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rM. luC In' the r.'
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t tfcosuSil at tiK- 1,1 ll,e Lo,lc ' 1
«•»* l-rid before the house
,,‘e Secretary of the Treasury,
• staieinenl shewing the ton-
0 f,e.<eLof the U. Status which
inierr-d from, and cleared lor |.oiU i»
with tlie tunuage of
iid^Tvhich entered the I’orts
airs during the years lCIti,
ISliJl'It). and 1810.
treasury report.
The Speaker l.ml before the House the
following Report—
XftC-ASSlRT DiPSRTME'T,
U/k January, 1841.
To Ihe Hon Jons W. T»VI."K, •
Speaker of (he (Inure <K HrpresenWdJM
Sir—In obedieuce to a resolution ol me
House of Representatives, of (lie 4tb instant,
Instructing the Secretary oi ihe Treasury U»
report to the House •• a itatenjeat of III
“ money in Hie Treasury on Hie tost ol aa-
« nusrv, 1841, together with a statement ol
“ the money in Hie I. wds of the I .easurer,
“asAaent fur the War and Navy Drpait-
« menu,.* that day,” J have Hie honor to
state, that there was in the T reasury on that
day the sum of $ 1.07#}M1 I S, and m the
bands of the Tre-urer, as Agent lor Hie
War and Navy Departments, the sum ol
q l <150,378 45, vizfor the War Depart
ment, g *51,873 ID, mid for the Navy Da-
partment, 5 709,004 96. . _
Of the sum of f 1,071,171 11. m I he Trea
sury on the first of January, Util, S hOO.OOU
weiu paid by tile Hank ot Hie Undid States,
on the fOtii of December, 1*2 o, but which
were payable on the 1st day of Jan. thereaf
ter, and, were estimated in the receipts into
the Treasury for 18!I- If this sum is He-
dueled, the amount in tha Treasury on that
day will be S 976,171 18. If it is consider
ed a part of the receipts of 1840, tlie estimat
ed receipts lor I Gil, wilt be diminished by
f lat a Mount. Withthisexplanation.it will
not |,c material whether it is placed to the
credit of the onk or the otlirr year—the ge
neral result of flic t"« jeans will he the
same.
U'lj.. r»e. Ipts ef the f.iii ll. qitgHsr, with
the exception of pay menfi made at Mobile
a id .New-Orleans, n Ihe two Iasi weeks of
J),-reinher, 18 40, and in tlie whole month at
most of the land offices, are ascertained In lie
$ 1015,685 99. In the Annual Report, tin
receipt of the fourth quarter wyre estimated
al 3 3.110,000— the actual receipts,therefore,
exceed those that were estimated, by ?iili,-
59.1 99. and by 3 115,585 99, if the payment
made bj Hie 1! ink uu tlie 30th December be
deducted from the receipts of 1840.
If the sum of s 611,58-1 v» be added to the
sum of 3 5,4i7,830 83, which was stated in
my letter of the ilst of Deccm’r, 18J0, to lie
. gate ar.: of !h ■ f-'ur"t q
which ws' tes ice ygH'imd '-r.lored fn to
engrosseo for a flitch reading*
Tifcabav, Jan.
Mr. Suit'i of MJ. iiiovoJ the following
joint resolution :
Resolved U!) llie Sennit anil House of
Representatives oj tat United Stales of .1-
mcrtcn in Congress itssembled, I hat tile
recruiting service for the army be sus
pended for amt during the present year,
and iiiilil the end of the next iteSsion ol
Congress.
The resolution was twice re td, and
ordered to be engrossed for a third rea
ding.
Mr. Cook submitted for consideration
the following resolution, which was, af
ter some consideration, ordered to lie on
toe table :
Resolved, That the committee on elec
tions be instructed to inquire whether ti
ny, and, if any, tvhut, alteration* arc ne
cessary to be made in the law, entitled
An act relative to the election of Presi
dent and Vico 1'rcsident of the United
Slates, and declaring the officer who
shall net as 1'residenl and Vice I’resiilenl
in eases of vacancies in the office* both
of President and Vice President; and al
so whether >1 be expedient to increase
the compensation of any of the persons
appointed to transmit the votes ol tlie <•■
lectors of President and Vice Presideut
at the late election.
Air. Siorrs submitted for consideration
tlie follow ing resolution :
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be diiec.ted to report to this
House a sta'cment of the moneys now in
the Treasury or collected at any place,
which are applicable to the redemption
of Hie Stock created by the a--l prorid
ing for the indemnification of certain
claimants of public lands in the Missis
sippi territory, passed March 31, 1014.
On motion of Mr. Cocke, it w as
Resolved, That the committee on the
Public Lands be instructed to enquire
into the expediency of granting to tin-
state of Aiibnint, aii iiie unsold islands
tn (he Tennessee river, tlie proceeds ol
which shall he applied to the improve
ment of the navigation of said river.
Mr. Smith, of N. C. gave notice that
be should, on Thursday next, move to
proceed to the consideration of ihe inn-
lion to amend the Constitution of the U.
State*, so as to establish an uniform mode
of election of Elector* of President and
Vice President of the United States.
WanKtsnAT, January ?-4.
Among Ihe papers offered during the
that'*Yeor.*thVamniint at the disposition of| presentation ot memorials to-day, was
the Treasury, in tbai quarter, will be aug
tnenled to £ 6,033, M 8 84
It is ascertained that Ihe payments from
the Treasury, during that quarter, have a-
mounted to 3 4,947,145 44, which being de
ducted from tlie esliniattJ means of that
3 uarler, will leave in the Tieasury, as alrea-
y stated, on the 1st day of January, 1841,
the sum of gl ,070,48118. But, if tile £500,-
OOO paid by tile Bank, be deducted from I be
reciipti of 1840, the balance in the Treasu
ry, on tlie 1st day of January, I8tl, will be,
Ms has already been staled, Jai6,471 18.
The demands upon tlie Treasury during
the year 1840, in order lo complete the »er
vice uf that year and t* effect Hie objects fur
whicii tlieecrcral appropriations were made,
a.ui which are no! included in the foregoing
sum of $ 4,y;>7,l ii S4, amount* to s 4,707,
887 96, hr:
t.'ivii, diplomatic and miscellaneous, (be
ing the dim-re nee between llieatim of 31,407,-
Sln 56, estimated lo b» paid in the 4lll quar
ter, and the a mi actually paid.) 3759 90a 40
Pi ID 11C debt 4,076,918 15
War Department 065 1(14 81
Navy Department 1,110,0(10 00
Which leaves an excel* of demand beyond
the money in the Treasury, of33,631,816 78,
end of 31,1.31,816 78, if the payment made
by the bank be deducted from the payments
info llie Treasury in Ihe year ISiO.
It may he proper tn observe, Hut, if thn
euro of J-2,076,918 15, ofthii Louisiana stock,
has not betn pressed for payment, it lins
hern tue result of forbenrance on the part of
the holders of that stock, and uf confidence
in the fuitli of the nation, that such forbear
ance will not operate to their injury. The
Ollier demands upon the Treasury, which
Were estimated as a charge iipuu it in the
fourth quarter of Hie year 1840, ami which
are not embraced in the estimates of the ex
penditure tor 1841, and wnich constitute a
part of the deficit above stated, will, it is pre
sumed, be demanded uf Hie Treasury.
It wit! he pcrccned Hut the sums in the
Jtand« of tlie Treasurer, at Agent of the War
and Navy Departments, exceed the e tim it>>
of them, annexed to the estimate* of the ser
vice of the year 1841. These moneyi arc
drawn from the age it, as the dcni.uids upon
the respective department* are presented, nr
requisitions from the disbursing officers of
those departments are receit ed. The amount
drawn from the agent depends, therefore,
upou coniWigencies over winch the heads ot
those departments have uo control, and may
exceed or fall short of any estimate made by
them far any definite period uf lime.
It may be proper, also, to stale, that, in
contemplation of law, money is not consid
ered to be in-the Treasury until a warrant
is issued by tile Secretary and receipted by
the Treasurer, for the sums paid by tlie re
ceiving officer* into bank j but, for the prac
tical purposes of the Tn asury, all sums paid
into h mU to Hie credit of the Ticasurer are
considered by him tn be iu the Treasury.
Generally, the warrants covering the mane y
received on account of the government are
issued quarterly for all mins received during
the quarter. Tin e warrants rre usually is
sued about two months all.*r the expiration
of tin mu ,rt». , -s the payments made into
the I tanks winch are # 1b« depositories of the
pnhl c ni un y aie not ascertained sooner.
Tne statements Which accompany this let
ter n t explanatory nf tl,r views which it
pr-'e-ds, or affied info.-illation c nnocted
vv .in them, which it i-presumed may bu use-
I n-njaio, with respect, your most otiedl-
Cht tfi-ltii,
** WM. H. CUAWFOUn.
Tlicr -purt was re.-d, and, with the d.ic:
m it-, i iVrrcd iu the committee of VViivi
M< alu. •
MoWDAV, Jan 22.
?ire, fromtli* Cornrr<i tee on J’rn-
ttion* vMutionnrv Cl.ums^rejiinrt
* ' 1 , ’ 1 " ) *«»'Tora« An Aft to
provide fc»T wm
me toltowing, preseutea fy Mr. isrtncn
of Kentucky :
Whereas it i« represented to tha pre
sent General Assembly, that many ne
groes and persons ofcolor, tlie property
of citizen* of this couinirenrenlih, have
escaped from their lawful owners into
the province of Canada, and are there
protected from recapture by the subjects
ot lus majesty tlie Kinq of Ureat-Britain,
residing in said province of Canada :
And whereas the practice of concealing
vuucvuutenaucmg slaves that tints escape
from their lawful otvi'crs, tends greatly
to tlie injury of tlie people of this state,
ami, if persevered in, may lead to un
happy consequences between llie sub
jects of liiw said majesty's government and
the citizens of the United .States :
Resolved, therefore. That it is the o-
pinion and desire uf Hie presentUcner.il
Assembly, that the government of the
United States invite (lie attention of the
British government to this subject, and,
if practicable, procure arrangements to
be made, on Ihe pan oi'tli.it government,
fur the restoration of such fugitive slaves
as shall have heretofore escaped, or
may hereafter escape, from their lawful
owners, (being citizens of Hie United
•‘'lutes) into any of his said majesty's
North-Americun dominions. And the
governor ii requested to transmit to tin-
Executive of the United States, and to
each of the Senators and Representatives
in Congress from this state, copies of the
foregoing resolution.
'1 he Speaker stated that, according to
the rules of the house, this resolution
could not be received, not being “ ad
dressed lo the house though the sub
ject might readily he brought before the
house in a tiitierent form. - Upon which,
Mr. B. withdrew the resolution, with the
intention of presenting (tie subject to the
hou«e in a ditfetent shape. '
Mr. Ian lletusclucr, from a select
committee, teporteda lull siipplmentury
lo the act relating tn the run-oin of pris
oners taken during the late war : which
was twice read and committed.
MISSOURI.
Tlie House then on motion of Mr.
Euslis, resulted itself into a roiimuiiee
of the vv hole, Mr. Hockley being called
to the chair, and proceeded to the con
sideration of the following resolution :
Resolved, by the Senate and Jluiise of
Representatives nf the United Slates of
America in Congress assembled, and it i-
tiereby declared, that, the day of
next enduing, the state uf Alissouri
shall be admitted into tlie Union upon
an equal fooling with tlie original st de
ni all respect* whatsoever : Provided,
That so much of the 20th section of the
.3d artii Ic in the constitution of said state,
presented to Congress at the present
session, us m ikes it tlie duty ol the Legis
lature to pass sin It laws us shall he ne
cessary “ to prevent free negroes sod
mulaltoes from coming to, an.) settling
in, this state, under any pretext whatso
ever,” shall, uu or before that day, have
been expunged therefrom.
The resolution having been read—
Mr. Eustit stated the objects he had
in v iew, in moving tiiis resolution, to be,
to remove the only objection which he
had to the ndmissioti of Missouri into the
Union ; to give facility and dt-patch to
known wo|)Wp» , ► .^ived in the Revo- ]^He admission of the state into the Union;
T.cn.rj my, «o tu ^ furpottt . | and. thereby to preclude the potability
fi.hii qru Stion/vcr ar; •: ^a.. - <■ hi-fj."£ (
Congress. These wore In only too- J
lives, and be I: id, in mov no, lib: to -do- -
linn, :<■ ted vviifitiut re-' s-iLing vs itii any j
one cl-:. Foreseeing a dillicully iu j
prescribing the mode in vvnii b the a-1
uiendrucnt might be made, he bad left i
that a question fur separate <«n-idera-:
tinn, in onl *r to obtain a decision on the i
principle of the resolution, lining in-1
trndueed the resolution from a sense ol I
duty, should it not meet with the appro
bation of the bouse, lie should be en-
tirelr sitislie.i with having, in froposingl
it, performed w hat lie believed to be in-
duty.
On motion of Mr. Eustis, the blank*
in the resolution wore titled with tlie 1st
day of October next.
Air. Root moved to postpone tlie reso
lution, in order lo take up that from tuc
Senate, under the itnpres-iun that doing
so would facilitate a final decision on lire
subject.
Air. Lowndes suggested that, in all
probability, nothing would be gained by
tlii' co sc, ns the same question now
before tlie house might, and probably
would be, brought up bv a motion lo a-
meod the resolve of the .Senate.
The motion to postpone was nega
tived,
No debate arising—•
The Chairman put the question to ei-
nree lo the resolution, »r.d it was rujt-
.ired by a large majority.
The committee then rose and repor
ted their decision to the bouse.
The Speaker put the question on a-
greeing to the umend.nenD in • le in com
mittee, (by tilling the blanks in the reso
lution.)
It being objected, that the rf port of
the committee hud bceu to reject the
resolution —
The Speaker decided that no commit
tee, whether select or of the whole
house, has the power of rejecting any
bill or resolution referi cd lo it. Rib
and resolutions are referred hi commit
tees to be discussed and amended or not,
and not io be agreed to or rejected in
form, though sometimes virtually rcjcec-
ted by striking out their vital pat I*.*
This ileri-ion wa« objected to by Mr.
Randolph, Mr. Harbour and Air. Cnlb.
but justified by Mr. Sergeant and in part
at least by Mr. Lowndes. In the end,
however, no appeal vva* taken from Hit
derision of the chair.
The House having aimed to the a-
mendments made in committee of the
| whole—
i iie question was put, without de
bate, oo ordering tbo resolution to be
engrossed for a third reading, and deci
ded as follows :—Yeas 6—Nay* 11C.
Thcrsdav. Jan. 2.5.
Air. Floyd, from a select committee
which was instructed to enquire into the
*ituu;ion of the settlements on the Paci
fic ocean, and ilia expediency of occupy
ing the Columbia river, delivered in a
report, accompanied by a bill, to author
ize tlie occupation of Ihe Cnlumhi i riv -
er, mid to regulate the intercourse with
the Indian tribes within the U. State*
and territories thereof.
'I'lte bill was tw ice read and commit
ted.
* “ If it be a paper referred ’, ‘.Hem, (a nun-
miltfe, whelhri* fidfcl of of the? whole,J they
proceed to put ipjettion* of nincndiueiif, if pro
posed, but no film I questions on the whole ; be-
c«ni«e aii parts of tin* pjper, havin® been adop
ted by the house, stand of cour«f*, unless ulter*
ed or struck out by n vote. Even if they are
opposed to the whole pi,per, and think it can
not b ? made poo.I by nuicnduic.'it*, th**y cannot
rend it, but uni t report it luck to llie bou»e
without amendments and there make tlicir op-
oiitton."—Jejfcrmm i Manual.
IVrTv-Ynr.it, Jan. 2?.
fnttrcMlinfr and Tinpnr'cnt.—We this evening
lay before our render* the Musagt an I 1)9ci -
merits, comniuiiir-ntcd to the Legislature on
Thur>dnv lnf>t. We hnve only time to say, that
hr* Excellency hrt pns'.nttd a tlron^ cum—
much stronger, we suspect, titan either hi*
friends or enemies expected.—bytdatur.
GOVERNOR S MESS USE*.
TO THE HO>uL A A. id 1. £ TUI .vs 4 k MULT*
Gentlemen,
The resolution of your honourable house,
of Ifje Kith of November, relative to an i.j-
tiuintioii in my speech, M the ope c z of the.
session, has been lespeetiuliy considered, .U
tluiy appreciated—and I thull now cormnu-
nieate to you, agreeably tu yu it r ■ » *\st, the
evidence in my possession r» i ri»n k*» the
improper inter!er»*nee of the ollicers of t!t»‘
general government in lli« local concernb of
this state.
That many uf the nffleers of the United
States L ive for ;i numb r nf yvan, net d ve
ry improperly, by interfering in llie elections
of this state, must Ik* known to every man
in the community who has hud opportunity
fn** information, and whose mind is not steel
ed hy prejudice against the admission of
truth: At the Ust election this influence was
manifested in such a variety of shapes, ami
in such a very exceptionable manner, that 1
considered it my duty to refer to it: Ami in
performing this duty as n magistrate, ami
in availing myself of a ri^ht possessed bv
I every citi/.en, to express hi* opinion of the.
conduct ot public men, I did rmteo. sidcr it
necessary that I should 1m: provided with
documentary testimony, nor did I suppose
that at an extraordinary session of the le^ida-
ture, held fi r a special purpose, it would be
deemed advisable to deliberate on any of Lie
matters indicated in my speech. And I
wn-i confirmed in this itnprr.-sion, so far as
it respects this subject, when I advt . ted to
tfhj resolution of the senate then before you,
prt jHuinr to adjourn on the next day—and
lo a resolution of your house parsed on the
IHlhdayof November, fi,p iidjotiruiiig on
tile iOth. Under tliese < lacuitistances, i
thought proper to delay this communicati
on until the present session. And when I
make this observation, I mu*t be permitted
to **tate, that whenever I am called on for
infoi station, by any branch of the legislature,
in a proper manner and in a proper case, 1
shall always attend to the request with plea
sure—but I shall*reserve to myself sufficient
time to prepares satisfactory answer. And
the univert'dl understandm?:, io parliamenta
ry practice has been, that if the information
requested is offered in time for full |e«rj«k*-
live deliherntiot, and decision, no exception
ouglit to betaken.
i,? m,?! i.idr* r!i " on the fd-trm.nrv [
tranetms‘infiuence in the publics <»t
rial*', i Wit .de trous iifumt-irnglhepro;
of a j5re.1t evil, by attr.nliNg the public nt-
teniloti to its prtuomtoance. Ami I "';»s h°t
without licf|M*M, that the national ie^islattire
would con.*id«ril a til case tor tue salutary
exercise of its high authorities. In the in
quiry which has been recently instituted in
i'* the conduct of one of the departmi i ts of
the national administration, some, of the
abuses which will be developed tn this mes
sage may he deemed a lit subject lor cogni
zance—and 1 am persuaded that the general
iovAfetigalion which has b»cn made, will
have a beneficial tendency, even it it be not
followed by any measure of punishment.
Considering the immense patron, ge w hich
must h«* necessarily entrusted to the execu
tive government of tlie union, the constituti
on 01 the United States has wisely declared
that no senator or representative fch;dl lur
ing the time for which he was elected, be ap
pointed to any civil office under the aulnori-
ty ol the United States*, which shall have
been Created or the emoluments whercol
shall have been eucreased doin g such lime:
and no fuTduii holding tiny oHicv under Lie
United States, shall he a member of either
house during his continuance in olfice and
“ that no senator or representative or person
holding an office of trust or profit under the
U. State.*, shall he appointed an elector ol
president and vice-president- 1 * The object
•if these proviaious is to preserve Ihe inde
pendence of the uatinual legislatuie and ol
the electoral collects and lo maintain the
purity of republican government. '1 he same
-nlutary provisions I or uiialagous beneficial
objects Lave been exieuded tu the state le
gislature:*, and .ill the Mate touslilutio r.)
formed sinc e the propcs I of the iiut.oual
constitution in 1717, declare iu suhhlauce
that no member nf congress, or officer ol the
United States -sliall have a eat in Ihe stale
legislature. Theie are in some constitutions
vaiiations in the prnv isions, l>ot they all i*m
rr.-Vy ?pfr.kir^ vr p , m:r.d of erm]fb.V..—-
| \n»l the custom-house olfiter ’, u<; the lakes,
l.ir as l can learn, have behaved in an tin*
ceptionabic maimer in e^cicbiug the rights
of suffrage, they have I believe generally ab
stained from bringing any official influence
any shape, lo bear upon the fontroveisy.
[Governor Cliidon here rcritrt pnrtirular
instances in which officers of the custom
house, of the navy-yard, and others, holding
their appointments from the General Go
vernment, are supposed to have used an im
proper influence on the stale elections—and
of post-masters removed on account of their
political sentiments. !n support of his charg
es, which implicate one of the district judg
es of the United States, a district attorney,
who is the nephew of the President, and ano
ther the nephew of the Secretary of tlie Na
vy, he refers to a mass of documents, occu
py ing ten column of the Ncvv-Vork papers
in which they are printed ]
It is, 1 conceive, impossible to resist the
unfavorable conclusions which must be
drawn from the body of testimony now sub
mitted to you, making full allowances for
exaggeration or error, for the influence of
prejudice and the operation of improper mo
tives. And admitting that a considerable
portion of the allegations may be successful
ly refuted, yet still there will remain a suffi
cient number of strong and established facts,
to prove a concert of exertions on the part
of the officer* of the national government—
in the Navy Y ard, the Custom-House, the
General Post-Office, and in the Judicial :u.d
some other institutions of that government,
operating in our local elections—and which
demonstrates the existence of an organized
and disciplined corps, and the obtrusion of
extraneous influence for the purpose of pro
moling the aspirations of ambition, of secur
ing the possession of authority, or of break
ing down Ihe power of :he state, by the
emir.i£cinent of intestine divisions: And
this is tlie esc jn which the maxim, 11* or-
Urs the commission of a crime tebo doui
brace, hi 3 greater or h-s-degree* the spirit o*‘ j/trfo’d it, ultcn it is in bis potcir—mny bi
•ijslly n.id emphatically applied. The least
intimation from tlie pioper quarter, would
have effectually prevented these notorious
and alarming evils.
To all sincere friends of the Republican
Government, and such, Gentlemen, i b.dieVt
you alj fid)e, this statement must pre-rui
subjects for serious reflection. W ithout tin
existence of State Governments, it is impos
sible lor tin to enjoy the blessings of fiet* go
vernment. And without a National Go
vernment, ive would he involved iu wars
home, and have hut feeble security against
attacks fiom abroad. Roth areessenti.il lo
the freedom, the safety, the projperity, and
the honor of our country. The National
Government is from Ihe necessity of I he
ca-ie,armed with controlling authoiity ovei
the revenues and physical force of Pie coun
try. In its military and naval establishment*
—in the arrangement of the National do
mains—in Ihe disposition of its diplomatic
intercourse—in tlie collection of taxes
th*» immune nMronHn-e vvidi-h it de-irc«from
the excluding prnriple. In those st-t.s
which had adopted c. nstitutiuns before '.lie
eiftUbfishmentof aiiational govtriiuieut,tiirre
is of course no constitutional prohibition—
but it is understood that in such caso bta-
tutes have been passed to tlie fume elIY*ct.~—
Virginia whose const it u! ion was formed in
1 *?fi, has a very comprehensive law on the
subject. Penn: vlvania.in audition to a con
stitutional restriction, has a statute which
prohibits officers of the United States Irom
acting as judges, inspectors or clerks of state
elections. Tiie constitution of this state was
formed in 1777, and although no statute ha.
been |> iwm <1 on this subject, yet by a concur
rent re solution of March 171/0, it was ie olv-
ed as tho sense of the legislature, that it i?
incompatible (according to the constitution
of this state and of the Uni Led States) th it a
iieml»«*r of congre.-s or other person holding
any office whatsoever under tile U. States
dmuld he a member of the senate or assem
bly of this state during Ins continuance in
«. ft.
member of the legislature shall be elected |the numerous anu lucrative offices in its gift
or appointed a member of congress, or 1
any office whatever under Ihe II. Slates and
shall accept nf such oUice or appointment, it
is hereby further resolved, iii.it his seat in
tlie legislature ought lo beducated. Even
in Ibe government of Great Britain, officers
nf the excise and customs, and clerks tr de
puties in the treasury, navy, victualing a d
admiralty offices, and a long list of other de
pendents on the crown, are interdicted from
being elected or sitting as member* of the
house of commons.
Every officer nf the United States i* in a
state of partial disfiaoct.iseineut. lie can
not set io congress, iu the state legi slat'ires or
in the electoral colleges—In the view of the
constitution, he i‘J an object uf jealousy—he
can however at any time ho restored to all
the franchises of a ciuzcn hy abdicating hi*
office. Our government is founded on the
representative system—it protects the puri
ty and independence of the representative—
it erects a harrier against the inroads of exe
cutive patronage,and it intends that the con
stituent body should he free from the opera
tion of the same iofiuenee. I11 reserving to
(hi* national officer his elect!»e franchise it
was undoubtedly contemplated that it should
ho exercised iu tbo genuine spirit of repub
licanism—that the surtYagc* of the citi/.eo
should nut be biassed by the emoluments U
honours uf the officer, and that he should
not carry into the elections, any of the in-
ff.ience derived from his official station—and
I trust thut it will be universally admitlsd,
that the. national government ought not to
confer or withhold office* with a view of cre
ating influence iu state politics. It is well
known tiiat in this state, the national admi
nistration has for some years selected in al
most evciy case of any importance, its offi
cers in opposition to tin* statendmiuisiniion,
and this undoubtedly operates as an encou
ragement to organis'd and disciplined hosti
lity. It is a virtual instruction to its officer
to oppose, and it is an invitation to all who
are desirous of the, pntronag** of tlie g ne.ral
government' to embark in tin: opposition.—
The interference of the officers of the gene
ral government in state politics in 17OU, was
at that period a subject of general and well
founded complaint—in the interval between
my first election and entrance i ,to office, 1
—anil in the aliureraenls which are cnnM-
quenfly held forth to ambition and cupidity,
we pticeive tlie UHindaKon ol an influence
which may he arrayed with a force almost
irresistible against toe independence and si
bility of the state governments. It maybe
truly observed that in proportion to tin* po
pulation of the United Stales, no govern
ment ha* more numerous and efficient means
of directing and controlling public opinion.
And when we consider that few of the stales
have any fund* or resources except what art*
derived from tar.alion—that the compensati
on of their public officers i* comparatively
small—and tSiat llie heads of live Executive
a:'.d Judicial departments Inve been some
times induced to accept offices under the
National Government, suSiordinate in
portancr, hut superior in emoluments—
we nita-t at once perceive the difficult*!*
w h*Jl Hip fil lie Authuritioi liavp iu
iipiiosin^ llie impriqier itiflurnci 1 of the Na
tional Guvtrnment. And «lieu me further
ennsider that iii all prooubility Hiere would
he 00 unity nf view-, or coincidence of exer
tion!! o|ic!hti:i;; atlheramc time, in llie state,
while lUe National Authority might make
its approaches hy aiuglinn out particular
Stu4s>;nl ujjarauein; ii^niiisf them xvilb its
co.iilai.v'^ahd coiisol jA. d force, we have
every lea«ou to tsxefjjmr Ihe nlino.t vij,i-
^iil proper harriers a-
S.iinit iiiidiiVStpPfo n h.im-iilr. A quveni
incut o( iiiflneiUT and corruption is the worst
puiciiblu shape which a upuhlkan govern-
inent can assume, because undi r Ihe forms
of freedom, il combines the essence of I v
r.inuv. And ullhough I am far from laying,
lh.il Ihil ia now llie cose, yet the lir: t at-
trnipt* lo jive a wrong direction tolheau
thority of government, m.^lit lo he resisted
Slavery p eceded hy sleep. And llir
liberlies of free state* are more frequently
prostrated by fraud, than hy force, 'll the
intelligence and patrimiam ol tin- body of our
fellow citizens, wo may, I tilist, rely for the
preservation of our free govermnrnts. And
w hen an anxious desire to merit their good
opinion by a faithful and independent di
charge nf Illy important duties, and w ith an
entire disregard of .my hostility which may
arise from any quarter in consequence >>l
y pursuing this coa.s.:, I submit this
y In st election and entrance into office, I my punning tin. com sc, I submit this coin-
d; (lie liberty of apprising Air. Aimin-e, | munic itinn to the Itepreaentative* of the
United
to
[the president of the United States, of tin:
obtrusive intermeddling of the officers of fiio
ci ai-ral government in our itate politic! and
of my earnest hope that under his adminis
tration, this system no justly and so generally
reprobated, would no longer lie tolerated.—
In discharging this duty to the public, I en
tertained eveiv wish to promote the most
amicable relations between the general and
state administration, and I can truly declare
that no act nf hostility has been in any shape
manifested or encouraged on the part uf tile
authorities of this slate.
The documents which I have now tlie ho
nor to transmit to you, do not extend be
yond the last general ch i lion and the agita
tions preceding find nreoinustiying it. At
tin* wry period when the officers of the U.
States, who have behaved so rcprehcnsibly,
might to have conducted themselves with
tile greatest delicacy—when a legislature w as
lo be chosen that was to appoint the elec
tors nf President—noil when the second of
ficer of the United Stales was a candidate
for the office of governor, all the influence of
theofficerswa* putiarequisition and brought
into activity. Although deprived of the
right of being chow.1, yet if in the exercise
«f (be right ol choosing, they are permitted
by the power of office to influence election,
what ecilrity have the people fora pure le
gislature, for an independent congress nr for
an incorrupt college uf elector*. On tills oc
casion I take pleasure ill statin,’, that not
withstanding the practices complained of
were marked with signal impropriety io tin-
general operations of the navy-yard,in King's
county, yet Ido not knownfa single instance
wherein a naval officer who distinguished
hiuisrif during the late wrjr, lias cinnluctcd
himself improperly. The officer* of Hie ar
my stationed m this state have furnished gc-
peuple, fully persuaded that when tile per
son d animosities and political agitations ol
the times ate buried in oblivion, I shall In
considered by impartial posterity, as having
endeavored to deserve well of the Jl-putii
by my conduct nil tlii« occasion.
DR WITT CLINTON.
Ailar.y, ITt.i January, 1841.
[Puhlithei by Rapid/.]
from ilia sa i ms \i. isrm.Uor.vraa.
COLLI.UK Sic. AT WAhlllNU 1 TON
A society for litgr.iry purpose* having
obtained a most eligible site adj icenl to
this city for institutions to promote these
objects, it is thought pr. vet that n par
ticular statement on the iutiject, sltoulJ
now be made.
In the progress of the business, an a-
etdemy, in which, In soles other bene
ficial result*, young gentlemen, destined
to the higher Sphere* of literary pursuit,
may find a convenient situation for pro
secuting their preparatory studies ; n
college adjusted to the plan of four clas
ses, imd n four year's course, embracing
the general circle of clashes ami the sci-
ences ; perhaps a medical institution ;
and an institution for the ministry, arc
.11 iu conten.plation in llie ultimate en
largement of the concern. And, in all
the modifications which ulterior deve-
lopement* may suefe-a us desirable or
useful, that enlightened mol comprehen
sive liberality, which i. at once the bul
wark and glorv of republican principles,
shall he • tcrodlv obsened.
These iostitulinns, it i-. believed, "ill
ire productive of much irdi.tft;:! ■
put ii.-gssd, tied may justly t.e rcgar.li.
mi: n object ol treat n.iioi.ai impnrut: -
ot oi ly the difiu*ion of litertstilte im- :
.cicnctq fo vital lo re|Mjblirnn institu
tions, will be promoted, but the associ
ating together of young gentlemen from
ditierent parts of litis wide-spread and
grow ing community, at the central point,
w ill originate among them, w hile travel
ling tl.c literary round, those friendships,
produce those impressions, and lay the
foundation for that continued acquaint
ance and intercourse, in after life, which
will tend, in no small degree, to cement
and strengthen the general Union.
Resides, it is a part of the de.-ign of
the society to promote the education,
and consequent civilization and improve
ment, of tlie aborigines of our country.
One school for this pur pose already ex
ists in Kentucky, and two school estab
lishments among the tribes. Others on
the same plan are designed to be carried
into etlect as soon as the society shall
find it practicable. This, too, is m. ni-
I’estly an object of national interest arid
soiicitude. it is devoutly hoped the-
time may arrive when these fltgrant and
miserable tribes shall become integral
and use in I portions of this expanded and
happy Republic.
From tlie success which tins thus f.r
accompanied their cflorts, the society
discovers ample reason for the most
grateful recollections, and the most ani
mating anticipations. 'Lite subscription
to pay for (lie ground, near fifty acre?,
at tlie cost of near 7,000 dollar), wan
soon accomplished. One of the frinci-
pal buildings is already nearly closed in,
w hi- ii xvill cost, probably, not rnuci short
<d 110,000 dollars, and will arcomnodate
about a hundred students, besides t stew
ard lo provide for them, being loir sto-
ri.’s high, 117 feet in length, by 47wide,
"tit.lining 57 rooms. The subscription
for this, and a subscription to enlow a
professors!,ip, are filling up with nreed-
tncss and liberality, which, under (he
existing pecuniary embarrassment of the
times, is peculiarly gratifying.
In the building notv bci/ig prepared, it
is intended shall be conmrrtced a course
of study, preliminary toqw ell regulated
colj.-ge on a large scale, li the business
can possibly be urged folward Willi suf
ficient rapidity, a freshujin class may be
admitted as soon as Jantary IC22, little
more than a year hened and by the lime
that class shall have gone through it*
course and become prepared for grades
lien in t!.c .-.rts, other dasres following iti
iri'ii! tr ftr/tar it fm' Lo pxnortf*f|m
college shall have bfcome completely
professors, and tutors,
Simultaneously wii the introduction
of a freshman chws ink Ibis building, tlie
-tpdciits in tlie utinftry may also be
brought into it, ami both institutions,
while in their incident state, find ac
commodation tinder le same roof, until
the main College edlce can be erected.
With these l.tcltpnd consideration*
befuie them, the tuldingcommittee ap
pointed by the Boas of At image rs ufttie
Society, appeal, wth a very cheerful
contidence, to the bernlity of their fel
low-citizen* of the ’istrict of Columbia,
of the members of he Government, and
the people of the biited States at large.
Into this Dietricwill he brought, no
doubt, in ihe projess of llie business,
sever*! hundred llvtsand dollars, from
oilier quarters, 'lie citizens, here,
then, are promotin their own immedi
ate benctit, ivltildaiding an object of
great public rind n i/onal utility. So, too,
tlie citizens of otllr parts of our com
mon country, whit communicating tlicir
bounteous Itltera! • towards Hie same
concern, arc not only enhancing the
splendor of their ornmon Capitol, by
multiplying mage cent buildings near
the Seat of Movement, and thus adding
to tlie slock of n ional character and.
reputation, but pri toting their own ben-
i tit also, as the trenms of uselulness
from this fountiii may be expected to
llow out in every ireclion, through all
department* ofs.jetv.
KOCH RF.YNOLDS,
H. BROWN,
r«ER RICK,
llie Building Conucitler.
IVunuoTOR, .Ya nice 21).
On a re-pern
20tli inst. from
titles of Luropdi
The Spanish
days from Oodi?
arlc*to*, Jan. 31.
HAVA A I'Al’KKS.
of our papprs to 4he
van*, we liml some ar-
lienee.
ket Fmintarso, in 42
f ind tlie ship Cleopatra,
ana,»rrited at Havana
The fjllowitiirticles, from a Mi lril
paper nf the 2|No?om!ier, if headed
as “ Important.!-but it will, no do-iht,
be thought strain by our readers, that
the Austrian trips, who were stationed
upon tha fronars of Louihardy, to re.
pre-s any rnvjitionary movements in
lhat quarter, jouM Ihemsc-lres late
proclatuicd thamniVi Constitution.
| Madrio, Not. 21.
“ It is ropm d, that an evtraordimry
courier arrivi in to»vn this day from
Naples, w ith .eiligence that the Aus*
trim troops, en fortoed in order on
the sombern -ntirrof Venetian Lom
bardy, had pr mn.iit and ado]ited the
Spanish Const! ion."
Some distil races took place in Mad
rid io tlie mo i of November, the par
ticular* of i.h i are given in thcfollow-
ingextract* o letter from a gentleman
in ffladri I, tojs friend in Cadiz, which
publctieift the Cadiz “ Uusro."
I «tnd ycjbc fallowing journal, lhat
you Spay for.ii correct opinion of the
late onttii ieia* in the Capital.
“ Niiveml IC.—This morning at
10 o'clock, t ourier arrived with two
letters, one I the Captain General or
dering him give up the command of
the i’rovinct iJ army to Geu. C*» v *-
rtf.Ti.
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