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e will cling to the pillars of the temple of our liberties, W. F. DURISOE Publisher. F. LABORDE, Editor. and if it must fall we will perish amidst the ruins." VOLUME IV. UlgefielX& Coxvt 11ouse. FS C. JIYAX 4, 19.39.9 BEJD Q&I7RTEI18 Abbeyille, 45th Feb. 1539. ORDERS No.1. T H Iollowing Regiments and Corps of Tne Militia of this State. will parade for Review and Drill. and the Officers and Ser geans will assemble in Encampment at the times and places following, viz: The 15th Itegiment of Inflntry will parade for review and drill. at Williamson's, on Tues. day the -2d of April next. The 14th Regiment of Infantry, at Orangce hurg, on Thursday the 4th of April. The Oticers and Sergeants of the 4th Bri gide will assemble in encmptmnt, at Accahee, (Morrison's farm) near the Quarter House, on Monday the 8th of April next, to remain en. cam:ea six days. according s o law. - The 16th and 17th Regiments of Infantry, the Charleston Ancient Battalion of Artillery, and the Charleston Light Dragoons, will parade for review and drill. at the Charleston race field, an Thurrday the 1 %' of April next. The Officers and Ssr-eants of the 8th Brig. ade will assemble in .campment. at such place as the tdrigadier General of that Brigade may appoint, and ieaort to the Commander-in-"hiel, on -londay the 22d of April. The 33d Regiment of lunantry will parade for review and drill, at Conwayborough, on Monday the 29th of April. The 32d Regiment of Infantry, at Marion C. II. on Thursday the 2d of May next. The 31st Regiment of Infantry, at Black Mingo, on Saturday the 4th of May. The 13th Regiment of lufantry, at Walter. - boro, on Saturday the 11th of May. The 12th Itegiment of Infantry, at Coosaw. hatchie, on Tuesday the 14th of May. The 43d Reiriment of Infantrv. at Buford's Bridge. sin Fridaythe 17th of fay. The Officers and Sergeatits of the 3d Brig. ade will assemble in encanpment. at Barnwell C. H. on Monday the 20th of May. The 3d Re-giment of Cavalry will parade fin review and diill, at Barnswell C. H. on Satur day the 2th of May. - rhe IIth Regiment of Infantry, at Ashley's on Monday the 27th of .lav. The 7th Regiment of 6itantry, at the Ok Wells 'in Wednesday the 2'Jth of May. The 10th Regiment of lulantry, at Richard son's, on Saturday the 1st of June next. The 9th Regisent of Infantry, at Lowe's, or Tuesday the 4th of June. Tbr- 2d Regiment of Cavalry, at Abbevillf C. H. on Thursday the 6th of June. The Sth Regiment of Infantry. at Morrow'z Old Field, on saturday the8th of June. The 6th Regiment of Infantry, at Lonax's on Tuesday 11th of June. The 40tl Regiment of Infantry, at Boyd's on Thsrsday the 13th of June. The 41st Regiment of Insiiery, at Parks Old Field, on Saturday the 15th of June. The-l0th Regiment of Cavatr.- . at such plaet as the Brigadier General of the 5th Brigade ol Cavalry may appoint, and report to the Adju. tant and Inspector General, on Tuesday the 18th of June. The 3 th Regiment of Infantty, at K-.:ler' Old Field, on Thursday the 20th of June. Th 39th Regiment of Infantry, sit Long's or such other convenient place in that neigh borhood. as may be selected by the Command, ant of that regiment. and reported to the Adjnss. taint General. on Saturd:ay the :!nd of June, The 24th Regiment of Infantry, at Wins. boro'. on Tuesday the 25th ol Jtti The 25th Regiment of Intansstry, at Wins boro', on Thursday the 27th (of June. The 6th Regiment of Cavalry, at Yongue's, on Sanardav the 29th of June. The 27t Re:iment of Infantry, at. Oliver', Old Field. on Tues'day the -Ind olf July next. The '2th Regiment of Infatry, at Chester. ville, on Thursday, the 4th of July. The 34th Regiment of Infantry, at Yorkville on Monday. the 8th of July The 46ti Regiment of lssthutry, at Ebenezet on Wednesday the 10th of Jily. The 35th Regiment of Infantry, at Union Court House on Saturday the 13th otJtly,. The 45th Regiteent of Infantry, near the Burnt Factory, on Tuesday the jf1th of July. The 37th Regiment of Inflantry, at Wilkin's Old Field, on Saturday the 20th of July The Officers and Sergeants of the 9th Brig ade of Inifantry, and 9th Regiment of Cavalry ivill assemble in encampment at Gafney's Old Field on Monday the 22d of July. The 9th Regnmnent of Cavalry will parade for review and drill, at Gafnsey's Old Field otn Saturday the 27th of July.. The 36th Regiment of Infantrv, at Timmtons Old Field, on Monday thse 29th'of July. The 1st Regiment of Infantry, at Bruton's on ~'ursday ste 1st of Augusst next. The 3rd Regiment of Infantry;. at Toney's Old .'toro, on Saturday the 3d of Angust The toffice'rs and Sergeants of the 1st Brig. aide of ifantry, an:l1 st regiment of Cavalry. will assemble in esncampenent at Pickensvihle, on Monday the 5th of August. The 1st Regiment of Cavalry will parade for review and drill, on Saturday the 10th of Au gust, at Pickensville. The .;th Regiment or Infantry, at Hunters, on Monday the 12th of August. The. 2d Regiment of Infantry, at Hall's on Thursday the 15th of August. The 4%d Regiment of Infantry, at Minton, on Saturday the 17th of Augusit. Th'e 4th Regiment of Infantry, at Verrennes, on Tures'ay the 20th of August. Thse Officers and Sergeants of the 2d Brigade of Infantry, and 2d Regianent of Cavalry, will assemble ns encampment, at Isagtmires, (Shi bleys) on Monday the 26th of August. The tOdicers and Sergeants of thse 10th Brig. stde of Infantry, and 10th Regiment of Cavalry, will assemble in encampment, at Belfast, on 3Ionday thne 9th of September text. The'Officers atnd Sergeants of the 6th Bri gade of Infantry, and 6th Regiment of Cavalry. widl assemble in encampmenst, at Yongute'xa, Ott 3londlay thse 1tith of September. rTe Officers and Sergeatnts of the 5th Bi gade of Infantry, and 5th Regiment of Cavalry. will assemble ta .ncampment, near Camden, ona Monday the 23d of Septmber. The i.th' Regimecnt of Cavalry will parade for review antd dri, at Camden, on. zSaturday the 28th of Septetmber. The 21st Regiment of lItfantry, at Lancaster Court House, on Mosnday the 3Iuth of Sept. The 28th Regiment oh Insfantry, at Chester field Coutrt House, on Thursday the 3d of October nexzt. The 30th Riegiment of Infantry, at Bonnet ville. on Saturday the 5th of October. The 29th Rtegimnent of infantry, nt Darling. ton Court flouse, on Tuesday the 6th of Oc. tober. Th- 22d Regiment 6f Inmasiry, at Camden, on Saturdayv the~ 1Nth of October. The 20th Relgiment or Infantry, at the Swim min" Pens, on Tuesday the Ibth of October. ite 44th Regiment of tuantry, at Sumter ville, on 'hursday the 17th of October. The Officers and Non-Comiumissioned Officers of the 34th Regiment of Infantry, will assemble for drill, on Saturday the 6th of ily. The Offic -rs and Sergeants or the I Ith, 30th, 5th, and 21st Regiments of' Infantry, being en camped the week previous to their reviews, are excused, with their Corporals. fromi assembling at their Regittietal parade grounds for drill, previous to their respective reviews. All other Otli-ers and N in-Commissioned Officers, (in cludiig the Corporals of Cavalry Regiments where the Officers and Sergeants of such kegi ments are encamped) will assemble for drill and instruction on the day previous to their tespee tive reviews. The Cavalry Corps not otherwise ordered above, will parade with the Infantry Regiments most convenient, either by Company, or Squa dron. The Conimandants of, Regiments will be pre pared to answer promptly. upton the field, on the day of their respective reviews. any ques tions relative to the efifective and field strength, the arims and equipments, of their respective Reginments. The antinual Brigade returtnswill be made up and transtmitted by the Brigadier Generals. to the Adjutant and ispectur General, at Edge field Court House. by the 1st (if November next according to the blaik forms heretofore furnish ed to them. ~ The Major Generals and Staff, and Briga dier Generals and Staff will attend the en campments and reviews of their respective Di visions and Brigades. The Brittadier Geterals are charged with the extension. to their Commands. (if so much of this order as relates to their respective Brigades. By order of the Coumander-in-Chief. JAMES JONES, [C] 5 h. Adj, k nsp. Gen. New Spring and Sumnmer GOODS. T HE Subscriber itnforns his friends and sie public generaliy. that he has joist re ceived trutm New York, a complete tasort ment of Staple Fancy, Spring and Smn ner Goods-aniong which are. 3-4 4-4 5-4 ad '-I brvw-N & bieached Shirt ing- and Sheetmags. A handsome assortmentlightcol'd Prits. 50 pieces tight col'rd London do. French prints and prit.ted Jacoimet, Mourning and half mournilig prints and Mtustins, Stuper printed Lawns, 44 and 6-4 Cambrics and cambric Muslins, Swiss and book . uslins, Jaconet. plaid and strige do. Lvtnnaise and brocade do. Ladies and gent's white and black, silk H. S. and kid Gloves, "6 Cotton and threid do. " Misses black and white nett, Lace and Gatze do A handsome assortment of gauze and satin, ani Mantia Ribboas. Best [talir.' Pags, black blue, black, and assortei lhv tle iantity, Hem-stitche6. anstiper linen cambric Hkfs. Men's tand boys Pongee do. Ladies'gaize. Iernani, gro-de-nap and sew ing silk H k f's. 4-4 Irish linens and linen lawn, Plain, itiserted and frilled bosoms and linen collars, 84 and 10-4 table diaper. 3-4 birds eye and Runtsin Diaper, 6-4 1-4 and 10 4 -dnaask table covers, Frntcth n1a 1'k10- % tl" Or, French-i browi and gras- Liunetl. White nod brown linen Drillings Super rib'd do. A variety of Cutton do. col-d. and striped for Panlts Osnhurglts. Cases of anlm leaf and willow Hoods, English Devon straw Bonnets, A large assortment of silk and cotton hose and half Hose, 3-4 and 4-4 plaid and striped domestic, Silk, satin, and Marseilles Vesting, Parasols and Umbrellas. Furniture.dimity atnd fringe, Black bombazines and mierilos for Coats, Paris needle w -rkd musit c- -. & et caps French baskat. bleatched ltus-tz S'5eetines. Any thing like a gener al enmerati-m of air tieles'is itnprac-ticable; but these in addition to his former stock, make it sunficiently extettsive, and he trusts his pirices are sufficiently moder ate to be worthy the attention of all who wtsh to supply thetmselves with articles in his line. His former customers and all who buy in thts marke', will do hlimt, and perhlaps themselves a favor, by examining his assortment before purchsing. JOHN 0. B. FORD. Hamburg. March 13, 1P39. 7 tf PROOL AM ATION. EXECUTI.VE IJEPARTMENT, coOLMBAr MAncH 13,1t339. Byg His Exellecy PATRICK NOBL E. Esq. Governor and Commnander-in-chiqf, in and ove the State of South Carolina. S7H E REAS, informationi bas been receiv ed in this Department; that a most at tr-ociouis murder was cotttmitted in Lanren. District, on the tith of this month. by Carter Parker on tile body of Jefferson Rhowland, and dletsaid Parker has fied from justice. A ow, kniow ye, that to the end justice may be done, and thlat thte said C'arter P'arker miay be brought to legal trial taud condignl pumshmntt for his olfence, as aforesaid. I do hereby of'er a reward of'iTHREE HIUNDREI DOLLARS. for his aipprehensions antd delivery into any jmi: ill theO state. Carter Pttrker is described as beu.ing about 3.i years of age,abufie nc hligh, light colored kemir, heardtincli nitd dlishaness, rather a thin visage. snudy compl~lexionl tailks quick,nnid cuts is words short; race tolera bly broad at the eyes. bttt narrow at thle chiln; a smnall piece broken off of ot.e of' his front teeth; broad shoulders, slender waist, hars a habit of sutcking his teeth, large k nees and knock ktneed; lhe is a blacksmith by trade, ad fe-nd of ardent sp1irits. Given under my hand ad us'al of the State. at Coluimbia, 13th1 day of Mairch, in tihe year olf our Lord one thou'.and eight htun ired antd thlirty-nlinmeand in thte sixty third year of tile Indepenmdet.ce of tile Unitcd States of America. PATRICK NOBLE. Dv the Goeve'rnor. 'M. LAnotnr., Secrctary of State. Matrch m. J' f 7 P OLITICAL. Feom the National Intelligencer, 27th ult. INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. (Concluded.) PART II.-THJ- DEFALCATIONS OF WIL LIAM 31. PaI. Conclusions of the Committee. 1st. That k illiam bi Price, as distric attorney, is a defaulter to the governmen in a large sum. 2d. That his defalcations are attributa ble to the notorious irresponsibility ant want of character of said Price, at the pe riod of his nppoinient and re-appoint me-t, and during his entire term of of fice, and to the continued neglect of i p roper and efficient dischargo of duties a the office of Solicitor of the Treasury, bj the late and present incumbents of the of flee. PART i.-The corectness of the return. which. have been made by thr presen Collector and Naval Officer of the For of A'ew York, respectively. Conclusions of the Committee. Wat. That the returns of the collectoi of customs at the port of New York hav4 not been correct, as they have not at al times embraced, as paid into the publii Treasury, the moneys received by him 11 uuascertlained duties, and at no time fo duties paid under protest. 2d. That said collector, in his returns has violated the instructions of the Treas ury Department; has put at defiance thi duties assign-d him by the 6ecretary o the Treasury; has repudiated the oflicta decision of the responsible law-officer o the Executive Department; and is guilii of an illegal retention and use of the pub lie money, in the amount then held bi him fhr protest and unascertained duties. 3d. That the Committee has been pre vented from ascertaining what is the ex tent of oe illegal retention and use of tb public money by the present collect.. r o the purt of New York, either in fund collected under protest, or for unascertain ed duties, or in other funds collected bi him, because of his refusal to exhibit hi own book of cash deppsites in-hank, or t< permit the banks used b) him as deliosito ries to exhibit their accounts of his depos ites. 4th. That the public moneys receive( by #aid collector are mingled with his owi moneys on deposite, and are not kept h: him, inor by his banks of deposite, distinc and separate from the individual money of the collector and of his "professiona clients;" and his returns cannot. therefore he founded upon them as a separate ani independent fund, belonging to Govern imienti, though in his keeping. 5th. That, as appears by the letter o Gorham At .,;, ;he cashier of the cit, Bank, the present collector has deposita moneys in his hands with a bank whicl could not, under the law prohibiting thi selection of any bank as a depositor] which haq issued notes under the denomi nation of five'dollars, he selected bv thi Secretary of the Treasury himself,' as I lopository of moneys carried to the credi of tle! Treasurer of the Uited Sties. Gilt. 'That the mode adopted and prac tised by the said collector, of keeping an< making returns of the public money col lected by him for unascertained duties an< under protest, in the language of the pres ont Attorney General of the United States "could have never been the intention o Congress;" and being "tolerated," it hat made it, in the language of the same higl officer. "the interest of the collector t< postpone the ascertainment of duties, as it the nean time he would have uncontrol led use of the nioney." It has also in ful filment of the reasoning of the Attorne General, increased "the danger of faith lessness in the collector by permittin large amounts of money to remnain wit! him, and under hjis inidividual control, in stead of being in the Treasury of the U nited Statres." 7th. That, in the language of the A ttor ney General "the tenor of the spirit ofal our revenue laws seem to inculcate thit idea that the inatention of Congress has a all times been, that money collected foi revenue should he promptly placed in t Treasury, and not be permitted to remnair in the hamnds of the collector." 8th. Thai the returns of the naval offi cer in New York have not been correct, a! it is fouand in the testimony of the preseni deputy naval officer, "that the naval offi cer, under its existing system, is not ena bled, either to determine what amnonnt oi bonds has been taken by the collector f'ot duties in any quarter, or who are the par. ties to said bonds, or when such bondn are paid, or whether the collector does ni does not arcount truly for suel; bonds." PART IV.-Defalcations among Receiveri of Public Moneys. The Committee, in funlfilment of that portion) of the duty assigtedl them, by w hieh thmey were directed to inquire inte -'atv th-falca tifns among receivers &c., whtich may now exist," report to the hloie. that the limited period which they bail for a thoromgh. investigation, of the subjects with which they were charged, and ile time necessarily consumed in the exatmination of thie cases of the late col lector and district attorney of New York, have prevented a minute investigation ol the extent, ntlure. anid causes of the de falc-ationts of receivers of public monev4, mrisinc from the sales of public lanids. The Commuittce have, however, prepa re'd, from repiorts innate by tie Secretars tf the Tirenstary ait the last session of Con gress, a~ rabular statement, exhibiting the nimes of Kuch defaulters. the - amount due from each, when due, and the penalties Of their official bouds, respectively; also, the correspondence had between the Treasury Department and hilteen of the individuals whose names appear on said statement-the Committee having called for, and been lurnished by the Depart ment, with the answers of the receivers to the letters of the Secretary of the Treasu ry, as contained ins House document No. 297. These tifteen cases are reported specially, as examples merely of the man ner in which the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury have executed the laws in respect to the public money and other property of the United States in the hands of tnis class of publie ohlicerb, and in respect to their olfi cial dutv. The law provides for the appointment by the Executive, with the concurrence of the Senate, of a receiver of public mo neys at each of the places respectively where the public and private sales of the lunds are to he made, who shall give bond, with approved security, fur the faithul discharge ot his trust; who shalt transmit, within thirty days, in case of public sale, and quarterly in case of private sale, ali account of.all the public moneys by him received to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the registers of the land ofices, as the case may be. He is allowed a salary of five hundred dollars per annum, and a commission of one per centum on the mo neys received: but his salary for any one year shall not exceeed ,tk10. ihe Sec retary of the Treasury may allow to the several receivers of the public money at i he several land oflices, a reasonable coin pensation for transporting to, and deposit ing such moneys in any bank or any other place of deposite iliat may from time to time be designated by the Secretary of the Treasurv for that purpose. He is alone authorized to prescribe such further regu lations in the manner of keeping books - and accounts by the several ollicers in the land offices, as to him may appear necessa ry and preper It is made his duty, at least once in every year tocause the books of the officers of the land offices to be ex amtined, and the balance of public no ney sin the hands of die several receivers to lie ascertained. The foregoing synopsis of the liw rela tive to land receivers, and the correspon dence w.th a portion of those who have proved defaulters and faithless to their trusts, are submiued without further roin tiren' than that the facts anl circumstau ces here exhibited show inch a dereliction (of duty on the part of the Executive de partment, as calls loudly f er searchine ex amination in this branch of the public ser vice, and for thorough reform. The 4practice which the foregoing cor r0po1dence exhibitq, of retaining men in ollice after gross and repeated violauiots of law, In keeping and using the public moneys for private speculation, and the character of the correspondence itself, but tonclearly point to the isiference that such officers were retained in place because they possessed extensive political influ ence, and were useful and active parti sans. Whether such mal-administration constitutes official corruption in those ;u perior officers of the Executive depart ments who knew and pcrmnited in their subordinies the conduct which has been referred to, is a question whichthe Com mnittee submit to the House and the coun try to decide PART v.-Facts connected wiith the fore going Defecations, and deemed materi al to develope their true character. In conclusion, tho Committee cannot forbear remarking, that, durine their whole inVen'.;tn, they have tnot hfound the catse to which the laws, as thiey already risi, da not apply, or in whitch they are defec tive. The permannet provisions of the laws cotnstt itte every neceissary check up on collectors, receivers, and dlisbursers of public money; and the checks which, by law, have been and may be created, in the discretion of the Executive, have otn ly to he attended to and applied by those whose duty it is to superintend the execun tion of ube laws, to ensure faithfulness, and detect derelictions or defalcations in pub lie officers. Indeed, in all the new recommenda tions which have been proposed by the President or the Secretary of the Treasu ry, the Committee has found either what already exists, or what might have always been pres--ribed and enforced in the form of Treasury regulations, and which if en forced, would have prevented the late de falcations; and these new recommaenda tions can, indeed, be regarded as so many proofs of what regulations in respect to the late defaulting collectors, receivers, &c., have hitherto been wholly neglected by the present Executive and heads of Departmnents. P ART vle--Mr. Hopkins' stpecial ConCUr ren-ce in the report of the Committee, ap pended thereto by vote of the Committee. I have not had the requisite time for scrtinizing the report of the Committee with that care and attention which its length and importance deserve, and which I would have desired; and I should have preferred, for this reasotn, to have presen ted the journal of the Committee, without comment, to the House of Rtepresenta lives. But as conflicting opinions pre vail in the Commit tee, and are to be sub mitted to the country in the shape of for mal reports, I consider it my duty to say that I concur with the Committee in all the conclusions at whtich they have arri ved, so far as thtose conclusions apply to the oxtent and character oh the rinfalctt lions of Samuel Swartwout and Willian M. Price. I should be faithless to my duty, and i violence to the most consienutious convic lions of my judgment, if I did not also de Cal-e my entire conenrrence in those con clusions of the Committee which relate t< the conduct of the late naval otbcers a the custt.m-house at New York; of th( late and present Solicitor of the Treasury to the Secretary and accounting officer of the Treasury Departmeat, including the late Comptroller of that Department and in that part of the report which re vie ws the conduct of J Hoyt, the presen collector of the customs at the port of N York. GEO W. HOPKINS, Member of the Committee. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REMARKS OF3Ma. PICKEINS. FRIDAY. March I, 1839. On the subject of the Northeastern Boun dary. Mr. Pickens said it was with extreit reluctance he trespassed upon the atten tion of the committee; nothing but the great importance of the measure could in duce him to do so at present. He had in terrupted his colle:gue (Mr. Legare) as t< the point of order, and had claimed the floor merely because of the circumstance: under which he was placed with reference to the bill under consideration. It will be remembered that ihis mornin;:, when the hill was first under discussion,his colleagute (Mr. Thompson) had sni-l he hoped thai the bill would pass unanimously, withou debate. as there could be no opposition to it. He (Mr. P.) then said that wonk not be the case, and he desired to inform the chairman (Mr Howard) that, if hie supposed so, he would he miataken, for he Mr. P.) i nended to move to sirikeout ihie second section, and then gave notice of that,but before proceediug gave way to h.-al the chairman first. in the development Id the views olthe committee. Bio, i biead of' t his coure, o hers had obtained the fluoi then, and brought on a wiil range o discussion, anil be had beeni prevenied frotn explain n iis paints of object ion it lie hbill He desired to do so now. But, cfore di cu4sing the hill, I desire (said Mr. Pickens to notice the last observationas of my col league, Mr. Legare.) He had said thert wa-s no danger of collision from the mareh of hositde troops at present. and had given his experience of what he had witnessed it Europe. and said that he had often seet hostile armies moving and retiring over the sa:mo territory, and even coming into tem parary confliet, aid y t, there was no war and, in a few weeks, ev-ry thing wa: again hushed into peace. This might t! the case in regard to Euopean armies, IN they were made tp of drilled and trained soldiers, under the strict order of officers who were again under the dictation of de spotic Cabinets. They could be m~arche< up to the cannon's mouth, or marched ol the field because it mi'ght be the pleasure of a tyrant Eing, tiair master, so tm wit! it They were the mero natchitm- in the h;uids of iiaie w ho madue war fron am bit ion, and preserved peace-froi interest Not so in our country. Let the Presideti bring into action our fbrees, accustomed as they were, even to licentious free.dom and we wouid ind a very different state o things- Our at mies would not be merce nary bands. but citizen-freemen, with bu little discipline, and feeling a passionate enthusiasm for their couutry. When yot once put a large force of that kind into ac tion, and briu them near to their oppo nents, tinder their natural excitement, i would be as diicult to preserve peace a it would bie to preserve from explosion itt tagazine, itio which iguited suark< wver thrownt. The aunilogy dira wn from other Govern. ments does tnot hold good when appliedt < us. Peace may be preserved there, whil< the same causes would produce war here Trhere is always danger here in calling inic existence stich mtilitary power as is contenr plated by the bill, unless we have already resolved 0n final actiotn. In other Gov ernments, every thitig is moved unider the direction of' despotic Cabinets, with abso. hute powet; the reverse is the ca.,e here. I desire to say a word in reference it what fell to-night from the gent leman fronx Kentucky, (Mir. Meneflee.) That gentle tman had given its an enthusiastic disqjuisi tion on naiionial honor, in which, if prop erly defined, A entirely agree. But if thin! gentleman meant that vague and unidefi nable national honor, drawn from tihe Eu ropelih cude, and practised upon for the last three hu .dred years by EuiropeunGov ernments, I raise my solemn protest a gainst it. There, whole tiatiotns had beeni drenched in blood, upon a mere point oh etiquette. Such doctrines might suit th .se countries whose people hand teeni taught to humble thetmselves before the diadems of royalty, and to gaze in submissioni up~on the stars and garters of nobility: but they were entirely unsuiied to the peopte of a free republic. Sir, I contend that, in this country,with a Government defined by the cotistisuwion, we exercise nothing but irust power3 fur the benefit of the People, and we have no right to separate national honor from sound national interests. [Here Mr. Menefee asked if Mr. P, ad mirrted that iber'- was a difference between national honor and national interest!] Mr. Pickens. No, sir, if trop.-rly un derstood and defitted; but a general decia mnation upon abstract national hotnor, n, dra wn from the European code; was cal.-ula ted to itlameoutr people,now already ma el citable. .1 will not repeat Falstaff s solilo quy upon honor. but I will say that, al thoulli a duelist may demand satisfac'tioo, at the risk of h iie, because anlo lier may have too ruLtely hrushed the skirt of his coat, yet, %%hen the con,equences of a i.,n's action ari no to he , onfined to 'hinself, tin drag with it the misery of million, he has no right to stand upon a mere imma terial point ofhonor. " ha I mean to say is, that, before a free People can be drag ged into a war, !t must be in defence ofr great national rights, as well as national hounor. Before examining the second section of the bill. I desire to nOtice some of tih ob servations which fell front the genrileman from Pennylvania (Mr, Biddle-) in ma ny of his remnarks I entirely concur, but re gret that he, as i ell as others, had thought proper on this occasion to call up topics not immediately connected with the sub ject. The.discussion in which we %%ere now involved,would interest foreitn low ers, and attention would be partientarly drawn to it in En-land. As it is a ron test between it itnd a loreign Power, I re gret that it should have been ihought ue; cessary not only to go into the hi.,tor3 of our faults upon this question, but also to cen -uie our diplomaie controver-irs % ith other Pou ers. The gentlea.an (alt. Bid (ie) had alluded to our btaseii g and talk exciting the ridicule of foreign Powers, and had evean gone back to the last war u ith Great firitain, and said we hma. cote Out of it - i to t gainig a single poitin, or, at least ha nn, adil all the points of eI troversy "adjourned over." I cannot Tee with what propriety these things are now brought up. [Mr. Biddle was understood to explain that he meant to illustrate the propriety of only taking such groundsai first, as would be maintained and enforced, ifa conflict should occur.1 Mr. P. continued. and said he was wil ling to forget the past, or, at least, whett a critical controversy was pending between us and a foreign Power, he rather desired to cover over the faults of the country than to expose them to the gaze of the world. I have been taught from tmy mother's chanher by exaRmaples drawn from Holy % rit, to dread Heaven's aveng-itnt curse pronounced irpon that son who uncotered the nakedaess of his parent, But I pase over these matters and propose to exam, ine the hill. The first section gir es powet to the President to call out the tilitia. the Army and the Navy. in certain comtain ,en ces that may Lappetn. lit the esve of ac inal invasion," he now has this power by the existing law. But a new contingency is no%% to be created, and that i-, in case Great Britain should attempt to *-enforce exclusive jurisdiction" over the disptted territory, by -force of armq." This is a new and distinet power, as defined itn this section, and makes .a point in legislation, The second section proposes "that, in the event of actual invasion of the U. States by any foreiun power, or orimmaninetit dan ger of stch in'. asion discovered, in his ithe President'sj opinion, to exist,'' then,nud in that case, the President is clothed with powerto enlist a regular army,with tw*enty new refatnents, or nie;arlh 20.000 men- I contend that this is a dangerouq power to be placed in the hands of any man. l"omf what 1 know of the present Presidi-t. I wouid as sooni trust hint Is t y , an I ever saw. lie is cautious, and Is nature is pacific; but it is a dangerous precedent to allow any Chief MAtgiatratc to be ihe sole judge of the contingency and necessity for creating at one step. a standing army of 20J,(K) met. The Constitution has made Congress the judge of the necessity for. war, and we have no right to delegate, di rectly or indirecily. any portion of that pow. - or. -I have~ no ineal of ithorizint.he Pretsi lent to take any sta'p thatmou oe al'ter compel us to sanction that whbich ivill force uts into a wvar. . Let its declard.itar befo~re you raise such an army. .1 have said that I do not fear to trust the present Executive with military power, hut I am'i a sworn enemy. of Executive -discretion in any important mnatter that can be regn- - lated by law. The precedeair of to-day, becomnes the law of to-mnirow,-~ .Ad we may have a prudnt exercise of aianger otis power by a wise anti virituons PresL den'; but let things change-let us.have some futture hero with his laurels greeri. from ahe plain of somto Talladega, Etmne fan, or New Orleans-and then this. 'ry precedenr, which you propose-to establish;. will be quoted by himn as contnining~ the. principle upon which he will ask .to hanve. discretionary power over 'a condijional ar-. my. which will he calle'd upon to -sustain-.. him in waving his sword triumphantly above the prostrate liberties of his country. A standing armny should neuer he-crea ted except by Congress, and we shouhld be . the sole judge. of the time and manner-or its creation. If there should boea necessi ny for it,'therecean be no diiety. . The cotuntry can he defenaded until Congrese Tcan be convened; and if. there should be ,tany such necessity for ?hi army,LCongrress o ught to he conv ned. *Besides1 suppose the Presidlent.wvere to call-for.evlistmnents in the regtniar service; now, what wotild-be the result? You wrould get none-but'the very dIregs from the alleys of voniy:ites forming a miserable band & ofirwe most iafe rior soldiers. In a well fed soiiny-liks. -. this, yota cannot get it .and.properdieruitsr: in the regular sea vice ntil wve -shalrf lire. actually declared war. and th-ousaods are thtrown -out of their ordinar'y employinodnu for support. Then you can cot a hate'ar-d my of-oldiers, and not utntil then. I w auld' ilfmtitely rather rely, in :he~ first onset, fdr~ deafencee, upon the regtular miliria-of the c'ountry or upon Vohttmteers, thatn tuponanr wetdtenly raised enlistments. It is;a mis.. take to suppose that, nder the w,.,.