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r- T B1 E n A 4 O X E O R G 1 A TELE O 16 A 1* 11. in to before Ju.tir was published al s of the Ul Ulllt r (The above statement was swo I Peace, was duly certified. and . time iu ibe paper> of Keotacky.) The Imi :s of an ordinary let:er preclude the presentation offirtfier matter c naeoed wiili the election ot 1--4. V u wish to know, veccii ily. w hat was Mr. Clay's course on the? right ofiniinmioa, previous to his disregard of the ! withes o!' the Legislature and people of Kentucky in 1624- 25. Ilorsk or IIepukskmativks. U. S. March 20. 1-447 GksTLIMCV: —Your letter of the 2Tth inst. is at l:r, i. I f-ar I §: a.! not be able to answer all your imp tries vit:-t.i-- torily. Tvctty y*-.»ra have passed away, and with t cm the reeollee ».m nfim iy farts and circunistnn *es connected with the memorable Presidential contest of 1824. Mr. A Jams neve^ was popu'ar in Kentucky. There nev er was a time when, iu the opinion of wolldnfoiaieJ men, , ---- he could bar* 4bt*iaed a mJ.Hw«fllie vote of the pe... Mr. Clay, some yes > before, voted for tbe celebrated pie of thatfitele for he oflfhre of Pro. dent oftho U. Stales, coaepenaatioti act. wh. i, ,ave great offence to hit couatilu- r n the !e ..f Kentucky very weerallv be! evr i en-- It was on tbia n. to secure his re-election, lie that Mr A Je iM hi.i 0*10.1 to aeen:i e the n .' igni. in toftl lna Is,nous etoiy ot the t tiling rifle, and conduced ty lere.t of the entire W.-»t for the paltry privilege .» fiv.re.- -king the pe pie to -pick the flint and try again!' lie Un >n the banks of the i.lsud of KewloonJland; and when promi-rd to chnuge his vote, &e.. ice., and was re-elected. Mr. Ad . it. :'nb 1 i.’i>* I a bo >k to rsp aio away the cease . f I" t - January alter, (1817.) be delivered a speech, from thu -ne isiva prop , against him. Mr. Clay, in re- " Jtoh the following is an extract. [See the speech at full t<!y, pub,'i'll,-,l .1 letter. ,1-te.f November 16. 1-.L\ in the ! knetb, in the National Intelligencer. Jan. 1817:J # Wat iaal Intelligencer of the 17th of December. 1873. in | “Mr. Clay said lie agreed perfectly in the sentiment. that wh ol. lie-aid "he believed" that the explanation of Mr. ; instructions givi-h by the people are obligatory on the repre- Alvin ooauinetl “error* both ,/< to mattert, t fad and ! sentatives. This waaa principle consecrated by the tm> mn7rr. of opinion"—and promised "ot some time more lotion, inseparable from all/.ee tzuverrment. and which J.r ti nil thin the prerent m calm and dispassionate con- he. therefore, hoped never to see departed from, in prac- ... l.-rj• i.jii. *n,l w hen there nn >,e no miiinterpretmtion of t lice, >"tder oora. Whilst, then, he had a seat ou this floor, m >:a\ to lav before the public a narrative of those trana- (Mr C. said,) it was immaterial koto he arrived atAbe will actions, as I (hr) tioderston.l them." of bis constituents, or whet here theettfaertera of it. it was Mr. A Ij.na replied, in a letter addressed to the editors [ sufficient that he .bould kuowit. In all casesoCezpedieoey, of the National Inteilige e-er, dated Dec. 13, 1823, from t.» J, hn C. Cailmun. Src- tvd Mat, -, cud the i’r.s,- eyas has mmiii d,. »:illl Zand and J. Put ^rjA-ilert* ^talrs Iu- ul. rn lujl niary ,.l Suie of tl dc: t of t c Hrj thin like p.,» , is, 1.. ac V. .I.: -oo. citizens of the * .id l&paSRc. and tire '.aid plvmpotenlpi ies, alter el changing their full power*, have ag'Ccd on, and concluded the following nitides: 1 . .. ■ — —■ have been influenced by what appenred to me to be the most controlling considerations or ptlb.ic policy and the gen eral good; and in having accomplished it, slum d it meet with yi ur npproval.the government will have so, needed in re-claim it a a ictritniv which former!v constituted a guili.ii, as it is cool: iei.ll. believed, of its dninain. under the treaty of eession of le03 l.y Prai ce, .to the United : which I extract the fol -Gentlemen:—In yoor paper ofyesterdsy.I liave obsvv ed a note from Mr. Henry Clay, which requires a sue no tice from me." After adverting to the transaction! at Ghent, referred to by Mr. Clay, rrhmve to the navigation of the Mississippi an 1 :!o fisheries, Mr. Adams proceeds to say: ’ Concurring with Mr. Clay in the regret that the controversy 'haul ! have arisen, I have only to find consolation in the r-fie.-ti that, from the seed time of lilt to the harrestof the contest was never of my seeking: and that, since I hive lieeu dr.iwn into it, whatever I have said, written, or done iu it, has been in the face of d*y, aud under the re- sponsibiliiy of mv name. Had Mr. Clay thought it ad visa- he now to apeeiiy any error of fact, orof imputed opir.ioa. which h- thinka contained in the appendix to my pamplilet, ,,i m ,«>■ o ier part of my share in ihe pnblicatinn.it would have given me .rcat pleasure to rectify, by candid acknnwl- edg, mem. any such error; of which, by the light that he tv.mid have shed on the subject. I should bare been con vinced. At whatever period hereafter he should deem the a tcepled tune is rome to publish bis promised narrative. I shall, if ve: living.be ready, with equal cheerfulness, to ar know'e Ige indicated error, and to vindicate contested truth. 1 Uutas by the adjournment of that publication to a period ‘more propitious than the present to calm and dispassionate consider.,tion, und when th>-re can ha no misinterpretation of motives.' u may chance to be postponed nntil both of ns shall have b c-i summoned to accountfor all our errors, be fore a higher tribunal than that of ourcomtry, I feel myself now call" 1 upon to say that, let the appropriate dispositions, when and how they will, expose the open day and secret night of the transaction* at Ghent t.te statements both of fad an I op. ni >a, in the paper which I have written and published in reluion to this controversy, will, in every par ticular. essential or important to the interest of the nation, or t-Mhe character of Mr. Clay.se found to abide unshaken Ihe tejt of human scrutiny, of talents, and of time." Air. C.'lsy'i aimitioo. however, and the promise with whi, :i it w ,. mvouipanied. connected with previous publi- eattnr.-. :.i:i-tied his friends in the West, that the conduct of Mr. Adems it Ghent, in the “tranaactiona” relative to the navirjati >» of n'ie Mississippi, was reprehensible and a grot net the U'e-i, Hr:, e. when Mr. Clay aud his friends in Con gress voted for Mr. Adams, the excitement among the peo pl'd as enn easily be imagined, was prodigious. Even after four veers had passed away, and notwithstanding the gigan- tic ctTwts made hv Mr. Clay and hiafrtenda to sustain Mr. Adams, so fi-mly did the people of Kentucky believe that that geutlem in was in truth, both in practice and iu theory, a genuine federalist, an-i an enemy of the West, (and I think their opinion to this day remains unchanged in both respects.) that in 1638, be was beaten by Gen. Jackson for the Presidency, by the large majority ol 7,904 votes. In ld04, the Clay electoral ticket, in Kentucky, received 17,331, aud the Jackion ticket 6,435 votes. No other ticket was run ; bnt there were one or two volunteer candidates for Adams, who received, perhaps, a hundred votes. The public feeling of the L-tt -Uture. as well as of tbs country, was overwhelming in firor of Gen. Jackson after Mr. Clay; and when, in the month of December, an impression began to prevail that the vote of Kentucky might be given to Mr Adsins. Mr. Henry Crittenden, a brother toonr present benator. introduced into the House of Repreaentativea two resolutions, oov requesting our Representatives in Congress to vote for Gen. Jackson, and the other declaring that he wss the choice of the people of Kentucky. They were de bated oo the 31»t Dee. 1834. ami io that debate one reason given for adopting we resolutions, was, that Mr. Clav might nut be made Secretary of State to the cxelnsion of General Jackson for the Presidency. Mr. Be.' isniin Hardin, then a prominent member of the nssa*. and in favor of the resolutions, and now a candidate <o t:.e C.ay electoral ticket, said “he knew that msny of our CDMaboi* of Congress were inclined to vote for Mr. Adams, an 1 1 e ieve I lie would get the vote of Kentucky, unles* this Hi: - l ied." The resolution requesting the members of Coiia’ie-- from Kentucky to vote for Gen. Jackson, was a- dnptcd hy a vote of 69 to 31, and that declaring that he was the ihniee of the people of Kentucky, by a vote of 73 to 11. i - ■ were ad ;>:ed by the t^enate also.by a large majority, "'l >ugj» f •» unable to give the precise Vote,) and sent io \V ashington. During the snnceeding month, it wa- eonfi- de:i:l>■ asserted io ruivate conversations, thtt if Mr. Adams was elected. Mr. Clay would be Secretary of State, placing bi n in a position which Mr. City afterwards called the line of “safe precedents," and on that ground numeroua letters were procured lobe written to our members of Congress, advising them to disregard the resolutions of the Legisla ture. In the developments of 1837 and 1838, tbia rumor waa traced directly to a letter or letters, written early in Janiary, by Mr. Clay himtelf to some of his friends in Kentucky, not, perhaps, using the very word*, but certainly conreun;/Ae idea. 11 1838. the general excitement on account of the vote of Mr. Clay snd hta friends for Mr. Adams, was so great, and w e *2 ur 8' !of ■ corroot bargain between Mr. Adams and Me. Cby was to pointed, ana openly made, thitihe Senate O. Kcniucicy WIV indoced U> Uke un anJ inv#»«tit7af#» ih* tub r t (dee K lim.i cky waa indoced ur take up and investigate the pr- sand papers were aent for. Ac.; and ol the y girm befitre that body, the following is n part ■iijrky Argus of that date for the whole of the :e«- • Jo:m p. H It. of Bnnrbon, stated, among other tim es, that (sen. Metcalfe told him.in Washington City, about the 4:h or 5th of January, 1835. that *he knew little more than w:.en he first arrived, or than witness: that iho friends of J.v kv.n w ni 1 cssme to us tind say. we hearyt : are going lo voM for Mr. .4dama; and the friends c: Mr. A ims wnu!<l rome to us and say. we understand you are going to vot- for Jni'kaan; and to of the friends of Crawford; that w e stand on otnnrine.L and we must know something about h :«r the '•shine* is to be filled.’ ’’ Hoo. Julio T. Johnson, brother of CoL Richard M. John- un a -ti tit tint time sine,Tiber of Congress, stated that “he wa* a: \\ a-hiagsqa City in 1824. and at the time of the Pres Hernial <•],- lion in Fehrnary. 1835. After the cleetinn he and his brother (Col. Johnson) were in company with Gen. Mf alfc, w ho told them he bad n letter Iron Kentucky, which elated that the people would be dissatisfied with the r"-ult. His hr .-.her tobl the Gen. that this voting for Mr. Adams would be nn nphill business in Kentucky. The General replied, -J fear we have done too much for our fry id.”’ II" was asked wliether’he did not hear Mr. White, one of the members of Congress who voted for Mr. Advn- -ay, a fow .lava after the election, that be consider ed. when voting fur Mr. Adams, that he waa voting for Mr. Clay. This tp,ration was objected to, nnd overruled, 14 to 19. Mr. McMillan of the House of Representatives, stated, in reply iu mterrogaturies, that Mr. I - , ... .« ■ w - “at Tompk ins ville. in llontM County, after bis return home, sobaeqoemly to the Presidential elertioo, where he was a shod how became to vote for Mr. Adams. Mr. Johnson answere 1 that he voted for .Mr. Adams to ret Mr. Clay made ■‘'l•'rclary of State. He made this declaration re peateily io conversation, and witur«* believed in a public spe,- It. IIesa-1, Mr. Adams fsg President and Mr. Clay bis Secretary, tvuuld conduce more to the interests of the West, than (ion. Jackson President, with we know not whom fur r-ccrelaryj and that Mr. Clay inijht perhaps suc ceed him " ‘‘John M.i'un.jr.. of Montgomery county, waa railed and fnt* 1 n< follows: John Mason of Montgomery states, that before David Trimble went to Congress in 1834. (say Sep tember e uirt, 1831 i he was contending with -dmesaea that Mr Rowan ought not to be elected Senator to Congress, beeao.-e he was ao apostate Federalist, and that be would be surprised if witness voted for him. Witness said that the Presidential eh .'rioo waa coming on, and from the num ber of candid .cos, lie expected that the election would come before Congress, and said to Trimble, suppose that yuu vrt • for Mr. Adams, who is also an apostate Federalist,’’ “Tritnlde replied, he knew Adams to be an apostate Fed eralist, nod that if he rv«r voted for him. witness in: ght rail him a Federalist as lung ns lie lived. He also said, that Adsins bad agreed to give up the nnvigirnn of the Missis sippi river for whales and mackerel, and that 1 e (Ad .ms) had always neen an enemy to the West. When witness heard tha: Trimble ltaii voted for Adams he waa surprised; and soon after his return, he h id a conversation with him aboni his vote, in whi -h he gave os his re.isni s that • We us er lained it Mr. Ado ms was made President, Mr. Clay would l»e made Se.-rttary of Slate ; and that if Gen. Jm-k- aon was made Prcs'der.t, Mr. Clav would m t be made -tec rotary of State: and that it would be better fi r us to have Aclarni, with Mr. Clay Secretary, than Ot n. Jaekton w ith out him.’ ’’ Of the mass of the tc-:iinnny other thru that taken before ibe Senate, the following affidavit is a s;,e. imen : ” Ws*. the atibsr-il,era, certify on oath, that we were sev- oralis present at the I.ewis county court, for October. 1833. and heard Ddvh! Trimble m:-ke a speech, nn t lie u-e.i rhr following language: 'Wren nr wont on ia-t fill t-i t :e C'i:y of Washington, we found M r. Craw fin d out of the quesii m; ti.c mutest was between (ien. J.v kson and J hn Quincy Ada:n». We ascertained, that, under t:o rireumatai.ces. Would Oen Ja-kson appoint otn friend. Heniy Clay, .'-•ere tary of State. We n«rertairrd that Mr. Ad.iir.s would np- puinl our friend, Henri, (.’lay. Secretary of Stale K now ing this then, fellow citin r.s, that (ini. Jai Ic-nn woul-l not. and Mr. Adams would, appolnt our friend, llct.ry City. Secte- tary of State, if V"U rspei-ted me to vote forGrn Jarks-n you expected me o do that which I could not, and would not dud he held the doctrine of en obligation on Iris part to observe the instructions (express or implied) of biaernstituente ” So decisive in favor of Gen. Jackson wea the will of the people of Kentucky io 1834-25, that only eleven members of the House of Repreaentativea. out of eighty four present, voted against the declaratory resolution to that effect; and of that eleven, not one baaed hi* vote on the allegation that the resolution was not true. You ask, thirdly, what were the facts in’ reference to the instructions of the Legislature of Kentucky in 1841-43, ou the subject of the bankrupt law. The leading facia areas follows: On the 5th of January 1843, the Kentucky House of Rep resentatives adopted' the following resolutions unanimously, or, at least, without a division—via: “lat. Reached, That, in the opinioc of the general as sembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, it it the desire of a large majority of the people of Kentucky that the bank rupt law. enacted at the late extra session of Congress, shall bo repealed. “2d. Jletolced. further. That onr Senators in Congress be, and they are hereby, instructed, and our Repreaentativea requested, to use their influence to have said law repealed." Oo the 19th of January, the resolutions came bark to the House from the Senate amended, ao as to read as follows ‘•Retolcfd by the General Attembly of the Common wealth of Kentucky. That it is the desire of a majority of the people of Kentucky, that the bankrupt law, passed at the lute extra aeasion of Congress, shall be repealed, or ao modified aa to free it from its retrospective operation; and that onr Senators and Repreaentativea in Congress be re quested to use their influence to obtain such repeal or mod ification.’’ The House of Repreaentativea had passed a third resolu tion against the repeal of the distribution law, which the Senate amended by adding another resolution, as follows, viz: j.etohed, further. That the people of this Common wealth, as well as the General Assembly, regard the con tinuance in force ol the land distribution law as of far great er importance than the repeal of the bankiupt law. You will petreive that the Senate made two important amen Imeuta—one changing the inetruction to the Senators t» vote for the repeal of the bankrupt law into a requett, and the other allowing them, if they ronld. to trado for a contin uance of tli* distribution law, by consenting to preserve the bankrupt law for that eomtideralion. Ttte House, however, rejected the Senate’a amendments by a role of 5 yeas to 62 nays. Each House adhered to iu S naition; and the resolutions failed by llieit disagreement. (u member, however, waa left in doubt that both the Legis lature and the people of Kentucky were in favor of the un conditional repeal of the bankrupt law. by an overw helming majority ; ana the obligation” of the Senator* to obey that will was complete, according to the doctrine of instruction, aa laid down by Mr. Clay in 1917. If there can be any doubt on the subject, it is obviated J»y the remark of Senator Morebead, (Mr. Clay’s colleague from Kentucky.) iu January. 1842, on presenting a remonstrance against the repeal of the bankrupt law. He taid: -It could not have escaped bis uotice, and that of the Sen ate, that the Legislature ot Kentucky bad. by a luge ma jority, passed resolutions upon the subject of the bank-upt law. expressing an opinion that it ought to be repealed. "It was not tor him to search for reasons to vindicate the sentiments of the people of that State on this or any other question; but he would merely point to her position, under all circumstances, and the manner in which, whether in times of prosperity or distress, in peace of in war, she had always acquitted hersclfaaa memberof the Union. Wheth er the bankrupt law Was a measure of national benefit, or national injury, was a question about whirb the people of the United States could form their own conclusions; but wbeth er the measure would affect advantageously or injuriously the interests of the people of Kentucky, they alone were cienpetent lot judge: and so far aa Jie waa •concerned, he though! that from tlieirjudgroent there waa nt* appeal. At the extra session of Congress he voted lot the bankrupt law. If he haJ been disposed to recount reasons why be should vote far the repeal of the law he would have pointed to the expression of opinion in the State from which he came ; in truth, be would have had occasion to go no further tb*n the other end of the Capitol, to satisfy himself of the public stata of feeling, by observing that the whole body of the delegation from Kentucky, with one exception, had recorded t teir votes for the repeal of the law. But he should take no such pains. Without entering into a discussion of the measure at the present time, and in advance, he would con tent him<elf (coupling the sentiments of the Legislature with what he bad seen and heard since be came to the city) with the rem iik that the law ought to be repealed, and be would conform bis conduct to the requirements of the reso lution." Notwithstanding the decisive action of the Legislature, the unanimity of the Kentucky members of the other House, The country tl.ua proposed to fie annexed has been set- . . ... ,, ,, . ,,, f tied princii-.i 11 v by persons Iron; the Uni. eu duties, wbo etn- Art. I. i fiu K< p' 1 : ul Tens, gettng ir. conform- , {grated on teinvit atioo of both iapaiaVid Meiriqq, end wbo ity with the wishes of the people and eve-y'depart- j carried wi-i, tfiem ini > tfie wilderness which Urn nicnl ol its government, rt-dca to the United plates ! tia.ly reclaiu ed, the law*, customs, and political all its territories, to »<e held hv them in full properly : * institutions of their native laud. They are deeply indue- j- >-*»t».«r»- vi ,te -*> Kyi* aafettsssiiasissss a-11.It's 3ft.(ini «»f ihrir Icrj’itnriri*, su j*cl to the same Union, otn! a firm and iuHrkible r«*ojution to aitit* in main- constnu ions I ptoviaiuna with their other territories.— taining’the publtcftherty unimpaired—a consideration which, The cession includes all public Inis Mid rquares, vu- as it appears to me. is to be regarded as of no small mo unt lands, mines, miuetala, rail lakes and springs, nlonl -. 1 he country, itaelf thos obtained is of ioealeiuabM CC3 sed. The Kxecotive. Vs’hile it could r: lo.iger continuance without ti:e greatest une vertheles*, for all past time, preserved a < n<»utraluv. It could nocbo ignorant «>< tue hauaiion which a war of so long aduruti Least of all was it ignorant of the anxiety to induce Mexico to enter info terra* ot reconciliation Texas, which, affecting the domestic institutions ot l I 1 . . nnnn ,!».» T , ll'fl'rl SlJ t look, upon it, siness. In, ne- ,ur»e of strict fact of the ex- > It ui produced. if other un%v vitb public rniiires, fortifications, barracks, porta and har bor*. navy and navy yards, docks, magazine*, arms. value in an agricultural and cnnnuerrial point of "iew ■ To a s< il of inexhaustible fertility, it unites a genial and healthy climate, and is destined, ntn day not distant, to arnilim-lils and arroutninents, archives und public make large contributions to the rointnerca ol the world. Its documents, public funds, debts, laxe* and dues unpaid territory is separated from the United States, in part, by an at l e lime of the cxdrsoue of the ratifications of this treaty. Aut. II. The cit'wtnsof Texas shall be incorpora ted into the Union .'f the United Stales, maintained and piotected in t*e free enjoyment of ibeir liberty and properly, ana admiltcJ, as soon aa may be eon* kistenl with tbs principles of ibe federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, privileges and nn- juutiitic.su: citizens of the United Stales. Art. III. All title- aud clsitna to real estate, which are valiJ under the laws of Texas, so by the United Slates; and measures ted for the speedy adjud.cation of all unsettl'd claiips to land, and patents shall be granted to those fouud to be valid. Art. IV. The public lands hereby ceded shall tie aubjecl to Ihe laws regulating the public lands io the otbri Territories of the United Slblcs, as far as they may be applicable; subject, however, Io such altera tions and changes as Congress may from time to tinre think proper to niuke. It is understood between the pat tie*, that il, in consequence ol the mode in which lands hare l>eea surveyed rn Texua. or from previous grants or locations, the sixteenth section (annul be ap plied for the purpo.-c of education, Congress shall make equal provision by grant of land elsewhere.— And it is also further understood, that, hereafter, the book*, papers, und documents of the general Isnd of ficii ul Texas shut! tie depn.iterl and k< pt «t such place in Texas as the Coogivaa . f the l ntled States shall direct. Art. V. Tho United States cstuihe anti agree to pay the public debt und liabilities of Texas, however created, lor which the faith or endit of her Govern ment may tie bound at the time of the exchange of Ihe ratifications of this treaty ; which debts and liabil ities arc estimated not l-x exceed in the whole, ten .mil lions of dollars, to be ascertained and paid in tlio man ner 1 crcinaftex stated. 'a. 'The payment of (he sum of three hundred and fifty thou and dolljrq shall be made at the Treasury ot lire United States, within ninety days after the ex change of the ratifications of this treaty, aa follows. Two hundred and fitly thousand dollars to Frederick Dawson, • f Baltimore, or hi* executors, i n Ihe deliv ery t f that amount of ten per cent, bonds of Texas, one hundred Ihouaaud dollars, if so much he required, in the redemption ot the exchequer lulls which may be in circulation at ihe time of the exchange of the rat ifications of this treaty. For the payment of the re main er of the debts and liabilities of Texas, which, together with the amount already sperifi<d, shall not exceed ten millions of dollars, ihe public lands herein reded, and Ibe nelt revenue from the same are berehy pledgrd. Art. \ I. In order to ascertain the full amount of the debts and liabilities In mn assumed, and the le gality and vahditv thereof, four commissioners shall tu?apjioinit d hy Ihe Ficsidi nl of tire United Slates hy and with the advice and consent nt the Sena-r, who shall meet at U u-hmgion, Texas, within the period of six months after the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, and may «online* in u-saiun not ex ceeding ton l«e months, unless the Congress ol the United State* should prolong the time. They -'.tall take an oath for the faithful discharge of their duties, and that they aie not dnvetiy or indirectly interested in mid claims at the time, and will nnt be during their continuance in office; and the said oath shall he re folded w Itb their proceedings. , In ea*e of the death or sickness nr resignation ofany of the coounissioncrs, his or their place nr placia may l« supplied Ity the appointment aforesaid, or by tin- I’nfidi-iit of tin- United during the recess of the Sen ate. Th y or a majority ot them, shall be authorized, under such regulations a* the Congress of the United Stale* may prescribe, to hear, examine and deride on all questions touci tng the legibly and validity of said claims, and shall w hen a claim is allowed, ia-ue a cer tificate to the claimant alating the amount, distinguish- imaginary tine, and by the river Sabine, for a distance of 310 mile*; and its productions are the same with those of many of tlio contigious States of the Union. Such is the country, aucb are it* inhabitants, and such iu capacities m add inthe general wealth of the Union. As to the latter, it may be safely asserted, that in the magnitude of its produc tions. it will equal, in n sho t time, under the protecting care of this Government, if it does not surpass the combined pro duction of many States of the Confederacy. A new and powerful impulse will thus be given to the navigating inter est of the country, which will be ehieflv engrossed by our to reui esru.r, wn.c. WJow-cbW of the Eastern and Middle Stares, who have . ... . . - . already attained a remarkable degree of prosperity by the >, soall be field to l>c i pai-tiM monopoly thej have c-nj »yed of the carrying trade of sure* shall be adop- the Union, particularly the coastwise trade, which this new acquisition is destine ; in time, an I that not oistunt. to swell to a magnitude which cannot eaiily be computed; while the addition made to the boundaries of the home market, thus secui eJ to their mining, manufacturing, and mechanical skill and industry, will be of a character the most commanding and important. and the declarations of bis colleague and friend i» the Sen- i iog principal bom. interest. 'I be certificates ao issued ate, all eyiuring, beyond a doubt, ibe will of bia constituents, ( hall br numbered, and entry made of the number, the voteif against the repeal. u J name of the (lerson to w bom issued, and Iho amount, It is but just to Mr. Clay to state the reasons which in duced him to disregard the will of bis constituent* so une- qniVocally made known to him. They were, that the bank rupt law waa a part of the ITkig tytlem, which he wished to preserve entire; and that lie could not, and Would not he instrumental in taking from the bankrupt tbe relief which had been promised him. These grounds for disobedience are found distinctly sta tu.! ... a sueceh delivered by him io tbe Senate on the 28th JanttsVy. 1843. Having advened to 'he extra session of 1941 and iu measures—the incorporation of a national bank, the distribution law. tbe increase of the tariff, the bankrupt law, and the relief of tbe banks in the District of Columbia— be said; "These were the fruits of the extra session, ao far as they depended upon Congress. Tbit waa the circle of benefi cent measures, intended to embrace ull interests and all parts of the Union. It was A GREAT SYSTEM, parts of which were more or less adapted to all pinions of the Union. We have reason to believe tbit it wa* looked upon aud regarded as a whole ; and that vote* werr given for some measures in the series, not ao tnvrA became they were in canto nance with the views of the fhmtiluents whote membera gave the>r votes, aa because they were wanted by otber parts of the Union, and the compensation was found in ether more acceptable measures of the tame series." This practice of l tying rotes for measures not "in con sonance with the views of the constituency.” by "other more acceptable measures," however well adapted to the promotion of purposes of ambition, is totally subversive of tbe right of instruction, if not of all purity in legislation. Altimugh the Senate of Kentucky was willing Mr. Clay ahoulJ pre*erve the great H'Aig system, by the means be had uled to build it up. the House of Repreaentativea re pelled tbe suggestion, by a vote nearly unanimous. And at die close of the eloquent speech delivered by Mr. Clay in opposition to the repeal of the bankrupt law. be said: "And I air invited to unite in thi« work of inhumanity and cru elty. I have not the heart t" do h! 1 have not die baud to do it I I cannot, / will not do it Strip! of its poetry,-this declaration means. * I am called upon by my constituents to vote for a repeal of tbe bankrupt law: I will not do it /’’ Afters few remark- from Mr. Benton for, and Mr. Will iams against the repeal, the vote on the bill from the House of Represenut vrs repealing the bankrupt law waa taken, and resulted as follows—yeas S3, rays S3. Those who voted in the affirmative, were Messrs. Allen, Archer, Rivard, Benton, Buchanan. Calhoun, Fulton, Gra- I am King. Linn, McRoberts. Morebead. Pierre, Premiss. Hives. Pevier. Smith of Connecticut, Sturgeon, Tappan, Woodbury, Wright, aud Young. Those who voted inthe negative, were Messrs. Barrow, Bates, Berrien, Choate. CLAY. Clayton, Evans, Hender son, Huntington, Kerr. Manguin. Merrick. Miller. Pbrlps. Poster, Sin nt.ins. Smith of Indiana, Southard, Talluiadge. Walker, White, Williams, and Woodbridge. You will see that the fate of the bill depended on Mr. Clay ’s vote; and had he obeyed the will of his constituents, that wholesale repudialim of honere debts, which di-graced the year 1842. would never have occurred, as die bankrupt law had not then Colne into operation. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, LINN BOYD. Messrs. W. Corns and G. W. Hot kins. IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. April 22, 18-14. Read the fust and second times, refereed to the Uom- niitteeon Foreign Relations, and ordered to be | rein ed in confident c for the ut-c of ihe Senate. A 'I rmly of Annexation, Concluded btlwctn the Uni ltd Ululrs if America und I unto affixed our seal in a bock to Ire kept for that purpose. They shall transmit the records of their prnrerdings and the hook in which the criltficates ve enlcied with the vouchers and durum.- tits produced before them, relative to the claims allowrt! or re j rlcd. to the Treas ury Department of the United Slates, to be deposited there in, and tbe Secretary of the Trt-aaOsy thdL a* soon a* practical after the receipt of tha dsnli 1 , areer- lain the aggre gate amount of the debt* ai.d liabilities allowed ; and in III estate, when added to Ihe amount to be paid to Frederick Dawson, anJ ijjc sum which may be paid in the irdcinpiion of tho exchequer bill*, •hall not cxcei d the rslimxlcd sum of ten millions ol dollars, he shall, on tho presentation of the rert.ficate of tbe commisrioner*, i*.-ue at the option of tlio holder, a new certificate for tho amount, dtalingui-bing prin cipal from interest and payable to him or order, out of the net proceeds of the public lands hereby rrdetl, or stock of Ibe United Slates, for tho amount allowrd including principal and intrreat. ami hearing an inter est of three per cent, per annum, from the date there of ; wiiivh stock, in addition to bring made payable out of the net proceed* of the public lands hereby ce ded, shall also iie receivable in payminl for the same. Incase the amount of the debts and liabilities al lowed, with the sums aforesaid to be paid to Feilerick Dawson, and which may be paid in the redemption of the exchequer bills, shall exceed the said sum ol ten millions of dollars, the said Secretary, before issu ing a new certificate, or stock, s* the case may be, shall make in each case such proportionable and rate able reduction on ita amount aa to reduce the sggre-. grate to the said sum of ten miflions of dolltna, and be shall bate power to make all needful itries and reg ulations oecesasry to carry into effect the powci* here by vc sled in him. Art. VII. Until farther provision shall be ma le, tl.e luu.c of Texas, as now existing, shall re main in force*, sr.d all executive and judicial uffi.-i rs of Texsa, except ihe President, Vice President, and heads of dcpaitment shall retain liieji offices, with all pow er aud authority appertaining thereto, anJ tha couit* of justice shall remain in all respects as now establish ed and organized. Abt. VIII. Immediately after the exchange of the latilications of this treaty, the President of tho Uni- trd Sidles, by and with the advire and consent ol the Semite, shall appoint a commissioner, who shall pro ceed to Texas and receiee the transfer of the territo ry thereof, and all tha are hirers and properly and oth er things herein conveyed, in the name of the United Stales. Heshall exercise all executive authority in •aid territory neceiwy to the- proji-t execution ol the laws, until otherwise provided. Art. IX. Theprra- nt treaty shall l>c ratified ity the rontraciing parties, ot:d the rarificalutma exebang- ed at the city of Wsahiugton, in sir months fitmt tlio date hereof, or «ocnrr if possible. In -Mln.'s Whereof, wc, the undersigned, plenlpo- tcnliaiiis ol the L otted >t,it. s of Amern a anil of the Rrjinhlie of Texas, i.ave signed, by virtue of our (tow er-, the present treaty of uuooxalion, aud hare hen- 6 timed. “Jacob Frirx’e, Henry Halbert. David C. Heath, Win. C. CnfTr.n. Richard Pell. John Hendrick. JeMee Harrr'.ck, John Griffith, Wm. Davis. He:. Griffith. Wm. Hnmhlin. Itavid Toi.krv.’ I lit lhpublic of Tuns, at Wu.'/liiiglol*, ti.c 12/A day of April. 1841. The per.jtle ol Texas having, at tha time of adopt ing their constitution, express'd hv an almost unani mous vule, ihcr dr-ite to he incorporated into the Union of the l nited Slates, and being suit desirous ol the rimr nitorqti.il unanimity, in otder to provide mote t fiertu.illy for their security sod prosperity ; and the l iiitcd States, actuated solely hv the desire to add to their on ti recurity and pros j <-r ity. und to meet the ni«l:r:of tha government s’ 1 people of Texa-, have • hi nn tod to arci-aipli-li, ' ■ r,:\, - jert- so intpor- thru mutual anJ (it'i.na. rut vvr.la e. ► -I ttjst purpose, the President of the United epeclt Done at 1\ ti-hingtob, the twelfth day of April, eight een hundred nnj forty-four, J. (,'. CAI.HOL'N. I>.\ AC VAN Z \NDT. J. PINCKNEY HENDERSON, [Peal.] [Pval.] [Peal.] mrnitagc. To the Senate oe the United St a i e* : ] transmit herewith, lor y our approat t-mi fotiticaticn. a treaty, winch 1 have cuu-ed in he negotiated between rite U. .< and Text.v, whereby the lafer.ro tbe i-ottd.t otia therein set torib, has trun., 1 rrrr,i and conveyed all its rights of separate anJ independent sovereignty and jariv- atetioa to the U. States In taking so important a step I. Surh are some of the many advantages which will accrue to tbe Eastern and Miodlr States by the ratification of 'he treaty—advantagea. the extent of which it ia impossible to e-nmate with accuracy or properly to appreciate. Texae being adapted to the culture of cotton, sugar, and rice, and devoting most of her energies to the raising of these produc tions, will open an extensive market to the Western States in thejinpnrtani articles ol Itcef. pork, hot-aes, mules, Ac., as well as its breads tuffs. At the same time, the Southern and Southwestern States will And. in tbe fact of annexation, pro lection and security to their peace and tranquility, as well against all domestic as foreign efforts to disturb them; thus consecrating at ew the Uninn'of tlte States, and bolding out the promise of its peipe'.ual duiation. Titos, at tbe same time that the tide of public prosperity is greatly swollen, an appeal of what appears to the Execu tive to he of an imposing, if not of a resistless character, is made to the interesta of every portion of the country. Agri- cxllure, which wot.Id have a new and extensive market opened for its produce; commerce, whose ships would be freighted with the r.cb productions of an extensive and fer tile region; and the mechanical arts, iu all their various ram ifications, would seem to unite in one universal demand for the rrtification ot'tlte treaty. But important as there considerations may appear they are to he regarded as but secondarv to others. Texas, for ’reasons deemed sufficient by Iterseff. threw off her depend ence nn Mexico, as lar back as 1836, and consummated her independence by the battle of San Jacinto, in the same year; since wli-cb period. Mexico has attempted no serious inva sion of her territory ; hut tbe contest has assumed features of a mere border war, characterised by acts revolting to humanity. Inthe year 1836 Texas adopted her Crnstitu- tion under which site has existed as a sovereign power evet since, having been recognised as such by msuv ol the prin cipal powers ol the world ; and contemporaneously with its adoption by a solemn vote of her people, embracing all ber population, but ninety-three persons, declared her anxious desire to be admitted into association with'the United States, as a portion of their territory. This vote thus solemnly ta ken, has never been reversed; and now. by the action of ber constituted authorities, sustained as it is by popular sen timent. she re-affirtna her desire for annexation. This course has been adopted by her, without the employment of any ainirier measures on the part of this government. No in-riguehas been seton foot to accomplish it. Texas her self wills it, and the Executive of the United State*, con curring with her. baa seen no sufficient reason to avoid the consummation of an art esteemed tohesodesitablcby both. It cannot be denied, that Texas is greatly depressed in her energies by her long protracted war with Mexico. Under these circumstances, it is but natural that she should seek for safety and repose under the protection or some strong pow er ; and it is equally so that her people should turn to the United States, the lard of their birth, in the first instance, in the pursuit of such protection. She has often before made known her wishes; hut her advances have, to this time, been repelled. The Executive of the United States sees no longer any cause for pursuing such a course. The haz ard of now defeating her wAhes may be of tbe most fatal tendency. It might lead, and most probably would, to such an entire alienation of sentiment and feeling aa would ine vitably induce her to look elsewhere for aid, and force her either to enrer into dangerous alliance* with other nations, who. looking with more wisdom to their interests, would, it is fairly- to lie presumed, readily adopt such expedients; or she would hold out tbe proffer nf discriminating duties in trade and commerce, in order to secure the necessary as sistance. Whatever step the might adopt. Innki g to this object, would prove disastrous, in the highest decree to the interests of the whole Union. To sav nothing of tbe impol icy of our permitting the carrying trade and home market of surh a country to pass out of oornanda into those or a com mercial rival, the Government in lift- first place, would be certain to auffet most disastrously in its revenue by the in troduction of n system of smuggling, upon a.n extensive scale, which an army of custom house officers could not pre vent—and which would operate to affect injuriously the in tere-ts of all the industrial classes of this couptry. Hence would arise ronstant collisions between the inhabitants nf tbe two countries which would evermore endanger.th*ir peace. A large increase of the military force ol the United crimes would inevitably follow, thus devolving upon the peo pie new and extraordinary burdens, in order not only to pro tect them from the danger of daily collision with Texas her self. but to guard their border inhabitants against hostile inroad-, ao easily excited on tlte part of the numerous and warlike tribe* of Indiana dwelling in their neighborhood. Texas would undoubtc fly be. unable, for msny .years to come, if at any time, to re ist. unaided and alone, the mili tary power of the United States; but it is not extravagant to suppose that nations reapings rirh harvest fre.m her trade, secured to ifaeni by advantageous treaties, would be in duced to take pnrt with her in any conflict with • s, from the strongest considerations of public policy. Sucb a state of tilings iniglit subject to devastation the territory of contigious States, and would coat the country, in a single campaign, more treasure, thrice told over, tli'an is stipulated to be paid and re-imburard by the treaty now proposed for ratification I will not permit myself todwell on this view of the subject. Consequences of a fatal character to tbe peaee of tbe Union and even to the preservation ol the Union itself, mi.'ht be dwelt upon. They will not, however, fail to occur to the tniud ol the Senate and of the country. Nor do I indulge in any vague conjectures of the future. The documents now transmitted along with the treaty, lead to the coucluxion. as inevitable, that if the boon now tendered be rejected, Texas will seek tor the friend ship of others. In contemplating aucb a contingency, it cannot be over looked that the United States are already almost surrounded hy tbe possessions of European powers. The Canadas. New Hiunswick and Nova bcotia.the islands in the Amer ican seas, with Texas, triuomelled by treaties of alliance, or of a commercial character, differing in policy from that of the United States, would complete the circle. Texas vol untarily steps forth, upon terms of perfect honor and good faith to all nations, to ask to oe annexed to the Union As an independent sovereignty, her right tp do this is unques tionable. Iu doing this, she gives no cause of umbrage to any otber power; her people desire it. and there is no slav ish transfer of her sovereignty and independence. 8he has for eight years maintained Iter indr-pendence agafost all ef forts to subdue her. 8lie has been recognised as independ ent by many of the most prominent of the family of nations, and that recognition, so lar as they are concerned, places her in a position, without giving any just u.nhrage to them, to surrender her sovereignly at her own will and pleasure. Tue United States, actuated evermore by a spirit of justice, has desired, by the stipulations nl the treaty, to rruder jus tice to all. They have made provision for the payment of the public debt nf Texas. We look to her ample and fertile doinaiu as the certain means of arcomplishina this; but this is a matter between the United States ahd Texas, and with which other governments have nothing to do. Our right to receive the rich gram tendered by Texas is perfect; and tbia government should not. having due respect either toils own honor or iu own interests, permit it- course of policy to be interrupted by tbe inierlerenre of other powers, even if such interference was threatened. The question is one purely American. In the acquisition, while we abstain moat carefully fiom all that could interrupt the public peace, we claim the right to exercise ■ due regard to our own. This government cannot, consistently with its honor, per mit any such interference. Witli equal, if not greater pro priety, might the United States demand of other govern itients to surrender their numerous and valuuble acquisi tions, made in time past, at numberless place - nn the surface of the globe, whereby they have added to their power and enlarged their resources. To Mexico, the Executive ia disposed to pursue a course " ( lict" \ in ita character, and at tho same time to render | l.er the ino-t ample justice, by Conventions aud stipulations , not i:i. in.- stent with the right- and dignity nf the govern- j uicnt. It i-actuated by no spirit ol cnjusl nggrondizeinent, | hut looks only io its own security, it has made known to j Mexiro. «t several periods, its extreme anxietv to witneas : li r mitinti"! of h i.-tiliiies between that country an I Tex- a- It-wi-he-, however, have been entirely di-re-garded. 1 It has ever been ready to Urge a I a Iju-tu.eat of tlte di-nute ■pun t"r i.« root unity advantageous to both. It will he ready at all :!-:ie- to hear and discuss any claims Mexico may think she ha* on the just ce of the United Stares, and to adjust any th- t may he deemed to be so on the most Koeral tern.-. There is nodesire on tlte patl of the Executive to wnu.". 1 her pride, or affect injuriously her interest; hut, at the same time, i: cannotComprotnit by any delay in its tie. lion the essential interests of the United Stare- Mexico tins no right to ask o- expect thi- of us—we deal rightfully with Texas as nn independent power. The war which has been waged for eight years has resulted only in the convic tion with *11 others tliar. herself, that Texas cannot be re ■ conquered. I cannot but repeat the opinion, expressed in . nr. message at the opening of Congress, that h is time it had i would operate most injurioosly upon the United States, and ■in e-pom unu .oexito. oo- might most aeriou-Iy threaten the existence of this happy ildertiesa which they have par- j Union. Nor could it be unacquainted with the fact, that a- stoms, and political and domes-j though foreign governments might disavow all design to distort the relations which exist under the Ccnsututum be tween the*e States, yet that one. the most powerful amongst them, had not failed to declare iu marked and decided hos tility to the chief features in those relaln ns. and its purpose, on nil suitable occasions, to urge upon Mexico the adoption of such a course in negotiating with Texas ns to produce the obliteration of that feature from her domestic policy. as one of the conditions of her recognition, by Mexiro, as an independent State. Tbe Executive was also uw are ot the fact, that fornridable associationa of persons, the subjects of foreign powers, existed, who were directing their utmost ef forts to the accomplishment of this object. To these con clusions it waa inevitably brought by the documents now submitted to the Senate. I repeat, the Executive saw Tex as in a slateof almost hopelesse.xhansiion, and the question was narrowed down to the simple proposition, whether the United States should accept the boon of annexation on fair and liberal terms, or, by refusing to do so, force Texas to seek a refuge in the arms of some other power, either through a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, or the adoption of some other expedient, which might virtually make her tributary to such power, and dependent upon it for all future time. The Executive hat full reason to be lieve that such would have been the result, without iu in terposition. and that such will be the result, in the event ei ther of unnecessary delay iu the ratification, or ol the rejec tion of the proposed treaty. In full view then of the highest public duty, and as a measure of secui ity against evil* inca’cuiahly great the Exe cutive has entered into tlte negotiation the fruits of which are now submitted to the Senate. Independent of the ur- cent reasons which existed for the step it has taken, it might safely invoke the lad which it confidently believes, that there exists no civilised government on earth, having a vol untary tender made it of a domain so rich and fertile, so re plete with all that can add to national greatness and wealth, and SO necessary to ita peace and safety, that would reject the offer. Nor are other powers. Mexico inclusive, likely in any degree, to be injuriously affected b.v the ratificatfon of the treaty. The prosperity of Texas w ill be equally in teresting to all, in the increase of the general commerce of the world ; that prosperity will be secured by annexation. But one view of the subject remain* to be presented. It grows out of the propose i enlargement of our territory . From thi*. J am free to confess. I see no danger. The fed erative system ia susceptible of the greatest extension corn- patible with the ability of the representation of the most dis tant state or territory to reach the seat of government in time to participate in the functions of legislation, and to make known the wants of the constituent body. Our con federated republic consisted originally of thirteen members. It now consists of twice that number, while applications are before Congress to permit other additions. Thia addition of new States has served to strengthen rath er than to weaken the Union. New interest* have sprung up. which require the united power of all. through the ac tion of the common government to protect and defend upon the high aeas and in foreign parts. Each 8tste commits, with perfect security, to that common government those great in tcrests growing out of our relations with other notions of the world, and wh cb equally involve the good of all the States. Its domestic concerns are left to its own exclusive manage menl. But if there were any force in the objection, it would seem to require an immediate abandonment of territorial poases aions which lie in the distance, nr.d stretch to a far-off sea; and yet no one would be found, it is believed, ready to re commend snch an abandonment. Texas lies at our very doors, and in our immediate vicinity. Under every view which I have been able to take of the subject. I think that the interests of our common cruistitu ents. the pevtple of all the States, and a love of the Union left the Executive no other alternative than to negotiate the treaty. The high and solemn' duty of ratifying or of reject ing it. is wisely devolved on the Senate by the Constitution of the United States. JOHN TYLER- Washington'. April S3. 1844. nobling association, together with its trioas names .... . antiquity, and them men ], aTe held a place on Its tnustt.'^ give to this company a peculiar interest. Of one own companies—the •• B,bb Carol™ « „ r - H ; Hcs ” and ' Macon Volunteers.” it might beam- J? better than ourselves, to spesk on thia ojea^oo ' cannot refrain from saying we are proud of them ..re."*' ere say it who should not ssy it.” aa th: man in the In theselection of a commandin' officer . - J »ii, ofacommandin'officer and hi 3 s .re . regiment have given evidence of their ditcrimin,.:- "' appreciation of military zeal and ability. As tbe rv rode along the line, each eye, attracted by hij and manner, seemed to aav, *' 0, ‘ •• Not Mars bestrode a steed with greater grace • Upon the whole, there was but one draw-back to joy,—dry weather und dust, to a degree alnion The military parted on Saturday morn-ug, w e tually edified and pleased. Besides the diffiu),' knowledge and taste for military exercises, thi, g* ' * ment has produced another goo J effect. At thi, the men of the sea board and interior, have cotrime- leant each other’s characters and feelings, and./ * maining trace of prejudice and sectional feeling, fade away before iu Even as we saw the throngsf ’,! 0 * little urchins, who crowded around the line of our J ^ the thought occurred, may there not be in that crow/Ir*^ tie admirera.one *• Village Hampden." on whose * visitof the Savannah Vo’unteers.on this occasion »;mi cti.’-t an imnrpttini ita tmrtas J... such an impression, as some future day. to SMBWlri,-*,. gies. and call forth, in the councils of his country , cot . cing eloquence io behalf of the ocglectad defence ,5* - ^ igation of the ancient city of Oglethorpe. The Races. The following is the result of the Race: over the C* . • Course, which commenced on the 30th alt; FIRST DAY—2 mile heats, Purse $200—A. Bel'/i Frances Atnanda, H. MrA'pin's c. m. Ruby, G B. Robertson’sb. m. Betsy Shelton, withdrtwi Time—Istheat 4 1—2d heat 4 5. SECOND DAY—3 mile heats,Purse$300 G.B Re crtson’sb.c. Mirnbeau, A. Belli* b. h. Billy Gay, H. McAIpin's b. m. Lucy Long, * Time—lat heat 5 59—2d heat 6 10. THIRD DAY—mile heat, Purse $100—0. B. RiU- son’s c.c. Putnam. A. Bell's b. m. Nancy Rowland. « , Democratic Cnmlitintca for President. MARTI* TAX BURE A, of IV. Y LEWIS CASS, of Ohio, KICll’Ds M. alOIHYSOIY, of Ky -I OH A TYLER, of Virginia, To be decided by a National Cut: rent ion in JXay, IS44. H. McAIpin’s b. g. Crockett, j j Time—Istheat l 54—2dheatl 57. FOURTH DAY—mile heats, 3 be.t ia 5, Pane taw- G. B. Robertson's b. h. Mirabeau, A. Bell'sc. m. Frances Amanda, , j II. McAIpin's b. m. Loey Long, withdrawn. Time—lat heat 1 51—2d heat l 58. ’ " Receipts of Cotton this season, up to May 1st, 1844. Stock on hand, Receipts to same date last year. Stock on hand, Annexation of Texas, Opinions cf Mr. Van Butch and Afr. Cby. We have before us the lucubrations of the isgtsaf Li n . den wold and Ashland, both; and find each opposed to the wishes of the friends of Annexation, with this dilertrrj to wit: Mr. Van Buren seem* not entirely unfavonbloti Annexation, ultimately—while Mr. Clay is oppoiedt# tie proposition being ente-tsined now or hereafter. Mr. Vu Buren thinks it decorous to use conciliatory lnngaigtieba friends, whom heknows, usually take the liberty ofdtskiq for themselves; Mr Clay expresses himself in en abrupt n». ner, an affectation of plain bluntness, peenliar to biaudf— based 00 that servile onedieace he exacts from his nmli to all hi* opinions. Mr. Van Buren appears to expect that his tuppoitenvU entertain ideas different from bis owo, 00 some saajeett- Mr. Clay does not conceive it possible, that any of his or; ala will date to cherish a thought—much less expresi tm- different from his own. Mr. Van Boren's opposition, is evidently dedodhis (m tbe following words of bis letter: "It his already-ko my duty to act officially, on at least two several Oceania, hut in different forms, upon the subject mtuerto which you questions have reference.” In other wards, he had no- mined himself, aud was obliged to oppose Atmetauoe. abt consistent. Mr. Clay’s opposition is based on a consideratwa soar what different. In surveying tbe political field, be hM<&- covered, to use bis own words, that the South " it starts- sidered the weakest part of the Confederacy!! td that his reliance must be, as he phrases it, upon tint “ttt- tiderable and respectable portion of the Cosfedersev’l 1 . lying and being situated North of Mason k Dixnn'ilius. You can see. throughout Mr. Van Buren's letter, b*re grets. that, to be consistent, he is obliged to oppose the apa- i-in* of his friends. No doubt, as he proceeded, hiipesvti arrested by the thought. How will “Old Hickory” tike aa' and, pacing back and forth in the halls of Lindenwkl, ti recover himself, he would be startled, at the sight of• Gkh* ora Richmond Enquirer, which a stray breeze hadhbv* across hia walk, with the thrilling reflection, that he vf running full tilt agtinjt Blair and Ritcbie. And. ridk* palm pressed on his expansive brow, he would vwifr what those "children of the sun. who partake of its mtrcM will think of hit letter, when it is read at the South? Bth vri'b a firmness thtt must astonish those who harr ci.ri him Non Committal.” and thought him defiant is P" ,! of nerve, he mustered resolution and oppawi’hit hot friends, on a favorite subject. “ T-ie thing was neither rich nor rare, Bnt how the devil came it there I” In Mr. Clay's letter, you see, what he scarcely * conceal, his conviction that his Southern friends. *ha. h' ing abjured every other principle at his bidding. *3' *■ mw refuse to gulp down any bolus be offers. They- 1 * not only crossed the-Rubicon to follow him. bat they ti r! burned the bridge after they had oassed. for fe«r W - * might he detachments of honest men. who would wiiht 4rt ’ turn Hn knbws their servility too well, to fear 1* e^ ! ' tion of resentment, for any indignity he offers them a**- Both these gentlemen see n to have iasrned their to* from the precepts of England, and ao lar aa English mu- 3 are practised on others, that nation carries oat to fr ' preachings to the letter; it is a Procrustean bed, 'to* they pare off a head, if the subject is too long, or *tret-*h the yielding joints and sinews, if it be short of her icr» fitness But when these maxims sre applied to Enj 1 then the cate is altered. She affects great reverence 83.189 Bales. 10.371 “ 91,298 •* f 4,795 “ (GT Wc are requested to aay, that the Books of the Tax Receiver of Bibb County, will be kept open till the first of June, at tbe Reading Room of the Messenger Office. military Encnmpincnt nt Itlaron, ^ If wc were to attempt a full description of this beautiful episode, which has relieved the monotony ofevery-dav life, we shnuld be at a loss where to begin. The tented field by moon light, with the aen-inel'a bayonet gleaming fitfully, like the fire fly’* flash, as he turned tn pace his midnight round, might plea re the poetic temper. Or there may be those, to whom a recital would be amusing, of the boister ous mirth and rollicking fun. to which soldiers in quarters are wont to give themselves over, on occasions. We could tell nf the song, the story, the practical joke, all in the Charles O’Malley vein; and of the night at’ack on the camp, by an unoffirered detachment of “the boys" from the 564th Com pany of Georgia Militia, who captured a.drumner in the fo ray. and ended by being captured themselves, and undergo ing “durance vile” in the guard tent, for a reasonable time. The regimental review of the day. with the skilful man oeuvres of gorgeously clad companies, their various banners waving gracefully in the light breeze ; the deafening dis charge of fire arms, from the pistol of the cavalry, the sharp sound of the rifle, the louder musket, to the thunder of the cannon; and then the inspiring music of the dru n and fife, or the more pleasing notes of the band; would suit another taste. Or wo might dilate on the festive scenes of Thurs day’s Pic-Nie, and tell of the lovely faces there— “ Who first, who last, or hate the knights address’d Their vows, or who was fairest at the feast; Whose voice, whose graceful air did most surprise; The speaking looks, and silent love of eyes." All this, aod more, we might narrate, if we knew how. And it would be an envious task, to toll which of the Vol untrer Companies pleased us best. We liked the “ Phec- nix Riflementheir costume, and sable plume waving over the light forage cap. reminding us of the sylvan chief tains starting out from the forest scenes of an opera. Their evolutions, performed by bu’le signals, were admirable. The “ Republican Blues" is a fine company, and if wc must say it, their uniforms suit our taste rather better than any. \ against ftreiin aggression, >9t The “ Savannah Volunteer Guards,"—u name fa- the "Rial,r to Seeuritv " And in obeying <■ . ff. miliar to us from childhood, although it was never our lotto tion% whit lav do we vio'ate, by Annem** ^ ^ ^ see th4company before. And well do we re.rember how nited Sli:e3? According to the old i g a * ( vj'.** our boyish heart once leaned with patriotic ecstacy. t-i hear stao js unrepealed by succeeding natiw*» a ? ^ , fl p* that marUll tune, which hears their mine, end which has wmcaptAfy title to a roumry which they a ! e ; , ae jui-h** made it a household wnrd in the midlands un i mountains, tension for a number of years. Ti»*3 term * Its appearance here, realized every anticipation. As the left undefined by modern nations, e">i * dre* Guards have “ tn>ops of friends” in Macorr. they will par- ; the nature of the property disputed, and don one of tbe number^ for thinking their plume* beautiful* ; ce s of the case” )y emblematic, a» is their re 1 blue and white, of onr n »'ional Men the claimant is unable to .e*7 captory posses for* least implication from the laws of nations, where I00t ^^ te be judged. Rut let it become her interest to extr * | dominions, and she wrests a province from one wea* f plants her Bag oa the shores of another; inier/rrr*-*-- ^ | biter between two rival chiefs in the East, tadewd/by *-• duing both A driving them from their heritage *. ar,1 j ! ‘ S 7*, ters the peaceful Chinese, as if for sport. Md ^ clause in Vattei does she twist, to justify her | Any. or she only points to her million of men on»»e and replies. I have willed it! All this their paragon of faithful Nations can ^ she lists. Rut when the South poiou to her f ® ^ frontier, and asks for the admission of a territory* * ] 2 by our brethren, as a necessary fortification toe r? • ^ ern State, and to that City, which is destined tube* - - . great of the earth, to protect her from a second ^ ^ that just nation, whose motto was " beauty an .lb^ eB . former occasion, we are told, that we ask for an: • - ■ \ . , , g r. imps- of the Laws of Nations, and that the eyes _ and en lighted world, England included— In our reading of those laws, we have snme r wt *‘ a chapter, relating to the duty of a nation “ t ad nf another i*\ colors, rather heavy to the eye. If this be a fuult.it is the only one we could see, in anything which related to that company. "Tlte *• Chatham Artilleryf the ble” of all Georgia’s citizen soldiery, date not. from the year 1786. Each of its mem! und m( •ipation. they oMeisW ’’ jsor. ad®"" USUCapiuryt > igii st his title ha. beta det-in”- 1 SJ : n jp ,: ees; in others, "it is usual forthe i it ient and honors- :>• t-> rr-t ,i-» tl>* title and arms of the ilispu-* " f we mistake ' on evidr:.- • that the claim has not been , ft i f wears a chit- ] 1776. the TJ. S; ties threw off the allegiance - |ap y* province so claimed, by •a pr ined : peau. and flora their appearance and bearing each private ! ha-* seems worthy to be a field ofii^er. as he looks. Of iheir at the term'n.ition three pieces of brass ordnance, one was the gift of Washing- i instead of acknowledge ton. and two of La Fayette; the former of which was cap- j prudent to do, had enterea hc* su ‘"’**” a J on . w ho * 01 tured with Cornwallis and his army at York town. This en- | being recognized as an iudepem eat i threw off the allegiance • ^ f r independence up to this time ’ ^. |B i I of the Revolutionary struge ig our Independence. ■* 8 j{ | red her solemn P rotc4t J^ \