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twenty-sixth congress.*
FtIWT SESSION. J
IN SENATE—Fn'ff.ty, 3, 18-10.
THE PUBLIC GANDS, Agreeably to notiej|
given on Tuesday la*t, Mr. Calhoun asked leaves
mid introduced a bill to cede the public lands to
Stites in which they are respectively situated. The
hill was read bv its tide, and, on motion of Mr. Cal
houn, referred to the committee on public
Soon alter, vM
Mr. Clav, ofKentncky, having' given notice
intention to m >vc to introduce the copy rig! t hill, stS
led that he tcg« lied that he was detailed by ’
position this mortiine, and prevented from being pfFn
sent when the bill was introduced by the senator from
South Carolina, for ceiling the public kinds to cer
tain Si oes within wliicli they orc situated. He had
wished to suggest some’other reference of it than to
the coimnibee oa the public lands; bill, unless sum-*
Senator would move a reconsideration of tin; order of
reference to that committee, he could not oiler the
suggestion which he wished to make.
[air. Soudwod moved the reconsideration, and Air.
Caih 'im objecting to it Without scute satisfactorx
reason] —
M . 1.1 y went on to observe that, as the commit
tee w->s con-iitut d, lour of its live members wert
from the new States. He meant to offer no disres
pect to them, but he must say that this was a rnea-nre
which, disguised as ii may be, and colorable as its
provisions were, was, in < lb ct, a donation of upwards
til 100 millions of acres ol the common property of
all the States of this Union to particular Stat s. Hi
did not think it right that such a measure should b
‘committed tn the hands of Senators exclusively reprr
scntitig the donee*. He thought th tt a comrmttei
ought lobe comvitutcd in which the old States shottl
hive a Inlier and fairer representation. Vie should
preserve, wh itever we may do the decorum of legis
lation, and m>t \ iolnte the decencie •■l' ju.-t'cc.
V> iiit-i up. Mr. C'ay would I eg,'ad if a' v Scriatm
would inform him wt.ether the administration is in fa
vor ol or again-t this measure, ■ r stands neutral am,
■uncommitted. 1 his inquiry he should not make if tin i
recent re inion* between the S’ nat ir who intioduced ,
tlii- bill ami the h< ad ol that administration contintied
to exist ; but rumor-, of which the «ity, the circle-. '
and the pn s- are fail, as ert th it those relat'on- are ■
entirely changed, and have, within a fi w day-, beer i
S'.ilistioi'ed by ■ titers of an intimi t”, friendly, m dco >
li ten ial nature. And slv-rtly alter the tim ■ whet
this new suite ot things i- alleged '<> Inn e taken.place,
the .Serial > gave no'iiie <d his intent on t 1 move t
introduce this bill. H hether t' i- motion has or h >
not any connexion with di t a !j s men offormerdit
fcrenre*, the p .Mie w.hiM, lie h i I n > doula, b ■ gim
to know. At all events, it is i »p< itT't to kn wv i••
what relation M s ;pp ~t. o . po-iiiim. or item r li't, tin
adm •i- .i ate na in idy . t m<i- io tiii - immiei t< u • mea- I
surp; not tie sii po ed that tie Senator from Soin! i
Carolina, or —one oii-er Senator, cold I commttnicati
the de ir <1 t f .rm.if it.
.Mr. Calhoun >ai ', le lal sppoed t!i <t no man
had a- mm Ii occasion lor delicacy i > rtii-. iim to po
lilial < oiupionii-i s as iin Sena or from Kentucky.
J lial Sen dor lia.i r.f r e l to son e t ati-m'iioii in p.e
pmitii al course <1 Mr. (.'. nhi'li occurred some 12
or 13 years :it'i>, and h id alluded to <• ri dti pa-snec
in wil t n M . C. wa* ,ic< u-ed ol rhacnj'iu his politic..
reialmus. But t i t Senator kr ew that it was others
v.’li-* had changed itiir lel.m n- to ;>< litic .l -uLiei’ts
••ill pel tical im.ism e-,;i .oiler than Air. C. who it ii
to i>>w\d le-- in ri g ird to those su ! je< t< and measures
th in he was Ii I >weil. The Semiibr was accu-tomed
t>> Ii v. In- • \ in p e followed by others ; but Mr.-C.
lisd mu ii ua I, I lb w d it, ami < specially would no
I dlow it n w. But Mr. C.’» per.-<mal relation-mu-t
ol course I -biiw In- poli ieal lelaiioiu. The Senatm
had now got Ilic whole story, and Mr. C. trusted it
would le -at 'lactoiy in regard to the rumors to
W i:o II lie II 1(1 .ditlded.
Mr. C. found il imposdlde to ninve without giving
<>ci a-i< nio accnsatioiis of changing his grounds. If
be was against the Chief Magistrate, Im was charged
with changing his opinions. If he was in favor of
him. he wa- then accused of changing his political re
lations. Bui lie had not changed at all ; he stood
ii'-w where be had always stood, and that was on he
uncliangeable purpose to biingback the Gmeiiirnent
to its original simplicity and economy. He, with
others, bad -ucceeded in expunging the whole of the
Senator s American System, and other extravagance*
sons to cive lhe govet nment a chance of taking a
fresh Stan. And it gave Mr. C. pleasure to sav that
the best partot the measures of the present Chief Ma
gistraie were app.oved by Mr. C. and Mr. C. was
happy of ihe opportunity of m iking tlie-e declara
tion-, ami Im would stem! to tl cm. Nothing should
t re . nt .Mr. C. frmn supporting a man while he was
I" "I' 11 'T'!”- .The Senator liom Ke itm kv had
given the government a wiong direction. Mr. C.
bad resi-ted tiie , roceedimr, and he sh >< Id contn uc
to -mmlrng on the gn und occupied by Mi.
Jeffcrso i and others of!,is < |,i»s.
Mr. Ct iv -aid he Ind lindmstood the Senator as fe
liciiadng irm.-eif on the opportunity which had In en
now alford d ’urn by Mr. C. of defining once mine
Jiis po iti. ai p:>:.itio.i ; nm| \|, . ('. must sav 'hat hr
had row dctiii d it very cleaily, ami had apparently ■
given it a new definition. The Semitor now deciare’ !
that -dl the leading measures; of the [ resent adiniiit-- !
tration had m< t hi- approbation, and should receive'
his support. It turned out, then, that the r-mor to i
which .Mr. ( . had alluded was tree; and that the Se- i
nator from Soinh Catolma niitiht In h reafti r regard- |
ed as a supporter of the administration, sii ce he hau '
declared that all it- leading measures were appiove I '
by him, and should have hi- support.
As to lhe allusion whiih the Senator from Somb
Carntjna had made in regard io Mr. C.’s- support of
tin- head of auotb-r Admini tr itiim, (Mr. Adams.) it
occasioned Mi. C. m, p ,jn whatever. Il was an old
sb ry, whi' h had long been sunk in oblivion, except
when the Senator ami a li-w others tliouulit proper to
Ijriug it up. But w|iat were the facts of tint c i-e ?
Mr. C. was then a mende r of the House of Repre-'
senlatives, to whom tline persons had been returned, |
from whom it was the dutv of the House to make a ;
selection for lhe Presidency. As to one of those !
three candidates, he was known to be in an imfor ii- 1 ;
naie co’idition, in which m> one syni|> .fi'ized w’t': Ii tn
more than did Mr. C. ’Cert duly the Senator from
S<mth Carolina did n >t. Th'’ g ntlenun, was tlierv
f re out of the (pieioimi, as a candidate lor the Chief
.Magistracy • ami Mr. h>d conserpiett'lv the <>nlv
alternative of the idu-tri hi- i > livubial of th ■ Hermit
age, or of the man who was now di-d iiztii -hed in the
House of Representatives, and who had lie! i so ma iy
pnldi<’ place* with h mor to him elf, -m<l benefit to the
< ountry. An i ifdiere wa* any truth in history, lhe
choice which Mr. <l. ih<*n m ide, wa- precisely the
choice which toe Sen ju>r f/om S.niili f.larn'in i bid
urged upon his friends. -The LWuUuf himself had
dqdared his preference of Adams to Jackson. Mr.
' C. Wade the same choice; and experience had appro-
F»< d i#fmtn that day to this, and would to eternity.
I Hi-tory would ratify and approve it. Let the Seua
gMttjfePtetSoutii Carolina make any thing out ol' that
pidftc career if he could. Mr. C.
U. as the ndvo-
I calfisc. Certaiidv he w as. Tbi- Gov-
to a great extern, was founded and rest
nii-«. Am| to the particular compro
iisum had been made. Mi. ( . I hmm hi
’ itapKjXß jpn^HFto be mi.i e yratcliil fr it than the Sen
ntli ( arolio ~ Rm torthat >mprmui~e,
iiot at all confident that he would have
now huff the honor io meet that Senator face to fact
Jn this National Capitol.
The Senator had said that hi- own position was
that on State Riglus. But w hat waslhe character of
It was a bill to strip seventem of the Stile
'** inheritance; to-ell it all for a me-sos
’l'wttyjOfrto stirrender i* fur a trill--—a mere nominal
siurt* T'he bill was, inrffeci, an attempt to strip and
rob sevt nteen States of this Union of ilieir propertv,
and assign it over to, some right or nine of the States.
It this wa what the Senator called vindicating th
rights ot tli>- Slate, Air. C. prayed God to deliver u
rmn all sit< h rights and :dl sm It advocates.
Mr. Cailmun sai-i th- Senator from Keiilucky en
tirely mist ok the ch-irai ter of the bill: It was not
only a Slates Rights measure, but was indispensabh
to the pi ace and prosperity of the Slate-, a- lhe onlv
measure ’hat would well efleet the object in view.
Hav rig used the w-od c.mipronrist!, Mr. C. felt
bound to refer the Senator to that particular comjir
mis. ; mid the Si tmto. had said in reply that if ant
one should he thankful to him for that compromisf—
[Mr. ( l,y. Nmto./r .]
Mr. Calbonn. The Senator always claimed to hi
th- author oft at m-a-nre; nml I am not in the -mail
e t degree thm kml to him f r it. [ know he coni
not avoid it. 1 was his m >ster <>n that o< casion, ;m
I forced it upon him. I wrote Immeat teat time hai
a dozen letter-, s lymg that the Senator would be ob
liged to acct <le ton compromi-e. I will now ixplaii
ml that. The effect of Nullification is this: that
"i e.-t a Stat-’interpose*, the majoritv must sometime
yield to the minority. 1 hose who are to have I -
smallest ff, re of the plunder, in the maj -ritv, aresitr.
to get away. In the American system t e con-dt
e,t -of the Senator obtain d ave-y small portion
teyw. re rather those th n were phimiered. At th
sam time when Gen. J o k.-on oi ea-ioued the forc<
In i, the Senator fom Keiitmkv bid losa th” mint'
I i. t'lr- r-; Gen. J i. ksoa had supplanted him; and :
S nator, not now piesi itt. wa- also iu the wax ot’ u
p-r- di ghi■■ i- that interest. The Senator fiori
Kenmcky wa- dn r f’-re flat on bis back, and nothing
would an-wer Ins own p-trjio.-e b t the comnromi.se.
fl was with him either compromise or annihilation.
• t was ma-e-sary that - itm r fie or the American svs
tern shon'd fall. It was not my desire to mention
these thing-; hut the Senator went out of his wav to
loucli on kindred suljecf, and I therefore fell mysel
mmpehed to make de se statements. I have alluded
t • my lett. r- on that occasion; I prerlit ted in them
•n the thi'd day of these-simi that ihis question would
.termmate a- i did.
Sir, I wi lgo firthcr. I yielded a good deal in
ih >t • onrpromise. It was my first proposition that it
shi'idd go out in 1549, pro< eedmg in .an equal pto
portion for evety year of 15 pi r cent. And 1 «i!
-ay fir tir r, that at the session before we nullified >t
South Carolina, I and others said that the question
niu-i I e settled. It was seven years w inch I then fix
ed on for its termination, and it would have been car
ried in that lime but lor certain cireum-tam es. Ji
regard to all I vielded; my colleague (M •. Preston)
knows v. by I did it, but I do not choose to state it
here. And I-hould now have said n-'thi ig on tin
subject, if ihe S-na'or had brut silent him-i If. I’tt
he has no grlititude on mv part; and South Carolina
wes him no graiitude. He acted under the neces
sity of the ca-e. I, backed by the gallant State which.
I repre-eut, compelled the Senator to break down the
-y-te n at one decisive blow: and it is my opinion that
it will bring b u k ihe Government to its original prin
ciples.
Mr. Clay. lam sorry to be obliged t<> prolong
this discus-ion. B t I made no allusion tn compio
mises till it was done by th” rfim.it r himself. I made
no reference to the event of IS .’5., till he had made i>;
and I did imt, in ihe.mo.-t di-tant manner, allude to
nullification; and it is extraordinary that the Senator
' i uselt should have introdne- d it, especially at a mo
ment whim he is uniting with the authors of the force \
bill, and of (hose tin nutres which put down nuliifica- 1
lion.
The S'e tat'ir says 1 was fiat on my back, and that
he was my master. s ir, J would not own him as mv
slawe. He my m-st-r! and I compelled by him!
\nd, a- ii it wi r- - impossible to go far enough in one
paragraph, he nf- rs to certain letters of hi- own to i
prove that I wa z s flat on my back ! and, that 1 was i
m>t only on my back, but another Senator and the '
I’le-idrnt had rol.be I me! I was flat on mv back, !
ind unable to do any thing but what the Senator from '
South Carolina p> rmiited me to do!
Sir, what wa. ihe < as- ? | ntroduced the com- '
promi-e in -pi e of he opposition of the gentleman
who i- -aid m hive rold.c me of the manufacturers,
II met his Uncompromising oppo-it on. That m-m
---- !:a l, -m my part, not' l i g pet-iomd in it. But I
■aw the c”m!in--ti oi thV H- nat r from South Car >-
iiti'i .mil his frir n '-. They had rr-dnevd South ( ’ oo
litia, by I -it ih-wi.i u.eamn-, (of Nullification,) to a
stat” of war ; am! I, therefore, w i-hed to save the
ei;u i li of linimm blood, especially- the blood of
imr I'cllow • itiz-ns. That was one moti.e with me ;
am! : w ilier was a regard I -r th -t very i nere-t wh ch
tire Senator -ay- I h-d)it d to de-tioy. 1 saw that this
great imere-t had io ei.t in the power of the Chief
Magistrate, th.it it was evident that, at th” next -es
soin of ( <>■ gross, the w hole protei tive svst-'m would
lieswe[>i by die board. I, therefore, desired to give
it at least a lease of years, and f r that purpose, I, in
concert with other-', l-rmight forward that me sure,
whi< li was necessary to save that interest from total ■
annihilation.
But to di-p'ay still further the circumstances in
wlm Ii die Senator is placed, he savs, from that verx !
day ol tiie compromise, all obligations were can<’<-l’e I
that could, on account of it, rest on him, on S.mt'i •
(zarolina. ind on the Smi'li. Sir, wbat right has he
to sp-ak ill the name of ill- whole South or cv'ii of
Smith (> iruiin i itself ! For if hi-tory is to b ■ relied
upon, if we may ju ige of the future from the past, the
time wil! emu • when the Senator camiot propose to .
be lit” organ even of the chivalrous and enlightened
pe -ple of South (,'ai olin i.
S r, I mi not one of tlrise who tire looking out for
whit miy ensue to tin ins’ Ives. Ml Course is nearly .
run ; it urso by nature, ami so iu the progress of po- '
litieal events. 1 have nothing to ask of lhe Senator,
ol the South, nor of’South Carolina, nor xei of’ the
country at large. But 1 will go, when Ido go, or
when I cl.oo-e to go, into rfflin ment, w ith the undying
comiction tli.it, lor a qumter of a century, I have en
de .vored to -i rve a.of save ihe country, faithfully and
honoraftly, without a view to my own interest or my
own aggraud x- meat ; and id' that delightful convic
tion and consciousijess, no hitman being, nor all man
kind, can everdeptive me.
iir. C dlmun : The Senator is in the habit of at
>a< king me, and ii I were not thus compelled to de
end my-elf, 1 would p ass over the whole matter. 1
rise now simply to supply some remarks which had
escaped my memory, ami th y- are a mere matter of
history. 1 was opposed to Mr. Crawford as a candi
date lor the Presidency; and after my name was
withdrawn. 1 took no part in the election. I was a
candidate for the X ice Pre-idency, and abstained from
taking any part, aid from all elet tioneering. When
the election was decided, I saw lhecourse Mr. Adam
was determined intake, and 1 then could not hesitate
o take my stand ia the way of resislence. Ido not
know w hat induced the Senator from Kentucky to get
tip a discussion on this bill, and at. litis time. What
is motives are for dl this, he can best tell ; but I feel
these p. r-ima! invectives as extremely unpleasant, and
I would not introduce them. But when they are in
to limed, it i- requisite that 1 should protect myself.
Mr. (.lay : One word. Boes not the Senator
feel that he h-mseii biiigs his political character into
debater I simply made the inquiry (ami I [tut it to
e i 'tors to say if sin h was the fact,) to know if this
great measure, winch involve- in all about a thousand
idiot,s of di public lands—whether this measure had
ae sanction of the Administration or not? I did it
it noway (or the purpose of ofled’e; and by the wav,
i ti’ferred to a tumor which i- afloat of new relations,
public ami political, with the head of the Admmistra
ti n, ami stated that, I would not have made the in
,uiri bm for that fact. And is it not right, iu re
gard to a gr a measur , to know’ whether or rot it
..is the support ol the Admini-tratioii ? He would
<t once have put an end to the di-cnssinn if he had
tnply said that he knew m illing of the views of the
\dmiiii-<rat oii, but had introduced this mea-ure iml -
■eiideutly. But, instead of this, be gets into a [Vis
ion flee..use I referred to this rumor, and lie con
ludcs by saving, that the u n ater part of ihe measure
■>! ti>e present Admin -bation are approved, and that
hey will be supported, by him.
r. '.V.lker ■ rgued biiefly to show that Mr. Clay
> gilt 1 eady to ha e known th answer to his ques-
ii ”H. as Mr. Uadi utt had long sim e introduced this
m*'sure, while he was yet opposed to die Adminis
:'ion. He also i’i-isted that the bill ought to be re
-1 ,’C t;> the ( ; inniit e• ' n he Public Lands.
Mr Giumly sad he had bet-n formerly opposed to
ibis bid, and -houid be -o now. lie, therelore, did
u't "i-h Ins vs t■ at this time to lie regarded as an in
dication that lie W is i;i favor of the bill.
Mr. .Aden expressed liitnself in the same manner as
Mr. Grumfv.
Mr. Pie-ton said this bill would have a paramount
'•he't oil the finati-es of the country. It was a question
whether it would n,t increase taxation. In this view
t was iirq orta.il, and Mr. P. therefore preferred that
it should go to lite Committee on Finance.
.Mr. Calhoun said that the hill, as be had drawn it,
would lead to no re suction of the revenue, ft was
not ti go into oper tion till June. 1842, thus leaving
iue to adjust the tarifl. He saw no reason why it
liO'dil be taken trom the Committee on Public
L mil .
Mr. A lite said he was entirely ignorant of the con
tents of this Ini'; lint >t the reference should be rec<>n
-i ered, die bill could then be read, and he would lie
better able to decide to which committee it was most
a p ’“priatc.
Mr. Ca houn called for the reading of the bill, wbii b
was read aia o.dingly.
Th. question ol reconsidering the reference of the
bid io'he Conmiiitee on the Public Lands was then
l>i‘i, amide. ide<i by yea- and nays in the uegaiive, as
iollow s ;
I tw--Messrs. Betts, Clay, of Ky., Clayton. Crit
tenden, Davis, Dicksm, Knight, Merrick. Phelps,
Premi-s, Preston, Ruggles, South.ird, Wall, White,
of Tenn.—ls.
AGy/s—Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown. Buchanan,
Calhoun, (.lay, of Ala., Giumly, Henderson, Hub
bard, King, Linn, Lum| kin, Mouton, Nicholas, Nor
veil. Po rie, Roan, Robin-on,Sevier.Smitb,of Conn.,
Smith, ol’lmla., Straniie. Tappan, Walker, White', of
Inda., W illiams, Wri”ht, Young—2B.
WASHINGTON, J\x. 2-»The President’s le
vee was crowded, ye-terday, by the t/ife of the city,
ami he appeart'd '*l rem .rknidy good spirits, with a
smile and a -hake ofiik? limid for the faithful and un
faiiliful—the latter having decidedly i!‘“ advantage of
number-—n fact, the Whig gentlemen formed nea"! v
two-thirds of the company present, during the period !
of my stay, which was about an hour and a half. Mr.
(’lay was in one corner of the EasfML’om, receiving
the congiatiilations of his numerous friends, and Mr.
Calhoun and General Scoit were roaming at large,
attracting the gaze of al! the passers. The most ob
served amoii'Z the foreigners, was Baron de Bodiska,
the Russian Minister, with his large mustachios, and
d-. s-ed in deep arlet, which was literally loaded
with gold lace ami embroidery—his bethrothed was
n t pre-ent ; she is a Miss Williams, and daughter of
<>; eo! the Departments’ clerk-'. For lhe first time,
»bcse hall i dozen years, the Nnllifiers turned out in a
body, headed by Mr. Lewis, of’ Alabama, and I was
gratified in observing Messrs. Pickens, Holmes,
1 hompson, am] every Carolinian in town, except
Mr. P. e-tou, present.
I h <ve heard an excellent /eit d'esprit of Mr. P., by
the way, which, a* it cuts both sides, may as well be
I hl. A distinguished Senator was remarkin’’’to Mr.
Preston, that from the present po-iiion of parlies, he |
was m>t aide to ascertain towbat class he (Mr. P.) be
l iiig. d, and as the remark implied a que.-tioii, the
Soinh Carolina Senator replied, that before leaving
home, he had witnessed an amusing scene, which fid- ,
ly illustrated his present position ; two negroes, one ;
a slave and the oilier free, were engaged in a violent
q'u.rie 1 . <om erning the merit- of’ tin ir respective -i ,
tiiaiioiis ; towards the close of the argument, the ;
slave exclaimed.th.it his amagoni-t was a mseal, thief, !
good I 'l' ii”th:ug, Sec. ; and, to cap the climax of op- I
prohrium, said It”, “ ami besides, you d—n nigger, .
y/o r ai<d go/ no nia.der."
Mr. Rhett, of your State, is among the paired, off- — |
I Stinpo-e he is paying you a flying visit. Mr. Cal
houn ami Mr. Van Baren are on friendly terms, but
all the flummery about coalition, See., which you read
ol in opposition papers, is a mere humbug. The
Nnllifiers, I may state cimfidcntlv, will support no
other measures than those consistent with their avowed
principles, and although their vote will be given to
Blair &. Rives, for Printers, it will only he done be
cause General Creen is out of the field—so much for
the speculations of the letter writers.— Correspondence
oj liie Charhston Cou ier.
F.om the lesion Couiif r.
GEN. HARRISON’S OPINIONS.
The Ri, hmond Wh 'g iiitptires of u-—“what ‘unre-.
cat ted oiii, lion-, justly exceptionable to tin- Smith’
h ive been utteicd by Gr.x. II \i:ni.-o’- ? trhen atm
where ?” The Whig is it istaken in supposing tba’ j
we had been misled by others into the imput ti it '■!
such opinions to Gen. ILirii on—we had in view tlu
express wot ds of Gen. 11., w hen we peniwd our r -
mark—and we proceed to answer the questions of the
Whig, by ihe citation of mir proof- In the year 1833,
in a ourth of July Oration, delivered at Cheviot.
Ohio, Gcu, 11., afti r much sound doctrine mi the sub
ject of the con-titmional inviolability of slavery in the
States, ami censure of the Abolitionists, uttered the
following unfortunate declaration :
“Should I be asked, if there be no wav bv which
the General Government can aid the cause of emanci
pation ? I answer, that it has been long an object
near my heart t > use the whole of the surplus nation
al revenue appropriated to that object. With th”
sanction of ihe States holding slaves, there appears to
me no constit nt tonal objection to its being thus appli
. ed, embracing, not only th” colonization of those that
may be otherwise freed, but the purchase of the free
dom of others. By a zealous prosecution of a plan
firmed upon this basis, ue might look forward to a
dap not jar distant, when the North American sun
would not look down upon a slave."
Here are “the imreeanted opinions, justly excep
tiouable to the South,” to which we had reference.
In these times of fanatic, ami perilous inte> fi ri m e with
the con-titu’ional rights amt vital interests of the
Sou h, th S >tith wil be treacherous to In r-elf if she
cimseiits to the elevation of anv one to the Presiden
cy, who bolds emancipation “an object near bi-
In art”—whose heart is with the Abolitionists—who
tnainiain- ti e constdutional right of Congress, with
the -itii’iion of the slave holding States, (a limitation |
cb arly not of right, bm A'expediency merely ) to ap
j roprtate tiie whole -isrplus national revenue, to the
colomz'ittori <d tin- free <■■ d 1 red people and the eman
cipation <>: th” -lavi p ’ r ' I Hmi <>*’tlw United S'ates
iml who, in hi- < xum-ram zeal, vaticinates an e o Iv
day loi c e coustmm a ion ■ i a project, which wot 1
convert ih” Smb into a h wli g wildernes*. We
I lia.i a meaniU”, too, when we .-poke of Gen. H’s. “tzn
rectinicd opinion-. We wer- not di-posed tn dent
him a locus peiiitcidue— but he had his opportunity ot
recantation and eroded b. During the lust canvass
f>i the Presidency, w hen Mr. V n Buren, zc/m as a
Senator in. the e\tir 5 or; 1 e’gislaurc ha I favored the
Missouri restriction, Imldly ami frankly ..celared that,
if fleeted to the Pi e.-idency, he wmtiii g>, into offu e
lhe inflexible and uncompromising opponent ofeverv
attempt to abolish slavery in th” District of Colum
bia again-t the wishe- of the slave bolding States, and
with a determination equally decided to resist the
-lightest inter fi rence with slavery in tl>e several
States. General Harrison, W’/zo as a member of Con
gress had opposed lhe Missouri restriction, when ques
tioned by letters publicly addressed to him, as they
had been to Mr. Van Buren, in (elation to his opin
ions on the -übjei t of slavery, [>res» rved a suspicious
and i minous silence, and has abstained to this day
fr.’tn any pi blic avow <1 of his v’r ws Thus Mr. Van
B.treo, who h M b. en a Mis-.-nri rrs’ri tionisf, fear
lessly made common cause with th< South, and bold
ly ri-ked I i el ction on a sacred regard for her con
s itmiomd lights, and Gen. H ini-mi, Who had -idul
with lhe rfouth on the Mis-omi question, max justly
be regarded as having gone over to her enemies, or
as at least having giv» n diem “ .fid and comfort”—
land this coeclusi >n receives additional cot firm nioii
from the la ; i tl:a: the nominee of the H irrison party
lor ihe \ u e Presidency was Franci- Graugi r, a New
York Abol ti' tnst, whom even the Harrison Whigs of
V!■ gitiia-crued to -u [tort.
'1 he Whig does us but ju-tice in assuming our dis
piis’uiim to d'-ai witii perfect fairness towards Gem ra]
Harrison ; and d that distiimuished ciiiz.cq will-even
, now recant hi- forn’cr opinions, shake oil’ the Aboli
tionists from bi- skirt-, with the scorn and loathing
they deserve, and give as frank ami fearless an a—u
ram eof hi-fiilehtv to the emts 1 itutiomd rights of’the
South a- Mr. \’an Btiren ha- dm e, we -h dl imt only
be prompt but pleased to prod im it vv ith ti ump”i
tongue throughout the land—however Opposed to"
him for the Presidency, we -houid rejoice, in -m ha ■
; event, to render him ih - amplest justice, that his most
i anient friends and admirers could wish.
I COTTON MO.NOPOLY IN NATCHEZ—
UNITED STATES BANK AGENTS.
The United States Bank, or the New Orb ans
. agent of that Bank, William H. Robertson, has a
i sub-agent in this city, buying personally or tiinnigli
1 “>e or two merchants In re, cotton at such prices as
would break any regular house in the city to give
even for a fortnigm. ll °t choose to mention
the name of this agent (who is s nid trt have half a
million of Mississippi bank notes.) n>r yet the ;U.!P p s i
of tho.-e whose agency he' employs in tins city ; yet if
the highest prices given for cotton should be traced
up, it would be finmd that they have their origin in
this particular quarter.
We are the 1 tst on earth to find fault because our
planters get a high pi ice for the products of their in
dustry—yet we beg hem to he careful of what they
receive in return for their specie staple, and be sv/rc
not to keep it long by them. Something is meant by
these high prices in Mississippi money only.
One ot our mo-t intelligent arid fir seeing commis
sion merchants has made a calculation that the cotton
purchased at the prices given by this agency in
Natchez, cannot fail to lose eight dollars per bale,
after making allowance for dill', rence in exebange,
&e ;
So great a loss on each bale is too much to pay’ for
the m re privilege of monopoly—although much
would be paid by the bank for that supreme di< talot
sliip ovet tie staple of the Smith. Either this agencx '
of monopoly bought their hank notes of' the Union I
and the Natchez banks cxtr inely cheap, or they ■
known hat such notes will soon be more than z/<;<«
cheap in the money market. The-e great operators'
should be w itched woh aje dons eye, hoih by planters
and merchants. — Natch-’z t 'ree I'ra ler.
doing Br/c'-.—Great quaut ties of good-, o t > con
signment to various hotises, a»e in the progress of
transhipment to Liverpool. This is the sure mode
of decreasing om foreign debt, and relieves lhe coun
try from the excess of foreign i upnriatio.'ts,
The N. V. Journal of Commerce, says, that the'
Atlantic Insurance Company has declared a semi-an- ■
nual dividend of fifteen percent, payable on the 10th
’mst. Pretty fair considering the times.
PLANTERS’ BANK.
The following gentlemen were yesterday elected
Director- of the Plattie s’ B utk of this City, for the
present year:—Geo. W. Anderson, George Amlet
son. W. H. Cuyl r, Francis Sorr. I, W. P. Hunter,
Robert Scott, Norman Wallace, J. C. Nicoll.
The Directors <m the part of the State, are Col. M.
Myers, and Mr. B. E. Stiles.— Savannah Georgian.
CENTRAL RAILROAD AND BANKING CO.
At an < le, lion held at the Banking House of the
C rural Railroad and Banking Co. of Georgia yes
terday, the following gentlemen were elected Direc
t rs of aid Instituti n for the current year: —L. Bald
win. J. Coh t>, W. W. Gordon, R. Habersham, J. P.
H nry, 11. McAlpbin, "Titos. Purse, B. Snider, F. A.
Tupper.*
* New Directors. — lb.
FIRE!
From a gentleman direct from Springfield, Effing
ham county, we have received the following painful
ititelligence :— Republican 6/h insf.
Last night between the hours of 1 0 and 11 o’clock,
pr >bably about an hour after the family had retired
to rest, the house of Mr. Samuel Scoven took fire—
and so rapid was the progress of the flames, that it
was with much difficulty Mr. Scoven, bearing in his
arms his youngest child, in company with his wife,
t fleeted their escape, by throw ing themselves from a
w’indovv, leaving Sis victims to the fiery and merciless
element, their only daughter an interesting child about
fiur years old, and a blm k boy, aged about fourteen
years, belonging to the Rev. Mr. Right. Mr Sco
ven made repeated and daring attempts to rescue his
little daughter, but it was worse than in vain; it was
bey ond the power of man to have rendered atiy effec
tual assistance : And if possible it could have been
done, no human aid was present. When friendly aid
did arrive, the woi k of death was already accomplish
ed—wue and misery sat heavy upon the heaving bo
soms of the surviving sufferers. No diction can ade
quately describe the sensations of the unhappy pa
rents, when amidst the cracking flames, the cry ofthe
expiring child in accents the most piteous, called for
its mother—that mother lay upon the cold, damp
earth unhoused and unapparelled. Mr. Scoven him
svlf is badly and seriously injured by the fire. They
lost every thimr, not even the smalle-t particle of clo
thing was saved; and their destitute and horrible con
dition, cannot fail to elicit in their behalf the tinder
sympathies of a Christian community.
ARMY OPERATIONS IN FLORIDA.
We have learned from an authentic source, that the
campaign in Mid lie Florida Iris fairly opened.
Co!.'Garland, in command of the Ist and 2d In
fantry, is ordered to scour all the hammocks between
the St. Augustine road and the Georgia line, and has
already, with nine companies, passed through Patter
-oo’s hammock, from west to east, without discover
ing any indications of Indians.
Col. Davenport, in command of the 2d column,
composed of Dragoons, Artillery and 6th Infantry,
has commenced operations south of lhe St. Augus
tine road, between It and the Gulf.
It is feared, and by many believed, that notwith
standing the whole of Middle Florida is thus, as far
rs the small force in Florida will admit, covered with
troops from the Georgia line to the Gulf, that the cam
paign w ill terminate without discovering Indians.— lb.
FALL OF METAMORAS CONFIRMED.
By the arrival of the brig Samuel Houston, from
Matagordia, which port she left 27th instant, certain
intt lligence ofihe capture of the town of Matamoras,
by the Federalists and volunteers from Texas, had
been received. The siege commenced on the 12th
instant, and lasted tluee tints, during which there is
said to have !>• en gi eat slaughter on both sides—6o
to 90 <»t the T< x mis alone being killed.
After the place had surrendered, the officers of
the Centr.di't party weie permitted to depart for the
inter.or wiib 'Ut molestation—private property, in all
cases, being respected—when the government troops
and the inhabitants ol the town, proclaimed in favor of
th Federalists, greeting the rising in the city of their
liag with long, l<>ud, ttnil deafening cheers.
'1 he following is from the Colorado Gazette and
Advertiser, ofihe 21st in-tant :
*• By the arrival of the schooner Maria, Tucker
i m 'S er, we learn that two gentlemen arrived in Tex
ana on the 14th, direct from the Rio Grande, who*
■ st ne that Matamoras has fallen into the hands of the
j Federeiists, after an action of three days, in which a
I great many were killed on both sides, among whom
j were 60 Americans. From our knowledge of the
| st te oi allairs there, we have confidence in the truth
| of the i eport.
“ In the United States it is anticipated that much
trouble will grow out of this affair, by concentrating
: the whole Mexican people against us, and thus bring
about the actual state oi war, so much feared by many
i persons now anxious to emigrate to Texas, who do
not feel inclined to risk their property and families
among us while there is danger. These people make
exCfHent citizens, and should be encouraged to emi
gtate. It is as;'9<t>ed that its effect upon our pros
pects in England m.'.'St.be blighted, and we see no
good that can result from it, but If? a IblY “ cattle ga
therers.” We are glad to see that our government
has disclaimed ail participation in the affair, and Hop®
that Congress and the Executive will adopt energetic
measures to put a stop to volunteering, as it is called,
in the Federal cause. ‘ Let well enough alone,’ is a
good adage, and applies particularly well in this in-,
stance. We are gaining strength and character as a
nation, as rapidly as Mexico is losing both. The
very class ol people before mentioned are coming
among us, and are most acceptable at the time being,
because they come to work. Then, why permit a few
desperate men to check the tide oi useful immigration,
rapidly (lowing in upon us, by alarming the fears of
those at a distance who are anxious to come, and have
not the means of knowing definitely how idle it would
be on the part of Mexico to renew the war.”—jV. O.
Bulletin, Dec. 31.
A good quantity ol old cheese is the best thing to
eat when distressed by eating too much fruit, or op
pressed with atty kind oi food. Physicians have giv
en it in ease of extreme danger.
Honey and milk is very good for worms, so is
-trong salt water ; likewise powdered sage with mo
las-es taken freely.
I’ or a sudden attack ol quincy or croup, bathe the
neck with bear’s grease, and pour it down the throat.
A linen rag soaked in sweet oil, butter or lard, and
sptiukled with yellow Scotch snttlf, is said to have'
pet formed wonderful cures in cases ofcroup : it should
be placed where the distress is greatest. Gdose
ureuse, or any kind of oily grease, is as good as
bear’s (til. An emetic is excellent. Bathing the ex
emities is likewise good.