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if ' .V' T: 'i :i V. m f VS. I: 7T. if' r. f 'I CONGRESS. 1st Session 2 2d Congress. REMARKS OP MR. BROWN, of North Carolina, Delivered in Secret Session in the Senate of the United States, on the nomination of Mr. Van Bu ren as Minister to England. Mr1. BROWN said, that unwilling as he had been.f tox' participate in this discussion, he could not, in justice to his own feelings, and to the distinguished individual, whose nomination, as Minister to England, was then belore the fcc 'ilateJ refrain from giving uitgrance to the min gledfsentiments of indignation and regret, at i'lXlC course wnicii i ueuaie uu uitveu. I I ' T: tt. a i. i,: ; ,i: . 1 1 A I -I I A 1 I A I A Course wiiicn struct uiui as ul icuvl cviuuiui nary, and extremely unjust iowards. the nominee. j The acrimony with which Mr. Van Burcn had teen assailed, the epithets which had been so liberally bestowed on him, required some f indication at the hands of those who were fa orable to confirming his nomination, against he injurious, and, as he believed, unwarrant able charges which had been preferred against j trim; He would here take leave to remind gen- gentlemen, that reproachful epithets attoraea but la poor substitute for argument, and more addressed to a body, whose m""' J ... J t 1 A deliberations should be governed vy cauu uuu dispassionate consideration. i The Senate had been told by the HonoraDle gentleman, Mr. Clay, who had preceded him in this debate, that Mr. Van Buren, when act ing! a3 Secretary of State, had disgraced his country, by certain expressions contained in his instructions, given to Mr. McLane, late Minis ter fto England, in relation to.the negotiation between 'the United States and Great Britain, on the subject of the "Nicest India trade. Wai ting all discussion as to whom the responsibi lity should attach, for instructions given to our foreign Ministers, whether to! the President of thej United Slates or to, his Secretary of State, he .would concede to those opposed to the no mination, the principld contended for by them, that the Secretary of State was responsible for his official conduct, to the fullest extent. He knew Mr. Van Buren loo well, to believe, for a moment, that he would desire that any shield should be interposed to screen him from a pro per responsibility ; he believed he would sooner court the strictest inquiry, than endeavor to es cape from it. But to return to tne instructions. What was the language which was deemed so vrrrttionable? In -order to remove the im pression, that a feeling of hostility was felt in this country towards Great Britain, which the improvident course of; the late' administration, in relation to the West India trade had produced, the laid Secretary of State, had alluded in his instructions, to the change which the people of the United States had made, in thoe who -administered our government in the following language: -"The opportunities which you "have derived, from a participation in our pub- tk He councils, as well as-other sources of infor- " mation, will enable you to speak with confi dence (as far as you may deem it proper and useful so to do) of the respective parts takejn 44 by those to -whom the administration of this "government is now committed, in relation to 41 the course heretofore pursued upon the sub f ject of the colonial iradc. Their views upon . " that point have been submitted to the people ' of the United States, and the counsels by which your conduct is now directed, arc the " result or tne juagemnx cxpressea dv me oniy "'earthly tribunal to which the late administra- . 1 ' A 1 , A,f 1 tion was amenable for its acts.V In making this suggestion, Mr. (Van Buren had asserted what was most true ; public opinion had discard ed the late administration from power, and the party to whom the people of the United States had committed the' reins of Government, had been, and were then; favorable to the, proposed . arrangement, he coulL therefore recognize in this no solid objection ; but to his mind, it 'had more the appearafcee of thecaptiousncss df ver bal criticism, than anypthing else. If there was any thing, in the language which he had noti- , :ed, of a submissivo tone, as gentlemen had supposed, by proceeding a little further in the instructions, they would have found language, which would effectually have removed all their apprehensions, and shows if the late Secretary of State knew. how to use the language of con ciliation, he also knew how to speak in a tone of manly firmness when urging the just claims of his cjountry. That part of the instructions to which he had reference, was as follows : " If Great Britain deems it adverse to her in " terests to allow us to participate in the trade " with her colonies, and finds nothing in the ex 41 tension of it to others, to induce her to apply '" the same rule to us, she will, we hope, be sen sible of the propriety of placing her refusal "on those grounds. To set up the acts of the 4 late administration as the cause of forfeiture V of privileges which would otherwisebc extend ed to the people of! the United States, would 44 under existing circumstances, be un just hi it 1 self, and could not fail to. excite their deepest sensibility. The tone of feeling which a course 44 so unwise and untenable is calculated to pro 44 duce would doubtless be greatly aggravated, '&c." Here was language firm and spirited, and indicating any thing else but a disposition to yield or compromif the honor of the country, and he could but consider it as extremely un just on the part of the opponents of the nomi nation, to single out detached parts of the in structions, without adverting to their general r tenor, and viewincr them as a whole; the only fair rule to be resorted to, in the exposition of puonc documents. -But to COm hnrTr in iYin Tiavrr nf rlicfrrnrA which had been so, strongly urged and relied "SiKUl. has the Minister to England Tif country? Where was the cvi- Was it to b 8 to be d ? ent hid WnUaVVhe that an arrange- trade, substantially bn th?r! her ol?nial itproun l Adams, and were gentlemen wfto then approved , that measure, now prepared to condemn the present administration for having succeeded in forming such an arrangement with the. British government, as the late administration had proffered; and had failed to accomplish? 6aid Mr. B. it appears to me that there Jics the NOME rub, the objection to Mr. Van Buren; he feared with some gentlemen, was not that be haa done too little, but that he had done too much, un der his auspices as Secretary of State, a resto ration of the West India trade4iad been effected. which the late administration, had by several successive missions in vain endeavored to ei- fect for several years. . . He called on gentlemen wno nau pathetically of their country's disgrace to ad duce some proof in support of the charge. When had the American name stood more u a unoAf TTnder what administration HUUU1CU OUIVUU. . . V." from the origin of the Government to this time, had the national character held a more lofty There was no civilized country, but what American character, American insti tutions, were themes of Jthe highest panegyric, in none more thanfin that country, with ,kr,m this dishonorable transaction, is said to have taken place. The Jively sensibility which the President had on alljoccasions shown to the honor of his countrv, forbade the supposition, that he would ever have sanctioned instructions to a foreign Minister, by which the character of his country was to be compromised. That he had authorized the language of conciliation to be used, in the instructions to the Minister to Eno-land, was most honorable to him. From what President could a spirit of conciliation and courtesv towards England, come with more pro priety than from him, by whose valor in tne field, her Dride had been humbled? There is no mark more miallible, as regarus ho dnnrrp.p. nf wisdom with which a nation is governed, than tne respectaDiiuy oi uia'. uauuu in other countries. All history will testify to the truth of the remark, that an administration con conducted feebly, is contemptible abroad, and that which is conducted with wisdom and vigor, never fails to secure respect. Mr. Brown said, he would not institute a comparisonibetween the management of our diplomatic affairs, under the present adminis tration, and that which had preceded it, and it would be from no apprehension, that the result would not rebound greatly to the credit of the existing administration. Mr. Van Buren had, he believed, while acting as Secretary of State, accomplished more in less time than any of his predecessors. Compara tively inexperienced in thejnew station in which he had been called to actjhe ease with which he had adapted himself to it, the rapidity with which he had comprehended the arduous and difficult duties of Secretary of State, bore hono rable testimony to his abilities as a statesman. It had been objected to the nominee, that he had introduced into the, government of the Uni ted States, the party intrigues and discipline, said to prevail inms owncuaie. w niioui stop- pin to notice what he considcrca an unjust re- flection, on the public cnaraciev oi a great ana patriotic member of this confederacy, he called . i upon those who made tne cnargc, to support it by proot. It v. a a honorable to tne reputa- tion of Mr. Van Buren, both puolic ana private, that when his enemies were asked to furnish evidence, in support of the charges urged aain6t him, that they -were unable to fix upon himany one of them, by the semblance of proof. Possessing talents of a high order, and rapidly growing in the esteem of his countrymen, it was not a matter of surprise, that he haTd been marked out, as the victim of unmerited perse cution. Mr. B. could conceive of no adequate reason or motives for rejecting the nomination of the Minister to England. He was peculiarly fitted for the station which he then filled. His thorough and intimate acquaintance with the commercial relations of the two countries, pointed him out as a fit and proper representative of our inter ests at the Court of Great Britain. The State of New York had repeatedly vouched for his character and standing, by bestowing on him the highest civil honors within her gift. Mr. B. said, he therefore, considered it a duty, which he owed to the country, and to the individual then representing us at the Court cf Great Bri tain, to vote for confirming his nomination. From the Baltimore Republican. MR. CLAY and GENERAL SMITH. We invite the attention of our readers to the following report (which we copy from the Globe of yesterday) of what occurred between Mr. Clay and General Smith, in the Senate on Monday, at the conclusion of Mr. ClavVs thru " j day's speech on his Tariff resolution. We forbear all comment It is unnecessary, par ticularly in this community where General Smith has lived honored and respected for eighty years, and which he has represented in the Con gress of the United States for nearly forty! Mr. CLAY passed td the consideration of the financial remarks of the Senator from Ma rvlanr! (Mr. Smith.) The Senator commenced his re- marRs by saying that he had been accused of being to friendly to manufacturers. A more ma licious accusation, said Mr. Clay, was never made by created man. If any one should re peat the charge, let him be referred to me; and l will take my solemn oath, on the holy Evan gehsts of Aim ighty God, that since I have known any imng ol h1S course, in cither house, he has been a most determined foe to manufacturers, whirh ?h7 ca"cdor the sinking fund act of him Cnhf?lMnal0r frm Maryland had accused hmi of ignorance. How did the Senator know rU AVgn0TV thaUct? Ir- Smith dis nlvS i thex;ordS lmPutc to him. He had never accused any member of this body of ig norance, and hoped he should never so' far de part from Senatorial propriety. The Senator, continued Mr C. supposed me to be ignoran of that act. There are two errors which very frequently find place m some minds; one is the error oi magnifying our knowledge, and the other is the error of depreciating the know ledge of others; and the honorable gentleman must excuse me if I say that he is a prominent example of the existence of both errors. After alluding to the friendship which he had always exhibited towards the army and navy, Mr. Clay touched the subject of Internal im provement. He had said that there would be left 18 millions, after modifying the Tariff upon the plan he proposed. But he did not wish to retain a revenue of 18 millions. I .will go as low as any body, I will go lower than any CAEOlilNA SENWNJBL. body. You shan't out-brag me. uive three millions to internal improvement, and coloni zation, and the revenue may go down to nine millions. While treating the subject of Inter nal Improvement, Mr. C!ay alluded to the con struction of the committee on Roads and Ca nals; it had been so organized by the honora ble Senator from Maryland, that four out of five of the members were against the constitution ality of the power to make Internal Improve ments and the expediency of exercising the power. Mr. SMITH was sorry to find that he had unintentionally offended the hon. gentleman from Kentucky. In referring to the viornmiis are he himsplf pniovpd. he had not snbnosed he 1 . i . i should crivfi nUenrft to others who comnlamed j j ' " . . I of the infirmities of age. The gentleman from - . O " . I Kentucky was the last who should take the re- mark as disparaging to his vigor and personal appearance; ior, wnen mat gu. r i 1 1 1 , , I .-I nnn I I'J US OI Ills aire, IIV licaru u yuuiiiiiauv iicai iuuj i J a J - I eiCiaim,-"UlU, Wy l Uliun uc uugmv pier tv." The hon. gentleman, on Friday last, made a simiutuae wnerc none exisiea. x, saiu ur. 1 . , 1 x j t 1 if. 1 i l-T 1 S., had suggested thr. necessity of mutual for- , - on v " bearance in settling the Tariff, and, thereupon, the gentleman vociforated loudly and angrily about removals from office. He said I was a leader in the system. I deny the fact. I never exercised the least influence in effect ing a removal, and, on the contrary, I interfer nA on n sn? a Ail 1 tt t s rwaxrani flin romAVal rtf t Wfl i rc t -i j ritu ro kinff a Committee on Roads and Canal,, adverse to Internal Improvement. If this be so, it is u thn i,0,aM VOrV n. 4i o.i Kof t uL w n he friendlv to Internal Improvement. To the Committee on Manufactures he assigned four out of five who were known to be friendly to the protective system. The rights of the mi- noritv. he had endeavored, also, in arran?inff the Committees, to secure. The appointment of the Committees he had found one of the most .i;ffi.nlt nnH nnprniK (aVs lin hxA PVPr nnrlrr. t.l-pn Otip third nf the TIoiis wpre kwvrrs. all of whom wanted to be put upon some im- portant Committee. The oath which the Sen- ntnvhuA tendered, he honed he would not take, In the year 1795, he had sustained a protective duty asainsUthe opposition of a member from . , r . Pittshnro-. Previous to the vear 1822. he had always given incidental support to manufactur- r; -7 ers, in fixing the tariff. He was a warm friend tn thfi tariffnf 181fi. whirh he still retrnrHrd as a wise and beneficial law. He honed then, the gentleman would not lake his oath. Mr. CLAY placed, he said, a high value on the compliment of which thchonorable Senator was the channel of communication, and he the more valued it, inasmuch as he did not recol lect more than once before, in his life, to have received a similar compliment. He was happy to find that the Hon. gentleman disclaimed the system of proscription : and he should, with his approbation, hereafter cite his authority in opposition to it. The committee on Roads and CanaU. what.erpr wr.rn thn rpnt1r-mW intpn- tions in construction it. had a maioritv of mem- bers, whose votes and speeches against Inter- nal Imnrovemonte. vere matter of notnriptv. The gentleman's appeal to his acts in '95, is perfectly safe; for, old as I am, my knowledge of his course does not extend back that far. , He would take the period which the gentleman named, since 182:?. It comes, then, to this. The honorable gentleman was in favor of manu- factures; but he had turned. I need not use the word he ha3 abandoned manufactures. Thus "Old politicians chime on wisdom past. "And totter on, in blunders, to the last." Mr. SMITH. The last allusion is unworthy of the gentleman. Totter, Sr. I totter. Though some twenty years older than the gentleman, I can yet stand firm, and am yet able to correct his errors. I could take a view of the gentle man's course, which would show how inconsis tent he has been Mr. CLAY exclaimed, angrily, " Take it, Sir, take it I dare you." Cries of " order." No, Sir, said Mr. S., I will not take it. I will not so far disregard what is due to the dignity of the Senate, On motion of Mr. HILL, the Senate adjourned. From the sketch given by our Reporter of Mr. Clay's three days speech, it will be seen that it closed with the most offensive and direct personalities aimed at a venerable Senator who has been almost 40 years in Congress. That "tottering", age should have been made the subject of Mr. Clay's mockery nay more, that by his gestures he should have mimicked or ra ther caricatured the decrepitude of a venerable patriot who was gloriously fighting the battles of his country in the revolutionary war, when the scoffer was in his nurses arms when, after he had insulted a man of more than eighty years of age, that he should with threatening violence have "dared" him to retaliate, and made the Senate chamber the scene of a bullyiug defiance which would have disgraced a decent bar roqm, was not to have been expected from a Senator, much less one aspiring to the Presidency. But it was in perfect keeping with the rest of Mr. Clay's peroration. His profane appeal to the "holy Evangelists of Almighty God" in a vein of ridicule and his recurrence to his reminis cences as a brag player, whenin a strain of vain glory of his success in his gaming career, he told Mr. Smith, 1 you shan't out brag meV was calculated to make by-standers suppose, that Mr. Clay forgo tt that he was in the Senate. For the honor of the country we are happy to say, that no one of any party is found to de fend the shameful part which Mr. Clay played on this occasion in the Senate. There was not, we believe, a single member of that body that did not feel its dignity humbled in the eyes of the crowd that surrounded it, by the conduct ol an individual, who it had been pretended would iena cigmty even to the Chief Magistracy of our country. . The conduct, of Gen. Smith was such as be n w n t! ha 1 W wut 111111 weiK t suited his age and his hi- w i i . i-t-'ia ' n torv. lie aiu notieei mui u was nece&sajj i one who had distinguished himself in some ot the hottest conflicts of the revolutionary war; for one, who had met the British before Balti- more in the late war, and driven them from the spoils almost within tneir grasp, 10 prove ms courage upon the floor of the Senate. He floor of the Senate. He declining the indecent contest to which he was ueowuiig.nK, .... ... j jrJ " nd bv maintaining the decorum and aarea, ana maiuvo 6 chose ratner 10 cviutc uia i i.iv., j i .Urrnitv which beloneed to tne Doay oi wnicu he was a member. If he had thought nt to nave different course, what an occasion was iaKen a He miffht have contrasted presentea 10 xnui. . . i . . his sturdy and green old age, wim me pwuw . , 1 ',1.41 tare decay of which Mr. Clay had complained .q himself He might have told him that the nufa eftnn nUv and set IHIlll tJl LI lilt; U1U U w t null " " " I j - . i . .,i i - mc uau. ww5, r - . ' tion and the shock of intemperate passions; t . nA Um;A( unvA ninted to theDarticularsmUf t.. a at- tltt " . ' Aur- t 1 1 , . t , t, . . a nf Mr W lllVJl ilv UUU vv vv.v- w A I Clay's mmnrv. to show, that the weight of eighty winters on his head had not made him -j- " on fl a rfirklfisstemrjer had made the avr - x man who had assailed him. Globe. llib 1 Aivir r . We have frequently told our southern friends that the west, being the .greatest sunerers vy uus tariff, the assumption that the people of the west were its advocates, was predicated on an erroneous impression of public sentiment. We offer the following extract ot an address ot tne convention lately held at the seat ot Govern- ment in Missouri, m proof of our remarks, The address says: .... ' . " Last, but most serious, in the history ot the abuse of power by the federal Government is the present tanti. vvc Deiieve wun vrenerai Jackson, m the propriety ot a judicious tann. But we think, and so we believe does he, that to be judicious it must be a tantl ol revenue, so arranged as to encourage tne domestic maus "yoi tne country, anuiuai, in unposiug Xl, a due regard should be had to the distribution of . - - .. iAi..-i its burdens, so as to make it do the least harm I i 'rn-wr . t i i i and the most good. e tmnK, ana so we De heve does he, that a tarzjf of protection as such, and without rcicrence to revenue, must be injudicious, because it is unequal, aestruc tive of the very revenue which it pretends to raise, and because it is, and ever will be thought by many to be, the abuse and perversion of a constitutional power to a purpose not contem plated by the Constitution. We shall not here repeat the argument so commonly urged in favor of this doctrine. We choose rather to call your attention to the operation of this mea- sure on yourselves We believe, fellow citizens, that there is no part of the Union so injuriously affected by the tanlt as this fetate. ine settlers ot a new country have to supply themselves anew with every thing. They are not yet in a condition to manufacture at home, and have therefore much to buy. Are you awaie of the amount of iax you pay in buying this ? Let us tell you : On every dollar's worth of foreign manufacture, you pay about forty cents tax into the treasury ? On every dollar's worth of northern manufac- I turc you pay about forty cents more than the jhke articles would cost, but for the tariff, and j this goes into the pockets of our loving friends j in the north? When you think of these things, and look at the oppressive land system of the federal Government, you need not wonder that you are poor and in distress. Your fertile lands keep you from starving. It is all they can do. We can never have a foreign market for our surplus produce, as long as the tariff upon the articles we import in return, whatever they may be, is more than enough to eat up all the profits of the exchange." The schoolmaster is abroad, and the manu facturing interest is blind indeed, if the present session is permitted to pass by without such a modification as will quiet the country. U. S. Telegraph. From the Norfolk Herald. WEST INDIA TRADE. Mr. Broughton : In your last paper you etateJhe Foreign Ciearan- ccs t.o nave oeen ior j I !" N o 1829 - - l. &i 1831 - - - 157 In 1829 the British West India Porta were closed in 1831, they were opened, and of the 157 ciearan cea ol this last 'year, seventv-nine were to British West India Ports ; if these ports had been closed there would not have been much difference between the two years. And vet Mr. CAnvtnn nf rvwnr calls die British West India Trade "a contemptible boon;" it may be bo, as to the State of Delaware, but not to us of NORFOLK. The above, from the Norfolk Herald, (an op position paper,) shows how little reliance is to be placed upon the assertions of the opposition orators in the Senate. These great men, the GULLIVERS, as the Whig calls them, seem to think that there is no difficulty in their taking any side of any question, and, then moulding the intellect of the nation so to receive it, as they choose to have it received. Mr. Clay, while Secretary of State, sought the West India Trade through negotiation, in the hope to get great eclat in the event of success. Had he succeeded, what a trophy he would have made of it ! What honors would have been a requital for such an acquisition ! He failed and Mr. Van Buren had the fortune to secure it under his auspices as Secretary of State. And now the trade is become worthless the commerce is nothing and the man under whose instruc tions the "contemptible boon" was obtained, is condemned for having succedded and is re called, lest he might succeed obtaining another "contemptible boon," in settling the great question which has heretofore involved us in the wars of Europe, and may do it again when they arise. But what is the security of peace to the country? What the great iramunitv of free seas to our commerce, when the ocean is agita ted by European belligerents? What the ex emption oi our rising Kepublic from the rules and policy which the EuroDean ntic force against each other amidst the violence of tnfir connicts i Nothing. The publicood is nothing, among selfish politicians, if put in rnmnptitinn villi tVi?i- ainliilinna V. . i " " uupes oi npr. 6& We furnish from-a Norfolk paper, omp,.. mcnt contradicting, by indubitable facts, the asseruuns uw .uau y ana ms parli trade. The fonowing, from anothe '" wjh serve to strengthen the admission made hv v.. . . llul Jonal Republican Orators say, when they find all the records of the Custom Housp, , . r4. '""usesm all the various ports of the country contrarl tinthm? TVpithpr thfiParmiiKrn. o cial interests will give up this fine trade for fine speech, and we apprehend they will, for the ame reason, preier uie aununistration of a cian. From the New York Courier and Enquirer WEST INDIA TRADE. A great deal has been said by the opposition . r 1 . r ,L , . -"u in I .on irrpec nnn nut. nf it. nn tho l-iik:.i . Wf lAi T-t-oo Cin,ntU n,,;,, 'r,L c - dv. uie succcsBiui anaui-euieiu maap hx- ht wall uuicu auu ;uiuu uauc, uiiucr me intm. rr, tl r.: r lnstruc position of attack, the new coalition faciei w . t A.A Jkll tVPfV ; L.jii : i 1 1.. nave m last nau iue yuguiar aosuraity to come w. ; r . , r. r uccjare 1 ttint Th0 V P.SZ 171 flirt. IT(ia,P. I St nti iinw.. - , . , , - o me country, un this ground they have placed their forlorn hope. A spirit of charity would wujiiigjy uiuuigu vucui in suuu a cniidish in. mention, if their recent malevolent folly and taction m uie oenae, in rejecting the min lster by whose labors that trade was rerov ered, did not call for a plain statement of facts r not so much Jo enlighten them, as to satisfy the people. We have procured trom the officer of the Custom Hous ot this city, a statement of foreign arrivals for the year 1831, which m place the matter, as regards this port, in the clearest light, trade in other It is a lair specimen of the ports. Number of Vessels arrived at New fork from Tor- eign ports in iOdi. Vesels from Europe - - - 597 American Vessels from the West Indies 520 British Vessels from the West Indies 78 Arrivals from South America - , - 230 Arri vals from British America - - 192 Asia 12 : the South Seas - - 4 Africa ' : - - - 2 Total 163G By this official statement it will be seen that since the opening of the Colonial Iradc, tho arrivals from the West Indies m this port, have swelled to within seven of the whole number of arrivals from Europe. . Of the number of these arrivals, only seventy are British, and fixe hun dred and twenty American. This is in a single port, and in the port of New York, where there is a greater proportion of arirals of the vessels from foreign countries in Europe, than in any other city in the confederacy. In Maine, in New-Hampshire, Virginia, North and South Carolina, their trade to the West Indies, as compared with that to Europe, is much greater. And yet in the face of these, palpable fadts, the opposition have the impudence the novel audacity the bare-faced composure to say that the treaty by which the ports of the West In dies have been opened to our shipping interest?, has been a positive injury to the country. Here is the true source of the hostilityof the new cc aliton to Mr. Van Buren. They never will for give him for having been the successful nego tiator of a valuable and important treaty, which is so useful to the trade and commerce of the country, The success of Mr. Van Buren was too severe a rebuke upon the blunders of Mr. Clay: the latter has unburthened himself of his malevolence, by voting against Mr. Van Buren's nomination; but the decision of the people is yet to be heard. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. From the London Times. The Message of the American President is a discourse of which, although the full credit be longs to the government of the United State?, the wisdom, integrity, and conciliatory spirit may be turned to account by other nations, in their policy, both foreign and domestic. From the rapid but comprehensive sketch which Gen eral Jackson takes of the relations between his Republic and Foreign Powers, it is gratifying to observe what expressions of respect and cordiality he employs iiv speaking of the latter. From the Morning Chronicle. The Message of the American President must appear a strange document to European Statesman. He actually says that he has no thing to conceal from the people. What would statesmen in Europe be without concealment and trick ? . . , From the Morning Post. The Message of the American President to the Congress, which is given in another part of our paper, is a very interesting document, as developing the present condition and future prospects of the United States. Both are spo- ken of in glowing terms ; and even allowing tor some partial exaggeration, it must be uni versally felt that the American nation has at tained, and is promised, a continuance of a state of prosperity which may well excite the envy pf every European power, England her self not excepted. Frovi the Manchester Guardian. Like the preceding Messages which have emanated trom Gen. Jackson, it is a rnanlj't frank, and perspicuous exposition of the state of the affairs of the Commonwealth. From the Liverpool Chronicle. . It contains a full and candid exposition ot the affairs, both foreign and domestic, of thc United States ; and the facts which are disclo sed afford the most Convincing evidence of tne great and rapid progress which that country is making in every branch of national and com mercial prosperity. The most remarkable ras sage is that, in which the President alludes to the nourishing state of the finances.-Thewnoie of the National Debt he observes may be ex pected to be extinguished, either by redemption or purchase, within 4 years of his administra tion, that is to say in the course of the ensu ing 12 months, 3 years having elapsed sine Gen. Jackson- was placed at the head of w government. When will an English mona be able to come down to parliament ntfl 6 gratifying an announcement ? Ir