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J TT ru to that of oilers, tu : Con-tiitutiott. and mo ' cruoia upon the . . iiTmy opinion to falsify and violate both hiy personal duty and jtny otiicial oath. ' 1 bis, sir, I will never do. , ; -, ' It may not be proper to anticipate the course which 1 may be compelled to take, . ... i. . . . . ... unless excusea irom me vote; dui mis.t win ., ' My, that whatever a sense of duty and the . .'dictate ofcoMcbnoB abaft, prompt, in a . matter so serious lh principle, ;nd so mo. mcntous ia its results to the Government and thn Pioiil 1 wilt nursue. at anv ncril otconnequences to ipyscu, from trio cen. sura of the House, - -The question being put on excusing Mr, Lincoln, it was decided in the negative: Ayes 84. not 80. . . , t , .... Mr. Lewi Williams, for the samo rca; sons given by Mn Andre ws, asked to be excused, but the llouso reuweu leave, . ; Mr. Dawson asked to bo excused. Ho s i - . i t . sata no never tiag-iirnetiy-or indirectly ' evaded any vote In that Houso for party - purposes or political effect, and he would : i i.. .it i .i j..... ......! uiumniuuiiigiy uiacirargtj miu uuiy ul vuiuig - now if it were practicable,' but H was not, for various rcpttons, - llo Imd not had an . which was Indispensable to his voting either oneway or tho other., Tho testimony in this casa hod not been printed and laid on - his table, nor had it been read before the House. 1 le was caned, to decide, juuiciauy on. question-resting on testimony which he lutu bad no means to examine, llo con . sidcrod the whole proceeding as unwar ranted by the Constitutution and contrary to i the rules and practice of tho I louse, and as imirturing his nalit to decide lor hlinscit. - Tlie two reports, oho from five members of ' tho committee and the other from" four, gave , conflicting accounts of tho fuels of - the case, and to compel him to decide bo. . tweon them without having heanLlbo evi. dence was such an act, as despotism itself, alone could perpetrate. By yieUling to such a requirement he should sacrifice the - - fundamental principles of tho free govern. ment undor which he Jived. An" Imperious - sense of duty, therefore, cdhiiiellcdhim respectfully to ask to bo excused. -r- -At-thls point, Mr. Tttrm-y-calltMl Mrr Dawson to order. X Tho Chair pronounced Mr. Dawson to be ; in order. ' ' "order and (o shut his mouth from giving his reasons was of a oicco with tho whole oro. coeding. and wan but a part of that tyranny - vby which it waa attempted to force him into X . an act which he could not perform without the grossest injdstice to, the parties con cerned, to his own self respect, and to his duty to his constituents. " The question being put, tlte Ilouso rclta. - cd to excuse Mr. Dawson. ' ' Mr. Monroe said ho would belad to bo able to say, as the gentleman had who just now resumed his seat, that he had never violated the rules of the IIoiwo.' "lie had often violated them, and in all human pro. , bability should do it again on this occasion. - Laughter. When icithcr. the Constitu tion nor Ilia law of Ova land nor the usa ges of this House called upon him orpcrmitil .. ted him to vote, be. would not nM;o bo excused from voting.' Mr. JLdidnotask it.1 no wouia assume tiro rptmonsibJlityot refusing' to vote v llewould assure tho House tliey bad 'beard tho last of him on this matter, but S an indenehdent Renre. tentative frpnrfbe State of New York , I do ask the Ifouse to bear thist 'l wfuse"to v Votebecause I .have never seen the evi ' dence of the report of the committee : . therefore cannot decide which of the claim. ants are entitled to seats on this floor.'1 Mr..Waddy .Thompson said: I ask the House to excusemejrom Yoting on the res. olution. It is in no wanton disrespect to the House that 1 say I cannot and will not vote upon the question, i hisls not an or. dinary matter of legislation; it is a; -case 4 where in tlie veryierms of the Constitution I am to act as judge, and under .all the sane tions of that sacred character. ' Tlie case . which I am to decide is purely a matter of evidence : that evidence is comprised of six hundred pages of manuscript, to-day, for the first time, presented to the House, and up to this moment it has neither been read nor printed. The resolution may be fight: now am I to know it is not? 1 cannot ' therefore vote no. ' It may not be right: I - cannot vote ay., . There is but one judge of whom cither history or poetry informs us, whose habit was to decide before he had . heard the evidence lie was the Judge of . Hell.- 1 snail not adopt him as'a model I know no case in which an issue can be more properly made, none that will better ' show to the Fcople the extent to which the reckless insolence ot power has carried the majority than this; and it is for that, and not as an idle vaunt that I tell you that I was in my scat when my name was called. I did not vote", and I will no I . defy the power of the House to make me vote. Mp. Thompson was not excused. - - Mr. Pope, in some remarks which could -, scarce be hoard amidt the noise, stated his inability to vote without hearing the testi mony: he had not prejudged the case, but wished to give an honest vote upon it:' but how could he, as 4 sworn judge, do this, when he had not heard a word of the evi dence? He appealed, with much feeling, to the majority; for the ItonoT of the House, and the honor of their party, that tliey Would not perpetrate so groat an act of op pression. Such a thing. Had never been witnessed since the foundation of the Gov- ernment Never before, in any legislative Jbody ui this country bad persons claiming a seat been denied the privilege of . being ' heard: never had judges been called on to decide without hearing cither parties or rcsuuiuuy. . . , Mr. Pope was not excused. - Mr. Sergeant said: I cannot vote upon the question, for the following reason: the question is of a judicial nature, to be decid. ed according to the evidence and the law, and I deem it my duty never to render a judgment without being ihfonned of the law and the facts of the case, and, in pro per cases, having heard the parties J resolution of the House to decide immedi ately upon the coming in of the reports, be. fore they are printed , and when there is no opportunity to examine theni, or to exam ine and compare the evidence, ail opportu nity for discussion and amendment being at the same time. cut off by the previous question, would be, in my opinion, to pro nounce ' a judgment without knowledge, and a violation of tlie dictates of conscience and duty. I consider myself deprived of my vote bv being deprived ot the opportu. nitv- of informing myself how to vote. Tlie question Twing puti the House re. fused to excuse Mr. Sergeant ; ! . Mr. Bond also asked to be excused, but what he said in support of tho request was totally inaudible to the Reporter. Mr, Cushing asked to bo excused from voting on tlie question for the following reasons: I ho Committee of kloCUons (said ht) present to the House rrwrfution, on which the members aro called to Vote. That resolution afllrms that certain gentle men are cnt itled to seats in the I louse from Ue State of New Jersey. This proposition involves many complicated ' questions of la w,' and Is founded on a vast moss of evi dence; ami I . am called on as a judge in the jiV rounder the Constitution, to de cide thereon. I ennjiot decide these qucs. tions of law without opportuni.for coiisi. deration, which bus "not yet. been given to mo. I cannot docido tho questions of fact without hearing or reading tlie evidence, whkh,liovfevur,Iasot yet been submitted to mo for that purpose. DnidelF suclTcir. cumsuinces, I cannot conscientiously vote eitlier yea or nay f for I do not and cannot kmwonhichsido;thc;th:licg-rj arn in the condition of the Roman judges, when they returned a verdict of turn liquet Thus situated, I cannot and will not vote on the miostlonj but 'out of respect to the House 1 ask them to excuse mo, for the reasons I have BsIgtifidCT"T '' 7 " 7" JVIr. Cushing was not excused. Mr. Profllt referred to the contradictory statement of the two reports. . lie had at. tentively listened to them both, and his mind had been balancing on the subject, and for this reason he had this mornintr called for tho reading of the testimony, lie asked to be excusedTbuTif tho reqiist was rejected he should rotuso to vote. If this were a question of dollars and cents merely, the House could not rc!fuse how much less when it involved such grtat principles and such serious conscaucnceaT Mr. rrotlit was not excused. Mr. Calhoun saidi I asked to be excused "i. . from Voting, for three reasons, and In three words, 1 ho reasons are, that I profess to bo guided by my eoiucienee , by the CorutL. tutim, and by evidence; 4o all of which I should do violence should 1 vote under ex. isting circumstances on cither side of this question. '-; . mr. Calhoun Was not excused. Mr. Bell said he could not ask to be cx- cused, for. he was4ittefly unable to' vota, and as it was not his duty to. vote under such circumstances, there wait nothing to oe excuxeo irom, ffTSoltOTistnllTrMffssactiusetts, said m felt impelled by a sense of duty, to ask to beexeused from voting. I am, said he, wholly unprepared to vote on the resolution, and without any fault or neglect of my own. 17ie House will recollect that I took a lively interest; and had a decided opinion upon the question which agitated us seven or eight months ago, as to. the right of the regularly returned ncmbers to scats. Since that time I have known nothing of the pro gress of the controversy. I have not read any statements upon the subject, and have not had ten minutes' conversation with any member of the committee upon the evidence in tho case, or the questions which it pre sented, i How, then , can I now vote? How can I undertake to decide who are entitled to seats! What is the state of the case? Several months ago the subject was referred to the committee:, they have been ever since en gaged in its examination. This morning they have presented majority and minority reports, the reading of which has occupied several hours, these reports refer fro. quently to the evidence, and to their own joumaL The volume of evidence which you, sir, have just informed us contains nearly 700 pages, teas laid upon your ta hie tetth the report, this morning. It ha not yet been placed upon ours; neither has the journal, another larfte volume. We have had no opportunityjo read a word of ciuier. liiis is a most cpmpiicaieo xase, presenting very important legal questions, upon which an able committee, composed of. professional gentlemenj are divided in ppinion.Aftcr a careful and laborious ex amination, they have come tooiflerent re- suits a bare majority deciding that certain persons are entitled to scats in this House. which the minority of the committee are of opinion belong to other gentlemen. I lis tened attentively to the reading of the re ports, untu I found that it would be utterly impossible to form an opinion upon the me rits of the case without examining the evi dence, not doubting that an opportunity would be allowed us for that purpose. cannot vote undprstandingly upon the' res olution. 1 cannot undertake to decide. case which I have had no opportunity to examine, wiuiuui mo iiazuru ui uoing Jia- grant injustice. I therefore respectfully ask that I may be excused from voting. Mr. Sal tonstaU was not excused. m j Mr. Slade asked to be excused from, vo ting in this case, because it is morally un. in possession of the case. . T - Mr. Slade was not excused. yir. G. Davis, of Ky. respectfully asked the House to excuse him fron voting on the resolution reported by the majority of the Committee of Elections injfavor of Mr. V room! and the other four gentlemen asso ciated with him as 'entitled to seats in the House as Representatives from the State of New Jersey, not from any disposition to avoid the responsibility of adjudging the case', but for the following reasons, viz: 1st Because ho understands the other .9ir gentlemen claiming the same seals are de, sirous to be heard at the Bar of tlie House in support of their right; and it has been a universal usage to ailow-gentlemea placed in such circumstances this privilege.. . 2d. Because be considers the House in passing on said resolution to be acting as a court and himself as a judge, and that as such he is sworn to decide according to the law and evidence of the case, lie has never read the testimony in the case. He has had no opportunity until this day to un derstand the points on which the several parties rely for a maintenance of their rights. And since then ho has had no op. Krtunity of reading and examining the ev. .nee bearing upon the points which arise in the case. If a judge of an ordinary court were to proceed to render a judgment un der such circumstances, I "think- he would be justly liable to impeocluncnt -..Where-fore, not understanding tho case himself, arid not having had an opportunity to un derstand it, he asks to bo excused from do- Ing an act which he would consider as cor. rupt. and an impeachable offence if com. Butted by a judge of a court. - Mr. Davis waaHiiDt excused. ' Mt.'StaiiJylKmcd no more excuses would be asked for. 7 lie : should ask for bone- Let tlio party consummate their work. -Mr. Mason, of Ohio, moved that Mr, Halstead and his colleagues be now heard at the Bar of the JIouso. Tho Chair pronounced the motion not to be iow in order. . . , , ' i i le thereupon took an appeal. Tlie question was immediately put, and the decision of tho Chair was sustained witliout a count Mir. Evans demanded the yeas and nays on me n iai n. otiesiion. Mr. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, asked to be excused from voting on tlie resolution, because the majority had refused to permit tho evidence on which it was predicated to be read. He said that the evidence was in tlie possession of the House, but that tlie members of the house had no opportu. nity to read Jt, or hear it read, since il was communicated ' in the morning: that the-qucstion bo was called en to decide by his vote was a judicial one; that he could only vote intelligently upon it, after he had Doen made acquainted with the fi,cts1 and fliaf if he voted without a Knowledge of the facta, ho was voting in the dark: that.un. der such circumstances, he could not vote conscientiously, and did not see how the majority coukf justify themselves to their consciences or to the country, for, voting upon such a question, or compiling others tj yote upon it, in entire ignorance of the lacta, no tnerciore hoped tiro House would excuse him." j ' Mr. Cooper was not excused, Mr. Alford. of Georiria, asked to bo ex cused from voting on tho question "before the llotiso Ho said the rudest nation o! savages never dishonored the name of man by condemning a fellow beina without hear, ing the evidence. It has been reserved (he said) for an. American Congress, who claim to be civilized and Intelligent, men, to set an cxamplo essentially violative of every principle of justice; Yon demand a decision of mlauestioirndfuseThe hearing of the proof. I demand the right to hear it " I have not heard or seen it I could not It is now produced for the first time. 1 his is a judicial trial. I am one of the judges; my associate judges rcauirc me to decide this question, and refuse to allow me to read or hear the proof. You dishonor me by your conduct I will not submit to your tyrannical dictation of per jury against my conscience. He that con. ceala or suppresses the truth under oath is as guilty of perjury as if he swore to a posi tive falsehood. And the most charitable conclusion, under the circumstances, is, that tlie evidence is against you. This is despotism with a vengeance. But I will not submit to its rude and insulting enforce ment against me. I would suiter death be fore I would submit I prefer that what little is known of me w the future should be consecrated by martyrdom for the laws and Constitution of my country, than it should be said or writted I yielded for a moment to the tyranny of a despotism so unreasonable and unjust. . Mr. Alford was not excused. Mr, Evans inquired of the Chair whether tlie testimony had been read? ' The Speaker. It has not Mr. Evans. Is the testimony reported to tho House, and now on the Speaker i table? .. - The Speaker It is. Mr. Evans. I will thank the Chair to 8tate of how many pages it consists. The Speaker, (taking up a printed vol ume.) It consists-ofover 600 paces. Mr EvanSi -Will the Chair state when the testimony was laid upon the tablcf; The Speaker. To-day. S ' L t , Mr. Evans. f .As I am required to vote upon this question, and am utterly unable to do so understandingly, without reading ura lesumoiiy, i Hat ii may do reau. Several voices in all parts of the Hall; "Nofno."! - 1 he speaker. It cannot be read but by consent ot the House. ("No. No," from all parts of the House by Administration members. " Read ; read," by Whig tncmbers.1 Mr. Evans. If I cannot be permitted to hear the testimony, I shall not vote upon it After what has occurred. I do not ask to be excused. I win not vote. i Air. lioiia, in order to correct any misapprehension that may arise from, the statement of the Speaker that the testimony was laid, upon the table to-day, desire to state that it waa hM ufn tlie Speaker's ta. bit to day, but has not yet been laid on the mcmbers, tables; nor has it been seen by more than nine members of the House, and they the members of the Committee. Mr. JJell. 1 nave never seen it f " Nor I, nor I," from all parts of the House. i . ' . ; . ' Mr. Lewis wanted to ask a question from Mr. Campbell . Chairman of the Committee of Elections. : . i Mr. Stanly objected, .s, ! Great confusion, and cms of ''No, no!n "Ne, I object.7 -...-.vfc . ' Mr. Hillof Virriiua.askedtobeexcu edi Though lie could not promise himself a better fate than those who baa preceaoa him, yet he deemed it respectful to appeal to the House to excuse him. If the majori ty, without knowing or hearing the testi mony, were willing as judges, to pronounce upon it, contrary to the Constitution, to the forms of parliamentary proceeding, to justice, and to decency," and would sufler themselves to be forced blindfold to the de cision of a case they had not beard, they must excuse others who bad too much self respect to follow thenti-Ctlerncn might be content with sinking their own charac ter and the character of this body, without insisting on dragging others after them. How would they stand in the view of the nation! To try the rights of a State of the Union on testimony never read, printed r or heard? and iudco it upon a single vote given in a committeef Two hundred and forty free Representatives surrendering their judgments to the keeping of one committee man! Mr, H. whs called to order, and con. eluded by saying he would have no part in so detestable a farce. . -,, Mr. Hill was not excused. Mr Rariden asked to be excused from the groiindg following : Tliattlie only evi dence wide! has been laid before this House, or that lie had ever socn, pertain, ing to tlie rights o.Cthe claimants to the N. Jersey scats, is die certificate of tho Gov. ernor of New Jersey, with the seal affixed, certify ingto the rights of five gentlemen to tlie seats. Nothing has been laid before the House as evidence to impeach the cer. tificatCj-w the-tight of those five." gentle. me a Common rumor has impeached it on one hand, and the same common rumor sustained it Five of the members of the committee of this House, in their report to this House, impeach the certificate of tlie other gentlciucn ToTherBcaui,upbn""evi. uence which tnoy attirm . was brought before them, rour otlicrs of the same committee vindicate the certificate of the Governor and rc-aflirm the right of tlie first named gentlemen upon the same evi dence ; and he could not decide between these coiinU-ting claiiiw and cdnffictFng loT ports, and oftinn the right of the' now sit. ting mcmbcrs,'ih the absence of all evi. dence except flie Governors -certificate, which certifies the right of five others. Mr. Rariden was not excused.' 7 -Mr. Rives wished to make proposal to tho House. - . " The Chair .said it could be done only by general consent I Lioud dissent Cries of "IMo, no down, hot in ordcrl L Mr.Tttvcs emleavored to proceed, but his voice was drowned in tho Cabel-like din of sounds. - -. Mi. Ogle said he wished to vote on his own judgment, and not on that of other men. ... Ihe committee ' were evemy bal. anced, four against four, until, a week or twoagorMnrrVF. Thomas, of Md. had been addedMn Ogle withH-reqieet for that gentleman, jvas not to be bound by his sol- itary vote in committee, nor by the report of any committee under Heaven. He must judge for himself. Mr. Oclo was riot excused. Mr. W. Cost Johnson asked to be excus ed. He thought the whole procecdin: fraught with the most alarming evils, an likely to set a most pernicious precedent for the future. WTienever high party times occurred, this case would be called" up as sanctioning tho abuse of power. The rights of a sovereign and patriotic State wei-c involved, and, as a State Rights man, he never could yield his assent to - such proceeding. It was not only a violation of btate fights, but an infringement on every principle of justice and every safeguard of freedom. .M - Mr. Haws and Mr. Triplet! asked to be excused from voting on the resolution re ported by the Committee of Elections, for the following reasons : 1st They arc not informed of the facts of the case. . 2d. They have bad no opportunity of gaining an information as to the facts of the case. 3d That every ust-aW of this House, so far as they "know, is overturned and violated by the whole proceedings in - the ease. They state that the only information -they have had an opportunity of .gaining of the tacts of the case is from the reading at the Clerk s table of the report ot . five of the Committee of Elections in support of the resolution, and four of the committee in opposition-to the resolution, both of which re ports are long, both of which take . many and contradictory positions, both of which reports diner widely in facts and argu. ments,and both of which refer to testimo ny which they have neither seen nor had an opportunity of reading, hearing, or con sidering. That they consider it their duty, in sitting in judgment between the parties claiming seats in this House, that the fol lowing proceedings should be observed, to wit Ist That the evidence taken by the parties to support their respective claims should be read or printed, so as to aflord rair and reasonable : opportunity, to each member to understand it 2d. That the parties should be heard at the bar of the House, by themselves of counsel, in such reasonable manner as to enable them to present the facts : and arguments of their case. In consideration that they neither know the facts of the case, nor have had an opportunity of knowing them, and that tlie entire proceeding violates all the forms, usages, and- principles which nhoukJ, their judgment, be obeerved, they respect-1 fully ask to be excused from voting. Mr. Haws and . Mr. Triplett were not excused. , , ; Mr. Campbell, of Tennessee, asked to be excused from voting on this question, iqruie louowmg reasons : i nat two re ports have been made to-day, one by the majority and the other by the minority of the Committee of Elections five members agreeing to one report and four agreeing to the other.. One report declares that the five Administration members from New order! "Yes, yeel let Mm ask!" Jersey are elected ; the other declaref thai the five Whig claimants, all or a part, are elected. The evidence upon which the re ports are founded has not been published or frinted, nor has it been read to this House, have not seen or heard the evidence,' and tnnot 'decide wbichset of claimants is en- titled to scajs. I understand that the clai mants for seats wish to appear at the bar, bylthemaelves -or by counsel and show their right to seats, but the previous ques tion has been 'sustained 'by a majorityi which cutsofFthe reading of the evidence and the right of the parties to appear in de. fence of their claim to seats. Acting now in a judicial capacity, tinder the sclcmn ob. ligation of an oath, I cannot do justice to my own conscience or ta tlie parties con. cerned by giving my vote for or against the resolution now before the House. 1 ''V.Mr. Campbell was not excused. 1 Mr Fillmore appealed to his friends to prefer no more requests to be excused ( tliey were utterly vajjj,.. Lot gentlemen complete tlieir work, and then answer it to tho nation. : ' - - Mr. Campbell, of South Carolina, mov ed to adjourn j but the House, by yeas and nays, refused the motion 1 Yeas 75, nays 107., ' w-v,, - k The question was now, at length, ob. toincd j and being put upon agreeing to tlie report of the committee, (which declares die members now sitting to have been duly elected, and entitled to seats,) was decided at follow t .'wi ': : -;- . . ' ., -.: - Yeas Messrs,-Allen,- Hugh J. Andor. son, Atlierton, Banks, Beatty, Beirne, Black well, Boid, Aaron V. Brown, A. G. Brown, Burke, Wm. O. Butler, Bynum, John Campbell, Carr, Casey, ChapimaD, Chrdi Coles, Conner, Craig, Crary, Da. na, Davee, John Davis, John W. Davis, Doan, Doig, Dromgoole, Duncan, 'Earl, Eastman, Ely; Fine, Fisher, Floyd, For. nance, Galbraith, Hammond, Hand, John Hastings, Hawkins, Hill, of N. C. Hillen, Holleman,Holmps,- Hopkins, Hubbard, Jackson, Jameson, Joseph Jahnson, Cave Johnson, Nathaniel Jones, John W. Jones,! Keim, Kemhlc, Lcdbetter Leonard .Lucas, McCulloh, McKay, Mallory, Marchand, Medill, . Miller, Montanya, Montgomery, Samuel W, Morris, Newhard,Parish, Par mentor, Parris.Puyntcr, Petrikin, Pickens, Preiiu'8S,"yriotd71ieU3'vSrEdwaid Rogers, Sameuls, Thomas Smith, Stark- weather, bteenrod, Strong, Sumter, Swear- Innnn Humnn. Tnnln. .i n I Tl. .. - uvii, u.wmj pi.jwn-rwiiuH-1 mm, P. F, Thomas,' Jacob Thompson, Turney, Vandcrpoel. D. D. Wegener, Watterson, Wick, )arcd W. Wniiams, Henry Will. Iams,'Wortliihgtbh-102; y. y Nays Messrs. Botts, .BriggSj Carte!1, Cliinn xCliittendcn, Mark A. Cooper, Cranston , Fillmore ,Goggin ,Green ,HawesJ James Mason,- Morgan, Ogle, . Osborne, Pope, Ridgway, Truman, Smith, Toland, Thos. W. Williams, J. L. Williams 22. So the report was adopted. Thb closb pp TH8- session. Yester day was the last day upon which, accord ing to the Rules, any bill could pass either House of Congress, the two Houses meet ing to-day only tor tJw! urpo8e Tof winding up the Session. - . '- " r: - Our reports of proceedings bring up the doings of both t louses to the hour of recess. Of all that was done in the afternoon and night Session, it is impossible to inform our readers intelligibly this morning. They shall have it all in our next We are ena bled to state, however, that the General Appropriation .laws all passed, except the Fortification Bill, which was under discuss ioii in the House at 11 o'clock, when the paper was put to press. Previous to taking up the Fortification Bill, Mr. William Cost Johnson moved a suspension of the 16th joint role to allow of the reception or the joint resolution passed by the Senate to continue the char. ters of the District Banks, on condition of their resuming specie payments; but, it re quiring a vote of two-thirds to sustain the motion, it failed ayes 73, noes 53 the members evincing a disposition to give pre cedence, in the order of business, to the fortification liilL . ' . '. " The bill providing for the support of the West foint Military Academy was passed by the House and sent to the Senate for concurrence -a substitute o fie red as an amendment By Mr. C H. Williams pro posing a different arrangement for the military instruction of officers and cadets having been first rejected. Tlie amendment of the Senate to the Navy Appropriation Bill, appropriating the sum of $30,000 for the survey of the bouthern Coast from Appalachicola to the mouth of the Mississippi rivex, having been dissented from by tlie House, it became the subject of a conference through conv mittees xn the part of The Two Houses, and resulted in a reduction of the appropriation to tnc sum ot tu,uuu, to be expended j . t . j. . ., , , unoer we uirecuon oi uie .navy commis sioners. . , ' ' ' .. . ; . . . ' ' The ' amendments of the Senate appro priating $6,000 for outfit' to the Minister resident at Constantinople, and 12,000 tor the purchase of an island at the conflu ence of the St Peters and Mississippi ri vers, were also disagreed to bv the House. and the Senate receded from its said amend. mcnta. NaL Int. . t " New Oblears. Julv 15. . Beauties of the sub-tbeasitbt. Yes- terday two more drafts, drawn by-the Post. master General on the Postmaster of New Orleans, were protested for inon-navment one is ivo. ,ui, dated in March last, signedUby Amos Kendall, for tho pitiful sum-of 157 75f and theother dated May z, low, arawn ny the new Postmaster General, John M. Niks, No. 689, for the sum ot 1,0 12 11. How disreputable, bow dLsgraceful to the Administration, that lor a arait oi ft&7 one of their sub-trea. surers, there should be no funds even for that paltry amount to save the nation from the disgrace of protest!', ;. : i. '- vemy this suo-treasury system works most beautifullv. and will Wessmg to the people, and particularlv tn to the iibJic creditor. jaeTvas. ., (Jmcpsb "the AAsay Evening joo,, Tire toick or1 New YoWtir Ush below a Circular from the State tral Committee to the V nigs of the C ' It exposes and baffles one of those sive and organized schemes of imsreB. l tation and fraud by wbicbf the partisan ? the Administration are erideavorinr j tricve its desperate fortunes. Its ' claims for it general attention and fun ance, To the Whigs of this State hs i rcncei are needless. - To pretend hcj,'t home, ; that the slightest probabilify tl that the electoral vote of New York i! given against Harrison, is a pitch of tery up to which Van Burenism as not been ablo to swagger, Let the fm of the Whig, causo abroad count wijj ' certainty and confidence on the Eitl1 State. .--Jjf ' r - ' ;. -' j TO THE WiHGS QF THE UNio;' . AuiNT,N. Y.Jbxt 20, 184c ' The Whig State Committee of the S of New York hare ascertained ' that il multancous cfTort has boon madq by i Administration members of Congresg, J by others at Washington, to produce ai J pression ttiat this State will cast here; toral vote for Mr. Yao Buren. Infiin? tion lias reached us that letters have bl received in different and distant Sk;' from Washington; of the same tenor; J frequently identical In language, reph? ting . Mr. Van Buren's success in this Si as beyond all reasonable doubt.The v manner in which these representation! J got up and circulated is of itself sufficki indicative of tlieir cliaracters ' Tliey the last desperate "resort of a ruiuud par? and of an AdminiHtration tottering to downfall," to deceive a people whom tl have so long beguiled. -.Well may tt dread the consequences i of acknawledp or omitting to deny the fact, that Mr. V. Burendiscarded by hisi own-' 8i What candidate for tho Presidency J before dared to come before the People w his own State against him. It was, tin fore, of vast importance that this ovf whelming fact should bo denied, contraL ed, explained away, or disposed of in m mode. " This we suppose to be the explanation this audacious conspiracy to deceive ana lude their own followers ; we say their lowers, for we cannot believe for a mow ! I .. - - .Ilrtf.l m it 1 umrincre is a generous: vi nrg in me La who would doubt the untiring pcrsm ance of his political friends ho have I three years, under circumstances the m adverse, maintained the conflict with t), oppressors, and in -each yeai have b victorious, J In 1837 the people of this State burst : n- j l-'i.i. . t?i-.t i i i i party snacKics id wnicn uiey naa dccd ten years spclLbound, and returned ah majority to the popular branch of the Lf islature. In 1838, when Pennsylvania i tercd and Ohio gave way, when the da ness of the political horizon cast shad of gloom through the land, New York lied to the rescue, and elected a Whig C j ernor and a V hig House Of Assembly. 1839, under circumstances of diflia which must be familiar toyouTevery bm of the State Government was placed Whig hands. - ' Is it to be" believed, then, that, afters' contests and such victories, the freemci New York viB falter and prove rccreait! their principles when the great object of their ehorts is within their reach T. y they are inspired with the certain kam edge that their exertions only are needed hurl from power those wlio have so' grM abused .. the trusts confided to them ? I lieve it not ' But we are not content with these pew al conclusions. We demand the evida on which can be founded the roost reir expectation of a change in the sentinel of the People of tins state. Is it to found in the embarrassment of our ci merce and the desertion of the street our commercial metropolis : in stores i up for want of tenants; in the count! multitudes thrown out of employ ; or , to be found in the reduction in the value our agricultural products, and in the pr of labor! Are these evidences of prospj ity for which our State to be thank and express its gratitude by continuing power those who have produced them 7 Where is the evidence of reaction wt is-to reduce a majority of at least 7,, and convert it into a minority f . The m tion of 1839 was merely for Senators d Assemblymen ; and in those districts wb f the Whig ascendency was1 undisputed j there was no occasion for effort, such at l 7th and 8th Senate Districts, our frH contented themselves with electing tbj candklates without OTring for tlie niajon The most moderate estimate of our knon strength idtliose districts, added to the i tual returns Tin other "districts, gives iff real majority in 1389 of more than 7,0, votes. : How n this to belianged mtc I I majority on the other Bide? The trt elections held in the spnng o0840 enti no falling ofFoh the part of the Wt' arid, on the contrary, they and the chart elections in the villages and cities have i suited in a gain. Toe great contest'in of New York sorely disarrDointed the q culations made at Washington, and 4 trmSOSl fffftd Vnsxivfa asT 4ha . 1 HrtAiniatMlri that the ('reactions,, had not then cm iirnu uiu ss ivuuo m uvc iiuilliuiau1" i menced. ' ' Since these elections have beea k what has been the evidence of public of ion 1 By what party have those multit been assembled which are counted bf j acre TVJmt meanmpse ihogi which sprinkle the face of the State b one end to the other? What is indie by the hundreds of social songs of H1 son and his noble deeds- which you bear every corner of the streets and at e1 gathering of the Peoolet ' Are these marks and signs by which to distingu&i aespDnamg and oisheartened people, to forego the fruits of four years stwgf and willing to kiss the rod that scour? themt , . " ' ' meana of iormsition . from every part '. i -0' !