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Dounestic News. DEBATE IN SENATE. SATURDAY, March 111, 1838. Ertracts /rom the Speech qf Ar. CAL 1OU . (of S. C.) in reply to Mr. Clay, on Mr. Writ1's Bill. I rise to fulfil pi raoinn e I made some time -ince to notico fit my leisure the reply of the Senator from Kentucky farthest from ine (Mr. Clity) to any remarks, when I first :1ldressed the Senate oi the subject now under discussion. Oin comparing with care the reply with the rcmarks, I atim at ta loss to determine wlther it is tho most remarkable for its onissions or mis-statemtints. Instead of leaving not :a hair in the head of my argu UItts, as the Senator threatened (to use his not very dignilied expression,) lie has not even attemapted to answer a large, and Iot the least weighaty portion; amd a1f tat whicih lie has, there i not one fairly stated, or fairly aswered. I speak literally, and without exaggeration, nor would it le difli cult to establish to lte letter what I assert, if P could recoitale iL to mayself tot consumlle the time of the Sentate in establishing a long series of negative propositions, in which they could takc but little iterest, however important they may be regarded by the Senator and mttysell. To avoid so idle a consumption af the time, I propose to pre sent a f~ew instances of his IIIu-statelients, froi wijicli the rest may lie inferred; and, Iitt I itay not he suspected of having se lected tlerm, I shall take them in the order in which they stand in his reply. The Senite will recollect that when the Senator from Virginia flariliest from me (Ir. Rives) introduced his substitute, lie acimie.d it wit I the remark, that it was his irst eboice, and the seconud chicde of Ihaose who are allied with him oin thiA oc casion. In nuticing this remark, I stated, thbat if I might judge fromt apoenranel, which could acarely deceive one, the Sell ator might have sail, not oily the seonid, but Uulder existing circumstancei, it was their first Choice, aud lthat, despairing of a hank for the presen, Ilcy waOulH suiport his substilia-. A.ssuminitg this inference to be correct, I stated that the aluestioll was narrowed down, inl ttet, to the bill atnd1 sh slitute, of which one or the other must be seleell. The Setntior from Kentucky, in his reply, onn1 iited tall uhlese qai. liftent ions, and repre sented mte as inhiag the absolute assertion that, in the nature of the case, there was no other alternative bit thaeI hill or the stuisti tulte, and iet gravely puitnted out two otII ers; to do nothing, or adopt a natioalal banik, as if I could possibly be ignorat of wlant was so obvions. A fter lie had its replied not to what 1 really said, but his own allis statement of it, as i tt I make compensation, lie proceeded in the sname ibreath to onfirm lie truth of what I didl say by giving his support to the substitute, whaih ha i aliafal a half-way hOuse, % here hei could spend some pleasant hours. Nothing is more easy thani to win such victories. llavitig infelired, as has turned Out to be 'h'- CheIe. that there was no other alternative ,- p. aStitulle, I next so - to which tle - ul be inivolv 0, Onl thle qutes deposites, ale. nonn111ed a league1 o .41nuks, similar to that proposed o be revivd ly lie sutili. tuie. AMier erilarping on this point, I re amrked hat, if I inight he Ierlmitted to state aliy opmIllton, tile gn Illit ael l had taken a coirse unfortunte fo leselvas and thlie vounotry; itetirtiate for ti, liar let what w i . colle thy wud be r..p..-ihle. If atle bill wras lost, theirs wo thll be the res poll sability; if thea subsat ituitea was carriead, ati them thec respoansibility3 wvoil fall; anda, if no~thinig was ihme, they wionla he held rc sponlisile; and unfoI~rtunatite foir the coiunltry, because it land pbreiented the adecisioai ofitie aluestiona at thle ex trat sessioii, whiebi conhill not hase fiailed I tsput ntu early termlinlationi tI the pr~eset commei areini Id1 pecunliary earr aassmienit. Th'lis thle Senator, iti his replyh, mtet lay statiing thatt I lad called on haimt anid his frienids to follamv imy letial, iand itis regairdling it, lhe iladie ita lhe paretext oif somle ill -niatutreid personlal remtarks. n hiieh I shallI ioticae hieaeafter. I ntevert dam a ied of maaking! snehl a call; anid whai~t I sai annoat bte toartureal, lay t he faoree of conslt ruct in, tao hea/r a m anainig hiavingl thle least sembiilaaaee .A fter mlakmtfg the-se prelimiinary rearkas, I tooak til thie statitutme, and .shoaweda that it ptropoised tat miake a biargaina withI the btaniks. I thten st;atedl lie paratIicttlatrs aid tihe comijii tin, (of thec propousea Ibatrgaini; t hat its ath ject was Io enabatle the bianiks to piay their debats, tad fair thait purpol~se it propoatsedl to coiifer imnporant ptri vileges; to give thetm lth useif thle putblic fundias fraiti a he tim ofcii dlepo~site tot adisburemieait, andi to have thIeir noutes recei veal as cash in the alles of Go vernmenctt. I thlen :isked, if we- had a right leaiving ot all these ;mrtieinais, aeptresenit ed in a sayitig thlaa the Go'avernmlent laa nao right tat tak~he a btargaitn with thle btanks; tandl theni uindeartakes tot iinvolve ime in an in conlsistecy~, i 1 suppotintg t he bill beenn tte it proposes~ to bargtini wit h the baniks for the use o~f thIeir vattts, ais a place of safe keeping for a le pubhl ic monlaey. ns if there wtas a ptossiblhe anrt algy hietfreen thle two enses. Noting i; iirae enisv thana to re-faute 1ath tost adernonstrativye argiietit in this ity. Drop ana a-,--ntial pa rt oft thle p nolses, aid thue maost irare-sistible concluasioni of courses fails. In the samtie summtary natal asy modae of repilymng tat lny argumtients, thle Seniator per v'ertedl myl dale t hat the gavermianenlt hada a right lit receivye banik anotes tas eii.h, imao itle tassertioan thait iu htad aao ri-.'lit to receive any thaing- but cash; andil theni neeusede mela wvitha iteontsistencey, bieennise I Voited rat thae extra 5sssion, fair thle hill ainthiijang the ret ciipa of 'Treasuray tnates; in thle altas aaf Itihe Governianent; a-c if anty one a-ver doanthtied wihat it Conlld raeeive its ona ni papher, air set rides itn pay of its debats. Saaeb are ithe mtis-staitemnits oft thae Sen-aator, taklean ia t heia aragualar aorder, as thecy stal ini his re paly, aand I ley paresent a fair speima ei oal whatt lae chooses to cons-idecr ani tanswer to my airgtmntiti. Therue is not onte less un - faIily stted, oar untlitirly mtet, than thea ina sttinees~ 1 heave cited. * , a Baa . ill so premfedilatedh alnd induiscii niate an tat tack, it couldi noit hat expteda that my13 tn ct i vas wouldh etmaia ely t'sen a nd tta w canaldin~gly findache. Setinaar verly c-hari lnaly Iens in~ it to timte to di el to w tivo for gouing ovcr.' .cave it toh ilne 1o dis. close fny motive for going over! 1, who have clHanged no opiridon, abandoned in principle, and deserted iE) .party; 1, wi have stood still, d14m11 intainmeo lly ground against every diffietity, tg be tohll tht it i. left to tinc to disclose my mllotive! The implutation silis to the 'earth vit iti groundless charge ont which it rests. I stami it with scorn in the dist. I pitck p thle da1r which fell hurmiless at nay feet. I lt i! back. What the Sentator chla.es (1n1 nm unjustly, he has actually tone. IIe wen over onl a nernorablc occasion, and did nto Clive it to time to disclose his motive. The Senalor next tells us that I bore character for stern fidelity. whicb lie ne companied with remairks ituplyiig stha hind firfeited it by iny course on tilhe presen ocCasioll. If he leans lby stein fidelity devoed nit alchnetit to dity nild priliciple .whil noing canl overcomei, the chanrne(te, is indeed a high onie, 111d, 1 trust. not en tirely unmerited. I haiive, at leat, the nu tlority of fihe Setiior himself for sayin; that it belotnged to like before the preseni occasion, and it is, of cotirse, iticuiltent 01 himn to showv that I have since forfeited it Ile will find the tatk a ierculcan one. I would be by far more easy to show the op posite, thttit, inlstead of forfeiting I hav strengthieitedi my title to the claracter: in stead of atbandontitig any principles, I hav irnly adhered to them, 11n1d that. too, lilt der the iost appalling difflctiuies. If were to select an11 inslanlce in the whol course of ity life ott whieb, above ill ot h ers, to rest my clani to the cliarnetr whiel the Senator attributed to me, it would bi Ihis very one, which he iai selected to prov that I hative forfeited it. I acted with tih fuill knowledge ofthe illicutl ies I hi to en coun ter, and i he responsibility I must inctin I saw ai great an1d powerful parly, probulli the most powerful in the Co01tnirv, eage: Cezigllllpon the 1 atastrolphe which lul he fillet the currency, id the consIuelt Cot barrassleits tht lial(awed, to displaec thios iii powr agatinst vi whoin Iley had heen (on; colltelldillg. I saw that, to btaild betwee itetin aid their objects, I nutist necessatil incullr their deep an1id lastirg displeauil re. also saw that, to tmainttin t1:e Adinitistra ion in the positiont they .d takwhen, to sepw rate ito Governiinetl fromn the ban , would draw down oni ine. n ith lie excep iimn of soie of the S itlern bakits, th whole weight of that extenive, coieuntetra ted and powerful initeret-the riu*t lower fil liv fir of any in te whole comnmutiy and hus I woti tii agilst me a coml hinlatiol of political antd riloatieil in ftluene alitost irresistible. Nor n. as this all. could not bit see that however pure atd dis ititerested nay tiotives. mid however consis tent iy course nitl all I had ever said o lote, I would be exposed toi the very char ges and aspersions which I am now repel lin;. The case with which they could b tialle, antd the tEmpll ltatioll to iaakle themia, saw were too gretlt Ito be resitEd b1y tht lirty morality of the day, as groniless M I have dlemonttrated tleii to be. Iut ther wits aothiier consequentce that I eioul n hbut foresec, 1tr nole paitiful to ike than al otihers I but too clearly saw, iii so suddel andlE corntplex a jitielti e, called oin as I wva to decide on my course itsiantly, as it were onl the field of battle, without contsultittionl or explaining ily reasons, I would estrang for a timte many of toy political friends, wih had passed throtgli with ike So tit.111yIti il! aid difliculties, and for w% hom I 'feel brotler's love. But I saw before tme thI pa);th off duty, ando, thoulgh rugged and14 hevdg ,d onl Ill sides wiih IhlesI :tnd illmiv otlie diflictIies, I did not liebitate a moaient t( take it. Afler I hatd tmade uip my ia~d als io nt coulrse, itt a coinversa I't i iihIt friend tt hbiut Itic respoensibil ity I woultE asstione, It remiarked that mty oni tn Sitate neight deser me. I tepdied that it was not imposible but thet result hias parov(ed thatt I i ner esti mlated thbe initelltigenice atnd pa triot ismt of mii vituouis andi nobile State. I ask hi:r patrdosl for thll dist rust imtpl ild in inv atnswer, hurt aisk with assuiriance that it 'will be grann.ll (li the groundtos I shlttl I 11 i t--tha t in beint prepatedi to sacrifice hier conifidence, ats idon' tol me ais light antd life', rathter t hani dlisobev oni this gret quiesti.oni, thle dlicture s of lii judigmentit niii conlscieclLe~, I protviid myii 5 worthly of Ia inl her replresenive,i sten fidelity tinenntt, not deivoiionii to prtii eiplte. hut to patrty. andii espEeiall~y te parnts Eof which lie is sio proineelait ai mlembter, iii anisweLr is, thatt I never baelonagedl to fits pa:r Iy, or owed it anty fideality; sand of couirs< could frtf'eit, ini referenice ill ir, tno ebatreei iar fideliity. 'it is trite, te atctedl iin conc~er agaiust whatt we believed to be the utsutrpa. tionis of thIoe liecuttive; tand it is true, thal durinig the time, I saw much to e!steemt it ihiose wvithi whoam I ncted, ai conltrtteEI frieindly reltitns wi th many wv-hieb~ I shl nt be the ftrst to forg~et. It is also trlue thtl at connnon ar~ty di'VIesighlnativas aplllied II the: Oppoasitiont in the aggf.regat e. tnot, how.v ever', with imy tipprobaatioin; buit it is ito les, truel thanlt i wats universatlly knownv ihitt il consisted oif Itwo distinct patrties, disstimtihn tol the obieet for whticht tey hadl tuniled; theC of thte State Rights, pairty which hadai sepa ratedl from the Allhmmttstrnati,ont ihe gounad that it hadt~ delpated fromti athe tue prinaci. hales of athe originial patty. Th'att I blontg cet excluisivcly to I tat detnehbed portiont,tal to neithear the Opplositioni itor Admaiist rattiont partty, I prv lby ary exp;licit Edeclarastiont, cttontaie in one0 of the ex tacts retad ftromt 111y splelcih on tie currenicy ini 18:i. Thait the party' genterally, am thet Sttale wh tich I representt int patrt,stoodt atoof fromi bthti of thte patrties, maiy he estabhlishedi fromti the fact tat Ithey refused to mtinaghe int the pnarty tatnd poiil con (EtestsI of the day. iAIy Sitate ni it thld hier ei oratl vole in t wo succes sive P'residenttiail Electionts; and rah:ban ltt to bestow it Eon eithaer the. Senator fromt IKy., Ear the dhisitigishedt ti citn who he~i lop-ll posedl, in tha firast of t hose elect ions, she threvw her volte on ta p)atriotieci iizetn of Vir gina, since decetasead, Elf fact own plities, buit wh~o vwas tnat ta candcidaet; tad in ?he last, shte refusedh to give it tol11 ithwrl lv Senattor from I'Tennessee ntear met, (.Judg'e W hite) thiongh his priinciples andtt views of pobeiy approachtt~led so ituich teo r toa a-rs thanui thatt of thle pariy to whaichI thE: Senator f romt Ientuthky haceuougs, It, .StiPhal, th filet wass oatherw'u., and rhaatthei. t parl ties hatd bletndea so ais to fortt onet, tad that I aowed to1 thec Uiititell party tas mhitt fialhily Its I Edl to thit to vn hieh I exchuinl, y li. Jflaced. I*ven lln &ttt sto on .ti~i. .il(Il. ceptionof party fidelity could have controll ed my course on the present occasion. I um not among those who pay no regard to party obligations; on the contrary, I place fidelity to party anong the politieal virtues, but I ass:gin to it it limited sphere. I con fime it to matters of detail and arrangement, and to minor questions of policy. Beyond that, on ill questions involvitig principles, or measures calculated to effect malerially tihe permanent ititerestofrthecountry, i jook only to God and country. lut the Senator did not confine his at tack to my conduct und motives in refer ence to tie pivscnt question. In his enger ness to weaken the cause I support, by (le stromviti confidence in ime, lie made tin in mhiseriinimnate attack on my intellectual fuc fillies, whieb lie characterised as nmetajlhys acal, eccentric, too tIuel. of genius, and too little comminion senise, 0. oirso wanting a sotid and practical jdgment. Mr. President, cirdiig to ly opinion. .liere is nothing of whil those' who are endowed -with sumperior mental factilties might, to lie more catious than to reproach those with their deficiency to whoim Provi den'e has not been si liberal. The fitenhies of our mind are the immediate gift of our Creator, flor which we are no farther re sponisible than flor their proper cutivation. accirding to our opportunities, anl their proper applica'iou to control and regulate our ntieons. Thu; thinking, I trust I shall be the last to assume superiorit von my part, or re-pronch any one with inferiority on his ; hint those who do not regard tie rule, when applied to others, enmiot expect it to be oh sIrvedl i when applied to themselves. The critic iuitst expect to be critized, ind lie who poiiits otit time fatlts of others, to have his own] polinted ou1t. I enimot retort oti the Senator the charge of being meaphysical. I ennmot ncetnse himn of iossessim tle powers of analysis iiid geieiralization. those higher fiuelties of, fime mind (enlled metaphysical by those who ito not possess them,) which decomipose & re solve into their eletmients tlie complex imasses of ideas I hat exist in a world of mind is chemistry does the bodies that surrould ns il time imaterial worl ; and wit hout which - those deep and hidden causes which . are in constant action, and producing sieh mimiglhty chanliges in the conditioni of society. would operate uiscen ul undetlected. 'The absetiee of these higher qualities oftlhe i ml i conspieious thronighoit fhe whole cotirse of tle Sentior's iblic fife. To - this it iimay be tIraced that lie prefers the - specious to tie solid and tI hlausible to tie trite. I To the same case, combi-sed withan or . I deit to'tnpleramient, it is owiig that we ever - fimd iiiin imnonitted on swme popular and fa rorite mea-ures wIich lie whips aloag, cheered by t lie hIlts of the nmuilittide, and . never ismoit; till lie has rode it down. Thus, at one time we find hlln moiintied on I tie pro ie lstem,which he rode down); at anolier, (ll internal improvement. and niow lie is momited on a hani;, which will %hare the sa ime fti te, uinless those who are iimiiediatelv iinterested shatll stop him in his I lictlon. career. It is the fault if his mind, It '.e ofn I f' prominent and striking ad Vtagli'es n11(tnd to pursue them eagerly wi i out looking to consequences. Thus inl ie. ease of the protective systemo, lie was stnbek iwith Ile advantages of mtnitfaeture. n Slclieving that high dulities was tie proper ,amode of protectiig them, lie pushed for ward the systeiim.wilthout seeing that lie was einreluing tile portionl of the eointrv at the expeisc of time ot hert corripting tihe'one anil r aliemiating the other; ain alily, lividii" the coimmtinity into two great hostile inter ests, which terminated ini the overthrow f thme systern itself. So, now, lhe hooks only~ to at uiiinirtm cturrencey, nmi a biank -as the inean oi;tf secuin iiti, wvithoumt oince refleeit iing hiow tar the baniikiing system has pro. eressed, nndi~ the ditlietieis i hiat impede ins fthetInr progress; thatianiikiing andi pollities tire ruin:inig tog'ether tol tlheir intitnal des.. irtl<'tio:;tnd thait the omihV jiossible' miiii- ut savinig his faivorite s'y stecm ms to separate it rinm ithe Goviernmiein. 'Jthe defects of undiersttanding, wh liebu -heiatr attribustest imeii, I make nii re ply.it( i h other';. aind nlot ihr tiie, to -itrnini the polrtion (of undiierstaninii whiebm it.I has'pleatsed, thle au mor of my h eing to bes tow on (iiime. It is. however. fi'rtutnaite foir ime; thiat thme st andlard bv " hiibli Islinil lbe juided, is no t the fal?.e, pmntijidicedu, amid, ns I have shiowni, untmndiittedl opiuiioi nhi lie beinator has,' e'xpresseil; limt moy nets. Iihey lirmh iiiat erials, neit her 'few1t nor' ennfit, to irm it juist estimai te of miy mental hteiihies('. I have nofw bieen miore thann 26 yeamrs continnonrmily nii thle serie of m his Governmenti, t.ini vitious statiiiis, ai havte take.'m n prt ini ailmosit aill thle grieait qunesitinis i iem have agitateid this counmtry dumrinig this lonmg and~i i mporitat pmi iid. 'I'broii hait thme whole,l have inever followed Ceent';, hut hav~e takeinnmy stanidi in ad vance, openi ly and freely av'owinmg my oiioniits iit all 'tuaestionis, anmd leatvinig it to timiie and1 (spe. rienice to) coindcin or ahprov'e mhy coutrs. I hus neting, Il have ofiei andii on great ques lions, sepairated fromi those with wihomn I usutally neteid- amid if I am really iso idefee i've im soundl anild ra tijdgmient as the Seiittor represenlts, the proof, ift' btle fond tany where, multst lie fotui ini stch inistan c'(s, or whecre I hatve acted oni my sole re spionsibihty. Now, I aisk, in whlich of the mmmay imitances oft lhe kinid is snch proof no lbe foutnd? It is not niy intetion to call to tihe reicolleetion of the Seniate all stuch u that you.. Setnatiirs imay jtidge for yomur selves, it is mt juistiee dime to Imyself, jlitmt I should .sngeest nm few ofithe most prominenut, which at thme timne were regardled as the Senatoir nw (onsiiders the present; ammd thient, s niowl, bieenumse wvhere iduty is inivolv edt I wotiulinit subhimit to pamr'y'mranmmels. !itiii'ihd.Namzareth Allen, anm npprttire to the cttiarpemer's~ huisimess, (il Sundiay last, ill a n' of in oxiain, tabbe aum ner e keinmmnehiately through the hleart. hproocation.t. Not time least agrgrnvatiatf feaiturme iii tins hoirriid transnet ion is, tht the criume wats prueputrated onm time Sablbth, in frunit of tile Mlet hiodist ('hmgreh, andI durinig idivie service.-'1enues 4-(;jrge Buaail. Alams., as returnmed by) its ofllicers, is .-nc( d: 1l Lr asud in u-t?-r e~n Fr mt te A g -ste Co atituriaalot. I COMMERCiAL CONVENTION. This Convention assembled in our city yesterday at 12 o'clock, in the Presbyterian I Church. The Convention was organized by calling Ker Boyce, Esq., of Charleston, to the Canir, and the aipointinent of N. W. Cocke, Esq., of Augusta, ns Secretary. Alter taking the Chair, the Chairman called on the delegnies from diffierent States to cone forward and regikter their namies. commencing with North Carolina, when one hundred :ad thirty-four delegates canme forward. When the delegates had all given in their names. Gen. MIcDiule rose und nominated Thomas Butler King, of Gly.nn, as Presi dent of the Convcution, which nomination was unanimously agreed to, and a conmit tee was nppoinited to wait on Mr. Kine and inform him of' his nominatioi. ()n t akin" the chair, lr. K. made a neat and appro. pi ime addr. ss, in vhich he explaeined the object of the convention, and the heneits to lie derived from unanimity among its members. After the President tok his seat, N. W. Cocke, Esq. was uppomited Secretary. The Coivenin beiig thus organized, Gen. Ilayne of Charlestotn, rose aid deli vei:ed a short address, and concluded by of ferin the follon ing resolution: ResoIrd, That a cotmittee of twenty one be ap))otnted by the chair to consider and report on tihe measures proper to be a. dopted by the convention. Oin motion of .en. MeDuffie, the coo venton then adjourned to 5 o'clock in the afternoon. so its to eiiable the President to appointt the Committee oft wenity-one. Ive: o'c.oCK. The Convention met purstiant to aljourit eiit. The President rectnested such delegates as had arrived since tile morning adjourn men011t, to come forward and register their nalmes. The President then annotinced the fll loVing genleiien as coipousi)d the com m1 ittec of 2t, viz: Gen. . V. AJvt:, Chairman. Gen J. (-we",Wlgo, N. ., WV. Dearing, Esq., Athens, Ga., Gen. George MeDuflie, Charlestoti, Gen. Scott, loui gotnery, Ala., Col. it. 11. Long, F'lorila, .los. Utnntniing, Esqi.,Savannahial, Col. Blatn (ig, Columbi, . C , G. B. Liamar, Esq. Savantialm , Col. A. P. 1layne, Charleston, Col. II 1. Cumnnug. Augusta, lin. .. P King, do., A. leDotWall, (;harleston, J. K. louglass, Camden, i)r. It. Collins, M on, Ker Boyce, Charleston, W. W. Srarke llamburg, A. Black, Chaj.leston, Col. X. McGehee, Milledgeville, . .1. llale, Fay etteville, N. C.. lion. P. Noble, Abheville. A motion n as made and adoited, allow iig the President the discretMonary power of Increasing the committee, should other del egates arrive; whereupoi, the Presient added thc followiing gelttleieni to the above comnalittee, viz: J. T. Soutter, lsq. of Norfolk, Va., L. M: * Wiley ,, .g, Charleston, C. G. Mlm ltmger, lsq., do., A. 1Iitebell Esq. Iar ien. A letter was then read firoi a committee appointed ly the -Mobile Board of Tiade for the purpuse, approving of the olject of the Couvenjion, which was ordered to be ricorded. Ker B5oyce,l En., of Cloarleson, it,co hanlded in a ecibir from the Charleston Banks, to be read for tie information ofthe Conven ion. The object of this circular is to get up a latik Coniv'eitiosn, in Cliarlestot, in Ila) next, to be composel of delegates from the diflferent banks in South Carolinia, (Georgia, and other States, to take into con sidlerationi mueastures for the sinmiuaneouis resunmption of specie paiymncits, shiould that mleisure be dieemed'( expiedienit by thema. l'he Sout bi Carolina C:oninnittee, app~loin ted at the last Convenition to mem~uiorialize lie Legilatutre of that S tate in~ relat ion to I Amnited Partnsershaipis, made their report through Alex. Blaek, l'sq., which w~as read anid orderedl to be recorded. 'rhe C'onventionl met at i10 o'clockc. Geni. II ayne of Charleston, Chairmuan of the Select Commi a iiittee, rose andt read ins a clear and distinct mlianner', lie able report, which was haten~ted to with breathless si lence. A fter he hada finished reading the report, (ni hieh we hope to lie able to3 lay be fore otur readers in out next paper,) lie re quse Cl Memintger to reaid the reso lion reptorted by the comm)tiittee, whrih, whsmeadditions and amiendmenwtts ande by the Convemuion, were as follows, all of which n ere adlopted. I. Resolred, That a direct trade is the na tural chiannel of' comtnunticat ion between~t aaions, wtohbOiler to each othier the best mazrket for their inutatual p~rod~uetions; atnd thait the inltervenutioni (f a third party mitust operate as a tax tupon the exchaniges be tweeni thtem. 2. Resolved, Thant tihe Southern anid South-lawestern States of this unijon atrord those staples with which are p~urchlasedl nearly the nhole foreignt imports of tihe cotuntry; that they are thes cosumers.1. of a large piortmn of these imiports, and onit lit niaturatlly themiselves to furnish the channel Sirotugh which the exebnige is 'tnide: t hat on not occasion have their eitizens bseeni foundit inecapabt~le of maintaining themiselv'es in fair competitioni n irh othier sections; anid that the diversion of their trade from its na itural chanineis, mu lst havte beeun brougfht 4 abotut by the uineqtual actioni of the federal government, or by the abstraction of our people1 towards other piursuaims.4 3. Rlesolred, T'ht ini the opliinm of this Convenltion such a state of thintgs shotli no: longer conlltmue- that the present conlditini oif the conmitiereial relationas of the colutry, anid the disrutpm ion of the exlstitng chann'it1 ot trade, alord ant opporItunttity of breakin. , down the trammnels which have so long l'et te'redl our comm rerc~e, ad (If restoring to thec bouth its natulral adtvanlttges; antd thant it isr inicumbhent utpon every matn, who has ati heart the good oh his counstry, to lemtd his best exertions to9 the promtiioni of these oht.< jects anmd to estamblish ouri trade upjonl a soundr and pernianent basis. 4. ReUso/ red, Tn'iat this conv'entiont is full I aware of the diflieubties to be overcomtie int the prosecution of their enterprise; Ibut no- 1 ling datunted thereb~y, andi flily relying til. on the ptubbe spirit amid zealous (co-opieratihnir of their 'elow citizenis, they are dheterminitid to advantce with tuntiring perseverene; lind h with that view, dho earinestly retom~imend a the adoptioni of the fllowting mecasuries. - 1. That an effoti shotuhl be sade to af ford to the itmjorters amti ,.......sc a )lis systel, 1.a 11. 1 lomrece Of lie .s 1:h1 Sc ia he t nlriminett a copy of itii. spe bi ld hope to le a;ble !A.ortiy i -i%(! it to our .,aders. 4 Resolutions were then tunnimmiosv ;I optel, retteriinag thanks to the 'haIirman P ihe ( Comliiigt c, ndi tile 'resieniit :1nd4 ceretary of liet Convetitio., for the abbli ianner lin n% hieh they hadl dlischared their ariois deuties: tI lie iliTrutiecs i t he Clh relb ir the sie of t heir buiikling. aid to the ci:i enis of Anuista Ih r their hlospit::lity. .\f :r which it iwas moaeaveil anl carricl, on mo ein (if Ker Bioyee, I-eI., of Ch-trieson.that lie Cliarlestoil leleg!ationlill have the pro elilgs of this colveilion1 priltei adtil dtis riultel uer' P i their sii per ioii ain ;I their xpensie. It was also reisolvel that hlie: ,residelnt appointi the conii tee i mt er thli e hiavCe resolliions t I leisurC. The Conii eintion On alijoiiuricel sine die. From ther Srannah (enrgian, 3arech 1. FRlOMi FLORIlDA. Fron a passenger in tlie. steamer Wi. lastol, Capt. Kiig, arrivedl at this port rim Garey's Ferry and St. Auigzutine', adill rom oth r seonirces, %%e learn tie following: A letter from Tampa, iatedl Match 21th1 inst Sa -da. says-'letweenl five a11n( ix liulredl Iniadians4 ail iegroes are (on hetir way to Tampa from Fort Jupiter, Ion er the escort ol the Tenncssee volnliteers, ne1 a1 portion of the '-d Ite-iment olf Dra oons." Aiother letter confirms the above, addel I that-"WNVe have Ilo otiher news by ex. cress. It is stated Major Loemis, of the Ist in anntry, badl calitired two Inlian women, Itho say that Sam .Jones hail golne to tihe eu 1, ni Alligator to the west, aidi that ley .were both willinag to surreler if they vere invitedl. Ala.i. L. hndl cirenmnaviga Ced Ilike (Oke-cho-heC ill boats. ()n Saturday last. we are also informied, apt, Ilewsoi. in tmmand of 2comanp ies f clragoois, arrive.] at Fort 3elon. A bout bree clays' mareh form that fort, lie states, lint while 'rossiIIg a large cypress S lwalllp, if struck a trail eif I mlians, pursued & over nok them. They wereiin uimber 20;o. 25 fnpl. I. lost ritir of his men in the atlack, ndl was wounded hiniself ill tile aliulomleln. lit not dlangerous. lie tok four prisoners lIt killed, as is supposed, several of the ildiais-thc balance escaped1. It is repor ed thait Concoocle or Wild Cat isone of he prisoners. The tews (of the capture of(00 Indians, e.. by General Jestip, is sail to be -co rmvel by letters received1 at Fort Melon, rhich oir intirmanti left last Sunday, toueh iu at Garey's Ferry on Wedllesday. S-r..\%u ;-s-rm:i,31nreh 22. The I'ar.-The President has promttly tad nobly discharg -d his duty to the coun~ ry. Geni. esniy's aid iihas returned firom Vashington, hearing- the Presidlent's answer o the CotitlnladingGenera's Mon. rE.4 ON against tite iulabitanitsof Florila. The 1orernincitt refuses to listen to any compro itise of the e.risting Treat:y for the immedi rte and indiscrimlinate removal of the Indi rns. Any other policy must have depopti ated Florida. It is but jtilice to conceile tle patriotism und firmness of the Prtsident in onr Indian ebuions. lis persererance "in tile foot teps Of' his preclecessyir,". in' tibs p 'cnlar mtitles im Iii thee commendation aniicrati tide ol every resileit and friend of sufferinar -lorila. ,The stenm boat Ciarleston arrived on I'neslay Crom Indiani river. We learn -ery little from the Army. Gen. Jes y vas still at Jupite'r fliv'er. waitinig the re 11rn o1 isenat. Liutnardl from Washington. .ient. i.inmaard had14 arri vel ait Frt l'ierce, il immZodmhiaely proc'eededl teo. Jpier arive'r, omc clays pre'viouasl y teo ihe sailing of:he14 .-hasrlesgtin. Tihere had4 bieen tno infoirama ion front theflnmy at Fti. l'ierce sineeLient. a. leftt. lIy le'tte'r. from Wazshington, we le'arn ha~t I ~ient. I innIarl I wa' lie hecarer' of a l'rats/ niithi ithe Seiminioles, cediing to themi li rt 1on of the ITeritorv, n~ hich was seniat 'in by Gen. Jesuzp to bec rat ified at Washa 'We fuirthi-r ieatrn that i ec(ied negative '-.'as giv.ent to thti' Trealtt/. and14 ortders were :sena to) Geni. JIeup to takle po0e'essioni of hose ilndians which were representedl to b~e o his power, with a hinit that lie woen! be ecalled, if lie alhlowed thtem to escnpe. IFromj the Cha,,rleston AIr're'ury. Th~e shazpe in whicha thme Tirenaszry liii aes palss'ed thte SenOaie, is far froim tnme't 4!Z thle views whluih thae peole of this inaniity it favoutr of tI-- 1 )ivorce of' illn udl Stalte. Mir. Callam has therefore 'jprL'esee his Sltte by vot ing agalinst thle fill-aind we trust that' ill its piresenlt sha~pe j will not pa~ss the lise. Ou)r represen sives there will, we hope. refuse to v'otte ar it. It openas wie thze door to exer t ve corrulptieo-ande feor tile miost corrup in" nes withI the mion~ey p)owert-anid in reates imm nely the field oef excetlive is(rer t-to which the Soiulherni people avte atlways bee~n in pritaciple opposei; lii to ns hieh their representtive.s havtie rofess.ed violent oppositien. Omar people terefoire will be surprised to fund any of' tell servanltts leagnaemia nith the nationle r a mo~etre soi eihins to our State.-.. on11 h ('atreliiin s hiave triedc their dlelega eani in (ciegress n ithI geniereonts ei'iency, it lie 4111 "I1,1 iof thle enrrency)'..-leiir semo uirtlannlelesve by lie ex.n pressli: f coth ( 'areinu's tri4. 'I'hevs expc 'ane. returan. They hiave' a righ i- expct itt iiei:her li t ii m nor i40 pe so alI feelin ys ill ttake anay eel thaem act ive nnd instrn len t:id in liwairt ing. her wishies-evecn if iselo makiie thema bazc'lwsarde in adevancsiing It'll. I hiey w4erieit senlt there to eIlvate ticanI friemds cia eippon'e'nts-hnzt 1t1 suta iin it priniples'~'~of thleir State. G v . Sro-r-r.- It s tatedin hade New~ ok h x pre's, tha;it Gen. Sct t Itha e ben -decredt to the ( 'hie."ke eiountry,. to taik nmii iande eif the' forcee, conltsisIiii tif sis gimenlt's ofi rcednh rs. Itatare' to b e s':lationerc e're' tei ent"aree ithe remollcval eof Indianis ni ithi It won1l ''d tiect that niPier si x: inel'tee iS'rit' t obin a commrstad.'r f'or th Fc *.rintg .'4itii'Ihn. ihe sevenCith hi.s ait le'iij - oved u e-hioI. I ,ietenanIilht Wtilke. h. 'enii' ee cit c eenI mandt~t it, ande has a -pie'th opoin:neti iotherng senl ports, t h~e same (neilitie. ,.whieb , h re ollered elsewhere, and withI this % iew it V recomnniended that the hanks in the sea- a orts shoned immediately apply a portion ri fr their respective e Isto thle purIchase , f foreign exchange, mnd to the procure- d ment f crelits or funds in Fjrope; tand hat they should alblrd the tse of :he same h i the itaiiporting nmerchant upon -a discounit in r collateral pledge of snch good Iper its v ic may take from the imerchnnis of the in- 1 crior. and that this accommodation lie af- V. irdled ;sI well upon i per having more than t, ix miioniths to run, 1as 11ponl thtt having less; I mid that the ilBanks fit tih! interior co-ope- t ate by collecting and remi t tig the pro -ceds of stei, iper to tihe hanks on the sea -(last; Ihat they anmaintain the credit of their C ilIs, aMid keep down lie excl;IaIges by re leeming their own imper at the seaports; tad at oit theother hnd the anks ill tie inshernt Atatitte vi'ties make arrang-enets >y which the niotes of 111 of teima shall be it par in each. 2. That n~ itlh aI1 jiew to the importit lijeet of egnallizing I lite exclangs between I itiiern and SoumtI-Wtstern SIte' aid I'erritories, this Convention earsestly re -omagiend to the various banks of the priti -1pal cities of those States, or stnehi as may Ie conveniently located, to receive the s Bills of each other in their genieral business I ad to adopt sne arrmngemets fir settlc nents, at short periods, asI they tmay deem mtabule and proper; the Banks atgainst b%1iomi thle ballance should fall, to firnisli unds for settling the sane, or to pay :an in :orest of six per cent, irom the period of iettlenent, and that a committee oif live lie ippoiited to takesneh measmres it-, ia their f uadginent, will carry filly into Cltet the A Irecedin; recommendatiotins-. 3. That tie .3lerchants of the Soth andl iottihI 'West, le earnestly reccommendted to nyive prnrefnce to the impn1orlters (if their I swn markets, and they allirl themn it) op. iortunity of thir coilpition with other 4 eitirims, by taking their first calls for pur- ( Aste at Southern amid South-Western sea- I iorts ; and oi the other hand, that tle t Hierchants at the sea ports shall, forthwith. I ;et nhotit importing sne'h stocks (if goods. I is will enstre, at fatir rates, :a siiply' to ( hie demand from the ierchanits of th'e in- a crior. 1 4. That an earnest and united eTori a iohill lie Imade 10 draw home the capital I livested by tile Solutlh imn Baniks and Coi lalnies abroadt ; and to emplfiloy the same t ogether with su.ch surplus capital .1a exists it hole, iml mercnntie operatiois: and that 'L ,vith this view men of influence iialn char- f1 icter he earliestly invited to afiord tile heit fit of their exaliple, by entering into Limi- i ted Partnerships, under the laws lately Ipssed ly thle States of Virginia. S . C'ar ina, Georgia, Alabama,l Tennessee and Florida. .5. That this Convention ennnlot bujt v:ew. tvith deep regret, tile neglect O4f all cotn- I nercial pursuits i% hich has hitherto prevail- t ed anong the youth of our cunitry, andi F which has necessardly thrown its Ilnost im-l portant interests into thei han.is of those I who by feeling and habit are led into com- r mercial connexions elsen% here. This Coal- ( ventiot, therefire, cannot too ealtestly re- I iomnniend the speedy adoption by all their Fellow c itizens of imeasuires to' introdnee a commercial edunetion among our youith i U fait:seIip to hatnit-a of tensincs, anal tiereby to establish a body of nerlants < vhlose very interest and feeling shaitl be een- I tered in time coutry which has reared and I (ustlail st hem. 5. .tesol'erl. That this Convention is of ipiniot.i that the establihJiment by mnifac- 1 Itrers im foregn counmtries oif agenlcic. iln tile .lhief southern piorts, for tihe samie of thte va riotns artieles exported lby thieim to the U . Stattes, woutld. colIdnce lo mile restornationa a if the odirect foireign trado of lime South tuind thlat sillar estabhlish~gins, for lie sle of domestiC articles Would he very ate- 4 'epitable. Ilesofred, 'iThat a comm~tittee of five be appin~ted to prep!lare ant addhress to the pe~o tile of the Sonthern anmd Soth Western States, mrginig 11pon1 iten te teeiencey 3 raf gvumig their hearty co-operation, inl tie, meconaluishmenat of thEa greatm oil'ject of' thisi ~ hsCotivvention. a on the 3rd Monday inOct. next. & thatn a omm)3Iittee (if Correspondllencoe be aphpointedt,i vhosedusty it slhall be to take the properr neasresto ehstthe feelingsofhep - ile, and seenire a cordial co-op~erationa onl lie part oft the States inlterestedt in lte hbjects of this Convenatioti, and( to seenre aII ull representuation fromt every pairt of those i States, 8 Itesofred, Thhat it is recommitiended.a to he members of this Conventilig, li t55'lI ile the citizens5 of their connit's ort districts, r 11nd place biefore t hem their piroceedainIg and nrge lponl thletm the expedienlev of pro-i noltinig theo menfsures recommilienidel by3 this '".nventtion, amid partienilarhv oif formaina- f Linlited Paartnaershaips. nnde41r the laws pass. aldhby the 'oulthternI States0, n)s aoresaial Wheres, tile comtpletioti of the lines cont-e icetitng thte Southern Atlantie cities with he great valley of' the Mlississipp1i is atheo niost proineli)nt 11n<' - -int 1nenlsture to a )titlmote tihe usefuil anul patriotic objecta %hich hias enlled this Coniventioni together, t hereijire ID, ~1tesolred. Th'lat this C7onvent.ion is f Iceply and1( stoIlmtly unli jmese w uith tihe - rantscendlanmt iampolrtance of lie great wo4i h, if internial hrmpromvemlett, whlichl i intend d1 to ell'eet this inuercoununlienlition, als nost earnecstly ilnvoke tihe people 03f the4 ( ~Ontth and( 541nth- westerni Sttes to brit" s, il thiir enmergies anid reLsontreeas ti hear p 11t in this vital - point, not dottbaitng that stneht ihorts wihl crownt witha briiliaant so0 ce the oble etnterprmise. I1) Iesolared, TIhiat the membelrs oif t his OnIventiona ini reofhmendaing~ tin. afoiresniia o 4'sohltioins ti thaeitr coniasituentsas. oil th li ~onthe'rn aend South.-Western States', w,.ill ti iiod to thetrni I le mlost undoulilbledl pldge I the-ir sinicrity, by) adopi~tog tihemi as a1 ule for thefir' ownt ctindner', hierebyv deelhr lig mt the Imost solann umanner, ini the temti- o, >t, of tile Most liIigh, that ini alil commertl'i. es ml deahinsgs t hey w ili give prefelren-mce to rt~ he I)irect Impjorter, atid zealously end'eamv- tI r itn ail enst's, to carry omit the vIews atndal ecomndtationms oif this conven~itionl. Pre'vious~ to unlv queitsttins binitg takeni nx I le resoilutionis. Coii. Memmatimrecr roe - ndt adadraessedl th IConventlIationt at letngah, in very aide speerbi, ill whiich heC Ii nche-d~a ae Dleposite l13ank-v,and~ Mr.ri*'ht's wvare