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thorn by the Whig party. That policy a bad been brought to the consideration of ic the country through out a contest < > <>f nearly twelve years'* dot a'ion, d maintained with unexampled devotion; if *tnd its {Manciples were illustrated; I 'he precepts and practice the most j * emiwwt and patriotic of our citixens in 1 every form 1?v which th<*y were able to c address themselves to tlie intelligence ofjc the Peebles \o nne misapprehended ' f these principle*; they were identified with , ^ the labors of that great party whose un- | ( paraded success was both the token and ; ^ the reward of the general confidence of! t Ihe nation. Tliey promised reform? j u 1st. In the restraint of Executive j v |>ou?r ?nd patronage; r ?' ' ...l?.. I.. rnnnUfifin nf (ho I rl ?<!. Ill WIO ? liwicaiitini < v. j .. currency and the advancement of the in., * terests of industry ; and j P 3d. In the establishment of an econo.; j mical administration of the finances. j1 Tiioy proposed toaccomp ish the first! * of these objects by limiting the service of! the President to a single term ; by forbid- j ^ ding all officers of the Government from o 1 c interfering in elections : and l?v a volun- ' " r tarv self-denial, on tlie part of tlie Ciiief j ^ . Magistrate, in that excessive use of thejj Veto | over which had rect-n'ly become j r sootf -nsive to the country us an instru- r , inent of p;?r:y supremacy. | <i T ey hoped toacheive their next o!i- i ject by the establishment of a National Hank ; by an adjustment of the system of " duties upon a mod-rate and permanent i1 scale, adapted as nearly as practicable- to j * the' interest, and conformable with the s views of every portion of the U.?ion ; by 0 the establishment of a uniform system of bankruptcy ; and by the distribution of e tlie proceeds of tbe public lands amongst' |, .1-- js ? ? ? i i i. uic owu???.1 uitinsurc rccumiiiriiui-u nm ; f only by consideration of justice to the j * States themselves, hut also by a sad ex-11 * v 'porience of the embarrassment produced , t ' - in the currency resulting from the ad-1 r ' ministration of a fund of such varkiblc!c amount as an item in the ordinary reven- j e lies-ofthe Government, The establish- j a incut of an economical administration of 8 *8 the finances they expected to attain by cutting dawn all useless offices: bv en a forcing a strict accountability ofthe pub- j j lie agents; and, more conspicuously, l?y j j( * making exact and adoquate provision for t the ascertainment and eventual liquida- le tion of that public debt which the past j t, Ac ministration had created hv permitting <1 their expenditures to overrun their re- p . . ceipts, and which they had concealed j n from public observation by the easy device ' ^ of repealed issues of Government notes. v Titfse were the prominent points to n ' which the policy ofthe Whig party had ; j1 been directed, and which constituted the 1 In great issues before the country in the re- j ^ cent Presidential election. We are aware j th.it our adversaries in that contest now ,, . J 1' deny these issues, founding their denial ^ chiefly Ujion the fact that no formal man. n if'tnio was put forth to declare the terms r upon which we insisted. We chose ra. j |j thter to appeal to the widely.dilfused know- li ledge of our principles which had been ' o impressed upon every man's mind in that! c long struggle of years gone by ; withj h which one party had been identified, and ? of which its very name was an exponent. ft rn^ed not he said that, in a represon- J1 tation spread over a territory of such ex- 1 tent as that comprehended by our Union, w and exhibiting interests so diversified, what might be called the characteristic j ' principles of the Whig party, throughout * this wide sphere, should be subject to oc-1 <*a?ional modifications, dependent upon|*J * ; local influences; and (hat it was incumbent, therefore, upon the party to move 0 . together in a spirit of mutual concession and accommodation of sectional differ, ences of opinion. It need not be told a that, in (he system of measures which " we have enumerated, conflicting views 1 ' might naturally exist between the Rcpre- . sentatives of distant portions of our Republic, and that only by (he yielding of 1 minor interest to the establishment of | a the general good, entire harmony was to v be obtained in the action of Congress.? 11 This was natural, and to be expected.? ? but we felt a proud consciousness that in j1 ho p.-t trot ism of the party all such diffi- 1 cullies would vanish, and that the de- 5 inands of an enlarged welfare would be 1 met nnd fulfilled, though the virtue of thai 1 spirit of compromise and forbearance, that liberal and comprehensive sentiments o:' * self-denial and concession, which rcs's at ' the.heart of our confederacy, and which constitutes the living principal of our union. Before the appointed day arrived or the meeting of Congress, and at the expiration of hut one short month from ^ the date of his inuguration, our beloved ? President was snatched from us by the s grasp of death: loo soon for the happiness ( of his country, but not too soon to awa- t ken in our bosoms a deep and awful sense ; of the irreparable loss which we have sustained in the deprivation of a great and j good man?not too soon to convince us ( i i 1 ? t? ,imw lung anu iiuw imitsny uui ihhiiiuj is j doomed to deplore this heavy misfortune. ( In this our calamity, we hoped tp find ] -consolation in the character and princi- , pies of him whom the Constitution had | designated to fill the office of the departed | chief. It is true, that towards that indi- ( vidua 1, even at the moment of his selec- , tion for the Vice Presidency, no very ear. ] nest public attention had been directed ; , and it is equally true that but a passing | regard was bestowed upon the current of , his previous life and opinions. We only | knew him as one professing to be a mem- | ber of the Whig party, and as seeking to < 0 identify himself with those great leaders , of that party whose opinions and princi- , pics were deeply engraved in the most | conspicuous 'acts of our political history, , ? nd were read and understood by every itizen in the land. In this connection, fhere he had sought to be prominent, we iscerned what we conceived, and what oubtless he meant, 4o be a pledge of iithful adherence to the cardinal doc^ rines for which we straggled, and with rhich the hopes of the country were inissolubly bound up. We hoped to find onsolation also in the fact that his ncession to the Presidency brought him ito communion and intimate political dlowship with the chosen vanguard < f le Whig party?the first selection made y General Harrison of a Cabinet, d?snguished for its paramount ability, into, rity, and fidelity to the glorious cause in diich we had conquered?a Cabinet einientlv crowned with the public confi. enee, in whom all men tiusted as in the ery embodiment of the principles of the arty to which they belonged : who were iscparably associated with its glory, and 1 whose generous and honorable relation I i the President we hud the security of i rise and prosperous counsels, and he the ledge of a co-operation which should enhie hitn to accomplish all that the nation esired. These hopes were still further nlivened by the encouraging tone in rhich the President referred, in his first ddress to the nation, to the "everglorius example" afforded him by the Fathers f the great Republican school, and the eclaration of his determination to walk 1 the path which they pointed out. In the indtilg nceof these hopes, Confess entered upon its labors. By adoptig rules for the despatch of business con>nnah!e to the emergency of an extra ?ssion, and in view of the great amount f legislation which the times required, re have been enabled to achieve all, and ven more than all, that our constituents ould have demanded at our hands. The Hiding and great measures of this session ave been under discussion, in Congress j nd out of it, for many years past, and j ttle remained to bo said beyond a repeti- j ition of former debates. There was othing in the circumstances or position f either pnrtv in Congress to require, or ven to justify, protracted discussions; nd the majority, therefore, felt them Ives entitled to give to the extra seson the character of a Congress of action j ud decision, rather than one of debate ; nd we feel assured that in this effort we j ave done no more than respond to the f ist expectations of the People. d First in urgency amongst the bills pass- t J rlii.*..wr lliu cmiriinn onrl that In which 8 i? public command most imperatively ' row the notice of Congress, was be re- ? eal of the sub Treasury Law. -Our ext care was the enactment of the Land i ill. This was followed by an act con- | e erting the Debt which the preceding Ad- j-I hnistration bad entailed upon the coun- I ? V into a Loan of twelve millions of dol. ; t r?. which is limited for its redemption to (t period of three years. Associated with | b us measure was the Revenue Bill, ren- j a Dred necessary not only as a provision c wards the extinguishment of the loan, t it also as indispensable for the supply of t leans to meet tho ordinary and necessa j o r appropriations of the year. The o an nipt Act, so earnestly and so long so- c utod by a largo and meritorious class f< * our citizens, has been parsed under cir- h instances which cannot but reflect the ghest honor u|mn the Representatives h many sections of the country. As a p ensure standing alone, it might perhaps tl ive been destined to a further delay; t< jt being brought, as it was, into that o tries of measures which were supposed e > embrace the scheme of relief which t te nation at large required, it met from I whig Congress that support of which j I te chief argument and highest value are r 3rivod from the respect which every one a ilt to be due to a comprehensive poli* a y, whose scope should include every in* c irest in the nation. It is a trial for the e nnefit of the country, and remains to he a Itered or improved, as the public wants p ihv hereafter be found to require. The e nportance, iu the present posture of our p ffiirs, of attending to the national de* r inces suggested the measures of estab* r shing a Home Squadron, of repairing i nd arming the Fortifications, of pro* e iding for the defence of the Lakes; and t f bringing the nation at large iuto a state t f readiness against hostile aggression? 1 i regard to which measures, as great nanimity prevailed in Congress, we may afelv assure ourselves they will meet the } ndivided approbation of our constituents hrnughout the whole Union. This rapid review, fellow.citizens, will j xhibit what we have done. What we j ave failed to do remains to be told. : /" 1-1-j ? r i'l \ J {Ksonciuattt un juuim * ^ i From the National Intelligencer. Messrs. Gales & Skaton : I deem it t roper to offer a public explanation of i ome of the reasons which led to my re- i ignation, on the 11th instant, of the t ffice of Secretary of the Navy, and, for i hat purpose, ask a small space in the i National Intelligencer. i At the Cabinet meeting held on the 8th of August last, [the Attorney Gen. < ral and the Postmaster General being !< hsent,[ the subject of an Exchange Bank, 12 ir institution, was brought forward by the 1 'resident himself, and was fully consid- < red. Into the particulars of what passed 1 tin not nroDose now to enter. It will t I? r # # e sufficient to say that it was then dis. i iuctly stated and understood that such I in institution met the approbation of the i 'resident, and was deemed by him free of i institutional objections; that he desired i if Congress should deem it necessary to I ict upon the subject during the session] < hat su?-h an institution should be adopted < ly that body, and that the members of his i Cabinet should aid in bringing about that esult ; and Messrs. Webster and Ewing vere specialiy requested by the President e have a communication.upon the subject vith certain members of Congress. The < nstitution then spoken of was to be loca* a :ed in the District of Columbia ; to beau* tl horir.ed to establish agencies in the States 1 ind Territories with power to-deal in bills h >f exchange between the United States ti md foreign countries, and bills of ex* c change drawn in another State or Tern* h :ory and the exescise of this power was a lot to depend on any assent, expressed ,or; w implied, of the States within which .auch o lgeneies.piight be established. \ fi in consequence of what passed at this meeting, I saw such friends in Congress tl is I deeinerl it proper to approach, and ur* jed upon them the passage of a bill to es. n ;ablish such an institution, assuring thein tl :hat I did not doubt it would, receive the, p ipprobntion of the President, The hill was passed, as the Public know, tl ind was mot by the Veto. Now, if the ti President, after the meeting of the 18th 'J \rigust-, had changed his mind as to the r< [institutional power ol Uongress, ana p ind come to doubt or deny what he had tl admitted in that meeting* [which is tin? most favorable interpretation that can be k Kit upon his conduct.] it was, in my op* tl nion, a plain duty on his part to have p made known to the gentlemen concerned ;his change of sentiment?to hare ottered tl hein an apology for the unpleasant situa- H ion in which they were placed by his a* jency?or, at least, to have fsoftened, by * i full explanation of his motives, bis' in* b ended Veto of a measure in promoting * he success of which they, at his request, lad rendered their assistance; But this tl he President did not do. Never, from ti :he moment of my leaving his houso on ' ths 18th, did he open his lips to me on ci the subject. It was only from the nows* capers, from rumor, from hearsay, I lear* a led that he had denied the constitution* ility of the proposed institution, and had ai made the mast solemn asseverations that le would never npprove a measure which n [ knew wassuggcfllud by himself, and ivhioh had been, at his own instance, in* d< reduced into Congress. It was still in the President power, bv n proper statement fr n tne ro.staining his objections ol o the bill, to ..v/*: supplied those omissions^ md in some cWroe at least to have re; bi O III* P.>r-r,i?- hilt U'llPtl fh?t' >aper came to he r?;;?d, it was found that w o far from saying frankly that he once uvored and had been willing to sanction" tc he hill, but had been led [if such was the" n| act] by subsequent reflection to adopt g, lifferent views upon the subject, he treat- t| ed the measure as one evidently inconistent with his previously expressed opinons, and which it ought not to-have been ^ upposed for a moment he could approve. Whether this conduct of the President ' s susceptible of just defence or reasonable e! ixcuse it is not necessary now to inquire. ai have not heard, nor can I imagine any jround for either. Whether an expluna." ?t ion of it has heen offered to any orfe of" he gentlemen concenwd I know*mot, p< ml none was at anytime offered to the ; md while I forbear to make theLr$marks; jyi bvious and painful as they are, whicH".^ lie transactioif suggests, T (declare a| he conviction thut this conduct. . f the President, standing with* c< ut known defence, excuse, or explanation ,. onstituted [if no other reasons had axis- ^ ed] ample ground for a withdrawal from is Cabinet without delay. It is scarcely necessary to say tfiat, I ? a ve not supposed, and do not now ,, sup- ^ ose, that a difference merely between ni he President and bis Cabinet, either as jr) 0 the constitutionality or tlio expediency bi f a bank, necessarily interposes any ob? w tacle to a full cordial co operation lie* rr woen them in the general conduct of his di Administration; and therefore deeply as , regretted the veto of the1 first bill, I did fc lot feel myself at liberty to retire on that fr ccount from my situation. But the facts ittending the initiation and disapproval if the last bill made a Case totally differ. 01 inffrom that?one it is believed without 63 1 parallel in the history of our Cabinets : 01 resenting, to say nothing more, s measure ^ imbruced and then repudiated?efforts * irompted and then disowned?services a enderd and then treated with scorn or c< leglect. Such a case required, hi n my judgement, upon consid* in iration9, private. and public, that th he official relations subsisting between h; he President and myself should be immediate. ^ rr ili(inlvii/l GEO. E. BADGER. P1 Washington, Sept. 18, 1841. I* t-? -? " extract of a LETT** from an OFFICE* IN FLOim** "In my last hurried note to you I men* J ioned having witnessed a scene here a 'cw days before, which* in my hunible JF udgement, put the famed story of Damn md Pythias quite in the shade. I will Cf low give you some of the particulars. I* A party of Indians was recently djscor- e( ;red by some of our troops, who succeeded ju it capturing three of their warriors; the th est of tho party, consisting of three men, ki ind women and children, numbering in ^ ill about twenty, fled. The captives jj vere brought to this place, where they a| vere interrogated by the Colonel, (Colon* | d Worth,) during which it was discov. ^ ired that two of thein had been concern2) in killing and burning a mail.rider 01 ionic limn in Ma-ch lust. They were P1 old that, f'-r r is criiv! act of theirs, they *c Evoiiii be h mg j^> fifteen days, unless P1 kvitbin that time the rest of their people ei should come in. Tney were then placed tl in chains, and were permitted to send out w the third man of their party, with a talk, w to bring in the re?t of their people, while c< they were committed to the guard; The y man thus sent out returned in five days, g bringing with him a warrior by the name of Holate Fixico and some women and children, among whom wore the mother and sister of one of the prisoners, whose a name is Talof Hadjo. The scene whieh 0 followed may be dramatized thus: 8' Scene, an open court in front of the 1 Commanding Officer's quarters?Indians (< are discovered.seated under (he trees, n 9*? 5aHB= mong 'hem Holatc Fixico, (Pythias.) on he grass, in the Indian posture? To/o/" ladjo, (Damon,) in chain.**, on a bench, is head renting against the trunk of a ree, looking towards the heavens, with a ountenance indicative of resignation? C( is mother and sister lying upon the grass a t his feet, the mother weeping at the fate fa rbich awaits her son?the Colonel and I w ther officers are discovered at a distance r( rorn the group of Indians. ni Colonel to Holale Fixico.?Where are f| fie rest of the people sent for ? Holale.?^They have separated and can. iot be found. Your troops hare scattered ** fiem, and they have taken different ai aths. lii Colonel.?Know you not that, unless fiey are brought in, these men (pointing a1 o the prisoners) will be hung ? ( V panes. b< 'he Indians disconsolate, but apparently esigned.) If I send you out for the peo. le. will you bring them in, in time to save heir lives ? . j Holale.?They have gone off, and I . now not where to look for them. Like 11 le frightened deer, they have fled at the c resencc of your troops. ^ Colonel.'? lodian can find Indian. If icy are not here in ten days, these men rill surely die. 0 Holate.?The track of the Indian is ^ overed ; his path is hidden ; nnd cannot j e found in ten suns. j. Colonel to Talof.?Have you n wife ? * Talof.?My wife and child are with le people. I wish them here, that I may ike leave of them before I die. ' Colonel.?Do you love your wife aod hild ? ju Talofdog is fond of its kind ; nd I love my own blood. Colonel.?Could you find the people that (j re out ? di Talof?They are scattered, and may jM ot be found. w Colonel.?Do you desire your free. t om ? Talof.?I see the people going to and ^ o, and wish to be with them. I am tired f my chains. rc Colonel.?If I release you, will you ring in the people within the time fixed ? Talof.?You will not trust me. Yet I ^ ould trv. te Colonel.?If Holate Fixico will consent ^ i take your chains and be hung in your lace .f you should not return, you may ^ n. (A long pause. Talof continues iroughout the scene with his eyes fixed n the heavens?his mother and sister ^ [>w cast imploring looks towards Hotc, who, during the last few questions, G is struggled to maintain his composure, ni * .1 i ; e I ? ni wincing, oy me neaving ui ms urvusi m td hiy gaspings, as though the rope tl ere already aliout his neck, that he is ill jm l ease?all eys are turned towards hirn ct -he recovers, and, with the utmost coin, p* autre and tirmness, replies?) hi Holaic,i.?I have no wife, or child, or o! Higher. It is more fit that he should live an Ir?*! consent to take hi# chains," nd abide his fate. Let him go. Co/orwrf.?Be it so. But do not de. ?ive yourselves. So sur3 as Tulof Had> brings not in the people within ten days C" [olate dies the death of a dog. With the utmost solemnity the two In- B ians were then marched to the armor}-, B here the chains were transferred, and in Y fteen minutes after Talof was on his m urney. Yesterdav a messenger arrived ringing intelligence that Talof Uadjo as on his way in, with his people, and ight be expected here to-morrow-or next ^ >y. . ; ;h There is more truth than poetry in the regoing. And what makes it more re. larkable, when compared with the story r Damon and Pvthias, is, that in the 1 ne case a strong and devoted friendship " (isted between the parties, while in the iher there appeurs no such feeling, hut le sacrifice offered by Holate arose from J purely noble and disinterested motive; te desire to save the life of one whom he m/iidered of more consequence than ? irnself. Pythias placed Uye utmost faith ^ i the. promise of his friend to return at Sp ie appointed time. The noble Hoiate jei id ho such assurance gi^en him. On Wl ie contrary, he well knew it was barely obable that Talof would return with his fr, ;ople in time to save his life." r,( \From the National Intelligencer. cc New York, Sept. 21. wi The jtfcLeod case, in anticipation of m ie trial on Afonday next, is exciting a reat deal of interest in the community, onr the fact that a fever is brewing to cate more excitement than could well s aroused without some extraordinary w< Fort to excite the public mind The Wl iry is empannelled for the trial, and te leir names published. All of them are nown as good men and true, and no ' p, ne doubts that the trial will be impar- q al. The evidence, however, it is prob- ao Me from present appearances, will be f a very conflicting character. A Board : Commission is now in session in Tor. R ito, Upper Canada, for the purpose or Ha roving an alibi. Others will endeavor he \ make good the charge that he was V\ resent upon the occasion, and seen to at nter the boats at Chippewa on the night ai ie "Caroline" was burnt. The trial ill excite great interest, and the town or ill be crowdec upon the occasion. The le aunsel, as you know, are very able.? hi Willis Hall for the State and Joshua pencer for the prisoner. ? Of local news, there is but a iittle stir. ,ng in the city to-day. In fancy stocks, m moderate business was done. The sale w f 8tate stocks was large. . Flour for cj fiipment to Liverpool to-day sold for ft| t0 S7 1.2. The recent news from Engtn.4t.so far from improving prices, has aade t:.e market hcayy* jf1 CHER AW GAZETTE. WEDNESDAY, September 29, 1841 Of the fe <v cases of fever which have re? ently occurred in town, two or three were of decidedly congestive type We state the ict as a caution to those who may be attacked ith symptoms of fever,. to loose no time in sorting to proper treatment. A single day's eglect, ?>r mismaT\agimtnl may prove a fatal rror, as well as in other respects, bad econmy. On this latter poirtt. however, most ersons arc competent to judge for.lhemsolves; nd should they err the question is not one of fe or death. Our country friends are not to infer from the bove that the town is sickly. There has eon, and is, but little sickness. The New Cabinet. The Charleston Mercury states, on the uthofity of a letter from Washington, lat all the gentlemen appointed to places i the new Cabinet have accepted, ex. cpt Judge McLean, who had not been eard from. Elections.?The state election in Iuine has resulted in favor of the Dem. crats bv a large majority, The Whigs ad a small majority last vcar. In New i lampshire the Democratic majority is irger than last year. In Vermont the Vhigs have the majority, but owing to. iree candidates having been run for Gov. rnor, no one has a majority of votes for | lit office. The election will devolve pon the Legislature. The statement of Mr. Badger in rela. on to the causes which led to the late issolution of the President's Cabinet will 3 found in another column. It will he >cn that it fully corroborates Mr. Ewing's ateinent. Mr. Bell has also published statement of the facts which were j nown to himself, which for want of >oni we must postpone till next week. John Sergeant, of Philadelphia; who ood at the Head of tne House of Reprentatives, for talents, weight of charac* r, and usefulness, has resigned his seat, necessity of devoting his time exclu. \ vely to his private business is said to be m ie cause. 1 The trial of McLcod was to take place j lis week. The cars on the Georgii railroad, near | rcenshorough, nin off the track, on the ' ight of the 15th making a plunge of about i ) feet into a chasm caused by a wash in i ie embankment. A passenger who hap. 1 >ned to be at the time in the baggage | >r ufa?tn Hralded that his life was des- I 1 | lired of. The engineer had a lirnh oken and a fireman was bruised. The her passengers escaped unhurt. Nrw Agricultural Periodical. . A prospectus has been issued for a jw periodical to be called "The Ameriin Farmers' Companion, and New York late Agricultural Magazine." J. T. ailky, editor; Spooner 6c Co., of rooklyn, and Dayton 6c Saxon of New ork city, publishers. To be published onthlv, the first No. on the 1st. of Noimber. , Tho Prince dk Joinvillk, son of the < ing of France, arrived in New York on j te 20th. His intention is to make the urof the U. States. ( ? ] In the progress of the English harvest | e weather became so favorable that the t heat sustained no great damage. I Sir Robert Peel is the head of the new i ritish Ministry, as was generally expec- < d would be the case. 1 The impression made on the British abinet by the stand of Mr. Webster in e McLeod case will be seen in the cech of Lord Palmerston, on the sub. ( ct at the opening of Parliament, which ^ ill be found in another column. . Here } a signal instance of the good resulting j >)m placing in the department of the ] jvernment which conducts its foreign | irrespondencc, a man o( discretion, as 1 ell as of superior intellect and attain* i ents. < The river at Augusta rose 20 feet in < ?e night last week. The streers in i amburg and some parts of Augusta i tire covered to a considerable depth with I iter, but the damage was not very ex* I nsivo. 1 * ? i Among the recent appointments by 'he J esident and Senate, was that of ex- t ov. Butler of this state to be Indian c ;ent for the Cherokees. t Col. E. II. Winuatk, Cashier of the j aleigh branch of the Cape Fear Bank, r is resigned and David W. Stone has f ien appointed to succeed him. Col. ' ringate is a defaulter to the amount of J >out $10,000; that is, has used that 1 nount of the hank's cash iciihotd author. 4 /. He had previously sustained not r ily an unblemished, but a most excel. J nt character. The loss will fall upon j s securities. c . The Veto Power. { A public meeting was held in Balti. ( ore, which delegated a committee to ait on Mr. Clay in Washington to as- 1 irtain from him at what time he would ! rive in Baltimore, that measures might 'l j taken for M signalizing" his visit. The j immittee addressed to Mr. Clay a high- \ % . * ly complimentary letter, making the iiquiry directed by their constituent?. W4pl copy below the reply of Mr. Clay, because his opinions as to the course which the party with which he ,is connected ought now to pursue, is looked to with interest by all of eiery party. . Wa8hittoto5, 14th S*pt. 1841. OxstLsnsii: In thi rtiidst of preparations for my departure to fnyjiofnc, I hirt reciered, by the bahds of thrar gentlemen* who have done me the honor to wait upon me, your obliging communication bearing date this day, trnn^nSitting a resolution adopted at a public meeting held in Baltimore yesterday, by which it is proposed to distingnish my expected visit to that city by signal public demonstrations. I pray you gentlemen, and those who constituted that meeting, to accept my grateful and respectful acknowledgements for this new and gratifying proof of attachment and confidence. I should embrace with pleasure the opportunity, of visiting your city at this time, but jaded as I am by the arduous labors of the Session of Congress just closed, and sharing, wit!* the companions of my journdy, on eeger anxiety to terminate it withohl delay. I regret that [ must postpone visit to your city to sorre future day. * If, gentlemen, all has not been accomplished at the late Session of Congreas that the public interests demanded, mora mnnh mr\ra hna linon oltuotail .Wan ? an. wvti| w?iv)Vivu ? ?*? i ??f* ticipnted at its commencement. If wehave keen greatly disappointed in the failure of' repeated attempts to establish a sound cur* rency, regulate exchanges, and separata the purse from the sword, what American' citizon, what Whig will, on that accouot surrender himself to the sentiments of an ignohie dispmr? Who will not say that we will persevere, with redoubled courage ^ until every remaining object.of the glen* ous revolution of November last shall be completely consummated? Shall we be dii* rouraged because one man presumes toset up his individual :will .against the will of the nation? On the contrary, let us superadd to the previous duties which we lay under to.our country that plucking from the Constitution thissign ofarbitrary power, the odious hut absolute vesige of royal pregative. Let us, by a suitable * mcodment totlhat instrument, declaro thai the Veto that parent nnd fruitful scourceof ill our public ills?shall itself bo overruled bv majorities in the Houses of Congress* The would pursunde us that it is harmlex# because its office is preventive or conservative!?as if a nation might not be ao much injured by the arrest of the anact* ment of good laws as by the promulgation of bad ones! I am, gentlemen, greatly deceived* notwithstanding the astounding developments recently made,, if the Whig cause s not stronger than ever,it .,was. Resling, nsit does, upon truth, nnd .sound po!?;v, and enlightened patriotism, its votaries must be false and faithless if it dot* sot gloriously triumph, notwithstanding my teinporaty disappointment. Accept, gentlemen,assurance* of the sigh regard nnd <sttem of your frieiHl tnd obedient servant, H. CLAY. Messrs. Robert Gilmob, dec. the* We copy the following editorial front the Hoston Courier, a Whig paper dovo ted to the interest'of Mr. Webster, for the purpose of shewing the present state of feeling in some quarters in Now Eng- ^ ian<l towards the members of the Cabinet who have resigned. They tho.rtwelveo expressly say that a difference with tho President on ihe hunk quest ion would not Ihj a sufficient cause of resignation, ami that they would not have fesigflcd for that cause; yet the censure of Abe Boa* ton Courier is based exclusively^ .on thisalleged motive, which they expressly din. ivow. Their true reasons are not adverted to at all. Why ? Every one knows lecnuse they could not be answered. From the Boston Courier. If the head of an executive department cannot perform the duties of his office, he* 9 muse the President does not feet bound o consult him on a point in regard to vhich the constitution has made the Pre#* dent alone responsible, or becatfoe the President, having consulted hinf doea not "ollow his advice,?ho certainly ought to -esign, and the President would be Oowiat f Ita flirt nnf nrnmritlv And rJuinfullv EC* ,,v r* ?r-v # ? :ept the resignation. ; We are not among the number c/thoee who think the country in a worse predict* nent or beset with prospects more Alarm* ng to the true patriot, in consequence of :he resignations that have taken "place. 3f the gentlemen whom the President ha# lominated to the deserted departments, ve know but little. Except' Judge Mc Lean, none of them have ever filled any nore important office than that of member >f the House of Representatives, and of heir peculiar fitness for the offices to vhich they are nominated, the public have ret had no testimonials. But even in this espect they may perhaps compare favor* tbly with their predecessors?one of vnoro, at least, weoeueve nau ucver uma. teard of beyond tho boundaries of his na* ire state, till he was mentioned as a can* lidate for the office which he has now esigned. Another of the Great Resigned belonged to the DnfT Green and N. P. FaUmadge school?fought like a blood' tound for Jack son and against Adams* tnd Clay, and probably would have deser* :ed Harrison as he has Tyler, if the death* if Harrison had not saved him from the:ommission of an act of treachery. Whether Judge McLean will leave thejfinch of the Supreme Court for a seat in he new cabinet is rather doubtful. Ho ? H ? "*> > n/J kaa manir.ufo^ in M. 0 ttll BUIV Ilia <! ami uag Ii?tmiv?iuw IH W?lous important offices, a. degree of polit. cat and moral integrity,-which if aoine* nrhat rare among politicians, ani which,