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that Congress will be pleased to restore her some
three or four hundred thousand dollar?,- ex speciali
tratia. and the retit:oner. as in duty bound. - will
ever pay, &c. &c. Would she follow my counsel,
' Sir, 1 would say to her, that she ows it to her own
character and dignity cheerfully to contribute to the
Government,' f which shei it a part, her just" share
of die sum required to meet its necessary demands ;
that all beyond that she should retain, to be disbur
sed, at her own sovereign will, -And under her own
exclusive control, ) Thus she would assume that
loftv attitude for which God and nature --dosijmed
her ; and I would say to each and every of the other
States, "go ye and do likewise." ' . .
I "Sir, when gentlemen talk to me abojit the beni
jiccnce of this Government, in this behalf, I tell
Jthem that their charity is at the expense of others;
ltell them 'cannot understaiul benijicence,
I which, by 'evaporation, draws all the moisture from
Jftne portion ofa rftmmoiprnr, (I ay jinoisture
'without a furure. ! because tfe taxes are derived
fronLth sweat f the brow A and then pours all it.
m fiuctifvinir showers u nau-miothir; lima coyvertiJig
. ! the one into a waste of barren- ;desolation, jand ini-
v parting to the other extraordinary .tenuity.- -lnaey
r would take their lule of benilicence from the high
jfcstofajl authorities, thVy would learn that the rain
H made to fall equally upon tue just and,tne unjust.
.Thev might surely so ldr emulate tins great es&m-
ple, a-to let their! showers fall upon those portions
nromice mem.. . . .. ; i
: -., Sir, another objection to this system .is.iliat if ut
terly destroys the whole privilege of representative
TesponsiblitV. The Whole, enrcacy oi uim prim;.
rle. in 'relation to the ihsbiirse-tnent ot public mo
nev. consists m tins: wai-v mv w n,nuci ...
. -'f ... J..-. .-.! .1... n-lincb inAlioi
COUm UI OUr, Hie-VtlIU''.ll. I II 'J myuy; .. v.
:xpendv Is that the -case lit' tins Systeax ot Inter
Tinl fi.inrnvpmpnt?- .No. Sir: it is one of the mos
niihnppy, nay,; fatal attributes, J,liat the majority of
the meuiDers here, ty wnose nai uio revenue
.drawn from the minority of the conTniiuiity," ow
no responsibility to taut nnuoritv tut ) the iua!
' ioritv wiiich thev represent. Of v;Kat avail then is
States. Ind on which they might ' safely rely for
self defl nee, in the event of any collision. .
. One of these was, that -more lndn iduals woula
be employed under the authority, of the several
States, than under that.oftlte United States. '
Sir, whoever will examine the number of officers
in the Army and Navy , the cadets, the midshipmen,
the host of Registers and Receivers, and others eni
ployee in relation to the -public lands, the Diploma
tic Corns, with all its appendages, all the great Ex-
VcittiYfi officers including the President. Vice Pxes-
ierit, the heads pf Departments, heads of bureaux,
with their hundreds of clerks, the whole tribe of of
ficers engaged in the collection of the revenue, the
'Judges, ;..Attonieys," Marshals, and others, constitu
ting the Judicial Corps, the numerous mail contrac-
tors upon, some ;ou or mnes oi posi roau. uie
eigiit.inonsunu pusiurasiers, oesiues ouierSj uui in
ducible to any particular class, and many of whom
are'to be re-appomted every timr years, win find,
that there is not a countf, city, town, jvillage, or
even a hamlet; in the' tlnited . States, which the
Federal arm does not reach ; he will be led to doubt
whether, even in numbers, tnis Government does
not exceed those of the States ; but, if tp numbers
ie added the, uignjty of ofRce, the character of du:
ties to be performed,, and above; all, the very high
emoluzhents of Federal offices, compared . with
those ot the btates, he cannot tor" a moment doubt
but that, in point of official patrphagej that of this
(loyeniinetit is; mimensuraWy beyond that oi.tue
States, . . . .'I j ; .' - . ..; : . . - j . V .
'But, Sir, n ffficinl patronage, -the advantage
be how on the-Federal side, how much more is it
on that side iri point of pecuniary patronage, or the
disbursement j of money ? Follow me, Sir, I be
seech you, for a moment, while 1 make the,com
parisoa in this respect. I suppose that the annual
revenue of the eight largest States does not aver
age more, than half a million. each, and that of the
sixteen otheis; not more than an hundred thousand
dollars each ;j some I know may considerably ex
ceed it, but others fall greatly short; thus, for ex
ample, the revenue of Illiniosafevv years ago, did
t not exceed lb,0!j(); I exclude from this estimate,
to throw off his cloak ; by increasing efforts, he was
able to retain it but when the sun darted hk rays,
commencingwith genial warmth, and continuing
to pour upon him a gradually increasing heat, ne
was finally compelled to-yield to the gentle force
of the un what he did not yield to the greater vio
lence of the wind. Compare the condition of that
country at the Revolution in 1688, when tbe whole
National Debt was scarcely one million and a qu'ar-
ter oi nounas sterimjr. with its condition ai, auu
since, the close of the last great European war, with a
debt then of more than eleven -hundred niillkms,
and even now 6f eisht hundred and' forty millions
Look at the lofty independence of the Parliament of
the Lievolution, and the relation in which they now
stand to the crown; that relation I forbear to des
cribe, because it is matter of universal notoriety,
and is to. be lound in the animated speeches ol their
own orators.: And, tell me, what has produced the
humiliating change?- What has caused a par
liament, whose unconquerable spirit once "overaw
ed maksly itself,", now to be so tame, eo pliant, so
tractable, that a reform of Parliament has been, and
still "continues to be, called for by the nation, in a
voice which deafens the ears ot Parliament it sell
and makes the Administration tremble "througVal
the classes of venality." I The cause is to be foum
in influence: in "those streams of patronage whicl
issue from the' prolific sources of officej'and the dis
bucsement of countless millions, and which 'fcu. co
piously overrlo'w that kingdom, Sir, her own illus
trious Chatham said, that, entrench themselves as
they pleased .behind sucharcliment, the sword
would find its way to the vitals of the Constitution.
1 say that'jjaironflgehas founl its way to the vitals
of her Constitution. x '
We, too, are men, and caniot claim to be ex
empt, from the infirmities of humanity. The saine
causes, if permitted to operate, willx produce the
same effects here as there. Let jt be our part (the
best service which we can rendel to our couptry)
to. avert from her borders uch a calamity.
PMr. Chairman, our Government is an experiment
moved tcicomrmt the "
tioiw to amenditsoas ioc--. -
Department," to take charge : oi u.
ness proposed to be confided to the Attpr
ner General by thcMK, j After some far
thej debate, and before anyqucsUon was
taken, the bill was laid on the table, on
motion of Mr. Kin. 1 . n
House. Mr. McDufJie, from the Com
mittee of Waysand Cleans, to w!ucl had
been referred that part ot the President
3Iessage relating to the Bank of the Uni
ted States, presented a report upon the
subject; of which ten thousand copies,
were upon motion of Mr. Muhlcnburgli,
ordered to be printed. The House then,
on motion of Mr. Hemphill, went into .a
Committee of the Whole j on the BufTalo
and New Orleans road bill. -Mr.. Lea and
as "treaties, according to the . accepta- iur. luumeuDurgn, auaresscu
tion of this term by the laws of nations ; mittee in opposition to the measure ; and
because treaties, properly so called, can Mr. Norton, in its favpr. j After the con
only be formed between nations equally sideration of various amendments, which
sovereign. ; He replied to that part of the will be particularized in our full report of
argument' of Mr. Frelinghuysen which the debate on this interesting question, the
vidihg fof an exchange of lands with the
Indians residing in the States, and ma
king an appropriation for their removal
beyond the Mississippi ; and when he.had
concluded, Mr. McKinley, occupied the
floor,' in rcpl v, until the adjournment of
the Senate. He arirued that the State Of
Georgia, at the close of the revolutionary
var, stood in the same relation to' the In
dians as Great Britain did previous to the
Declaration of Independence;, that the
British GovernmenUnever recognized in
the Indians the right of sovereignty in the
soil, and consequently had never treated
with them as n sovereign and indepen
dent liatidn. He argued that the bargains
or contracts entered into with the diner
ent lndian tribes by Great Britain and
,tKe United States could not be considered
I to make complaint .ov oppression ,v lii mni com-n county ana town taxes ior purposes oi ponce ; ine
k plaint Xte regard:l, though it be uhered in a tone of aggregate then of the revenue of all the twenty
f i ilail&niMct imliirn:itiiin Sir: !)Pf:iiKf' tlit i four Stntps. is nhniit 'ffcTi .fiOO 01)0 Nn'w. Sir v
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I i members wlvo jnavfprh'ctit.. the oppreVsioii' owe know, that the average of the United States' re)
now in the progressoftrial, to solve this great polit
ical problem, vyhether it is possible to unite the li
berty and happiness of a republic with the strength
and energy of monarchy I -Should it fail, the
hopes of mankind will be lost, ind lost forever
went to prove the sovereignty, of the Indi
ans and the powerofthe General Govern
ment to treat with them as sovereign with-
in the limits of the State of Georgia, un
der that part of the Constitution which
gives the Federal Government the "power
of "regulating commerce v-ith foreign na
tions, among the different States, and with
the Indian tribes." If the General Go
vernment had the power to treat with the
Indians as sovereign within the limits of
the State of Georgia, (as' contended for
by jlr. r rehnghuysen) the Indians, being
Committee rose aud reported ' the bill for-
engrossment and a third reading.
tj the,ir accouhtabil'.jy to nve very . ; people who are
h?.nchUgu by inc. .oprosw,. anj i,vy.iio. cwisiiuiie.
the "majority. The; pro: poi-t of belief, then,- Sir,
rests. only dpon this hope: thatthe people thus beii
''ffitted -wnll .discard from their service their bene
factors, for the single reason, that, they are their
. benefactors;! ; Tlit y who live upon such . hope,
jniist, indeed; in the language of the udag, die of
. .despair. ' v -)',. ' ' '
i .''Let it not be said, 'sir, that tlte same objection
would He against the, fiction of. Stale legislation
, j "even if it did, I would say , that, because the peo-
pie of the. States must; submit to possible injustice,
. on a rnall scale, it cannot be right that,-therefore.
T v " this -dovemnient Will force
them to.suumit to if
upon a much larger scale, But thu argument is
1 ncie' is this striking i and
cases ; the
. wholly ' fallacious.
characteristic diiference between the
"General "Government,! where . it make donations
for this purpose to the States, or asiintlie bill now
- before us. constructs the road itlelf, .draws the
means from a fund belonging to Mllthe States, and
applies jit to the benefit of onefof' more, '.-without
even preieuui.ng io oner io vnti otiiers any eijui a
lent ; whilst; wpn the contrary, 'in- the case of a siiiT
, gle State whilst tlje minority, who contribute i
. tin iinproveriient, bCyv-hich they receive no benefit,
though they cannot eall the nieniberrepresenthig
.the majority tcu 'account, r "yet find their equivalent
, in this. TliatC wheneverrlhe'Sfate.do (what they
do not often undertake) "construct a road or canal
itpon pub lie account, they impose tolls, which are
equal to an ordinary profit uj)oiVthe sum expend-
' ed. and thus there is returned into Hie treasur
thro ugh 'the; dividend?, whais equ.-il to the mrer-
ycst ol the capital- -X he nmiorny .itre tiiusLStieni-
liiried; and though,:. . occasioiahy liiijpfovkleiit
w'hich biirto produce
m w hich they
schemes iniiy be eng;ured in. w'hich
this result, Jyet this ishe principle
if
z , i' Another objection t j this system is, tha,t it has
J it a i ii.: -.i : :uk: 1... ..... . .
a unect aim amiosi lrruMscuie leimenn lu j.ciei.-
nale Sipoh us a reveime; having no reference to
the ordinary demaiKi-upon the (lovernmeat but
one', --which; Avjilt Iways allbrd a large excess lor
the execution ofihese projects. ..
'ht StatpOF States, which' expected to der
; rive aid frcnmlie; Federal treaAiry towards the imV
: provemeni bf thc.tr terntorv, Avould ever he iojjud
' readyf6 reduce the taxes ? Would not the merit
: abh4itlert be, that thev woiild thereby defe-.it the
very, ineans by -wlnoi. audi by winea only,, their.
obiects could he eitected ? And would
w e not
' ; - therefore, as soon expect; that.u hungry man would
destroy the'e-nly. food j by Which .his hunger c,oulcl
ue sairsiuu, as.iuai-inese luies woicki couiruiuie,
by their votesj to dry up,, those fountains from
ivhich they expected cop'ioustreahis" to tlow, for
tjieir particular use .' ; Shall s we then, by a perse-
vprnnct' in this ffiiirsei .liold out a cinslaiit liiiitivf;-
vhjch .shall operate directly agninst anvrediic
tioiV of the: taxation of our people? -There are ai
' ready '-motives enough of this kind : I hope -and trust
that we shall do nothing, w hich w llftjulicr adtl to
their number, or increase their loi-eiv
MniChairrnan, strong as are the:tb i'ecfis which
I have already urgel. there aiV' olliers, yet stronger
arising trom the prubable. .! liad ulmost said, lue.v
itaUle efiects which tins systefn is calculated to pro-
diice.
From the' moment that the present Constitution
was formed, public opiuiori, was; divided between
two.onposite opinions "asto the practical operation
and tendency ofour conlplicfii-ed scheme of gov ern-
ment. 1 he great obiect had been. so. to distribute
nue, ior- maijy years, has not been less than $24,
U')(),00d; hen-, j thei), the advantage is more than
four to oue on the.sideof the United States. .y j
' "Another 'advantage which the writers in the
Federalist. supposed the States to possess was, that
the pWers delegated to the Federal Government,
w ere (6" end , dtfiried. . ; Those which remain in
the State (ioytrrninents ji ere numerous and inde
finite, rhepdwers : of tiie first, say they will be
exerc.isecfy principally on external objects,' as war,
pace,' jregoeiation and foreign commerce. Those
(the other, that is the States, extend to the lives,
Jibett'res and prdperty, of the people, and the inter-
Jinl order, hriprbreincni end prosperity, of the Slate.
I give "utmost the very "words, and in the last para
graph t give them verbatim. JNow, bir, it it, will
not be thou'rht1: a violation of iaw nromise. not
make a coustitutitil discussion, I will remark.
that the last paragraph quoted, if you w'ilFonlv o
mit the word ""orderi" assigns interoal improve
ments in a many words to the Sjafe authority-
but no more of that.' I quoted this extract, in sub
stajjee to shew r that one of the supposed advanta
jres ofthe jStates was, tluttiheir powers were nu
uicroirs and -jndefinilCjwhiUt those of the United
Stiiteswere ftw.and4i"fined. - !
.j-'I'-jVow"; Sir. t'rjwye the egregious error here, I
nop.l 6iiTV statthis singular fact, that whilst the'
avvk' of Yirfrliaf being emanations of powers nu-
merouri arul indelinite, areont'aiued in two ordina-
ry octarvo volaines, those of t!ie United States, hav
in-p6wers but few and defined, have swollen to
ven larger - volumes. The: same writer has fal
len iuto an aaiother error; he tells us, that the oper
ations; of the Federal Government will be most ex4
tensive an'd iniporfant in times of war and dansrer;
as far as -its legislative operations go, they are
more extensive in peace. The writer then mis
takes, w henhe sunnoses thatthe "advantage in this
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resn'ect. is on thfi 'side f ilm StntP- ' I ' :'
"AH these supposed adVtmtages, then, on vnrch
theStatfs were to rely for their own defence, are
not on mar side,; but against them. iow, Sir, if
to this yxm add; jthat upon the' system of internal
improtcftjjjnt, twelve iniUions jairnually are to be
disposed ol', by tllis Governinpntat its will, is there'
any ma li sanguine , enougir to Indulge even the
hope, much less the expectation, that the political
equilibrium between our . different governments
will be preserved ? . Is there any man "so blind as
not to see, that the scale of the States will be made"
to kick; thebeni by its comparative want of
weight? Sir, let us, "as' a subject of curious
speculation, trace the practical operation of this an
nual dam of twelve millious. to be distributed; in
tfrors,' amongst, the States., ' -.v I .".!
!'Inpri.vato.;hle Sir, it is a-proposition whicluno
man-, w'ip knows human nature, would even doubt,
that the. person having it in his power to confer an
important beueut, will control, nay rom?;in(,the
li ana me action oi one wno is desirous ot re-
,-e-l Should the States of this Unionever be brought to I 'sovereign, 'had certainly a riht to adopt
lose their lofty spirit of independence, and bow
down, in deferential homage, before the Federal
Government, as supplicants for iivors, our politi
cal fabric must fall, because the $Ulars which sup
ported it, will have, declined fron their perpendic
ular, and given way. We shall tlen learn, lrom fa
tal experience, that the" lever of a single Govern
ment, w hose fulcrum is here, ani whose length is
sulhcient to extend over this widi spread republic,
will bear with a pr
liberty beneath
and, like thefolden apples of the Hesperides
be taken from us, 'whensoever the "States, which
are pktced as the dragons togujpjl it, shall be lul
led to sleep, by the opiates which shall be poured
t from the Federal Treasury. To preserve its
spirit, requires as sleepless vigilance, as did the sa
cred fire of Vesta, which was committed to the
charge of the Vestal virgins ; the extinguishment of
that, only porlnidzd greit calamities; the extin
guishment of this, woull itself be the createst of
all calamities. I nat, we are
died from the ravs of the sun
j -jiover betw een the S t ate and Fedei a 1 authorities
,T WEMT V-FIRST CONGRESS.
whatever form of Government tliey might
think proper: anrl if they had a right to
adopt their own form of Governnent, they
might establish within the territorial lim
its of Georgia, or any other State, a Mon
archy.' But the Constitution of tfic Uiii
ted'States hail guaranteed to tach State,
ensure, so heaTy, as to criishour wiat jt previously had, a Republican form
MSKSi of Government; and it appeucd there-
lore an ansuruit' in jerms, to sippose mat
two such forms of Government; a Monar
chy and Republican, could exist in the
same territorial limits, at one and tfic same
time . ' . ' '
IIou
reports
told, might be rekin-' resolution for the appointment o( a stand-
there is nosuii to re- ing Committee on Printing was icsumed.
Air. icKlille, wr. Crocket, Mr. Taylor,
iVIr. Hall, 'Mr. Stcrrigerre, M"r. Tucker,
Mr. Williams, and Mr.'Mallary addressed
the House upon the subject until the close
of the hour. Mr. Drayton has possession
of the floor to-morrow. The House then
went into the consideration of private bills ;
upwards of twenty of which were passed
through a committee, and ordered to be en
grossed for a third reading.
. . SATURDAY, April 10.
Senate. Tbe bill to create the. office
of Surgeon General in the Naw was order
ed to be engrossed by a vote of thirty-six
fo six. . The several resolutions submitted
by Mr. Holmes, requiring information
from the Post Office Department, were,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. .
From the New York Commercial Advtrtiser.'
We have" received the Liverpool Ir
cury of the 24th Feb brought by anlirri
val at this port. . !
The meeting in London to consider the
agricultural and commercial distress s of
the country, was held on the 22d IYbru
arv. It was most numerously attended
the Lord Mayor in the chair. A .series-
oi spirited rcsoiuuons wre aciopica. -air.
Hunt moved a resolution, in addition,
which was unanmiously :irtoptcd, "uhich
stated thatthe distress was to be attributed
to tb.e long, bloody and extravagant war,
waged and carried on against the liberties
of the people of America rind France, du
ring the reign of George III. which war
was, it is true, sanctioned and abetted by
a very large majority of a self-elected
House of Commons; and these distresses
will never be relieved, untiPthtrc is a re al,
effectual and radical reform in the Com
mons House of Parliament.
lume .this, ifit should be once extinguished ; butt
longynightf darkness will overshadow, the knd.;
Icall upon you, then; as you love your country as
you value, the rights of self-government, as yovL
wish perpetuity to the Constitution, to make a pause;
a solemn pause, in this dangerous career. Sir, I
have done my duty the ' decision is with -you 7
may God grant that it may,be auspicious in its re?
suits.' ' : . ;" '' ;
CONGRESS.
.FIRST Sr.SSION.
wi
. ceiving it. Where is the diflerence in this res
pect, betw een individuals and States ? Are States
any .thing Lmore than large masses of individuals,
bringing together all their passions,ud infirmities ?
Sif. the only -. difference- is. (hat the command nf.
m.
r mat each snouiu oe note, uy its ow i nurmsic ener
gy,- to maintain itseii, uninipaireu wiunu u:s own
sphere, anq thus preserve the epiili!niuuv of theH
pohticalbalance. I he one party iwired, that, not
; .withstanding the strength in fused" into the newOo
; verniiient, which was partly Federal, aniKpartly
national, yet, titat the States which jf'oiMj'osed it.
; ' w ould,' in t he progress - of time, hecome an - over-
match for. it.and, by encroachmentspon its right
l'fit power, produce,' first w eakness, then anarchy,
" and finally, disunion. They reasoned from histo
ry, which,, as they supposed,' proved tlie weakness j
; 01 an iojiner conieaeracies, in every shape ; and
from what theyjeonsidefed the advantages which
the States would possess in any contest with 'the
; "Federal head. 4The-other party trok thex opposite
'.' -grouncJ; 'they-arguted, lhatf in the distribution of
powers,! that were great and formidable,' inclu
.' ding,: aiiiongst others; tlie great powers over the
j jnuse&hd the swerdjhad been given to the Fed
r; e?5i Government ; aud that, therefore, the danger
' .was, not of encroachment tm tiie part of the States,
upon the head, but of usurpation, on the part oftlje
l ' fccadrof the residuary powers reserved to the States
: Let us now, Sir, consult the oracle of experience,
ana see Jiow-its response settiestlns great question.
, Let not the Committeebe alarmed with an apprehen
sion, that I am sroiug to violate my. promise,- and
; 5v-5cilss the question as to the constitutional power
; 'this subject. , No, Sir; I have no such pur-
irv 'vy purpose w, .to show how, even the greal
Ld ?J,)Xher days were in error, as to the adv.anta-
struggle n.v ;L rA . j .
-fully this svs, a -w.now power
will ancVaction,. w here States are the subjects to
be acted on', is as much more, extensive and inju
rious in its effects, than' w here iudividuals are the
sahjects. as';thc whole' piipulation of the State ex
ceeds an inividual in number ;' the evil. is indefin
itely increased, but the principle is the same.
"I w ill suppose, then, Sir, that the period lias -3
arrived for' one . of those annual dispositions nf jv,
twelve nillions of dollars. Various States ?pre- .
sent their humble petitions; -but' according to the
principles' contended for, this Government has the
, WEDNESDAY, April 7.
Senate. Several resolutions connected
with the Post Office department, w hich
had been offered by Mr. Holmes, were or
dered to lie on the table ; tlie same order
was taken on several memorials; orders
were taken oiiiSomeljills and memorials;
the bill for the relief of the owners and
their legal represeiitativesof .the ship A1
legllany, Was reported without amendment;
and after thc transaction of a variety jof
other business. Mr. Frelinghuysen addres
sed the Senate for about two hours on the
bill for removing certain Indian tribes, j
HpustC j liills.were reported on sever
al subjects recommended to the consider
ation of Congress' in the President's Mcs-
sage; for the relief of Moses Threadwell;
and for makkig appropriations to pay cer
tain Cherokee claims. The Committee
th fur-
therconsideration of various private cJainis.
a Din conneciea wiin a memorial tue
Colonizatioif iSociety, &c. &c. was por
ted and committed tothecommitteei'the
wHofe on the state of the Union. fe?iver-
to de'iv"1' m ,ts progressive coursevviirop-
rainst
JT:
' Let us eranine . . - .' ; - '
AVkM.MbVL
e4V) be on the side of thfe
uu.piadifkd j)6wdjr; to make that disposition as it
pleases ; to give some morct to others less; to some
or to one the mliols amount, and to the ethers none
at all Hunk; you, sir. that the; States, which are
most firm :and" erect in the spirit ;of independence.
will be most likely to succeed? Or will it not be ra
ther -those whicli assumethe garb pf the greatest hu
mility; those which are most zealous in their alle-
iaiice f those in fine, which are: most decided in
their adhesion' to the powers that be ? Let me
put a stronger ;case. Suppose that there is some
niagnificient and.: favorite project to be carried,
and the votes of a particular State are necessary
to accomplish the object, and that State shall have
heen a little impracticable. Think you, Sir, tnat
the time may never come when Philip's gold w ill
be applied, and applied successfully too, by the
aouceur 01 a roac or. canal 1 Liex our knowledge ol
human nature, let the experience of other nations.
answer ine quesiicn. cir, mat man had read
deeply in the volume of human nature if I mis
take not, it was the man of Pella who said, that
ah ass, laden with gold, would find his way through
the! gates of the strongest fcity. Look "at the histo
ry of Kngland, and learn thence a lesson of practi
cal wisdom as to the influence of patronage; The
Stuarts struggled hard to govern England by pre
rogative ; but the sturdy Spirit of that nation would
not bow down before its power. 'No, Sir; instead
of wis, the result of the great conflict between pre
rogative and privilege was, that one ot that family
lost his head, and another his -crown. B ut what the
poiver of prerogative could not do, has been effec
ted by the still small voice of inffuence, of influence
derived from patronage. ' These historical facts are
an exemplification, in actual life, of the. insiructiv
moral to, be derived from the fable of the traveller
the wind, and the sun. The wind endeavored
with all its blustering force, to cause the traveller
In tho II huvp nf !rtmmntie
:se. Aftei -then sual presentation of Feb. Mr. It. Grant presented a petition
5, the consideration of Mr. Coulter s from 957 pcrsons of. thc jcwir; ' crjrUa.
sion, pmying for. thc removal of.the civil
disabilities" affecting them. These disa
bilities, it is said, affect 30,000 persons in.
the kingdom. After a debate of a very
liberal and tolerent character, the petition
was ordered to be printed, j
Sir Walter Scott has bepn severely ill,
but was recovering. j : -
The following scmi-o5icial paragraph,
respecting the future Governor of G reece,
appears in1 the Liverpool Courier of Feb.
24th: ' I . ; -
"As much contrariety of opinion as to
the future destiny of Greece continues to
prevail,' we think it propcrj to state, as a
fact within our own knowledge, that the
arrangements on that subject arc defini
tively completed .and ratified. The su
preme power is to be vested in the'hnnrla
after haviitg been amended, agreed to. of Prince Leopold, with the title, wc bc-
1 ne Din maKing auaitionai appropriation heve, of Sovereign Prince.'
tor the improvement ot certain harbors,
aim xne removal 01 ODsrructions at the
mouths of certain rivers, Scc; . tbe bill
changing the times of holding the Courts
of the United States for Ithe District of
Mississippi ; and, the bill for "extending
the tune for the commencement of the im
provement of the navigation of the Ten
nessee river, were severally read the third
time and passed.
House. The report of the Military
Committee, directini; the Secretary of
Spain and Mexico. A London paper
remarks, that intelligence has been recei
ved by- Government, of new preparations
in Spain for an invasion of Mexico; and
we understand thaf our Ambassador at
Madrid bas received instructions to pro
test against ucb a step. 'jT.he SpanUji
Government at present, deny tbat they
have any such object in view, and fctate
that they are merely sending troops to the
Havana, to protect Cuba ajrainst any at
tempt of the Mexicans, or, a revolt of the
War to report to the House a plan for tlie Colonists. Vessels have been engaged td
reduction of thin numliprof offirrrs nf tbl 1. ornr . .iJ . . & .
al appropriation bills were passedand
otlier business transacted. amoiyr tJiich
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2 -r
redtiction of the number of officers of the
United States' Army was discused until
the lapse of the hour. ; The House then
took up the consideration of private bills
wiicn those ordered to be engrossed on thc
preceeding day were read a third time and
take out 3000 troops to thq Havana; and
UUU to Manilla.
Arrest the Murderer., 1 becomes our
duty, for the first time, to record a murder
ot an aggravated nature. On Monday.
I rrl. ; - l f ,i I
1 ii.ii-ii:. in1 iiniii'i Ti7i 1 riv riinivi in nmnt
s a resolution passed, aiiowm-j rtUffe f t 1 ' 1 , , 7 V. 1 V ",v "min, a uispute arose letwccii
cktomake.to fhenousebefo?cd- ""Ptance, was that mtrluccd by Mr. ChajW AVilsoin of this ton, and Joh,t
' I Iioninson 01 Ueoroia. for thr br.itnr nr. i : 1:..: t-.. ,
nesciav next at 1 o,ciock, a wnttw or r .t fi- i , . . 1 ii; 111 x uisyivanta county. V a.
oial aVLaiment inlenlvtothechar-Tcnrc- Samzatl0 ict of Columbia. After some abusive lanfnia had n: s,rd
11 f 1
ferred by Mr. Lawless against him
THURSDAY, April
StSxATi:. The bill for regulatinjCSthe
duties- aufl fixinir the comnensaticrt. of
Pursers in1 the IV aw, was read the' iird
time and passed. Mr. Frelinghuyse'ijon-
tinued his speech 111 reply to 3lr.. WJiite
on the bill makingprovision for the jljmo-
Sf.xat.
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lanrruajrc nan n:iu
MONDAY, April 12. between them, Morris retreated to a neigh
Tbe following bills were pas- boring bouse, whither "NMIson pur.-aet3
sed by the Senate ; viz. the bill to estate him, and on his way picked up a stone
lish tlie office of Surgeon General in thc weighing from 4 to O noundi. and on rnm.
Navv. with tbe amendment, altering tlml in-r un with Mnrri. cittlnrr in U:Ja
- 0 ; o I ' w( t ,nuu U11U
component parts of tbe Navy ration ; the leaning against the house hurled tlie stone'
bill authorizing Capt. Daninl McDuff to at him, which struck Morris.on thc head
locate and enter a tract of land in Alaba- of whicli wound he lingered until Thurs-
rri inI ,K C- -.I l: ,J . : 1 1 I- 1 I -r-
(..1 , v wf .1 mT. . y. . uu me uiu iu .uiiuiiiiiiaiiiudims uui luurmii ium, una U1CU. IVCrv moil.
al of the lnd.ans beyond the Missi&pp,, t0 lands in t, District of j c afforJJ for , - S
anu occupied the noor until neartcw.o - 1I115(J. ill ;:::. mp nn Crh, u : . ws.' V" "V"V
C nnk: whnn th SpnntP .ndinurn.lf S A T A ' '. rr . . ? . I " " " ' " "f" " maae'
. ... - - - J" " "-s I-"1- I ine 1-omniittpe on thpJiidiri
bout tifteen mmutes were spent in tlicon- M,urt. i .1 1 -n r i- r u 1 "uwiu nayc
. i J? t- , " "Hrl without amendment, the bill for the relief been made to arrest him, he still elude
sideration, ot Executive business, .-fi nf Hnvrlv riUV.. f F.,lr,l I .1- r... r iV.j.- , t,Uf??
- v , o v. u.u.u uui- miv viiiu.19 vi ju!uv-viic 1 is aoout live
ranc, and the heirs of Wm. Emerson. feet e.ight inches high, thickset, dark hair.
The bill to reorffanize the establishment and rather dark comnlexion. IT;-,. !
of Attorney General, and erect into an I remarkable for having had his back broken
House. Mr. Davis, of South Carotnia,
presented, a report from.thc minorit-jTof
the Committee on the. Judiciary, iaMla-
rv, w- PeT V f eac"T" 0,tme Rxecutive Departn.ent, was taken up. ori whcn.young, and it, "Yormiri.a nprricaion
9,;- r ' T J' ha n,btio" of Mr. Rowan, and an interesting so large tlmt no drt 6S can conccalif Tin
resolution that sumeient CToundswprp 1 . 1 ,1 . 0 . . . s.. . -""ccai 11. siu
siiewn, uy ine testimony adduced
impeachment prayed for by the
..rr.iiau.wWu. x ,ic(tpaiiu 5v Mr Kovvan . , e colirse nf the dp- nnrt'.mlnrlvllmco
and resolution were read, and ordered to ...j u ., , S : : V"v. ,,Tu",MMneno-
u l: .u ui 1 . , 1 mm aner uie uianns nau uccn inieu, UOUDI Will leave the Unitrd Stntoo no
be laid upon the table and to be prui ted. r. rh.j,,, . 1 1- ,i1a t-n , ... . . c wuuca .states as soon
rT.i - 1 , ' i orsyth moved to amend the bill by as possible, beinr so f-acilv aki u
1 he remainder of the day was occupied hrnrr n 1.0 cJa 1 1 . i , ? pescriDcd that
.1 e inserting a proviso, which he prelaced he cannot fail beinir tilt n ic
in tlie consideration of various bUlsripon 4;,!, Jmo i . ' t.ot thn Att Demg taken U he remains.
teJrtCd'' Gt& . Maton Gazette
c F1?liPAY;Apfi!9- in office, engage in any private pratice in A man was recently convicted of polrramr in
oenate. 3Ir; Frehnghuysen contmu- the Courts of th United States, or of th HamUtnn ,rx.. . , 3 6 7 m
ed hissDeeehinonnnsition tnthpb HrirnJStnt AT, t, " vvmo ?m' ana wntenrd to
j. X X ' .Aw ' .vww- AJLVILUV, CViUt lLUtXlIXS.
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1 six months unprisonment in the penetentiarj'.
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