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DEBATE ON THE TARIFF, j poliov, th« d«yn «»f our pr«.i*|MTity
—— lln'.ri'd.” Sit. M lit witliin mv
aro ntim-
;i exrmrioiKU.
T'rtrocts from the Speech of .Mr. llnyue, in
the Senate of the. United Stales on the loth
v't. in reply to .Mr. Clay.
* * * Tho gcntlumaii, (Mr
f iiv,) however. Ims so far favored us, us In
Cjn'ril'y two of llm advantages which hu ns-
.oris have horn derived from il in lliit* country
and 'ii our dav, and I am |«Tf«clly willin'; n
Iry lire merits n| tli»* mucin by these lost:
uliirh lie lias himself proposed. Tlmy shall—
if ;• (Ti-i l .man pleases—constitute the stan-
drtnl by which H« Iron rharnrlcr shall be do
termined. In the first place, then, the penlh-
mafi asserts, “ that the much abused policy of
Js2l, (the protection tariff of that year,) has
(ill'll our coffers, mid cii-ilded os to pay off the
poldic dol*l,” a debt of S 100,000,000 of prill-
eli'al, and g 100,000.000 of interest. Non.
Sir, if any thing is cupablu of detnonslrution,
it may lie demonstrated, that the protectin'!
pv'tcm could not, by possibility, have contrih.
o' d in the slightest degree to produce this re
in I *. One would suppose, indeed, that llm
* rv last merit which would be ascribed to this
tetn, wns its tendency to fill the, “ nnhlic
i "tiers. 1 ’ It is unquestioniiblv to n tariff, ar
limed and adjusted with a single oyo pi rev
eime, that ue are to look |io such a result.—
1 iiu object of a protecting lurifF. ns such, ccr
taiiilr is to dltniii'sh or exclude importation*,
and of coiiire to lessen the amount of the rev
enue derived from duties. The very end and
aim of such n system is, to substitute for llm
imported srlicle, paying tmee to government,
(ho domestic article, paying none—-to trans-
ntme the duly into a bounty to tho mnuufuclu.
fers ; and, just so far ns this cm) is attained—
that is to say, just so far ns the tarifT is protec
tive—must it cnl off the public revenue. Do
we not all remember, Hint the lending nrgu-
merit in favor of the protecting proves,mis ot
tho tariff of 1824, uas, that they were lie
wiry, “to put down a ruinous competition
and did not one of the fathers of that hill pub
licly declare, “ that llm vital principle of the
cystern was, that the nation should command
its own consump'ion, uml that when the nation
did command its own rumuioipliun, importa
tions mid imposts would cease.” ‘•ir, there
aro two distinct features in the tar ITof 1324—
revenue uml protection. It is the former that
lms filled our coffers and paid • fT llm public
debt; nml, so far ns llm Inner has operated ai
oil, it must have diminished the revenue, and
delayed tho extinction of that debt. Sir, I
will put it to the candor of me gentleman,
whether, if the protecting duties under the
Tariff -V' 1821 bad been less, the revenue
would not have been greater, and that (on.
without adding to, hut on the conlriiry, dimin
ishing the burthens of, tho people, since they
would have obtained the articles of their con*
gumption, in increasing quantities, and at a
cheaper rate, and benn relieved from the heavy
tax which they have been compelled to pay to
the American manufacturer ? Why, Sir, Hu-
policy of 1624 actually taxed to prohibition a
large amount of goods formerly imported.—
From a report made by the Socrntari of Hie
Treasury, in January, 1830, it appears Hint
these prohibited articles amount m nbou‘
000,000 per annum, being near can sixth part
of the whole of our iuiporis. Has this purl of
'ho policy contributed to fill your rollers I Sir,
tho case is too plain fur further argument, and
tried by this test, tho policy must be utterly
Condemned.
The noxt tost by which tho gentleman pro
poses to Iry this system, “ is the rich fruits
which it has scattered over the country.” ’•'tv,
where are they to he found ? Is n in tho Wr.ST?
I appeal to the gentlemen from that quarter.
We havo heard a great deal of the flourishing
condition of the manufacturing cMahlisl.mei.l*
elsewhere; but where are tho manufacturing
villages, the joint slock companies, the splen
did dividends, and other evidences of prosper
ity to be found in tho Wuet f I submit it to
tbv candor of liio gentlemen, whether the ben
efits of tho protecting system, so far ns the
West is concerned, do not still rest in hope—
whether the system would bo sustained a day,
if it were not for i's supposed connection with
TNTEbkaI. tMfuovuMtSNTs—whether it is not
indebted for its popularity, in that quarter, to
Hie unhappy, the ihtnl uinrunge between th
lurid' and internal improvements—u union
which I yet hope to sec dissolved. It Was a
Itjt handed—an unlawful marriage, and surely
those whom God hath not joined, man ii.tiv
pul asunder. Sir, them ore doubtless some
nourishing manufactories scattered here and
there thiougboui tho western country—chiefly
confined, however, to siiuu inns beyond the
reach of foreign competition, a: d owing noth
ing to the protecting system. Hut the West
has not been rendered prosperous by those es-
tatdislimenM. I appeal confidently to their
gcliml condition at {his lime. * *
We como now to the South. If any por
tion of the rich fruits of tins system have been
•ration'd there, they Iijivo not fallen under my
observation. Sir, we know them not—we see
them not—we feel them not. It may bo sup
posed, however, that we nre loo full of preju
dice, or loo ungrateful, to acknowledge tho
blessings it has bestowed upon us. Sir, we
j .ii.cp, htl.'t- rtganliug Uis ct I*. 1*1 cutuih.i
i which the patriot pusse-Ec*, bend all ih
n«-rpy a ,d iuflij-iuv, to sccnmp'iali sc!.*-:
scSfiffh per.ional ftgg(asi<iiz«»ment. The prejont «
unf<»rtuuai**!y di«tir.giueh«’d by rnmp!«« v( thn i
liption. Throughout the whole country, frmn
tion u« la rg»,through stales,muuti»’E, di.^riote, tov
out aorno change it) your would sirili loiver a.td lower tho price of sot- J not display mi use. I iu ii.a w ly
ton. until it was reduced to the very lowest I cause we have ever cherished the wrongest t’ ,,! ‘ cl P‘
sum tiiat would pay Hie expense of its produc-1 feelings of confraternity towards our brethren, “denis,
thai in the devoted City ill which my lot has I lion. The very m-xt step must, of course, (and Hie warmest and most devoted .-.llachnient j
been east, a thriving foreigr commerce. was, Ianjiihilulc the trade by rendering it unprufita- to the Union. If we have brim, in any dr-1
within n few years "Jiast, carried on direct fo j hie to all concerned. Sir, there may be a gree, divided among ourselves in this matter, I
Europe. We had name merchants, with [difference of opinion ns to llie point to which j the source of that division, let gentlemen bo j (
large capitals, engaged in the foreign trade. — ! ive have r ow arrived in tho progress of this j assured, has not arisen so much iron) any dif-1 unJ l’ ar,, ^ s have sprung up, having (*>r
jV„ |,nd thirty or forty ships, many of them system ; for let it he remembered that the j lerence of opinion, ns to the true character «l
liuili, and all owned in Charleston, and giving Uvsioiii is *>(<!.' progressing) but to my mind il .the oppression, as Iron) me different degrees
einoloymeiit to a numerous and valuable body j is clear th .' we have long wince passed the j of hope of redress. All parlies have for years
of mechanics and Iradestn
state of thin;
nr drive
lerred to
up—our
the very . . ,
brought to the hammer—our incehanies in de- j that cotton lias, within a few yearn, been grad
pair; the very gras* growing in our Htreels, tiaHy tailing, iinltl it lias Inal more than two-
and houses fulling into ruins ; real estate re- thirds ot its value, and now barely pays the
production, tiring.ug down will
din ed to one llnrd part ol ils value, and rent*
almost to nothing. The rommereo, which we
are still permitted In enjoy, diverted from its
pi..per channels, carried on wiili hoi rowed
capital, nml through agents sent among us,
and maintained by the tariff policy, hearing
off ibeir profits to more favored lands, eating
out our substance, and leaving to our own
people the miserable crumbs which fall from
the table of their prosperity. If we fly from
Hie city to the country, tvhul do we there be-
Inddf Fields abandoned; the hospitable
mansions of our fathers deserted ; agriculture
drooping ; our slaves, like their masters, wor
king harder and faring worse ; thn planter
striving, with unavailing efforts, to avert the
ruin which is before him. It has often been
mv lot, Sir, to sen the once thriving planter
reduced to despair; cursing his hard fate :
gathering up the small remnants of his broken
fortune—and. with his wife and los little ones,
tearing himself from the scenes of his child
hood, and tlm hones of his anecslors, lo seek, "hat
in the wilderness, thul reward for his industry,
of which your fatal policy lias deprived him.
Sir, when wo look at our fertile fields, and
consider the genial climate with which God
has blessed the South—when we contemplate
the rare felicity of ntir position, as (he produ
cers of na article, which, under a system of
fice trade, would enintntiid the markets of the
world—is it not enough lo fill our hearts al
most to bursting, lo find llm riehest blessings
Hint an indulgent l'rovidnnco ever showered
down upon the heads of nnv people, lorn from
us hv the cruel policy of our ow n government;
in find the bounties of heaven Hms blasted hv
the hand of tnan. Sir, I will not deny that
there are other causes besides Hie tariff, which
have eoiilribaicd lo produce the evils which I
have depleted. Trade can, to some extent,
he carried on with greater facility at New-
York, and cotton may he raised more profita
bly in Alabama ; but, these advantages would
nut have broken up llm commerro or depress
ed the agriculture nf Smith Carolina, while nn
mresliictcd inlercoiirsn with foreign nations,
tnnblcd us to realize thn most moderate prof
its! Men do not quit their accustomed em
ployments, or tin' homes of their fathers, for
auv small addition to their profits. It is only
when restriction has (cached u point which
res the door still open to one, whilo it clo
ses it against the other, that thiN result is pro
blem! ; and therefnro it is, that a rapid trans
fer of capital and population is nnw,added to
Hie other evils with which thn old States are
afflicted.
In this condition of tho country, where is
there to he found a fulfilment of tho promises
held out lo tho South in 1824 ? Wc wero thou
told that we hud mistaken tho true character
of this system. Wc were entreated only to try
it fur a short time—only to give them n start—
and that they would soon he able to stand
alone. We were to have had a double market
for our cotton—high prices, reviving com
merce. mid renewed prosperity. Sir, after the
experience of four years, the tariff of’28 came
op tor consideration, liv which the protecting
system was in bo further extended nnd enlar
ged. And ii hoi wns found to have been the
result of four years’ experience nt the South !
Not a hope fulfilled, not one promise perform
ed—nnd our cundition infinitely worse than it
had been four yenrs before. * * *
Hul, Sir, there is another view of ibis mut
ter which demonstrates, 1 think, still more
plainly, tho inequality of tho system. I allude
to its effect upon tho people of the South us
producers of the articles which are exchanged
for foreign commodities. There nrc very able
j»en, Sir, who have undertaken to prove that
we suffer from this system chiefly in our char
acters us producers. To mv mind, il is mor
ally cerium tlmt Hie poople of tho South, either
as producers or consumers^ support a burthen
nearly, if not entirely, equal to tho whole
amount of the lax levied on their irnportntions.
The precise •manner in which this operates is
n problem not so easy of solution. I will en
deavor lo explain, however, very bi it fly, my
axpenso oi ns production, nrin
n the w ages of our agricultur.il labor and capi
tal lo the very lowest point. Some gentlemen
insist that the Suulhcro producer now bears
nearly llio whole of the. tax, while tho gentle
men on the other side contend that it is a
maxim universally true that tho “consumer
pays the tux.” I am inclined to think that the
truth lios in tho middle. I can certainly con
ceive ., sutu of thing iu which tho ptoducer
would, - ■ such, [>ay nearly the whole of the
tax ; hut, except w hore the tax is a very mo
dulate one, or is imposed upon the absolute
necessaries of life, it is impossible that the
whole of tho weight could ho throw n upon the
consumer. * * * * *
Sir, lire duties upon imports nre either paid
by the consumer or they are not. If they are
paid by him, I have show n that the far greater
portion of the diilic.-; on tire goods received in
exchange for our cotton falls upon the pl.inti r,
and tligi for this he receive.? no remuneration
li the duties aro not paid by the
consumer—that is to say, if they are not ad
ded to thn price—then il is manifest that Hie
whole amount of duties falls upon us without
the possibility of relieving ourselves from an)
part of the louden. As io the popular notion
that all consumers must pay equally, I. will
■I"li any g. nilcinaii lo tel 1 me Imw it is with
those who consume the tur ? Here is a lux ot
10 millions imposed diieclly or indirectly upon
southern production. Fourteen millions of
this amount nre trnn-ferred to the north, and
there consumed. Are llie consumer- of these
fourteen millions taxed on their consumption
as iiighlv as those who have paid tho whole
amount I
Sir, I havo done with tins branch of the sub
ject. Great as nre Hie present evils of the
system to the Smith, there >i t< greater still —
m prospect. Wc aro seriously thru iiuried with
the entire loss of the foreign market* lor our
productions. All trade is nut au exchange of
equivalents, and is founded on the maxim nf
“give and take.” If you* exclude British
goods from our market, von, in effect, exclude
our cotton from their markets. Il is iu vain
to tell us thul Knglaud must have our c mon.
You may ton e her to do without it. liven
now she supplies hers df, to a greni extent,
from other countries; from her F.u-t India
possessions, Egypt. Brazil, and elsewhere ;
and v m will make il ion' uHerusi, in the end, to
give up the American imle entirely, l iven now
she is looking to this as a possible event.—
You find tier encouraging the production of
iiiaiion and concession. Remove, I earnest
ly beseech you, from among ns, this never-
failing source of contention. Dry up at its
soul 1 ' e this fountain of the waters of bitter
ness. Restore that harmony which has been
disturbed, that mutual affection and confidence
which has been impaired. And it is in your
power to do it this day—but there is lint one
means under heaven, by wlech it c n—by do
ing equal justice to all. And bo assured, that
hu to whom the country shall lie indebted for
this blessing, will he considered ns the second
founder of the Republic. Ho will he regard
ed, in all after tunes, as the ministering angel
visiting llie troubled waters of our political
disseiitions, nml restoring to tlm element its
healing virtues.
F.lllTKIt flY (). P. SIMM' .1XD .1I.HO.V CIMSE.
Ir’/.s’.Yi. are requested to state that Hie Anniversary
exercises nf Hie Demosthenian Society of Franklin
Cullece, will lake place on Monday the 20ih insl. ot
10o’clock A. M. at the Presbyterian Church. Citizens
*.f Athens and elsewhere, are invited o> attend.
The l' , "nnsthenian Society has appointed F.cokxics
A ■■■ ) sn,;T, F.eq. of Madison, lo deliver the anniidl ora-1
tion before that and the Phi Kappa Society, on TImrs-
dai aft- r Commencement. Wo understand he has nc
copied the appointment.
‘CT'Sornn ol tho proceenmgs of tho Legislature of
Alabama, which has just adjourned, show conclusively
tlmt our sister State is as zealous a practical advocate
for orthodox principles, us any one in tho whole con
federacy. On the subject of internal improvements by
I ho general government, the Legislature appeal partic
ularly derided, and determined ilia' neither the Staio
nor individuals shall ask or receive anv appropriations
from Congress for such purposes. A bill has passed
the (icneral Assembly of that State, to incorporate the
Tennessee and Alabama Kail Itoad Company, and one
section of llie act for that purpose provides, that the
Company shall forfeit their charier, "should they apply
to and receive aid from the General Government.”—
After this wc thir.k Ihe American System party will not
deny that their opponents are engaged iu a contest for
cotton in llm East indm*%y a duo rmiu.nt'ing pineiple, which neither interest or influence will ever
duty to wliirli you have forced tier, and niimu- I hiducc them t0 abandon#
lilting thn production of tho iirtii lo in South I —®—
America, where she i* furn shed with a market I Speech of Gen. Ihync.—There are times in thchislo
for her manufactures, almost duty free. Call I ry of oar editorial labors, when we ssdty feel the nan'
we, then, ho blind to the fate that awaits us. I of an enlarged sheet, in order to spread more fully
when the American System sunll he consum- fore our readers, the varied events of passing life, of
muled, nnd we shall ho out off from u market whatever is new or interesting, amusing or instructive.
feed in itself, yet when milled, suflie
ly 6'rong to carry a point. This was Mr. Calhoun’s
party, tlis personal hostility to Mr. t un Buri n Ins
been long known and openly displayed, and hispiivato
enmity to lien. Jackson more than suspected. Hero
was a double motive for the gratification of his desires
•—the weakening nf Ihe administration, nnd the pro;,
tration of a popular rival. With uncompromising l,\>
mi,taken zeal, his friends s< cnndcil iiis views; arid
having been thus aide to elfcet a tie, he completed t!,c
destruction of Ins own ol'bsulliod fame, Itj giving his
casting vote for the rejection ! In the delicate fiiustioi.
in which he wns glaced, magnnniniily should have sug
ge.ted a different course ; even policy shonl ] have in
duced him to display feelings less vindictive. The in.
1 crest of the country in a pecuniary point of view, o::
the supposition that a successor equally talented could
he sorit, (ami that one more capable could be found
few will believe,) should also have had some intlnritcc.
No agent nf llie government in cxeiifable for wasting
S900I) of the public money, without tho shadow r.f a
reasonable excuse ; and this w c conceive Mr. Calhomi
to have done.
It may he proper Here lo remark, that the infirmi
tion given last week of the Senator* from Virginia hav
ing voied against the nomination, was incorrect. Tin's
WC were happy to hear. The vote on the question ir
slater! to have been, for the nomination—Mcesre. llenv
ton, Brown, Buckner, Dallas, Dickerson, Dudiej, I llie,
Forsyth, Grundy, Hendricks, Hill, Kune, King, Mag
num, Mnre.y, Robinson, Smith, Tazewell, Tipton,Troup,
Tyler, White and V\ ilkins; against tt—Bell, Chambers.
Clay, Clayton, Ewing, Foot, Frclinghtiysca, liaynr,
IlnimcM, Jolmaton, Knight, Miller, IMoorc, Naurtar;:,
Poindexter, Robbins, Ruggles, Seymour, Sil*hce,
Sprague, Tomlinson, Wopgamnn and Wpbster. 'Vo
hope thi* list may be held in remembrance by the pen*
pie of the United States ; il need only be remembered
to he deprecated.
Wr have witnessed for the first lime in the history of
this government, the rejection by the Senate of a for.
oign minister; and that too, an wo* believe, from polit
ical motives, and for the basest political purp.*s*3.—•
Had the individual appointed been less conspicuous,
Iu* might have passed unscathed ; hut Ins popularity
now ami eticeestfel cour6e heretofore, only inereasid
the implacability of his enemies. When placed htforo
the people for any ofliee in their gift, Mr. Van tiurert
lms been rarely (we believe never) defeated. Th* peo
ple of his nativo Slato delighted to honor him—they
loaded olfices upon him with a liberal hand ; from this
cause have his enemies raised against lam the ries of
"intrigue!" “ the great magician!" five.; to prove which,
assertion is their only argument.
We could pursue this subject farthei, and point oat
more particularly the charges made against Mr. A'. P
with their oft repealed and triumphant ri fnlat’ons ; tm*.
lor the present we forbear. Facts trill hereafter civno
to light concerning this lust Iransaction, which so
do not doubt will, by exposing tla’ir motives Dio*eelenr-
Iv, place some of the leadera of this motley assemblage
of all the oppositions combined, in a position imlher
the most honorable nr envia de that cunld he imagined.
for seven hundred Hmnsnnd bales of our rot-
ton; nn event that it is liardlv nerexunrv fur
me to say, would involve the whole South in
irretrievable ruin. Ii is idle for gentlemen to
particularly at this time do wc regret llie neces.
sity which obliges as to publish a few extracts only
from ttie late eloquent speech of Gen. tlayne in Con
gress, instead of giving it entire, as it seta forth Ihe true
pretend that the North ran ever furnish n police of our country mid th" doctrine for which llie
Ilf,Die .rtwrO-s ,„ r J,ri me- roriiM, ..f :t,c 81111th. •un'lliern Slato- nre contending; nnd because the snh.
Two or ViiTct- hundred thousand Imlrs is the 'jcoi, though some ntsy rail it a hacknied one, is yet ol
utmost extent lo vvliirh we could find a market
in thnt quarter. Thu ratnlngue of Ihe evils of
this system, however, is not yet completed.—
It is not merely the misrhicf it has done, and
llm still greater evils which it thre ileus, hat it
Ims arrested our m ,reii la greatness, and pre
vented us from f .Hilling our high destinies.
What would have been Ihe cundiiion nf ibis
country now, if we bad never been deprived
of Hu* blessings of free trade ? Why is it that
our tonnage and our exports have not grown
with our growth, nod strengthened with our
strength ? It is because our prosperity lins
been blasted by the restrictive system. Look,
Sir, at this picture. In 1810, with n popula
lion of seven millions, we lind » tonnage of
one million four hundred thousand. In 1831,
with a population of thirteen millions, our
tonnage is reduced to one million tw * hun
dred thousand ; and. going still further buck,
in the year IS00, our exports amounted to
conception of the process „
We will suppose ii perfectly free uado to he j cigliiy-one millions, while now, with a popula-
carried on between tho Southern States and ) tion of thirteen millions, our exports areredu-
Great Britain—that is to say, that the articles feed to seventy-two millions. * * *
on. both sides were admitted, duly free. In I Let not gentlemen so far deceive themselves
this stnte of tilings, n progressire tar, equal to j us lo suppose, thnt Hie opposition of the South
tivo per cent, per u> mini, is imposed oil Bril-. to tiio protecting system is not based on high
ish iimnofuctiiroH for the protection of our;and lolty principles. It has nothing to do
have heard of men having honor thrust upon (own. The first duty of five per cent, would, j with party politics, or the mere elevation of
them, and perhaps there may he such a tiling 'doubtless, bo added to the price. Before this
gs having benefits thrust upon ail unwilling progressive duty Imd advanced many steps,
people; yet I should think thnt even in sueh a t however, tho period would urnve when no ad-
case, they would soon become reconciled tojditional charge rou'd ho sustained by the con-
their lot, and submit to their late with a good { sinner without ti reduction of his consumption,
grace. But, I assure the gentleman, that the I The next fivo per cent, then imposed, would
condition of the South is not merely one oft have to tie sustained by the merchant, or the
unexampled depression, but of great nod tall- j foreign manufacturer, or the ptoducer of the
pervading distress. In my own Slate, the I cotton, and would most probably he div ided
unhappy change which ha» within a few years|among them In this manner, as the system
_P**t taken place in the public prosperity, is of'progressed, the profits of the merchant would
the most appalling character. If we look at j be reduced to the lowest scale; those of the
ibe present condition of our cities, (and I will j manufacturer would also be brought down,
lake Charleston by way of example.) wo find nnd the Southern producer would, ill his turn,
even where thn mournful evidence of prt ni.i- ! he compelled to sohiuil to a reduction in the
ture decay. Sir. the crumbling m mur.als W] price of Ins piodueimn. Each successive
i’it former wealth sad btppmew, too eloquent- j step in tho farther progress of the system
men. It rises far above all such considera
tions. Ncr is it influenced chiefly by calcu
lations of interest, hul is founded in much no-
hlcr impulses- The instinct of self-interest
might b^vo taught us un easier w-ty of rcticy.
ing ourselves from this oppression. It wan
ted but tho will to have supplied ourselves
with every article embraced in the protective
system, fireo of duty, without any other parti
cipation on our part than n simple consent to
receive them. But, Sir, we have scorned in
n contest fur our rights to resort to any hut
open and fair means to maintain them. Thn
spirit with which we Invc entered into this
business, h akin to that which was kindled in
Ihe hosmu of our fathers, when (hey were
msde th* nctims of ouoression t and if it bos
loo drop at, interest lo he rejected, loo vitally important
lo Ihe people of America, to be passed over in listless
apathy, vv o would also have been gratified Vo publish
Mr. Clay’s effort in vindication of tho protective sys
tem, which elicited Gen. Hayne’s reply, in order that
by contraiting the Iwo, our altontive patrons might
more readily perceive the sophistical weakness of hie
attempt to sustain a fulling cause, against the omnipo
tent force of zeal, intelligence and triilk. But much as
we may individually regret this loss of valuable mailer,
and at rung as our inclination ie to give il publicity, wc
are aware that many of our subecribers, for whoee opin
ions we entertain all due deference, would prefer’even
this omission lo an abandonment of ihe usual newspa
per variety. The extracts which wc insert lo-doy.con-
stitute but a email item in tho whole production, but
they aerve to show its tono and spirit, its powerful ar-
guinea!, i * conclusive mode of masoning, He lofty nnd
noble bearing, ita convincing eloquence. M'e • rust they
at least, will be perused with attention, and in a npirit
of the utmost liberality. Tho political sentiments of
ihcir distinguished author, have, it is true, been often
disapproved of, but io thia instance no one can reason-
ably distrust the safely of the opinions advanced, or
object to the spirit in w hich they were delivered.
Rejection ofJSJr. Van Bunn,—In our Iasi paper uc
mentioned the fad, ba?«’d upon private information, of
the rejection of Mr.. Van Buren'a nomination to the of
tice of Minister to London. Subsequent mail arrivals
• itficially confirm lliis intelligence. The reason* for this
extraordinary movement, llie character of ihe oppoti<
lion par ly, and itenumcricul atrengih, will now be the
subject a of inquiry and remark. Far be it from u? lo
at tempi to dive into the recesses of (he politician's
soul, to penetrate ita numerous labyrinth}, or expose
the hidden w rkiugn of hit env), revenge or ambition;
but if an old remark be true, that it is from acts that
we must judge the heart, it is possible to obtain some
clue by which we can appreciate Ihe motives that
prompted to this act- ,
In a government like mrs, whero the honors and
emolument! of office arc alike accessible to the wealthy
and the poor, where no privileged daises evert a he
reditary sway, much room is found for emulation, and
i.iis often leads to lings • mu? an.I unprincipled rivalry.
Tb* natbreVlh' b««Jkn h»u'* is siyb. th.it rye often
-S V M M A U Y.
The National Journal, published nt Washington, the
advocate of Mr. Clay and tho Tariff, has been eusper-v
ded or disentail] ird.
Life of Jefferson.—It is stated tlmt Professor Tnrher,
nf the University of Virginia, is engaged in colhrtiiit
matena's for writing the "Life of Thomas •Mferson.’*
“One of tho delegation” of Cherokee* now at Wash
ington or elsewhore, 8oIttv**oS contribution* from their
friends at the •» •*•*♦?, Wr the purpose or paying the e»;.
r ,„>vn of counsel, concludes a letter to the editor of the
Cherokee Phmni.\ thus: — ‘ 4 Tho Missionary case wii!
soon be taken up, I hop-?, by the Supreme Court, and
if Georgia keeps her Penitentiary doors well locked,
and does not bark out, wc shall t»ee whether the Uml ed
States will regard the sacred voice of their judiciary.*’
Wc will see what wo shall see.—Sac. Georgian.
Resolutions have been introduced in the I-egi«?a?iYft
Council of Florida, requesting the Senate of the United
States to rpjcct tho nomination of W. P. Duval as Go\ *
r. nor, now before it.
An extraordinary musical instrument ia now in tho
course of completion in New York, which ia to com
bine the joint power* ofan entire military band,a church
organ, and various instruments of a more rare and de!.
irate description, such ns the lyre, harmonica, &c.~*
The artist is a Mr. Plympton of Broadway.
The House of Delegates of Virginia, after an anima •
ted debate of thirteen days, have passed by a vole of
61 to 59, a resolution on the subject of appropriating
money for tho removal of free negroes in that Slate .
that it is inexpedient for the present to make any leg
islative enactments thereon.
Tho Treoty with France lately concluded by Mr
Rives, our Sinister to that country, allowing indemni
ties for «|S)|iat.ion» committed on our commerce, Iiu:’
been ratified bv tho Senate of the United States.
Sir. Forsyth is spoken of as M-
ccasor to the Court of St. James ;
friend in the lobby at Washington.-
It is reported that Col. V in. C. »
pointed a Superintendent of Pub!.
David P. Ilillhouse, Esq. removed b
Governor.
Alabama recommends Gen. Jucli3on for Presidar?,
and P. P. Barbour far Vice President.
Stnte Rightt.—Alabama bus declared all the territory
within her boundaries to he subject to her laws, and
deprecates any exercise of jurisdiction therein by the
United States, as an usurpation of power.
The Charleston Mercury states that letters have been
received in that city, announcing tho appointment by
the President, of Hugh S. Lcgare, Esq. as Charge di3
Atiaiics in Belgium.
A juggler of the name of Peter* ia amazing the pro
ple of New'Orleans by walking on the cuhng ot the*
Theatre, with his bead downwards.
From a case recently decided in New York, it ap
pears that if a man recommend another as wor hy ot
credit, and he should turn out to be otherwise, the su
rety for his credit ia responsible fn his debt.
A Temperance Safety haa been formed at Milledgc-
ville, called Ihe Baldwin County Temperance Society,
on the principle of entire abftinence. Dr.Tomlin.-mi
Fort, President; and Richard K. line*- r sq. >»***••
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