UNION. THE CONSTITUTION. AND THE LAWS THE GUARDIAN OF OUR LIBERTY.
Vol. XVIII.
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FRIDAY, KCPTC.TIDCR 20, 1837.
f-' .ra
IUJOR DOWNING,
!Ta Kfit notice that our tvpee did
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Ited, how
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jnrt p preso-ne would
. ifftigrdiaielf awt'd by h reader as o
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aTi.ukes tw da 4 Js,
il ha arilf-J one.l Ait we
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L. .... .i ifini l.liiri afiai'i-n
i our pait should arw !riiH fha . Jfor
jukI ry. bjr way of piodt a
et'ne4 in the following tatter, we
V,-, ., reck f lb Ta 'Mlie
s h L. L ep l I8J7.
nn f y wur papers in which yna
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,-4 hen leauw hi ia it was fortunate for
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aerrt did are aicb urnal work aa you
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u ai !( IT ana a)iiticmia ra vraraCf Ullia
i ul I.il.a a.a ..'.
SBV ilinr in cua ira i nwui.
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vi4 i s I comet a to clair ana I jcu.
a,v 'T ! uin aein ue pr..ittr.
L o nnr will) a y.'U'ie uortor.
a f - ..ll aa inin-f ii ajiar i uiuf f ianrt
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Rr aril a Mn lt!r inr, tiut hiaW
kf furiNl rtka y I inn i"(ii I, he
writ cwmti in uotfa xav muifie.
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i i dH.r rcrry minuti. f went
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l.'. none itt rntiieean aiii
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hft Hint tut ixhh ick fil. It am i
tff Uivtr Uuli,iir it wat all owin
u in pninrr, mm a ii;iir .
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i'w ai iia inu nitii aatiiarr
mitr. ii. tit' oi hi nrinitu oi a
it rv I a f "i K i. ano von iU4V tirk
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It UlallT la II I aiKI 1 II IIHta II f
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Ti Difitc. ami i unit i cure wnii vitu
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ainn i to nri i hii iih iiir maintr
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w l 'ir.it uti U II it 4t irv annul
a a .
C if e Si-n, anil oiuk ul hi C4uert amooif
K .uuai fii!k.
r-.ri- Sin. you know, a'av wa
Afia&i'e kind of rrutur, ami from hi
In fft'iMfi inhi life. nter cu! l en Iin
fii ttiinoui nivin nia no iiniiv mn mi
i .1 a aia i
mn. at on ea irtviti him a h tt-t n
i:; art: out. i.hcib J.in ii-u-ui. a
laUHtaa a, a or inrv fit ffciv. tiut
r ti a ..
mKi he Innk a wilo to uke cire of hi
Mont ami kao ihinira lu-k J no mh nil
a h wmilil ii inhi trouhje and
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4.11. r II. allrirvin Vkriain Dl ina ami
r.
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K)thr, ha look aJice aoino twrntv
a t
in a fiand deal nl iroubiA uu wav and
ri af d. ana fit married in a m nnth
! ;t (j-uker !.Jy, worth 2S malum l
uUro.aml aa Uncle Sam wa mn
If b! libtral in Kit way, he put into
family atnf k 7 milluma of dullar;
VI! in III rI nl ' l.oatiKtr h.il
-- a " ..ww-w., wia
'm i iai mi jnat aa good aa
Cfit,") an J t totfetlif r iliey had 35 mill-
at ... '
HI. Weil. 35 milium tra nn Iril! n,l
went no smooili and slick for tut h
m 19 vrar. ami eerv bodv aaid. at
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amia aniuiiua were nccr WWH B IHI
fl COUUle llnrl Sana' aif .li.l .II
1 " " - " . law wit
if e-mM J.i, an J iha' Un"la Sam would
aul wliilc, urtll up and talk big,
wife ,t 1 ntrtlmi, but kept aliiclnn up
Wrec'iea vl.en lied split ', and
far i.M Km... i . . ,.t.i, .
- uuituiia wiirn up i w iicn u era on.
Ji by and by Uncle Sam goi rnixm up
O'l I cmn,iiiiy, aid amonf oiher
it a kink in hi hi head out of
'iv Wriffli,' il nrinp. that a man of
nwh impnna-ira ha in't ou;hl to aurk
'w wife, but hae as many as the
' I wow," mv lnrle Sam. I'm a j
hI iiiinj ttrv ii;" and an he talk'd to j
'! !'ie iioit'o'ii tH,; and the Uorle Sm
11 ne A no Kindle to go round and ?
tail abuut, and i.ih? (rail would ;
''J the rarkel.and he come bark, ,
' 4jr he, Uneli- Sm. there' no mi- ,
k" ub-wit it; the g ill arc all ready, and
""Mhan yon cm nhake a stick at;'
' ure enough, jutt then the sails all i
'" R the notio,i, act, to. they nrais
J un line! S.... ....I .k..J i.' I '.
, .1. viaiiai, HIIU OUUTU 1119 gM'illl
lker wile O shocVinj! there' no
'" what they ili.ln'i s : and am,.nf '
, 'ig iliey sail, that Uncle Sam's
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" . Pshnw!!
ont sar so!! ami . marcv
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J'Ie Sun was. he look'd a fine aa a
-ruffles round hoili cend of his
''f, and iich a caparin as lie cut ainong
"near !. f.
"""iri speii, never waaacrn I
nd sich frolic'! anil all hi nlil
J"..'" N'"" o wink and whisper
wncle Sam uat to liberal U had
":muf f.r himself ,J frienJ. "
aing went en thus for about three
when Uncle Sam began (as most
. when they get too much or a
lnlt) to .moll anJ rePi troubi,.-gnj
, i got ba.:k from foreiin parts,
Jl met Uncle Sam, and if it had nut
be a for bit be ia my own blood relation
nd knowia bio. and loin bin,, in any
shape, aa I do any owa faiber and mother,
I never would liavt knowa Lio at all.
Why,' aara I, - Uoele Sam, ia thi-
ouf taya I. I doii'i know. Mqot,"
saya be; - but why do yoa ak Uun't 1
I'Nik aa natrl aa eer!" aaya he. And
thero he sinod. hoMin his breeches up
iih both hands, and bis elbo s both turn
oat and a dirty shirt sleerepeepin through,
and holes in his stockin. and hi $hin$
all jJai'trtd om. Uhy, J 1.
Uncle Ham, hat on airih ails ym!
dune," asys I. give me yourdund,
my old friend, and let ua laik it all oer
ogrilier. " I am sorry. Major," aaya
he, I raVl shale handa with von jest
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" w hat. says I, lioldin the money ... , , . L. . ,
aye. Uncle Sara-boih handa full, a ! a 0De h r,UcB- ,iwwned
uual, eays I. Not eiae tly, Mj-i, . he by Andrew Jackson committed
saya he: and wii'ithat he rum up iloee
i w. anu wiaspereo in my ear, "iim, meeii and held down br his personal naif mignt Be paid in such notes; one-1 oemy gten, mr. Ktves introuucea nis
L1: P f app-lling 1 q-rter after the 1st of January, 1840; !, bill, which was1 read. aud Wdertd to .
Mi rPcJZVjST chauld haebeen made and that from and fr tl, 1st of Janua- .nd reading. ,
Do iel now." savs I. - I wnt to on Uie instant of his sen Jin i forth a met-1 VI 1841, all sums doe the Goernment hthelIoutoneprtwUnUvet.wjn
know!!!' It's, true," says he, "and .age containig different iews." The (oT caaaau, lanJs, 4c shall be paid en- runs petitions and memorial were pre
you may see f.r yourself." And with ejtor of ,jie SUr $iea eoeJ on y.. ly ia th- legal currency of the Unitvd sented against the annexation of Texas to
that I liaiik'il mil aiir annf. tKere n ( , . i imi. . - .1..
tiiai a iinia. uaiiu urr rnui. mere iicypt 1
wa a man ia sirn a nicwie. 1
iv.il. 1 itm k.. .ki.
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ff urn fulk firn you bad advice or
rather by your not takio food adviee.
You f irgirt. ys 1, nue fct, and that
i, that it as intended dut your family
mtttrrs tj'ould be regelaied on the same
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plan f eterv other well regeUied fimily
and itiwt tho' j ours i tlie Ventral Gov
entnunt t.-ii.l) , it a in'ciulrtl to te re-
-.Ued je.t uu the same ,.a,i a t!. fam-
.1. ..r.i a......!.i . If a. . a,
11, ai iiiv- nuuuiirii in mur rn'rcri.
ihe,.- ..v. I. .I... it r
l'ie thit.a 111 the Ih jmiiihi." Viii 'mas
ter?' ey he, iju;ikin up and liyio in
well (bui i!.iu care to ImlJ nn t- hi
hrrecl.ej who are mv ?inatei'"
siv he Your nia-ur-I" v I
Why if prjpU"-ind 1 am one o m.
Uele Sam and if you hd Min k tu H.e
ruin I'tey mud for the r'H-l 111114 of your
Lmity, you would not 110 w be in your
p(eenl com! tiuii."
" Now," I, Uncle Sm, ihere
it but one way th.il I can ee f. r you to
take .nd tlm i fr you to rail ill tour
V iui' wintii'ii about y.'U and tell 'em that
o' riit have hut ne wile and they
mut ft htilMnJ e.tc'i hi li.eir n
.
!ve. Ilre L ucle Sim hiok Ins head
ir.il i.mkea eonaiderufde .id; I am afraid
M j ir," ray he, its tn h e it waa an
ev j h to git rid of one wiftt but to g'u
rid nl n many all 41 once, am afraid I
lull fit pankd a red a a cherry."
"Xeter mind thai," sv I, "you'll 8H no
more than you d4re il vn d ; filks
thut dance mnt pay the d I !) .' - v- I,
Uncle Sam." But." . . j .r.
raui I iiirwre them ali'" X .,". I.
"there is mi divorce in the nnit'-i. ou
ejn't do that uiilca you can pr ue t rim,
eon.: that's ihe law," pays I. M Well
fan," say he, 1 cati prove that the J'ost
( fffict, the Lan X Vffict. and A mo"
" iluh," say 1, Uncle Sim. dout talk
sn, for il i an old vtory in all countries,
that a man who has more than one wife
i a hiitifer lool than his frit-mis. and ha
more frirtt.lt than buttons. Now donl
say any ihiutj more about it. You have
(ol into a cr.(x. aud the bet way is to
gu outnn'i. You'll find that your young
wives will be a glad to gil rid of you, a
you will be m git via nf them. Bui you
mus'oi tlk of divorce, or they'll bring
you to the prouf, and show that you first
came a rourtin. And hy the time you
prove guilt 01 any n em. they'll git yu
on the hip.' and keep yon there too,"
says I; " Now look at your eourtin, and
compare il with what it was it a sad
change;" ays I. Uncle Sant, ninl il?
however," ays I, my old friend, yon
hive had a rare frolic, and this i ihe
eend nu'i and priity murh the eend of
ail frolics." Now," aays I, we mut
go and see what ran be done with the
old Wife. HI be bound," says I. "she
is a sound as ever she was, and not the
worse for having taken shelter in her
old native State of Pennsylvany. I'll go
on first," snva I, Uncle Sam, and tell
at
her to git her buttons and tope ready for
you, and if I don't miss o y guess, you
will in a few weeks look as cherk agin
as a boy and aa she is a good natur'd
critiir and likes to see all happy about her.
she will do all she cau to provide for the
young women you have been gatavauuin
with of late, for he thinks yoa 'more t.i
blame than they be. And dW," says I,
Unci Sam, when ail gits li?k'd up,
and you git all your button-; sew'd on,
you will hare a spare hand to welcome
a friend or knock down an enemy. At
present," says I, " Uncie Sui. you are
hum-lug" d' " . And with that
Uncle Sam he twitctWd up his breeches,
and apunk'd up considerable, and e mo
ved on together."-
We nnf kn nadty lieture the acfuai
meaning of that word ' Hum bug'.!. -Ji.
I'll tell the balance of this atoiy anoth
er time, - Your Friend.
. , i. DOWNING, M.jr.
. Downinjjiiile Militia 2d Urtgade.
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' The editor of the New York Etcning
Star, speaking tf the defpooJency and
gloom t.ieh pervaded all clastes of peo
ple, and the general panic which eeetned
to hare put atop to all aorta of business,
after the rccuipt of ilia President Mes
sage, the fall of etocks, the sinking of
credit, the depression of teal estate,
entreats Ids friends not to be cast down.
M Don't gie up the ship, he aaya.
"Mr. Van llurea could not possibly
in writina; to Blair and Kendall tram-
uVAi..ni;i.
, m mi j jmjwriw m, .m
satre. but that of extendine the credit on ;
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oonus, win re carried out oy ongress, .
and he knowa it. But, say the hesitating
and doubtful,' 'he has 'inse
fuUyg,u.Ma N
ly in favour of tie Cold and Sd.er hum-
bug-he is di-ci.le.il v out for a Treasury .
Experiment. . Granted w paper hut
wy muM w "
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Sm.-ia ntlier' II srwula in il,tir
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oire-he Mters what fW et down .or
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him he writes hat he had plfgttli
himself to write, in this hi fir.t message
to Concrrsa. But has he left no laojo to
creep t.tit of his delemnn, shonla ton -
deeUre against him! To Ik; sure
he hns-hear him! Whatever plan may
lt i;hiiiiely eta!lishei, my own part
s!:id le .-n iiich.irtd to gnc it a fair
tria! and t!ie hest prop ct oi sucees.
" Th-re i the hole, gendein .-n large
crj'Wh fur him to crawi oi l backwards.
I !' i,! d v V.ite Linn, in 1 ia dennolie will.
M ivitl h ive said to hi scr-ants, the peo-
p!e, I ill ,tot consent to tliis, anJ I ill
ml approve ti.at; but Mr. Van Buren,
more politic, savs, vou have mv views,
fcndeim-n, and whatever mav be your-
fi,wl determmiuon, you may expect my
cooperntton.
In this w ay the ingenious editor of Uie
St ir .ijruesi hmiself it the consoling he.
lief that " all will tuni nut right in the
end." Wc hope he will not be disap
pointed. SECESSION or Tiir. NUI.LIFIERS.
.It is etident from the tone of " The
Merchant," a paper published in Balti
more and Washington, and in th confi
dence of Mr.Calhnun, that our corresptui
denl' stslemenis in regard lo the union
of Nullinti.n and V 111 Buretusiii is vr
lecily correct. The " Merchant" boast
lhat ihe wnle ff Mr. Van Btiren's Me-
sige may be sai l tn have buen formed and ordered to be engrosstd. v The pay
nut ol materials f-iriitslit-il by Mr. Cal- ments to be made by instalments,-in four,
h mn in his speech on , ihe currency 111 , six am1 ine m0nth. - '
1 .!!'. . t . . I' h the House of Uepresentatives, after
This new combination of parties is not j ,
altogether a sjbject of surprise to us t p'resentatmn of pennons, most or
netttier do we regard it as inauspicious 1
to the eause ofUe Whigs Nullification I
lus thus far been a millstone about the )
neck nf the partv and it is a miner "of I
coni-rattilaMgn th'nL we are well rid of it.
The Whigs of Ihe South may now stand
erect, and maintain iheir due ascendancy.
Boston .itlat.
Extract of a letter fmmtlie lion. J. C CaHioun,
ti lh adilor of the MpJt.ivlria Gat't
" On the highly important subjects on
which Congress has been called to delibe
rate, I shall express my Views and opin
ions in my place in the Senate.
" As to the calumnies which may , be
sirculated to my prejudice, they are not
unexpected. It is my rule to pass them
unnoticed, leaving it to my conduct-to
put them down.
" How .strange, that any , man who
knows me, should imagine it possible
for me to be driven. or seduced from my
position! I live but 1.1 carry out the great
principles for which I have been contend
ing since 1821. and which I have main
tained Onder everv danger and difficulty.
In iheir defence I have acted with and
against every party, without blending
with any Mr. Van Buren has been
driven into a position favorable to their
advancement; and shall I not avail my
self of the opportunity which it affords
me to accomplish my object? Shall 1
permit him to drive me from my position
because he has been driven on it? All
I k u to be heard. My confidence, in
eveiy juncture, is in the force of truth
andintegniy."
Malay, aeptaather 19.
Ja Senate. The bill for the issue of
Treasury notes hating been postponed to
this day, in older to gite Mr. Calhoun an.
opportunity of preparing aa amcnJuJut,
and of offering his sentiments generally
upon the subject, was now resumed by
the Senate. Mr. C'alhouo then .rose?
and addresed the Senate in a speech,' j bill to designate the funds receitable ia
occopj ing between one and two hours, j payment of the reeanea f the govern
On concluding bis speech, Mr. Cal-' ment, and addressed the Senate for more
houn aubmitted his amendment, which ' than two hours. The bill is aimilar ia
provided that from and after the 1st of provisions to one offered by him at'
January next three-fourths of the money j the last session of Congress, and author
due to the Government may be paid in i ea the reception by government of the
notes of epecie-paying banks; that from , bills of specie-pay ing banks of a denomi
and after the 1st of January, 1839, one- nation tut leaa than twenty dollars Leare
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States, or in such notes, bills, tc. as
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should by law be ordered.
a. ,
.ir. ueniou, aiier expressing nis en-
tire concurrence in the amendment f
. CiU KQt to chair w0
uJ . . .
endmrntt of
comprised the substance of tiietill uitro-
duced by htm two ye irs ago, " 'I o re-es-
umah the consututtonal turn ncy of tlie
country." His first amendment provides
. r . , . .; it ,1
F-
puhho dues shonld be puid in gold and
silver only, and in Treasury notes and
,anJ serip; might by law "be auU.orii
: . . " . . . ... f.
j ed; mA ,,,e ,ccon Pr0v,dei that after
- resumption of specie p-ymenu by the
I banks, the Treasury should begin with
i cnecie oavmcnts.
a.
1'hese amcnJraente, tog ther with Mr.
Calhoun's, were ordered to be printed.
The bill was then ordered to be en-
grossed and read a tliird time by the fol-
lowing vote:
IVfl. Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Ben
ton, Black, Brown, Buchanan, Calhoun,
flay of Ala., Clavton, Fulton, Grundy,
Hubbard. K?nl, King of Ala., King of
Geo., Knight, l.ynn, M'.Kean, Morris
Nieholas. Nile, Norvell. Pierce, Rives,
Roane, Robhins. Robinson, Ruggles, Se
vier, Smith of Conn Smiih ol Indiana,
Sirance, Swift, Tallmadge. Tipton, Wal
ker, Wall, Utbsier. White, Williams,
Wrighi, Young 42.
Xays. Messrs. Clay of Ky., Critten
den, Preston, Southard. S pence 5.
The bill to extend the time for the pay
ment of duty bonds was amended, by ex
tending the time to nine months, and or
dered to be engrossed. '
The hill to adjust the remaining claims !
on the deposite banks,' was also amended
wrncii were anti-iexan, air. - iainore-
leng, from the committee ort finance, re-
ported without amendment, the Senate
bill for adjusting ihe claims, of the U.
States upon the late deposite banks; also
a hill for the deposite of merchandise in
the public stores; also a bill to revoke
the chatters of the District Banks, in cer
tain cases; also, upon leave, a bill appro-
priating 300,000 dollars for the suppress-
ion of Indian hostilities In Florida all
which were twice read and committed.
After the adoption of, various resolu
tions railing for information, Mr. Garland
offered a project as a substitute for that
reported from the committee of finance,
which was ordered to be printed for the
information of the house.
This bill proposes the reception, in
payment of public dues, of the notes of
specie paying banks, and the employment
of such banks as depositories of the gov
ernment, under certain restrictions.
The House look up the Senate bill for
the postponment of the 4ih instalment
directed by the 13th section of the depo
site act to be made with the States. Mr.
Dawson of Ga., moved its postponement
for the present, until further information
could be procured.
Mr. Carnbreleng earnestly opposed
the postponment, and went into a state
ment of the condition of the treasury, as
it woulJ be on the first of 'October, to
show that the whife aoouat of ayaiUble
and unaailab! fund ia ibo treasury, at
that lime, will be lest than two millm..
Under these' eireumiances, the forern
fneiitrould not make depoiie of oioe
uiiinooa with the autea. :
t TaJay, Maiber IB.
t Senate Mr. Rives, pursuant to
notice, rose to ask leave to introduce a
' tlie Union.
Mr. Adams offered the follow in? reso-'
, iuuvu, iuvu,ib uwwuii, uiu vn
: the talde:
j Rwhti; That the hhot of annexing
U,e 0, ,nv impendent foreign
sute tohis Union is a poer rot dele-
. b Constituim of the Unite
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j j.,, to t,e,r ongress, or to uny dr
t purtment of their government, but resert-1-
ed to.the People
Tilt. tiaUKlDA VAK.
Mr. Wise offered the following reso-:
lution: ' ' '
fienolveJ, That a select committee be
SDDuioted tv ballot to inauire into the
causes of the extraordinary delays and
failures, and the enormoffs expenditures,
lahirh I. atlftnffoft ilia .......Maiitnia .f
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the war against the Indians in Florida?
that aaid committee have power to send
for persons and papers, and that it have
power to sit in the. recess,' and that it
make report to the next session of Con
gress. '' .
Mr. CAMBRELENG inquired why it
was proposed that Uie comttiittee should
sit during the recess?
Mr. WISE said, in reply, that the rea
son must be obvious. The committee
could hot even commence its labors be
fore then; and there was little use in rais
ing the committee, if its labors were to be
confined to the adjournment of the pre
sent session of Congress. It was most
extraordinary that two Major Generals
employed in this war had been succes-'
sively arraigned and tried by Courts Mar
tial, while the only successful command
er, Gen. Clinch, when called as a wit
ness in the trial, should have testified
that no commanding general or subordi
nate officer was blameworthy for the fail
ure of the campaigns, bnt that the blame
Uy at the door of ihe War Department.
In reply, the world had seen a labored
defence from the late Secretary of War,
Gen. Cass; it saw the war still raging;
and it waa but yesterday that, in the
midst of the general distresses of the
country, with a bankrupt Treasury, (bank
rupt with a surplus of means!) the Chair
man of the Committee of. Way a and
Meana had called for mar lh;.ri a millinn
and a half of dollars to prosecute this ill
starred contest. Sitting in that House,
as a representative of the people, while
he never would hesitate in voting any ne
cessary appropriation which was asked
for, and would not atop to inquire how
former appropriations had beenexpended.
, pIjeJ hf feh h hn d(lJ. . par,icular,y ;t
J 8UC, a time as this, to inquire how the
: millions already given, and given on the
mere request ui me cuairman 01 a com
mittee, without even a statement of the "
Department to back it, without an esti
mate, and without a report, had been
spent, or rather wasted. "
It was now universally admitted, he
believed, that in this branch of the pub
lic concerns there had been mat-administration:
that great errors had been com
mitted. Was it not worth inquiry, how
the public money, so lavishly and hasti
ly appropriated, had been expended? and
waa it not lime that some steps should be
taken to put an end to a war so disgrace
lul to the country? The universal opin
ion now was, that the course -of the major
general now in command was quite as
objectionable as that f either of his pre
decessors. aOue of these had been pub
licly tiied. and though the court marshal
who sat upon his conduct had honorably
acquitted him, its verdict had been by the
order of the late executive expunged.
Shall we submit any longer to such a
state of things? He said he had propos
ed that the t'otntiiitiee of inquiry should
be appointed by ballot: for this was no
r