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14 ^ ^ w v rT>.~.u?-1 * * '-j. feet miracle if he was tchavc a crop of iherr tipon such land. And here I rr^ist beg leave to epologizi for live high coloring of the foregoing str.c. tarc.<. ft is certainly neither my wish not intennon, more than my duty or interest to give otf'Mce to the rospectable body o ?twn to whom 1 may be considered as op plying* the foregoing observations but cpfMider it in some decree necessary fo mt 'purpose to rouse the feelings to a spiri of inquiry and having done so, I ask tftj *-VanTnJ observer to take-au impartial view of the subject, and say whether these thing f2afa 90 ? I may t>e told, lhat to spenk ihi " '"truth* is in some cases a libel; if so, I stum *' ' c^nficted ; however, if in speaking th? 1 inittf in the present instance, I provoke hi "finVftftry which may in the result terminab v"' fhibe advantage of lh? parties coneerne< "f Kbiill consider myself a fortunate ra le c^indeed, however uncourteous my remark npty Hppehf1. As ir is a failing in bumai ^ ftatftrH ro* too frequ ntly misinterpret ou fiends'best inientions, porticulwy wher .i- ' *|$$>l^ahnoi bwtrtd^e fold of their fauh$ and .asm is more easy to se^ o'hgreMfeult | - .-than onov owivf i*will take It* forgrawiec ^ ' tbfrt-the majority of Ihokeaders'of ;he fore ^^i^c&ervatio^.x-onsid^ them mor . uSfflKfPr-* tn ibf;ir nepvhbo/s svstem <? .-f nr ? p-pr - , ? ^naliagement tnnn to their own. I arr ^ ^o?rover, not without htfpos, that some fci ^ liberal minded, unprejudiced nvm, will qc i. <1kn*>wledj??tat once '.hat the cap fits them tidies, and from such' men I entertaian th J :gr&tie$t hopes of improvement. :qfes -j, (To be Continued ) - I'll?-lIU-LJ J-1L "- ? ? *1? \R w B R S ' GAZETTK. Friday, M^UCII 20, rao. -:,J* ?;? 4- he\v o omit the usual Price Current, (i w&ni of loom. No change since l.ist wee fixcept fl| Wclasses which ha3 _fall- n frot jifrtO MM? ' ' ;The River has risen several feet withi P I J* 4 v.ijtvfp days and is still rising. " AVe last week referred to an alledged "per Fonal difficulty" between two members < Congress from South Carolina, and to th statements cf the Columbia Carolinian ar. ? Charleston Courier in regard to it. The Con ^.rjer has since stated that the difficulty occurrc .^etween Mr. Pickens and "a gentleman no\ wi Charleston, who would ill all probability 4 " ? ? ^Jkavetecn eleced Speaker pf the House c ' Representatives, had he not resigned his sea ;"'in;Congrcst." That gentleman, of course, i dol. Eltnore; but the Courier adds that th * difficulty originated frcru an entire minappre ^ Jiension, and has been accommodated. It i ' highly inaecorus to introduce the private quai jels of gentlemen, in either public or privat 4ifp, into the newspapers; and we alluded t , the fact that it had been done m this instanct . . <ihty to refer to the very high compliment pai . the peoplo of the state in the expression c U 'd fears that a private quarrel between tw *" ' of their supposed loaders was about to involv : Ihem in a general ear pulling. Messrs. Philemon Dickersorr, Wm. P j Cooper, Daniel B. Ryall, and Joseph Ki!h ' from New Jersey, Here swoin and too fheir seats in the IIouso of Representative 1 on the 16tK f A Van Buren Convention which lately me ,v' in Pennsylvania, nominated Mr. Van Burci ' for President, and Col. R. M. Johusou, fo Vice President. * --New jersey election.?It will be scei 3 under the Congressional head that th , ^ijouse of Representalives have finally dis . posed of this ngitaling subject for the pre ? "?enif by admitting to seats the Admini.s'rn tion claimants. The Commi;tc? on KIt " tiorw hud through the influence of th ^chairman, first determined to make n< port until they siiouid be able to repoi "^hully on the merits of the case. Th ' " treasons for this course, n9 set forth by tlv ** " In fV\r\ ritmurlr cnainriuu ui uiv luiniun.tu m m\. .v.*..... KV c; copied into our columns two weeks sine* << ought, il souned to us, to sa'isfy any impar > tail mind that it was the proper course ? The Hou^liowevertoyerruled the defter , minution of, tha. cotriniiftce nnd requires them to which set o . .<$*didates had received the greatest ounrnc { oflawful votes; a thing wjiici the com ~?Miltce hhd inlormfd them fcpuid iT&t bi donefortkwUh; but which they were cot . kctiug the necessary evidence to do a \ .early .ns practicable. The committee ^ l-w> mofA o r\j ?YH9WUWIt Uiva v \.ivaiuic C4?j <-' Ggwi of ihe House, wore bound by in ,t; instructions, and undertook to conform t< f* ? * r.tfiem as nearly ns, in tho nature of tlx '* , _ ? .sC?sp, was possrb.e. Tliey felt tba t- although thea t comply, in form, t< i'tho direction of ute House, they- migh;no alue to fact, for thVvtont of th< Jawfulevideaih;, and ilwi?, like a party com f peUe&to go to trial i^a tynirt of Jaw, whu '-tleoie&^pC to procutB material witnesses m'VhMwu must depfe^' Upon the evidence < At band. According to this evidence, :Uie; .^deducting ftom the number of votes receiver jty ifra ^?n Buren candidates the whole *; minuK'r of illegal votes proved tu- have beer 'Vjost ot iho election, they s*ill haj.a majority tovcr their opponents. The committee ?.therefore, reported that the Van Buren can dilates had received a majority of lawfu : votes. Their decision was governed bj "file evidence before them ; and being driver y4^*?tbe ^ouse uea'nsl l^e'r judgment, to i v^isicn they could be gorerncd by nc V inn O hhh?wwSBSfe ; -y: 1.1 other. It \yas alleged that the majority of J the Van Buren candidates was owinir to '; illegal votes, and duo diligence was u*i ig to r j collect evidenceof this alleged fact. The , j committee were waiting for this evidence * | which they doomed npcessary to ennl.1 J j them to come to a proper decision in the case. Without it their decision r i I j might be righteous or it might not. The 5' FIous^ however forh.ide their wai'ing for it. [ Puitv lerter writers from Washington? ? i * j h ive be< n ungenerous enough.to hint pretty j ] i plainly''thai the precipitate action of the j ? ""j House in the case is to he escribed to on i j npprclicnsion that the votes of tho New j Jer^v members might be necessary to r ! enable 4he Administration party to carry s | the Sub.Treasury bill. But would men i | opposed measure vote in members f j f r the pu^5teS*of enrryingit through ? B j jfte mitjprbjt^pjSlfe committed made a ^ ; Bteupy rc^#t, jhe porpont^pf which*we I 1 haf^not fcpen suited. * * .* *1, V -a ^ A- ' j *QON$HtE$?V,* * i-l ' 0?rresnpTidpn*> of tho C?Mr lestoo' C^urirt. j#J WcglLiQgloji^Jltarckl.' m ' ' Tiie S"ritit(fndjqurae4*al a late hour, last | 1 nigh'. The debate was conlnued with! groat spirit. Nr. Preston and Mr. Clay both declared that they had always bolit ved that the object of this administration was to do. : s'roy commerce, prostn tc credit, establish i a metallic curr?*ncv. abobsk the banks, dec. th?v had understood these measures to be advocated by the organs of the udministra" lion. Mr. k'ng, of Alabama and Mr. Brown of N. C. disclaimed this policy, and ( declared that 'Jie Sena'ors had no warrant ,r 1 for impaling it to live administration. ~ 1 *? ? II - ...u ? >? i Mr. b^nton atu :wr. /viicii, wjiu wnti n i particularly alluded Jo by Mr. Clay, made i no exp'ara i xi. Mr. Preston endeavored to bring them out, as well ns his colleague, n : Mr. Calhoun said, he would sutler no one i to say for him, what his principles were on j these subjects. Long experience had shown hiin wlsst w.isthe character of these ins itu>! j .ions. He m;.de no war upon the banks? e j hut they were p railing hy self-slaught'T? tl a train of mora! and political development i. | was in progress which would lead to th< ir ^ complete overthrow. They carried within v j them, the seeds of their own d^s'ruction.? J Ho would never assent to .'he doctrines or JI propositions of the Senator from 'Pennsyl' ! var.ia, (Mr. Buchanan) in regard to the lt ! continuance of the banks and the recogni's i tinu of them, bv the General Government e j He diflhrred tetoraio. from the gentleman - ' on this subject. He was opposed to his ; ro is j position to amend tho Constitution with a .. j view to regulate tho banks, because that e would necessarily engraft them upon our i 0 Cors ,tution. After Mr. Calhoun had ex-{ , prised theso views, Mr. Clay, of Ky. ex-1 "j 1 claimed?"that is manly?that is candid? i f j open." The inlima'ion on the part of Mr. Utav aa l otaers, was Ma: inese rancm pru- ; 0 jecfs were forwurded by rmny who did not e openly avow them. Tne Senate tinally adopteJ, by a strong , riiy, tlx* resolutions ?nd repot t against " j the assumption of State Debts?so that mui' ?; ;er is k ASSUMPTION OF ST.ATE DEBTS. MnrcK 5th, Mr. Grundy fini^ed his re. ' marks on the report of the select committee , ; against th" assumption of the St.it? debts, j ' and was briefly replied to by Messrs. Tall-1 111 mnd^oand Crittenden. At the suggestion | f ; of Mr. \Vebsl"r, the subject was passed over; ] informally, in order to afford Mr. Davis * (then indisposed) time to make some re. i marks in rrply^to Mr. ff ichuna i's speech. e' March dfh. Mr. Ciittenden moved (o - j strike out all the resolutions reported by the ; j committee an 1 substitute the following; | ResotocrJ, That the debts of lite several ! State?, so fur as they arc known to the Sen^ | ate, have been contracted in the exercise u i of trie undoubted right and constitutional ? j po\v?-r of said States respectively, and that t ' ther? is no ground to warrant any doubt of Q j ihe ability or disposition of those States to (j fulfil their contracts. L ! Resolved, That it would b> jus: and s 1 proper to distribute the proceeds of the sales of ihe public lands nmonjj the several .. | State**, in fair nnd rateable proportions, and that the condition of such of the S'ates as j have contacted debts in such, at the pres " i out moment of | re^suro and diffieul'y, as to J* render such (listrrtiution especially exj e if i Jit nv ao-1 importanf. r ' Oa litis tTM^ian the vote stood. ! YEAS?MT?w,-rs. Bt4is<'Clav of Kentucky, j Crttiendon, Davis, Dixon, Knijjh , Mrr/iek,' a j Phejps, ftojter, iVen:is^Ru?jdP>, Smith, of - j Intffima, 'Soutiiard Spence,' Tullinad^o, s ; VVebaHyr, White-r^". NAYS?Messrs/Allen, Anderson, Ben ' i too, Brown, Calhoun, Clay of Alabama, ' J Cu:hb<-it, Fulton, Grundy. Henderson, I lub s I bard, King, Linn, Lumpkin, Mouton, IMndin5! Ins, Norvdl, Pierce, Preston, {tynm*, RobmB J sop, Sevier, Strtrngpj Sturgeon, Tuppnn, ' ; Wall, *W.iilia*ns, Wright?28. The first resolution ofrthe Srleet Coin3 . iniiWe wqpjgpad, as follows;' |i KeSo/re-d, That the nssump'ird), diB greedy or imliri'^iy^Uy tkWfcneral Govern i tnent, of the ddbj$ ttfcich have been, or maj * | bei contracted! by th^Sui|Bs k>r locul otr 1 jects or StatG purpoSSE. yeulJT be unjust, bi'b to the S'ates oncRo the People. 3 Mr. Prentiss moved' to strike out th" words "directly or indirectlyin ordr 'h >i it might be reduced to a simple proposition. ! Motion lost, 6 to 28. - The resolution was the n adopted, Ay? s. i; 50 ; Nays 1. The second end third resolutions (se?> i below) were then successively adopted, ( 29 to 3. ; Ti?e fourth resolution was then reaJ, as ! 1 follows : j! 4. Resolved, That to set apart the pub(| lie lands or the revenues arising therefrom, ; for the bofo.e mentioned purposes, would k be equally unjust, inexpedient, uivJ uncott. { 1 . - ' . Mr. Benson moved to ifhieiirt by striking oui all after tho word "resolved,* and ins? r ing: " * A -That the* assumption &? such dob's, either openly, by n direc^pprowiise to pay tlirm. or disguised!)-, by gi*ift?j security for tlieir [>?\ m**nt, or by creating? surplus revenue, or by apply ing'thrnatrofwil funds to pay ti.em, ivouid oea grass cnd flagrant violation of the Constitution, and. wholly unwarranted by the letter or s|$ri it4>f that instrumb" - J* WUr. Grundy consented" fo.jTbe amend. m? n?, remarking that, as t)Ji! Senate bad adopted three o! the resolutions reported by t!ie com nut ten, it was far ihut the original mov? r should have the opportuiuty of introducing one of bis own^ Mr. Nurvell mov- d to ad 'a-fifih-resoTblion (see Mow) wlrlS wa* adopted, Ave.s 22; Nays 7, Viz :? M^rs. CuIuoim, Hub. ^arcl, Pii rce, Soii^b, Indiana, Strange, T^npan, \Vhi;<?7. M# Prentiss then moved to further amend the resolution, by inserting the following; , "Hut nalthibg confafried jn Ib-> foregoing resolutions 'is to be undo'Stpod ns denying%or qucsciopinjf tIn? right or power ol Cuamr ss Co make an^cquol distribution <>' tho [froclVds-of ike public lands among nil the Slates, accord ng *o the t<-rms and conditions of the dgi'd* of c?s*inii." Lost by a tot> of 6 hj 2j. So i!ih resolu tuns were agreed to, as follows : ]. Resolved, That the assumption, directly, or indirectly, by the Genpsal.Gov crnment, of the debts which have been or may fee coir meted by the S at^s for local objects Ar S ate purposes. wrouM he unjust, hotli to the S iiles and to the People. 2. Resolved. That such assump ion would he highly inexpedi' nt, and dangerous to the Union of the States. 3. Resolved, That suc|i assumption would be wholly unauthorized by noti a violalion of fie Constitution of the United States' and utterly repugnant to all the objects and jftirpos s for which the Federal Union was finned. 4. Resolved, That the Assumption of sudi debts, eitlii r op nlv, by a direct promise to pay them, or disguis* ?Wy, by giving sc unity for their pa * men', or by creating surplus, r- v< nue, or l?y apply i(y{ the nation ;i| funds to pay them, would be ji gross and flagrant violation of the Cons'itution, mid wholly unwarranted by tho letter or spj^rit, of that instrument. 5. Resolved, That while the Senate ol of the United States is fully .iinpryjf'd wi ti the importance and correctness of the principles contained in the foregoing 'eso lutioris, it is no! intended thereby to create nny doubt of the constitutional riglrt or tfv S ntes to contract debts, nor of their re. sources, dispos don or ability to fulfil ''he engagements w lech tli -y have contracted for purposes of in em d improvement, as I ttji.lt f.ii.^r?iil)ii.ptc within the r..ni?e ol their reserved powers. A resolution to adjourn Hi M ay was move d on the O.h, but after soined scussion was postponed for a week. , HOU^E OF REFUESENTATIV^S. March 9lh.?Mr. Adams moved the Ibl! lowing resolution : I Iiesolced, Teat the Secretary of War he directed to report te> tins House* the? natural, political, and tnarial history of the blood, hound, showing tl:c* peculiar fitness of I hit class of warriors to be the j?ssoc>ato o< tf?< gallant Army of the United States?sp'*ci lying the nice? discrimination of his scent between the blood of the* freeman nnd the blood of the slave??between the blood ol the armed *aui<>r and that of wennen sin ! ,t._ ui i .?i' ii.ii , |.?.b Cllliur< II uf >V*:? 'II iflk UIIJI'u <ji ?! ? '? n vv!ii e, and colored m;in--bi,iwu,n ilie bloo of s ?v g .v'Mjj'ioles and that of ill'* Anglo Saxon pious Chri.sian. Also,a statement o die number of bloodhounds, and of ?h?-i? conduc ors, irnjior ed bv this Government or by the authorities of Florida, from the Island of Cub s and the cost of the importation. Al-io, whether a further importation of'the same heroic race into tho State ol Maine to await tho contingency of a con tested Northeastern boutidaiy question ? o iti'inpl i?c?J, or only to set an example tr: bo followod hy our possible adversary ui tin4 event of a conflict. Wue h4,r m< asun s bavb4,en taken to secure exclusively t? (,ur selves the employment of tics auxiliary force and whether he deems it CXp"Jien to ex.end to the sai 1 bloodhounds and their uoshTit*, ? " " 1 . '1 ' I tire benefits of ilur Pension Laws. Tli s resolution hav ng bn-n rend, Mr. Linn B ?yd called tbr the yeas an I nays ot the qi:cstion ofcohsideranpn, Mr. Turnei suggested to :Mt. Boyd to call for the yea? and nays itm adoption of the resolution. Mr. Boyd tyf&fig done so, Mr. Adams said, if the question was ^joitig to be taken now by yeas and nays, lie desired to say a few words. It was then laid over. The New Jersey Election. Jlirch 10. The following resolutions offered by Mr Fjllmore, which had bittn beforf: the Hous .for some daVfe were taken up, viz. Whereas this House did, by a resolution adopted on the 2?ih February. 1840. anions other tlrn^s, d<ree*ihe Committee of Floe, lions *tp report forthwith which five of tin ten it)d|vidunls claiming seals from the 8 ate of New Jer-ey received the grea est num. hpp nf lawful votes from the w hole Staff* for Representatives in the Gi>r?gT*^ss of h?* United Stat s at the elect.on of 1*38 lit sai State." And who re.ris this House hn<J previously referred evidence to that coinmi'tee tending to show that the poll at South Am hoy. in said State, at said election, was not hel.? according to law, and nam- reus votes given at said election were unlawful, because the persons vo'ing had no legal right to vote, and the parlies to said contest are now absent fiorn (his city with the consent and under ifn; authority of "said committee, tu. king testimony in said case, for the purpose of ascertaining who received the greatest number of lawful votes ul said t-lec.ion in said S;alc. Aud whereas certain doposi lions allege*] to have gbcen taken by one I of the parties to said conies', in pursuance I of the directions of said committee, in a sealed envelope, wer- ad 'ressed to lite SpeaIwr'of this House, tendn.g to show, as is al lege'!, that the polls at S ?uih Ambov were not held according to law, and that unlawful votes were taken at said poll. And whereas said cammi t'-e, in acting on the tsaid resolutions of this House, refused to ' cdnsi'er nrry portion of said evidence, hut determined to report, and have reported, sifnply t >e number * of vein's adjudg-cf to have b?-en given to *!?e several claimants by tin- Governor and Privy Council'ol New J rsev. ioge:ner with those r-'urned by he cle? ion officers of the townships oi Miltvilie, ,iu Cumberland county, and South Am boy, in M.ddlesex county, to the cl?'rks of sa'd eoun i'-s respectively," without inquiring wJirth'T s ii I votes were /awful or not Therefore resolved. T> at said r--port be r'ecornm teJ o s *.d cmnm {'hp, witli the instructions to inqurc and the report to this House, with all convenient despatch, which five of the ten claimants to the vacant scats in this Hou^e from said Sato weived the gfenio-, ndmher of law.ul votes at the last f Congreseional election.in said Staie, V Mr. Petnkin had.mov?'d 10 substi'ute the I following. *'17 appears by the report of the Commiltee of Elections th at Puiiemon Di?*k? Tson, Pet'-r D Vfoom, D 'niel B Ryall, William R. Cooper, and Joseph Kille n'ceived the greatest number of lawful votes cast in t ie Slate of New Jersey, at the election holdcn in that S ale for Repres iVatives in the 26th 1 'Congress. Hesofred, Thai f'li.R-m- n l/fKerson, , P.- ?r I). Vnttftn. 0 mid, B. R> .11, William R. Cooper, and Joseph K li an? eni'led to take ill irsruts in the Hots-' of R pieson. ta ives as members of tlv 20 h Congress ; and that the Speaker of the I louse, on heir presenting themselves, qualify them as such; provided hot nothing herein contained shall , prevent tile investigation into said election from being continued on the implication of the five claimarts for sai l seats.1' On this guhsiitu'e Mr. P triken having moved tho previous question, it was earned, 113 to 94. Mr. Monroe said. I have not read the J report ot the eommit'eo ; I have .not heard it read so as to unders and it. It has not l been printed ; and I am called upon to vote, w ten my name is called, on a question be, fore this [louse, involvin a gr^ith r constitutional principle h ?n has ever be *n known to anv legislative body. I no.v solemnly i protest against this proceeding | and I ask Ko llnuco ?/? uvi>na? n?^ from eorrimit'iiii/ sireh nn outrage against my conscience and . the rights of my constituents. And the qu-s'iori being taken, the House excused Mr. M. from vothig. i Mr. Shinlv when ins name mis called in | order on the roll, said he would not vote.? i Mr. Adhmx, with lesseon'tnuacv, and more f digri tv. sil'Mitlv declined answering. Hnsuecessful ntlenip's were mado to I compel both to vote. Pmuallv if was an , iiounred that th?- subs't ute of Mr. Petrikin was adopt.-d hv toe Pillow ngvo ps, viz : YEAS?Messrs** Jn lno^ A l"n, [] igbj. \nd rson, Athchin, Bankl^B >fty,|J* irrie. Blnekwed," Bovd, Br wsfer, A. V". Brown A. G. Brown. Burke, W. 0. Bu l* r. S. II ' :?utler, Bvnum, Carr, Carroll, C <s y, Ctiap? nian.Cl tTor i, Coles, Connor, Craig, Crarv, (*oss. Danni, T? omas Davee, John D ivis. I- John VV. Divis. Dunn, Dog, Dromgoole, 1 Duncan, Karl, Eastman, E v, Ft ;e, Fish- r, | , Floyd, Fortiance, Galbrath, Gerrv, Ham . mond, Hand, John Hastings flawk ns. John p Hill, ol North Caroli ?n, Hdlen, llolleI man, Holmes, Hook. Howard, Hubnard, J iineson, J.?s. Johnson, Cave John I son, N. Jones, J. \V, J >nrs, Kein, Kemble, Lea. I better* L ', Loiiard Lewis, Lowell, I Luea , McCI.II an, McKav, Marchand, . M -di.'l, Mill- r, Montgomery. S. \V. M >rr s' N'Wh iid, Ptrisn,Parment r, Parris, Payn , t<r, Pt-i.r.kin, P.cKens, I'r ruiss, Kirnsey Reynolds, Rj?-|, Rives, Robinson, E. Ro ! -.-crs. J. Rogers,Samuels, Shaw, Sneparl,A. ; SiiiHh, J. Smith, T. Smith* S arkwcaiiier,Seenrod, Sirong, Sumter* Saeariiigen, . Sw eiiv,Tavlor, F. Thomas, P. F. Tno?n.-<s? ( J. Thompson, Turney, Wagoner, Watterson, , Wo.lcr, VVu ki H. Wiiliiims, YVor.hinton? 111. nays? M"Sim. A'forT, J. W. Alien, A ml rows, B irnur li- II. B. ldb\Boud, Boils l' B?o k*ay, \V. B Campbell, Carter, Chum. Crittenden, CI rk, James Cooper, M. A. Cooper, Corvv n, Crahb, Cranston, John \V. Croekeit, Curtis, Gushing, EJwurd l)a ! vi< s, Garrett I >avis, D iwson, D--berry, Den nis Dil'ei, EJvarJs, Evans, Everett. Fill. . more, James G.nland. Rice Garland, Ga es* Gen ry, Goggin, Goode, Graham. Grang r, Graves, Green, Grinucll, aberslmm, Wiiliain, S. H usinigs, Hawe's, Heiirv, Jem Hill, oi Virginia, [1 ffmin, II in', J.tines-, Jeni fer, Chaile-; Johnston, VV. Cost Johnson, K< mpsh dl, Kmg, L iii-oin, MCarty, M ?rtin, S. M tsoil, Mi cliell, Morgan, C. Morr s, N sb t. Osborne, Pope. Profit* Randal', Run iolpli, R ?rid n, R ivm r- Ridgway, Russ il, S?l on,tall, Smionton, Slate, Truman S iot'?, Siorr*, Siuar, Pad ifi-rro, Pilling I* I 4 't% rw? ft I 1 i.j'S!, loin', I n,?|Hf| , | riiint)u:|f unter. : woo--, P. J. VV?-ner# J. \V it , T. VV. WL. W Hi mis, J. L. VVil i uns, C. ' H. WiljiamsS William,?02. The r< solu ions -?3 amnded were titer, adopted 111 o 81. and the vacant scats given to tic* a ministration claimants. The following remarks which we find m the Journal of Commerce furnish h? tnos' satisfactory account which we hive seen of ground tak n by tho commitice in Heir repor. JSew Jersey Contested Election.?1 has been already announced that the Committee of the U. S. House of Representatives hav' ing the New Jersey disputed election cas in charge, have reported that the five Vm Buren candidates 'received the greases numb r of la vvul votes." But on examin ing their report, it appears that by "lawful" votes they only mean votes "taken at poll.helJ in conformity with law." Accordingly they have included in their calculation the votes of MillviHc and South Amboy, which , : v r J- -*/*'- JtL. . were not inclu>h*d in tlic statement upon winch liie Governor and Council based their decision. In short, the csHTimittfie have r porta l only what is the prima 'ucie evide.accordingto the returns of the local officers of the several polls. Upon what other basis, they ask, could a Report which was required by the resolution to he made ' forthwith," be constructed ? "Manifes Iv not upon lho partial, inconclusive, and incompc ent <e^t m.>ny ilS to (ho legality' of votes now in the possession ot the conuniltec. The House cannot have contemplated a report, involving an investigation ot the ballot box*?, without allowing time or opportunity fur that investigation to be ihurough. M The committee arc confirmed in this construction, and the course consequent lh??reon, by the consideration that any juug. mem iooking beyond the face ol the polls, wt.ich they might base upon the inconclusive test,mo% in their possession, would be uns iti:.factory to the House unjust to the parties, and calculated to produce erroncoi-s conclusions i ? relation to a mass of lacts which appair to b > *erifi- d by the oaths o voters, but which, eirwt'l ?cause of the extrajudicial administration of the oaths, or the want of due notice to-the opposite par- 1 ti*-s, have bePnf rejected as not sufficiently proven. It is proper, however, to state thai, 'should nil ti,e *0'eS proved to be ill* gal by cotnp' tent t< s i uonv, be d ducted from hose who reia ived the gr< a'est numb r at j 1 ti>c pol's, which appear to have be:en he d n | "confbrmry with law, the result woulJ not; affect the r'L'h' ef any candidate to a sea ?" F ont tue above facts it is obvious, tha: the lleport of the Commit no amounts ou'y o thts, that th<* polls held at Mi I villi? and South Ainbov, vn re M held iti conform.tv wi h law." Tee question, how many illegal votes were taken III tnose places, or ttlsevvlii'ie, the connn fee do not pretend to de. Oidc. They mer< ly observe that the *? partial, inconclusive, and incompetent testimony" before them, does not prove so j,Teat a number of votes to be illegal, as o defeat the elecon of either of ih five V. Burm i candidates. - More complete and more competent evi l? nee might, or might not, produce ad IF'ren' result. Mil. CALlJuUiN'B SBEttCH. In Senate, Wednesday. Feb. 5. 1"40?On Mr. Grundy's report in relation to the assumption of the debts of the States by the Federal Government. (Continued ) I trusf that I have now establish. eel if) the entire satisfaction of the Sen.ile, the truth of the great p i elide which has b? en laid down?that every inyia ase of protective duties is necessarily followed, in-the present condition ol our coan'ry, by an expansion of the currency, which must continue to increase till the it.* creased price of product ion, ea used by the expulsion, shall be equal to the duty imoo. s- d. ivtien a new t iriff will be requir- d. Assuming, then, the principle as incontrovert ible, it follows that be natural tendency of no pro eelive system is 'o expand, in seeking ooic-umplisli its object, nil it. tcrmio* '1tft iff^ij^fosmn. It wouid be eu?y to s niv, Irdlftkyvhat has already lieen stated, mat ihisiendency in ist continue till the exports siiaM be so reduced as to ho barely ' sufficient t?? mat the demands of tnq coun try for the articles not included in the pro| tec t ?n ; hs it must be obvious, so long as I it icy exceed thu amour)', so long must specie | continue to be imported, and the exchange o be in our lavor, till in* prut* ciioi? is crow down by the t'xpan-ion of the currency. t T <e consummation, ih: reibr<',of die system. must bo out ot two t ungs : explos on, ?.r Ily; reduction ot In* exports, so as not o exceed the amount of tn? unprotected ur'iflt-s ; but either termination must prove disastrous lo the system ; 'he former by a sudden and violent overthrow, and the luit'-r by lite impoverishment of customers and raising u'? of rivals. as they ceased to be customers. To have u just conception of its operation in this par iculnr, it will b * necessary iu bear in mind, that the Sou Ii and .ho West are the great consumers of the products of ihe North and K st; and that the capuci v of ihe South to consume, de_ [)? nds on her gie.it agricultural staples almost exclusively; and that their stiie and consumption depend man lv on the foreign mark't. What, then would be the efleel of reducing Iter expor s to the point indica ~ ?l* 0* It 0k fed, say to forty or fitly oiiiiiot.s oi dollars t Most ceramly to diminish her rapacity to consume the products of the North and East m ?h?' sum propor ion, followed by a cor. responding diminution ofthe revenue, and the commerce and navigation of the coum. try. Bui the evil would not end there, as greut as it would he. It would have an cqu .1 or greuter effect on the consumption of the West. Teat gr a' and growing sec. I on i-i t!?i? nrnvi.cioo oornotl of the Union. ? I ? r * . Her wide and fertile region gives her an unlimited capacity -to produ ? grain ai d s ock of vrv docriplion ; and h?s", for iho most p Ml, fi id their market in the staple S ates. Cm off their expoits, and t eir market would be destroyed ; and wita ir, tiie means >1 tue West, to a great ox en!, for carrying on trade wi ll the Northern and L mtum Siat's. To the same cxi-nt, they and tee sinple Sates would be compelled to produce their own supplies, and wou'd thus, from consumers, he converted into r.vals with the oilier section. * How much w is'-r for all would be the opj.osite sy<,t in of low dut-es, w ith t!ie market ifthe world opened to our gieat agricultural sfaples J The effcc'S would be a vast inrease of our exports, with a corresponding increase of the capacity to consume on the part of the Soutn and West, making lliem -ieh and contented customers, instead of mpovorisiied and discontend rivals of the other section. I; is time that this subject , iliould b?* regarded in its true light. The protective system is neither more nor less than u war on the exports. 1 again repeat, if we cannot import, we cannot long export; and just as wh c?t off or burden the imports, to the same exient do we, in effect, cut off and burden the exports. This/have long seen, and shall now proceed to prove, bv ? reference to tfie public documents, that my assertion is sus'ained by facts. The table of exports shows that during the seven ^ years irom 1624 to 1831, our domestic exs ^ pons remained nearly s:ationnry, notwilh- i standing the great increase of our population during that period. Your statute book will show, that during the same period, the protective system was irt i s groat vigor. The first relaxation look place in December. 18*10, under the art of the 20th May. of the same year, which made a great deduction in the duties on coffee and tea. f shall now turn to the table, and give the exports of domestic articles fot tlioso years, beginning with 1824: Here Mr. C. read the following stale* merit ; In 1824 the domestic exports wero 50,649,500 1825 - " " 66,944,745 1*26 " > 53,055,110 1827 ? ? " 58,921,691 1828 ? *. ? 56,609,669 ? 1829 " ? ? 55.700,193 1830 * ? ? 59.462,028 * If we take the average of the first three and 'he last of the these years, #e shall find the former is a million and a half greater ? .V i .. . i : i r_;iv_ _/s? Minn me inner, Knowing mi ui-iuai imirng err, iristoud of an increase, to that extent, in our . * k<- *, expors. itli 1831, the reduction of duties com. rnenccd on tlie articles mentioned ; and in Decern be r, 1834J the first great reduction took pi?ee uuier ilie compromise act. I shall tir^to lite name table, beginning with 1831, sflW'read a statement of the exports lor lire eight yean* under the approach to ^ the in e trade sy stem. It is but an npprnvh. 1 invite especial attention to the tmfffd "-ise, after the great reduction ir. Decenib< r. 1833. * . .* In 1831 the dofll\^|tic exports were fil4177,057 1&12 14 * 44 44 63 137,470 1*33 44 44 44 70.317,698 1834 . 44 44 44 81 034.162 ' ^ 1835 44 44 44 101.189,062 W 1830 44 44 44 1 06.916,680 1837 44 44 44 95,564 414 1838 44 44 44 96,033,621 How rapid the rise just ns the weighs ure removed ! The increase, since the great redueton in 1633. has neatly doubled the average exports,romp; rod with the average of the s'-ven tariff years preceding 1831, mid viouid have quite doubled them, had not the expanded and deranged condition of the currency, mid the consequent embarrassment of commerce, pr vented it. But wf?at.will appear still more extraordinary o 'I os? who have not reflected on the operation of the protective system, is the gr? a: increase ol tee exports of our domesio rnanufac.urcrs, as the duties go off, fbllowing, in hat resp'Ct, the same Jaw that regulates the expor a of the pr at agp'ctiltuai s'aples. It >s a precious fact, thui speaks volumes, and which demands the serioti9 eon-i 'eration of the m niufacturing por:ion <> ' t:o Union. 1 w< II remember the sunguiue expectationspf lint Iriends of the syst'-ur, of the great ipcre.iseof the exports ot* (lorTitwiK* iiiiinufae urers which thev believed would followtih jsnffol 1828* Wt4f, we iio?v luve llie ri45|t of experience, under that act, mid also tfivU r iliajt of a partial ap. pioaeli 10 free trade, it id the result is ex.> actly the reverse of tlie anticipations of he friends and advocates of protection. So lar from increasing, under the tariff of 1828, tile exports of nimutiictured articles actual" ly dnunished, wh ie they have rapidly increased just us they have gone off. Bui the tal>le of exports shall speak for i self. During the four years under the tariff of 28, went into operation, the exports of domestic rnauuftc urc rs gradually declii ried from $5,729,797. in the year '25, $5,548.334 in me venr '28. From thut time it ^ steadily dec 1 in'd, under the tariff of *28, each succeeding year showing a falling off compared with the preceding, till *33, decli .i._ i >i... I i* as J an ! nmg, luruiignoiu uiu prnou, irom 320 in '29. to 85,059,633 in '32, and showing; an aggregate lulling off*, during the whole tariff* rcgrime of eight years,from '25 to'32, of nearly $700,090. At this p. int, we enicrou ihe reluxu ion of the system, nod there has heen an onward move, wnh but Utile vibration, throughout :h'? whole period, till tli? present time. The last year we ! have is '33 when the exports exceeded nny preceding year. Tney amounted to 88, I 397.078, being an increase, during the nix I cars o! ttie reduction of duties, ol $3,316,445. against a falling off*, in the preceding I eight years of protection, of $700,000?an increase ol' 65 per cnt. in six years, and this in the midst of all the embarrassment of commerce, and expansion' nod derangement of the currency, and, let me add whut has been so much dreaded by the friends of manufactures, the mighty increase of the exports of our great agricultural staples, during the same per od ; a clear proof that, under the free trade sys' m, the one does not interfere with the other. Let no fiiond of manufacturers suppose that this interest | mp result is accidental. It is the operation j of fixed laws, steady, and immutable in their course, as I shall hereafter show. Now, sir, I feel myself, with these facts* warranted iu asserting that if the deranged, ! state of the currency had not in erferred, l ie great'manufacturing inlerest would have gone 011 in a flourishing condi.ion during* the whole period of the reduction under'the cwn promis act, proving thereby, to the satisfaction of all, the fall try of the protective sys'em. Any supposed loss, from the re. duction of duties, would have been much moie tiian made up by tho increased ability of the South and YVesi to consume, nod the rap dily growing importance of the Cordgn market. Out I have not yt done with the system. It has additional and heavy sins to answer for. The tariff of *28 is tho source in which has Originated ;hat very derangement of the currency, which Has so greatly embarrassed, at this time, the very interest it was intended to protect, as well as nil oiher branches of industry. Uoldasisihe assertion, 1 am prepared to establish it to thao.her letter. It lias already been proved that the great expunsion of the currency in '29, 'SO, and '31, was lite immediate effect of the tariff of