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M parliamentary role, aiul the whole bill a*taol!y!o?t uji^er
1 ti.e unnatural, incongruous anil j esdlcntial foafl. 1 his
• I'lV'i'fcmU aryl <-1 isttition to T e given fn some newspaper
in the district, designated by thecOfcrt, tea days at hra*t bt , . s ~ . .
for • ib■? order ther. -d* U pi^ed; «n.'l lie peri lerrv <,f*nv j «n.i the late of :.I1 delerKettuderUk nga durirg !*e **atrcn
i lit :t !:,••/ or i.i equity, by r,y against such third p'rarn* of the forty rmlliona turflus? ar.d-in this universal *arr;lire
sh.id :i r "ilivi.-if n am! drnribot on, except so ( and abandonment of all such objects, it was n matter cf
t« .. t!:. r ' :u J c necessary to satisfy the same; and I course that the Western armory bill .#tld have the fare
1 t .; j rorcc.li.i-.rs i i bankmptcy in each case shall, ffprac- | of the rest. It was blown sky-high ; and it is only new, of-
i:.-a»»!e, be fi^ily adjusted, settled, an 1 brought to a do e, tor the lapse 6fseveral years, that tl e biU has sufl:c:ent.y
i , the court, within two years after the decree de-daring the 1 recovered from its disOsterctis overthrew, to justify its fneml
banknote/. An 1 where nnv creditor shall not have prov- j in attempting to set it on its legs again. Kyen a a an isolated
r ! TH* debt uni 1 i dividend or distribution *hd! hive 1 ecu measure, I should net now have attempted it; but the new
i aadennd declared. shall be e- third to f e pa.i the same Administration— theparagon stctcsn.cn whoccu.d net-parts
« »nnr. pro rata, out of the ruaaiuiagdiv.dend or dUuLu- a dollar for defence,when *e poaresaed a surplus of forty
lions thf-rer.fter uiai'e. cs tf.e other c:edltt.r.» ha\e aheady j millions, and wLo rejected, scoffed, derided, and cha.-ed
re.'civH, L*«fo:r ibc'hrtd'r bo entitle I to any portion ; out < f Cougics* all my pfroperirit cs fer tfefei.i e then, arc
here f. * 1 rampant for defence appropriations—rcgir.g f< r them in tb-s
**jrr\ »i. And Ic’d further enacted, T r.t the asri^nce j penniless seas on, w! ui they sr.y we have n l a do. for in tl e
s’ -,;1 liiive fill nirborltv, by and mder the i rder and dircc- | Treasury ; r.nd r.t this ihort senior,when shoitt.ess c.i t:n e
ti • t of rbe rropercourt in barikeaptey. to redeem and dis- j is made the pretext for stilling dhcussion. rnd gagg.re
charge anymore afe or oil. er pledge I" or deposit, or lien up- ! through Congress il e foul litter of measures vm. : < h it is well
on rely prVpoi? , e 1 rr p< rs r. .1. whether payable in pre- know n are too base to bear discussion. In This sudden and
VMM »»r ♦ i futu.e d-y. and to tender a due j ertVirii.atM e unexpected outbreak m favored defences, by those ro lately
’ of ibe cr.-i.lttio!) ? the-e* f. And such assignee shall alto have ojpo.-cd to them, I have deemed it my duty to bring for-
otuliorilv, b v .'.n-l«ut.cier ths order and direc tion of the pro- ‘ ward again the greet object of the ^Ves’em armory, and
Tier court' i.-i ! a- kreptey, To compound any debts, or other i was greatly flattered when I found the proposition received
claims or <nr :rit‘c*. due or 1» longing fo ti e e late cf the ; withihe general approbation of the chamber, itwas adrp-
f a ,* 1 .jo-in !i order or direction shall be made until : ted as an amendment to the fortification bill without division
, .• f fhe app'icr.tic rj -c in .seme public newsj a; rr ( and, as far ns 1 could perceive, withent n dissenting voice.
Pi »' c , -»ri *. t» be designated by the court, ;ci» days nt ( This was in our state of ava*i committee, on Monday last
l t v. before b e h ’a iig. so tint accreditors and oiher per- i Our mVs reejuire tl e amendn cnts a elected in -n< 1» cc m-
.■o - ■* - T-'e-l f. ay upper rand sic xv c*anre. il aiv they ha'c, mittoe to be agreed to in Senate; and I looked upon seen
11 -':c bcr.riu », v.liy il.e order or direction she u’d nolle pas- j agreement, af’er what had happened ns a mere matter **f
t,-d. * j course. What was n-y snrpnfe. at the last moment, when the
Sk<\ V\ J I? il further rn acted, That -fnny \ er.-cn j bill was ready for the final question, to see tins amend icnr
*i * d:-dl have been ili.-c Karped under this ai*t shall afier- j objected to—to-f.ee the objection seconded by the benate t
r. \ 1 ccrjr e bankrupt, be shAll n<,t again l e entitled to a i fre m Kentuc ky, [Mr. Cr.AV.] ainl bear him decide in bis
s • : rvn-ler this u t, uu’ess ids e-Tate jjhall produce, 1 place, that he ircutd rvtc against it ici/ti pleasure. Taken
['very creditor seventy
dolt which shad Ikiw
W
f-fer »fl clirr e-) ruinrient to pay
five j rr rent, r n tl r cmount of ll.e
bc c-u aib-wed to eac h cieditc r.
nr.C 1’’. And be it further enacted, That li e
re.-orj: br t il e s'n.e shall not he repaired to l c
at !xr; e, b: ; hail be carefully fled, kept, and rnnibcred in
l’ ' < f r . e of»! e rojirt. and a docket only, or -heut mcjrc vnn-
vfnm tl ?rccf t wiib the iu;ml ers, kept in a bc*c k by the rTcik
of rl e ccurt: *n d tbec’eik c-f the court, fer affixing his scire
an 1 :bc ac".l of *he court to any form, or certifying a copy
tVerec f. wb.en re. nired thereto, shall 1 e entitled to icceive.
c*» c mp< i s tin- , lie s* in c.f :wei ty-fiye » cuts, and no n r.re.
A » 1 n j c.fer of die < o:.i f, c r cr n.n/s :• i.c r, s!.nil i e al!t w-
•r»ore tl
■ taking the proc f of
of
g“s*n t the e r
add'dn*’. his .
i*er. } 1. Ar.
rrm-c } arson.^
nno.d r imy
l.-r n be pe*i
the pe
ail thej
the
except mg
tl
part
•tgnecs shall also It cp
nr property <>/ ti e company, and of the sep-
v It on n.I.er tlierei f; and after deducting
aincort joceived by such asaigi.ecs, the
xvh .!.* > f t' expert, e and di.-Xiimnea?* pii.l by them, the
n«*:t pr.veed.x »fth? j »i :L stock shall r e appropriated :o pay
f! c c-re iit rs of the company, and the nett proc eeds of the
«e;>a:'a*e ’sta'e ol eacli partner -h :il 1 e appropriated to pay
ids -epara'e crediter: : and if there shall I e any balance of
the -ep ; tra'e esfr.re *.f ;.ny partner, aft r ti e payment ofld,
by surprise at this unexpected A eleventh hour opposition,
I have had to avail irvselfof the adjourny.eut to look up the
! reports open this subject and now come prepared to shew
weed- 1 that this n:eaf«re is called for by bubl’r consideratior.s, rs
jrs of j well ns by a sense of justice to tl.c Western country. 1
c-riled J have found masses of there repr rts 1 ut shall only quote fre m
ore of them, being the last whic h has corre frem the War
I>epnrtraent, and exhibiting tlie confirmed opinions of that
oilfeinl souire. It is il.e reportof tl:e Ordinance e ffi^e. of
January 19, 1^30, on the cal! of my colleague [Senator
Ltn.n] for infnrmatien on rids interesting sufject. The Col.
of Ordnrnce (15on ford) says,in an.swer to # tl:c inquiry, “ It
i* the dccidi d opinion < f this Prpaifwent that fi t pub
lic interest calls for truck an establishment ; u and then
goea on to give liis reason for this opinion. In doing this
lie says :
u To show the r.e essity for such a measure, it is deemed
snflici**nt briefly t*> recajdtula’e that, from the mo$-t authen
tic returns m this office, the militia of the Western States
constituted.in l. w !l?. more th.r.n one-third erf the whole num
ber in the l T nion; and if their rapid increase durir.gthe twen
fy two years prececiing that date, be taken rs a rule for the
future, ihcy will, rt the end of the succeeding twenty-two
c cuperr-te cstare : . each of the puttiers, shall l e taken, ther when it is con.-tuered that the expense ol niauuiacti
xcrprng h j >r»s thereof as are herein excepted; and nil j rlngarrrs in tl e West ennnot he greater, and will, rodm.
e , re-iir. vs of'he rojnr.rnx*, and the s*para*C creditors of 1 c le.- s than the j»r»»«ent cost at the national arny rirs, nr
i h partner sln‘1 ie allowed to prove their respective that ail those annually distributed to the militia of the We
.*'♦3 n « »’ f -ri o.-a 1- » -X-e> ! are new subiccted to a heavv ehni'L'e for trans:»ertation
nl th
f th:
h I»al
shell r>,!i.in' r e" sh’f.ITe di
mong the separate estate
to tiieir respective right:
is If l have bee!i if u:
shall be adde I to the joint stock
creditors ; and if there shall be
?iflcr payment of the jeiLt debts,
ided and appropriated to and a
jf the several partner^, according
and interests there'll, and as it
partnership had been dissolved
irhont any l ankraptry ; a* i the sum so appropriated to
r.:e jepnrste e-ta'e of each partner shall he applied to tl.c
pnymei.t of h;s sepnr.re de bts; an l the certificate of (Hs-
ch.irre sh di be granted or refnred to eac h partner, as the
same would or ought to l c if tlie proceedings had been a-
r on t him alone under tl:M act; and in all other respects the
proceedings against partners shall be conducted in .'l elikc
manner ns <i they had been commenced end prosecuted a-
ga’n't ore person alor.e.
Sec. 15. An,i le t ! further enacted. That a ccyy of any
«’ecire (■ i binkruj try. and the appointment of as-ipt:ccs, as
dlreclc d by the third sec li •* c.f this act. shall be recited in
every d^c»l of lands, I elcigirj to tl.c bai-krnjt. sold and
i oiiveyed Iv any as-ig. ecni.der mk by v fti.e of this act;
and tlial such recital together with n cert fed rr.py of such
order, shall be full and rrnipdrte evidence 1 oth of the bank-
ruptcy and sssigrir.ent iberein lecited, and supersede the
necessity of any oilier p— ■ « f of such bai.-kroprcv and assign
ment to \ r.lidare the said deed ; and ail deeds containing
m ch recital, and supperted 1*;. -uc h prrof, ihull be ns efTect-
unl to pass the tit’e of tl c bai.krnj t c f, in, ar.cl to the lands
therein mentioned a: d described to ti e purchaser, as fully,
to all intents and purposes, as if made ly such bankr upt
hin.self inncediafely 1 efore such order.
Sec. 10. And ir tt further enacted, That ail jurisdiction,
power, and authority conferred upon and vested in the dis
trict court of the United States ly th : 3 act, in caves in bank
ruptcy, are hereby conferred up< :i and vested in the circuit
court of the United States for the District of Columbia, and
in and n pen the supreme or superior c-onrts of any of the
Territories of the United States, in cases of bankruptcy,
where the 1 ankmpt r-- : Vj in the said Distric t of ColumLia
or in either of the said Territories
Se*. 17. At l le >1 further enacted. That this act shall
take effiecl from and after tie first day of February next.
Arnrorhn, August U, 1641,
TYLER.
SPEECH «T liTT. iiE.YIOy,
OF MISSOURI.
In Senate, 71 \d> rs.lay. A”gv l -1,1841—On the Forti
fication !#i:!—rl.e in ui n pending beinr, that the .^c-nate
do rmt corenr in the amendment appropriatin.
f r th«i purcbn«e of a ftitc f t th
liar
c hroi of .any creditor cjr c tier p.erson a-
:be 1 ankrupt; but he may be allowed, in
♦ravel oxj flues for that purr Of e.
i j rlh r enacted, Tl’.at where two cr
are partners in trade, 1 fee i. e insolvent,
de in he u am or p ovided in il i? act, eit-
f si’ch j ar: nr; s, • r any one of them, or At
reditor of the partner*; upon which order _ _
1 j T.pertv of the cc lupany, and also all I years, fully ecjnal the militia c:f all the oilier States; End fur-
arh of the partrers, shall l e taken. J ther when it is considered that the ex|>en*e of nnuiufactu-
11, ro doubt
and
pective
ouiits J are cow subjected to a heavy charge h r transportation a
cross ti e Allegany mruiitaif ♦It i- mnnifer^ that, frr.m nm-
tives of econcmy, an armory sutficiemly extensive to manu
facture. annually, one third n< m tiiy arms as are made Ic r
the Government onrt.c seaboard, shcnld be established in
the West, for supplying tl.c militia of the Western rotates.”
Here, sir, sahl Mf. jb arc goo*! ai d sensible reasons giv
en fir this great western estal li>hmctif. and which have
become stronger widi all the time which lias since elapsed.
The militia of the We?t has incrnsCfi. more rapidly since
the year 18C0, than they ever did 1 efore. Constituting the
one third of ihe militia of the Union nt that time, they will
amount to more than ere hali'in the year 1350; and will go
on increasing afterw ards in a ratio c-f unparalleled speed. It
will require several years to construct such an e.sftSlduh-
ment as we propose; and the probability is that, by ti e time
It is in fair operation, the militia of the West will be the
half of the militia in the Union. Is it reasonable that this
mass of men should be dependent for their amis on two re-
mole establidiments, barely sufficient to supply the demand
of the Atlantic States ? Is this reasonable ? The expense
of transportation is very properly mentioned as an item to! e
taken into consideration ; and to this may well be added tin*
difficulties an-1 impediments to this transportation, which
must often be fatal to prompt or regulaT deliveries, and es
pecially in time of w*nr. A mcuntayieoas region to 1 e cros
sed—froreii cpnals and rivers in the winter; low water in
the summer and autumn : such are the impediments which
embarrass and endanger the punctual arrival of at®:?. Two
or three months in the year rs the only pern d to be relied up
on for this transportation ; and it is the only one to 1 e relied
on in the time of war. Hi w absnred that New Orleans
should he dependant upon the arrival of anus from Ho.ston
for her defence from invasion ! A position on the Misr.ir.sip-
j>i above, is the quarter to which she should look, both for
arms anil the mass of those who are to use them.
The report goes on to say :
We may not nave above 300,000 stand of arms fit for n**e!
Not more than the or.e-tlurd part which a war wi ll as Ku-
roj ran power w ould require us to posse*.
Mr, H. then read the extract which sustained these views.
It was in these words:
*‘In lefercnre to the expen<lIenc#of establishing an ad
ditional armory, it mnv be proper to stale that muskets be
longing to the United States at tl e commencement of the
late w ar, have been estimated at upwards of 200,000 stands;
and that the number of inuskets manufactured during the
war was about CO,000. At the close of the year 1314 scarce
ly 20,000 stands remained ir the at serials, and great i fforts
were made to procure an additional supply. Had the war
continued an* ther year, the deficiency of aims would have
occasioned the most erobnrras*>ing consequences. From
this statement it appears that at least 240,ObO muskets were
exj ended during the late war; a quantity nearly approac h
ing the number now on hand, as stated in a former part of
this re pert. Thus, it is seen tl at nearly eight years cf 1 peace
have bc^n required to make good losses occasici.c-i by a
war of les than three years’ duration.
idr B. said he had now{niadegrod!: : s main position—name
ly—that the public good rrqvtrc the estaltis)incut 'fart
73,000 | additional armrrv and that it should tc in the Wert.
This fceiiijy establisf ed, we cr,me to the ol jections v hic h
i r ; • • purc».n*e < 1 a fine I *r tl.c* crce.ion c*l: n armory. : i his being estabiisl e<t, v e er.ir.e to the rejections v hich are
7dl!. HEN TO 7^ id l.fkr.d . v Ted himself of il e right's I started against it. What are the. e? We have them from
adjournment to look h to the *eport.< and pie- i rs prcice-L "The proper lcCa'ion of such cn armory is a very impc»r-
cbjjgs of Uor.grer-s r.ud tl e War Office ni this great Wes- .■ u^nt consideration; and here I would di.stinc-’y s*ate, that
tern obje.-t of a rational a»■ nr.cry in the Valley of the Missis- the prmnry rbjwt in view is production, whi« h involves
'.Id briefly lay I e!ore the derate t’ e result of
his re'~er.rt be*. Fe : r d ir.r, ’■jre-1 t! e j*er:a'e the evening
1 efore when, jv.fr at ;he rn rrr.rrt of taking the final qnestic n
t'-'s c-bjertion had ! ten so unexpectedly sprung nr on hbn,
tc.atrh’? was ' r. old ob-jee*—ere cl twei ty-f.ve rears*’ st:n-
« ing—and tint it had enecur tered the strange f te cfleing
always baiiled, nlthcngb every body scrir.ert to l e for it. In
looking i»*tc tl.c history of the c?r,^ t he found it lobe older
ih"n Ire* hnd snppo-ed ; lie fi ur.d rti ac t c4* C< ncress of rbe
Tear 1333, direction the c.^tr blisl.en ent ofar?ena!s in the
YY e^r ;‘anoi! r»r ol 1ruthoriziog the President ?c establish
armories y irhort Kmitarier of their nun.t cr or locality. In
t'c'ycnr 19* 3 he found r.n act f« r l! e sj ecifV erection <»f a
nnti*'*’- ! armefy mthe va!!ev of the Mi^slssij t i By this act
the prrsi.’efit was required to api olnt skilitul ccmmis.di.u
r.-s tnev'-rmre r.rd rcy r r? n: rn the comparative neiiis c.l
dtffehent s:*es in the Great We t, end five thousand dollar.s
werenppr'prr.’r 1 to defray the examination; in the year
follcny’ng foqr thnucand v r i r '-c zpre added to the apnrepria-
tiort, inak ng nine Thousand fir the expenses of tlie exandna*
t*o i. A L - trd 61 I'lrM c.! 1 ! \**ore appoirred ; tl e late
Col. M 'Jbee. a c!; .d-.ed l*"r hi- science, yrosirent, k
f 'e present (' •!. d »h-c»Jt;v:<l V.aj. Lee members. This board
;*-ave a *r.o. • careful ^am ; nation to difierent sites in the val
ley of the Oho rtve r. the C.-ud erlaiHl and the Tcni.essee;
bur t’ e vast : r l re. ^ ure'es of Mi: sour: l eing but little talk
ed ol at tu.-t iiu.e. they di 1 not .’r: n the Mississippi to e<
phire the eaptbilitics of the Merrimar, tl e Gasconade and
ihe O'a -*». They made detrd!e«i an-.l skillful reports d.e-
t irlirrg the r.-tnn! and coirn-. nt’re ad^ r ntpgej ol te;i cbffi r- i
e it p-Ysiflons, and xxluch I liad*m voluminous for reading!
ivs:. 3 or-'tsi-*j. KcMilts only I will exhibit as prevented j
in their table of recapit’iJa'.ion; Assuming iu establ sl:m'nt >
«•: ti.e .-ae.vi'y toj»ro*bice twelve tliousanrl si unl of arms
smaafy, as die ba :s of tl;eir circulation, they produced thi.
Vou^liio
O dojule ra’b.n th
V dU of Big Beaver,
ZnnrsvilV, Ohio,
North Bond; d >
I^Txmau’s (Ircc'k K
!**»?*• of Ohio, JcCVr
Da. aho’e S‘ iaringsor!,
I) >. b«*b v d-».
Narroxv.i of Ilarpkh river.
Cypress Creek, Alabama,
S.ich xvaa the number of pea!
ille.
b-nr
lull
1201,000
279,4)00
312.0C9
371.000
309.000
310,000
305.000
394.000
357.000
. 232.000
is, anil th-' slejad an«l
crct’.ug the armory at each, which !hi»
re. o re h A I other «ir* i.t.in-cnees necessary to tlie
lersiandlug, an l '’o uplcie^apprcn iatiou c*f each, were
ed ;n the net »i’c l rej> iis. It i*i sullic icnf fm my pre-
ay that many uf rbe.-e r»osil:<.j:s cciubined
a: ;o
the proviciirg of materials fir tf.e mnnufacture, ar.d He pew-
c r to I e used, whether it be water or . term. The projmr-
tion between the materials and il.e manufactured arms is a-
bout rs twenty: wo to ore; tl;; t is, twenty trns of materi
als are consumed in moki* g ore ten weiylt cf muskets;
hence the necessary facilities f. r transporatlon are highly
important for procuring nintei iids as well as for distributing
the arms to rbe States. Tie geographical cci.t re of the tract
of country in the West, to be supplied with anr.s. is found
on the Misrissij pi. r.cnr the middle of the western Loundry
of Tennessee. The centre, as regards population, is prob
ably on the Ohio, near the mouth of the Wabash; but this
centre is now constantly moving westward; and, consider
ing the rapid and extraordinary strides making by the Wes
tern States, in tlie increase of population and facilities af
forded 1 y the navigation of our steamboats through* nt near
ly nil the year, ascending the Mississippi more that two
thousand miles, wiihout material interrupilonjthere appears
little doubt iliat at no very remote period, the centre of popn-
larion w ill be found at some poiift cn that river above the
()i; n."
Mr. B. said the first part of this extract touched die ques
tion of the proper place for the locution, of this armory.
That was a point which the amendment he pro pored most
carefully avoids. It had been ti.e stumbling blyi k i n which
mr.isy previous propositions fer the armory had miscarried,
and which must be fatal to it igain if attempted l ere. Ti e
mon outyou attempt tolix it in the bill, every member from
the West rises, and proposes n site within hia c.wti State.
Every ore votes for ids own site, and il.e re iv a majority
for no one. Thus it has been, and thus It will lo agj.in, if
w c atfinpt to lix it here. This emeiidnr.ri.t avoids that diffi
culty, end leaves the re!rci:on to the President, who having
no local feedings, can only be'governed 1 y the public c-c u-
slderationa which onglit to apply to it. The repe rt licv-
cver, very propeily Icoks io the MistisAppi fiver^ and to the
eventual centre of pf puhitlon i:i tl;e val]#y c.f that great
stream. It looks forward to the idace wheie the natycnai
armory of the West should be fitly, an hundred, five hun
dred, and a thou rand \ears henc e, when that great volley
shall be redundant with people from die Lake nfil-e Woods
to the Gulfof Mexico, and from the western base of the Alle
ghany to tbe ea.- tcru base of tlie Hncky mountains. This is a
proper point of view under widt h to look at sm b cn e.s-
tjiblbljment; an-1 under iliat guard and national view, the
tic#n of the MIssTs»:ppi river 1 etw een tbe mouths of the
Ohio and Missouri, is the undoubted spot for it, pointed out
by the hand of nature herself, incapable c*f beinj mistaken,
ar-d inviting the Government to con.c on
ment. Iflo be worked by steam power, mi
tiers can he found r.n the immediate banks
of Flood o: if by w'ater power, lie Mcrrimac
i:h its establish-
nificent pod-
if il.e Father
the Gns-
*f t
Iris work.
ir e hopes ; and during th
vben t!
ju^ituins; and,
bmUiI advantage
; in the centre of
t re of that va&t
gents the grand to-
..fiy ihousnhd miles c*f uavi^able or heatable, waters
a*e. it ‘■•reined to all converging to one canal, ami of which twenty thousand
I tn< k ;t iij> with miles are I*rl«»w the city of Si. Louis, and thirty thousand a
bove
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r*rally and
by lan !
re-f. r » sxipp'.y uvery Stale *v. i*d
th* Great YVeeL tl.c long d
t, »h tf ,ir..po ri t, H
Ts* flc-VCM
\de?h* !
devif ve upf*a me in
h?arty gaol vriii, a
. ic o> e-.lav. i rea*'iry in 1 "*5 fi. w hen tbe forty ir.il- j tioo, and with all the advantages of every supply—pronsic..,
"'I an .* - g.'-t r:,l. 1 t. w as tl c rnxions .’c raw ira-riiaN. workman—tl,e armorv <-f tkr’WM would
ns.; T : '.' " v i .i .oi.s, T pn^oscj to np|dy it to go of itre.f if it <mly !m.l powers of vcdkini ai-.d motion.
I to are it O. ,• :t oft it .:it on ,1 ilcfSnres—tlie .lofftico* grn- | Tl.is extrnrr also pnwnti anotlier view of tl « rr.oiitr t
IV nB ‘ ' w^trr—an! among the, importance indecidiugUitsqoestion. It is the astonisldngly
^nn a'l ar coal, and to cirri in large proponion of raw materials, which arc worked up in
.erre 1 national armory. This order to produce 3 given amount of finuhed arms. Tlie
till tbe auri.lust butaDto M I jtaM
p-*-e- tk-x'oetrirg ?pic it of »Iis!ribnii»n I
Mij *rify ofih * txvo !• »o«cs. li e fc.’ ic on u \,. ry
diii^inmsuy awrng ike An rti an pcoide. like candidates fur
|b#» ron-ulslsinyu tl e latter dr ys of tbs T f epublic divided
bre**d ned gr,i n ntttcngM t- s rnliMs c,f R«.ni*, I era me an
^ ovei pov cricg pss-iio *. All t #*f r.nticuuil defence van
id.c l i ctor« ii. And :o sin U vn ext-e t did*this passion rage
th’it, during ths liras <»f this great 8»*rpltis, nc*t only r’o nexv
c-1 jtvf* of defence vr? h*?’ n. b .t tbe .11 were regleeted !
Ap;ir.v»n.aio«s were f r ur h pnrp-v cs s;no!Vr rkrn usual
—stoned t»th j lowest -tufi'm-.t—fought offitu il-e last n .»-
inrn*—and often define 1 cr. Muoy bills were re
jerte N-vic- i*> *r~t> yew. there wa? ro prnpriafiem irt
ad for fori tfcanons ; and Grange Jed, br.f«r» Jess true then ' ihnt hb«
sTrmgc. m or lira* / fcr*;fi-sfi./ n bill, qulerly ri’orj ; ture
the necessity of an additional arsenal in order to keep up
ilie national supply c l ihe arms required. He said there
weie but two armories In tbe Union; their capacity of pro
deletion was only twelxe thousand per annum—making
twenty-four thousand—while the annual increase of the po-
pulatic.u was vt the rate of more than three per cent, or up
wards of thirty thousand to the. million. The militia of the
Union might now be two millions; in 18.10 it wpuhl be near
three mil.tons. Vast was die supply of anus which they would
require. An AltMKI) and EDUCATED population was
the SAk ETY and the CLOJIY of a liejniblic; and the
at vis were equally necessary in peace and war—in peace
toprotevt rheir liberties—in war to icj el their enemies.
ThecontuD piic nolaims is greet; they consume cveiy day
from ruet, neglect, and misuse: in war they j crirh far faster
than n etr. Tbe lnte war wd»h Great Britain &eu*l us above
2i 0.G0C muskets, and w e should have I een miserubly de
ficient in arms H it continued another jear. At tins time
tbe"Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Cloy) who points to the
Truasurv, and alleges its lc.w ccnditu n as tbe abstacle to
tl e small nj prr.prinli' n on which this great work is to be com
menced. Lew condition of tbe Treasury ! Sir, what con
dition cf the Treasury, high or low, will permit this great
Wcftrrn object to le accomplished 1 in 1836 ns I nave
already said, we had a surplus-of forty miiHoiuJ and the ap-
jirr|»iiatic n for this armory was then rejected—rejected by
the votes of the party now in power. For tw enty-five years
t Ins l ecu constantly rejected, cr baffled. No condition of
the Treasury, fu'l or empty—no state of the country, war
or peace—lias permitted this justice to he done to ihe West.
But how f lands the question with lie Treasury now? 13 it
fu I, or empty ? We left twenty one millions tif money and
I merits in it when we gave up the reins of Government on
the 4th dry of Marc h ia.^t. A loan bill for twelve millions
has just past ed the tw o Houses at this extra session; a tax
bill to rai^e twelve millions more by taxes on the necessaries
of life, is now on its passage; and a bill to give aw-ay the
land revenue is also c n its passage. Does this indicate a
lc.w state of tl.c Treasury /, Dees ibis present a stat# c ftlie
fn; 11. es which renders it iiiipoFsible to spare 4-75.000 for an
object of national importance in the Wert? This twelve
millions berre wed is a debt upon the West,as well as upon
the East; t) c West wi 1 have to j nv its share of it, but no
part of it is to be expended for the West* The twelve mil
lion tax bill is eminently a tax on the West. It is a bill to
tax ti e ncresfai ’es c f life, now free, and to keep up tbe tax
on otl er orticVs now taxed. It revives tl e coflee tax and
the tea tax. It taxes te a—the wire of old ladies, and the
milk of tlie working population of the cities and factories—
ard is just rs tyrannical and w anton a tax now* as it Was when
it produced il.e v.*a r of the Revolution. This biil keeps up
the tax on salt, and all tbe necessaries ami comforts of lile
which crune from abroad. It excepts nothing but the arti
cles used by ceitaill classes which are near enough to the
sent of Government to hear of the biil, and to write here,
and have tiieir favorites exempted. This they do every
day, while the farmers r.t a rii tanre hardly know that we
a e engaged upon a tax 1 ill of the mopt universal applica
tion and wanton natuie, and find it imp^ossihle to remon
strate against it. This tax hill will full with great weight
upon the West; it falls upon salt, coflee, tea blankets, wool
ens, and a v«.<t number of articles of comfort, nr necessity.
It is calculated to rah e seme ten or twelve millions for the
Government, but will lay a burthen cf eighteen or twenty
upon the people. A full, and more than due j*roporticn of
tliis but then will fall upon the West; yet they are ne t to l e
j e milted to have a nnall fraction of il expended among
i) en-f elves fir a n; tionul object of general and public utility!
Then the land biil; thatproj ofes to give away three millions
of ainual revenue, il.e whole cf which is rai.-cd in the
West; and > et it must l e given away; and then the low
sti tc of ihe Treat ury is to be placed as a bar to our demand.
If tie Treasury is low, why make it lower. 1 y giving away
this rum? Ard to whom is it given? Nominally to the
iHa'efd in reality to ihe London bankers, who have fixed
their eyes on our national domain, and sent their tw o lobby
mei-bers 1 e: e to attend this extra session, and to attend to
their interests. Listen to the voice of these bpnkor.d I read
you from the last London Globe— London, not Washington
—brought over by the last strain packet, ami which shows
you that therb London cajiitalis’s liaxe their eyes fixed up
on this land bill, and are impatieut for its passage. Listen
to it:
“We are glad to learn that the Great Western steamer
has brought over from America remittanc e for the payment
of *hc half year s interest c n Illinois stock, due the 1st inst.
a..d prcirufs are made that by tlie next or following pac ket
we snail receive uu ncy for the dividends oil Indiana bonds
thus leaving up-ly the Mississippi stoc k in arrear. lloircrer,
tf Congress slant id pass the laic for distributin t*1le pro
reeds if pu pi ic lands avo.ngsl ife different Stott * if A
ip erica, this trill supply them trilh m earth to nuet their en
gage ment*for seme time to coned 9
Yes, this is their language. The land revenue Is theirs.
They must have it. It will last them “seme timed r \V het!
it gives out, il e customs must make up the deficiency And
thus the pdor West mcst see its money go to England to be
used against America, while no part of its own nn ncy is al
lowed to be expended for its own benefit, and for its neces
sary defence against these British and their allies.
>ir, it is idle to talk of the low state cf the Treasury.
We are filling it up—filling it to ovet flowing with Hie pro
duct of loans and taxes: and we are lavishing millions on
other objcct«. Heteis a he me squadre n voted, and some
millions for fortifications; and many millions for other pur
poses. Even tbe amount that we a.-k for this great national
object is proposed to he squadered, at ’this moment, cn the
c.rit.f and entrances of ministers—cn a cbnnre of diploma*
i-- agents—one of those “cha r gcx” lor which tlie j erple
were taught to cry nt the last election. Mr. Webste r now
demands 8-72,800 tor a change of ministers, and Mr. Tyler
endorses the c*emaud,and the money will l e voted without
delalcatic n or delay. Listen to It.
*• To the House tJ Representative* :
I transmit lie rewith to Congress a commun’eath n frem ihe
Secretary of Stare on the sal eject of appropriation* required
for tlie outfits and salaries of the diplomatic agents of the
United States. JOHN TYLER.
Wa •hiiigtoii, July 27,1811.”
“Department of State,
Washington, July 16. 1841.
Sin : I have the honor to state that, in consequence of np-
j ointments, made and contemplated, of diplomats agents of
the United States, appropriate 113 will be required for the
objects herein s ated, and to request that the usin 1 < oinmu-
1 ication may be made to Congress.
For outfits of ministers to Russia, Spa*n, Mexico, and Fra
zil. and of Charge* cU A ft a ires to Forte gab Denmark, Sar
dinia, Naples, Chili, and Texas, sixty-three the usoml dol
lar*, " f63,000
For salaries of ministers to Ppfdn and Brazil for the
residue of the current year, 8,000
For salaries of the secretaries of legation to the same 1,800
1 have the honor to be, sir,
Yonr obedient servant,
DANIEL WEBSTER/'
The PfcB.MT FAT.
Here, said Mr. B. is economy and patriotism. Here is
change—the real change which was intended bv ail the cries
of change, which resounded through the country during the
Inst summer—a change of men, ot officers, of diplomatic a-
gen's, ealbng in Democratic ministers, and seedingout Fed
eralists and Abolitionists! And this is the true cause—ore
of tl;e true causes—of this called session, and these extraor-
dinrry bills for loans and taxes. They are necessary to a
strong and splendid Government; and that is the kind 01
Government which the Federalists want, and mean to have.
Lor n«, taxes, and banks, are to them the Government—both
the enjoyment of Government, and the preservation ot Gov
ernment—and hence the twelve millions loan bill, the twelve
millions Tax bill, and the thirty millions Bark bill, winch we
already have before u«. Make the Government strong, and
it will fake care of itself; that is Federalism! that is the
key which unlocks the Federal policy ! And with that key
the people may unlock the door which wi’ 1 give them art in
hide view of ail the workings of this session of Congress, and
of tlm secret reasons fi r calling it.
Tlie gentlemen now in power, ami proposing t* raise so
much money by leans and taxes, have taken up the obje< t
of the public defence* ; and in that they dowel!. But they
would have done better'not to have oppored those defence*
w hen we had a surplus of forty millions; they will do better
now to £ive up their scheme of loans and taxes, and distri
butions, and npt-ly the public land revenue to ’knt purpose ;
and they will do nothing right cn the subject unless their
schemes‘of defence embrace* nil parts of the country—tl e
West as well as the East. The grertt West needs arms,
m l tlie means of defence. New Orleans, her great commer
cial emporium, is dependent upon her; innumerable tribes
of Indians are on her border; to the* North she joins the
British dominions; and she lias a serious question with ti e
Britbh in re l ation to the Columbia river. AH the reasons
which require n prudent people to prepate for war, and by
preparing, perhaps avoid it; all these reasons now apply to
us. To say nothirg of things too well known to require re
petition .hero. I adveit to a recent t^rcumsiance of porten
tous 1 haracter—the appointment 1 f Is>rd Mountcasket to
te (Mover nor General 1 f Canada f The Inst steam pa< k-
et brought the news of this appointment; and, certainly, no
rews, short of a declaration of war, could he entitled to our
more serious concern. That nobleman is the peer who in
the Honre of Lords.in the niou'.b of Febuary last, not only
went for war with ti.e United States, ifJMcLeod was not re-
Jea.-ed, but for a war of the mos*t horrible character 1 —such
as ilie civili/ed world lias not seen—and which fills the mind
w ith horror and indignation# lie declared himself in favrr
of exciting our three millions of slaves to insurrection, and
of raising all the Indian tithes against 1:4* He declared
b:inpelf u!so in favor of bursting our financial paper system,
to which T can take no obj 'ciion; fur if w*c are insane enough
to rest our finances on a paper fabric, tbe lever for working
estroying wjdch is ui London (and our project o* a Fis
To this centre of terr torv, of |*opulatioii, of naviga- i cal Bank shows ns to le just that insane;) if we are mad en*
1 otigli for tl»i a , it is the fair right of our enemies to avail tliem-
f-elves of Hint f»lly. But, with respect to the other two
1.ranches of bis mode cf warfare, I not only object to them,
but invoke the excerrui* u of Uhristendcui upon them. He
will raise against us all the Indian tribes—ti'U es who have
no quarrel with us—who are living under our jurisdiction—
to whom wc are paying above six hundred^thousand dol-
mere
•n ail to no pur- j chief, and indeed the almost only material urvd in tlie man- j lars of annuity—and whom he would set upon
jna -eizea t* 1 a , ufaefure *»f arms, is wood an«| irqn; and of there it requires (bstroyers, to :nassa«***e our women, children, and helpless
twenty two tour.e; that .s to snv, tv ei.ty-two tors weight of I «»M men. Where was tlyi spirit of the elder* William Pitt
wood and iron art: rerjutbed to produce one ton weight of I when th : s otren-ious sentiment w*is. nttero 1 iu the British
finished muskets. Th s makes an cronnons rotiamnption I Hoare of Lords ? that of Earl of Chatham w ho: e indignant
«f those two ife»ii=; and is it not ah.--nrd that tl»+- Great Wrst. \ rebuke i-hasiised ihe Earl ol Sussex for a similar sentiment
abounding in wood and iron, should 1 e dependent on Masra- j above fifty years ago, and npestmpbired Inn* as the degen-
rhuset** and tl e lower part of V irpuns f<r tl^» nr« of thi* 1 r r a f e son whose ancestors indighantly frowned upon liim
material? Iu a uieie mr re; ed j>o»m < f vrw, it i* a great ; from ihe tapestry on ihc^ walls. Where was the spirit of
injury and injustice to the West. Near twelve millions of ‘ ibr»t great Cotmtiotlec (sunk into a peer) wlien the Lord
doll; rs have I ren expended on a: roories ar«l nrsenaB: this j Mountrashel repented this sentiment, ami aggravated it by
erpemliture I* ti» 1 e greater in time to o me, ard to increase J thr addition of a proposed negro insurrection—by the coin-
forever wiih ihe increasing jcopulaium of ibe Union; and is bined horrors of servile and savage warfare ! Negroes and
it to 1 e supposed that tl e threat \\ est will be satisfied— i Indiru*—slaves upon their masters, and savage* upon their
. *,-•-*-0 osi^hr te be satisfied— w ilh seeing nil this expemli- j neighbors—the war which be propose**, and that upon
9\*t—e»n ib» t-*-i v-• •• » ; i i ' "*r>" ~ *> 'Miime to go in »o remote reel of the 1 niVn 10 m p- those w ho «Bv»d e blood. language and religion with him ; ami
'/.•! .• :d w ;riCn;; wWl mk * ** i?: - frt ^ al1
t«-n I ■iiyrit'vr n bill ftsU-«eJ u r » ii *iahik*rf e- c.y | ' r.f, r , h ^ n rea .| rUnt , h .
as I have shown, this man is sent to govern the British do-
n inions adjoining ours—those dominions which are cotermi
nous with our own from the Atlantic to the Pacific—ami
which are now the workshop of Abolitionists, tlie rendez
vous of twelve thousand fugitive slaves, and the exciting
point for all the Northern Indian*. This is matter for the
whole Union to reflect upon ; and, as for tbe South, let no
or.e there forget that the massacre of San Domingo was
hatched in London, and by some fanatics in Paris, self styled
Lex Ami* dc* Notes—the Friends of the Blacks. A far more
formidable band are now at work in that same London, to
give our Southern States u new edition of the San Domingo
massacre. A peer of the realm avows himself for it, upon
a contingency which has occurred ; and this peer is to be
sent to tbe s|H>t, and armed with the power which is fitted
to the accomplishment of his plan. Under these circumstan
ces, the duly of preparation for foreign war, domestic insur
rection, and savage aggression, becomes imperious and irre
sistible. It is our duty to prepare; and one of the prepara
tions now to be made is, to establish that national armory in
the Great W est, which the public good and the right3 of that
section equally demand.
From the Savannah Georgian.
PRESIDENT TYLER, THE CURRENCY, AND
A UNITED STATES BANK.
NO. I.
This question 6t«ll remains open, and the country, at least
the south, is under obligation to President, Tyler for keep
ing it in this position, rather than permit it to be closed with
the establishment of a United States Bank on tbe old prin
ciple*. The subjei t of currency is unsettled and is daily
undergoing investigation, and probably gradual improve
ment. England, whose condition in tbe late revulsion, not
withstanding its small extent of country,it* immense surplus
capital, and it* controlling bank, was similar to oui s, is and
lias been engaged iu examinations of its ablest bankers and
merchants on this subject before Parliament, and mother
manner. Why should we, with the growing ligi ta, readopt
a measure which has never yet warded off evil? Dow can
it ? Is it not similarly organized with the other banks of the
country, governed by the same and similar men, influenced
by similar motive! operated upon in the same manner by
similar circumstances, aud lias it not followed, if it did not
always lead astray, whenever a spirit of speculation has
arisen? The ouly difference has been in its more extensive
capital and range of business, and consequently its more ex
tended injury. England’s allpowerful and trorld controll
ing Lank has not prevented commercial and financial crisis.
Some individuals, with great force, have asserted tint she
has been the cause of many; while her advocates and oth
ers have attributed much to the numerous issues of bank
bills. This evil was admitted by all who were examined
before Parliament, and the bank lias been engaged in ne
gotiating with the joint stock banks and private banker* for
their right c** issuing bank biJIs, adopting the principle that
there must be but one source of issue in order tu admit of
skilful management of tlie currency of the country. In this
there is much truth, an 1 President Tyler, who seems to have
reflected deeply on this subject, presented it to Congress,
in hi3 first message.
We here record tlie clause and press its consideration
npr n the country, Congress and the i^tate Legislature. *‘I
cannot avoid (says he) recurring, in connexion with this sub
ject, to the nec essity which exists for adopting seme suitable
measure, whereby ihe unl inked creation of bank* by the
“ tites, may be correcte l in future. Suc h resell can he
most readily achieved by the consent of the States, to be
expressed in the form of a compact among them.'elves, which
they-can only enter into with trie consent approbation of this
Government. A consent which might, in tire present emer
gency of the public demands, justifiably be given' by Con
gress in advance of any action bv the States as an induce
ment to such action upon terms well defined by the art of
tende r. Such a measure, addressing itself to tbe calm re
flection of the States, would find, in the experience of the
past and the condition of the present, much to sustain it—
and it is greatly tube doubtedjwhether any scheme offinance
can prove for any length of time successful, while the ritates
shall continue in the unrestrained power c-f creating Bank
Cc rporaticn*. This power can only be limited by their con
sent.
Here i* the £reat roc t of the evil, and tbe President lias
done bis duty in suggesting it. It remains with Congress
and the State Legislatures to guard the country from furth
er injury from tliut soir ee. It may easily be done, even in
the present s*ate of affairs, by the State* appointing Com
missioners to form a Board of Control, w hose duty it shall
be to determine the proper amount of Banking capital for
eac h State, according to its population, production*, mnnu
facturc* and commerce—and the Legislatures and Congrc-s
pa s laws declaring that no Bank bill shall be considered
legal exceping with tbe endorsement of thr President of ihe
Board of Control. Let tlie bills of each sound Bank of each
to, in accordance with its^lotted portion of the currency,
be en lo.-ed by the president of the Board and returned to
1 e issued unu redeemed, as the interests of the Banks may
require. Pome fuc h arrangements would at least limit the
aim unt that could he issued, ar,d would l e the first and most
efficient step to render the currency of the cruntry sound.
The second should be a prospective law, deelnringthe cliar-
r of each Bank forfeited on failure to pay spec ie. These
ould ensure a sound currency, and a little norc cool rctlcc-
nn and experience may suggest nrrangemenfs perfectly
rafe and unobjectionable, which might give all tlie facilities
required for the commerce and trade of our country, with
out delegating so immense and so dangerous a power as
must Le conferred on a United Skates Bank.
A GEORGIAN.
More rf ti.e Lynch Larr Murder* in the 11 est.—We
ire indebted :o the 8't. Louis New Era fi r the following ad
ditional panic ularsof the arrest and murder of a number of
rounteriekers and gamblers, an account of which h,as alrea
dy appealed in onrcolumns:
“It seems that the section of country al ovc and below the
mouth of White River, on the Mississippi, has been for
; ears infested with gangs of gamblers pucl counterfi i ers
Islands 67, 68, an l 63, were notoriously resorts for them.
The | eople of Coahoma county, Mississippi, and frem the
opposite side of the river, determined tw rid themselves of
such pests; and our information is, that they succeeded in
rapturing from 50 to 73 of them. On the 3d of August, they
placed them on board a trading boat, took her to an imfire-
junred place, so that there might be no witne-« cp, and shot
ind drowned them all. A portion ol the names of the suf
ferer* have been furnished to ns. T ey are—fiu^h Tuilv,
the c hief of the gang; Elrrphus Kingston, .Andrew McLotrfi-
lin, Joe Cotton. Hugh Norris. Joseph Merriatt, Well* Pol-
k. and James Macauley. When tlie Baltic passed up,
the citizens were on tiieir way clown the river, engageo in
tlie laudable w ork of burning the houses lately occupied by
the victims of their vengeance.—No violence was offered to
the families who were in them, but they were ordered to
leave their homes forever.
It is furiher stated, that the rasliier of ilie counterfeiting
establishment was found in Hie River at Columbia, dead.
All the implements of rascality were found about the
premise* of the murdered men. A large amount of counter
feit bank notes were discovered, consisting of $50 and $100
notes rn the Commercial Bank of New* Orleans,not signed;
and 1, 2, and S3 notes of the Third Municipality, New Or
leans.
MACOV:
TiM-mlny .TTorntug, September 7, 1*41.
FOR GOVERNOR,
CHARLES J. llcIlOAAfiD.
From the St. Augudine NY?.-*.
Indian Intelligence.—Twenty seven Indians of 7 igcr-
fmi's and Aleck’x bands, came into Tairpa a few clays since,
ami surrendered, having left their hortile chief*.
Capt. Alexander, 6th Infantry, with a part of his Regi
ment discovered one cf Tigntails camps, recently, in tne
Hi mo sco ssa Hammock, and destroyed a field of corn—the
last one, so said the Indian guide, belrngir.c to that chief.
Lieut. Rogers, of the Drarnons, pursued ay Indian, the oth
er day, on nurse bac k, unci finding some difficulty in draw-
i hi* sword, actually rode over him and took him prisoner.
Opt. Gwinn, 8ih Infantry, wiil» his Company, captured
three of Tigerlait* warriors, a few days since, and sent
them tc Tampa. He was. by lj^t accounts in persuil of a
larte party to which those warrior* belonged.
All the above .are in addition to the 27 Indians already re
ported ns coming in nt Tampa. Suc h a week’s success, if
continued, ns this, will soon gather all the remainder of the
hostile bands .still left in Florida.
Indian Hilly, a Seminole who came in to one of the
Southern posts some time since, wounded and claimed the
protection of the garrison, shuffled off his mortality a lew
lays since at Fort Mellon, by blowing out Ids brains with a
rifle.
Gen. John E. Wool, Inspector General of the T». S. Ar
my. has been appointed Brigadier General, rice the promo
tion of Mnjc r General Hcrtt.
Col. William J. Worth, Pik Infantry, has been appointed
Inspector General of tbe U. S. army, rice the promotion of
Brigadier General Wool.
Bibb Democratic Ticket for the Legislature.
FOR SENATE,
WILLIAM II. KEAAOLDS.
FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES,
Timothy ill. Furioiv,
Abner I*. Powers,
John Bailey.
The finale to. the rentcifces pronounced against the ne
groes Jack, Stephen. Willis, Sliadrick and Sawney, for Store
breaking,’ was carried into execution on Saturday last, on
the Common below the city, in the presence of several thou
sand person*, of all age*, conditions and colors. The whip
ping part bad been inflicted before Sawney and Sliadrick
were cropped in the ear. Stephen and Willi* were crop
ped in tlie ear, and branded on the cheek with a hot iron.—
Last nf ail, Jack mounted the platform, attended by Rev.
Dr. Graham, the Catholic Priest, who prayed with the
wretched culprit ami made a short feeling address to the
crowd* The rope was then adjusted, and tlie poor wretch
swung off. A tremendous storm of wind and rain prevailed
during the whole awful scene.
Jack was a fine looking negro, about 47 years of age, very
intelligent, and of rather prepossessing countenance. lie
with his w ife and two children, were bought from a trader
from North Carolina 6 or 7 years ago. Besides his partici-
patiou in the crime for which he Was tried, we do not learn
that he mmfe any confessions, or that there is any proof of
previous villainy, to justify the particular p-ejudice against
him.
After the execution was over, our good citizens were no
little annoyed by the swarms of negroes, attracted hither by
the show*, ard who still lingered about the town. Before
night, as well as after, several breaches of the peace had to
ken place: further arguments, if any were necessary, agaiust
the policy of public executions.
Donimtic Companies* nml Ladir^ mirror.
It has been affirmed that he who should .show how tiro
blades of grass may be grown where one only had previous
ly Leon produced, ought to be numbered among tbe most
eminent benefactor* of his specie*. Few w ill question the
truth and justice of the conclusion, or deny Hiat no common
share of the eulogiuin should be awarded to those whr* aug
ment tlie pabulum vitae ©f the intellect an 1 affections, and to
tlio*c also, who cater with taste and judgement for the grat.
ifiration of the higher and more refined appeteuciea of oar
nature.
Onr anticipations, expressed on a former occasion, of the
attractions which the Ladies’ Mirror would present, were
high—they have indeed, been more than realized. We
have seldom sat down to so rich, varied and tasteful a repast
in any similar publication, and regr et that il was placed be
fore us so short a time before our paper was ready for the
press, as to preclude any, but a very ifnj erfect report of its
contents. We have glanced hastily ut ail the article*, read
but few.
The beautiful ere ou the poetry of the B’ble, by Curtis—
“Tlie last day of the World,*’ by John Neal, that yified mid
most extraordinary writer—bis articles w ill remind tbe rea
der in several stanzas of the gloomy grandeur of Dant, min
gled with die startling w ildness peculiar to the author him
self—others of tlie magnificent imagery and intonation* of
Milton—the impression of the whole is thrilling—“The deed
of Gift, ’ by Woodward, an unambiliously written narra
tive, will be perused by rentiers of generous sympathy, w ith
deep interest for the fortunes of the right minded, true,
warm hearted Mary Morton, aiul her generous, self-denying
lover George Barton. We long for d:e continuation of the
tale.
The next item engaging our attem ion, is professor Dar
by’s valuable and elaborate Essay on Female Education—
we beg leave to recommend its careful perusal to parents
and literary instructor^, concerned in that important depart
ment.
and lober view of the bnttle-gri.urid and th? •
victory. What, tlifen, are its -uits ? Has
benefitted ? The victors who fought to “pro*,. * ^
lion," are, indeed, in possession of the spoil,. \ ^
sacked city visited by a more hungry, quarrei* *
pacious horde, than has been that crowd of *
have filled she streets of Washington, and oi amot ‘
pay. It has fcetn asserted, and by a Whig
lloor of Congress, iliat in one l)epaitme nt ] ,2 *
als have taken place; a greater number than
from office by Gen. Jarison, during tbe ^
administration. Has the country been
changes ? Has it been benefitted by attv eth cr '^
party in power ? Have any of the pledge* d
Whigs been redeemed ? Has the relief, pren,-, ;
pie, from the pressure of the times, token place] ^
upon the Whigs to answer these questions; n av '
call upon them to point otft a single measure,[ ,
devised and attempted to be effected, whereby
fledges could be redeemed. ^Ve call upon ", 1
mean Whigs.who love their country more than .j, t '
to look back upon the past, and remember die
made by the Democracy, during tbe lato canvo
realously opposed Gen. Harrison, notsoinurhl
disliked the man, but because they believed Lj,
would be followed by tbe worst of consequence,
ms examine some of their predictions, which their k
ginated. .
1. They predicted, that, in tlie event of Harris
cess, a consequence would be given to Abolitinai^,
would render them bolder aq<i more dangerous i t
forts. Has this prediction been fulfilled? Fern,
time, since those fanatics have entered into any t*
tions, every leading Abolitionist in the House of g*,
tatives was placed at the head of seme importamr^.
Men wet e thus honored and placed in the from r»d
hitherto had been compelled to occupy subordinate »
Tbe first thing done, too, by the Harrison Congress
organization, was to repeal tbe rule adopted by a
ic Congress, inhibiting the receptron of Abolition
The next session will more fully shew that our fe^,
not unfounded. The storm is gathering, and it *;u j
poured out in all iu fury, compared with which, nl|,k
yet taken place, has been but the calm that prerev
tempest.
2. The Democracy predicted an increase of tt, j
and an increase beyond the wants of an eccnt n.ietl
traiion, with tbe view to protection. Tfo Tariff
Revenue Bill, has passed both bouses of f'oncre,,,
by every Democrat in each. The poor man will f lT
the coffee be drinks, in tbe blanket that covers L
other articles which are among tbe necessaries off
tence. The door ,t opened, and tbe Tariff \Vfi r!
Noitli will not permit it to be closed, till ihe domntJC
always destined to be in tbe minority, has apia A
upon her another leech, in the shape of a liiyl, p rwi
Tariff, that their constituents may fatten upon ths '
earned labor of the Southern planter.
3. A Rank was predicted, and if a benignant Trot*,
had not interposed, tlie gnawing of that viper upon tl.,,
of tlie Constitution would now have been felt. If,
we are relieved from this evil, our thanks are .
the Harrison parly, nnle.’s they are to be ccn.mendrcfea
ting Mr. Tyler in nomination, knowing him to i e
a Hank, with the fraudulent design of thereby altruttut
delude that w ing of their party who coincided with ta
They have been caught in their own trap, anJict ’Jich
be rendered to whom it is due.
4. It was feared, hut scarcely expected, and thee
faintly predicted, that a Whig Congress would torn
debts of tlie States. The hardihood of the party in tss
s[>ect, has pt.no farther than it .was believed they .
go. At its first session, and tlwt at an extra term,
ned for sperial purposes when the Treasury
when they have borrowed twelve millions of dolfcrv*
p'.enisb it, and impored a Tariff on tbe necessaries di
which will be felt in every log cabin frem Maine tn Fie,
they have passed a Bill to give a wav the Public bar,,
the States, thereby robbing the National Treasury ef»;
nual incline of three millions of dollars, to enable ike ia
to pay off their improvident debts. If this thi>ghn:<
‘‘done in the greeu tree, what w ill not be done in lLec-
3. It was predicted that the Constitution, lor ailjry
purposes, when in tlie hands of the Whigs, misfit I
“five feet under greuud.'’ And what has a WkigCnuj.
•lone with it ? Its powers are contemned, its iiibibhins:
icn'.ed. Every thing in it that dees not tally with the
cf the party, is denounced as an “abstraction.'’ llnu
have sworn to support it. a 11 who have grown gr*y inn
ing what they now denomirate “abstractions,'' owii
ihc.r own lessons, and sacrilegiously trample under ■ •
hallowed instrument. Look, for example, at their ; ■
Bill—their Lan 1 Bill—and their Bill appropriatin" : -
to Mrs. Harrison—an object perhaps worthy ofdiririer
cence; but totally unauthorized by tlie plainest reaun;
the Constitution.
«• It was predieted that tlie corrupt toes of the Ce
ment would greatly increase. Has not this preilictim
verified to the letter ? Who that has attentive’)- etn»
the proceedings at \k asldngton, during tl e extra figs
if he have a panicle of love for bis eountry, has mbs
mortified at the seettes there exhibited ? Webster aid
ttt'l. r W lltltirvli C IIU't"l.in u,, e v - '"Ml V* H|| Il |;lf , Mlf'l
tl fc war to take place it’ McLeod i* not reb*a«-*d. Well,
j Mi I ri.d v« not released * and thi.-. man is Governor General
nnr.hrr « rl to --U«. w < cl t.'uua ! j l The man *.vho L- for war; and fop such a war
LITERARY CURIOSITY.
At one of the book stores in New York, there I* a ropy of,
Pliny on good paper, wiili a large margin ami clear type
printed in 1476. The New York American says it is
therefore THREE HCNDKKD AND SIXTY FIVE YEARS 01.1),
and eost at the time it was printed, certainly not less then
$30, w hich would nninunt now, computing at seven per rent
per annum compound interest, to seven thousand nine hun
dred ami forty.four millions, four hundred nmi ninety-eight
thousand, nine hundred nnd forty dollars, eighty four-rents !
It run be bought, we understand for 20 dollar*, and is in re- ^
marknl ly good preservation.—Philadelphia Gazette.
Wc have bet> re us a curiosity fifly-six year* older than
the book in question. It is a catalogue in manuscript beau
tilully writ en, of a gentleman’s library in Marseille* in the
year 1420. The catalogue extends to almost forty page*.—
The rhiregraphy excels any thing ot* the kind in modern
times. The catalogue belong* to Mr. C. C. P. Crosby, or
rather he has placed it in onr.hatids as a donation to the
Historical Society.—N. Y. Corn Adt,
The Ins ami Outs Ac., is a capital catenation of hits—hit
hit—bil it U all about poliuuiaua and party leader,, and j an.l tiieir respective followers, have each been oertf
yet, is not m tbe slightest degree cither a political or party j laying traps for tbe other, and both trying to “bead Cm
article—verily, it is one of the cleverest specimens of Moral j Tyler.” In the game for ascendency,' ti.e welfare «
and mental Daguerosoopy that we ever met wi lt, of a caU j country has been totally forgotten. Look, too, at the b
of persons, numerous in all parties, augmenting daily, and . gaining and trafficking for votes, by both bousesef Conrt
becoming formidable to the morals and liberties of the r eo- Scarcely a Bill has passed, tlwt has not been the ttttk
pie. II l’aulding himself be not tl.c author, bis mantle has trade. Scenes such as diese, and others of deeper ^
(alien upon il.e Bamboozled a,id disappointed man-there might be named, ir before witnessed have not firmin'#
is the same graphic delineation, the same unbroken vein of the full light of .he dav. Look, too, „t the wastrfdn
nch caustic hun.or, for which several of Paulding’s produc pendi.ore of the public ireasures-a million npnM '
turns are remarkable. Those are all among the sixty four «„ extra session, uncalled for, except during the ex,
articles constituting the present number we can trust out- j of party triumph, to force through measures with these
selves to speak of distinctively—the whole are interesting— J to secure the elevation of a party aspirant. Lock, to
among the smaller poems, there arc some gems of no ortlina- i the gag laws, which have closed the mouths of tits -Mr
ry brillainey. j anti fastened upon the people debts and taxes, when tl
We have no hesitation in believing il.e Domestic Com- j own representatives in their own Hall, have not beta p
pnnion and Ladies’ Mirror, is destined to take and retain a ’"' uc ' even to enter tiieir protests,
high rank nmong the periodicals of the United^ States. The 7. It w is predicted thr t such a heterogeneous ntao »
work, both in paper, typography, nnd the beautiful engraving Whig party, cemented by no common principle, weal!*
accompanying it, will bear • favorable comparison with any tumble to pieces. Everyday's history proves tl.c tn^
publication of tlie kind in this country, and will add a bright «l»ia remark. Tbe tight of the Kilkenny Cats has •!«*
leaf to the wreath of Mrs. 8. L. Griffin's previously will- 'commence*!. Every friend of virtue must h're.lkst. n 1 *
earned literary reputation. j scramble, honesty and devotion to tlie Constitution si*
We only regret the editorial department is not more ex- | triumphant,
tended. We might proceed with this investigation : hot vrk
For sale at die Store of B. F. Griffin, Macon, Ga. ,, a ;a enough to satisfy every reflecting mat. vlio rcn,<*'
The late political contest which agitated our country, pre- , l ' ie positions of the Democratic party, and who knr* ! -
sented a scene which never before was exhibited to tlie A- history of the Extra Session of Congress, that ail
merican people. Hitherto each party had openly and bold- bodings of tbe former have been fully realized. "
ly avowed its principles; men were regarded hut as their year ago, these predictions were made to honest"-
exponents; ami these principles constituted Hie basis of
their respective operation*. But in tlie ranks of Harrison- j
ism, where wa* tlie avowal of principle ? From the Harris- >
burg Convention, which m initiated their chief, down to the i
pettiest gathering at the muster-ground, principles were !
concealed—none were avowed. “Tippecanoe and Tyler ■
too,” was the watchword, and “Union of the Whigs for the wronger language, and with warmer feelings, »e "'H
them to remember tbe Constitution, which is no* |
Ihej were denied, and ridiculed as visionary. ami ** I
ebullitions of party feeling*. We were then tolJ, *'. r
prophecies are verified, we w ill join with you to p* 1 '
the temple we arc erecting. We cad, then, upon " *
w ho think for themselves, ami who will not be tramm* * I
by party tactic*, to remember tiieir promises. B
sake of the Union,” tiieir rally ingrry. And well did tlie po- _
sition of their chieftain suit the designs of his admirers; en every pore, and to remember tlie liberties of th^ -
the one hand. Rives and Badger and their partisans, could j which that alone can preserve and perpetuate,
assert, from his own words, that he was opposed to a United ! We have, however gloomy may be tlie pro5p^ ft,c j I
States Bank; while, on the oilier, Berrien and Webster, with 1 denee in die people. While virtue and intelligent I
their follow ers, with equal authority, could declare that lie vail, though they may err, they will ultimately bn r '-' f
would favor such an institution. From the same high source ! They are the friends of the Constitution, and ol thr |
FACTORY GIRLS.
In a pamphlet recently published in Low ell, written by
Elisha Bartlett, M. 1)., ii> vindication of the character a*»d
condition of the females employed in the Low ell Mill*, a
gr list ti e charges brought against him by certain scribblers,
there in a stofeint-nt furnished by Mr. Carney tbe Treasu
rer ol the Lowell institution for Savings, to the following
purport;—
“ The w bole number of depositors in the Institution on the
2d July, 1840, was nineteen hundred nnd peventv-six ; the
whole amount of deposit os was *30S 73. Of these deposi
tors vine hundred and. seventy-eight are factory girls, A
the amount of their funds now in the hank is estimated by
Mr. Carney, in round number* at one hundred thousand dol
lar*. It ’
Vt could be demonstrated, that he was for and against al
most every leading measure which had ever divided the
country. A licentious pre?s was thus enabled to furnish
foo*l for every palate; and hordes c f voters, expecting to rit t
on the spoils of victory, were supple tools to tell of battle*
never fought, of victories never won, and to assert and prove
that Gen. llnrrjson, in bis-political principles, perfectly coin
cided with every crowd they respectively addressed. Tl#
distresses of the country, which legislation never caused and
never can avert, gave a plausible color to their argiijn^ntp,
while tbe researches of Ogle and Ids golden spoons, and if
Botts npd his llooe case, gave point and force to the ir ep.
pculs. It was upon such a platform as this, and with in
struments such ns these, aided by log cabins and cider bar*
rels, that the battle was fought. Side by side, in the con
flict, stood the Southron nnd tbe Abolitionist, the Nullifier
and the Consolidation**!, the friends and opponents of the
Bank, the Tariff and Internal Improvement. Strange as it
may seem, and it w ill appear stranger still, when the smoke
battle
i i jj° T I 1 » rT,<)n . l H n » for one of these girls to have of the conflict shall have been entirely dissipated, «
five hundred dollais in deiiostfc, and tlie onlv reason why iri.j i • . . , .
S he tio* 9 not exc™ui.i*j m i*,i, e fort ,hat ,1m In.titmid ; fought under sm li .usp.ee. «,•! with su. h weapons,
pats no interest to any lamer snm than this. After marking ! wo " bytliose who used them. Time has, ho* ever, in part
this amount, she invests the remaining funds elsewhere. I dissipate J thi: . mo! «■; and we propoee now to take a culm
At least, they w*-
be . 9^
tution as tiieir father, framed it.
they have ever proved, nnd what they ever will
rrat.. They will .peak, and their voice will be
They will rebuke tlie corruption and the misrule w*'
prevail. As well might the attempt he made to
bursting volcano, a. to repress tiieir energies. Tl*.'^
not be silent spectators of the scenes at Waskingt 05,
muttering of tiieir distant thunder is already sound'*? Jj
ear*. Lock at Indiana and Illinois and Tennessee' I
one end of the Union to the other the people are n> ■
They have found that they have been duped by J
ahd hard cider, by eoon skins and unredeemed
Their arguments have forever lest their force. l A
now for arguments addressed to their understat'd!"^ ^I
their passions. Wherever they have spoken '•
elections, they have shown a determination to rally ' ( l
the standard of Democracy, and to rescue the t y - |
from the grasp of those who can see in it notl""S ^
ginia abstractions. The people of Georgia are DOt
ill patriotism. They will soon apeak, and if we •> ^ |
giously mistake the signs of the times, their sOic* ^
tribute to swell the burst of indignation which
over the whole land.