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5 NIAN PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY: SJSCQHia AYiU QS3m&Ul Wo IOASll?CD279 IPS!!;!! Vol. 15, No. 40 Whole No. 7T0. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 7, 1835. HE WESTERN CAROM O o A o o o o o The Western Carolinian. i m TERMS OF PUBLICATION. 1. The Western Carolinian is published every Sa turday, at Two Dollars per annum it" paid in advance, or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents if not paid before the expiration of three months. 2. No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the discretion of the Editor. ;L Subscriptions will not be received for a less time than one year; and a failure to notify the Editor of a wUh to discontinue, at the end of a year, will be consi dered as a new engagement. 4. Anv person who will procure six subscribers to tho Carolinian, and take the trouble to collect and transmit heir subscription-money to the Editor, shall have a pa per gratis during their continuance. F. 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To insure prompt attention to Letters addressed to the Editor, the postage should in all cases be pal. rpiIC following is a list of the Blanks generally kept on hand, for sale, at the Western Caroli nian Printing Office all of w hich are of the most approved forms, printed on very superior paper, and will be disposed of on terms as low as any. DEEDS of Conveyance for Land; Constables' Warrants; Constables' Bonds; Superior and County Court Writs ; Executions; " " Summonses ; Witness' and Jurors Tickets ; Writs of Attachment; Venditioni Exponas ; Marriage Licenses; Delivery Bonds ; Promissory Notes ; Writs of Ejectment; Appeal Bonds; She riffs Bonds; Letters Testamentary Administration Bonds; Execution; Letters of Administration on intestate estates; Apprentices Indentures; Guardian Bonds ; Sci. Fa. against Executions ; Scire Facias; Ca. Sa. Bond; Injunction to Stay Proceedings; Writs of Fieri Facias; Bastardy Bonds: County Court Commissions to take Depositions ; Bonds to Prosecute Suits ; Commissions in Equity ; Equity Sotnmonses ; Assault ami Battery Indictments; Military Warrants fr Fines; 07" Persons desiring Blanks not to he found in the above list, are informed that we can print any other forms to order, on very short notice, and in a superior stvle. Salisbury,' February 7, 135. Current Ir:ee of Produce, &e. AT SALISBURY March 1, 1835 rHf.4. . Bacon, . . . Brandy, apple, peach, Butter, . Cotton, in seed, clean, Coffee, ... Corn, . . . Feathers, . . Flour, ... Flaxseed. . . . . 11 a 12 Molasses, . . . 50 a 00 40 a do . ;uls, .... ID 40 a 50 Oats, .... 35 a -10 124 Uye, .... 75 3 ;Siiar, brown, . 10 a 121 11 j loaf, . . 10a20 lfi a IS Salt, . . . 112 a 125 1 ) a 45 Tallow, . . . 10 :30 a 33 Tobacco, ... H a 20 .550 a GOO Wheat, (bushel) M a 1 00 . UK) iWhiskev. . . . 45 a 50 Linseed Oil, per gallon, sl 12J AT FA YETT E V I E I E. .. Febr ua ry 21. Bacon, a 10 Iron, 1 a -13 Brandy, peach, apple, Beeswax, . . ColFee, ... 00 a 71 Molasses, . . 50 a 00 Nails, cut, . . 18 a 10 Sugar, brown, all: lump, . Hi a 15 loaf, . 2 a :3'J 0 a 0 H a 10 11 Hi a 17 m 00 a KH) :Vi a -111 10 a 20 Cotton, Corn, .... 00 a 05 Salt, . . . Flaxseed, . . .125 a 130 Wheat, . . . Flour, ... .45 a 525 Whiskev, . Feathers, . . . 33 a V Wool, . . . AT CHER AW, (S. C.) Feubrary 22. Bicoit, . . . Beeswax", . Bytte-, (Co ire;, . r p Cotton, new, . Corn. . Feathers, . Flaxseed, . "lour, super., tine, . iron, . . . Lard, Mackerel, . . 10 a 12' Meat, (scarce,) 17 (Molasses, . . 15 a 20j Nails, . . . 14 a l-.Oats, (scarce,) 7 a ."j.SaW, 111 25 a 4'! bushel, . . 87.1 a 00 . m a : U a 0 . G"? a 75 At 0 a 500 .273 .1 15 a 150: Sugar, prime,.. i) a 11 O a 10 .(100 a common, .750 a loaf & lump. 1.3 a 20 41 n .-..Tallow, (scarce') . 10 a 00 . 10 a 12.'. T eas, .125 a 150 . t& a lW) .050 a 900 Wheat, . AT COLUMBIA, (S. C.) February 20. Bacon, ... JJrandy, peach, apple, Beeswax, . Butter, . Collee, . . . .Corn, ... Cotton, ... Flour, . . . iron, . . . 10 a 14. Lard, . 75 .Molasses, 40 a 50 . Mackerel, . 11 a 12A . 40 a 45 .050 a 9fH) 250 a 275 15 a 00 Salt, in sacks, 15 a 2."H bushel, . . 75 . 10 a 12 13 a 17 Sugar, brown. 90 a KHN loaf&lump, 10 a 20 14 a If Tallow, mi a in .750 a HMMTeas, . .125 a 150 4 a 5j Whiskey, 40 a 15 AT CAMDEN. (S.C.) February 2. Bacon, . . . 14 a tH,Flour, (N. Caro.)000 a (rOO Brandy, peach, appple, Beeswax, . . Cotton, ... Corn, . . . Feathers, . 75 a 00 (Cara.imlls).9(K) a 1000 35 a lO.Iron, .... (K) a 00 12alG lJard, .... 12 a 15 15 a 10 Tallow, . . . 10 a 12 75 a 87 Whiskey, . . . 50 a fM) 30 a 50 Wheat, ncv, . .100 a 125 a. FOR le34-35. HORACE H. BEARD, Tailor, EGS leave to inform his friends, and the public in general, that orders in his line will always le thankfully received by him, and executed in the most Neat, Fashionable, and Durable manner on erms as reasonable as any in this section of coun try. II. II. B. hopes, from his long practice of his business, (a numler of years of which time he resided in the city of Philadelphia,) arid from the general satisfaction he has heretofore given to his numerous respectable ami fashionable customers, to merit and receive a portion of the patronage of the public in genera!. OCT He tlatters himself that his CUTTING is really suiierior to any clone in this State, as mav he tested by the undisputed elegance of lit which attends garments made in his establishment. lie is in the regular receipt of th Reports of the Fa shions as they change both in the large cities oi this country and of Europe so that gentlemen may 1m? satisfied that their orders will always be executed in the very latest style. Orders from a distance will he attended to with the same punctuality and care as if the customer were present in person. Salisbury, May 17, ISM. Iy FOR SALE. ON the Wateree River, ten miles below Cam den, South Carolina, cot. tabling upwards of 1000 .cves OF SWAMP L.1JVDS, Nearly every Acre of which is susceptible of cul tivation : Three Hundred Acres are cleared. At tached to the above, is also about 1000 A eves of lvme TiauA. ON the premises, in a healthy situa tion, are all the buildings necessaiy to a plantation of the size. And at a convenient distance, on a high heal thy situation, is a commodious, comfortable Sand 11 ill Residence. ALSO HOUSES AND LOTS In the Town of Camden, several of which are very desirable situations for business. - ALSO Three or Four Tracts of Pine Land, Within five or six miles of the Town of Camden. Terms, for any of the above property, shall he made as accommodating as purchasers could de sire. WM. O. NIXON. Camden, S. C, Feb. 28, 1835. :3t A W:k-d ' If TV - The TIiorousr1i-!reI Voting IIoie 'TllAj Stard the ensuing Season at my Staole at Ileiilt ie'- Ford. Linr-oln (Tiiuutv. . Caro lina, and perform service at 81 0 the Season, 815 to Insure, and 5 the Leap; 50 cents to the groom in each case. Particular attention will be paid to Mares fell with the Horse, hut no liability tor accidents or escapes. Fhe Season to commence on the 1st of March, and end on the. 1st of July. PEDICJUEE. Whitestreak was got by Lafayette, he by the imported horse Bluster, he by Orlando, a son of biskey, and out of a Higli-t ier 3lare, sister to Escape, bv Pegasus, her dam by Squirrel; Pe gasus was got by Ecli;5";, out of a Bosphorus Mare, sister to Grecian Princess. Orlando s dam, Emeline, was got by Highflier; her dam by .Miss Limon s Sister Maruen, by Matchem baltrum, a son of Eclipse, out of a Calash Mare hy Herod, her dam, Ilersa, hy .Matchem Regulu, and he by the Godolphin Arabian, out of a Cnesnut Mare 10 hands high ly Alexander. Orlando's g. g. g. graiidam by Burza, out of Rose by Sweet briar, and own sister to the celebrated horse Macedonia. LafavetFs dam by the celebrated horse Dungan non, he by Medley, out of a Mark Antony Mare. WHITESTREAK was out of Fox; she is out of the Janus and Wilduir stock, descended from t Le old imported Jolly Rodger, and frotn the im ported Mare, Mary Grey. rox was raised by Col. R. Walker, of Virginia, who said she was a fine blooded marc of the above stock of horses. Whitestreak run one Race, at Danville, Virgi nia free for all horses, for 100 Barrels of Corn Corn at S4 per barrel. He DISTANCED THE riF.r.D nt a simile heat. Mr. A. J. Davis is of opinion that but few horses in the world can beat him, as to speed his bottom not trieoU Whitestreak is 5 years old, and 15 hads high. HORACE A. BURTON. February 29, 1S35. tf LANS) im SALE. THE SUBSCRIBER Oflers for Sale Rgg ::00 Acre or LaiiU in the Forks of the Yadkin, Rowan Co. Among other advantages which it has, it is well supplied with good water, and is convenient to se veral ncver-failing Mills. For further particulars annlv to William F. Kelly, at Mocksville. 11 ' E. M. KELLY. Rowan County, Feb. 2S, 135. 2 in LEGISLATIVE DEBATE. SPEECH OF MIL BRANCH, or Halifax, On the Resolutions instructing Sen it or Mangum. CONCLCPED. At length General Jackson, after the meeting of Congress in I)ecemler 129, finding the ladies of Washington to be impracticable, determined that the families of his Cabinet should submit to terms or be dismissed. Accordingly, Col. Johnson, of Kentucky, duly authorised, as he said, by the Pre- adent, notified the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General and myself, that he had a com munication to make to us. We, therefore, assem bled at Judge Berrien's House, and, in a few mi nutes, the Hon. R. M. Johnson was announced. The ordinary courtesies passed; we awaited, with pro- ound attention, the anticipated terms of submission. Judge Berrien and myself, having previously re ceived some intimation of the character of the mis sion from .Mr. Ingham, who had had an interview with Col. Johnson in the course of the day, were not taken by surprise. Col. Johnson commenced, by descanting at large on the delicate relations sub sisting between the families of the Heads of De partments, and the great anxiety felt by the Presi dent to harmonize these relations. He added, that the President had come to the conclusion that Mrs. Eaton must be invited to our large parties ; and that our seats in the Cabinet would be vacated un less these terms were submitted to. He then pro ceeded to reason the matter with us, in a persuasive manner, remarking, as I well recollect, that 44 the terms could not be considered hard, as every body was invited to the large parties in Washington. N e answered, in substance, that such terms could not be submitted to by us, and that he was authori sed so to inform the President. Here, sir, without pursuing the detail, our interview closed. In the morning, after breakfast, I waited on the President, confidently expecting to dissolve ourotficial relations forthwith. As it was highly probable this would prove the last opportunity aflbrded me of speaking freely to Gen'l Jackson, I threw oft all restraint, and entered upon the subject with the energy a conscious rectitude of purpose inspired. I told him, among other things, that all the powers on earth should not coerce me to submit to such terms ; he might strike as soon as he pleased ; I had not sup ported him from servile fear, or the hope of reward ; that, falling in the maintenance of mv honour and that of my State, I should only rise the stronger lor the knocking down. The results of this session of the General Assembly have convinced me that I was in error, and deeply do I lament thai I did err in the estimate I then made of the intelligence iJ .A;r-y x.f my uwn, my native State. Gene ral Jackson, with some confusion in bis manner, observed that he had not authorised Col. Johnson to make such a communication to us, and proposed to send for him. I remarked that I surely did not require him to prove what he had said, that his word was sufficient, and here closed this unpleasant interview. A few davs afterwards, Col. Johnson called at the Department on business, and, as he entered the room, oflerod me his congratulations on the pacific aspect of affairs. I observed to him that the Pre sident denied having iriven him authority to make the communication he had done to .Mr. Ingham, Mr. Berrien, and myself. " Let that pass," said he, 44 I represented it to you in the most favorable light.' Other indications yen soon convinced me that the malign influences, which at this time were strong, were deterred from consummating their fell purposes. Congress was in session; the ladies of the members from Tennessee, even, held no inter course with Mrs. Eaton; nor, in fact,rc President's own family. The friends of the Administration became alarmed, lest the exercise of such despotic power should overw helm them all, and, doubtlessly interposing, warded off the imjending blow. The situation of Mrs. Eaton, however, engrossed the President's whole soul, and he continued to he much occupied in collecting certificates, principally frotn olll.ee seekers, to sustain her. These were piled one upon another, and his friends pressed to read them, often, I am persuaded, to their annoyance. This book of certificates, for a folio did it soon be come, was that on which oilice seekers frst quali fied for office. In the mean time Mr. an Eurcn, who had art fully contributed to inflame the President's mind, doubtless, in part, by inducing him to believe that Mrs. Calhoun's refusal to return Mrs. Eaton's card in February 1W29, had influenced the families of the Cabinet to pursue the course they had adopted towards her, finding him wrought up to the mad fury of a 44 roaring lion," to use Col. Johnson's de cription, thought it a good time to uncage and turn him loose, on his most formidable rival, .Mr. Cal houn, who was then Vice President of the United States, and participated with him in the renown which he (Mr. Van Buren) attached to service un der such a chief. The manner in which fhe un friendly correspondence commenced l)etween Ge neral Jackson and Mr. Calhoun, taken in connexion with the time, is sufficient to convince any intelli gent mir.d that it was instigated by Mr. Van Buren. I exerted every nerve to defeat his fiend-like pur pose. Often have I entreated General Jackson to avoid a rupture with Mr. Calhoun, as no good could result from such a quarrel. Knowing, as he did, that 1 was not the political friend of .Mr. Calhoun, I considered my motives beyond the reach of sus picion. Let any man read the first letter from Genera! Jackson to Mr. Calhoun, in 1630, and he cannot fail to see a fixed purpose to produce a schism. Mr. Calhoun, with the coolness of a philosopher, proceeds to reason with him ; and, to the satisfaction of every one but the President's advisers, and, doubtless, to their conviction, calmly meets, and drives him from every position he had been induced to assume. To show that his allegation against Mr. Calhoun wa3 a mere pretext, you see him now in sweet communion with those icho, in 1819, were his most bitter assailants. By this time, I well un derstood the character of Mr. Van Buren. With him, I found that the end justified the means; and, as the destruction of Mr. Calhoun was the object nearest his heart, he was very willing the old Chief, for whom he professed so much love and veneration, should accomplish this work for him, at any and every hazard to himself. I beiieved then that Mr. Van Buren placed too low an estimate on the virtue, patriotism, and intel ligence of the American people, and that his reli ance on General Jackson to accomplish his purpo ses would prove delusive. He must recollect that I often told him that, in my opinion, he was selling his birthright, like Esau, ford mess of potage ; that General Jackson"' oopularity, great as it was, at tached to the man, and could not be transferred. I then honestly believed what I said. But, sir, I was again mistaken. His skirts have proved strong enough to bear Mr. Van Buren into the Vice Pre sidency, and recent indications have induced me to fear that the country is sufficiently corrupt to ena ble him, through the patronage of the Government, to reach the grea object of his ambition. If so, it w ill be proof conclusive that the days of this Re public are numbered, and that this once high mind ed and chivalrous people are ready to bow the j knee to Baal, and pass their necks under the yoke of bondage. At the commencement of the session of Congress, in 1830 '31, this w ar, of passion on the one side, and reason on the other, was so nearly brought to a close, as to enable the President and Vice President to circulate an account of it in manuscript. On its perusal, there could be but one opinion among the intelligent and disinterested part of the community. The vindication of Mr. Cal houn was, on all hands, acknowledged to le com plete. The indirect agency which it was believed Mr. Van Buren had in producing the rupture, con nected with other causes, made him perfectly odious to an overwhelming majority in both Houses of Congress, and he passed his time, during a great part of the session, with a mind deeply agitated, con scious his wicked machinations and crouching sub serviency had recoiled on himself, and that, after all, they were not likely to avail him. Thus cir cumstanced, he and his friend Eaton, short!- after the adjournment of Congress, jnagnanimousi y ten dered their resignations to the President. Before this was done, however, Mr. Van Buren knew that he was to be sent minister to England, and that the new Cabii.t vould be devoted to his personal views. To silence the unyielding members of the Cabinet, offices were provided for them. Yes, sir, it never entered into t;,o philosophy of this gentleman that there were any higher incentives to virtuous con duct than the hope of office and the expectation of reward. When General Jackson was in the act of executing the purposes of the Cabal, his manner was evidently studied and diplomatic to a degree Unusual tor him. Ho oomnipnrprl hv saying, that he had desired my attendance, to inform me of the resignations of Mr. Van Buren and Major Eaton, and then a solemn pause ensued. I could but smile, and remarked to him, that he was acting in a cha racter nature never intended him for ; that he was no more a diplomatist than myself, and I wished him to tell me frankly what he meant. This un restrained manner of mine relieved him, and, with great apparent kindness, he spoke out his purpose, and asked me it there was any thing abroad I want ed, adding that the commission for Governor of Florida was on his table, and it would give him pleasure to bestow it on me. To this I replied, that I had not supported him for the sake of office, and soon after retired. Thus it is apparent that causes contemptible in themselves, and such as ought never to have had the slightest influence on any Administration, were so managed as to produce the dissolution of a Cabinet, and to give a direction to measures, which, it would seem under no other circumstances, could have leen done. The tyranny of the President, in this attempt to control the domestic relations of the families of the Heads of Department, is without a parallel in the hi -ory of any free Government, and cannot be surpassed by any act of despotism in the lives of the Autocrats of Russia. V iewed in its true li"ht. it is astonishing that anv terson should be found weak or wicked enough to approve or extenuate its enormity. It does surpass all belief that the cool, dispassionate, and unprincipled wire-worker in this plot should, by such means, render himself accep table to a free, generous, patriotic, and enlightened people There is one view which I have taken of the subject that, while it aftords an apology for General Jackson's conduct, oftcrs nothing in extenuation of the jniilt of his cold blooded abettor. It is well known that, during the canvass for the Presidency in 1824, the party with which the gentleman from arren stands connected, the V an Luren party grossly and vilely, in my opinion, slandered the character of Mrs. Jackson. This, the gentleman knows, was done in a variety of ways : in public and in private circles, through the medium of their presses, and by the circulation, in this State, of thousands and tens of thousands of the Benton pamphlets. Yes, sir, I must render this act of justice to one, whose exemplary life of thirty years in the constant practise of every virtue that adorns her sex, justly entitles her memory to this passing notice. I hus bitterly assailed in his tenderest feelings by these very men, who, when he ha's the power to reward them, and they find it convenient to float into the Legislature or into office on the popularity of his name, pretend to be his exclusive friends, his sensibilities in relation to female cha racter becan morbid, and he may be said to have been literally insane on this subject. Certain it is he was beyond the reach of reason, and was in duced to believe that the attacks on his friend Ea ton were intended for him ; that the case was indeed his own. His generous feelings have been thus aroused, and advantage taken of them. Here it may not be inappropriate to enforce the truths I have lecn presenting to the Senate, by in troducing a letter which I received from the Hon. Jesse Speight in the Spring of 1831, immediately after the dissolution of tho Cabinet. The produc- tion of this letter the Honorable gentleman has seen tit, within the last few days, to challenge, by a publication, under his proper name, in one of tho newspapers of his district. It is an answer to a circular addressed by me to him and to several friends, in w hich I gave the earliest intelligence of certain malign influences, which, as I have shown, already prevailed to an alarming extent, and which, have since swept over our land like a blighting Sirocco. Before I read the letter, I will state to the Senate that the gentleman professed to be my ardent friend, whilst I was Secretary of the Navy, and thus became intimately acquainted with tho causes which embarrassed, and finally dissolved tha Ccibinet. He then approved, in the most unquali fied manner, the course I considered myself called upon to pursue, and made the bitterest denunciations against Gen. Jacksou and the cabal, if they should execute their designs. When he received my let ter he returned the following answer : 44 Sta.vtonsei ro, May 9th, 1S31. 44 My Dear Friend : Yours of the 4th inst. has this moment come to hand. I am not mistaken in the opi nion I had formed as to the cause of the blow out at Washington, (as we call it here.) It is impossible for me to express the deeo and heartieit rnoruncauon i nave. anj continue to feel, for the honor of my country. I too. sir. am disappointed. .Never did I believe that tho high ?ninded, chivalrous indepedence of Andrew Jack son could be made to bow at tho shrine of selfish am bition. Ah ! and eo as to forsake old long tried frienda at the polls, and deceitful artifices of such men as Mar tin Van Buren, moved and seduced by the instigation of Mrs. Eaton. So far as I have underxxl, the feel ings of jour friends are with you. I have heard a num ber of your friends intimate a wish that you should re turn to the Legislature and pave the way for a seat in the U. States Senate, when Mr. Brown's time expires; for, says every body, he can never return. I shall re turn back to the Legislature in two years, and would now most willingly, if I could forsake the district in credit, but you sir know how I am situated. Reflect on what I have here written. I attempt nothing lika duplicity. If I know myself, lam incapable of that towards you. You are not politically dead yet, I hope. I hope to put you in the Senate, and I will do it aain. Remember to Mrs. Branch. (Write me.) God bless you. J. SPEIGHT." With an administration that properly apprecia ted the virtue, the patronism, and the talents of tha country, such signal subserviency as the Hon. Gentleman has since displayed, in a blind and ar dent support of 31 r. Van Buren, Mr. Brown, and, in fact, of every odious man and measure of the poirers that be, could not fail to excite loathing and disgust. But, under this "administration, the Honorable Gentleman is well known to be a dis tinguished favorite. The Senate will now see the reasons whv I have given this narrative of the causes which produced the dissolution of Gen. Jackson's first Cabinet. Such facts should never indeed have disgraced the annals of our country ; but am I responsible for them ? Surely not. " I have certainty been the victim of the malign influences which they have generated, which now control the whole patronage of the General Government, and threaten to sap the foundations of public liberty. Having clearly established their existence, and depicted their cor rupting tendencies. I feel that I have a right to call on every friend to the institutions of our coun try to abstain from the adoption of any measures calculated to promote them. Under what influen ces are you now about to act ? These very influ ences against which I have been endeavouring to guard you. By their official agent, they have issued their maifdate ; and, through an appropriate organ, have called upon you to otler up as a saerafice one of your most distinguished fellow citizens. What has he done to deserve the stigma you are attempt ing to fasten on his character ? lias he deserted the principles (hat carried him into the Senate? No, I deny it, and challenge you to the proof. What then ? It is true, he has called in question the infallibility of Gen. Jackson, in savin"- he had no right to seize the public purse; and that, in do ing so, he had encroached on the powers of Con gress. Had he not a right so to act ? I maintain that he had, and defy you to show where the right has been denied, for the last fifty years, either in this country or Great Britian. Did not the gentle man from Warren exercise the same right, w hile a member of the House of Representatives of the United States, in 1619, in relation to this same Gen. Jackson ? I assert that he did, and will prove it from the Journals of Congress. In 1819 Gen. Jackson, with orders from his Government, to bring the war with the Siminole Indians to a spee dy termination, captured and executed two vile incendiaries, Arbuthnot and Ambrister, and pursu ed the hostile tribe to Pensacola, where they had taken shelter at a time the Government of Spain was too imbecile to perform her neutral duties. This the gentleman and his part then said was a virtual declaration of war against Spain; and, aa the Constitution gave to Congress the power to declare war, that Gen. Jackson had invaded tha rights of that body, and 'violated the Constitution j They accordingly 44 Rrse-lvi d, That the late seizure of the Spanish posts of I'ensficola and San Carlos de Barancas, in est Honda, by the army ot the United fetates, was ' contrarv to the Constitution of the United States. Now what riirht had he thus to censure Gen. Jackson for having violated the Constitution, if Judge Mangum had no right to pass a similar cen sure or exercise a similar power? I speak of tho abstract riht. Again: 1 would ask what right had he to defend the legislative powers of the House of Representatives, which does not equally belong to a member of the Senate of the United States? The legislative powers of the Senate are co-extensive with those of the House, with the exception of the power to originate revenue bills. Does the irentleman from Warren desire the floor to explain ? Mr. Edwards remarked, that 44 the House were legitimat ely in the exercise of their impeaching powers." Ah ! said Mr. Branch. Do you call this the process used in originating and preparing articles of impeachment ? Does not this partake of all the attributes of a judicial sentence, as just explained by the gentleman himself 1 Gen. Jack- O