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fJERMS. r L :
Mk mayliereaner bet had, to
who .will
payment,
' i .Afl cimn rlaiSS fthal
.l "ltetL shall
the. sum of
continue,
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dfilie,riU
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eJ ilirce JDtffcrpjin all cases.
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rtd for less than
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bnt at, the op-
? ifciLJ.tiir'tHe E-litor roast be noai
V(TAw.3:Ct 'kill.dertai'tilv nfi-be at-
Htl'-f'- r'i l -1 -- fi ( v
tteai wteTe; tru directions
lor eiicn ptjua e,
tb jfbiwhever?
U:CADE31Y.
4. SUSAN D. YE HUTCHISON,
'Jii'iVfi removed froni Raleigh Jo Saltsbu-
lr will open her School at he Aeadeuiy ou
4mS OfADMISiSIQiy qs WoUotPs:
Geography,
r-ualnar &- Composition;
fir Session (ni nve raonuis
110 00
Uuouneoiiuno, .
50
SECOND CLASS.
"i"'vj "
kPlDsfOeuly.Uorriit's Geography of the
t,3Jli$K) 4n,i1t Modem. Mythology,
I J E&meMff tJritiein, Hedge's Ligic,
.ieyiwBuu.eroi8irj-ana-aiuraiirii!io-.
Wjld viencs tif-Christianity ,and Stjuart's
5
M
4
Per Session -
$15 00
S ii 50
-1 tf)Contiriii:eni fond
mmlm' pf coarse.
kbiieffM. ?do. .'
A atntiiKr-urater
!$5 0 0
I $5 00!
a-
-water
4
. 00
10 'CO'
trchi. oer '
:. ranrii)tl4 i tier iai . 1
$5 00
Tuit-riimentii this Schawl , will be strict! T
it
erDtliMU II Will OB COHUUCIWM UM iyc
iuU hid d'lirnun Mrs, Hiiichis-M View ht'
3aW Eiiicjutt, alfeady before the public
i( nfedocbon ;tnott r practi s ed "by t tte
t
!
JHieitelyjiserut .'Schdtn our Country,
.ird eeft tisfi.4 proiuoUt J the
ttiitUiebbOjU wh4her in a moral, pejr-
-1
,1
ywbenul p4ibft W view. -1'- H ' t- I
'r?ii,Mj trialyat jaretrespectiully j re
st bdfMi tfiHtr Uaaahters anil wards wiui
I- j4ioiM4'"ai4 ' tti state! hat Church they
fclMrff$bl6;famrliea may be
N'iwp;elon!i:'V';' '; ;- 1
:ejli bjt ilbjjhi as swm''i con: pe tie tit
UK.Nl;Ko the late d-strucUve
fjl ewfTiwk: jLliurcBUl, &ooilimaFq
wte rerjiuVed;; to -ibeC spacious .building
Si pradfay betvieeri -Wall and Pine
MMpsi-e Triiatv C Hutch i for.ndrlT cca-
HoferuLife $irpo(d as a Furmiufe Ware
l-Vni in lb immediatp vicibitir of the
aiiora Hdiftl in Uruad street. &
&ke Hutel,! They will e prepared
?'4tprwijio8easop, tt offer their
yollibetal vprmo n iniirR new slock i of
W AP FANCY UltY GOODS ;
! I I WILLIAM G MOBLEJ
M N -C. 4an. 30 1836 628 V
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:arcyg: MMrary
UUE LITERiVTUIlEi I
"mN tills Wurk wna nruMit dMnineneimr.
H P'pneturt, th their Original Prol-
'itiiea, their I fafeihties i were very
f iMji'U4, pttblicaiido' ot the kind.
?ahcai::hae givien great satjs-,5f5-'
iffefof -Sir! Jltues Mackintosh,"
" Character-
Wihfltkfli'i llw Wiirl-il iK.t mt ika oa'ma
fal fitfcreiiilhJriinft ; fric1l.titfa - VAlMnrt
. 'I II 4
1'):
I-'-" . ! i I
pwwoariadtlitiesiwft hHmiiffd
'Iibr fiijiij-.i.....-..r 1.' r ii.. ..
'rVceiveIby C8 o fi month
?9r'AS yo4 her i dib lish e a This
. , T "!' autoufw those deieivedly pop-SMyl-JUtoe."
Utche-
eury Masteriori,"
v .'T r 't'v-f 1 Abe present wolk w
present wotk will
-
Iftiiila tiiin ii'l'li. ciuna is laid
u 1
Mlbli of those beautiful ce-
i ijkidenis which cuarauier
S.3 JVU,
t'S OFiHHNlii QITAR TRPj
s nit iv.
ur snu
wnai. wm-n ihev
commence
rkw r ,ujwiu aiijiiousij icji lor i
f lOIVfl "ll..i! i-'L i i i a ' - . I
4iS; -iH, 4 IfcL 1 il !
fc,! -y ''ties wtllnable ci to be;
feTT -vf i"e if w tmsvand 1
iUMildutbatt.V W: Kab-i
he
r r ial lavWhaVea. m
a f uicneu. l
4TP'?,f7 wtlicn tcWPo.j
-fc.i'.V7f? wouiiu unu iue dui- l
tWi'."FT c" rna oi in VSplK.
14 i ut a ri it m il l . l l a : - i . t
W OCT 1 i
BfP Wable in advUt
,1 rVAHEY & HAR-lVi
AlGUUKY.Aent,
rtuladeivhut.
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l?ffOFS
rr.
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artfrum thee$i uf MrPEKTicJ Leftbein be
read, or ; they are the buroinj thooahw whicb
noht but tlie ixiet's icoet sohi;ied faicy'could
coiieerf -in f.thew there b tfeiada iu its behest
fosjfiritioa 1 , I 1 H -
'
jTomMe uouuvtut Journal.
t nfireu n ucm trmes are swellipnr iis the kneli
0tlendytearii fhinil Irain4 -
1$ 8ttrpin2 Past- vet. On Von 8lram n(f jrvi
I 'in UHriancttufy. iignt, the rawnibeams rest
n:.i ' i . .r . -. r :
jSpr',wf"Ne Seasoos tt m u stand- '
Yoong sprrri,! bright suuiawr, VauiBmns solemn
AndViriier wfilh hitf agIksi breatne !
Iri mournful cadebe- a that aime ahr.Al ' . S
L.ikejth for wo hirps wild and ionching nailj
a. iucia(aojy,9irg-etrertne dead ear -Gone
rum ihelEirtfi fofe?er. 1 v H
fvi -ll"-wH! ' ' ITii a time
ForrnetaoryL and for tears- . Within the deep
Still himbeii 'f IHe heart a spectre dim, 1 1 '' t"
Wfh(el)rie8 ar ijk tbe wizard piceof Time
HearUn?m thehajb or Agea; r5ntst(S cold , -And
solemn finefkci the beantii'cl l !
And holy Tisiw.s ffcat have passed awayi a
And left no shadoof ofheir hv? hnefss,..:;
On ihe dead wa$tiJof lifev J'hit 6pectie lifts
j im ixiun-nu oi rppe, aoa joy, anq ljove, r
And, bending tn.uHi fully above jibe pate
Sweet forms tllaf slumber there, scatters deiif;
. , flowers , , j '4.; - y":.
O'er what has passed to nothingness. The year-
Has gone, and, wi i it, many a glorious throng -Of
happy dreamy. ljs mark is on each brow .
Its shadow in eahj!hearl. In its swift course.
It waved its scepjtrji o'er the beabtiful- '
And tliey!.are not jlt.Jaid its pajlid liand i
Upon the; strong ttKtn and the haughty form.
Is fallen, &ud the flashing eve is'dtrn. ;
It trod-the halt of Irel'elry, where! tlirdnged
The bright and jrui attd thej tearful wail
Of stricken ones is iieard where ers't the song
And reckless shoUtiesmnded; It passed o'er
The ba lie plain wlhere svvofd, iand siear, and
. shield, :p : , :
Flashed fn ihe lighpf raid-day -and the strength
Of 8 tried hoat$ihiverel, and the grass,
Green from ihe 8ou;ot earnage, waves above
rl'he crusted and mouldering skeleton;-It came
And faed like a Vreath of mist at eve.
Yet, ere it melted in he vierw ltfss air -h
heralei 4ts million o lbeir Ltme
In the diui iand of dHiiis. I i
''HfM ' ' ( I Jl Remorseless Thing
Fierce Spirit of th Glass and tcytne what
iVloer ''(!- if-vf. ;.. I
CanA jim in his silent course, or melt
Hi tr4hfart..to pti; ! Oa, still on.
Hh presses, an J lirferJ The pru;d bird,
The condor uf thejl Atid4& iat cao eoar
TbrougbjHeaveii'8 unfathomable depths, or
. : jfraVe.'-f'l j; r .
The fury oflhi nortberr hurricsne
And bathe'hiM plomaire in the thunder's home,
Furls hisjihroad was at iitgiitiail and sinks
--. .down . ; jj xl J 1 I " - '
To rest.&pin his mountain crag-r-bot Time
Kows not the weig it slep or, wearinen,
And nigtil'is d ep 4arkiies has n; chain to bind
Ijfs rUsiiitig pinion, j Uevulo lions sweep -O'er
EaflU, like troubled viM.ms o'er the breast
Of dieainirig-SurroWrT-Cities rise and sink.
Like bubjdes on the- water Fiery isles
Spring blazing frotk the Ocean, aud go back
1Vu tqelr mysterious arerns Mooutaiirs rear
Tof)eavenUheir baJdl .and biackt-ned cliffs, and
bow their till heads lb th plain New Empires
. v. -.riS.e j ! j i " j ' .
Gathering- the strength1, of hoary centuries;
And rush down like) the, Alpine avatariche,
Startling tlie natioqs-Aid the ry stars,
-Yon bngfitlarui burirgibl42(mry-'0 Gud,'- .
Glitter awhile in itjeir ejief nal depfh, j
And, like the Pleiad,; loveliest of 'heir train.
Shoot froittUheir glorious spheres and pass away
To darkle ih lhe traeleWsiviiid Yet Time,
Hme the Tomb-builder
holds his fierce career,
Uark, stem, all-panels
and pauses not.
Amid the mighty wrecks that strew his path.
To sit and muse, likejolher conquerors,
Upon the feaful ruip be h4s wrought
I5t 1 fludicial iiachment Le-
Emanuel Shober pied on a c'atai in the
V8,i
Hugh Welch
j I j '1 orrence, and ?nn
I moned him as Garnishee.
IT apnea ring- to the! satisfaction uf the Court,
I that the defendant js but an inhabitant of this
ttali It IQ lirrlAriVi lht hllK lAtin 1 Ka wvsAm
tor.six weeka rn the tarohua Watchman, nnni
ed in SalitUiurv, for the defendant to ' sooear at
ou' oexl P01 of PIa& and; Quarter Sessions, to
he held foi t-he county M Rvwan, at the Coon
House, in Salisbury, ou tJie third inohday in May
next, ana replevy anaipjead to isuevor Hie claim
in the" hands of the Garnishee will be condemned
aud appropriated to' the plamiifTs ifpoiand.
n f Copy I 11 OltN GILES, C Ik.
February: 27 6 w3-?-price $3 i i 1
BJiVWm COlWYr-FM Term. IS35
John Hyre & E&ther tTbooasoo.S -!
-- vs. ' (: I --'j'' Petition
lleira aVjLaw of F anpis AVil-f r tExparte.
hams, deceased! ? -'!;if;' -;
In this case it apnearibsr to the satisfaetion nf
Tt& nitdoighb SmJy boor and aijeace' now .-:V
Is browdingr J,feea gentle spirit or ' ' "
Tlii ani Jolseleftf" wwld-' ti&rk f'oQ; the
uer te court, that the deffndants, to wit, Theopbi
jnceJ lus Ytlliams; Aleiaridr , Williams, iThomas
.-.....: . r, 1 '...
wunams. uavia imams, imam ureg and
his wife Cupo,and George Waggoner and his
wuVAIIa41are ootinhabitknts;of this State : It is
thctefure ordered, tbatll publiikation be made for
fiMlf wkkM in the Carolina Watchman. tht
LaW aod bqutty, to be held for Davidson conn-
y.at tbe JGoort Hoose an ,exington,on the
nr.t mondav alter the tourtri in March next, then
tid there tu answer the piainiiffs petition,, or it
will be, heard ex parte its to them, and judgment
entered against them. K 1
; ' CHAS. MOCK cm.e.
February 27 4w32 bice 3 ! .
DEBATC . IN Tim tT. STATbsnVATE?
: Speech or Mr.YniTJ& ofi
'J
i ' Tennessee,
It?
0 Benton's resolutions relative to the
' "dUtribut ion of the ' Surplus - jkevehtte
Delivered in the Senate, on the llh iuU
tlTTZO, M
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4
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Mr.WHlTE'.addrcssed. the StinAte )s
follows: J. , ,jOtMi 'yu .ft
. '-Mr.' President: The first orihefiesoioi
tiona; eubmtttetl by .the ? honorable rSenator
from AI issoun is the on I y one w hid as yet.
has beoo tbeuMct ofiany .reroaikf. Ijln
its originial shape it was hot very JJefiolle
and since it has;been tnonihed, on the;; sug-gestioD;-of;
raykonagaerit is lesaljso. pt
now proposes, that sovach of the ijsurplbs
revenue, and the dividend a of stocJjteceif-
a'de from the Bank of the ITniterl Stit as
mm i he nm.esn.Tu fn-r.thf. rjirff.e.,JlilTiitt to
be set apart' and applied to the gentfalMi- I
fence and permanent secunt) of the , coujit-
try. -; . i. r. .
nThis pledge will bo jnde5mte, il fo
anil deceptive;' while we appear tojbUJe
largely, it may end in little or iitliHt .
W bd jis to tidj;B,how rnuHt is necejssarl'
CngreBs? !T6t body, then, will hate tl
poet to apply Bthe; filioIe, tm -.neatjy-ytfi
whole of this surptrjs tOK any Mother- bje:
leaving nothing, or very little, for thesie obi
jects. It cannot be saicf that xve pledge five
ihousaud, five millions or auy othersutn;
Ibrjhesa purposes, it appears to ,meif ; wj
give any pledge, it ought to beef miujthm
which we can understand ourselves' and
which the country can understand. j J i
The! debt contracted during the rcy;lu4l
tipnary, .war, during the last war, arid all
5.
olheridebts which the United States! had
contracted, . oave been patdoit; tneretore, it
lue permanent defene.e and geueratsccurityj
vtSHhe country require it, for one I will) led
it my duty to add to our annual a p propria-:
tions sucli , sums as may i bp' necessary to
complete," more rapidly Pur: fbrtificaipus,
which have ( been commenced; to repair
those which need repairs, and to butld f jrteii
ones at such important points on our fpast
as the public interest may require; to :j)ro,
cure ordinance ta arm them when builtjaud
if necessary, add something to our military
leace establishtnenl, so that we may Jljave
troops to take care ot those Jort luxations, St
arms, after they shall have been built and
. , i j. i i
prov tded. . ! f f
As to the Navy, I am willing to providef-r
hastening the repairing of our ships, bujii
log new uues,ami equiping all for sea,whieii
tiie interest of the country : may ; require.
These things I am ready to do, to any ; jra
sonable extent, upon the supposition Jtat
thtTe is 'no immediate prosfTect of the st-ite
of the country being changed from that pf
peac-e tt a state f war. If m the optilin
oi the Executive, thcrts is a. probability; M4t
our friendly relations with any oilier nattob
are Itkely; to be chucged, t hat piepraiio
must be made lota sute of War, so sooit a
1 can be saliaiiiid tiiis opinion is wuil loun-j
ded, I will go heart and hand with tlu
Chief Magistrate in inaKing all lh prepara
tions which money can maku,to meet, suc
cessfully, such a crisis. I w!J ; not fvt.1 boriufj
to slop with llv surplus reviuit ; I will Ibt
willing to apply ail we hav:, and to ratst
mote, to ptotect the honor, thu intercut, rind
independence of the country.
ljy the uons'.itution, VyOi!fcess clone nas
the power to declare war;"u5 as, the Exl'ci
iitive . carries on our correspondence wtr
foreign Governments, :t is eusy t see tha
the country may be raced in such a sttua
Hon that, consistently with its,' interests and
lis character, Congress can do nothing luj
ddclaro war. I have no befivl that this, is
our situation at present, and cherish the hope
il never will bo ' I !
I will use every means in my humblq
sphere, winch, consistently wjth our honor
and interest, can be used toatirt war,whtcN
I should'consider a gieal caiaintty: bt ifiinj
the judgment of the constituted authorities,'
it must come, let my individual opmum
be what it may; 1 wd go with my county, j
and ose all its energies agnns any envnij
whatever. i
ISut if our relations are to be rhabgpd
from peace to war, (which God forbid,)! 1
look to our constitutional leader, the Chief
Magtstrate, to communit ate such fv ts as
may be in his power, and la rrnmrncnd
such mmisnresas he may deen '."dx ped ni-oi.
This the nation has a right to expert, Cni
gress has a right to expect,and it is a res
ponsibility which I have no ubutrt the Ex
ecutive will fearlessly assume, j . ;
Gentlemen are not correct when they a
gue that Congress will become theffiftite
tool oi the Exccutive.tf they n quire commj
nications
& recommendations lom the Pr Jtbr;the defbjee ol ihe cotiptry j prior
He isto make his eoaimunicationsFnext tiittinl pf iCoogress;' j
sident. Ue is to make his communications
of facts and his recommendations f mea
sures; then Congtess, from these materials,
and suchotht rs as are w ithin lis power, Is
to form its ow n judgment in relation to what
the interest of the country requires, and will
either adopt the measure recommended, or
disregard it, and resort to such other as may
be deemed preferable ? . ; ; ;
For the present, gentlemen I who think
this resolution necessary. I hope, will tevise,
and so word it, that those who vote for it
may know the extent : of the pledge they
give, and that the country may understand it
likewise r : - , -vp :. jj
The information sought by the four re
maining resolutions may be useful, and
hope they will not meet with any optxst
uon.
Air. President, I did not rise sole!? for
the purpose of exj-ressmg my opinion upon I
these resolutions. The honorable Senator !
who moved them made their discussion ihe s
ottaoaofaUlingUiatourcoiinfxv was at
prrsenr naked and Zefenleleis; that this was
weu, Known at home and througKoat all
Europe;;at we were' threatened !With a
wajtwunt ranee, our ancient ally,: who bad
already, cent a fleet upon our coast to over-
onr v'ti-ueuuerkuaqs. and mat the reasons
why the country is thus naked and defence
Icss.is, because a maioritv of the Senate vo.
Iteid against in lappepbriation of three roil-
lrf "t"1? insericd iq tb JortihcaUoa
bill of tbo last session and thuoccasioned
lijelosjolibewy,!!,!,,,;, ,
By .the way; what becoraoof this fleet
of observation? I aire seen , that it was
OTf f i10 rertdezoui at re; but wheth
!er,it, orthe Goveino tppieu bf baslreicb
fd l1?1 Jcdies,orMur cWu 1 have
iotseen jj Suppose $ tqt bavej arrived; may
it rjOt ljethat (he objct isotto overawe
pur:dt4ibrations, bu to protect theinter-
W.W;ainst I'rjjf' attact'Sthat may be
adl? f 'jeij ; coaimeVce? !0trawe Con
ptxsl ?'hce, i hope, j knows the charac'
p 'M 0, ?pie better, i II j she doeslnot, I
i' vtsrj ab meiiber lof f eiirierl tlouse
fty?'. tti N gwiiig anjr vote
iVhicb can Ideioaate from the character ol
Ibose ihe; represents. ' L r
t."iH? tu'iso hp voted against that
pprl n at"in , a ii d aga i tist w hoiti t he cbirge
t i n-'aiusi iijis accusation 1 uithrH
f 5 ";fl au lofual acqMiital, by the onlyj
i 1- !-:' -v.-i ..f'-4, .
iiiotiuiii competent toiy mp. sTnis ccu-
sauou; was made in my own Slate; those to
v?hont only j am act-ountable for myj con
duct lierethave passed upon ltk tlWiruaani
iliuifverdict of acqutluai 1 presented the
qibefay, affd it how Ksmajiy ohi the? fijes
of the,Senatev But I scorn; tonrelj od ihat
p(ea j I have a right tp a separate trial,: to
pfcdn6l jkutlty, aud give tlie special ma iter
;IdO not feej triat I. or any of those jwiUh
wbntn: I voted, are answerable for the -i loss"
olUhat bill. The vote j then gafe was the
rttu,tf Jmf ,test jutinWnl. i lheri ap
prjved ofVjt, Jiae done so eyLrsince, land
probably everj shall, soug am capable
dfireflcttug pn the a flairs oil tnnrlvorld.
jft will tKino part of jnjr.j planfto attach
iPhsiEe to airy :( one for Shis j vote; all-may
nave peen got(eriid by motives as vvorthy ts
I fe.roy ownere. rhe;tifneiwili soon
cPmehbo.we mist all appear before that
l.rl'.Puj2it-W.bere there cam be no mistake ei-
uor 114 ineeviueuce or me judgment wiucn
pubjt:p be pfoipunced. j To lbaj tnibunal,
lhn,;Mrhefe my motives land conduct, must'
ie submitted,; I ' cdeerfully leave tho deci
sion 6Tl lh motives of all t hers; but it is
jdtip to the country, and tP myself, that 1
shjjfe from: my own skirts that blame which
J&ihjrs seek. toj.altacli to me. j t ' ' ';
I tw very fplam vieivs bf th'i matter
viQ.l.binIf, sri?sfy cr&ryi honest mindlliat
the Senate ariA nci fan III whatever 'a
i ; J he bill Aj'tauisut i ih Uouu of
tteSr t shi t v: d parted j. that body in
the.tmnHh
It ti;:4 iouldi..
mi: i i ::jrt
.inuar -. aiiii si-i.i 1m the Si
ate.
te Whole sum : ts-
feeied;by fcxt'ctuu.i 4; the Hpuse-ue-f:rsary
for. f4rtirieiii..jas!and oidiuahce.
I'tii siiui mounted to iur hutidred nnd
ijhirty-oiue thousaiid dollars, 'i'be Senate
rpght have given its consent, to the bill
, ittioot any ultetation. f it had done so,
tiere would have been a grant of the; sum
jpst;:meiilioned,nand no more to these ob-
j Tic Senate, from the best j information it
isswsed,bidieyed Uie defence of the coAm
Uy required much largr apiKopriations.aMd,
?s itiutl a light to do, increased some oi
toe items of iippropri.iiioui and .added oth
i s ip the amount of about four hundred
l'ity thousand . dollars thus increasing
ty rat?l fiM 43lM)00,ilo C0,OO0, aud
oh' the iJith of; February I returned; the hil!
to the llpoe, fur the purpose! of ascertain
trig hei hr the Kepreseuia lives would a
grpe to the mcre;scd grant made by the
Senate, i If the Mouse had simply agrued
UithiWe annnw inputs, the bill would liave
btcottic a tlw, and there would have been
ad aptKopiatioh lor fortiOcatipns &.? eqimi
lpliy,Qt0 The House did not do this,
but letuinr I the bill from the 24th of-Feb-niiiiyf
till t o'clock in the nint PI the So
ofMiJn h, od hen relumed it to the Sen
atp with a icw section as an amendment to
thi aajcol leiilof (he Seoate. i Ji!
U'hiib ocr fcetitou has (pen read so often
that every uieutocr, 1 presume, ; lias it by
iiifuiyi at is !m these words: Thii the
sum uf three millions of dollars be, anii the
SiiHie hereV, :apropriated out of a'uji mo
ney iu the 'treasury, not otherwise a (ipro
pnbted, fo boexpiided, in w hole or in fprt,
tindei the difi tion of the! President of the
United t2TiwMUe military and naval ser
vice, lucludiuj fottificatiohs and ordinance,
aou nicreaseoi uie wavy; rrovuita, oucn
ex peuditureW shall be rendered necessary
to the
For one, f declare, when this new
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sec-
tioil was rel, I was as much surptised as I
coujd have been il it bad been diopped
through the sky-Iigtt above our heads Into
the bill. Tbebaiiuiaaof the Com ra if lee
pn Finance moled that th Senate disagree
to I te nmendrrat;& after.socne discuton,
in which 1 toof ho'parMhl vote was taken,
and fctood29 tli 19, mine among those1 in
i At that time 1 knew not Who had propos
ed tbi?: atneaiment in trie House. The
President had bd asked, as farj as 1 Isdew,
Tor anyjsuch 8ppropriation;bere was tio es
timate sent frm any department on which
to found it. fily belief was the President
jid not' wish iff I supposed it bad been
t-fleredibr somtf i member oonosed to the
'administration, !wbp wished a free disburse-
tnent ol money about our seaport townsVtiot
rlntf : what - emharrassment was occa-
stoned W ImthH loose appfonriation, and
ai, in U huiry and confM of night
sessions had been perraiited to pass1 with- .-n , , , , . . '! ' S S I
out any particular exaroinairon, ind fancied I tr r?? llie nilcma'ns argntaenf. ' ; ' : : i I
lhat,BO aoon as their attention was Dariien , had wisn to read the newspaperf : f f j
larly called to it. thft Hni,.i. .L.ij l..?. S information,! had inoi leisure : mvlareTvt 1 1
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been mistaken; for presenty ihe;bill was re-
the House insisted ort:t)eamendraenl3 : A
jnotion wasiU-ade that the Scoatd adhere to
its; t dtsagrerneotfl BePiie! Votiiig on! jhat
qtiestioo I took I hp liberty lot statinffj very
uneuy, cue reasons nport; wiiich my fit si was
s'n, aua upon wuicn tue second would be
The President had sent rio message task
ing such aQ;approptattoni-stt'rnates-1 bid
been sent on which to founii iu I believed
it woiild have been the dot f of the Execti.
ttve.to have I sent such a 'message and inti
mates, and 1 farther believe ie would faitb
ftilly discharoe bis duly, ahai therl fhrA liinl
eluded hidnot think thejiuterest off the
conhtry required tlib additiofnal grant. Be
sides thts. jlie question; ra$ then penling
ana undecided be I ore the Frpoch Chamber
relativo to the appropriation to comply with
their treaty. I believed ftlie strdns proba-
bihty as that it would plssj cither thenl or
e nextjsessioij andUiaW tb a little
patientndj good sense irefcho )d receive
Ue
money .without auy warlike preparation.
This was not only mv own
1 opinion, but ;the
declared opinion of all wit
conversed, j ! '
whom I had
wa 'what L professed trt'Te fand pver
had been -a; friend to the Aduiinistratiou;
1 had received ; no informaidr haf the Pres
ident desired theapproprtati ui, and I saw
,lhc section was so worded as jfo throw upon
him a responsibility, which iiecjught not bear.
The piovisi left it discretionary with him
whether the Imooey should 6 used or riot
I thought all jtbe interest-f e Army, he
Nav ihe jarge cities andjihdse who luid
ordnance to dispose of, would o j brought
to bear on him, to induce mm to use the
money. ! he did order it lobe used, and
there should be no war, as I hoped and be
lieved wouldj be the case, he would be
censured for wasting this large su ml If he
resisted jail ifr)ortunities, and 'did pot tise
the money, and war, did orne,-he would
he censured for not providing (or the defen
ces of the country. : i j I I .
Again; supppose the money to be drawn,
whul was to be done with it"
to the Ajrinv, to the Navyto
flow mticb
fortifications
and to oidnance? The secttondoes not say;
all is indefinite, vague, loose, i and j left to
executive discretion; ?;; . I
These reasons were satisfactory to my own
mind; I voted upon them.jlFrom the time
4 the three millions was first mentioned in the
Senate unlit adjourned, 1 qid: not ctin
verse, as I believe, wiih a; single member
oi, uio House upon mis or any otner sub
ject, nor did converse with any member
of the Senate! except my colleague, who
joined me in the lobby behind the colon
nade after our last vote. He. wns kind en
ough lo sjieakfavorably of fnj humble ef
fort, and to express his regret that 1 had not
made my argument bef ore tlie rst vote; but
neither he nor any other memtyer of either
House ever intimated tliatth!e Presideht
wished such an appropnatfoil. 1 ;
I sincerely believed he' did not; but in
that it seems I was mistaketi, nd the first
notice I had o( my mistake tvijs in his an
swer to a company of gentlemen in New
York, who, alter the lise of Ccjiigress,inaie
him a tender of their services to defend the
country. Whether I would hae voted for
Hie amendment in this loose shae, if I had
known it comported with thd views of the
'resident, I do not pretend tb say. 1 think
1 ooojt uol. but am willing to state because
such is the truth, thst if, upon reviewing my
whole votes since honored wifi a seat in
this Chamber, any vctes could be found
which I would wish had not bein gtvcn,lhe
erroi is uioie attributable to Piy unfounded
confidence in the Executive! and anxious
desire lo muntain htm as far as' 1 conscieii
Hourly could, than to any other pause what
ever, j 1 .. I
But it has been urged by ihe honorable
Senator lirom Ne Hampshire; (M'r.j Hubl
bard) thaL on j the 28th , of February, the
i ll iinK.n of Cdramittpe on foreign Kelaf
lions of the House had given notice that
when this bill should be taken up he woultj
move an amendment appropriating one nul
iion of dollars for Jorlificationit and two
millions for the Navy, and that tthis accor
witii ihe views of the Executive: and
the gentleman adds, the metoMers pf the,
House no doubt made this tlie j subject of
conversation, and that Senators would prob
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ably secure the information, and also that
in ihf (ilnhe. newsoarjer of 2d March this.
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notice is published, and has passed into the
history of the country. : J !
To all this, I answer I did rnot hear of
lhi notice. If aiiy memberV With whom I
associated heard; this notice,; they hever
mentioned it in my presence -So far rom
it, one of my colleagues of ihe;er Hodse,
probably a alteiiUve as any meuer mere,
Le.,rPH rre he did not hear ..any! uchn
assure me he did uot hear .anjfl "cii .nrT.
tice ; and, when the amendm6utj was nudee
consideration, he had a cunosjty to Know,
whether the President desireol the appro
nrintion or not; that he conversed with a
i..dleanie sittins inear him, and,! neither of
them knowing, he asked another of his
colleagues, then chairman of tlie. Commit
tee of Ways and Means, who told him the
President did wish it, fc added that he must
say nothing about it. He did siy nothing
about it till since this discussion com
menced during the present session. With
the motives fur this request to conceal I am
not acquainted, therefore can say nothing.
The other source of information (tne
Globe) 1 did not apply to; I never read it
was here, my duty here, and I had 6 uite as
mp m i could attend tor wimou4 teadin
the Globe. If I had wisheif inrnrmntinn
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to guide mytjudgment, aud feltl boond : tr
look into newspapers for - facts, the i Globe j
is the last place uppn. earth I aTiojiId loolc
into! for, Ihe truthYrm s- 'i-J
Again :Ifl had seeri thta notice, Iar ?
yet to learn that the President has any merW
ber of this House to act as hir subst'tuti-j 2
f"" "ge mat tntormation to the Senate
jwhich wehavearight.byiheCoristitotioni
:o receive from the Chief Magistrate him-
-'pelf.; ; r s-.-j - , -..j-
Lastly;! If I had, seen that notice,
would not have supposed this-aecUon Was
intended by iu Thp noUce .? waapecinc
f-one million for b5coiont,ind twp
rpiinons for the $avt The amehdmebt
is lor every thing relaung tbithersea or
land, ti g general mass for the Executive
tp divide out, as well as he could, f accord
ing to his discretion, i 1 iy?
ji If the amendment had pursued the notice,
U would have been well expressed ; but in
tjie shape presented in the bill, 1 doubt
whether the combined talents.of the mem-:
hers of both Houses can frame a section on
iUch subjects, more loose, mure general.
uiu mure iiiueuntte man il is. ; . :-';
i It has been insisted by the Senator from
New Hampshire that this section did make
a (specific appropriation of this threerhil
lions pf dollars, and wis justified ojr'preeV f
dents in the days of General Washington,
Presideut Jefferson, and of President Mad
ison. : j , - i; - .- . ..- ,u I
By the term specify appropriation! on
delrstatid that we meau fA direction of Ik
lam to apply a given sum of moneu to the
accomplishment of a particular object in ex
clusion of all others. I
If this idea be correct, this section lias
no .claims whatever to the appellation of
specific. The object of it was tb place
eveFSiling at tne dl9cr!tl'ton of the Execu
tive i st. Whether the money should be
used at all. 2d. If used, to annlv it to anv
object he pleased, connected with the land
or naval service, or defence.- , i." ''''
The precedents referred to do not bear
out! the arguments. The first is an appro
priation of 811 6,000 to pay. tne civil list.
Here' the sum must all be applied to the
discharge of the civil list, and nothing
else. ' .
The next is $70,500 for fortifications. :
Although it is not said what sum should be
applied to this or that fortification, yet the
whole must be applied io fortifications, and :
to no other object.. The-third and last pre
cedent rests on the same principles. A' 1
In the case now under consideration, er
ery thing is vague, indefinite, and lef to
Executive discretion and alF Ihisithdut
anyj communication from the President, or
any estimate whatever. I venture another
remark, founded on what I heard said by
a gentleman of much experience, not now
among us, that during the period, of z pop
ular administration was the very time we
must expect bad precedents to be sell a
These precedents, incautiously set, when
we have unbounded confidence in ihe Ex
ecutive, are sure to be relied on, in after-
times, by those who may wish to use l
powjer without regard to the public, wel
farej 1 . ! i;.-:.
Tliis section, if adopted, wouldln after
times have furnished a precedent, by
wiiiqh any grant of the public money ".
might be made, to be used at Executive
discretion. K--1
pow put it to gentlemen with whom,
on former occasions, I had generally acted,
to say, whether, if such a grant had been
proposed during the late Administration, a
singly man of them would have voted for
it? No. . It would have been said j this '
money would be drawn land used, $o tor
the public interest, but in jobs, to control
and regulate public opinion.
Upon this matter, for one, I am perfect-
Iy satisfied that I, and those who toted
with me, were right in not agreeing to
this amendment : but the matter did not
end with the vote' 'of tire Senate; the bill
did npt necessarily fall thereby. Let ua
pursue the subject, and see when, how, and
where; the bill was finally lost.
The Senate returned the bill to the
House accompanied by a message, inform
ing them that the Senate adhered to their
disagreement to the amendment as to these
three millions. Upon receiving this roes-
sage, it was competent to the House to hare
receded from their amendment., and then
the bill would have passed appropriating
the-$8G9.000 proposed by the Senate ; but,
instead of that,; they took a vote, and de
termined they teould not recede. (House
journal, page 518.) After this (page 519)
a motion was made that the House do!
a conference on the disagreeing ' votes.
This motion was agreed tb, and a commit
tee of three appointed, and a message sent
to the Senate, asking it to appoint a com
mittee tb confer on the subject. (This
-Innra.l
- 236 , Ag gQOn ag i was ttcejrC(j
the Seriate agreed to the conference, and
appointed a committee on their part, (pace
237.) n the course of a short time, the
committee on the part of the Senate return
ed, and reported that the conferees had a- Vi
greed to recommend to their respective :v
jjouses.las aubstitute for the $3,000,000, -
an appropriaiion ot three hundred thousand x
Hollars tor arming, the fortifications, and an I
Additional appropriation of jive famdred J
thousand dollars for the rephr)jri eqnjpJi
inent of ships of war. (Senate 'Journal, p
237.) u: ;. - -vf yrW
I If eacl House had agreed to this report
then there would have been the appropna
ttonof S869,000.contained m th bdi ar
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