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BY ROB'T. A. THOMPSON. FICKKXS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, APRIL I>\ WGi). VOL. XI. NO. 37i
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^3 ^la[?L?"if*liL?) IPOKITlrlYj representing the people of tlio I"nited Stales. PresidenTa p^i-nspr ulmt ? ..> .> ii... ?~....:r ? ' ,,! *
Homo, Bright and Pleasant.
More than ImiUling showy mansions?
More than dress mul line array M
>re than <lo:nes or lofty Hlei'iilos
M>re than station. |>o\ver :
M tUe your lioinc both neat mul tnsieinl,
Ilrijrht an?l pleasant, always luiv.
Whore each heart shall ivst contented,
(irdtoful for each bounty there.
M >; ? than lofty, spelling title.'?
M nv I'v^lijon's Itirintr irlari* -
M >re th in iniKl.uftn'^ gll-le I tumors--M-iro
tliAH tliotiglil nuu well vutup-iro ;
Sjc I!ih.t hoiiu i< uri'le attraetive,
" tty surruini liuj?.* pujr^ au>l bright,
f re en arrtngol villi \U*K' aal unler,
' "l^ woJ-ji * ;<!) J lit-if, sweet <lclijjlii.
{>>.& "> raiV; y.v.vr IIu;n> aitist lovely,
I. :t I'Sa a siniliii? spot.'
WiiiM'c. i-sivaet e*>utentiiieut resting,
Care an sorrow tire forgot ;
V," i ili'Mowors aii'l trees are waving,
l)ir "il sl^ tlicir swe.'te ;t songs.
W'.uV.'H tl 4. :~eSt lliot will linger,
C j<>8 1- Aftllvl IjTO belongs. I
M i'?-' >o ,r Ijiiij a little l.-Ln,
liaitatr.ef Hiuiling bowora,
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Sm I aiming bright trees an 1 llnw crs:
"V?re. w!111 t'rajjr.iueo .m l what brightness,
Will each blooming rose display !
There. a simple viue-clnd arbor
)Jrigliteiu through cacli summer day.
There each heart will rest contented,
K ddo;n wishing far to roam.
Or, if ronniii:*. still will cherish
Molli fies ot' that pleasant Home:
Such a Home makes m hi the hotter,
1 'lire and lasting its control ?
llo.lie. with |tiiro ail 1 bright surroundings,
1.eaves its impress on the soul.
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p&hnoAL,
Message from the Presideut.
A few il iy.s sitioo Mr. Cuvtulu, a im-mber of
the 1 [oust; from I'cnnsylviiui.i, olloml a icso
luMnn, which was adopted, appointing a cotniiiitto<;
to invcstigate whether the President of i
tlio Inked States has not used 44 money, patronage,
ami other improper moans," to our- 1
rupt members of Congress an<l control thoir 1
I oilicial action. On Thursday last, President
ISuchamiu sent the following message to the
llonsc, protesting against such action :
To t 11 k HorsK ok 1U:i'i:ksknt.\tivi:s :
After a dolay which has a Horded mo ample
time for rollo.otion, and after much and careful
deliberation, 1 lind myself constrained by an
imperious sense of tint v. as a on nrdiiiMi..
branch of the Federal Government, to protest
against the lirsl two clauses ol' the lii*st resolution
adopted liy the House of Representatives
on tlic >ith instant, and published in the Congressional
Globe, on the succeeding d y.?
These clauses arc in the following words :
" Kesolved, that a conmiittcc of live ,r.e::,.b.".
bu appointed by the Spo.tker, lbr the purpose
^liivt) ut' investigating whether the President
of the United States, or ?:?v other oHh-i-r of
the (Jovernment, lists, by money, |>:*t
or other improper means, sought to influence
the not ton ot ('undress, or any ouMimittecthereof,
tor or aj*ainstthe passage of any law |
appertaining to the rijjhts of any State or Tor- ;
litory ; (and second) "also, to impure into j
and investigate whether any olHeoror oftieers !
of the tjoverninent have, by cn:nbitiatiou or j
otherwise, prevented or defeated, or attempted
10 prevent or detent, the execution of any
law or laws now upon t'l.i statute b nk, ami
whether (ho President has failed or refused to
compel the cxecuiioo c?f ?;*^3* '
J (.'online myself exclusively to these two j
branches of the resolution; because tlio por- j
tions of it wbieli follow relate to alleged abu- j
scs in post olliees, navy yards, public build- i
in?rs, and other public works of the I'nited ;
States. In such eases inquiries are highly j
proper in themselves, and belong equally to i
the Senate and House, as incident to their '
legislative duties, and being necessary to enable
them to discover and to provide the appro- 1
11 ihiu iiihi Hijji.-iianvo remedies lor any abuses |
which may be ascertained. Although the j
terms of tlie latter portion of the resolution ,
arc extremely Viiirue and general, yet my solo l
purpose in adverting to them at present is to ,
mark the broad line cf distinction between j
the nccusatory and the remedial clauses of this !
resolution. The 1 louse of Representatives j
possess no power under the Constitution over
the first or noeusatory portion of the resolution,
cxcent as an iiiin.?jift1ilnr/ kmli
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whilst over tho last, in common with tho Senate,
their authority sis a legislative body is fully
mid cheerfully admitted.
It is solely in reference to tho first or impeaching
power that J propose to make a few
observations. Except hi this single oase, tlie
Constitution has invested tho House of Representatives
with no power, no jurisdiction,
no supremacy whatever, over tho President.
In all other respects lie is quito as independent
of them as they arc of him. As a coordinate
branch of tho Oovcrnmout, ho is their
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uiium. juuuc-u, iiu is me oniy ciiroet representative
on earth of the people of all and
each of the sovereign States. To them, and
to them aloue, i.s lie responsible whilst acting
within the sphere of his constitutional duty,
and not in any manner to the House of Representatives.
The people have thought proper
to invest him with the most honorable,
responsible, and dignified ofticc in the world,
and the individual, however unworthy, now
holding thin exalted position, will take care,
gofarns within him lies, th?t their rights and
prerogatives shall never be violated in bis ner
won, but Hh'ill p:tSH to bin successor.? unimpaired
by tho-ndoption of a dangerous precedent,
lie will defend tboui to the last'extremity agninKt
any unconstitutional attempt, come from
what quarter it may, to abridgo the constitutional
righto of tho Kxooutivo, and render
him subservient to any huinnn power, dxcept
themselves.
TUa people hftvo not confined tho President
to tho exoreiso of oxeoutive duties,?
Thoy have also conferred upon him a largo
measure of lcgislr.tive disoretion. No bill
become a law without his approval, as
unless* it ?hnll pass alter his veto by a majority
of two thirds <>t' hoth houses. In his !;?live.
capacity, 'u> miirht. in common with the
Senate and the House, institute an inquiry to
ascertain any facts which ought to influence
his judgment in approving or vetoing any
l hill.
II
This parliei|ntio'i in the performance of.
I legislative duties between the co-ordinate !
j branches of the t tavern moot, otij^ht t*> ! i ?. * pi re I
i tlio conduct ut' iiil of them, in their relations
towards each other, with mutual forbearance !
! and respect. At least, each has a riirht to de- j
inand justice from the other. The cause of j
I complaint is that the Constitutional rights
| and immunities of the Incentive have b(v:i
i violated in the person of the President.
The trial of an impcachnu'Ht Mu- President
he!ore the Semite on < harirva profr^rcl
and prose.1-nted against him by the House of
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ucprescmai ives, woui'l tie ;in linpusini; spec- I
tnclo fur tho world. In (In; result, nut on 1 v
his removal f'otn the Presidential olliec would
i involved, hut, what is ut' infinitely greater
in)] irtanee tu himself, bin character, both in |
t ao eyes of the present and ut future irenera- i
tions, miirht possibly I tarnished. The dis \
?r.ioe east upon him would in sumo decree be i
reflected upon the character of the American
people \.'to elected him. llenee the precautions
adopt d by the ('onstitution tu set-ure a
lair trial, t- ? such a trial it declares that j
"the Chief .J u ' ic?\s shall preside." This I
w is, doubtless, . eciiusc t!io trainers of the
Constitution ]?olio -d it tn be |? >>;-iI?Ic that the
Vice 1'resident inij>. ' L<* biased bv tin- tact
that, 4i in case of the . "Uioval of the I'rcsi-|
dent from office," ' tho . ^ 1110 shall devolve !
on tho V iv-?' I 'resident."
Tho preliminary proc'cdi.. in the TIoiiso,
in the c.se of charges which tl " involve ini.
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|HMi;illll(!|ir, I1IVC UCOU well ill'd V -?cl v * 'f' t f! v ?I
liV loiiir practice upon principles ot ual justice
licitii to tin* iscous. il and to the pfii 'c.?
The precedent established in tin; case of ?1?
Peek, ill' Missouri, in lS:i 1. niter a careful i > |
view of all former precedents, will, I venture
to predict, stand the t.-st of time. In tliat I
ease, Luke Kdward Lawless, the accuser, presented
a petition to the House, in which lie
set forth minutely and speciiicaliv his causes
of complaint. lie prayed " that the conduct
I ami proceedings in tlm behalf of said .1 luhjfc
: 1'eck may he. inquired into by your honorable
body, and such decision made thereon ;is to
j your wisdom and justice shall seem proper."
; This petition was referred to the J udiciary ,
{Committee. Such has ever heeii deemed the
' appropriate committee to make similar invtv ti- ,
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conducted in suc'i a manner as to aflurd liim
no reasonable cause of complaint.
The view of this pree dent, ami, wbat is of
far <rr.;ater i in porta not;, in view of the Constitution
ami the principles of eternal justice, in
wbat miinncr has the President of the I'nitcd
States been treated by the House of RepresentativesMr.
.? .:!:?> f'ovode. a representative
from Pennsylvania, is the accuser of the
President Instead of following the wise pro- j
cedents of former times, and especially that in '
the case of J mitre Poclc, and referring the accusation
to tlie Committee on the Judiciary. 1
tho House luive inado it:y accuser one of my i
judjiOS.
To m:il<e Mil* accuser the judjre is ;< violation '
of the principles of universal justice, awl is
condemned by the practice ot'all civili/ed nations.
Every frcoinan must revolt at such a
spectacle. I am to appear before M r. Covode,
either personally or by a substitute, to crossexamine
the witnesses which he may produce
neiore lilmselt In .sustain his own accusations
against me; ami perhaps this poor boon may |
bo denied tothe President
j And what is the nature of the investigation |
i which his resolution proposes to institute't? [
j It is as vague and general as the Kuglinh 1:*i)|
iruage aflorils words in which to make it. 'l'ho i
(Committee is to impure, not into anv sp^eilio
charge or charges, but whether the J'resident
has, by " money, patronage, or othorimproper
means, sought to iiiHucnco," not the action of
any individual member or members of Congress,
but " the action " of the entire body'
j ' of Congress" itself, "or any committee
J thereof." The President might have had
Homo glimmering of the nature of the offence
j to be investigated had his accuser pointed to
I the act or acts ?>t Ikintrress which ho
j to pass or to d"foat by the employment of
I " money, patronage, or other improper menus."
j Hut the accusation is bounded by no sueh
limits. It extends to the whole circle of legislation
; to interference "foror agaiust the
passage of any law appertaining to the rights
of any State or Territory.' And what law
does not appertain to the rights of some State
or Territory!' And what law or laws has the
President failed to execute? These might
easily have been pointed out had any sueh existed.
llud Mr. Lawless asked an inquiry to be
lliftthl 1?V ill A I Imiuo wli/itiinv I >. *?.!/
general tenon, had not violated his judicial
duties, without the specification of any particular
act, I do no* boliovo thero would have
been u single v< that body in favor of tho
inquiry. Hinee tho time of tho Star Chamber
and of general warrants, there han been no
sueh proceeding in England.
Tho House of Representatives, tho high
impeaching power of tho country, without
consenting to hear a word ot explanation, have
endorsed this accusation against the 1'resiUout,
and made it thoir own act. They oven rofuifei
to permit, a mombor to 'm^uiro of tho
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charges against Itiin. Thus in this proiimina- j
ry aecu.sation c.I" " high crime* ami misdemeanors,'"
against a co-ordinate branch of the (!nvcrnment,
under the impeaching power the
House refused to hear a single surest ion,
even in regard to the correc t mode of proceeding;
but, without a moment's delay, passed
the accusatory resolution# under the pre&siitc
of tl:C previous <|Uesti?!>.
Iii the institution of a prosecution for any
offence against the most humble citi/.'T?and
I claim for myself no <rrcater rights than lie ,
enjoys-?the < \ institution of the 'uiI< <1 Slates
ami of the several States require that lie shall
he informed, in the very beginning, of the
nature ami cause of (lie accusation against j
him, in order to enable him to prepare lor his !
defence. There are other principle-, which
1 inijjit enumerate, not lens sacred, p;v>et;t<r.;/ 1
an impenetrable shield to proti ft every eiti/.en
falsely eliaryd with a criminal oll'ciuo. 'I hese
have been violated in the prosecution in.-titu
tetf !.y the 111us:-*- of l!epreseiit.ti\<s ;?l::?in>t
the Kxceutive branch of tlie (lovcniiiu'iit.? j
' lii.il 111President ;s!"ri?* he deprived of tlie
protection of these trreat principles wliieli prevnil
in every land where a rav of lihcrt \ pene'rates
tho jihioin of despotism Shall tlie
i-itu'cutivc alone be deprived of rights which
aii'his feilow-citi/.ens ci?i >_v ' The whole proceeding
Hjrainst him justifies the fears of those
wise and irreat men who, before tl.o Constitution
wax adopted hy the States, apprehended
tli,-it the tendency of the (Jovemnient was to
the sijrunindizeuieiit of the Legislative ai thi*
cxjionso uf tli.' Kxeentive and .Jiuiici.il I o- |
j?!ti uncritn.
I ;i'4;:in ?I ?*];!ro, outf*Tisiti?r:iil V. fli.it I tll.ihi! |
tliis jin.ti vt for no r.-.ison ?iml t ? myself,
and I doit with pei feet respect for the I louse
of llepivscntative,-*, in whom I li;td the honor ;
of gory in'; ns :i member for live sitoeo.ssivc
tern.*. I have lived Ion;; in this > !I v hind,
and have enjoyed all the ollie.tfand honors
which ii y country could bestov. Amid all
the political storms throii'_rh which I have
passed, the present i- the lirst Ktlcnipt which
, 's ever been made, to my knowledge, to ::s- I
sail my p; rsonal or ollicial inti*?rrifv : and thi>
as the time is approaching whoti I shall voluntarily
retire tVoin the service of ni v count rv.
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i ivim prouuiy conscious I!iat tliere IS Mo public
ait of my lift: which will not bear the strictest 1
scrutiny. I defy all i 11 vest?u:?ti??i?s. Nothii
^r but the basest perjury can sully tny ir< "d
nam". I do not fear even tliis ; because I
cherish an humble confidence that Jie ui'aciuus
n>MHU who lias hitherto defended and prulecti
ll mo against the shafts of falsehood and mul- I
ice will not desert me now, when 1 have become
" old and jjrey headed. 1 can declare
before (Jod and toy country, that no human {
Ibeinjr (with an exception searee'y worthy of
notice^ h.;s ;;t any period of lr.y life dared to
i.j.j,. *y.\ or dishonorable J
proposition ; ?>; ?, .t.I r.ccut d vciopiuuiiLs, |
it li.-.il imvii" niilr.i'.-..! !?< . !. .. .
.. mm iii^ iiuii^iur.iiun mai j
,a 11 v poi'Msii, oven in the stmn of exasperated
political excitement, would elial'uo lue, iti the
most remote di ?rreo, with having made su.-h
a priposiiioii to any human beiii**. 1 may
now, however, exelaim, in the lmjiuajje of
complaint employed by mv li>'.--t ami ^reati-st
pn do'jr.ssor, that I have liocn abused " in
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-- ....v. littv wini I' I'UU!d
.son reel y bo applied (o a Nero, to a notnriou.defaulter,
or even to a ooMiinoti pickpocket."
I do, tliereJore, tor the 1'i'iisons .stated, and
in the name of tin; ppoplo of t!ic .several
State s, solemnly | rotest ji?r;?iiist tin so proceedings
lit tlie Mouse nt lli'p'.vscutatiyes; Ik*- !
cause iii. \ .in in ,i of t-bo riulils of
the coordinate Incentive brum I* of tin* < ??vermuciit.
and subversive of its'constitutional
independence ; becausc tlirv nro ti-l i.>
losler :t ban.I of iiitcrosteil parasites nu<] informers
I'vi'i' ready, f??r tlicir own advantage,
tosweir befi.re i.r /mr/r roiiHiiitUsca lu pivton- \
ded private convers itiosis between the I'resi- !
tlo.iiI ni 11! themselves, inciipable, frnni their ii;i- '
fmv, of beiiii; disproved j t!ius fwrni.shinir ma- j
(dial for harassing liim, lU'jirailing Isim in (
11 o eyes of the country, ami eventually, '
si W >11111 110 III! il Wl-'al-t IT :i tin.ill mini
in'.: Iiim subservient t>. improper inllnences, !
in order to avoid such persecutions nnd :iii- ;
noyanees ; hcc;iusc they l 11<I to destroy tlint
liarmoiiioiiH notion fur t! 1 o common piod, I
which ou;_-ht to be 111:1 iutninod. ufid which i i
sincerely desire to chcii.-'i, between co-ordinate
brandies of the tlovcrninont ; and finally,
hceiiuse, if unresisted, tliey would establish a |
precedent dangerous, and embarrassing to all j
my successors, to whatever political party |
tiiey might be attached.
JAMI:H I'rciiAXA.v |
Washington, March 28, Itfd'J.
1
An r.crivcj Scenfiv tttto.vowAY.?The New |
York Diiih/ XfU'i of Wednesday. says: Last j
evening i|uito a scone oecurrod on Broadway.
A street walker, wnilo passing along, eaine I
across her father and l>r >tlior, who woro in
search of her, and the unfwrtunatc girl rushed
into their arms- and then fell funding to the |
sidewalk.
It soonts that about two months ago a hank !
clork of this oily went to Little Falls, Herkimer J
county, on business. Whilo there he mndo the
aequainlanec of a beautiful young girl, and I
thou F 'duccd her undor proniiso of marriage. !
The oreni'Miv wna tn "O' : > v~... a- .
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and tlio lovors eloped hero, us tl?o girl thought,
for that nurpopo. Slic was taken to a house of
prostitution iu Wonstor, street, linwovcr, ami at
last abandoned. Want eoinpollod lior logo upon
the street, when the meeting with her father
and brother an above described, took place.?
Stops will bo taken to bring the soducer to justioo.
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O.NK THOUSAND DOM.AUJ* 1'KJl WEKK.?
A friend in forma flu that ho made application
at Charleston for nocommodations, and
that the prices asked were 810UO per week
for a parlor, three bod-rooinx, and (lining-room
for nix DorsnnH.
In another Case, 950 per week waa ankoil
fur two rootri3 \?itli<"it fuvnaturc.
[' Washington Stales.
^VltfcN aro a sweet apple and a aour aj?jilc
alike Wljon thoj- arc parcc).
i ii i'isji Hen io ui" Mow York Tiuicn.
Interesting Letter from Gov. Houston.
Washington, March 21).-?Tim Secretary
of War, to-(lay. "'lit a communication to (lie
M ilitii rv ('mil in it tec of the I |nu?c. tecum men ?liu?t
the raining of a regiment of Texas limnnte>l
volunteers. lie would have ?lone so earlier,
lull was 1: e s i?:. t inu; between thai :iurl a new'
rr^immt iif t-:?v??lry. Ho now thinks that the
l;ittcr would caime too projit delay, mid recommends
tin* former, tv 11i< I? can bo raised and
i;ut in the field in thirty days.
The follow-in- hijjhlv interest n?r letter was
received, today, l?y Secretary )*'lnyd,and will
lie Ja< ' before the Military Committee to-inorroiv
F,x i/m ti vr. i >ki?ahtm t:vr, )
Austin, March I-, lHl'l. \
To John I). I'luyd, f-\ crctmy of W ar.
W.ishiiU'tiin. I >. (
Sir: llc:il?..i iitx thai it is n.v dntv to address
your I >i'j?art incnt. that it may he laid before i
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ms r.:<< > llctirv tin1 I'lvsichnt, 1 thus devote
mvself tn action for two purposes. |**irst, to
vindicat nivy. lt fruiti misapprehension, tin(1
next, to obtain, if possible, ]n<-t *c-ti?.i? I'm* our
fro11tier inhabitants, whoso sui""finj; and losses
I feel assured tire not felt or known h v the
(lovcrnnionl. In :i New Orleans paper, my
eye met n telegraphic ?!> .- |?;tt? li of tin" -!<l in,if.,
front \\ ashiiiuton. j-tntititr that the Provident
disapproves of the action taken by <!ov. Hons- 1
ton, in ealliii'i out volunteers to defend the
frontier. I can but feel assured that this re- '
mark, in view of the facts which have transpired
since try induction into olliec, cannot
l>e justified, and calls for refutation, for the
reason that I have ordered no troops on the '
_Kio < linnde, or destine"' for that frontier. Ho !
far front that heitur the case, four comnanies
wlii'h were in scr\!i:o t tlie, 1 >i?> drande
when i unite into oOiee wen. mustered out of
service. jiiid two companies wcv formed under j
the adi i< e of tin- Comitii.-Honeis i*oiilorrinir j
\\ itlt Major 1 leinl/.clman, of the i nited States '
Army. They are subject to liis order. ! was
very relwtant to troub! tlie Department, and
resolved tliat I would not do so upon any frivoIouf
nretexf. 11 it *v.^ !...# i
..... .. VII.IL I H III * milmi;>\mcrs,
that I liiijflit possiuvsi'lt" of the i
origin of tlic difficulties, and if 1 should find !
thein of !i ve character :ts t?? require !
my :?< !i??!i, I would l;iy them 1 vf"<?r? the (lovcruuici;
i, tli.it the lVe.-ident ini^lit direct correspendin;.:
;ictii?u to be taken in relation there- j
tn You \.i!l tl.ii.; p i\:cive t!?o b; i-omiii^ !
caution, and, at tin; same, the scrupulous defor
lice I > the 1 i dcral (iovernmcnt. lfail I
consulted the wishes and impulses of our citizens.
I would have called in the field the
wiiole available force of Texas, and crossed ,
the l!io (Iraiidc, and never have re-crossed it ;
until we would 11a\ e had security tor the fu- 1
ture. The troops sent to the Rio (Irande did
not. si) fir as 1 am apprised, contemplate crossing
to ?!eu soil until the IJanchcro was
1 1 , ,i I M -
i.w.t Mm river '
.::.l a v/.r.n w led. and certainly there was |
no ami urily civeil them to do so. Though ;
it docs socio tu me that 1 would have been !
justiliahlo in pur.-uini: an outlaw and rebel j
when ver be might be Ibund or wherever he '
received aid. succor and protection. I'mlcr
too circumstances ol the attack upon a vessel 1
of the 1 nited States in the waters of Texas,
1 ean but discover more in the conduct to
commend than h> censure. It may be that
tlie Kxeeutivc of t'ue I'nitcd States, regarding
the rumors ami paragraphs in the newspapers, !
may suppose I entertain some covert design
of invading Mexico, and for that reason a call ,
f< r volunteers to protect Texas against Indian
*. pivdation.s lias caused :i ini.s:i]>11 of'!
my actions. "TI.i ih-,t IS.YZ I have !
been writt?Mi to from various parts of rho I'ni-j
ted St ilcs, urging mo to invade .Mexico, with '
a view to the establishment of a protectorate,
ami assuring me that men, money and arms
Would he placed at my disposal if I would engage
in the enterprise. To these overtures I
made no favorable response, though as an in- 1
dividual 1 might have co operated with them, '
by placing myself beyond the jurisdiction of
the L'nited States; nor was 1 without an as- \
il r.i tii.it .. I <: ' '
.....i- u i.nj.i- |><>1111j11 <ii imi .Mexican
population would receive me and co-operate '
willi mo in the restoration of older in tli:st
country.
Thus i have remained tranquil and silent, I
in the Imp- tliat the (iovcrnmoiit of ehc Inlted
States would consummate a policy which
must and will be achieved l?v some one, or the
miserable inhal>it:>ntso! tluit lovely region are :
to ho destroyed by a conflict of robbers. I
trust 1 am one of the hist men f.n miwl>
would avail myself of an oiVici;<I situation to
accomplish any iichievoniflnt of personal or j>o- ;
litical ajrjrraiidi/.enmnt. Von, Mir, may assure ;
tlic President that I will coutinu- or countenance
no action with a view to complicate or
embarrass the affairs of his Administration,
nor will I intentionally plant a thorn in his
pathway of life. I never have, nor will I over,
perform an olVioial act that is not intended for .
my country's advancement and nrosneritv. I
aside from all selfishness. Now, ns to my
calling out volunteers. You will lie able to
judge i?t' the propriety of my c-:ilis when you
have the facts which I present to the Departj
incut L>t:fore you. For the information of the ,
Department, I have to Rtnte that within the!
last few months our Indian frontier, as well
as some counties considered in the interior, |
| have been exposed to ruthless depredations j
, from the Indians. Some of tlieni within 41
miles of our State capital.. Accompanying '
1 this letter, I send the Department a list of per- j
I <-ons hilled, as well as the localities in which I
| the murders were perpetrated. In tho last '
I four i lonths litty-one porsoiift v.ero killed nnd |
! many wounded in oacapiug from the savages. |
, Horses, to tho number of 1,800, havo been |
i stolen, and within tho hist fu.w d?va *7(1 l.I
' were .stolon from the dragoons :it Camp Cooper.
Wlion tho ordoin which have b<5en issued by
tho Kxeoutive of Texa# rcaoh tho Department,
they will atonoo show the necessity of
his course as well as tho propriety of calling
out volunteers in Texas, to aofend the frontier.
1 cannot but urge most earnestly tho
calling out of a regiment of Rangovs by the
I'Vtlci'nl ((iivcrnmi'iit, to protect the live* and
property of olir citi/.enK. Tin? t;<ot tli.it' regulars
<r;itti)<>t protect their cavalw stjjainst Indi!iii
thefts unci depredations is evidence that
(hey lire not 111? |?tion of force that cim
f^ive protection to our frontiers. Moreover, I
liiive not) until urjred hy an imperative sense
of duty as well as tin: destruction of human
life, s-oujjht t<> induce the ealliujr out of troops
from the State as theonlv fi?ive thai <-mii tim.
teet our settlements n?r:iilist our 1 iidiau foe.
'l iny understand Indian habits mid warfare,
ami can trail and reclaim tlitr booty., and at
the same time take veitjteiuiee on the enemy,
i A treaty of peace with the wild Indian-' who
j depredate, would, with the expenditure of n
j comparatively .small sum, sirf millions to the
(iovermm iit of the I 'nited ^ tales ; for until
th y are exterminated or yea?j< is made with
them, unaids must he constantly kept, at an
immense expense to the (tovernnicnt, and
even then our settlements will he subject to
surprise and mas-acre. W ere the Indians to
enter our territory in largo bodies, we could
MiPi-t and destroy them; but they attack in
small par tie? of (time :<ix to fifteen simultaneously,
for hundreds of miles along our fron
tiers. I do most earnestly hope tlmt tin?
iruarantees which wo have a riirht t<< look to
may he extended, ami tlifc State protected
against invasions. Since I commenced this
communication, intelligence has reached me
(it" other murders anil thefts in Krath county
?a mail rider killed and scalped within six
miles of the ('muily-.se.it; lifccwi.-e, a woman
murdered, and a woman and child carried into
captivity. I hope for a speedy reply, as our
situation calls for prompt action. W e need
arms as well as llanirers.
I have the honor to l*e your most obedient
servant, Sam. iloisroN.
The Cincinnati Platform.
lion, llcnjamin ! '. llallctt, of Mnswichn
setts, tlio author of the Cincinnati ]>l:itt'oi'm,
has recently written a lot tor to tho .Mobile
,l/< r<m i/, which throws much light, upou a
subject whioh has heretofore been a bone of
contention between tho Northern ami Southern
hemceraoy. His construction of the instrument
is in direct opposition to those who
hold to the principle of "unfriendly legislation"
by a Territorial Legislature with slavery
in the Territories. 11<? 1 ? !> >? 11
. *1 lllil .11.
says: j
I have out another word (o K'iy upon the
reference made iiy your correspondent to that
resolution in the Cincinnati platform which
he charges upon Mr. llallett as conceding
the power to a Territorial Legislature to abolish
tlie institution of slavery. That rcsolution
reads thus :
i. 'i-i i ? * -
111<11 we icco<:nr/.c the nirlit of" the people '
of the Territories, acting through tin: fairly !
ox pres. >o?l will of a majority of actual residents,
ami whenever the number of their inhabitants
"siuics it, to form a Constitution with or
without domestic .slavery, ami 1 ?<?' admitted
into tne ?"vt!:s of perfect equality
with the other States."
The right here recojrni/.cd i.- that of the
people of a Territory to form a Constitution
with or without dome>tic slavery. It recognizes
no act to be done touching slavery, by
the people ( i the Ijejiislatvre of a Territory
hefoi" tlio forming of a Constitution, but declairs
that when tlicy have adopted a Constitution
with or without .slavery, tin n they unentitled
to be admitted into the 1'nion.
This was and is tho I>cmoeratic doctrine'
against the " free soil " donma of " no more
slave States," and this is the precise principle
which was laid down by Mr. Calhoun in his I
itVolfiti'.-n in the Senate of IS 17, viz:
"That as a lunoameiii.ii ?'< our
political creed, a people in foriuiiijf a Constitution,
have the unconditional rijiht to fortn
and adopt the (loverninent. which they may .
think best?and that no other condition is ,
imposed by the Federal Constitution on a i
in oruer to l>e sulnntted into 111is I nion,
except I!i;it its Constitution shall bi' repnblicii
11 j iiud 1110 i in position of any other by Coii. |
ji'iv?? Woulit not. only l)i; in violation (-1 the j
Constitution, but a diroct conflict witli tlio '
principles on which our political system rests."
With this exposition, and with no deposition
to <juestion the motives or purpose of the
author of ".Southern (.'onfoderation," 1 sun'
content to leave the publicly expressed opin
ion:. ol .Mr. Jlallett for twnitv years. upon the
" slavery issMO," tu tin* judgment of (lie whole
brotherhood of Southern and Northern Democrats,
who moan to maintain ' the. equal rights {
of all the States in all the 'IWrituvU's," aid
uphold the Constitution anil the I * nionJ lie
has nothing to ask of them hut their good
opinion. Verv respectfully vours,
It. 'I*. 11 a i.i.ktt.
Huston, March If), ls,,>'.
A HAD Co.mpt.aini'.?The first physician
in a oortain case was di^charged by bis patient
because bo was holiest enough to tfll tin*
jiat ionI lie bad a sore throat ; and the second
doctor, having some hintoftho fact, answered
tbc si ok man, when <|Uo.stinncd, that bis case
was highly abnormal, and bad dogi ..orated
into synanchc tonsilaris. ' ( Mi, doctor," cried
tin' patient, " do say that wold again."?
' Why, think, doctor, that fool told me that
1 bad nothing but a sore throat, and I told
him I bad no use for such a dunce. Doctor,
what c.id you call it '" " I told you, sir, in
jM.iin u i iiis, i niii. me moroiu condition of your
sy.'toin was obvious, and thai it had terminated
hi synanohc tonsilaris." "(Mi, doctor, it
must be a monstrous bad complaint ; think
you can cure me, doctor''" ' Now, though
your diagnosis U clear, your prognosis is doubt-.
ful, yet I think, by prudent care and skilful
treatment, you may recover." "Oh, well,'
doctor, do stay all night, and I will pay you
anything you ask."
Among those wounded in the naval engagement
in the Gulf, won (Jen. Domingo do
( oleout ia, a Cuban exile, who has spent bun
clrcds of thousnda ot' dollars to revolutionize
Cuba. lie was on his vecscl, the ludianola,
wlicn vas wounded.
Arrival'of the General Miraraon.
Tii* I nitod Staten prize sti'anii-r (.ienoral
Miraiiion, 1/u'ut. Minor (. mninaiidinjj, (*uno uj?
to iio oi'.y ycMiiday morning an i an-'horutl
ill' tin1 Marino hospital, whoiv ;ho murium.?
She w is (\?in. Marin's flasr ship, and consequently
fitted up with more ot an eve to <,<?nI'nrt
and i !"^an'.v tliaii lo-r uonsort, tin' Mar*
d<! la Halxina. IIlt < al/in, in partic
ular, i very lu-atlv and tiislcl'iillv ?> i .I......I -
Atuoiijr its ornaments ate several very pretty
drawings of tlx' (\>mtnodorc\s two suits, who*
^vere taken on huard with him.
W cilo tint learn, however, that they form
od a pint of the expedition primer. They
had completed tftcir mini.->\ ;;f. the
'>f Havana ami were returning home as pa:
senders. No doul t bhuy considered themselves
fortunate in this peculiar opportunity,
hut they can in no sense he considered responsible
for the expedition. They sir*
seventeen to twenty years of ajje, of line
presence, jrentle manners and vtirit 1 arcoinplishmeiits.
The school pieces, framed and
suspended in the c:il?in *r!M? i
pride of a father, testily abundantly t?> their
pniliciVncy in drawing. One of them, a lemale
head, also bears witness to tlio artist's
lino appreciation of geutoelncs.s audi
beauty.
Oytside tlio Miramon'.s cabin, however,
things look very dilfercnt. Tho gun deck,
upper works, rigging and all, give evidence
of the hot engagement she has boon in. Tho
marks of cannon balls, Minie balls, musket
halls and shell explosions, arc everywhere tube
seen. Among the most- noticable is tinmark
of 'i cannon jshot on a lar ;e mounted
iron piece in tin* centre of the vessel! I; iparticularly
curious in this that the iron has
the appearance nf being melted, rather than
indented. The s:u> ke stack also, curious
enough, has a clean cannon .-'hot through it
The wheel and wheel-lior.se, ceinpiis*, ventilator,
Ale., are eoniph tely. smashed tp, while
the siiiixt <il" i'"> : 1 " 1
..iv, -n.i.m i iuu iiuuii'u id every
direction, and the rigging very badly cnt
U,Vm . . 1
I ho Miranion received three broadsides
from llu' f-'aratnga, besides an innumerable
number of litle shots from the lndianola, during
the engagement, and it is surprising that
tin- lns.i of life, in any ease great, was not
even greater. Kvcrything bears witness t>,.
the bravery and determined resistance of her
commander. 1 Ie y ielded, however, very gracefully
to adverse fortune. Retiring at once to
his cabin he divested himself of every portii n
of h's umnmn, except richly '.ass. '.ed con.
mouore s .-carl, and attired himself in a plain ^
Init elegant suit of black, which ho has worn
ever since.
('omtnander Marin is about fifty years of
ape, 1 nt appears somewhat younger. lie is
very slight built, not more than live feet, live
or ;-i.\ inches in heiirht, and, perhaps. 12d
pounds- in weight. Ife is \er; firmly knit to
thor, however, particular!; in the shoulders',
stands and wnllcs ji :i,r.'ffly orcef, and altor
ha? ?\ commanding; appearance. A
.1. ,.1- i l ' : 1-1 1
...j mihu w/in|'t> .V.UII jet uiiK'u eye ftivc
liini also :i somewhat' liovy appearance, <<r
what would hosnch, were it not for quiet :uk!
exceedingly gontl manners.
Tho Mit'amoM, like the llahAtiti', has lint vol
broken carpi. I lor ma;_'ay.iuo, indeed, is
sealed np precisely as it was when she left
Havana, ami the key to the same still lianas
where, it ".t"::s found in tho cabin. Nor has the
parchment scroll, containing a list of its ( intents,
been unrolled. It is certain, however,
that tho steamer has a large .juantity of jh?wder
on hoard, and nrohahlv .dint. vliell nnrl
other munitions of war in abundance.
Also, were found in Iho .Minvmon's cabin :i
list of her iti'u'era: uei fl. -", j.r.p!>??-V?ok.
\-e., containing a coinpleto record, from tho
(lute of her departure frJtn lluvarri to the
hour of her capture, signed in ouol. ease by //
the ot'ieer of tin; day: alsoa large *|Uantity
of h it hands, bearing '.he name of (leu. Mi
ranion.
Tile Mir.unnn is a handsome modeled stoanior
of aboitt ()"( Ion* bunion, She was built
at !!rocuoelv, Scotland, as indicated by hoi
engines, am! is probabb' five or six years old
Her hiotorv, before she c:\ine into tlie possession
of the Cuban < loverninent as a mail boat
is not known. Nor, indet !, isanything positively
Known of her recent transfer to tfio
u trout of Miraniiin's (Jove Turnout'. W o have
only a rumor that her jmivhasc monev wiih
.-omcwhere between ?"?U.(HI0 nnil *fl50,0l'O
tliiil it was transmitted to Havana through
the r'loin h Ci it ulatc at Vt'ra Cruz.
'I'Ik'. Miramon brought >t]? thirty-five priso- 'v
tiers, ami h;is a prize erew of seventeen. The
othecrs in charge are Lieut. II. D. Minor, commanding;
Lieut. John Irwin, l> C. Hrayton,
saiLmakuv, and James 11. Jones, chief engi- j
necr. ' 1
The two are ) ruh.il.lv worth consul. 1
.. . ? '*
i ii.i u whs iii iu5i cih minted. It the' '
turn out to In- us rich as \vi> have rea- *
-on i<> I'Mii'i t, their total valuation lit money
<-.1111111! In- h>s tliali SliOd.dCid.
The who' number of I nit' d StMes prison,
crs in port i.^ ISt 1, of which 1 lit1 are oil hoard' *
tho I'reble, >") on the Mir.inion, and '25 wcni ^
brought nj? hv the Manptis de la llahana.?
Those last have already been handed over to
the 1'nited States marshal, and are now in tho
l'aiish I'risou. ^
The prisoners aw of idt nfros and nationnli- '
tv?-Spaniard.'*. Mftvinaria :i it
lamon, tVc. Tlioy arc vorv f(uict in man- c
in r, apparently ignorimt of' the real nature n
of the expedition which resulted in their
capture, and boom to wonder what' it is all "
nl" nit.
Wo understand, however, that several of
them arc well known fugitives from justice,
and doxibtless most of them arc pretty hard ' ?
characters. Such as being out of employ at, V?
Havana, would naturally be up for any suqIi
, expedition.?JScw Orkant Picayunc, 27/A.
A PoT.T says: " Oh, sho was fair, but J
sorrow came, and loft his traces there."?W
hut became of the lulnoce of the harness U<J
etate. . j