way, to use no stronger expression, than it'
would be to ask the consent of the states
jo build ships of war or custom houses, or
Cold federal courts, or appoint postmas.
ters, or collectors, or attorneys, or nnr halls
within their borders, or march
troops through their territories. If the
constitution confe s the power of employ,
tog such agents why ask the previlege of
exercising it 7 If the constitution does
Dot confer it, it cannot be confered by
piece-meal, here a little and there a little,
a portion in Massachusetts to day and a
portion in Alabama to-morrow. The
Federal Government cannot exercise a
Kir rnn<pnt nr at tha in^tunpn nf a
single state, or of different states severrally,
which the union of states does not
allow in the constitution that created the
government; and strict constructionists
are the last men who ought to admit that
at can.
We would not he understood as in this
place expressing an opinion ourselves on
the question whether or not a hank is a
"necessary and proper*' fisc il agent of the
government. The editor has his private
opinion on this point, but the Farmer*
Gazette does not advocate either side of
the question. It is only, however, on the
ground that a bank with stale branches,
u necessary to enable the government to
perfernr properly functions plainly required
of it by the constitution that a plan
for one is proposed at al', or will be sustained
by any one. And the very admission
that it is necessary involves the
. admission that it is clearly allowed by the
constitution, //"necessary let it be adopted
and carried out in good faith, and
with proper efficiency. If not necessary
let it be rejected and something besuhstistituted
that comes within the meaning of
^ the constitution. There is no middle
ground. To ask the privilege of exercising
% granted power would he solemn
trifHing, To exercise a power not granted
would be worse than tnffiing. The
onh way in which Congress constitutionally
ask of the states the privilege of
exercising a power not gr.nted is by asking
them to amend the constitution ; and
the only way in which the states can
grant the privilege of exercising a new
power is by amending the constitution.
The Federal Government ought to l?e
confined most strictly to its delegated
powers, but these it ought to exercise
faithfully and fearlessly, and as a govern
merit.
The addrest on the fi<?t pag. fto n the? Presi?
dent o?* the. Sttte Agri<*uluna! ?ocifty, ougiitto
be heade-J "To the Presidents of the Agricu!tur.il
S*cu>ti?* nf Smith l^arniinn.
Thk McLeod Case.
Our stray copy of the National Intel
ligencer containing the speeches of Messrs
Buchanan anil Rives on the correspondence
of Mr. Fox end Mr. Webster about
this case, has at length made its way to
us. Mr. Buchanan takes tun grounds of
objection to the letter of Mr. Webster:
First, that it tamely yields loan atledgcii
threat made "by the British Government,
secondly, that the Secretary assumes an
erroneous position in regard to the law of
nations applicable to the case. The sub.
stance of what Mr. B. says under the first
h -ad is summed up in the following paragraphs
:
a "But the crowning point of this insulting
. letter is vet to come : and I undertake to
0
y, that it contains a direct threat from
the British Government. I am not extensively
acquainted with the language
of diplomacy, but I certainly have not
neen any thing like this threat in any
official communication between civilized
nations for the last fifty years. I hope I
may lie mistaken in my view of the Ianguage,
but here it is:
But be th.itas it may, her Majesty's
Government formally demand, upon the
grounds already stated, the immediate
release of Mr. McLeod ; and her Majesty's
Government entreat the President of
the UnitedStates to take into his most
deliberate consideration the serious nature
of the consequents which must ensue from
a rejection of this demand.*
What consequences ? What consequences
? After the denunciation s >vc
have heard in the British Parliament, and
all that had occurred in the course of th?previojs
correspondence, can any thin;;
have keen intended hut "the seri us
natureof the consequence* which inusi
ensue"/ir<wn ioar with Exgland ? And
here let me put a case. I am so unfortunate
as to have a difference with a frienr.
of mine. I will suppose it to be friend
from Suuth Carolina, (Mr. Preston.) I
know, r you please, even that I am in
the wroo;;. My friend conies to nie and
demands an explanation, adding, at the
same time, these words: If you do not
grind the reparation demanded, [entreat
you to consider the serious consequences
which must ensue from vour refusal.?
Certain I am there is not a single mom
ber cf this Senate, [ might say not an
intelligent man in the civilized world,
who would not consider such language
as a menace, which must he withdrawn
or explained tafore any reparation could
be made. It was the moment after I rend
this sentence that I determined U bring
ihe subject before the Senate.?
\ thought then struck me which perhaps
I should do better to repress; but it was
this. I imagined I saw that m in whom
Mr. Jefferson tru y denominated the old
Roman, siti ng in his apartment and
reading this letter for the first time.?
* When he came to thi3 sentence, what
would be hi* feelings ? What indignant
emotions would it arouse in his breast?
Of him it mavbejustly said
?*A kind, true heart; a spilrit high?
That could not fear, and would not
bow, '
Is written in his manly eye,
And on his manly h ow," i
Would he not have resolved not to make j
any explanation under such a threat??
Would he not have required it to be with
drawn or explained before gving any 1
answer whatever to Mr. Fox's demand? In
this possibly he might have gone too far.
Our Secretary, however, has passed over 1
this threat w.thout adverting to it in any j
manner whatever.*' i
Before we copy the reply of Mr. Rives
to this part of Mr. B.'s speech it will he i
necessary, in order to render it intelligi.
b'e, to quote two paragraphs from the
correspondence of Mr. Stevenson, our '
British minister, and Mr. Forsyth, late 1
Secretary of State. The attack on the
Caroline was made on the night of J)i
cem!>er 29tU 1837. Mr. Stevenson under
instruction from his Government, at once
remonstrated with the British Government
in very strong language, and asked i
for an avowal or disavowal of the act. 1
No answer at ail was returned. 0 t the
2,id July 1839 eighteen months after the
attack, Mr. Stevenson in a letter to Mr.
Forsyth used this language:
"I regret to say that no answer has yet
heen given to my note in the ease of the ,
'Caroline.' I have not deemed it proper
under the circumstances, to press the sub.
ject without further instructions from
your department. If it is the wish of the
Government that I should do so, I pray
to be informed of it, and the degree of
u gmcy thai I urn to adopt."
To this Mr. Forsyth replies, Sept. 11th
1839, as follews:
**W ith reference to the closing para,
jrraph of your communication to the
Department, dated 2.id, July last, it is
proper to inform you that no instructions
are required for again bringing forward
the question of the 'Caroline ' I have
had frequent conversions with Mr. Fox in
regard to this suoject, one of v*tv recent
dale; and, from its tone, the President
exnects the British Government wi I an
? I
swer your application in the case, without
much further delay."
The following are extracts from the
conclusion of Mr. Rives's speech where iie
notices the first ground of objection take.i
by Mr. B. to Mr. Webster's letter.
I beg leave, said Mr. R. to ask the
Senator from Pennsylvania in what pro.
ceediugs of ihe Government he finds the
evidence of an unbecoming spirit of concession
to the demands of the British
Government? The British Minister, %< in
the name of his Government, formally
demanded the immediate release of Alexander
McLeod." Was the demand ;
granted? No. sir; it was firmly refused. !
aud that refusal victoriously placed on j
gn nli in-'irn ??ely connected with the
nnc;ity of A met scan institutions. The
British Minister informed the Secretary
of S'ate that her Majesty's Government
is 44of opinion that the rapture and desfruction
of the Caroline was a justifiable
employment of force for the purpose of
defending the British territory from the
unprovoked attack of a hand of British
rebels and American pirates, who, having
been permitted tonrmnnd organize themselves
within the territory of the United
States, had actually invaded and occupied
a portion of the territory of her Majesty."
How was this met? By controverting
every pyint in the justification, interweaving,
in the course of the reply, a
new, just, aud powerful defence of the |
high moral character of our legislation |
an I policy on the subject of neutral ohli- i
gations, and "holding up the mirror" to j
the British Government, reflecting the ag- j
gravatiousaud enormities o * the destrue- J
tionofthe Caroline in a iight and colors j
so vivid as to lead, it is hoped, to a re- i
consideration of that act, .revolting alike '
to humanity and to our national sensibiii- I
ty and honor.
The honorable Senator complimented j
our minister at London for the able and |
eloquent manner in which he had present. !
cd this subject to the British Government.
Far be it from me to abate a "jot or tittle"
from the praises bestowed by the Senator i
upon this distinguished citizen of my own
State; but, without disparagement to him j
sur?.-lv, I may ask. when before basso pow- i
crful and graphic a pictureof that outrage,
speaking 10 the moral and almost to the
bodily sense, been exhibited as in the
following extract of the reply of the Secre.
arv of Siate to Mr. Fox?
* It must be shown that admonition or
remonstrance to the persons on board the
Garonne' was impracticable, or would I
have been unavailing; it m ist be shown j
that dav-light could not be waited for; j
that there could be no attempt at discrim* |
ina'inn between the innocent and the j
guiltv; that it would not have been enough ;
to seize and detain the vessel; but that j
there was a necessity, present and inevi. i
'able, for attacking her in the darkness o1* i
lukili. k.tipuI tn th.-> shore. and I
III- IIHHM */?? IV ^?S/ ----vvhilw
unarmed men were asleep on b>urd,
killing some and wounding others, and
I hen drawing her into the current, ahove
the cataract, setting Iter on lire, and,
careless to know whether there nr ight not
he in her the innocent with the guilty,
??r the living with the dead, committing
her to a fate which fills the imagination
with horror."
Was tlii'm uny want of American spirt in all
this/ No, Sir, no. Tim destruction of the <
Carmine be..ig at le igth uvo ed by the Bntish .
Government as a public .,c.l. ti e A Imirustr iliou
eon id not b it feel tint it w m tinwo thy oi its
own character and of t!m < h true yr of tho na. 1
lion, tc#dignity a miserable and subordiuat! in.
strnment who may have been euv/oy-*d in it, 'y
making him ti:e selected object of national veil- j
gcance. It coo'tl not but foil ajjo, liut the;
i - --y r
- f' .
principle of public law which exempts the
nj-orhinale instruments from individua rtpo
sib'li'y tor acts d- ne in obedience to the oo
petent public nulhori* es is 4 principh found
in reason and hcminitv, and recognised by tl
universal pi actio' ?.f civilized nu.mns. Whi
then, did it become a hig'itnndud and honor
able Gov rnm nt 'o do, und;r :h s.j circur
itaucmt Frank y and unreservedly to adit
the principle??o put itself in the right?and
do whatever should devolve on it h? mor
and rc. pj.isihle P'?we>, o u.'fi! and mainta
the right. It ii d a big r;r g, mo?a nobler mi
ho 1 tli hi to make vanr upon .Mob cd.
It won.d 1101 comply with tlie demand <
re!e se htin, lor that was not of Its province; b
ti.inking that the courts. 111 the?ier<isi of tli*;
0 vn proper jurisdiction, ought to release hir
and charg-l with the in t-rnatinnal relatione
the co lut y, it felt ite'fc II.m on, without inti
lering wj'h 1I19 fnnMions of an in depend-1
department of the G ?v rmnent, to contributo i
moral mil i?uce in support of a great principle
interoutioni.' ioerciurso, on t ie due oh-ervani
of which tlit hirmony of nations esseulii
depends.
But the Senator from Petin ylvania thinl
the Administration should have been rest'aini
from yielding to 'h ?e d ciat- % of duty and h
inanity, by ? sentiment of sell-respect,
coos quoii' e of what h ceionimtes a mena
coot inad in the coininuni utiori of Mr Fu
I.i wuat dues the genlhmio find this inermc
In these words; *' H?t M .ji s:)'e Govern me
entreat* ylie President of ih United Stat-s
take into hi<- most deliborato consideration tl
serious niture of tho con-equeiicos which mu
ensue from a r-'jeciion of this deinund '* No
fir, however earnest this hnguage I mast s
1 see more of deprecation than of menace in
F 0111 w iat seho?>l of dipl micy th< lionora'i
Sen t<?r has drawn the fensitive a.id f-rtidio
sta-nla'd he appli-s to this co.. maniCttii?n,
know no . But I h.d ti ought that, in this pra
tic ti ami uiilitiri n age, notion* so jealous ai
> u: limatcd had g.v*n place to directness ai
fi nplicity ofapn*ch, : rid that an appeal te tl
caudii reduction o* a foreign Government <
the consequ nces which might e isui 'lontl
oni as on or performance of ct-rta n arts, if m n
in a tune of courtesy and frien'llj expostulatm
wai w-iys held to be admisiide, and sometime
ii.do d. proper.
I* is a tittle rctnarkaWe thatlen.ru go altn?'
identical wi h this, n a letter of Mr. f ox to M
Forsyth, ?<f ^U;li December laid, should ha
passed with.i it irons.ng. in the h jai.npit de*r?
the jealous e MiBi'dlitira of gmthmieu. In lh
letter. Mr. Fox says to Mr. Forsyth;
'I c ?n o' I ut I'nrese-; the tery grave and at
out consequences ihut must ensue if, besides t
injury liva ly infl ced upon. Mr Mc Lend, of
vexatious and uiju-t impritwnun nt, ny furth
h .rm may be done him in the pmgieaa of this c
truordinary proceeding."
Bui. I mi^tS'V. Mr Preyidant that punetili
liki these are. 1,0 oi'sub la: ce sufficient, in 11
opiiiiu'i; to Ci Upy, in th a ng . of the wor
the gr.va d s ussions of a bo<ly like thu S m
of the Uniteu Slat s The cauii dignity of r?
scions strength is not prone 10 be astute
imagining or su-pocting insult.. It ia ever se
poised and colli c'.cd, repo-ung ou the sense of
power, jnd the justice of iU cause, &uch,
trust wil evl?e the altitude lud bearing
this gallant R public of ours. Le.ist of all w
it permit it* If l??be rrst ained from doing wl
is r.ght by :hr on.t unw?rty of <Ji faais?" t
fear of h ung thought af;atii."
Tito Sen .torf tf.nn Pennsylvania s-ms
hare f?>rg tt-n tin; illustrious 011.1 honored na
which W'js at the head o| this Government wh
its course was t kan to regard to ilr. affair
McLmd. Ilu indulged lrms'df in panting
the Senate the haughty misn and indignant <
fi .nec with which he .supposes A udr w J; cka
would have traVed the noma d ??f the Brio
?lmister if he had still hidd th*' I' ins of powi
Tlioug.h the h? ro ??f New Orleans waa not 'ti
i 1 the Ch.'ir of Statu, one his co-. peer in bo
ncss, in fc.rlesiu-.' s, in digiiitv? o 10 who 1.
I.ecu famitur with iv-ry lorn or'dang< r i't >
ii hi, and w.<a not to he Ciunttu ! y the r fleet i
?.f t<*rro s. teal or imtgiiary, inili cabinet?<1
whom the People o* Auiurica had *?iecUd
his niilii ry and civil services to fill the ?<
which W.i>hi ton h*d occupied?a veteran w
i-evor shr. n't fiom a cui.tist w.ti British powri
f cc 10 face. wa. tu uo. Does the gentlem
HUppiue'ia he. too. was panic-stri -keu ?
Tiio ?'enato: from Pennsylvania inaydism
hi* I'ppreii.'nsioris tint (lie honor o:'the count
wi.'l b roniproiiii-ed 111 the hands of thoce
whom the nation has eirrusted its k"cplng.
The reader will observe that in tl
letter of Mr. Fox to Mr Forsyth, De
29ih 1840, quoted by Mr. Rives, t!
same language is used with that in wlm
when addressed by the same person
Mr. Webster three months afterwirr
Mr. Buchanan finds so insulting a thro
As Mr. B. did not sec any threat in tfc
language culling for resentment whi
addressed to the Department of Sdite
December 1840, the fair inference is th
he would not have seen a threat in
when repeated three months afterwari
if Mr. Forsyth were still the Secretary
State. This shews how liable even sui
in?*n as Mr. Buchanan arc to lie influenc
by prejudice in the formation of opi
tons.
Mr. Preston in his speech on the sar
subject remarked that Mr. Rives, in I
late intcrcou.se with the Court of Franc
has used language quite as strong as th
used by the Brtish Minister, and that M
Forsyih had used language infinite
stronger, in his correspondence with tl
Spanish Minister Don Onis. Lingua,
of this sort, he said was not unfreaue
' I
in diplomacy ; but it was riot consider
cause af war.
When we saw Mr. Buchanan's fi
picture of the ;*old Roman" reading f
the first time the British Minister's lettt
and with stern indignation resolvii
"never to make any explanation und
such a throat" we felt tempted 'to ask tl
favor of so good an artist to paint tl
same old Roman reading the same thro
when addressed to Mr. Forsyth. ^
were also reminded of the scene on tl
portico of the Capitol, when this old R
man, on his way to assume the robes
office as chief magistrate of this ajigu
nation, was assaulted by a maniac, at
i .1 i. .1 i.i-j I*:*...
Ml^lllUg IMIUllgll IIJC UJSeiillNUU UIUIIUJI
around him, with up.hfted cane claim*
the privilege of chastising the scoundrc
A picture was also revived in our mirni
eye of a scene once exhibited?*n Nas
ville we think it was?m which the san
Roman?then not so old?and hisfren
Col. Benton were the prominent figure
and in which fuming pistols, and draw
sword canes nod dirks (Bow ie knives ha
in<r not then been invented) were coi
spicuous?the scene suddenly shiftii
from room to room and from passage
passage in a public hotel. We were fu
ther reminded of the fears which we h;
1
m often heard expressed by considerate pa- t
"* tri is when the old Roman was first elect- "4
i ed President, that Ins notorious rashness
it > mig;ht involve the country in unnecessary 1
?* war. But of this enough. Posterity will 1
assign to the old Roman no common place "
,i? in the history of his country; and it will 1
o also be considered no small praise of his c
a' countrymen thatcertain traits of his char- .
in * t
*. ast^r exerted no greater or more perrrnnert
influence on the Government, not- ^
? withstanding his great popularity. i
tir The species of resentment -.awards the r
British Government now insisted upon by
,r.: t " honor hie Senator seems to us more
? ' b coming a college freshman just begin- s
.f ing to scrape the down off his chin, or a ,
coir; yard champion, or a Mississippi
roarer, than a grave and high minded di- '
plomatHt engaged in a negotia. ion upon j
u? the i ?>ult of which depends the momen-1)
tou.? question of peace or war between two |
x great nations, and of course, thousands *
Hl upon thousands of invaluable lives, as well '
nt ' j
to ai countless millions worth of property.
We do not mean bv this that a fear of the ,
v, sacrifice of fife and treasure always in- I
f >lved in war ought to deter a nation 1
>1 from engaging in ic when required to do
"l so hy a proper regard to its rights or its |
- honor. But we do mean to express dis*
approbation of that reckless or heedless I
lie spirit, w hich in high places can treat light* i
ly or inconsiderately a matter so grave
ri? and of so solemn import. ,
" We intended here*to present MrvBuc* i
f t I
hanan's views under his second head of
I** objection to the Secretary ot State, but
v? for want of room mu9t defer it till next
1 : week. We shall al??o, as soon as we can
at ,
make room for it, copy entire Mr. Cal*
houn's speech on the same subject.
CONGRESS.
!x* House of Rkprksbn tativks.
Tuesday, June 17. On. motion of Mr.
m | Sergeant, a resolution was adopted to
meet at 10 o'clock A. M. from the 23rd,;
,te nndon motion of Mr. Filmore, that the
n* House adjourn at 3 o'clock P. M. from the
'n 23rd. to the 30th.
y_ On motion of Mr. Gilmer a resolution
4lJj was adopted to raise a committee to in >f
quire into the number and expense of the
' 'I ofiicers and agents employed in I he sever.
J'1 al Departments at the scat of Govern*
w ment, and at other points deemed necesto
s?ry by the committee ; and whether the
ne patronage of the Government may no the
w" j diminished. The committee to report at
the next session.
je. On motion of J. C. Clark, modified at
un the suggestion of Trurnan Smith, a reso.
lution was adopted to raise a committee
?r* to inquire whether the contingent ex (j
pen sea of the House cannot be lessened;
m I | and whether corrupt and illegal practices
tie : ha ve not prevailed in regard to these ex.
1,11 | penses.
J",! | Thk late President's Family. >
5i!l On motion of Mr. Adams, the House
liu resolved itself in'o a cornaiittee of the
ar, whole on the bill for the reiief of Mrs.
au Harrison. Mr. A. stated that the object
ig, was to refund to the family of Gen. H r,y
rijion the heavy expenses which he had
to incurred in postage and otherwise, inci*
dental to bis being a candidate for the
tie Presidency, his removal to Washington
c. dec. and he moved to fill the blank with
fic 825,000.
A Mr. Snyder from Pennsylvania
t() minted t< amend the bill so as to make an
I appropriation for the family of the late Mr.
'j* Ogle. He said that if Gen. Harrison's
family were to bo paid for his electioneering
expenses, Mr, Ogle's were equally
i*? ' /. It /V I , | ,[ |
i entitled, tor i>ir. v. una aone more man
1,1 any one else towards accomplishing the
at result of the Presidential election. Mr.
it S. was called to order and silenced on
Is* the ground that the motion refered to
of the committee related only to Ged. March
rnon's family.
nd Mr. Dean of Ohio, opposed the bill at
n. considerable length. He placed no high
estimation on the merits of Gen. Harrison.
ne Hut he had no wish to speak of his de
merits; he was willing to let tho evil he
had done he buried with his bones, unless
' his friends should eulogise him, then he
would claim tho right of giving utterance
to his opinion. He believed there was
'y no groat distress in the country, and there
could be Ho merit in attempts to remove
fT O !..? f krt.-l n.? <.i>if?tnn/YA Mr n iv?ij rtA !
Jjv ? llttl Ilan I'll. !/ HMO nu
nt believer in these distresses of th? dear
L*d People. There was no distress in his
district, and he had rorne here, not to
ne make gratuities, hut to discharge his
or constitutional duly according to the will !
,r of his constituents. It was not their will ;
that any such bill as this should pass.
Mr. D. said ho had been astonished at the
^ remark of the gentleman from Massachusetts,
[Mr. Adams ] when he had stated, |
e | as one reason in favor of making this
I donation^ that Gen. Harrison had made
K1 large expenditures in an electioneering
1C campaign. What! was Congress to ren
numerate men for expending large sums
of of money in building log cabins ? Was
!st it indeed so? For himself, he had no
id ' doubt in the world that money had been
poured out like a flood for electioneering
S(j purposes. He did not doubt that the
.'ti 11
Treasury had heen emptied, naa neen j
[/. drained, to effect electioneering purposes. !
, [Here Mr. D. was interrupted by loud
laughter and cries of Who doubts it?"
Very true," and 41Who had the Trea?uon
s? Mr. D. resumed. And not only so,
n but that the pockets of individuals had
v* been emptied likewise. If the House 1
n- should vote this dwmtion, it would be !
ig shown and proved that individuals had '
to ; improperly drawn money from the Treas.
r. urr to be employed in this election,
id [Here the kughter was renewed,
t ' 1
I . ? V ' ' i
ningled with cries of "No doubt of that" b
?"we all know t~*t.nJ
Mr. 1). said that ho knew personally f
hat the West had been flooded with doc. t
imcnts which had. come free of expense, t
Lpd had been spread in profusion all over t
he-fend. If gentlemen knew of these *
:orrupt practices, why had they voted *
lown a resolution which sought to bring [
hem out to light? Were he permitted I
>penly to repeat in his place a remark
vhich had been made within his hearing p
te could given very fair reason why that
esolution had been voted down. ' ^
[Cries of *?Give it"?"give it"?"let us
lavo it."] (
II? T\ ?* 1 *i ? _l_l
mr. w. saia ii u were proper lie coma
toon give it, for it had proceeded from an '
ild Whig Federalist.
[Calls to order, mixed with cries of i4Go ,
in."]
Mr. I). said he was not to be deterred '!
ly any noise or confusion which gentle. '
lien might choose to get up from giving '
lis views of this bill. It was an attempt '
to wqrk upon the better feelings of men ,
:o make them do wrong; but both honor <
ind policy should nlace men above all <
mch influence. When had such a proposition
ever l?cen heard of in any deliberat
veb ?dy? Wh a ad i /**r before I n as
jerted that because a man's expenses had
heen immense in getting into a public of.
ftcc, then fore $J5,000 must be granted to
his widow?
After much more such stuff. Mr. D. '
took his seat, and was replied to with
at rong expressions of indignaton by Messrs.
Lane and Wliite of Indiana, and Messrs.
Pendleton and Stokely of Ohio. He was
also replied to by different other members, j
shewing that the object of the bill wa9 to
reimburse expenses necessarily incurred ,
by Gen. H. in the circumstances in which
in his public services and private virtues
had induced the people of the country to
nlaprt him Thp (Tmnl nmrv>?jf>d in th
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bill was placed on the aim** footing with I
pensions given to the soldiers of the revo- :
lution and tha last war. The obligation i
of Congress to make the grant on toe
score of justice as well as gratitude was ,
strongly urged; and it was shown tha'
pub'ic feeling among all parties in all
parts of the country was in its favor.
The effect produced upou the feei ngof
the House by the remarks of Mr. D* an.
may be inferea from the fact, that in re. <
plv, personalities like the following were
used without the members using them he.
ing called to order: By Mr. Lane; '-He
now turned from the member and left him
and his speech to the infamoas immortal,
ity so richly merited by both."?By Mr.
White; " When he saw grey hairs, he
generally beheld them with reverence,
because lie was ready to think that each
was a momento of some honorable or virtuous
deed in a well spent life; but when
the influence of a hoary head was brought
bet as a pander to party infamy he lost
his respect for age itself in ihs eont?mpt he
felt in witnessing i!s prostitution"
On the next day M:. Dean obtained
the floor to reply. He denied that he had
said any thmg disrespectful as to Gen.
Harrison. Mr. #Proffit said there had
been but on^ expression from all parties
as to the clmiacter of Mr. D.'s speech,
and that was that it was an attack on Gen.
Harrison. Mr. D. again disclaimed any
such intention. Jfr. Protfit asked if he
had read the report of his remarks in the
National Intelligencer. Mr. D. Yes."
Mr. P. " [s it correct?" .Mr. D- i I do
Dot know." 3oine conversation followed,
savs the report in the Intelligencer"
and Mr. Dean was understood to say
that he took hack every thing that might
he supposed to he of the character indicated,
in relation to Gen. Harrison.
All this proves the strong feeling of
disapprobation with which he now perceived
his remarks had been received by
his own party. The
committee rose on the 17th without
a vote on the appropriation.
June 18!h. The House, after ?ome
other business again resolved itself into
Committee of the whole on the same hill.
Two or three members opposed the ap
propriation on the ground that Congress
has no power under the constitution to
make such grants of money. Mr. Young
ofN. Y. moved insert 850,000 nstead of
825,000. in the hill, and some one else
to insert 86.500. The former motion
was withdrawn and then the motion to
insert 825,000 prevailed. The Committee
then rose and renorted the bill to the
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House, when the amendment was agreed |
to and the bill passed bv a vote of 122 to
65.
Before this bill was taken up Mr. Adams
moved that the Chair ro-appoint the
standing Committees, on the ground thai
the resolution under which they had been
appointed was subsequently rescinded.
The motion was overruled as out of order.
Mr. A. then asked to be excused from
serving as Chairman of the committee on
Indian Affairs, and was excused.
We had prepared a further abstract of
the proceedings but have no room for it.
Nothing of importance has been done in
either house since our last except that the
hank lull reported by Mr. Clay in thv
Senate, after being printed, was made
ftjp ?rd??r nf tti? dav Pop Thnr^Hnv
when it was doubtless taken up for consideration.
FOREIGN.
The Columbia Steamship from Liver,
pool, on the 4th iost. arrived at Boston on
Wednesday evening, at half-past 10
o'clock in ar little over 12 days. She
brings our regular files of English papers
to the 4lh ant! Paris to the 5th.
PAKLlAtfUHTARY.
Nothing important has boen deno in
either house.
The opinion remains unchanged that
there will be a majority against ministers
and as an almost cerat:> consequence a
dissolution of the House of Commons.?
The popular excitement continued una*
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atel. i
The Hereford Jonrnal says: We leani
rom the beet authority that the dissoluion
of Parliament will take place about
he 12th of this month. The preclama*
ion is ready, and only waits the Queen'0
ignature. The new Parliament is tcf
neet on the 4th of August. We vtrust'' .
hat the conservates in this district will be
iilly on the alert, hut the remark is tl?
nost unnecessary, for the very best spirit
>revails ail through the county.
Henry A. W.Jh, Esq. passenger in the
yoluinbia. is bearer of important despatch*
s from the American Ambassador at the
2?urt oi St. Jaines.
The L <nd' hi Tunes of June 3d, states, that
t was understood tn Constantinople that al*
hough lue affair with .Vlehemenl Ali had noC
? en Oroiigh: to a coonis on, no danger exis*
ed of Uh ot*tng again diaturl>ed.
Ho ypt ?[(* .?m a 2d wat on of the London
ruues OI J joe 8 IJ? ur letters froth AleXindria
toti.H 2^1 urH state that the Pasha
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uu re ax o n.iMir g in ins prep-irai wu? wi
fence, il? h id sent lri adJitioii.il gun* to
Mre..jjr?ii il 1 iit-r l.? i: fur winch nh, hid
'iBi-eU in Miare witti the Fr ucli t^ineer,
li-iliae Uay, &c., on Iy>ui* Pudlippfc'i birth
Jy
Smuggling off Slavics.?There wei j
q me an excitement a few day* ago, in A
Apaiachicnia, in consequence of the ex.
porure < f a n< f.rious plan, to*inyggle away Nine |fl
four or slaves tx longing to me cbix-ns of
ih it place. The nlav?n were invited to gel ea
biiard of a certain vessel ill the bey. where it
wee promised their p 'wing.) to New York * boo Id
be paid by :< certain while nun. A free black,
i atewarJ or c ?ok on board of a veeiel in putt;
wan the ag?nt of com nunic Uion. The plan
was exp 8*d by one of the slave*, a girl aboui
12 ie ire of age, being carried by a lighter dowa
Lne buy, to llu wrong vessel, Uu applying en
board for paiwug ?, under the instruction given;
ihe Capiain pri'HUuied something to be wrong,
and hid her will hack at Iter owner* in town.
B -fore the i.fF.ir could b? investigated the other
v !?.?? I, with ihc d'wl tio ii*i? on board, was off
uiioor utiff iireotc f.r New York.
The whale ship Science has arrived at
Portl vid, Me., tfu-r a ihreeyeaf* cruise. Wtth
3.2JO barrels of oil, and 2.300 i .e. of whale*
bone.
The Secretary of the Treasury acknowled.
g< s the receipt of one honored dollars, encioin
mi anonymous I?*t or, poet marked New
York, June 9 The writer states the earne
tube *'.f<>r duties long due" The amount
hait been placed in the Treasury.
Our fatr correspondent Ttaha" is informed
that her cnthmuiiscat ion was in type (or last
week, hut nnga'lantly crowded out. Before
reading the proof for this wefk'e paper. We
found that the printer had made nousenie of
if, and then lost the copy. So he wae obliged
to distribute the type.
FOVHTtlOF JULY.
The committ e innonnee the following aria
gem mts for c-lobrating the approaehinij
an ni vers try of American I lepmdenee
That the 31 ho celebrated as the 4th.
, ORDER OF THE DAY.
A salutu will be* fired at duWti of d?y. At It)
o'clock a prorssion will he formed in front of
the Planter** M?* I, by theMarshall of the day,
and wi!| move under an escort of the Chemw
Light L.f.n ry to the Bjptiat Church, where
alter mu.ne and praytr, the Declaration of
Independence will lie r ad by Jno? H. Long
K*q. and an Oration w.ll be delivered by Alot
Uie/tr K-q. ,
OilDSR OF PROCESSION.
Chcraw Light Infantry !
Orator <$f Reader.
Clergy.
Committee of Arrangements: ,
Town Council; '
Citizens and Strangers.
ii Hi" u i ~ i~r r ) OfiiiiBWiE
MARRIED.
Af-trricd in Rockingham Richmond Cototjty
N C. on :!?? i n ning tii 2*<2d inatant Doct.
Ohr. Zuiorman of Columbia IS. C. to lire,
H inuah (rru n of this p'ace.
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DEATH.
D-parted fire lif at Choalerfield C. H. S.
C. on 2l*t J n* 1*41 Caroline Minerva, i
fan* child c? L H. AI?>o!?rook, aged six months
and twi-iv?- duy*
"F;itli'*r! I 6 I th so! m.i stroke
Woich IciAou my in ant', hca i.i doilh?
But yd i./tnec i?i t oih, I .o k,
K 'meniiiO'ifg w ha' my Saviour saith-"
(>\Vha glorious G d-hke, heavenly charm#
Beini'<? forth f.oin liis b uignmt face,
While flhiili-ig infant* m his arms,
Re'-eivM t)i?> soul-surviving grace!"
"F'Thi I the.a not t come o me,
For Ui3u. a ki gdoiQ 1 p ep?re;
My griice is bojiidlm* r\?:li an I frre,
Ami infant sou s receive a nil ?re."
44 Vlv Saviour! I obiy thy voho.
Myself and a'l I haw, art-thine!
Tie thin a to ex rcise acho.c n I
Toyiuld, ami to adore ara mine "
"'Pis love, Mia wisdom alt divine
Wi.i h g u'.ly pli* h the smarting rod;
O ma v I il to tine resign,
Be still, and know th t thou art God.* '
Chesterfield C. H. June 23d, 1841.
ARRIVED.
June 20th Steamer Oseola, Christian,
and B??at John Irwm with mere, to
A Blue, and others.
Departed 28th Steamer Oseola, Chris.
tian, for (iL-orge Town w ith Cotton merdc.
" NEW SUJIAEfll 3)31^
fl"ust received by Steam Bur Swan by
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J..ne 20ih T841 If 4
IltCIiOTtY SPHI.Vo ^ '
S tuated in tl?e County of Chatham NortV
C trot na, Eighteen mtlea Southwest Pittshor.
o t rli so well known tor Us tnedr.al vrtu-?a, if
now tn good repair, and the subscriber is rea? (
dy for ih?* recepti* n of Visiters. The propri?
dor thinks it wifcr ly unnecessary to add
words or certificates to recommend thf
water at ?be many cures which it has psur&, ^
/orrn?'d will sutficeiitly recommend toil valeds? '
the v rtue o; tli- water in many disease* pa*ticuiarly
dv?ncj*?i'\
rrn'm* jrm ?m td AV DA A D Yfc
A riR.V v* uvauvi
Ninety c nt? pw day; Fiv?? d?lt?T9 per .
week; Children ?n?l 8 rvanta half price.?
I Iowa fif.y cents pr day. Warm,cold, and.
Sh >w?r baths. Prepared at the ahortea*.
n??tice. * Wtt. BtrKN.
June 3U:b,lS4r. 33 ft.
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