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plus fund on the thirty-first December, one thousand eight hundred anti thirty-eight, five hundred dollars; For furniture for the President’s House, of Ameri can manufacture, so far as may be practicable and ex pedient, to be expended under the direction of the President, in addition to the avails of the sales of de caved furniture, the sum of six thousand dollars; For annual repairs of the Capitol, attending furna ces, water closets, lamp-lighting, oil, laborers on Cap itol groemds, tools, keeping iron-pipes and wooden fences in order, attending at gates, gardener’s salary and lor top-dressing delicate and valuable plants, sev en thousand five hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; For annual repairs of the President’s Iiousp, gar tlener’s salary, horse and cart, laborers and tools, and for amount dne F. Masi and Company for repairs on furniture, two thousand six hundred and twenty-eight ( dollars; For completing bark buildings, grading grounds, and cutting balance of stone for west portico of the new Treasury building, and paving for materials de-] livered, eleven thousand one hundred and eighty-eight: dollars and forty-four cents; For fluting columns of portico of new Patent Office,] finishing roofj and the cut stone work of said buildiug and paying for materials delivered, seven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars; For enclosing new jail yard, iu the city of Wash ington, five thousand dollars; For new General Post cfiicc building, one hundred thousand dollars; For completing court-house, in the city of Alexan dria, three thousand dollars; For payment to the stone cutters, and the other workmen on the Treasury building and the new Pa- tout Office butldiag, of the sums allowed them by the commissioners appointed bv the President of the Uni ted States, to superintend the prosecution of the work in the construction of said buildings, in fulfilment of a resolution of Congress of the twentieth of July, eigh teen hundred and forty, twelve thousand nine hundred and twenty-three dollars and thirty-one cents; For ship, steamboat, and way-letters, forty thou sand dollars; For wrapping-paper, twenty-five thousand dollar 1 For office-furniture, five thousand dollars; For advertising, thirty-six thousand d< liars: For mail-bags, thirty-five ihousant: tic.liars; For blanks, thirty-three thousand dollars; For mail-locks, keys and stamps, fifteen thousand] dollars; For mail depredations and special agents, twenty-] two thousand dollars; For clerks for offices, two hundred and ten thou-l Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That every coI-Fly satisfies our mind, that while he affects to disclaim" come to a fine pass indeed, when the highest prerorra. lower? not rig! ifuliy belonging to thc^tiv** »*f the people, is to be held at the will of th the exercise of pow< lector, naval office r. and surveyor of the several pur!- ofthe United States, who shall be guilty off «!s‘ swear- . .. „ the rendition of hi? accounts' larati >u». j*/ Hut he is >o kind ami bcnev olenf. h ho would as required by the filth section of this act to be pre-^ “ Are they not pleased with his recommendations^..-rain to trust him with unlimited power, when fo] cribf<i bv the Secretary of the Treasury, with the to sustain ih*- States r” ^proclaims, “ Tiny shall be independent in the rirr| lt iintention to deceive and defraud the G "'eminent of “i If we really understood the true intent and rnean-g of sufi'-age ?” Il this is not Executive arrogance^ the United States, shall he deemed to he guilty of per-tig ol the President iu his remarks upn.. toe snide, t or of it does imt manifest a spirit of despotism, and [jury, and liable to ihe same prosecution and penalty ^sustaining the Stat**?, we should fieri !e-* <!ifh< i>:r, iir^sin* t 1 use his office lor controling the freedom nf or,in. inflicted for like offences, to be tried and adjudged iu .responding to the question. It is the opinion ofisinn, then is there no meaning in the English language, any court of the United States having jurisdiction ySouie intelligent citizens, that the Inaugural sqniutsssbut thank God, the people possess a stronger guaran- t hereof, and it shall be the duty of the Secretary qfgrather significantly at the assumption of State dcbtsMiee for their rights. IVe yet have a constitution, the Treasury, whenever, in his opinion the said ofl'encejhy the general government; and if their apprehen-ffwhich secures them in their high immunities, and af- as aforesaid, to direct the Dis*\l s ' OI,s are well founded, we take this occasion to enterjgfords them a safer and stronger tenure to their enjoy. sand dollars; For miscellaneous, sixty thousand six hundred andghas been perpetrated twenty dollar*; Strict Attorney of the United States for the districtjfour solemn protest against a measure so glaringlySjment, than the ipsi dixit of William Henry Harrison. And for the continuance of the survey of the coastRwit bin which the same has occurred to prosecute the-?»nconsiituti<»nal, and flagrantly unjust. Baton tliejfj Having now fully answered the qnerries. p ro . of the Gulf of Mexico, twenty thousand dollars; Hoffc-nder. pother hand, if he o,.ly intended to drop a word of ad-jjSpnunded to us, by the Recorder, in relation to tliearj. For the balance, certified as due to the agent and* Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That : 1! laws,ice and encouragement to quicken their pace in theSdress, we take leave to exhibit a few interrogatories commissioners at Havana, to procure the archives ofjuor j arts of l avs, inconsistent with the provisions of.“march of industry and economy, it is all well enotigh.Bto our neighbors, and to ask their opinions upon cer Florida; and transmit them to this country, and in fullSihe fifth, sixth, and seventh sections of this act, are Inasmuch however, as we are left in doubt and dark-Ktain points contained in the same document. [execution of die laws upon that subject, the sum olgheieby repealed, six thousand and forty-three dollars and ten cents; H Approved, March 3d, 1841. For compensation to William W. Chew, late aciingS Charge rl’Affaires at Russia, from the lvvcnty-ihir.1 o(2! July, eighteen hundred and thirty nine, till the tvven-S ty-fir>t ol September, eighteen hundred and forty, thej3 sum of two thousand nine hundred dollars, it being: the difference between his salary as Secretary of Le-] gation and the pay of a Charge d’Affairs during that period; For the pay and mileage of the members of the Sen ate for the extra session of that body, to be convened, in its Executive capacity on the .fourth day of Marchs of the present year, the sum of thirteen thousand fours hundred and twenty-four dollars; I For the contingent expenses of the Senate for thej extra session, including the pay of messengers, ser-1 vice of horses, fuel, stationery, and ad other DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. iiogent items ol the extra session, three thousand ilol-s* lars; and for a hydrographic survey of ihe const* oft for governor. the Northern and Northwestern takes of the Unitedlj p , States, to be expended under the direction of the I* re-0 CtlAKLLo J. IticDOiiAijL). sident, fifteen thousand dollars; and the Librarian of#? qaaoannnmaMenaHnKBQmai 1 Do vou jree with Gen. Harri*on, that the pp 0 . limited sovereign. and if yea, please inform the public, when ubject. Kwliere, and by whom, a limitation was imposed upon Are they not gratified at the severe and decidedlgthe sovereignty of the American people ? j;. ness as to what he means by sustaining the States fraud as our neighbors are better acquainted with hi*jfple of ihe United States, possess /flingo, than ourselves, we desire them to give ns lightf~fy, “upon the reproof of abolitionism, which be proves to be desti tute of all right, constitutional or otherwise ? We profess to feel no gratification at the “severe ^reproof” which Gen. Harrison has given to abolition ism. If he has given such a reproof, we should be Is it “consolatory” to you, as it is to Gen. Harrison “ to reflect, that most of the instances of alleged de parture from the letter or spirit of the constitution have ultimately received the sanction of the people:" Do you not believe any man unfit for the office of IIILLKDCiEyiLLE s n ■■ i ■■ i»«i a—■■ m»w.-y' FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 9. “gratified to know when and where, for we have not ^President, w ho like Gen. Harrison, would rejoice at ’been able to find it in his Inaugural address. Aftergjthe violation of that very constitution, which, in reading it attentively, fo»- .... i ...» «... ...:„„c es after, lie was to be sworn tn B *’able to find the word abolition, or any thing else,“and defend <“ ..which sati'fies us as Southern men, that he will ennnorf P p °-g jjflect onr rights aga>n*t t!.’** assaults of the fanaiicsJ «|He has read a s>>ri of h *mi’y upon good fellowship,] /and die proprieiv of letting other peoples business Malone, widi an exhortation to forbearance and broth- perly love, hut th t is rmt die language which should! PsatisfY, or gratify the South. The President who! ^regards our riirlns, should speak of them, in a differ ed ‘TO THE VICTORS HE LONG THE SPOILS." Our readers will remember that during the can- vass of 1840, how often the six words heading this ar ticle were quoted by the Whigs, and denounced in unmeasured terms of reproach and scorn; and how the democratic party were censured and abused en masse for this sentiment, alledged to have been uttered bv one of their number. Whigs of every degree— For surveying the public lands, in addition to tbep^ on ® , . esS a,,, fi° nZt ’d to employ an additional a*.*i»t-' unexpended balances of former appropriations, to be apportioned to the several surveying districts accord ing to the exigencies of the public service, including office-rent and fuel, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, fifty thousand dollars; For retracing certain old surveys in the State of Alabama, at a rate not exceeding four dollars a mile, fifteen thousand dollar.?; For surveys in Missouri, in the towns named in the act of twenty-sixth May, eighteen hundred and twen ty-four, iu addition to the sum of six thousand dollars appropriated for the same object by the act of eighth April, eighteen hundred and thirtv-eiglit; two thou sand dollars; For surveying five hundred miles of detached and unfinished lilies in Illinois and Missouri, principally in the military district, Illinois, at a rate not exceed ing six dollars a mile, three thousand dollars; For salaries of ministers ot the United States to Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Mexico, fifty four thousand dollars; I 1 or salaries of the secretaries of legation to the same places twelve thousand dollars; For salary of the minister resident of the United States to Turkey, six thousand dollars; For salaries of the charges des affairs to Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Brazil, Chili, Peru, New Grenada, Venezuela, Texas, Na ples, and Sardinia, sixty-three thousand dollars; For salary ot a drogoman to the legation to Tur key, two thousand five hundred dollars; For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad,] thirty thousand dollars; _________________ 1,1 tone. Demise' of IHc President j§ We sliou! I as soon expect tile incendiary who wasEfroin the hireling itinerant ronmer through the land *nt, who shall receive a yearly compensation of elt-B The Chief Magistrate of this Union i- no mo r e.-l a PProact,i»g the dwelling of hi? neighbor with ajwhose sole occupation and enjoyment consisted in veil hundred and fifty dollars, commencing DecemberFGen. William Henry Harrison, President olJ^ t,,, ’ c * ,, 10 S ' M from diabolical purpose, from ag'isiling Log cabin raising?, anr lumping y ippecanoe ofj 1 first, one thousand eight hundred and forty, to beF t | ie United States if Ann riea, breathed his last, abom|| ,n ^ 1 tor'.ear paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise^; A. M. of the 4.h inst. after a short and:§ al,M ' ,tl0!1,s! f ’ a appropriated ” ' £ violent attack of fleuri-v. gseq.u-.ee of this Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, Tliat the Sec-fid Asa testimony *f respect for the memory of Oner'S' 1 " 1 1 ' - - • * jjgdi cisive I'epr. >»>: “ Do the i iuiic set - ' ic ! neigliborlv kindness, as theS^ongs over calabashes of hard Cider,—-ren unto the .is nefarious project, in cou-SGrand High Priest of the l>oir Cabin Lodge him- refary of die Treasury h<*, and lie is authorized to? 4 uh<<ha' reached tie highest honor pay, out of ativ money in the Treasury nut otlwrwise^we shroud our columns in appropriated, to the collectors, deputy collectors, naval' sorrows w ith those of officers, surveyors, and their respective clerks, togoth-f melancholv occasioi. er with the weighers, gaugers, measurers, and marker.sg — of the several ports of the United States, the same cotn-.i CI7Y OF WASHINGTON, ) pensation for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-1 Apiul 4, 1841. j nine which the_\ would have been euti.led to receive ^ \ () all-wise ProvHence having suddenly reinovedi if the third section of the act of July, eighteen liumi- 0f,-otn iliis life. WILJA.M HENRY HARRISON, red and thirty-eight, entitled “An act to provide for jate President of the United Slates, we have thought the support of the Military Academy of ihe United ;'j t our dut>, in the re--? of Congress, and in the ab-j States for the year cigliteen hundred and thirty-fight, ? se nce of the Vice President from the seat of Govern one, >f Ins country,! mourning, and mingle our our fellow-citizen*, upon this nice and milk d w t,. r, wi-hv i Harris.!'-!, nu? • amed • >..f ot al. 1 1iiiui11' in.” not lee! tint Gen. I! mison is doing pat- —vvliatt -er il.ev may say—when he dis-j II coiistita 'o'.ial claims on tlie to b'* « onsidered a component and for oilier purposes,” Imd continued in force dur-| me „ t) to m;lke , hls aflli. ting hercavement known to] jthecountry, hv this dclaration, und-r our hands, strictions therein contained; Provided, That nothingg Hi* died at'the Pnsidc.i’s IIot.se, in ibis city. thi. in this section contained shall be so construed as tuf /m ,nb <1,-a of April, Anno Domini, 1S41, at'thim give to any collector of the customs a salary for ihfr lll ; ril , u . s before one o’. lock in the mornimr. year eighteen hundred and thirty-nine beyond til l The p. ople of tin United States, overwhelmed, maximum now fixed by law, of four thousand dolbrs.| ijkc olirM .| v ,. St by an event so unex|.ecud and so mel-] Sec. o. And be it further enacted, 7 hat the Sec-Sjnnch ly, will derive consolation from knowing that! retary of the 'Treasury be, and lie is hereby, amJiorizedg'his death was calm and resigned, as lii? life has been to pay to the clerks in the custom-house at Roston.rpati ioiic, useful and distinguished; and dial the Iasi lutteranre ol his lips expressed a fervent desire for the] perpetuity of the < <»u?uimion, and ilie preservation ol |its true principles. In death, as in life, the happiness] ■of his country w as uppermost of his thoughts. DANIEL WEBSTER, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap I propriated, the arrears of their salaries from ei-hteen hundred and thirty-two to eighteen hundred and lliir ty-seven, so as to make the same equal iu proportion to what they received in the last mentioned \ear, on the same principle as has been applied to the custom houses at New York and Philadelphia; and the pay ments under this section shall he governed by what has been the practical construction of the former laws an this subject, at the Treasury Department, applica ble to the last named poits. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secre- ary of the Treasury be, and h? hereby is, authorized ind required to pay to the clerks in the custom-house, it Philadelphia, such sum of money as, with the a- nount appropriated by the general appropriation act if the third of March, eighteen hundred and thi »'*y-W c ra 'Tic meeting in Jasper county, came to hand too line will make up the arrears of their respective sala-B|., te lor „bj u at ion it. to-davs paper It shall appear •ies from eighteen hundred and thirty -two to eighteen® n m|) . 1H . xt> Kindred and thirty-seven, the sum to he so paid l». -“ 1 ng first ascertained by the proper accounting officers if the 1 reasurv. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That in addiiion :o the account now required to be rendered bv every rollcctor of customs, naval officer, and surveyor ol gfclaims and disproves pipai l of the Ex ci.live part ol .lie i-gisi;uure Here vv. are a-aiu in the dark, for if Gen. Harri ?ou understood himself, or i? understood by tlie Re- corder, in his long winded dissertation upon tiii?head,j we have only to say, as a citizen of neighbor.: 'county, once said to a distinguished chief magistral! »f this State. “ It stands to reason, ’at they have got core sense tier we.” 'I'his much however, we may venture to predii that he will find it a difficult matter for Congress to] legislate eflectivelv without his aid, and that he will) -o on as his predecessors have done, to give his ap-i j .oval to their acts for the purpose of making them] obligatory, as laws of the land ; and we hazard tlie prediction, that he wiil ultimately, exercise Executivt power, with as strong a hand, as anv President w lx has gone before him. 1 Do they object to bis desire for an independent {press r” w mswer that tio man w ho deserves tlie name of an American, has ever objected to an independent wasfiv efFu-{€*edfi—on all occasions united it. one general roar severe anci^ ‘srninsT what they pretended to regard as a most in iquitous proceeding. What! in this liberal, enlight ened age, turn out a faithful public officer merely he- ause he cannot cons< it ntiously support ihe party in pow er? Pi oscribe him for opinions sake? The thing was intolerable—-monstrous. No administration List that of \ an Bttren could perpetrate such enor- mitv; and it was n**ce?sary for tlie security of virtuous ami faithful officers that Harrison should be elected President. Ht would introduce a reform that should effectually put a stop to such doings, and protect merit even iu the person of a political opponent. Hear how eloquently tliesegcntlen.cn discourse upon this matter, jos. before the election,—Mr. Preston, one of the Orthodox” s; id, “I shall resist and denounce ali giving of office as a political reward, or turning out of office for mere political opinion”—and further lie olds in behalf and doubtless by authority, of Gen. Harrison, ‘*1 hold it to be a Whig doctrine, the ioctrine on which Gen. Harrison, as President nf the United States, means to stand, that lor mere political pinion, no man is to be proscribed.’ Rut wc can ascend one degree higher in the scale Inf evidence, hear Mr. Clay.—“If we (the Whig?) ,cied on ihe avowed and acknowledged principles ot [our opponents, “that the Spoils belong to the vic- jtor?,” we should indeed be unworthy ol tlie support Secretary of State. THOMAS EWING, Secretary of the Treasury. JOHN BELL, Secretary of War. J. J. CRITTENDEN, Attorney General. FRANCIS GRANGER, Postmaster General. The account of the proceedings of tlie Demn-g A few copies of the Rules of Practice in Lair, and V.qiiiftf, established by tlie Judges of the Superi-3 or Courts, at their late Convention, and published In ler of the Governor, for sale at this office- ports, every such collector, naval officer, and snrvc\-t or shall, each and every year hereafter, rentier a qtiar-l ter-y early account, under oath, tothe Secretary of the. Treasury, in such form as said Secretary shall pre scribe, of all sums of money by each of them respec-J gross, five thousand dollars; For the payment of arrearages incurred in enforc ing neutrality laws on the norlhen and uorthwestern frontier, five thousand dollars; For the service of the General Post Office for the year eighteen hundred and forty-cue, in conformity to tlie «ct of second July, eighteen hundred and thirty- *«*; For transportation of the mail, three millions two hundred and eighty thousand dollars; For compensation of postmaster’s, one million and fifty thousand dollars; Provided, hotrever, That in addition lo returns now required to be rendered by postmasters, it shall be thedutv of (lie postmasters at New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and!"™ 1 '^' received in any one year by New Orleans, and the other several cities of the Uni- ' a °fb cer i or surveyor, on account on, each and every year hereafter to render a quar ter-yearly account to the Postmaster General, under oath in such form as the latter shall prescribe, for the purpose of giving full effect to this proviso, of all emol uments or sums by them respectively received for box es or pigeon-liofes, or other receptacles for letters o papers, and by them charged for to individuals, or for the delivery of letters or papers at or from any place in either of said cities, other than the actual post office of such city, and of all emoluments, receipts, and The R-xorder of the 23d nit. has propounded a? Is'i iiig of Interrogatories lo the Democratic press : as^probated, he would be of all men [follow s : Do tbev not atiiee with Gen. Harrison, in his ex-] press, and for the life of us, we cannot discern thelof the people. No ! fellow-citizens, higher, nobler, Presidents motive in alluding to the subject. Is nolgjiiiore patriotic motives actuate the W nig party, ilu* liberty of the pre?s, amply secured In our consti-H Further yet; The hero of Coonskins himself, Gen. tolions ? lias it been invaded since the day? of theSjHarrison, being called on to say whether “a capable ldt r Adams, or is it threatened from any quarter, atajand faithful public officer ought to he removed trout resent? But as he may have intended hi* n marksBoffice for opinions sake,” replied, “No! indeed. 'to apply to the corruption and prostitution of the press,fl These were a part ot the say i nigs before the elec- may we no* consider them then as a “ severe and de-gtion—gi title readers, let us pause and examine some of [cisive reproof,” of tlie subsidizing policy of the Uni-^the (/otngs, subsequent to that event. Let us see how ted States Bank, and of the means resorted to i' 1 a^'bese fair pmtni?es have been sustained by acts. Most rtain Presidential contest, in which he was not an in-g^of you have heard of tlie chivalric Abram B. I an- [dilier< nt spectator? s-nine, of Savannah,—who was appointed by General Do they not agree with him, in his deterininatiotipJackson, Collector of Customs for that Port. That jto forbid the money of ihe people, and th ir offices,' he was “honest and capable,” calumny itself dare not io he prostituted to electioneering purposes ?” r deny. Toe following just tribute to his merit, from It would indeed lie singular, if a man s.ifficieurI V * the S *vannah Republican—a paper not remarkable fi r distinguished to he called to the first office in this^’ s m-positio*. to applaud political opponents—wall great republic, ami who has been applauded for lhe.ii'b ovl 'be estimation in which he is held bv a par ir* pos*ession of stipe,ior tab nt*. acquirements and vir-!f' >'y, and the manner in which he lias dtsrliar- tue; and who has succeeded in gaining the approba-En*^ 1,0 duties ot the office of Collector. lion of men of all parties, on account of a supposed^) “It is due to ihe diameter of our mercantile community. . , . .. • • •.» ii j I -ftpas well as to our late uoiiliv Collector to say. dial during the identity <if opinion witu all, and each, we restiea', it . , - , . , u„ a i ia( i t - , - t 1 jgperio'l. nearly nine years, he has been in <• thee, ne nas uouiaa ?i:ch an indn final sliou id not, b^ uctidi nt or Olher-^ orf .|^ 1((ll judgement a sinsdc hood for duties, nor hns w is< soul* times assert a principle which could he ap-gt-tne Government lost ;t dollar hv an importer — Ihe average flic most Ullfortil-rvyr-arly collection* for die above period have been about ■ -.1 .1 r • ... i. P?000. all of which have been rezularlv disbursed and paid over n ite; and with these preliminary remarks, we are pre-c? - - u-„ «t „ .U. nlea- ’ ' J ‘ . feitn tlie I reasurer of the t inted .'tates. V\ e al*o lake pied pared to answer, that we do not wish the people*a surc sayinK that ^ a jor Fa.nvis, iu his official capacity, has money and their offices, prostituted to electioneeriiiggjjiven very steneral satisfaction to all who had business to nrposes”—hut we do desire that so long as the peo-ajtrausaci with him.” 'pie do not apply their money to corrupt purposes, thatal Well! one would naturally suppose that a fit op- the\ shall exerci?c the privilege of doing just w hat lheyr?porlunity here presented itself for the manifestation ot revenue laws; or for rent or storage of goods, wares,Bment, but eonnot disce'ru anything new, or explicit inBplease with it—and wliih* we maintain that no ofiiceHihat hatred of “ proscription for opinions sake, am! or merchandise, w hich may be stored in the ptihlicgthe remarks of Gen. Harrison upon that subject; amlBshonld be made an instrument for controlling' theg^iving up “the spoils to the victors,” which formed tjc store-houses, and forwiiicii a rent is paid, beyond^if w e understand his the rents paid by the collector or other such offic r;Fimr t" it nt all—was lively received or collected for fines, penalties, or for-jgposure of the dangerous accumulation of Executive! feititres, or for seizure of goods, wares, or merchan-Hpower ?” dize, or upon compromises mude upon said seizure;* We answer, that we are oppo-ed to all accumula tor on account ol suits instituted for fraud against theStion of power in every department of the govern-f emoluments, of any name or character whatsoever, and .j — B 0 — _ , - - .. . . . , , for any service whatsoever, now allowed and limited ject as to the rates of storage, lo regulation by the Sec-lthe State Department, in regard tothe exercise oi^clare under what restrictions that right shall he ex h v law rctarv of ihe Treasury. ■the freedom of opinion bv public officers, abundant- ^••ctsed by America;' citizens bbn. country .a by law. and if from such Accounting it shall appear that the any collecter, na- stirveyor, on account and for rents and storage as aforesaid, anti for fees and emoluments, shall, in the aggregate, exceed the sum of two thou-l sand dollars, such excess shall be paid by the said collector, naval officer, or surveyor, as the case may be, into the Treasury of the United States, as part and parcel of the public money; and no such collector shall, on any pretence whatsoever, hereafter receive, hold, or retain for himself, in the aggregate, more than six thousand dollars per year, including all com missions for duties, and all fees for storage, or fees or . Harrison upon that subject ; andtisliould be made an instrument for controlling theglgiving tip “tlie spoils to tlie victors, wnu u drift, th<* only motive for allud-gpublic suffrage, that men, lidding office, should beejburden of whig song, and respecting which we havt 1 m afford him an opportunitx tolas free and unfettered in their political opinions, and|jgiven above the sentiments of Preston, Clay, and profits that have come to their hands by reason of e ™?^ inen * s ’ 0r ,, an ^ commissions or salarie keeping branch post offices in either of said cities; and if, from such accounting, it shall appear that the net amount received by either of the postmasters at either of such cities for sach boxes and pigeon-holes and oth er receptacles for letters and papers, and for deliver ing letters or papers at or from any place in either of said cities other than said post office, and by reason of keeping a branch post office in either of said cities, shall, in the aggregate, exceed the sum of three thou sand dollars in any one year, such excess shall be paid to the Postmaster General for the use and purposes of the Post Office Department; and no postmaster shall hereafter under any pretence whatsoever, have, or re ceive, retain himself, in the aggregate, more than five thoiisaud dollars per year, including salary, or which are now allowed and limited by law. Nor shall such naval officers on any pretence whatever, in the aggregate, receive, hold, or retain for himself here after, more than four thousand five hundred dollars per year, including all commissions or fees or emolu ments, or any other commissions or salaries which are now allowed and limited by law: Provided, The ag gregate sums allowed per year to the several officers aforesaid shall be exclusive of the necessary expense.* incident to their respective offices, in the same year, subject to the regulation of the Secretary of the Trea sury. vent Iti? malignity upon ilie heads and Mr. Van Buren. Are ihey not plea*e<l with his manly recomtnen- dnii"n for their limitation, even in his own hands f” For ourselves, vve can answer, that we consider los part of his Inaugural, a m re mattered course i sort of finale to ihe cry which was raised against] Mr. Van Buren, on the score of Executive power and paironage, and prei is* ly of a piece with tlie everlast ing ding dong about “ Tlie spoils party,” offi holders, office seekers, Executixe patronage, and ill tliat son of thing, w hich was ever and anon, ringiuj. in the public ear, from May to December, IS 10; am ali ending in tlie most universal and disgnstingseram-j Lie for the very same spoils, w hich has ever beer, vvit- ne-sed since the formation of tlie government. “ Do they not agr«*e with him, in believing that of Gen. JacksonjS 11 * open and active in all honorable exertions to su?-jjgGen. Harrison, uttered before the election. Maj-r tain the principles and the men of their choice, asfjjFANN'lN h «d not only discharged his duties with fide.- [private citizens. If it were otherwise, the very recep tion of an office, would de a surrender of the hig.'i-l jest and proudest right of the citizen—would drivel [from ’he public service, men of eFvatcd patrioti?m| [and independence, and bold out indiiceu ents, andjj [invite to office, tlie reckie.?s mitl unprincipled. Let tk< Preside m therefore f i bid “tlie prostitution! of the people? money anti their offices toelectio.:e'*ringj {purposes;” and if he succeeds i" eulotcmg obedience [toll's uiintl ie, lie wo (I-serve weli of hi« < oiintrw But when it is recoil, eted, tiro a leading Senator ofj (hi? party, and now a member of his Cabinet, a'tempi-| *d not long since, to ix x and disfranchise a respecta [hie portion of American citizens, by making ii a pe- jnal offence to exercise the fivdorn of opinion, and the] and now Attorney G the State authorities are in danger of being over-Bfreedoui ol speech, we are not without apprehension* hadowed bv the federal anthoritv ?” Bthat he vv >u!H impose restriction- a* nncoiistitntiieeil If Gen. Harrison had expressed the apprehen?i"u jaiul d’ c ' - ■ as th - s r hv '■■■•■ > •:Senat i in iiiteliigilile language, tliat *nch danger existed, we^lroin Kent . Iiould he better prepared to express an opinion, bntjjUtiited States, according to our reading of bis address, he expresses* “ Do they obj-ct to ni firrhudings of a very difl’erent cliaracter, and appearsgthat w hile trlfire-hohlers ; to think that there is less mischief to be anticipated ^povver i<> party elect: * ring, m y from usurpations of State Rights hv tlie G-nera\\±dent mi tii'-.r i :ght of - : !!rag , even ac ity and ability to the Government, but with uncommon sagacity and prudence had conciliated the esteem an confidence even of his political opponents there 'could be no great presumption, therefore, in suppor ting that this accomplished officer would have hern suffered to retain an office he filled so worthily. ^ ut it was decreed otherwise. He was all that a P 11 ■'‘ iC office should be, one thing excepted—he had dared to hold political opinions differing from those of the Lm- Cabin Chieftain, and the “ Godlike’ Daniel. ^ Election, too, had passed—promises were no lon-_ rC necessary to catch gulls with, nor their observance to aid a re-election which it was declared was not desire Ability and rectitude of an high order were disre garded/ and the name of FANNIN scored on ihe “blacklist.” He has been rewarded for his faitldul* being turned out of his office, to make w ay ■ r of more congenial sentiments with th- that b Thi* is a practical illustration ' ■ -Ii. \ ‘>i iiTu who denounced me.i that “ prornis- iii -? l!ur an. » *• power •lie |i Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all stnrosVgovernment, than fromtne assumption of powers HyJ Thi- caps the enm.-x >f foiiv hereafter rented by the collector, naval officer, or sur-Hone branch of that gov r nmiv, which properly htlong ‘ A President ot the U ai'ed at* veyor, shall be on public account, and paid for by thelto another ; but we cannot swallow that nostrum, [»nd republican, and to he thorong nair*' •’ ;C '(!<iiion 9 |Je(i nr*re than they intended to perform. As 11 , ail not prosiitiit; riieirBjjertiiiis we mny continue ton<>tice-objects of kindre- thfij skull in ind pen ffwith tlie above, and ;"»int public attention to de^*^ oi-elt r’^opements that mark lies as among the most laith-c ? im'.ecile admit.istr^tions to which the destiny our countrv lias v^t been entrusted. It is however. and hI v acquaint- ci withB >n me con-olation to the many meritorious officers vw p n him-giifniied bv this proscription for opinions sake, to -* .. s ssi:.". J to commissions, boxes and all other fees, perquisite's and collector as such, and shall be appropriated exclusive-lhis administration will prov e u? correct; inde. d, the the institutions of his country ly to the use of receiving foreign merchandize, sub-Burtler which ho Ii >s already caused to r.e issued from s*df to control, the right of suffrage, ami to e-j [fleet that, » When vdeo prevail*, and imf ious tue:i tear *” 8 The Post i>? hon’ir is a pn»<5’»