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[From the Rich no -id H lug-} TO if EN R V C LAY, ESQ ? Uttkr I. Sir; It is a common device of those who *:Lsh to en gage the attention of the public, to iddress. iu\form to some distin guished man whfteiN fact their lucubrations are meant for others. < Such is not my case. My errand is to you, and though I am by no means unwilling tbaHhey k* who sit upon the wall" shall hear my^words, yet, I am no rail ing Rabshakeh,, come to insult you. Did cir cumstances justify the free^i%I would rath er that all I have to say w.ep^taid . before you and you alone, in the privacy of your closet, where no present consciousness of public cen sure or applause might disturb the calm re flection to which I would invite. For my sell. I shall say nothing to disturb it. I shall be careful neither to flatter not o/fcnd. \ Circumstances plainly designate you as the m?xt President of the United Swes: and it is hardh? less ma a if that you will owe your elevation in great measute tn that small party of consistent States Right politicians, who will lend their weight to cast the waver ing balance in your favour. Bailed as they have been by the alternate rashness and treachery of their feaders, there is nothing left to them but to choose between the mas ters offered by the two great contending fac tions of the Union. Even the opportunity so tr ; to. choose, is a rare privilege ; and happy is it f* for them, that circumstances have schooled ^>*hem into a temper to use it wisely. Had "^not the eager ambition of Mr. Calhoun urged to a course which lias left him no place ia the confidence or respect of the great body ^ of that party, their votes might have been neutralized by being cast for him. In that ^ event, none could have anticipated the result of the doubtful conflict between the advocates Legislative and Executive Suprema ^ ct? the Omnipotence of Congress, and I /Tthe Omnipotence of the President. , But i ?-1' under the sway of this un governed passion, Ssfaf- the existence of which he may be' no more ^conscious, than the demoniac of the fiend that possesses him, he is carried 44 whitherso " ejerit will;: and sometimes it casteth him in to 6re> and sometimes Into the water." ^ ^here .let him lie. We have no call to res '%euahun from the fate he has chosen, or to i^s&are it withhim. Ourhusmess is with our J^CO U N T R.y'SS A F E T Y v an d WITH- YOU. ;.-Fo?anxious as I am to secure your fa vour ^Sp^ajenliqkn^to^what I have to offer, 1 will : - tj^i^em^.toudweivisyou. ?; .You will see by ji^J^sigaature I havachosen, that I am one ^ of that sect oCpoliticians, known by the name * <^State^ Right 'men; It may perhaps enable voulo identify me as one of the most un -ipfrfl^romising opponents of your general You may therefore not be surprised ^^^fearn. that I ara i^aUhis day prepared to sT rfiJROTjKr a 'new course of action and to give "?* in^bwn "personal votejn-favour of the great . leader of the national party. It is at this mo - ^ KXepf^a comfort to me" which I fondly cherish, that l am in no wise respoasibie for any part ^ of Ae misrule which has afflicted my coun try for the last quarter of a century. It has ^not fceenj*y mArfeult,. th it while the powers ,-ot th^Ftderal Govern meat were in the hands ^(men avowing the 'most ardent zeal for the ?^Tr^hts of the States, and ^contending for the juost restricted.: interpretation ofthe Constit ution, their course of policy was such as al ? most to extinguish the like sentiments in the minds of their devoted followers. It has * tii\t be?? "by my fault that the Administra tion of that Government has been uniform ly fedrral? . . whatever , the professions, of - tho& who administered it. . I feel no self reprcacb, when I read the declaration of Chancellor K?nf, -that "from 1612 to 1S25, . tie progress of opinion was in favour of a p*etty Liberal & enlarged construction of ? .the constitution, of the -Uoited States," while he adds that atquestion^on which tha public . mind had gi?n judgement against. the power ofthe Federal Government at the^former peri od, v?ouid doubtless be decided in its favour at . - the latter, 3take no blame to myself for these ^things. it is bynofault of mine, that , while | the ship of stale has stood with all sails set ngfct for the -harbour of strict construction, dnfting faft^Mfc ? un^er current inb the wide ocean of fedrra-" ^ligpt' I.*oted for none ofthose by whom these things were done, not because I did not hold "the priaciplesprofessed by them, but because ^Jia&no faitVln jheir professions. It was not by my fault tha.t-Andrew ^c^Son made: the etiafr <jf state a despot-s throne, and tram-, pled }n blttersco^ p4ut^rightsa^ Werj^sts . i a^l^o^^-fneii d sr: . ..^ hav.e^^i^hon est -f g, that, by -refusing to lad liv.-; wholtnew aith m-the ta^nfewas h^i^^^recoHection-of jgtedfefefhope to ^"v^^nietothe *v ' "V ? BPBliaww^ to nsss aui; s i ticenty; are 7no t oues-. y oar stand op iae a? owed .gcujciples of . party, afforfs^e ? comforts ble as^ur^ th*tjr*kw^tbe worsts But I.wiU add, - at from your candour.aud m^Qam.nHt^ I pect sometbmg more... I persuade myself fte experience vQ." the iastive. years has. eea lost ujjo a VotCLahJjth'-jtit may fead. . y?'l -formed. . Without the aid of that experience, and under1 excilittg mfTaeices front/which I trus^that yott are now Iiaj?pUy;: ex^nipt.,. It- is . to the: ? : conslierdtioa bftge %Ixts thrown, upon- the : ^^ts^rytpjircb tuxisy itsl^instit utio ns? *^^ke eVelits' o.f f jiat* cOsastrqu^^riod, that . -opose to i^ite.jou. In" -i3om^4his^ it I be my ? en^^Q.ur. fe. d to thai ca'adj^aad forbearing temper to. teh ra(ff^dmya?f4n ?mr apoi^hict;! . :**e to estahirsiii" m:t]ie minds of my pojiti ~ends. ? have seeu ^toi^muekof pub-, ^nd puhrf'd men, to, hold >any: maa. ^cOy to th^ letter oC^pipioras mattiT - ? ? -ctS" avowed,. aad\mea - sures advocated. in the heat of party . strifes ; .an'f when liis ysa ng ambition is eageify *{ragglin^toj;ainsoi4e vantage grouud, from whence to ^read its untried wiugs. -,i leave . to titch men as Mr. Calho^nt the boast of that consistency, which never fails to fjnda? thorry for all, the jwiuiings of his ever-varv ing course^ in some crude suggestion, care fully hunted^p from the volumiiious record of his past savings? to that gentleoian, this Urottad of selt?gratulatiou peculiarly belongs. Having made the entire circuit of the ^oliti-t cal eompass; having alternately opposed and advocated eyej-y cardinal measure of perma nent character, there ia ?ow aoquarter ofthe heavens to which he can direct his coarse without finding, ia the history of his past life, ?ome precedent to sustain his eUim to obn^ sUtency. He therefore safely pledges^hrm ?elf (having first ;done public penancft in the Senate for his past offence*) (obe henceforth consistent. His right to decide with which of his former selves, he will be consistent, ; cannot be denied: but the world may be per ! mitted to doubt whether he does not mistake j his model, when declaring himself to be, j henceforth and forever, the devoted advocate | of .State Rights, he lends himself to the pur j poses of the authors of the Proclamation and ? j Force Hill, and sustains, against every appel ! lant, the cause of the anointed head of the i North American Republic, one and indioisi | hie. We may surely be allowed to wonder, j how it is, that,- with the formula of States j Right doctrines ever on his lips, he is seen j to war against the bare name (as borne by a J State corporation) of the 44 Bank of the Uui j ted States," ofwhich, under its federal char ; acter, he was the champion; to engage in a j federal crusade against a strictly State Instit ; ution, and to give his vote for adding ano i ther and a fearful chapter to the penal code | of the United States. But here again, Mr. ! Calhoun may rest his claim to consistency, ! on the ground that this is not the first time ! that contradictions have met and been recon j ciled in his person. It is his privilege to be I consistent in inconsistency. He has it all to I himself, for he has so abused it that any but 1 a party-hack would now be ashamed to talk l about consistency. Just so it was, that un der his management, State interposition be came " a byeword and a hissing." Be it so ? It may be well. The danger of disunion will no longer afford pretexts for the precautions of tyranny. 44 It is only where subjects arc rebels from principle, that rulers have an ex cuse to be tyrants from policy." The Hots pur of the South has quenched his fiery zeal, and the genius of consolidation broods quietly over the subject land. So top of consistency. Its fate may have its attendant good ; and I may be allowed to hope, sir, that no ambition to be distinguished for this dishonoured qual ity, will shut your ears to the teachings of recent experience. I am sensble that this allusion to Mr. Cal houn is a digression from my proper subject. I beg it may be excused. It has been the pleasure of that gentleman to choose for him self, and as he would have it, for us too, a posi tion which we must leave him to . occupy alone." He thus forces us to find one for ourselves, where we may again plant the ban ner of our disbanded party and rally them to it. ? For doing this, he, who 44 unconsulting and unconsuited," has suddenly separated himself from us, is pleased to reproach us with defection from our own principles. It is hard to touch on the subject without re pelling this charge. "Mr. Calhoun is certainly a great man ? He is not to be confounded with the common rank and file of our party, or his case might be likened to that of the Irish j soldier, who when reprimanded for firing out of time, complained that the rest of the line did not fire with him. Mr. Calhoun was our fugleman, it seems, and we were bound to do as we saw him do. Be it so ; but in our manual exercise, there is no precedent for passing, at one motion, from " charge bayon et" to "ground arms/' The legerdemain, by which Mr. Calhoun himself achieved this feat, is beyond us. At another time, I shall respectfully ask your attention to such thoughts as 1 may have to offer, on the leading points of differ ence between the two parties, whose united vote is about to place you in the Presidential chair. I hope to do this in a tone of becom ing moderation. I have no right to antici pate any such triumph in argument as might excuse an air of pretension. After all is said thai can be said, my main dependance may be on your magnanimity and forbearuce, and I shall be careful not to forfeit the benefit of them, bv anv thiug which may justly offend. A FRIEND OF STATE RIGJ1TS.*&> 7 ? From the Richmond Whig. TO HENRY CLAY, ESQ.-L?tt?r JI.; vV jf ^Sir ? Among the subjects. to which I have proposed to invite jfotir .atten^on*: ;?0% will naturally expect me to assign'tHe firstp^ace. . in order and importance^ ta 'ihat; - "'first and last "and midst*' in tb? men . I speak", of coufsei jaf a Bank cfofo ? U nited States'.' 7: Its ^raira^ta^Iiis' distib^tion musrbe{admrtted, thou|f[! by me, reliictant^ jy . I -do not deny its miporta.n?e, whether as; - presenting a q u est ion .of po Ikica) economy:; oSraere. fiscar coav^e^ ? law ; or of politicaf philosophy. . Ip ;eaeh of ' 'these aspects, UTis'^ub]^tv^^ghjnW^..- ?? jjiit as ap el emenl 1 n Uiis^dis^ussion^ jf is>o? - little m^e^t. ' To say ^his^ ^nita explai n "b o w j ti . is? ; that J witK^ myjco^|ctto a ,p f itst -un- : constitutionality, and mischievous political It^'dencles s^engmeued by Ome ari e^perk.- 2 ence^Iam yel'disposed to p~ass,jt bj, is"; my,, purpose "in adverting" to"*it here. y WTienever 7jaevefrendijpg: strife between. mje^i^.Jts^dyo7V Spites. But it is* not in a spirit of sitniV^at t - ? ad^eWthyselfto you, andXt^.P^#^ei:efore remove *he fabled faces. Tou rbolTcm one;! o a'the^other.? . Let us -not dispute-about it^ l.ut bear' with me; csfiodidiyj I pray yo'ir, while IJavj:te. yoU:fora , moment,* to change ^witH".me low, points pt View; Even this I; do~ "x .(listemperecf condition; of ine^ubUcrnind d^; nl?n'd9'it r: You may perhaps, .doubt the. sipcerity of f one who, professing to b#a strict. States Right man, of the Anti-Banli schoolTapproacbes the subject in this quiet temper. But what right; ; have I to press it upon yoiu particularly ? s Where is the man of light and leading among us, to whose principles, we might Jook as "a, security ^gainst, the jn, corporation ^of .a new . Bank* of-the United, States ? -Is Martin. Van Buren that man.' What are^iis prise iples ? Whotk no ws the in .???' ; Shail .find; them in the .^iitory of the Missouri , restrict ron, and. .t&ev G um.berland^urn^pike^gates -%% : Shall find them ja his readiness to discover in the Constitution an authority to do whatever men., ia;;pow_er jnay-waat -tbr.da, ,?od 'a convenient prohibition to-do ^h^ever they. npiay'happen , tovwant not to do iVIaintain.ingJ.as you .do*. Sir, '...tfe- ;cbustfuction pu t ,hythe S upre me . C^urtt on the^ vrords'44 accessary .and pcoperv" would jou nojilusfri^^ asites*. that rthat ^which is- altogether -con strtTitiOjial when Congress chposes 'to dp^i^jis, | palpably andgrossly-uncpnstitution^,and tffat<: to contend, for the5^on^r^: jda&h&ble heresy^ so iioon as Cop^^si'cj^oses hotjt^ do it rtharpreciseiy sucn WSant %s;Andrew' Jacksoti ? rrfight have thought necessary "'and^ proper, would have-tjeen 'coi^tuttqnal^ kfidj that atiy^other i magi n a hle^ haiik w^ -u nc oh stUilUonal ? To such politic iansT fthe Con -sdtution is what the Bible is to devout Cath-" olics -just what Popes and councils make kJ If this be principle, Mr. Van Bnren may have somthing about him deserving the name; t but the yalue.of such principles as a security for the rights of a muiority, I am at loss lo discover. ' ~ .Mr. Wall's 8pe?.'oh un the Sub-Treasury. m*>- ? * ^ ^ ? ? And liere, Sir, permit me to say, tint it is 1 only Jin this point of view that I consider the sacred and immutable character of the Con stitution as a thing of very great political im portance. I have small respect for the scru ples of him who habitually stickles for a lit eral construction in regard to particulars in 'which the Constitution might be changed, without in the least affecting the rights or interests of any man. 4 As a regulator of the ?operations of the Government, as a mere guide in the exercise of its acknowledged powers, it prescribes nothing, that might not, as well, have been left to be moulded by the Govern ment itself according to experience of its ne cessities and convenience. As a safeguard of the rights of minorities, as a measure of the extent, to which they have given their consent to be bound by the will of a majority : without which consent, on the principles of our institutions, thev would not be bound at all; ? here it is that the inviolable sanctity of the Constitution is important. To us, who are, by our position, doomed to be ever in a minority, it is our sole security. '1 <> us, it is the charter of our ritrhts : our place of re fuge; the ark of our salvation. J o another part of the Union it is but an instrument of rule. They know it as such. 1 them it is wealth and prosperity. To us it is but se curity. To tliem it is Commerce, and Man ufactures, and Flocks and Herds innuuieia- j ble. To us it is but the one Ewe Lamb, J which was the poor man's all. They who administer it for their advantage and piofit, may see no reason why it might not change with circumstances and occasions. 1 o us it only promises security, and for us it must be immutable, or it is nothing. Otlws can never know its value to those to whom it af fords nothing else but a pledge of safety to the little it has not taken away. The last man whom I should expect to understand and ap preciate this, is Martin Van Buren. Shall we turn then to General Harrison, who, many years ago thanked his stars that they had cast his lot beyond the Ohio, and " out of reach of Virginia politics and Vir ginia negroes?"! But in God's name! what is Gen. Harrison, that he should be President of these United States! A Hero!! Another Hero!! Pity that Lord Byron had not thought to put him on his list. A Hero!! ! Well, we are to seek safety again under the arm of a military chieftain. If this is not his recommendation, what is it? But f?r the battles ofTippecanoc and the Thames, (and you know, sir, what merit there was in the one, and to whom the credit of the other be longs,) who would not as soon have thought of him for Pope as President? The Queen of England might as well make Lord Well ington Archbishop of Canterbury. And why is he thought of? Why dragged from ob scurity ? Why is the thick darkness of his mind broken up, and the heavy slumber of his faculties disturbed by this unseasonable dawn of glory ? Why, but that the mar vellous success of Andrew Jackson has dis closed a secret not before suspected, which, to all such as want a tyrant or a tool, recom mends a military man as most like to catch the favor of the servile herd who worship power and bow to its insignid? What- is he but a man, who with a few grains more of understanding, might have half enoogh to know that he has not the one-hundredth part of what should qualify him for the station^hc aspires to ? Who has caught' .upy besotted him with flattery, to make him the fool of the comedy ? Let him g^>to sleep again, like Christopher Sly, and^ipep himself sober, and wake up the citric of 'a county court. Strange that the people i)?Ohio, *ho recom mend' him to us as President, can find' no worthier employment for him ! Heroes must be plenty there A ? ? * Shall we Urn to, Mr. Rives b He swears bv Mr. Madison?ami -Mr. Madison opposed thr^ank in '92, am\veb?.rtered it in '16. Mr. Rives has great teitfi, .ioo, in 4her oracles of Mri Jefferson's wisdom* But his breach with his quondam friendt;Ae^Uustrious grandson, is n<it iit^ai^foSn4^e^0Pce ^iat 's co'ncile(f?h"e roay: agaln^S accfi?s S? modern may^h?1 dra^^any/tm^ 10 any^mer^ricy fra? never any thing but as,# %Wg^^e^eatm? ^the echuo (^:"the^adr Or^be;shadow ofthe sel? ;UP foritaTelC wlwj; fsjt 5'# tHis jfu^tiori^jSo n? bjiit hey^ who su pported uren-agaitis t him.^But what can ^jflxyilje.. and- there. :enact Cato at^Utica. _ . Hfe is boijsuitedt^feetimes^ ^C?sai and Pon^ -i pev are the men.^^What could^we_ do with a ?mito of ^^b^r^^oi^sty^and unfasHiona^' "ble opiriWnsf-and; unchangeable- principles?. :Lei;Umfgo0^Ay^ fetrbim z^and camj with Jim Oie respect aful-Vfneraiwn of all men, -Tteir. vot?S are not/or- him^-M he. will have * confidence and lheir?prayer$: -He has -mine-. . God .bless fiini ; ? ? ? ? '^?Shall we turnJtb Mr; Calhotin^ the political 5*i res) as.? once a S ta tes Right man and twice, a ConseUdationistU'Whyat is. but yesterday, that fie was the warm,andisteady- advocate .of a Bank'; and strange to,telUjhe only d eserted, the cause of the B^ank. AV'ixen': he deserted us . 'He surely did not.mean^o. leq.d-.his; counte nance to Ritehie?s ?ideaf; that jwnfc a*e true "State Ki ghts ^en whoxio not belong to the spbi [s party; fcal .all others are bought 6y the *|s a^rt of-trJiDSr . cendentaUsHv abont-Mr. Calhoun s <poiitical pliil,osophyvvwhic]i>heyond^ur ^punprehen-. sion. It is of tfe^chpol of Kan^ and we are ^y^wtiippe^nd set titt^he, dunce block because ye cannot understand how. anincrease o? pat ro nage ipfers a'di mina ti o n.of influence ? -hovvjthe power .oC the-Executive is to be ?t'^.a'&^^ri^Vi^therpTesideBt with ihej absolute .control of the whole monetary sys tem/of ^he XQUfttry?how his means of- re Warding his partizansvare to be curtailed ^ny itiakiog" Jiitn -tbeLgreatest money holder and money bro\W. in-th^ Wllj' grating with an* annual Income Jequal -to?ll*o whole of Rothschildls capitalj-~ttnd above all, how it i& that Mr. JC alhou u's c oi n'c ide ncc w i th the Ad - min'istratiop-in approving a single proposition which they hay? themselves deserted, should engage his -uniform support to. the men themselves and all their measures. Is it not 'amazing-? States Right men have all along agreed {o differ among themselves on the ^nfc^uestion.. The most thorough going -Nillifiers have .been. Bank, men? and jhey vr efe Yar ^moire- into lera n t of us than we of them. Nobody;can H.*ve.forgotten how Mr. ^Mcl)uffie_w,as in the habit of- brow-beating his party., and scornfully -declaring that he, would not condescend to rargue the constitu tional ?ue8tion with them.; He stands where ,he' did, ZvfcM.- Calhoun cannot afford to "?quarrel with.one of whose subordination of the heart (a feeling, which does him honor, ) to his early patron, he feels secure. But Mr. Preston Is denounced, for holding the same ! Ganeml Harriaon can hardly have wnewhat grow retort which this remark provoked -from" old Tom CIaiborne.of Brijn8wick, then.m Con gress witu the General. opinions he has always held* I-4' Mr. Cal houn one of those who can u bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne?" Vet Mr. Calhoun saw no inconsistency in him self when he was a Bank man and a State Right man. Even now, in making confes ssion of his sin j, he does not put that on the list_on the contrary, ne explains and justi fies. " The Government," Ire says, 41 had treated Bank paper as money, and so made it monev, and so changed the Constitution, and so gave itself a power to create a Bank. Then comes the President in his omnipo tence, and refuses to treat Bank paper as money, and so changes the Constitution, back again, and so takes away the power to create a Bank." This is his argument. Well, now it seems (and you have my thanks for it, sir,) the Government again treats Bank paper, as every one else treats it; that is according to Mr. Calhoun ? as money, and by consequence, the Constitution is again changed, and by consequence, the power to cieate a bank is restored. This is Mr. Calhoun's conclusion, not mine. It is above me. I can never un derstand how if another man is bound to de liver me a hors?, ami 1 take money in satis faction, that the money thereby becomes a horse, and must be fed with corn ? but to Mr. Calhoun, all this is plain ; and as he has learn ed of late to h.ite the Bank and its President, for having successfully, and with a firmness that shamed his pusillanimity, braved the Ty rant before whose frown lie cowered, and from whose wrath you saved him ? he has found himself constrained, from regard to his dear consistency, to oppose the repeal of the arbitrary Specie Circular, for which repeal he formerly voted. Had he again voted foi it, he must perforce have acquiesced iu the charter of a new Bank. To my understand ing, he must do so still, lie is not the Gov ernment. Ilis beggarly one vote in nine, a gainst thirty odd, cannot change the fact. ? The Government, in spite of him, again treats bank paper as money, and on his prin ciples the Government is again bound to es tablish a Bank, and he, as a member of the Government, is bound to vote for it. He ha^ no choice. The Government is boundr.M| regulate as money, whatever it treats as-ThO^ ? ney, and by his own showing, a bank is the only means. I dare say he will find some way to escape this conclusion ? for my part, I sec none. As I never adopted his premises; , I am free to reject it ; but if he can escape it, so can he evade any argument, any obligation, any pledge whatever. I will have no'Stiflfe? Proteus; and while I retain my hostility?!^ a bank, Mr. Calhoun will be the very /lap man to whom I will entrust the defencQ*^] the Constitution against the friends -of onei^ But on whom, after all, does it dV*p$nj whether we are to have a Bank of tlfe Urn _ ?States or no ? On Mrj.^-an Buren? On you? No, itde pra&ro n 'the People. :^Th^ ; people may awake from their Vetharg)^tl^j? may shake otf this incubus- administration^. they may punisl^the ' crimes " of peculator^ plunderers and tyrants? they may even etect, you Presidents'/and yet hav.e no Bank, .ui\lei8 they choos^L But they will choose to have/^kj Bank, anifa Bank they will have, whether yx>$ be eftafed or no* And why - v 8 B^aflse^the conduct of the Goveujn^nfc. hiTsifiiy&n them to Relieve _it indispensable^ ^For-tMs,/you have all along contended.. ^!;, differed from you,, and- do so still, bo orice did many who are now^convinced; for the con -j viction ^hichyour arguments failed to carry to-, their mipdsV -has been forced upon them by-* their decent sufferings. -When you assut^.. them tto their only choice was between a; Bank, 'and great fiscal and commercial em barrassment, they hoped you might be wrong, or that the inconvenience might not be intole?., rable. But the Government has come in aid of your argument? It has brought upon them a degree of distress, such as you ccj^ tainly neveranticipated from the mere want and tells them: that this is the trUer /ahd'only altemative that there is no choice-;, but-between aBank and a system of!1 iqance,^ whifch "thinking men foresaw, and which ay j rnenjfew feel, must be.attended by inpppoi*: abfejiisaster. JMtk paftie?hav?tHf?Ja^?. ed; tfei>neTeading, the other ^riving, by;>ar^tiieiitj4he other by. misrule^tt^tan^ lish thii^dhclusion in the common; .riiind.-^ Xb^vex^l^nt^war^the: pride offinihtai^j *glom the stimulus of resen t m e nt . and-a mbi* libp,<4toay fortifyithe minds of a.pebple to fer^uch, ... Bt^whal *s .^here- in the ca-. ^amities of. modern?4V3r,\lik^jjthal >we ^ave., Jbme ? And' w|iat is tkeieV these; weak hintBg-'tinies- of peace,1' to steel the hearts .o arien. against ^ucii * inflictions;?^ -The History #tthe World tells of no people-having enough 'ofvpilblid virtue, :1& lie;, down forever in 'mi s e ry , f romanv sen^e-o f--.il u ty whatever* .^Religious fanaticism, ks<Hf,--could not^abide Ithe ttiaU . single.devout Mussulmau might perhaps be founder who wouldcsoonerstarve than eat pork, - But let.the land of .thftfosi Inn-afford no food but that, and the heaven of the P rophetwonld he presently renounced. L * But, while" .the -two groat parties of .the Union have thus eoucurred in forcing the People, t^ belipyfetheir only choice to be, be Vwegb a Bahlt and Breadj^and no Bank and tw'Bread j thfefe are soine^who believe, (and number), that we might have no I Bank, and^et not starve., ere the ears of th^ people open 1 6 argument on this pointy 1 might now discuss it. The violence of ar bUrary,mi?rule Jias closed their ears, and the'irrefragabie logic,ofMr. Calhoun hassealr ed tbem up-;' - ' , . n I turn then again to you, whose inuuence will prevail so much in adjusting the details of a future Bank. On that subject I shall beg leave to offer some thoughts to your fconsiderataion. In another letter, J propose to 'call your attention to some of the evils ot such an institution, and especially to those J which the calamitous events of the last five years bare developed. To dev.se a remedy for- these, is a task which well deserves your beStAFRIhEND OF STATE RIGHTS. .. "v " \ . SENATE, Jone 14." ' ^ '' ANNEXATION OF TEXAS'. " ^,1 rFhe_ South Carolina Senators. , The resolution submitted Jay Mr. Preston, proposing the annexation of Texas to the U nion, was taken up ou motion of that distin guished Senator. . , _ . , No-one having manifested a disposition to tpeak on the subject, Mr. Preston called for the question; and asked the yeas and nays. Mr. Southard then rose, and aftersome allu sions to the great importance of the question involved, said he was not ready at this time to vote upon it, and therefore moved to lay it on the table. . ' ; . . < Mr. Preston immediately enquired wheth er that disposition of it was intended to be final. _ Mr. Southard replied, that speaking for himself, he did not intend it should. ; He cer tainly would not vote- to take it up again. Mr. Prepay; sai<J he was desirous for a de cision, 'huiwoujd content himself with a call ing of ayes and nays. -Mr. Calhoun then rose, and thought ; it quite irregular to debute a proposition to lay, on the Cable. ? he proceeded to give some rea sons for his voting in the affirmative. Mr. Southard called him to order.. Mr. Calhoun asked to be indulged in giving his reasons for his vote. \ . - Mr. Preston said that he hoped it would be understood that the debate was to pro ceed. He would feel compelled to reply to his colleague. The Chair (temporarily occupied by Mr. King) decided that the discussion was wholly out of order. Mr. Clay expressed a hope that the motion to lay on the table would be withdrawn. It was withdrawn. Mr. Calhoun then said, there were certain averments in the preambled resolution, in which he would not agree, and therefore could not vote for it in its present shape. He hoped an opportunity would be allowed for free and full discussion. He wished to give his own views at length. ^Ir. Preston replied, that he held himself ready at all times to defend and maintain eve ry affirmation in the preamble, as well as the expediency of the resolution itself. He re gretted the motion of the New Jersey Sena tor ? said he was sorry to see the determina tion to kill the measure by a side blow. He wished to have a direct vote upon it. If it was laid 011 the table he could not but regard i: as dead. Mr. Lumpkin, of (la. expressed his entire concurrence in the resolution of Mr. Pres ton. ' ? When he sat down,- Mr. Calhoun 1 roseKand taking the remarks of Mr. Prestorito himself,, said liis colleague need not apprehend that he would ever avoid to'giveadirectvote. : He. could not agree to the preamble, and thought ; it superfluous at the best. ' * ... He did nbt care a straw whether the Uni ted States- had. ev^jr possessed the Territory now fortftirig tM Republic of Texas, or'nof.-^ [Jew a^ i^rln a r ch in gvbttl d 1 y and direttlyup to the quistujn^of annexation .wjtKoatany cireumld?rftmn-?raffirmationof any^kind.-r-j He the question had not he,6n di^u^^^fafrfkrJier^]>eriod of thj^s^SSiQn.? He repeated-jthat the preliminary on^tter of the res^utioalvad -nothing to-. do- with- the^ real^eStionw ViT^xas1:s a n i n d ependent Stated to the security, gr hfbiU -to^iuep r os p e ri tyo.ftbe- wi"* )y orau.rne preaiuoie, ii^ne wvj cure a s.trong> voice for his resolutio n:.^f{eij Was ready to yi^jd the former,thnn^frirfinM -ooinioB, these " averments'' to which hts;cof beiafen with ^St ferehce. Jf iCyhs n-f i nrmediat^ecisrofn" > Mr; Calhoun again' rose , and^t$^ ( cq ilea gu e^vi|h 'feflectJb^^lf ^ the Senate*. He Jefy assii^ed thatdtheJib spirit of the ?b63y^would'4n^ceW^^~^s up the resolution ana h? vfouldlfi happy to give his Views. 'f -"Mr. Preston replied- very sharply^oa. had as high a respect for the courtly of the7 Senate as the gentleman opposite ;couH'.feel.^ But that gentleman -{Ue; maintained) tirely mistaken as to-.the effect of theraj The Senator from N. J? (Mr. Southard,)thack; emphatically^ stated that the intenttouWa^ that- the resolution should.' lie^on the table-?, jfajodf there- rest? never to be' - r^viveck- e; considered it as the defeat of the, proposition*?.; _ Mr.*Calhoun, "'I am determin<^'lhat/ri{?; advantages)] all be taken of ~ " Mr. Trestori cried out across the. chambeir that no one wished to take-- advantage, of; :hwn. ? ' " v * y ; Mr.. Calho"un;continued "I uq^^tan^bo^" the mater . fsrrl see it all^?I wi 11 ;yo^ against J t^e motion of the New Jerscy Senaton . Bujrj if.it falls, I wilj immedi^tel^moye to. lay iton^ the. taj)|e mysie}f ?*' <^Wheq he? finished, Mr. Southardvjose^'i a^d|aidJk&. felt him&ejf between twQ>/ire$^ 'aDd'Wufcf nof /make the tnotionto Jsyvori the*; -iaBle "^^-^ ?' " y Michigan* hQwev^wa^in;: stli^tly 'on tBe floor, and made~th^moti<y preva'M^-Ay^ ^ Will UlICI ll/l Tjaiu yviva v ?tv ,>-vm? lurfvbla, onthe first'Monday of Atii^sttei't, all tjiat House and lotsof^Land a t toched'thcreto. containing afout eight actesj in the. town ofCofumlrDi/bounded north by Taylor, so(ith by Plain* east by/Gate?i'arid west bycGadsden streets. ? - '?*?* : Cash sufficient to pay expenses will be required? the balance on a credit till the first of Janafiiy nex?' with interest from day of -sale, secured-4t>y mortgage of the preraisesand'personal srenrityr^'/' ? - ' v;" > * "JAMES L GLARK,-C. E. R. D. A - June 30, 1838- - v - "Itf r .RIOHLAN D James PentbiT, issue, reside- .without in en ranis oi win oiatc? 1? therefore ordered, -on motion of Black &Arthur,tbat she or Uiey do^p!eadr .answer, or demur'. to this bill, w ithin three mbiitl?siroih this day, pr the Kfl will be taken against theria pro confesso. : v.' JAMES L. CLARK, C. E. TL ft . June 27, 1838 "" " ' I n Eqnity. , ' " RICHLAND IJISTKIC3'-b;.^? -V;.- ? James Fenton| admr."]"' . *** ,-A .of John Hilliary, v?. Mrs- 1 ; B,? for sale of Heal John-Jffilliaiy. .- >'--J T. ; ." IT appearing to my satisfaction that Mrs<-?-ri-JHH . liary, Mr- ? ~ Hilliary, 31 r. ? ? HiHiary* and Mr. Hilliary, the mother and brothers of Jolin Hilliary, deceased, reside without the limits of this State, on motion of Black & Arthur, complaina^'ft solicitors, it is ordered that they do, within three months, plead, answer, or demur to this bill, or the: same will be taken as pro confesso-figainst them?\2> . 7 J.. L. CLARK, C E. R. D. g . .June 28, 1838 : ? - -t ? 27 " V Yotice. V ?' MR. JOIIN W. CLARK is my authorized Agent during my absence from Columbia, v- ? K. ? v CHARLES BECK.?^ June 30, 1838 -v . ' .. ? "... .. 27 "V Bank narnbur^^? rttIHE "Boxrd of Dirkctors having Id ocla^S^g .Mj.: Dividend of two doHars and fifiy.cerrta on "each" share of the capital mock of this Bank, the. same; will be paid to the Stockholders or their lfcgal representa tives on of after the 2d July.: ? , .. 27 3t . HUTCHISON, Cashte*. Columbia . rrlfSfopr. h SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1838. * ^We copy in this paper the first, two of three numbers of a series of essays of great ability, that are now appearing in the Rich mond Whig. They are attributed to thfl pen of an eminent gentleman of " Virginia, of the old school of State Rights politics, and of high reputation as a writer. / The Bank of Hamburg lias declared a dividend of, five per cent for the last six months. Gen. McComb has been ordered to the Canada frontier to take commaud there and preserve the peace. A year or two ago Mr. Smithson of Lon don, bequeathed about half a million of dol - ^ r . "?? v . ' lars for establishing an institution in the District of Columbia 'ifor the general dif fusion of knowledge among men." Under a decree of the English Court the money has been paid to Mri Rush, the agent of the U.'/S. Government, who is returning.-^ borne with, it., - T; Do the I6th, th^ sl^amboat Washington^ on Lak e E rie, t ook * fire andwaa . burnt, do-* ^fr^lng b^ween 40 and fifty persons, yi The Rev. Jasper Adams, D. D. of Charles ton, has: begfl appointed by the President of t)ae United States* on the recommendation of the. Secretary of War/ Chaplain .and Pro Philosophy of the Wqt-. *r- *?-'? MlI m ixpreas, andi* :? nig -^ct of Sitff* * his .old- potitro^ Pi#1 that joijS^O fe? Jocipei ow, fa m msz letl j;'by:<3iD. Hi's '? ' his Argument. ?? friendsor / avic id: fair: jjfc ^^^imieh fdr .QeJi^H^t* ^ottf aisot^kC8/r '* atk&now- plain eno'ugL _ ^YewaH^of^mar^^the their tonstHuer^ "" ^rproposed by Mr-> , X /Mr.T-fro to pson, of 'Sotlth Carolina, sent to ^ substitute m bracing'- the special deposit?" ^^l?5Caitobi^erig*"opened the discussion 6'y A/y . -Y, cua a0a "ie day to day. 'wiOrohVany qaeft'ion VeiDg yet taken. ' pass or.notj bat rte, indiwitions ne ^}p ^ ^isSnsWfi. ?t this ?o J)een Tio fist-fights in-Congress v1*'- 5 ^ ^ ** V* <4, 'W' t ^ J\ir. james^K. ^Paulding, of New York, the author^has' Bpen appointed Secretaiy?of the jNavyJ in place of Mr. Dickerson, supercede #/<??* Tii- Our jsubscribers on the Charleston and &a? ?y^nnah route who complain of the tardyness with which our paper reaches them, are in formed' that we have endeavoured to procure a reform, :by making application to the pro ""ffjer Quarter, f > In the. legislative Caucus held at Thomas's Hotel : during ite^late extra session, Mr. Prfestonviwas reproached with not being & Carolinian! f.The orator at the same time taking occasion to inform the applauding as sernbly,that Jie himself is not a Frenchman vThle'd e cf a ratio n ; 1 1 seems to us, was scarce-* jy.^calletf for, as we ;aife_ quite s?re that na Tone ever charged the gentleman with having - .been either born or educated in Paris. If, however, in hereafter estimating tb? .merits - of men, the question is not to be, '** what has he done' for South C?rolina?,, but,-4f where was he born Vr ? it appears to ~ Mr. Preston w,Uf Scarcely suffer By a 'comparison with the1 instruction-makers. . Mr. ;Davie, their lead- . ! :"?v* -Sy^c- , er- i o> the H ouse, we are informed was born, Mr.'R^ett and Mr. CiK houri : were editcoXtct at ^Torthe>n^Co|leg^B^ Which islnost iin*parolinidn.; to be born in [?C ^ '? nr 4-' f ? ' *jr ?- \ Y ~ i Virginia, but to be-educated and to live in. Carolina ? QMo be born in CaroIi^a^ Jjut' t() Ti v. r r? ' Jf+L