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millions to begin with. I do not pretend to say that the gentleman from Tennessee will support the measures for distribution of the surplus revenue. It' lie does, how ever, one f.iet is clearly established—that the opinions he has expressed of the eilect of the system of dcienve recommended by the administration, had better oe expunged, grear tts mav be tfie abhorrence oi some gentlemen for black lines. But Mr. Chain tan, before 1 proceed to another part of the gentleman’s argument, 1 most not emit to notice in connexion with it, another purpose he made it serve him. H avimr, ns he supposed, t stab'islu d lie fact tiiat the Treasury was to be exhausted, and (la? st stem of high taxation established, he turns from then cue u itli tipparent indig nation, mid asks the question, “who does n >t see from all this that we me to h ive mt increased tariff in due season, and that the managers oftlie party are preparing to claim the support of the m luufaclming interests The honorable gciitlem in here charges up on the managers a:i intent to establish the tariff, and thereby secure the support ol the tariff party. An important inquiry then a rises, to settle with certtdnlv who are the managers of (lie parly e' For in this alle gation the member irotn ’detmessee has (irawn a distinction between tite “ rank and file,” tts 1 suppose him to mean, and the that “ There is, how- -L..- ..... In i lit -ute iTTtTirs cEiirjv .It 5c.....!,, in bold relief against others made by the honorable member; which 1 shall notice before I take my sem. it It is been the fash ion of many gentlemen opposed to the Pre sident, to charge .’tin) with “ absolute dic tation”—-that the party could not, dared not oppose his view*, without incurring the set tled displeastnv of the President, and the loss of confidence “ ofthose who bend their supple knee” at his bidding. The gentle man has, in this particular instance, given us to understaud that there were more “ managers” than oil '. Now, sir, I should be pleased to know it' he includes the Pres ident among the number of “ managers” who are seeking this connexion with tl.e ta riff party ? if there is such a thing as an administration party, he who presides fl ver that administration as the chief execu tive otiieer, must be considered one ot' the “■/ztr/s.rger.sof the party.” And that brings us directly tti the consideration oi this most unwarrantable charge against the President. 1 ask the gentleman, 1 ask any and every candid man, whether an old or new enemy, to point a single act of Ins administration sustaining that allegation. Let not tti title men answer me by saving that the Pri sident was not embraced in this charge. 1 have the pro .f at Inn I, recorded in the same speech, that puts tins question beyond doubt. Hear the honorable member from Tennes see s.pe.ik lor himself. “ There is strong reason,” says he, “to believe that the ob ligations ot party are held so sacred, that none who belong to the majority dare do a iiything which the President shall forbid, or tail in the support of whatever he shall re commend.” Can any one believe, that that gentle man entertaining tiiis opini-m of the abttso iutecontrol, dictation, and arbitrary pow-j er exerci-ed by the President over the ma jority, does not intend to convey the idea ( that the President himself constitutes one j of that party ? les, Mr. Chairman, what ever may havebeen tite meaning ofthe gen tleman, he stands, and must continue to stand, as making a charge more disreimtable to the private character of that man, more i derogatory to a large majority of the free men ol this,Union, more reproachful to the I honor and cbatjacler of the President in Ids official station, than I have ever before | heard from any q ,arter. Sir, ll;? Prvsi dentoi t e United Slates has been compar ed by his biller eiiemies, in the (lavs of great excitement, to a .writ, a Caligula, an usur per w< ise than Cromwell—a tyrant, tramn iiiig tin ler loot the rights ol the widow and the orphan ; but it was reserved for the | honorable member from Tennessee to at tempt to prov- what others had only the temerity to assert. That gentleman snjrs, “ 1 here is strong reason to believe that now, ifthe majority dare do any thing, or. fail in the support of any measure whatever ' that the Pre.-i lent orders on the one hand or forbids on the otser.” Sir, can there be ach trader in thi nation more absolute ly despicable than the c ue drawn by the gentleman in tiiis brief sentence ? Sir, as one oftlie parly here alluded to, and so much calumniated by this charge of passive servility to ti e will of the President it would bebutjust to say, that he who is prepared to avow sttt h sentiments as these would be the fir<t to fill that station with' becoming di'.rnity. But, Mr. Chairman, it is not only this unprovoked, unwarranta ble charge against the majority, which, if true, makes them more servile, dishonored and disgraced than slaves; but it is ab-o lulely stripping the President of tite bright est traits in his character—patriotism and love oftlie institutions of his country, as a public man, and honor, nobleness, generos ity, and sensibility as a private genth man. Can any man rise here and maintain that if those allegations are true against the Presi dent and the party, of absolute {dictation on the one hand, and unqualified submission on the other, they can have any regard, love or veneration for the institutions of the country, all of which are based upon princi ples directly the reverse of those that alone could conduce to such acts of tyrany and servility? ?»o, sir, if i have correctly con ceived the m •ailing otf he honorable gen tleman by the remarl.es I have quoted, no longer, in his opinion, can the President or the party but up any pretnlions to patriotism, virtue or independence. Sir there, must havebeen a very sudden loss, of’those in estimable qnalitio, for surely -itch was not the charactercit the President or the p 'rty, when the honorable member was himself (me of the most conspicuous mid fnithful of its members. A few short days and some incidents frequently produce rapid changes in the opinions of men. Mr. Chairman, I have heard it said on this floor, if I mistake not, during the pres ent session, by different gentlemen on differ ent occasions, that when a thrust was made at the party, they would dodge In hi nd the President, to shield themselves from the castigation they deserved ; and the moment an arm was raised to inflict a blow, they would cry out, “ Doot strike, you will hin t the President.” The great regard l;erto- Ibre professed by certain gentlemen for the > I'roidcnt has proserv cd hi> cll.t ruder sacred, but 1 thi k tit'! honorable im tuber from Tennessee cannot be charged with slaving 1 the blow ci.her for the party or for the Presi dent. It would seem that he had liatdlv .stopped to inquire who it was that he had 'struck, or was about to strike; but has, in the spirit of a reckless knight, charged un ion the President mid the pm iy, without, the I slightest discrimination as to poi sons or re -1 gard for vv capons. The honorald. gentleman, on the conclu sion of his fust day’s speech, gave a short ex'd 'nation <>l li.s ow n course berlolore, ami the course he should pursue hereafter. On ■ resulting his arguments, on the second day, he ri marked : Some of those vv ith vv bom 1 foi'iiieidy acted it) this Hott-e may think my deelar.uu n t pun the natt.re oi n v | rat nt relations to the party in power, stiflieiently evplie !. 1 can have no pcs ib e motive to assume an equivocal ] osition lielore the committee or lite country. On the eontia rv, 1 consider mv honor at stake in taking a different coms ■. I therefore repeat that] shall support all the measures ol‘this admin istration, which 1 shall find to be in accor- ■ dilutee w ith its early avowed principles', in | the same manttet and to the same extent 1 ; have hitherto dene ; and I shall oppose w ith my intlnence and ability, vvbatcvt r they may ‘be worth, every meuture, eveiy practice ami movement of the party , winch ctuq be jc'.oiur m tta- ya t’ey of elciTli.g the Ex i eeutive favorite to the succession.” And, Mr. Chairman, ns if the language used bv | the honorable gentleman w as too strong, and , might net answer vv hat it plainly means, viz: that he wiil oppose every measure oftlie i administration, l:e places the matter beyond ‘ doubt, by proceeding to say : 1 “If the declaration that I hold mysell the supporter of the a 'ministration, toauj 'extent, shall appear inconsistent with my ■votes upon so many party questions which ■ arise in thi.<[lotise from day to day, 1 can only answer, that it is not my fault ifiltep//7y act tin of this House shall ahnost in every instance have a direct ref. re>:c.- not to the i support of Lett. Jackson so much as to the ' election of a particular candidate to the Ibesidemy.” Mr 1 have seen some tn n il. s o. , a few proclamations, and ■ some declarations of political creeds, but 1 inttst frankly admit that I have never seen so labored an effort to say two things at the i same time. Tl.e hott. member seems un willing to trust himself in saying what his ! course w ill be, bt l ire he rushes in a proviso, j ba; ked by an example ; r.nd the plain En glish ol the whole is, that lie believes every movement of the party, every act of ie ; gislation, every measure introduced in the ■ House, has some cotmexioit, directly or itt i directly, with the “ policy or motive of clec- I ting the Executive favorite t > the succcs ! -ion,” as lie is pleased to call Air. \ an Bu- r-n, and that, therefore, according to the i rule lie has presenbed k>r Ins own course ol | act-on, his ciaint to Icamlor vvmtld not hi ve suffered from an open avowal of his deter mined opposition to the print iples of the ad ininis'.rauoo. Sir, it will be r. membered by the eom -1 itiitlee that the honorable gentleman from ! lennessee made a labored effort to estab lish the exact similarity in principles oftlie | dominant party of the pi t-sent day and the i federal parly of 11.3. To othblish the 'correctness of this charge against the ad j ministration party, he iii.'istcd that, as the party of’9B was for a large standing army and navy, so was th .• adininistra'iou party at this day. Ti ec v idem eof the charge was to be found in the system of defence as reconimcndeu by the President, and for wide;:, estimates had been futiiisl.cd by the heads ot the Departua tits. 1 must ccn!e-s I had much (iiliiculty in ccmpn hendtng-ei ther the lacts or the teiisoning i f t!:e ;;cn . tlcmaa that could have uutlioiizi d hint in making tl.e ch ir..e of 1 rirra; prim iples on ■ ' p-cty. Nci her the Pri slot nt nor the V.iiror .Xavy 1 Apartments, nor any friends jof the adimaistrat; m in cither branch of Congress, has submitted any protiositicu for a large standing army or navy. The utmost verge of all their plans w nuid scarcc i y organize a respectable peace estal.lisi - I ment : and how the member could fed him self authorized to assert the analogy be ltwren the principles ol the party now sup , porting the admmistratioH mid the federal ; party of ’OB, is so tar beyond mv ken, that I I shall y it Id to the yenti; man the honor often i claimed by men who have gone before him, ,of discovering •<> strict analogy in these, wholly dissimilar iu every ] rinciple. This | analogy is oiscove l cd to exist not only as re- 1 j kites to the standing army and navy ; but! 'the honorable gentlemen goes further, attd | ; dete(ts another federal pt imi I in the dom j inatit party by the adoption of a rule o' this \ House, making certain appropriation fail's j the order of tin: day, from and alter a par- j I tit ular time, over all other business I This I rule oi tue House was recoiiuni tided at mil c’.iily petiodof the sesmu by tile Uommittee 1 ,mt Foreign Affairs. So far as the commit- ■ ; tee were concerned, they | reposed a rule i for the order of business here, which was, ' in their judgement, imperiously demanded’ j from our defenceless condition and a full I view of our foreign relations. Now will! ary gentleman |'retc:id to say that, with a knowledge of the la tin re of the* appropriation ! bill oftlie first year, with the wretched state i of every brand) of' our public defence, will- i I the daily prospects ofa coilision will, France, ! lit was not our first duly to take up im.j] j consider and pass the appropriation l.’dk, j necessary for the public servicer Was lit the duty of this House to have act-j |ed on the various bills, or to let them sleep' ! until tlieeml of the session? Why, s i r j j I venture to affirm that there never was a rnlii j more imperiously demanded by ti e public j interest than the one which has’ received I such uncalled f.w and imwarantable censure' and conden.nation from the lionoiaide gen-1 ilcmati. 'I hegenth man al. o contended that if the spirit of’ the resolution reetdatin"' the order of business ct 2Gth January, was car ried out, “that it would result in the re enactment of the sedition laws of 17[)8.” lie says that the resolution oftlie House I arid the sedition law contained the same principle : the object of each was “ to sup ■ press discussion and to prevent attacks up on the party in power.” Sir, I should really be inclined, from tlii broad assertion, to suppose that the honor able member could not be greatly dissatisfi ed with the principles oftlie sedition laws ; for, if he should have succeeded in show ing the principles of the one to be identical vvitli those of the other, I think the journal of the House ami the minutes of the Com mittee oftlie whole, w ill show that, so far from the rule snppicssiiigdiscnssioii, it Inis been enlarged ami extended tothe utmost verge. V. by, sir, the gentleman’s ow n case is a hap py and triumphant refutation of’ bis asser . lion. 1 ask the honorable member to tell ■ the nation how long lie discussed one pro j position in relatii n to one of the appropri ; atiot) bills. Four successive day s, sir, did Jie ci'jny the privilege of saying any and I ever, tiling he chose to say, upon any and ' < vary topic he thought ptoper to d'. cuss, I ami vet, sir, “ the spirit oftlie rule, if ral lied out bv the party in power,” lie asserts, would result in the re enactment of the sedi tion laws of 1798 ! But the honorable gen tleman says one of the “objects of tiie rule was to prevent attacks Upon the partv in power. The rule, sir, has been equally unfortunate in that respect, and it’the Lon oraLk'sen 1 men could have allowed b.'ni t If j but one mmnctil of relic, lion, in this very I assertion was to be found a fact directly at I variaurc with the point he laboring to i slab | iisb. \\ hat, sir, prc.etit attacl.s upon llie i party in power 1 What else has the minor i ity done during the entire session ? Have I they 'mirmiuced any measure, [ rojinstd atiy projt d, lor legislative r.etion or inquiry , nut with the view of fiiht.mating denuncia tions,. unjust, miwarraiit.ible, and . such as were never Lt lore w itnessed in any deliber ative body against the pariy 7 And prav, sit, vvl.o is .the ].a. ;y, and v.ho is tl.nl is eternally art ayed against Why, j it is the milelmite party, compost d of advo cates cl the tai if]', internal imp; cvements, I the bank, the ntillilying party, and abwve | all, the “no-party party.” Each with, piin j eipies professedly opposite, irreeoneiliiiiile witii each other, are now seen tmited un ' uer a common Ilog', waging an eternal tm i relenting “ war against the party. Whv, I in such a contest 1 Ute • arty," from the fact that tliCif principles are defined, avovvei], open, and undisguised, have much to fear. | Why, sir, if “ tiie -j itity" make a blow at ■ that branch oi’tke indi (mite partv professing i tl.e principles of lite Aincrii'an svstem, you i are answered by gentlemen professittg tl.e i doctrines of nullification, ami durinir the ! scuflle that ensues betwe en them the Amer ican system gentlemen skulks out of the I contest, take their position on some com manding eminence, and there smigly re- ■ miiin until the battle is over, when thev i return to their friends, toe tmllifiers and oi i for them tht ir smiles, ami Jooltsso piteettslv concerned, that the hold nnllifier can in; feel bis niter di-gu-t. Just so with the reniahi :t)e parties : tiie one regardless oi consequence ; lushes to the f.gbt, but are no ■ oci.er engaged i than tl.eir tdiie.s take a distance, which is well ■ o’,served, until danget puses oh; when they in .■urn approach tl.e oatiio ground, ajh rcn cud ■ hrerr. liitle band, wiiase imxim it is to share ail j the honors without incurring any of the dangers jof war. Sir, 1 have been compelled to tiiis re i view of the stated the opposition (who 1 call the i d fitiitepar y, ia c ii.trad.- ia tint a.- ■ .y ,”) bom tl.e language oi tiie uoticiablc mem ber ironi . • " . believe, (say s be) ( th.io are ir.atiy iidividaiis vino do i.ut uccoiu jnil the [tresent cut:;.-;' cl the party to which i they b long upon many qaes.ii.ii.., v. iio cannot long abide tlieii'party connexions; and sir, ii 1 ji.i.'i.-a .-.■.><■./ the pov.erot exorcism upon this c t- I eitsio’.i, 1 irindil Ui:l ttu.u lustciitlg conic out ; Hum aiming their uncongenial cleii.cm* and ;u --! sociatcs, wt.hv. hit h th. ;, are al present unitea.” I Aovv, sir, 1 ask the hum.rude men.her which . wmg of this opposition would lie have us join I ,Is it liis part. ! Il so, 1 have never yet. ueant an avowal ol their crce.l. Ido not know the * principles they prdess. All that Idu knew r-. j dint they arc opposed tothe udiumistratioti. 1 j must tliciclote take liis reconmieudation on trust, or refuse the politeness d liis ot.er. Am Ito join the nuililii alion party I They do not I want it; tiny do not w...h io uivde me glory I of rite enterprise ; ihei e will not be more hono ' in the end than vv.li in; cl tiie demands ol the pre sent members of mat party, but . .a ;key have others that vvouid i, ive apn .... ue. t iider no circunistauccs, ritet ifore, vv ctdd the d.ssiitisi.ed of the ddinimu.t par.y iceeive quin tal's in their camp. Miaii we join the Ami man -.vsi.'ni party, mi.l thcieiiy keep company wi.li me balance ol the iatmly oi the i pposition ! Yt fay, sir, that is .impossible ; our cariy hadis, our deliberate judgcaiicat oi the best interest, founded upon justice, coimra’m us to iduse a comiecmm with this portion of the opposition I —selfish, cold, and calculating in every move ment, we slaidd expect to he reduccu io d.st;- ; krtc want and beggary in a very short time in their cunqiany. Now, sir, having shown the objections tojoin i ing in any of the dillerciit portions of tiie op j position, lint one of two things seems to me pro per for such as may not be entirely satisiied I with every measure oi the admiui. iralion ; to I lop di and constitute a lour.h div ision of the ! opposition upon seme particular political tenet, i which accoidiiig to my observation,is no sooner '.-etiled than promptly deserted, or s’ay where j we are ; instead ot opposing every measure I right or roug, to give a cordian support to such | members as we b; lieve are vvright, and a n.anlv independant, and farm opposition to those we be iiev" to be wrung. I'or one ! sn:dl on all and j every occasion give my support or eq o. it ion to ' each particular measure that may come before! inc, as I believe conductive to the public good ; and thou: h it is of no consequence, < ither to the j honorable member Irom Teime.-.see, or any one ’ else, yet 1 do not hesitate i.i say ing, whenever tiiis Government shall be ailniiui: ten d upon other than the cardinal principles of the present administration, as 1 un.iersiand them and be lieve them to be, I shall be found among those who will have firmness enough to take a stand against that administration. But sir, ia such a position, 1 v. ill nold coniinunian with a par ty on the fragment of a party, whose principles are equally or more objectioahle ihan the . principles of tl.e administration to which 1 may be opposed. Sir, there is a glory in political consistencv, that far surpasses the fleeting honors that arc conferred and v.illi diawn, according to popular whim. Per haps it is to that alone a political man should, ito coinpcii. ate him in the hour of dis-.ertion. The history of our own country ami our own aye aihnoim i', nil that the man <;f | this dav is stinh in oblivion to-nioircvv ; and I surely liis • icatcst solace in such an extn miiy , I is that, in all l.e lias done, his conscitmi c appro- : ves the motive, and his judgement ah this his Consistency. It is well r< membered, Mr. C'hairrnim, thgl j the honorable gentleman (Mr. Bell) let no arim- ! incut i scape him that in his judgement, would excuse, authorize, or justify the attack which he made on die administration ; and hence the ex traordinary position lie assumed before the com mittee, “ that President making” should becfmii' j a regular part ol the legislative procecdi'igc of the House. To avoid doing anv injustice to tue ;u ;>-iiu< nt ol the gentleman, ! will give |,'s own words: “It any one thall . bjcct (says the gentleman) to this discussion I < cause ii sa vors of President making; if any gentleman shall he d'duded l.y the opinion tiiat topics di- I II K STANMO OF UNION. icellv coimected w ilh the j . lilies of the day sh- mil be excluded fr. tn this Irdl, I ask him to r. fl.'ct ler a liniment upon the fact, that no subject; I this dav, of import mice, does or can arise in < mngrc. s/g/zffZt ix not siistitinid or oj>- pirod, end l.iutd’i (Ifc'drd upon principles end rtii .is s ir'i n !i iji f, rd 'u-t < >7'/ det pip into thr f’l-is.i, cam-ass, mi' ultlinatidii decide l/ic i.s-.0.-i. ’ .Now, sir here is a charge, eoiqiled with a coul".spin in which the honorable niem be.i has certainly placed the opposition in a posiium lielore the country which I could scarcely have' suppon d one so < lev atee, di. in terested, ami patriotic in his cotn.'C as that iion oral.lc niemla r, could have consented to occupy Wh it is that cohfe sioti, sir, and what is the po.i ion the inein’.c;-:; of this House must occu py before their coi-.t.incuts, if the gentleman is correct I lie tells von that no subject oj ii:>- porhinee does, or can arise, in Cont;res.-,iidiudi is tod sustained or opposed, and finally deci ded rpon principles end iiiotircs which enter directly anil dei nlp into the t i ri sidr.ntnd can vass. and decide the issue. Sir if • ill's lie true t'i<) gentleman must esi.tolj.’i tb it “ Presideni making” is a part of cur regid ir le g’.s'ativedatie: mi h'r tite coujtitutioi) sanctioncu I and approved bv th ■ ecustitidoil which I mider ' take to ■■ y no tn in can s-.-ioitsly, in a moment of t 00l d. I:'erafiai’, believe ; or o'hei’.visiq he in's lira::-led every member of thia House with J ' violation (U li's eatb. Wl> it, sir, lias i come totl.is, thatevery mea sure is opposed an'mlvocatiil with the diiect view oi advaiiciu .t’te pretensions of sortie fa vorite to the Chief Magistracy ? Sir, die gen tleman v. Ito can feellliis charge to! e true, innv W( Il exclaim that this is a corrupt and degeim rateage ; he may well cry out that there is cor ■ ruption in the lanl ; 1.0 may well denounce , ma n an iim sines; lie may see and fe. 1 d in gers that are im:o: n andunfelt bythose who are inlb.icnccd I y i.i. Mich improper motive. ’ won': . bog the liomirabii'<'vnti. niaii, for t|ie honor ol ail, for the imnor if the nmiou, not to inflict a mortal w ound, by one thrust, upon tiie standing of y our legislative departnu nt oi the Govern ment; m;i to prefer a charge against all the members of this Hoc e, and plead guilty to that charge in tl?-ir mimes. If the opinion is entertaired bv tl e I'cntktmin, cither as to thr character of our I ' i-latien or the motives tiiat 1 ii.'t’iience member), I tl:ir<k our cons'ituent should begin to inpiire into cur dirties as definedi bv the ( Onstiaitim ; they sl euid determine whethertliis or th? other, or both branches ol Cotigicss comLimd, are requit' d to make laws for their benefit, er to imd.e a President to rule them. I can hut say, Nr. Chairman, that I believe it is no part of omilegitimate duty to “sustain or oppose, and finally decide, any question upon i print iph s ami mo ives vvhi< h enter directly and [deeply into the presidential canvass.” Anil | here,sir, v. ails! 1 (liny the principles and motives I charged by the grtitlenmn from' Tennessee as [ regulating my conduct, it is but -’iir to hold him ito tt confession tiiat lie has thus voluntarily I mmle. And die Honorable gentle?:tin having I made a confession bf this poitimi of his faith, j 1 shall be pleased to know it' ii was considered '•one of tiie “ origin::! Jackson principles and if so, whether this .rinri; ':'of le:,!-lati".g on the I, suliject of “ i'ic'sident making” was known to an li.mor.'idc Senator from 'j*. tines e", (H. L. While.) when be oppo.-ed General Jmk : oil's election to tl.e Smrrte oftlie United States, f'ur fear that “ it would be believed that l.e w i.- jiiaced in M’a-!: : uet(ui to electioneer for the Presidency'!” imt to proceed 'in the l.onora- I le geniiemmi’s cvnlatlgmy : : “ It l,:r; c-f Lite become more inqmrttint than at ary former pi - riod in th? history oi’tl.e Govirnnu n', that litis suiiji ct cf Pri r.k,cut imiki::? should be lak< nup seriously, and m ade a part of the regular busi ness of Congress.” Str, it stril.i s me that the propriety of the cmirse i:ev, lecommomh.d bythe honorable grni tlemmi, llie pilnciphs he now seeks to establish as a part ol the creed of the opposition, wore not so well iindarstoml in the first days ot this administration, er during the time the Chief ! g;:-. a‘." v.; ■ first a candidate, oiberwi.a distinguished nreman from Tennessee (Ho::. 11. L. Vi kite,) was not so fortunate as to be f il ly initiated in the doctrines of that party, or Ims furnished the world very conclusive evidence thathe was not at that periods Jackson man. .'.iter a.lvt r.itig to one other remark of llie geti llaimin from Tetmcssce ti:;:t struck me at the lime v. ith sonic surpr:.- e, 1 shall proceed to no tice sonic of ti e opinions of the Hom H. L. bile, which 1 sh..Jidoin a manner perfectly respectful to him, and which 1 would not do at all but lor the t '..pect 1 have lor the examples ot his friends upon this fioor in examining the • <ff one other individual (Mr. Van : - ren,) tv l;o, like the honorable Senator from Ten- ' -Cl <’•i' 1 - ) - now ’ .:• peop ■ ci the I nion fit r the first ufficb within their gift. And, sir, there is another reason ; during all the denunciations 1 have heard here from each branch of tite opposition, 1 have heard none of |hem censure either oi tire caqdidat( s for Pres ident, except Mr. V an Buren, although 1 should have supposed some of the others entertained priijcqih. s far inuic objectionable', than any of J i.-. ' an Bur ill’s could p 5...,ib1y be. Ti e gentleman from Tennessee adverted to the President’s late special message upon li'ench rdiairs, and such was die deep impres sion left upon the mind of the gentleman oftlie djiiger, weakness, ami inconsistency of that document, that he could not omitto point it out. After contrasting two > intences contained in that document tiie honorable gentleman sa.vs, “1 regard it as therefore entirely proper to point cut any incon-istency which may impair the ef tcct oi it.” Ido not, ■ complain c.f this ; on [ die contrary, 1 acknowledge tiie right of retide- I men to examine for themselves every document i of a pniiiic character, from the President or a ny one i Ise. It is all projier in itself; but whe i ther the geulk rnan has really impaired the effect ‘ of that instiument, by liis review, is a very dis : ferent question. Tiicob j ct of the examination was to show inconsistency, that a short connnu -1 nicalion from th ■ President contained contlicting principles. Sir, since (he bminral lo gentl. man has assu med tiie <>l!ic(' of review ing the documeiits and [ communications of the President with a view to i point out anv inconsistency that may impair I their clfect, I must be | e.rinittcd to invite his I attention to parts of two letters containing im j j'lOi tant mailers from an honorable Senator from i’einie-scv, and who is now beiure the people as a candidate fortlie office of President. (1 mean the honmable ILL. White.) 1 should suppose the honorable member could net object to this ; lie would doubtless feel the obligation as great to [mint out inconsistencies in reference to Judge White as he lias in relation to General Jackson, j Sir, I send tothe ( T'lk an extract of a letter, from the Imnorabh'Hugh L. White to Pi vOF.j | Lea, Esq. dated July I Ith, 1S“/, and ask the ■ . reading ol' the same. Rea las follows : id.rtract cd a hth r from the lion. id. I. White to Pri/nr J.ctt, tisp, dated duly LH.i I !S“7. “ Doctor Wiatt had been represented by those in whom I thought i could confide, as the friend of Air. Clav, and not as the friend of Gen. Jacks.on ; and Mr. Miller as in truth wishing to use the name of (ten. Jackson, only for the. \ purpose, of sicuriny the election of Air. Ad ams, hi/ divitling the icesti rn vote." “ Whether these representations were true or f.dst', as it related to Doctor t\ iatt and Mr. Miller, is not now in the least material. They were undoubtedly made, and by those in whom 1 thought I could confide, and in whom I did con fide at that lime, and honestly believing that no <;;:;■ <.i’ die four was the fi iend of Jackson’s e 'eetion. So tar as he was concerned, 1 fa"ig p ji. ri’eitlv immaterial which of them succeeded ias aganist the others, iiut it is liirther stated’ that 1 supported Uol. Williams for the Senate ol llie 1 n'rted Slates against Gen. Jackson himself i ami went so far as to call Gen. Jackson “an iiiigrateful, blac.k-iiearted scoundrel.” There ,is in tl.i.; charge a mistake. I supported Uol. ■ \\ illiams in opposition to Mr. Miller, fay ’lair means in my [lower, and when there was [ an attempt to run ..achson himself as a candi : date, in eppositarn to H illiams f used my ■' <:'r: on to prevent his name from hciir/t:- i(d as a candidate. It appteared to me that on Iron 'ground on which Gem Jackson was sup , pol led for the Presidency in other States was, that he was at home, attendin;; to his pi irate Ifn ; siaess, not m g an!t to secure hisplection as Urcsi.'hnt; and I candidly btd'crc.d that if the Legislature il< cted. him. to the'Senate, it iri'id.! oe hebcred in. those States thathe was d'f”''. li ' iUcshington to edcctionciir for the ircll as the. of tar candidates, and that such an impression would do him more -y than the. election of Col. H illiams his Mr. Chairman, 1 advert to this letter f. r the purpose ol showing that Judge White, in liis jaesent. position before the people oi’ tiie (Jni : 5 ’ llas » lik(! nr other gr< at men, li- ved 1. ng enoig b, by practice to contradict the [ maxims of early life ; and 1 will now here le j peat vvh.,ll have often said in private and in public, that 1 will not aim one blow at Judmj VV idle only in soli' defence. For his private I ami public life (if 1 may be allowed to use tiie j langa .gc ot bis iiieiid, the member from Ten- I ne.Mee, when speaking of the President and his , administration) “ uji to a late period, 1 en ,r --laiued the nmst profound r. spect:” a ttg.trd, I sir, based ujion the conviction that lit; was a . plain, unassuming, unambitious mati, content to hi! that station where liis services could be b esl [ directed to the advancement of the great inter est of the country. That lean, however', re [ cm.-cil? !:i. [ires' nt position with what 1 su’ppo- ■ sed to lie Ins early political notions, would be an I unworthy ate ctation, and a concealment of feel- I ings incompatible with a sense of duty. It : will be rememhm'.:d tiiat the honorable gentle- I man admitted, that he had “ spoken with great i freedom of the course ol die party in power,” j and that he laid not “spared his ecu.,tire when . lie thought it was desened,” and that “ he should continue to exorcise that privilege,” | 11 was perhaps unnecessary for the honorable [ gentlemen to have given this notice, fori be , lieve none that heard him doubted for a mo . ment, taat be had enjoyed a very great latitude, ami vyas quite merciless in Ins castigation, con- : sidermg he had “ been, until a late period,” one . jof the leading members of the very party he was denouncing. Others there wdre, So curi i ous as to express some wish to know the exact point of time when the dominant partv fi ll from ’-.'race, and where the horn liable member from I ennessee (Mr. Bell) then was. One tiring | must he conceded on all hands. From the number of crimes cnarged by the gentleman from Tennessee on the party, lie must have been with them a part of the time, ami should share a |>art of tiie censure, or cl.-o liis. leave of the I party was a very sad calamity lor the coUn tiy, as taeir degeneracy and rapid fall has no parallel. Lilt, sir, to return to the principles asserted in this iattef. In the first part is clearly to be gathered Judge V, lute’s unwillingness that the p nay y! n supporting Gcnetai Jack on should be d.vide.l, for lie da dnctly charges Mr, Miller ! with using the name ci' General Jackson onlv • tor the pm-pose of securing the election .of Mr. Adams, by dividing the western vote. Well, then, if it was wrong in principle to divide the w; stern vote at that day, to elect a particular mutvidual, i.oiild the same thing that was w rong then be right now ? 1 take it fer grant id shat if it was wrong at that time to divide tiie Jackson party, and thereby destroy their influence in the election for,a President, it cor tainly would be wrong, if there was any princi ple in the position assumed, to divide the same party now in electing a President; or will it be contended that so soon as General Jackson’s name is out oi the question, when he is no more lielore the people, the party that supported him, blown as well by the i:anm of tire Jackson, the :*dn-mi-tration, the Reimbiican. and the party, ' dead, and that therefore t! e pi .‘ilk n Judge White now occupies is not circulated to divide the party I To my mind it is clear, that Judge W hite at that time believed it wrong that in the separation xis the people of these States bv parties founded upon principle, there should be a division of strength between members of the same party ; and tiiat this opinion was correct it strikes me all must agree, so long as thev pro fess to act upon principle. When it is men oii •y, and hot measures of public ptdicy, then eve ry man can and should indulge bis personalpre | fi.'fence. Bow Judge White sustains the doc | trine he then entertained, let his ['resent position j speak. But, sir, the balance of this letter in regard to his course to General Jackson is full of instruction and bitter reproof. Hear with what delicate sensibility he was disposed to guard the honor of Gen. Ja: iison. Judge White •ays he supported Colonel 'Vi'iiams against Air. Miller, and “ n hen there was an attempt to rim Jackson himself as a candidate in opposition to Williams, he used his utmost exertion to pre vent his name from being used. Again, the | Judge says, “ it appeared to him that General Jackson was supported for die Presidency be \ cause, he, was at home attending to his private , biisi.'. i ss, not using any means tosecurehise- I lection as Presidentand the Judge further i say>, t! it “ if General Jackson had been pla f es c! in Washington, the inqnession would have j been that it was to electioneer, and that such an I impression would have done more injury than : to elect Colonel Williams, liis enemy.” Now, sir, ! am quite satisfied tiiat Judge White, j on this oecie iim, reasouedan rt manner pecjtliar to : himself;.ami he was so opposed tn the sliglitest i ' .■•tis[iicio;i rolsting on Gen. Jackscn, that lie would i eua cm ti (Let his 'enemy over him as a lesser j ■ri). 1 admire those dciicirte relations of private ■ ! ttndsl.’qi—i admire die segitKily ol’ tiie friends] I whose discerning eye can better see and under- ; str.iri my interest (ban I can myself; t ut. 1 am nut prepm ed tosay that I <■ add reli: h so well'that species of friendship that would prei’er tiie eleva- < .'inn of my i z'lo.'.y, for fear that, m the event of my succi.::, my niotires niipiit le qucslioncd. lint [ taking the Judge's rule as correct, that a man : should not be in the Senate of the imited Slates ! | fur fart'r that he might be suspected of electioneer-j I ing, ami how does he'stand/ Why, wo alilmow j very well. The Judge is in the Senate, yet he . j had such -scruples about. General Jaifison, that he I it p.)< s - J it might injure his elec tiini iu seme of die tstati ■ I Sir, t can come to but. ene of tw o cun- j ’ ellltrnm; in relation to this li tit".'; either that Judge [ ' \Vbite regarded the interest of General Jtickson [ 'better than his own, and cctild trust t.iiin.iif to tvntptc.fi sooner than General J::cl<M>n, or other wise he stands cmnietid of pn in Lii’g <ue creed and [n ai tising another. Sir, 1 forbenr further com ment upon this extract. 1 bar e gixen it entire, ' :.o far as relates to that matter, that ail may have ' < quid means with myself in forming conclusions. I frankly confess, if Judge \r bite meant any thing by that letter. ' ernmot reconcile his course to it. . Mr. Chairman, I have another extract of a letter of Judge While’s, written to John !{o-s, a ' Ciicrokce < li:ef, dated 2(>l!t April, le:/ !, which 1 will send t- the Clerk to bo remit Tliulcttci v. m.' read, as follows: i'.vtractfiom the hi!/ r of the Hi n. Ib.r'i 1.. Jl'liit:, to John Ross, ilcti J . 'yril, ISM. “To collect a tax from hicicli.'Ws, to ccmpcli . them to pay a small portion dft'ieir profits, at sta- j ted periods, for the support of the Government, i 1 wiicre they transact their business, has been a very cornu.<m mo.ie of collecting revenue; and no State has been charged with attempting to regu late co.umefet' w here they have exercise I such lower. Why, then, should the Cherokees bo de t:i< d the power, lieeause, by posabilny, thy might I'ii'i-c it, and undei'Uike to regulate trade ? 1 have believed, and still do, that under the t. e itics, the (li< iok.es mu i be consii ei'c’i! a nation, pass. »ing !d;e [lowers with oth'. r nations, except so far as they have stu'rcude.'Cd their independence to the b . klat. s. That they have made surrenders of [lower in many iupm taut particulars;, but that they h ive not surii miered the '.ov.cr of making muni cipal regulations ibr their own internal Govcrii : ment •. iliac mnonj. th i [lowers they still retain, is I that of imposing aud collocting taxes, j “ 1 regret exceedingly that to you I have ev j er given any opinion upon a subject that inter jest; your nation. 1 known the purpose,for which it v.-i’ l'ii, 1 should have been silent; but having given such an one as I hones ly en tertained, i cuii nrc’.r. express any other until [ conidnec.d of my error. in order that the opinion of Judge White may [ be fully unueislood at the data of this letter, i will make a statement of facts as related to me and which 1 suppo.-.e true. Mr. John Hoss was tnen, as ho is now, one of the leading chiefs of ike Cherokee Indians residing within the char tered limits of the Slate of Georgia, a part of the same nation, extending into the States of Ten ne.-.so and North C roiina, Mr. Ross, himself, residing within tite limits of Georgia, as 1 have always understood. He addressed Judge White wiio had great rcjititalion as a jurist in the sec tion where he resided, for liis opinion, with re gard. to the power,tl.e Cherokees had to pass and ! nlorcc laws lor their independent Govei nnieiil, | and especially to obtain Lis opinion on the power j ofsajd nation to collect taxes, &c. In answer to the points presented by ,Mr. Ross, the letter trinn which the above is an extinct, w;is written by Judge White, and upon the authority of that letter, tts 1 have been informed, and which opin ion is authorized by the letter itself,the Chero kees did proceed to organize an independent Government v.hithin tiie limits of Georgia, claiming for that Government exclusive jurisdic tion criminal and civil over all that portion of Georgia known as the Cherokee nation.— | Whether the opinion thus delivered-, was inten ded by Judge Wnito to influence the Indians I in the course they adopted, is not important, nor do I believe, or pretend to charge upon him a motive to inspire those Indians with the en joyment of poiitical rights incompatible witii the rights of Georgia under the constitution. But, sir, that the opinion expressed in this letter is wrong, that it has been the cause of great trouble, inconvenience, and to the authorities of Georgia every person acquainted ! with tiie circumstances will readily admit. I■- - - - .fer : . the (.Hub". j JUDGE WHITE THROWN ASIDE. Il seems from tiie paragraph which we take I from the Richmond Whig of Tuesday, the 21st j inst. tb.at Judge White has let douii, asliis joc.k --■ :es would,term it. liis two heats in Virginia, ; tinder spur and whip, have proved too hard for ; him. Tiie Richmond Whig, while declaring tiiat it greatly prefers him to Harrison, gives him up, under the pretext, that it is necessary | to go for Harrison to avoid bringing the. clec j lion to tire House. T lie White Whig thus takes I it s 1 ew stand : I “For ourselves, we have ever deprecated the ; election going into the House, not by any means . as the greatest of evils, but as Opening the door ! for corrupting intrigue, aud as leading to dange i rotis excitements. W ith these sentiments we I shall labor with all o :r force to impress upon ; the whigsof Virginia the patriotic policy, if they I can carry their electoral ticket (and all know j the [irobabiiity of their doing so) OF VOTING FOil GEN. HARRISON, if the 23 votes of this commonwealth can avail to elect him.— Every whig, we are sure, will give his a. sent to j lite measure, which would avoid tiie evil of an election by the House, and at the same time, [ defeat the open and scandalous attempt of Gen. I Jackson to dictate his successor. Individually : we prefer Judge If'hite, as identified with the. : south in all things, as a wise and upright pat j riot, and as the man who best knows the harpy [ crew who have fastened on the vitals of ike Go \ vernuient, and would most thoroughly purge it \cf their presence ; bitt we have perfect confi i </. nee in the intentions, honisty, and moderation of General JJarrison,and he hi.tr. no friend who \ would-iiuzta more loudly for his election ; not I for his own sake, nor as achieving tire best pos sibly, good, for that in otir opinion, would be the election ol W lute, who is uiiconutminatcd by a single federal heresy, ami v.iio we know would restore the Government to its pristine simplici ty ; but as excluding the candidate of the office holders, and defeating the flagitious attempt to heir the. Aiiierii an people to an unworthy favo- I rite. Gen. Harrison is a Virginian, imbued I with Virginia attachments, lie is not in all respects a States Rights man, but he,is still less I a federalist, and is utterly opjtosed to that gi gantic system of federal usurpation which bids I tair in a few years to auniiiiiate the State sove reignties, and to erect at Wiishington an over j grown and consolidated despotism. State Rights [ would be safe frinn encroachments under his ad | ministration. 11 they did not recover their an- | [ cient vigor, they would at least be protected from oppression, ilts character, his principles, his history, his nativity and education, give war j ranty of an administration moderate, safe, un ambitious and unencroaching. Every Whig, , every enlightened and true Republican, must prefer Harrison to Martin Van Buren, the de.-' sorter and betrayer of every party, the man whose opinions are kept in It s pbeket, the can didate of the infamovs ‘s[)oils’system, the fa voiito whom power dares to dictate to a free people. Every Southern man must feel in General Harrison a confidence of safety on the great question of slavery, which it is impossible he can feel in Van Buren, an avowed district abolitionist.” Here is written the melancholy end of the | : great Hugh Lawson White ! ! Os all men, | : Judge Vi liife is preferred as “a [ i wise, and upright patriot," ksc. &c. &c., but I \"as cxc'itlii.gthc candidate of the. office, hid/l-'. j i)x, ’ Ac., tiki ’s’> big means now to “HUZ- I /. t iiiURE LOLDLY 1 OR HIS (Harrison’s): i'.LLCi ION.” 'i his is- the meaning of the whole passage quoted. White has been used to I ; identify with tile A\ liigs as many as. his inl'u- [ once could make'apostates from the democratic j . ranks in the south, and now lie is to be,thrown j ' away.as deserving, nothing from the hands of the I whigs. Has me this been universally the fate ol’ ;!;■.i rtiiig republicans ! Why should the fede-[ ri'.iists give up their great men, Webster, Cal houn a- 1 ( lay—inert who have stood the brunt ol all their battles—for such a matt as Judge kite! V> hv shoujd they disgust the rank .ami l.ie cl the r p i ty by st poorli::': one who I rings noiliing to their cause out sliami—nothing but j the bad reputation of an ultra autacon's’, turned I over to them in the hope tjrrt .tliey wool I make, lor lii.-; sake, a sham stnrender of their [t.'inci [>!?..', because he showed the willingness, without th" iib-hty, to sacrifice his former fr.cnds I— .! r.dge Vi bite’s utter f.iihtro to transfer such a por tion ot the democracy oftlie South an I West, as wornd give the federalists preponderonce in a siugio re[>ublie;in Sialo, has released them irom the contract tn his lavor. The considera tion has tailed ; am! the candidate of the Wash m::ton ("aliens :s now thrown upon tiiat caucus altogether for support. but alas! V. hat is ho to expect from that I quarter! she Si X which rose at the biddimr of that distiiigiiiJie I c>:i!m., to irradiate his course to tiie i'l'esidency, h is gone down—and worst of all, Mr. Cunningham, one oftlie con cern, who traversed the south and west to spread the light of this irminary among the people, is about to expose in the twilight of its setting, the causes which now withhold the illumination, for which the peopJc paid him in advance- Wo' give below his notification on this subject. We commend it to the attention of Mr. Bell. Pro bably he will find it a good political specula lion to buy up the whole edition of 100,000 co- r pies ofMr. Cunningham’s proposed work. Having given the Richmond Whig’s graceful and voluntary renunciation of the great lluglv Lawson White, we can do no less than furnish tothe public the notice of one of the standard bearers of the Drapeau Blanc—the flag of the caucus-begotten Sun—of his enforced surrender of his colors—liis cause, and its champion. It promises much. It is as follows : “to all public and political men I!! “The Sun, established in this city, some time since, for an especial purpos'e, have ceased to cast its genial rays over the political world, and ourself having been engaged in that establish ment, having been thrown out of employ by the melancbcly lailuie, and having, in vain, appeal ed to its friends, who had pledged themselves to sustain the paper by “specific contributions,” to pay the amount that is due. that my family might live in the city, it becomes necessary to make such an exposition of the whole concern, and party, as will leave no doubt upon the pub lic mind “as to our integrity.” The under signed will, therefore, early next week, lay be fore the public a pamjihlet, half serious, half comic, and all truth, entitled— “ ‘The Rise, Progress, and Downfall of that Great Political Luminary, the SUN—with Notes, Annotation'-, and Sketches of Character of some oftlie Great Men who have contribu ted specifically to its powerful rays. Price two dollars per hundred. “Subscription papers will be circulated in both Houses of Congress on Monday next, that we may know’ what edition to work off; we are prepared to issue one hundred thousand copies, and can increase the number any amount. The curiosity and originality of this work, and the object for writing it, will, no doubt, create a great sale. The curtain will be raised high enough to expose all party machinery attached to the Sun, and some strange developments of how great men are sometimes made. “A. F. CUNNINGHAM. “ ffy® Editors of papers friendly to justice and truth, will confer a favor by inserting the above.” MESSRS. WISE AND WHITENY. Mr. Wise voted against the amendment to the the desposite bill making the Slates the depos itories of the surplus revenue. He voted on this point Aiith most of Judge White’s Tennes see friends jfand as it was known that the Pre sident would veto the bill without the change ma king the States the keepers merely, not the owners of the money deposited with them, this vote could be accounted for upon the motive ofhostility tothe President, which has distin guished their course throughout the session. But after the amendment had been passed by an immense majority in the House ; after the declarations made by Mr. Wise, that the public money was virtually in the hand of Mr. White ney, and applied by him to the most alarming stock-jobbing speculation, and political elec tioneering, we must confess oursurprise that lie should vote to keep the treasury of the nation in such hands, rather than entrust it to the safe keeping of the States! and so vote against the whole deposite bill. We are glad to fiiid, from this vote that Mr. V. ise has given up his ill opinion of Mr. Whit [ ney. We never supposed Mr. Wise’s denun i ciations against him well founded. We know that he bad not the slightest control over the I public depcsites. But if we entertained Mr 'A iso’s conviction on that subject, not all the confidence which Mr. Wise must now have for him as an individual would have for him as an individual would have for him as-an individual would have induced us to prefer his pockets, as a dejiository of the surplus, to the State treasuries. It is creditable to Mr. Wise, however, that he has given evidence at once oi' his placable and forgiving nature, and of an independence of spirit which, spurning the petty imputation of inconsistency it brings upon him, does not hesi tate to give a vote continuing, according to his avowed opinions, the public money in the hands jol Mr. \V hitney. With bis impressions, it is ; tiie boldest, not to say the blindest confidence, ol which we have any example. M e understand that Mr. Wise has also given up his design of prosecuting an inquiry into the late management of the public deposites. He is satisfied, we suppose, that all his complaints [of abuses are ill founded. How beautiful is the j amicable temper in Mr. Wise! But is it wise is it patriotic—is it safe for the public IWe I fear Air. AV ise has gone from one extreme to another. Creek War. I'o the Editor of the Macon Ga. Telegraph : “Columbus, June 25, 1886. “ Dear Sir.—l hasten to inform your that j our I ndian war must he brought loa close in a few’ days ; indeed I consider the war now at an end. Gen. Scott very judiciously placed all our Geor gia forces on the Chattahochee, establishing a cordon irom tiiis place to Irwinton, thus coni pb'tly intercepting the Indian retreat, guarding all the passes on the river: while the.Ala baina forces moved down upon them from the federal Rotld, and yesterday captured upwards of one hundred of Jim Henry’s partv. Jim Hen ry himself made his escape ; though it is thought he will betaken to-day, as Gen. Jessup’s friend ly Indians are in pursuit, and he will not be able to elude them unless he can cross the river which Gen. Scott’s Army will prevent—as his whole object has Loen to prevent those murder ous dogs from joining the Seminoles. Neah .'i irtlilv, the old Warrior, and several of his men, are in irons. There arc but few hostiles i now ; hundreds have andcrv for mercy. Jim Henry has a small party with him, and there are between 7 and 800 of Neah-Micco’s men, our Governor desurvs the grajimde of hrs country for his indefatigable exertions in supplying the Army with provisions and muni tions of war. He has toiled day and night a mong us ; those at a distance can form no idea of our situation here ; destitute as we were of every thing necessary to carry on a war, hence the complaints of tarday operations. Gen. Scott has done every thing since he recovered Irom his servere attack, that an able and patriot ic man could do.” , Extract of a letter from Gov. Schley, to the Editor of this paper, dated, COLUMBUS, 2tJth June 1836. I have been so constantly engaged'in business ever since 1 arrived in this place, that 1 have had no time to write to my frit mis : and even now. I steala moment from other business, to address you- 'llie delay ot tiie army.at this place,has given dissatis lactiou to the people ata distance from the scene, because they could not properly understand and ai'preeii’te the cause. How was it possible for an arniy to be inarched into the enemy’s countrv, without mnii. ammuuition or provisions, with tniy hoiie of beatiiig that enemy ? Ami if the troops had sone at atty time before they did, that would have bi on their condition. The.delay in the ar rival o! the arms and other munitions of war, W a» unavoidable, and ; avc Gen. Scott ami myself as mm hpaiu, 1 am sure, as any other individuals in the State. But they ar length arrived, and the army immediately took the field. These move-