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V ii THOMAS J. , LEilAY, :DJTOlt 'iXD RvraETOIl. TBIlSf Strcsraimos, Ur.a dollars pr aatum.!l is aVraace. Parson residing without the State will t-t r avirtd to pay the waoLsaroauat f the tar's Mile scriplm la l,aoee. ' RATES OF ADVERTISING ' fnr trrry squarr (not eteeedin 18 liaestkis she i I 'J I" nr mo, on aoiiar) cask suDsrqmui. ! 1 rrtio. tveuti-Ceerati. - Tha adaeniaementi of Clerk's and SkcrifTi III baabarred 91 per cant. ftigber;and adednttkaot ; par aanL will fca made from tka rejular prl. a for ad ertiaers ky the year. " i . (Q" Leitera to tha Editor a miT kt post-paid. " PRESIDENTS MESSAGE. . (Concluded from 4th page.) 1 have deemed lliii brief turn mar y of or fiscal affair Decenary to the due per sWmanec of a duty specially enjoined up. jtn me by the constitution. It will ere, -also, t illustrate mora fully the princi- jles by which I hart been-guided in re- terence to two contested points in our pub- V,..lie policy, wbicb were earliest in their de ' velopment, and have been more torpor tantin their consiquences, than , any I that have arisen andcr our complicated 1 and difficult, yet admirable, system of . government : allude to a national out, I ' ami a nation? Hank. It waam theae that Y aI I A - a. k --kM Uai.lm .1.!.U lkHMMl,-SI lliC pQllUCiK V'llllCBtlUJ OTIIIVII IIIC VVUHU l)irTe"eS't8'river f thr yfn'itution, in a great" measure, rigiiveilj and there i too much reaaon to aprehend that the 1 conflicting inter- and opposing, principles thus roar ailed, will continue, aa heretofore, to rod tice similar, if nut aggravated, conse quences. (Jo row info office ihtv declarecl enemy '': virs boihY hi ' prent a resort to eithrr. 'Die consideration that a large public debt affords an apology, and produces, in soma degree, a necessity also, for resort-log-t-y stem-an4 xterrt-f it x atro it ' which ia not nly oppressive throughout, but likewise so apt to lead, in the end, to fhe commisaion of that most odious of all offences against the- principle of republi can government the prostitution of po litical power, conferred for the general benefit, to the aggrandizement of parti ticular classes, arid the gratification of in-dIvidutlopidity-rt alone --sufficient, in dependently of the weighty objections which have already been urged, to render its creation, an f existence the sources of Litter ahd add to thi, Its inevitable tendency to pro duce and fosterrxtratagjmt: expenditures of" tne public nioney", iiy which a necessi ty is created .for n-w I on lis and new bur- dens on the people: and , .finally, if we refer-1 the examples of every govern ment which, hat eiisted, for proof how ael ' tlnmit it that the sys'ein, when once adopt ed and- implanted, in the- policy of a coun-v ure ita incrr..-l were no lonjfrsmr ie r nun re ua intrr i'-. i i : ing weight, it seeing impossible to resist the conclusion, that no benefits resulting from its career, no extent of conquest- no accession of wealth t particular classes, nor any, nor all ita combined advantage, can counterbalance ita ultimate but cer tain results -a splendid Government, aud an impoverished people. . If a national bank was as ia undeniable, repudiated by the fratr.ere or the consti tution aa incompatible with the rights of the States and the liberties of the people if from the beginning, it has been regard, d by large portions of our, citizens as coming in direct collision with, that great and vital amendment of the constitution. J-which declares that all pnwersnot confer-t-d by that instrument .on the general gov ' - - ner timent aro reaere e to .. the States a-mi to tjie people j if it has been viewed by them as the first great step in the march of lati tudinous construction, which, unchecked, would render that sacred instrument of as title value m an unwritten constitution, --4!ependentT as it would alone lie, for its tiica'iiitg, on the interested interpretation of a dominant party, and afTirding no se - curity to the rights of the minority if -uch is undeniably the case, what rational grounds could have been conceived fur an ticipating aught hut determined opposition to such an ineti'ution at the present day! ' Could a itoflVrent result have been ex pected, when the consequences which hate li owed from its c ration, and particularly (rum ita struggles tu perpetuate its exist ence, had coiilirm. il in so striking tinan oer. tlie antreh.i.H.na.of its earliest on- monatntedlh jjowerjWieVVtigtyfHfS Lining such uial ulable means of influ rnee, may. in thoe peculiar conjuncturea to which tlsi government is unavoidably esposedf pr.wc an overmatch, for the poli tical power ot the people themselves: power ot when (he true character of its capacity to lUCmta ta --a-tau-J 4s I aa asY'tll taaifl slat in v mWf ssv.ii uiiiKBvatawiiastiaatsiasasfl . . 1 r f 1 tere aniKtheinteretsof its TavoiitesHhe P,VU"Vr Wlue and nroduction of the labor and pro- M,'ch"' lf!here ha" b'e" 1,0 fj.',ure ij sty of eriry man in this extended coun -.had Jen ao fully and fearfully devel 'l'jeu it was notorious that all clas- ' -avw.p J great community had, by mean ' ' qi'1 tly' . sir and influence itihus possess- ;, been incted t6 madness with i spirit 4 luedU ss spfculatiouj when it had been ern that,, secure in the support of the rninbiiiatiouuf influences by which it was SHrroundetU it ci'ttld Ni.dat iu charter. Mid el the lawMlefir e withimpuiii 1 VI and uhetj. loo, it hud betolie most 8p ,aret.t that t believe: "tbaft auch" an accu- inuld'iun ol poer can -ever be grauted f m iil'oot the CJltainty id being abused wa i Mtluige in a Tatal iIrluiou. , i T the avoid necessity of s permanent public dtbt, t its inevita'iU roiioo,uencea, I nave advtk'ated. and etitle-nored l' car- It" into effect. . the jn.hcv of confining t.. aul -bjectaa-are cleJiy -ithi-.the nstitutiaual authority ol the federal giv- 1 i i ) Noini Caeolwa VOL. XXXI eminent of excluding fromits expenses. those improvident and anautnorizeil grants of public money fur works of internal improvement) which -were so wisely ar rested py the constitutional interposition of my (predecessor, and which, if ..-they had not been so checked, would tang be fore this time have involveed the finances oLthe gn!'s government in embarrass ments foi rreater than those .which are now exnerienccd tr anr ot the States'; of limiting all oar expendnures'to that simple unostentatioas, and economical adminis tration xf public afbirs, which iaf alone consistent with the character of our insti tutions ul collecting annually from the customs, and the sales of public lands, a revenue fully adequate to defray all the expenses thus incurred, but, under no pre-tpnee-whatsoeterTttr impM erlsteni pon the people to a greater amount than was actually neccanary to the public service, conducted upon the principles I have sta ted. In lieu of a national, batik, or a depend ence upon banks of any description, foi the management of our fiscal affairs, I re commended the .adoption of leAsjstetn SlrrC'''T''fi' 1 hat system affords every requisite faci'i ty for the transaction of the pecuniary con cerns of the Government will, it is con fidently anticipated, produce in other rc-apee-ts many of the benefits which hare been from time to time expected from the creation of a national bank, but which have never been realized avoid the mani fold evils insepearable front such an insti tution diminish, to a greater extent than could be accomplished by any other mea sure of reform, the patronage of the Fed eral Government a wise policy in . all Governments, but more especially so in one like ours, which worka well only in proportion as it ii made to rrly for its support upon iheunUias-ed and unadulter aterlTprnionTTif irsrconstiTuentK; do a war;" forever, all dependence on corporate bod ies, either in the riiin,. collecting, safe keeping, or disbursing the public revenues and place tlie uovernnienjt equally cbove the temptation of fostering a dangeroua arid unconstitutional institution at home, or the Necessity of adapting its policy to the views'and interests of a still more formidable money power abroad. arduous and ducourag ing, I discouraeinr, that the attempt has been made, thus far successfully, to demonstrate 'to the people of the United Statea that a national bank at all times, and a national debt, except it be incurred at a p riod when the honor and safety of the nation demand the temporary sacrifice of a policy, which should only be abandon ed in such exigencies, "are not merely un-. necessary, but in tlirert and deadly hos tility to the principles of their Government, and to their own permanent welfare. The progress made in the development of these positions, appears in the preceding sketch of the past history and present state ol the financial concerns of the Federal Government. 'ITte facts there stated ful ly authorize the assertion, that all the pur poses for which this Government was in sutoted , bf va- been,.,accom pi ished - ! u ring four yearsof greater pecuniary embarrass ment than were eyer before experienced in time of peace, and in the face of oppo sition at formidable as any that was ever before arrayed against the policy of an administration jiat this has been done when the ordinary revenuea of the Gov ernment were, generally decreasing, as well from the operation of the laws, as the condition of the country, without the crea tion of a permanent public debt, or incur ring any liability, other than such as the ordinary resources of the Government will speedily discharge, and without the agency of a national bank. If this view of the proceedings of the Government fur the period it embraces, be warranted by the facts .as,, thfytre ."n"wn 10 h ,na n"V I - . . a 1 -l ' it thoriied bMawtf -and wwhrchr' C.tngresi deeine'T sufnc"eiitT6rthe" fcontryTn3ihe 'jproTrcU6bTItsrhTs'lnd' its honor if its civil and diplomatic ser vice has been equally sustained, if ample provision has been made for the adminis tration of justice and the execution of the laws if the claims upon public gratitude in behalf of t.e soldiers of the Revolution in defraying the very large expenditures growing out of that 'long continued and salutary policy of peacefully removing the Jwlians to regions of cqmpaslie safety and prosperity if tha public faith has at all times, and" every where, been most scrupulously maintained by a prompt dis charge of the numerous, extended, and diversified claims on tha Treasury; if all these great and permanent objects, with J many others that might be stated, have. for.a series of years, marked by peculiar obstarles and difficulties, been sueceful ly accomplished wilftout a resort in a per manent debr, or the aid of a national bankt have we not a right to expect that a policy,, the object of which hat been to sustain the public service independently of either of! these Iruitiui snurrei 01 ui-com, win re ceive the final sanction of a people whose unbiassed and fairly elicited judgment ap on public affairsiS never uUimately wrong? That embarrassments is, the pecuiiiary Powerful in iporal, ia intcllecrual, and in. physical resources the land of our sirea,' and the , RALEIGH SC WEDNESDAY, PECMCKR5n, S40, concerns of individuals, of unexampled extent and duration, hae recently existed in this aa in other commercial nations, is undoubtedly true. To suppose it neces sary now to trace these reverses to their sources, would be a reflection on ihe intel - 11-cni.c ui iiij icuuw UI.IIIS. tinaicri may have been the obscurity in which the subject was involved duiing the earlier sfsges of the revulsion, there cannot now be many by whom the whole question is not fully understood. JNot deeming tt within the constitution al powers of the General Government to' repiir private losses sustained by reverses' in business having no connexion with .e public service, either by direct apprcpria- tions Irom the treasury, or by special legislation uesigneu to secure cxciisire prrvrtrges-antl immunities- to Trtdmawtrm tfTecls orwliich the country has so or classes in preference to, and at the ex-'deeply suffered a return that can prom pen scs of, the great majority necessarily jise, in the end. no better results than to debarred from any participation in them, j re-produce the embarrassments the Gov no attempt to do so has been either madei eminent has experienced and to remove recommended, or encouraged, by the pre- from the shoulders of the present, to those sent Executive. - r j of fresh victims, the bitter fruits of that It is believed,-however that the great spirit of speculative enterprise to which purposes for the attainment of which the our countrymen are . so liable, and upon Federal .tf ererftmrnt -was" InWftnfed liave'whichCihe' leWns oFeperience;'are So'ii'tf-' not been lost sight of. Intrusted only avaHing. The choice" is an important one, with certain limited powers, cautiously and I sincerely hope that it may be wise enumerated, distinctly specified, and de- Ij made. fined with a precision and clearness which; A report from the Secretary of War, wouKlsecm to defy misconstruction, it presenting a detailed view of the affairs of has been my constant aim to confine my- that department, accompanies this coinmu self within the limits so clearly marked nication. out. and so carefully guarded. Having1 The desultory duties connected with always been i.f opinion that the best pre- servatite of the union of the States is to be lound in a total abstinence from the exer- cine of all doubtful powers on the part of Florida, kare rendered it impracticable to the Federal Governmen, rather than in carry into full effect the plan recommen attempts to assume them by a loose con- tied by the Secretary for improving its structibh of the constitution, or an Inge-discipline. In every instance where nioua perveision of its words, I have en- the regiments have 'been Concentiated, deavored to avoid recomjneudiiig any mea-i they have nude great progress; and the sore - aslriirr-1 had reason to appieheiul best results may be anticipate ! from a would, in.thc opinion even of a considera- "continuance of this system During the ble minority of my fellow citizens, be re- last session, a part of the troops have been gartled as trenching on the rights of jhe employed in removing Indians from the in states, or the provisions of the hallowed terior to the territory assigned them in the instrument of our Union. Viewing the. aggregate powers of the Federal Govern- efficiently, and with paiseworthy humani ment as a voluntary concession of Ihe tj! and that portion of them which has States, it seemed to me that such only been stationed in Florida continued active should be exercised as were at. the time operations, there throughout the heats of pruprietr of this cotsrse. by the eoaviction. that all efforts td go beyond this, tend ly to produce dissatisaction and distrust, to excite jealousies, and to provoke resist- ance. Instead of adding strength to the, federal Oovernment, even when success- whole period ol my administration, amce ful, they must ever prove a source of in - j the spring of 1837, more than forty Ihou curable weakness, by alienating a portion sand Indians have been removed to their uf those whose adhesion is indispensable new homes west of the Mississippi; and to the great aggregate ol united strength, I am happy to add, that all accounts con and whose voluntary attachment is, in my cur in repxesmting the result of this meas estimation, far more essential to the efli- 'ure as eminently beneficial to that people, cacy of a government strong in the best' The Emigration of the Seminole alone of all possible strength the confidence has been attended with serious difficulty, and attachment of all those who make up and occasioned bloodshed hostilities dav its constituent elements, i'lgbcen commenced by the Indians in Thus believing, it has been my purpose Florida, under the apprehension that they to secure to the whole people, and to eve- would be compelled, by foice, to comply ry memoer oi tneconieuerary, py general, salutary and equal lawsjiloije, the. bene; 111 ui inona rrpnuurnn inaiiiutiuiis which ..1 . u n u..i.i... .. 1-1. it was the end and aim of the cor.stitution w.s postponed, at the solicitation of the to establish, and the impartial influence of Indians, uotil 1833, when they again re whirh is, in my judgment, indispensable newed their agreement to remove peacea to their preservation. I cannot bring my-jhly 'o their new homes in the west. In self to believe that the lasting happiness the fat e of this solemtr-and renewed com of the people, the prosperity of the States, pact, they broke their faith, and cotnmenc or the permanency of their Union, can be ; 'd hostilities by the massacre of Mjor maintained by giving preference or priori-1 Dade's command, the murder of their a ty to any class of citizens in the distribu- g""t. General Thompson, and other acts lion of benefits or privileges, or by (he a- o! cruel treachery. When this alarming doption of measures which enrich one pnr- and unexpected intelligence reached the tion of the Union at the expense of anotli- i neat of Government, every effort appears er noranJL, see in thp interference of .to have been nade to reinforce General the"lPe"derarGovernment with the local le- Clinch, who commanded the troops then gislation and reserved rights of the States m riorida. General Kustis was des a remedy for present, or a security against t patched with reinforcements from Charles- future, dangers. The first, and assuredly pot the least, .1: . 1 . i .. Twpwrceorjf rep twar rertev irtg ne eouw try from the condition into which it had iieerr plnngerf b rxressei in trade.'oank- ing, and credits of all kinds, was to place tne uusine-s transactions 01 tne Uovern ment itself on a solid basis giving tnd re ceiving in all cases value for value, and neither countenancing nor encouraging in others that delusive system of credits from which it has been found so difficult to es cape, and which has left nothing behind it but the wrecks that mark its fatal career. That the financial affairs of the Govern- ment are now, and have been during the whole period or these wtdctpreading diffi cullies, conducted with a strict and invari able regard to this great fundamental prin ciple, and that by the assumption & main tenance ol the stand thus taken on the ve ry threshold of the approsching crisis, more fhan by any other cause or causes whatever, the community at large has been shielded from the incalculable evils of general and indefinite suspension of spe cie payments, and a consequent annihila tion. lor the whole period it might have lasted, of sjust and invariable standard of vatsse, vnii, it is Deiieted, at ttis period, scarcely be questioned. j A tteady adherenca, on the part of the Government, to. the policy which hat pro duced such salutary results, aided by ju dicious State legislation, and, what is not less important, by tha industry, enterprise, perseverance an economy of the Aoirri- can people, cannot, fail to raise tfic whole J country, at an early periodv to a state of sonu anu enuunng prosperity, not subject to be again overtlH-owtt by the suspension- oi uanns or ms ezolosioi o a bloated 1 credit system. It is for the neonle. and their representatives, to decide whether or not the permanent welfare of the country (witich all good "citizens equally desire, however widely they , may differ as to the meant of ita' accomplishment) shall be in this way secured or whether the manage ment of the nccuniarr concerns of ih Government, and, by consequence, to a great extent, those of individuals also, shall be carried back to a condition of thing whirh fostered those contractions and expansions of the currency, and those recaieas souses ol credit, Irom the bale.- the removal of the Indians, in which the army has been constantly engaged on the northern and western frontiers, and in west a duty which they have performed rsedj to the Indians. - ef which a- Succinct on-'accqunt is gtrett jn my message of 1838, and of the wisdom and expediency of which I am fully satisfied,) has been con- tinued in active operation throughout the ' wun ineir treaty stipulations. Ihe ex .ecutiim of the treaty I ,..,,., in lur-n 1, ... .. . i:i;..r..L.i:T n g'"- ioj., uui inn, raiiueti uiiiii io n, ton; troopa were cabled nut from Albama, Tennessee, am! Georgia; and General !&oU -wa,enl (o.ta4'tit cowma--wrh ample powers and a 111 pi. "egns. At the j first ahtrmr General OaTner rgait lortc i rvrw vjneans, anu, wiinLiJ' wail- ing for orders, landed in Florida, where he delivered over the troops lie had brought with him to General Scott. Governor Calf wat subsequently ap pointed, to conduct a summer campaign, and, at the close of if,' was replaced by General Jesup. These events and chan ges took place under the administration uf mv pi edecessor. Not wnimtanding the exertion of the experieacert omcv ho hs.l i mnand there for eighteen mont'is, 1 i'i en'ering upon the adiiMnistration. of ihe Jnvci oo.eiit I found the Terri'ory of G Florida a prey to Indian atrocities. A strenuous effort was immediately made to; bring tl ese hostilities to close; anil the 1 army, unJer General Jesup, was reinforc ed until it amounted to ten thousand men, and furniihed with abundant supplies of every description. In this campaign a great number of the enemy were captured 'and destroyed; but the character of the contest only was changed. The Indians, j having b'en detested in every ment, dispersed in small bands tlvrough out the country, and became an enter prising, formidable, and rulhUss banditi. General Taylor. W succeeded General Jesup, used his best exertions to subdue them, and was seconded in his efforts by (he officers under his command, but he, too, failed to protect the Territory Iruut mm home xsf onr affcVfifihe. " NO. 52. theie depredations. - By an act of ji. nal and cruel treachery, they broke the true made wuh them by General Ma comb, who waa sent from Washington for the purpose of carrying into effect ihe ex pressed wishes uf Congress, and have con tinued their devastations ever since. Gen eral Armistead, who was in Florida when General Taylor left the army, by permis sion, assumed the command, and, after active summer operations, was met - by J proposuioorior peace, anu, Iron, the for tunate coincidence of the arrival in Flor ida, at' the, .same period, of a delegation from the Seminole who-are happily settled west of the Mississippi, and are now anx ious to persuade their countrymen to join them there, lump wr f.ir i.in lin. an. tgrtgineil ibailbi: Indian toiebt be indue ed to leave their1 territory without further tiiiiicuny. i nese hopes have proved Ta licious. and hostilities have been renewed throughout tne whole of the Territory. That this contest lias been endured so long; is to be attributed to causes bevond the control of the Government. Experi enced generals have had (he command of the troops officers, and soldiers hte a-, tftre distingtiisfieit tlicrtf'ct ves for fheir'ie tivity, patience, and enduringcuuragr,- ilic army has henjoostan tly f unfilled with supplies of every" (lesrripi'ioH uti v. e must look for the causes -which have' so long procrastinated the issue of ,lie contest, in the vast extent of the ilientre of lio-.ti!i-ties, the almost insur.mouii ab't; obtailes presented by t!i.; nature of the country, the climate, and the wily character of the si vages Ihe sites for nnrinc hospitals on (ho river and lakes, which I was authorised tosclec and cause to be purchased, have all been designated but the appropriation not proving sulficicnt, conditional arrange ments only have been made for tlieir ac quisition. It is for ..Congress, to decide whether (dose conditional purchases shall besanctiuned, and the humane intentions of the law carried into full effect. The navy, as will appear from the ac companying report of the Secretary, has been usefully and Wiwtably employed in the protection of our couimercc and citi zens in the Mediterranean, the Pacific, on the coast of .Brazil, and in the Gulf of Mex ico. A small sau.a.dron, coosistiriff ut'ilwi Wnmouire KearntTi is niiw on its way to- China and Indian' seas, for th purpose ofattendingTo war Interests in that quarter and Commander Aulick, in the sloop of-war Vorktown, has been in structed to visit Ihe Sandwich and Society isianus, me coasts ol new Zealand ami Japan, together with other ports and islands frequented by our whale-ships, for (he pur pose of giving them countenance and pro tection, should they be required. Other smaller vessels have been, and still are, employed in prosecuting the surveys of the coast of ti e United States, directed by various acta of Congress; and (hose which have been completed will be shortly laid before you. The exploring expedition, at the Infest date, was preparing to leave the Ray of isiamis, iNew jtealaml, tn further prosecu tion of ohiects which have, thus far, been, successimiy accomplished. 1 ne tuscove ry of a new continent, which was first seen in latitude GO0 2' south, longitude 154 27' east, and altei wards in latitude (G 31' south, longitude 153 40' cat,' by Lieut enant Wilkes and Hudson, for an extent of eighteen hundred miles, but upon which they were prevented from landing by vast bodies of ice which encompassed it, ii one of tlie honorable results of the enterprise. Lieutenant Wilkes bear testiiiMxiy to the y.eal arid good conduct of his officers and men; and it is but justice to that officer to state that he appeuis to have performed the tluties assigned him with an ardor, a-Ix'i-ty, and perseverance, whirh give every assurance vt an honorable i;;suc to the undertaking-: . ' .. - r : .-l . - i- . i -.,-- t 'lie r port of fli Postmaster pnil,j ltewlKi.r,MiwHef( wiU eftrf Hre'SeT' vice of that department (he pat year, and Lceh' hialfttaiiicd nuiTng tlie vraf to the full extent authorized by the existing laws; some improvements have been effected,: which the public interest seemed Urgently tu demand, but not involving auv material additional expenditure; tlie iiintractort have generally peiforiin d (heir engage! ments with fnlelitv; the postmasters, with few exceptions, have rendered their ic counts and paid their quarterly balances with promptitude; and (he whole service of the department has mainti ined.the efft- I cieney for whieh it has for sevcVl years (been distinguished. '. The arts of Congress establishing new mail routes, and requiring mor expensive services on others, and live increasing wants of the country, have, for thiee vesrs past, carried the expenditures something beyond the accruing revenues the excess having been met, until the past year, by ihe surplus which had previously accumu lated. That surplus having been exhaus' ed, and the anticipated increase in the rev enue not having been realized, owing to the depression in the commercial business of the country, the finances of (he depart ment exhibit a small defii iency at the close of the last flacal year. Its resources, how ever, are ample; and the reduced ratenf compensation for the transportation ser vice, which may be expected on the fu ture lettingv from the general seduction r:ce with r th increase i revra may 1 reasonably b anticipated fions toa revival oi com.Mierriai acuvsiy, snosi soon olatt ihe finanrea iJ lha (frDanmrkC in a prosperous cund'nionv t , i .oniiiienng the mifjvotable rirriimsran- r . . m l i r. I. I. - a a ...! kK ... vw I . V . . ., VIBirU UIIIH Tit J year, it it a gratifying result thnt the r v eviue has not declined, as coni -arrtl with the preceding-year, buf, on the contrary. ...... aa. , 1 1IV ."l.U..',CT.. ces referred to having had no other effect man ip cneca tne expertect income. ! It wilt be seen that ihe Postmaster Gen eral suggests ce.Uin improvement in tha establishment, designed to redact tht weight o the mails, cheapen the tianfpor- tation, ensure greater - regularity imha tion in the ra etroT te!ler-postae art ob iiie. iiiii kiuib m iiiusitici auiv rtui-- ject highly desirable. The subject it on , ul general interest to the community, andV is respectfully recommended to your con- sideration. .4... ,. 1 ? The' suppression of the African stave- ? trade has received tlie cootinueil attention lit th livrBniiit. 1 h liuv UtilMhin mnti olliuin. I-. n mi Ii... .M.I11..1I flu. ring the last season on the coast 01 Africa, for the purpose of preventing such portions of that trade as was said to be prosecuted under the American Ha. After cruising It those parts ol the coast most usually resorted to by slaver, until the commence ment. 01 ine rainv season.anese vess4 re- turned to tlie united state lor supplies, and have since been despatched on a sim ilar sertiec. y - ; From the reports of the commanding of ficers, it appears that the trade 1 now principally carried on under, Fort .-. miM, .-iliirCi anil IliaW AVni-a.aVliAMnii.lAlk . w.aviri. ...i3.nil. i.iVT V. 1.131 IIIC VUMIIVH that the annrehpnsustv oi their nrp.sence tin . .. ... y . 1 I ' 1 -. the sl ive masi ha, in a great degree, ar- I. I. " ...t- .I.Mt.,H,...ll I'l 1IIV .11..l. I. ling to this iiihuinjiri purpose. It is hoped " that, by continuing 'to maintain this force, in that rjuarter, and by the cxertions of the" -iiflicers- in command, much will be done to put a stop to whatever portion of this traf fic msy have been carried on underlhe A merican flag, and to prevent its use in a trade which, while it violates the law, is equally an outrage on the rights of o'hers and tin- feelings of humanity. The effort! of the several Governments who aro anx iously seeking tosupnress this traffic must,' however, bJ directed against the' facilities' afforded by what are now recognised asle- . gitimatn comm' Tciaf pursuits, before that '' object ran be fully accomplished. Sup- lilirs (11 nroviximis. water-caaka. morrhin. tlise. anil arttrles rnnnrl-il n-ith lha ripna- ecution of the sluvc-(rade,arcr It ia under- anion, trceij carnen or vessfis 01 uinereni Til llllh. 111 ltlf.Ht.ltfM Ftt PlnHS, 1 .ttillll. A tTn ' i.viwit,, mill me t uci t, ol the factms arc (ransported openly from one slave station to another,' witmrnt In trr ruption or punishment by either of the lit-; tmnt to which (hey belong, engaged mine. commerce offliat region, I submit to rout svrTOtoefl4 first' viar 11 uirncj milium noi oe ine nrsr, al 1 : . 1 1.1 . 1 .1 a . 1 so, 4o forbid to ita citizens all trade wilh: (heiiave lactones on. the coast of Africai giving an example to alt nations in this res pect, which, if fairly followed, cannot fail to produce Ihe most effective results ia breaking up those dens nf iniquity. M. VAN It U REN. W AimxaroitIbcember 15, 1840. "' J. .lU...l L-MSWeggg. uuua MR. SIIEPARD'S REPLY TO MB. CLINGMAN. Ms. KDiToa: 3tr. Clinirmsn hsa anmatrhit a siinrularcompfamt attached to his apeech, aa pub lialied in your last paper. H aays my first Sfteeeh M pnbtrshetf, fs aomewhat altered in the publication. Now, si 1 1 can say about he mat ter is, that I delivered fn speech from fuller and more copious note than is usual with me, and lur lit aimn a MiHri 1 I 11.1..J.J ia :a ii n. chanT-e ot mitrepresentniion; and 1 endeavoured to five it precisely as delivered; and 1 believe U i. ii nearly lost possible. As a proof of ii ao eo ar y, a gentlemen of the Hons of Commons, (Mr. Smith, of fieri ford,) who heard most of lt,f' asked me if I had nut wriuenitoul bafore deliv--4-eiy. IJe was struck with ihe remarkable Iden lity between the spoken and the written spaech. ' All the public care about, 1 suppose is. art the ,. ficts and arguments such as they are now repie- : ; senied? lam only de-iious of presenting a fev t sMtentent to ihe people. I have entered into no oratorical controversy with Mr. 'Ctingman and if It will he any gratification to him, I yield ' him Ihe pulm ihe more readily, since a victory ;.. -..!. t ....... 1.1 1. . t nil . ... - w im i iii,nTii. a na apeech I now end you, uai delivered on the pur of the occasion, Witflfout notes; and no Ed itor has poliudy waited on ine," with noie to aid ine. It is aa srnor.ua a I rmil.t m.l. i, tinder auch circumstances. If Mr. ctineman en Writ 01U necJie r4ain t liltralim- , aouvereo, ne ia a very exiraoruinary yottntf man,'- . v n to ' j!tjyiB.vnlar:peetlt, In rsplj la air. Clinginan, of Ouneninbe. The gentleman from Buncombe has thought proper to change the current of this debate, and to make a personal at tack upon ine and in y political course; he has dealt in assertions as coarse and il liberal, a I leust f can show they art) on just. If the gentleman ran reconcile such conduct to his own sense of propriety, I certainly do not object to it. No pub lic man should object to having his public character discussed. All he ought to ask of those who undertake the task of his die section, ia that they would correctly in form themselves of facts and events; state them fairly, and not trust entirely to ra tpor and insinuations. , The gentleman, in designing me a great injury, has 110 doubt unintentionally ren dered me a very great servics. "I am therefore much obliged to him, ' I thank thee Jew for that word." He has af forded me a public opportunity of putting at rest forever, a slander which has been! most industriously circulated for tha last I wo or three months, and although it hat done (he bidding fde which its inventors designed it still it is saleable to ma to expose it. It he sat hitherto squat, tikes s 'nad.ugly and vtnoinous.disgustisig itttrvt) form and character, and scattering around its pernicioui influence. 1 will rmw touck it, if not with the magic sjwar of Ithur'iael 'Hi:V!-s'
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 30, 1840, edition 1
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