n
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the vigilent apprehensions of all who aro not be
lievers in Presidential infallibility. It was a feeler,
to see how far the gratitude of the nation would
carry them. Why did not tin- President await the
assemblage of Congress ? Why did he not consult
the R representatives of the eop!e I Sir, the an
swer has been furnished. lie dared nut trust
them. He was afraid the Bank would corrupt the
tnemlers; and, having lately assumed 1o him-olf
the guardianship of the public morals, he wished
to remove all .temptations to do wrong.
Yes, he removed the money of the county from
the place where the law had placed it, where it
was confessedly and notoriously safe, and placed it
where ? Who knows w here the public treasure is ?
Is it in any Bank. over,. which Congress have any
control ? No one can tell whether or not it he safe.
Sir, in all free Governments, the right over the
public money has been retained w ith jealous care
to the immediate representatives of the people,
In the country from whence we sprung, it has been
retained with the grasp of death, and has Iven the
instrument by which the Commons of (treat IJrit
tian h ive from time to time wrung from the neces
sities of the throne the great principles of English
freedom. Our own Constitution, equally jealous
of Incentive power, has reposed it in the only
h if i. Is: where eperience has shown it to be sale.
The President has lately seized upon it, and it was
to protect this constitutional power, reposed in
them, that the resolution of the Senate w as passed.
Iam a hno.iished, .Mr. Speaker, by the iudi-posi-ti
:i um'I-.t which I labor, and In the time I have
o c.t;if, I. to condense as much as possible what I
Iviv t sav, and to leave unsaid much that I in
ten 1 r s,av. I th ire I ore dismiss this branch of
th s;,:;j ct, and leave it t . hose who are to follow
tne.
Th- g'v:t'"nvm from !I t'ifix h is amazed, por
hvw i i-fr;i ! ! the Iloi;se, by furnishing tests by
which F' !oi -ali-tn of certain men is to be test
e 1. So . th.-- t-!s are, v li:jg f r the Tariff, for
Iaor,, , I;ii;.-..ve nets, a i J the United States Rank.
A!! ! .' arc; grievous sjns, I admit sins which I
c .. ; i:i ps u qo:i;ifi.-d terms ns the honorable
gvt;.' ij him-; ?lf. But it is strange that, whilst
"v;-; app'viog th-s-1 t i! -!iton"s. it nevr occur
r.' 1 t hin t extend his ord -al a litt!" further, and
, os v result. Ha 1 he 1 a's ., lie won! 1 liave
!;-.o.v i tii it An !rew Ja' Us n, c, 44 the fac si
.' th r it : of A o s," -lh ; almost sainted
J ; , .. )," v.-t .' I, wails! i i th S -n !te, f ,r InJernal
I ...or oe i. e its a:;d a T ii iifef prof-.ri.xi : an I, in
o if , f his in most u i " ,uiv ocally rec m-
!.,., ' ; a N:.ti'.a! I m!v ; and to.it even as late as
Uv cieie-ated Veto Mes.siige, stat.-d tha, if ('oil
gr.iss iia I apjj'ied to him, h ; culd have framed a
biii fr ;V . a ail (Joiistitutioii al el.ijections. ir, he
v. oif 1 h : " firt'i'T f Mind tliat Mr. V.n ! ipmi vo
t 1 1 f r t.: Tarilf of 'J", the bill of abominations,
a id i"r t )e '"recti n of toll gates in one of the so
v .-reigii Siatc of thi. Confederacy. If vv-.uld
hivef.u. i I th it Mr. Oawfrd not uly vofd for
t!i t:es -at B ink of United States, I hi was its
abh-st a:: 1 most eloquent l.'fn 1-r in the United
States Senate. 44 Nought extenuate and s"t dow n
aught in mal ice." It' Mr. Calhoun is a 1'edcral
ist for voting fr the 'I'antrbill if 'IG. and for the
Bir.k, and for Internal Improvements, in what re
t pec.t is he wore i If than the distinguished indi
viduals whom I have mentioned? But I fubear
.i.i ,i,.o.t- nave no uoKind feelings for (:n.
Jackson ; I resoect fiis character, and ft el grate
fh! for his public services. And, sir, should any
man have told tne aye,. should one have arisen
from the dead, and foretold that he who had
warned I tie people of the danger of appointing
members of Congress to office, would yet appoint
more than all preceding Presidents; that he who
came into office the advocate of a cheap and eco
nomical (iovernmenf, would yet swell the expen
ditures from Is? to si'J millions er annum ; that he
who hail declared that the patronage of the Go
vernment should not be brought into conflict with
the freedom of elections, would yet wield that pat
ronage, not onlv to influence elections, but to con
trol the Legislatures of the States ; that he who
professed to he a friend to the Rights of the States,
would vet have promulgated doctrines at w hich the
most high-toned Federalist hangs bis head f r ve
ry shame, 1 could not, 1 would not, have lielieved
him. Sir, I say it with pain ami with deep humi
liation, for I was oije of the most ardent of the
supporters of the President, no man ever so be
trayed his principles, falsified his pledges, and
trampled on his friends. But I forbear on this
point. It has no necessary connexion with the
Fuhject, and the example of others must be my
apology.
Some gentleman, in this debate, have e vpress-ed
an utter dispair of being able to change the set
tl'Ml determination of the majority. I am not of
that opinion. True, sir, the signs are inauspicious ;
tru , clouds and darkness lie in the perspective.
Still I will not despair. And why B cause I
address Southern freemen; because I address the
representatives of Southern freemen a people
high-spirited, and magnanimous even to the errors
of public men. I will not believe that such men
have surrendered heir reason, their consciences,
and their judgments either dictation of the
Washi? gton Globe, or that of a few arrogant pre
tenders here, or that they will lend their aid to
degrade and disgrace a distitiuished public servant,
un'i! I ha ve conclusive evidence of the act. And
who, permit me to ask, are these individuals at
whose beck mhi are to come, and whoso liid.Iiui'
you are to do ? Where are the cvi'.VnoN of their
genius? Where are the monuments of their pat
ri itjsm, wisdom or public service ? Have thev
given vmi anv assurance that they are, or will be
s:if" counsellors and guides? For, sir, it is my
s-o'"'Itij conviction that tins thing had its origin,
n ' v o h the pc ple, not with the great body of
t;-J; l- a party in this "Assembly, bur with a
fe v a noifi us asnra: ts ; and I appeal to the mem
bers o;" the partv th msoives if" I am not correct.
call upon thi f.uise t. pause in iheir career.
I war i then i f a a', w hi 1st thev are ah- ut to denounce
tV-. si u i-t;i-pat ions of others, IfiL'V themselves
ar u iiv of digranf usurpa'iou of the rights of
fa ir cois?iruen!s. What g i d is to reu!t from
the,,. rrso!u' ions 1 Whit principle is to be ad
vanced ?
None, Sir; none. True, we may grati-
!'! vaoiiv of th" Incentive true, u.; mav
,. I's'er !. his vi idietjve passions; and, bv our
,c: i; oi.,1, intoYi"a!e .st.ll more a brain alreadv
w II oio tune-d bv clouds of it. cense. Rut what
4 r-r? U'e do s at the expense of anol her de
pirtiu'ut of ihe Government, tie one which, in
m riv p t: ticnlars, is the principal, if not he onlv
die- k to I'x'-cutive supremacy. We convert our
Senators from leing manly and independent guard
ians of the rights of the States and the liberties
of the people, into the mere supple instruments of
power.
Sir, I will not longer detain the House. I have
discharged, with whatever ability 1 possessed, the
duty 1 owed my country. As I seek none of the
laurels or honors of this measure, so neither shall
I be responsible for its consequences.
POLITICAL MISCELLANY,
EXTRACT
From the Sprrch of Mr. Ilrntrii, in the Virginia Le
gislature, on the lit ct ion of a F. States Senator.
The signs of the times seemed to have marked
Mr. Van Buren as the suc'-ssor to (Jen. Jackson,
and the practical question now pending was, whe
ther he should have the support of Virginia.
He said he knew nothing of Air. Van Buren,
personally, and should therefore say nothing. He
had supported him for the Vice Presidency at a
time when he thought him injured, and when he
was almost identified with the Administration of
General Jackson, whose measures, up to that peri
od, .Mr. B. had approved. Was lie hound, in eon-
isfeney, to support him also for the Presidency ?;
In the logic of party, such might be the conclusion, ;
t bur be bad arrived at a different one, and should !
..... . . ... 'i
would he the mtro-luetion ,to the Mate, ot that j
.... ... ... ... .....
operation in New o,k. and already advancing, j
,m,Ier the auspices of Mr. Van Buren, into the wide ;
t.rrilk r. w t ... i .t i.ir t- t wl I.- Il .I.-., ti in .1 full
tied ol I " linion. It was that swtetr w hp h ilis.
" 1 1 ' 1 1 " ".is 111.11 svsii u. which ins-
. 1.... 1 . .:. ... 1... .1 .....1 1 .1 11 .1- . . 1
.0,0-0 so.-n . v ov ,.-,,.,,,.-.,..,, ...., .,N co.,u.c.sS
o, r.va, aspirants, w no, to eu -ct tne.r amn.tious
.... 1.:.,.. ........1..
,.o,,.s.s ,.,. ... u... T1.osm. ,.c-j
t.onsan.l Kept mem m sunonm.at.on i.y a complex;
se,,e of a-.nee s an.i influences, w hu h, Iron, tfie .
certainty and force of the.r operatmus, well de-
s-rveil to be stvled m iclunery. Hie result was. 1
'
that the victor party liu-- installed in the posses-
siori of their lionors. dismissed their opponents from !
every oliice, arid assumed tlio entire control of Iho :
. ,
govenmient into th"irown hands. 'J'he spheres of .
influence, in the structure of the party, gradually '
I sseuing from the most numerous class, on w hich
. .
the w hole rested, terminated in a single head, or
in a small -abal, which exercised the supreme con- ,
trol. 'i'iie spir;t of party ling t!ie ruling pass-iori
of the human bosom, created an invisible sympathy
throughout the wiioie system, which rendered it .
obedient and true to the ma-ter imnnlse. There
I ,:i.i i i. . :. . i. .i:. : .: i' .t.
f I OS.VIsOH t Ir l.l III III': III .S.H f 1 1 it 1 1 1 I ioi i
among legislative, executive, and judicial depart
ments, but the party influence, radiating from the
unmiit, shot down through the whole, with as lit
tle obstruction as a rav of liehf through a dense,
t but transparent medium. It was, in short, the as
semblage t all the powers ol government ma party,
and then the further concentration of it in its lea
der. The application of this system to the General
Government would vest all power in a national
party, of which the President would !e the chief.
It would be, in practice, as complete a consolidation
of the powers of the States as if the Constitution
asked, w.as N. York to be disfranchised, ami never.
allowerl to furnish a President ? Not so he would
respond.
With reasonable asunmees that a New-
York President would administer the Government
in the spirit of the Constitution, according to the
true theory of our federative system, he should no
always stop, ... any cause, precisely at the pomt j "IT ree-gin enougn to secure to nor io per, , , -, i opposing the Alabama two per cent
1 I I I - I . '11 i Iwill'iip kl tl.n swtOr-l r .i-it .. -. V t.ll vlll HOI I S II rs .
wnere i:e lounu nimii wrong. i u-re were pun-; i - -... ......... - 'bill, very pleasantly remarked that the Western
lie considerations of poli.-y and principle, vv hich " the prosecution of her interests, make that power aIway- ber,rinfT for the proceeds of
called impe.ativelv on Virginia to oppose the elec- pn-sa with a cdos.al we.ght upon the Southern j of educa.
tionof Mr. Van Burn. The first, and not the I Mates, robbing them of tl.c Inuts of their iiulustry , . , , .f , , ,
r.-Kt of II. o itlk to ! sifitieio'itei hl kiii.pi.- . IUU OI III" III) III. SOUTCCS O. IIICIT II OS H." I ll S -ll .
wr a.oIMk..,0...l ,Ur boo,..I,rv hoe., ol.l i ,er;, ,.... ' People of Al usk.nguu. County, passed 22i of A mericaM treatv WouUi cau into M.illtr. Qf all the
The immense resources of any party, wielding the , ' U l r 1 A ' Opposition joun.als, the Nation declares itself most
0 itionae-e.if the General Government could se-i ree t -", :l brief history of the formation of the 1 i . .i i - i
1 111 ''' - " " rai f ivcrnnn in, ouid si arc - , , . strenuous v against the proposed recognition, and.
y fail to secure its dominion iit n i.ntv uoheJ.! 1 -'('''ral ( lovernment in an address upon the Sove-! . 1 , - ,
i i. in io si c urt us iiomiiiii.il, o n a fiaitv , upheld i . :is usual, its arguments are conducted in such a
by the additional power of the great State of New . ,, y m m c a s manner as to give expression to the bitterness of it
York, must constitute a perpetual dynasty. Let " earn that the As oc.atmn have nubhshed - J
i... : . r i i .i' i . . . -i ..... two thousand comes- of tlo- tr.-ief. nint 1 1 1 :i r tliev 1 . I
to Ik managed according to her well known system, PUT05. r,m ti,,,' t( time, to publish such other i ' ' - , .,.,;.,..,
i i . ...... . ' . ' documentsas mav tend to illust r;,te the nrlocmlesnf 1 1 WII,C( aml rt,na1(
..... ,v...s ... ,.., .i, ,,,-., iiiai i 1 1 e , i . . 1 he ifay UMore yesterday it was
.mo i,.-r greai t ie, , orai s-r.-ngi n, a . rea.iy cqua i to, - y - i at the pr nt n--oH ee, in
c.... . i : ii.. .1 i the rtatc li-lits nnrtv. ' . ' '
io,( vo o,.-s, ani rap.o. mereasmg, would ena- i .7 c r .i . ,! on tus sub ect, in which it
f I .i- . i -i i . I V h:i 1 1 t lie 1 urnvi I ion of t lo o ccnin t inn nnr : J
menerioreveroreramiherresmencyndhrough , - . ( " - - sunicientlv intellieible. that
.!...! :.i.... ...i. iii .1 i . . the measure which thev h.ave :ilootel .iq nrmm. . - " v .
me i loiuem , wuowomu ne nut zut reriresentative, ; . , i ' " ' i i become the nereh -iser to
..... t ... ' -. . . . 's.n.r to . f use amo.or t he ntelli.ro..t eifi-er.s- ..rtl.e IM:como P-rc ha( r to a
.o -,e law io me . rii.-n. v i.ai, men, it w.UId In? - . " . . . . "ma c a ins w b ch the
more object to him that, to one that came from ; characters bv whom the splendid Farce is to be
Delaware, Lut whilst there was cause to bel.eve, sustained are in - motion."" .Meetit.es have lieen
what could scarcely be doubted, that her President . h,iti in (ho counties of Sampson, .Moore and War
would Ik- the 1 res.dent of a party, and not of the j nt whif.fl stf uere takei to s(Mu (Ht.,r.lrs !o
ii.iiiou sue com , . nui expect opposition. v ,r-,
gm.a had furnished many Presidents hut did they '
nor, ny me amalgamation ot parties income ttie
Presidents of the nation ? Hail they any party but
their country? Did they seek the aggrandizement
of any State; but the Cnion? When a New York
President promised as much, he would cheerfully
accept him.
He said there was but little consolation in the
fact that the national party which Mr. Van Ibireu !
was expected to w ield, was claimed as a .len.ocra-
tic party. It was ,. than a set off for that ;
merit mar u was also to tN. a consot.dated party. of strength ; but their meetings, in a large majority
I he S ,rgm,a portion of ,t could exert no etlect.ve of tlf. colInties will be nothing more than small
influence over ,t, or oiler any check for the profec ; Hll,,s or caunjsos of stl,,.t V)litirails, anc, SMch as
t.on of sectional interests. He hoped the princi- ; aro ..lh,r.rvipnt trt oirce-se(kers rmd ofhce-holders.
p'es of dem-M-racy might ever maintain thoir as.,...!.,,...,, , u fi i M ...
eonilVhcy, but he w ished to see a confederated de- i
mocrai.c par.v, not a cousomiaieu national one. ,
II : .t I . . .1 . -. ... . i
... ..... ......oMLio-w i.M,lm
ii'iiu- imii .i iMMiinii-o ei-inr'-oi attraction in i ue 1 re
sidency of the Pnited States ; for, in addition to
numberless other evils, it would put at hazard the
local and peculiar interests of the States.
What reason was there, he asked, for the belief
that Mr. Van Hurcu's administration would even le
a democratic one. It was of little consequence
what opinion he had expressed himself, fr his ad
ministration would, f.r reasons eailv conceived,
take its comjl"xion from the powerful State on
w hich he relied f r sunvort. Of the democracy of
N. Vork he was wholly ignorant, for he h id never
h?eri able to comprehend the principles involved in
tlieir com'.inationx. Put in national elections, when
the republieati party was in danger, they had sel
dom com? to th p'scii". There were but three
contests of any magnitude, prior to the close of
Mr. M.'MT'is ad ni :?is ration. In that of 1797,
N. "York voted fr Adan.s and Pinckney, in oppo
sition to Mr. JeiWson. Iii 100, with her citizen
Burr on the ticket, 'she voted for it, he supposed,
f r the purpose in good faith, though a contrary
design was entertained bv others, of making Mr.
Jefferson President. In 12, she brought forward
and supportr-d De Witt Clinton, against the repub
lican candidate, James Madison. Those references, j
he said, miht not prove her inimical to republican- j
iifwiMi.-u ,o see oemocr iiic parties m every .-iare, , Caro,ina llnaVr a )1(,liro to slIport Mr. Van P.i
revolvmg each around its own orbit, co-operating ron. Not o,ie-tenth part of the freemen of the
upon general pnncples, and held together by the , State wi Ut ropresentcd in the Convention, which
sa:n. t.es with which the Mat. were confederated . t,Kn- arn now so imlll.striously employed in gettin-
I., if l.rk . il..-..l .... t.w. ....... I .... n ....... I .....I. - " o cr
ism but thev left her but little reason to boast of
what she had done for the cause.
ce, that New York
alls amounted to an
.Mr. B. said the circumstance
assurance, as he had heard suggested, that she j
. .
would therefore be interested, if the administration
were placed in her hands, in guarding the rights
of the States. She might be pleased at governing
herself, but she would le still more pleased at go-
vnr;., ..., ti.r.vM.rh tl,n medium I
i ioo inv H VI lllv- ;UIIV llllOUpO mm. i
of the Presidency. Havin-the engine in her own j
hands the more power she could impart to it, tne
more ellectually could she subject the rights and
interests of the States to her own aggrandizement
He feared, indeed, she would make that engine the
wheel of Ixion to the Southern States. Her posi
tion in the Union would make it her interest to ex
tend her connexions in a different direction. She
was opening her communications with the " far
West," and would shortly establish the closest re
lations with that extensive and fertile region, to
which she had access through the lakes. New
Kngland would soon le brought under her influence,
through the medium of her commerce, which had
"Iready made Boston tributary to her. Here, then,
" sai. I, was the seat of her future empire, stretcn-
'" eean to the distant lakes, ami com
, " I..:...,.. la i ... ...o... !
go,aon wo,o .,o, ... ........ ... ,
I l I III I in; l 111.' .IT H isst-ss., I III 11; Mil nil I lllliu .
1 11. 1 . .1 .
virtually to dose the -port ! the !oi.tli against
" mtereourse, except w.tl, herself Monopoh.mg ,
ium: uuunin lai oioui, auu m- innu u w m;
11 . 1 - 1 1 .1 1 1 1 -. I
revenue ri .lleeteil in l.er t.ort lie would reaililv i
: 1 -T m" r , w j 1
- ....... ..... ... x ,t y.
c hate tlie tavor of her estern al bes Iiv enenrlm-
"
I"- - - .- .ou.,s, ... . ...i, .... ,
i conmiumcanon nerwoe . ,ne n. x ..e .
currency ef the com. ry would be brought under ,
control ; and, whether with or without a Lank
. 1 T a . . '
n the states liavmg tlie whole Union nulehteil to
Mf r - nr''' iis or notes jiayame at tier city, nearm
... .
premium every wnere, tne circulating memum,
;u" ,l auv anrages, womu centre in imr i.anus.
plantation States, whose true policy was a free
amI 'in-sti icted trade, sacrificed to the interests of
.1 V ' .1 i li' i . . ii I . . . I
llR nn" v est, ami virtually suiik into trinu-:
tar.v n inces, would be left in the enjoyment of
ine l,M,r privileges ot selling tlieir produce and
"" "-g their gooijs at .New 1 ork, on condition ot ,
r' - " 11 " pi'-oi...oi dilution ""-oi ,
oppressors and beggar themselves.
From the United States Ttlrtrraph.
STATE RKJIITS ASSOCIATION
Of the I'ity of C'olitius, ami Comity of Franklin,
Ohio.
We have before us a pamphlet containing the
Constitution of this A ssociat ion, wit h an act concern
ing aliens, commonly called the Alien Law.
The Sedition Law; The Kentuckv Resolutions
n(. , .. i, ... i
l ; 1 he irguna Resolutions of IJs. ; Kentuc- j
, , . .. ..... .... - ,, ,
kv Ri'solutions ,,f I he Ohio Resolutions ot j
..- . i i . r i- . i I
reatJirmmg tlie Resolutions or Kentucky i
i i r , 4W. r,M . .. -. j I
V csl a PIOPer understanding ot the Constitution.
J-rom I fie Ilnletgh Star.
OFFICE-I IO LDERS' CONVENTION.
In various parts of the State the Wire IT'or-
crs have commenced their jerformanee, and the
,0 OJicrohfrrSCnnxQiixloxi, which is to assemble
at II;l'i,imore to make a formal nomination of Mr.
Van Ruren for the Presidency. These meetings '
ire vauntingly trumpeted f .rth as having lioen J
; large and respectable." We have never tloubted
( that meetings of this sort could le " manufactured'"'
in some of the counties even in North Carolina ;
j and the Grand Directory, the secret Van I'uren
managers in this case, have manifested their tact
in the choic" of Counties fir the commencement of
thoir operations. There are, probably, a few othe
counties, w here thev mav li able to muster a shov
r
ow
( v.,-- iwitai in i uiv, i I r- 1111111 9 l ill
ovorv (.oimt v ,t wi impossii,ie p)r the iyiroc. .
ff, s, iIf(1, , ff , . ... x ,
tor that purpose.
ABUSE OF THE POWER OF REMOVAL FROM
OFFICE.
Some of the friends of General Jackson have
asked how it happens that there has not, heretofore,
lieen any complaints of the exercise of the power
of removal by the President. A very satisfactory
answer is at hand. The power hail not been abused !
The Government had been administered for 40
years without an abuse of the power, and the e.xer-
cise of it, we all know according to the well esta-j
blishod principles of human action, would not be
complained of as long as this was the case. Look
at the fliers. During the 40 years of the admini
stration of Washington, the two Adams's, Jeflorson,
M adison, and Monroe, the removals amounted to
TO ! Not two for each year. How has it lieen du-
ring Jackson s administration ? 1 aking into consi.
ilerntiori ttir romAi-olo fW.t- V t. it'. i i
deration the removals from the Post office and Cus
torn House departments, made in obedience to or
ders, express or implied, emanating from the White
House, the removals are stated not to be less than
T O THOUSAND? Some persons estimate
them higher. Can we be surprised then that the
people begin to look about and ask where is this to
end ? United States Telegraph.
I I A. -I I- - I 1" -.Al.v-Wl
LOOK OX THIS PICTURE.
For some years past, we have attempted to draw
the picture of the Albany Regency, but w e wanted
words to express their real character. 1 he Lvcn-
. 11 . . - , K . t n I - o HlflfT.
mg rosr, w men never warns u.u, .. -j...
j ment, paints ins political tnenus anu associate-.,
Regency, m the following colors :
Thev are a set of creeping, designing, dissem
bling creatures, w ho have grown fat on the drippings
of unclean bank legislation a knot of cat-paced,
- 1 1 l
sly-faced, cringing, artful, busy fellows, who go
" -"Ull"1 ' ro -
liowing. and shaking hands with all they meet, and
disclosing their schemes in broken whispers, eked
out with knowing shrugs anil nods they are men
who strive to turn all political questions into a lever,
to raise up and set in motion their own nasty selfish
projects. Of this cabal we believe the state printer
to l)C the soul and centre, and we leave to him the
enviable task of naming his associates."
Will the nation now lelieve the truth from one
of the fraternity himself? These are the very men
who lead what" is called the "democracy" by the
nose. 44 When rogues fallout" but the proverb
is somewhat musty. X. Y. Evening Star.
A PALPABLE HIT.
Recently in the United States Senate, Mr. King,
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. "'g'- " in imiiiiiiui uh, i.iu.iuv,.,. v"r
States, thev needed no such assistance.
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. Mr. l'orter ot L.ouisian answered .ur. ivmg. on
f admire the pleasantry, the fine
of humor Iom)ral)je Senalor
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from (Jeorgia opposes this bill permit me, sir, to
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iivct him in his own way, and to answer him by
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Ipubl.c land, viz :-to buy it, to steal it, or to beg
wj Ua una,)le to
because having no Cluroke
- w? Stafcs, we cannot steal it.
LATEST FROM FRANCE.
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ry.Vo1 ,flc y york j(t,nu,i nf Commerce of lb. J0.1
PRIVATE CORUKSl'OXDK.XCE.
Pakis, Saturday. Jan. 24, lSo".
Oupin, the President of the Chamber of Dc
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uti,s ,as jH.(M1 l,oard, within these few days, to
express himself very strongly against the ratilica-
tl,m of the Va11M:rton treatv by the Chamber;
al( t,e j(j.,a secms to ,T;1U1 ground among the mem
,ers .reneralv, that a second refusal may be hazard
led without any serious risk of a rupture with the
I Government of the United States. However ero-
ntous this view of the matter may be, alter the
attitude assumed by the American President in his
late message to Congress, the fact of its being so
generally entertained, may possibly lead to very in
' convenient results.
j On a question of this nature, the Opposition is
likely to gain, as formerly, a considerable accession
of votes from among the habitual adherents of
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fveinibncans are eouallv zealous in the endeavours
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to embroil the aftair still further, by the suggestion
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of claims from other quarters, to an indefinite and
stopped at the
ler of the edition seized
consequence of an article
insinuated, in a manner
the King himself had
large amount of the ori-
25,000,000 of francs were
destined to satisfy, and in the number of this mor
ning a threat is held out, that if the article in
question should be made the subject of a prosecu
tion, -such disclosures will be made with regard to
the present holders of the claims as w ill be any
thing but agreeable.
With this view it is announced that application
has already leen made to persons in the United
States well-informed on the subject, and that the
means of substantiating the defence may be expect
ed to arrive against the day of trial This an
nouncement seems to prove, that there was no sub-
stantial ground, or at least nothing like ev idence.
hr the original insinuation. It was expected to
obtain credit from His Majesty's known character
tor prudence in the management of his pecuniary
resources, but after all, it "may fairly lie doubted
whether it is equally well to make 'an offence of
this nature the subject of a state prosecution.
WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE UNITED
STATES.
On the policy of such an occurrence, the Journal
iles Debates, a ministerial paper, thus expresses it
self:" We do not hesitate to say that all the wars
practicable or possible for France, the most foolish,
the most tranche, the most imnolitic. thnt l.;si.
would cause the loudest laughter at St. Petersburg,.
iierhn, and the Hagtie, and which would most af-
flict all the friends of liberty in Europe, would be
a war between 1- ranee and the United States.
Only conceive the cries of joy w hich the men
vyho lalor to recuscitate the party of the Holy Al
liance would utter, w hen they siv France employ
ing forces and the power which she has acquired
since the revolution of July, in a struggle against
the republic of the United States when they saw
those two people who, in the Old and New world,
represent the cause of liberty, stupidly warring
against each other, what intrigues would be set on
foot against us at home, w hilst we were occupied
against brother freemen abroad I"
From the brief and unimportant debate which fol
lowed the presentation, on Wednesday, of the pa
pers relative to the American claim, it is evident
that the French Chamber is resolved to "o fully
into the question, and, without taking the word of
either Minister or Committee, assure itself of the
justice or injustice of the demand.
This should have been done before. The ques
tion has excited great discussion, even amongst the
b rench ministerialists. Thus the Memorial Bor-
dehis is as indignant as President Jackson himself
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at the rejection of the claim by the Chamber ;
whilst the Courner de Lyon, also Ministerial, and
representing the manufacturing interests of Lyons,
upholds the necessity of refusing a demand so im
periously made. It would seem from this, that
Lyons has lost considerably the supply of the
American market, which it once possessed in a
great measure.
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Ft AT JUSTITI-V
Rl'AT CHL'u",
THE CAROLINIAN.
SALISBURY:
Saturday Morning, March 14, 1 835.
OFFICE-HOLDERS' CAUCUS. S
Let the People of North Carolina observe well the
manoeuvres of the Van Buren office-holders and office
hunters. Never was there, in any country, a fraterni
ty more thoroughly drilled than this Regency partv,
which has ramified its furces throughout every State m
the Union.
Arrogantly professing to be the Republican 7Vr7,
they are attempting to persinde the people that the ex
istence of that party, and the welfare of the country,
depend upon the elevation of their candidate to tho
Presidency. They have appointed a meeting, to be
held in Baltimore next May, f jT the purpose, as they
pretend, of silectini? a suitable candidate ; while it is
notorious that their candidate is alreadu chosen bv tho
ofice-holdi rs and ojfice-hitntt rs ; and that Martin Van
Buren is their candidate. Accordingly, although tlieir
Convention, as they call tlieir intended Caiu is, is, ro-f
ftssedly, lbr the purpose of uniting nion some one, af-
ter clue deliberation and interchanging of sentiments,
by men from all parts of the United States, it will he
composed of those only who have already made up their
minds to support the heir apparent. The ("auctrs will
therefore meet; and, after going through the farcical
forms of a Mock-Convention, they will unanitnousiv
recommend the Hon. Martin Van Buren to the support
of tho People, ns the only man who can preserve the
unity of the Rt jmhlican Party. If any one douhs.
this, let him look at the character of everv meeting
that has been held to appoint delegates to the Caurvs ;
let him inquire into the jiolitical sentiments of the del
egates; and if he does not find them all lhorouh-Q
intr Van Buren men, pledged to support him, or, at lea.-t
not committed, we will acknowledge that the Magician
has lost his wand, and become a plain honest politician.
"In the corrupted currents of tin's world,
OiTences' gilded hands may shove bv justice;
And oft 'tis seen, the wicked prize itself
Hays out the laic.'"'
Thus has it been under the present Administration cf
the General Government.
Availing himself of the corruption of human nature,
and of the means which Ins patronage, with its "gild
ed hand," aftbrds of operating ujxin that corruption, he
has "bought out the law," or, in plain terms, lias temp
ted and seduced many venal men to sustain him in ins
law less course.
The offices that were created for the benefit of the
country are considered, by the party now in power, r.s
their property, and are accordingly distributed tl.r ti.e
sole purpose of rewarding or purchasing advocates.
The subordinates following, as is natural, the exam
ple of their head, use their patronage, and the influence
of their ouices, to serve their friends, and rill their ow n
pockets, by peculation and fraud.
The late investigation of the Post-Offiee Department"
has developed the most stupendous system of cornip-"'
tion, and disclosed f.cts,at which even the secure skulk
ers behind the throne of the infallible are aghast.
The Reverend (!!!) Obadiah B. Brown, the Chief
Clerk in that Department, has carried on a high hand.
His offences are so rank, and so glaring, that even the
unblushing Benton has not the eifronterv to def.-nJ
him; but he has been driven to the necesst v of resign
ing, because, to use iiis own language, "some of the
friends of the Administration are desirous that I (lie)
should do so, after w hat has been jjaid against me (him)
in the Senate "
This is the first bright speck we have seen for some
time in that quarter of the horizon. It afibrds a glim-0
mering of hope, that the cloud which hangs over our
country may yet be dissipated before we are whelmed
in ruin.
Almost every thing depends upon the firmness ami
decision of the Whigs in the Senate. Thev have thin
tar borne themselves.gallantly, and with a patriotic de
votion to their country that would have added lustre to
a Cicero, or a Cato.
Should the next Senate contain, as some apprehend,
a majority in favor of lawless power, we fear that our
experiment with free republican institutions will fail,
and, thereby, disappoint the sanguine hopes of the
friends of Liberty, gratify the wishes of its enemies,
anl restore those arbitry principles which pervaded
the world before the dawn of the American Revolu
tion. We cannot, yet, relinquish the hope that there is
enough of intelligence among the American People to
discern the perils of tlieir condition, and enough of spi
rit to renounce those wiio have brought them to the
fearful brink.
CT " The Kings name is a Taircr of Strength
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.. ...1 ivjiidiiu oironaise isa lower o
rength. A voice ot deeivtotied indio-natinn eehoe-,
from all the unbought and tmtramelled ureses of the
country at the worse than as-sassin conspiracy en G.v.
vernor Poindexter. Will it prove harmless" to them
w ho are sheltered in the tower of Executive Patronage !
According to the last accounts from Washington,
Barry is still at the head of the Post-Office Department.
Are the People to be satisfied with the sacrifice of poor-
uaman u. lirown, as the scapegoat to bear the cor
ruptions of that Department Under anv former Ad
ministration, public opinion would have enforced imme
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aiaie ana entire reform. Can public opinion be muz,
zled and resisted by the rewarding an 1 punishing pnv,
er of Executive Patronage, operating on and through
office-holders and office seekers? Then indeed is tho
Executive patronage "a Tower of Strength "
Cttr- The Globe w hich noticed the resignation of 0.
B. Brown, as it is called, with an indifference more
contemptuous and cutting than positive denunciation,
still uses that unfortunate gentleman in the hostility
waged against the Senate by the office-holders. Brown,
in a letter published in the Globe, makes e-rave charges
against the Post-Office Committee; on these the stamp
of falsehood has been fixed bv every member, we be
lieve, of the Committee. We hall see now what the
veracious Globe will sav.
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