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Gen. r'lnitli and Mr. Llnyd relaleil lo TTianors of fact, stalcU in the report. The* question tleb.iled, in subtancc Tvns, whetlicr an aUom{>t should thcnhxi irade to settle the matter hy lua\ oi ■ whether fAe existing negotiation %\\a\x\^}i go on. This was the question debated, and the only one, in substance, that was de bated.—On this question it was gener ally understood that the friends of the .administration were inclined to settle the matter by a convention. General Smith, however, who professed a warm attachment to the administration thought otherwise ; and his long; practi- tical acquaintance with comniercial rpestions gave weight to his views.— The authority of Mr. Lloytl was no less strong on the other side, and the Senate f^enerally does not appear to have come lo a decidcil opinion on the matter. This ap])ears from the fact that the question of discharging the committee of commerce from the further consider ation of the subjcct was carried, without a division ; and in like manner a motion wliiph immediately followed, to recom mit the memorial to the coinmittee of finance, (of which Gen. Smith was chair man) prevailed without a division. The object of this recommitment was to enable Gen. Smith to bring the sub ject before theSenate, in the form ofabi!!. As far therefore as this was an expres sion of the opinion of the Senate, it was r.ot against, but in favour of accopti/ig the toi ms of the act of as then un derstood. I shall give you the history of this 'nill in my next. You have mistaken both its character and its fate, as I shall siiallshow you from the hill itself, and from Oen. Smith’s account of it, and iVom the Journals of the Senate. Meantime, be pleased to accept, Slc. AN AMEKICAN CITIZEN. From the Yeoman’s Gazette. THE PBjIsIDEIS’CY. Some observations were made in last Gaiurday’s paper, on the impropriety of givin}5 the Preoidency to a distinguished military commander, simply as a reward for splendid services. It was observed, that the Presidency was not a sinecure, Jike the patent offices in Europe, but that a great deal of laborious service was to be performed by the President. We initjlit have added that the office requir ed a thorough acquaintance with the law of nations and the law of the land, with the political history of the country, with "wiili all its foreign relations, and with all its internal interests, and the proper way to advance them. It is therefore plain, that to say that General Andrew Jackson gained the bat tle of New Orleans, is not giving a good jeason w hy he ought to be President. Even if it were allowed, that the Presi dency (instead of being an arduous oflice, which required preparalion and qualifiea- iion) was nothing but a compliment to be paid a brilliant and successful comman der j is it quite certain that Gen. Jack son would be entitled lo it ?. Were Com* modore Perry alive, or Com. M’Don- ough, we should say that either of them had as fan- a tide to this honor as Gen. Jackson. Had Commodore M’Donough been defeated, the consequences to this part of the country would have been quite as disastrous as the conse-. '^juences of the capturc of Nenr Or leans would have been. But Perry and M’Donough are no more; they have gone, we trust, to a better reward than that of being appointed to an oflice w hich rciilicr was qualified to fill. There is, however, still surviving a gallant oflkcr of the la»t war, who pei- forined :’.n achievement, which, for its time, and for the effect it had on the pub- . lie I'et-ling, both in Europe and America, ivas certainly cif as much iuijjortance as the victory ol (jcmi. Jackson ; we mean Capt. Isayc Hull, in signalizing him, yve iritetid no iiijus’acc lo the memory of Decatur, or to the fame of Bain- bridge, Stewart, and the other skilful and gallant con»mandeis of our little navy, Capt. Hull, at a nion)ent when the charm of British naval superiority was triljiokcn ; wlien the Biitish navy, swel led wiih the spoils of ev*,ry I’liropoaii muritie, rode li i;^n:phaiit i.n i very st u ; when even in our ccunlry the public si-n- tinient was very much cliviutd on this subject of naval defence, and its best iVirndsentertained no beiicf that wt could cope with the nd\yof llii^Mund j Capt. Hull, al tliii moment, came in’.o pui’t in the CoristitLlion, v. ith the glail tidings, that lie had in a very sliort t;pat c of time, captured and s’.iu. u Jiriti'ih frigate, vhich liad been (■'>.’[ircisly svkctcd to go end take the CGn:iiituiion. Wliat woul 1 hr.ve been the e.'T'ect on t!ir [>ublic mind had Capt. JIuIi’s skill or Cfjuiage failed him ; had tiie Constitu tion been capturcd ? What was t!ic eftect o:i Eurofje and America, (.n o'lr other naval c( iiiinatiflcrs, on the councili of the na- imii. ui rt-fertnce to naval dctrnce, of that viLiofyr' WillioAjt the least wish to do idjiisutc to (ien. Jaclison, he did ail tli«: (i.nc b\' a b;'av(' aLk ,it liccrtauii) fair to say tliai Caj)!. llnll’s service was more inr>portant. Cien Jackaon’s service! was tnorc limited to the preservation ol | the City of New Orleans, from the hor- XutrUtf.rKCC. CULONUL THADK. The Troy (N. V.) Seniinel, contains .O. S or capture-no do,iI,t an immense Ifollowi|,s tonrci vievj-b m n-lat u.. .o • ' the so much talked ol Colonial trade. “ 'i'hc; :; is nothing which the Opposi tion have mr»'iC a matter of complaint a- boon, to be most thankfully and honoi a- l>ly acknowledged. But the treaty of peace was already negotiated and siirned, , , , • ■ i . u indun ifi «ay lo Washi„Kto„, and A.lmni.str.aion, wbicn tbty this treaty all plac war on either side s«|U..|4lly, liad llie Urilisircantural New | «'■“ Orleans, they ii.ust have al,andun.vn,. 1 mifihc h.ve been ilie i-esuU lial if Capt. Hull had been defeated, at; ^ I'l^me conid, th sli lions thenibelves, with a kind of sunersiitioiis, , , , . d • , love, ha,I bee,, v„. ,t..d ; if she had I.eeu | losl-v.hereav>yhen tl,e lUm.h W. if she had I ports were all ot them open, only one ^I?,! fivl. I have treated more unfairly than the sub cc^cuptuiccidunn^tlicj. i i* i wr *» N vve.e given up. Con-'J”.' . Urilisl, captured New '■’ade, a.,c. St have abatiduned it. 1 "'''^•‘••ver in.fihc h.ve been tlie resuh .11 had been defeated, at; >“!;«'• I'l^me could, ll.e opening of the war, if our good ,!d; ship, Ihe Constitution, to which VbeaflVc 11'' 'l>= conduct ot our executive. I he lions of the people have justly attached ' opposil.on papers uniformly speak of I-...I tiic \vtij: India trade as it the whole Frr.ni the The r,ebidtul of l/te United States.—^' Let the tree be judged by the fruit.” The rupturovs ap])lause with which this toast was drunk at the Dinner given to Mr. Clay in Pittsburg, perfectly astpnished ihe very company that drank and ap plauded it. l our long, loud and univer sal cheers followed its announcement. The eflect produced was indescribable— no one had before believed that John Quincy Adams had become so decidedly the people’s candidate.—Every man gaii- ed for a moment at those around him as if to ask, and do you too think as I do ? The conjectures and speculative calcula tions of Mr. Adams’ most sanguine friends, fell far, far short of what'this un equivocal and general burst of approba tion has perfecily demonstrated. If such was the astonishment of our own citizens sunk like the Ciuerriere; or ,, , c m- come craven back into our harbors llyiiig exports to t)ie \V ebt demonstration, w-hat must be the before the foe ; or if she had-bcer. ca.rried I over to Ent;land, with the ro>al Ccorije ! hoisted over liie stars and stripes, we u- i inent, this little remainder, this one sev- Vf f V a MAIM U » • « I,/V. * »1 W 44 « , . I . ,'OW it as our serious conviction, that the «n'PW“'-''ely so untmportaitt. eli'ect would have been in->re cabn-.ituus I“'1 V'',' >l than the capture of New-Orlcans. Captain Hull then, is belter eniiiled to the Presidency, than C»en. Jackson is, on the very groui.d on which his frierids ex clusively place Iiis pretensions. fJeuc- cnrdtmjhj noniinn/c him a.^ President; we call on all men who regard the Presiden tial office merely as a reward, to give him their votes. We depend on the support of (ien. Jackson's fiiends. They cannot be true lo their principles, unles»s they unite to elevate Captain Hull to the first office in the nation’s gift. What are ihe objections to him } We are willing to argne the subject fairly, and we have it luckily in our power to rect trade, and the British themselves arc the chief if, not the onlv sufferers surprise of others? Who could two months ago have believed it within the range of probability, that at a Public Dinner to Henry Clay, in the cilyof Fitfi- hurgy more than seven hundredpcrscm would express such enthusiastic ai)j)robation of John Quincy Adams. That almost the CHARXOTTB: TUESDAY, M L\ 17, 182?. Irom the restrictions upon the intercourse . ^ v,odv of our citizens would declare they have thought proper to impose. It ! n,,. administration by its Jicts,” that they juage the tree by its is admitted, on all hands, that we shall continue to supply those Islands as here tofore—the trade will be continued by way of the neutral ports—and under these circumstances the expense of the circui tous transportation must fall on the con sumer, and not the seller, on the West India planters, and not on the grain grow- ri s of the United States.” Ilarrisbur," Concentinn.—Th*i approach ing Manufacturing Convention at Har give an all-sufficient answ-er to every pos-1assembles on the 30ih sible objection that can be raised. I more and t;nore atten- Isii objected that Captain Hull is a i‘on in the Northern States. New Hamp Northern man? \’\’c answer—he sunk the tiuerricre. Is it objected that Captain Hull is a federalist ? We reply, he sunk the Guer- riere. shire and Massachusetts have already moved in it—meetings for the purpose of selecting deputies, took place at Wil mington, Delaware, and at Rutland, Ver- ( mbnt, on the 27th June—on the 29th, at s it objected that Capt. Hull, though 27th, al Balti- ighly respectable citizen, has not that .‘"“V Pittsburg. In ad dition, a meeting is called at Albany, on a h pre-eminent talent, which ought to belong to a President of the United States ? To this we have the very sufiicient answer ready—that Captain Hull sunk the Guer- riere. Is it objected that Captain Hull has passed his life in the naval service of the country, has been much of his time on salt water, and is consequently not at home in the routine of civii duties ? This objection really amounts to nothing, when you consider he sunk the Guer- riere. Is it doubted whether Captain Hull is sufhciently acquainted with the past his tory and present state of our foreign re lations f This can be no objection, when you reilect that he sunk the Guerriere. Is it uncertain, whether Captain Hull could, with credit to the country, admin ister the various complicated duties of his ofl'iee ? What matters that, when a man has sunk the Guerriere. Is it maintained, that Bainbridge, and Stewart, and Jones, and Morris, are also gallant, skilful and successful meti i Aye, but they did not sink the Guerriere. Hull did, and he shall be the President, and Morris shall be VMce President, for he was first Lieutenant of the Constitu tion. In a word, conjure up as many objec tions as you please against Hull,supj)ose him a bad man, instead of a good one, a citizen of low repute instead of being a man of honor and integriiyfancy him, if you will, feeble, incompetent, and irres olute ; or head strong and rash ; or mo rose Ec unaccommodating; make him what you will, there remains the great answer, all-sufficient and irresistible—he sunk the Guprriere. We should be glad to be informed wherein his pretensions are inferior to (ieneral Jackson’s. Has he less nerve, less conduct, less talent, less character." Wt* sincerely think not ; although hear tily disposed to accord to Gen. .fackson all that his intelligent friends claim for him. We simply believe this : that, but for the victory of New Orleans, gained f’f- leen days after the close of the war, Gen. Jackson would never have been named us President. We believe that the capture and de struction of the Guerriere, at the open- inj^of the war, was, under all the circum stances, as br.Iluint an exploit as General Jackson’s, and one more ini|)ortatU to the people, than the victory of New Orleans, 'i'he consequence is, that Captain Isaac Hull has a prior claim to the Presidency. It is staled in the New York Times, thut the London Ji'urnul of .Iris, for May, just received, informs its readers that the “American Canal,” which connect.s Lake Liie with Hudson River is now completed, :jnd has been lately open for the purpose of navigation ; that lake E- rie lies between ihe Atlantic Ocean and the Gull ol Mexico, that the Canal was con structed as a means of couimunication be'Vreeii the two seas I Saru' Froid.—Tic .Marechall de Faber, at a siege, was pointj.ng out a particular place wall lus fmgerl'as he spoke a mus ket ball curried oil'his linger. Instantly stretching out anc!' c;’ }'.e ;o.nt'.!\v.ed liis the 10th inst.—at Poukeepsie, at Utica and Argyle, county towns—preparatory to a State Convention. The whole wes tern j)art of that State is unanimous for a protecting tariff. The assemblage at ilarrisburg, will probably be great, and exhibit much talent. The object of their assemblage is calculated to arrest the at tention of the whole Union. Mr. Giles has set a stone rolling by his abstract and metaphysical legislation, which it will require mor«- than abstrac tions and metaphysics to slop. Tlie re coil of his resolutions was foreseen and fruit,” and find it sound in both trunk and branches. A letter writer at Waihington, Penn sylvania, to a gentleman of Washington city, says, “ The most violent Jackson- ians in this part of the State have drop ped him.” This the moderate ones have done long ago in most other States. In boring for water in New Jersey, at the depth of 185] feet, the contents of the auger indicated marine shells, wood pe trifactions, Sec. The whole distance was marked with similar appearance, strata of clays, quicksands, and wood and shells: The sands only furnishing wa ter. We believe a groat part of Jersey is distinguished by similar strata. The Pottsville (l*a.) Journal notices the discovery lately oi thirty fuur beds of coal, of from three to six feet in thick ness, occurring at a distance from one another of from fifty to u hundred yards, beginning from the south boundat y of the Sharp Mountain. There is every reason to believe ihat the whole of that region contains coal beds, in almost every part that can be designed. W'ar.—The holy war lasted one hun dred and ninety years ; the costliest that ever was, both for lime, blood and mo ney. No conflict is so fierce and cruel foretold. The thunders of the Richmond 1 religion animates the war, and Vatican are no longer heard with respect. • piety to be irreconcilable The denial of the conaiitutioruliiy of a ^ tariff, the second act pa.ssed untler ihe Con.’iiilulion of ’a9, and never before de nied by the most wire drawn and hair splitting expounders of the Consiituiion, has alarmed not only the entire manufac turing interest, but all who have the in tegrity of the Union at heart. Protec tion to the rights of the States is not so much seen in it, as hostility to the rights of the General Government—rights e- (fually esseniitti as those of the States, to the preservation of the Constitutional bal ance.—Men cannot but ask themselves why none of these complaints of the po .v- er and oppression of the General Ciove:’n- ment, were heard under Jefierson and Madison ? Were not the same measures of roads and the tariff then prosecuted : Did not Mr. Giles c//V/ow/i'} lend them their sanction ? Was not the Con stitution then, what it is now ? All the'^e questions must be answered affirmatively. What then is the reason of the present dissatisfaction ? A norihern i-nstead of a southern man is President. Mr. Giles is the sire of the Harrisburg Convention. Richmo.id IVhi)^. il/r. Clay.—^V’e leurn that the Secreta ry of State has been received wiih the greatest cordiality in Pennsylvania, on his way to the \Vest, and that aboui 6 30 persons were present at the dinner given him on Wednesday last, at Piit.shurg. It is stated by a gentleman just from there, that the arrival of no individual, Lafayette excepted, had excited so much interest among all classes as that of Mr. Clay. Previous to the dinner, this great cham- p, • , - pion of Home Industry visited the vari- ^ baptism, by immersion, was pei formed ous manufacturing establishments at iSunday last, when twenty^ive indi- Pinch ins Potato Blossoms.—Tfhas been found by actual experiment in En gland, that the crops of Potatoes are in creased and the roots of a better quality, when the blossoms are pinched off. roRSTMourii, (va.) June 2G. ’ We arc not among those who conceive a miscellaneous newspaper, a proper ve hicle I'or the dissemination of theologi cal speculations—we do not think that religion, poliiics and anrcdotsc, kc. are ap propriate subjects to be mingled in com mon together. We, however, feel it a duty to inform those of our friends at a distance, who are interested in the sub ject ol moral reform, and in the j)ractical success of the Gospel, that there is a de gree cf religious excitement at this mo ment in I’ortsmouih, which beggars de scription, and is, within the recollection ol the oldest inhabilanis, entirely unpre cedented here. This exciteinent is not confined to any particular denomination here—nor to age, sex, nor condition. 'I'he aged and the youth, the rich and the poor, male and female, are nightly prostrate at the foot of the altars of our churches, presenting a spectacle truly impressive and affecting to the most re lentless, Nor are these devotional ex ercises confined to the churches—the dwelling houses of our citizens, with a few exceptions, are appropriated to pur poses of religious worship; and the whole town presents the impressive aspect of a religious camp. The very interesting and solemn rite The 51st anniversary of American h dependence was celebrated in this plac*. by the citizens of Charlotte and its vicirf ity. At 12 o’clock, a procession war formed, and, escorted by the Lafjyttl,' Artillery, proceeded to the Presbyteria,s Church, where the services of the da were commenced by a fervent address to the Throne-of Gracc by the Rev. Thos Cottrell ; the Declaration of Indepcn dence, preceded by some appropriate re marks, was then read by Mr. Benjamin Cottrell, after which, a ciiaste undelo. quent address was delivered by Hug(i |Meenan, Esq. The exercises at tie church were then closed with a bencdic tion from the Rev. Mr. Cottrell. At 2 o’clock, a respectable number u-; eitizens, among whom were several rev olutionary soldiers, sat down to a sump tuous dinner prepared by Mr. Watson at which William Davidson, Esq. presi ded, assisted by James Dinkins, Esq After the cloth was removed, the fullow. ing toasts were drunk,* accompanied by discharges of caanon :— 1. 'fhc deed we cc/eira/s—May it excite to do well, rather than to talk well. 2. (iiorge n ashlngton—Thii sun which wu the first to salute our parents in the garden ot* Eden, which has witnessed the rise and fall oi' empires, which has seen kingdoms crumblint; into dubt and dynasties forgotten, has seldom if ever shown on ;i character ia whom so many cxcell*"ncles were combined. 3. The p triots and heroes of 76—Their im* mortal achievements claim our unbounded jjrat. ' itudc. 4. 'rhc memory of those who composetl tho delcpition which met in this place, May Juth, 1775—Dear to all the friends of liberty, but douhly so to us their sons. 5. The President of the United States. 6. Cien. Andrew Jackson. 7. The Hfh January^ 181i—A day never lobs forg’otten hy Americans ; for it was on that day that the British Lion crouched to the Aniericaa Eagle, and Wellington's invincibles fled btloiti the gallant sons of the west. 8. Agricuhurc, Ccnimerce and Manufactures —The three great pillars of our national prc.- perity. 9. The Union—The Ark of our Safety—Mr/ the hisses of scorn, and the curses of liatrtu, follow the wretch who would lay unholy luuili on it. 10. The Amr.rifn'h Navy—The idea cf Bri'^h supremacy on the seas no long-cr exists; ihiit theory descended with the flug of the Gur riere. 11. Public Men—Impartial lnvesti;;atlon r\ their official acts, our ri/rht and their iluf. 12. The memory of Jefferson and AdaiDS. 13. Woman—Heaven's last best gift. Piltsburg and the vicinity, aiul*was greet ed with the greatest ei.ihhsiaMn by all friends to the “ American System,” who had {locked in Irom all parts of the sur rounding country, and from great dis tances. I'he changes in favour of the vidualsol both sexes were baptized. V»’e pretend not to give a description of the imj)ressive scene now t xibitiiig in our town, for which we are entirely in competent. We may venture, however, to alhrm, that it is one, the exhibition of occurrencet National Administration were astonish-! cannot be rankeil among ordinary ^ inijly great, and the dcterminaiion to 1 suppoi t the Government was s;>rcading far and wide. A public n.eeiing had been held, ami delegates were choscn lo attend the contemplated Convention at Harrisburg. As soon as the oRicial pro ceedings com - lo hand, we shall liasten to lay them before our readers.—Balt. Pal. {^PaUudium [The uncommon revival of Religion> atul number of converts to the holy cause ol the Gospel, is not confined ^o our sister town of Porlsmouih. In Norfolk, the city of Williamsburgh, Isle of Wight, York, Surry, and the adjacent counties, there has been recently the most extraordinary demonstration, tiiHt the spirit of grace is actively engaged in reclaiming degener- , - ill*: «nan from the evil of Ins ways. We k'tters Irom New-^ o; .;, m whic!, it is | have heard of many, late in the bonds of stated, that Mr. Crawlord wnl be a|ini|Uity, who have laid hold on the candidate at the next elccl.on lor the j irromises of the gospel and bid fair to i rcsiden(.y, and his Incnds think, with hecome sli’.ning lights in tiic Church the best pros.u-^‘ s.r^-r , Such Intelligence must be j^^rateful "TU In a supplement to the London Times, May l.'J, it is saidlhey have read [•: OMMIXICATED.] The Anniversary of American Inclt' pendence was celebrated at the house V Wm. p. SruiNGs, by a large and respect able number of the citizens of Mecklon- burg. The Declaration of Indcpendcncc, prefaced by a few pertinenl remarks, was read by Col. Thos. G. Polk ; after which, an eloquent and highly animated address was delivered by the Rev. Samuel \\ ill- iamson. The company then sat down to a sumptuous dinner, at which two re volutionary patriots presided, Maj. Thos. Alexander, assisted by Isaac Alexander The following toasts were then drunk : KEGULAU TOASTS. 1. Tht Day xve akhrate— Shall tvTants t-nslave us, countrymen f No, 'I'heir heads to the sword shall be given; Let a dcath-bed repentance await the p.ouJ foe. And his tilood be an offering to heaven. 2. The President of the United States, anii Heads of Departments. Jyaahiii^'fon, tkf. Father of his Ccmntry^W'' has left us, not indeed his mantle of inspiratioi;. but a name and an example—a name vvlii^Ii i^ our pride, and an example which wdl continue to be ouv sliiel'l and our strength. 4. General Andrew Jackson The Hero ot Ncw-Orleans. 5. 'I'he Patriots >f ’76— Oh ! if there Ke (jn this earthly .«!phcrr, A boon, an od'crinf,^ heaven holds dear, ’jris the last liliation liberty lraws, From the heart that bleeds untl breaks in lic.' cause. 0. The Murijiiiji Lufaydte—The great cham pion of lil)erty. 7. IVdliv^fr.n, Peel (tad Tldo/}-~^\ >y tlieyb'* foundered on tlie betf (f t)lil I'.K'Hand, and horned to death by the biilN of Ireland. H. The .iuuriran ^’avy—Otir I'nde and Saff ■ ty—may it receive the lo.^lering c;ire of cvxr/ enlightened statesman. 9. 7'hi 20th of May, 1775—A day ever to hr commemorated by the citi/t-ns of .Mft klenburg. as ijiving the firxi inipuhc to the hall of the ru vohitlon. 10. State Rif^hts—May they be ronr>i(Ur the noli me taui'cre of our goveriinunt. J!. (J^r IS'dtional and tiititc Lpi'htor.^-^y^ honor those w hose virtui- and t:4li. iits adorn tiu ' oflici', and not those whose otHce i^thfir hono . 1*. Tht .Jgriailiurul Intcrfd—The in;iin Jt '■ lar in the j;;reat social .'slructure. 1-3. The Pcinale 6'cx— rt nude hearts are such a genial soil For kinilt-r fcelinR'. wh;itso’er their n.it O'’, 'I'liey ^’enerally pour the wine and oil. Sainantans in every situation. VOLUNTEER FOASTS. , Iiy M’j. Thcma!^ JtLtx iHu.r—(ieorge ing".on—The p;llar of eloini t^y and of tire by nikflit, that led us from the boinlii(,'»-' • despotism to the Canaan ot IndeiR’iu'ence. By Ihiuc .Ui'Xitndtr, sen -_-Al iy v.c der-.taiul our niiht urd V' r wai.t .’OUr.*-;' ’ *' ■ II M -r
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