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MILLELGI-r/ILLE, GEOKtllA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1823.
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despotism o I" x . j,, p eH t, increases in its progress, ti'J it I Absorbed in the interest of the narrative
bursts upon the shore ; ! lie continued to rend, until Ihe lire had
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I PA III
\V ashing
ton City, fitst Dec. 1822
, a freeholder! of Washington, Wylhe, Gra H
Tn*pi/'r,7. ICi tva.t
w ,i. Russell, Tasewcll, Lee, imil Scott.
(r u ,Lovv CiTiBi-.fts.—A* the lime ap
proaches at which you are to elect n
member to representyou
States
the Cot,
it become
press of the United
a . ...... ..... should know whelh-
etnedient that yon
I will be u candidate or not. 1 llieie-
,Vc inform yon, that if in the new ar-
/(ISt
non serve
1 shall then
MiieemPot of districts winch the General
*.ou.blv arc about to make, the conn-
tics of Washington ami W ythe shall re
main in the same distuct, l willoflermy
services once mo re—and for ihe
time. Should I he elected
during the next Congress
have served during the w hole adminis
tration of d.n..ics Monroe j aw adminis-
tralicn under which the people of the
United States have hitherto enjoyed
more happiness and safety than under
any other : and which 1 have found it
agreeable to my judgement gene.ally to
support.
The election of the next President is
a subject which already attracts public
attention, and which indeed ought to he
in the minds of the people when electing
the members of the next Congress :
For (without adverting to the usage ot
making a nomination) the duty ot selec
ting a president may ultimately devolve
on The How«e of Representatives ; mid
this seems not unlikely to happen. No
man distinguished in the Revolution, or
having unrivalled claims to public confi
dence, is brought forward ; hut several
men ha-'T.g considerable, and nearly
Ca 1 vT claims to public favor, have been
proposed to till the ollicc ol t resident.
r Should I he a member of the House
of Representatives, am! be reejuired in
that capacity to select a President, re
gardless of minor considerations, 1 shall
give toy vote dispassionately ; and un
der tho direction of my judgment only,
view to the preservation of the
lion, led Mr. Adams to do every hung
in his power to obstruct the acquisition
of Louisiana.
On the 26th of January, 1004, we lino
Ov inserted 1 Mr. Adams voting in a minority,Y. against
m business, a clause which forbade the importation
of slaves into Louisiana, from places
without tho U. States. By this vote
Mr. Adams is placed in a dilemma. He
must either acknowledge himself a
friend to the slave trade,** nr he
must admit that he was desirous to ren
der Ihe acquisition ot Louisiana injuri
ous, by permitting the unrestrained in-
llux of foreign slaves. .
Ever hostile to Louisiana, we tind Mr
Adams, on the 19th March. 1801, vo
ting in a minority against laying out post
roads through the Indian country to
New Orleans.
Mr. Adams has given other evidence
of hostility to the Republicans. On the
31st October, 1803, we find him voting 1
in a minority against wearing crape one]
month, in memory of Samuel Adams and
Edmund Pendleton, two ol the most dis
tinguished friends of virtue and liberty.
Mr. Attains, as a Senator, denied pro-
tection to commerce ; and this 1 can no
otherwise account for hut by presuming
that he was unwilling that the Republi
can administration should have the credit
of affording protection to commerce.—
He voted on the 26th March, 1804, for
striking out the clause imposing the du
ty called The Mediterranean Pund it
and, finally, voted in a minority ol
against the passage of the Act entitled
An Act further to protect the com
merce and seamen of the United States
patuo, , terly exhausted. f.very ettori tn.u me-
I-T'l 1 "’ « : '“'luevo- ! (lic /, aid and unren) i„i n g attention could
hitu*
A«l terms, humane sonat per mxn nee ijiso
Monte minor procumbit
The diction of Mr. P. was Admirable.
It was impossible by any addition to em
bellish its beauties, or to subtract n word
without risking the destruction of a
supply were found ineffectual to save
him. Thus perished at a comparatively
immature period a man whose genius
j 11 (lung pedigree in the shade —and
I who had tilled and adorned every public
trust to which talent could be called.
charm. It permitted no substitution of] A half a century will not replace him in
terms. It had that ‘‘ curiosa ielicitus j America. S.
of expression that the mind was led to j — — —
Ihe belief, that in the preparation of his j UALVli 1VVa&*S.
causes, his whole labor and time had *
been exhausted in the selection of *\ THE ‘.si.NA'l I,.
vVed.nksdat, Dec. la
Mr. IFillianis, ol Tennessee, submitted
the following resolution for consideration : t _
Resolved, That the Committee on I nliiic , whose.business it was to arrest and punish
Lamia b> i itructcd to inipiifc into the expo- : , mll .pu'ions of powers But the House was
l! [about itself to usurp power, in dismissing
from public offices by law, (on their
iccounts,
xecutive
1 .. i t to authorize ; power—it was one ol the prerogatn es ol tin
'President. If he do not do his duty in re
diency of authorizing the stale ol'leant
In sell, on such terms us the Legislature may |
word 3.
The first advocate at the bar, his un
rivalled powers shone with umlimiuish
ed lustre in the Senate.
Nothing is perhaps better calculated
to evince the ample range of his mind,
than this singular distinction in two
partmetits-of public speaking ; in which (
equal excellence in the same individual of \p-.l, (him, entitled
, 1 , , ■ .-, | I, the state of Tennessee to issue grunt.-, niiu per-
has been supposed incompatible. I ds- fed tiUcs to lortain lands therein described,
sing by many examples in onr own coua-! unl , l( , S ,. ( (| R t| l0 claims to th« vacant and un
try, not to mention tho number in Eng-) appropriated lunds within the state of Tonnes-
land, that press upon our recollection ;! *e°-”
i . i it. ,i,„ .Lc i Mr. II nre submitted the following tcsoio-
let a single one illustrate the vast dun- j
cultv of its attainment. What advocate | That the Military Committee in-
in England could he named, in cctnpari- I q,,;,.,. j„i 0 u, e eiipcdienr.y of providing by law
sion with Erskine ? Proud and enviable tor the final -eitlenieut o'fthe luiti'.ia clnuu- ol
" ‘ rgic, for servifce* rendered (in
cident of die United
•s l',U2, 17s) >, and I7U4.
trnli7.es the. enactment oftlio hill, arid leaves
things exactly as they now are. Blit, sup-
nose it does net leave things as they are.—
By excluding advances you put ail end at
once to competition, by which tho public in
(crest is so much consulted. Your most va
luable citizens areal once excluded from en
gaging in the business of supply for the pub
lic sun ire. The wealth ol the Mechanics
of the United States, Mr. N. snid, cnnsiits in
their honesty and tlie.ir enterprise : they
have no other capital. They cannot make
contracts, if you Turbid advances to them.—
By doing so, you throw the bu.diic.ss of con
tracts into the hands of a lew men who have
capital, and who will make the government
pay as high as possible for what they fur
nish. So far from producing the delightful
system of economy which the supporters ol
the bill imagine, it will produce the. oppo
site effect, of prodigality, and, in addition,
will lie a proscription uf a large class of our
fellow-citizens. This, however, was not his
only objection to the bill. This house, he
said, was the Grand Inquest of the Nation
,I!IU, i , i.,,, i i..... r persons Irum piiiiiii: unices uy
lich, : section of the act ot Congress, passed the Hjtli I cie.) I hts, Mi. N. said, a as an Lx -
against the Barbary powers.
i’liese several votes ol Mr. Adams fur
nish objections to him as a statesman,
whicii in my opinion, are unanswerable ;
therefore, whilst i acknowledge that he
is an able writer, and has deserved his
success in argument against Mr. Picker
ing, Don Onis, Don Anduaga, and Mr.
Jonathan Russell, he cannot have my
vote to he President of the U. States.
Your follow citizen.
ALEXANDER SMYTH.
*r Adams, Baldwin, Bradley, Ellery, Jackson,
1. Smith.
* • Mr. Adam?, actually voted in December
180'», in a minority of nine, against brin^ia^ m
It was for him to enjoy tho pur-1 liie 01 u * or 8 ,a »
... i c i our orJihs ot tiie I
eat and noblest reward ot elofjueuce.— ; state , during the yea
For upwards of twenty years, the cause —— *
of liberty was never once iu danger be- j HOUSE OU iiEiUiESE.VT.i I'll ES.
fore the English courts, that P.rskine was , Tuesdax, Dec. 17.
* i .wiupp-Rn \ r ,-if ii,n 1 Mr. Eustis from the committee on Milita-
not her selected advocate. * el lae; n &j tc( , a bil , eunt.m.e the
same Lrsktne in the Bntish parliai., nf, mod ‘ , )f sll ppiy„.g ihe At my of the
sunk belotv all public estimation. 1 ink- j (j !litcd States, (ih.it is, thecommasariatsys-
ney in the American Senate easily won | tl , m j—which was twice read and commit-
the distinction he had worn at the bar.— j
It was most justly remarked by his high i
tod.
On motion of Mr. Walker, of N. 0. it was
,„i,„iai«»«?«.- svrrsr.i
dress announcing his death, that, ‘"T „„ c y „f making appropriation, to defray the
chamber had bsi.i one nj the fields of his ( .x|ii>ih?< of holding a treaty with the < he.ro-
f am c ” 1 kce nation of Indiana, for the purpo a ot ex-
Yes.it was truly so. In that dark UngiiishiiiK tbelr claim to land Within the h-
* J » nuts of Aortu Carolina,
hour, when a PfiRNiYLVANtAii senawr »fbe House topk up jhe resolution yester-
could be found threatening to burst the ! d(< „ n)IIV( , d |,y Mr. Cocke, catling upon the
bonds of the Union, sooner than to re- President to cause to he laid before the
cognize the rights of the people of Mis-1 House a particular tatement of ordnance
Houri : when n aonator of New-York.I expeiulitmes, fcc. Mr. C. modified his mo-
movmg from ollicc those who may neglect
their duty, he is amenable to this House for
his misconduct. For these, and other rea
sons, which he would not fatigue the Mouse
hy staling, Mr. N. believed that the bill was
unnecessary rnd ought not to pass, and
should give it his decided negative.
Mr. Hassell said, that to the whole of the
objections adduced by bis colleague to this
bill, it would be a sufficient answer, perhifps,
that the present practice in the government
pproacliet} as nearly as possible to the sys
tem proposed in Ibis bill. If bis arguments,
therefore, were well founded, they formed
no objection to the bill—inasmuch as, that
what was now practice, in the government,
could not bewoiSeifit were made law.—
Mr. B. referred to the letter from tile Secre
tary of War, yesterday read to the Mouse,
from which it appeared that that Depart
ment had found it necessary to bring t It a
public business as nearly as possible to the
system proposed by this bill. Mr. B. had
further understood, in conversation with the
Secretary of War, that it was desirable that
the system now established in practie
liquid lie fixed and made permanent by
vas seen trampling on ground consecrat-
ttilb K view to tne preservation Ol ue j }qo5, in a minority of nine, against liruigoif.ni i ,
liberty, peace, safety, and the people of j a. bill to prohibit, after 1-t .January, isos, me b , (h(J CO n« t itut :o-n‘' and openly -Jr-
- • . . „ ^o^MrfaoJiag lb* obligation, of slavery as
1 can, however, now inform you, that j (j Ai j gm , | HillliiAiise, Olcotl, Bickering, Hu
1 s>, ,11 not vote for John (-(, Adams, to i , lleI . i'.-hcv and White
t*. Adams, Liitlhouje, Olcott, Plumer, and
Tracy.
bo Bresident of the United States. 1
p.i s over the circumstances of his rela
tion to the man who violated the rights
of the American people, the liberty of
speech and of the press, by the appro
val of the Sedition Act ; although there
is no evidence known to me that Mr.
Adams ever disapproved of one act ot
that administration 1 passover tins fact of
his having written against “ the Rights ol
Man not only against the work thus
entitled, hut against the rights them
selves ; and attempted to ridicule Mr.
Jett'erson, the chief of the friends ot
those rights. 1 object to Mr. John Q.
Adams that lie is no statesman ; dial the
j/cniicious passions •aiarp his judgement
u.'id do not leave his mind in a proper
state to decide on ilte interest of a nation,
<$• to adopt an enlarged and liberal system
of policy. 1 offer the following proofs :
Mr. Adams took his seat in the Senate,
of the United States on the 21st October,
1003. Mr. Jefferson had then filled the
Presidential chair more than two years
and a half; his principles of government
were well understood ; were approved
of by a great majority of the American
people ; and he had acquired Louisiana
from the most powerful chief of the most
powerful nation, hy t’air purchase ; an |
acquisition the most advantageous,* and I
the most glorious, because the most just,
that ever was made by any government.
On the 28th of October, a bill enabling
the 1 resident to lake possession of Lou
isiana, passed the Senate ; and on the
question, Shall tins bill pass ? Mr. Ad
ams, in u minority of six, roted against
if.
On the 10th of January, 1801, we find
Mr Adams proposing a resolution, and
voting fir it in a minority of four.J de
claring that Congress hub no right to tax
Louisiana. On the 14th of Jan., we find
“i'll voting in a minority of three, § a-
gainst extending the laws of (he United
o;u, and contrary to the law of natun
and nature’s God—when these two state.-,
the key-stone of the federal arch, gave
way, and all was gloom—Pinkney rose,
tion so as to require in addition, a statement
ill'll),', vvbllli* -l mat till *.l ... .li.ai'".. of
description now In long e.., to the U* St.itcs.
Air. ('urke. ,i I lie wanted to know what
(|ii> ordnance of tile United .'states consisted
of, at the close ol the late war, and what it is
now. It would lie recollected, he SRid, that
11 ihe last session a counterpart of this re
from TilE McilM.lNO KNiJUIRER.
Mil. J’l.YK.XCY.
William Pinkney may l.e justly rank
ed among the greatest men America has
produced.
in some respects, nay in many, his
name will stand in competition with the
most celebrated jurists and distinguished
statesmen in the world.
He affords in his life and character an
imoosing example, of the value and ex
cellence of our civil institutions.
Poor and friendless, lie rose to re
nown—and contributed in a large degree
to the dignity and glory ot hts country.
The ornament ot his own state, he add
ed to the pride of Maryland, he became
a pillar ol the Union. Cut oft in the
fulness and maturity of his lame, ami
powers, tiie regrets ol the Union will
mingle with the tears o! Maryland.
Mr. Pinkney wa3 of the ordinary
height, perhaps a little below it. His
chest of remarkable expansion. The
increasing corpulence of his person, in
dicated fall and luxurious habits of liv
ing, but his constitution presented no vi
sible marks of decay. lie preserved to! formed by
... „ r n ,| 1 |i P a.R V Ti.4 solution had been presented to the Me
intrepid in the sense ol public duty , End j ^ rcceiv ,. d it5 s:ul rii<m. After an inter-
iccusing, y;j j 0 f somc months, during which llie infor-
JUtolred by tin: Senate and lluu*>\ nf I'tjir
ersilntires of llic l ntU.I Slnlr.it tj .‘hnctica. in
f’i,a;p,'.v; nvSnvblett, TIilU so unit:ll ut Ibe „■
hove treaties as pretends to »rael to the In
dians fee -intph litle-i ft, lands within the limits
of (teorgbi, is a violation of the sovereign
rights of (lint state.
2 llemleed, That so milch of the Snid trea
ties ns purports to grunt to the Indian* Ike
i iglils of citizenship, is n violation ol Ihe l ights
of Congress
3. Resolved, That the Mini of tie ap
propriated for the purpose of holding treaties
with tiie Creek nml Cherokee Indians, tor the
extinguishment of their title to lauds within
the limits of fiont giit.
1. Resolved, That so much of the treaty,
made Ihe kTlii ot Uehrimry, Utth, as directs »
large portion of the public lands' to tie sold, and
tiie proceeds to be vested in some public e'eek,
tjyllie President of tlie United Mii'cs, and to
be disposed of by him for the benefit ol tho
Cherokee Indians, dues not accord with the
general policy of this government, nml the
power of Congress over tne public property in
the United States.
Mr. Tattnall, of Georgia, moved to strike
out the three first of these resolves, and in
sert in lieu thereof the following :
1. Resolved Ini the Semite and House nf Re-
presentativ s of tin Lnitcd States of .‘Innrua in
Congress assembled, T tint so much of Hie -e\ er-
at treaties, made between tire- United Stales
and the Creek and Cherokee Indians, es prof
vjdes for reserves to the Indian-.of lands in ice
simple, within tlie territory ceded to Georgia,
is calculated to interfere with the sovereign
rights of Hint stare, and is in direct violation
ol the "articles of agreement and cession he-
tween the United Status and the Stale of Cieur-
Stitt," concluded on (lie 24th of April, 1BU3.
2. Hi solved, That it is expedient and proper
that an appropriation he matte by f engross, of
a unmade piste to the extinction of the Indian
iillc, to tlie “ reserves” embraced within the
treaties above referred to.
M,-. Tattnall said, it was not his intention,
nor did he believe it was llmt of lit- col
leagues, to detain the attention or tbit (louse
liy remarks upon this subject. It hail been
so fully discussed at the last session by u.’.e
of his colleagues, end the views which ha
had taken of it Ir.ul been so decidedly sup
ported by the vote of this house malting an
appropriation for the purpose referred to in
the 3d resolution, iic should say no more on
the subject now, than that the resolutions
now s.iliinilted were a mere modification of
those for which lm proposed to substitute
them. The only subject involrt d was that
of the lands reserved to the Indiana in fee
simple, it would lie remembered hy all,
! : I that, hy the articles of cession and agree-
a I men t of 130*, between the United State*
legislative act—because every new oliierr | ;(nd (;,, or gi :1) it became obligatory on the
coming into the government, tinappriTiAru { L T nitt*J ISlates to extinguish the fee simple,
and unacquainted with the difficulties of this j ^ we || , IS |i l( , ,j a ;' K , 1K d rights of the Indians,
sort which lie would have fo encounter un- ■ ’L'lirouuh the it advertence of those who
der the former system ofadvatn ei:, i.e. ivat | Huthori/.t d to make the treaties in
throw n, before he knew it, into the very vor , es p lon or f rou , SO n.e other can c, among
tex of-them. Was not this, Mr. ll. n.-keu, a J j., . ...
demonstrable ntgur.ient in favor ot Inis Wb , WRrc . , rd ,. { 0 p^tic.dar Indians. The
and against bis colleague? Mr. 1). quowu j j unsequenco c f tl.i* was, a slate uf tilings
the lute Message of the JD- n|, to rlic.v fi . c '„ „ n „ a: - a »|cled. For it was a fact
flic quantities of pnhhc money wliii h ni . p W as now a question agitated in the
at one lime in the hand:, o! the pnidicav cn , , Goorts of Georgia whct'r.cr ttiere existed
\v*' tile moneys of the country, said ho, ^ 1 I ()VLr tho o resen .-lions, at this moment,
sway ot an
There is no
and eclipsing cloqiica*
report of the two speeches delivfiren
him on that occasion ; but the impres
sion produced on all who heard them
(especially the list) will he indelible.
It is felt as a high privilege, now their
author is no more, to have witnessed
these beautiful, I had almost said perfect
motion might have been obtained, Ibis Home
‘ ---told that the information could not be
I*'"-. , * l '-.t session. The object which
, furnisJit.u nr t... • , fP niotion huforc
j Mr. C had was to ro... 0 . -riad as
the Administration at as oftny ,
possible in (be present session, that .W »n-,
j ver might be obtained to it. Mr. C. said, j an y
,o<-uni i.iiiiicy» . I „ii .1. ’. ' ov , r tiiotm resen rtions, at tins moment,
he thus thrown abroad, subject only to | ;|| „ a ti, )n:d j.u-isdic'.i. ti win ! iver. Accord-
accountability of individuals r Wasitliis.ut- | . |n * (() h; „ o( - shc ,., a . t( . r , y ir . F. saiil,
cessarv ? C-oidd not government be sup- ; ( j r , m ,t a t present subject to any
. I...I K..4 ra^,,o-llI VVlIh (It'- 1 : *’ r,., J
poited but on principles fraught^ "‘l h d lu ir | national jtirisi
lion whatsoever. These re-
lutions called upon the House simply to
-| -went uciwecii the United
it was well known that, every year
kui
stiuctinn to the public i.tl
Uicro bo an individual who is benefitted i>7
profligacy in the public expenditure, is that
a reason why this bill should not pass ? Mr.
B. said, he knew his coll, ague too well to
■ that lie would support the principle . . .
* tint euvcrninent, let | 'e him.itti r to lie settled by the Cotn-
* — ... V , , . and Ah-ans.
ciplc
s and Georgia — to recognize ,'ic
that an appropriation ought m |, 0
fortius purpo-e. ’J'ln;' amount ot it
D.tltVUiua,
his situation be w hat it tv Hi, is 16 be SZjtaiu-
, , . Honof money are appropriated for the Ord | ( , d >t lhe pi|Uic eX|)cnse . ’ Mr. «. defended
specimens of genius and eloquence.— l)Jtlce Department, tImv that money was L |u , t)i!1 f r { ml the chartc of partiab'ty. The
The breathless attention of hi3 audience disposed of he should like to know. <>“'• cau8M 0 f discrimiaation between persons
—the crowd pressing oil every avenue, ' circumstance, however, forced itself^on the sl , t .| v j D g con t|. B ct3 are, said Mr. 13 i-'aet, be-
bevond all reach of sight, or sound—the j mind : that, alter several months notice be- J ,. 0 , (d olu . control. Did ilte gcutlema:.' sup-
deserted chamber of the House of Rep-1 i»S »P r ^“« >« a '^’ pose the g raunnf was to n»k»<
rpaan'nti vps in'iv oi ve some idea of a t s>«»fr given to the Iloie a was too re- o ued in- u . ilh pi . re on» who are paupers, ami pot .ai-gr
lesen.atives w, y g • j formation could not be forms,.cl. J be con- | j , ( i,. hands, relyiie upon tlic.r ;u
speech, to Which Mr. Clay a terwards a - j c , usion , to his mind, was, that that Depart-! / The ' gentleman would he
luded “ as lighting up all that halt with ( n i en t was, to say the least ut it, a bttte tie- j himself one of the first to Idame the govern-
gtory.
The conclusion of tiie last speech,
may be classed with the most polished
and splendid,efforts of oratory. It was
directed to Mr. King of N. Y. and no
thing can be imagined finer than the spi
rit by which it was attempered. No
harsh expression—no angry, vindictive
feeling—uo gross, personal allusion, dc- burseinent of public m
formed by its violence, this noble appeal advances on contracts) w
ranged. I ment for doing so. This bill, besides, air.
r J hi* resolve of i Ir. Cocke v. asllicn n^ieeu i ga j ( ^ would save the public money from
to, without objection. j lost, arid, from what appeared from j ’
The bill to provide lor clothing tne Mill- I (iiU President’s Message, it was high time
tla of the L nited States when in actual ser- i gomo Bteps , vero tn i- e n to previ nt further di-
vice, was read the third time, passed, ami j ].,pjdatinn of the public money. Mr. B.
sent to the Senate for concurrence. took further views of th
DISBURSEMENT Of PUBLIC MGNKV
Ir. Wood professed himself to be in want
! ,f some further information than lie now
j had on this subject. He wished to know
| what was tie. amount involved in these, re-
• '-erration.'., J-c. He suggested, also, that, ns
ilhcill (. nixittu »«L»r<'ly un
j deeln: lion, which could have no legal ef-
) fi.rt it was calculated to embarrass the
1 [unse without any correspondent advan
tage to the State of Georgia, tac. Mr. \V.
concluded by moving, in order to allow far
ther time to examine the subject, that the
Committee now rise and have leave to sit
Tliti engrossed hi
concerning tile dis-
money,” (forbidding
read a 3d time
Shall this hill
1 tho question being,
Veicton, of Virginia, snid, he was op-
ho subject, of the
'Mr. Tau ogll said, he was not tenacious
as to tiie first resolution. But, when mo
ney was asked to he appropriated, there
ired to he a propriety in stating tho
same import with the preceding. H« par- ■ ‘ ds of lhe peopriation. But, said he,
ticulm Iv denied that Inc bill bore, on tneh-ss j ^ m ( ., o taone ‘.J ; f , he House chase, and ‘
will relinquish the declarations. Give
.. .Mthy more severely than on others, inas
much as their contracts, ho urged, would
give them credit fur as much money as was
necessary to enable them to comply with
them. And with regard to usurpation,
his death, a tine glow and vigor of health, j to the best feelings of the heart—but 1
There was always a peculiar gaiety and forbear ; to those who heard, any at
animation about his carriage and move- j tempt at description would he insulfer
ments. His countenance when at rest,] tile : to those who did not, it would be]
was not remarkable. The outline oR worse than injustice , .
his forehead, was hold and elevated.— 1 The circumstances preceding his death) been amended, from time to time, until it had ! which those who perform the ^
No other feature proclaimed the extra- are not without interest. lie had made! been made such as to compel those who had ; functions are. to net. If the legislature were
ordinary powers of his mind. His eye “SraoXary exertions in a recent case; I •'»« ^bum-ment of public money to ac-jcut oil from th.s authority, the Lxecutm
was dull and heavy ; but under the ac- |,i s great rapidity of
merice of action had
cold. He spent tho - . . . . . . .
tnd retired early to his lodgings.— | |, e f oun d, when the ciihject was fairly const- j Mr. II right delivered h:s opinions against
us justice, an.1 welfare nothing about rc-
snlatious. 51 r. T. laid, lie had no objec
tion to gi'iot; further time for considera
tion of intense thought—in the heat and
ardor cf debate—it was transformed to
the most powerful and varied expres
sion.
At the bar, Mr. Pinkney had rivals—
but no equal. His professional career
was disturbed by frequent and lot.g in
stalls to Louisiana ; and on the ICth of terruptions. His political engagements
February, we find him voting in a mi- j a,ul Foreign missions, would have des-
nority ol i ii c jj against the passage uf a
hill lor erecting Louisiana into two ter-
litories.
Ain 1 not justified in supposing that
the principles of faction, and not tho
that ought to govern a patriotic states
tuan, directed the political course
Mr. Adams? Yes; ive are justified in
supposing, that party zeal blinded Mr.
-Adams to the interest of his country ;
that opposition to Mr.'Jefferson and the
troyed the practice of any other man.—
lie had but to re-appear, and the voice
of competition was dumb. Nay, what
stronger assurance can be afforded, than
the fact, that the distinguished Emmet,
I (always tiie mo i profound in his pro
Mr.Aeir/on, of Virginia, snid, ho. was op- them. Am willi rcgaril to ' su l n W e|t assnr.i I Hint, w hen well un-
1, . nosed to the hill, for reasons which ho. would which and hern charged upon tne bm, • u • I , , od du , 3e reso lu! i'uis would not meet
“ briefly state. The present system had been B. said lie had supposed the very essence of i ^ (|;e h , ast 0 |,j ec , ILI ,.
in operation for two and thirty year®, &. had | legislation lay down general l ines unuur, q'|tc committee then rose, reported pro-
iath Been amended, from time to time, until it had ,. which those who perform (lie I'.xccutiic I -. n d oht
;»de 1 been made such as to compel tlu.se who had j functions are to act. If the legislature were , ^
ions in n recent case;] the disbursement of public money to ac- cut oil from this authority, the Lxccutiie ( T!il . ln
. , . ' count tor it promptly. Hu believed, lie Bind, j was supreme as to every tlung iclutin D to |... - . (
I i! cliht! notwithstanding a considerable noise bail j public offices and no net of Uongrcsa cou.d , n ‘^ m ol dl . 1 . )
ml produced il s-llgnt [|0| . n uade about the loss of public, money affect him, which was a doc.tiiiie whieli_!ie I <vj||
e evening in compa- its co n e ctimi arid disbursement, it would , presumed the House would not sustain, Ue. p ub e |c LHnds
„, -,..lv to his lodgings.— |, e found, when the subject was foil l.v cuii-i- , 31 r. H rig hi dehvcr.-d In opmioiw a , on-I i
|-Ie had bee n engaged in an important] dared and all tli« facts fully known, that the I tin. bill, for a variety of reasons, soom ol
case which cams up memtof tha^governroent^'woidd nedamount j porter. ^ He said^how^vernhafon inquiry it
circuit : it was important from too con- . '™" ore lha * ul , 01lt , uo an( l B half I would be found that, in a variety of cases ol Coin
object.
iffi! to authorize certain persons in
try tlm titles to their lands, wool
and, on inn'ion of Mr. Ilan-
imnitfcd to thc/comnuftae on
-i fi'ssion) in Iiis advanced years, upon
0 Pinkney’s death, appears at the Supreme
' l-ouisiuna wilt formteu 5tutes,snil siipport
20 it ■ i 11 i 111, s of tiie ,1c candauts of the American
people.. ll is more ml\ antagaons Ilian lhe c.on-
H'.iest ot Ciumuny In France would be to the
French people.
t Adams, Hillhouse, Olcott, Pickering, Plu
mer, Tracy.
t- Adams, Olcott, Tracy, White.
5 Adams, Pianiar, U cits.
Jl Adams, liidliomc, Ctcotl, Plumer, t Stone.
Court a regular practitioner ?
Mr. E. was eminently remarkable for
close and powerful argument.
No force of imagination could charm
in competition with his unrivalled pow
ers of reasoning. Clear, as light, in bis
statements and facts—distinct and obvi
ous in every point lor which he contend
ed—as he advanced, the powers of his
mind enlarged-—proofs and iilu-trationx
poured in from every quarter. He
pressed onivtwd, until judgment was con
siderable amount involved ; it was ren
dered more so in public expectation,
from the circumstance that a gentleman
was employed against him whom he had
never met before, eminent for his genius
and acquirements, a^J who added to
these advantages, a perfect anil minute
acquaintance with the case, from his
previous engagements. Standing as
„f dollars, ln the port of New-York, in ! contract fir timber, the Navy Department
which most uf the duties on imports were, j had been obliged to advance munejx m de-
eollceteii, lie did not know that the total loss; fiance of a desire to do otherwise, be.ore the.
would amount to 600,000 dollars. Mr.
was satisfied, lie said, that the government
„oing on extremely well; that the account
ing officers are extremely vigilant in the dis
charge of their duty : that all those into
whose hand,, (lie public money goes, are
called strictly to‘a> count for its expenditure.
Pinkney did, on the pinnacle of his pro- \Vliy, then, hn asked, pass new laws upon
was calculated the. subject ? 'i
; on very well:
Cession, this circumstance was calculated j the subject ? Things are gem;:
to arouse exertion. Pride to excel, j Ict^ss be satisfied with them us they are.
“that last in firm! tv of a noble mind,' j Mr. N- “aid he believed that t he S'"
, •. ,• i* • „ curao which could beiiu a Kunumicau P»*o-
suggested ita atimulating incentive*. j (he multiplication of unnecessary
It is possible it occurred to his appre- , | a , vg ]5,, B ; des t|,i s general objeetion, liow-
hcti-ion that this case was not of tho or- j ,, vep> j )e |, ad other serious objectioas to this
der of those, in which lie had heretofore 11,\||. The bill provides that no money shah
in readily obtained the distinction ol h« advanced to contractors but for articles
furnished, the value of whn li shall be aseer-
ontracts could be complied with. In some
IIS
ontracl might be found in a different stati
COLUMBIA RIVER,
rhe next bill in order w as tile bill t( i pro-
for the. occupation off he nioulli 'of the
mbia River, and the House wen/f into
committee of tiie w hole un the subject, Mr.
Campbell o'l Ohio in the chair.
On motion of Mr. Floydthe blank;; for ihe
number of miles square to which tli r. Indian
instances, by accident, persons^ \viliing to j ld j e j s t0 j, L . extinguished was fliicd with
,. thirty ; and the Blank for the nu mber of
a, but it was so rare as only by an excepli- ] . 1(l| . e ' s t„ |„» allowed to each actu al settler
n lo prove the rareness, kc. Mr. \V. con- j n | )Q | 9 t ; 10 | K , ad 0 ffamily, was lidcd with
eluded lii-s remarks by moving that tiie bill j ( j lree Pumiced and twenty,
lie on the table. On the suggestion of Vir. I Frig If that the
This motion was negatived. * word “occupy” did not aeem td him pro-
The question was then taken on the pas- i , )0 a pj>Iy to the settlement of ft territory
sage ot’ tile trill, a : 1 it was passedjsy a largo j atreadv ours ;
majority, and sent to the Senate foi concui - j ^ Floyd thought the word proper us
ig military o{ cupalion, lint,'to ac-
commoitato the vie i vs of the gentleman
from Mankind, in a . cd to insert the wonts
obtained the distinction ot
“ facile princeps.”
Be this as it may, it is certain a con
siderable portion of the night was devot
ed to that case. Wearied at length with
study, but not inclined to repose, ho took
I lined, and for services actually rendered. —
Then comes a proviso, authorizing the offi
cers nf government to make advances when
they think them necessary to the public ser
vice, Thus. Mr. N said, the proviso neu-
Mr
GEORGIA AND THE UNITED STATES. I m, l'b
The House then, according io the order
uf the Day, resolved itself into a committee
of tiie w hole, on the resolutions respecting
the articles ut cession nod agreement be
tween tiie United Stales and tiie state ol
Georgia, as affected by the Creek and
Cherokee Treaties—-
Air. Hassell in the chair.
with a military low .
after the word “ vc-
This ainendmeo't was agreed to.
On motion uf i/ir. Floyd, ilie blanks in the
bill were filled', respecting which them was
no contest, c\< ept as to the nue which fixes
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Tiie rcgolulions are in the following ; the aal.r-y i,l the Govj rtior of the propoved^r »
i’enitory oC 'Oi 'gou.
