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) trtdntiixy. Monk SO. J Tkf rVt proceeded t tb coou deraftoa of tSe UTt frvm the Huh, to rrovid f " the empjovsirot of a ad ditional Naval force (which h4 been reported thi dj, by the committee of N! Affair, without amendment.) After i short debate, the bill was pi ised to it tiiirJ re .ling. . - - Thurt ij'!. Mxrth 90. n of Mr. Branch. th Senate tied to the coosideratioa of o submitted by bira, pro- Pmiitfentof the United State to bate annointed Ministers to the Conrets of Panama, without the Ad rice an J content f the Senate then the r tetUo and. on aetio) of Mr M'DC. took p tWe propoutieata jA4 tM Coti UtM of the UoHed State, U rcJaUoo to the r lectio U Preheat. . Mr. Uo3otaa,of Y. aJJrewd 0 oonmitte in Mpportof both branches power than Spa'a taomld attempt to. ta terfer ia the rtjoa of it lodepei dence. Sir. Ay.eonsidemlUiia detla ratioB s involving a etk of weighty import to th People of the UniieJ Riim: and air. V. tKat he. at an j tK.t PmhJ. vickMl iVtn.MiLiia wail of Mr. U'lWfin amendment. ta K oWwImI anna tfM trial to I ' Ha wo flowed br Mr. Cool, of 11 arrive. Ilinoi. Ko waain ftvor of takint the la the wu time bo did oot with that freidewnl election froaa the !!oae of the iteclaratioo of an ofScial crpn of Representative, bat wa opposed to the thi Governneot ahoolJ tndac etker diatriet ytefli." Ho concluded a abort to UUrra that uch pled-e had beew speech, by offeria? the following to be riven, nteaathat wa actually the Coct. added to tbo firat branch of Mr. M Duf- 'Hiat anrK tii itn'itt'mn kul .una iliruil Rea amendment! . and that it waa held bv aome of thel- Ami at wiflautborite fh voters onaUSeJ Sowth American Government, the dr "Tf Jl Camenta coo cloi rely proved. I)unrz, ., , , ,k t,mJ ----- . . . A. I... 11 " -J. L .lT "-'V".. .. . . f I air. Kranch neiirerea nia reaaontai ui mi irw a cn wm miot ut iniuiiirctherkkauaireci.ioriMaiiircauaoi- larre ia tafnort ofOto reooUtion; and Mexican Uovernmept npon that of tlie fieera, merrinr to each Sute, after xhe fait. Mr. RandJi addreed the Senate United SUte. to be prepared to redeem ure U choke of either id the afore. .K ... .r... :. ti - V v. fll-. .u.. taid officer io tbe prunarr election, on the nearly two noura on ino .tc, ... r - 1'"? " "A". V.V' Drmciak that .ch Priaarr ejection U o Which. Mr. Branch TaneU ma niouoa ro recenu enterea me iei ana a rode. aa equal rote in ouch election, and the following lormt ,i - lit ia Mia.DTOinetinMtneaeciarauonKhtacooeirtiobeautUohdineachSute . The Preatdent of the United State, in hi I of oar M intater il an aaaurance of the to act on tlie aforesaid amendment.'- openinf Mcowiro at the commencement of Cabinet here. If anch U the fact, it i , Mf . Barbour concluded hia speech in I k HmfM mvnea inrm inn i .i.u .... . r i l k....k..rM. ti'iinr. i.r,atKK I ; lh Cen atSwl in thia country. The only an. fiela amendment. .!mufc.JaMiMn and accented, and thontf for thia aozestion with which I The Committee then roar, and the that alinkten on the part of the United I he waa acquainted, Mr. W. observed, 1 House adjourned. -1 Bute wonldbecommiaatooedi And, having waa a passage in a meaage of the late I Thursday, Match sbi further. In hia Eaecuuv commnnicatn to Pmident of the United Sutea to Cou-l-On motion of Mr. M'Duflie. the the Senate of Jt ."eD' ; jresa but ho did not conceive that that Honae then went into committee of the Aeron, Kentnckr. and John Serreant, I communication would warrant or Min-1 whole on the state of the Union. of Pennsylvania, to b Envoy Extraordinary I uter to aay that any pltdgt had been ij" ' Mr. Bartlett, of New Hampshire, de and Minister Plenipotentiary to tbe assembly given by the United state. lie recol-1 livered his sentiments in opposition to of American Nations at Paaama, and WilUam fecte(j wat at the ,ame iegsion 4 re so- both branche of the amendment to the w" "v, Tm" , 721 ,tion w" introduced by a distineuisbed W IUC HtWliUi ImniTiPs ftF ahltt llmiaia nstaaw ffiA InnrvAr I fiAmai oAfkvarca!r.n iuiLr rtlnra Via. m t a. A!. u.HKk avsa 1oaniYt IA M Vltn w wawanavvn 1 iiv uv V I WVlUV vuiMllWUVii vnm xv wv in the constitutional competency of thiaEs-1 member) which teemed to I'respond to twren Messrs. Bartlett, M'Duffie, ami eeuUve.l have not thourht proper to take any I the sentiments of the Executive: but he I Webster, the result of which waa, that step io itbefor ascertawung u my opinion believed the resolution wa never called an effort should be made to close this rfit expediency cwcwwi Dotnoran- op; bor acted on, by the Conereas of discussion to-morrow. WiSVo7nior Mr. Cook, of Illinois, then addressed th. n.ttnosed measure was not within ot"r evidence pf uch a pledge a that the committee in favor of taklne the tbe constitutional competency of the Execu- referred to by our Minister to Mexico, Presidential Election from the House tive. And, also, Rehed, A the opinion of Mf. W. aid he was unapprised of it, of Representatives, and of the adoption the Senate, that. Inasmuch a the cUim of anj ne 8honId like that the State De- of the resolution. Mr. Cook concluded raaMKtf ,eVhe kB0W W retnark. about 3 o'clock; when th v-fc .n..Mf;Mi.,nAn tii iustifv the exercise wn" was tne true state 01 me case. committee rose. .... . . -1 u .r .L. 1..: a: A I . if f imilinawer. thev owe it to tnemseive. uciorc me resolution waa tusposeu A niessn?e was receiveu noin ine and to th Bute they represent, to protest of, the House proceeded to Uieunfinislied President of the United States, in com and they do hereby, solemnly but respectful- business on the table, , ' pliance with a resolution of the House ly protest again tbt same. ; ... , ' Monday March 27. of the 27th inst. reouestins him to in- un motion 01 wir. ji.h., iwictu.u- .ti. .. , . .Rirk. Mr.v;,t. r n..- ,.,u.i,-. io irn;.i liffe, cam up for consideration as the I Statfes have, in any manner, made any unnmsneu Du&iness ol Saturday morn- pledge to the Uovernnieots ol Mexico, ing, ine resolution' was" amended to land south America, that the United as to read as follows, and adopted; I States would not permit tlie interfei ttettivea, mat the fresiaent ot the mu-ence of any foreia-n Power with the in ... ' " text U ti Sftuto fU conbrmatjoo. Ucb, U U expected, will entirely re- eaove the fVctisns which exJt4 to Oit treaty i a ita original (onn. The ar raojeaecr. of thia diffictUy, kich thrraje&ed, nut only U produce a stor my dissuasion la both llooses of Con great, bot also to protract Setsioa already likely to be c'xteaded too far. we art informed, U.to be attributed in a great degree to the -exertion of Mr. Benton, ot the Senate, We crtpled iato our last paper, from the Milton Gazette, 'a paragraph an- nouncin the death of Mr. Carnel. of tion waa postponed to, and made the or der 01 the tlay lor Monaay next. , ' The bill from the House ot Uepresen- tativea te provide lor the -employment of an addiuonal Naval force, was read ' the third UnseT passed, ana retarnea to ted BUtes be requested to transmit to this the other House. House a copy of such parts of the answer of The CDTosted joint resolution pro- the Secretary of Stat to, Mr., Poinsett's let- to amend the Constitution of the r;-l' ;ftSHi?lV ZTl sing dependence or form of government of these Nations Afccompanying the Message, was ber, 1835, and numbered 22, a relate to the Report of the Secretary of State; from nitea States to as to renuer any per- ,,. fit,.tr Bf.i.. iui.n..;m.j...,.i .i'.i. l .l.,..ii.: son ineiigiwe tor mc r wiubhw also to umrm tns tlouse whether the U. State That the United States have contracted no second term, wa reaa me mira time, 1 nave, in any manner, maae any pledge to the engagement, nor made -any pledge to the .n.l MiinAK.il HntU tn.mnrmw. - I Government of Mexico and South America. I r i i UU UUBlUUUbU Mill.' V ... w i " I WJ w "IC.IVU .IIU HU'il'l .-v n.J m m m a I thftt lh I J.ltl fitafAA wruiM tint twftnit h.l . ..1 .t .1 . . " J'rtuuU, Mafcn ol. I. . i . " 1 or to eitner 01 tnem, mat ine unuea niaies ' The Senate, at an early hour, bSlj "ot P".U the. interference of any eded ,0 the consideration of Execu- 1 UTC UUBiaOf -1MJ. ItWIilUfcM null v.wovu j w wu AVCI1V .f . . lAnra mti fanr n'rloeki and then fld-l Andaiso to communicate to this House a innrnitd to Mnnda v. - v P7 of the communication from our Minis- J 7'" i . .1 Iter fit Mexico, in which ha informed the i:..iiiiUw;;r Government of the United States that the UUUSl VF- W-iv0' Mexican Government called upon this Go- instructions been issued. authorizUiar any such nsrsirement or pledjre. . It will be seen that the message of the late President of the U States, of the 2d December, 182.?, is advene to in the extracts now furnished from the instruction to Mr. Poinsett, and that he "A Friday , March 24. vernment to fulfil the memorable pledge, &c. directed to Impress its principles upon the Mr. McLnhe. from the committee of , "e X)D,Jr P, .. nteiest Government of the United Mexican States. Way & Meant, reported a bill inak- 0CCPW," "tentioni trie ah apprehensions or the danger, to which foMWUtiohaforcarr thS appointmenf of a "Mimton at the wtt,M auauionai Z, ffiV heV7. . r- . ' .... j. I naval inrrp. wirn a viftup Tn ih. nmtaii. i . - - T-- - - . Congress 01 ranama;" wnicn was twice 7. .--v , l . . have ceased. - lr, indeed, an attempt by torce read, and committed to a committee of U0V WBr.oinmerce m tue urazuiian had been made by AlUed Europe to tubven t - ... u..i r k lTn;n uuenot Ayrean y ar; Which atter the liberties of the Southern Nations on this U wiiure u iik . . r-.. . I. ..!.. j.M,.l... r..: -J . . .k : e as- nmu)ninshiilil frntn th f!oni. a uw. WMereo tu uc n- vvi umiii, u i tix ur u,c, u, I: . : ' .j- - erossed for a third readina.x . Institutions, monarchical systems. muiw na rMioign 1- Tiim(ih lnwloa I the People of the United State would have report on tile message 01 ine rresiuent 5 gtooil pledged, in the opinion of their Exe r k ITitaA UAa nf ttia 1 tth inat Mercer. IfOm the Committee On nnt tn nv fniwiim Stat, hnt tn hm i. l.tmn tn the invitation riven In tne suppression tit ,the bUve ; lYade, selves and to their posterity, by their dearest th United State from the Renubli ubmitted the following: f ; interest and highest duties, to resist, to the S iSKmbia atd Central Amfrica and Jtthtd the Committee on theTJu- utmost, uch attempt; and it is to a pledge of Of Colombia and A" cWy be inttructed to inquire Into the expe- that character that Mr. Poinsett alone refew. Mexico to be represented at the Con- diency of so amending the act of Congress, The message wasordered to lie on cress about to be held at Panama. The entitled " An act more effectually to provide the table, and, with the accompanying uenon coutauuca mnu mc lu.mwiug me punwuiucinm ccruun enmes i tlocumehts. was ordered to be nrtntcu resolution: . . , " .. .TI T." -u 'TpTh,i ' Friday, March 31. Hetolved, That, lnthe opinion or the " pu..u.w.,vW, ,u,y A nrent nart nf the ilav waa iterunied House, it i expedient to appropriate the h"1" herc,u ny '"""P1 8haW be made by . A greal Pa ; 01 ,ne day waa occupied r. 7:1 "1 1 r.n.M. ,h.P,,.;. r counterte Une. or falsely makine anv power H Debate on the proposed amendment lum- . . t ---- ,. I " .u n r . a. the United State to send Ministers to the I "llur,w wr uluu"v ,u wnuns w OTs-i.iu i.io ioiisiiiuiioii in reierrntc,i mc Congi-es of Panama. ,v teror lustitute a, suit in any UmteoTSUtes' election of President and Vice Presi The report was committed to a com- r"Ui."- . ''-."7 dent of the United States and M .ittee oftha whole on the atate of the nBT. - Union. ; ' ' tion of the laws thereof. The resolution was length on the tubject. ' After some ex Mr.AVickliffc, of Kentucky, moved agreed to. J! ? planatory observations hy Mf. Everett the following! . . On motion of Mr. Merger, ". and Mr. Trimble having obtained the ReolveL That the Committee on Foreijrnl llettlved, Tliat the committee on the Ju-i B6or for to-morrow, thehouseadtourned. i . v . ..j..: i . i ,'. : i ... ...i .1 I ., . Iteiations OC lnnrucico w imjuin:, uiu rcpun 1 uibwrjr uc n131.1ukv.cu ur cmvun; ioiu uic ju to this House, upon what authority, if any, pediency of augmenting the punishment an the Minister of th United Sutes to the I nexed, by tbe laws of the United States, to Mexican Republic in hi official character, I forgery and perjury, committed with in declared to the Plenipotentiary of that Go- jteutto deprive any individual of life or liberty, vernment tliat "the ; United States, have An engroBsed bill to provide for the th RepfraTe from Tcaeers t.. !o.UMt to h has bee rt4 ed. mot esertr by every t btatt, (witb a siis t xc p-.wn, a , J he ha gitea no cpuio upon it. R, bat tkewiM by the alatoK ps,. ' of Nsv'dle. .4 . s . .'v WhaUrvr our it f.nlu Ur. m- ,-t . j s to the perwnto be sckcu4 Lt i ,t bt it w Lron;St t our rw t'm r ItmJrrl r trrt' K6nw, teij, , and ia tba ttcm'ty of th plAce.arr,! fally wllUthc ir"enloiioj4ct,cnaracicr . pnrlriMions of th person by thesj . aieo.br d,'x s ho were prticulirlj islrr In a proper srecutio of U oViuje u t ofT.cc, had expreed dtft dci'.ly thttf 4 and prefereocrs, wa could nt kcui- , u the course it became our doty t p. Acting upon the principle, that tlie :tSa , die peopl residing arihe pU.cc, ivi l( courte iud tlie first and great iotertM 1 uc reur, mrrur vi no regvea, Perton county; which ia contradicted bv "ned aJupeJ Wroipieoi-lr4 , - of ooaduct, ami enterta ned tbope Cm . the last Gazette, on the authority of aj wo.dd equally have claimed regard bda note from the husband or ttat lady, r.wcauvo wriHu; mv 1 tnnr Iii'MtiI In thiai IS-Iiar Ia ia Uting that she is alive. tit the individual nresented bV-th This shews the necessity of the rule, U. quaERcA-hatT for te ycarf ben which we have adopted, of not publish-1 point of-had sustained in6k,a ing notices of 'marriages or deaths, un-ond irrt.-oathabie cliaractcr, W p.tte ., . at..., ai..u S- l C ess comiounictted bj repponsiblc per-; on the rt of t!w PteiVUnt to nrJS2 tons under their proper signatures. winiici of the Rcpiractiurire of u& Itappear. from the following Vu ?rapli, contained in the last Fayetteville practice: tlie reason is obvious, h i beow 8-ntiiiel, that we were mistaken, when V. Dcn,XTO"M1,S;1 with tlie quaiincation' or applicanti, we stated that that paper had been with ths wishes ofthe people, whose fottr nnrrkxoHhvM.i Tnln A r..n.r.m. may be affected by the ifccuioiii and for U, J . J tun uer anil inrrosiuVI iimv lh-it h. Mr. Cameron has not purchased i lie cutive Mairistrato on such subiecti mud . office, but has engaged to become tlie cessarlly need information, and hence ilw editor of the ' North Carolina Journal,' ri'P"ie ,n confidence bn the Representatit, nf whirh tvinor lm nroPnt nrnnripl.T ot lne. sw,e- UV. taer rule CIS. - 1 f - " . . . . . ... . . . . 1 1 .1 . : .1. . . ., 1 icaiuciii uvicriiiiuc . ine nrcicnuoni tul elaims of applicant for oHice, than uWiie At a large meeting of the citizens Baltimore, held on the otli ultimo, solutions were unanimously adopted, to must do no without inforaation-wVhost, contribute to raise a fund to be sub- P11'lty-and apart horn any inft Winch re:i!nn nr iiiflrrmont mnv iiirf.t b ject to the disposition of Thomas Jif- was forthis, that the undersigned, whram. ferson, late President of the United f1rr!"f; ue "'divHlunl they di.l, reatTily w 1 -j' i" 1 . t , v , ' I We repeat, It it w ith regret we are prn Captain Chapman of the British navy, t0 understonJ, that hi the particular casebe. was tried at Portsmouth, England, on ken ,lo afcllinst a Irtlemn evcrr vtt the 24th of January, on the charcc f qualified, and who, as a deputy, has oSick'd La..L. i.iiiii.iiij i r..i i in themee fur ten yearsi and this Coo in 6- ,.w u.g ,.u. t..aCu a .c...a.6 B,vr u Vor of one. who.' beintr ihe editor of a on coast of Africa for thirteen dollarsS; by the rule heretofore laid down, and yttii .lU ct., .f,. .l, i.,i k f"ce at tho Department, stands excepted " lll.i 9IUVC. UltCt PIIC UUU U.tt Vll .1 i . ti-om the number ofthokd who have beencs board of Ins ship a fortnight, made her sidered eligible to the holdimr such annoint. pnper the present of the Sentinel will b 5 the owner." pcopU themselves, Ar their RenresentMkq of certainly not through his Cabinet, or v C ... .!..'!.. .1.-.. 1 iu uic wiiciiuc. incv co pftrflnA hv CM'iiTiininir frm iho vaecul uf meiltS. . u.i.miiuj. ...ii. . 11. iVU,. AVhat if he shoull be require! te snrrpnncr iiitit curiiaTinnr a nri tn 4 Mombas. The charge was fully prov- be sliotdd comnlv with the condition annn. ed, and the Court Martial ordered that . " easily might it be rendered inea tjvaiiun 01 me ruie anu nounng more.- m the Captain be dismissed from his Ma jesty's service. On tne 28th 'ultimo, Mr. Wm.D Lawton, Jailor of Norfolk, Va. in at tempting tally struck the animal on the head with his stick, which so alarmed him that he ran o!T at full Apeed, and before Mr. L. could place himself in the saddle, he was thrown with such violence against the pavement 8S to cause his almost im mediate death. it is not because that be is the Editor of a ft per mat we obiecti nor mean weto-tire thin? of personal consideration.- our reasot already presented are deemed sufficient) it is sufficient that the ltepresentative ftom tie State, and six hundred resnectable citizenili ..i . V . . I. . vi - . j . . to mount his horse, acciden- r.Anaivhom. whoLraetcrand: ing. uo possible exception can betatrn; and if so, then should their wishes be' beard vd regarded. ;.: . '."C'-'1 V ; We would respectfully represent, then, (lit propriety of conferring this appointment on Mr. Curry, whom the great body cf jSifQ zens have selected and recommended.; V do it up'on a principle heretofore recognheii, and which in a government constituted u as ours is, should ever be held sacred, a rt gard and obedience to the recommendation! As much excitement seems to have & wishes of the people who are diceetlv cod- been produced by the appointment Ale of a Postmaster at Nashville. Ten nes- enter any formal protest; we orefer. hi mon see, we deem it our duty to lay before T'i'T1 IZTS fl bel;tt ' . . , J those we represent, to remonstrate wttbuw our readers the subjoined documents, President, and to claim that he siav not trat for the purpose of affocding them a cor- disrespect and disregard, the citiijewrf . r r v. . . a Community, who having a direct interontn rect view 01 ine suujeci. inejirsiis ine appointment to be made, have expresses the remonstrance of a S-nator and Re- ful'? and j-anwy their desire upon Ut i . ; subject. W e cannot adopt the belief, tM presentalive in Congress fiom TeniieB- iu virtue of his nominating itrogati, see, and the second, the reply cf the the president will be disposed to pUce . , , . . . ; the citizens of I ennessee and bet Represent iiroiucin. uicieiu, i:nuuu 111c i U61 master General. j RALEIGH. yiUDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1826. 'Hitinillon Fulton, Esq. tate Civif En gineer of this State, has been appointed gedgtd themselves not to permit any other employment of au additional naval force . . 1 . tit ill,. Watllt. t .. Mf.mrtA k...J.m.., n. bm nf RnmmnMit, .ml th. I" uvu.i ll WUVUIltUKr . ... r i. . . . i : iT I (In inotifin if MllnHii. nf C Ia I tn llip Glim a nffiA hv ho afnfa nf fJnnl-. by the Power of Europe, we the United House resolve itself into a Committee t ma. with a salary of 5.000 dollars. States) would be compeueato tare tne mot of the Whole on the state of the Union, . V fScow?eST- intake into consideratioa the propos- WelnVite the attention. of our rea- Mf. AVickliffe aaid that he should at S.Si!!1 ,t0?he ConWnnoa.in dm t0 lhe aWe Report of tbe CommU nnHMiitnM mnro than nvnlalii th re'&t the election of President and . , , present do no more Into explain tne y pre8ld nt , tee of Foreign Relations on the subject object of the resolution he had submit- ,f.-fn ji j- p,. n ... . t, ... teA: he would , do it without .reference rhe Committee was addressed in of the Panama Mission; the publication to any question before the House touch. 8UCssn. by ,Mer sr.. Whipple. Uam- 0f which is commenced in this day's pa rv..' ..v ,nd ... be comuieted in our next. . . . . .. i t!lA tlfl At - - mtrtrnm rinf liAtrinm rn I , : thought tne uepresentatives wine reo- , -&"r?' r'" this city, has purchased part of the es'- p ewere now ca ed upon to say wne- i-v.w, o6.UJ,ucii,uU , - t r : - K . .. . ,r , a Lp A - Idecided in ih tion.tiv a ?fi lu. tablishmet of the -ueorina Messenger.' .jty uaa ueen civeni;- . -t,"v -j . uv.. . , . . o ing the canditioD of the South Anericttt !7 vw,ngien-anu wreer,nen RfnuWicsj he would do it at any other ?r. Houston moved that the Committee timV a readily at at the present but he o this motion the ayes - were 52, ther.any such autho.ity bad been givea to our Ministers abroad, and,' if it had not; wheihrr jt oujrht to be Riven. The Members of the House must have ob served, froia the documents laid on their tables, that our Minister near the Oo vernraent tf Mesico had said, in his dii'Iomatic inJercourse with that Guvt-rn. inent, tlmtjt the .Government of tlie U. State wa iledeetl to ' make- common 'cause with ilvat llepub!ic if any Other 57. -e ': -,r,U $;Mt r-". . i r -.4 1 Iprintedat Macon." and entered into co- .TWjacoseion'wa llien resumed, partnership with Mr. Hole in the i ?M. i?!- fc a t it A I management of that paper, ' v delivered hit sentiments, Mr. Hoffman , . . r. i., V .Hr-.;--. , v T . We are much gratified, and our rea dera will be equally so, (says the Nat. Journal of Saturday last,) to understand of New-York rose, and was about to ad dress the Committee, .when, the Cqnv mittee rose, and the House adjourned. ilarcK 29. Hie House went into Committee of that a supplemental article to the treatv r j the Whole on the . slate 4f the Union, j with the Creek Indians, was yesterday The course pursued, and the langu- age adopted, by the President in this affair will be viewed by the American people with both regret and disappro bation. For our own part; we much doubt the propriety of hia interfering with an appointment of the kind, hav ing always understood that the Belec-1 tion of Postmasters was vested solely in the Postmaster General;1bnd. even if such interference was proper, we are of opinion that the recommendation of the citizens of Nashvilfe (who were principally, and almost solely, interest ed in the appointment) and nearly the entire Representation of Tennessee in Congress should have had weight with the President; and that it il I became him to insult the Representatives of a- State, by telling them that their remonstrance was " a jtuper not proper for him to re ceive.1 This, we believe, is tlie first case in which it has been denied to the humblest individual the right of peti tioning our. government for redress of grievances; and espreme, indeed, must be pur Chief Magistrate, when even the Representatives of the people are not allowed to communicate io him the grievances of their constituents ' .-:; W&bgton City20 March, 1826. To tia Pmidenl ef the .United States: , : . : f Sia: With feelings- of regret, we have learned that you are inclined to confer tbe appointment of Postmaster at Nashville, on one who has not been presented to you by tatives on- crround different"' from Vm has been uniformly conceded to fall .in lation to appointmehtsi or-to prictics to wards tliera-. a rule of conduct and dec sion which is done in reference to nootliet, State oreveiv Territory cf this Umon.f jWe claim to be entitled to equal right with tk otlicr States of this' confederacy; and Jbeflct, in virtoje of acknowledged practice', tto d termine a to tile fitness of applicants, the appointment to local oiTices, of such utt mown io dc most acceptiDie to ine, peyj' 1 bis we urge not indeed as a right but asatui heretofore practised upon, and until how iwt denartpd from. -V It 1in hepn nrnrtiaf (1 Uff by the Executive; and even bvthe Senile of the United States. .We maintain tliat tbJ I an office of local tendency, inasmuch t! I citizens of the place are principally to b ' I fected and because nil ami every interest p pertaining to it, it theirs, save a strict aeceur'--ability as it regards the moneys that may he cetved. We ask, then, for tlie appointment Mr Curry we ask it because of bis httrin worth, & good qualities! because he hs be" presented by every member of Tennessee, cqpt one, and for the further & stronger ' son, that ix hundred of the citizens of N"' villa and its vicinity, those immediately terested, have desired it to be done, t "e cannot perceive why it should be, that oiw thus presented and suitained-i-wbo l nently uatified, and against whose itandHJS and character, e en whuper has never brestli-ed-twho ha been in the office actively fenge ged for 10 vears,should under existing c'lrulIl stances, bfc thrown aside, to make way for tlier,-who is not thus recommended by tM peoplethe partie .interests ? Wff chu to be a departure from every thing ot usfj tie Wo, is in no reasonable way to b acoiinw ed for. V have tho honor to be, . , Very respectful!' , -JOHN U.EATON, SAMUEL U0UST0.V losJ Office Depart March 20, IK - GiaTicxtii: Agreeably U your "f Mr. Cocke, whd fit is understoojl) uo iatimatiop of his wisbe on this s;jo;ei: "
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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