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UNITED STATES’ SHIP PEACOCK. I caused frequent presents of frosli meat and vege*
E«trac( of a letter received i»y John Boyle, Chief Clerk of tables to be sent to tlio ship; itiuj nt Zanzibar,
tho Navy Depnoment, dated on board of the I’miwl | Q va ] uab ] G porl 0 f | lj:5 dominions, the ship was
so far
as their
i ce of charge
Stares’flagship Ptsicock, liontbay, November Ihh, 183.*, . ...... ,
published to correct erroneous statements, which rcj*rc-1 entirely supplied, by hlS Order, ire
sent the ship ns having been totally lust. during the lime site remained there.
Af? Dear Sir-~-\\ o have ut lcngth armed at It id auppoed we shall sail from this pi
this 1 * 1 ' ,f * *
must not speak of the broken promise under their shadows before.” Be it so. My constitu- of all imaginable evil—they hold them up to slavery and the slave trade,
pain oi the displeasure of his fiiehds? Ami to ents did not send me here to make presidents for the people of the south as attempting to inflict votes could do it.
be told, when he came into power as as judj- them. That is a business that they like to do upon them all the calamities which follow in We shall look with much anxiety f or -ir
eious tariff man, aftor noy fhlvocating his princi- in another manner. I am sent here for other , the train of n servile insurrection—they profess Webster’s views on the subject—
! pics and aiding in his election, believing at the purposes, and shall endeavor to confine myself to hold the north in the highest degree culpa- Gazette. ’ SbUTg
ace time in his integrity, though 1 did not believe to my appropriate duties. If, sir, the opposition ; ble for not arresting their career bv summary j
s place, and I avail myself of the departure I atj0|U tbp oo.| u q'| ;0 CITW |, ns becn very I him passessed of intellectual qualities—am I to thus announced loan administration not yet iand severe penal inflictions—and the v even of
torrow of the steamboat for Egypt, vja^tne 1 healiliv. There is wilting of the cholera at he told, after pledges that have been violated, formed, and as yet unknown, is to come, it may { fer rewards for the pe
tomorrow
lied Sea, to drop you a lino b\ the rtu\ oi Eng- present ju Hombav.
land. ^ --
We left Zanzibar on the 8th September, J
steering our course across the Arabian sea for;
Muscat, in the entrance of the Persian gulf.-—
On the night of Sunday, the 21st, a fresh breeze
blowing from the southwest, the ship having
studding sails set, and ploughing her way at the
mto of right miles per hour, sudjenly'struck Mr c „, holm rus> nnJ m „ d „ m rcmai
o» a bed ol coral rocks. It would hardly be |0 lv| , k . h Mr _ Wa „ „ 1M> M f ;, !lmvs
persons of such leaders, with
(0\MS l>S.
DEBATE IN SENATE.
February 17, 183<>.
Tho Special order colonel Benton’s resolutions,
being under consideration—
]*' cnrnn rpmnrlrs.
promises that liave been broken, and principles be that we may gather from the past the issue ol j a view to inflict upon them the punishment due
set at naught, that 1 must not speak of these the future. Sir, we are taunted about expung- j to what they declare to be their flagitious and
possible to describe tho surprise which ensue
Those who were below, in bed, catno immedi
ately on deck—not to inquire the cause ol this
sudden shock, for the repeated thumps, at every
tiso and depression of this sea, plainly spoke it;
hut the only question asked and reiterated from
all sides wore, ‘ where arc we?” “tvhat rocks
can these be?” All, however, were satisfied as
to our dismal situation; breakers were.foaming j
Mr. Y\ ulh Unused and unaccustomed to the
course of procedure in this house when he heard
the gentleman from South Carolina,on a former
Occasion, proclaim that it was on this floor that
the great battle of liberty against power was to
be fought, he was disposed to enlist under his
banner, as he avowed himself tiie champion of
liberty. Indeed, if he had not entered into such
contest on the side of liberty, he felt that he
dul to his constituents,
.otm,I; tho rocksn oug-cdo wore tvuiuu two and wouU b „ 8 b;!C „ . „
\ l '“> ftiln'Bnsof tho surface and toe slnp lay I thousands of wheat would, at tluflirsl butlie.crv,
••bard and fast. All sail had been at | rush to , ho aid <>r libortv. He cordially uttitid
taken in, and too necessary orders for (Mling | wi(h !lollorabU > senile,nun also in the wish,
out tno boats were promptly obeved. 1 rovi- j r.i • > i , ,
, 1 1 . - , that the doors ol tins cnamber should be opened,
iuons nod various oilier articles were thrown o- , , * . • ‘ ,
, . ~ , , , , , and, it possmie, that the u hole American people
ver, and the water, excepting a few hundred gal- * 1 11
Ions, was started in the hold and pumped out, iu
order to lighten liic; ship: she remained, howe
ver, immovable, at times striking hard. An
chors and hedges were sent out; but the crew
toiled in vain at the capstan. A boat had been
sen! out to sound around, when the deepest wa
ter lbra considerable distance was found to 1>..*
three and a half and four fathoms, about two
hundred yards south west of the ship. The yards,
topmasts, A c. were lowered, in order to case the
ship; and though all was done which prudence
could suggest in such a situation, all seemed
without cfliict. It was not possible to form any
accurate opinion as to the nature of the spot
where we were. fame supposed we might
have run upon some isolated rock in the ocean,
not laid down on the charts; others thought we
might be on the coast of Arabia Felix, swept
from our true course by a mighty current. No
thing, however, remained now to do but to a-
wait patiently for daylight, in the hope of see
ing land, which as yet could in no direction bo
discovered, The anxiety of this interval may,
perhaps, bo readily imagined. The dawn dis
covered tn our view a low, sandy island, about
a mile distant, which seemed totally destitute of j
tilings as they are, for fear of being denounced ing the acts of the president. No, sir, no
tor want of courtesy to the constituted authori- friend of Andrew Jackson, and, if I mav veri
ties? Why, to what pass are we come? Are ture to predict, no friend of 4iis country—when
we to be gagged—reduced to silence? If no- the acts of Andrew Jackson, as president of the
thing else, said Mr. Preston, is left us, the liberty United States, come to be recorded by the im-
of speech is left, and it is our duty to cry aloud pariial pen of history, would wish to see one
and sparo not, when the undenied, admitted, • act of his administration expunged. They will
and declared fact is before us that these pledges add to the proud monuments of his country’s
have been made, and have been‘violated. This glory.
administration is about to end, and if gentle- y — _ 1 -- "jjv
men can succeed in preventing us from com- 1 POLITICAL,
plaining of being deceived—if they can reduce i ■ *
us to abject slavery, they will also' have to ex- ! From the Daily Albany Argus.
punge the history of the country, the president’s Gcrrit Smith and the Nullifiers.—In January
written and recorded communications to con- last, Gcrrit Smith, of Peters boro, addressed a
gross, and the most ardent professions of his letter to Wm. Taylor, Esq of Virginia, we pre-
lriends when fighting Ids battles, before they sume a nullifier, a whig and a slave-holder.—
cun conceal the recorded fact that he has made The letter was evidently a volunteer; and was
pledges which he has violated, and promises* prompted, perhaps equally, by an unassuaged
that lie lias repeatedly broken. If, said Mr. thirst for personal notoriety, by a design to conn-
Preston, they succeed in reducing us to slavery, teract the effect of the strong facts and uuan-
nnd closing our lips against speaking of the; sweruble propositions of governor Marcy’s
abuses of this administration, thank God, the ! message upon abolitionism, and by an unquench-
voicu of history, trumpet tongued, will proclaim able spirit of party hostility to the democracy
these pledges, and the manner in which they and its candidates. To those who are familiar
I
PAT iOTIC AFFECTATION!
Tho following letter was laid before the l al ,
Massachusetts Whig Convention:
Washington, February 27, 1836
My Dear Sir— The Whig Members of the
Legislature of Massachusetts, of the lust yonr
saw fit to put me in nomination for the office of
President of tho United States.
Events have since occurred, which wore pro
bably not anticipated, and which may be thoimi lt
t to have rendered a reconsideration of that no.
Marcv and the democracy of the north—
who have thus resisted and condemned aboli
tionism; and urges, rather, and ns fi t r better,
that thev sliould “trust to the f >rbea r anee. the
tender mercies, of ihcoppn honest nh->li*ionists,”
your Smiths, vonr Tapnans. vour Thompsons
. . , . ,1 i i , • c i ; an( I your Garrisons’ Oprn as i< 'his avowal
iavc ticen violated, to future generations. with the course, character and object of the j of tbe copartnership existing between the north
Neither here nor elsewhere, said Mr. Pres- writer ol the epistle, these promptings are per- j ern and snuthern n „ ifntors ; w „ wprp p arpd
’ ’ I use language with regard to any gem i kctly obvious. It found its way, ol course, m- ; f or so mucb m | pnst> p rnm tbp Ontemitv of
criminal acts. Such has been their course in
relation to Arthur Tappan and the emissaries
Garrison and Thompson. And vet they select
the associate of these incendiaries—a co-labor
er in al! their schemes of irritation, and inter-
ference with southern slavery—and endorse him
over to the good people of the south ns t - r »» • • .
intelligent, very wealthy and very influential:” j m,na,10 . n expedient. Il this opinion sliould be
as one on whose statements “everv reliance! t ‘ nU ’ l U aine,i the W hig Members of the pre.
may he placed;” and as the best possible proof | , , r . e i . sll0uId 0XCC( ‘ dm " , .v regret
against those who hr
and interests of the sot
and schemes of this verv individual abolitionist
and I iis abolition associates!
Pursuing the suggestions of th.is bosom asso
ciate of Arthur Tanpan. the organ of nullifica
tion at Charleston warns the south not to trust
the great bodv of ‘he northern people—govern
or the best possible proof V/" * 7 \ 3 “ uu,u regret
ave maintained the rights i lha f ! . l!;e y st ]“uld forbear to act upon it, from any
>uth over ihe movements mt. ivcs of delicacy towards me. Indeed, in the
state ol things at present existing in the coun.
try, my personal wishes are to withdraw niv
name from the place it occupies before the puli,
lie, in connexion with the approaching election'
and I am restrained from so doing, on!v bv the
consideration that there are interests which
should witness the contest. But ho could not
repress the expression of his astonishment at the
kind of battle that he found was to bo fought;
and if this was to be the character of it, he _
should regret the presence of even the small lou » o---o- c-- .• D —. . ,. - . , ■■■
audience whom the limits of the gallery could j t!int l»e considered indecorous; and to tlie public journals: and it proved to be, as it | r ef .|ing and action which has been manifest- d
accommodate. Ho sliould have felt mortified | *Le question, not easily solved, was, how far we ( des'gncd, c ‘; n S e *'!a | ; fi><*d , or the organs of | dlirln!r a „ lho pr0SPnt SPSsinn nf - ron „ rp<s |, p
and humbled, if the eye of the whole American
people should have witnessed the manner of the
onslaught tiii.s day made. What was it? It
was an onslaught against the constituted au-
thoritiesoftlie country; against the first and
second officers chosen by ihe people; against
reprobation, he would express on all occasions.
But those who took upon themselves the guar-
the sacred principles on which our government j diaiiship ol the Grand Lama, who was surround
ed Hy a light which no one was to approach—
about whom no one was permitted to speak with
out censure, extended that guardianship to the
» • * , ' Ilf* • 1*1 r iiii i«ii ii>- .m 111 ,-»r .>,>ii mi i ii i i ii ii r>> i ir -
shall restrain ourselves in expressing a just and nullification—prints which profess to hold the, j tween ,| K . nullifiers and the abolitionists and the
necessary indignation; whether the expression I abolitionists in tho greatest abhorrence, and to j 0 h v io U s degree to which their schemes of no-?,
of such indignation might not ho considered a ! regard their loaders, their efforts and their pur- j ta ,j on . political and incendiarv are identical
departure from courtesy. Thai indignation, that j P<*es as entitled only to supremo contempt or | and havo b „ on pilshpd bv m , votPS and B8 *
was founded; an onslauglit against the cfiicci
whoso constitutional duty it was to preside over
our deliberations, ami not m a situation to de
fend himself. And how was this onslaught
made? Was if made in tho courteous and
chivalrous hearing of the gallant soldiers of
liberty warring against power? Was it made in
language consistent with the decorum and digni
ty of a legislative body? In his humble judg
ment it was not, and it was t imo that this manner
of debate sliould cease in this chamber.
Sir, I havo witnessed this day, what 1 nevor
. • ... • • ’ i •. i x- i expected to have witnessed, in this,or nnvother
vegetation, or any signs ol being inhabited. No; . .. . , , . , , T . ,
. , , • •,', i i. • i deliberative body. i he president of the united
other land was visible around. It was conicc-f , , . - , , , ,
it • i i -i.i ; r, states lias been charged with laisehoou aud dc-
turcu that this small island might be tliat of . . . ,, n , r . .
^ j • T- / ,..,.1 ception on tins floor; and the president ol tins
Mazeira, on tne coast of Arabia lebx, but that > , , , , . . 1 , ,
• iiii ,i body, the chosen officer of tho people, liau been
it must be verv erroneously laid down oi* the . ,. . 1 ’
assaned—lie would not say in what language;
but he would say iu language which, in his
, opinion, one gentleman ought not to us« in im
proper course. ' » r>
Tho most unceasing cflorls wore m ide during
the day, to haul tho ship ofl. It was resolved j ^ Calhoun here requested the gentleman | s ( !,a!l bc enveloped in one universal poiitica
to lighten her by every jtnssible means, oven to | ^ Npw j , rt say what lan-ua-e it was •! ^‘t kne.ss. A spirit had got up, which, unless
~ ** l: - mostdis-
ed that
charts, or that an extraordinary current, or de
fective chronometers had led us far from our
ibreneo to another, and unsuitable to the deco- 1 lengthen; and it may be the going down of th«
rum of this body. j grt'at luminary of the republic, and that wnall
unqualified hostility. It was published with t sooia , ed lahors: bllt wp haVP no ffiarsthat a
groat avidity by those prints, anu by none «n 0 re propORit ; on to .., r|js . to tbe fnrhenmneo. the
so than the Cha.lcaton Mercury. That paper | tP nder mercies, ofthe open, honest abolitionists”
accompanied its insertion entire with the follow- j _ aad to rpfusc thp sinCPrR and ptf-etnal efihrts
mg itniai i of the northern opposition to these “open and
“ur.imiT Smith’s letter.—This important j honest” incendiaries—and that too. at ihe sne.
presiding officer of that house. Gentlemen j document, we have had by us several davs. and j rifice of the patriotic and independent repre-
wore not permitted to speak of the qualifications j have concluded that the good to be effected by j senlatives of the Charleston district—will enr
ol t.iat olliecr lor tho highest office in titc gov-; information of the true character of the cris’s. ^ rr - with it any considerable portion ofoursonth-
ernment, lest they may show a want of deco- j and of the real extent of the dangers which | ern fellow-citizens. Thev cannot fail to see its
t uni to the constituted autnoiities oi the coun- ; threaten from the north, far outweighs the oh- J object and scope—nor to appreciate it as if de-
ti_\. ij.hau \\o, sir, said Mr. 1*., because he is | jeep ms to giving increased circulation to the serves to be appreciated.
ucic as picstiling officoi ol this body, keep si- [ abolition sentiments bv winch the evidence is But if this scheme of open roneert with the
abolitionists, be thus weak and wicked, in ap
pearanceas in ohieef how shall wecharncrer-
ize the absurd jumble of cnutr-idiclions nnd ffih
rications in relation 1o Mr Beardsfev. with
wiiieh the Vercnrv concludes its remarks?—
The assertion is. that Mr Beardslcv osfenta
tiouslv contributed to the dispersion of the aho.
lition meeting in his district, for eff'ct at flip
south; hut that subsequently, for effect at the
north, his election hein" in great ieopardv and
exceedingly doubtful, the organ of the party
fbeing also the organ of the abolitionists, and
knowing his genuine sentiments, notwithstnnd
ing his anparenf participation in the dispersion )
exposes the deep duplicity of j issued a circular on tko pyp of the election
lent, v> lien lie is urged upon tho people, who arc | accompanied. The agitation has reached a
goaded and driven to his support, lest we be j point at which it is imposssiMe to suppress m-
guilty of/.c (r majestatis against those who are . formation ns to the views of the abolitionists—
the constituted authorities ol the country?— . and it would be perhaps as wrong ns it w®u!d
Thank God, .said lie, it is not my practice to j b e useless to attempt it. Lot all the facts which
“crook the pliant hinges of the knee, that thrift ; bear upon onr prospects be pkneed before us: let
mav fu.lov. lawning. Ihe practice he alluded I us know the worst and perhaps to meet it,
to foteboded much of evil. Coming events! “Gerrit Smith is. we understand, a verv in
cast their sliadows before them, deepening and
darkening, and as the sun sets, the shadows
&e. were stowed. But the utmost efforts to re- i
* i * r* . . , , dtgmtv ol this body,
move the ship from the s:iol, where she seemed <, J
, 1 1 ’ lits Whole sneech.
tamrwod atuong the rocks, sffmatmessinking
heavily, proved aoaviling, ami the leak which T.T. ,mu)t ‘“1
had conunenccd, teas honrly ineraoinjt. On ! ^ never expected to have ttirocsscd
» ... i . it i * i m an American Senate. H bile the senator
1 uesday morning, a boat was dn^uatencJ to. r c. , r + ,• i ■. . , , , , ,
- r from Sottlh uarohna hesitated not to make such
I refer tho gentleman to
itocssed another tiling in this
Muscat, distant between -two and three bund ret. , . _ . . „ ,
. •. * ., • .• , i grave charge’s, and denunciations against tno !
Miles, with the view ol obtaining assistance.— f , . 0 . .
tlernan from New Jersey had pressed so far pre-
1 vailed, we arc done, said tic—we are gone.—
If 1 cannot, said he, be permitted to speak of
the president or his successor, or the constituted
authoiiiies of the country, in terms that I think
they deserve, we are done, and it is useless to •
j continue the debate longer. He rose in his i
: chosen officers of the people of this country, lie j ! ) ‘ aco P : ° LCS i against such principles.
irj— 1 n _v . 1 , • 1 uiuuuih ui uiu uuumiv ui 1 11s eousiti \ , 11- 1 1 *
hdmund Roberts, esq. accompanied passed nnd-, - , . . . 1 c
^ „ ^ ,t- ij -o . . •, 1 * • . ‘ • . ! hau arraigned an American senator lor daring Mr. Avail, in
snipman \V. K. jaylor with eight men in the - , ■ , r ; . , 7 . . ,,
. ...v,-..t. ,^^t 1 , j ' tn his place to challenge tno sincerity and good thathecould nr
boat, which took on board six or eight duv t? pro-k c 0 . . - . rt .
•, • „ , , , , . . * >„ .1. taith 01 a foreign mo larch in Ins negotiation
visions and water, quanrant, chart, cco. lathe, . , ... 0 r . .
• _ •' r ,, ", i Witu tuis country; lor investigating and exnmm-
lneanumo, the natives 01 the coast discovering . . , • 4 , , ,
, 1 .1 1 , ^ •** 1 mg the conduct ol that monarch, nnd drawing
our distressed situation, gathered round US in. , , . . , V . r
! sucti conckisions as lus judgment sanctioned,
n depth, where, thus lightened, she floated, and • . . r .. ~ - e. ,-«• i
• . . n . . n . , { l to account lor tne division ofthe South. Sir, 1
immediately setting sail, beat her on the shore, , , T . • „
. . ^ - . n ., 0 ’ , • , , ,, , ; snail enlist under no such banner. It is a war
with n hoc still breeze, through a shallow and : • . ., * ,
. .1,0. i- , against the power or the people,
dangerous passage am®ng tne rocks, bianiliug c n f r . „ -, - r A ' . r n-„„.
-.7. 1 ° , •. .1 • 1 1 , 7 Mr.CaIliounsaid.il the senator from New
off fifteen or twenty miles, the island we had T , , a . , , , • , . 0 _ 1 „
. . . - , ’ .. , , 1 Jersey had aflorded him the usual courtesv, ny
just left bearing nearly west, we discovered al 1 J ’ -
sn to our
now asce
behind the
sage between u onu UKi raiu.. uui«. * «>■«;- | DUt0( ] lo hj m .
nel abounds in rocks and reels, and has been tne , • M 1, c -.j t u nf t!)P Knnntn . v r,-nm New
answer-lo Mr. Preston, said,
not consent that congress should
take a false position themselves, or place him in
a false position. He was not dispos d to be tried
on a false issue, or that the honorable gentle
man should bring on the trial of a false issue.—
The gentleman seems to think that I and those
with whom I act, wish to abridge the freedom
of debate. 'Flic gentleman is mistaken. Did
I, or any one else, attempt to interrupt the de
bate, to slop the first gentleman from South
Carolina, in the course of debate? Did he not
say what he chose, how he chose, and of whom
he chose? And how have 1 attempted to abridge
telligenf, ve:v wealthy, and v<*rv influential ei
tizon of the Van Btiren empire of New York—
and abolitionist as lie is. his testimony mav be
relied on. fu this case especially ‘fas rst ah
lioste doceri,’ nr.d we trust that the south will not
be deaf to the honest warning which his letter
conveys, fie
governor Marcv, the Albnnv Regency, and
their subjects, the northern Van Buren men—
and apprises us in time what fate mav we ex'-
pect and must deserve bv harmonizing with
such allies. If the south must look abroad for
support, be warns against trusting to such de
fenders. Let her not court such fatal help—
such deadly assistance. Bi tter trust to the for
bearance, tbe tender mercies of the open, hon
est abolitionists. Better at once lav down our
arms nnd surrender at discretion lo the Brhon
—than fraternize with ihe Cowboys and Skin
nets. And vet it is on the assurances of that
party that our representative has been deluded,
into accusing the south nnd fits own party of ex-
aggernting the danger, and ‘agitating,’ and into
declaring that 1I10 abolitionists are few and con-
tomptib'e at the north—in short into saving
‘there’s no danger’—‘all’s well!’ He relied,
it seems, upon the interested assurances of men,
profound distrust nf whom is the duty of every
friend of the south. Can he wonder that he
has been betrayed into a fatal step, and has ex
cited the indignation and reseniment, never to
be appeased, of his state and of his constituents?
“We hear from divers quarters that everv ro-
the gentlemen ever stopped in the freest course
of debate? Yet when l express my sentiments
of that course, I am to be reproached as bow
ing tny suppliant knee to power, us the minion
of power. Sir, I tel! the gentlemen, that they
shall not monopolize the liberty of debate. 1
shall maintain my rights, wiliiout abridging
theirs. Sir, thank fortune, the people of this
country do not weigh or judge of our devotion
or attachment to liberty by our professions.—
ic should but incumber him in offering his aid; ! They judge by our ucls. By such I am will-
guage ing to be judged. But I Lope the gentlemen
p. will permit me to profess to be as devoted to lib-
the liberty of debate? 1 have dared lo express] fiance mav be placed upon the statements of Mr.
an opinion of the manner in which the gentle-1 Smith, and that the language of no anti.slave-
man exercised his right. Had I not a right so ; ry man tit the north, is entitled to equal ntten-
to do—to judge whether it was consistent with ! tion.
the knightly bearing of a gallant soldier of lib-1 “In connexion with this subject we would
erty fighting against power? Does the gentle- here mention a transaction, for an account of
man mean to monopolize liberty? I shall not 1 which, we are indebted to a correspondent, who
consent to it without a struggle. I repeat, were defies Mr. Beardsley and lho oilier parties con-
Tucsdav on which they left os. On the 20th,
wo anchored in the harbor of Muscat, the Bul-
tana in company.
Much praise and gratitude are due to tiie Sul
tan for his extraordinary kindness and tho very
prompt assistance which he has despatched to us
fought between liberty nnd power, and 1 say,
continued Mr. Preston, that if the content did
uot originate here, it is made when we are not
permitted cospeak ofthe administration in terms
that we believe to be true, without being de-
wn-s a
erty as they are. I can assure the gentleman
that they do me great injustice; they make a
i ’
.. . ... , ,, , i nounced for it. It was a contest between
on this occasion. Un hearing lrom Air. Roberts 1 ... . , , , . . TJ
1 . P . ... (. liberty and power, and adverse to liberty. He
the nature o! our mis ortune, he immediately oj- , ; ... ..
. , . - ni' r- . .1 would not agree that thev were not to open fheir
lered tbe use of one of Ins frigates to carry the ! •- ... . , ■ , • ,
‘ . » n , . .1 r'* •, j ! mouths against those who stood m high places
officers and crew of the 1 eaeock to the Lmted vv ; tboul j )e j„g c h ar ged with a want of decorum. 1 venture to assert, overthrown. But it is against j eralshipof New York. Now it is acknowledged
folates, it necessary; and to Mr. K. another, in . jj e wou j d nal dollv that a proper degree of 1 general denunciation nnd sweeping abuse, and on all hands tliat Mr. Beardsley was the most
which to prosecute ius voyage, and accomplish 1 courtGSV j n t | iat j in ‘ f ] v waa bf ,t|, w.nmimr nnd the manner of it, tha* 1 object. * Sir, it may be j respectable of the New Y r ork delegation in con
owing to my ignorance; it may be owing lo my j gross. With such allies, who have reduced hy
coi ned, to contradict him. It is but another act
of the play in which the Van Buren puppets
have been set in motion to amuse the ground
lings of the south. Our readers doubtless re
member the ostentatious .agency of this Mr.
Beardsley, (decidedly the ab'est Van Buren
partisan ofthe New York delegation) in the dis
persion, or rather postponement of an abolition
meeting in his district. That was for effect
south: but see how he was serving his sovereign
in the north! At the last canvass his re-olction
was in great jeopardy—exceedingly doubtful.
Tho organ of the parly in his district had the
congenial duty of being the organ ofthe aboli
tionists also; and toserve both, tho editor know-
great mistake, if they really suppose that 1 or ' ing Mr. Beardsley’s genuine creed, issued a cir-
my friends wish to abridge the liberty ofspcech. j cular on the eve of the election calling on tiie
Let them enjoy it in all its length and breadth, j friends ol abolition, who were very strong in
aye, even to its utmost verge; let them speak ofl that district, to rise in their strength and elect
the constituted authorities ol tiie people in what- Mr. Beardsley, udio teas with them irt sentiment,
ever language suits them; let them make auv and would sustain their principle in congress.—
distinct issue, any specific charge, and they will j To save him from the consequences of commit-
ho met without shrinking; let them put their fin- : tal, either by the fulfilment or the violation of
ger upon any act of the constituted authorities j this pledge, the regency have transferred him
of the country, and they will be met, and, I j from tliis place in congress to the attorney gen-
callingr <->n the friends of abolition to rise in their
strength and eb*ct Air. B.. who. it was claimed,
was with them in sentiment and would sustain
their principles in congress: and that to protect
him from the consequences of fulfilling or vio
lating this pledge, the regency have transferred
him to the place of at'ornev general! Such is
the allegation. Mn rk how utterly gratuitous
and false, facts and dates show it to be!
The abolition convention, dispersed by Mr
Beardsley and his friends, was attempted to b'-
convened on the 21st October, 1^35: The elec
tfon of Mr. B. took place nearly a y p nr previ
ous, viz in November, 1834 This, of course,
is a conclusive answer to this miserable piece
of nullification coinage. But it is a paltry fab
rication in all its parts. At the election in 1834,
the abolition agitations had not been commenced.
No paper, professing to he democratic, in Mr.
B’s. district, was then an “abolition organ.”—
The disorganizing sheet, alluded tobv the Mer
cury, was brought up nearly a year afterwards,
by Alvan Stewart and other incendiarv politi
cians (the political and abolition associates of
Gerrit Smith.) Mr. Beardsley’s election was
never “in jeopardy,” or in the least degree
doubtful: his majority in the district was one
thousand and sixty over Mr. Peter Sken Smith,
brother of Mr. Gerrit Smith, and the candidate
of the affiliated opposition—whigs, nullifiers.
embryo abolitionists. &c. &c. No appeal was
ever made in his behalf to the abolitionists, nor
any pledge given that he was with them in sen
timent and would sustain their principles in con
gress. He has ever been an open and avowed
opponent of their principles and their course.
Nor are the abolitionists “very strong” in Mr.
R’s district—they are comparatively a handful;
with such noisy demagogues and pretenders as
Alvan Stewart at their head; and to a man, the
political allies of :he Charleston Mercury and
its associates in their unavailing attempts to
prostrate the democracy of the state and nation.
the objects'of his mission.
courtesy in that body was both becoming and
necessary; but, on the other hand, he was more
ortunalely, However, we weres.tvcu 1 ora 1110 , romoto f ; om lbat spirit , whether it be the spirit
extreme necessity of throwing ourselves thus far j of thc moltcn ca]f> ‘ or tl)al prostration and de-
1 »n hw rrisitV. f)ur sum having been tn . .....
incapacity to distinguish; it may bo owing to ; pocrisy to system, who can say that the open
... ...... ...... «... | my inexperience iu parliamentary usages; but I abolitionists are not formidable?”
on his generosity. Our snip having been tn 1 basemc nt of spirit that would seal the lips a- j 1 must claim thc privilege of persisting in that j If one had not become familiarised with the
dock here, (from which she came out yesterday,;; ffa : nst questioning tbe conduct of those in power, j objection. " j absurdities and contradictions of nullification, it
has had all her co p per ran G ' ve d >_ it” c w “ *. j 'f| ie president of thc United States certainly Sir, I do not rise, to enter into this debate, but ! might be a matter of surprise that the statements
I L.lmrim l ..cf ♦ i.« rwciii,m -.nUiitM • of an avowed and embittered abolitionist, who
has labored with much zeal but with little effect
,,p , , . i lho president ol the l
keel fitted, and ah t le othoi jcqui&iio ie k aus >, demanded a degree of forbearance from his ! being up, 1 must object to the position and atti
winen will no doubt now ion er ic. pei ec.fv I political opponents; but am I to be told, said | tudo which the honorable gentlemen from South
competent lo continue the cruise.
lie, that we can only allude to him in thc humble
Ibc Enternrize (with which vesse we parted ; , . r „ , • , ,
. P , ... • g, ' , .. tT , language ot a degraded Roman senate, sprak-
beforo doubling Cape Good o Hope, and ound • * .. ° ... , • • ’ 1 ,
. • • n * . , , ' . , ing ol their emperor with his rrctorian guards
her m this port on our arrival here) also goes ■ ,■ 1 • . T . i . ii »
, , , • . . . . , , '. n surrounding the capitol? Am 1 to bo told, when
into dock tins day, having rubbod up her copper
oa a reef at Zanzibar, at which plac^ she
arrived fijur days after we left there.
At Muscat, the Sultan gave to the Commodore
and his officers a splendid dinner at tho palace,
served up entirely m the oriental style, lie has
• A dure i* a boat with hi that cor.iittj -
no came into power on principles of reform, af
ter “keeping the word of promise to our ear,
and breaking it to our hope”—am l to be told
that I must close my lips, or bo denounced for
want of decorum? Am 1 to be told, when he
promised to prevent official influence from in-
tcrfl’ring wi'th the of elections, that I
Carolina seem disposed to assume for them- i to interfere with aud violate the constitutional
selves and their friends, as the only exclusive * rights of the slave-holding States, should be
friends of liberty on this floor. Sir, they arc I caught up with avidity, and urged upon the pub-
mistaken; gentlemen here, who do not follow i lie as proofs against those who have been ear-
their lead, and perhaps never will follow it, are nest and efficient in their support of the just and
as much devoted to the great principles of liberty
as they can be, and will go as far in their sup
port and defence.
I beg leave to make another temark. Tho
gentleman lias alluded to the contest for the next
unquestionable claims of the south, under the
federable compact, and who have resisted and
counteracted, with unexampled unanimity and
powerful energy, the wicked designs of the in
cendiaries. The nullifiers stigmatise the lead-
prosidenev. and said that “coming events casticrsof abolitionism as the authors and instigators
Tribute from an Enemy!—Abolition of Sla
very.—We publish to day, an account of the
proceedings of the Senate ofthe United States,
on the motion of Mr. Buchanan, to reject the
memorial of the Cain Quarterly Meeting ofthe
Religious Society of Friends, for the abolition
of slavery, and especially the slave trade.—
Surely a Pennsylvanian might have committed
the task of making such a motion to some other
Senator.
Our readers will perceive that there were
but six votes against this motion, viz: Webster
and Davis of Massachusetts, Swift and Prentiss
of Vermont, Knight of Rhode Island, and
Hendricks of Indiana.
The Southern Senators, whether Van Buren
or Anti-Van Buren, went in solid column for
the rejection. This was to be expected. But
when we look for the names of the Northern
Van Buren men. we see at once the finger of
the Magician. Every Senator under the cor>.
trol of Mr. Van Buren, without an exception-
voted for the rejection. Look, or instance
at Tallmadge and Wright, from New York,
the confidential agents ofthe Magician. Look
at Hill, and Sheplcy. and Niles, and Hubbard,
from New England, Wall from New Jersey.
Buchanan from Pennsylvania. Look wherever
the Magician has influence, and there, there is a
vote against the memorial.
We wish our readers to bear this in mind,
and then to recollect that in the lower House
the case was just the same. The Van Buren
men from New York in that House went in
solid column lor resolutions declaiing anv mod
dling with slavery in the District would be a
breach of faith. Thus in fact perpetuating
might be a fleeted by such n movement, in re.-
gard to which the opinions of others ought to bo
consulted.
I wish you, therefore, my dear sir, to signify
to our friends, that not only would it give no
pain to be no longer considered a candidate, but
that suea a change in my relations to the coun
try would be altogether agreeable to tnv per.
sonal feelings. At the same time, 1 wish it may
a’so be said to ihetn. that 1 shall no! act in opposi
tion to their judgment, of what is required by the
public good. I shall not separate from them,
nor trom those principles*which we have hither,
to maintained, and which, I trust, we shall main,
tain, whether in majorities or minorities, or in
prosperous or adverse f >rtnne. If in their opi.
nion, our common principles and common cause
notwithstanding what has occurred, do still re.
quire of me that I remain in mv present posi-
lion, I shall cheerfully abide by their determi.
nation, confident that in no event hetcaficr to
happen, can it Dcome matter of regret tome
that I have conformed to what seemed host to
iheir honest patriotism and intelligent sense of
public dutv.
With this distinct expression of mv own per.
sonal wishes, therefore, I leave the subject for
their decision; desiring them to consider no.
thing, hut what just and consistent principle,
sincere, patriotic duty, and the great cause of
constitutional liberty may appear, in the present
posture of public affairs, to demand from them
and from mo.
With verv true regard vour obedient scr.
vnnt. ’ DANIEL WEBSTER.
To IT IF Ki nsman, Esq.
His friends, however, did not consider it expe
dient to withdraw him, and adopted resolutions
declaring that “their common principles nnd
common cause” require of them and of him to
remain steadfast in their political re ations to
each other.
Virginia.—The Richmond Enquirer of the
1st inst. announces the resignation of the Go.
vernor of that State, as fill lows:
Thc Governor actually resignedl—Yesterday
Littleton Walker Tazewell resigned his office
in a letter addressed to the members of the
Council. This is tho first instance we recollect
of anv Governor of Virginia having resigned
since the revolution. Mr. Tazewell would have
resigned on Friday last the very day after the
Legislature adjourned—but for considerations
which suspended his resolution until yesterday.
We would have taken much more pleasure in
taking n respectful leave of Governor Tazewell
—But the times call upon us io speak. The
indignity upon the Legislature has been mark
ed. He would not pav to them the compliment
of putting it in their power to appoint a succes
sor—He has prevented the Commonwealth from
having a Governor as such, fitr nine months or
more—and why was this? Because he was
determined to show his want of confidence and
respect for them. It is of a piece with his
refusal to transmit their Expunging Resolutions
to our Senators What Mr. Leigh said two
years ago may now be applied to Littlctou
Walker Tazewell. “Whatsoever shall succeed
in bringing our Legislature in to general con
tempt, will do more to impair its just authority
than any single measure this Government possi
bly can.” The Ex-Governor has made the
attempt—but it will recoil upon the author and
his advisers. “Jfthe spirit of our fathers vst
hums in our bosoms” we “will not bear” these
indignities ofthe Whigs and their leaders.
Mr. Daniel yesterday took his seat in the
Executive Council—Yesterday Governor Taze-
ewell resigned—This morning, he leaves Rich
mond for Norfolk—The Lieutenant Governor,
Wvndham Robertson Esq. henceforth acts as
Governor of the commonwealth.
The American at Paris.—There is an Ameri
can gentleman ofgreat wealth, residing at Paris,
who rivals nobility itself, in the splendor of his
equipages. The Paris Messenger, of January
20th, thus notices him: “The attention of the
numerous promenaders in the Champs Elysees,
on Sunday last, was irresistibly attracted by the
equipages auu the brilliant suiteof an American,
M. Thom, who has resided some time at Paris,
in an hotel in the Faubourg St. Germain.
M. Thorn exhibited himself with two carriages
with four horst s each, two others with a pair
each, and foliowed by a great number of out-
riders. There is scarcely any one but the
Duke of Pembroo in England, who can rival
M. Thorn!”
This Mr. Thom is the gentleman who made
himself rather ridiculous about a year since,
by his correspondence with Mr. Livingston,
our late Minister to France, on the subject
of being presented at Court. The Ministers
presentation list being full, he would not take
the Thorns under his wing, and he was forth
with pestered with a series of letters coiicheu
in the most inflated diplomatic style, and using
language, which would almost have induced
the belief that the fate of empires depend upon
pricking Louis Philippe with a Thorn.—Gentle
man’s Vade Me cum.
Avoid entertaining suspicion; and however
just cause you may have of suspecting a man ot
dishonesty or unfair dealing, let not your suspi
cion be expressed or discovered; condemn n°
one on mere suspicion, but rather seem to
consider all men incapable of dishonesty or
chentery. .,
When you feel yourself unfit for society,.avoid
it entirely; take a walk or a canter on horse
back, exercise and a communion with nature
are the best and easiest cures for an uneasy
mind, Ulcus irritability, and nervousness-
