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f not only voted against laying it on the la?)le, hot am" pr?*pired with my present im g^Kessious, ro vote for its passage. 1 he geu- j fWiy", however. who gave notice that he j wouKf move a reconsitier.if.ion, tailed to do so , within the tiiue prescribed by the rule ot the j ^jhouse, and it cannot now be called up with ^o.utavtmyority of two thirds. fe0'$fy opinion remains unchanged, that it ..i^jrould be unwise in Congress to enact laws l^tfe ^burd probably render it more difficult sjraVthe Banks, to resume specie payments, rftumrfe- the circulation to a sound aud healthy condition. opinion also remains ^^ehanged, that the requirement of gold and ' '? silver - exclifsivei^in .payment of the public Vtfees, would" have the Tendency to keep gold and ?)ref permanently at a premium, and prevent the Banks paying' specie, except when their circulation" and deposites are red u c e d nearly. tOj&e" amount of their specie. Let ^ contemplate the consequence of suefiaredncnou of circulation on the nomi nal prices of property and labour. ? . It ts well established that the prices of pro perty 3u^labour,foe*T&less there is a disturb ing cause, 'invariably regulated by the abund ance or scarcity of the medium for^ which they are est&inged ; that they' rise with the increase .an^wJUne with the decrease of that medium. A&mit this proposition to be cor rect, and it foOows as a necessary corollary (in the absence of disturbing causes) that in proportion as the medium of exchange is di ? minished, rhe j:rice of property and of labour - -will be reduced, and in the same proportion will it be more difficult for the great debtor interests, to pay those debts contracted .at a - time of redundant circulation and liigh pri ^ ees. " . The indebtednessofthepeopleto the Banks alone in the United States is estimated at more than $400,000,000. Four hundred mil lions of dollars ? admit the specie in the Uni ted States to be $100,000,000. One hundred -jmlUoafc (which it is not) drive paper from eireuiation, and is it not evident that the pri joes of labour and property will be reduced to >_;au extent that will spread rnin through the ^country 7 A. golden age indeed would this v-beto t^e capitalist and salaried officer who \ -receives a stated sum, while every thing that ?v; lie purchases and all. the labour that he em ^ jrfOys, would be reduced in pricey An age < riot c&kard jnoneif only but of hard limes also, ;-V' to the unfortunate debtor, driven as he would *T"be by a remorseless creditor, from the farm that: supported t and the home that sheltered and Tamily. not mad enough to believe that the ^requirement of gold and silver exclusively in -Jjjay n^ent of the public dues, would drive pa il per entirely from circulation; but one of two consequences it would inevitably produce ? r? either a great contraction of the circulation r jpr a hopeless corruption of the currency. Xt is however thought by some, that as pa per disappears, gold and silver will take its i .place* Where fs this additional gold and >stfver to come from ? The mines wont pro / duce them^ and if we receive them at all, it v Bntusibe in exchange for our commodities w'^rlth foBeigR countries. The great staple of ~ the South. depends principally upon foreign g?inar?et?>foF demand, and it is as important to*' rOur interests that money should be abundant in those countries that we trade with, as at v home. Have we already forgotten that the ^?operattons.ofthe B*nk of England, intended prmcipally to restrain the exportation of gold, and to_ recover her lost treasure, was one of he principal causes in producing that terri commercial . revulsion, which recently prostrated every branch of industry ,and spread dismay through the country? Nothing can he more fataljq ottr is?wests than to abstract th? njmntts metals from those con ntiie# with, "^which we trade, for by doing so, we Jessei* their ability to buy from us, and thas reduce the prices of those great stales ol foreign expert, upon which not the industry of the south only, but the prosperity of the whole union depends. 'Fhe great staples of the south form the principal link in that golden chain of prosperity which until recently en circled the land, the principal round in that great ladder by .which the nation has risen to commercial eminence. Whenever there is a j considerable fluctuation in the prices of these j staples, the vibration is felt through every j branch of industry. Constitution prescribes that "all du k, ties, imports and excises shall be uniform ^ throughout the United States," and hence _ some contend that they should be collected ^"j^-Gold and Silver. But the price of gold silver is not uniform: Like all other "'articles, their price is regulated by demand and iuppiv, and is even liable to fluctuations from * causes that do not affect the price of bank ; bills, as for instance an increase or diminu . tion in the foreign demand. Let me illustrate an example, takeu from an article on the tjbeory and practice of *4 joint stock banking ? ' speaking of England. 44 Between themottffis ^ of Febrttary a ud A u g nst , 1 SI 4 , the. getfirai , ? peace of Europe intervened and huH&hii^ho , less than 20 per cent; between the^on&s of . . January and April 1815, the retuft-of Napo ieon from Elba took place and gotd-bullion in , "this short period rose upward of29per<. ent ! ^. Between the moQthsof June aDdDeceniber the same year, the career of Xapolsatt. w&s permanently sto pped. And gold huUiet* fell upwards of 20 per cent.1* B ut we oee(inot cross the Atlantic for illastrsttioo^ J&e history of our own country within tbelastfew |nouths,; aiFords conclusive j?roof that thetppce-of?^S^: % and silver is not only liable to.great fttictoa-; ^ tions, but that it diilers at different"|>laces in the United States, on the same (Jay. i It is true rhe<^onstitufiougivei^to^Congress the power to '* com .money -^ regulate the value thereof aod /of-6>reign coin^'Vbuf the words '4 regui^te ciJfe Value Wereoir^ mustl^je^ taken here in amost limited. sense,~aod m^ans j but this* that Co u gress mjyrim the denomina tion of eoifi and prescribkhow aruch pure me-; ?tal and %va;. niuch alloy shaiI com pose each ?f>ieee,^ init carvjiO. more, withiu the limits ot its eoastitutidnajF powers, regulate that ^reat 1 3aw ^fdesiand aad .supj?iy by wljich its price Is governed, than it eao regulate the laws of j?amre that govern the seasons,;. ; , ? -v 4t wou!3f be impracticable fui^xue, gen tle-^ tnen, without impftsi^g a seveietaxup<^ jnitience, to extend the linjits of this xet^asj^Wj us to embrace idi the SetionS.-iff^je^i I iiiwe to the requirement spec? le 4Jxlut*; sivtlifi n payment of the public dues; therefore content myself with merely stating ; si-'few of the most obvious, to which I hare stot already alluded. * "Among these ohje+Uions, :1 will mention its , teadem^v t u concentrate the gold. and silver^ of the fcou ot ry ai th?se -p?)ints where the XiovernmeBt dues are principally collected ? -witness the celebrated 44 Treasury Circular" of 13:36, requiring specie exclusively in pay , <uent at tile public lands. That u would unnecessarily restrict Com ; uterce, increase in effect the duties upon ^importations, not. it is true, to he paid into ?$b? Treasury, but into^the hands ol money " '^^n^er*, ^Cisers and sharpers. j / Xiwi i'*> operation upon the South would j [ ho more injurious than a direct increase of die Taritf, for a Government tariff would to a limited extent build up a home market for [ our productions, while this indirect blow would cripple our foreign commerce without I even the pretext of a partial inadequate return I for the injury. In conclusion upon this subject, I will only | remark, that taxes are at best but a necessary [ evil, and I lay it down as a principle incontro ? vertible in a tree Government: That it is | as much the duty of the Government, in the I collection ot its taxes, to avoid unnecessary i oppression upou the citizen, as it is the duty i ot the citiz -u to pay those taxes that are le i Ultimately imposed for the support of the | Government, that protects him in the enjoy ! ment ot his rights. i My present impression is that specie or the ! notes of Specie 1'ivjing Banks convertible on \ demand should be received in payment of the j public dues, and that the Secretary ot' the , Treasury should be required to have frequent ; periodical settlements with the Hanks tor I all balances on hand. This regulation would j secure the government from the risk ol loss, i would operate to produce a resumption and j to prevent the suspension ofspecie payments, and would without establishing ini|>rop*-rcon- ; nexions with the banks avoid the oiijrc-i tious of sp cie receipts turliwiv* '}/ for the pub- j lie dues. i I would bv no means allow the use ot the | Government money for banking or other pur poses, but if the deposites are made with them i at all, let theui btSjpcciaL ui in other words let j j the deposites remain untouched until called f for by properly authorized agents o! the Gov- I eVnment. | The objection that the receivability of bank I Dotes in payment of the public dues, will al low the collectors of the revenue to exercise [improper preferences, is in my opinion more j spacious than real, for to receive the notes of one bank and reject those of another in all re spects of equal standing and credit, would be such gross and manifest partiality, that no man, no administration could withstand the indignation it would excite. The separation of the Government depo sites from banking operations, is in my opin ion, correct in principle, and if carried out, will prove beneficial in practice. The arm of the Government should be used neither to stimulate nor to restrain speculation, the en terprize of the Country should be left unfet | tered, its industry should be protected, not reg 1 ulated. | In advocating an independent Treasury, separation ofdeposites from commercial pur poses, I would most carefully avoid a conside rable surplus, and thus preventa large amount of money being kept locked up like the mi ser's wealth from the uses of trade. In voting for the Bill as it came from the Senate, I voted not " against my . own judge ment," but in accordance to its best dictates, and am now prepared to carry out its princi ples* ^V:. In thus imperfectly expressing my opin ions either upon the receipts or the deposites, I wish not to be considered ^ committed. Upon these subjects as upoirall others, I am open to conviction, and ad pride of precon ceived opiuions shall prevent aie, from dis charging my duty conscientiously and to the best of my ability to my constituents. ? Conscious that the energies off wis great Country are unbroken* and with tfie sincere hope that a returning tide, of prosperity will soon spread fertility over the land* I am very respectfuHy ^^'->" Your obedient servant, JOHN CAMPBELL. * FACTS FOR TH E PEOPLE. Mr. Bon4'* &pecch. J'he late eminent and virtuous Attorney General, William Wirt, did not escape the censure of these indefatigable reformers.; had rendered some professional services, itii : which the U. States were interested v>but 5 which were not such as his official station ' . charged upon him. For this service an' in considerable sum was paid to. him, butVits propriety was questioned. The salary of the \ Attorney-General was then ?3,500, and he j was allowed $300 for a. clerk..* How stands ; the case now ? The~ salary of Mr. Benjamin * F. Butler, the present Attorney-General^ isj $4,000, 1834 he was paW^$M-50_19' for compensation, besides'being allbwed $1,~ ; 300 fair a clerk and, messenger, and SoOOfor the contingent expenses-ofrhis office^ - The ' gjN&te -addiitional. allowance, an^ charge, ^ \ ;_mduntiugtogether <9 $1^800^ is made in 1.^35. ^depen^ent pfihe;in.prea8ed salary ^iidihe "barged - provision i(^a:messeng^r^Jience eagies'Mr. Butler's, right to charge aVesTcess of $450. 19 for cqn^nsation,^ beside^' $500 - forv contingent expenses? Iirthe year J 836, We heard of nothing of contingent expenses, bSut a provision of^Vj4Q7f is mad(? .fpr h'w clerk and messenger, .-and for .Mr.;, Butler's compensation that year he receivecL$4,332; when his salary was only ^4,000. - Why was ' this excess of $332 paid to- him T .He appears to have been usedas-afcort of Caleb Quolcni: He has been allowed to enjoy the jsaiary of his own office and "tHi^of the. Secretary af--' War at one and the same time, being at the* rate of $10,000. per year<- pursuing too his ! profession, and receiving its emoluments.? No wonder we see in him " thecomplyinglaw officer; of the crown."- When did he ever give au opinion contrary to the wish of- the .President, ifhe knew what that was?-- Let j me give an illustration. As the story is told, when the Baltimore railroad was about to he located at its termination in this city, the company consulted Mr. Butler on some point .as to this, righrof way? under their charter., j After, full deliberation, bis professional opin ; ion" was obtainedjn writing. It happened that General- Jackson- f^it soma concern about the location of ofway, aud he express? ed an opinion? on rliVsatue point, requiring a termination of theroad; which the company did not w is h, aud .wb-cii-Mr. Butler hadad vised them they;-" iu?cd.--ijot adopt. General ^Jackson. was ftrmshedwith the opinion of i ^bW|UtctJ^ instead of yield- j ing,.he endorsed'orf itjf" Mr. fuller has not ; let this ^aper ^dPeferred 3>ack t<^^?mf wit,h a copy of the c hartfcjr, cforh is\_ te^&x ami tfa t i o n . " -In, due time, sin th e A 1 1 oru ey ? ile d e ra ! agrees conformity, with tha^which Gen.Jaeltson bad ve*prefe?ed ! After this, >1 r. Speaker, '? **e need .not -he, surprised it the;absurd opinion of Mr. Butler, ajfoundatiou or j usti fication for Geo. Jacksooto po cket,the-. bill . repealing the Treasury circular, ? arid -which liad parsed both Houses of Congress almost -by acclamation. Nor, indeed, -should we be astonished at any opinion of his, unless he should have happened to give one different from what he supposed the President want-' ed. I wish now, to make a iew comments on the professions and practice of Mr. Amos Kendall, late Fourth Auditor, and now Post master General. This gentleman, you know, sir. was an -eleventh-hour Jackson man. H however, wai among the first who gotoflk* and immediately after bis ckppointment, a let ter of his is published, in which, alter holding himself and a few friends *p as having been persecuted, he exclaims, *what has Heaven done ? So disposed of events, as to make Barry Postmaster General, and mysclfa mere humble Auditor." As to Mr. Barry, no mat ter 44 whateveuts" made him Postmaster Gen eral, we know that under his management that department was deranged and rendered insolvent ! . But now for this 44humble Auditor," or, as from his own question, he is sometimes call ed, 44 this Heaven born" Amos. If history does him justice, it will be found that he de sired office under Mr. Clay, which it not being in the power of the latter to provide, Mr. Kendall espoused the cause ot General Jackson. In this letter ol .Mr. Kendall, he says: 44 I feel bound bv my obligations to my country, and by the pledges so often repeat ed bv all the principal men ol our party, to promote, with all my talents and industry, the reforms which the People demand. 1 will ^ prove that our declarations have not been I hollow pretences. Besides, I hold the inter- | fere nee of Federal officers with State politics | to be improper in principle." , For the reform under this last paragiaph, J I refer vou to Mr. Kendall s letters and j toasts sent to various political meetings and j dinners throughout the country, lor a few j years past, on the eve ol State Flections. When Mr. Kendall entered upon the duties of his Auditor's office, he caused to be pub lished in the United States Telegraph, the then official organ, a letter, in which he says, ^ "The interest of the country dfnmids that ? this office shall be filled with mcrioj business, and not with babbling politicians." Sir, the whole letter was the work of a babbling poli tician, expressly designed for political and demagogue ends, which the writer, in the same breath, said he had quit and left for otlvvrs! I will read a few. passages from it. ?? In five days I have returned to the post office twenty letters and three pamphlets, enclosed to the Fourth Auditor, aud directed to other persons !" How long after this let ter was it before Mr. Kendall, for the purpose of building up the Globe newspaper, and the fortune of his friend Francis P. Blair, (ano | ther eleventh-hour Jacksou man, whom he had brought from his former residence at Frankfort, Kentucky,) sent ander his frank to Kentucky, and perhaps elsiwhere, the pros pectus of this newspaper ? In that same letter Mr. Kendall also says: ?4 Upou entering this office, on Monday last, one of the first objects which struck my eye was a pile of newspapers ou-hiv tabte. Among them, I counted sixteen different papers, all of which I was told were subscribed for by the Fourth Auditor, and paid for out of the Trea sury." . v; . . He sent them back, as ke then stated, with a note to each; of ,whieh the following is a .copy : * . Department. Fourth Auditoh's-O^th?*^ March24j 1829. Sir: Not believing that I ai^whorized to charge the Government with subscriptions to newspapers and gt her pubHc&iio n fe which are. not useful to me 19. the discharge of . my offi cial duties, and noi perceivw^that I can de rive anv assistance f?Hn%pUr jourriftjujo ling the accounts of the tl ? Sv to request that fou wilt discontinue sending it to this office. Very respectfully, your.obe dient servant, VAMOS^KENDALL^ - Here, Mr. Speaker, is a fine displayof-the " pride, pomp, and circumstance" of office, 11 not of official insolence.* jBut yesterday he was himself the editor and publisher of a news paper; he next appears, in bis own language, an "humbU Auditor." But,*'*, does not the letter just read show that be*h**s forgotten ahis humility and become puffed up official consequence ! ? \ ? .? Why did he not simply tell his bi other edi-, tors, in brief and respectful language, that he had discontinued the 'subscription for-their paper? ' ' ,:y ^ ? '* "But a further thought is suggested by thifif letter of Mr.- AmOS Kendall, and his reason^ for discontinuing newspaper subscriptions.-? He is now, sir, jPastmasier General. Suppose w^look ar.the Statement of the contingent ;expenses of hiis office for the last year.-. Do you- think we shall find any subscriptions for. newspapers there 44 paid forout of the Trea^ surytf^ listen to^afew items: ^-Southern Literary Messenger, -JJU fg N. Y, Journal of Commerce . 10,00 ^ Alle'gHarijr Democrat ~ ^ .jjfe f; Penosylvanian . f- } : ; ;? ;. ^ .^Indian BipgrapHy ? ;? ? ^ \ Metropolitan M^aztoe ? t Th r?e>CQj?es of the Dai ly Globe 30 op ? Richmond Eugtmer -,c > - J/ - Sundry- others which I will *?ot stop to name:- the whole - number being twenty .or upwards and the totatof.su bscription withiir i small fractiouof $200! He. was frightened at a^pile of J 6 ne wspapers, but be^an now take 20 at a dose 1 Can- itr.be possible that a^nan, who came iuto office declaring, like the I bar isee ofold, that 4the .wasilot like other men,.* ? aii<f would even 44 tithe: mini, and cuminm, . ?.begius already to "neglectthe weightier mat ters of tli e law?" .. What hecomes ol his in-, flated promise-14 to prove" that his declar^ Itiotis bad not been hollow pretences ' what" value was his declaration, made in his letter before referred to, and in. which he says, 44 Vain I may be, proud I am, that the: President has given me an opportunity toaia him in proving that reform is not an emjfflr sound, and is not to apply merely to a change.^ of men?" Why, sir, I quote as a reply to 'these questious his own words, in another passage of his own letter: "The world will know him at last, and assign hinTfrs true rank." 44 Truth is omnipotent, ana public justice certain*?' Araon'Mr. Kendall's reforms may be men tioned-hfs leading agency in the removal' .of 'the public depositee Irom the Bank ot tbe, U. States: To effect this, he carried on a system of 44 filling. and cooing" with the State banks, -and in the language of a certain Senator,, ( Mr. Benton, )tlebauched them. J es, su , debauch is the. word.,r'I apply it to the Gov ernment and . banks, ^.though the Senator thought the People had been debauched,and applied it to them ' For this work of 4 de bauch," which proved so serious a curse to -the country, this agent was employed thirty -two days, afid was paid for this service the ?sum of S316 11,. being- about ten dollars a day fora job which has occasioned much ol tne -embarrassment under which the country now labors;. He got ^10 a day for doing ? tjns in jury to the Public ? a hard-working laborer finds it difficult to get his dollar a day* But still, Mr, Kendall belongs to the r ^m<KMatic party and whilst he received his.$10 a day for that work, he also received the regular salary of his office. This appears to be an established usage of .this Administration. The case, of the Attorney General is already mentioned. The reports from the Depart ments shovrjeveral other cases, though ^will now only add thatof tjje Commissioner o In dian A^ah?i;^to:^as for * while acting Se ' ' -"v*^ '* ?*???"?? ? crctary of War, am] during this period diew (he salaries of each office, being at the rate of S9,000 a year. But, Mr Speaker, no man better knows all the uses of office than Mr Kendall. I have ? read a political tract, written, I think, by ! Dean Swift, entitled somewhat in this way : j 44 The convenience of a place at Court, or a j sure mode of providing garments for a whole ? family.*' Mr Kendall appears to understand : the 44 modus operandi" of this matter. The i printed list of clerks in his Department ex hibits his father-in-law and two nephews, with salaries of ?1,000, Si, 200, and 81,400; and thus we see a family provision of nearly 610,000 a year, including his own salary. But Mr Kendall is not the only officer who thus takes care of his own household. If provision of this kind be evidence of 44 faith." few of them will be found 44 infidels." The President's son has an office, which I have already mentioned, of Si, 500 a year. The Secretary of State's son until very lately, held the place o( District Attorney in Alabama. A near relation by marriage of the Secretary of the 1 reasury has a comfortable annuity of Si, 100 in the .Navy Department; another holds the appointment of naval officer in Boston, with a salary of $3,000 per year, be sides bring President of ihe Lafayette Bank of that city : and a third is the Cashier of the Franklin Bank of that city, which became a special pet under the pet bank system. These gentlemen would all make excellent Sub Treasurers ! ?; Mr Bond said, when the proposition for re trenchment was under consideration here in 1828, the friends of Mr Adams, by way of proving that he and they desiied every ju'st I economy and reform, pointed to his Message recommending it. How were they answered ? Why, sir, Mr Ingham, who soon afterwards was made Secretary of the Treasury, said if was indeed true that the Message did recom mend it, but he wanted to see more practice and less profession in this matter. There I were no specified reforms fouud in the Mes sage ; he could only find there one of those formal recommendations, which were as un- ] meaning, he said, as the words "your humble servant" at the foot of a letter. Mr Randolph, in the same debate, used this language, On the subject of retrenchment and reform "The President did recommend them, in one of those lofty generalities with which all sermoiisrpolitical or religious, abound ; which might be printed in blank, like law process, and filled as occasions might require. ? But* sir, (said'he^ Lara for looking at the prac tices, and not at the precepts of the parson; political or religious." -C , f & r Mr Bobd said this rule of: Mr Randolph was perfectly just; it was thus shown, too, to be avowed by; this -Administration, and he was williug to judge them by their own rule and thought tothisthey ought not to object. He would leave to the House and to the Peo-j pter:t0 whether -the "-practices" . of this Administration "had conformed to their pre cepts.'" ; ;| Was the recommendation in General Jack son's inaugural address one of those ; " lofty generalities" just spoken of, and defined by Mr Randolph? The 44 Unit Cabinet" must I bave lost the art of reading, otherwise." re form" was not quite so 4?legibly inscribed" as the General imagined... That patronage of the Federal Government which was said to J be brought into conflict with the freedom of State elections has greatly increased, and is stjIL unrestrained, in the same conflict.'.' * , 1 The geutjemanjrom Tennessee (Mr. Bell) has for years labored to bring this House to theconsideration of a bill to secure the free dom of (elections, and thus carr< into effect the recommendation of General Jackson's in augural address. Able as that gentleman is, and^untjnng as he has been in his efToilS, the measure proposed by him has received the fro.wrns instead of the favorofthis administra tions^He and the -venerable Senator from the same State (Mr. White) were the. early -and devoted friends of General Jackson, and.they stilj [-desire ten carry into, practical elfeckj.-tjie principl esw h i c hthey,.wi t b^Gcheral Jacks on, profess "ta be governed by. They Tee! and know" the imminent ' danger "wiiich threatens :tbe.country, in the increased strength xjf the, patronage of office. They see, andwe-all see, thaTtfheoflice- holders are 'Abroad in the land.y^/For a description of this growing phalanx, and its powerful incentive to action, I will idi&'w'oo high authority. A member Of the Senate, (Mr. Grundy,) a zealous friend of Geoeral Jackson, the evidence of which has Jbeen^already given in his own words, held this^hguage, when aiming to pull doty'n the s old Administration : 44 When I see, (saiil he) an office-hqlder interfering in elections, jt has occurred to me that he was thinking .or-his salary* and isf therefore, an unfit. adviser of >tlie-f eopljp*-1*- ^ J,. : : ! - "?r .->S pe a k e t h a t v&ic h occurred to, Mr. <Jrtra.dy no doubt often.occurred to you at^ the same period, v ' The proposition is a very natural one, - and I think that recent everits: have strengthened rather than,, impaired its truth*, But I beg^ the further indulgence of -the House while I read whatimolber-dis Ying-uistied friend of * Geueral Jackson said wheHTdebating- the subject'df retrenchment and-reform on this floor* " I allude to Mr. Bifchatjan, now. a Senator from Pennsylvania, and' with his continued and growing devotion to the party, what he said will certainly be considered 44 orthodox.1' I find by that de bate, that he said it was well known,..:.--^ ^ ' -- "That when a man is ouce appointed to office, all: ihe selfish passions of bis' nature arevenlisted for the purpose of retaining it. The' office holders (said he) are the ehlisted soldiers of that Administration by which they are sustained. Their comfortable existence, often depends upon the reelection of their patron. . Nor does disappointment long ran kle in the hearts of the disappointed Hope is still left to them, and bearing disappoint mejrt: with patience; they know- will present anew. claim >to office at a future time." ?; v This passage of Mr. Buchanan's speech, proves him to have been an observer of men' and things, and familiar wi^h ?he leading prin ciples -of -'humanr'action. . He dreaded the consequejiees of the selfish spirit of the office holder, and/induced the country to believe that Gen. -Jackson and his friends would pro vide a suitable restraint upon it. . But I fear, sir, the People will be left to conclude that this gentleman is one of those 44 political par sons" described by Mr. Randolph, whose 44 practices" do not correspond with his precepts." It is certain that, under the fa vorite Administration of the gentleman and his frieuds the office-holders have received :new life, instead of a check. ? But I must yet point xout another discrepancy between Mr. Buchnnan's profession and practice. In the same debate, he reviewed with censure, seve ral of the foreign missions, that to Russia in cluded ; and particularly condemned any prac-, tice allowing a minister to 44 return after one year's absence." His language is : 44 Ifsuch a practice, should prevail, our ministers, in violation of the spirit of the existing law, will receive, by adding the outfit to the salary, $18, 000, instead of 59,000. for one year's service." 44 1 am/' said he, 44 against the practice." ? This, Mr. .Speaker, was his precept. But, sir, in a brief space of time, after condemn ing and saving 14 1 am against the practice," we see him take the bounty and become one of the ,4enlisted soldiers" whom he had de scribed, and go on a foreign mission to Rus sia, where afterstaying 44 atwelve-inonth and a day," he pockets the 4* Si 8.000, instead of S9,000, for a year's service," and comes home ! This seems to be an appropriate time to compare the precepts and practice of Mr. Randolph, who said he too 44 was for looking at the practices, and not the precepts, of the parson, political or religious." In that same debate, Mr. Randolph said lie 44 could not permit any notion connected with the divis ion of the spoil, to mingle with" his exer tions. He would not, he said, give up his constituents and the pleasure of his home, 44 for a clerkship in the War Office, or a fo reign mission, or even for a Department of State." He said 44 there had been an im provement in the plan of sending ministers abroad and bringing them back when they have finished their business; for," said he, 44 they are now sent abroad on sleeveless er rands, that they may come back re-infecta , to pocket their emoluments." Mr. Speaker^ the Greeks and Romans both held it to be a highly useful, but exceedingly- difficult'inat ter to know one's self. " Modern.rfristOry^$i' our own times add new force to the truth or that position. I do not at all question the; perfect sincerity of Mr. Randolph/when he uttered the sentiments; but, great as be may have been, and skilful as he professed to be,; and no doubt was, in thte- motives of human action, after events .proved how little he knew of himself. Sir, we soon found Mr." Ran dolph giving up his constituents, and leaving all the boasted endearments of his district^ for a foreign mission to- Russia, where, so: far as any public advantage res dted from it, he.; emphatically went on a 44 sleeveless errand*"/ and " came back re-ivfectxf , to pocket -ft is emoluments .'" Indeed, this mission to.Rus sia^seems to have been specially dedicated by.' the party" to short terms of- six and twelve months, for the advantage of some of the, ^?cOoiisVedf soldiers" describe^ Mr. JBicha^: nan^Jo th.i^ way the cosr of that mission ba&%een inordinately increased higii time thattbis dra n op the public T rea-: sury for private benefit should beche^ked.^ Mr. Bojld said it "ivas ooiffo b^disguised that many of ? t h 6 pol i tici a nswhbeug a ged vin the debate and strife of tlie times to which he had alluded, had been surprised, jf not 4js appointed, by events which sou rr^o I Ipw edr| A singular exchange of" positiob T^^takerv place between two ,of these geuj^emen?^ When the retrenchment :reso1ution^asCdis~ cussed, a friend "of the then ' Administration^1 Mr. Pearcfe, of ivhode Island,- tpokgrouq?? not in terms, but somewhat ^simUar^o -th?(t' .. v .i^jC^^^denied and condemned such a right.*; pointed a mem6er'ofihe re r r ebob ?^e n t^atid, reform committee, and, after Ocnerai^J^ck^ sou came into power, Mr. Wi ck liffezenl^ tisV Jy endeavored to carry out the iprotnra^fe^ "form ; but, not f\ nd i rig the.fco^pehv^on-'he/ vhad expected, he abjured the^ party;' About this timejt era. avowed the doctrine 4i that the spoils ed I Have not the people been d?ce>yed*ai?.cl - allured by specious and vain promises}^Ba$ not the Federal Executive j)atrapago:?oai^-~ natel v increased, and is it not still uhresU^lfe ed ? Is not power tx)veryit abused and perverted 1 ^ Do not the e xBases of out G e- _ n'eral Government far trai^c^^M^ai^H,nt" all oufpasi fiistorV ? ~ WJiy ace^tfese tnmgs " J? ? i-V; .. U?_ 44 .i/*Vr fjj? fer OfOtie-UI.^UH. . y.JJM .. IVVW*'^. IXRyrjOM of, the Senatec fo whom J have before relej^ red.^Th his speech here, to idii^b^&'havg already allud&k and w hen h e"* was ^assaj I > , ?the (then) Adfliiiiistratiori, fye thus exclajrn edV" The very- poswession:^ a strong, a- natural .tendency- W^cQtrjija. the heart.V Tfie lust of dominion ~jrrows*wirh its possession : andthe- mat* w ho, >in httmb I e life; was pure^jaj^ Jnioocent7 and just,, ha^. often been transformed, hv the Jou&posses'v sion of power, iuto^irfffristet. |? In ihe;fl?cr^4 Bool\whicb/<^ntains:lessoBS'ofwisd6rnfoi^j pbJi ti c inrt aLi well as*(or the Christian, fi iwta "ha jxpyil lu stira tion of'Fhe coiruptitig io-' fluenVe'ofvpower. updo the humaB^he<il?.. Whet> llajrael came to consult JElisha >whe| f her his master, the king of Syria^tvonld re -covier from a d ang e ro u s^il J u ess3 the prophet r looking through the vista of futurity, saw the' jc rimes of. "which the messenger, who stood . before hi.mA would b egu i 1 ty ,a d e we p t :? rHazael asked, 4 Wrhy _wee.peth, my^aordj,' The- prophet then recounted to him the mur ders and ;the cruelties, Of which h^ sbouhf be guilty j^wardsV thp, chiyren^of JjsraeJif^rJHa za.^I, i n t h e spi r i t "of vi % t u o u s indigp at i ou," rer. plied 4 Is thy servant a dog, thatJie should do this thiug V And Elishaanswered, 4 The X?prd hath shown me that thou shalt be-kfog , over Syria.' This man afterwards became i Jiing by the murder of his master, andyVaf gLuilty of enormities, the bare"recital of which would make us shudder." > 'v-; 'C/. '< A. . How true, and alas ! bow applicable js this sacred illustration to those who^ invoked its use in elevating themselves to power.'' > Suppose, Mr. Speaker, that some^spjred Elisha had been present when you and Mr. Buchanan, with others, engaged in the de-. bate which has been referred to, and, moved by ' > sympathetic tear of the prophet, you had asked, /4 Why weepeth my lord ?" how would you have been astonished in being then told what the people of this country. [ have since realized f . * - ' . -'J Imagine, sir, .the inspired one looking* through the vista of a few biief years, and saying : You will be placed in power, 'but will greatly increase the amount of all public expenditures. You, will use the offices and patronage of the country for private and not for public good. You will create offices for favorites. You will enlarge all Executive^ power. You will deny the right to' call for reasons on ,a removal from office, and in. a few years will remove more than 1500 per sons from office for opinion^ sake .' - You will derange and corrup^the PostOfl}'-e De: partment, which you now admit to be sound, and you will not reform any of your designa ted abuses in the other Departments. You will appoint more members ofT-Congress to. office in four years than has been done in all the past history of the Government.* Your^ bill for the abolition of the power and pa tronage over the press v* ill sleep, the sle^p.of death. You will retain 44 the press, the. post, office, the armed force, and the appointing^ power in the bauds of the President, -land will not suffer them to change position aii<& tgke post on *he side of the people." . Yo^ now censure * small appropriation to par chase some additional furniture for the Pre sident's house, but you will furnish that house in luxurious style for General Jackson, who will be succeeded by Mr. Van Buren ; and he, not content with the second-hand furni'ure of his predecessor, will cast it off, and make his entry into that edifice with one appropriation of $7,300 for alterations of the house and superintendence of the grounds* - and another appropriation of $20,000 for new furniture; and this, too, in the very year when your public treasury will be bankrupt. You will increase the expenses of foreign missions, and sutler your ministers to return home on such brief service as will show their appointments to have been made for individ*/. ual gain rather than public good.~i\. You will increase the contingent expenses of this House from $80,000, the present annual amount, to $210,000. Yon wiU add to the- .... like expenses of the Senate and to all other > public expenditures in the. same ratio ; and" ' the sum total forithe whole total civil list an<^ ordinary appropriations of the Government*, which is now $12,163,438, will be increased from. time to time, uodef your boasted re- form, until it shall exceed thirty milltoiis per >e"' . .. You. now. question the right of jt .-Depart^ ment to purchase a print or likeness meansof the 5* gffice4tolders," the "enKetei v* soldiers," as you have just caiM them; tring: : the patrpna^e of the Generaf Govsrntiietft in to conflict with the freedom of elections, a ndT you will resist |he bill that shall be brougBt; in*to secure the freedom of those elections.* YoUj Mr^ Iiadidolpb^ wiU go upon whatyouf novTcall as*' sleeveless -errand, arid after sa luting the Emperor of Russia, will make a pleasant sojqurn in: V old England," and turn to your estate^] iv Virginia. YonV. Mrf;:r pocket tlie7 ?13,0Wf'for '5 a' iwelvdnjontli i ^^ 4^^swvipe^ Ybu, (to the geuUe ' ' ' Tew Y<*rk,) MrVvGambrelengSwi^ ' man * rT5 ? ? z . ^ s r vt . ? ? v ~^ii ^ \ t thejkty of. members; jufea jneans oC shown* ing>these$sion of Co ngi^^>>Ypu i venson, will be made Speaker of this Hoi .floor of < s-tb* do jjiih reveren< > <wu^u. , . _ ^^artmeuti and . uncJer ycruf supervision, an attempt to hdm ;bd)?tbe people with'theproj'niseof an exclu ^v^JKard jnoney curtencj' wilj result in the jbanishment brail sp^cte, . a Bankrupt Trea- .. ?suiv, and- a circulation of . shinplasters and ?* v? ' -'I'l Ti ' r ? a <* V* vi ' At*. ."T - ? - * Trr,vsury npt^?>^^- , r 3 v - % 0 Speaker, such t? tfi-},. s^iisejaJh^ve heen.made at the peri^ibf . tin.d. wbich l have suggested/ What wonld haveTj^en your repjyv';^nd^what would., Mr.*' - It having -been "pro po irigs of the o pponents of*, ^Uigemr,^^ States, '* ^at there^hoald be a General MeeUbg/^p .Pe legates fromall the.Statest f6r the purpose^? ;of. agreeing on ^ persons as candidates for the offices of Presi^, tgejut and Vice ^President atjthe ne: a nd a desire ha ving been expres""1 r' ? L A*;, stilted Onitne sunject, aoa, atm uuc bUUOIUW -y uticn and reflection^" they *?re of opinion that the Borough of H a rri sburg,i n the State off Pennsylvania,: is a suitableplace, and thefirrt Wednesday in December, 1839,apropertirt>eV for holding a General Meeting for tfje purpose above-mentioned, to be comppsed.of Oeler gates from all* th'e States in-proporton to their representation in the: two:* Houses nf . a . fFroaithe New York Conner and Enquirer.] - The UtfiTBn ^States Bajtk and the; TREASDEr.-r-It js well known that the Trea sury "Department was apprized 3 yreek sidce of the willingness of the United States Bank to anticipate the two millions of its bomfs to. the Government/ due^n OctOber nexU . Wev no wv have it in ? oar ]power to: state, on nn-? questionable authority, that^the Bank has, expressed its desire tq. ap^tuge... amicably wiftf tfie Treasuty for aU its bonds, to the * amount of six millions, in anticipation. " "The position of the Bank at the pjesent day, ootwithstan^ioj^ the charges of insolven-. cy brought again<t i^ tJaily in the official or gan of the Government, fully justifies the as sumption of these responsi bili ties, and ena? ble?, it;to extend this timely aid .to the^Trea l^fetiry witlfout embarrassment. 'It has in its , vaults aod in Europe ?^5,000,000 in specie,. - and $10,000,000 in securities available in spe- ;/ cie at three days' notice. All its responsibL-xv lilies for circulation and deposites are butv $15^000,000^ leaviug a disposable surplus of i ?OI/1'II*GCLOTHS 1/ '> Jib yh, ? ? * ? I . lOR sale by