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p— mu-5t not bcs lost so easily. ^1 would for ra ther see both of you shot while acting pro fessionally.’ At thi.s’the major paused, excessively irrita ted, fixing his eye upon the attorney; and if he had been a man of any ‘ mark dr likeli hood,’ that is to say, if he had possessed a fine portly body, and a handsome black coat, ar? imposing air and a strong voice, the major would certainly have called him out that in stant. “ Fermit me to ask you major,” said our coun try banker, ‘whether 1 may not justly consider it as something more than a merely ‘absurd *on» boa known to tbosft wdip nro in tho •*-*£•**••?, it is cqftal- lv common to lincl the utmost difficulty in forming a quo rum on the succeeding Monday. Who are the absent pei- sOus ? vour committee would in all humility inquire, 1 he Benedicts, whose miseries have been made the prey of le gislative raillery—the widowers, whose gray hairs have been exposed to the sneer of the tax-gatherer, or too wor shipful encouraners of matrimony ? But arai 1 Your committee have oeen vexed beyond alt power of endurance, to the'injury of conscience and the decav of the risible muscles, with demands for divorces, with'the specifications.of the secrets ot the marned l,ie; s-ich as filled all the single men of this House with confu sion and dismav. Pray, have these difficulties proceeded from Bachelors'? Furthermore, no subject has claimed our attention from which there has been such a nervous shriak- CONGRESS. SPEECH OF MR. DAWSON, OF GEORGIA. AYednesdaf, Febkuart 1. The bill making appropriations for the current cxt«r* p tV^tir of ing as the consideration of our orphan*’ court system—al though ablv and learnedly jirepared. .The Hon. House 1 has proceeding,’ ‘a capital ioke,’ to be put down, scanty ventured to entertain it, although they admit that La oV.U-1 ran ir, roronrv f VidowsW orphans ant sU&nng throughout the State for and leave my wife and children m penury 5 of a i ^. Uer ^tem-ifaerefore, your committee Give me leave to add, that I am perfectly aware j wou , d i^bly ash, are these the' widows and orphansnfi eumstance might not be suitable .to nivca.se. r:" orf ,,~ t .,' do j urtiu5 t£) h isheiw: are these tie heir* of In what I a.sk there is nothing UiljuS , 1,1 j bachelors ? From which sale of the house do these diffi- every thing that is equal and fair, as tar 85 prtftidrtisibp Stair i ‘ l3 « ? worldly matters are concemea. y ~ f Nay, I have still the worst of it, inasmuch as mv life may J be said to be pitted against a punnon ami pair, j Amain, gentleman, if I should be .uded, my j wffe an l children will absolutely need the mon- attempt t. and of greatest merit for the n the unmarried, or childless die Indian Department, und for fulfilling treaty^ tipula- tious with the various Indian tribes, for the year 18<1/, coming up; and the question being on concurring with the Committee of the W hole in the an mud me nl made thereto— Mr. DAWSON, of-Georgia, said the course which the debate had taken ou die-bill before the House, had made it his dutv, as ono of the Representatives of Georgia, to ask the indulgence of the House, for a short time, tnat he might be heard upon some of the. facts stated by gentle men, and briefly to reply to softie of die insinuations, char ge's and allegations, which had been made in relation to that, part of .the Union from-which lie came. The range of this discussion bad been wide, and, te his mind. (Mr. D. said,) in a great measure, unauthorized by the objects of the bill t-qrtestions and subjects having but little connex ion, il’.auy, had been introduced. • Gentlemen had spoken freely and sympathetically.touch ing die policy pursued in relation to the lftdiajjs, aiid y*po ciailv the Creeks, and had plainly intimated, if nbt’clnug- cd, that humanity liad been violated, and the character of tile cduntrv blackened by acts of cruelty to them ; that the conduct of the citizens of Georgia and Alabama to- these Indians, had given origin to die late war, which, it seems, has not vet entirely subsided, and, in its consequences, the butchery of men, women, and .children, depredations, and desolation of property. Mr. Speaker, permit me, (said Mr. D.) to say these al legations contain not the true causes of the war. It is* a mistake, a very great mistake ; it is not so. Tiuth and justice unite, and deny that Georgia ami Alabama were in nconsid.’ratioHOt' such facts, your committee m;»y state it as a grave question, whether an additional tax iquui inar- rled men might nut have a salutary efiect. In every coun try, iu all ages, the great transactions both of war and peace have d ■jier.tb’il very much upon that c;as-» whom wc stigmatise. Therefore it is, that my Lord Ba- pv^W if I kill the captain, his property is ab- ' ln * &**>-*■> **?*'• BV , muu *• *•“ i J 1 - “ Certainly the best wort solutely of no sort ot. use to him alter Ins iu- j ;illbu<!| , riv ' neral expellees are paid! Nor is the proposi- i i-a.-u ; which, both tion without precedent—many a noble prece- and end dent, I am happy to say, for the credit ot liu- : 1 man nature. Upon these occasions, some men of refined honor and high courage have thought they could never do enough.— V\ hen Best shot j - SAX1A Lord Camelford ilis lordship, on his death; Santa Vann is iL-void, naturally and habitually, of any ’ without being influenced by Stale pride, a more honorable , , . ,. \ ■ ' ’ -. ,,i ■ l.,,,. i one i* r-n iai uualilv which constitutes hitn either a hero or ; a „d high-minded population inhabit no portion of this Uui- hed, left his antagonist, who W a, in Jo VV t K- 1 j‘}; ; v:l!lt , an i ma l courage, and has had hut j and for the fulfilment of their duties rs good ami wor- c um stances a handsome income, lCJOlClllg, no . ^ V( . rv ; m perfect education; Hill lie lacks both industry and thv citizens, politically and morally, are not inferior to any doubt that he lived long enough to do such an atorK , f„ r these deficiencies. lie. had scarcely | other portion of the confederacy. The charge that their act of magnanimity and honor. I never tired i entered the army when lie forged a note in the mime of his I conduct forced the Indians into a state of depredation, and at a man or mark iii ray life. I am sure to lie ! *u.,erier officer,‘and twice afterwards was lie guilty of the J caused the bloody and suva shot ? proceeded fv inarfcctio,^ and mean*, have maii> , |ault in this matter to such a:i extent as to justify so grave nvert the ptibli, . unrnnmii me ^ , ‘ | an allegation; and in their vindication,and especially those be.-t urt'ici-■*> «-cn s. nants .icon . < ’ ,,f mv constituents who hare been denominated the People »• Leaving little to. be said, ot marned men, ex- , ^ ^ Fn , utier , f a . u{ agail; , t whgm it has been said the ceof. pg.haps, t.1.1 r -iey au tie >..t fins aa< • | dire calamities which were peqietrated on the Eastern and Western banks of the Chattahoochee river, during the last \X.v\. | spring and summer, were partially chargeable, 1 may say, ejaculated the id *l “Oh, but!—you, sir—: T sir, captain. “ lloally, captain,” said the major, biting his lips, “1 begin to think, as men oi fin ished honor, we must accede to the propo sal.” The hanker flatly refused to fight, on any othe the most relmeit point u: uucnm- uyuui j could be manifested on the occasion, till the acts which'they committed, saV.ie crime to a gteaier extent, but under similar circuni- | not true or just, nor can it, with any propriety, be made. sta-ices lor one of which lie had been imprisoned on coil- ! .Sir, the people of that section of the country are benevo- vict'oa. Thus he commenced Iris career as a comitcrfeitor j [ 0 „t and generous, and possess, at least inhin equal degree, or forger; and he Ins continued it as one—the ckaraeteris- every sympathy common to our nature, and wjiieh excites t'c trait of his whale conduct being low cunning, or met- 1 j noble and honorable acts, and wouiil extend the influence duidicitv. ! of these virtuous feelings as far as any people on earth. Before, during, and after the revolutionary war of Mexi- And here, in all kindness and good feeling to the geuflc- ro. h- hetr/ved the trust reposed iu him, and bargained j men fv»m Massachusetts and \ erniont, wlio, on ynslerday from lieutenant, ; and to-day, addressed die House w ith so much sympathy in invariably lor his treachery, by promolu . « . . T • | t*.l tD C<U«l:K‘l ii'iu m II. uw, u.1 ret e. ^ r terms, putting it directly to tue major as ij); , i g rat p,..^n v . evcr .- ;, n i-tv and officer, till he almost acci- most refined point of duelling' honor that death- fell into the ranks of the revolutionary, iliesegra- ;lnd al, and secret bribes—ieu\- hchalt of the aborigines, and who depicted, with so much pat ho-, the ojyvssioits and cruelties which had been in- dalii o! Treae two officers, though excessively provoked and m;i - to nin>lu ! annovod, could no longer refuse their consent. The parchment was handed them by the attor- 1 promotion, lie had sufficient cm ,v.-n advnntagi'—and in such a country as Mexico, the traitm is a!wavs forgotten in tfie success of the tr -acherv. He then fore reaped the reward of his pi r- fulv: for like a nt leaving a sinking ship, he left the party and power, to seek nev who saw it nrc’merly signed, and the priii- , that he found deciiumg m mimcnce am powm to a . -, . 1 j f civ , i- ^ I better fate with those who crnWt better reward him. ia* cipals took then - .stand at hi teen paces distance, j an . I1()t ,.swntial to success in Mexico, as some The banker liad th he banishet first fire.—Not wishing to (artj m , ir ?, recklessness, great duplicity and no integrity -.1 })js country, or get into prison, or i and these characterize Santa. Anna, any Other scrape about SO foolish a business, j , After the shocking death ^Guerrero, when Bjistameiite • I * 4- l berciinc ** lord of thn a^Fonflimt, slikI cxrrcisrci his outho we may be sure he too A care to aim at no oo- rjt -. {u a3 „;,j rct i 0 , ia lii 0 manner, popular feeling was daily jest, and away flew his hall, like a humming enkindled, a:.d burst forth at length i volcanic eruptions of bird over the fields. I outrages anil crimes ot the. deepest dve Santa Anna took “Now!” eiaaulited the' maior. in a quick dieted or. that race, I can say no man indulges a more sin. cere desire to alleviate their condition, and improve their mind; and their morals, than I do; and tlie gentlemen will pardon me for reminding them, that the tide, the first wave of which, began to How on the landing fit the pilgrims at Plymouth, (llkJU.) and beat on that rock which now occu pies, as a curiosity, the centre of the town (if Plymouth, and is to this day respected as sacred, is still flowing, and will finally urge this race beyond the Mississippi, without leaving a remnant behind, iho waves of this tide have, in its floods, left the remembrance of oppressions, and seem ing, if not actual, cruelties towards tlie People of the For est, which tin* history of the New England pilgrims and their descendants has recorded. On the pages of that his tory scenes are painted not less abhorrent to humanity, or less appalling to the sickly imaginations of the present, And, tor, who lias not heard it and seen it prints, that this treaty had been made a means, an engiue, an instrument in the hands of Governmental agents, in combination with individuals and. companies, lor, in many instances, dishonest speculations aud fraud ? \ es, sir, these! thiniJMre public; and, in my view, it is clear that this trea ty',’'‘With Us reservations, has been used for the mercenary interests of others than a portion of the people of ( teorgia and Alabama. Y'ea, North and South, East and Y\ est, and thi3 centre, Washington City, theplace which gave birth to and see the tfOftstilutioual rights of the South all put &4i1p, aud the feelings of the people whom I have the honor to represent, insulted in this House by the introduction of petitions from the wild and furious fanatics of the North, upon the subject of abolition. Great stress has been laid, iu this debate, upon the /.acred l ight of petition, and num bers of our Southern people have heretofore been deceiv ed into the fatal error of receiving them.- Upon the pre sent condition of this affair, there can be no mistake ; and all, I hope, at least all from the South, feel the same just ■ad Peyton in a true Kght before the <Wtrv mficantly objected to. This ... W. __ the treaty, are said, and 1 have no reason to doubt it, to haveTmdignation against the measure now proposed to the House, recipients and partakers of these fraudulent speculations.^ Tjie gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Adams) has pre- major, in a undev tone: Ins lace rechltmiiig, his lips protru- dinrr with excitement, his eyebrows drawn close down, and las eye glistening, growing small and narrow, with the sense of a keen aim; “Nowyou’ve got him: Got him !” stammered the captain; his face turning blue, his mouth opening, his jaw lull ing, and his eyebrows uplifted, and nis eyes becoming large, round and vacant, with the/id I sense of a fearful dilemma “gothim; hit him! put down my pha—pay five hundred a year for being called a bullet headed fool, aud so prove it 1 Will you pay tha nuney^if I hit him I” Of course the captain missed his opponent, though, by the by, he was very near killing the lawyer, who had forgotten to have a similar agreement ior himseil in case of acci dents. advantage of file opportunity, put himself nt the head of j than tliose scenes of cruelty and oppression to which such tin* popular party opposed to the existing government, and . frequent reference has been iniide during this debate. May was acknowledged as chief of the liberal party, for want 1 1 permitted to ask, where are the mighty tribes of In dians who unco occupied the delightful regions ot New BACHELORS AND WIDOWER." The Lcgislxtur * of New . aid physical good u.idoubte Bachelors and Widowers, whether for the special benefit andeacouragdmeat <u M inis and \\ idows' we know not— hut the tax was deemed grievous by those upon whom k j was levied- And Mr Wm. Al’Elroy, jr., petitioned the j Legislature to aboksh sn-Ii an onerous law. Whether Mr- j M’Elrov is a widower or a bachelor, we do not know. Wo* suspect a bachelor, however, as widowers know how to os- : rane that kind of taxation. The memorial was referred ! to a committee of Bachelors ar*d Widowers, who a few j days since made the subjoined report. j The Committee to whom was referred the petition of j William Al’Eirov, junior, beg leave respectfully to Rk- ; pout :— The law which lays such a*i unequal tax, stands as an ( anomaly in modern legislation. A harder task could scarce- j lv be assigned than to support it by any valid reasons. 1 *. continues in til? mingled posture ot frivolity and opprobi- j uin, to blemish the dignity of our system, and the only won- j der is, that it should not long since have been rescinded i without the formality ot memorial or petition- i hat the tribe of bachelors labor mid r many iniputarious, is unfor tunately true; but your committee are yet to learn that grave legislation is to be nrido the iaij txipuiar prejudice. of a hotter man. An object was to have l;ceu gained. Bus- tainente had caused the murder of Guerrero, aiul usurped the power, bv various acts ot despotic outrage. les, de spite the abhorrence entertain-d then hy many towards Bustamente, and the many advantages in favor of Santa Anna on whom fate thrust greatness—the war ot opposit.pn continued two* years; dnruig which Antonio Lopez ^now) de Santa Anna proved himself to he a consummate block head, gambler, und tool of others. lie however triumph ed, became the idol ot fools less cunning than himself, but not I'-ss avaricious nor reckless- He married a miserable boohv of a woman, for the sake of her property, and tints adding wealth to success, lie was elected R reside lit and this at the period that In* wrote to a lrie.nd of his in this count rv, (whom he afterwards shamefully betrayed and despoiled in consonance with his customary character.) that he sought to resemble a virgin, apjiearing to be desired or wooed rather than Wooing voluntarily for what is desired. Ilis duplicity gainedhim qiany noble friends of the liberal party, who had then the superior ty in Mexico ; tor superi ority is there like a spoke in the wheel ot fortune always changing in the continual revolution. But mark his treachery, immediately on being elected President. Through the intrigues and large proffers of the narchicnl and aristocratic party, he instantly set about Of his v, with a view to moral \ betraying that party which placed him in po" , r - laid, a special tax upon j own pleasure he repealed their laws, or annuJed their ope ration, till at length, under the auspices ot the Spanish par- tv, he established the central system iu opposition to the federative government; the aristocrats endeavoring to de ceive him bv promising to render him dictator, when tlicy wauted another selected tor the office, and lit* willing to be deceived by the desire of grandeur and success. One step more was, however required of him. The Mex ican constitution, laws and vanity cannot tolerate a dismem berment of their territory, and the revolt of I exits was to be subdued- All arain concurred in Santa Ana’s invasion of that counrrv—national feeling and resources, personal ambition and anticipated stccess. But the volunteers from tin* United States willed otherwise. In this brief review of the personal career of Santa Ana, where is his magnanimity as a hern, or his wisdom as a statesman ? Yet, if rpa**e permitted, minute details might he given of his w hole career, which would demonstrate him to he one of the veriest rascal* that ever had grentnrss thrust on them—one full fraught with infamy and foul dis- graci—one to whom might Ik* peculiarly appropriated the alliterative condemnation of Lord Cludogan, by Bishop Atiorhury, when in prison, as being “a bold, had, blunder ing, blustering, bloody booby.’ —J,ouisieinei Adr. rr.o.if Trn» i.osno.x times, .tax. 3. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. radunl change in the public senfimrnl of thisroun- T1 j try towards the United States of North America, has been ! o n* which it is impossible for the statesman of the present I age to behold without solid approbation, or the philosopher i*. the implement tor perpetuating • raiiorv winch might grace a con vivial board becomes grotesque and incongruous, when it obtrudes.itself into the sanctuary of justice; and it is a la mentable- prostitution of the powers committed to us by tin good people la thisd*—id when we use so serious a func tion as that of taxation, to lie the mere, expression of com mon banter. But it is said that hy making taxation bca. equally upon i Hi| .q philanthropist without the most, benevolent delight the bachelor, m itriino.iy will lie encouraged, l our com- j ()n ] v dur ; ;l)? t h " mittoe will bo the lust to deny the excellence -»f this divine institution ; but your committee here taka a two fold basis for their position of attach. I h ■ pr.i\ is.o-u even in this re- roect is needless and ineffectiui;—md first it is needless- Whatever things may cal! for government encouragement, matrimony is-not among them. W ituess the record which graces our daily journals, and the festivities in which not a few of our number have nut Jong since participgti <j. ilitical ccououiv winch is un- J* 1 If there is anv prmcipi deniable illustrated by the present con lition.ol the world, it is that while the human race inereas-s in geometrical ratio, the means for their subsistence ftccumuiatcs i:i a proportion only arithmetical. In other words—mouths multiply a‘ / a vastly more rapid rate than the materials wherewith to fill them. Hence, the teeming pauperism of England, Ireland and Germany. Among the labors of that eminent political economist and spinster, Miss Harriet Mart-mean, not :lfew have been directed io this precise point; namely, the enforcement of a moral chock upon human propagation. The physical check is the limit of non-mbsistencc, famine, pauperism, misery, starvation ; and wliiic the economists of the old world' ure pressing tho moral check, and enjoining absti nence from: temptation to human increase, we, forsooth, are j laving a counter-check upon the neexs ot tin very patriots . who are with a self-denial more than monastic, more than j vestal, giving the most palpable example of the moral j check! To say the sober rcutn, matrimony is so fur from craving legislative countenance, that people marry most | abundantly too fast, and cases might be mentioned, iu which j more than one distressed person who groans und i this bur- densonie tax, has bench! scores ot his juniors plunging inf inim**dia'e and not unnatural exas peration produced bv successive wars between tin* two Go vernments, that Englishnv’ii gem-rally used to indulge them selves ia a snirit of inveterate dislike towards the western reimblic, her institutions, interest, prospects, manners, pro ceedings, as well as towards the characters of her most dis tinguished citizens. The jealous antipathy seemed to have tak • i a stubborn possession of the English mind, oral to have mingled itself with ilic whole current of our national tastes and insfincls; nor rati we assert with truth that such au unkindly disposition had been justly provoked by i the people of North America. Its manifestation was em bittered to their remembrance by the frequent expressions of contempt with which it had l.oeu accompanied. Our travellers, soldiers,, sailors, politicians—all pitched their voices in the same abusive key, untilnt length a correspond ing tune w as heard to murmur from America; and even so recently as ten vears ago, both nations appeared conscious of nothing more* than of those hateful contests wherein they liad spilt each other’s blood, forgetful that they lind been rocked in the same cradle, und that the same mother had nourished them. No good man can have seen without deep gratification the - - • ’ ’ b< the most sceptical has not que -so gootl man can nave hi-ii s- «“*“ he progressive, and latterly very rapid, amendment, on mill Sides, of that baneful tempoi—a change which even tinned, nor the least generous calculator, in either country, shown an incli nation to repeal. While the growth and multiplication of ties, both com mercial and personal, between the two branches of the England, and from the "mountain top,” limited their ox- tejit only liv the surrounding sky, and who, in glieir native freedom, sported on the beautiful rivers, und who spread so much terror and consternation among the first white set tlers ! They are gone, sir; and the places which knew them once will know them no more. And by what power w ere they forced, at least, from the land of the pilgrims ? .Sir, I will not cry out cruelty, inhumanity, or injustice, or indulge in a needless and unnecessary tirade about the policy pursued in that section in that period and since, to wards the people whose condition we cannot improve; it would, perhaps, be unkind so to act or to speak, for neces sity, no doubt, prescribed the policy of that day; the same causes would now produce similar effects. I will, howev er, remind gentlemen that, the same tide which, I might sav, was put in motion by the Puritans, in its floods, has spread desolution over the natives of the forests— rst in me East—and it will not ebb, 1 apprehend, until they arc utterly annihilated : the idea is unpleasant, yet it is clearly the. result to he gathered from the past history of this coun try, and the indications of the future. Let not the East, then, reflect on the policy of the General Government, or the States, in relation to the aborigines: necessity and poli cy prescribe the course of all, mingled with, and regulated by justice and humanity. 1 trust the House will pardon me for alluding, at this time, to the legislation of Georgia, and her course toward# these people: her laws, when understood, will be approved —her statute books will show the protection and securities guarantied to the Indians. Their persons r. nd.property are as inviolable as thore ef the whites: personal wrongs com mitted ou them by the whites are punished by the same law, and ts the same extent, as if committed on a white man. As to the indulgences towards the Indians, the patience with which Georgia awaited the fulfilment of the compact of 1802, will show. And it is worthy of remark that, not- w ithstanding the various tribes which have resided* in that State .from the Revolution to this day, her history is not stained by a single act of cruelty towards that people; nor has an Indian suffered the penalty of the law for its viola tion, which a white man would not have suffered for the same offence. Nor has the policy of Georgia, within the last fortv vears, and I believe never; nor have the acts of any portion of her citizens involved this Government in a single border war. But, sir, for a few years past, individu als, and perhaps numbers of very good men, have labor* d under a delusion and belief, that Georgia had acted towards tin* Indians within her limits with gicit rigor and oppres sion. This is not true, I * the extent alleged: in fact, eve ry act of the State had been justifiable and demanded by the state of our Indian relations. No State, Mr. Speaker, (said Air. 1>.) in this Union has exhibited more magnanim ity and indulgence towards the Indians. How long have tlie U'herokees been in the peaceable and quiet occupancy of the lands of Georgia, within her constifiitional limits, and gui rautied by the General Government.in the compact of 1802? " Alore than a half century, sir! What has ar rested ihe growth of Georgia for so many years, and kept her in the rear of the old thirteen ? Her kindness and gen erosity to tin* Indians, sir! Which of the States originally forming the Constitution of this Union, has home such an incumbrance upon its prosperity ? None, sir—none. Is it not, then, unkind aud ungenerous, yea, unjust and exciting, to be charged at this day, by those who have swept the In dians from their soil years ago, with unrelenting extermi nation ? But the cry has been raised of cruelty and op pression, and the*madness of the day must have time to coo!, I trust, sir, I may be pardoned for tho digressions into which I have been drawn by this debate. I’return, sir, to the causes of the laic war. It lias been asked, if the conduct of the citizen* of Georgia and Ala bama did not produce the war, what did ! 1 answer, the treaty, and the consequences proceeding necessarily from it. Yes, sir, the treaty entered into at Washington city, by the United States und the chiefs of the Creek nation, In 1832. My opinion is, and so is the opinion of all who ful ly understand all its parts, that out of the terms of that treaty grew the prime cause of the misfortunes, butcheries, and desolations which the people of Georgia and Alabama have suffered within the last 18 month*. Let me explain. The. reservations, the Indian reservations, sir, turned the Creek country into a market, overt and covert, for sales •oldest or | nI ] ( j contracts, honest and dishonest; for fraud*, limited and extensive; and to-this market thronged speculators of all sizes, classes, aud characters, individually and in con federacy, and those who were too honest to act improperly : n person, sent their men. F rom these reservations spring The day, I trust, will come, when the curtain shall be re moved, and {be authors, active and dormant, in these dark deeds of iui'aiuy, shall l* dragged forward on the scene; when the whole of the facts connected with this treaty and tlie frauds shall be developed with damning proof against the guiltv. and ample justification and approval of the hon est speculators. or purchasers, when the world shall know where to attach, die blame, to apply the huger of scorn, and tlie accents of indignant reprobation. Then we shall ji%i' who lias pocketed the proceeds of frauds carried into suc cessful operation by means of this measure of the Govern ment,, the-treaty* , And yet, sir, notwidistanding the many* actors in those atrocities, exclusive censure has been direct ed to the contiguous States of these frauds, aud they alone exposed and branded as the originators of the evils- w hich have followed. Let every one bear his share ot the blame, as well a* his portion of public indignation, whether he bo in office, high or low, or occupying a private station; they who are equally guilty of fraud should be equal in every thing else. To change the conclusions which have been drawn by myself and others, in relation to the causes ot the war, it has been said, and I think by my colleague, (Air. H.) that the white population on the frontiers and the Indians are generally in a state of hostility with each other; as a pro position! it may be true, but in relation to the late Creek war it was not so ; for I have no recollection of any acts of oppression to the Indians, or of hostilities from them, i ho Indians were peaceable until tlie consequences of the trea ty began to develop themselves. 1 rauds, it is said, were committed in relation to the reservations, which could be effected only by a combination of the certifying agents; and, unless the agents connived, a fraud could not be easily practised. The removal of suspected agents, by the Pre sident, took place, in order to protect the Indians; but, sir, notwithstanding frauds were perpetrated, the Indians were swindled, and they, at least a part of them, became desperate, particularly when the man or men which their Great Father the President had sent for their protector, had become a traitor to their interest, and was instrumental; as has been charged on this iloor. and elsewhere, in defraud ing them. Alen front everv section almost of this wide confederacy c mo n ra cd in tho Creek country about this period—and for what purpose did they go ? To take the advantages which the provisions of the treaty unfortunately presented tor speculation in Indian reservations. They did make it a source of speculation, and plunged innocent and unoffend ing ni‘*n, women, and children, of Georgia and Alabama, on each side of the river Chattahoochee*, in all the hoi-urs of a bloodv and savage warfare, by their impious and ea ger thirst for gain and prefi,; and when they liad consum mated their speculations and frauds, in which some Geor gians ami Alabamians participated, they return to their Romes, and add to their infamy, by slandering and calumni ating the people on the frontiers, whom they had already too iftucli injured, bv libelling them as beiug the instigators and cause of the dreadful consequences ot their own acts of injustice. Sir, there lias been an immense machine in motion in re lation to these frauds, and similar speculations, in every section of the country where the public, lauds are for sale. Where can its location be, sir ? 1 have heard it said, pro- bablv in tho citv of I\ ashington. Due thing seems to lie most certain, that it is in operation; but who manages the handle, and regulates its mighty action, is beyond discove rv. Speculation is the order of the day, aud those who hxve engaged iu it, as individuals or companies, are becom ing rirh—whether active or dormant partners; and those who have committed tho frauds upon the Indians in the Creek country, whether they wore agents nr officers of the Government, individuals, or companies, or otherwise, are in a creal measure, bv the use of tho treaty and its unior- tunate and unwise povisions, the cause of the late Indian difficulties. The gentleman from Vermont had very eloquently aud feelingly depicted these frauds, and had also presented to this House a deplorable picture, as drawn, of the condi tion and situation of the emigrating Creeks; and also! the anoavinous letter whicii he has caused to bo read by the Clerk. Suppose all this to lie true, mi censure should be attributed to Georgia or Alabama, for they had no more con nexion with th»*so matters than any other States in the Union ; it is a m rater in the exclusive control of the General Government. old British stock, move steadily, though silently, onwards, t { u , contracts and sales, honest and dishonest, and all the vear after vrar, we discover periodically the fruits of that ■ ’ ut /j‘j i *j““ d ia^jvenanf-vvith : complex, continuous, and strengthening relation, in the ra the hymenial.gu!ph before him married men, who in the hardness ol their hearts seem to tally to have forgotten the fact that they were all once ba chelors. This tax is therefore needless. But in the secaud case it is ineffectual: Assuming the ob ject to be the encouragement of marriage, it fails to accom plish that object. Is there within the knowledge of this honorable body a solitary instance in which any one has been urged out of the slough oi'celibacy by the lash of tiffs tax; or what married representative is prepared to stand forth and avow, that the two dollar tax w as the silver spur which stimulated him to take the irretrievable step.. It is an unsound and dangerous principle in legislation, to inflict indignitv and penalty of such an amount as simply to dis tress without amending. Better far would it he to author rize a commission of celibacy, w itn power to judge of the individual cases, and to settle the issue of such as axe incu rably single. When the principle of republican govern ment shall have been fully developed, legislation will take new ground on this very subject. It is familiarly said in- genenti, that we legislate too much-—it may as justly be said iu. particular that we tax too much. Taxation is a sim- . pie means to a simple end. It- is the raising of monies for the support of government, and the protection and welfare ' of the people. But the sy*tcm complained of makes it a ' mere rod, a punitive instrument brandished over the fiends of a devoted class. The single men of this Coftiingn- wealth, are upwilling to rest under the staudingimputation which this system -involves. If odious discrimination is to be instituted among feilow-oitizeas, it is but fair that those should pay most for support ot government, who give oc casion to most of its cares.. Now your committee are wil ling to join issue on this point, and to have it inquired, from which of the two classes do the greatest difficulties of le gislation proceed? It is uot necessary to go further than this Honorable House, and the business of this. sos- It i; euininou tq adjourn upon Friday evening, for rsa- c-cptnm now given every six ( r eight months by English men to the expositions made by the President to Congress of the general affairs of the Republic. It is not too much to say that each successive address-of Gem Jackson and his predecessor to tlie Legislature of the United States, in tended us are these documents for the whole civilized world, have not merely created a respectful sensation throughout the British Islands (virulence against the people of the Republic being now confined to the oratory of Mr. Daniel O’Connell,) hut have met .with a cordial und bro therly hearing, and have excited-sympathies in the breasts of the people* of England nearly, if hot completely, akin to the feelings with which considerate and upright Americans themselves axe disposed to viaw the several topics treated of bv the message of the President; where those topics embrace the international commercc ot the United States and other independent Powers- As concerns England, the only question remainingunad- justed between ■ her and the Republic . is that of tlie New Brunswick b’tnindarv, intricate stud tedious as it has already proved, but one wlffch jkobviously not -of a character topro -. duce auf sgriqus different* between Governments sictuated as those of Great Britain and.the- America^ -Union are, and*, must be r . tQ uiaintain jinimpairc<i*-the:.tnestiniabl<j tulvanta- - ges ftptfit^r^xistiqg Tneutjship, ; ' ■ '' * t ,i The London Morning Chronicle thus speaks of the-Uni ted States:—“We ares track with the .extraordinary fiict,. -that the mercantile comntunity o£ the IJjiiuid-States have been able to snstaift themselves.-in: the face art the specie measures of the General Government, the like of which are without a parallel in history—ra If the British Govern ment had acted, or were now. to act,' towards their commer cial interests for one month as the American Government* has doue towards their merchants for. the last six months, all England wouldfiave been bankrupt, and a general revo lution would liave.takeh placeTong since ” ' ; frauds about which so much has this day been said. And these frauds chiefly, and perhaps an unwillingness on the part of the Indian to go west of the Mississippi, produced the late war. Hence, my assertion is true, tlmt the provi sions of the treaty created the causes of the war—the frauds,; the war—the reservations, the frauds—tilt* treaty the reservations. Hear the 2d article of that treaty; it reads thus: “The United States engaged to survey the laud* as soon as tho same can conveniently he done, after the ratification of the treaty; and when the same is sur* veved, to allow ninety principal chiefs of the Creek tribe to select one section each, and every other head of a Creek family to select one half-section each, which tracts shall be reserved from sale for their use for the term t ' live veitis, unless- sooner disposed of by them,” &c. The 3d article savs : “ These tracts may be conveyed by the persons selecting the same to any other persons, for a fair consideration, iu such manner a- the President may direct; the contract shall be certified by some person np-- point'ed for that purpose by the President, but shall not be., valid tiJl the President approves the same ; a title shall be given by the United. States, ..on the completion of the paV- ment," -* Who cannot see, at a glance, that tlffs trea4y, efaii- cocted, arranged, planned, and ratified (here, ia^tln^/cityaoj -WashingtongtlrfftwEYpea,-.wide'niid broad the doors for speculation,; fraud,.and corruption? And, sir,-T have no iloubt oqe of the contracting parties saw it, find knew it, and, it seems, endeavored to provide against it; for the ^d :article, which'ccmteniplates a sale, says, “these reserva tions may be sold, for a fait consideration, in such a man ner as the.President may direct; the contract shall be cer tified by some person appointed for that purpose by the President,” &e.; neither Georgia nor Alabama created this mother of so many evils : no, sir, it; took its origin iu the city of Washington, and was the production of one of the departments of this Government. And who'shotiid be an swerable for the dreadful and heart-rending calamities, [Air. Everktt rose and asked Air. D. to permit him to explain.] The gentleman from Georgia, (Air. Everett said) had mis apprehended the scope of his remarks. He certainly did not intend to make any imputations against the character of anv Stale: and thought liis expressions had been suffi ciently guarded to exclude such a coast rue tion ; he had, in ge neral terms, charged tin* Creek fraud* on tho whites ; he had not designated to what section of the country they be longed. lie \\ as as well a ware a* the gentleman from Geor gia, that they did not belong exclusively to the adjoining States; that persons of high rank elsewhere were con cerned i:i the frauds and tho removal; and that it would be in the highest degree illiberal und unjust to characterize anv State bv the improper conduct of a few individuals; and lie could have no doubt that the conduct of the speculators was held in a* deep reprobation in Georgia and Alabama, as in any part of the Union. Yes. sir, (said Air. Dawson.) there is no doubt of that fact, and I am gra. .tied at the explanation. The letter, sir, which ha* hern read before this House, detailing the condi tion of the emigrating Creeks, whether true or faise, had no relation to the States from whence they had removed, nor could it originate censure against those States which had suffered by their murders, arsons and robberies. If cen sure were due, it is properly attached to the Government or its agent, ns tiffs article of ihe treaty will clearly de monstrate: “ Art. 12. The United States are desirous that tlie Creeks should remove to the country west of ihe Alississippi, and join their countrymen there; and fur this purpose it is agreed that, as fast as tin* Creeks are prepar ed t.i emigrate, they shall be removed at the expense of the l ulled States, and shall rrr.eirr subsistence whilst on their j-mrnry, and for one year after their arrival at their new home,” &r. The Government is hereby hound to remove the Creel.*, and to subsist and protect them, a al to pay all the ex penses of removal; and to support them, aud supply them for one year after their arrival at their “ new home.” These are obligations and duties belonging to the Government, and for their fulfillment and discharge, ample appropria tions have been made by Congress. If these duties and obligations have been neglected, and if it be true that these people are in the miserable condition represented—that their sufferings are such as have been potirtraycd. the fault must lie on the agents of tin* Government. The contractors for removal, 1 understand, have fulfilled their contracts; no cause of censure justly applies to any State—the govern ment is responsible. Sir, a needless sympathy seems to have been excited, in consequence of a few hostile Creeks having been emigrat ed in chains. This is true, and was an act just ami pro per, and the officer* of the Government deserve no cen sure tor this: justice and humanity prompted ir; it was due to tlie .<af**ty of the defenceless women and children of the frontier*, anil for the protection of the property of our citizens in that section, which was then a scene of de solation, conflagration and murder; und, sir, it was an act of kindness to the Indians themselves, thus to force them to their new [mine, and prevent them from remaining and avenging their mistaken and savage propensities by acts of cruelty and murder against the whites: and it gave them an escape from the vengeance of a justly incensed and excited community who had been roused to despera- frauds, speculations, and infamous combinations far imwor- thy purposes, growing out of it ? The answer is palpable.. tion by the murderous acts of these very emigrating In dians. It was an art of pure grace and favor, for, by the laws cf the land, these murderers of women and children, and desolators of property, anti destroyers of the public mails, had forfeited their lives und deserved death. But, sir, the generous, and noble, and forgiving feelings of our nature jierniittod them to escape the vengeance of the vi olated law. Let no man speak of the indignation of the injured Geor gians and Alabamians leading to cruelty; the emigration of these Indians, after the murders they had committed, the robberies and conflagrations they had perpetrated, Hieing permitted by an injured people to escape, and to have taken up their line of march for tlie west, almost in view of the smoking ruins of Rounoke, amidst the remains of which now lie bones and ashes of fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters, innocent and unotlending women and children, who who were murdered by the deadly rifles of these emigrants or perished in the flames of tlie conflagration Mr. Speaker their permission to escape is'wonderous, and speaks volu mes in favour of that portion of this Union, and will com mand applause.—such au indulgence to the ignorance and savage ferocity of the children of the forest can be found in the history only of Georgia and Alabama. Ther e is still a part of these people remaining, and the appropriation contained in the bill before the House is to effect their removal; let me in the name of an exposed peo ple, .urge that it be made, and these Indians removed Then may the men, women and children of- that suffering portion of the Union sleep secure, and be relieved from all the fears and'apprehension of savage cruelties. mhcantiy objected to. This was kept m, T v* • moment. When the Clerk had asc^nlLd tL f ^ to discharge Whitney, hut before ihe wil 4 "" 1 v< * ed the vote. Mr. Peyton endeavored m va i n t ann ° D nt eye and ear of tlie Speaker. He called re™*, *■ loud voice, that he wanted to propose an int J ’ ’ ,n Whitney, hut the Speaker could not bear. fT^ at ' lr ? announced the vote, and. the royalists itmnedilT*** *' an adjournment, and so concluded da* di*£w* ' m °' l » grading spectacle.' The heart sicken* over*!^ 8Im1 d *- sented to this House, aud it has been received, under a rule uf tbs House, adopted before I came here, a petition from free negroes, and now holds in his hands what he is pleas ed to call a petition which purports to be signed bv slaves, and asks of the Speaker what disposition he shall make ot it. Sir, is there to be no end of this ruinous and insult ing course I Is the gentleman to be protected in a continu ed it upon the bouth. and ip a course of things, which mast, if persevered in, result in the overthrow of this Go vernment, and I fear in the destruction of the liberty of the American people. When the memlier from Massachusetts announced his course to the House, T looked around me and saw, or thought I saw, but one sentimen*. and that was of universal disgust; and the idea crossed my mind if it could be possible that there w^s a single man in this House that would attempt to screen him from an expression of that censure by this House, much less to justify him in his course. I answered myself, in my own mind, not one, un less the fact that free negroes petitioning here through the member from. Massachusetts, should arouse the ardor of some honorable representative from the great state of New- Aork, which history said, had a peculiar regard for free ne gro suffrage, and, of course, the right of petition. Scarce had I forgotten the thought, before an honorable gentleman from New-York, the leader of Mr. Van Buren’s friends in this House, was upon his feet, and not pretending to repeat hi* words,-the substance of wh**t lie said was, that if there was any* thing wrong in this proceeding, it came from the South ; the petition came from the South j and if there was censure due any where, it was where the petition came from, and not with the member from Alassacliusetts: thus throw ing the broad shield of protection of the coming adminis tration over the member from Massachusetts. Can any one be Now ignorant of the true character of those who have deceived the South ? Can honorable gentlemen from the South be any lunger in tliejlark as to the course they should pursue ? I hope not—I believe not. I think I see in Southern members upon this flour a strong disposition to lie united upon tiffs subject at last; aud no man shall say /have thrown a firebrand among them. No, sir, although they committed the fatal error of voting to receive these petitions last session, if they arc now convinced, I for one will receive them as Southern men, as citizens of the South, with an identity of intciest, of feeling and of honor, under the strong impulse of a common feeling of disgust at the wrongs done to the South here. Let them unbutton their collars and come back to the support of their common coun try and their old friends, and they shall lie received. Air. Speaker, the member from Alassacliusetts would screen himself from the censure of this House, because he has nor sent his petition from stares to your table. Sir, he has sent hi* petition from the free negroes of Fredericks burg, and that is as wrong and insulting to us as if it were from slaves. The Constitution of these United States no more allows the one than the other, and both are equally insulting. Moreover, the member has said he would not refuse to present a petition from slaves, if the House did not object. The member from Alassachiisettssays lie would not offer an indignity to this House; the fact speaks for itself, and is more conclusive to my mind than all his pro fessions. A great number of the petitions are from females of good character, says the member from Alassachusetts. It may be so, aud I have no reason to dispute the fact; but 1 must sav the m* • iber has placed them in had company, when he places them on a level with such people ; as the honorable gentleman from Virginia (.Mr. Patton) says his mulatto pe titioners are persons of ill fame and infamous character, as far a* lie knows them. I ask again, Air. Speaker, if this war upon the South is never to rea«c? And if it is to go on, what kind of people are we to look for in the grand crusade against us ? Are they to be old men and young women 7 If so. wo shall nor want Cochran’s rifle to fight them with; we will conquer them hy softer means, if they are as clever as their member would have them lie. But, sir, if they are to he the Goths and Vandals of the North, (no allusions to our friends in that section of country,) I hope their fate will not he as favorable a3 those that invaded Bri tain. At least, sir, wc will do all we can in our own de- prostitution. Kent, of That MR. WISE. fiat our readers may more fully compand ,, bcfore th<; house, we woold explZ/v ""W are two special committees, which have beenf, tlfo, in session. Ono raised on tlie notion ofM *!? ,li ai (V. B.) of Virginia, to inquire into R. M 'Vv' *■ —si xL . . /* 1 1 9 . til^ . * Bon Co the Treasury, of which both Messrs w*" Peyton are members; and the other raised '* motion, of which Mr. Wise is chairm fence. If war ever comes of this, which may God forbid, we will not recede one inch; we will plant ourselves upon this soil, ami preserve our constitutional rights, or perish in the attempt. Sir, there seems to be some difference of opinion amongst our friends here, as to what course wc ought to pursue in this awful crisis of our beloved country. Some of our friends, a* patriotic a* any, have urged, in this debate, that we ought not to sit here and submit to this outrageous course of things; that if it does not cease, wc should go home. No. sir: no, sir: this must not he: we will neither submit nor retire. If they prosecute this mea sure in this House, by 'attempt* at legislating us out of our rights, we will resist i: here by legislative acts as long as we can, and if at last they prove too strong for us, and suc ceed in passing unconstitutional laws, to rob us of our pro perty, to murder our wives and children, still we will not submit; they must change the constitution before they can bind us by any laws of abolition; this they never can do, if tlie South is true to itself. And true we shall be, l hope in Goil, to our constitution, our wives, our children, and our country. If still they pursue us to the last, and attempt to do by force what they can never do by law, we will nut be found wanting; we will nor desert this Capitol, nor this country. This is the Old Dominion; this land is ours a* well a* theirs; it was ceiled by Virginia and Marvlnnd, where slavery is tolrrntcd by law. Shall we leave it, then, to the dominion of force, and that, too, inflicted by the unhallowed arm of the wild and worse than savage fanatic 1 No, nevec! I apprehend, Mr. Speaker, that the South is not well un derstood upon tiffs subject. Party purposes aud party policy may have prevented a fair and full expression of the feeliqgs and opinions of people of all parties at the South, upon this floor. The spirit of the South has not been felt here as it should have been. Let me tell gentlemen, it is a firm and unconquerable resolution never to surrender one jot or tittle of our constitutional rights upon tiffs subject. We have a common interest in this Government, a common title in this capital; it ben- the name of the immortal Washington, and he was a Southern man. Shall we, then, ever surrender the one or desert the other ? No, never! Never, until this fair city is a field of Waterloo, und tiff* beautiful Potomac a river of blood. » -— ■*“~ ** v.mirnian. n . itney, while under examination before \f p r * a !H imittee, insulted Mr. Peyton, who, bei n? ? ari N’! id, threatened him w ith personal violence a tXx ^- ing to Mr. Whitney’s own statement, was nLrif ' arr ^ interposition of Mr. Wise. Mr. Peyton irmneri* ^ ** gised to the committee, who immediately MrT*' *■ > an Buren man, moving it,) passed a vote of " * Jifner » on Whitney, wlm being recalled also aptilnnjl?*^ matter, so far, was considered bv each and b ■ 81 tee as adjusted. The insult to Mr. I’evton • c,l!tl niF the fifteenth question, and Whitnev after,,.' nrv Pi’tn f ~ ’ days ft. many (ither question*; ^^Mn* for several was he summoned before Mr. Wise’s Mr. P**\ ton was not a member, than he ed. unless the House would do him justice ftfia- in the case which had transpired in the oth»r "" t ‘ rrn ‘^ Mr. Wise refused to act and the other -- committee directed him to report the ** >k* House, upon which the Sergcant-nt-\rm rrtln ' s toti* to bring Whitney to the bar to answer f,.l*^ tv n«ii iuiswct for lie then demanded that he should l>e mniir i Umer ¥ ine witnesses touching the proceedings befn n * V Mai ** committee. It was in vain that it wa* i lr there had been a w rong done there, it w a* ar*ff t *“'* if committee; that die atonement had beep , , ' c ° t ‘>tho " * , to the wiittee, and the action of the House thereby ' "T'’" 01 ' It was in vain that it was urged that in the * ^ ^ — that committee the conduct of Air. Wise «" nialter brfi tor, and that so far from complaining of Mr durt, Whitney had himself, in hi*.publish.i" Ou tlie affair, said that Air. Wise w as a^uuntlcwnS'^ * I inn. .1 . ^ lemnly voted that tin* I louse would open the T i**’ ** and thus by refusing to appear before Air jp-". CJ *' tee, of which Mr. Peyton was not a mp Bl ’i,„'“ ,< *? ,l! * leged ground that Air. IVyton. provoked bv hr’ 0 ” hnd tlirpntorjf**] tn nnni»li )ii»r» If ;*• * s had threatened to puni.h him if it was n>,K*at, H \\C was permitted to introduce witness,- ... ” . ' conduct of Adr* Peyton before Al es to testify Garland s ri. mn]Ci ^ '“Mi In this state of the case, both Mr. Peyton n„ 1 declared their belief of their ability to 'nmv„ , ll> * eroding was the result of a conspirary 1 "^^?- sident and 'iCjMp rh tk f ; certain persons, members of Congress senarrab.o Slave*,’ as Air. Wise railed th cm, * tre ^ and demanded permission to prove it «% r*?r *“‘V‘-f ' >• .i~ dX’S’ ‘ ben M U bitney has been prompted to commit r,,,,^ the House, by a conspiracy between the IW,. j some of its member*, that he may he m,.,]„ ' n *"* for putting Messrs. Wise anil Pevton U po„ th ( IT''"" And what is th«ir offence ? Have they comniimJ dignity against the House ? In what doe's it c, an in. u . ■•iinsist! V, i eytim was enraged—he did use intemperate I an and in this ho was disrespectful to the committee uJ T far to the House: but he immediately api.Ui**d t0 T committee, who accepted the apology! and thus he for tho offence. In what bed Air. I\ ise offended > s i ing of Whitney’s conduct, he said, indeed, it i ■''peak ed ’’ ins,,Icnt * J » tWs he plead* high authorip-ff^K but followod the Executive example; andhes'aid that if any palace slave would visit the White House, a „d 5|M -„ ot the Florida campaign, he would have abundant venW tion. Can any one he at a loss for the motive which «. verms these proceedings? Nothing conM newe Vhitiwr from appearing before Mr. Wise’s committee, hot fact or circumstances connected w ith that committee. T, conduct of Air. Peyton before one committee, i*now midi a pretence for Whitney’s refusal to appear before anotW.ol which Mr. IVyton ij not a member; ami he is prnmnodio justify a contempt offered to one committee hy putting Mr. Peyton on his trial for hi* conduct before’anuthre com mit tee; and, yet, when Alessrs. Peyton and Wise uminnaii to prove beiore the House, that the conduct of the i!on« itseit is the result of a conspi racy bet ween nninheri of tha House and the President, they are denied the primp a making the proof. Well may Mr. Wise denouLcethemu “ svper-serviccohlc slaves.'' But why are the party, hy a party vote, tn muto ifo time of the House on such pretences’? Why not put Mi. Whitney on his oath and let him purge liimsrif of hit o» tempt ? Is it not that they find it better to arrest the pr»- gross of the examination going on before Air. WVi.-j. niittee ? Is it not because they prefer that the witm should stand mute, lest the facts, costive as the witwwi am. may compel the jury packed by the Speaker f»r thn» fence of the departments, like the Post Office c. mmittit,/ find a true billon the charge of corruption? Xoonf Us better how* to play his game, and no utie ufuierMiuidi i* ter lmw to get tip a row when it is. his interest to hai* row. than Gen. Jackson. He has always hud mnth« his madness. Ho know s when to blow out tho randiest break up the game by a light But Wise and IVyton r not the men to be kicked off, or to be scared. They !u»* ti.eir man, ami understand hi* tricks. They know, tn that \ an Buren thicks that he makes most of hitpredcr* sor by occupying the public with h:s personal conflicts: w when his oieu infected followers censure their rudound nil gar conduct, none can be at a loss to know wham je»i wise, ai d virtuous public will believe. .• SPEECH OF MR. ALFORD, OF GEORGIA. The'question being on the resolution of censure against Mr. Arams, for introducing a petition from sundry free negroes of V irginia, and for inquiring of the House, if it _ would be in . order to introduce a petition from persons ■purporting to be Slaves, and for declaring in his place til at he "would introduce a petition from slaves, upon the subject of Abolition, if the House would penftit him to . do so,— Mr.--ALFORD addressed the'House as follows:- Mr. Speaker: I have several times attefnpted to address the House upon this important question,.but have not been able W-obtain the floor on account of the great number of members who wished to speak; indeed, nothing but a so lemn convictiou of my duty to do so,* has sustained me m*the determination to be heard.- To me, (sir, it has been a subject of the most painful excitement to sit here FROM THE UNITED STATES TEI.EGRAPH. THE AVHITNKY AFFAIR. This mockery i* at an end. The royalists, last night, having gained their purpose—the attack on the characters of Messy*. W'i.*c and Peyton, and shielding the pet hank favorite—determined to discharge the Alnjcsty of the Low er Cabinet from his durance. He is now going at large. Alany hurried to shake hands, and one proposed privately to vote him the freedom of the Hall. It is not improbable that more than one of these had procured accommodations from Mr. W hitnoy’s Bank, and w ere therefore prompt to show their devotion and loyalty. Thus has an entire week been consumed, ar the conclu sion of the session, when important public business de mands their immediate attention—merely to gratify Gen. Jackson, and give pomp to his colleague in the Presiden cy. The reader will naturally enquire what i* to to !>e done now? We answer, that the public agents may go on to rob and plunder at pleasure. They cannot be examined— no, that is illegal. The House cannot consent to niakejilr. Whitney give testimony, to show the corruption and frauds practised hy the Government, unless he chooses. The same rule holds with all the rest. Send for witnesses, and if they refuse to come, and be reported as guiltv of a con tempt, the House caunot administer an oath, and try and punish them for the offence. No! if they don’t choose to come, they may stay away! This is in exact keeping with the charge given by that admirable specimen of a nival master of the watch, Dogberry, to his night guard. Dogberry. Well, you are to call at all the alehouses, and bid those that are drank get them to bed. 2d. Watchman. How if they will not 7 Dogberry. Why then let them alone until thev get so ber; if they make you not then a 1 letter answer, you may say they are not the men you took them for. 2d. Watch. Well, sir. Dogberry. If you meet a thief, you may suspect him, by virtue of your office, to be no true man :* and, for such kind of men, the less you meddle or make with them, w hy, the more is for your honestv. 2d. Watch. If we know him to be a thief, shall we not lay hands on him. Dogberry. Truly, hy your office, you may; but I think they that tou^h filth will be defiled—the most peaceable wav for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is, and steal out of your company. It is remarkable with what fidelity the royalist partv i.. the House has acted upon the precepts of this redoubtable leader of the w atch. They are placed as watchmen to mark and punish the delinquencies of the public agents who abuse the trusts confided to them—and instead of ferret ing out these offenders, and exposing their frauds and pecu lations, they give in charge—“ Let them steal out of your company!" ' . Is not this, in effect, holding out encouragement to everv species of crime und corruption bv shielding the perpetra tor* from exposure and punishment 7 To what excesses will these men go 7 They are constituted as the great in quest of the nation, and without the faithful discharge- of their duties as such, the most outrageous abuses of public trust, must pass with impunity. They have not only refus ed to perform their duties, but have actually planted them selves in opposition to their performance on the part of o- thfers, and throw the shield of their protection before those accused of crimes which it was their bounden duty to inves tigate. . Thus it is that the corruption and proflgacy of this Administration are to be covered up and concealed from the eyes of the people. * . - From whatwe witnessed during the progress of this mock trial, it was obviously the purpose of tlie royalists to screen Whitney and convict Messrs. Peyton and Wise. This was so manifest as to draw from all spectators the expressions of the deepest disgust. Questions tending- to implicate Whitney were sedulously' given the go-by,- while every tenugatory -calculated to place the conduct of Messrs. Washington, 1). C., Feb. 15. Mr. Kendall lm* again been before the committee, r | which Air. \\ ise i* Chairman, and amongiitiifriiitrm'pw* rit*s propounded to him, he was asked whether lie did of ^ I not know of associations or combination* nf (iWnimfr!l officer*, tor the purpose uf iniiudheing election*, uaiiri*[ trolling the public pres*. Hi* reply, in substance, was, that he knew only »iir: el sociatii’iis u* were formed to discuss principles, witheai"I terrace to men. ‘ I He was asked ii hi* would describe or explain th* acter and nature of those associations? But this que*/*I the majority uf the committee refused to put. He was asked whether he did or did not know nftli> '*| ganiznlioft of the Hickory Club. Thi* question the **I uirity of the committee refused to put. \\ bile Mr. Kendal] was before the committee, itwa 1 * teil in substance, by a member, who rend a lrttertn*‘*| stantinte the statement, that an eastern curuj: nv hul ,JI formed with a \orv largo capital Jo purchase Chick* 11 land*; that the parties had no Ylmibt of being al* l 'j manage the Indians, but that as llic purchase mu*t h/'”'j tinned by the President of the United States, it ** I pcasab-y necessary to secure an influence at Washingtfi~ | 1 hat fur this purpose application was made to Air. -h Kendall who was admitted as a partner without advaifl* I any money. I hat a purchase was accordingly mud*' "P* I Chickasaw tribe, ard continued bv the President: .unit 3 * I it was supposed the compairv hnd realized a rpt{ jnrti I nearly |l.l>hA,0(M). After which statement AquMfj"'H propounded to Mr. Kendall, to elicit the fact* in ti > 5 ,,J A majority ot the committee refused to let it be pot. 1 he comryittee have passed a resolution dcclvhi? I they will not inquire into the purchase of public laml officers of the Government, except in ease* uberr sure I fleers are prohibited by law from purehasinC' The committee have also published a n*soluti<n ) del*. r, f- that they will not inquire into the causes ef mutual* or appointments to public office, in the several tlepartrJ‘ s of tiie government. The Spr in WiiAiNst" 1 The correspondent, of the Baltimore Fatriot, Jctan'.nt the proceedings before the House, iu the case of YVhina; gives the following: “ \\ hen the testimony of these witnesses wa‘ Air. Peyton submitted a motion which excited agtf* 1 of attention, and deserves particular notice. It a rT f * r I that among the documentary evidence sent to the " AA bitai? I Committee,” hy the deposite banks, are copies of ^ I extraordinary correspondence between AVhitnej- awlI Bank of Biirllnj ton. A t, vATfftney wrote a letter to * I president of the bank, applying for the situation of I cf that institution, and enclosing among other recurT 51 '* I ations ot himself, an anonymous letter, which is relci 7 ^. by him as coming from one Executive; the confidence 01 •_ “high iu . ... This letter recommends AAhimey strongest terms, and expatiates upon the advantap' ,ol> ving such “an organ of inter-communication ’ turd".F ufi**’ pose of corresponding with the various deposit**** lie money, and thus controlling the currency; tho exchanges, and promoting the whole fiscal opeiari*®* government! Yes: the whole fiscal operation* °1 tW^ vernment, the currency and exchanges, all placed BD< yF thumb of R. Al. Whitney! All this power, in theo*^F of wlffch every man in the nation is more or less ' nIt ^! r placed in the hands ot a person * — as 1 -* sponsible; and yet t he representatives of the pe°P|*' 5 ^ to ask who he is, and what he dties, sm pain of be - nounced as a “ Spanish inquisition.’-’ ._j p Air. I’evton now moved that the accused he mi 11 ’ . , testify either before the House or the committee, * Amos Kendall was the author of this anonymous and if he was not, who was 7 He stated, that it was important to hare this question out delay, as the investigating committee were pr^lyy. i "o'- uviay, as roe investigating cranium^ ■— >. to make a report. The House refused-the 0pp lC ^ ^ | Let your readers mark this—another refusal pregn® 1 ^ it remembered, too, that AVhitney raised the rt? 1 ^ j- sitorial’ on every question propounded to him m 1 * mos Kendall. ■ fii* The importation of 1 choice and costly disbes fm^ ^ is becoming now* an every day occurrence m ^ The Havre packet iihips regularly bring ovrr ,_ ^ & time past in tin cases hermetrically sealed from -»fr most delicious Tates de foio Gras, Dindes, ah* * ^*i flts Pois Sucres, Champignons Ac. Slc. The Vengeot Chamberlin are also gettfog --V. Y. Star.