I^opulatioii of the United States.
T.-.bl
furnisncd to the Senate by the Secretary of Stale, in obedience to a Resolution
of that body:
' ' of ,'he I^opulatlon of the several States and Territories and
[ ' ' ol'ivthln,, under the liist Cen-^'u.>. d>.sti.nguishi7ig the nuinher of ichltes, free fer-
an l fiil ether 'pirsona^ as nt'ir a:' can- he ascertained at this time:
w TL'.S AN'D '^1'fHRITCP.IT'
iVilliilO,
N( vv-Ilai.ipshirc,
M ichnsftis,
Raodi* Island, - -
iWnecticut, - - .
V'>r(r>imt, - - - .
No'^v rork, . - .
]^7r'.v-Jersov, -
i-*t‘nnsyjv.inia, - -
Df, la .vure, - - -
iMaiyland, - - -
Virginia, - - . .
North Carolina, * •
South Carolina, -
Georgia, - - - .
Alabama, -
Mississippi, ...
Louisiana, -
'rcnnessee, - - .
Kentucky, - - -
Ohio,
Indiana, - - . .
Illinois, . . - ,
?*Iissouri, ....
Aikansas, . - - .
Michiiran, - - . .
Florida Territory, .
Wiskonsnn Territory,
loway Territory,
District of Columbia,
WiiiTf: Porr-
Free color’d
All other
L.\TION'.
[ PliRSONS.
Persons.
Tot.\l.
500,433
1,358
0 .
501.793
284,036
537
1
! 284.574
729!o:-:0
8 66.S
1
737,699
3,238
5
108,8->0
.iO 1,856
8,105
17
309.948
291.218
730
0
291,948
2,^7*.^90
50,027
4
2,428,921
'351.588
21,044
674
:'73.308
1,076,115
47,854
() 1
1,724,033
58,561
16,919
2,605
89,495
78,085
317.717
G2.0'20
469,232
740;963
40!842
448.987
1,239,797
484,870
22.732
245.'S17
'753.419
259,084
8,276
327,038
594.398
407,695
2,753
280,844
691.392
335,185
2 ,039
253,53'2
590'756
179.074
1.366
195.211
375,651
153,983
24;368
165,219
344,570
640,627
5,524
183,059
8-29,510
587.542
7.309
182.072
776^923
1,502.122
17,342
3
1,519,467
'67;\698
7,165
0
0
685,866
472.354
3,598
331
476.183
323,888
1,574
58.210
383,702
77,174
465
19.935
97,574
211,560
707
0
212.267
27,728
820
25.559
51.107
30,566
178
8
30,752
42.864
153
18
43.035
30,657
4,361
i
4 694
43,712
1 1,181,575 1
386,069 1
2,483,536
17,051,180
Twcntv-Seventh Con^fress.-.lst Session. Payne, Pickcns.Plumer, Redmg, Re)Kher, Rhett, Here was the public Treasury plundered for the
^ ° Kiggs, Rogers,Koosevelt,ba^ntord,Satmuers,Sh^^^ purpose of subjecting the people and blindin^r them
. • . • Shp7Hifirfl SriiPHis. onvder. Sie’tnrnn. Snmtpr Swp.- *.i r. .• f ... &
Infayottv'' Parish, Loiiisiani, not included in the abov’e.
Estimated populalio*! of Carter county, Kentuck'y, not included.
Seamen in the service of the United States, June 1, lS4a, - -
Total population of the United States,
7.83:3
3.000
17.0(V2,01-3
■ - G.lOO
From th i Colunibii Register.
THE TWO FARMERS.
Farmer Simple lived on a mountain which afTord-
cd excellent pasfnaq-n for cattle, an I in small val
leys he cut uii abii*) lance oi' ijrass to feed them du-
rinq^tlie wuilr-r. Tiie soil was hanl to till, and he
coui I :*'j. mi.'" without «T^r*t laboi
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■]i;;tkin;'»' it
I- coi'i! and
^Ve should
\ pi'iity ol w’j'.v ••111 bo more inlepen-
F'tn;
sail Joha, •' I think we should have
' j.'dt'i work and "et less of it.”
H?\v so.” said Simple.
'• A ^ood cow is worth 821, an i corn is worth
80 cents a bushel.—For one cow \vc c.ui wt 3i)
17.00.’^. 112
Justice.—The law s:iys that whoever plunders
p-'ople of tiieir property, shall, on convi/.tion, be
punished. 'I’his is right: for if ]>lundt.>iing- wore
permitted, all security for property wouki vaiii.sh,
and society would be overturned. A.s property
may be plundered in variou.s modts, tlie law pro
vides various modes of reaching the wroiiq’: and
therelore a indicts one for tlief. another fur foriTC-
ry. fk.io?her for swindkn^. accoiiliii^ to cir 'iiaistan-
C(,s. Tiic law alwa}'s uc'uis rii:;h., and if it is hon-
es!ly administered, would almost invariably .''/jrir.ht
But as it is often administered bv b:ul iup'.j ^n 1
S0metir.i»'S. through tlh> influence of bad JViC.j, i’.s uot
admaiister- I at all, it is fre.picntly the active
Ol passive iii.''-i:;tncn* of mucli
-A. ic .\ d.iys Since, AV m. }{. Oviswold, a voung
man. ,\as convicti-d l)Qiovo the Circuit Court, in
robb-’-.iv t],o Uan.k of Western X
\oiiv of >S;3 ji.), a^l sentenced to tlio State Prison at
.yiouin for y^ars. Wa doubt not th^:' justice
ot his sc)^ei:,oO an I h^ipr it will h ive a salutary ef-
tect I'j', uf-torring other i^;an-ant or iacousiderat-
men for petty lircenics. But wliilc hoping
this, wethat the eximple of people whom he
an.l sanilar persons h:ive been taught t*) regartl with
respect, v/ill have a very diilerent i:i(luence.—'I’lie
Senate, July 6.—Various petitions and mcinori-
als were presented and referred, and Mr, 31augu?/i,
from the Committee on Naval Afl’airs, asked that
said Committee rniofht be excused from further cpn-
sidering a correspondence of Mr. Stephenson, our
Minister in England, in which he ordered home the
Mediterranean squadron in anticipation of hostilities
with Great Britain crowing out of the McLeod af-
o
fair. The object of the inquiry was, to pass a censure
on Mr. Stephenson, but Mr. Mangum said that the
investigation showed that he was not to blame, but
his coufsc highly to be ap])Iauded. The Bank
Bill was then taken up. The vote was taken on
Mr. Rives’ amendment, (asking the consent of the
States to e.stablish branches) and it was voted down—
yeas 10. nays 33. Several other amendments were
proposed, but before taking the question outhcni; the
Senate adjourned.
In the House, the most disgraceful proceedings
took place. The Federal party were determined
to give away the proceeds of the public lands, in
order that they might have some excuse to borrow
money to create a public debt, as th*3 foundation of i
their national Bank, Tariff, &c. But the unan
swerable arguments of the Democrats, and several
southern W'higs, were playing the mischief with
tiieir schemes of plunder, and therefore a stop must
he put to the debate. Accordingly, i\Ir. Calhoun
of Massachusetts, from the Committee appointed to
revise the Rules, reported an amendment to the
127th Rule, ••'providing for the discharge of the
(/Ommiitee (ol the Whole) iVom the con.sidcration of
any Bill referred to them after acting, '^I'lthoid dt-
hat \ upon all am»‘nd:rirnts iiendiiig, and that may
be oliered.'' 'I'iie pnrfj/ screws were applit.d, and
tiii.'^ odious gag adoj>ted by a vote of I 1 /' to —
Thi.-? gag, however, was not deemed suHIciont:—
so Mr. Sta/tl)/ of this State ofiered a Resolution that
;
Sheppei'd, Shields, Snyder, Stcenrod, Sumter, Swe
ney, Turney, Van Buren, W^ard, Warren, W'atter
son, W’^eller, Westbrook, j. W. W^illiams. jVise, and
W’’ood—108.
After the vote was announced, the House ad
journed.
Senate, .Tuly 7.—Petitions and memorials were
presented and referred. Mr. Buchanaji s Resolu
tion of inquiry as to the removals from oflice was
further debated, without a vote. The Bank Bill
being taken up, J\lr. llucJiayiau addressed the Se
nate at length in opposition to the Bill, and conclu
ded by moving to sti’ike out the District ol Colum
bia as its location. This motion was lost by a vote
of—yeas 20, nays 20. IMr. Colhovn. then moved
to .strike out the District of Columbia and insert
New Orleans—lost, yeas 16, nays 20. ]Mr. ^Vright
then oflered some lengthy amendments, and after
ordering tlieni to be printed, tiie Senate adjourned.
In the House, the Di.stribuiion Bill being passed,
emptying the Treasury, the Bill reported from the
Committee of Ways and .Means for borrowin£r
r r Jo aiiu uiiiiuing inenx
to the power of taxation, when they could be relieved
by an economical Administration with a very sliaht
resort to the taxing power. ^
But he repeated what he had already said, that
the Government possessed ample means, and ought
not to resort to a national debt. Did the Whig jxir-
ty, when ele:tioneering last fall, tell the people that
they would create a national debt ? No, not they
they knew better. And now here they were com
ing down upon us for a national debt, for a National
Bank, and for a tariff In what part of the coun
try had the Whigs preached these things'? He
would tell his constituents that we were to have a
National Bank forced upon us—-that we were to
have a national debt—-that we were to have the
l)rotective system extended—and all these things
were to be lor the benefit of this Administration
and Its allies.
1 he Committee rose, reported progress and the
House adjourned.
Senate, July 8.—Mr. Linn occupied tho morn
ing with a speech in favor of Mr. Buchanan’s
Resolution of inquiry;—after which the Bank Bill
was taken up. Mr. Walker offered an amendment
twelve millions of dollars to fJl it again first came to prevent abuses by compelling the Bank to mako
an annual report of its tr.msactions to Congress,
This amendment was advocated by
up in order. Mr. F/Umorc, Chairman of tho C'om-
mittee made aspoecli in fivor of the Bill. He was
replied to by Mr. iiordon of New York.
Mr. Gordonxos-c and expressed his disapprobation
of tlie bill; first, becausf^i he regarded the obtain-
nier.t of a loan to bo entirely unneccs.fary : aud se
condly, because he v/as oppoS'.'d to the po!:cv of bor-
rou'ing money. He thought it was ui'u,t’ccssar’, tQ
resort to a loan, muijilaining '.luti irihe ni^^airs of
this GoVw'rnuici.t wcTc econoniically ?’fjd ju'operlv
managed, thev could nut stand in Vtced of moa!is to
Carry it on. It appears that, on the 1st oi .lanuary
last, there wa^ a b.-ilance in the 'i’reasury of t$987,
34 ) 03. Now, v. ith ftn accnnng revtnuo from the
public lands, froJ^'i the cu.s’onis. an.1 irom otlK-r and
various soi>T'''.s, this ,Jovernment couil and
ougiit, i| C'Ainomiv' ;Ilv condtict-d. > on verv v.'eli
witho^’.l contracting a n:i*ional d
• ' ■ ...... he rL.‘'.'Cn!!‘
the l/>;.>!ribution Bill, then under di.'cu.'ision. slioul l ‘-iiis year would be nearly as large as that of 18
b. • - - - •-> . - - 1- ‘ ,
‘liS mover,
Messrs. Benton, Allen. W^’^j^.lury, Clay of Alaba
ma. and Cuthbcr*^ apj oppcied by Mr. Clay oi
KeutucJ’"y03^ nays 2a. Several otheF
^Jii^/>/iidmcnts were off red and discusscd, but t'C'-*
fore taking a vote on them, the Senate adjourncth
In the House, tho Resolution calling for the Mc'
Leod correspondence was debated by Mr. Hunfj
until tho hour arrived for taking up the Bill to bor
row tw( Ive millions of dollars. Mr. Pickens ad
dressed the House against th-' Bill, and was follow
ed by Messrs. Serge^.nt and Fessenden in its favor,
d'he Hoiisetli'^n adjourned, Mr. Saltonstall h[x\'m'r
*f o
tlie fioor.
taken out of tho Committee of the Whole a‘ (I f disbursements would not be near so
large. He v. oul l not go into an examination of
tho accounts in order to show what was the condi
tion of the Government la.st year, as the time allow- ^
ed him would not admit of it, but he would merely '
say that the rf i’eipts into the 'J’reasury for 1811. iV
not ctjual, v.ouIJ nearly e(]ual those of ISs >. Did
not. h' v.ouUl :;.-k, the majority on this floor a hnil
o'cloelc that eveni.ug, and this gag was tdso ".’lopt-
ed under the prirty la.sh. Mr. Rayncr (h,_.n
and s})oke in fivor of the Bill, and wari i)j;lowed by
Mr. Rkr'f^ who said .
Mr. Chairman. I the lime nrrived !
Sena'r. Ji;ly 9.—Alt* r tho presentation of peti
tions and memorials, the Bank Bill was taken up.
Mr. AJIf'p ofi» red the following amendment:
1 hat T:ic Doaril of Oirector.s of the motli'er Fnnk
publish in .'?onie jiaper at the Bcat of Govcrn-
iit! .'fnin.
N V- V roai
don’t I'ke t' b'' ’
r . - . '
l.'i :i.‘ . Ol j
0.1 my nf^:‘'’rib">rs
Hi-1.
V”1 '■
D
L : -y A
■ s vn i lb >r Oi: cu
"w\. r.) r-n::;;n:.( c
ft know how
I..,; 1
O'.y.i,
• !■ I want to
■ 1, nde. If by
V • g t twice
■ i.> w c-*n raise
i i.n.hv we had
i-i-’ siil Simple, ‘-'but I
ill { r of kc.tie i'ti-1 :i:*'"jj cn j [ a,t nd to pe-
t t!ic L vv^sl&tnr. to l iy a t^ix cf 40 cents a
’'•’ell- 1 cn j;ll the corn n. ighbor Gr:;!) ];.s us. that I
we iD.ty mJac{-d to raise it a'
‘•'Why don'-, yoi give Mr.
luslii 1 more thnn ho a.^k': f.
'ij’v. y^,a hbokhG:id, give
h' asks for auy thia.g!''
Vo'J Mli.rht ;13 v«-| il io it 7y aS to grt
the L"giilature you to do 1: ; b; sides, if it
were done voIunUnly ji.Il th. rno.-iry w'ould stay
among the farmers, wh^ re^.; if it c-., 1 in tho shape
of a tjx it will be eat;up by ti:- ; of Go
vernment.”
‘•How you talk John ” said tiie old man, but I
am in favor of home industry, any how.”
So he petitioned tho Lfgislature to impose a tax
of 40 cents on every bushel of coin sol I to him by
his neighbor, making it cost him 81 20 instead of
80 cents. But that was not sufficient. Ho still
found it cheaper to buy corn of his neiglibor at
that high price than to refuse it. ^
Says John to his father one day, ^*don*t you see
that wc ha\e to sell tnree co’vs now to get as much
corn as we used to get for two?”
“ How £0?” S.lid Simple, “ I see no such thin^r*’
“ When corn was at 80 cents a bushel two cows
at $24 each wouid buy GO bushels. Now' when
corn is 01 20 cents a bushf I, it tak/ s three cows at
824 to pay f-.r 60 bushels.”
That is because the tax is not high ennvcrh'^
said Simple, IU hav^ 'it raised to SO cents a
bushel, and then ice can afford to raise it oiirseices.'''
Sure enough, he got tho Legislatur; to raise the
tax to 80 cents, and then ho could not ailoid to buy
it of his neighbor ut ali. Idis best pasture Ian Is
were ploughed U]i to loise corn upon, th'^ number
of his cattle was g.ratly re-duced, nnd what he had
to sell were no longer bought at the good price • for
neighbor Grub not being ahio to exchange his corn
for cattle, or find purchasers at that high°price was
compelled to lay down his fields in gi^ss, and’raise
his o\}-n meat. Farmer Simple and his’ boys had
plenty of “home industry ” and “ well protected”
too: but instead of getting richer every j^ear, as for
merly, under the system of free trade with his
neighbors, ho could scarcely keep his house in re- , .. ^
pair or get comfortable clothing for his wife and | his ofilcial report'"'estimates the'^xpensf^'of
c.iildren. ^ j General Government for 1841 at ^31 358'iO-*
farmer ^unplo was a tariff man. | 71, aisdthat the same report shows that tiie n’cliiai e>r-
T r' * r T . . ! penses of the extravagent and reclie^s admini«fn
la France, out of a population of ti.irtyHvo mil- j tion of Mr. Van Baton were hut $27.863.0i^3n
lions, twen*y-two millions have but six cents a day ‘ ^^eing an increase of three arul a half mdlio>i of
to defiHy all e-cpenses—food, lodging, raimnent and ^ * ’
education. England and Ireland are in no better
condition. Lft us Americans think of these and
b'. gntf'ful. Oin-sisHie greatest country for uni-
V.. = p-i- tnat tiie WO)Id has any account of.
a.i i V.'li >t ?.or:'.p!":.i too /."o n of our hard
6itc«7 Let ;ts relitsr, Saturday Courier.
: n-,K:io.
• T!L;b 1) Cents a
n' J1.3 ct^;n, which
rn in more tliaii
convicted very e.vpedliiously; and in course of his
il'-fence, if any were m;;'h'. wo have hearl nothincr
about deii'irrcrs and j.iottjns to and hills of
exceptlo/is, and ccrtioraris and r>wtio.is for new tri
al. Such thing.s are the privileo-c of WLalthy
scoun-ltols. But he or theij, whichever it were,
who robbed wilow3 an 1 orphans of hundred^j of thou
sands in tho Schuylkill Bank, and he or they,
Wiiichever it be, who robbe'd widows^ orphans and
others of millions in the U. States Bank, are yet un
touched by the crimmal lav»'S, and probably will re
main so. Is this justic-’'. An oflicer of the navy
once said, in the plenitude of hi-s ("[uaiter dock in-
^ohnce, that there was no law for post captains.
1 he insolence and knavery of financiers have real
ized an immunity to whijh the ep.iulctte vainly as
pired.
W e insist that before depredation.s upon propeity
can be restrained, we must hang a fe-w rogues in
ruflles. U siisr,en.ion were more commoirarnon.o-
financier?, it would bo more rare among banks’
Their wholesale frauds have probably inifuced the
ruin of this youth.—Seeing our most respectabli
men stealing millions, he naturally thought that hr'
might be indulged in taking a few hiHHlreds. A
poor sailor wars imprisoned in London for steolino-
a liulo mahogany. He thought it very hard to be
denied a plank for himself, when he had as.3i^ted
the captain and owners to steal a whole ship load
from the Spaniards.
Equal Rights.—We have heard much said by
both parties on the subject of freedom, love of coun
try, just laws, &c. A contemporary asks “ /.v this
a land of Equal Rights r 'J’o illustrate the case
—look at the conduct of tho Banks. They refuse
to pay their just debts, and their dishonest conduct
IS sanctioned by those honest{?) bodies, our Legisla
tures! The bank officers fare sumptuously—"nin-
gle best society, surrounded by “ shoak of
fiiend^. I he farmer and mechanic, who earn
their bread by the sweat of their brow, if they
n —and thus cut
ofi from all mtercoursc with their friends. While
such are the distinctions existing, there arc those
who call this a land of Equal Laws. Away with
such absurdities !—7’/W EarU
whrn it ir- not onl'; unpopnlar i.-if
for a ] *. niorrut q^- Stale Kiurht.s iii;
I'iii.' tinor.
ed tlii.s d*'.. ,
and ?^l.(l.itfon lav.-. Ti^ ■ Alim and Sedition su;.-
pi^'o^o-1 tiie hberiy of tiie pre^.s, an 1 tiii.s h:Vv vvhi.-ii
on lun e i>as;?ed to-i>ay, .supprc.s:it‘.s ihe liberty of
dfi>ut''.
AfttM- .some furtlu'r remarks:, he obsnn ed (haf llii.-?
tyrannical act ai the nia;orify not onlv violated the |
by their actions y*-.'ferday, in reference to the public
uncoii'titutional
M-an to .'jjcak upon ,, . • ‘j-i . ‘ i • i ... ^ ;
I rj?e umi»'r tliv •,‘Xfraoniiri.ary I;tv/ “c'cd of this loan ?
a lav.' in inv (ipinoiu next to rh»‘ Ali.-n '^’hat had they done 1 Why, they had passed a hill
' giving away an annual revenue of from three t^» five
miiiious (.jI doiia;."', (a'jive l from the sales of the
public lands and necessary to carry on 'the onnra-
tion.^ of this Ciovinnment. and had thereby creatt.d
a necessity lor a naiienial debt. Now thi:' was jin- j
"•liar and most extraordinary lerri^lation. If this'
inep.i c-aoh order winch may be issued to any otliccr
or branea dirvjciiiiij it to expand or contract i*t.s loan.s
or di.f,ounts. or any other order immediately after
its i.^siK*. aiiil .-:];ai! report to (lie Secretary of tJie
1 rea.surv' ali such order.--, to be reported to Conr/ress
ri^ht.s of tfie minority on'tfuit lloor, but the right.s ol
tlie poo]de at fioine.
Mr. R. was thi'u proceeding to jrive hi. vii-ws on
tln‘ merir: ot* th(^ bill, when tii ^ minu’e haixf ot‘ tlie
clock arrived iit tiie i>our when all dei*at'‘ was to
tia’niitiate.
did)
uiii"
A loud uiii->p('r v.*a- t]\('!i h*‘ard thriin^h tiu' flail
of ••'l'ii‘ time is np; why do.e not tUe Chair an-
nonnce it.'?'’
out bui'.^t several st'''nforian V'>ice>. ••^^^.
C iiairinan. tlie tin^c i« up.*’ *'11 i.s .srvm o'clo
Mr. liJntt. Well, it is carrvi:iL^ our tiie »-aand
I snbinir. * “
Ilt'ri' several inoiubers expn ss^-,1 a h )oo i!iaf .Mr.
IiinU Mii»i[ht be prriuitU'd to f.) on.
Mr. Slaidi/ objected, as did other members of the
majorit V.
Mr. here rose and said. Mr. (.'h:i;n.ian. 1 am
pei^tectly a wan' that I —
Ca-ies of “ Oril^r •• >'it dow n." t‘fo. aros*^ fro’n
various ])r»rts ol'the 1 i ll!. j
Mr. I am perlectly awnre iliat I ha ve no ^
right to ma!p a spe«c!i, but—^ j
Renewed cries of ••order’’ here aro^r*. |
'J’fie 'hair desired to know if .Mr. Rh>tt. had'
yitddt (1 tlio floor.
yix. Rhctt. Ao; I l.ave iMt jjivpa v.'a’’. It'the
•‘'Omiriittcc choso to rdlow me to go on, 1 will proceed
in discussing the merits of this bill.
A member. No, tlie Jiour is ])assed.
Mr.in a\ery veiieiiM’nt ton>*; - yes, and
the hour has passed when the destinies of this coun
try cu^e ”—
Ht're the calls to ••or»ier” were so lou! th.at no
more couM be heard, an.i Mr. Ikdines took his seat.
(/rovernmcnt stood in need (and he b( licved
lit' tliat revenue, what policy was th.ere in
{ rid of it only to obtain so nuii-h elseSvhcre Nonr*.
th.at he could see. The public lands were a source
of revMiue ti) tlie General Goverm* n\ 1 were
cedjd to It, as he could most dearly and distinctly
>Iiow. for the p:irpos3 of enalding it to conduct its
aflairs for the benefit and welfare of the people of
„ thi.s couiitry. 'I’hose l.niJs. }u} foun I from reading
, an artich' iii the National Jnt'll’gencer, had acluah
' j ly yielded us a n-Mt r-v.:r.uc of one hundred and for
ty-two niilhons ed dollais. d ins propositio.; to raise
a l >an u'as. m facf. to .'reate a landed debt for edght
years. a». 1, if it ihoul l be carried out r^'oul i f.'r:n a
part of til It s:Iieme v.diicli ( b nerai Hamdton hn I
inany year'- ngo a Ivocat* 1. It would, indce'l, .-reate
a Naiiou.il Hank. I’lie revenue arising iVom t.'ic
s;'d-s (.f th' public la.uds was to be scaUered to the
wind'- to .sc-’ure vot'S in ftvor of a National Banlc.
an I all tlia other gi'- il and iea.iiug measures of the
pres, tit F( deral Administration. Ho know that
-‘ongiTp. had th? pov/er to lay ami coliixt laxes,
duties, imposts, and excises, and he suppf)scd that a
resort tf> some of th-'Se measures vrould be had, # re
long, to make up the d-diciency in the rev-aiue tlius
\ited by disposing of rlint obtaitied from tin
at the commencement of each session.*’
'I’his amendment was advocated by the mover,
and Mi_ssr.s. lVal/,'e?\ B^inton, Nicholson and Cal
houn, :nid ojiposed by H. Clay—lost, yeas 23, nays
26. Mr. Walker then proposed to amend the Bail
by |-ronibit:ng loans to officers and directors of the
B.ink ar^ l to mem’jers of Ct ngress. The aniend-
me-nt was advocated by 'h- mover, and ^Icssrs
n coduury. K/ng. and Clan of Ala., and opposed
uy H r/rr.y an.l Brrrien. Mr. IK«//»‘cr afterwards
rnodilivd the first branch of his amendment, limitin"*
I ■ ' o
tae amoun'L of leans to oiilcers and directors of the
Bank to 810,000, and both vrere adopted.
1 iiP vure on llie. limitation of loans to dircctons to
■>l''.OOO.stf)r)(I. ayes 2-3, noee 21, as follows;,
L e/.i-—Messrs. AUen, Archer, Benton. Buchanan,
Callionu. Clay.ejf Alabama, Catlibcrt. Fulton, Ilen-
dyrsoo, Kiny; Lhin McRoberts, Merrick, Monton,
A'ichoi.son, Pierce. Porter, Sevier, Smith, of Connee-
iicut, ►'Murgeon, al.ker, \\ illiams, AVoodbury,
^Vri-hn and Young,—25:
Barrow, Batc.^, Berrien, Choate,
I (.-1 i\. 1^1 Ivenfucky. Clayton, Dixon, Evan.s, IIuntinr-
!ic lands. Now those very land;
were o-ive;i to the
(dcn‘''ra! (Jove'rnment to relieve it front tho ncccss:
ty of resorti;:2T to i.ho t ixii.i/
so that t!i
-tiarigiun. Miller, Morfliead, Prentiss,
lo;-, Kerr
i'rrstcn, Sinneons, t^rnitii. of Indiana, Southard’
laiiniu^r*, V\ anil re—21.
J he v'ote oa exchiding members ofCongress from
b>'COioi,ig luiTowers, ttood, 03 03 23, nocs 22, as
lollov.'s ;
Allen, Benton, Bnclianan, Calhoun
riay, of AIal>ania, Cuthherf, Vnlton, Hender.son,
fviag, Li:m. Ali’Iloberts, IMouton. iNichoIson, Pierce,
Prentiss Sevier, Smitli, ot* Connecticut, Sfurgcon,
Walker. A\ illiiun.^s, Woodburv, Wriijht, and Youn>^,
_ ^ J O J
Xa'i/s—Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Bates, Ba3%ard,
Berrien. Cfioate. Clay, of Kentucky, Clayton, Dixon,
- ■ I , I jeii.iioale*. lav, 01
.■o;nse was revers.n^r die ancri/. order of thing... | Kvun.. iCe,r, Mar.jruVn. Mnior,'More-
\\ e were now taking av.v.y those lands^ the nrces- head. Porter. Sinnnon.^, S ' ■ '
Smith, of’Indiana, Southard,
d no ; Tallmage, Uddte, and Woodbridire—22.
}Av. Jlh fdt. Wei!, with llic pernnssi,Hi of the coin-; sn ry con^cnu.'nce of whicfi vrould b^, he had no
Several voir.s were Iie.ird. savinor, ‘-j.Pt th.' .ra>-j fn aiticlcs; j In the /io:/;-.’, the McLcod correspondence was
U'lw take its C0i’.r..-e.’ '-Du n..t accopt uay lavors." I | the sabject of discu-ssion until tho hour anivoil for
Jin j i A„J here, as on .he Land
permitted to proceed, perhaps ler; mnny year.'; to co.a:'- ! Hz''t majoruy found the argimicnts of the mmo-
The confnsion an ! excitcnient in the II r«ev.-a; nie,;, was a p.irt j ■■■i'-y te.> hot for th ni. an l ca.nc forward witli
indescribable at this stage of the proceedings. :Moi-e
than a Inmlred amendments were oflered, iiMne of
Keep It before the people one of tho fast
acfs of the Whig majority in tho House of Repre
scntatives of the United States was to rr.scijid \ho
21st Rule, prohibiting tho Reception of AboUtion
Petitions.
Keep it before the people,—that the Whigs with
a majority of fifty, were seventeen days organizinn-
the House of Representatives. ^
Keep it before the people,—that Mr. Ewino-in
t C* /^TTi
doxlars lii the oxpen htures during the first year’s
reign of the ‘‘netrenchnjcnt and Reform” purty.
If that IS ' R('form ' we fay, keep all such Rofor-
mei;s out of oifizQ.—Gcorgia Pioneer.
•1- New Orlftana, have found a ver
dict lor Mrs. Games, in the important cuii, in wh’^h
pJie was defendant.
uhich co^ild bo distinctly hear-d by in.)re tlriu
third of the members;—they were all nogativt.il.
however, in the glorious uproar, anti the final vote
taken on the Bill. It passed by the following vote
—(the names of the W'hig members Avho voted
against it wc have put in italics) -
—Messrs. Adarns, Allen, J^. "W. Andrews.
S. J. Andrew.s, Arnold, Avrcriirg, Jiabcock, Baicer,’
Barnanl, Birdseye, Black'. Blair, Doanlin in, Bor
den, Botts, Briggs, Brockway, Bronson, .f. Brown,
I'urnell, Calhoun, Thomas J. Campbell, Carnthers.
Chittendon, Jolin C. Clarice, Staley N. Clarke!
Cooper,^ f%3wen, Cranston Cravens, Cushing Debe'--
ry, J. Edvvanls, Everett, Fes.senden, Fillmore^ A.
Lawrence Foster, Gate.s, Gentry Giddings, Goggin,
B^i|rick G^ Goode, Green, Greig, Hall, Ilaksre^iik
Wniliarn S. Hastings, Henry, Hudson, Ilunt, James
Irvin, William W. Irwin, James, William ( ;ost .Tohn-
son, Isaac D. Jones, J. P. Kennedy, Lane I.awrencc.
Linn, Thomas F. Marshall. Samson Mason, Mathi
ot, Mattocks, Maxwell, Maynard, Moore, Moi-ii-nn,
Morris, Morrow, Osborne, Owsley, Ptiarce, Pendle
ton, Pope, Powell, Prolht., Benjamin Randr)!!, Alex
ander Randall, Randolph. Rayner, Ridgvv:iy, Kod-
ney, Russell, Saltonstall, Sergeant," Simonton.
Slade, Smith, Sellers, .Sprigcr, Stanly, SJokeh'y,
Stratton, Stuart, Summers, Talliaterro, Jolm B'
Thompson, Richard W. Tiiom'psi)n, Tiilinirhast.
7’oland, Tomlinson, Triplett, Trumbull, Uiiderwood,
Van Renssalaer, W'allace, Waslnmrton, Edward d!
Wliite, Joseph L. White, Thomas W. Williams,'
Lewis \\ illiams, Joseph L. Williams. Winthrop!,
\ orke, Augustus Young, and John Young—J IG.
Mes.srs. Alfml, Arrington, Atherton, Banks,
Beeson, Bid lack, Bowne, Bo} d, Brewster, A. V.
Brown, ]MtJ!an Jjrown, liurk*, Samson II. Butler,
ilUani^Bullcr^ W. O. Butler, Green W. Caldwell,
P. ('. Caldwell, John Campbell, Cary, Chapman
t.’hffor.l, Clinton, Cede.s, Daniel, R, D.‘Davis, J. B.’
Dawson, Dean, Dimoi'k,'Doan, I)oigr, J^^astrnan, J.
C. Edwards, Egbert, Ferri.--, John G.' Floyd, For-
nance, T. F. Fo.'^tei., Gamble^ Ciihner, William O.
Goodf. Gordon, 6^mAa?n, Gustine, :rshar)i, Har
ris, John Hasthigs, Hays, Holmes, Hopkins, Houck,
Houston, Hubardj^ Hunter, Jack, C. Johnson, J. w!
Jones, Keim, A. Kennedy, King, I..ewis, Liulefield,*
Lowell, A. McClellan, 6. McClellan. McKaj', Mc-
Keon, Mallory, Marchand, Alfred Ma.rshiIL ' Tohn
Thompson Mason, Mathews, Mcdill, Meriu:eiher
Miller, r'icv.diard ?sisbct, 0’.i”?r, P?.rinr';:;t'r. Pa^’'i
i le | -.noil.cr - ?,Ir. Ull.morc offered a Resolution,
Lontcniu.u iliii! t r)v»'*ruinrut lur^ht l>v nrn'l»*]it * ^ *i \ T-i-n i 1i i
n.ana,?.,nen.. i.av,.. r. e tuil. .a.re,,.;a’,^ to ail i's | Com-
wants, and that i^ need not contract a i)erinanent d bt. ; an 1 a vote forced upon it at 2
I U noxt argur,! that I,.y ihe dcexU of cession ol V-w * Monday. Tho party screws wc instant-
Yorl: a.nd Virginia, it was plain an I palpable tliat ^ i'''Resolution adopted.
ihe intPidiems of those States in ceding their lands
were that tin'y siionJd be a source of revenue to the
(reneral (.jovrrnment. And nou', said he, this
source of revenue is to be cut ofi; and tiie lands are
to bo given away to the snve^al States. Were we
no^vc;llIod upon to pay tho debts of the General
Government.^ -V‘itainIy not: it was to assist those
States tiiat Vv'r?re deeply involved, in paying their
debts.^ (.)no, aniong the other objects, it was preten
ded. f'or the calling of iliis extra session, was to pass
a measure distribiitino- the proceeds of the sales of
the public lands. Y es ! was to cncourage ali sort
of^ extravagance and waste ; it was to establish a
National Bank, to ••ive away the ptibiic lands, and
to create a national debt, lie would say that the
tendency of this measure was to create a national
debt in order that we might have a National Bank,
and this national debt was to furnish the life-blood
of a National Bank. And it appeared that sixteen
millions of dollars of stock was required to put this
Ij.ink in operation! and taking this in connection
with tho fact of passing the bill gratding the enor
mous sum of ^2o.000 to tho Avidow of General
Harrison, tiiese things might fairly bo said to form
a part of (Jeneral Hamilton’s sheme in 1800. It
was in short a part of th-at exploded sy.'^tcm. Cre
ate a Nation:>l Bank, and a national debt, and you
centralize the Crovernment. Gentlemen had con
tended that thi.s (lovermnent has a right to dispose
of the public lands and any other public projicMty
consequently it had a right,' if it thought proper, to
dispose of the lands to create a vacuum in the Trea-
su ry and a national debt. Now% if it had this power
to give avray those lands, why then, it had also the
power to dispose of other propert)'. Could it, he
would ask*, give away its forts, its armories, its ships,
&c.?—-He said that the result of the course which
this Administration were adopting would be the in
troduction of a high protective tariff or direct taxes.
He would tell the people of tho South, that it would
not be long before they wouldseo the protective sys
tem made to bear harder than it did at prc’sent v-n-
on them. Here was an Adminiftration atteroWin-T l>ut oniy to say
to create a nati.^nal-dfl* anl a Xe'tor-i' p„ 7«ein of.irift, distr
a ^ u.ijn u Ljaritv.— ; debt m anv shape whatever.
A Reso
lution h.aving been adopted on a previous day, that
no memner should speak on an\r question longer
than one hour, and the Speaker nearly always giving
the floor to his paitizans, the Oemocratic members
were gagged to a fraction. Messrs. Saltonstall, Bar-
nard, and Morga.i, spoke in favor of the Bill, and
Messrs. h ot'crsoii, Eastnav, McKeon and ]Fi5tJ
against it.
Mr. IJ vo’e said he had merely risen to note the fact,
that to day a bill was before Congress to fund a debt
of twelve millions at an interest of 5 per cent, which
with the attendant expenses, \vouId be equivalent to
G per cent—and to perpetuate that debt upon the
country f'or eight years; and that yesterday a bill
had j)as5cd the same Congress to empty the Trasu-
ry. He wisiied merely to notice the connection be-
twren the different paits of the general system;
which went to empty the Treasury v.ith one hand’
and to supply it by a loan wdth tho other. He rose
empliatit-alljr to speak to tuncoinbe. W^hen at homo
it siiould be inquired to he v/as doing, he would
have this answer given, he is fighting a system in
detad. He would not look at these measures sepa
rately ; he looked at tho system, which v/as a system
of distribution—of tariff—and of a funded debt. He
agreed with the genlk.‘ma!i i*rom Massachusetts fMn.
Sultonsto.U'] that no man had ever asserted distinct
ly that a puolic debt is i ulessing. But here was a sy-s-
tem of two parts, demonsfrating. a system of perpet
uating State debts by affording the means of extrav
agance ; and, secondly, perpetu«iting the Federal
debts by taking money from the Federal Govern
ment. and making a tieficit which must be supplied
by a loan. He would not debate whether the Gov
ernment had been always in debt, or not, since 1838;
but h*‘ would say thnt a debt has existed ever since
the di&lriljution bill passed the House in 183G. Ho
was not the apologist of the late Administration?
but there was one sin which must not be charged
upon that Administration, that was the sin of fund-*
ing a public debt. If they did create a debt, they
paid it as fast as they could. They had never
brought in a bill for a loan oftwe’ve millions of dollars
irredeemable in eight years. H: fiatl not risen to
make a speech, but only to say that he could not
♦v.;c system of *irifl’, distribution, o^id funded
shap'