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Mr. Ciiy,on liii itiurn, ras received with
; tliC warnvj.-i public a well tiia private expres
sions cf gratitude and esteem. ' Even before
his arrival, Vo liigfi waYlhc c.slimation'of his
service's-and his worth in -Kentucky, die was
elected to Congrc; : nnd ou taking his seat,
he was ngtmi - elected . Spca'lier by-nn almost
urianinnui vote ' The' session commenced in
1 3 1 5 , u dc r c: rc u m t a nc V s o fcxl r cms d ifil u ul ty
and cmbi'rras-nicui." The circulating medium
was at -iu lowest) point -of. depreciation ;n
heavy dbt hung over the national energies ;
public cred it was seriously impaired; and the
whok system of cYmmdTcial! Saw, established
" ".in pro jivct of or curing, the-'- war, called for
- - thorough rcvUion and "amendment. The cm-
Op I . , -
Larrassmciife of the nation wcro severely felt ;
and as the initiatory mcasurtrof relief,' Pre.
siJenl Madison, in his opening message, sug.
geated the necessity of-a National Bank"."" It'
'was referred to tho upprpriate committee,
and in January, 181G,' "Johh'Ci Calhoun; as
chairman of said committee;,': "reported a bill
for the chartering ofj such an institution! ; The'
bank proposed in 1611 "would mainly have
been beneficial to Englishmen, by whom seven-eights
of ili capital was s owned ; and it
threw into their hands a poweV, which .might
' have been used scrieusly to oljr disadvanige.
Upon thii ground Mr. Clay lad opposed it.
But now it was a matter of ubsoluto ncccssi
ty to the welfare of jlljo, nation.. Uridcr the
state bank system which had gfbwn up during
the war, the amount of bills iri. circulation had
increased three fold ;'' their vahp had of course
j greatly diminished ; Jtho rate of exchange had
become exceedingly high to j.he entire dc.
Btruclion of all uniformity of.tuxation, aufl to
tho dorangemcnt'of all branches of 'business
Culled for'as1 it-was by the statd of tho couu-
,
try, induced by tho var , and. by the necessi
ties of a rapidlv extending commerce, and so
modified as to thut out all danger from foreign
interference,; Mr. Clay' gayo' his-support''. to
the plan' of a bank reported by ;Mrr Calhoun,
and the bank was established. -1." Its vast, . bene,
ficcnt etfect upon all tho great' interests of the
nation, its equalization of exchanges, tho im-
petU3 it gavJ to cotfirricrce; and"a11" depart
meats of business, tho unitoVm vort"h and
permanency it gavo jto bur cfrcalating me
dium, at onco - justified . the confidence with
which it had been established by its' friends
in Congress. ; i , , '' " ; ' ',-';,.'. ; " , ;
' In 1817 tho struggle :of tho".Rcpublicafaof
' South America' for in-jependende'engaged -the
attention of tho world arid enllSitcd the ivarm
cst sympaties of tho lovers of freedom ip eve.
ry part uf its broad domain, Spain had ruled
with a rod of iron thj.southernnportion of this
. western continent.' Under her 'dominion thej
beauty of the land had teen blasted V: her rc!
sources mado to servo thc brutal" luxury of
the land acros3 tho seaj and thb, energies of (
,her people crushed or benumbed by despotic
nnd corrupt nysrule, They had taken up" tho
sword in resistance t their tyrants, and In a
hundred battles" had 'humbled " the pride, 'of
their haughty, oppressors.'- They haoV pro
claimed, their : indopebdenco, and had' shown
an apparent ability to maintain it. - Their
causa from t!:3 fiiat k;;J enlisted ;tha . .hearty
sapport of Mr. C!:y ;' and in 1318 ho moved
' 11 'ah appropriation of 0lSt00ij as tho outfit
and one year's salaryjof. a minister to bo de'.'
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l i ptiiL-u iruni in j uiiueo. oiaies to mo inaepenu-
erst Provinces on the ijivcr La Plata, in South
America." Ila was defeated: IjutitiR Rtfpncrth
i - r;
j with which he vindicated the-principles on
j which' his motion1 wasjbascd gave' triumphant
' victory to tho groat cause of liberty, in whoso
. ' sigrcd service his wh,c jfoul vas enlisted.
" .. n 1S::l V- -b;cct rin came up,
j ani r.-b dij-h; d:fjnd it with all his old
ability and cIopicncc Tho topic was debated
j lor two or three weeks, and the independence
of the South :A::.crijin I::;vjU!c3, .mainly
throe-h'ths cfoiti d ?lr. Clay, was thence-
TI-3 r:al hz l.:.d bhown in tl.. il
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Mr. Clay gave his ardent
LI!!
andjt was passed, but vetoed, on the ground
of constitutional objections, by President Mad
ison.;Acting as isjbccvcd,; under,, the 'im
pression produced by this Veto, an J contrary
to his previclus'convict'ons: President Monroe,
in his inaugural address reiterated! tho 'un.'
constitutionalijy of j the -exerciso of such a
jvy,ivi vj; Muijrtsr- in. .: opposition musr to
the declared jociniori- of these two Presi
tlcnts, a rcsplmion. w'os introduced into
the House claiming for Congress this disputed
powerr , It wns discussed for, several" days,
and supporteIby Mrl.Clay in one of his most
elective and 10gicaljargumenl3. , It was car
ried by a vote of 90 to 75, and ,hus was dee ply
laid, by his exertions,, the foi ndation for the
Universal, system. -
.The ScrhiuoJe vu'r, which has cost 'the na
lon so many millions of monev, and involved
her honor. jn Jfich'iracffaccable -disgrace, had
origin as, early as l814, 1 1 the. aid , that
lribc' furnished thcUrjtuh dur'ug our contest
with that nation. Gen. Jackson was sent
against ..them, land in 1814 a treaty of peace
was drawn up under his direction, by the
terms of whicl that! , wretched peoplej were
subjected to conditions more odious and op.
nrcs'sivo than Iiiimarl. to sav rothin of s:v.
age, nature, colld. endure. The treaty was
never signed by tho chiefs of more thab one
third of the nation, and it is . not surprising
that the gthers'shbu!t have evinced their dc
termination not to abide .by its
occasional aets of hostility.
was:. again sent, agaikst them,
provisions, by
Gen. Jackson
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and signalized
hisxampaign by the nassacre f IndianJ pris
oners decoyed into mYcamp by a flag of truce;
by hang'mg, in violat on of the decisibrl'of a
coiitt constituted by himself, and in defiance
of the daw of nalionand of hjumanityj two
Englishmen found guihy of trading with the
Sominplcs by a spin
t of mora
than savage
fierceness and bloody
uisrecarii ot tue nimts
of. others, and by actd of gcnerql outrage and.
wrong : which would
any man in any age. ,
lave forever discraccd
Mr.,Chy, who had be
terms wi.h Gen. Jack.
fore been on friendly
son, could not look ivitb even the; approbation
oLsiJcnce upon these,
ful-proceedings, and
series of resolutions o
unlawful and disgrace-
gavo
bis
.support to a
censure
upon his con
duct, introducedat. thib session of 1818--19.
They, did not pass, however, mamiy through
the interference, of . (the President and his
cabinet. ;"" t .
V; At 'this 'session of Congress
newed jJs efforts in favor of
American industry , thq success o
Mr. Clayi re
protection to
'which cause
hoJ regarded as essential to the completion of
our -independence, and to which he hadj al
ready given an earnest of his devotion in jibe
temporary tariffs thai had previously been
established." ,The principle of protection had
never before been clearly recognized; but
Mr.X!ay now brough
it with all his power.
it forward and urged
He based the necessi-
ty 6f, Chis radical change in the policy of the
country on; the fact tiat the United States
could . never find in Europe permanent
market for "their productions ; but that to ren
der herself independent of foreign countries,
who in half a century could not purchase half
her surplus products the then existing rite
of increase, she must make markets of her
awii nv nunuiu.'j uu; iiauuwuuiwa "uivu
should "divert., part ofj
the indiistry of her
people from agricultulral pursuits. " Iri the
HouseVthc policy prevailed," but was unex
pccUdly defeated in the Senate. In;182i
the really increased distress ofj the country
a?ain brought the subject to the attention of
Congress, and Mr. Clay again broagnt lor
ward, -as a measure of relief, "his . system of
protection.' ; "He 'rcstetf his argument upon
experience, tmd showed by clear demonstral
"lions'" that ' ike K iczallJi of- every - nation izas t,i
cxici vrcpzriicn to.tlis'degrcz viicich shs
prelected l:rlz-:nc- industry. Ho traced the
opcratip. ri the system'm every nation where
it I.:.J adopted, and exposed the poverty
and in
::;te cf those, v. here it r.cvor
. lie proved c!:arly tint by
prico'cf thsirctectwd articb
.'c:i;' .that a traM wculd net
p o p.i j. q ' n q r j V 1 H
ar.rjcs of cr iJj-try
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viu.cnce rar,!y cr.Ut;:,J. j'Jl0 t;,U:j waa
renewed at tha sc-ion cf 1S10, n;;J it was
tHeri found that in tho1 Ccnato' there was a
majority, ag-iinst iho. restriction, and in the
Hourca majority for it, jA compromise was
finally agreed upon, by which it was provided
that Missouri might form a state government"
and adopt a constitution, which must not ba
repugnant tothat of the United States, Still
she could not be ndmited into the Union witlu
oirt another vote of Congress. ' A'constitu
tion 'was i adopted,' in which it was macfo the
duty of tho Legislature to make ' some law j
to prevent jrec negroes from entering the
estate. This furnished the occasion for another
long and angry struggle,: pending whichMr
Clay resigned his jseat in Congress. Here
turned, however, just before tho close of tho
debate," and, ""as chairman of a committee
appointed for, ithat
for the admission
purpose, reported a bill
of Missouri, leaving the
main qusstion in, dispute to be decided by the
legal tribunalsof the state. It was defeated
after an angry; debate, and on motion of Mr.
Clay, a committee bf twenty-thrce was op.
pointed, himself at jits head, to confer with a
committee from the; Senate. The joint com.
mittea rcportpd a resolution not essentially
differing from lint reported by Mr. Clay. It
was ad6pted ; Missouri was admitted into the
Union, and thus this vexed question, which,
but for the efforts of Mr. Clay, would without
dpubl have plunged ;the country into new and
untried dangers, vas amicably settled. It
was during the debate upon ' this topic that
Mr. Clay became involved in a personal diffi
culty with Mr, Randolph, j which in accord,
ance with the Universally prevalent temper
and custom of the day, was settled by a duel.
Earnest as was Mr. Clay's desire to devote
himself now to the duties of his profession, at
the, close of the session of 1819 20. he found
it impossible to resisjt the importunity which
urged him to continue in public life. In 1821
certain land claims came into dispute between
the states of Virginia and Kentucky; and
Mr. Clay was appointed on the part of the
latter, in conjunction! with other gentlemen of
well known worth and ability, to procure" an
equitable settlement. This . concluded,' he
was in 1823 again persuaded, though against
his wishes, to accept a seat' in Congress, and
he j was again, on taking "his seat, elected
Speaker by a large majority over Hon. P. P.
Barbour, cf Virginia, a gentleman of great
popularity,, amply qualified by commanding
talents and personal worth.1 It was at this
session that the subject of Grecian independ
ence came up for discussion in the Hpuse.
The ! whole land had becnyirounsed by, the
heart-stirring appeals for aid and sympathy,
made by the descendants of the ancient he
rocsJ then battling with the Turks in defence
of their rights! and itheirs liberties; - and' in
January, Mr. Webster presented a resolution
providing for the recognition of Grecian in
dependence. To the mighty logic of the
mover of the resolution, Mr. Clay brought the
aid of his powerful eloquence, and in the same
spirit which had animated his efforts in be
half !of South lAmorican, independence, l;he
urged the cause, depicted the' sufferings, and
pressed the claims of Jthose struggling for that
freedom which jsecme'd their birthright, in tho
distant'islands of the iEcan'Sea. The an.'
peafs of : both tlieso great; men were manly
and'pcwenul: puuney laiieq, ana tue rcso
lulion was lost.j 1 - - ;-.l v J !-
, - . I'tOHE COXTI.VCSD.'' '" v
'A Capital Liory.
" A good story is told of Judge Tappan one
of the Ohio-Senators in Congress,, who is
cross-eyed. It j-uns tHus i 'A number of years
ago he was judge of a newly organized court
in the eastern part of tho slate. 1 In those days
of primitive simplicity, or 'pcrhap3poverty,
tho bar-room of a tavern was used as a court
room and a "stable as a jail. . One day during
the session ct-the court,-the judge had occa
sion to severely reprimand two of ihs lawyers,
wh'j v.cr3.v;rar-jiir.j." An odd Lokicg V.J
curtcirr, who. t in 'one -corner, lLtcning
with apparently grct satisfaction to tho re
proof, and,: presuming on old acquaintance
and ll.jjuJgc'j '..ell known gcod humor, crL.1
cut. "Give it t3 Yr:i, cli i.r.l.t c)..:"-
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numVcrs rj!r.ai:;cj i;
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1 : 3 c f A r r-r gerneiitd , c p p j rc d e po n tl . j ; Y : - j
form, and i cud over lha- i:a!ii?3 of the Slates, j
for the purposo of ascertaining wlrjther l!.
delegations .were full, and wLjthcr thoy v. jrj
all in attendance. . It was fjund that tY: ic
prescntation of each State vr.s cnf.re.'
Mr." Johnson then announced that tho com
nihteo of two from each delegation," who had
been entrusted . with the - nomination,, of offi
cers of tho Convention, would now state
what had been done on that subject. .
The-Hoc' Jtabcz W: Huntington, a" Senator
from Connecticut, and chairman cf tho com
mittee, thereupon rose," arid,, addressing the
assembly, said ..that tie appointed day and
hour for the assembling of the-Convcntion
hiid arrived, when they were' to enter on the
discharge of ihc high arid important trust con
fided to them,! by nominating individuals suit
able to be elected as President and Vice Pres.
ident of the United States. Jn conformity
with us,age, and in compliance with tho re
quest of the Delegates, he had been request
cd to call the attention of the Convention to'
that fact, and fa announce that, if- noobjec.
tioh should be made: the Convention"" would
now be temporarily organized by the appoint
ment of Arthur E. Hopkins, -Esq. of Alai
bama, to act as its temporary President, Y ; J"
The nomination was received 'with accla
mation; -.yll YY' ' v-'V 'VY'iYYY'ALX-
- Mr. Johnson now moved that, before pro
cecding further, solemn jprayer should bo of.
fercd up to Heaven that' the assembling 'of
this body and all its acts and doings might be
crowned with !the Divine, blessing; and,', if
the motion prevailed, that the Rcy. Mf. -Johns
be requested to perform that duty. :
The question having been put by the Pres
ident, it passed nevi. con.; and the Rev.iMrJ
Johns accordingly proceeded to offer up pray.
er according to the .forms of the Episcopal
Church, of which he is a minister.' deviatin?
slightly, in some places, to render therh-more
specifically appj-opriate to the occasion. -" . -
r The Rev. Mr. Reed a venerable gray!
haired preacher of the Methodist connexion,
then read an appropriate .chapter from, the
ScripturcsY . j - . - - -
The President pro tern, then rose and sta
ted further, that the preliminary committee
had instructed him today before the -'Conven-tion
the, following report of tho individuals
selected by them as officers of this Conten
tion : - . -
Y .' i": '' t ; ,, President.- ' .YY; iii;r. J.;..!
Hon, Ambrose Spencer, of New ,Yorkv h
j Vice Presidents, -Y? J- . T 1 T
Wm. G.Crosby, Maine. .
Ichabod Goodwin, New Hampshire."; '
Levcrett Saltonstall, Massachusetts. ' .
Saml.F. Man, Rhode Island.; -' - ,
Charles Paine, Vermont...- r u H .
Wm. W. Ellsworth, Connecticut i
Erastus Root", New York. . ..'-....
John B. Aycrigg, New1 Jersey. ! ' '
J. M; Strchm', :Pennsylvania. - ? :
James -W. Thompson, Delaware."" x"'
Saml. Sprigg, -Maryland.', r '-; $ : - . .
Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Virginia., :-
Y Richard Ilines, North Carolina.;. :Y .
; John S. Preston, SoutH Carolina. Y
W. C. Dawson, Georgia. - . Y" "At - -
Thomas Metcalf, .Kenlocky,;'!"' ; Y,. ..
"AVm. Martin, Tennessee. - , ; .'---.
t Jacob. Burnett, OHio. . - -
Samuel Hall, Indiana. -
Silas Edwards, Illinois." ' " : ' .
. ' James Dup'rcc,. Mississippi, -v v :.-Y . Y' - --i
Henry Johnson, Louisiana. .) . :Y:
Robert A. Ewmgj Missouri.
H. J. Thornton, Alabama.
! IL Chipman, Michigan. ;
. John W. Walker," Arkansas.
- s k . r - - j. Slcsetahies. ; .
Isaac Munroe', Marylitrd.
' C. C. Nervell, Tennessee." A Y
G. Mason Graham, Louisiana.- '
:; E." J. Hale, North Carolina. -
R.'E. Hornor, New JcrsoyJ
. Ncah Smith, Plaice.
was then concurred in by the Conv .rY
r I r . ArcherY of 'Virginia, mvcJ
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.ill net b3 found. What
a Epcctaclo h hsio patented fr tl.." ; : .Yund
consideration of th'3 world! A representa
tion by delegates emanating immediately from
the people of ali the S:-'.'j -of, this Y:bus
Union, to select from ; ig our t;:."1 : 1 .-.t.
ed and patriotic statesmen two citi;-,.;. , i. be
presented to lliair approval as candidates for
tho Presidency and Vice Presidency of thesa
United States." ' "
. The inappreciable ' importance of a wis a
and right "selection of .candidates for ihcc
high trusts is so obvious that 1 need not s;iy a
word to enhance in your minds the great duty
c
imposed upon us. "I.may, however, remark
that public opinion, which is omnipotcut here,
has anticipated our selection to. tho first sta".
lion, in designating an individual "prelcmtsisnt"
as a statesman and a patriot, . whose nama has
conferred honor on his country, . and -whose
counsels and voice in our cabinet, and kHs.
latiyo halls have' had a potency in favor of
liberty r the honor of tho country, and its' best
interests-which no othcrnarho -has .-attained
since our immortal Washington. . . ' . '
Averse as 1 am In general to the binding
efficacy of instructions, iuihis case' I che'er,
fully yield my hearty assent to the instructions
imposed on me as regard the selection-cf a
candidate for. tho Presidency. I need! not
name the man, for there U but one name that
thrills ourj bosoms, and arouses and fixes our
hopes as thq saviour of our country from the
misrule which 'Iias'5istractcd andjdisrdcedi
it, and brought-reproach upon Representa
tive (jovernments. - ". - 1-
Gentlemen, it is not to be expected lha(,we
come here whir any thing , like unanimity in
the selection f. a - c'andidate.Vor the Vice
Presidency? The ?first difficulty to: bc; 'met
Lnd.overcomq is th fact .that- ; many persons
of high attainments and distinguished 'slates:
manship, jrtnd withal of lofty and unsuspected
iuiciuy ,(iiave ueen uuniou 1Q various SCC-
tionsof the Union, having equal "or nearly
eq'ual pretensions. -: These -gentlemen have
tneir personal-lriends and -admirers ; and .it
pay be that, to some extent, there may exist
sectional icenni:s. . - ...
Y What courso then, "gentlemen, shall " we
pursue to:j.reconciIe these" personal .and -sec-tiorral
predilections? If my advice is of any
value, it js that wa imitate the example of tho
sages andpatriots who. formed and fiichioncd
the glorious Constitution under, which thisna
tioti has enjoyed inestimable blessings "and
risen to its present high and proud distinction
among tho nations - of lhe, earth give place
to compromise and conciliation. -'Let 113 ''se
lect
some eminent citizeni'convcrsant in pub-
lie afiairsJ of an. integrity of character, well
tried, 'arid1 oT whom we'ean bslievo ho would i '
die the. death i rather than betray his. fricnai '
or ciumge. or uuaugon me. gresi' principles
which -unite and animate the Whigs of this
Union. If we enter upon this selection fn
the -.spirit; of conciliation and- .compromise
yielding our individual preference, vve cannot
fail finally in selecting a person, having all the
qualities IJiave mentioned, who will -unije u
all and terminals cur 'duties rucst catLfuctori-
I I .1. . . I l IT
- I forbear,, gentlemen, to. dwell on tha dis
tinctive principles .of -tho Whig ; :rty ; this,
will bo dona in tho progress cf cur cYhb-j ra
tions, arid proclaimed, to tho world. , J.may
tay, I hope "without" arrcincc cr offjr.ee,
that they are vital prir.ciplcj, all tending to
the honor of. the country and the prosperity
and Lappinc.-.s cf then.' cf .our, people,
alike bcE:!ic:al to all clar;c3 and sections ' of
the' nation r.nd such as I hive ever clj..1 z$
and maintained. . - -
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or r.1' r t ; c..4 . ing the nomination
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t-f individuals to fill tho'
! Vice Provident of the'
uo u d to tho first of these,'
. a shadow of dilY'rcnco of
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Happily tl
Vr. I ;.. v. with a niir ' : - ;omV
prchvlid i tt.O
this ext. nd.-dC
o r.sd diversified ira of
deration,, and whh a heart
them; tj danco any tunllicting -iiaorr.tr,
(.h'ch, ind x-'d, would bo Veuad 'to, -"
Le but fow, uu icr n Government well conddciV"1
cd,) and to h:irmj!.i:-.j them on . prfnbiplcs 'of -just
and mutual-compromise ( u heart of lovo
not only to all tho ptop! bf tluc L'tatc?, burl ;
towards tho whole world of mankind ; ahoaif:-.
filled with feeling for evpry .'citizen, as well,
as every part of this ooiralry;' a'mari who, if j v
elected, would be .the President, not bf apar--ty,
Lui of. this cntho and llocd Union ;' as,-.
man posccsijd of Lot! heart and mind to ac-. Y
complish alPihcre -lonYus objocta v. hlc'a our
fathers cherished thrirowh j' n mind -like -
the sun, shining by tho light of its oVn' nav"
lure, enlightening, ai.h.uting, ivifyinj, anJ'.Y1
fructifying all things around it. "Rut why.,:,
wasto words in a oiu anil useless attcn.pt at. r
eloquence,' when there was oner ; work which ' . a
comprised all and .moro jth'an 'hc was! able to '
utter? that word, was ClIy. -. At he pro'".- ,
nunciatiou of tiiIs,naino thcro' was p ' burrt i '
which shock th-? church to its foundations, and
nlu'sfliavc bccri"Iic.avd ta1 b arest "tjiutanrn
round. TIto sound vas deaicriingV, bnaihb,
cheors'long continued and repeated a'ain and
again, the venerable andaged men in; the asY
uembly' waving their streaming liaridkerchiefs ' .
in the" air," and calling ' out to theiryburigcr ': -"
associates, "give him one mcTrel'' j"
v-Ho then moved ;-thati ihis "Conveniion'-'dot.
unanimously nominate arid recommend .16 thoY "'
people of .the United StatcsHENai CLAy;:of
Kentucky,' fur.Prcsidm.t of "the United States.
Here tho acclamations were as loud krid Ion'"-
gar than before. - - . - Y Y-l
'-Mr. L.-said that h savf very distinctly that
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when this resolution -should be put j by . tho. , i
Chair, it would bu i-cspontfed to by oqc'sponl' ; '
taneous 4t ay I1'- which;'if'. not heard j- would '
bo swiftly wafted by; t!ie Winds : of htjaven to - '
every part of this extended -empii-e, and
w here vcr itca me . w o jlc be 1 received with :
hearty zeal and triumphant Acclamation. , , - -J
Thb question bring piii, by tho President,'-, - j
the vote was unanimous, h " -, " ' : ' - "J
- On "motion of Mr." Leigha ' comrhittee ofY .
five were appointed by tlio ' Chair. toj report -j. , ,Y-
this nomination to Mr. Clay, -and to' Receive t ,.1-w J
his-an3vcr. Tlu lYllowihg'gcritlemenYcbra'"-
ssrs. Berrien," of Georgia ; ; Burnett, Y6f
'io Arcllcr oI' Virgiqia;' Abbbuj Law.
renco, oi -.;t3i Erastus Root, of-
New York. ' -" " 1 -Y
- Mr. Stout, of Nov York, moved as an'a
mendmcnt, iC and that he be' rcquesle4 toarj.
pear to-morrow, in this city, before the! count. fe
less ihUocnds whv . -uldjthenbe asspmbicd,"
to ratify iho ije'min-:.;;u:i."; " ' : ""-- - Yi;
' Mr. R. Jolmron : .id, ia rclerehce 1 to this -mctijiithal
he had i.i hu hands 'a letter Tronic;
Mr. Clay, which, if he was allowed to read- .
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he Hattcrcd him.. . t :;) fontlp.mari wnnTr!'- '-'""
urgo au
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-i tije: subject referred -Y"" ;
:tlr. otout c -u td withdraw the mo.
lion ; and c.i fc i :z n the' letter was read;
as lYllovrC ; - ' ' 'l '-r
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- . AoiiL.To?Tj April 29, 1-14..
T Iv Dck. iJin : I cannot reconcile , it to
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:ver.tiou.3 this weel; in
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tYn as Vice Pr.
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