- ? - ..,---- 4 - . -
SVi ffn ArriiiffT'lirJ tf. JOwEO. 1 -
it'.riiiriif mar hereafter be nld
snbwribcrs wbo ' ill
?2 paUl Jti be d&noedai t the OfT
.ftAB Ietierru the Editoil roast btfj pl
)iirw(te tticjffwni certainly net be at-
h J tint tnrli6ni and Taentv-Ftve
ViieirimenK will W 1 iwerted Jbr jlws
..ruslrhents wiU be continued ooUl orders
lfffj to; t,wheroDo directions
juinoiby tHe year or six . monthrilI
UaUariper moorn ior men
m
'tirt
ii
JPOETtt IV
- rs;-
ITHE PtiU OBTHE ALAMO. ;
,0!p)iiafl. ipread-'her rajreo pall ;
Lfetbedee'VechH of a funeral song, : 1
1it frill sa aadjjlM death like n the ear,
Ki irettbaWore free! when we ct-aselq hear ;
fit like 'jweit rMiisicft toelanchply tone,
flttrfio the chamber death baa marked his
Bert tbej night , wltchera hear the gorglieg
-ubteatj-iqHl:!-::':!
qail fiirur;lmar with th chill of death, f
Wjihia the dafk and :bajf i icaded jle,
1 'Hifuf. cUmnertntr iwatchfire burned the
In biotly dini. and; now ?epewd its fire,
UwW amp nan inhere im neanw expire.
Ni enm heal la with tear 4s sinking therer-1
ia Valor maddeB.'d by dpairfl '
lWt lieirt'8 entHusisstic chord ' -
frlon yielding aa he trusty sword
:3 "::;4latki :kt-Vvr-'".- -:::''-'-t "--r--'"-
i if impatient 6 the work ofdea tb. .- .
Bieytza ontnoT.'d upon the entrenched lines,
Aere dire pppreswoa's: lurid watch-fire shtnes,
Fwca wbeoeo: tbe shoqta of mellUis ralaTes . a-1
11
..t-r
!i jiMtkenoc1iery to the echoing skies ; , -
iNrf blench to see the i howitzer'' sulphurioos
Wtri to bear the bomb's tremendoos crash
?stit !wit$ joy its. Maying comet ylare,
hllT illumes ike dieary midnight air ;
Aab4i lurid. and utheaHby light;. r ;
UColQmbia 8tanard to the sight;
.ffturry banner which in days of yore
a ma oi mixn ineir pair.oi Tamers oore,
uuoi 4Mgoi ine jsxnaamea wawrn-ures
tejtelleiai :leea--tbe powers of darkness
Wfinsr ailencesi W amid the'elooro--
sttlln
sttllaess ireaihles 3 the tomb.'
streaked, the dappled
treiihing tpM hangs on the mods iain"s
ir hoa oeifhsJ IriDatient for "the Strife-
jUItth 8eenw newjy hnrsung inloliie. v
l.giog arms--ther rtamed array- :, '
its preparng forfthe bloody iVay.;;' "
' FUB$ music of the martial drum 7
r ife hat f drowned amid the ham ;
og ihuuts, that load the.morning air,
the Alamo's inmatds to prepare!
kltomm I i thav vma t ia WfntA from lit a
taw;
m - w w aw vavwV3 wa uv
. . . t i i .- -' - - t a . - - - --- - !- -
emej
bey coma f is Echo's answering
stindaid oftbe free and brave
fWck dVarice totiirnnial slaved - ;
pheilbatlaround it aland j f
1:3 tin
rvT '"'int heart has a faithful hand
k i. tMiiiaK in oan?er a irvin? nour
I" W Jl
i-ff-t, . W" ' ; - ' 'v-t" V,
I 7 iKMt--ini mtknnnn lh wall. thW
fcond-
1 ; T Jr: f I
lftfdD :V?.:-
ale a crash a shnek a; groan,
f ell ih work of death is done :
a 5 flash and : shoals oa shoots -aT-
1 r.
V patriot-.there.ibe tyrant dies
fnaM.ateeI.i-ao
and tli tuiile chiu'd
vPlbatanta as fa "a shTObd;
tv gVl-es with thevage fue
t y WT deaths are .stamped ,ia ? every
V4J a Weippt'a death kneirTiogs
fBotted revels atlbUck.
Lifowera amUheStdeVfire,1
fcJr rgfefaJi.a.fcrftyttpirex
-man .-. i- - .
. :r- ' caus ni. me 11 via n vnuun? a
;iaj.7a.
t'oe devastating shower, ,
4$rH weepslts bns
.Wrwfoiu along
bosom ruQnd,",
the groood
aWo'eT tha heaps
Sifaodadvin2be
it. . ri-a
Kfttflifi rr bf n year TwoPoi
W if adrancof th snri: of
- -El
1: I
f Mrfrm iMlllwaskeJ uP:i e(Mr:Clav) gave it isiratf -n. The distinguishing characterisUci
N41bmelth pr!jW !he same oepublicaagoverument-of any, govexo
dtfylorwardVaad tbeb lifliiplcsubstanti.allyas- those .eonjtamed mentjof laws is the universality of their
A?areoa;'th yafted.;aky'.'-f-y-- inpand .ll-BothJ-'bitlserein; fact ?Pratioo, without favor br partialitv, with
?nheug; liaesVenclose; the: fortress bills for the distribution of the Surplus: for xlX dscii!nination,' ;;The lawno more re
f 1 V ther ain tber mbnnt the I w.iA"" tpuw paasea, i tmiuauon wnica oas beea made hetwepn
M P 'SWW? a6"1 ! FP1? rWk : . To tins osad- knd (iir(brcii it tfth
On Iiea ns of stain the patrict-hcro sleeps,?
Anoihrr shaft frora dpalb's cnerriobovr
Has faiiia drath I he gallant Traria low:'
Obi Heaven 1 : was ; there "no kind ; protecting
' power,1.- - .j-A '"- r
Toward ibe brav at that erentful boorvr '
One desperate 'slroeand Xbe strife is o'er
Aidef leninjr fKot-the Attroo i3 najnwrej A
The Jailtn fyrirei! forrrs a funeral pyre C k
Where Fredoms sptri. ptssed the odeal fire;
lhjswrtathing anw.ke in rolling cotauios rote
Abd piere'd to beaven, wbere Freedom's oa
" fi; reww3 'Yi -" ;' ' 'v J.i H. P
MR CLAT'S SPECrT,
M &e Public Dinner given him cn hit re
turzito Kentucky, tiy tht citizen of Wood-
ilr. Clay rose to address the company,
but was so overpowered by tfie allusioo to
tHl!&mains';iif ' bis' Iraoihcr being burned in
yijoflfofd.; and probably by bis recent hea
v'hifilicticini in the death of t ibelofeid
diigpeiian''ltis;;bDly. sister, tbat t he, re
sumeii his seat for ' s short line,- when Be
prc4eded!e sppke abotit two Jhours, jrj
ht accustomed; manner, lertent, solemn,
sometimes pa tWic, sometimes rJAyfl. cwi
(shfCiipith langhtK JJe
tcMiched a grea Variety of topics, aodr his
speech, abo4nded'i til ihteresttngv matter.
W pgreUhat. we5cajnot e?en v attempt to
feor it, and he haaj' positively, but respect
fully ideclined wrjtlngMt out. Vercan do
hd mjore thart piesent a Sketch ofjBOrne of
thcllr'prminei jopicrArterlieturning
his thankB, and making his "adjoojYledge
mehtit,and pay ing a compliment to the young
geptleraan Mr. Thompson) wKo hjad ad
dressdd hioi': - ' : ' ' ' ' '
; j0e ppkefof - the surplus jn the Treasury
of fihet Uhited5tates.u That was an accurn-
ulation resulting mainly from the. protecting I
K)icy adopted alter tne termination oi tue
latewrwith idreat Britain. That system
too much abused and misrepresented
too iiUie understood oenenciai, as ne ver
ily believed to all"parU1tf the Union, inju
rious to aonev haa paid dT the National
deb eminently contributed to the present
prosperity of the country, and was the main
cause of the vast surplus which had recent
)y engaged the deliberations of Corigress
It was system which hadbeen indispensi-
ile lo the larger pait of the Union. anldT fur
pirlied h growing home market for the great
stapU 4 the residue, absorbing at this time
about tne-sixth part, of the aonual pro-
OUC.;, j '" - uL -- II- i- ' I
When he was last elected to the Senate
of the United States, be saw the necessity
of providing, in season, for a jst disposi
tionfof jthe surplus, which it was then evi
dent the Tariff would accumulate. Its
friends had predicted that, result, whi st its
foes-Had foretold that it would give rise to
a; necessity to resort to direjct taxation to
suply h ordiorry: wants of the Govern
ment. fThe remedy for the surplds which
4ceurre4 XaaajAjaaitJH4i iie bsul
every right to suppose' that the President
wotilii approve it, because it was ubstan
tialiUncoiifbrrnity j with his own Tecom
meirdjaibns. But4 instead of giving it his
sanctioD', he,' in an unprecedented and un
constitutional manner, pocketted the bill.
tHwfeby deprivmg tJohgress of an opportu
nrty to pass it agunsl his Veto. Had 'that
bdlWenJ passed, there would have been no
surplus at te last session tosquahble about.
asji ifohld have previously passed nto the
baritll of the several States, and been! an
phed to iocal beneficial objects.. At the
lasiessKm, the Land bill aHin passed the
Seriate, and was transmitted to the House
of ii Representatives. There every means
was resetted to, by the doannant party, to
evaJcjia irectvote which they -were afraid
.tobinter''Wecka passed away as to
what Committee it should be referred.
whether t should be laid on the table &c
.r JhSe ; Oininabtfparty We desirous ; of
placing it in the bands of some Committee.
adverse to its prbvrsions, that wcruld srboth;
er jljuji X hey were desiroys; to spare ! the
President the responsihilitv of again veto-
ihg Uj and.yet ihey had not the moral cour-
age o meet the bill by, a direct vote.' They 1
4 knewj tbat the people, demanded the passage
01 . mf mil, and Detween their subserviency
to the President, and their apprehensions
I of ii)Cope, they found' themselves un-
aoie 10 seine me preliminary point of a
mer4 reierence to the lill J
'L,"!tuB" VUCUa X7ppO3lie0lll, I
I r L ill.- I
pvnaMnea .a provision ior tbe return of
the! bneyfrora the States to thT beneral
ucosuivv no 01a jiol ueiieve inat as'irioi 1
member rbf elr p
dpi irwoQld Jbpal leU T t w.- tulls a-
ereed las to the amount iwhich .would ; he
respecliveh distributed, :bv , them. - Thpv
uiucrcu 9 io ineirequraxion;.DUUlnen, ao- 1
the
the
new S'tatei
ites; wbo opposed the land bill. The
I passed the deposite billv for those
land bill p
woo
vntirtfr 1irArtl nn thn lnA Kilt
1
V I . W UUll SHVb 1.1 1 CUIIILflllt Bill I IHIIIK1IH I T - uwuin III na OU1U11I
rcu utpriacjpie 01 ouuiDution was oy r1f,ls nics ap w receivea ior
public voiceV he had ioi La: doubts that rdutiest'The order'm Effect,. 'reoii ires SDe-
I lllndlbill ; orlfant f her Vdebbsite- Kill graat hazard and exbehse, to?be transn
woodnereaiter : pass They diQeredai to lV K? ne AiJantic .cities tacross i the
'tJhea$'buQrw1i jre 1nc,nn8 i$ Pleasure may be .enjy 4
ceifeK TbevVkere entitled to ten ner rbnt adf transpotUns it back asiin in like ve
nule' undeMbo land bill than under tberiie- tcleatisjmilairieipe
:ptejblbut this difference was a just ;bat will JtjU rn the' VTes-?
Vuiiishment : I-nf thnb mpmhrr frrim" ih tetQ StaleSV it Subiects thcif hankVfrk ntZl
, I w aeieav ooio, jboq , mere i ore crimination between oavmenti for f An ft.
of dead I UsT 4i u T; f V- -It w I !luaJ Bua PaJPents : lotiauesa &ere
it of more importance id the countrrTlhat
the bill ahon!4 certainly pass by general
consent, than it was to gain a' triumph ottr
the President by jiaving bia Veto vetoed r
j"Six Senators only, embracing most of, the
administration leaders; yoted agains the de
posite bill.) It was amusing to witness ihHr
hng faces and awkward predicaments,
There stood Mrf Vright one 4)f thernYwtt&'
nis project to dispose of -the 'whole stirpl us
by an investment of it in the'debt of a few.
Slates which bad issued stock.; This would
have conferred no bene fit upon the; States
generally, -and would have 'tended I id
grand ize two or three states only nis own
among tbem) 4 or K the ; foreign stock hol
ders of the tdebtl created- by, Uicjse Stales.
There stood 51 r. XSru o dy a notber of the six,
with his project to evaporate the aurplos tjn
locomotives; on rail roads, tinder the honest
administrat ion of Amos Ken da f.r ITheHs
stood the Senator from dlissouri
tbn) with bis projects to exhaust the surplus
lb arms, armoj-tes,! standing! armies and fork
tjficatioosV thd latter planted on the coast
so thick that, as was justly remark by,
cjpIIesHe (Mr. Crj 1 ten den,) you would ney
er be out o(. hearing of t cannon frori the
bay of Passatnaquoddy totheEaIza; There
stood the jnew Senator from , Mississippi
(Mr. -Walker,) not exactly a lealtler but a
candidate to be a' leader, with his project
which aimed rather to prevent the accumut
lation of aby surplus hereafter by reducing !
tne price 01 me puoi.c land to a mere notnf
initi sum, at a period when the unexampled
amount soJd demonstrates that the price is
not too high. 1 -.1 .
J It was rmpossihle to contemplate this;
woe-stricken group of leading Senators,!
without mixed feelings of pity and ridicule,
the latter however greatly predominating
Xbey alood aione wtth their glpry. ;Tbeir
followers had all left them, tui follow the
people, who demanded the distribution.
They, reminded him of an anecdote which!
he, bad heard during the Piesidential
contest between Mr. Adams and General
Jackson: and, p:rhaps not in the most com
uilseratiog spint, and he could not resist the
temptation to tell it to the Senate, lie
wouIdrepeat it here. Whilst that contest 1
was in progress, a Convention had assem
bled in BaUiovtre to promote the election
ofjMr. Adams. . A raw Irishman, who had,
just arrived in the United States, being near
where they met, expiessed a wish to go in
ant) see what sort of looking persons the
members were. He accordingly went in
and remained some lime, i-'.d on coming
out. being asked how he liked their appear
ance, be said, by Jasus they are a set of
very dacent looking gentlemen; what a pity
it is that they have not some constituents
Now, he could not agree wilh the Irishman,
in bestowing the compliment upon the per
son j I appearance f the Senators referred
to, but he entirely concurred in thinking that
lh-iuul oo -followers nor cowatrtueots in
voting against the deposite bill.
It was repeatedly denied by one of those
leaders, during the session, that there would
he any surplus. But' since its clo.e, in an
official document published, by order of
Congress, the Secretary of the Treasury
admits that the surplus on the 1st of Janu
aty next, will exceed twenty-seven millions
of dollars. It ought to be, near forty-six
millions, if the amount duo from the old
Bank of the United States is. .brought as ii
jiuy! be brought, into the devisible fund.
But supposing it only twenty-seven millions,
the proportion of Kentucky wiil.be about
one million and a half.
Mf.Uay proceeded to speak ofthecpnstnnt
tampering with the currency which marked
the conduct of this administration.. One rash,
'awMss and crude experiment exceeds anoth-
er He considered the late Treasury oider,
f wj'b all payments for public lands were;
to be, Pa,d ln specie, it h one exception for
8 short duration, a most ill-advised, illegal
n Peinclous measure. In . principle it
wa3 wrong; in practice it will favor the ve-
r" speculation wnicti it prolessesto indeavor
10 suppress. 1 ne oiticer who issued it, as,
it ' conscious of its obnoxious character,'
sheltif3 himself, behind the name of the
Presideut. - And where, is the, authority for
such an order? If, in contemplation of, law
payments to'the pubiic treasury are to be
made; in specie,the law contemplates all pay-
"i 1 "a iwi UUUIIG, lalluS IQ Uc
J-J :T .- ' - i ii- i j. !
accie, inan .payments lorcusiom-
house duties j Boih shoufd be demanded in
withoUt rauch inconvenience, as they
are collectable in cities, where banks and
.specie abound. Lauds cannot be baid for
?Fq ucuuer. ..ajuues couiu oe oaia in
Jtn snecieywiioout immense inconveniece.
bcis specie iodine 1 anas.
drafts of specie to meet the wa its
lbf pirchasers of the public domain,
i. -aui?or,v J? ior tne dis-
Reflect. :ICimeVth3 law,!! tindHs st7;t:3
lost jits egual, general, an 1 marinl Jopers
tftm f he may, dako agcopr)biHl extinc
tion;! it tieinay sa, at tusfpsae;tLt fqi
sbrpd things specie shall M paid .andfbr
othcs:bnJtrioie to'fJigcerm he
msl pake a personal discci aixnat tbo, -an d
wdefihiir his fViends rniy 'pay in barikj'ncU
act bis opponents abal pay . in specie la
mcipl.thjeretjib-jd
Tte measure will aid the very specula;
lion t-unst which it porportx'to be levelled.
Tiietr!ators-that, I kwoyei atcb
fuliryeeptes: das-wII jsobr 1 earn v andj
know WeltCenouirb bow tu accommodate
air Urge parciias'ers, recj iirins larke means;
and they willtake care and provide the re-
juiijui33es 01 specie. , tjut on tne small
bl the order the first time at the land
office.
wbert they are about to pay: for
he
lauds
offerl
wwchjhey wish to enter. They
wil
g05dlastera nmes,ea!lypwortna brernt
utniDf ham ahalf to two per cent at any
larid joffice in the Uaiiedl States tTbese!
potest will ;jbe rejected, perhaps, anld the ve
ry landshich thev wisb to-enter! iriaT be
appropriated on the sporbyome speculator
Ur the land olhcer twill turn theral oter to
sotne neighbouring broker (possibly with;
whom he may be concerned) to Icaih bis1
prerfijura notes at a discount. OrlheLpur-j
chager, boding that his notes will not be re
ceived by the public, some ppeculatpr pres
ent may . offer to take them; and accommo
date him with land at an advanced price.
Or the land officer, knowing that the notes
are itcaily worth more than the Specie, if
me purcuiiscr oc a iriena or ponucarparu
zaa mai:; determine, the 'order notWitnstan
ding, to receive them, to remit tbem to the
Eastward, have them cashed to' hi credit,
and A pocket the profit:! llhmelsUre is;
fraught with abuses of afl kipds; j?ehall j
hear of the loss on the road of wagon loads
of specie from the land offices to the. Eas
tern Banks, never transported j and (he loss
will be verified with all the forms of com
plete proof. ' I j j -
But the President and; Secretary ; had no
right I to promulgate such an order. ! The
law admiisdf no such discnnination. If
the resolution of the 39th April, IS 16, con
tinues in operation (and the administration,
on the occasion of therempval of! the de
poMtes, and on the present occasion relies
upon it as in full force,) itgale the Secretary
no fcucn discretion as ne nas exerciseu.
That resolution required arid directed the
Secretary of the Treasury, to adopt such
measures as he might deem: necessary, Ho
cause as soon .as may be, alj duties, taxes,
debfs, or turns of money, accruing tor be
coming payable to the United States, to be
collected and paid in the liegtl currency of
t ho iUnile4; States c. Te4suiy notes, or
outea of the Bank of the United States, as
by law provided and declared, or fn notes
of banks,, which are payable and Paid on
demand in the said legal currency of the
United Stalts9 Tins resolution J was re
strictive and prohibitory upop the Secretary
only as to the notes of banks' not re
deemable in sDecie on demand. I As to
nil such notes hewas forbidden to receive
them from and. after the 20th day of Feb
ruary. 1817. As to the 1 notes of banks
which were payable and paid'on demand in
e;jecie, tue resolution was not merely per-
inissive.r It was compulsory and mandatory.
He was bound, and is vet bound to- re-
ceive them, until Congress 'interferes.
I iMr. Clay animadverted;, tijpon the cbn
ductiof the f present adminiftktipn. towards
the liidian tribes. It had been productive
of fraud, violence and injustice. Uy trea
ties or pretended treaties mai)e,witU j them
both (the United States and the Indians had
been; defrauded of lands of immensek value,
under the forms of reservations? which had
itoneUo enrich individual Speculators. By
our ill treatment of, them they goaded ;into
acu of desneration : and then the sym'pa-
inies 01 me wnue people, ,are appeaicu o
bn account oft Iiidtandepreiiations The
bbiect of thii policy," is, to remove them
from; one side bf the.'river, where they i "are
surrdutided byf'the whitssf to thepther
ide,f where they win sbdn the again, sur-
rpunueu oy liie wuues. iinu veiure 1111s
nroffress of removal is Icombleted whilst it
is vet 111 nroffress, rthe ; states in, jWhose
neiffhborhobd. 1 west ! bf "the Mississipbu
r- ,;. -. ,r 1
-tlieyfare placedj are calling pj)bn tfie Gen
1 .
The following is, a copy of the. whole
resolution referred to bv Air, CI ay. H f:-
Tl Resblved i byilhetSehate add Hbuseof
Keprnuiivbrtb
iinenca in Congress! assembled. . That the
Secretary of llhe Treasury ' beand he here
by , is; required . andTd if ected to adopt such
measures as be may "deern .necessary, to
cause as aood as may be. all dulies, taxes,
debts j; or :aoms rof moneyt' accra ing pt;. be-:
ccrniniz pavable torlhe Unitetl StateaJltb be
cpuecicu auur pim in ine legat-curxency i
tlieJCJniied r States, (br ftVeasu tfoies q( the
iitUijeii as.by law provided aqSlie
clared, op ?nbpC banks ffbicb are jpay
able and paid ! on . dVmand, in the said(legal
rrbcofthe Ubitedt Statles; iuiaiiha
frpiriand afterjtHefwefltfe
ij4xtob such: duties, taxes, ebWor s:unia
pj ribneyj iqcniing 'Oroeraing " fyable
tb toe?Uoite3j StaWMafbresitd ought to
im coiiectea or xeceivea otnefwise toao in
t(9tegtjrchiea'ey;oftUie Suteir
are pjvsob tad paid ca dessicd jd tpi iild
legai currescy of Uxe;tJL States.
eral u overnment ior proiecuon sgainsi tne
tlanger of injliaa hosiiltiesil Alreadyl two
regiments of Idrazooas have r been raised
last cession a till p-:cJ th3 CcnW ta
rscnt ths siding zray by sb addittsitoi
four thousind men, &sd the eHef argument
nrged for it.was the rcdncehtratiotf of the
Indiana west of the Missiskippii Thus a
permanent cliarge ef great annualT arboant
isiasteded opoa th6 opntry,to' carry! but
this policy. Taking in view the cost of
.Indlao treaties; of JndiarWa'-4aart
quence of. this policyrand other expenses,
Mr. Clay "believed that thebst of thisl ?e-moflng-ncyt.yould
Hot. lallf much shbrt
of fifty, millions brdbllirs before if was fi
nally executed .;
He-spoke of the Cherokee ttesty raUfied
a me lasi session ot uongrcss. IN o tote
ofthe SenaieipcV Ae had tiecb'a mem;
rerr had given him drep3i rfr excited
mbre; t surprise nr. Carrol cf Tennessee
& Parson vSchernierhbn (ardirace tothe
pious - and honburable prcdesslbii of whicif
he was a memberlj bad been:4ointV Sab-
ppirued to treat with Urn Cherpkepatipri;
tumpuacu, -accorumg v to Tepprt of-5ihp f
Secretary of War of abont 18"000"aonliJ
Governer Carroll could not atteod,nd ibV
w,,u" uuiiie53 tea iqio ine nanasoi tne
Parson exclusively. The Cherokeesib
general council in j September last appoint
ed a Committee tp treat. With them- he
did not treat. Instead; of tnutmir with
them, for the- purchase I of the Cherokee
country ,he made I a ; prpclamatjop that )ie
would at a specified day and place, within
the Cherokee country, treat with any ' of
the Cherokees who would attend and treat
with' hiraf ; and that all who did jrnot attend
should ibtf'nsided'useoUng'tandrund
by the treaty-' which he might conclude;
In the mean time,! all practicable means at
the command of the American negotiator,
wre employed to coax and coeryB' lhe ati5
tendance bf the IudiansI On ; the day ab-
pointed, out of the eiffhteenrithousandJ
some five or six hundred, including men
women and children presented themselves,
and many of those formed no' part of the
Oherokees east of the Mississippi, alone
having the right to sell the Cherokee coun
try. With some seventy or eighty In
dians, he patched up a treaty and sent ii to
Washington. It was submiiteii by the
President to the Senate. 1 ; And if had not
been there many Weeks before the almost
united voice ,of thisCherokee people , tws
raised againsttit.f : Imiorials; f signed A)r
subscribed with the marks of sixteen thou
sand Cherokees, Were laid before the Sen-
ate, denying thej-lndian, authority upon
which the treatywas negotiated; ansolr
emnly protesting ' against' its bblfgalbry
force upon the Cherokee people. ; In spite.
oi mese memorials, ia spie oi an me op
position 'which was made bv himself and
others to the .ratification iDf such a treaty, it
was raunen against tne yptes oi niiecii oen-
ators, '.that of his colleage and himself be
ing of the number. And thus the'Chero
kees, a people who have been "always
friendly to the Uhited States, (and who
were represeiiteJ at Washington! by dele
gates a civilized as' orderly and decent in
their appearance as members of Congress,
are stript of their) entire country, an J the
people of the United States are subjected to
the payment of "five million sii hundred
thousand dollars! ! It is proper and just to
mention that one Senator- who ? voted for
the ratification of the treaty (and otheraare
believed to baveacted under the same im
pression declaredin his place that he did
not.believe the instrument was1a treaty
and that he voted; for it because he; appre
hended the. Cherokees would be extermin-i
ated by the whites if not removed. r -Mr.
Clay had. believed that no, conseajjecesr
however deplorable, could justify; the ratifi
cation of an rnstrumentV.as 'a; treaty, which
was deficient m the essential Teqoisite oU
tne concurrence pi twojcontracting parues.
But he belie vedralsb,Uiat theses conse
quences, might have been adverted "by ihe
proper exercise of theJawful aathority of
the ..United S'tateat:vi f
W Mr. Ubv said, that he had-agam and a
gain yarned his cbuntiy men of the danger
illustrated ;tty all history, pfs elevating to
.the Chief Magistracy, a mart possessing no
otiierunajv mere rmiiitary quaqncaiions.
He never had contended pr;.tbpught it im
prpper'tb; place aulie head of public affairs
acitizen who'bnited to a knowledge ofthe
art of war and- experience ibconduciing it
the requisite atuin men ts' for civil ad minis-i
tratipn, V On the contrarysuch union of
q bali tications; constituted a great recom-
menuation.oi ine person in, wuora u migui
be found., tit was desirable tjiat (the first
officer :of the republic should; if possible,
be intimately acquaiqted; with and have
experience in every, branch p - a4niinistra
tion;civiI, naval, and diplomatic I The wi
der4 the circle of his knowledge, the better
for the country, if it be united with virtue
and integrity.- -X': ' f " f
- We have now had jwyen yearai peri
ence of the administration of a Chief Bfag
istrate who brought into the bflce! no other
than military pretensions. -The time or the
bccasion.was not suitable to review fully his
administration of the civil government of
the counUy; 5ut all will admit that we
had a right to expect thatj the miJiUry af
fairs ofthe Union would Itif administered
with skill and abiUty.; tnat ;.any;iwaTfr W
which we might be nafortanniely javolred
would be conducted twitbTir;prompti
tude and success ; and that nder his aus
pfces, oar arms would' acquire; additional
renown and fresh laurels: Has this expec-
pecution bceo realized f Let the: , iaisera
ble Black Hawk war tell, in which millions
of dollars were expended - and so little..ef-
ficieocy was displayed, considenng tne a
mbbbt of means emoloired. j : Let the more
disgraceful Seaiaole:FartestifyW which
tne nnuiiorea useoia wim v
T7noiLn .. no. 2i 7.
has bined the skill cf three cr four rjor
GeaersIsofthInitedtatsstnd tll tha
IU"TMB iorce, crougnt ;at vest cxpssse
to operate opo hio, cbttinj cJccrp of
oar troops, and beaie?riW. with en'l"- ".
dactn ihea to tha,'8biaerttt ccccssity i'cf-;
ft j-.-i .
versed about ; the exnedienev of iV'- -;
the administrafion to citract, ia -behalf of li"t
the SUUi nf K'rr.V jj-
peaa f "t te execouon of kuch rftntVrri -. J
vouiu nave saved a million or two of dol- "
lars to jhetrreas-bfthe.Uni
J?r nextalladed intended retirement '
from the. Senate cf the Uotted Sutet. One tea- 5
siun of the terra for which Jie was -elected, still
mained.UHe Cdt the fait force of the "imnlied -f i
wM-4uwi,wHicn every, man wn9 accepted oaCa
coatraaediojicrve doringlhs period for which ;
ne Was appoToted unless some strong Vaatoss' e
ifa his mignatioo. jTbat cooslderatioa
fj'ghl possibly trry him back once Ckwo to the
. -. p . w reai.wisn jmiw to re
tire He woofd, at all eventi. oasitivelv
ne entertaioed the profoahdest gratiiuJ- f .-
COfifidenCA (HI Irtnrr iwl a iAi ranl ' ' .
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by the Siata of Keniocky.and should c .ff.J, .
deep and thankful sense of the fneodlv
"his fellow citizens to retain him in ibat vt:
cbald not consent to be again a i candidate r a
seat in it. And he hoped the J5 late would 1;n
its attention to some other citoen. 11 adr .h-:
w oae season uiaujiae fctate; might be folly fs- ? r f
Dresented.v Bbt beyond tbat period he,. Yti' r.:ZJ . . . j
desire to contiane io the Sroate. And. t'. : - : . I
that eminently prosperous a4 the VholeUcnn V'
nndoobtedly was in the general bosmess aodecr.- J i V v
cerns of the, peoj)Ie, irs political cowfitUtn was fitV 4
from bejng wfe or satisfactory. 1 was ' con-
vincad that fool cor rapt Jon had peaetrated almost ' ?
every brajieh of ther administration, & 'was grad- i
aally potsoningihelwbble eofernment?He ad. f
milted it lo be the dpty of every chiten1ovempl9y; f
to his latest breath, ali bis abilities; and every eo-t.
ergy he possessed, if necessary to srvebu coun
try ' and he wjoqU williofcly remain in the nubile s .
c)ancil8, and exert himself hereafter, as be had
institdiions in their . almost puhly,' If he bellevci I
Ije coald "do any pablic good at all propoAlohate 1
w iiie private faennces wntcn oe snouia mak-3 -
Bat he had been a long time in" pablie iVoploy-.1
meat and needed repose. Perhaps Ms, vbic
had been too' often raised, was too faioUiar to tht
publw ear pei haps one less knowoot'tnors
buoyancy .and elasticity, may be heard with'
more sal otary 'effect. . He ferventl v-4ior)ed that
the RepQbli&raijht survive all i impending dan-'
gefs. But it was not to be jdisgaised tbat the ;
people themselves t niq$t porify a'ud preset
those Ires institutions if they werstobesobport-1 '- '
en. riMo people ever lost tbeir liberty wba,rer' .
solved to maintain it. No people ever maintained - " ! ' 1
their li&eirtv who tnleratArl. nrli(ne-A mnA nnftcf I ' i L 1
corropted and corroptmen inltbe government. i r '
oil. v. concioaea oj proposing ine louowg v
toast: U.V:'V j', .-. -v - .?"
' The Pullic Lamfj. The common property bf .
all the States, they shoold U administered for
th a benefit of all, excluaircTy for nooe. .
From tht Lynchburg lyguiian. v
VAN BUREN AND THE -WAB Record
t ' J ;v ? ci Hutory r . ;
The respecUblt old genii em an who edits ,tba
Richmond Enqairer always I was -'and always
will be rootd on the subject of politics." Hence, ; j
he was never yet known; tb- lee, a J fanltV in 'a
frieod nor a single virtne in In opponent of his
peculiar views. ,.As a'painter he eses only two.
colors, white and , black. . Wjth the .former lie
plasters over the sooty cbaracters jof his idola, 1
. for the time beingahd even, obliterates the
dark spots which he had' himself . previously .'
a tamped threopon,' while with the latter hebe
daobs the potest patriots, men! who,; ijntil they
became the objects pf his Jealoosy nd - hatred,
had been; repeatedly eulogized by blm to the skies.
on til, jf the, readers of . b is paper do loot deem
nam virv . rfawila inMmils! ft i' ra( mmms ;
they are pot as ; pitchy black: as fable describes
the monarch of the pit. Andi(any one expres-'
sesa doubt whether the venerkble editor is $( '
runts," in what is' evidently i-'joke ; to every bo
dy bnt himself, he denbonces them as" pert,
and saocy-as if : he were, frrvn Ibftg prescrip
tion, entitled tb tbe monopoly of rnanqfactoring
angelsahd demons fo lbs shape bf 'men, and of
metamirphosing them backwards and forwards,
just arf their relative; positkxii to himself called
tor the black paint or thehjteVfi ; f
r . VVe cry yourmercy good sir while, wSthont ,
intending to be pert, or. to violate either f dis
cretiunnor manners. we renture to show, that
yoo have, in your blindoess, ;totaIly, jnisnnder-'-iood,tf
you have rwtjn yew arrojanre, wilful-
ly ft misrepresented C4i remarks, in reference to
Alt. Vanrehhostility ,to Mr. Madison, nd,
conseqaently and by 'inevitable inference to the
iVarof idlS. Tb EoqoirerJ after;aoma allrji
sion to the Address of the Staontoa ' Central. ?
4Dbmmtttfe9 aayaf-'v-X-7i
1 44 And the pert Lynchborg rgmlaa ssksbs;
Whether .we intend rmmxily todeny' that Van
Baren was opposed to th War V and refers to
thasame ciicanisUnce. vix: Mr. V. V. B nrp-
pbrtihg De Witt CliaiooOn itheJPresideQtiil
Etection bf 1812, (cUr war wu declared) say
ing that Mr. u. ; was brought oat by tne feat
Part, Ire ' l'-vV.V "
i; Well, sir; wjjat petaes3, is there m this ? Is
it oot matter of I recorded history' that Pwitl
Clioton Was oot only brought out by the Peace
party, bat that he received the totes of Oat par
ty 9 Ofthe SlMotea of wluch lluectoral
Colleges were then crioied, where did Clin
ton get bis SO rom, but from thtfcderal State
bf New -Haopsbire; Massaxhieu. Rhodj. Is
lahd, Cobiecticut, NewYork. Ice. t Yea, Ns?r
York was then a federal State, and leagued with
tbe BloeJLigbisof Coonecticajt and itha federal
bu of theBostan stamp ia opposition to Jimea
Madkkn and tbe War. - Does lh Eaquixer ask
lor the proof of- this fact ? What dsca reccrd
ed history' say? :-:T'
4i i. TJy the Congress of Joe, 1812 war wis t
ieclaredthe vote inths H. cf R fceteg 79 ia
favor of it, and 43 tgalnst it Of the 9 yeas 5 ,
only were from New Tork, and 13 cays 3 ab
saotTsee Nilea'a Registeri tcL 5, p. 23ir
And yet'tuwairiaZ, the: New york reFfsenta
tioa in the I2ik Gocgress was ehssed 12 1 repab
Ucaati 5 fderilii cxt cf the fsfr5erwa pra
bume,beiny Claitonian, rtpvlUanu, who, as
cordiog tcUttornsy BoUsr, Van Baren certifi
cate maker,,' were aniiosS fcr a icra dacidad
, tbn had been 'peraoed towards her,0
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