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h f v y f EAlj:iC!I, (N. C.) FIUDAV,'.I)KGE31DKR 31, I82k v cxyi 1 ; Tun .star, Jtii .rlVCarita GzuXe, BELL It LAWRENXEl - tubscrfptta. ftres Jatlara atv-Xe ( , yc Ul k sM kWtnt at (OH Rl SO U pu4 " (, ant oBjprr dWotiaiet. feat at ttta mhnm of Mnor nlm n mi rtt are fMlil. A lr viittirt , Mrt tiw!iof iA let trrfe-l Uiree timet ft ' inttmtHf -In a'- for eaoa mwum All Utter Wt lk4 U4urtiwi t touts rraa. ft . On.propct kwt, another still we ga at ' And aot tn4 vanity k given in two." . . . It will be recollected with what eon fidence the radical prints prngwoatica-. ted the eacccM of Mr. Crawford in the Electoral colleges; and that Nortli-Ca-ir rolina was rdedged, as fr ts thtflegu ' ttr could pledge her, to assist, with ber . 15 yotes, in placing him in the Preii r ' tleotitl chair, But it teems that the i v. aorereign people could not be managed, and therefore one prospect ia lost; and I now the friends of that candidate vainlj I hope to sqaceie him through the Ilouse of IlepresentatiTes. "Crea$ quod hdbu Hhabtin innocent delusion, ami I am willing they should enjoy it; and no one surelf tan hare any objection to the. nsft nfnfojrtr meant for accomplish - Tn"2 the end or their hope. k Mr. Craw- font iv now constitutionally oeiore the llow of Representatives; and I would Bt abridge his right if I could; but when I seethe same intrigue and mis representation resorted to, for the pur- pose of influencing the representatives, which characterized the electioneering , $ Campaign of that party with tho people, ,1 do. think it the' duty of every true r . carted American to raise his voice a . , gainst them,s Their maxim (" the pctv pie are often their own worst enemies,'') will now be urcd (but covertly perhaps) with redoubled force. The voice of -. '.the people, they contend is to be dtsre s 'v rarded and theif scnrantsvare rule them afplea'sue; bet this political pa rs.lox will find. no place in the old re publican latiks it is the creature of a , new. .anomalouY prty, and will bo as ahort-lived as Us autUors.,; ..... "' Pending The election before the pco Ja rthoufffi it was terierallttmderstood iat Mr. Crawford could be bot the third man on the list) U was gravely in sisted on by the modest caucunites, that the election onght not to be carried into the Ihust, but that the caucus dictation . shpuM be obeyed by the, people in, the election of the man thu3 proposed An election by the people was, to bo sure, much to be desired; and had the name of Mr. Crawford been withdrawn'one of the other candidates would probably knvfchecn elected: but had one of the - others been withdrawn, still Mr. Craw ford would have been disappointed; f Atil.l son ni n-noY rpnin whv thp inu i n --"jf two foremost should yield to a. iBan whose prospect was interior in mcirs. The National Intelligencer and the re- tponsive Register are now putting up tne lamentationthat their candidate is a persecuted man, and that advantage has been taken of his affliction to lessen his nretensions for the office of Presi dent. Whetlver he lost more by the melancholy fact of his temporary dis qualification for business, than he gain pd h the cry of persecution ana th6 : consequent sympathies of the nation, is very problematical, to say me least, i - dn most sincerely svmnathize with him ia.the afflictive dispensations of Provi ' dence which it lias been his lot to expe - rience. and should heartily rejoice to learn thit he hod obtained entire relief. But while I commiserate the woes of a - fcllow-.man (and I believe I feel on the subject as much as most men) I should be unwilling to see the great concerns Of tho nation placed in the hands of any individual whom an all-wise Providence had by any means rendered an unsafe ilenositbry. The National Intelligen cer ay he heal tlT of the Secretary is perfectly restored; ( hope it is so; but aa this assertion was often made when it was well known that he was under the necessity of using a fae to af fix his name to official documents, 1 should like to know whether that impe diment still exists; if it does not, the Y" I L AC Atim IntAlttMfl... 1 CIV ..I if they remain silent, t shall take U for granted that it does exist. Then it wil pe a question with our representatives - wbetW they wjll bestow the office of President en a man whose unfortunate V . situation, obliges him to depend. ,on an " amanuensis to draw' up all hin docu- 1 tnents and a machine to give validit y to 4 all Kis ouicial acts. " . ' - The Editors of the National Intcl'i ' -. -rncer alleire tlwt.Mf. C Jias been rambled out of 25 votes in New Ytnk &c. As to thcir abusire epithets Jn the C witre f lhat state I have nothing ofihicct. isxctnt that it come with.an ill grace fnr tlioru - That body de serves to be scor?4 fr oof obeying the voice of the peopJa from whoa Mr. Crswford ccoli nU -Live obtained a vote. Hat th grund f coaipJaint, re lative to the blank vetts certainly fails them; that question was solemnly deci ded by the House of Representative ef, t!ie L.SUtcs.la the conUst bet ween Jef ferson and Burr, and baa recently been pablishedt and that decision, seems to v ta be founded in reason.;.- In all bal loting by legislative bodies, it la suffi cient If there be constitutional quo ruds present; the n amber of! members beyond this is knows only by the num ber of ballots their names are not en rolled in ch eccasions. - Ttf ballot is to choose by ballot, bot where n6 name ia put ta. there is no object of choice. A ballot ia a ticket designating the ob ject of eheice;bt how can member be said to, tiercise the right of voting when he makes no choicer " A member mar and often ' does omit to 'put in a ballot or even a blank slip of Danen when this it-the case hit name is never Counted In ascertain? the maioritv. nor indeed can It be known whether all have voted, or not, unless they be personally counted and the number compared with mo touts, wmcn i oeueye is never none, The majority Is always ascertained by the votes given in; and how can a blank piece of paper, any more than a leaf or any other substancij, represent a mem ber? A voter may out in a slin of blank paper with his ballot, without violatinz any rule of order or decorum. But it is said by these caucus Editors. that V Mr. Crawford has been manoeu vred outof 15 votes in North Carolina" that " some 5000 ofUhese votesfJack- son's) were given by the friends of Mr. Aaams, under the idea that a nroDortion of the votes of the electors chosen would be given for him" that a nluralityof me peopie. voiea lor air. U. althoudi wen. j, tor wnom a plurality did not vote, will receive the vote of the state" that each voter has been induced " to believe he was voting for his own ticket, wnen in laci ne was assisung a candi dat to whom, in alt nrobabilitv. he might- have preferred Mr. C against whom he in fact voted" that ' out of the whole 50.000 votes, the two tickets cpmbined against Mr, C. have not ob oineu a majority oi more t nan one twentieth of the whole number of yotes given in that Mr. C is placed before" the Ilouse of Representatives oin ground as strong, in the eye of reason, as if he had received an equal number of votes with either of the other candidates." And, to swell the popularity of Mr. C. mey oring into account tne votes ot mi nonties in states where he failed entire y, and iii some instances where no vote was intended for him; but they have carefully omitted the large number of votes given to the other candidates m Virginia, ueorgia, occ. inese quota tions may serve as a specimen of the li centiousness or liberty (d you please of the press: now let facts answer them. t is well known that in this State ticket was formed, called the People's Ticket, fnr such anti-caucus candidate as should appear to be the most promi- nenr awnu me nme oi me eiecuon air.'iainotm. win e' nis name wns un, was looked o as the most popular can didate; afterwards, Gen. Jackson ap peared to stand toremost; out as Mr Adams had many friends in the state; it was proposed that the voters should de signate tlietr choice ot these two, by writing the name ot Jackson or Adams on the tickers, and that he who should obtain the greatst number of such votes should be supported by the Electors This mode however was soon objected to; tho people required a single object for their choice; and Mr. Adams's name was dropped and Gen. J. alone was held up.as the peoples' candidate, this e vent was a desideratum with the ene mies of the administration; they had laboured unceasingly and used all the stratagem their inventive imaginations could devise to bring it about; and as soon as it was publicly declared, (which was h lew weens previous to me eiec tionl they vaunted over what they coo sidered a disunion' of the administration party, and invited the friends of Mr, A to come over to them; and then it was when they commenced the publication of the miamous calumnies ot Jesse Sen ton. which, thoueh basely false, pro duced a considerable change in the pub lic mind, unfavorable o uen. Jackson's election; they had the effect of dnvin many of the friends of Mr. A. over to the caucus side, and oi Keeping many more from the polls. The people's ticket was printed .ami, distributed throukhcut the State as a Jackson ticket and was so voted by every man who put H in xoe ooxi isic iiivuu v. us welt as the friends of Gen. J were care ful to make that fact known the peo pie understood it perfectly; it was so published in the newspapers, and de- Iciared by kc candidates on the ticket.! Tieee -ere facts wKlci will hardly be denied; thi let the reader eempere them wifh the colamcs ef the NatMnal aUlogencer and draw hia lm- rente. ; it ts true tAataome w mi vo ters, to ehow thdr preference lor Jdr. Adid vrita bit name a their tkiets, knowing attire same t!me that the cin- dates on- tne Vclel wouia vote for Gen. J the number of suck however was nat " some 50UO, trat,irom tjie best information I have been able te ob tain was about five or tit hundred er- tainly ten than: thousand; and some who voted. for. Mr, Crawford also co dorsed the ame f.Adiini oo tlicir ticktts. tnat beCittf,0n,Jo'tt by t(n Ir, and redeemable on the Slst December; of hn voters, preferred W all other men, 1 134. , - , . ' that be ahottld sink bcj.w vhe very man . 8c. 8. AnJ u farther enmeud, 1W one theee-vwtere eeTtainlflottndiJ v vete f Tomwri rfXand be, Some ef Air. CW. vo- Lll, m w,.ulu mi. iimcu wvuci iucu, dmtortbe United States be antfaorUed to but a no man who suited them better eauat the aakt TowBshio to b located n anr was run for the appointment, they cave of the Public Land which remain ttmoid, their suffrages to Aim; just so did those ,n4t!jt PatenU be imid6 Qeneral Lafay. Woose first choice wai Adams and se- r"r rr,."- a . , . ' , cond choice Jackson. There were but I L!iWI Y".,tW,c.? retd P1 vt nouce d- reading p openly and lairly, aau the peo ple voted with a full knowledge of what r r' ik.. ... ,i.:.. , inrsoimi vv y tv vie livilllle .CONUUESS. SENATE, .i ... ' MonJmj, Ike. 20, , Xlr. Itayhe, froin the committee; te whoa was referred the subject ef ma king proruioo for Gen. LaiayeUt, re port ea the following bilk A bi3 malinr provUMW tor tner?2 La&v etta. ' . - -. - ' " Jh it nctti. Ue. That ibe sum or TVe Hutdrvd Tbouaand DoDara be and tbe same b hKeby, trranted to Major General Lafkr- cw, wraptmraou rar bii iwiponam aer- tkw amv eipcnditurcs Lorur the Aarrtcan Reflation, end tkat for Qn purpoae, a Mock to that amount be kmucd in ha rvor. . .- . . - ... . V. 0loecsfeM'D&,kee " . 1 1 Ktwr That a select eetrakUee ie aV peuitad wite hti acttona to anoaire late the , eipedncecj sad practirabUit Ot bmitinf anj . ' rcrAdaunff Ute ealcaoftbe pubbo IwwcUia -auc manner tlkat the tjuartifj etwjfcl into V market aaay eet exeeed the effective ecviaei at a fcir aad netaral prieey aid with fertaer inarractkme 6 kpnre tate aay atmate ahk amy ex frwt tae cembieatMe of capitaSau fjr the purpoae of deftaodinf tbe jrwremmeat, r ttom tbe cfective erranugit urn of tbe land eflUe rjrateai and. anr ucb atmaca are fbemt to exiat, to dcriaa and report some plaa by wbkh they Bay be cor Kcted. - , , . On motion of Mf . GntSn, of K; C. it was (WmL That Hie Committee aa Conn be bistrectrd to bmaire ioto tbe evne. diaeey - ef erectiar a lightbouae oe the Soetli ad of Qoaooka, Uland, tattle State of North Carolina, t , - - . ' SETTLE KENT OF TUX OREGON. Mr.' Floyd, of Virrinia. moved that the House go into committee of the; whole en tha state of tlie Union, with a view to-.tke tni'the lll fof the: weeopeiieo of the mouth of iheCoIambia or uregoni river; - wmcn was agreea toj . and the Ilouse cnt into committee ac '. Mr. Macon presented the following ion tor Consideration: a- 4, 'h, ,iul. ,.v ,i . "tvta, l aat the Committee on NUitanr ine number o votes taken in this ,; k. ;-.,j . i .cTJ !tate was So,03b; uen. Jackson's ma- nedencvoflimitrn th number ot cadet. t onty was 4.794 considerably more the Military Academy at West Point, to the than one eighth of the whole number, number of Members rathe House ofRepre. fhese are facts well known. How then, at me number to be admit. et me ask, ha, Mr. Crawford a plural- beaa'm SKE IV OI Uie votes 01 mis SUter ur now DreenUtivea. to which Mich Si.tn npTnUfw has he been cheated or manoeuvred out ry shall be entitled, and that the brother of of them? I no person educated at the Academy shall be Where now ia the" moral ifluence"rIm,tte0 ,onff " ."? be et PP.U on our Renresentatives. favoiirable to J1. Prc!v,.,10Pbe. m fop rr ia . .u J t. it I ul,K Irom uiainci ot uowmoia. mi. viawunui Arc iiicy put mwany i , bound by the will of the D&ple to vote Vesrfdy, Dec. 21. gainst him? f I The resolution offered yesterday by Alrpndvhnv0pvprlnftlieRpnrp!en-lMr. Macon. Dronosin'r an inoLirv on tatives ot our State declared that they the subject of limiting the number of ca will sive un their individual preference dets to be admitted at the Military Aca and vote according to thd wishes of the demy, was taken up and adopted. majonty of the people; ind 1 do hope 1 "e oenare accoraing to tne oraer oi and trust there is intelligence anrt inte- iwe uay, took up me oiu making pro arrUy enouch in our rearesentation tohn for Gen. Lafayfttte; and after rule them to a proper discharge ot their consiueraDie oeoaie, u was read tne duty, .That duty is too clearly deline- third time and passed yeas' 39, nays ated by the sovereign willrt tho people u una sent to tne ttouse ot uepresn not to ne understood ana leit. 10 savi oucurrcnce, . nothing of the effect which a resistance Mr, Barbour submitted the following to that will would produce, at the next wnicn was taken up and agreed to; election, It ia hoped that our Represent" Heaved, ThatthereKrent "of tbe fTrdi- tatives will feel themselves conscien- te1 State be requested to cause to be com. H,,n,l faWLfnll. r.r.n) mumcaiea io tne senate, such information as iuvu uuuuu aca a iui t t y a v ui lsvii v , . . . , the wishes of the people', so clearly and c"0emEd) ilSi Sffi 80 POWertUlly expressed, there IS a red to in his messare.and th mn.h.r,rn. 4 moral ntness in tne thing; and a tlepar-ltore adopted by the Executive for their sup- ture jrom it WOUld leera to argue a ue- pressionj ana mat tne rresKient oe alto re- reliction of nrincinfo.Hnd of dutv. It state w additional means neces- ....... I sarv and exnedient to be entriiiitpd f n hi is no argument to aayjhat because mte Elecutire for the pprion of the iame canciiaates are constitutionally Derorei ti....,k... n.. a lh HmiM. th fhSrK n th li.t h an 7 humlblj, Dec. 23. equal claim to their? vote, unless he I The resolution submitted yesterday should stand as the first in the state y lumn, renursung oi me rre they represent. A fckse indeed might 8,dent tff th United States information occur where a candidate should obtain respecting the extent of piratical depre the electoral vntea of a maioritv of the daturas" on our commerce, &c. was ta- atatpa nl ctaiwl a th tKinl mn ken up, and agreed to. . , ---- , . . r-.ll. il- t..i . r in point of numbers In such a case, in7".' Passeu 1 we iouse oi ue nnraiiinv 'tkA n,-inrihli I mnfrnH fnr prcsentatives, " concerning Gen. Ia- ih ni.nrMntit!vpaTfrnm th ttp Fayette," was brought to the Senate for . - ai. . lannnrranB nilfrhf trt arrt. frtf - him Y( iCh IttfrrA I viivt at-itpanni.i.v.tiArahapnf ramnlaint- The bill was read the first time, and for such is the result of that compromise -if u 10 w on(i time; it of conflifting interests which we all ac- T , cn' on1m.oln ' Mr- frDour. knowledge and aJmire in our Federal reau aecouu ume, wu.iout oojection, Constitutionto the1 supremacy of which ! "P 0 ine "f we must all bow. "In "the present in- No amendment or objection being made stance, no one of the Candidates has a ? the b,U c.'tte of the whole. ma nr tf nf thp atafpi hv t ip e ertora iv waB H" ".'' J V T. y I iha immtiMi f nril.rinn 4k Kill votes. What is to be done 111 such a "7 o.0-s tu- r.;-.i rn r u rami;, third reading, it was carried with but ..: -siM i .vK i! one audible dissenting voice. The bill uniCI IllUOfe. TICIU, auu oimu I , 1 a t . , , i it be? Surely the two foremost will not as h,en' an,nJM ,coft.seht' be laid aside to arcommodate the third re.a" 1 l" r PaMeu' anu reiurn ... ,. . ... ... ,.i ... 1, ea 10 tne omer iiouse. man on ine iisi, um uic oiiict niiivii have supported him, it would seem, oueht to throw their weight into the scale of one of the others. Tliese are the crude suggestions of the moment and are intended merely to bring the subject before the public. But before I conclude I wish to cor-1 IIOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, Dec. 20. On motion of Mr. Stevenson, ReiolvetL That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the propriety of providing by law for the reixmirsement of the amount of interest, paid by the state of rect another error which the Editors of Virginia upon loans of money negotiated by the National Intelligencer have fallen ber for the Use of the General Government, into; TheV claim for Mr C. a vote m during the late war between Ureat Britain Maine, because the Elector mo ontain-1" ."." r,r , . 1 i i 1 un mouon 01 nr. aiaiian, 01 v ermont, ea me majoriiv au woo wou.u o-1 Rttoloett That tbe Committee On N.ral tetl lor Mr. Adams, was a post master 1 Affairs be instructed to inouire into the ex- arid therefore not eligible. " In the eye I pediency of making an appropriation for coh nf Mtmn" tKpa oofiVn'rpa arioti W hv leetincr materials, and orenarintr for the h .mp "moral influence" on the! building of a steam vessel of war forthe de- i..flL. ti .u ' .-l fence of Lake Champlam, mm! i ne ivcorcscuiau. uivugu ... 0) nU6m M unZum, It waa the Llector had votect; out upon noi fc-AThat the Committee on the Post principle can the vote be counted for Office and Post Bonds be instructed to in. Mr. C. It is lost to Mr. A.' and to quire Into the expediency of establishing a erefy body else. Jn ordinary cases Pt route from lUlcigh,N. C. by IJttle Kat. Wi l,1 K nnAthpepWtion. hot in Hn "Two ' V1 9m7 .v. Mr. Whipple, of N.U the case before us there is no remedy. Jit.. fenwini. ' It would be a monstrous anomaly in Ueiohctd, Thst the President of the Uni elective representatioh to "send t man ted States be requested to communicate to ..Ia ..ki.'.n 4 Cm tiu .'iui tbia House anv information Which he ma Will, llM.fMIt, VII..H fl V , , , . . , V ta. will of a larce maioritv whohannen- P?- nd Tbich VPm'T ' 1 7 . ed to fix on a man constitutionally dis qualified. ' J- ' 4 Ibe imnrooef to make pbbc relative to tbe intentions of the allied powers or Europe to aid Spain in the subjugation ana recovery 1 or net termer iwiowcs i ahwiw ? cordingiy. Tbe bill was read by sections, and the several blanks were filled; ' The committee then rose and the Ilouse ad' journed. Tuesday, Vec2U ' lit. Randolph, from the Committee on the services and sacrifices of Gen Lafayette, reported a bill " concerning General Lafayette;" which was, twice read and made the order of the day tor to-day. fit is a transcript of the bill yesterday reported in the Senate, pro posing to grant 82UU,ooo in stock, ana one eittire township of land. " The resolution yesterday ofTered .by Mr. Whipple callfn for Information as1 to the intention of the allied powerf to aid Spain in'ftcovering her former do minions' in oith America was tnkett up and agreed toV ; Mr. Randolph moved that the order of the day be dispdnsed with, in ordef to take up the billconcering Geo. Lafay ettc. ' The nuesu.d was put and carried by large majority. The House accordingly went intrt committee of the whole on that bill and after some discussion, it was laid on the table, for the purpose of allowing tha members time to consider its merits. fVednt9day,tkc,9A. , The Ilouse then resumed the tonsi- deration of the bill providing for the oc cupation of the Columbia orOregon. Ri ver, wliich after undergoing several a mendments, was ordered to be engross ed for a third reading to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Little, of Mary and, the Ilouse resumed the considera4 tion of the bill yesterday reported by a committee ot the House "concerning Gen. Lafayette." Considerable debate ensued, when the question was taken on ordering the bill to be engrossed, and decided in the affirmative by a large majonty It was then ordered that the bill should be read a third time to-day. The bill was then read a third time, accordingly, and the question thereupon deciucu: yeas 100, in ays 20. Tliursday, Dec. 23. The Speaker laid before the house a etter from Mons. A. Sheffer, of Paris, presenting to the acceptance of Con gress a full length portrait of General Lafayette, which was laid on the table. The letters in the following teruts: 81: I send by the shin Cadmus Cnotain Francis Allyn, (who has kindly promised to take it on to Washington) a full length por. trait of Gen. Lafayette, painted by me, which I pray you to do me the honor to accept, for the Hall of the Ilouse of Representatives, over" Which you preside. " As the frtena ana numircr or General Lafayette, and of American Liberty, I feci happy to hare it in my power to express, in this way, my greatful feelinps for the national honor which tne free people of the U. Stated are at this moment bestowing on the friend and companion in arms of your illustrious Washington, on the man who ha been so glo riously received by you us the "Nation's ' uuest." Accept, sir, with the above testimony m my sentiments, for your eon; ry and for my venerable friend, the sincere assurance of my profound respect a. t;nj!.r r e.n' To thi Bon. the Speaker, athe II. of It. of iht U. IS. On motion of Mr. Lathop of Mass. it was ttr hed. That the committee on the Judi ciary be directfd to onskler the expediency of increasing the fees of Jurors who may be summoned to attend the Circuit and Distric Courts. On motion of Mr. Archer of Va. Setohvtd. That the President of the'tJnited States be requested to communicate to tbe House any information in his possession, not improper to be communicated, explaining tire character and objects of the v isit of the naval officer of the. United State, commanding in tne vet mu', u uib w, umuu, the llandff fcrto Itieo, on Ihj day cf Mnmhf last. ' If i'' - The engrossed bill ' To protide fof occupying the uoiumoia or wregon ver;'; was read i third time and passrtl -iyeasl!S,Tiayi574 . . 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