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-(WITTS. Jit fiiljlij n'.Is crmiinutilca'im on h the lulgrtt t.f taut u.r, wt originally , . siltsssad toll. lUUtort'of the NstK.n.1 InttlSiimf cr(n! puMisSedlntheSrpaptr Cini'.tmmt Kit Ijr In the present month, I tent to you publication, in txintt from (Jencrsl Washington's valedictory eddret. It wat tent under i dt ep ton It ilon of it truth, snd of it direct sptdi cation to the csueu question. The fift wa admitted, but the Uttr,it it(mi,u not perceived. The people of ih Ueltcd H (State sVswtvetYCatvwa k to ee the application t tbl Important question, of the remark, tlur the Constitution, '".wMcfri any lima csltta, until changed ky Bifcipiiclt at of th whole People, li , tacrtdty bhUtatoru o J 7 They V'il not think that tHi olTIitfon b sacredly regarded, when, lit. A caucus It held avowedly upw tht ground that a ctiu ef the conttitii tion i l loot, snd vtjjHt Dot to be per " milted to come into operation, if ctucut can prevent !., In my burnt! opinion, thit consideration alone presents to Insur mountable objection. Or when, Jdlr, the very men eiprets If excluded by the Constitution from any ' panic i pat ion h electoral power, mumt the rixht to cwatitute thit caucus, od to ir how the electors cMtxht to tote. Or when, Jilt, Instead of a proposition to emend the Convolution in way pre scribed be the Constitution itself, a rente . dy It tought for bf the gratuitous appli cation of force totally unknown to the constitutional code directing the election of a President. Or when, eihly, class of citizen to whom the election it devolved in the ltt resort, (and then merely from necessity,! change their position from the rear rank to the front l apeak first instead of speak- in lasti eirrtie an original iuttead of en appellate power t and, tn fart, inttead of deciding, finally, after learning all that they (an learn of the public opinion, un dertake beforehand to tell the people ' ht that opinion should be. Or when, iihly, instead of real bona ..fide elrction,bt the people, of a Piesident, in way prescribed bv the Constitution, (no matter whethrr it b pood or bad,) we are to be put off with a nomination by eaurut. I did not. however, rommenre thit note ... with a view to indicate to othcrt (hat ap " plication of (ien. Washington' remark, which eetn to have escaped your no' ire. My object ss, and it. to rail the attention 'f the good people of the United State. lo another part of the tame addtess, which -' will be found in he fifth volume of Mar : 'ihall'a Ufa of Washington, page 69 Si ne worj, arv I t, a otxtrurtiona to the execution of the Ut, L1J tomhtnathn and nnalUWiwkitioevrr under ythalrvrr , piautibU thafacter wiib the real detign to ttirrct, control counteract, or awe the re gular drlibrrau'on and action .of tht coniti tutrd autharitify are detructive of the fun- ' damental principle " (meaning the prin ciple stated In thtfsTpTragraph ol thit note.) " However combination or attociation of the above drtctiption, may now and then eniwr fiofmfar rw(i,they are likely, in the ,.XOuravaaf. vw4bMr'bonw-j tent tnrintt, by which cunning, ambitioui and untrtneifiled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the teofite, and to uturp for themtelvet the rein of govern jnetit t dettroytn; afterward the very en gine which have lifted them to unjukt jominlof.,, ;" Let it be tuppoted that the argumentk, ; hitherto advanced on thit tubject, thai be ; unavailing, and that a caucus it to be held ; . till teveral qurttiont, the tolmion of which will be attended with great difficul ty, mutt be decided ; qtiettions of which eome cannot, and othcra will not, occur in ' Caucus reallyheld againtt an adversary party. . 1. As to numbers. How many mem tert of Congrets will constitute s caucus f yV a minority act ? Will a bare majori ty suffice? If not, what number beyond a wiwli? tlt Ve reQufrcd T 'BrwTiiaLctt. . If the whole .delegtuo!l.of.. J!iuie. L .lhar onyKtton or instructionsi'shtin refute to attend, will the caucus act with out.thera? Can it act without them ? In all cases, to which the federal .compact ; .extends, with a few exception specially enumerated, the majority must decide ind have a right to decide, without regard - - to opposition or absence ; but when tatt exitts, e which the compact dot not tx Jend, each State it tovertign and independ ent, and every thing dme in ofifioiition to , itt will it uturftation and tyranny. .,' r -If tue majorily ol the deiegauoaijrom a Sta'eihall refuse: : norltjr of that dciegauon. be pertriitted to SSjtocpBstitut th caucut Repubikina on ly? Are the Federalists, who set up ne . H I not unworthy of remark, that the late Mr. Ltvmdet was opposed to the cauctitiyitetu 'In toto. He never attended a caucus he could not be persuaded to attend one. Mr. Im pure and. Intelligent m he was, is not quoted aa au thority j but it will be admitted by all, that the grounds of an opinion which ketot1 him back when bis feelings would have led him forward, t tr.JMalf, to l.ef .!! tlut.fn tie cleetlon of tl-i'f nit-; ri tf lltrir country, they hit to cotifft", and thill take DO part ('tn any rprenutit of tht peo ple be fuutid, to !ictoriii of the Contiitu 'hn, or so rrgardlcu of its ,n( ept, it to utter, or en to concei, an opinion liktthitf If it thtlt be decided that non but re- publicaht thai! attrnd, who thill juJC of th qualification of the elector f I mean, ef thote who claim lmiion, in order to "direct" the elector. 3. Proceeding after organization. It I manifct'eJ that tome arrangements muAtJoarKd.,.and. fore the ballot is taken. 1 he rtneu will be totally unavailing, unlftt thf member Ijledge themkelve to purtue a ptnicu r course, end to acquiesce in the result. Here a difficulty immediately occur. Can ihU pledge be glteuly'all? Some are instructed, and others feel bound by the knoan sentiment of thote whom they represent In Congrets. If the pledge cannot be t Wen by all. It would be abturd 10 enact It from any.' Hut what mot lies can lead to these r rsngementtf What consideration it to induce member, tuppoVtng him to be untharklcd, to abandon the hero or the ttatetroan whom he hone it! r prcfrrs, and to recommend another candidate; the very candidate p rhapt, whom, of all the catididatet, be Icatt approves f I ean form no conception of any juttifi able motive, cicept one and that it, a conviction that the candidate prtferred cannot jwttibly be cboten. How it thit conviction lobe produced f By regarding the votet in the cmicut aa evidence ol the public opinion ? t'.iperlence ha proved the abturdhy. I repeat, how it thit con viction to be produced I Can any man be really convinced that hit friend may not be one of the three highett on the elec tion litt, and that he will not be ir lei ted by the House of Rr preventatives, vo'ing by Statei? Can he be convinced that hit friend, though lal in the estimation of fie caucus, may not he the first, oramon the first, in the estimation of the people i An honeit man cannot, easily, be to con sinred and a man tealout and utile, at will a honett, will turn from the caucus to the people, and endeavour to convince them that his friend it the man whom they ought to prefer. It it true, t'ut the caucus theory fur nishet a motive, which, the advocate of that theory musf contend, will justify, where there are everal candidates, tever al conserutive urrender of judgment and feeling, on the part of the friends of thoe whom this self created oligarchy may reject. They mutt contend, and they do contend, that the Constitution, in relation to the ulterior and contingent powers of the Houae of Representatives, it so radically vicious, that a remedy ought to be applied ! that this remedy is not by an amendment, as the Constitution itself prescribes, but by a caucus ! ! A caucus ! a nocturnal assembly, convoked at a thort notice, after long preparation, bound by no rule, acting without authority, without the obligation of an oath, within the Imrnedi ate reach ot every sort ot innuence, cal culated, if exerted, to mislead, to deceive or to eomtpt, guarding tht people of theie Untied S'aiet from the mi tehief threatened bf Hrtir-twn Conttitution It may be, but it ought not to be, sup posed, that these considerations evince too much distrust. Power will always be sbused, unless its exercise be watched with unceasing vigilance. The history of the world is little else than one continu ed and mournful illustration of this truth It is the great basis of the Constitution, and, surely there i no power which ought to be watched with more care, or viewed with more distrust, than that which is as turned by "any .association" of men, " however plausible the pretence," in re lation to a subject so important and in teresting as the election of a Chief Ma gistrate of this Union. A few word more. , At a very early period of the struggle between the two great parties of the United States, I took an active part and. continued to maintain termination of that struggle in 1801, but until-the presentr-dayv My great object watT and al way s has been, to sustain tKe constitution, on the ground on which I Was convinced the people meant to place w - t.hlia-akmWtt-tnrr- je,e, after the lapse of more than five and twenty year, that I wat right; and I now look bark, with a sentiment of pleasure and confidence, which at this late day, would be little affected by praise or con demnation. Yet there is one circum stance one change in the political move" ment of this country, which,' I confess, would deeply affect my besf andTtrong est feeiiogs. If ny one part of the Con stitution of this country," sacredly oblige' yeu frorn rts place, or kept out pf view, or debarred from operation, by means of the machinery of a caucus t if, instead of elrc tion by the people, the main pillar .of free government, we are to have a caucutnom inationj if the people of this countryj n-1 Stead of acting for themselves on the great subject, on which ihey have reserved the power of actinjr by their immediate depu ties appointed tor the tpecial purpose, are to be led by self appointed agents ; then !f..!ffjJfa?iaH !n!uf-e tt.i tnurhful con-i t iNi, that my lime td my U?trt, such t thrj' weir, hate Ueo thrown ay I and my only consolation will be, that mf concert" on lhi tubject, however deeply felt, mf.t nccettarltyrtiki aM ctt.tr Con cern, ihethcr of pi or pleaiure for me, be rf a i cry thnrt duration, rstocioa,' gUlatAv. , U33. - FOUEKIN HKW8. , i pgw ton, etc. 10. The tMp Hoilda, Wiltoit, and the park ft ship Jletfof, Gardner, arrived yettef The former tailed on the 7th, and the Utter ommIm t-ii tilt, to wbkb date we are furtilslved with UverpoJ papcrtard Lon don date tn the Tlh, inclsttive. The f U ain wtt nerly tnderj, and part of the French army wa on it return to Frnt e. An armlttlce had been agre erf upon fr the urrender of Parcel ma, the termt i.f whir h were ont known but it it aid Mina had tworn allelaite to i'ttdl nand. It appeart to be believed that th King of Spain had been induced to agree to modify hit rigorous decree against the Constitutionalist A mcskagcr had arrived In London with despatcbet from Sir Wm. A'Ceurt, announcing that Ferdinand had contented to rtirr the Convention ef March latt, made by the constitutional government, to indemnify British merchant for capture made by Spanish ( Porto Kico) prisatrer. The blockade of Cadis, and oih r Span ish porn occupied by French garrisont wat formally raised on the Sth of Octo ber. The clrcumttance of the removal of the Spanish governor, Donnay, from Cadiz, wat not yet known at Madrid. 1 he l.vm don Courier mi- We learn, by private advice from Pari, that the Frer ch gov ernment meet with no inconsiderable diffi rultiet in mikinr rerrlinand act wiih moderation. We are even attured, that when it wa hinted to him how desirable it would be to remove Irom about his per son hit minister and confetsor, Sacz, he peremptorily refused te do so. The death of San Miguel is announced. A Pa'is paper states that he committed sui cide. The fate of Riego wj not vet decided. The Fiscal, in act ot accusation, requires that Kiego should be punished a follow : That he shall be drawn by the feet from the prison te the scaffold, there hanged. then quartered, and that one limb should be tent to Lat Liber at, one to La Isla,one to Malaga, and one to Madrid t that he rest of the body should be burnt, mid the ashes ctt into the air by the band of the hangman. ' The wife of Rlego wat In Iondon, in in digent circumstance. -The freedom of the Borough of Ply mouth wit pretented to Mr. Canning on the 30th October. In his speech of thanks, Mr. C. declared the policy of his country was peace, and that any interfer ence in the late struggle in Spurn" would hsve been one to be characterized only by the term Quixotic an euterprize roman tic in its origin and thankless in us end !" Gibraltar, October 1 6. W e are crow ded with the unfortunate Spaniards who have taken refuge here, to escape the miseries of a dungeon, or the tortures of the bloody Inquisition. Among them are upwards of sixty Deputies of the Cor tes, of the most distinguished, as Valdes, Alava, and Infantas; Quiroga, Yardiola, Manzanares, and l.alatrava, are also here There is a warm feeling among the inhab itants of the Rock in favour of these un successful patriots. Sir Robert Wilson srrived here a few days since from Cadiz and Tarifat he was at first undecided as to his future destination, but has deter mined at last to return to England, in the hrjt packet A noble Child. While the frigate Uni ted State was drawing near the Macedo nian, a child on board said to Decatur : " Commodore, I wish you would put my name on the muster-roll !" What for I" U-Tbei I may get share of the prize nrnn er::iic wa:do the commodore said, " Well, Ned, she is ours, -and your -prize;-.mofiey wiU ht Tou 260 1 dollar. What will you do with it ?" " I'll lend a hundred to my mother, and the other shall send me te school." This tjorlrsow a gallant midihimuan . Some gentlemen of a Bible Associa tion lately calling upon an old woman to aee if she had a Bible, were se verely re prove (i by a spirited reply 4 " Do you think, gentlemen, that I am a heathen, that you hould ask me sucb.J qucs tionThenaddTessine a little eirl. she eaidf Run and fetch the Bibfe but of my .drawtTthar I may ahow it to the gefitlelmcji giyjng her the trouble, but she insisted upon giving them ocular demonstra tion 'that she waa no KeatHen. Accor dingly the bible was brought, nicely covered t on opening it she exclaim ed, Well, how glad I a th that you have come j here arc my spectacles, that I have been looking for these three years, and didn't know where to find 1LU, coxnnnsfl. SI Nil t. frUay, Dec, I3-Mr. Nolle pretent ed the petit ion of Flirt Dill, one eflh bdn v Gen.Arthur St..C'lfi i'in? that the Coertment St Indebted to her late father for militiry erlctt, and pray ing for the relief of Congrets. iiouib o ftr.rnr.it.NrATivr.. 'Tkurtdau, Ilex. 11 -The resolution movtd by Mr. Cti!ay,of Ohio, w then taken tip, in the following word I MJL 1WlLiWtaur (ieoenl be i- reded to by brfoee thit lluutw the amount of AMmUmmiB Ueftlwsit waaew awesirtw Kviou to Jul, H.'i, wd which were wot aueH j aa d.rected by the 23th aecil in of, tfie act ffHimbf ihoj foat Oflk FsuLliihrornt, dc- aignaltng n. rear bee eacn eccwrreu, ami not to tstcnu mvmmi kitten year. I hi resolution being under contidera tloh Mf. (TazHy rose and sail, that, by a reference to the art of Congrett of 1 782. regulating the Post Office Department, it appeared that all the Postmasters of the United States were directed to settle their sesrrai account with the General PotiOrfe every quarter ; and, iflhey ncglertcd '.o dp so, the Potmtter Gen eral was required te sue within three months. In 1 1 10, the act wat to altered a to extend the period within which the Post matter General mutt sue, from three months to sis. Under such a regulation, ciprettly provided by the la a, it wat not to have been anticipated that te mui h dr fair .lion thnuld occur at the amount tta ted in the President' Message. Fiom leportt laid before this House by (he late Postmaster General, it appeared that, in 1814 there wat a balance due the Depart ment, fiorn Postmasters, of upwards ot S2CC.0o0. In 1822, this amount had in creased to fttOO KX) ; and it no stood at appeared by tlie President's Message's! upwards of $300,000. I he c.hjcct of the lesolution he had jutt ofTeicd, was to poet this house of the true state of these def.lrariont, in ihose particulars ol which ii was at present unadvised. Mr. Stoirt said, that, ai he understood the fact, it was lecpiired by a certain act of Congress, thst the amount of the defi ciency of any Postmaster retained in l fice, should, after the lapse of a criiain time, be chjrjjett to the 1'oiYmastef Gen eral. 'lo aseruin whither that pait ol the law had Ien complied i;n, or nol. Mr. S. moved to add the following : ik and the amount of any such deficiencies a may havt lecn charged against the Post master General of the United. Stares." Mr. fHzlav accepted this modification as a pait of hiv oiioi; and, thus modi fed, the resolution wis agreed to without opposition. . . ' On motion of Mr. Beck, it was Penbxd, That Uir 'TomnMlUa on the Judt. ciary be instructed to imniire into the espedins. ry of providing by law an uniform., a) item. of. Mankniptrr triroti(fti(Hit the LiuU-U Sutes. t)n motioii or Mr. Kidder, it wa RrtohrJ, That the Committe on Commerce K- irrtmrtiul ... iniiiitf in'. ,1... m tt..nA. ; .n.!,, , ,,,uiii.M 111 Kiiintaiiiic a.infc .in,, vil i:iivtv iii:miii ivu from Nora hcotia. Ireknd. nd otlu e . , 0.. Countries. t )i mtior rvf M RtrhrnV, ft was " Jteithtit, 'I hat the Conimiitee on Military Af fair be instructed to inquire into the ept dirn rv riT rnnr,irttn.r iu.n. uitrki nt A.C. m i, somcauitablc point near the line dividing 'the I' nitcd States from Canada, on the inarirm of Lake ajhampfaiik. r r. . i.o.c in oi.eruig 10 ne uouse the following resolution, taid it was well known that the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United Slates are sometimes not published until 12 or 15 months after rendition. lie did not coni...in of this under the present system ; but his object wat to insure an earlier publication of the Reports. He thought that those who are interested in the principle! decided should not ln left so long ignorunt of what those decisions were, lo remedy this defect he proposed the following : ftriolveil. That tlie Committee on the Judici ary be instructed to inquire whether an, uiul what, provision ouirht to be made bv law. tn ; insure a more- speedy publication of the di-cit- ions of the Supreme Court of the United Statca, I he resolution was agreed to without opposition. Friday, Drc. 12 Mr. Fuller submit- Httoht'd, That the" President of 'file United States be requested to communicate to this ItOUie a plw- tor Prat'e Esitabhstimeht ' ofifie Navy of the United States. . . I he resolution lies on the table one day of course. ANECDOTE. . During the traitor General Arnold's predatory operations through Virginia, in 1781, he took an American captain prisoner.. After some general conver sation, he asked the captain "what he thought the . A merieans vrotrld tkr with him. if they caught him. w The cap tain declined at first giving an answer : hut .upoci bejn aalcT '& Why. ..urf.iJ inust.- answer your question, ;:a:-miiitt-eKuseroy telliog you the plain truth'i if my countrymen should catch you, I 'be HeVe they would first cut off that lame leg, wfeich was wounded in the cause of freedom and virtue at Saratoga, and buryjrwtth the honors of war, and afterwards hang the remainder ef your body on a gibbet." Northern paper. ! S.llstSllUUYi Tt TMHy, DM.r.unr.a trj. ,TUK CiiEtici.. The J""ff eontlmied of tle orprli)rgofaiiy tort, It str-aenflyt trti, render atari InatawUa of Utalr Value, thus bia nght and bbertU become M tj Cng but eaay prey to dekijning 4 tmU, mca. Rut the eitiven of the I'a'.tH ern to be aw esceptioa te II.U Uxiiy ou principle U burruii nature tU atrugjl In which the - are enrs-i WTrrsTTrirmaciTea irmn a Uiri.i.n putt r2, and barlarwita tlae the dt acarvlsj'ti of Jdwj, oi l ever eml-iit J in Kgyp , has furri'M I Llalrauoa of tLU foot. - 8inc our vererahle and patriotic Pre stir iSsi Jn'ruductJ o the nation (U kU hrtr aafo) the aulTcrinpof the Creek peopl. la fa cause of lihery, a ) mpathy and kindrtd fULw at cms to be rapMly d.lTiiaing itsdamuqa cMiiitry men. heir cause wat one tLt etnst of our father and we shwilj le urmJuitl. callous to fcrbngt of huiaanity and pauiaiiaa. were we not te maruirat a nvely cwuer(t the triumph of a people who are stair, fi againat a despotism Un-fU more IntolertLk than the opprttsioat against which our Uuk. tiunary father protratcil, and for svrch Ukj were furtver aJdvtd from thoir fialty to ft, ilritish monarchy. In addition to what w piihli.hsd fast ak aelatie to the cause of the Crrckt, it appraaa that not only the wiif the U. 8. areMmiw ....till. 1.... ..... . .... " ... wt, ,,n 111, uni i.rjiyimrr, irr caicwnj wt pathy from their eoiistituentt, ami rtsolvinj aj aid that gallant and opprt-sw-J nation, ta fU. adcphia, a numerous ami respectable nevtwc has been lit II, to cont'd! upon mraaurrt I sal the (itckt in regsining thrir ong-lo4 libmicti tlie vmerablp llnlio,) White was catli l to the chair 1 apirilrd rcwlu'iom arre adopted, cow. rn'.ttees sp ointciljo s.il cit awustance inthecitj. the clergy thftniifhuut th Sla'e rrquestrd ta Jake up contritautloiit, and a commiure appaat- cd to transmit a menorial to Cor.grraa, pratiif that hotly to take into consideration the eip. dirnrv of acknowledging the Independence of t'.rrrce. And in the Legislature of lUnUnl stdijcct luve been intr-vlured : " Ilrf'xd, ll'at we r grd the sirtif-glaf th- t.rerks agm.nnl the luiksone i f tlie hcM v ars of oppresacd man aainft f1ve iiiutl crad tyrarn, " I hat the freemen nfUan!ml responj w the puie fvi-fii g of I'r, sidi nt of tlie I wits' States, in his mtw.t, anlmtlv ia!i!n( Uxe mrccs and a place amorgtt the iudependcat nations or the earth, . ,f M A.d that our Senators ami Hrpresen'atiTfi'a Congrraa be requested to gisa alt Itwir ah tta innupnee to carry t;rtn cnccl, aucb rtM-uaunMB tha adminiatrBtion shall in their widrm aat tiheratity recou.mcml lo be adopted in llct cause. 1 wo tett of reaoTutiona have been preaentd in the I nitcd States Senate for amending the . . . uininiiiiiKMi of me t nion, as regard the - ,. rn'l. , , . . . cl'.ce of Prt sulont and ce-Prt s.d.-nt , one by Mr. Bentor, of Missouri, a hich propoaca to give tte ctrction directry to rhtrpe nptetrt thetrptV mary asacmblica the other by Mr. Ilayne, ef South-Carolina, hich proposea, that if no choice !" m,le "n dieirsl ballotii.g by the Electors, (hey sliall ballot a ruin, and thus continue to da. i wtrwTrrrr1sr.rteo!,n K bv 0.r j,, , 0r ;f fin4 room, these resolutions shall be published. A writer in the Raleigh Register of the I5tk Instant, who signt himself " Carnot," ha aeite1 upon a Tittle article publiahed in the Westers Carolinian some time in Sept. last, (in w hick it was atated that the Governor and member of Congress from Alabama were opposed to the pretensions of Mr. Crawiord to the Presidency,) and haa indulged in a strain of witticism whick he, no doubt, imagines Jim stung us to the very core. - And verily, had not thia heterogeneous admixture of wit, gravity, and mawkish aarcasa, i ,,ave come "P0n u" m joyous a season, wnea the heart is too buoyant to be cast down by the raillery of pugnacious witlings, our sensibilities might.hvre been a little nettled i hut for the life .oLuiJs.exaiuM&ffU 'ai-syftetfliffafcuriif jirjfljfriy out 1 .innocent frivit.V ami joyous devotion W undisturbed fruition of all hi leers and ghe back to Alabama. . . tea. The following appointments, made bf the President during the recess, hsve been confirmed by the Senate of the Uni ted State, viat Samuel L. Southard, of New Jersey, te j be Secretary of the Navy. f?i Smith. Thomson, 'of Newjri kaaej Jode1)Trhe SuprVmVCourt."' ' i John M'LeanofOhio,t 'be' Postmaster., Genera!.- Wothhigton Republics Separate P esolutions - have beet mitred to both Houses i of the Legislature of Maryland, to M disapprdye of any cw , grcitionatcauciln nomination at this time o( President and V, President of the V States, and requesting the senators ni representatives of that state in Confresi, 'to use their influence to preVent the same." We shall ta our next put'" these Resolutions.'
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