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fefeagggi .1 ! [I^>. From the Richmond Enqairer. TEXl&A Wo were prevented, by a press of other reader1# attention to the speech 6f Mr. Austin on the grievance* 1 of-Texas; published in our Jast, Since it 1 was delivered, what an atrocious sccue has l been exhibited by the Mexicans! If our 1 beam yearned to the Texicans before, how 1 much more do we fee) for them, noto when I *0 sec those gallant men butchered by their ? raercfleS oppresera! Th* ruthless ayassins 1 are unfit to be rulers of ouo of ibe finest 1 countries on the ttbbe. ! Wo .prey for the success of the Texians. 1 We ardently hope that Providence trill de- * clare for the rtght?Dr. Archar, with whom ' J * -1 -? ia n?r. J weeonveiseu n bhjiu ?u w.?.w.;i ? foctly satisfied tbattbe generous Anglo-'oaxoo Mood will uiumph over the blood thirstj ; barbarians. From 70,000 to 100,000 true 'Spirits us now in Texas, and volunteers ' Booking in of the hardy boos of Tennessee j at^tavek;. The Doctor is an enthusi- * ast, as all men, who carry tbe cross of Liber- ! If on their abonlders, ought to be?but tbe 1 reasons be gives ns, if not conclusive, are cheering?We sill not despair of so noble ! .a Caute. To tbe reecoo. then, brave men of ! tbe West! to the rescue? j Meetings have already been bald, since tbe ' .fall of tbe Alamo, ot New Orleans and Mo- j bile. Tbe resolutions of the assembled tboo- ' snnds at New-Orleans breathe tbe most ar -* ?. - < m A ( (tost tpttit lovini ice peopio ot ieui. a committee of ten was immediately appointed to collect donstioas of money, provisions and clothing, to relieve her suffering people, and -ts bfldem the same to the Texian agency in that city.?The meeting at Mobile opeo6d a subscription on the spot, and from 4 to #5,000 were immediately contributed. The Aagmta Courier of the 11th gives an letter from Washington on the 1 -Ifeasso^of the 14tb March, which states that ?*Cel? Fannin commands Goliad, and , has 420 volanteers, among whom is the Georgia battalion. He sajs, be is read? to re* peSse 9000 Mffriranv, if they attack him, and no donfat be has been attacked before ibis. They may starve him oat by a seige, bat Cannot carry Goliad by storming it. Ward is Lieut. CoL of tbe volunteer army, and Gen. Houston has been re-appointed Com)Ba.dder-tr>-Ch?ef, and is organising tbe Army atGooxales.?We have in all about 1500 vwnnteers from tbe United States, bat want 6000 more. The enemy have 1600 Cavalry each with a short gon, e brace of pistols, iwQfd and lance. They have also a flying artillery; field artillery, and bear? battering cannon and mortars." The N. Orleans True American of the 4fb, mates it as probable that Fannin bad bad a fight with the Mexicans?and it was said, had slam 1500 of tkeiAneray?bat we suspect (be troth of tbe report?*4 Santa Anna's official account Ol 13V outini w wui wnodw wu in ;kw i Orleans. He acknowledges thai tho fight- j1 ing war pretty bard, and boasts of baring' f killed 60 Texians, cut of the 100 in the ForC. J fie is silent as to the first attack."?The Hatches Courier of 31st March says, that M CoL Gift. C. Chddurs arrived last- ercuing foot Texas, informs us that Col. Fannin, 11 ptlh ftfitoen, was at La Sabta, and fcit confident/that in case of an attack be could make a saoewtful resistance. Gen. Houston was on the Colorado, with a force of 2,660 men.'* ? Still Late a Accot-vrs. The reader will perceive from the Nc* * OHnm Mcoonta of the 6th, that Fannin Ua<! em through tba Mexican troops and elected a juoctioo with Houston, and that a battle eras expected between the 2500 Taxians, and the 6000 Mexicans?Houston was determined to strike far vengeance as well as for victory. The Texiae cause is carrying with it the sympathies of the American People ?A volunteer corpse is forming at Giee*iborough (Alabama) to march on the 1st of May The Nalclttz Free Trader of tho 1m, says thatooo of the largest tod most respectable meetings ever held in this city, convened at -dm Ceurt-Hoose on the 30th March to adopt measures for the reliefof our suffering brethren in Texas. The President, (the Hon. John A Quitman,) delivered an eloquent speech, in which ho declared his determination of repairing forthwith to the scene of actioQ. Judge Quitman was foUowrd by Judge Bledsoe, who depicted the wrongs of ! blooding Texas, in a strain of the mo?t iropassioned eloquence. Col. Childress, a i member of the late eoorention which adopt* i cd the declaration of independence, also ad- 1 dresaod the meeting* and gave a detailed account of the (all olthe A kino, and the atro i cities perpetrated by that infamous despot i Santa Anna, and his mercenary minions, on its brave defenders. It will be perceived by the resolutions adopted at a meeting of the i Fenables, that Gen. Ftlit Houston accom- i panies Captain Quitman. The oppressors < of Texas wilt find, in these gentlemen, op- I pooents no leas for udable than they found in I the valiant lowic and lamented Travis. Santa Anna decks his brow ?ith no laurels < won Irom them."?The Peunsylvnnnu of the 19tb states, that the Texas meeting held | .on Friday last at the Tontine in Pliiljdcl-' phia, was so crowded that many pcrsous were ( uoaoto 10 gei aumuiancc. , MIND YOUR DOTS. A Kentucky member of Con?re?s wish- ' ed to write to his wife on arriving at 1 Washington city, that he had "formed a connexion with a very agreeable mess ami j1 expected to spe9d the winter very pica- j1 Sftnlly." Unfortunately and greatly to * the nrprtM end mortification of the good 1 lady to' whom he waa writing, he inad* i erteqtly dotted the e in the word mess. x Watch/nan, i P0LfttC.1L. -f BUSINESS OPTHEboUSE.* In yesterday's Globe, a brief notice vr; akci), of the abolition scene cnactcil bi fore the House by Sladcand Wise. . isrt of it, in our hasty sketch, was oo;i ed. The public are apprised that, wit i ?iew to gel rid or the factious agitalio irodticed in the Honse by the nullitiei ind abolitionists, in the game kept up b< ween them, ercry thing touching abol ion-was, by an order taken by the !Ious< tent to Mr. Pinckney's c-mmiitce, wit nitruclions to girc the whole subject {tiietus, by a final report declaring il AGITATION CALCULATED T< DISTURB THE COMPROMISES O FHE CONSTITUTION. TO ENDA> jKK THE UNION, A?L>, IF FEKSli: rED IN. TO DESTROY ITS PEAC KSD PROSPERITY." To nnJcrgo ik hand, Slide's petition was sent by lb Speaker under ifcejudgmcnt of thellousi jut Mr. Wise interposed. Tllte proccec ngs were as follows: The Speaker decided 'hat accordin ;o the construction gieen by the House i ts own resolution, (Sir. Piuekney** rest utiun,) passed on tlie 8ih of Februar last, that the petition would go to the Si ect Committee under the order of tfa House. Mr. Wise: I appeal from that deeisio >1 the Chair. Mr. Slaos asked for the reading of th _ _ . ? a . a . aa Dcuuon, wmcn was oDjectcu 10 in ail par ?f the House. The question rccurrin ipon the appeal from the decision of tli uhair. Mr. Wise said there was nothing in lb 'csolmion, even by the broadest constru* ion of it, which would sustain the dec lion of the chair. The resolution whic he House had adopted, be contended, 01 y related to the District of Columbia, an lad no reference whatever to the Tcrriit ies of the United Stales. There was a mportanl question involved in lhis*m< noriai, and that was, whether the Cm jress of the United Stales had the rigt jo impose conditions in relation to th (object of slavery on the new States, wbe (drained into the Union. Ho could nc ire, for the life of him, how it was poss >le for any person to apply tbo conslnu ion to the resolution which the chair ha ipplied in ibis case. Slade, in the progress of the affair, b< tame restive, and violated the order of th douse. He was called to order by Ui :ltair, but the cry was raised from Mi iVise's quarter, *'go on, go on." Wise, vill be perceived, insisted in his spccc hat the Speaker had no right to comm Siade's petition to the custody of tin ommiliee, which baa t!io instruction < he Hoaietoditpoce of them a* inccndiar u?d unconstitutional. Wise's object was I jet up debate and agitation upon his ul ection which dragged in the conatiiuttoi i! right of petition as an ally to the abol ion question. After this was foiled, the following pre y inlcrludo waa introduced, and playe iff by Messre. Underwood and Chambci wo of the moat env enomed Federal is n Kentucky. Before the decision was annonneed, >1 ^naxacaa of Kentucky r??se and inforn id the House that his coiicaguc, (Mr. Ut lerwood.) bad not voted; and he inured t :ompel him to role. la litis, he concai ed with his colleague in tho reasot ehiehhad induced him to decline rotinj ind be made the motion for the purpoi if giving him an opportunity to preset ill reasons for so doing. Mr. UttosawooD asked to be cscu a I o he ground that he could nut conscictitiou y rote upon this question, unless he kne me contents of the paper upon which 1 was required to rote. If the House the refused to allow the paper to bo read, 1 lU ? ? tw/mtl.l nnl ontitrttii lit rn f n wni ijuJJCU lUVj HUUIU UUi WV^|'WII4IUi IV ?w upon it. The question was then taken on exci ling Mr. Underwood, but before the dee lion was announced, Mr. Chamber* of Kentucky inquire of the Chair if the question was debate ble? The Cnain replied that from the roi< of the House, the gentleman eras cxcun by a large majority. Mr. Ca am scat said ho had risen b fore tbo decision was announced, and I again asked in the question was debate ble? The Chair referred to the Rule, or said as it was a new question, (lor he he no recollection of its crcr having bet presented before) he was, therefore, n prepared to say (hat the gcutlcman wi not entitled to assign reasons why the re ions of his colleague to be cxrtiscd, wcr or were not satisfactory. The rlmi however, never knew the question raise before, for llic invariable practice ha?l her tofore been lo lake the question uitho debate. Mr. C:iAMn::B? ilicn understood tl Chair lo say he had the right to deba this question. Mr. C. proceeded lo ai dress the liottsr, and continued till o'clock, when Mr. Ca vbueliing calli for the orders of the dny. The fiohjret before the (louse was the laid ore, without announcing the dee lion upon the appeal of Mr. Wise. (The vote was understood to be 1*27 i favor and 07 against the motion to lay tii ippeal on Use tiblc ] The effect of this trirk on the part ( I nilfirirnoil nnd rhnillhprs. i< In tren nnn Jus aggrnrnlwig propuRiium for Amu tie. If ihcv had permitted tlio jrdte to) ngit on the rnhJe to puss the oft-dissrc - ? , t<*Tand vile sltjieciAvattfil liivc gone I the tomb of lh*4&j)ulcti. y i, _ * No "loan can hare w i tn cssed ihe'court of a!llhe factions of the federal party i the Hnii.se, without seeing, that they ai 15 'resolved, If they cannot rule in the cfotti 2' cils of the nation, to destroy as far as * is possible for them, the character of tli ^ representative body, and thus strike i popular rights, by bringing into disgra< the ilouso of the people. The poorc county court attorneys, or the scrubs < the aristocracy, who hare been used upo the bench to decide causes for their gre. federal patrons at the bar, upon legal qnil 1 bio* against equity, have been brought b * the Bank and its great advocates to pla * off their chicanery and trick to mar tl ,, business of Congress. The session h: . been employed by them in this tvay, an '* now they have set their presses to wot * to decry the majority of the House ft . the mischief done by their own senrv l$ politicians. Hear the National (Bank) Gazette: j' Four months have now elapsed sine the commencement of the present scssic of Congress, and what has passed then * ?four months, a great deal of bad exan ? pie, and little besides. This little ii eludes only two bills, if we recollect arigh y of A nntilii* iihturf*?-iinn f.ir ih* r?lii>f . the city of New York, which docs n< "* seem to hare given particular satisfjcltn to those for whose benefit it was desiguei n and the other granting an appropriate to prosecute the war with the Indikns.,f! The manner in which the time of tl ** House of Representatives has been c: hausted, is thus summed up by a corre 10 ponaent of one of the New York paper and we are inclined to belicrc the coropi ,c tation correct: c' SO days in debating tbe New York fit h bIIJ* 20 in adjourn meat, to gratify those wli wish to indulge in parties < pleasure. *" 20 iD talking about abolition wilhoi D any result. 20 in talking about Judge White, M Van Ouren, and Uen. Ilarrisoi ,l 20 in arguing questions of order. >e 18 in attending to the quarrels bctwee n Messrs. Henry A. Wise and M ,l ? Polk, and between Mr. Wise an J" 118 Mr. Byntim!" Tbe last mentioned eighteen days should hare been stated, were occupied ? Messrs IVisr, Bed, Peyton, Sp Co. in qua rtting with the Speaker of ike House an c those who were prominent supporters of ti '* Chair. f* In reference to the time which has bee " wasted in long speeches, such as Bel) " six days* speech, the National Gozetl 11 thus remarks: I j. " How much bettet are matters manage J' in the British Parliament, where onl y those are allowed to talk upon a snbjc< ? who are known to be familiar with it, an capable of shedding light, instead of n ?* dialing darkness/* As to another class of speakers, th Gazelle says, " We could almosx wish tht l" t he practice of coughing down was in vog " in Congress." This* wc presume, hi :t reference to Wise, Peyton, Graves, i Ho.; men wbo speak against lime for Ui purpose of procrastinating the business ? 'r the House, or who are up ua every occi l* sion that ofTcia. making speeches for tl l" purpose of creating cxcitcincnt, disorJc ? and confusion. r But who does the Gazelle wish shoul 15 roagA ihem downf Were the majority to ii 5' it, would not the Gazette be one of tl "* tirsi to cry out against it? Would it n< II charge tho majority with producing di order, for the purpose stifliug debate? L ,n the Gazette recommend to its Whij ' friends in the House to set the cxampi w and themselves cough down these obnox ,c ous members of their own party. M L say, let them be coughed down by the nti*n fw assnstw V*1 ? ? ?V MUVi ,e . Gvlbc. BUSINESS OK TUB HOUSE. Yesterday Mr. Reed mured Utat "ll rules be suspended until I o'clock lo-da for the purpose of calling the Slates their nrder for the presentation oi such ii tit ions at shall not be ubjccied to and, thi d ^,0* r'SC i0 n0(^ate' ani^ ^or 'he present lion of resolutions proposing the rstabiis f incnt of post routes.*' The object of this motion was to cnab members to hare undebatable subjects i troduced and refeired to committees, lit |(j they might be prepared for legislatives . liou wheu the more important btisine " O ? ? r? T f I ... rt f Willi n ,u pcmiillg w?? ...... 0 nl ncral approbation anil was passed. The rules were suspended according! 1 i but when the Speaker proceeded to a i% | the Slates Tor petitions, anil Masscchuscl r'j*.vas called, Mr Reed rising to present ,(j j petition of some private character, M p i Wise objected. Under the order nf tl ; House, it could nut bo received. M j Wike lid loo ed up litis course of olijeetiu : when Rhode Island was called; and lie ,c i last staled that lie did so that nil pciiiioi 10 I might be in order. The lines marked ' * j italic*, in the above, were then rescind* 1 by a vote of (lie House, and the expect jtion was indulged, from the disposition I t'ic body, tint the members would rclrn I11 from introducing matters of controvcri '" until the the petitions of ordinary rhtia ! tcr bad been referred. Rut no sooner vv " tbc rule modified, than the object of M Wise was made visible. Mr. .SIji.'c o( Vermont, with whom M if Wise was seen to converse on tbc first o it r*iei?tn n !.,%?? rim rr rrl t tt/T t/i inlfriiln^it I? a petition to rcfu?r Arkansas admission in - the Union, because a slave Stale, again i nevvcil hi< a!tempi to pet ihi? inccn-Jini to lopic of-Jiscusaidn before ll^iiuusc, ;i g' supplant by it iSp regtilar and pendi re business; which hafc precedence at prese in It ff^evidcitt, then, that Mr. Wise n rc playing into Mr. Sladc's hand and that it- the abolitionists; and the'result was, tl it the morning hour was consumed by ll ic firebrand proposition. it = This piece ?f management of Mr. Wi :e in conjunction will) another *ole in wlji si he was joined by the whole corps of Jud jf White's Tennessee friends, shows not c m ly a willingness to embarrass the procet at ings by opening the way to abolition | b- ti.ions. but marks their anxiety to bal ?y the iitempt or Akransas to obtain adm i) sion into the. Union. The other vote ic which wc allude, was lhat taken on A is Thomas's motion on Tuesday, 12th in id to lake U|> the Senates bill admitting & -k chigan and Arkansas into the confederal ?r .The majority was for it; but a vote of y almost exclusively the opposition mi mad.- up the ont third uccessary to prcrc its being taken up. Among those voli :e against acting on the petitions of Micl m gan and Arkansas, were Messrs. Bei e? Luke Lba, Peyton. Matey, Standet: i- Slaoe and Wise. Lei it be rcmcmbeu a* that Judge White voted himself agaii t, the admission of Michigan, with which of knows the fate of Arkansas is united. r>l Globe. m - J; Proa the Washington Globe. OPPOSITION TACTiCS. _ The National (ilank) Gazette, by \v it of throwing discredit upon the majori t. in Congress, says: 9. ' Congress has been bclircen fire a six months in session, and the genera! a a. propriation bill is no! yet passed. T consequence is, that the salaries due rP. the first of April hare not been paid, the great inconvenience of thosq o/fict 10 of the Government who hare no other < uf pendence. In the mean tiuoc, the me hers of Congress t*kc better care of the Ul selves, and draw their pleasure, even a Irance This is not very fair/' r# Does the honest editor of the Gaze a. desire to know where the blame of tl delay should attach? Let him look in ? the daily account of the doings of C.j x, gress. and he will find the proceedin ltl filled with dilatory motions?speeches, four days duration, made upon an amen jt mcnt to defeat an ordinary appropriate y and supported by only six votes, after co r. sutning nuy-cigni u :ys iituic uiscuuid y/ He will find theso thing* dune by his o* k friends; by Bel), Wise, Graves, ct id an genus. u And would he understand the motives \ this manccnrering, this war upon the pub ^ business, this perversion of the rule whi denies the application of the previo >(j question in commitleo of the whole to i y rest interminable discussion? It is to er ble Walsh and his brcthicn to bring d l(j grace on the representative body of t !. democracy, and, in the eud, on represeni live government itself. The itnmodia ie object, however, is to prevent the passa ^ of the appropriation bills?to swell t u amount in the Treasury?to hold out it great temptation to set to work the !u jc, rolling and corrupt politicians in the 8u lc Legislatures to watch the distribution the money collected by the Gcnetal G j. vcrnmrnt among the Sutes popular, IC that these politicians may get hold of r and appropriate it to their own selfish pi posca. It is also the design of those w U have clogged tho appropriation hills, |0 keep the public money out of eirculati IC ?to make a pressure in the tnouey marl 9l ?to set their city friends a howling make another panic?and lav all their d fl tresses to the deposit* banks, arcusi them of hoarding what they will not p mil tbern to pay out. ? Kfoni the Baltimore Republican. ir THE CO.NSEQUENCE. Tho editors of the United Slates Te graph, the Richmond Whig and route o er opposition papers in the South, ha been exceedingly industrious in endeav* ie ing to excite the fears, and arouse I v. jealousy f the people in that section in ?he country, against those of the N'oi * generally, and thereby to weaken tl iU bond of union and good feeling whi a? should exist between th??m, on the alteg b* grounds that the abolitionists were v< numerous, that thev were possessed le great power and influence, and that t!i n- were rapidly increasing in numbers a at strength. For some time they succeed c* in aiHiir ctumurrnuic r&inu in 1111*11 tun *s the cilWi of which ?a< lo produce gr c- cxciiomcni, ami much apprchcnsii among ihc people of the South with y. ?ard to the probable consequence. Si ill frequently, hou ever, it has been seen tl I# among tfic people of the Noilh genera a the feeling toward* the Abolitionists n r. their measure*, hafr been decidedly h ic tile, and it has been found, upon examii r. lion, that the number of Abolitionists g, eompiratircly speaking, exceedingly sm at that llicy possess no power, that their ii# tlucncc is weak and contemptible, and t in they arc daily diminishing in numbt 2d strength and influence. These discover a- have no far calmed ihc apprehension of the people of ihc South upon the' subj in anil subdued the excitement which p iv vailed in relation to it, that the edit c- who hare labored no disastrously to k< as it alive, and to augment it, find it exec r. ingly ?1 i flic til t to produce any agitation relation to the matter; and the more t' [r. labor for the purpose, the more thoreog! c arc the people generally in !' e sectior ie country convinced that their rcj?r? *r to lions are erroneous, and ire made, i c- with a view to tin p.jhln good, or fr rv anv impression u -ot. 'he !> .:< of the? ndrmuke ffcem, that they rest upon cny solid ng fou noatfan, bu t? forth e^si m pie object of nt. endeavoring thereby io produce a political 'as effect upon 4l?e neat Presidential election, of This is rendered evident by many circum* mi stances, and a strong proof of it appears !iis in a letter from Washington, which has been published in the Charleston.Courier* sc, in which it is remarked, **yoa would be ch gratified to sec the good lecling to the gc South displayed from all quartertr^Se m- assured Abolitionism is going down, the id- statements of the Telegraph to the con} - trary notwitbstrnding." Similar rtmirks Be have appeared in letters from Washington iv which have been published in the Charlesto ton Mercury. The chcumoUt hee thai such ir. statements are published*in those pipers st. has mArtified lhe editor of the Telegraph li- not a little, and lias caused htm to flounce :y. and flounder quite furiously. Ha attrit9 botes some, at least, of the letters of Mr. mi, Pinckncy, the representative in Congress >nt from that district. Whether his coojeeng lure upon the subject fs or is* not correct. hi- is not a matter or much consequence, ex.l, cepttbat if lie be correct "in his sappoeiek lion, as Mr. Pinckney has been rather ?d. hostile to the South, it shows that the enist deuce to sustain the truth of the atatehc menls which are contained in those letters has been so strong as to hare thoroughly convinced one who was far from being naturally inclined to judge of the people wf the North more favorably than the facts demanded. ay ily From the Richmond Enquirer. EXPUNGING. Iu' We are indebted to a friend at Washing'P* ton for the following singular documents. U Thn rat i!/is Mitt ?rent*t CAr/TAf i uv tail ov4??ij i?ai v iui^UIWU 00 the extraordinary fact, which Mr. Rives a 0 has brought to light ic his late luminous Jr* sod conclusive Speech. It actually appears (says the Danville Observer) ? thai m" no trace of the mwmscrtpt journal of that ?" body, (the H. of R.) from 1789 to 1834, >n a period of tkirtyfvt years, is now to be found! It is thus apparent that after the f. journal was printed, it was considered and 1,8 treated as waste paper! Merey on us! what 110 a comment is that upon Whig orators, and ' n" the expunging panic-makers! What beS8 comes of the ocean of words, poured , fourth about the destruction of the record? 1(1' violated oaths?and an ontraged Gonstitu>n* tiori! Many of the present antt-expungiog n Senators, such as Clay, Calhoun, Tyler, >n* Webster, dec., were members of this rn same House of Representatives, during tne this period, and of course v?ere the gatortiians, the "keepers" the "preserver?' of .? this defunct journal! Good sir#, how <^u you again look honest men' in the face, after hiring thus, according to your own u* showing, suffered these sacred archives to 0 ir" bo thtowo away and destroyed for more !*" than the third of a century, without oece J8" raising your voice to prercnt the sacric lege! # L*c " Mr. Benton tells us that the journal 2e (?J th* Senate) which it has all at oucp4Sejjc comes so sacred a duty for the Whi^rlo a preserve, be found carelessly stored away g, in the attic sitnry [the garret] of the rapt*'c tol, without a keeper, a prey to rots end o{- every kind of vermin that choose to make j war upon iu We learn that there aro one thousand and ten copies of thejournat t printed, which ere distributed among the Colleges and Universities of the various jj * Suic5, and all the 8tatee of the Union* to for reference and ptescrvatin?r*ii& alio nB throughout the world?as two coplaa etch j are given to all foreign government* oho u have resident minister* in this country; js and these printed journals are adofttted into every Court of the United Slate* as true and regal record*. How then can r ' the journal be destroyed by drawing a black line around a resolution on the manuscript journal, ami wiling half a dozen words across the face of it?" . So far from that excellent paper, the 5* Danville Observer! The documents which vre now lay before our reader* confirm to xe a tittle the statements of Mr. Rives, and or* show how notably the jouraala have been * kept for the space of 35 years, according to the swell ng doctrine of the modem [ . ig.., and h?w completely the Const* . tution, iu their sense of :h?< keeping clause, lc has been violated by all patties, and '* through every epoch. What dries the !ry following statement show, but this: 7Act the original manuscript copies of the journal lc-vj of the II use of Representatives, teas not preserved before 1824; and that the aanuscript copies note in the House of Repsesenr,!l taiicts, are copied from the printed opich enl which are considered the official andperjeet >n" rppy, being printed under the order of the re* I louse af Representatives, and all it nors * corrected in it* And yet, notwithstanding the original journal was actually deslroy-vj cd in the one House, and carelesaly n thrown by in the dust of the garret, in os" the other House, what a holy horror havo !\a" these good Whigs poured forth at the ' J vcry 'l'fa marking lines around the present manuscript copy, and writing ,n" arms* * Ernrnioinr." so as not to dcfikCO hal a lioe or a letter! (con.) tes ,r House cf IUrRr.!t>r.mv?? ormr V Statu.) Jyril 6. 1838. J ret ' rc.J I)kar Sir: In an tver to the enquiry or? contained in vour tetter of this morning. ?p11 hare 1. stale. that the ertgircl rough r,j. man?'?.rript journals of ihc House of Rein prcenH'ives of the United States, (those .. y r^'1 '? the House on the mornings,*have |j|*v j r'ot been preserved to a period anterior to , commencement of the first session, .? ?-1 eighteenth Connn s?. (1S33-4 ) im- r? - ? -> * * not For vonr further Inforoiolioiit I enclose ora you a copy of a coimunnicntion from Mr. f>n | _