as
well in the project submitted by Mr. Ran
dolph, of Virginia, as in that of an honor-
aide gentleman from South ( arohnn, now
a member of this House (Mr. Rinckney.)
Notwithstanding the various modifications
and revision* of the Constitution, m that
body, before its final adoption in its pre
«ent shape, this clause wa* retained un
til almost it- 1 i*t reading. In the ratifi
cation of the Constitution by the states
of New-York and Virginia, an-l perhaps
by some other “latos, it was recommend
ed as one of the aini-nilnieiits proposed
hv those states. Finally, in IlilO, a dis-
tingui*hed gi titlenian from N Tth-Caro*
Una, now a member of he Senate, (Mr
AJacou.) mafic an attempt to incorporate
the principle into the Constitution,
proposing it as an amendment, ir. C
grets. After considerable discussiui
was recommitted to a select commit,
for amendment, who gave it in tbe ae-
lowing form: “No Senator or Rtor-
sentativc shall he appointed to any uni
oflice, place or appointment, iindeifich
authority of the United States, fles
the expiration of the Presidential tei)ro*
which such person shall have serve the
a Senator or Representative.” Imere
shape it was rejected, for the vv.mUiun
very few votes, in order to make a|en,
stitutional majority. The difference.—
tween that proposition and the one udan-
ciitisiilerutinn, vsill be readily porcelMr.
That left the whole ofthe United - s iand
open to each new President, to se
iccording to his pleasure, such nl did
h-etneil qualified fur any oflice vvithifawn
nomination ; hut that, after a Senat (it to
Representative shall liav'e once serve re-
Congro**, if but fir a day, lie vv as in gen-
blc during that Presidential term in vy but
ho sli.ill have done it. In their ob of a
to wit, the securing of legislative ishut-
pendemce, the effects of tin two pro side
(ions will be found to differ mortorm,
words than substance. only
In the remarks I have made, I iuymelv
have done injury to the feelings i.t the
one. I certainly did not intend i| went
sh ill also regret very much that nny
liixilil suspect tno of alluding mo:'
the present than past Administrating New
the government. 1 disavow- everv y, that
intention, and have carefully nvniif chil-
conipari*on between them. On thi* regu-
ject, there is little difference betfundny
them. jvolent
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THE (|t'KGN. * e
LonDox, April
Our rencWs will non set* that !mt M.4ven in
♦rw iippii mil), p culm, .mi! - .mi!) ,jj ofthe
.../.Cl! !U :•!!!**•»* •••£»»:nnl privilotrcM lift'll
!irst tribunals of tlx* land—tin* HiflJ* 447
*r .1,!«♦;«•(• MfSMis. Krnu/haiu and I>»J* OOA
hi Thursday appealed in the? On.
' tiaucery and hint’s Ijmrli, ami in tin]
i'tinnrcllnr’o Court, and were called 4,457
tli« bar as her M.ijucty’s* Attorney and?
citor General. It ii ain^'dar that three yhtifiiicd
"S trsed dirterent forms of .-xpr. s,io„. f frum H
iIn; Lord LliaiuvlIorHuid—lih..»in # q
intimate d to me that her .Majesty the qubTii R
having been pleased to appoint. Sir.
Tin* Lor ! < -hief Justice—You h&T!:lg re
ported to m* that her Majesty the ({uccd
ii.ts hern Rnciously pleased to appoint, &vC.
The Vie* t'ha ut el lor—tier .Majesty the
(Jtieen haver/ been < r r;n innsly pleased, tec.
V ou iv ill take your place within the bar a-
motiK bis Majestycouurel. with ail rank te
peecedeiMv belcu^in^ to the office of Attor
ney (or Solicitor) General to her Majesty.—
Theiie gentlemen then took their places,and
were cal ed upon to move accordingly in
each court.
Upon this proceeding we forbear to oiler
any rem.irks, except that it h currently ru
mored in tin* hi/hf-t eirelerf, that tile Kin/’s
miniffUtm liu'iii/ li.nl the option of ano
ther course, preferred flie one now slated,
: hereby at oi;ee evincing to tin* world their
dual determination to attempt nothin; what
ever against the t|u«*en. But how does this
/ree with the pr»*vimis determination ofthe
*n%y ('incieit, atietl upon by ti;e Bishops, onhorsehiv-k. (Jeneraiti Fe:m/..and C iiMteros
xclndinx h* r >faje«iy’»» name horn the
f liturgy of the Chuich, ami thereby of with
drawing from her the religious duty U i»ray-
«t» ofthe people? There is an inconsiffiten-
cv in t'lis procedure that must strike every
werver. Iler Majesty in rejeefed l»T tke
C!mrchf amt leco^nizt J by the courts of law,
a. d both these aetn emanate from the cond-
.iciitiai Couiiscie ofthe Kin^ ! Have they 151 v-
en up their fii st ad> iee to bis Ma jesty upon t!<«*
convict ion of ib error, or did they in the first
inmce ipve a premi e to bis Majesty whit h
they are not non ready to fulfil?
|.Vf»rni'frjr ChnmiiIr.]
not''SE OF tsOiiOs—Aemr ‘21
Ve te.day tSifs first Parliament of his Ma-
jrvty l»in/ George tbe Poi rlb, (twins' the se-
veiuiiofthe United Kingdom ofG. Britain
md Ireland) was* 1 ; < nddni nt We-1minster.
Tile Aleinber* «»f the other House be/ao hi
-eniMe by twelve o’clock : and at half past
two oVIoek,the Lord Chancellor, the Arch
bishop of <hintcrhury, the Duke of Welling
ton, tno Lari of Westmoreland, and the Lari
of Shaflshury, took their seaU in front of
the throne aseonimUsioners.
The Lord Chancellor directed the Deiui-
Gentleman Usher of the Black Bod to
proceed to the Commons, and summon that
Mouse to attemi at their lorvi.,hips’ bar forth-
with.
Mr. Quarnir, the Deputy Usher, proceed-
d acconlin^ly to tin* House of (Siimnom,
md soon afu*r returned, accompanied by the
Clerk* of that House, nod a considerable
;!n*r ofthe member*, anionj; whom were
the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the
four Heure; cniautca of the City of Loudon,
tlleir robes.
The Lord Chancellor stated, that his Ma
jesty bad been pleased to order letters pa
tent to be i.viin
tain Lord* therein named to ope
uncut, which letters patent the Lords and
utlemen present would now hear read.
the firm of
JalUet & RucYvanon,
. J.j lOwnw. Mt^tlw imtllic
Srarcel) was liix coining known, aial tho
whole of the jrrtHHiil from the Cort-ifluru, to
tlif- s.uMire of San Ju.-ui <t’ Dios, was tliruog*
cl with people, (talcotties, tops of the hou«
sex, a*l tilled, even tin citjr xxnil* nml towers,
so anxious vva« every liody to see this bravo
ami distinguished man to whom his country
is so much indebted, and who, little more
than three month* ago, wax uu inmate of
one of our prisons.
•• The party from T.n Ma readied the
f'i rtndiini, and was received with dirihaig- a
uf artillery and evi ry other demonstration of
joy. The people forced Qnirnga nod tl-nso
wiki accontpamid Mm to alight from their
ursea mid they ascended « beautiful tmim-
pltal ear, prepr.rrtj for the •ceasion, in w tijeb
rat ({uiroga, Jtii-gu, Lope/., Itam-.x, orr t-ewr
tiuvernor, Don Caetano Valdes, anil O Do*
tmjku, drt.wn Ity tile people. Parties if sol
diers preceded them, and an immense con*
cutirso of the most distinguished iiihahha W
at'ended i:l conches. On rerchn.g the si-ynrc
rtf San Juan di- Dios, tjuiinjm alight d at
the Oovcritor's house, hut the m-upic dc-
mumlcsl lie shmild show Inrurdf at In. hol-
rony. Then- lit.- (invernor placed on his
head a crown of laurel and rust a w hielt had
b.-en prcpari d lor him.—Die araie wa- too
inuelt for Otiirogn, he vva* so greatly nfli-rt*
d that hrlnnst into tears, and they were
obligetl to Like him in. A more mlen-stii g
spectacle wax never vvitm-sxi-d ; it Ailed n,o
with a thousand rerulh-etiuns. Would to
find those could have In-en present who
think wo are incapable of njiprecinting the
advantage* wi-have just attained. In short
we are all happy, w-itit the exception ot a ve*
ry few, tno servile and ton mercenary to
pri/i- tin- blessinga tlirir fellow ritiau ns eiijoy,
but tin* is otilya dark spit in the general
seene, and th.-j will he left to the remorse of
their own consciences.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
Nawr-Yoax, June 2.
The May packet s'.lip Albion, capt. Wil*
Itainx, arrived last evening front Liverpool,
bringing papers of the 1st, and letters of tito
xd ofthe month.
We rejoice to fled, that the markets at
Liverpool are still improving, particularly in
cotliui and llaxsc-t-d.
This arrival brings us the King of F.ng-
land’s Speech to parliament. It t* uninter
esting. It is silent about the Spanish Revo
lution.—About the disturbance in Great Bri
tain, he expresses his satisfaction at the
promptitude shown in putting down the
di-alfei-ted, ke. kc.
Lonoos, Ajiril i*.—The price of standard
silver iu bars fell on Tuesday one half pi nny
the ounce, Iteiitg nowr -I*. 01-4d ; 1 l-2d be-
« « ii |Mi (isrvi iir xsi III l (i tin 3 |Iif | till! IMIjICr, UO'
sued for tl)*! aiipoiutnieiit of err-1 low the Mint price.
Ilu-ri-iii named to open the Far- A magnificent dinner w as given yesterday
r.t the Albion tavern, in honor of the restora
tion of Spanish liberty. M. Bernales, an
eminent Spanish merchant presided.
A Liverpool paper of May 1st. observes,
that of the eleven conspirators charged with
high treason, fur engaging in that scheme of
infatuation and crime known by the designa
tion ofthe J'aVo treat plot, five of them have
been tried and convicted, and the remaining
'I'lic Commission being read,
The land Chancellor (as organ of the
t'ommissionen) addressed both Houses u*
fitiliiw,:
“.Vy Lord* nml Gentlemen,
* By virtue of his Majesty's commission
underhhe Great Seal, to t:» and other Ltirds
directed, and now read, we have to state to ■ »ix have withdrawn their plea of not guilty,
you, in obedience to hi* majesty’s commands, and cast themselves upon the royal denied
til It as soon a* a sufficient number of mem- j cy. On Friday morning Chief Justice Ad- >
ti-rs of both house* shall have lieen sworn, - dolt, nfn-r addressing the prisoners in tho
the cait-Aif his Majesty s calling tins I’arli- j most sulentn manner, pasw d on them Ihe.
ament shall he ill dared. Anil, il being ne- aw fill sentence of death, in the usual verms
cesaary that a Speaker of the House of Com- pn-scrihed in eases of treason. To thosu
ntous -linidd fir-t he chosen, it is Ins Majes- who had retracted there pleas of not guilty,
ty s pleasure that you, ge.ntlemen, thntild re- an intimation was riven tli-riy five*
I'uii to tlie place nhw ; -u usually *it, and would he s:;v«I, ^