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V'ongttia. house of representatives. ftAIUKDAY 'Kt-broaay 4, 1832, CHICKASAW THE A I V. The H use i.»um-d the cm stdcralion ofi the follown g rpvolu'ir n, heretofore j>ro(»<>S‘ »J by Mr. E. EVERETT HetnlveJ. That the Pr.-BiH. nf of the U S'niesbe requested to c"iiiinui)ic«'e to this House, a copy of 'he tie# y in go t itl'd with Ihe Chickasaw tribe of Indians, in the. year 1830, nod of such portion o| the Journal ol the Uommissionei s as re'alr* to ihe subject j ■o iftcr on said article} together with a < opy ot lie lease or deed, to which the assent ot the Cointnisnionei t of the U. S’atcs wasgiv-' en; and al o» of the lease executed under the, | 4lh*nicle of a tiesty mgotinled whli the Cliickas iws, Oct 1 9, 1819. Mr. CLAY TON said, the discussion "I this resolution has tak n a very ex'ensive range, and I find it is very much the prac tice of speakers to indu'g in his course I cannot he well accounted for upon any nfhe- i principle th in that Ihe subject* in wnich he j fancy ia permitted to wander and which do ( not belong to it e question, are nencally ofj, much more interest than the immediate oh-,i ject of doha’e, and therefore secures to the ( ora or a more attentive Its ener. If I should , indulge in a aim'd t digre- ion I hope I shall be excused. Mr. Speaker, the character ol Congress suff a immensely throughout Ihe country, whether true or false it is ol for me to say, under (he idea toat every ihmg which i is brougi. before this body is not so much in tended lor the public good a i’ it to seiv.- a ( private pttrpo-e. 1 hope the H use will notji be off ended if I tell them a litile plain truth. | Th. re prevails a notion, and I have no doub> | you have alt heard it in aome shape or o-her, . th ' wlien gieas meets, some tr/onm-d j officer or disippoin ed edit r whiapeia in tnc t i ears ~f members, that if they will look into) the . ne ol such an office or ex-mi e into au> It iml such accounts mey will boil some thing wrung, something v. iy b ack, or who n may b- cotistrue td into it, that wi tell well agiinst the Adminis rntton. Immetli ately a resoluiun i» introduced o fish up the dreadful totoi (nation, and 'hen m the diicu lion of the suhjec , members consider Hi• fl mr of Congr. as u s a kt .1 ol hustings, (torn Which tin y may address the people in the ee mmest cmneia of the Union and obuae ao character who may stand in their way, Sot-i --leied and p.otecieo by Kieit privilege, and free as they think tiom all danger, they bravely vent then spi- en against .my f it i cal eni my who should impertinently ddli r from them in opiomn, or, w.iat is w.n »e, who happens to hold or is likely to hold an of fice, which they or heir friends m»y wain. And, Mr. Speaker, the further ofl these ene nues n, y tie,-di- betier, especially it |hev[ aliuu d b mii-im rs broad M-para-ed horn the S, h„k i, I the s le distance ol an ocean three tnousiind miles wide, tea i g perf ctly secure under the d truth, that any " cur may smell io u dead l^inn. ** 1 do no wish to be inisiiDd'-is iiod, lil l not pietend .o say i that this is line, but this is the notion pre- i Tin i g mmg the people; we n< ed not dts guise die I I ; we meet it every where, and Vo i know in this people’s counlt y, 'hey most bo peimitted to tit I k as diey please, at ah av.nts, iltey -ake ihr privilege, whether we wish n or not. So lar os my own exoenence exici da, smut 1 have been heie, i d t not thitik i 1 1 je, ii» lo (his branch ol In Li gis luiure, hi' I dare not say as niuco vr the othei. If it be true, it i- ox rnnoly ihgr.d ing to the American Congress, a d shorn, be remedied as soon as po-sible. We owe it to our own sense ol self-respect, we we i to our coun ry, and we >-"e i' in a veiy par ticular manner to our repuiatiun abroad, to break up a practice ol so debasing * charac ter. What mus' foreign nations thii.kofan assembly that is eontii ually, both in speech •sand resolu ion', basing I* remarks and proceedings upon the suspicion tha «f •te public (uncti diaries, the higher the worse, are a sei ot f-iithle>s serf s* rvers, unmindful ot any hiog bn* '.heir ewn intercsi? I do not ch rge the present re«olut'no with nnysuch, Di.i'ivu, but in the argument of it. wh ia (here in this House, hateimrey under*'and* Us ol»j ject ? I’u,i k iow»> what is o be done alte we get the information ? Have we not he-rd, Irotn various quai'eis, «no on i dcr diver sifid shapes, .lark insinu «lions! and m ; serious tununendos, pr .teased,j however to mean no'hi g. but, like an affect • omeiim -i produced on (r oh etieil n.i ima », is ciiculit.d to kill by the wind f the bulh-t ? Wmi is die purport of there uliition f It tim parties implicated dt i not bulong to the government, n would not, exci'e one single C" coin, li w.m o be u 1 matter ot ever> div’s occurrence, p i-n nl ing not one extraordinary feature. Let us thon examine n n a candid opeo manner,| at if uncootiec ed with goveinmeot, and submitted to the House as to a court --I j i tiee, and what is the Case i In the yeiu 1818. tie Chickasaw Indiana, desirous ot «'■ ling acer *i . por ion ot their lands io i .e govermneni, and undersign Img that « i me portion of the cession, th ru was a Su t S,-ring, wished to make a reverve ol 4 miles square around Hu- s ipp. aed mine. I hey vv. re told iy die O.iin-nuaioners, ihat they could not have such a rcse. ve to ie sine oo in the heart of ihu c-iuntry, hm that if they would chime any f.ion.U upon whom t iey c ..i d rely, to .ct as IVus ee. for them 'he leserve ilesired si. mid be mule, provided they wuu'd rent out Hi toiks to a ct((/->Mi id tha Uni'td .Si«ic», toi jthe benefit of the Indians. The Indians (Consented, and accordingly 'he rese,*e was ■ made, and they selected one Brown and Colbut, half breeds, as I understand, men of g - d practical infoi motion, a- d in whom they had the utmost confidence as their i rus'ees, and who, by the tre.i’y, were au jthoriv,ed ty lease out Ihe reserve. Thus | curled the 'rcaty. A trea’y made by G v er.i. r 'helhy and ihe present Prebi.leut of 'be firmed States,— VV ho i« dee can sav ought against G w S mlby ?—His chamc ter alone wou d b‘ sufficin ■ io pro'ec 1 the treaty against 'he imputation of any unfair iricss, bu I humbly conceive it would lose jnoihtiig in p.iiri' of hanes y from having e ven the name of Andrew J ickson toil. lie ,i 9 not yet quite so fur gone in character as (to h- wholly without confidence, at least so | '.hi k ihe people, and they will have their Jway This treaty was submit'ed to the ■S'-nate, passed th .t ordeal, and is now the supreme law of the land. Under the arti cle of the treaty, which rnaile the reserve «ml appointed the Trustees to lease it out. i wis leased to a gentleman by Ihe name «f Currin. and if you choose, to <he presen Second Auditor, who, by the by, was no Au ! ditor then. Ihe b ase was executed «o ihe day the treaty w-i» mole, in anticipation ofj iil» ratification, for 75U bushel> -f sal' pe l anr. to be paid to the Indiana it s I 1 c util be p oduced in productive quantt i ». Ih persons who leased the r serve we. 'l Ito work and after spending sunn- h 'g ■ ■ ke' u 'erly failed to m .ke ar>y 'hir g .ml of tt eir lease. In Ihe year 1830 wneu hf> Chick-saws wi re about to i e>'e ell th ir ! lands on this ••ide of th Migsis inpi, the, recollected that they h >il an pitmen in ih - reserve h d concluded t<* ex iogu'sh the| lease they li d pnviuus'v m ,<1 t r * i u d sum in d u of jnt. Accordingly, in h•• | trea'y ihe mad- (rovisi n appears chang- 1 i g the emi of 'he treaty of 1818 *o as' to vesi the reserve in th original u (or |the sum (,f 8 2,500, N< w hi« is he urcai and an nstro .s |r,iml 'hat is 'o h.- d gg*'<l up by this resolution. I is said the I his w-*r'l» 10 000. I'n * he ren y w.s made, b* Gen. c ts - e ami M j<n E too, ihut the! Stecond Audiior is a r Uti n of Major Ea •( •on’-, and the-efure the p an, oppressed and much abused Indians a very familiar slain; in these days, h»v. been most shimefully cheated anti defrauded. Now, Mr. Speak er, I am wilin g to agree to the resolution on ihe table, provided an ainendinen' which I have prepared, and which 1 shall presen'- ly fl' r. ts adopted bv the U one. The oh ject ol the amendment is oi form he Pre sident dial the call for inform I'ioo, on the subject of the luiego - g tre» ies, ig not in teniied to invade bis and the Senate’s pij vilvge in i eli ion to ih-ir exclusive coin rid over rea ies, but that the Hoist does not consider compacts and bargains, made wi li ! I "dIS"9. •« bo "in s Witllii) die tiue 111 Pl.t and tin aning of those treaties contempl ted by the Consu'o'ion—md therefore he* consideration of all transactions wi-h I di ans, wi'hin the Territory of the U S ,i<e<, belong t qually and adke o both bra. ches ~t Cotrgre s. I fl.,ter myself 'h.n I shad b- : able lo es ablish the point cvp.i ended tor by, my amendment, to he sa'istscdon • f tnis House. The Constitution of the Uni ed S' -tes first declares, that •• no S ate shal m ke any treaty ,” and hen, further affirms, 'hat he " President and the Senate, two thirds concurring, shall make all treaties-” Trea icg. u .tier the wed known meaning of the term, as esubli-hed by writers ol na-' ■ion it law, must in- made hy Bover ig s. I hey arc never m.id ■ between s goveri meiitj •nd its* pars», cnlmiies or (Irp I hey are made by fit between governments tmeign to, ami i .dep ridenl of, each other. I"c Indians do not constitute a foreign nation, Ci so the F-dctal court has r<‘ceotli decided They hive always ben epend em upon ei n<>r the G'Min nt or 8 ate Govern inenlu—in a mate nl pupilage, Cr, under their protection, lod ad, vJr. Sjie ker, 'he dis cussion of this very resolution s ows they are not a foreign nadon. What ! this House so mindful ol he in'eres sos a foreign ua lion, as to n s i ute an enquin into the c n rl uct ol "ur iwn negoti >tors, to see whe'her th. y ave not chea ,d this fore gn na i,>ni Wnen did we overdo the like b-tore, with any oine. f«». eign onti<n? My w. rd fur u, his ires y # hi tb en made with Turkey, "die less bsibi.ous than the Indians, such solicited- w old nut have b-*en mantfe-teii, 1 Hu', Mr Speaker, whv dins it h ippen, that Ml hese be such treaties as ihe Co stitiilinii jonrnemplated— hs> Bta have been allow ed to make preci»e'y such with the tiibes f mol wi hm their limns, and that, too, i . the veiy teeth of he declaration jus quoted, I'.at "'in State shall m ike trea ics f” Hoes 'any body deny this lac' ? Le- him rec-diec the -reaiy made by N y ,k, 2or 3 year ago, and sent to the Sena e, wh • refused n ;«ct upon i . on the g-. unrl hey had mailing •u do with it, and thereby «i knowledgino that i was .» matier soieiy I the dele na'ion I that S‘ i e.— Ihe power to freai is t supreme in thi* gen.-ral goverumeut, fit can , noi consiste tly 0«' i X'-rcnei! by Oolh gov ernments, Ip it n t 0 gentlemen to sa\ , w aether they do n >r believ. the power con I te.rrerl in the consniu i n was designed to re , I i'o i* foreign nation- ? 1) -es tie general g mninn *ni ever treat wi-h ao .of fie Su.est lias t not pur chaser l ufrheS'atesterrioiy , f-ar the purpose ot erecting thereon for- sand i j s -ria s i d whoever c lleil or coiisnl-re t , Hose purchases as treaties? Are th 1 idt . . ih u . dependent, as I have tin) fit shown in h» ge„,. rj | g . er .» . nt, ob- neid in « , uud mure sovereign capacity than the spates, so that when purchases >re made of » the latter they are to be called petty tin 1 gain*, but when made fr< fit the form. r they i assume the dig’ iti d character of treaties f i We of the HomU dn not think so, but I al r most tremb eto ring in 'his place, such an unpopular .oncd. —lf hen, Mr. Spenkei, h li .a-e agree* with me, that conirac s mad w.ih i dian* are not treaties ; tiien I I im willing mj call upon 'he Pre»idtii' t> lay i before u (he pan.is relative 'o the colitise s made wnh 'he Cnii k s.w»: li‘j• if they di*- j agree to the amendment proposed, 1 will consider them in (mother light than .bat of • ire.i'ies. I shall oppose the restitution on iwo grounds. Fit at, we can f luie no mea • sure up n them of any u'ili v to 'he comt i try; and second, we have no right to call i upon the Presided, lor ttn ni.in thaichaiac ] ■ ter. Thu res' lu ion calls for the treaty of 1 Ib3o. and the le.iae made und. r the treaty (if 1018. Now this lease is a pnva e paper, belonging to individuals, over wnich wo have no control, and not to be found in the • rdilvis of lh G vetnrnen'. It was made under the ratified teaiy of 1818 ai d woe-; I hei t id or t i , ,vr have noihi g to do wi'o! jit. 1 irs'sin he nature ut contract,.the ofr-, h gallon f wined his H mse canoo impair, 1 jby any possib e I gtslaii.xi whatever; it be jltiogs to the courts of Jii *. ice. Dies not eve 'iy one perceive, it ttn re has been a fraud 'pr«c ised unoer thin ireaty, end by reason jot this lease 'ha the paries have h ■■ 11 rem edy at aw ? What were the trus ees ap jpointed tor on tin present ihe Indians in ibis ina. e> ? I’tn ugli as ana i >n, 'hey can nn sue, wna is to hinder their Ttus'ee* li induing i ? This trea y s'ipulaunn wa> I r he esjn»s pm pose id maki g them a Ipeisoiiin aw, to pn eci ihe right* of the I dian*. Then i they tuve been defraudMl, Mi • gentleman f mu ?> Carolina was perfect ly righ in sa ■. log they c.• ulci be redressed b i»n ac'imt at law, nil il necessary, aide" by die powers of chancery. Let 'hem sue, and! le' I tie,m make ii apparent to he proper tri-[ ban.il ihat ilit poor Indium have been che.i'*) ed, aiid 1 wil. u'.ilnwrne that they will .meet wi'li |,r m,.t and foil n (Ires* l'-.e! jiiea'y ol IBiB, and die lease made under' it. aieinw entire ) nut of toe question.i We live o Itina to do w I, 'hem Let us see wha light wo have ' • Ximine the trea ty ol 183 U It is dmi'ied hai tins 'rea y has ncvei been s imtu d o ihe Sena e, and therefore, i ot r ified. it is tiien, not a law u| i he'an nungi are acq o • ed under it; Mr Cm iin tin • Wcccn.tl Au dltor, h.VP not a shadow of c m Under Hat frea y. I’hey can enforce no right aiunipt-' ed to be secured U'ider any pin of i It •hey were dispos d to lemnv the pre sent tenanis on i:e land, under tin* in junction, 9 > 'hat all the. objections mg- ; ,cd on ibis fl or ng inst e fraud of the frea >, as w-T a* he baibmius 'lent iin-nt nf Iho ill’s,- hidmnt is ilv iiiniyi jsuliji’ct nf i qui.y u_. ii S-'tii'C', wh ev.n (he ireaty t- Mibnti"ed in (hem for c mfir-l matin', They are he proper and exclusive judges, a tier ■he dm’i in n • got to them, whe her it should be njec ed. Ihey wjii not flmch from Im du y ; th> y have rej c ed, (treaties an will do i ,:g i whenever a propei case pies*ms j -eii, VVnat has hi ll use to do with it ? indeed, (; Hugh' so dii'pp ii hat the Serial might di(V , tri m hwj House in l s oo'iopg iif fraud and inhumanity and ratify he treay ! What would tneu h. i jt he cmisi qience ?At all events, as the gentleman fmin Tenntsseo last up, has vmy p.’i linen ly and judiciously observed, the .S-iiate is die pmpei place (or all iuvestiga {tin sinnln mn to trea'ies, Power, shee powei, cm do a y thing , hut if this II n.se! ijdiies nut wish to trench upon the righ sos I'l'bera, and has a:sy respect for the other id par ni 'iits nf gi vernm nt, it will übs'ain from a. y inte t-rence in this bu-.oes-. Se condly—we have no >ig it to call upon the President tor hese (loc imen's at creatie*. If a B -msh treaty had arrived here yester day, and by some means or ntfigr, it was discove.nl that 'lure was an article! in it which had cheated that government out of any psi licu ar right, dues any one suppose that it would be wise in this House, fur any ipurpose, ei her in r nut of it, to call upon he Fiesidout to send that treaty to us, before he should s*nd it to the Senate, that we might ir qu re into (lie ftiutl, and re diess it by I gis'atio ■ prior to ns ratification? It would bo very kind to the Bn ish go veinnient, but would be very foolish in us, so much so hit wo should be laughed at. in wh it lines the case put, and he one under di bale, dist i ? Bui, Mi. Speaker, this House i "oght I> pi lit by tlte eX;ierii-nte of i:» own history. in ih great excitement p'odured ,j many years ag , by what was called Jay's tjireaty, it so bapp tied that ap ectsely simi ar call to the one now und r cottsiderati m, vvas nt-de by ibis branch of Congress upon i Gen. Washington to transmit the papers • 1 elation to that Ires'y to this li me ; but > hit di» inguisiied officer promptly refused ■ comp t t ec, ami among other reasons f>r • hts C"U'se, ieplied —ll other proofs than • il», se be iicceHs.rf to ascertain the point - under eu snti'iaiioo, they may be found ir. i ihe J m nut of iij,. Convention, it will there appear n>.i( , proposition was made that no "' a ) •*»«uld be btmling on the U. Stales I which w.s not m itied by law, and that the ? propositiiin was explicitly njaeted." N .w, ) Sir, .ii h I will not “ay 'ha Ge i. J ik d 'im can In more yan the innnorlal VV mb 1 mg no, yet i will say be c n not do less wnh oat ii u-iri.us exani|ile before him. i ' 1 quires no p p,,et to discover the pre a|dic.uiii o m wincn this res lution places the e Frcsnieut. if tie scud* the treaties, it will I be set down to the account of a timid, fiine iserving acqoief.cence, and form » delightful i comrast to ihe rn. gnatiliniiy and fi.imn ss ?of VVashiig on. If he ci es not send them - 'hen what an uproar. I will not say it will ( be clone by any gemleman on Ibis floor, bo i my life upon it, every opposition press in thi » U H. will ring it thru* this extended Uoio. , i that the Pn siden refused to g ve ihe people i infoiin iiim ! Gross frauds had ben cmn » mitted upon tne poor, oppressed Indians, -by the President’s par icu'ar fnencls arm l favorites, and he had sciei ned their conduct f from public investigation I The immediate i R presentatives of the people had calleO .up o him for iiiforitia'ion, and ne had treaton them w: h contemp !! Mr. Speaker, th's iis a treaiy. or it is not fl treaty. If it is a jtreafv, rights are vested under it which can 1 no b- eff clcd by legislation. It is a matter which bciungs exclusively to the C"Urta of Jo* ice. & they are fully competent, at least ; »o the C nstitu inn considers ihem, to re dress all wrongs growing our r>f either con tme's or treaties, if i' is not a treaty, and I mean if it is not ratified, Currin and the 2d Auditor have acquired noth! g nj.cler it, and (hey fail back upon their original lease made under the first treaty, subject as I hav clearly snewn to the scrutiny and whole s' me correction of tha same even handed tribuna a In order logo fully into the enquiry pro posed by the gentleman f" m Massachusetts, . Kvere 'J without infringing upon the poWi- B reserved to ihe P.esiieiii and Sea- He by he Consti'utiun, Mr. C. m iveil, the following amendrnai.t, to be added to the original teso ution. Resolved, fnat this application is made on ifie gr. und that Treaties made with In dians do not enne within the meaning and imention nf the Consii'u ion confering the reaty-making power, on (he President and Senate of ihe United St.tes, but that they are mere compacs or bargains made by 'he (authority aforesaid, as the agoii s of the .government, giowing out of a prac ice, a. quiesc'd in b> th> S ate* in which Indians late itoa ed, founded on an an i ogy to toe r x rcise of the treaty making power with foreign powers. Great Meeting at Tammany Hall. | L -t nigh n the appointed hour for the meeting ot the Democratic citizens, pursu ant toaij uriiment.to Upress their disap probation of he conduct of the majoriiy of the Benue of 'he Uuced S'ates, in the re jec »-'• of the Hon. Martin Van Buren as Minis'er to England— the great room of ihe 1* ill, which has recently ueen eola geil, wa ciowd. d toexets- — there were fud' 40tiO or 5000 p rsons present. V Mere, Thisbeingan HiljouMied meeting, Atara barn I‘loodgood, E q. took the Chair, «nd G tu Mute. Mill lletirv H ne, Esq.acted as i.;,...b. o. u, n incuse, usq Imm | the C nominee appoints tto p pate resolu tions, &e. for the cm sitleration of the meet ing, hen prefaced by a mat and elegant spe ch, ■ ffered r>e following RESOLUTIONS. W ereas it i- Oce inherent right nf the pe pie "f these Uni'ed S ates at all times to itsnemble and fearlessly to express then j npini ns of men and measures : i I' e dem cratic citizens nf the city of New York viewing the rejec ion by the ;Si nae of ,he United States of Mar in Va ißuren as Minister Plenipotenti ry in Grea' B i ain, a ft and proper subj c for their consideration. They revert to the late adminis'ration br ugh' into power by a measure of raffle ■i listing by ihe voice of a minority of the pople, and weak in tha coi fidenca if Uu nation. They present the happy contrast apparent in the present administration—- he peopl. pecu'iarly pmaporims and happy »nd the charac vr of the nation elevated beyond all precedent. In seeking the causes of these bless’ngs . they find them in the patriotism, the virtue and ihe intellig nee of the head of the ad mi listration and his confidential adviser— among the latter, pre-eminently conspicu ous, stood Martin Van Buren, a ci tzen a- Icke distinguish'-cl fur his services to his na tive State, fur his untiring devotion to 'tie , host in’erests nf ihe Union—ex. mpi ified up on every occasion, but • >pcci.lly in the ele vated and responsible office of Secretary ot State. Actuated by the purest motives, and irflu encei! alone by a desire to promote the pub -IBe welfare and secure die harmony of our | national councils, Mar.in V.n Boren volun tarily withdrew from tins distinguished sta • lion. The President, strengthened in his r onfi • dence of hts distinguished citizen, did in the *i recess of the Senate, appoint him Minister to the U.ated Kingdom id ' Giea' B itatn and Ireland, wheie he is now I the accredited Representative of those Uni r 'ed Sta'es. . ,r ' vas for (he present Senate of the United S a.as, in the exercise of their ’ h.gn precogstives, and pending an important neg .ti ition, to rej ct hts nominatcon by the casting vote i f the Vice President-regard _ less ot what was due to the feelings of a ” m j >nty ot the penple, and of the injurious • consequences to the nation, n, reU.ion to the impression, that their unprecedented C-U.se will have wrh all the powers ol Europe, and especially with that of Greal • bream. •m * h *v *? re 80 ' vp d. That the ciiiz n ns ol I, ew . or * c * in Ms nieeting assembled deem ,t * d«,y. „j, i# „ ieir 9 riftht lu #n ' madvert freely upon ttir tteduct of th« m* I j ri v rs (he Sma e, erd to fess m» at; f q'tslifird expression of censure upon «n act growing <>u•. of an unna'ural coalition altk* ' undignified in its character, anti beating upon its very fron'a total disregaid of that 1 measure of respect »nd ciureay «iue to the .. Kxerutive of thesi Ut i ■ ecl Slates, e Resolved, Tha* John C. Calhoun, Vico President of the United S'ates, and Pr*ai -1 dent of the Senate, by giving the casting it v< <e against (he confirmation of Martin Van 1 Boren, departed from the high digni yof e his station, and was lost to the ,-et se ot that J ilu v which he owed to the People, and 1 which under the peculiar cttcumstancei of 9 hi* relations with the Executive, called for 1 a H ; AT ren' and far notin' liberal course • R solved, That John C. Calmun has by r this vote alienated and srp-ra'ed himself f.fmm the confidence of the people, through I whose par ialtty, j >ined to the deep rooted popularity of Andrew Jackson, he was re ■ taioed in the Vice Presidency. ij R solved, That we view the vote of the ! rnaj »rity of the S note, touching this ooinU i nation, as an evidence that personal and ! 'par l !/,m hostility and political inti have usurped the place of sound and impartial judgment on the merits and .qualification* of the distinguished individual to whose ■confirmation their advice and consent were ask d by the President. I I R solved. That the State of New-York, yielding to no member of the Union in at tachment to the Constitution, cannot, with -1 out being lost to its own consequence, tame ly submit to the s’udied indig- ity offered to one of its most talented and patriotic ci’ifcens. The meeting was afterwards addressed by J G. S a>er, J hn f. Vtumford, Robert 11. Morris Francis B. Cut'ing and John A. Morrill, E* qs —all of whom sp. ke in warm and ferven* terms, of th" honor »Hue, tal ent and patrio ism of Marti Van Boren— -1 and in of reproba’ion against the ma jori'v of *he Senate, who by rejecting his nomi .a i m intend d to insult not »ly 'h© distingui bed citizen of this State—but even 1 the President himself. | The P eambie snd resolutions were then adopted bv acclamation On motion it was resolved That s Core i mi tee of twon'y-ft ur, to correspond with . the numb j r < f S’ates—be appoint ’d to • transmit *he proreedings of this mee’ing ta [Martin Van Buien, a Lmdon. Where* , upnp ’he following gentl* men Wore appoint" i ed u y the Chairman : • Walter B wne, B’rj. B iloy. Saul Al* ley, P. Fish, Jam s Om, bed' John T ir gi>e, Gitleon Lee, VVm P, H M u. Wm. M. P ice, S mu I A Talc *!. I) B. Tall in;' g", J.nn L ve , Eli‘hi T b’to s, El 'ad H me , AsaM nn, Thomas T Woddmlf, ’ E - »tus Ba nes, F. H Cut'iig M"0 ’y. ! It ■ i-la, C i- o*trs It. C-'rr’c’.u* l IV, Liwe-re, Ahrslv.m Bloodgood, Hea y Hone, Alexander M. Muir, Oa motion, the meeting then adjourned. N. w Yohk, F bruarv 8. XsalvT fiutn p itgAaud. i A ( five o’clock this morning ..ur news ■ jschr "Evening Edii ti” cam- up from the (picket ship H > 'bit Capt. Hebbard, from l London, with Loud n papers to Saturday i eve ling. Dec, 31st and Portsm uth paper* . o Jan. 2. Ptie dates from Paris are one day la er. J The new rases of choi r* on the 29 h were as follows : Sunderland I —Newcsstl 22 G reshead (r pored via Greenock already > 29—North Shi-Ids and L‘ignmou ho— Seu h Shields and Wes on O—H ught. n 'e Spring ai.d Penthor. o—Paddington. 4„ De th«, IT I —R-■covered 86. I Loudon. Saturday evening, D*c. SI The (!• lib taiions which wer» held yes erclav at th. F reign Office with reference to the 1 decist n .f 'lu C nferat ce, was, ** wr lln , detstand, one of the moat important that has • ‘ftken place since the R’ptesenta'iveg . f the five P wers first met. Shortly aft*. it» bieak mg up, Couriers were despitched by Lord ■ Palmers on to Berlin and Vi. nna, with in - .(ructions to travel with .he greatest possi ble rapidity, for Ihe purpose, we under* *n(j of having -tie answer her- bes .re the 15 h ts . nex. month. Our readers will remember. . .hat the l 6 h of Jan. is ihe d.ty fixed upon . by Protocol, for the ex»hinge of the raiifica ( lions of the proposed treaty of peace between Holland and B Igium. Courier Office 4 o'clock.— We have just . received the following by express from th* r Hague; •“ The S'ates General have vote.! by a». immense majority, (vix. 52agiuat 8) th* ex traordinary funds required by the Govern, inent, in order to meet the probable ware*. e pemli ures fur 1832 ” r A . v, !.^ el !m » ; rived at Plymouth, which I sailed from Lisboa on the 17th inst. Th* v prepara tuns tor the defence . f that courier . against ttieexpedi'ion 0 ( Don Pedro are con linued with the g eatest energy, gre»t f enthusiasm prevails for Don Miguel, Noni« erou4 reinforcements «f volunteers from th* t interior are daily arriving to reinforce hi ; 30.000 men will sjou be ready te meet Don Pedro’s army, ‘ City, Saturday, IS o’clock There it s i scarcely a bargain doing in the Consol m.u- jket Una morniug, nor is the variation ot the Jshghtest moment. Consols f,„ Account er« .( Nothing of any moment is d ing ia t otir money market. As regards Foe.gn Stock, iiussia Bn nls are to 99|, and r “ , : , ? h 0 65 * t 0 s ft.ini»n bout* arc at >» j 14 j o 8, M ille new Belgian Scrip has been done as i Ipm sine* which it has got up to I i pm.