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them by the Whig party. That polic; had been brought to the consideration o the country ihrough out a routes of nearly twelve Vears's duti'ton maintained with unexampled devotion and its principles were illustrate* the precepts and practice of the mos eminent and patriotic of our citixcns it cverv Pww% 1iv which th'*y were able t< address themselves to the intelligence o the Pecple* No one misnpprehendei these principles; they were identified wit! the labors of that great party whose tin paraded success was both the token ant lite reward of the general confidence ol the nation* They promised reform? 1st* In the restraint of Executive jwwer mid patronage; *4-1. In the wholesome regulation of the currency and the advancement of the interests of industry; and 3d. In the establishment of an econotnical administration of the finances. Tliev proposed toaccompish the firsl of these objects by limiting the service ol the President to a single term ; by forbid ding allollicers of the Government from C* interfering in elections; and by a volun. tary sclf.di nial, on the part of the Ciiie . Magistrate, in that exces>ive use of th? Veto |o\er which had recen'ly become so offensive to the country us an instru ment of party supremacy. 'I' ey hoped to aciieive their next ob. je'ct by the establishment of a Nationa Hank ; by an adjustment of the system ol duties upon a mod rate and permanent scale, adapted as nearly as practicable- tr the interest, and conformable with the views of. every portion of the Uuion ; by the establishment of a uniform sy stem ol bankruptcy ; and by the distribution oi the proceeds of the public lauds amongsl the States?a measure recommended nol only by consideration of justice to the Stales themselves, hut also by a sad experience of the embarrassment produced in the currency resulting from the ad'ministration of a fund of such variable amount as an item in the ordinary reventics ol the Government, The establish, ment of an economical administration of the financs* they expected. to attain by cutting down all useless offices: by en. forcing a strict accountability of the pub. lie agents; and, more conspicuously, by * making exact and adequate provision for the ascertainment and eventual liquidu. tton of that public debt which the past Administration had created bv permitting their expenditures to overrun their rc? . ccipfs, and which they had conceaicd from public observation by the easy device of repeated issues of Government notes, Tntfse were the prominent points to ' which the policy ofthe Whig party had been directed, and which constituted the great issues before the country in the re. cent Presidential election. We are aware lh.it our adversaries in that contest now deny these issues, founding their denial chiefly uj>o:i the fact that no formal manifesto was put forth to declare the terms upon which we insisted. We chose ra. titer to appeal to the widely-diffused know, ledge of our principles which had been impressed upon every man's mind in that 1 .~..u u :.t. iwir^ ui >cars gunc IIv ; wiui which one party had been identified, and of winch its vc.rv name was an exponent. It need not he said that, in a representation spread over a territory of such exlent as that comprehended by onr Union, and exhibiting interests so diversified, - what might be called the characteristic principles of the Whig party, throughout tiiis wide sphere, should be subject to occasional modifications, dependent upon local influences; and that it-was incumbent, therefore, upon the party to move . together in a spirit of mutual concession and accommodation of sectional differ, ences of opinion. It need not be told that, in the system of measures which we have enumerated, conflicting views ' might naturally exist between the Rcpresent ;vcs of distant portions of our Repub .and that only by the yielding of minor interest to the establishment of the general good, entire harmony was to he obtained in the action of Congress.? U'no n'jtnrol o kn nvnit/ktA^ t uii? n uo iifiiuicvi* a.iiu in lie c\|ieeiru."^" hut we felt a proud consciousness that in the putrotism of the party ah such difficulties would vanish, and that the demands of an enlarged welfare would he met and fulfilled, though the virtue of that * o spirit of compromise and forbearance, that liberal and comprehensive sentiments o! self-denial and concession, which r<s 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 grasp of death: too soon for the happines> of his country, but not loo soon to awn. :ken in our bosoms a deep and awful sense of the irreparable loss which wo have susrainea in tne deprivation or a great anc g'od man?not ton soon to convince us how long and how bitterly our country is -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 individua I, even at the moment of his selcc lion 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 'he current o his previous life and opinions. We onh knew him as one professing to be a mom berof the Whig party? and as seeking t< ^ identify himself with those great leaden of that party whose opinions and princi pics were deeply engraved in the mos conspicuous acts of our political history x v and were read and understood- by every f | citizen in the land. In this connection, t | where he had sought to be prominent, we i, j discerned what we conceived, and what ; doubtless he meant, 4o be a pledge of J faithful adherence to tho cardinal doct trines for which we straggled, and with p which the hopes of the country were in0 dissolubly hound up. We hoped to find fj consolation also in the fact that his acj f cession to the Presidency brought him into communion and intimate political 1 j fellowship with the chosen vanguard < f J j the Whig p?rty??the first selection made J by General Haruison of a Cabinet, dis1 | tinguished for its paramount ability, inte. j grity, and fidelity to the glorious cause in !' which we had conquered?-a Cabinet eini. nrnflv rrnwnprl wifh th? nnhlin rnnfi. ! ! " J . I . j denca, in whom all men tiustad as in the ., very embodiment of the principles of the i party to which they belonged : who were , | inseparably associated with its glory, and j in whose generous and honorable relation 11 to the President we had the security of I*: wise and prosperous counsels, and he the j pledge of a cooperation which should en. 1 nhle him to accomplish all that the nation 1 ; desired. These hopes were still further ' enlivened by the encouraging tone in ' I which the President referred, in his first address to the nation, to the "evergloriJ: nus example" afforded him by the Fathers of the great Republican school, and the i declaration of his determination to walk . in the path which they pointed out. I In the indulgence of these hopes, Conr 2ress entered upon its labors. By adopt, t! ing rules for the despatch of business con. II formable to the emergency of an extra i session, and in view of the great amount ' of legislation which the times required, we have been enabled to achieve all, and even more than all, that our constituents ; could have demanded nt our hands. The 1 leading and great measures of this session 1 i have been under discussion, in Congress j J; and out of it, for many years past, and j i little remained to bo said beyond a repeti- j I tition of former debates. There was j . nothing in the circumstances or position , . of either party in Congress to require, or , even to Justify* protracted discussions; and the majority, therefore, felt them selves entitled to give to the extra ses. j sion the character of a Congress of action f and decision, rather than one of debate; f I and we feel assured that in this effort we ! I I have done no more than respond to the I just expectations of the People. < First in urgency amongst the hills pass- I ed during the session, and that to which ; < i ihrt nnhlif rnmrrmrwl mnut irrmerativelV I I i f 7 ? "i j I ; j drew the notice of Congress, was he repeal of the sub Treasury Law. -Our I next care was the enactment of the Land Bill. This whs followed by an act con- j verting the Debt which tho preceding Ad- j ministration had entailed upon the coun- j try into a Loan of twelve millions of do|. i I?r?. which is limited for its redemption to j j a period of three years. Associated with < this measure was the Revenue Bill, rendered necessary not only as a provision towards the extinguishment of the loam hut also us indispensable for the supply of means to meet tho ordinary and necessary appropriations - of the year. The | Ban rapt Act, so earnestly and so long so* licited by a largo and meritorious class of our citizens, has been parsed under cir- I | cumstanccs which cannot but reflect the ! highest honor upon the Representatives I j of many sections of the country. As a t ; measure-standing alone, it might perhaps t j have been destined to a further delay; t ! hut being brought, as it was, into that c series of measures which were supposed t to embrace the scheme of relief which t i the nation at large required, it met from' j ! a whig Congress that support of which I ! the chief argument and highest value are i ; derived from the respect which every one t felt to be duo to a comprehensive poli. i I cy, whose scope should include every in- ( terest in the nation. It is a trial for the < benefit of the country, and remains to be i altered or improved, as the public wants \ may hereafter be found to require. The < ini|>ortarice, iu the present posture of our | affairs, of attending to the national do- i fences suggested the measures of estah- i jlishing a Home Squadron, of repairing i land arming the Fortifications, of pro. ? viding for the defence of the Lakes; and I of bringing the tuition at large iuto a state t of readiness against hostile aggression? J j in regard to which measures, as great I unanimity prevailed in Congress, we may j safely assure ourselves they will meet the } , undivided approbation of r> ir constituents throughout the whole Union. This rapid review, fellow-citizens, will j exhibit what we have done. What we j ' have failed to do remains to be told. : {Concluded on fourth Page.) J From the National Intelligence!*. J O : Messrs. Gales & Skaton : I deem it 11 proper to offer a public explanation of ' some of the reasons which led to my re. signation, on the 11th instant, of the * office of Secretary of the Navy, and, for ' that purpose, ask a small space in the 5 National Intelligencer. At the Cabinet meeting held on the ' 18th of August last, [the Attorney Gen. ' eral and the Postmaster General being j ' absent, [ the subject of an Exchange Bank, \ i or institution, was brought forward by the ! ' President himself, and was fully consid. 1 ered. Into the particulars of what passed 1 ' I do not propose now to enter. It will f ' be sufficient to say that it was then dis- i ' fiuctly stated and understood that such i ' an institution met the approbation of the < " President, and was deemed by him free of f ' constitutional objections; that he desired \ [if Congress should deein it necessary 10 ' act upon the subject during the session] < ' that su?h an institution should be adopted < by that body, and that the members of his i 1 Cabinet should aid in bringing about that 5 result ; and Messrs. Webster and Ewing " were specialiy requested by the President 1 te have a communication upon the subject with certain members of Congress. The i ' - ' - ' 1 1 5institution then spoken of was to be located in the District of Columbia; to be authorized to establish agencies in the States and Territories with power to deal in bills of exchange between the United States and foreign countries, sod bills of exchange drawn in another State or Territory and the exescise of this power was not to depend on any a*>a$iitr expressed,or; implied, of the States within which .such agencies might b* established. In consequence of what passed at this meeting, I saw such friends in Congress as I deemed it proper to approach, and urgcd upon them the passage of a bill toes, tablish such an institution, assuring them that I did not doubt it would, receive the approbation of the President. The bill was passed, as the Public know, and was met by the Veto. Now, if the President, after the meeting of the 18th August* had changed h s mind as to the constitutional (lower of Congress, *nd had come to doubt or deny what ho tod admitted in that meeting, [which is ,tii? 1 - e i-i- .l,. l.A I I most rovorume interpretation tnai unit w i put upon his conduct.] it waft, in my op* 1 inion, a plain duty on hi* part to have | made known to the gentlemen concerned this change of sentiment?to hive offered I thein an apology for the unpleasant situa- ' tion in which they were placed by bis a< gency?or, at least, to have |foftened, by i a full explanation .of his motives, bis' in. i tended Veto of a measure in promoting 4 the success of which fhey, at his request, had rendered their assistance; Hut this I the President did not do. Never, from I the moment of my leaving his house on tha 18th, did he open his lips to ine oil < the subject. It was only from the newspapers, from rumor, from hchrsay, I les.r- i ned that he had denied the constitutionality of the proposed institution, and had i made the mast solemn asseverations that he would never approve a measure which I I knew was suggested by himself, and which had been, at his own instance, in. < truduced into Congress. It was still in the President w j?<;.v?;r. by a proper statement f in tf?e mes."i!?*? containing his objections c to the bill, to Ik;/n supplied those omissions; ' and in some decree at least to have re; t paired his furrier neglect; but when that' paper came to be read, it was found that * so far from saying frankly that he once . favored and had been willing to sanction" t the hill, but had been led [4f such was the* p fact] by subsequent reflection to adopt ^ different views upon the subject, he treat- g ted the measure as one evidently inconlistent with his previously expressed opinions, and which it ought not to have been j supposed for a moment he could approve. Whether this conduct of the President is susceptible of just defence or reasonable e sxcuse it is not necessary now to inquire. a I have not heard, nor can I imagine auy v ground for either. Whether an explana- " tion of it has been offered to any orfe of: he gentlemen conceflMd I know*-not, p )ut none was at any-time offered to (be ; ind while I forbear to make theLrcmrtrks; r obvious anrd painful as they are, which", i lie transaction" * suggests, F declare a he conviction that this conduct. . >f the President, standing with- c >ut known defence, excuse, or explanation ;> instituted [if no other reasons had pxis- -J edj ample ground for a withdrawal from lis Cabinet without delay. It is scarcely necessary to say tfiat I lave not supposed, and do not now sup- * >ose, that a difference merely between Ji he President and his Cabinet, either as j< 0 the constitutionality or the expediency b >f a bank, necessarily interposes any ob- v dacle to a full cordial co operation be- n ween them in the general conduct of his d Administration ; and therefore deeply as , 1 regretted the veto of the first bill, I did lot feel myself at liberty to retire cji that iccounl from my situation. But the facts ittending the initiation and disapproval )f the last bill made a base totally differ- 0 jnt from that?one it is believed without e i parallel in the history of our Cabinets ; 0 iresent ing, to say noth ing more, a measure ;mhruced and then repudiated?efforts * irompted and then disowned?services * endore. and then treated with scorn or c icglect. Such a case required, h n my judgement, upon consid* ii jrationi, private. and public, that tl he official relations subsisting between h he President and myself should be immediate. t| y dissolved. ' , GEO. E. BADGER. . P Washington, Sept. 18, 1841. P ^ * EXTRACT OF A LETTKR FROM AW OFFICES IN FLOim** 41 In my last hurried note to you I men. . ioned having witnessed a scene here a "ew days before, which* in my humble ? udgenrient, put the famed story of Damvt " md Pythias quite in the shade. I will c low give you some of the particulars. b A party of Indians was recently djscoir. e jred by some of our troops, who succeed*J ji ii capturing three of their warriors; the tl - ? * - - ?-i! r it est ot tnc parry, consisting 01 mreo men, k tnd women and children, numbering in a ill about twenty, fled. The captives jj were brought to this place, where they were interrogated by the Colonel, (Colon* A Worth,) during which it was discov* jred that two of them had been concern* 0 y\ h killing nn?l burning a mail.rider 0 # me limn in Mr'di last. They were P old that, f?.r :'" s crue! act of theirs, they tvoui i he h tng in fifteen day?, unless P within that time the rest of their people e diould 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 ? they were committed to the guard; The \ ?i? ??? i:... j i [Hull uius sciii uui icuii Htu in live uuvs, 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 dramntizod thus: 8 Scene, an open court in front of the $ Gommanding Officer's quarters?Indians I1 are discovered seated under (hi trees, o 4". X rnionjjf thorn Holate Fxxiro, (Pythias,) on the grass, in the Indian posture*~-Talof * Hadjo, (Damon,) in chitim*, on a bench, hid head resting against the trunk of a tree, looking, towards the heavens, with a countenance indicative of resignation? c his mother and sister lying upon the grass a at his feet, the mother weeping at the fate ft which nw^ite her son?the Colonel and M other officers are discovered at a distance ri from the group of Indians. n Colonel to Holate Yirico.?Where are the rest of the people sent for? Holate.?They have separated and can. not be found. Your troops have scattered P them, and they have taken different a paths.* * 8 Colonel.?Know you not that, unless they are brought in, these men (pointing a to the prisoners) will be hung ? ( V panes, b The Indians disconsolate, but apparently resigned.) If I send you out for the peo. pie.- will you bring thern in, in time to save their lives ? . . . Holate.?They have gone off, and I . know not where to look for them. Like " iIia /ficrKl?ni>rl rlonr llmv hiVA florl llio presence of your troops. " Colonel.?Ipdian cfn find Indian. If they are not here in ten days, these men jy trill nurely die. . . ^ Hulatei--The track of the Indian is ^ covered ; lis path is hidden ? nnd cannot ^ tie found in ten suns. . Colonel to Talof.?Have you a wife ? " Tolof.?My wife and child are with the people. I wish them here, that I may take leave of them before I die. 01 Colonel*?Do you love your wife and ^ child? uj Talof?The dog is fond of its kind ; ind I love my own blood. Colonel.?Could yov. find the people that ti< ire out ? di Talof?They are scattered, and may lot be found. w Colonel.?Do you desire your free. . lorn? ' Talof.?I see the people going to and Vo, ii nd wish to be with them. I am tired >f my chains. ro Colonel.?If I release you, will yon irint; in the people within the time fixed 1 st< Talof.?You will not trust me. Yet I se rould try. tei Colonel.?If flolate Fixico will consent ^ o take your chains and be hung in your ^ dace .f you should not return, you may ^ ro. (A long pause. Talof continues hroughout the scene with his eyes fixed in the heavens?his mother and sister ^ low cast imploring looks towards Hoate, who, during the last few questions, Gi las struggled to maintain his composure, ni| Lw .1.. ? C LJ_ mi nuuiug. uj 11ic iiuuviiig ?ii ins urrusi zu trttl hi* gasping*, as though the rope th vtefe already about his neck, that he is ill pe t ease?all eyes are turned towards him ca ?he recovers, and, with the utmost coin, pa osure and firmness, replies?) bn Holatc.?I have no wife, or child, or otl pother. It is more fit that he should live ban Irr?I consent to'- take hhi chains,' nd abide his fate. Let him go. Colond.?Be it so. But do not de. nQ eive yourselves. SosurS as Tulof Hada brings not in the people within ten days ca folate dies the death of a dog. With the utmost solemnity the two In- B; liars were then marched to the armory, Br rhere the chains were transferred, and in Yc ifteen minutes after Talof was on his pi( r>urney. Yesterdav a messenger arrived ye ringing intelligence that Talof Ifadjo fas on his way in, with his people, and "iglit be expected here to-morrow or next * ' ay. ?h? There is more truth than poetry in the oregoing. And what makes it more renarkable, when compared with the story f Damon and Pythias, is, that in the ne case a strong and devoted friendship xisted between the parties, while in the ther there appears no such feeling, hut 1 he sacrifice offered by Holate arose from purely noble and disinterested motive; le(3 desire to save the life of one whom he ' onuidered of more consequence than ca ,. i f ' n it'l _ _i J . i._ i ? ^ M I irnseir. ryi.nian piacea iqe uimosi iann the n the. promise of his friend to return at SpC fie appointed time. The noble Holate ;ec ad ho such assurance given him. On w;| ie contraryf he well knew it was barely 2 rotable that Talof would return with his fra eople in time to save his life." g0, \ From the National Intelligencer. cor New York* Sept. 21. we The McLeod casei in anticipation of me ie trial on Monday next, is exciting a , reat deal of interest in the community, x>m the fact that a fever is brewing to PJ" hfl rente more excitement than could well e aroused without some extraordinary wc Sort to excite the public mind The wa iry is empannelled for the trial, and ten leir names published. All of them arc nown as good men and true, and ro prc ne doubts that the trial will be impnr- q0 ial. The evidence, however, it is prob- age ble from present appearances, will be A ? If ? f a very conflicting character. A Board I f Commission is now in session in Tor. Ra nto, Upper Canada, for the purpose of ha> roving an alibi. Others will endeavor hoc ) make good the charge that he was VVi resent upon the occasion, and seen to ab< nter the hoats at Chippewa on the night am ie "Caroline" was burnt. The trial ityoil excite great interest, and the town onl rill be crowdeo upon the occasion. The len oiinsel, as you know, are very able.? his Willis Hall for the State and Joshua 1 ly encer for the prisoner. Of local news, there is but a little stir. J ing in the city to-day. In fancy stocks, mo moderate business was done. The sale Wa f State stocks was large. . Flour for hipment to Liverpool to-day sold for1 _ Ifl S7 1.2. The recent news from Eng. i i4t.so far from improving pricey has e a ide t:.e market heavy* : ' <_ * p ^ ',,>v V/ CHERAW GAZETTE. WEDNESDAY,September 29, 1841 Ofthefe* cases of fever which have reently occurred in town, two or three were of decidedly congestive type We state the ict as a caution to those who may be attacked rith symptoms of fever,. to loose no time in esorting to proper treatment, A single day's eglect, or mismar\agtmr.nt may prove a fatal rror, as well as jn other respects, bad economy. On this latter poiilt. however, most ersons are competent to judge for, themselves; nd should they err the question is not one of fe or doath. Our country friends are not to inrer from the i .i al_ * _ _ _all ? mi uove mai me town is sicsiy. mere nas; ecn, and in, but little sickness. The New Cabinet. The Charleston Mercury states, on the uthopty 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 enrd from. Elections.?The state election in [uine has resulted in favor of the Dem. prats bv a large majority, The Whigs ad a small majority last vear. In New [ampsllire the Democratic majority is irger than last year. In Vermont the. | ^higs have the majority, but owing to. I iree candidates having been run for Gov. rnor, no one has a majority of votes for | i it office. The election will devolve ion the Legislature. The statement of Mr. Badger in relaan to the causes which led to the late ssolution of the President's Cabinet will i found in another column. It will he en that it fully corroborates Mr. Ewing's iteinent. Mr. Bell has hIso published statement of the facts which were | lown to himself, which for want of oni we must postpone till next week. John Sergeant, of Philadelphia; who K)d at the Head of trie House of Rcpre. ^ ntafives, for talents, weight of charac- f r, and usefulness, has resigned his seaf. ^ necessity of devoting his time exclu. r rely to his private business is said to be ! n b cause. tl The trial of McLcod was to take place ? is week. ,j The cars on the Georgi.i railroad, near |> reensborough, ran off the track, on the? v ght of the 15th making a plunge of about n i feet into a chasm caused by a wash in n e embankment. A passenger who bap. o ned to be at the time in the baggage r, was so scalded tln^t his life was des- n ired of. The engineer had a limb ? aken and a fireman was bruised. The ^ lier passengers esca[>ed unhurt. ^ New Agricultural Periodical. . " A prospectus has been issued for a a w periodical to be called "The Amerin Farmers' Companion, and New York ^ ate Agricultural Magazine." J. T. kilky, editor; Spooner 6c Co., of ooklyn, and Dayton 6c Saxon of Now i.i!?i? ? u )TK CIlJj |)UUU5iirrSi a u uc puuiioircu >nthly, the firat No. on the lat. of No. j' mber. j| Tho Prince dk Joinvillk, son of the <> ng of France, arrived in New York on j; i 20th. His intention is to make the v lr of the U. State's. e P In the progress of the English harvest fo i weather became so favorable that the t! leat sustained no great damage. t! u Sir Robert Peel is the head of the new ^ itisli Ministry, as was generally expec* a< I would be the case. te ?. . Ix The impression made on the British binet by the stand of Mr. Webster in > McLeod case will be seen in the CI sech of Lord Palmerston, on the sub. c{ t at the opening of Parliament, which II be found in another column. Here w i signal instance of the good resulting . (* iL . m placing in the department 01 ine r rernment which conducts its foreign fc respondencc, a man o( discretion, as re II as of superior intellect and attain, if nts. c * The river at Augusta rose 20 feet in w i night last week. The streers in rn imburg and some parts of Augusta in re covered to a considerable depth with th ter, but the damage was not very ex- O sivo. n< < wl Among the recent appointments by 'he L< jsident and Senate, was that of ex- m v. Butler of this state to be Indian of ?nt for the Cherokees. th wl Col. E. II. Winoatk, Cashier of the yc leigh branch of the Cape Fear Bank, re i resigned and David W. Stone has ab m appointed to succeed him. Col. wl ngate is a defaulter to the amount of he >ut $10,000; that is, hns used that ount of the hank's cash without author. ^ II? Karl nrnviouslv sustained not r? ..w , J , y an unblemished, but a most excel. t character. The loss will fall upon ^ 1 securities. ac Tiib Vkto Poweb. of \ public meeting was held in Balti. cc re, which delegated a committee to it on Mr. Clay in Washington to astain from him at what time he would ?' ive in Baltimore, that measures might f<f taken for "signalizing" his visit. The jCj nmittee addressed to Mr. Clay a high- wl ly complimentary letter, making the in. quiry directed by their constituent?, copy b<dow the reply of Mr. Clay, be* cause his opinions as to the course which the party with which he is connected! ought now to pursue, is looked to with in * tcrest by nil of efery party. . Washixoto*, 14th S*rr. If41. CxirrLSScn: In the rfiidat of proper*. tions for my departure to tny home, I havr reciered, by the bahds ofthier gentlenetir who have done me the honor to wait upon me, your obliging communication bearing date this day, transmitting a resolution ad# opted at a public meeting held in Bait?* more, yesterday, by which it is propose,i to distingnish my expected visit to that city by signal public demonstrations, & pray you gentlemen, and those who con# stituted that meeting, to accept my gtate# ful and respectful acknowledgements for this new and gratifying proof of attach* ment and confidence. I should embrace with pleasure the opportunity, of visiting your city at this time, but jaded as I aai by the arduous labors of the Session of Congress just closed, arid sharing, with the companions of my journey,'on eager anxiety to terminate it withofti delay, f regret that E must postponed'Visit to your yty to some future day. . 1 * If, gentlemen, all has not been accont* ilished at the late Session of Congress that the public interests demanded, more nuch more, has been, eifected than I an* icipated at its compicncpme.nt. If we have icen greatly disappointed in the failure of' 'cpeated attempts to establish a sound cur* ency, regulate exchanges, and separate; he purse from the sword,, what American* :itizon, what Whig will, on that accouot mrrender himself to the sentiments of an guoble dispnir? Who will not say that ive will persevere, with redoubled courage ^ intil every remaining ohject.of the gleri* >us revolution of November last shall be completely consummated? Shall we be dis* couraged because one man presumes to letup his individual :will .against the vilf of the nation? On the contrary, let is superadd to the previous duties which ve lay under to our cou.11try tijat plucking rom the Constitution this sign of arbitrary lower, the odious but absolute vesige oT oval pregative. Let us, by a suitable a. nendment totlhat instrument, declare that he Vetothat parent and fruit fulscotirce of II our public ills?shall itself he overruled y majorities in the Houses of Congress* lie would pursuadc us that it is harmta* eoause its office is preventive or conser* ativc!?as if a nation might not he an luch injured by the arrest of the anact* lent of good laws as by the promulgation f bad ones! I am. gentlemen, greatly deceived* otwithstanding the astounding develop. .t 'e .1 iIT I lenrs rcceniry inaae, <i " uig causo i not stronger than ever,it rwas. Res. ng, asit does. upon truth, and sound poliv, and enlightened patriotism, its volar, es must be false and faithless if it does ot gloriously triumph, notwithstanding ny teinpornty disappointment. Accept, gentlemen, assurance* of tho i^h regard and <st;eui of your friend nd obedient servant, H. CLAY. Messrs. Robert Gilmob, dec. dec. We copy the following ecfttorihl front be Boston Courier, a Whig paper devo 3d to the interest'of Mr. Webster, Ibr be purpose of shewing the present state f feeling in some quarters in New Eng. ind towards the members of the Cabinet dto have resigned. They themselvesXpressly say that a difference with tho resident on ihe bankquestion would not c n sufficient cause of resignation, and int they would not have resigned for lat cause; yet the censure of ihe Bos. >n Courier is based exclusively- .on thislleged motive, which they expressly din. row. Their true reasons are not adverd to at all. Why/ E very one knows sen use they could not he answered. From the Boston Courier. If the head of nn executive department innot perform the duties of Lis office, be- , luse the President docs not feet bound > consult him on a point in regard to hich the constitution has made the Present alone responsible, or be rrailse the resident, having consulted bird does not illow his advice,?ho certainly ought to sign, and the President would be Qnwise he did not promptly and cheerfully ac* ;pt the resignation. ; We are not among the number c/tfNMt ho think the country in a worse pfedicaent or beset with prospects more Alarm* g to the true patriot, in consequence of e resignations that have taken "place, f the gentlemen whom the President ha# >minated to the deserted departments, e know but little. Except' Judge Mc ean, none of them haare ever filled any ore important office than that of member ' (ka II (visa fvP Pai\Hu.ntati va. na tjf" B,v VI A%V|/I V9WIIHIII V V0) Uliv v? eir peculiar fitness for the offices to bicb they are nominated, the public liavo tt had no testimonials. But even is this spect they may perhaps compare favor* >ly with their predecessors?one of horn, at least, we believe had never been ard of beyond the boundaries of his oa* re state, till be was mentioned as a candate for the office which he has now signed. Another of the Great ResignI belonged to the Duff Green and N. P. allmadge school?fought like a blood' >und for jJackson and against Adamsid Clay, and probably would have deserd Harrison as he has Tyler, if thedeatla Harrison had not saved him from thoimmission of an act ol treachery* ? * i? ?* -t ...:n i* il. Whether JUCIgC Iiicjucan will icuto hiv nch of the Supreme Court for a seat in e new cabinet is rather doubtful, ffoan able man, and has manifested in va* >us important offices, a~ degree of polit. il and moral integrity, which is soine~ lat rare among politicians, an J which,