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--, Atartjnor than I do hi inJomUa-
' : He will, strong; native Macrtj. au
. that almost subliuia energy with which
far pursues and "fenetally - attaint hi
purpose. I appreciate, too, nr, at us
iut value, the unshaken attachment
e displays t his friends, though the
irirtn be. a I admit it is, more fitted
fur the ornament, of private than of
mihllc life. BdtcloM alourside of
these ttronar noit)t of character lie tie
. . feels which I fear will b jwiuully
... , .-J'clt. anJ luw2 u?0-itt thisiMkiiaiJ
"" influence on , paoTic prtwpwriiy. But
tin is an muriMteiul . t.ieuic, which
' hare no'desira M pursue, a-iil I return
t the '''reiaaioTiiz'' li.irtion of the
mi VAisinm.wrJWJairM
1 am ur -tiiK
en lie win parui
pardon
mmv replrinzirtrirou2ii the minute
, . exmiii4iuin srivi-n by it tu tiie all'iir
r ihe LTni(e.l .Stute lJant;" I art no
wm in warring with 'tUo d.nd. The
-:" thirty in jxiwer hav tli'Stniyeil the
uink on their retpiinsibilily, and I
I leave lithein the plea-iuie and ad
vantage of a poi iHOZWiiimTiiaf ioii.
1 shall not a'Ht at it. If 1 had the
. w'uh t.itlo s i, have not the kuuwl-
edge to enable me to infet t!i Senator
on so intricate and confused a fii-ld.
He has with great industry made him-
which i have no knowTeiri, stil,l k'lis :
the view.: hi ban taken eahtblti-tl
- zjpj-giij.jjg Bitentioil
.i.:L. .1 L!.... ...... r ll uj,,,,..! LoiJ
given t thia Simti ftre.tl tiianter, me
Un f the United States, that I ap
prehend there is no m.iii in the lit-
fublic, except tie President of the
lank, who is able to iv answers to
all the obiections and charges which
tH fertile imagination ol Die Honorable
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" member can at any moment ctmlure up.
I would, therefitre, ti ftm tiat
ereat advantastes would secure to tlie
Itenublic if he would, in some way or
Mtlier. nave a regular uisi-usion wun
the parent of m'ucftUf, Old Vc4 Itiin
- teilv in-rejrard tcrthtr' foriner-trarjsae-
r . . . e.l I. 'I 'I. !. l
Irtill 01 me oana;. tirej misni pioj
"tlie game by Utter, as that orchess is
. some-limes tlone, or, what wouiu per
hans be better, ther could meet at
some half-way place, and each limit
ing iiimsflf to half an hour at a time
( liould.:-.flider Jiit tlauie in the
;areement very fniortofyibey might
at the end of five or six months end
the matter quite as satisfactory as the
theological contents of a similar char
acUr we somlimee hoar uf generally
terminate -that is the auditors would
coma away with their aheatU confused,
their passions hca'ed, and their ori
ginal prepossessions confirmed,
Ou this matter I can only state the
impression produced on my mind by
all I have seen and heard on this ques
tion, and the conviction I express ha,
at all events, this recommendation, it
comes from one who has never had
anr connexion with the bank in any
war whatever, and whose judgment is
a a at .a tl i' ..
not clouded by the recollection either
of favors received, or lavors reiusm
J say, then, sir, in all sincerity, tliat
nothmzhas yet come under my ron
sideration to induce me to think that
the. Bank of the United States was not
wisely and honesllr conducted, and I
am convinced that its operations were
uiost useful and salutary to the na
tion. It gave us a sound currency,
and it regulated exchanges with a sue-
'eat aatil the unknown, and which, if we
have tint reached that point already, we man
ajo eeaa la enjoy. No inilituiion with iu
ymwer, which ever oiateil, an atudiouily ah
taiacil Iron all ialerlercne iih either nation
al or atat oolitic a. on la the time when k plea-
; aed thote oiaed to it to - tne war ar). of
partf, ana Inrtrnounoe M to to rubiw, inatean
- wf calling t belor a court of jnalice, wUei-c, a,
nrdinf to Ihe lermt of ha charter, all violationi
4 It wer la a tileJ. I auaii not attemt to
aki-aleiak.l il .jttitL .afiWMJ.-lhal ,aual
be judged by wthera: bal I fear are Mill to
i near the healed loeoei wnicn tliia eontevt Hat
iaa rite to, lo judfe ol it eorrecily. Ihagftd
Irom it treat and anoethutional judge, and at-
raigneil before the American ieonle, ii hat no
; Shoia al to tit place or nvwl of ilefenee. It
' had ao allemaliva but to auhmit in alienee to
i - all Ihe bnputationk heaped on it, oe to Vxcel
. them be denial and ttroid. That it may hav
aaadint U aononenla. aaaT be trtirt arid (lial f
tAawS'iaiaiagWt'r. . 3 r'iM.': fc:V?)Mt :jii
i guanledaa BOltty wouKI nave iltctaien, pel
equally true, mar it It Important, The fault
, lie with tboa by whom Ihe irregular and aa-
- - - - naii'utieand aaaanlt aa firat made, a.id atucli
la la b pardoned le I ha feclinga auch a pro-
f ;" aeedrng producad. It II vary easy for the
phjaiciaii, who ttanda by iko awle ol ill victim
t wh h racked, to tell hint that hit oraplaintt
aauat b aourteoni. and Hie eriea gentle ( but thia
apeeiea of forbearance, like many other eirtuea,
' It i aaoch leu diAeaat I pretveb about than
Nor bar t ever aeea anv nrool that tt abaarw
tta power at the Urn when, from ah wide
aprsad alarm whirh Bllrd the community on the
rwaaoMl oflha deooaitea. totil want of eon
ahmw I pecuniary tnatUr aehxett on Ih pub-
. jUnMii an tuia aaa again and again aeea
aitowaj, That wntraetica, at tbaoounU wm
aat rreater than Ih removal of th tlepotitea
warrwntedi and th aeceatity for traaamitingit
' tuatla lrM dtataat pniuii to thote nearer Home,
whete k wat menaoed. with a nretire without
- h impul at ion of anworthy aaotieea, aeeoantaa
aw ine im(, wiiicn tna senator reierreo in.
Ami, aw, there iajuat aa great a eniatake inee-
pmatm asativea atlrloutea to In mmaer
a thia lour who wer oppoaed t la meaa
. arei Ukeaby the Vreableat i relation I th
llaak. I am resUy, air, almoal teaaplMt lo get
, wot txfbamorwhh th Senator from Mieenori
- at lb tm.ill eecaalraient ha paya la one aotaiaa
aaaae, wbea he aaaerta that lb toara pOraued
by i wa prompted by th hop ol inftucnalng
cleetioaa, and promoting party end. I beg Ih
Senator lo anderaiand that deferring to him, aa
I am ear all oa thia aid of th lloua readily
7J wwuld, to but auperior akilt 1a electioneer ing,
; and I a kaowledg af air toeica by which the
. paeeioaa and prejudice of the wtajiitudeaaa We
briaed, e were aot aull a Ignorant ol Ibe at
Sbmgaaa loever fatter aratriea atetaaireauM
' V anada popalar wkh th rVapl. - Keaaoa and
incriewej, air, both taogbi aj Saathcr leaaoa.
V knew peHaatly veil, air, that aa iaatita
. . lion ef thia klad aeier nld be acaeptatat t aba
, aaaaa, laaakaalwaye aanat be tlialiked by tbem,
beeeaae lb beaeKta which tbeT oonler aocie-
tr are nwtreav ana toe vuhomkij loeie nmirr
- - arbicJa' tby eoiifcr w th el ther rl
,1 ..tfom Uciiim tr.eyr picture, sir, rendered more pain
u iu, w. and if we bad fui lo contemplate, br the recollection
t !,. tt knew
i nut know h. eaperteae had taught at I he lt
ana. m hw lue ma Ban t UK unpeo
Males, which w wisely conducted, which h
(t.cu us a sound eurreuey, and wbo sbel
operation UaJ been beneficial lo society ww-
aw M, sw, prostrated aclur public clamor ana
(MiUlw prejudice, and that, loo, at III moment
wc Were about eulrrMir oo war wnn onm ot "
most powerli.l nations on earth, wnen us '-
ec wai most important, to ilia iaa operant,
of the Grrnut. We knew, air, thai all the
eauaea winch prodaeca Uiit result wer in active
operation g'nt anil w foresaw jutl csvaWf
ejlreoleljn.liaye, 'fe
Mr ppitiUt tUU. luat I lie aaine conclusion
m uurMrKjilii"i7TaU auatler, llioiigU iliere
a il.lTorvuce in mir iew of if
jitrtMtr. We aa iliurvai aal ruin lo tocieljr in
lite meaaur. and we reaitled it wilhmil any re
(arilla M efC.it onoiir (lOfiularity, '1'hef eitlier
ilil fff.1 aec Ihein, or, iftliey did are, liter tir
(mhIhI 1 wl.h " ir. ' lift been fcilae
the tiraiarol i.Ichb and fitrrtigiit, l avert Ihe
"'iw'i'r Sirif 'PWrrwhUli lliia iii'ainrwiJ-JaafailJ:
mioittratiiHi it abiiiit to bi-inn on tine eouiitry, or
rather whH.li H hat alrewlj brotcjlit on I lie
aunnlrr.
e. elrai Ir fnreuw, air, 'what wotilit take
p'ace. ami e aid a m.-iljr warned gentleman on
Ihe other ! of the inevitable derangenent of
Ihe eui-reacy which laual follow the meaaurea
iIh-t were itireiiiiiK, We entreated them 10
I'Mik haek on Iheevenia which enatied oil the re
hrtr, tn Hft t, tr tharter t4.e-M4 hank to eellee t
mi the deal ruetioa of ereilit and proalralion of
moral which flowed Iroui Ibe niuliiilieation of
Stale bank eooo alter ilul periiMl to remember
bow at lead unethinl of the roiertr ol the
ronn'rr hal changed handi in the apace oT a few
year and to think bow many lamiliet had been
reduced fiom affl irnue hi i'rrny ly ainiilar
Tneire.: -,Wf "e bee ehert .hem to lot nt tfcoae
mtr- wataiei'beal -itr. -Hte than
; ScctvUry.id Uie,.;i rm I4 Slate. bwU
I'uiteJ H ulrt Hank: 1 he rrelel endhrecd
the tiaicment. 'I he Senator from MiMOiiri
Jlke.j of hia..it;etaiiieirKE
K which waa aioeliingi n.iul, oiiiirr mete
errora and iniitoi.ci-iiiiiii.i tne iwoikol oiiKbiel
llnt how, sir, vhm all these delusions have
pasted, or are rapidly passii.g away, is K not
meet and proper that we sliouhl, 'from ihe
eminence no whirh we stand, look nt the full
extent ol the evil which is approaching us? We
may draw from the past and pieaeul aoine salu
tary lessons for the future. .
I shall not, sir, fatigue the Senate by going
back to thai period of our hittory at the close of
the revolutionary war, whrn there was sneli a
rapid, dupmeiatiun ol the value of jhe eurrrncy,
though it lurnivhes stntiig examples lo illuitraie
the views I entertain on this mailer. I cnntvul
my tell with reralling the aliriition ol the Senate
to the !rcumstanees whkh preceded, aceom
uaoied. and lollow..d the detlruciidii of Ihe first
N'a'ional Hank, and I am greatly mistaken il Ihe
paM lvtee llewUiu lb country now
wills abal it was then, will not b found com
lilet. 1vr65iTTdlli' expiration of the charter of
the lira! Hank of i lie United States, the currency
of Ihe country was in a wry sound state, and it
continued so up lo that period, anil for a shoit
lime alter. The Slates, lion ever, whmi began lo
charier institutions ol their own, and between
Iftll and ISIS a euusidrrahl addition was made
tolbeirulan- In 1S16 it became exse.ssive.
DoTtmrat! thm-period thv wmntry bor-ttjeex
lernal Riaiki of prosperity tiade flourished,
land, slaves, houses and lots, and all oilier spe
aiea of H-nHfrly rose in valua. Heal estate,
which could have hern bought In 1810 for K0
an acre, in Ml 6 sold for SfStl nd , 1 re
member Ih ! well, air;' the univrraal pros
liei ity of lb country waa the theme ol every
man's tongue, and speculation run riot in its
laagnineeiu aohemes. Uut, sir, lUs thiiiRS are
sulijeat lo law a as aurtain at any thing else in this
...1.1 I'Iimmm ia a notnl hevond which vnu can.
not carry them. The bubble, when inflated too
murh, bursts. In I Hi 7 ami 13IS jh reduetio
in the circulation commenced. It waa at first
mintm Mflual ami ib eflecls seareelv oerceiiti
ble. Kach dav. however, rrndered tin-in more
apparent, when, hi 1119 the circulation being by
50 per cent, less than that ol ISIS, there ensued
s pecuniary dislresa which hat never been ex
ceeded in anv eounirv. K.vrrT at tklu ol com.
mrrce, land, slaves, himtes.frll at far below their
real value aa lliey lied belor risen uryonil It.
'I he most enormous sacrifices wrr made al pub
lic and private tales; and every one w as astonish
ed, for they could not aetounl fur auch a change
in the general prosperity.
- Sir, they .are accounted lor by these naked
facts! in 1813 the ehenratio ol Hi emuitry wat
aerwnty mi lb tut tfihllani in ISIS ec hmiHrtU
nnU leu millitnti iu 1819 rj mtllitni.
Sir, M waa ant property that had rlvn In 1815, h
was money thai had iltftncialedi and it was the
genttr vo of H, produced py iia scarcity in
1819, that made that property tail in price.
I hav taken ihese facts, sir, from the reiort id
the then Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Craw,
lord, and they may bereliedjm- There can be
ho n.ittake in the deduction t mak from them, : -
II would seent, air, as if all experience was
lost on us, , We again see the same exlraonli
nary rise in tit price ol every thing which it an
obieet ol sale, ttverv ". heretofore, is ex.
patiatUuf oa4 uuiv-crnid 4irperiiy,ijid there I
ar tt aouaus l ine imMmnioma ,n n mrn
indulge In Ihite Biatlcrs. Hut, sir, our aitiia
lina is iusl Ibe same as it ass in Ibe other limes
I hav Mva aneakina f.f.
f tWfara. Tn Ja'nwary tltas, re ww iu jum
1 Hi, -vwi tM,M uutl Oivat MUlteni lf
iMurt. In IS:tA it cannot be less limn one him-
rfinl anl wn4 m Wi. A a werejiaei..t:iJi!
Miiint a Hollar in si years? I giv Ihe facU
from the fBcial returns-made by Ibe Secretary ol
Ibe 'Treasury. Thev eome; sir, it is true, no
lower down than IS.1J Hut if we lake the aver-
aec Increase Inr two or ikiee tear belore tliat
lime, and reft. -at on ' ike enormous rise of pro
"l '-!?rX f",.'"" t,MI!M'u r P'
4 UmM
in mors than seveuteeu millions added lo the
pert
uljtti-l y,
been
circulation within the last sixteen months, and
that one bunilrrd and laenty millions Is below
rather than shove Hut real catiiualav, -
You see, sir, therefore ata glance, the
causes of t1iepit?s;M.t state of things; and
who cannot also, sir, ee a at glance
how it is to end? If the evil could
be checked now, and ihe reduction bt
sluw Atul cratlual, we inigltf escape
the conseoGence wl.it h time has ini
evitably jn store for us under any th
er policy. But, sir, far from eipect
ing this, I look to an increase of the
disease. It appears to me inevitable.
A universal madness has taken posses
sion of the public mind. Within the
last four months I have heard of aug
mentations of banking Capital, pro
poaeti or passed, tn the amount of fif
ty millions of dollars, and more I am
told are projecting so that we may
expect to see this system continuing an
til it breaks & fulUfrom its own weight
and maznitude. In the present state
of things the States are all interested
t increase the circulation of their own
banka, and prevent that of their neigh-
bona,;,--. Intleeil,- we already ae symp
toms or a war of legislation the resalt
6reat6ay,)t7 whirA-they-HT t
tentpting to restraiis the notes 01 unas
in other States frora passiag withia
theirliMsits.. " :
This deplorable state- af things
must yet get Worse and i well might
the Senator from Missouri depict it in
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ne tiui a tew tlav8 ajo,
lie Cosibl not... overcharge tc'tirtJiotice oflhe coimtiy as a candidate for the
of our condition belore tne war wa
waged on the Bank or the U. States. If or
sixteen Tears it regulated the currency
of the country with a Wisdom ''attid'l
cess of which there is no paraiiei. i e
threw it a war, and " we see what we
have got in its place. Sir, all the
nroiects of re sulatinz and checking
the excess of bank' emissions by law,
refusal- to receive at Tourrreaurrj
win nave no more eneei man woum
have a buket full of earth thrown
into the Mississippi river to stop its
current And as to pushing gold and
silverintv circulation .when y.ou:.have-
WudreoT ma n rk aMtme
e4 ingathering it H up, and suprJyiag
TlfiTpfacevyTfli their notes", fUat is equtr
ly impracticable; a cheap and a near
currency never can exist together;
the. former always destroys the latter.
Having no power by the Constituiton
to interfere directly with the State le
gislation in this matter, I see that the
tHttry-is-t1estinel to... go ilMffl!lgH.be
same scenes of agitation and sutlering
which it did previous to the operation
or the late Bnk of the United State.
After the evils have come to a height
when they can no longer he endured
we shair nave another National Bank,
aftd'ftrtttrmm 1henvlti',Dbmrt'Tf it
prevented this state pfthmgs tvn .ye'ars
aztt? I innuirewhat, cood has been,
or can be atf ai iigiK, by putting the
P.eopK, through thia-fearful trial? Five
or-8TT ypat-4tertce-tlFbe -he-fime To
get an answer to these questions.
Sir, it affords me no consolation for
all the calamities which I see ap
proaching, that we are told the Peo
ple of the United States have approved
of all the acts of the President in re
lation to the Hank. If they had, I
could not surrender my impressions;
but I have seen no evidence of the
fact. It is inferred from his re-election,
nnd from a majority of his friends
being: found in Uongress. list, sir, I
protest againstany such a fallacy bein
received as proof of their approval. I
believe, on the contrary, that the Presi
dent was re-elected, and is now sus
tained, in npite of the removal of the
deposites, not in consequence of that
act. When 1 came here two years
ago I conversed in private with none
ofhrs friends " who did hot regret the
step, though they were unwilling to
abandon him for what they conceived
to be an honest error. These friends
still sustain him, because, with his de
fects and mistakes, they prefer him to
those who might take his place.
This, sir, is the true ground, not
that taken in argument. By such
reasoning as has been offered on this
floor, every President who is re-elected
has done no wrong, nor fallen into a
ny error; he is infallible. It is a pure
sophism, sir, to assert that the re-election
of any man argues an approval
of each of his acts. It is only evidence
that, taking them all, good and bad
together, the People accept him.
Sir I have much more to say, but
the state of my health forbids me to go
fiirther; and I conclude by again re
turning my thanks to the Senate for
the attention with which they have
honored me.
cjlfftion b trje Vjouic of firprfiScn-
tatibt-trjt $an gnrtn partn.
Extracts Irom Mr. Uell'a Speech on Ihe Naval
Service Bill exposing Ih shuffling course
which hat been pursued by the Van fluren
party in relation to the reeomendatioa of Gen.
Jackann,a hit annual message!, of an amend,,
men! to the Convtiletion, aeeui'log ih eJlion
""oI'TrTesliteilt ttr the People..-
It cannot be fora-nlteri, that from 1825, un
til th commencement ot toe preacnl aumin-
titration, tliis pronoaitiou was a favorite pol.
Tev bfthrpart whieWijrot
on irrrir-power. Th whole subjectW.i
rtiirinjf that penodi jibivrf;tre-ly--tacueu
both in COnifress snd in' the public journal
When Gen. JacRsitTSTIecte(tljyttteewTo,e t9th of tbemonTh, biitltwaTlTtiqime
tle. no one doiihted but that one of the hrat
acts which would distinguish the action of
Congress would ne, to recommend such an a.
mcnilment to the States for their adoption;
GenersUackson, in hi first ra
.SjekSpS? VherattWntiooi
re-iMTOK . V -
in Ins first ra ssage, orged
f Congress In
in his second, and in each eucceeding annu
al Message, he ha done the same thing. Re
trardine the discussion of the subject, as hay.
ing commenced in 1825, it is now upwrds of
I an years since it u tec n ueiore jtucLtUHUis.
try in the most imposing formin the annual
Messages of the President. The argttme'ots
ami language of the Message upon this sub
Sect, are worthy of particular notice i ami I
must ask leave to refer to them. Here Mr.
n rrfl,f,
ni sue rreaiieiiiutiii imisbuujcii, ail wi w iifv.ii
went to show how important it was in the
opinion of the President such an amendment
of the Constitution should be made,) Well,
sir, what has been Ihe result the effect of
these repeated and urgent recommendations'
In the early part of the administrationj many
earnest 'nil well meant efforts wer made to
get this House to take up, and act upon this
subject Proposition in a, variety of shapes
were presented) and it has if en a part of the
regular lorms of the House, at the beginning
of every srssion.'to appoint a select. eoramit
tee wpon Ibis subjectbut, sir, lb inith can.
not be disguised or disputed, that those efforts
were Ihe t (Torts of individual only, that the
regular annual appointment af Special Com
nuifcees, has been but a mere form; and, at no
time, could th party b rallied in favor of
th proposition. ' There was always some
where, ami for some motive, a power and an
influence which thwarted the action of. the
House upon this quest "caw
...v., nn,u.K,.vm . . ... .. . . i
,W -il- Urf
of Congress, this subject began to excite in
creaeed inteet' ami , certainly demamled
prwnpt attention from those who seriously and
honestly believed an election by tne House
of Representative might to he avoided. It
was then, sir, that it becasae ssanifeat that the
Jackson party would be avUled upon the
subject of his successor, and an honorable
Senator from 1 f nnesw, was armunit ui
PrewJcney, and aupnorteil wvfer a'lch c'r
eiimttancea, ami upoo principle winch for
bid the hope tliat hi friemU would eurren
derh'npretentioni to the man who it wa
foreitren would be the favorite of The contem
plated llahimore Convention. Thia waascon
mtretet tlwpriwe
on thiieubject. The danger of a division in
the raiika of the party in power waa manifest,
That an election by "the House would be
rewilt of thia atate of thing, cotild not cer.
lainly be foreseen; but all mow nave acen
that auch a result might take place. As ear.
I at tlie 10th of December. ltU4, a beiect
Comtmttee waa appointed to consulerofaiid
efaat'iipoo .this. auhjiecluclpjJLSl-y'!,
taken to appoint a clear nwjuniy upon uie
committee, who were known to have avowed
themelrei favorihle to an amendment of tlie
rnnstitiition. wh'.ch would exclude tlie elecJ
tion from tlie Joue. , JTie flowing gentle,
tne it coainool,.tUe -.,tumoiiltfi!.,Jnf.
norters
llitren as Ins auccea-jr; ana all were nmier
stood, when the comm'ttce was appoint.eil,
to be infavor of the recommemUtioii of tlie
President, which it wai their exclusive and
special duty to consider and report upon.
The Chairman, of the Curamittee Mr. Gilmer
of Georgia, thmigh not a Mipporter ot'tlie Ad-mitiislraUour-was.koowu..la
be ..'a gentkman
of great sinceteity, talents and .energy;' and
he -asaIso known to be a zculoiw advocate of
the propoaition submitted to the Committee.
I have a personal knowledge that uiftis L.1 ef
foits were maile by the Chairman of the
! Committee, and by various utlier indivuluala,
o prevail-upon the Committee to agree upon
WJInnrrarnIS
r.thWjt mtehfbe;
friends of Judge. W'Uke.especially.'feanijt; llie
use which would be made against him of tlie
fgifme'nrth'at by ioridingthe-pTiTtythe-e4t-e-
tion might be brought into the. House, exert-.
Wibemsejvejn..
way to procur; "a3ecls76n ap7A'iWir:m:nir
by Congress. Several ol the members ot this
Committee, who had always avowed them
selves in favor ofllie measure, were privately
appealed to; birt all was vain. The answer
was; they could not sgreetipon the detail of
the measure r.o two, it waa said, could a
gree. Now, sir, every member of the least
experience in legislation knows, that upon
any important question whatever involving
details, two men can rarely be found to agree
upon all of them. It U notorious, that nnCoin
mittee of this House would eVer report upon
any subject of importance, if a majority
of its member were expected to unite upon
all the details of it . All that can be expect.
d in inch eases isithat a-majorrtysliaifagree
upon tlte ptinctple of the fieport. The
House is always expected ta alter the tie
tails according to the views of the majority.
It was no adequate excuse to say, they could
not agree opaui details. 1 wtll not be so un
just as to say, that alt the members of the com
mittee who hail before that time professed a
desire to sec . the Constitution amended, in
this respect, -wilfully-combined.. lo .prevent
any action u pon the stibi.ct last session; - Of
a committee of nine member, and aix only
to them being friendly to the principle of a
measure, any two of tlie aix were able to de
feat any action upon the subject. A repoit
from In committee, I feel warranted, from
the circumstances, in asserting, was defeated
by the management of some portion of the
members of it, who were, at the Same time,
avowed advocate of the expediency of such
an amendment of the Constitution.
The farther history of this question is this:
Mr. Gilmer, the Chairman of the Comm'ttce,
failing in all his efforts to get the committee
to make a report in any shape, came into th
House on the 31st of January, and asked that
the committee might be discharged from the
further conaiderution of the aubject, on the
ground that they could come to no agreement
therettponj and on the same day he was per
mtted to lay a Resolution, containing a prop
osition for an tunendment of the Constitution
in relation to the election of President and)
Vice President, tipon the table. I well re
member that at first, one of the prominent
members of the committee, and who was also
a prominent member of the dominant party
refused to give his consent "that Mr. Gilmer
should even lay bis liesolution upon the ta
blet but he became ashamed of his conduct,
and withdrew his opposition. Thus the
subject was before the Ifouset ami it was at
any time in Ihe power of the majority to take
it up,nd dechJUt-.upon.iU On the. 13th of
Feb. Mr. Gilmer finding that it would not do
Uo postpone the siibitot any longer, without
losing sight of it altogether during te session,
moved to suspend the rules of the House in or
der to prJceeo:to thrtrnsideTttioof his llrs-
bhrion. Against this motion tliero were on
ly fifty x votes, and of these thirty-seven were
the known sonnorters of Mr. Van Iluren. for
the PwaUleincy-tiOrirj other,. wtmls,:f4trm
mation by a convention; anil hltecn nf these
thirty.reven were members of the N . York
delegation -The, resolution, was., .that day"iv
ken up and read a second time and postponed
(led by other busines until the 25th of Kehrua
ryi when Mr. Wilde of Georgia, moved thit
all the. order of the day be post poneil, for the
purpose of considering this subject. ".Upon
his motion there were l ljji'eas, add 92 nars
ofthetatteiC
:-fl4N iw IM.vM&caw- Btrarbt esrxi 4be ?
York delegation. The subject that day un
der went considerable discussion, but tlie
House came tqjio decision upon. iUOn. the
37th February Mr. Gilmer again moved that
his resolution be taken up; and on taking the
question Ihe vote stood, yess 99, nays 104.
Of the nays, 60 were for Mr. Van Duren,
snd 24 of them from New York. On the same
dav, however, at a later hour, Mr. Gilmer's
resolution came up jn the regular)rlerpf
business! when a motion was made to dispose
of it finally, by laying it on Ihe table. In
favor of this motion there were only 38 voles,
ami 30 of lbem-wr th friends of - Mr- Van
Buren, and 13 of that number from New York.
After further debate upon th resolution, a
motion- was made by Mr. Vandrrpool of New
York, that tit) Home adjourn evidently
with a view tn evade Ihe question upon the
resolution. Upon this motion the votes stood,,
yeas 59. naya 1 12. Of he yeas 46 were for
Mr. Van Huren, and 20 of them from New
York. The subject was further debated,
but ro decision was arrived at Now, air,
upon a view of alt thtse circumstances, can
there remain the shadow of a doubt that thia
question wa wilfully anddesignedty evaded at
the last session, by the-very party, which now
professes to hold aw election by the House in
snch utter- abhorrence. tTlus neglect of
Congress to act upon this subject-, prior ta
me last session, might admit of some apology.
inert) were ao many exciting ami important,;
;....!...... e T.i .. " . t
IS - . '
to hsnrh l chief atSenl! fr : "
uucmwni vi inoiiK-r a,imi. coniinuaiiv anainp i-
and besides, titer had been no- nnosnect af
aa election hy the House until the commence i
ment of last cession. Rut them is no iustii.
cation for th course of th party at th last
session sapoa thia subject.. It i too dear
that the pinty in Rwor f Mr. Yan Buren fr
the succession, tFetermineil to have the fiilt
benefit of the fears which existed in tlu
country ot so election oy tne House, in com
pelhng a submissiou. y. the decress of the
.JoliaovKy. 8peigl)ttUubbrdl.Tdfice ttieflWif ti5iire,l out and
Trretrf the te Htk'in'ii wp th.4tti.Jwrv.iidejiioiint,Bil aitttJackui.,.XWaiWJt
nrra nf f Jackson, and of Mr. Van one answer to tiiia question:- It uasnoof-
Dahimore romention. F.Ue why was it, that
not the sligheyt notice was tikeu by ttiat vigi- i
but guardian of every thing that concerns tlie
party, tlie tlobe,ol me question preatiueu
by Mr. Gilmer's reaofution when it was tin
ier diaeuamoof JCotne4iaigrapll.WS.
penned d'iring the sitting of Cpngreav upon ,
the importance of amending the Conotitiilion
sit as to prevent an election ot toe President
by the Hmue of Representatives. Why, sir,
was not the Committee which had charge of
this subject, rated for their negligence and
omission in not reporting upon the subject
submitted to them? Why were not the usu
al delineations uttered through that Organ
agaiii-,t t!ioe members of-the- portyw W tw
tedlit cverytovtawcerto-pi e rent" :ihe' eoswi!!
nation, and to defeat altogether tlie resolu
tioirof Mr ti.lmer? Sir,, a large portion of
tlie party upon that tjoestion showed that
they were opposed to a measure which (leu.
Jackson bad earnestly urged .'upon Ci ogress
aimtiat message atnc be r.aine iiilii
fence to any one to oppose that proi(wilion
at the last session. That this question was
designed lo be blinked, was manifest tome,
from the course of particlar members a
course which I could account for upon no
other ground. Whep Mr. Gilmer's resolu
tion was under discii'Stun. at one time, there
appeared to be a serious determination on
the part of the House to carry-rt. My cof
league (Mr. I'olk,). a lio is now the presiding
officer of this House, and who Cannot be
charged with a disposition . to thwart the
v'.e"sof those in power, made a speech
which. .was evidently ; intended to pul an end
to the farther consideration of the subjyct at
Wat" Sefoli'HK'e'cbm the time
wa,tott atiM-l,
liiitjpn" vi tiicT) Its importance 'dejnanife'tt.' tie
tIT.V.nrirf Tie muf, wit W tne Wfirattentior, h
had given tlie tesolutiin,'di'tecfed an error;
d there wiighl fw mnny mure-" lie ilw'clt.em.
phatically upon the importance of not per
mitting the resolution to go from the House
rhYiiwHrip
gone in tavor"! Wlten he concluded, a
gentleman who sat by him rose to move that
the resolution be laid on the table but the
Chair gave the floor to another member.
Now sir, further delay and further time to
examine into live detads of tlio resolution
could only be had by dropping the question
until another Congress. . That was. evident
to all. ' Uut, Mr. Chairman, the party are
not e-nly answerable for the f iilure of the
proposition at the last session, they ure res
ponsible for its failure at the only time which
lias arisen xvjtliin the last ten years, or which
wilt probably arise within the next ten, when
a fair prospect existed of succeeding in it.
Sch -was-the-anxtety of tin- members T-t he
opposition that this plea of the danger of an
eh-ctiony the House should le- taken away
from the party known to be in favor of Mr. Van
Iluren, in sustaining the contemplated nomin
ation of that gentleman by a Convention at
Dahimore, that many or them who had al
ways before that time been opposed to such
an amendment of ..the Constitutions was
proposed, were willing then to see it adop
ter!. It will be found- that more than fifty
members of the' opposition Voted lo sustain
Mr. Gilmer's liesolution, and there cannot be
a, doubt, that if the- party in power had not
deserted their own principles upon this occa
sion, the proposition would have been car
ried by the p quisi'e majioif'y. We have
seen the qiiesiion treated" with the same
neglect, so far, at the present session. Ac
cording to custom we have a Select Com
mittee upon the subjee'; but hill ihe ses
sion is past by, and we have no report from
it. Uut I am free to say, a r. th t I regard
the course of (he eomm'utee, at this t asion,
of but little consequence. If we were now
to adopt a proposition for amending the
Constitution in relation to ihe election of
President and Vice" Tresiden', it can h-inlW
be calculated that the legislatures of ihree
fourths of the "tales coidd be ((ot to act upon
"the question, in tun to.opera'e upon the
next presidential election There might
have been Some prospect of a favorable re
sult if the committee had reported at the
beginning of the session t but il is now loo late
to hope for success to any such measure.
There are too many in-eres's still combined
to defeat it.
T wenf y-PoiuCi Coii.ri-,.
Tuetrltti, .nl li
In the Senate, Mr. Clay ami Mr. Kwi. g pre.
enter petitions against a'liiiilling At kansns imo
the Uiuon, so loftj il.at clause itt her- cmirtnr
tution reinaim, pi-oliiliiiing ihe iirinmnissioii of
thsr slaves, wiinut Ihe c.n.ei.t f Ho n- owneis,
hy the l-gislatuie.
Both Senators, hoarser, ilec l-.ict.l lli.it lliry
disaHrnvei or lhe vn-wt o I( syn-1, ntnl
jnstifierlthe-pfopte tnTSkih'v h ,t form or in.'
s iiuii they plrMeil Mr. ( lav tl m.lii.c to
Hie pi iin.ii.les of die coinpromiie, 'entered into
?. !.,M x,iMriyrjt;al ipi.. ri...KWliw:sJitrctaK
fiiT a'tnlf'to ie-oigaulze the Navy, i a Hblisl.ii.jj
new graib-s of ofBjceri, via-: .hiiira!, Uvar ami
Vice AihniisU, wiili ihe moiles nd sirviee to
bepei loniieil. previoin to Mxvxi hJuaii.i.mhMU.
The hill whs "iclcrtil lo a secnml reailin. I hi!
brtt tmrivjienftiliff mine, mi tVi Ki'iise' vetkeT7
s i. I reilnre tlie ilmis on wines,- was passeil.
In the House ol Itepi-ts iilnlr.es. llic hill to
repetl ine sectim mi.lsiiig tlie note, ol the Cnitiil
States IIwiIlh teKSf lenilir, was takeii up; passeil
vein iu ine oensie.
.i ... i :,. . . . t-, . ., . .i
ilehsleil for the entire
tn the House, the fieneral timmn'mtion. Ili'l I
wa ukeu'up and-arteii x.n ji, Coiivmuu e .
Inr the Senile, the hill tor tile di.li il.iui, n nf
the proceed, ol the puhlie Innds, was discussed
and laid r.o Ihe lalile ontij Io-iiioitow.
The House returned (he anmi.l. rstinn if the
Geneial Appropriation hill', aniK aenliiiu-d ( n-
gigeu intlieiiitcuttipn cf n 'uitfil floMxt.,
Friday -Jlorit 15.
After Irsntarting some oihrr Lnshiesav 'he
Senate resume.1 the consideration t.Hh lull Utr
'be iihsi.riho.iion oLlhe proceeds uf tin sajvs i4
the puhlie lands among tl.s aever.1 Slaaea, etc
ami adjourned $ o'clock, lilt Momla) is il,
wiihomixkinn any ipuntinu on the hill.
The If.mse reiumeil. In t:oinmitue of the
Whole, Ihe (ieneral Annual AiuM-i.oiiation bill
am continued rneaged in the ilifiusitu of the
leians iA that liiil a gteal iMirtion of Ihe diu't
SlttKjS.
Saturday, Jprit 6.
The Sanat did not sit. .
The Geneesl AMieoiirisA n IViU ehn-aV rcnu
pied the attention. of the House or It-prrteiiW-lives.
. ..
Alondm, April 13.
In th Senate, annrher Oetiiion m-tvinir ihe
lninn of alavny in the I lisrt let, at lu'eseiile.T
si ,i ... ! . ... '
...... .. mi..e.i iiipi ii uc njetsru. Ititu,
lion waa laid on the talde.
In Ihe Hon of litretn!iiies. Me ilade
preente.la memorial of r ciintrns of Hriatot
m I etinsvlvanta.-remonti ar n.a kt...f 11. -.r.
'r . . .
"ilo llie l i,i,M(.wllh a C,
tmmg rtiw i-sisii awamr nnrt.ttitnw
wmmnnninri; v.rv we nojeieert lo
Ihe reception ol the lallee memorial. Upon
wluch a ih bale emueilj and th House prr-ceeil.
d to ether business without taking any question
' ' PfARJKETS.
rSyrt v'tle, April ? .:,. 1t , tfir. -Cora
Wtll. Klour 1 a T. Kaeoa I3J. tav
ga-UaU. ., :r---JZ-"
P U-rshurg, April. -Ci.Hoiv l? a 1ST dii'l
' ' - - i
I . U.. I .. : "..-. .. ... .a
CO.U.TI V I CA TIO..
rot THE ST a.
Menrt. Outlaw and Lemav:
I purpose, at auch lime as tnv
svomtioira wit! permit, to devote some attemi.T
to si srriferver the signature of "Vindcii"
the b'tandard. Fully concurring with ttra
tlior of those articles, in.lte opinion thst
puhlie are.eomprtent to a correct decision, wbsa
facU are laid hefor llimn, I would not wish eat
other tribunal lo deride between us, or aa lo
relative nieriu of Mr. Van Duren andJo,)..
White, for the -presidency, than, that whirk
has m-lectcd, I cannot but. remark." In the ui J
uj i luuv-A , ...... . .,v ....... nia Suaiufss.
tations of onesiiies lent bis numbers aboold
provoke severe criticism, is rather an evidenr,
of a conwiousnesa, on his part, that he Wotti,
nieru lucin. .. u appears to roe. ttaio, .iftat fcra -wrtter
veb-w to deal Willi foetay and whn waa
eota1!'ttWlrllyw
Ut4ujuJaw at biav-taailMsni U4fHnrffj"j;
Uul in devoting tne wnoia oi ins iirst numheru,
strivinifto transfer tlie merits of Gen. Jerjuna.
to Ilia favourite, and collating the friends of tlM
aJminixtration in the aupport of Mr, Van Burrn
With tlicse preliminary oWrvations, J pm!
ceed at once lo tha object of this communica
tion. In reply to the interrogatory whirh Via.
dex says Mr. V. B's opponentsso triumphantly
put to his supporters, viz. What has he done?
IvJiai rcjiTrdiryoo supporrea3cr,nh1i'srrtu)ir
gives! Doubtless you will say he procerus to
point out the aervices which Mr. Van Boren
, Iras r niiereil his country; the measures which
he has originated and supported for the pubUt
good, and tlie jeyiilencra which he hnaexibitaj
,oaijitx
the Culiiiiet. Not coy however. These, ,
jolifsOT.nftii LjyeJI..M )' Ijolitiral prjijaptav
on. th.i reat cpHwtion which jiave ai;itateil th
fAvliwW )irrtl iiiittnra. Mr-; tWn Jtiiii
. . . V- . .. . , v. "..in,
has siipMrtoJ Con. Jackson adll.inistratiol.',
nViw'1! the. iiWcjiu anwe"rVw'hicll tW
.SB.
cious and matter of fact writer renders to the
pregnant catefforv which 'he" himself put, ii.
flffl'Tn'ftnttesf
this aiwwer, t in, is luostured Defortrwtiiltfljr
gent community.
If tho support of the- admtnistratinn const,
tuted any rlaims to the Cliief Magixtrnry f
ilieUuited States, or famished any evidence of
qualilTcations for that hili and distimruishtii
station, (botbof which propositions! utterly it.
nyv) then-trill V'tnrtW inform'the pinp1e"ijf TC
Carolina wherein Mr. Van Buren has tlie f
vantafje of JuJs While! When friends wen)
somewhat more neeilt'ul than at present, wbes
.the Gon. wjs a private nun, with bo ofliecs tt
eitiolniiient to hestosv when the party ts
wluch Mr. Van Bswen waa attached and with
which ho waa ailing wero., hot moat onrefenliuj
cttcmTes and 'TiTKe'f ' rtvitersPK h'rnrlHrtvaVtnra?'
pahle of construing, aeror 'ing to those poliu,
eians, tlie plainest law, we believe Judge Whit
waone of Ilia most cffieient nnJ aqalou of hit
frk nils. Mr. Van Bureu'a roufwa, on th con
trary, even after Mr, Adams was elrcteovaiat
his first choice waa out of the iucstion, wnsfor
somo time a matter of speculation and nnem
tatnty; niid ttwasnot until the inatiifestatiooi'
of -pnWw-emhrron-ainSt Mr.- A6Vm- we-s.-arcely
to lie mistaken ihnt Mr." Vaii'lJuirt
discovered Gen. Jackson to be "a ttinrvell,,
pr pcr man." What' iiiflucai-e th uidir.
tion of puhlie aentinienf mny hmve had it
quickening Mr. V. B's determination, the rea
er must judje for hiinselfj
The first question, I believe, npon whirl
Judge White differed with tha party, was tin
three million appropriation, a meaure which
was uueipcrtedly snruiMrJuiMaConitr on th
last ni;fbt of t!is ses-ion, an appropriiitsnci whirs
nail been ca:iel lor hy neither the rroaltleiit ar
any one of the Deparlnients, snd which did sat
conform to that provision in the Constitutes
which requires that all appropriations jtf th
people's money ahall specify the oljecla npos
which it is to he evpeuded. Kneriit developc
rnenta in Con?res go very far to prove, if they
do not do ao conclusively, that this amendment
to the fortillcHtion hill, was a trap set for Ik
Senate, to enable "the party" tojrnrry mrt thiit
nefarious designs against tliat body; and tint
conspirators neithxfcted nor desired it Is
pass. For this vote, one for which he deserves
commendation from every lover of his countrj,
he was denounced, (he having been HrrwttM est
a short time hefor a a candidate., and It bejel
feared ho was in the way of the heir presump
tive) in the mo I virulent and indecent manner.
Those whom ho reprr-ented have pa-se-J upna
that vote, snd rendered a triumphant verdict of
acquittal. He has aince; hy the unat lin-iu
volo of the I.etfirt'a'nrc of ' ToiutesMp',- lieert is
elected to t'ie Sennto, I have tliuo hriefiy s'
vrted hi this, not because- I decta it of much
eoniimiiience, but to exhiliit to the prop'e ths
rea;r and all ri f.irln connected with thai
v -'. i - '' . "
i contend, nowi vor, that a severer r fleetis.
orn more biunjf sarcasm, could not be penneil"
s?fnt frtr;?Vsfflt4Bilrv"ri iTisniw'orVimtesv
Small indeed will Its ihe- modicum of ondfri
stamliiisr, oT ni r,d or political principle, of tl
pntTiormnTTemiiT&ttiir The leaiileiWwfiW r
mirr hetnir
shsH iwrimilyTii his-TievWcui thnt oSet-
Accord nz to this sage doctrine. I doubt not w
have many men in North Carolina, who are "aft,
unknown tt fame.'.whl can sis in rhtftilly, s.W.
more nhtrully than Van Buren,, po-ad rhattvy
i-tiu iiu iipimeni i;,
...... ........uii, ami, , naro syr nuite as im
Yet I horn My conceive, notwilhalnndiin
ions.
If
Jiisth cuhu;iumsof Jii friend, tha Ediloroff
Stanihtrd, his nvnlcsty wouH wdnce hinvt- -cline
a fanvass for tha Presidency, t.-hpivji" :
pretensions were urj;ed merely on" the g'ound
of this support, - : , :, ' - T
' Bui, says V 'unlet, th opposition have-'
ertlied to f.tr'.Van Buren irreat influence sn1
frirmte lo him -those" act o( thaylmmtl'r-
Uon, which they deem so ohnoxious. Riippo
ing it to he true that they have, and that be re?
By has had tMJnflrnre whic!vh
uppoaw, doe that furnish evidence of his fir-neas-
or qnarifi-otinn? By no mean. No hot
auppoaes Gen. Jackson i to be led, except 1
fTaltery and artfid appeala to his passion. ,T!
supple srta of the courtier are nece saary, ralbcc
man tlus honest straight liirwanl advice of a
friend, to divert him from his purposes'. orU
ducc him lo (itiraue a course different front tvha
his own judgment would prompt Ithasl'ee1
tlie case with all m.-n of similar character, wh
were fmd of military fame. That Mr. Van
Bunm fully understands thia weak Kint in the
old hero' character; is manifest from Ihe sUtef
anc of that auivivb sentiment, "it is stifficieot
glory to have servetl under snch a rWf." H
been rhsrfrrd.by the opposition that Kent"
has more influence than Vnn Bnrcn hiiesrl.
and. according to th very Imrical argument o
Vindett, ii (flerefore. inasmuch as li. ba hre" .
naWdiHrorevITnliuT
lasusiccessiaa
! cannot bi t think thai the friend of
Cauctrs candidate by arriving to-up hn Id h f
Ihrpoputarity and mrrias. of aaothaf, snaniff
how monger ar hi real claims to support-" .
The rnndidates for th first offic in this Co
vYrnmr-nt. rmght to sranof Upon their m"
it, tlieir own services, nd their own prineipl
The rase of Mr. Van Buren is thefimt inm
wbcre a prominettt aspirant lot th prerfJetttJ
fc Wn aikocatcilitj' sihersvand jWf;
r . : :