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58 THE NORTH CAROLINA SPECTATOR AND WESTERN ADVERTISER. -- r , , . f A l 1 1 1 14 it ! to lend the public, revenue, either to indi viduals V corporations, or States, with out reference ; to the objects to which ' it shall be applied.' But,, whatever may . I'-, be the power of Congress on this subject.- it appears to the committee to be expedi-l CHt; in every view of the question, that - the Government should be converted into j a grat money fender. There is no spe- xies1 ofAra.de in which it would be wise 'for the Government to embark ; but of all ' :'. the variety of pursuits known to individ ual enterprise, that of lending money by ' the Government to the citizens of. the - ' , country, would be fraught with the most pernicious consequences. In the first nlace. it is a business VtO which in the very nature of thWgs, no Gov ernment is adapted, and j least of all, a po pular Government. There is no employ-- r ment of 'camtal that reanires a more V vigilant and skilful supintendanceA Nothing but the ever active motive of in dividual interest can' supply the watetiful- . ness necessary1 to secure a banking insti- tuion against the grossest frauds and im- These evils. which would be so highly I erett, Mallary, Drayton, and Denny, oni propablein ume oi . peace, would he al- the latter. . : most certain in time of war. The temp- MONDAY, May 10. tation to supply the Federal Treasury "by The Senate spent nearly the whqle day tne easy process oi iraim issues, ratner in ineconsiaerationol .Executive Dullness. POLITICAL. From the Washington Telegraph. MR. SPEIGHT'S LETTER, TO THE EDITOR OF THE Ttt-Evj ItAru. Sir: I'haive read in vourDater the let- than resort to the unpopular I process of The rumor out of doors is, that the nom- er Qf mY colleague, Mr. Robert Potter J . 1 j. I I J I r - j- I t.. C A Tr i ii . i -r1 -V. I - - m I internal laauuu, wuuiu ue ioo iacinauiig mauuuui Amos xvenaail 10 De x ounii -iiu- was presented. By some it was supposed that the Tote refusing to consider the bill in question, as well as the report of the Committee on Manufacturers made at an early part of the session, and the subse quent bill reported by the same commit tee,, were all members of a concerted policy, the principal object of which was to defeat negotiations, known to be pend- I. i. inn irirn rno itrinan i invpni ii l iiv iviiirii nuau, iu us iavai omceroi tne pun yi lution of the Legislature of North uaroli- -- u ir . ' NewYork was rejected. , na, was treated by the present Congress. expected that we should regain In the House nT?PnrPsenrative3 some tt ' u St,to the West India trade, so unwisely lost onmmpntinir nn the remark of the to be resisted. "We should , thus ; experi- ditor, was confirmed by the casting vote Charleston Mercury, and the Raleigh Star, ence, what every nation has experienced in of the Vice President, while that of M. 31. relative to the manner in which the reso- IllVC circuinai-auca, mc ,iuiuuuiU evils yi a mere paper currency, having no relation to lanv standard of intrinsic lvalue. In i i 1 . i lie iitia luiiiLiacu uic nuiua iv uvuvv. . . . . these views the committee are fully sustain- resolutions ad verse to the renewal of the nnH,V,7WStnt nnd mnrlnHpawithsav-bY' Jlr- Adams,1 lliat in esc measures by the opinion of Mr. Lowndes, express- charter of the United States Bank, 'were ! to haTe en under the ne- were calculated to produce that result no ed sin 1819. These are his words : "That laid on the table by Mr. Potter.- Tjieill cessity of makin this communication one can doubt; and, when I leave my col- the; j destruction of the Onited States reported by the committee on Manufac bm j ould nQt acquie9Ce in the erroneous ague to the enjoyment of the newspaper Bank would; be followed by the establish- tures, was taken up for discussion, i when statements alluded to above from whic?i laure" achieved in such a. cause, I cheer- ment of paper money, he firmly believed : Mr. Buries spoke at ereat length in suth ; ia ecm tut TArt, f-omlln, l, foully submit to his constituents and to Vx im n-K- 'r I nm-.t- I I Tl. I I .Til 111 T Y n If 1 1 H F I I vn.no a lkuiliiii m rf nit ne LUi-iii. aiiuu&LMiv, iiu kiicw. ii was uuri in uie Dili. hp. was rn owea.DY iur. 1 .An..mAi v.. . i uiiuciuucuucuuuuuiciwiaucu.uwuivui v i a . i j I uccii utmcu nnu Luuiuuicir ucic uui uuii . an extremity from which the House would J Bouldin, of Virginia, on the other side.' recoil, it now proposed ; but if jthe resolu- . TUESDAY, May 11. on the table were passed, it would very The Senate, resolved itself into a-Hi'eh socjn be proposed. The subject was too Court of Impeachment, when Judge Peck, large for an incidental discussion. Gen-1 through his Council, requested to i be . al- ntVfr) till tVlO OtfV. --. wwarinra 'nrA 3er miffht be limited, and deDreciation I an answer to th hnrrps mnilp naninKt - Q 7--- O . . I O - , . ' . i . I w" K " i,- - pusiuuus. xu peuumarjr iiiiusacuuus, icw i pgucu, uy ;iiit; raie i liueresi wuicn mm, ana to collect nis witnesses ; ajia, ai men are to ne touna wno win serve otners. snoui De exaciea. lnaaeauaie everv ter some debate in cases involving the exercise of discre- wherethe security was particularly inef- to the 25th. nonary power, wun me same naemy mat cuiuai m ine j uuueu oiaies. i 7 ( x ne nousc ot iiepresentatives t0O& up they would serve themselves ; and, when put the inevitable tendency of a Gov-j the bill to amendthe Navigation; Laws, we consider the strong motives, both of ernmentank! to involve the country in a when Mrr Strong" addressed thiel House private friendship and political attach- paper system, is not, in the opinion of through the" allotted hour -The j Tariff ment, which would operate on the direct ! the committee, the greatest objection to it. regulation bill was again discussed Mr. ors of a Gqverhment bank, to bestowxitsj The powerful, and, in the hands of a bad M'DufBe replied, when his amendment snouid De believed in that it could be done I willing that , it North . Carolina, icith impunity," 1 . Here follows the extract from the Journal of the House of Rrepresentotives, as quoted by Mr Potter, which was laid before oar readers last week f Such is Mr. Potter's statement. The 1 r 1 i i .1 . . 1 :i 11 w u rM inuT ;iriv in I ill- hii ill i I : Ai . the Uourtwasadiourned r"" w . ' " V" speaiung me ..: my respected colleague, Mr. Conner, in- ents, it was my duty . 1 1 nil iiippfi a rpsniminn incinirnnir irw rinn. i i i :i i i j l respective conduct on questions so deeply effecting'their interests, and the populari ty of an ' administration which we both profess to support. 1 will not stop to dis cuss whether the resolution from the Le gislature of North Corolina should be considered as a remonstrance or a memo rial. Emanatinff from that bod v. and o , 4 ' sentiments of mv constitu te consider it, as they iavors witiiour-impartiality or prudence, aammisxrauon, tne lrresisiaoie and cor rupting influence which it would exercise it requires but little sagacity to . foresee ! . that enormous' losses would be annually yuned by the insolvency of tne Govern ment aeutors. . i All Governments have found it expedi over the elections 01 the country, consti- tutps an objection more imposing than all others united. No matter bv what means am administration misht set into power. ent to place the; public I Treasury under with such a tremendous engine in teir uiq "uiuuiuiisuiu 01 a mint anu connaen- nanus, 11 wouio oe almost impossiole to rial officer, aided, in the enforcement of 'displace them without sonic" miraculous merit of Mr. M'Duffie was renewed, and the question taken on the .various; items conviction separately, when they were severaHy neg- eonsiderpd. n. re mittee on Ways aud Means to report a m0nstrance 'against an oppressive and un- bill reducing the duty on salt, which the just tax, and so it was considered by oth House refused to consider. Shortly after- ers; j rcgret that " die debate upon the ' wards the resolution from the Legislature presentation was. not fully reported. But of North Carolina, quoted by Mr. Potter, we have enough in what is reported, to was received. This resolution instructs RWe tW ntl,prrnnfiJdprdtliP nn1ntimi Mr. Buchanan then moved to amend the the ben&tors andrequesUtheRepresenta- itself, and proceed thereon, in the same bill by striking out all after the enacting tlves l? use utmst endeavors to pro- iight that j did. air. p. p. Barbour, of words, and inserting a substitute which cure the repeal of the salt tax. It is true Virginia, in his usual and energetic stvlc; he ofTered. The amendment wasigreed d.ld not address itself to Congress, warncd the House to consider wclfthc to. There were other amendmentiadop- but a9,u usu 11 wa,s intended, by those naturc of thc resolution. It was not, he ted ; and the committee then rose Biid re- "fur' US Vtt lnrs5ucll0n8 said, from an individual, but from a sov- 1 .1 1 -ii 11 m. 1 I to he laid before nr.h House of l;nnrrrps I r. . ported me Din as amended, l lie amend- " : " . was negatived by a vote of 112 to"! 62.- a rigid responsibility, by a system of interposition of Providence. Nchecks arid counterchecks j operating upon Deeply impressed with the an tne suooruinate omcers concerned in mat tne weaK point ot a tree Government atived. with the exc.ention of the tpetion collecting and disbursing the public reveh- j is the absorbing tendency of Executive imposing a duty on salt, which was car uc. ' ftucn is our ownsystem. iE lo dig- patronage; and sincerely believing that ned by a vote of 105 to 83: cretion is vested m the chief officer of the the; proposed bank would invest that WEDNESDAY. Mav 12. 1 reasury, much less in those that are sub- bratnch of the Government with a weight of Much of the time of the Senate was oc- ordinate, in tne appropriatip dollar of the public money. can be drawn from the patronage, the committee ;haye felt that for improving harbors arid directing sur- they were imperiously called upon, by the yeys ; which was finally ordered to be en msnest consiaerations 01 piiDiic autv, to crossed and read a third tune. express the views they have presented, ' The House was encased on the bill re the public revenue, but the public . credit, with a frankness of freedom demanded by ported by the Committee on . Manufac at the disposal of some-hundreds of bank the OCCasionJ . It is. at the Same time, due I turps . TVfr. rJnrVmm wifhdrew Viia mntinn directors in various ftarts of the Union, is to their own feelings, that tlitey should une- to re-consider the second section of: Mr. a very grave question for the considera- quirocally state their conviction, that the M'Duffie's amendment, relative tolhi to be considered as a remontrance against the unjust and oppressive tax upon salt. Such it was considered by the Delegation from N. Carolina, who held a meeting for the purpose, and after consultation, agreed that it should be presented by Mr. consequence of appropriations made by Jaw," How fur these wise and provident safeguards, and this constitutional barrier, "would be postrated by placing not : only n ot a single moneyed influence more dangerous in its cupied on the bill making qppropriations ... "No money character, and more powerful m its oper-rfor building light houses light boats;. bea- Treasury but in I ation, than the entire mass of its present cons, and monuments. Dlacihffbuovs. and t in ,.1.;! -j.vi J . .' . . '... .P - tion of the House; suggestion of the Chief Magistrate, which I Our own experience has demonstrated they have thus freely examined, proceed the great danger of haying large masses of ing from motives, of the most disinterested patriotism, and was exclusively designed the communityindebted to the government 11 was a deep conviction 01 tins dancer that induced Congress to, abolish; the sys tern of credit sales in the disposition of the public lands. Congress has been . com pelled to yield to the pressing lmportum- to promote the welfare of th country. This is not the mere formal ariM heartless fhomage, sometimes offered up tt6 official the du ties on irori, hemp, &c. ;, andMr Xod dridge then moved to re-consider the vote by which the amendment reducing the du ties on salt was agreed to. After? much discussion, ,the question to re-consider was carried in the affirmative, by ayote of 102 to 97. The question was then again these lands, by cheerfully rendered, to the axaltcd charac CONGRESS TWENTY-FIRST C05GRESS.. I VEDNESDAY,May 5. After the lapse of, the rooriiing hour, which was again occupied by Mr. Wayne, in favor of the bill to amend the Naviga tion Laws of the United" States, without Coming to a conclusion, the House again resdived itsejf into .Committee of the whole ties ofthe purchasers of granting them not only repeated indul- ter of the distinguished gencjeSj but by remitting some millions of wliQm it is bestowed. thedebt.- . AV hat; then, would be the sit uation of the Goyerpriierit, with a debt of fifty millions diffused throughout the cpun try, and due to it from the most active, enterprising, and' innuential classes of the community X Nothing that has not hap pened can be more certain, than that ev ery, unfavorable vicissitude in trade, every period of commercial distress and embar rassment, would give rise to importunate - and clamorous, calls for indulgence, and lor an iniurious extension ot discounts, which 110 administration . would have the firmness to resist. Every one who had wit nessed the urgency & unanimity with which 1 the' representatives Of the states indebted for pubhc lartds have, pressed the claims of 7 their citizens5 for indulgence and remis sion, must be" satisfied that, if the citizens of of all the States should; lecome indebted much more largely for bank loans, the Government-..wbiijd have scarcely any fa culty of resistance, when appeals for in dulgenc should come from all quarters of the Union, sustained by the stong plea of public distress and ernbarrassment. j r , ' The policy, of extending indulgence to the public debtors, and of granting more " liberal loans to the community, would, in the natural course of. things, become the tarvonte theme 01 those who aspired to individual on ! station, either from courtesy or interest, put on. the airiendment, which Mr. M'- but a tribute which is eminently, due, and Duffie previously, modified, so as to make the first reduction take place m Septem ber, 1831, and decided on the negative, Ayes98Noes 102. v f ' 5 . ! ' - ' ' The last Washington papers state that if is final ly settled that Congress adjourn on the 31sjt Inst. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. .4..FIRST SESSION. Post Routes. A Report has been re cently made in the House of Representa tives, by the Coinmittee on Post Offices and Post Roads, embodying a subireport from the Postmaster General. Trom this reign Stale. Here follows a note, in which a report of the debate is copied at considerably length. 3 My coleague set-out by protesting that he has no desire to disturb the newspaper laurels of others. For myself I make no 1 Conner, underahopethatan opportuni- protestations.- Conceiving that thc re ty would thereby be given for the discus- mpnstrance of my State had been treated sion of the question. Mr. Potter should wth contumelious disrespect, I exercised Ar that the merits of a proposition can- the privilege of a representative to dis not be discussed upon motion to commit, fidelity my duty to my con- He saysthat l voted to lay it on the table, ?Wuents, and. I candidly confess that I ahd it was so disposed of upon the motion Pll?c? to hlSa estimation on tjieir good of Mr M'Duffie, who stated that the 0Pnon,' and know too well thc influence Committee of Ways and Means, of which de press,- to be indifferent to its appro he was chairman,' and to which it was tion. Tins statement of facts is due proposed to refer the resolution; had al- editor whose favorable notice of ready determined to report a bill in accor- m7 remarks as drawn forth the corn dance with it. ! ' ment of my colleague, who seems to have As l have said the merits of the propo- sVPPsea that the resolution from thc Lc sition could not be discussed on motion Pslature of North Carolina, was finally to refer, I was in favour of its reference dlsPd of when it was laid on the table , to the Committee of Ways and Means, the suggestion of Mr. M'Duffie, where because I expected from that Committee f3 1 considered the subject revived at thn a report responding ; to. the wishes of introduction of Mr. M'Duffie's bill, and, mv constituents; and I acquisced in the consequently, that Ac manner in which proposition of Mr. McDuffie, because it lfaatbiU was voted down, was an indigni- nrromnnniftd hv an asfsuranci that hi-, tj. offered to my State. I have no desiro as chairman of the Committee on Ways to cara neitspaper laurels" by a newspa- and Means, would "report a bill in accor- Per controversy, with a colleague would dance with the resolution," under the ex- much prefer an honorable competition pectation that when that bill came up for 1? a fahti discharge of my public duty, consideration, the measure would be fully Eipenencc teaches me that a represcnta- discussed. In this point of view, to lay tive of the people may find full cmploy the resolution on the table was equivalent m the discharge of his official duties ; to a reference to the Committee on Ways an? 1 can onlj express my regret that Mr. and Means: because We hnd nn nsKiirnnre Potter, before he took upon himself the that that Committee had the subfect un- task of censor of the press, had not cna- popular favor. Political parties would 'come to be divided upon the I question of ' observing 'towards the public debtors - strict banking policy, indispensable to the maintenance of specie payments, on the one hand, or. a. .liberal! tiovernment pol- icy, necessarily . involving a suspension . v .of specie payments,, on the other. And when it is considered that the whole class of debtors, alwaysxthe most numerous and i v active portion nf tiieriniuity, would be naturally in favor of ibc.feasinff bank is- sues, and extehing bank indulgences it . can scarcely be doubted that specie pav ments woujd be suspene( in the first great pecuniary exigency j .graving out ot em- barrasments m bur coininerce, or deficien cies in our revenue. IfU . j The liovernment, inereiore, which is undar the most sacred obligations to con strain: all the banks tounamtain specie pavinents, witlt-a view to ;the uniformity k and SOUnuilcsa jl uig uiicuuy, vuuiu, D its own, example, perpetuate the great na tional evil of fluctuating and deprecia ting circulating medium. der consideration and would report "a bill in conformity with it. In conformity with his promise, Mr. M'Duffie did report a bill-whirh hill the i mnioritv refncp1 f r on (he state of the Union, and took up the document, it appears there are numerous consider, and in doing so, treated the res bill to amend the act in atleration of the additional accommodations loudly ? called ohitinn from North Carolina with rnn. various acts imposing unties oni imports ; au uiuuugsi mciu, mc iuuuwwv are tumelv and disrespect; for the proceed- W11UI1 iir. .VraWIOru, COllClUaea ill iaVOr or icuuiumcuucu m nuiurvwuiiua -: 1 , ,nra rn tho rocn ntmn horl ir,:: J the bill. Mr Barnwell succeeded in op position to the bill. He was followed bv Mr.f trorham. Mr. l oung had j obtained the floor when the committee rose. : I j FRIDAY, May 7. J! ' - . - . . . . ' i SfviTP: - The. ronsiHprnhnn hf h hill nectmg the Houtliern for the relief of theRevolutionafr Officers "X ZST .hh,hisiU.,U andLsoldiersot the Virginia otatei line, was gion, between Salem, Statesville, Morganton, and Rutherfordton in North Carolina, and Greenville, in tsouth Carolina. . IKal.- Keeister.l A regular and frequent stage communication from Lexington, in Kentucky, and from' Knoxtflle, in Tennessee, unitingiat Newport,' in Tenhest:, and continumg to Ashvule, in INorth CaroliDa-; thence branching to the Beats of Government of the States of North Carolina and South Carolina, thus con necting me Bouinera ana v esxern otaies dv an . V . .AS... mgs on . the resolution had identified it with the bill, and a refusal to consider the bill, was a refusal to consider the resolu tion. Mr. Potter himself says the bill was voted down without debate, and adds, bled me to give him, personally, the view here representedt which I- am bound to believe would have prevented the publica tion of his attack, or this reply. Respectfully, J. SPEIGHT. MR. POTTER'S REPLY, r TO THE EDITOR OP TOE TELEGRAPn House of Representative, Slay 5, 1830. Sir: A word or two in reply to,the let ter' of Mr. JoSse Speight, published in your paper yesterday, and 1 hope to hear no ordered to a third reading. The bill to graduate the price of the public lands, passed its third reading 'by a vote ot Ti4 tto Z'Z and was sent to : the House of Representatives.' ! i ouse. . After the expenditure of the -1 T 1 ,1 1 .'11 mornmir hour in the discussion ot the bill to amend the Navigation The Salem Gazette after mentioning ! the arrest of several persons , suspected of the murder of Mr. White, says : i We dp not eel at liberty, while the case Laws, which is before a jury, to detail the circumstan- "but therein North Carolina received nol more upon the subject. indignity which-was not common to the It had been stated, in a speech publi&h- whole South." Indeed!! Why was the cd by Mr. Speight, that this House refu- bill voted down 1 Was it not voted down ed to hear a remonstrance from thc Le- expressly for the purpose of preventing de- gislature of North Carolina, against the bate? Expressly for declaring in the duty on salt, and had indignarftly laid it most emphatic manner that the majority on the table; and the Raliegh Star, upon would not hear our complaints. But, the faith of this speech, had asserted that says Mr. Potterthis iridicmity was com- a memorial from the Legislature of North mon to the whole South!! And are we Carolina, on. the subject of the "salt tax, to be' told by the representative from had, by tliis House, been laid aside, un- JNorth Carolina that we must submit to noticed and unread. Such a oroceedinw. was. again occupied by Mr, Wayne, who ces which led to the arrest of these iindi- insult that we must bear patiently, and if t had occured,. would have been an in- concluded with the hour Mr. Strong ha- vidualsThey are such as will lead to without complaint, an odious, oppressive, digm ving obtained the floor, some resolutions were acted on. , r 1 A resolution offered on the 3d instant, by Mr. Carson calling for information oh the subject of the accounts, of miles King of Norfolk, having been taken 1 up, Mr. Whittlesey moved an amendment, enlarg ing the sphere of the inquiry On jthe sub ject of Purser Timberlake's accounts, but the hour having expired, no discussion tooli place, a motion to lay the Resolution and; amendment on the table being nega tived by, a vote of 149 to 8. j ; j SATURDAY, May 8. .. .Senate. The bill for the relief of the ity indeed, to North Carolina. -which the finding of a bill of indictment Against and unnecessary tax because it is common other persons here, besides Mr. Speight. them, and ought not to come j before the to the whole South !! ! Such may be the would not haTe failed , to notice; and it public in such a form as to diminish at all opinions of Mr. Potter and his constitu- was to acquit them of the neglect and ti the chance of the prisoners for ja fair trial.- ents, but believing that my constituents midity, of having 'silently submitted to The Boston Patriot says A tentle- entertain a different set of opinions, and sach a proceeding, that I sent you the man from Salem, reported last , evening, believing it 'to be my duty to represent communication'of the 27th ult. Thean that the Grand Jury at Ipswich, had found tnem faithfully, I availed myself of the wer of MrSpeight substanciates all the a bill against Richard Crowninshild as opponumty aiterwaros presented upon La set lortn in the communication, I mscussion 01 tne resolution presented Dy nave no interesi in noucing ine argument Mr. Anderson, of Maine, to deliver the by which he attempts to prore that these ivuiuino "iiivu uaic iiuiitsum iiic I "w-o nuiauicu wo iMCUiCUl UCTCtOlOrC tor the comments of my colleague. Those J made by him. principal, in the murder of Mr. White, and against the other Crowninshield,' Sel man an oVQJhase, as. accessaries. Hatch, it is said, was. the principal evidence, - remarks were in my opinion, warrented An atrocious deed was committed about bv the occasion. The House had. in the 8 o'cl6ck last evening, . in this city. A first place, laid the resolution of, the Le- Respectfully your ob't sev't ROBERT POTTER. revolutionary officers and soldiers of the Mrs. Hay ward, in the neighboorho'rd of gislature of North Carolina on'the table, Philadelphia, May 3. The jaryonSa rnia State Line, wasreadathird time the Henrico Court House, suspecting a with an understanding, on my part, that turday, without leaving their box found and (passed. ; " servant girl of about 14 years of age of the subject would be - brought up in the Wilson, the Mail Robber cm tt' on all iiicic as uu uumucbs ui juuciiy; uu ujcu, wacu ucr wnniLanaoiie wonjonnff- dih irom the Uommittee ot V culprit is in jail. Rich. Va. W"hig. ed it, when the first appropriate occasion' will astonish our citizens. avs and I me counts ot the ind Mm.n nrrnt1RA Saturday oeiore the nouse oi rtepresenx- ing on anotner, seized a butcher's Knite, Means. AVhen thatlill was voted down, his sentence must be death. We undcr atives. The Navigation bill, and the bill and stabbed her to the heart. - The girl before any part of it could be discussed. 1 1 stand that he- ha TnfeJ . -; tr repuppu ujr iixc uuinuiiiicc uu xauuia.- fuiiucu awui uwe minutes, presenting a i considered mat vote as a reiusai to near I oit, iveeside,the mail contractor, to whom tures,' were Severally discussed, Ir. Strong dreadful spectacle to the beholder;' f The the voice pfNorth Carolina, and so treat- be promises to make some disclosures that JT ' . lanon o NewC '.willo 'V Mi "f' Aud '"if in; ; coi ( nt th I1 ri t! c c J S i - .v 1 1 tlP i 1 vr Ml 4-