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"We wille 0ln a. rcp~o p~uk aa.icriic sicd if t ant all wil3j ligto tfi Pilrk6 thib ''ad'b Werlai ettiest td If ~ Ah it ~nit 'a' w pop EDGEFIE LD ADVIER1TISER' BY W. F. DURISOE; PROPRIETOR. NEW TERMS. Two DoLLArs'and FIrrV C EN's. pdr atintm if paid advance $3 if not paid within siu months from the date of subscription. -and ;4 if noti paid betore the expiration of- the year 'Alinbscriltions will be continnamd, inless otierwise oidered. hefoire the expira tion of flie~eart but no paperI will- be discon ued until all artenrages are paid. unless arti option of the-, Publisher. Any person pwocuring. five responsible Sub scribers, shall receive the paper for one yent; gratis. ADVENTSEEN'TS conspicuonsly inserted at 62J cents per square. (12 1ines, or less,) for the first insertion. and 435 for each continuance. Those published moitlly. or qoarterly, will be charged $1 per square . idvertiseuents not having the onmber of insertions .narked hn them, will he contintied until ordered ont, and charged accordingly. All communications, post paid, will promptly arid strictly attended to. V' We are authorized to announce ED-waniD It. LAtiatks Esqr.. nsa candidate for re-elec tion as Matier in Eq iuty.for Charleston District, at the ensuing segsiio9. or the Legislature. g7Tie fridnds of:tHbfn. F. W "PIcIuss, .ance him n a andidate for the StateSen Aofll tlie ; ,aay occa". ond by the re~sag ate. - 11 .h vacanicy- occtitaied yt~ra matiji Mtj:John.S. Jter.from this District. We are anthorised to announce Faascis 21. W~AobAW. Esq.. us at candidate io- Sena tor from Edefield District 07. We are tuthosized to stinountce DANMir. HOLLSIP. Esq.. a candidate liir a seat iii the flouse ofDeiea- :I the ensuing eleetion. i'We are autheL.rized to.annourite M. GRAY. Esq. as a cagdidate Fot the Leg islature.. I. The friends of Col. 0. ToWLKS antnounce him as- a cadidlate for the offiee of Tax-ColleCoto of Edgefield ]Distriet at the ensnittg eleciion. TTbe friends of Capt. E. W. PaRRY. all noitice him asa Candidate for the office t Tax Collector of Edgefield District, at the en suing election. ( 'rime friends of Col. JOHN QOAT VrLrBoa. antnOunce him as a cadidatie for the office of Tax Collector of Edgefield District at theensuing election. rhe friends of Mr. Sc-asoaoUaH BaaUwA-rEfa. announce him its a candi date for the office of Tax Collector, of this District. 1.LEG LION RUE5OLVIES VOR OCTOBER. 1844. So niick as Relates 'o Ragefield District. HOUSE OF IEeit.ENTATIVES, Dctrate 19. 1;4-. 5 HE Committee on Pr ileges Mid Llee T tions, to whom were rif.reed #undry ris olu'tions' for establishing findcha-ngmE the pla. ces of eluGioniend appoisiting. Managers for the neit Geniral Electrobni, have had the same under coisid'eration-,and repo'rt as follows Resoled; That the electidosli to he lioleln d the second Monday of October next and the day following, for Senatori and Representa tives, shall be hehi at the following places, and conducted by the followirtg persois: 2 At Elgefield Court Honse -E. B. Pressly. S F- Goode and William P. Butler. Longmire's.-Wiley Hlarrison, -Hugh M. Quarles and Josiah Perrin. Collier's.-C. G. Garrett. William Prescoti, ndJohn Adams. Cherokee Pond.-:S. W. dardner, J.Curiry and Daniel Shaw. -Pne House -Geo. W Jones,. 13'Hacr and'Aquilla Miles. Towle-s.-Jaies S. Pope, William Ard ind Samuel Chappell. Dutoin's-R. P. Brunson, John Hill dtd H. Dtuntom. . Sheppard's -Elias'Lagrone, E. Dldshirid Sherlev Cook. Rt~ae -Stanmote' Watson, 3f. Wda'dtid Lewis~ holmieu. Smiylie's.-S- Nicholson,Jr.. D. Strotherdiid Wright Adams. Hamburg -Gee,. Par'ott; M 1R' Smith and Roubert Anderson. Mount Wiling.-J. Jenninags. 1. Ethridge and Stepnhen Ohuvet. Richardson'..-Johna Sentell;8S. Ataway and .Hardy White. Coliema's.-J. M. Maynard. H ardy Bouul ware and G. Yatrborough. -Parkes'.-Richard Hardy, A. Tucker and W. parks. - Pei-ry's -G. IHuiet Joseph Wise and Dan' lel Coletman. Moore's.-Anderson Turner. T. Payne atnd 3. Rus.hton. Moselet's.-J S.: Haruison, John Rodgers and J. 8. Shadrauck. .Allen's.-A- P. Kenard, M 3atthaews and A.Turner. poei'sJ JPowell, Jan.; D, G.. Walker Lozng's.EC lassaltJ.D.Binktig~htand Nail's -G. WV. B. Williams, V.. Sinmkins Hlenry Cox. - Do)rn's.-J- F. af ay, J'nfn B)orn- and Alfred Randel's.-Rt. W. Matthews. Cohin Rbsodei and .W' Na Swearinger.. ji B'oulwore's.-John L:ott,-Jesse Gomiflhot and James Edion. Jr. *Red llill-Lewis Collins; J. B3. HIolmes and E..McDauniel. Rochell'..-L Freeman, S. Freeman, ant W. C Robe'rtson:..... Atndrew Krepu.-R. Guegory, Sen.. Joh: JKrepis and Andrew Kr'pv. . Wum. Etheridge.-Johnr Rhinehuart, Joseepl Ethrialga and Emannel Catighmoan. ~ JI. Chanmberig. Hwr.1 Election Monday and Tuesday Votes. i becounted on th'e tihird day at Edgefid C..H Six Retpresetutives, one memnber of Cogressi aind-one Tax Collector to he elected. 8ths..Polls~to be opened at 9 o'clockycA. M: and close ay4 P. M. The box. vessel, or ba to be sea'ed ua hen the polls aire closed, ani secoitd day. and to count the votei at- tbe reg ular, time and polace. (A. A. 171, 3d Statutes, p. 136.) Resolcd. 2nd. That the Managers of election prior tb thei- proceeding to the eleetions. do take the following oath. or affirmnatioi. before some Magistrtc. -r .ftae of- tIme Manaigers of electionl to-wit: ''That they will faithfuilly and impartially conduct and atiead to the forego Zing elections, agreeably. it, tIe Constittition of 'the'taate of siuth Caroilla, and the lants thereE." . Resoved. 34d. That in future no person @lid hied to vote for membes or each branch ot the Legislature, shall be per:nitted to vote in wore that one election District or Parish, and. the Mamnagers of' elections thronghoult this Siate, ai:e hereby required and dare'cted. if tHiey tnmnk proper. ((n onm the application of any elector present) to administer tia any person dffering to tote; the ftihowimg oath.: '1, A. B. do sol. eninly sweir (or affirum as the caase may be,) that I nave not it this general elettiion ihr menin - bers o tihe Legislatute. voted in this, or any other District or Parish. and that i aim 4t:ott tutionally quauified to vote-So help me God." A md if any peason mr persons required a afore. stid, to take said oath, or utlirnation, shall re fuse to do s. thena the Matingers, in their rek pective Election Districts or Parishes, shaill be, and-they are herieby required and enjoined to refuse su6h vote or votes;and in enste the uman agers chull tetase to reqnr, the oath as aore. said. when detainded; they almall he liable toall the paimis and penalties thej would be liable and subject ti. lor neglucting any othet duties required by themi as Managers of elections, for either br.itich e tie Legislaiure. I Resolved. 4th. That the Act alteing'the 4th Sectianr tthe Conistitmion of the State or South Catromina, be herewih pfiblisihed, to wit: every Free white man 'f'the age of tenty one years; (patupers, noi commissioned officers nmid pri vates of the Army of thea United States, exi ep ted. heing a citizen of this State, and having: resided therein two years previous tto the day of election, and who has a freehlold of fifty aeres of land, or a town lot, of which lie ha; been legally seized und possessed. at least six niontis biefore such elea-tioa, or not hayiing sne'h freelhold, or town lot. hath Ieen a resident in tie electionia District, in which lie offers tea giie his vote. Wlore the election six montls. shallhuve at right to vote for a iember, or amn. bers, te deiie in either branch of the Legisla tuire. for the electim Dist, ict in whichl he holds sucli prolierty or resiatence. Resulced. 5th. That the two years reaience reiquired by the Constittiuton in a ioter. are the twit years ituntediately previons to the eleetion. and the six months residence in the Election Distnict are the.six months immediately previ ons to the election but if any person lans his .t.(e in the State. he does not lose the right (if resideice by :emnpotrary absence. with the in tention of returning; but if jhe ias his hotmeun and his family ill another State, the presence of onch plersoni, altholutghl continued for two yearsin the State. gives no right to vote. August 21- 3t 30 State of South Cai olina. SENATORS ELECTION. To ite Managers of Election: 'N obedienace to the writ of E'.lection. issue:' by tie Honorable Angus Patterson. Pre dent of the Senate, --You and each of you are heretmy required, after due adverisement, and with strict regaird to all tie provisions of the Canstitition aid law,. uif the said State, tone - ing your dluty ill the premises. to hold an 'lec. tioi for a timemiber of the Seiate fur the District of Edgefi,-id. te serve lfor the remainder of the term for which thei said John S. Jater was elec ted to serve ;'the polls to he opened and held it the viarions places of elec-tion in the said District. on the Secoind Monday of October next and the diy following, by you at vour res pective places of elieciion The managers for tme several ,laces of electioi to ieet at Edge. field.Contlt Hoiuse tan the the third day, to count the votes, and declare Oim election." E.- B. PR-SSLEY,: Chairman of Managers of Elcition Angust 21 te 30 State of South Carolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT.' .IN (JRDJINARY rederick Ross and wife .. a Namcy. antd ethers, vs. Petition to parove Rhert-Bryan,. Seam.. Fe- in solemn form the IEkhtodgrs amnd Shtmbal will f Daniel Readg taway', exkecitmrs,' a'nd I;- as deceaded; *. others .-. 3ajpaating toniy'satisfacilon thimi B'emjli .nin Ratinan tand wife Jane, Statlay Rtodg erd. Dianiel Rodlgers. Junm.. Littleherry Rodgems. and the children'of Saraih'Jones', heirs and rep. reetties of.Datniel Rodgieara deeaed, de fetiintsin eside b-eynd time lijnitfo(thI$ State, it sm therefoi-e oriered. that theg suaild'fendants dis apeanEi: thme Cotr of Ordi'nary at Edge field fJoif House on Moiddaj the 23d diny of Sepember ntext, to shea' catdme ifainy they can, whythe 'will of thme said .Daniel Rodgueras, de easd'shoid ntif be. proverd ini dtie form of law.; JOHN H ILL, 0- 5. D6. Public Notice.. PEjsoam having official hilsinmdk th ..medareinfornited at I cain he1'titln' at the ficiuiin every Motiday and Feriday, as tine lna drrecte, except iirovideurttally ene iningthe months of June, - ~~ JO HN HiLLy d. E.S -i DVUJERT BLAND, W ~~~~ijietmiy inform thme citizens nf'd d' C. H..nd -nts vmicinity, that-he hw ~i' an efice mn the house .for mmly ope by.John S. Jeter as a law ofie crt'b an be round at all tames, excei. ain tprfesional business. He willfttn to any. asi in the line iof his pr'r i~uand lm pes'h de riad attentin to-receie anadeseve a shade of'iiille patron Cfttionary, &c., FiA pE nWsnpply of Canady, Sugat Plumos, a .~~ ises'&c.-, cotstantly on hand.' - ALso, .BazkNuts. English Walnuts, Almonds, netg~~sa, &c. HI A. KENR[CX. POLITICAL. From ili Madisonian. TO MY PtENDS TBiHOUoUT T11 E UtCN. The reasons erhieb influenced me in 9c cepting the nomination for the Presidency, .made by a Conieitio .of thy frieiids in. May. last, a Baltimore, have lost much of their iiginIal firce. I had been udt only fiJobt violentlj assailod by the Uliraiits of both parties, but had been threatened with impeachieut fNr haitig. negotiated a Treaty propuosirg the. annexation ofrTeaa to the Union; is a pdriioni of its Territory, and for haviig adopted precautionary mea eire. clearly falling Within the range. , f Executive disvretioni io ward off dny lilow which might have been ietiously aimed at the peace and safety Oflthe country in the event of the railication of the Treniy liy the Senate. The tpinionl of a person, once raihked ariiongst the distinguished ju risus of the country; found its waj into the newspapers, a ppareutly ai the precursor of such a prbreedirig. A rep'ort had also beeh made, al a pre iloni sessioti or Condress, by a comniiiee 6t the House of Regrebetttaives, which proceeds from the pen of aman who filled no limited pace in the eye of the notld; in whi h-because of the exercise of the Veto yoei iin arrest of ihe unconstitutionial and pernici fs measurei of a United States Bank. and a donafion to the States of so much of the pnblie rcende as was derived from the public lands, at a moment otgreat embarrassment in the Trrasury, and when loans were necssarf to suslain the Gov ernmen-! was cligid *ith the 6onimnig sion of grave offences in the ahove partic ulare, nd with deserving all the paini and dlisgrifee flo ing from the high poiver.6f impeachmnent, a measure, as it *at inti mated. only not resorted to by the House because of a dotifui ntertajnbd hether the proteeding would hesnitain'id by pub lie sentiment. I had, it is trie, Otolestod against that report io riinatingin wron'd; and dictated by party iinnor and nateiv lence; hut my Protest was refused a' place an thejourntts of the Ilouse, and t'us, in fuit.re times, my name might have been iaroished by the -fact of a solemn declara rion, highly implicating my charneter, re mnaining uncontrnlicd and unrerersed it the public journals. The party majority which had satietion 'd a proceeding so unjust, had, it is true, been swept out of existence by the elec ions which shortly afterwards followed; 4ut, at the time of my acceptance of the tomination, although a large and over awheltming majority of the opposite party tad been brought into power by the pen ple, as if not the express pturpose of mus aimug me in what I had done, yet that very party had tmade no public movement indicative of a friendly feeling, and a por itin of its members. who seemed to con trol the rest, exhibited the bitterest hostility, and the most unrelenting spirit of opposi ion. Under these circumstances, there % as but line course left to. me consistent with honor. which was to mtaaintdin my position unmoved by tireats, and untimi laited by denunciation: Those of ,my enuntrymen who had coti'e to my..supoori, had done so in a' self-seacrificing .ppieil. without the indulgence of aty other ex. pectation than that tny chaiact'r should be vtndicated, and that the poli'c.of' My adt inistration should he sustaihed sand I felt that it would better. beconie men.1 to nbide the t6691 signal defeat ia.tncur 'he digr ae of d ep-ecating the action of a party. t'he chief object of whi; lsaders seemed to be to fastetV 6oie. disgrae. I hnd also.an .ihIjatirte6iift thai.the great question of this annexation of Teas might, to somue dgr'ede be controlled by the posi titon I occupied. iihese motives ijii'ced niy acceptatnce oaf the nmiiati.n. ni ade bay tmy friends. hBefore the close of thie session of.Congress, bow ev'er,'devehopements wer'e so dientlj tnd disttnctly made, as to, the threatened timptachmnent, that no traes qf atbh a miea -sure was left. Mr.: J. Q?. Adams' regnrt, itmplicatmug iny- motives and conduct i-o tty Vetoes of the Batik and other bill, wvas deprive-d of all its force and fur'ti.e effect, by a Report made by a 'comnziiitee. of. whidh Mr .Ellis,-qfNe w York, was Chair; tmab adamplinied .hy resolutions whi'ch passed th. Ifoiseof R~prsetatiessome few iisyb before~elose af the ses'sion iy a lared coininandingniajt',iiiioiy rescuing'my droiives froni elf impdiiation, but jiustifying and uph.'liing' my policy. The voice of the People in the elections of 1842 wyas titus directly responded to-by that of their Representatives,.and b~ut little renriain~d for tne personally'/either t& ex pec or' desii-d. .Since the adjournme~t of Congfecs, the fatigiiage of many of the leadinug'presles~ of the counttr'y, and resoltations adopted by large assemsblages of the people irn their primary meetings, have still furshier en dorscd the proceeditngi'. of the House in iprobationt of the acts of the edministra ion. I could not, however, look exclu sively to my own wishes, whiclr woiild have led me imnmediat'ely to'riire from a contest which eemed no longer to bi pos sessed of an) objiCt worthy of miuch furthr>' attentiqp. But t*ssnotat' liberty to do no without 6rst consuliing with such of my most protuinent amid siendfast friensas I: edold readily confer with; riien'ho h'ao shififith'mea in muchof the abuise whii I haed ,cou'tine i,- Itid wotnli paitally' have particinited in all the ablo<4:y, ii'aty;' whieh might, inathe' future, attach (df re So far'de I 'hbavd bien able to consult them, they have yieldid it-eir'andtito the tourse Shich msy 'on lj ienne zgstisas nroner;- and i now anonnento them and the country. my withdrawal from the Prei idential canivass. I cannotornit to accompany this publli annuticiuttn 'With a few rerharks, addres sed. to the Republican portion of what wa called the Whig paty of 1840. I rinak no appeal to that other portion, which wa farinerlyK laidiwi during the earli period h our political history, as Federalists; at I later day as National Repablicans, an< iow pass under the gideral appellatiid a Whigs. Such ad appeal would be whollh dut of ilace, since theiir political principile are-entirely at war with ilidie I have ad vocated thidugh lif*e. I meant no imputa tion ou their motives or patriotism. I doubt not that ihe old Federal party, it thd lead of whiich stood the elder Adams were as deeply and sincerely corvitwbel il ihe ieiesity or the Alien and Sediti land, as the present is of thai of a Bank W ihe United. Statri; with oilier dieasiurt equally latitudinous, alonig wiih the abo lition of the Veto power, whereby to con vort the Governnietit into a mere majoritr riachini-t6 make it the Goierinent of single dation, initead of which is, a po litical compa6t between free; doviereign aodd independeni Staici. by which so much power, aid no more, has been granted t. a common Agent of all (lie States, as the esteerietl. td be reCessary for the promo Oion of their mutual happiness. No: to them I hafe ndthing to say. If I had re ceived their support at any titne, it has bben, nit frorii attabhmerit to me or my political irinciples, but from soihe suppi ied inifutence whicl i niighi bring to bedr. as a secondary agedt, in advancing their purposes. All the obhigations which I have recei ved for such reasous, have been more tilian countetbalanced by the untiring oppositi.in which I have encounterid at thelr bauds since I attained inh, pres'ent station. and the co'iarit anl uu.iliigated abuse Which their leadere haie poured out in a torrent upon my head ; designed, as f 4'erily be lieve, id the fiait instance, to drive me front the Goverunment; and in the last to oyerwhefm me wi.th obloquy and reproach. But I hive a right to, address myselfto those w ho, likc myself. co.ope-ated with them ini thIe contest of lS40-iWho were, and always had been the advocates ofthe principles of the old Republican party w hose streruousefiris have always been directed to. preserving the comp:ct of Union unbroken and inviolate-who have sustained at all times the principles of the Republican party of 17989-who have participatej..from time to time, in all Re publican iumphs-whose fathers were victorious over the elder Adams in the election of Air. Jefferson, as they them -elves were over the youngsr in the election of General Jackson. To this nioriion of the. Whig party of 1840, I feel that I have a full rimhr to ad dreas myself. and I now seriously put it to them to say, whether any expectation of good to the country.*which they' had forted.in the election of .General Harri son and tmyself to the Presidency and Vice Presidency, has ben disappointed 1 Many of us hiad been :thrown.ito. oppnsition ip Gen. Jackson during his last term, having voted fIor him upon his firsi and becond electiorn, hec use, of. certain doctrines.put forth in his Proclamation, and because of certain measures which follo wed t'hai cle bratel State paper.,, Our ipposition pro ceeded froni no spirit of fuction, but from wha1 we esteemed ii -to be, a sacred'.regard to the high and essential principles of the Republican party-aud. regarding his suc essor as in a great degree identified..with what we esteeied as errors in Gen. Jack son't admitiistation..our opposition. was cortinued to hitn.. The stats and condi tion of the counti qf lso. seemed to require change in the general . admniuitrion. H ave you heen disappointed in the reform which ytiu p)romlised yourselves by. going into that contest? i og demanded ariigid economy to lie obsferved i'n the 1ibilic ex peCnditture4. H ave you in this been disap poirnted I You requiiled ade~uunt.obility on the part of all p~ublic agents. Has il not bet al|led. Let the fact thajca defaul ter has becomne almost unknouvn for the last tifree years answer rte question. ,,. You ask'ed that acourse ofpolicy.should lie ,adopted which shouldi plii'ify and reform the currency. ,.Was the. curreng of. tha ctiutry ever.,in',a betteyr condtioj 1..Le the ratepof the~exejanges betwegn a1i poias of the country.. adswer .the. inquiry ,,fau -the day-ever been, when the currency was sotideroe the rates of exchange lower I You sou~i olie more to pt the mechah ical arts in active.olierationi, and to relieve commere'e from the blight which had fal len. tip~oo it. The first has regciv'ed, aon tlijeJast has unfurled its sails., 'yhich now whiten almost every seat .The p'aralysit which had fallen on.: puablic credit, to an extent that the'porgiznf of..5.60,00 Goj Obvernmenlt stock were offered to* Ebro peani and American ,capitaliai' without oibr being iable io find for it a purchasor, has passed'away','and a wellfsupplied Eli chequer gives evidence not only of theex pansion of trade, lfut of.the stable bais'on which rests the public credit. The ver'y, stct for wphich no bidders could at one tinie be6 fotind, now readily co'mmalads in the market an advance oh fifteea - or twoe.niy d5ollars'in thy he~pired. In .the dieentialbe Itsubisititio y~unto sigy p' rty have not beenrlbii~y'bervediii afthat has'been nou.'. Didjkhoae Dtinct ple's'reqidr's that wE snoezldire .coine a'ntiewcycle dft weni'fysirs, tie iredeees sor of wihich a Banttkf thie Ulnited Staues hadl fulfilled in 1836! Begitinag by in creasiing the derangements of business fot uners attended in its mad career with cam - paraIive prosperitY', then resortinlgto er. forts by all i large means to forcq a re e charter, and ending itsexiarknee amid the curses and denunciatidi 6f the many it a hdd-ruined. Most of you Had, pr6dunced to be uncoustitutional. s al jodir olinions.o iis sutJeit no r dergoue a change in 1840, and did yoU coniemaplate that Gen. Harrison and, I myself-who iIuing the while contest r avowed 0tir .Pinions to be dndbadg in that respect, in numerois addreiies- to publie-would lie deserving otidem"_ tion if either of us inhould should 8e"M purjure oursielves (y sanctioninga charter, which, .believing it to be tid a 4tituilOdul, our solemn oath office re qatred -is to vote against or-tiL Tell me -"oreover. brother republicads df 1840, .ad you iheu brotdght -youiltee to the --onclusion that, even admiittga piiile buse of the veto pf1ver, i was proper to rase from the constitution -iitht-gteditbi rier and cheCli to an inconstiitiodal 6nd mIighly iuexpedieni legisig iieeby .aking lie will of Congress ^loa-d mstalling the majority of hatthIdy inAhe full po'sesion of all poweds 'fgodrwDiebt? Or did you, or ddyo.u nowitill cling to the Vpinion iti whieh the ualiffed veto origi nated, that a goverdmentiitii.ut heeks and balatices is the worst formWQligar chy-and that too ma ay u di .in order to secure public lib9ty~cannui be thrown overs different departmeais * If,indeed,ydu are advocates of a hange so vitaf as that proposedtlena my not oulf l'he Garrisons -and '..appqans of our own country rejiice b'u a ahout should ascend from lie Abolitio'n Convention "of the whole world," at the fee tha.t r - Federal system lia' gi'ved ay before the power of a . consolidated goeifirnent, whose will, itlered forth by sectidal ma jorities, . was absolute, adjiifag' of no check or resistance from any quarter Whal ever. Rf, indeed, these b.e your..opi then lave I moi grieviounly disapo the hopes in which you indulged in con nection with my election and my adminis tration. .I must, neif-riheless, mois Sol emnly aver that had I been aware that such would have been especte'd and re quired of me-if I could have believed that you, whose candidae. I was peculiarly considered, and to conciliate- whom I was nominated for the Vice Presidency. wouhl have required oCfmp. the coniingency which unhappily occturred, that I should com mence my .admidistraiion with an act of perjury, and sanctioned measures abhor rent to every principle of may past life and at a war with the prosperity of the country and thecontituance of liberty, I would no, I have sutTered my name, h'umble as it was, to have been breathed in lhe canvass. No, I cluini the.proud privileg( of an Nmerican citizen to think' for rnjse lf on all subjeels. an to act in pu.rsuange of my .own, con - victions-aud if , tiould require a total changeof my nature in order to-conver .ine fitfO'a meip inistrument of party dicta f would appeal tiof only to yourselves I but to all my countrymen. to say. whether, in the matters appertaiinig to our foreign .4 afrairs, they anircipmed. mnore success in I 'le adjustient af- diffiieubies and-in the fbrmnation or highly import'at 'rreatise ihan it has been my province to eluse to he negociated. Long standing diffi'ulties which threatened nost . seriously the pence (if the country. jor has any op po~rtunity been lost for enTarging the corrf merce of the country,.inc'giving'new mar kets to our agricultural Ond rianuf'acturing products. Ir the conniry has not reaped full fruition or benefij from.,ll the treatise I thus negooiated, it su.iely has not heen.the fautl of te-Adminiaisrattion. I-le, ltii.of two'ofthons trea'tise thro ug the action of the Senate..cannot'hut he deplored by mec as great public cstlanjities. By .the treaty with the German' States, we had opened the wa~v to, i more extcended commerce wiith 27,000,000: of p'eoy',in otir copto.u, tobaicco, rice and larud, at duties on-tobacco rice aind lard Kreati''red'uced, and with a stipulation fo'r the, free admision of cotton. whilie we shad ngreed tp receive at minme nihat redtaced duties, articles fromt these States which en'tered iutotIthe most limited edompetition, if at all,, with a few si'miar articles'of Amrerican product. .The treaty was'phriicularly intei-estin'g fraom .the fact that, for the fiist tiune after repeatsd ,strdiggles on the parE'of jny pre d'ecessors to .accomplish .a .reduction 'of duty on sobacep, the-Goternment. had sug eedidin doingso. . twasnegotiated .under resolutions oritgin'ating with the; thle tobacco States,; nd with thepresumeL sanctions o(Congress; who had raisedI as iif ibfleved, the reissiotn to Vienni from a seeontio.a first inte mission, with d!irect refere~nee t the robaccn initeresi, and .had bad also, approprinied' '.surn of moiney, somie.yesi-sago, toesnald'd the ipxecutivetso employ air agent .InG'ernyto acquire information as to . the to'cotra'ete servilces of which agent IhafdnIy.''eased a sitort ,time prior, to tie negotiatiohofths ir.eaty.; My. h'ope stil, hgiwever, is thbar the bene-fi. orthaety. tad the' treatygiiself. ma'y nt'he g lost to the conzntry'....fiinak if proper' to add., that there was-no design to de~prive the Ha~u'se olRepreaeritatives of any. rightful and econstifutioinal aciion.over the subjegt,' whic'hitightsproperly ea' .erecisp. . It was.'or. the goatrary, my in . tintion~ to bi vnbulnitted the tr-eaty, a'nd all the paubei calculated to elfucidate it,.to 1hs' House' 6f Ri'presentatives~ if it had lien- ratifiedfg ths Sinete, forsuch actiin as (hey, tiuight- have deemed it pioper to .adlopt--a course pursued in the aetiuon of .the House is required to voteeuppliesoI money, of fulfil any other olisect fallinig within the scn o ohernwer. In negotiating the tresif fo0 non0 of Texas iil 'whic $ Senaiei nI-iies fr Admidistration' ruind or heari ig a In e not ben to~y as"b,~ ian peitiopltdamfrrt~on 2 . nI r. 'lay;alsoin a len thiSWbfa boZ (~ir2 .il6llns liss calisltbiredy ~ nahaied itiiitsip' ri, bamsti~ gjec;4-T repeLib*?thl sLt saul1 uia the iary abd is iiego Whdi 6jd& of mere peraldab iti i any way coinnected ith 'oic' ecouid i e inflinced the Administrain' iD negotia ting fihe treaty? Thei-%biai-cirivesfur-' nislled h srongest reasoi to believe that the treaty t661d -avo met tlie on qsalied* 'approal -of-botliMr, Cliyand, M1r., Van Buren. While: he one wrs Seciretary of State.:t Ai.'Adims, andi the other todeneal J sckion, eadfisa.histurni attempted to obtain "the unnexation of I'exas| , -. : r. diy's negotiations wascrido with %exico in the thiid yearof ber rev olutionary struggle, while Sin regaided - her as a revolted province dd her armies were in,posscssion of niany.of the strong. hold. of the counry.' What eason, then could I have hid for supposing.oiranfin -i ltant that a. treaty wilh' Teas,' Iafere yeara. 9r acinal independiecel with'"no Mexican soldier ivithin her terricory, and subject only Do p'ccasional border.interrup tions, could orwould haie mie withop position' fron hil'm or his frien'd?. and. meeting- ih :no such oppbsitio-on tho - part of eithe Mr. Van Buren or Mr. Clay;, mad igei'r friends,'it would puzzle a sonder Casuist than I profess to be, to co'nceivo in hai.posibe ivay it could have interrupt ed the relations. of those two gentleinen, wh'o stood at the head of feir respective Parties* and. were looked upon by all as ?ompentore fur the Presidency. it iswelL nowni hat, when the nejotiatioti fr the. ccuisitilni-6f Texas was commenced and, 1p to ariod siceeding the signing .of he ' rea!y, it sis g ozfidgn: conviction -xpressed to .:naqy-that'it-would, from he circunistancesv-hiae stated,receive he support both-t6*Ci' la .and Mr. Ian Buren, so that ner iiiwould Pe effected by its negotiation If it had been charged shat. Milln. stration was prompted by the R o_ eCuting the. greatest boon toshe.cor tnd the, whoe country,'in acqu itio a erritory so important in itself and W eparately. connected .ith the interest iyery State in the Union, and every inte at of the Union, I would have plead gul y,, without am'oment of hesitation. I onfess' felt ambitious. to add another riht star to the American constellation. t wouid' have ben' a source of pride to nei if th'a't M'eaure 'd been carried, to Pave wiinesseo from the retirement that. vaits me, the anuual expansion of our oastwise and forei,;n rade, and the in ireased , pr.sperit.y .,of our agriculture and - nanufactures, throu'gl the rapid growth of. ['exa; .which wouil4 have followed the arificantion of the tieaty. Yes, I freely onfe- that this would have furnished me. a utnfailin'g source of gratifieation to the lid of, my life. I should have seen also ne Union, ofthe.States becoming stronger Ad stronger throughf their reciprocal af ection -local jealousies suppressed, and, anotica.l.. schemetand schemers alike Prostrate... ' should have witnessed the, lessed results of our Federate.system as - i eliraceif the finest couniry in the world itd. brought under ts influence a people levotedhlike ourselves to the monitamnance itnd preservatioi of fr~eidrnmnent. . This was t be kind',of a'mbjtion which 3rompted the nejbfiatiaiiiin ort'Al Treaty. te ratifikatigr'vwas'the sol liirwhieh sveied, i4(id'all that JEnow dgslre. What tinisler notives couald have, have originated he negotion at this. ime,'thudicd not did ixist in~ 1827? Whana theie of t av~e .rejideredi a Trea,ty infatmous which Jid .nt pxtitithen? - 3it be said thlat we had a' Treaty! of' iits wth biiao,I ask tf, in.1821, wehaudtnot alsip ptreaty if itmits..with Spaii? We had repogised thae independence, of hiexico(.and, there fd're, virtually elahned. that we ad a per feet rig'ht to treat,prfo~r the annexatton of T exs aid in fact if ve had so pleased, for. M eico eitre. .. .tGbt years ago we,, reconinsed..Texas .ae independent, and surely our right Jo .negotiate. with he, implied no ,worse faith than in 1827 to negotiate with'. Moeicfdrl het -' .The.-idlea. tiat becaurte digtfesatance - of a Treaty of' LiJm~It~wih~.'pf natiion, we must forever therahier deny toalpit of .the territor-y ofui'natipn.right oiC revolgtton or chabge,ean onlv fxcite; with ani .Ameriean catizen,:a sjnmle. Was it deemed necessary,.int827,1 co.onsuk .the States, ioasuli the .Seqtate, or- to consult ho Housteof R'epresentatives.,oi the peo pl?-T,. .Was jt..considered :necessary to~('' nhta thoasent of ever .Stati a would a Treaty ofannexation?. Vtbessenfo every: State. is necessary, the .iay w bid ad'ieu to, the prospect of'annexi9.. now or :hprepfter. The consrita'tiont de volves .tihe Treafy mbkiugpo eran two thirds of' the Stiates.t io'gh thbeir Senators and it is altogether a ,iew doctrine, that a treaty shiould not he negotiated .tht-~ the essent of all.. - Dangelr to thle Union through bhe ee ciue .of the power oi a conatitutionaf a~~ pority in the makinic o1a"Treaty sao trin' for athe 'titne saeradizav