V'hole Xo. 031. Tarborou'gk, (Edgecombe County i'JT. C.) Saturday, September 3, 1836 Vol. A7IJW. 35. Turbornugh Press, Y- r. KORGE IIOWAUD, 11 1 " " Mished weekly, at'i'ico Dollars and . w. ir veflv, if paid in advance J'-'r ,f,r Dollars, l the expiration of the ''. .riPtioii vear. For any period less """' ear, Tictnhj-fivt Cc nts per month. ,jbers are at liberty lo discontinue at "J5tiine, on eivinj notice llier-of and '"V I aireurs those residing at a dis P1"n.., ;..:iriahlv nav in advance, or :a -responsible referencein thisvicmity . iff tint treedin- lfi lins itv(rrtisenirni ; o - ------ tnth, ("r a square) will le inserted at i,(or squ ,nS trie III !l III'HIIWII-" .,. m,b (0 fvpry q'"re. Advertisements must mark the number of insertions requi orthy will be continued until other ,!.'e or,ered,and charged accordingly. " jers addressed to the Kditor must he ( p3jj or they may, not be attended to. ...,,nfp. L'liiser ones hi mm iaie Miscellaneous. Interesting Correspondence. Vaico, Texas and the United cff. We fiiul in the Nashville Republican of the 6th instant, a correspondence between Gov. Cannon, of Tennessee, and the president of the United States, r?!ative to the requisition of Gen. Gaines, for a brigade of militia. Ti;e following is the President's :!:er: Hermitage, August 6, 1 836. $ir; I have received your let wrs of the 29lh ult. and the 4th ;a;t. accompanied by the copies of loramui icalions which were ad dressed to me on the 4lh May, jd25th of July, by the Secreta nofWar, and also accompanied ivvour Proclamation of the 26ih, landed on the requisition made i? General Gaines, bearing date of tiie 20th of June last. The icuments referred to in the com uaication to you of the 25th ult. the War Department, have :tetbeen received. The ob btions of our treaty with Mexi (;.aswell as the general princi jes which govern our intercourse liih foreign powers require us to maintain a strict neutrality to the 1 contest which now agitates a por- tbnof that Republic. So long a Mexico fulfills her duties to us a they are defined by the treaty, nd violates none of the rights which are secured to it by our cit '.uns, any act on the part of the Government of the United States, which would tend to foster a spirit of resistance to the govertnent and hs, whatever may be their char actt r or form, when administered within her own limits and jurisdic tion, would be unauthorised and liily improper. A scrupulous wise of these obligations has pre vented me thus far from doing any tiling which can authorise the suspicion that our government is Ganiindful of them, and I hope to lc equally cautious and circum spect in all my future conduct, his in reference to these obliga tions that the requisition of Gen ial Gaines, in the present in tonce, must be considered, and 'ess there is a strong necessity ''fit.it should not be sanctioned. Should this necessity not be man ' toted, when it is well known that J'e disposition to befriend the -fexians is a common feeling the citizens of the United tes, it is obvious that requisi 'nraay furnish a reason to Mex ,co) for supposing that the Gov tfiimeiu of the United States may induced by inadequate causes, tu overstep the lines of the neu trality which it professes to main tain. Before I left Washington, Gen. Raines intimated lo the Depart ment of War, that some indica t'ons of hostilities from the Indians n our Western frontier had been lnade,and that if it became neces f7ry, he would make a call for the Yn- He had also informed l!le Apartment of his ill health, n tl In onilda '! a IUI IIHIW IU V .1 U U I V :,in w visit the While Sulphur prinjnjs. 1 directed the Secreta- ry uf War to grant him the fur- '"S", and to inform him of the arpoiaimeut which iud been made of the 1 0,000 militia under the recent volunteer act; and if the emergency should arise which would make it necessary to in crease the force under his com mand, that a thousand volunteers in Arkansas, and another in Mis souri, raised agreeably to this act, would be enrolled and held ready for the service. This force, aided by the por tions of the Dragoon regiments that would be stationed in that quarter, and those of the regular army already there, were deemed amply sufficient for the protection of the frontier near to the Indians referred to. There are no rea sons set forth in the requisition which the General has since made upon you, to justify the belief that the forre above enumerated will be insufficient, and I cannot, there fore, sanction it at the present time. To sanction that requisi tion for the reasons which accom pany it, would warrant the belief that it was done to aid Texas, and not from a desire to prevent an infringement of our territorial or national rights. I deeply regret that the Ten nessee volunteers, whose prowess and patriotism are displayed so promptly on all occasions that threaten the peace or safety of their beloved country, have been called out on this occasion with out proper consideration they can for ihe present only be mus tered into the service and dis charged. If there are funds ap propriated out of which they can be paid, an order to this effect will be given. The ten thousand volunteers authorised under the late act of Congress are intended for one years service, ana must be em ployed to meet all necessary calls for the defence of our frontier borders. Should there be occa sion for a greater number on the western frontier the call would be made on Ohio, Kentucky, Indi ana, and Illinois. There is, how ever, no information to justify the apprehension of hostilities, to any serious extent, from the western Indians. Should a necessity a rise, ihe volunteer Brigade from ICast Tennessee will be ordered to the Western frontier as soon as their service can be dispensed with, where they now are em ployed. 1 would barely add further, that the authority given you by the or der of the 4th of May hav ing been satisfied by yielding lo the requi sition of Gen. Gaines, a new au thority from the Department of War was necessary to authorise you to comply with that of the 28th June. The Government of the U. S. having adopted in re gard to Mexico and Texas the same rule of neutrality which had been observed in all similar cases before, it was not to have been expected that Gen. Games should have based this requisition for additional military on reasons plainly inconsistent with the obli gations of that rule. Should Mexico insult our na tional flag, invade our territory, or interrupt our citizens, in the lawful pursuits which are guaran teed to them by the treaty, then the government will promptly repel ihe insult, and take speedy reparation for the injury. But it does not seem that offences of this character have been committed by Mexico, or were believed to have been by Gen. Gaines. I am very respectfully, Your ob't servant, ANDREW JACKSON. f lis Excellency N Cannon, Governor of Tennessee. P. S. Before closing this let ter, the documents referred to by the acting Secretary of War as having been transmitted to me, have been received. A. Mr. Van Buren's answer to the Queries ofSherrod Williams, Esq. of Ky. The Albany Argus of the 16th inst., contains the corres pondence between Mr. Van Buren and a Kentucky whig interroga tor, a delegate in Congress from that State. Mr. V. B. answers "frankly, plainly and fully," most elaborately indeed, every question put to him by Mr. W. The que ries relate 1st, to the signing and approving 'a Bill to distribute Uie Surplus Revenue; 2nd, to the signing and approving a Bill distributing the proceeds of the sales of the Public Lands; 3d, to the signing and approving a Bill making appropriations to improve navigable rivers above Ports of Entry; 4lh, to the signing and approving a Bill for chartering a National Bank; 5th, as lo what are Mr. Van Buren's opinions on the Expunging Question. All these topics are treated by Mr Van Buren in the most simple, straight forward manner possible; yet do we predict that his responses will not escape Y big cavil and tortu ous misrepresentation. His per fect frankness in replying to all Mr. T,s. queries, will be constru ed into an electioneering trick of the Magician; and although he has committed himself in every line of his long and able reply, yet will his opponents in the South aver, that he is altogether non-committal, or that having committed him self, he ought not to be relied upon, because he is a Northern man, or for some other reason equally shallow and frivolous. Pet. Con. We regret that our limits will not permit the introdutiou of Mr. Van Buren's letter entire, but we cannot refrain from inserting that portion of it relating to the "Sur plus revenue," which no doubt will meet the unqualified sanction of the demporacy of the country, as well as his opinions on the oth er subjects, which heretofore have been brought befpre the public it is as follows: Ed. Press. "The first of these subjects re lates to the propriety of a Jaw for the distribution of the surplus rev enue of the United States among the states, according to their fed eral population, for internal im provements, education, and such other objects as the legislatures of the states may see fit to apply the same. In my opinion, Congress does not possess the power, under the constitution, to raise money for distribution among the states; and if a distinction can be maintained between raising money for such purpose, and the distribution of an unexpected surplus, of which 1 am not satisfied, I think it ought not to be attempted without a pre vious amendment of the constitu tion, defining the authority and regulating its exercise. Appre hending danger to the Union from the course of federal legislation upon the subject of internal im provements, ana tearing that it could not otherwise be arrested, I wa9 inclined, at the commence ment of President Jackson's ad ministration to favor the idea of a distribution annually among the states, of the surplus revenue, and an amendment of the constitution confering on Congress authority to make it. President Jackson, entertaining similar apprehen sions, submitted suggestions to this effect to the consideration of congress. They met with appro bation in some quarters, but were denounced in others, with extra ordinary severity, as encouraging a policy particularly unjust and ruinous, to a portion of the Union, and subversive of the principles upon which it was founded. Time and circumstances have worked changes of opinion on the subject, from which mv own mind has not been exempted. The intelligence and patriotism of the people prov ed adequate to the desired reform, in the legislation of congress upon the subject of internal improve ments, without resorting to the proposed distribution: and the ex perience of the last session has fub ly satisfied rne of the impropriety of any such measure. "The sup port of the state governments in all their rights, as the most com petent administration of our do mestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies;" and "the preservation of the general government, in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad," were describ ed by Mr. Jefferson as among the essential principles of our govern ment, which ought always to shape its administration. -The experience of more than thirty years has attested the wisdom and justice of these sentiments and it behooves those who are entrusted with the management of public affairs, to beware how they disre gard the admonition. They who can yet allow themselves to hope that these great principles can be maintained under the operation of any of the proposed systems ol distribution, have looked upon the signs of the limes in a different light from myself. It is my firm conviction, that an)' system by which a distribution is made a mong the states, of moneys col lected by the federal government, would introduce vices into the legislation of both governments, productive of the most injurious effects, as well upon the best in terests of the country, as upon the perpetuity of our political institu tions. 1 sincerely hope, therefore, that the good sense and patriotism of the American people will pre vent the adoption of any such plan. TheDeposite Bill (recent ly passed) will remove any pre tence of a speed)' necessity for such a step, and give time to pro vide against the recurrence of a redundance of revenue. It would, indeed, be a great misfortune, if that law were regarded by the country as pledging the future course of its legislation lo the pol icy to which you refer. The cir cumstances under which it was passed, were of an extraordinary character, and cannot well again occur. To give a legislative or ganization to the fiscal agency for the collection and disburse ment of the public revenue, which had been established through the Treasury Department by Execu tive authority, as a substitute for that of the Bank of the United States, was an object of the very highest importance. It was the successful winding up of the most arduous conflicts between the well understood will of the people on the one side, and the moneyed power of the nation acting in con cert with a formidable political power on the other, that has ever taken place, certainly that has ever resulted in the triumph of the popular will in any country. To accomplish this bv the assent of i all parties, to make all responsible fjir the future working of the sys tem, by consulting liberally their opinions aud wishes in its forma tion, and to put an end to those fierce and incessant assaults upon the management of the fiscal af fairs of the government, by means of which every interest was dis turbed, was a result which could not be loo ardently desired. The President had for several sessions called the attention of congress to this subject without effect; and the opposition party in congress, by availing itself of partial diver sities of opinion among the friends of the administration, acquired the power to prescribe conditions to its final settlement. That to which their demands were ulti mately reduced, was a distribution of the deposites of a portion of the pnblic moneys among the states. After ineffectual efforts in both houses, on the part of the great mass of the supporters of the gov ernment in each, to separate thaU part of the bill which provided for the regulation of the Deposite Banks from the sections which made a different disposition of the surplus revenue, the friends of the administration, differing among themselves in regard to details and construction, t6t general object in with the same! view, yielded their support, by large majorities, to the bill in the modified form in which it came from the house of representatives. The amendment of the house, although it did not strip the bill of all its dangerous tendencies, made an essential change in its character in respect to the question of constitutional. - ty. In its previous form, it took the money by appropriation out of ihe Treasury, and thereby ne cessarily raised the question, vvhe- ther the use which was proposed to be made of it, was amongst the "expenditures" authorised by the federal constitution. By the bill, as amended, no money is drawn from the Treasury, but the state treasuries, like the state banks, are, to a limited extent, made pla- ces of deposite; of the constitu tional power to do which, with ihe consent of ihe stales, there can be no question. The President, as suming, as he was bound by a pro per respect for the institutions of the country to do,' that good faith would be kept in the dealings which it authorised between the federal and state governments, gave his assent to the measures. 1 would have given lo the bill a similar direction, if it liad become my duty to decide on the question of its passage or rejection, it now remains for Public Opinion, tothe efficacv of which Ave all have so much reasons to look with j t0 atlracl attention jts singular confidence aud hope, to deter-. He was discovered the next mine the character of ihe ultimate I da3' ,n h,s rooni about noon, in results to be expected from it.!asateof stupor, occasioned by That the subject is of the first im-,,,s l,av,nS swallowed a heavy portance, all must admit; and I ! dose of Laudanum. Physicians participate fully in the opprehen- j xvere immediately called in, and sions so extensively entertained 1 ever' eflorl wa made to relieve and so freely expressed as to ils ; his system by th use of the Stom eflects. But I do not despair: V-pump, &c. but all in vain. Often as we have seen our politic- He was 100 far Bone 10 be bee al horizon overcast with portent- I "tied by medical aid. A letter otvs clouds, and the safe conduct of. couched m most aflectionate lan public affairs beset by combination jSaSei addressed lo his mother which, to all appearance, could 111 Joi,es county, was found in the not be overcome, we have never roon, 10 wh,ch lie aPPr,zeS lier r yet seen the lime when those ,,,s intention, and advises her to doubts, and difficulties were not I remove to Alabama. He assigns' finallv and satisfactorily cleared I no mollve for l,,e act, but we find away" bv the operation of t,is i the opinion pretty generally pre powerful" corrector. Such, I : va,ent whether well or ill-found-doubt not, will be the result now; ed we know not, that he had, by and such, in the nature of things, ! some means, lost his money, and must it alwavs be. as lone as' the people are uncorrupted and our institutions free. Prejudice, pas sion and selfishness, may rule the hour, and give a direction to pub lic questions, when the controlling power rests in a single head, or in a few individuals whose posi tion exempts them from the inju rious effects of official errors; but this can seldom happen, when that power exists only, as is the case with us, in the great body of well informed and virtuous com munities, who are to bear ihe con sequences, whether for good or for evil, of public measures. It is now for the majority of ihe people to decide whether the measure re ferred to, shall only be tolerated as a temporary expedient, forced upon the country by a conjunction of extraordinary circumstances, and rendered less objectionable in consequence of its effect in remov ing beyond ihe reach of party conteniion and factious misrepre sentations, disturbing questions in relation to the public moneys, at a momenrwhen the public mind is, from other causes, peculiarly liable to be unduly influenced by sinister and unfounded imputa tions; or, whether the distribution of the public deposits, shall be the parent and fore runner of future distributions of the public reve nue. That the decision of this interesting question will be hon estly made, we all know, and 1 do not doubt that it will also be wise ly made. I hope, and believe, that the public voice will demand, that this species of legislation shall terminate with the emergency that produced it; that early and efli- cunt steps will be taken to pre- j vent the recurrence of a slate of things calculated lo furnish an ex cuse for any measure of distribu tion, by the adoption of the only natural, safe and just remedy for an excess of revenue, a reduction of the taxes, effectual in its result?, equitable in its details, and wisely adapted to the circumstances of the country; that we shall be content to continue the action of our com plicated but admirable system of government, state and federal, in ihe course that has conducted our 1 country to its present palmy stale j of prosperity and renown; aud j shall eschew in future ihose ; schemes of improvement in their j administration, which the country is from time to time inundated, the results of which, to say the best Jof them, are extremely hazardous, and which loo often have quite as much in view the individual ad vantage of the projector as the good of the nation." ( : Suicide. A melancholy case of Suicide occurred in this City on Friday last. An individual by ihe name of Charles Green ar rived at Guion's Hotel on Thurs day, to all appearance considera bly tinder the influence of JKjuor. He visited a gentleman of his ac quaintance in town, and arranged some business with him, Jiisde- Pon,ueni nowever, ueing sucn as i In a 11101 aesperauou resolved oa self-destruction. His body was decently interred in the City bu ry ing-ground. Raleigh Reg. CWe are pleased to learn that the appointment of Chief En gineer to ihe Fayetteville and Salisbury Rail Road, North Car olina, has been offered to Major. McNiel, of the U. S. Army, a na tive of that State, and a gentle man who has rendered himself al ready so deservedly oisiinguishd in the direction of similar works of internal improvement, with which he has been intrusted, or has brought to successful opera tion in the northern part of the. United States.- JV. Y. Star. Editorial Change. Thomas Ritchie, Esq. is again the sole Editor and Proprietor of the Richmond Enquirer; a Journal, to which his fine political talents, and his irreproachable private character, have given a weight and influence among his fellow men, from which envy has essay ed in vain to detract, and which malice has as vainly essayed lo injure. Petersburg Con. i

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