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--rife-.. v. J- -i" - "5 V , -.- From the JTAC - ' An Officer of the U. srnirJ3rUliay How long is tho country to be disgrnceu A r lhi nina I into wnai aegraaing posiuvu r-i"- iat ing Federal Administration ; place us ? r.I;obk at McLeod s counsel, an officer of the General Government, standing up in open court pleading the cause of the British Crown and holding up our own laws to derision and contempt- England has ' made McLeod's case her own and With astonishment we find Joshua A. Spencer, the newly appointed United States District Attorney, possibly at the msigauwn or r-resioent 1 yler himself, cer- iainiy witn this knowledge, receiving a retaining fee from the British Government, turning traitor to his own duties, to his own country, and boldly espousing vine cause of tyrannical, liberty-haling, grasping .fcrngland. Well may the Federalists themselves pretend to be alarmed. Well "may the Albany Everi-i ing Journal, one of the most unscrupulous of the Federal press, denounce District At torney Speucer as being actuated by Brit ish gold to espouse the English cause." Yes ' 11 it. 1 . . . i ' .1 we can ten mat paper as we nave a mousand times before, that this, is not the' first instance of Biitish gold being used with effect. It has turned an honest administration out of power iind placed iiifits stead an unscrupulous pipe laying Federal one, and almost his first official act, receiving a fee from the British Govern ment to degrade his own country. Out upon such n creature. Where, is the honest and true American who will say that the General Government has any thing to do with Mc J jcod ? He says he murdered a citizen of Ihe Slate of New Yor kt then -why not Jet him he tried like any other accused murderer ? It he is guilty let him hang if he is not guil ty he must be branded as a liar and be suffered to depart unmolested. It is a simple case, ' and we want no interference from Mr Tyler, Webster or Spencer. . But, say they, the BrhV isn Government has assumed the responsibil ity, made h is case their own. W' hat do we, as citizens ot a sovereign btatc, care what the British Government assumes. ... We have in in this stage of proceedings nothing to do with the British Government. It was not England that murdered Durfee, itjwas McLeod, so says the indictment, and he must be tried by our own luminals tor it. Alter we have doneour duty we are ready to answer for it. Mr Van Buren or Mr Forsyth would not entertain the arrogant demand of Britain tor the release of McLeod a moment, they told them. distinctly and ieipHcitlv that offence was committed against the laws of this State, and the prisoner mud -nhh lo hv lhnp huva Knt nnr nnm r.i ticoat government is frightened out of its senses at the roaring of the British Lion, and they come shuffling, and whining, and begging us to release the murderer. He is sneakingly stole aioay from Lockporf, the sheriff of .Nia gara net knowing the object or intent of the journey, brought to thu city, and Daniel Web ster's own District Attorney is bribed or fee'd paid out of the British Treasury, and per-' haps our own too to cunningly strive, through some unmanly and contemptible quibble of the law to place him safe and sound in the hands of the great robber of nations, the Brit ish Government. It is mortifying and dia-: gusling to a man who has a particle of Amer ican feeling in his bosom, one who posses the least spark of the fire which animated our revolutionary sires, to witness such a degrad ing spectacle such low spaniel fawning to the arrogant demands ot ancient toe, the toe of republican liberty. May Heaven preserve us from such rulers long. Had we the daunt less, fearless Jackson, or the calm, detei min ed, and unflinching Van Buren at the head of affairs, we should not be disgraced in the eyes of foreign powers as we are now likely to be. We should not find a Forsyth, or a Butler, espousing the case of England against their own country, not they. We have surel v fallen on evil times. stance, the Administration has acted incon sistently with its superabundant and overflow- tog professions ot respect ior ine people uiai portion of the people, whose interest aniTac commodation should especially have been considered, in the appointment or dismission of a Collector for the Port of Wilmington. Tt.aM was evidence from this people from the political opponents of Col. Marstellar- of hw official rectitude and impartiality of his obliging deportment ; and of his quail- fications as a business-man. iei me u- ministration, in despite of this evidence, pronounce the harsh sentence, which de prives a meritorious individual and his help less family of their onlyTneans of subsistence! So much for. the pratiugs of liberality so much for the pledges of the Executive and so much, Tort respect for the sovereign peo- We did hope and for reasons apart from, and unconnected .with any of the foregoing circumstances, that Col. Marstellar would be spared; that one so frank, so feeling, and so generous, would be treated with somewhat of that kindness, and justice, andmaEnanimi- ty, ivhich he deals ouJto alL in his inter course with society.' Wre aid hope, that tbore is . sacredness, or if the fountains of genuine patriotic sentiment ae broken up, that there is -existing, a superstitious and traditionary reverence, whioti hangs over 1 every name, that stood conspicuously, in close, social and military connection," with the person of WiVSHlNGTON ; and especially over the nan tea of those who watched his last moments, and assisted in solemnizing his obsequies. The record of the funeral of the father of his coun try, is an historic document Among his compatriots and companions ' in arms, who w ere selected to carry the pall of their illustrl ous chief, is to be found . the name of Col. 1. - H. Marstellar the grand-father of the disa 'iss ed Collector! W e did hope that Presided i t Tyler would be struck by the coin cidence c f name" and military title, and would pause and j onder, before he signed the man date for ex jcuting this ruthless proscription. Wm H-CAROLINIAN. X-.y -V, M. H; BAYN E j t EDIT CIR AND y PlJBIitSHER. Satiirda ;y x- Morning, June "5, 1811. '.-.V-.WHE MESSAGE.-- Through theyI. ifure of the mail on Thursday, this document-came nc t ,to hand - until jTesterda3T. We put oh an extra e x ertion to lay it before you to-day, and there it is ji id ge for yourself. ICPHcn. Johi r , White of Ky., has been elected Speaker, and Matt ht sw St. Clair Clarke, Cl;rk of the tlouse ot .repiesent at jyes. ; : , , Tll. THEATRE. Seolhe remarks o f our correspondent in another column. W e must onfesa our mortification at the neglect this highly . r espectable and talented com pany have suffered, a n d now. that the prices are put J down to-Sfty cents, dc l et 'a give them bumpexs every Custom House Removals. The New Era says, that another batch of thirty officers were removed by the Collector of New York on Wednesday, among whom was Major Joseph Hopkins, a soldier, who bared his breast in the army oflSl2, to defend the frontier of the State which save birth to the illustrious individual who removed him from office. Pennsylvania n Murder-'-it & Publication, &c. . . A -portion of the IP esa i appear to have recently come to ths conclusion that the publication of crime has a direct tendency to- ita increase, and therefore tliat no record Should beikept of crime. ' ' AUhoughwe do not rctcnd to bo as erudite, nor to possessl.tUe same "po-w'ers of discrimination be tween right and wronj, nor to have the advantage of years of experience, which some of ourcolempo rai ii s can boast, yet we have the right to express an opinion, irfor noth int; elae, in justification of our past. and future course with regard to this matter. The knowledge of" crime excites in the minds of the rpublic, feelings either of honor, disgust, revenge; and even pity, as tho case may be, towards its per- wc find crime creeping up into the first class of so-' cicty, it should receive' bur blackest frowns, we should exert our energies to have il condignly pun shed. The Bible teaches us, that of him that know eth little, but little shall be expected, and vice versa, and it is a natural inference to be drawn from this instruction, that man should be punished according to his rowers of discrimination between right and j wrong; therefore, the man of " respectability" and wealth, should be furnished even more than the one whose feolings have never been refined by educa tion, or the society of " high connexions." - ' The pitiful solicitation not to publish a crime be cause the doer of it is a man of " respectability," and has a large circle of relations and friends, should be hooted at by every lover of democratic principles, and of equal rights. A desperado should no more be allowed to roam at large in 80ciety on account of his " respectability," tb.An should the blood seek ing leopard, tor the be rty of his spots, and we declare it shall never debr its publication in our columns. We foster nor countenance no 6uch aristocratic no tions. We protest against screen i nor anv man from . Q public iuJignation or censure; on account of high birth. " Respectable" murderers must have the "ympathy of the public, but not a solitary tear not a single sentence of commiseration, is uttered for the poor untutored victim of bad passions, who perhaps never had the advantage of a single year's educa tion, to smooth the turbulent commotions of a wick ed breast. It would seem a3 if Justice were to be hoodwinked at the command of the great, and pity's tears flow only at the misfortunes of the high'V con nected ; a pretty state of things indeed, for a country that boasts of her democracy and equality. Our Minister at the Court of St. James. Mr Stevenson, our Minister at London, has been much abused in some of the Federal papers, on ac count of a rumor having gone abroad that he order ed the American squadron in the Mediterranean to sail tor the United States. Whether he did give an order or recommendation has not yet been ascertain ed ; whiggery, however, did not wait for a correct account, but blazed away at him, when lo ! it ap pears by a letter from Washington, which we find published in a whig paper, under the head " highly important," that Mr. Stevenson received informa tion that the British Government had ordered- their Admirals on the American coast, that in case Mc Leod was executed to burn every city and town on the Atlantic coast ! ! ! These are big words deeds that are much easier talked about than performed. So that after all it seems that if Mr Stevenson did , order home the squadron, he had sufficient reason for so doing. : : The whig correspondent, however, under the idea that because he is writing for a whig paper, he must find fault with Jackson and Van Buren, says What an awful responsibility rests upon the Jackson and Van Buren administrations, who, after having exercised the sovereign authority tor twelve years, and wasted millions upon millions .of the public money, have left the country wholly defenceless, and exposed to the ravages of every ruthless invader. What pitiful stuff is this ! The fellow should have a leather medal with a jackass stamped on it. The Charleston Meeting. The ' Democratic citizens of Charleston held a very largo "and highly respectable meeting, on the 27th ult., for the purpose of expressing the w ishes of the people of S. C., at the present crisis. The Hon. J. C. Calhoun was pre sent and addressed the meeting. He was received most enthusiastically oi" course. - A committee of 42 were appointed to prepare an address and rr solutions, which, having been pre sented were unanimously adopted. Death of Commodore Claxtoii. The Baltimore Sun announces the death of Com modore Alexander Claxton, who died at Talcahuana, on the 7th of March, fie was in command of the Pacific squadron. - Mr Hill of the Wilmington Advertiser announces his determination to retire from the Editorial chair. His paper is for sale. ilZZJ'" It is a bad rule that won't work both ways." The New Hanover Register says the name of John B. Marshal!, who has just been ap pointed Marshall by President Tyler, figures at the bottom of a call for a political Convention. " Straws shew which way the wind blows." Do the people not see which way they point FOR THE NOR.TH CAROLINIAN. For three nichts we have had a rich dramatic treat, and yet so strong a foothold has the love of money obtained, that our citizens have tailed fas yet) lo enjoy the feast, and desire the improvement, the drama so lavishly bestows. In justice I cannot forbear giving utterance to my admiration of the sood Performance of the entire company. But in an especial manner I most allude to the superior acting of the accomplished Miss Hildrct i the affective Mrs rlughes, and "the pretty iurs orniui." wnai heart but felt the force of that display of maternal aff ction so truly depicted by Mrs H., as the mother ot JVielnotte. 'lwere impossible to witness the candid natural manner of Mrs Smith, the modest and naive simplicity of the rustic Gertrude, plain tively exclaimjne " no one loves me," and not tal in love withhei. We were forced to lose siht of themodrst retiring Miss HilJreth in gazing upon the noble Julia, tho' surrounded by misfortune, still erect in pride constant in her deep wrought affec tion, yet detetmined in obediencej and in the fulfil ment of her pledge, even at the expense of her peace and happiness. Admirably was the part conceived admirably executed. I should not forget, either, the gentlemanly and easy manner with which Mr Weston treads the boards. Especially appropriate is the name of Mr Merryfiald ; he has a field of merry humor, which he keeps in good cultivation. Mr ABBOTT'S reputation is familiar to the pub lie. He richly merits the name he has aequ red. The company remains 3 nights more, and I would appeal to the public to do justice to merit. A TUALIAN. . Several eminent citizens of Illinois, have recently visited the city of Nauvoo, or Mormon city, or the city, of, the Latter Day Saints, and expressed their gratification at the improvements which they are so rapidly carrying on, and awarded them (in an ad dress,) great credit for their industry and persever ance; . . . Another Link In the Chain - Broken. of Whiggery Our readers will recollect that an itine rant stump orator or professor of Tippeca noe rsalmody, who called hitnselt Lieut, Fazio, made himself very conspicuous pend ?no- tho Into Presidential canvass. We un derstand that he has since been appointed a captain in the Revenue service. This ap pointment is not made from political consid erations certainly not. President Tyler would not introduce politics in the navy by no means. lah ! what disgusting hypocrisy! what contemptible duplicity ! ! JV. York JVeic Erv. Which is the " Democrat ic'M Administration t " The Post Master General has taken the printing of the proposals for carrying the mails from tho Hartford (Connecticut) Times, and given them to the Hartford Courant, whose editor is Theodore Divisrht, jr., Secre- f ihe ITnrtfnrd Convention! The Times says, that it is the first time, since the administration of John Adams, that the Coiir ant has had the printing from any of the De partments at Washington. Is it the federat or democratic party that is in power with Daniel Webster for Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the Hartford Convention, printer of the laws ?" ; What say the British whig presses of North Carolina to this ? Bah ! Democratic" administration ! From the N. C. Standard.' Ruthless Proscription I The Administration, hsfs commenced the work of proscription, af Wilmington iu this State. - Colonel Li. II. Marstellar, the Collec tor of the Port, has been removed. We did sanguinely hope that the Adminis tration that President Tyler, would not in cur the odium of this step. There was justi fication, in the memorial of the " WThig ,: merchants of Wilmington, setting forth the character of Col. Marstellar, and praying that he migm e contmuca in orttce. in, in.is m- i petrator. . Will any one pretend to say that a pe,r- 1 son will commit a crime for the purpose of elicit' nT any of these feelings against him ? Knot, v not see, for the life of us, where the j' , . A. a Ann Vt A f ' .n n r i vt til A CO mill it. UIUIUCI, v-an iuuiiu T i . - f 11. VV II-II lliuiui Ji iiiuivo f i 1:,Ua1 iho Ian frfifl Xf IKPd m rf"iV ,A . -.nably such as is cal culated to excite all the un r .. , , . .. . nantable emotions of the heart against its perpp..- . , , , -ator, except it be in a case of tnsamty when, of eours pUy pvedominates over our harsher feeling. Were th(j ,nurdcrer extoIlcd as a hero, and n;s dccs as sornef Uing tQ b pattern. ed after, th-in indeed might the publication of one murd'.er Jead some ambitious for ,1 tQ commit another, that he might gain a short live d fame, and thus gra tify his ambition at tha ex pen se of his life. But it will hardly be disputed that. he language used in exposing crime to the public, is calculated rather to deter men from, than to in vitc them to its commis sion. We hold that it is no-t s a much the publication of crime, ss it is the escape rvith impunity of its perpc- nur, iu uaB ..! to its awful increase. Un fortunately for the .vr id, murder has become fash ionahle in higkli;. ptople of "high connexions commit murde , aid justice ia s-enerallv smnthprrrf ---6tifled into sil.ence, by the influence, wealth and power of the murderer, or his " hi gh connexions." In the opinion, of some, if a man of " hih connex ions" commits a crime, tho Press mu3t be massed ; it musitnot be published because it will wound and afflict the feelings of his relations, of whom he is represented to have a wide circle ; but when aoor man, v in 310 mgr. connexions 'no wealth---no influential friendsjbecomes the murderer, who steps forward lo plead for the relief of the bleeding heart of a devo ted mother -the 6ighs and sobs of an af fectionate sfster, or a confiding brother ? Justice is then allowed to take her course, and if you say to her, the prist ncr has a mother, the response is, " So the viper hath, yet who spares it for tho moth ers sak e :" The Pipe-Layers not expert in the ordinary busines3 of i"iie public affairs. Bennett's Herald, speaking of the manage ment of the new hands called in from laying pipe and yarns, to the high public trusts at Philadelphia, says : ' At Philadelphia, there has been the devil to pay all round. The custom-house and post office have been in a state of utter confusion ever since the new officials have taken their places. ,J Wrhere " the devil's to ?ay," there is al ways trouble broached for more than are en gaged in the concern. We see that the New York press complains that their express slips containing the late news were sent the wronjr way. They were sent to Philadelphia to be distributed South : instead of that, the news recoiled and went North again. Some of our fellow-citizens have received letters recentyl from Philadelphia via Wheel ing! Ulobe. By tlie absence (whether on business or for the purpose of dodging some ticklish question is not aseer lamed) of some of the whi members of the New York Legislature, the democrats found them selves in the majority, upon w'hic-h. they proposed to institute inquiries into the management of the New York and Erie Rail Road. S.ome of the whigs hear ing of this, posted back ; "DUt after all there was not enough, and a commie 0f three were appointed to examine into the induct of the managers ot this company ar.d lipon the resolution to appoint this commiVMr Scott, made the following remarks, by ".vr;icn it will be seen that he has for ever, sun Jer.ed his connection with tho whig party : " Mr Scott followed in support of the reso lution and against striking out saying, in the course of his remarks, that he had a de claration to make which he desired the house to hear. He liad been solicited by gentle men of the whig party, he said, to go with them as a party man on this question. He desired the House to understand that tne connection between him and the party now in the ascen dant was at an end from this time forward. He did not choose to stand in a doubtful po sition nor to have gentlemen coming to him and claiming his votes as a political friend. He had been nurtured in the school of dem ocracy his very nature was imbued with the democratic principles and he could no lon ger remain under the disagreeable necessity of acting with men who m his conscience he believed had not a particle of democracy in their composition. Mr Scott went on to state the grounds on which he had determined to cut loose from the party with which he had heretofore acted, at some length.''' -V. York Even. Jrost. ErCP'The slaves that were liberated from the brig Amistad, at Boston arc attracting great attention at the North. They are receiving an English edu cation, and appear to take great delight in learning to talk the language. A meeting was held in Phil adelphia at which one of ihem spoke in English, and the other in his native tongue. So we go ; any thing for novelty. From the Pensacola Gazette. Judge Dillon Jordan. On Monday the 29th ult. the superior Co.irt the Hon. Dillon Jordan, Judge, com rrenced its session at Uchceanna aud co'.t;nuej jn session until Monday last. r'jhe cause of W ill. indicted for the murder rjf Mrs. Stenter feit, was tried. Will was "foumi 2Uiltv. uuod his own confession, nr.rl sontpnl tn k v w v u v aa w ay v hanged on the 21st Vot. - Oq Thursday l ist the Court commenced its session here. The term is likely to be a protracted op.e The following presentment of the Grand Jury of Valton County was made at the close of their labors. Ten-itory of Florida, Walton Superior Court Jlpril Term, 1S41. The Grand Jurors of the Territory of Flor ida, iu and for the County of Walton, in clos ing their official labors and duties, cannot re form from expressing the high estimate which they have of the dignity, integrity and ameni ty of the Hon. Dillon Jordan, the Judge of the District of West Florida, and they beg leave to convey to him their sincere thanks iui me assisuiucu auu instruction ne nas given to the Grand Jury in their responsible labors. They take occasion also to express their sat isfaction WJth the other officers of the Court with whom they have been connected. And while they explore the unusual occurrence so many capital cases on the records of the Court, they at the same time congratulate themselves and the country, on the general good order aud character of the community to whose conservation their recent enquiries have been directed. All which is respectfully submitted. DAVID GARTMAN, Foreman. PRESIDENTS' MESSAGE. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales. , FELi-ow-CtTizENsi You have been as sembled in your respective halls of legisla tion under a proclamation bearing the siirna- ture 01 me musinous cuizeu, who was so lately called by the direct suffrages of the peo ple, to the discharge of the important func tions ot their chief Executive office upon the expiration of a single month from the day of his installation he has paid the great debt of nature, leaving behind him a name associated with the recollection of numerous benefits conferred upon the country, during a long life of patriotic devotion. With this public breavement are connected other con siderations which will not escape the attention 01 congress. ine preparations necessary for his removal U the seat ot Government, in view of a residence of four years, must have devolved upon the late President heavy ex penditures, which, if permitted to burthen the limited resources of his private fortune, may tend to the serious embarrassment of his sur viving family ; and it is therefore respectful ly submitted to Congress whether the ordinary principles of justice would not dictate the pro priety of its legislative interposition. By the provisions of the fundamental law, the powers and duties of the high station to which he was elected, have devolved upon me ; and in the disposilions of the representatives of the States and of the people, will be found, to a great extent, a solution of the problem to which our institutions are, for the first time, subjected. In entering upon the duties of this office, I did not feel that it would be becoming in me to distuib what had been ordered by my lamented predecessor. Whatever, therefore, may have been my opinion originally as to the propriety ot convening Congress at so early a day from that of its late adjournment, I found a new and controlling inducement not to interfere with the patriotic desires cf the late President, in the novelty of the situa tion in which T was so unexpectedly placed. My first wish, under such circumstances, would necessarily have been to have called to my aid, in the administration of public" affairs, the combined wisdom of the two Houses of Congress, in order to take their counseland advice as to the best mode of extricating the Government and the country from the em barrassments weighing heavily on both. I am then most happy in finding myself so soon, after my accession to the Presidency, surrounded by the immediate representatives of the States and people. No important changes having taken place in our foreign relations since the last session of Congress, it is not deemed necessary, on this occasion, to go into a detailed statement in regard to them. I am happy to say that I see nothing to destroy the hope of being able to preserve peace. The ratification of the treaty wilh Portugal has been duly exchanged between the two Governments. This Government has not been inattentive to the interests of those o our citizens who have claims on the Govern ment of Spain, founded 011 express treaty stipulations ; ; iid a hope is iudulged that the representations which have been made to that Govemneuit on this subject, may lead, ere iong, to beneficial results. A. correspondence has taken place between , te Secretary of State aud the Minister of J Vier Britannic Majesty accredited to this Government on the subject ol Alexander McLcod's indictment and imprisonment, copies of which are herewith communicated to Congress. In addition to what appears from these pa pers, it may be proper to state, that Alexan der McLeod has been heard, by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, on his mo tion to be discharged from imprisonment, and that the decision of that court has not as yet been pronounced. 1 ne secretary ot fetate has addressed to mc a paper upon two subjects, interesting to the commerce of the country, which will re - - - not withhold the expression of the opinion. .1 ;,f nothius in the extension ot UJctl IllCIC Aiaw O . ..knnwlirlired uossea- our empire, over ui av...- 0- - . sions, to excite the alarm of the patriot for the Out upon siuch aristocratic examples such cring ing to wealth and power.- The scholar and the dunce the rich ajd the poor, are alike amenable to the laws of their country, and should alike pay the for feit of the-ir transgression. That we should be more shocked at the commission of crime in the higher circles of life, is true ; for we look there for refinement of feeling a auppretsion of the dictates of our llaturally wicked and corrupt hearts, and a disposition to bear with each other's fault, rather thjm rudely to revenge an insult. Therefore, when !CPOur young friend at the University will ac cept our thanks for his polite attention in forward ing a copy of the catalogue of the members of the Dialectic society. We count S43 living members, amono wnom we lind somew'nnnt nrwnt chnl high up on the ladder of political fame ; for instance j. iY. jtoik. ot tenn, as also Alfipd O. T w.ur. now a United fctates Senator from the same State s-"1ii iu ouuw iue cnaracter the University sustains in our sister States. There - . - .... uian, cuaiiy ueservinw ol no tice. THE NATIONAL THEATRE, New York, was burnt to the ground on the 7th ult. AH the properties, scenery and wardrobe were destroyed, It was the work of an incendiary, who has been ar rested. The loss . was estimated $35,000, and no insurance, said to fall entirely on the Lesse. Mr raurion. Pipe- in the The Pipe-Laters in Trouble. layers are in trouble! Discord is camp, and the Philistines in the shape of new xors ponce omcers are down upon them. Such hiding and such disguising ! Such scampering to and fro like rats at mid night ! What a scene was presented yester day in the vicinity of the State-house and Custom-house ? Officer Smith, of the New York police, was on here in search of the pipe-layers" implicated in the election frauds of the spring of 1S3S, as the famous Gleut worth case is about to come on, and per con sequence one half the new Inspectors of the Customs were among the missing, and his Honor of the Mayor was non est come-at-ibus." The vessels at the wharves for one day were forsaken, and the seat of municipal justice ceased to be enlightened with the flaming visage of its High Priest! Not a pipe-layer" was to be found. Th Colla tor was alarmed at the sudden defection of nis associates. 1 he Recorder was frightened and we understand that a bellman' was last night sent about our streets to hunt up the fugitives. Come out of thehmh rrr j rascals Philadelphia Spirit oftfa Times. v.cio nijr wuiisiuuraiion, ana wnicn i nave the honor to communicate to Congress. So far as it depends on the course ofthi Government our relations of good wiit and trienasnip wm be sedulously cultivated with all nations. The true American policy will be found to consist in the exercise of a spirit of justice to be manifested in the discharge of all our international obligations to the weakest of the family of nations as well as to the most powerful. Occasional conflicts of opinon may arise, but when the di-cussiobs incident to them are conducted in the lan guage of truth, and with a strict regard to jus tice, the scourge of war will for the most part be avoided. The time ought be regarded as having gone by when a resort to arms is to be esteemed as the only proper arbiter of na tional differences. The census recently taken sJiows a regu larly progressive increase in our population. Upon the breaking out of the war of the revo lution our numbers scarcely equalled 3,0CO, 000 of souls, they already exceed 17,000,000, and will continue'to progress in a ratio which duplicates in a period of about 23 years. The old States contain a territory sufficient in it self to maintain a population of additional millions, and the most populous of the new States may even yet be regarded as but par tially settled, while of the new lands on this side of the Rocky mountains, to say nothing of the immense region which stretches from the base of those mountains to the mouth of the Columbia river, about 270,000,000 of acres, ceded and unceded, still remain to be brought into market. We hold out to the people of other countries an invitation to come and settle among us as members of our rapidly growing family, and for the bessin which we offer them, we requiro of them to look upon our country as their; country, una to unite with us in the great task of preserv ing our institutions and thereby perpetuating our liberties. No motive exists for foreign conquests we desire but to reclaim our al most illimitable wilderness, and to introduce into their depth the lights of civilization. Yhnewe shall at all times be prepared to vindicate the national honor, our most earn est desire wiH be to maintain an unbroken. peace In presenting the, foregoing views I can,- safety of our institutions. system, leaving to eacii ----- domestic concerns, and devolving on tho Federal Government those of general im port, admits iu safety of the greatest expan sion ,- but, at the same time3 1 deem it proper to add, that there will be found to exist, at all times, on imperious necessity for restraining all the functionaries of this Government with in the range of their respective powers, there by preserving a just balance between the pow ers granted to this : Government and those reserved to the States and to the people. From the report of the Secretary of the Treasury you will perceive that the fiscal means, present and accruing, are insufficient to supply the wants of the Government for the J .... i i m current year. 1 he balance iu uie x ruasury on the 4th day of March last, not covered by outstanding dratts, and exclusive oi irust funds, is estimated at $S60,000. This in cludes the sum of $215,000 deposited in tho mint and its branches to procure metal for coining and in the process of coinage, aud which could not be withdrawn without incon venience thus leaving subject to draft, in the various depositories, the sum of $645,000. By virtue of two several acts of Congress, the Secretary of the Trea sury was authorized to issue, on and after the foutth day of March last, Treasury notes to the amount of $5, 413,000, making an aggregate available fund on hand of $6,J5S,00O. But this fund was chargeable wilh outstand ing Treasury notes redeemable in the current year, and interest thereon to the estimated amount of ,$5,"2S0,000. There is also throwti upon the Treasury the payment of a large amount of demands accrued in whole, or in part, in former years, which will exhaust the available means of the Treasury and leave the accruing revenue, reduced as it is in amount, buithened wilh debt, and charged with the current expenses of the Govern ment. The asscreeate amount of outstanding-ap- propriations, on the 4th day ot March-last, was $33,429,616 50, ot which $24,aiutjuu will be required during the current year, and there will be required, for the usc ot the War Department, additional appropriations to the amount of 2,511,132 98 the special objects of which will be seeu by reference to the Re port of the Secretary of War. Ihe anticipat ed means of the Treasury are greatly inade quate to this demand. The receipts from cus toms tor the last three quarters ot tne Jail year and first quarter of the resentyear, amount ed to $12,100,000. The receipts for lands for the same time to $2,742,430 60, show ing an average revenue from both sources of $f,23G,S70 per month. A gradual expansion of trade, growing out of a restoration of con fidence, together with a reduction in Ihe ex penses of collecting and punctuality on tha part of collecting officers, may cause au ad dition to the monthly receipts from the cus toms they are estimated, for the residue ot the year, from the 4th of March, at $12,100,- COU. I he receipts trom the pumic lanas, tor the same time, are estimated at 52,o00,00U, and from miscellaneous sources, at $170,000, making au aggregate of available funds within the year of $15,315,000, which will leave a probable deficit of $11,416,132 9S. To meet this, some temporary provision is ne cessary until the amount can be absorbed Uv the excess of revenues which are anticipated to accrue at no distant day. There will fall due within the next thioc months Treasury notes of the issues of 1S1 including interest, about $2,S50,000. Then? is chargeable in the same period for arrearages for taking the 6th census, $294, 00, and the estimated expenditures f jr ihe current service aie about $8,100,000, making the aggregate demand upon the Treasury, prior to the first of September next, about $11,340,000. The ways and means in the Treasury, and estimated to accrue within the above named period, consist of about $694,000, of funds available 011 the ISth ult , an unissued balance of Treasury notes authorized by the act of 1811, amounting to $1,955,000, and estima ted receipts from all sources of $4,S00,00C, making an aggregate of about $6,450,000, and leaving a probable deficit on the fust of Septembei next, of $4,S45,00CV In order to supply the wants of the Govern ment, an intelligent constituency il view ot their best interest.-s, will without hes itation, submit to all necessary burthens. But k S nevertheless, important so to impose them an" to avoid defeating the. just expectations OjT uhe country growing out of pre-existing laws. The ar t of the 2d March, 1833, commonly' called the Compromise act. should not be alter ed, except under urgent necessities, which are not believed at this time to exist. One year only remains to complete the series of reduc tions provided for by that law, at which time provisions made by the same law, and which then will be brought actively in aid of the manufacturing interests of the Union, will not fail to produce the most beneficial results. Under a system of disci imiuating duties, im posed for purposes ot revenue, in union with the provisions of existing laws, it is to be hoped that our policy will in the future be fixed and permanent so as to avoid those constant fluctuations which defeat the very objects they have in view. We shall thus best maintain a position, which, while it will enable us the more readily to meet the advan ces of other countiies calculated to promote our trade and commerce, will at the same time leave in our own hands the means of retaliat ingwith greater effect, unjust regulations In intimate connection with tbs question of revenue, is that which makes provision for a suitable fiscal agent, capable of adding in creased facilities in the collection aud dis- uuisement of the public revenues, rendering more secure their custody, and consulting a true economy in the great multiplied and del icate operations of the Treasury Department. Upon such an agent depends, in an. eminent degree, the establishment of a. currency of uniform value, which is of so great importance ta all the essential interests of society, and on wisdom to be manifested in its creation much depends. So intimately interwoven are its operations, not only- witji the interests of in- dividuals, but of States, that it may Ue regard-
The North Carolinian (Wilson, N.C.)
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