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OAVIO OUTLAW,? KdJtors. TliOsf. J. EE-UAV, 5 . 1 RALEIGH, II. 0. THUHSDAY, S2PTI&XBIIII 15, 103S VOL SXVIL 110. CD r "I i k" TIIOTAS J. LCMAV, PilftHlUKTOU A. til PKB11SIIEH. ";;;: .Strums. - v - ggiiicairriJi, three dollar per annua) ohe -. nalfra advance. . Subieribertlw tther Stulei ' aaitnH b allowed t'oreroa'Huaarrearttonfer thanoneyear.St pronneiilro wiiliouiiliin ' Stile, who may dettreto become tiibteriber, : . mount ofiheyear'taubaceiptioaia advance. AeVftftTlwiw tare, ant exceed inr fifteen line, , ina-rted three tiraea for on. dollar, aodtwtn te-five cent! tor nrh continuance. ltiX'H?ia,Hw Editor niuatTje -pot "panT"'-' VILLAGE HOTEL, sT.tmxriLi.n. .v. c. The Stiuaerrtier begt leave t inform bit fi-fctw'a : Mil Mm publie rnrially, inai he MrlaW in well known ctlnliOIimenl, (lately oreupiew wv ' SantniAYWIrh. Km 1 and will en the 9th day d JLia. l Aniru.l. rin4 ha ail to receive all thole who may be kind enough to honor him with ilielr rua tui. The Hnoae it large anil eommodkiuf, hav. Jng hul a ih.H l"lnne tiune gone through a tho . .rou(h rviBir.Jiig;ther s ilh atiaddiittin iif Four new ttooia. ou. main lreel, near the Court . U -Hue: In a vwd, llii eatab'islimeut it looked , u inn at . ul die-larrr nn. , - -n rhe Wetirrn tutri bT JtfinTh'Cnrol'ina'I jf jptsesl,! -njr kiElV;t:ri.'le(ertM'lia. luX - 1 it i i rimri l UIMM .3i Jar., "ww'rmtar in xgesi&xfiK ftiB6rr iahr.nke Jlittel fv !Heeraliif,Va.-M the lih lay ut tMiibfriM-xl,lrhK,aiion,Eiribik nwiit aiwl Muti.m-, oll.irty md. of ibe Ualelgh Ktl'l tiistun Kail 11 nail VK,t., V - , I'laataiid .Profile f the work, will beexhiliit. 'edat the pUca. above mentioned fyy ten day pr-rumi to I he letiing, ami all other information .i:i be.ivtn w)iili( liLtiiq JHbwrjut)r or auy.nl liiu AMlaut Knguief ra on the line. t . i(encou.meii.luli'Mi ,i'l lie expeeUd in. all ea id' iiBi inns jinl known la ihe-tlnitinecri'-,-. P, tfFiic: the inliirmmlion ot (wrtoiu nt a ilia tmiee, I wt,uift-1e that he klel ainKiaa tnn R41I lloa'l i eummuamin vf J he Vetera l.nru ami i.f ihe Uiftninlle rhiI Koaanke. Kait TliU4tatKl 4l en a huh and dry ridge. of '0 . until, biJi tnnailre4. remarkably hfolili and the mildueM of I he aliinate, a-lmit-tnig nf iiuT.itiim in the 0ta air throughout the winter, make it oeculiatly deiirable 10 tliote ta'uo; inter jnba. ' ' " " .. . The futility of traellinj ia so great now, by the It itTinint.-jiiit--H'hing'oa nit- triiWmtidawl Kn-ihrick'hir-f ttft ttoada Ihatthwtrit trom l liil u(el.1ita lo Vrlerabuif may, be rtprmed in hir.y liuui a. ITIie trip amy be Jr'i"'n,e,' Hie au .time by the iluy on 1htee day in Ibe wei-k. ' i.,- -if .-,. e " ' : AytW is, I5G.- f J, t..f'; is'' ' stop Tiib jwsAxhL Itnnawar from t ;' , the Knl.MM "i'NurtUi of liwibei k.4UiU-at- 4 .sh. Wi Friiliir. Iiiiit Uc I 'Jilt in i ant. tiTi iie-' ' - - - gro boy A U It A . t M ami his' f;Uf:R. I'he man it 27 i 11 it ;ttf, nhtMtt ft-frrthit;hf- w-rll piiijiorlmili I wi'h ttdri aJily liiivk tijta, atut the wniiiau it IMUdiit .11 -thc f.rmi'.r nut vrry ilai k cnn'(it'-f ilnf li i:r, tall, Miin vitfi( ail ijin't' k . -Ahriha-M tint M min'-ktrtha't "-e..l!rt .11, e 6.it it ! ih nl id I' cHim he e"i im 1 ft;-lrt it,, L; nit ? rrcrivrl a n-tire Mn tu r tittr i i!'ce r.f lii h ill in oh-ilil) 1 1 l i nn 1.1: imr! . !h is tt-nmi k.-.tilrt Inn, l.n- l 'I, tn.i ...!, ;;'jvrig air, hMi ill atliait it.r I'li'iiM ii uf ru 1 v line. 'I lia Hiini.'iii 1,1.1 a Uf' I hie 11 iff 'ii hi ui r ( n rie . h'-r I.i.H, ' !., ' ll 'Y ...... Ill .1. li l-l t.lil Ml l Ii ' -1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' i 1 1 1 . 1 h-y aill Hi'ii 1 1 -r i I'lUik. li.e In-) 'iwvidg hfij lurifii ! i w.ii'niinj; hminrt 111 mill Iiimi. I t: KiKI'Y D'll.l.MM , I. :iiii 1 In iw t. I A iM .iiiiini yin! I P. I,. I t.ir his wit,', il ink"n in llif S;:i'r, (: i' i ainoiint, 1! In!. fit il ul II. S m, ; DAVi: " a7i sjiUT,K.i ir.jv;;.',- Just ieeiei," a 'tii.;ily i l I11t.l1 V..n . ;irin or Smut'ia wlrfg in iut't Hi',! i iia.ka,. ! -Utf It-,-1 . . ft IUA. IMS, 11 lYII 00!) a . niAi;iii 8jl),..iH;i5..11...1''....:'J..- . - ..' 'ilOlitl STAY liilOZiK Jatt i ttrivtil at li.e Nurvu- CjiuIhu I! h k Rmre, i. ; - HiH-wt I h-fi-i.re WU-'Mhyf t)iwut'ni Chalmn t Woik, n.'w ii!in. Selni Tliniiliit on Jtcligii.ua bulijceta, by Her. v K. Iliil , . . TIhj lld.rew wife, or the !. of Marriare I. l M... rh.nl, .l..'..M .nullum.. I i Vm . ..w... in iiiv ii ir , " m ..iiviunii lAtA;ewu.n4rfMidMilytiaiw f (Jhriiiinn Hrahruhv " ... tunrrHiRt m an Ammcan niale nntlt-r ttii 1 ''l;''h Pravata ha ttv riaa 1 ". kk " full ditrluture ol their mm Viert and tuviomt, . vrittea hy beraelf, embellithed with Dunier at aQfiper plate Kngravinra ' A , ilUmt', Pennock'tGenrraihy k Hittoiy. Memuiraof Mr. Mary M. F.lln, with a pm trait Akdrewi tc Nlmliiard't Latin Grammar, lor. the ate of Sehnola and College Penny Mrsiue, bound and ia Not. "Hirday cliiin . I'enny Uyvlntieedi. " -I he Bibfiaal Atlaa, eonulninr 6 Reatiiiful to iored ma,ia, i.j KielH Falmer, reviled and aompared with the enoet recent authoritica, bv '.CO- fliiih -.. . ' Kew Manaal of Privilia Drt'otVUi -liithop W'hitr't Memoii t ot the Prnfettant E piteopal Churrh ol the U Stale nf America -Memoir of the KrvJohn hlanlurd, U, Jj, A nlain Manaal nf Invkiiiv ; . I Kirkbam' Raaay on Klocntion : Vw sale by TuBsta & IIvohis. wueien.jun. 93 , , , TO JOEItSEVMEX TAIXOItS. Two Joornrjmen 1 ailnr will Unit tnaitint employ, at high a?c, hy- immeilmte applica tion t. the eubaeriuer, at HOeigb, Nooe but Brat rale workmen need aoplyi. P., f""- M- UVKtt, MarehantTanor. . Raleieb. April 80 . ....... .(.,t. ,9 ;,v-:'-r,-rOTicE.'-: -" ,., -, ; Thn 'rriher havinr. at May terra. 1830. ot tha Cotirt of Plea and Q.,MJ li...!:.?, lorthe eoin.iy of Johns .nd Stat, of JJnrA ,r. -."..n.iMTOtor unnn the e rte nf the late lloetor John l U..J11 . ... ' Hn!" 'VC om " ,0 P'rton havinr claim i'ttarainrtlh aid Doctor John L H.v. ; i;fii-w a , uetrro. to pretenl them to me for par- ' -t other.it. thia notu wiif be " , -f! iheir rero7t ! hoae ia. 11 1 k-nml? Iwettate, aie requni-d to nuke ! Kill k "T"' "l "e eott. ' I he Admr. -III hm ., ..1... Si-fwiHir Coort, oa the . . .. 3 4t 1 It ALEIGII ACADEMY. Tlie Uommillee appoioied at a mretief .1 tbe Tuwttiea awl-. Ckiseaa, to nroear T'aacber, have entered Mr. KOUT. ii. AU.IiiON, ho ill tnke charre oi the Academy an Sloiulay, tb-17lh of October aexU The tritimunmlt -4 -the character and qtialifi eatinn af thia RrulU-roan rive the ateurante that b will both ably and laiihlully ditcliarg. ihe du liet of mttrucior, in th. higher at well at lower branches of cOucatioo. . .TIIOS. C0nB3,: ii -Z ' 8. BIKIWALL, BEN J. B. SMITH. : THOS. J. LEM AY. Raleigh, Se.teiaber B. It3d ' '. ,, SPEECH OF Mil. IIELL. lure, sir, 1 should close my re marks, but I hare promised that, be fore. 1 sit down. 1 would give ome ex planatiun of the grounds and priucipleg upon which those with whom 1 act in this House, and out of it, have taken their course in relation to the succes sion.- :.l am also too ueetti r persunu ed that the crisis demands the fullest leveloptuen 1 4 - th.,puw f aity- and fitiier ihete was ii tinle in the his- iorr of thisiiuntrt whicli-calktL. . . . . 1 . - i. - . . ' . .. i itnpr-nousiy caiieu lor Hie tmcussion i mum iirucuJ.-4 u-u)afctr:4iii - itall of the Representatives ot the iia tion of great and fuiMlamental prin ciples, principles intimately and indis Bolubl connected with the liberties and. happiness of , this people, the, sta- uiuty ana successiui action toi our happy sysrein'7Vf "govern it Is at the present jur.cturo. Precetleiits and rt ocf ii h eaCIkPiJS! oWihs d.c.a n.d inCTaftetClnotfinlj' in tiie- pubiic ad ittuiistrati.m :-of tlte-uovernittent, but in the minds of the people upon pub- lie sentiment, Bubvei-sive, in bit judg-J principles of our ", Goverurocntj pre cedents and doctrines destructive of all the'securities provided In lhelcon Slutinon lorilte pieaeivuuuu ui a ncr renrtsentative ' Govern metitf prece- d"entyin"tr?tl6ch mes tit.war yHFajjnKrPl!Dpte7 but he 'is fespuJUiible-io tliatlias lieretofot e:: been' regal tfed as tutidamental afid 'organic in the Vvery existence of a.JYeif.Uovernntent. ; V 'f It is not only couswlidation which is tnenared, but' a ' consolidation which ousht to oe ,, enuai iT,piuusjiu-iiij;4 a , .i. '. Ma - - . "Ii .'. J.. A -'.l I Fedenl and the Republican, a consoli dation of the most offensive and revolt- ing'natare'. to. the '' TeeTuigs add rjdg inent of every freeman who is not ui feadj become cailous to every senti: ment associated with t:ie namr ot a rev mblic 4C libwiyfM'ho-aAjjot Already load to all tlieVhi-islieiLf efulltjEfts .1 ihe pa?,, and al! t!ie inspiring hopes i fihf; iuturc. bir, ordinary cunnoiiua titni, the ika cf whirh has, heretofore; ! ti syflctcnt to excite the fears oi v i,r t: " tft:.. iniij-t unquestioned pa- nuUiiM i f all t in ore )liV-(iljV- ..i.t i -1 i ie nut I : 1 : lit t 1 1;'- 'Tiid to tS'.e - l'"' u i.H It Ooci iiiiwitl palrouii",o may be property ar-piied, leads nototily to a coiucati atii.ii of ail the powt-rs, of sovereignty in the Fed eral head, but in a singte branch of the National Governmentin the - Exectt- name, is to be annihilated.-.- 1 lie two UovkMmf that body are to be controll ed by the same means, by the use of the same part machinery, that make and control the- President himself. A political joint atock companj, act ing, through the President as their agent, is intended to rule the - whole; and rule it will, until tome future President more ambitious than the past, shall apply the whole capital of the company, oi wnicn no is oniy me trustee, to his own use, and spurn from his favor the disciplined corps which brought him into power, as hav ing no more right to rule jointly with him than he has to govern alone; and thus drops. the curtain, :,f forever, -upon what may afterwards be denominated the farce of American liberty! - . But there ia a point of delicacy which I must notice before I proceed further with tins branch of my re marks. ' I shall be forced to rpeak freely of the coarse of the , President in the 1 remarks; which I propose to submit. V 1 know that a sort of morbid jealousf and Sensibility in relation jto every thing which may fie construed into an attack upon the- President,' i the natural feelingtof a House of Ue presrntatives composed chiefly of his friends and supporters. i The danger is, that this party interest which exists to rrptl every thing that tavors of an attack upon him, may, and will, lead to a 'pint printpleronce and oftea.-.to a total upprtifll-free -disctii- sion and inquiry into his - conduct. Thjs deposition to intolerance is CTeatl Jincreased,r wbB Presidiotr like the present one, is not only sup ported by" large majoritj. in this House, but is, besides, a great popu lar la vonte Tet. it is precisely at such a period that free and rigid in- " j ; .r e.i. . ijuirj anu investigation are oi me great est importance to the public interest. It is at such a time only that Congress can show itself to be the true, ana fear lew, nnd- faitbfut Fardiair'"f ttofcvwib- ucliherljOttrng-aB snpopaiar administration, neither couracet nor industry, tior real is wanting to exe cute the task oT inquiry into Executive conduct or abuses. All are ready to discharge a duty which is popular, and in which there is no peril. But it is the duty of this House, under all ad ministrations, whether popular or o;hervyWe, to lend a ready ear to dis cussious and investigations which re late to Executive conduct, power, and influence. . T V - .' ; trJB ut sir. I 'im.. iibi ceHala ii an opm pI'beiilecUoffmrMj Mtquiry, inai me rresiueni is in no way re- sponblrtothisHoirse-ftnHnyTtiri he raay,du.lliaXleu.au-j4idpettUeni4 eonltntiiepartmefttwthrJovelri-" menf,.,vho is responsible to his , con stituents" -to the people; and that we have only to attend to our ordinary luties as membfra "of the .legislative branch of .the Government . and - to Jake tart lftt abl people fur our jiwn conduct Vithoot utuleitakin 4flueitiua lUe r propiu'ty ofwhatthe. Preskleflt hetlonet or mtty uo. I say 1 a.m not Burc,it sych a sen Tiraeirt is not becoming common in the ' countryi and I almost blush to think i!iat uch,a feelinsriS not alfo- gethef tifttndwhTiii (his ITuuse Sir," it is a great "mistake, and ma be the source iif roanjerfors anJ r great mischief to the country. ;The Exe cutive chief of the 'Government is re sponsibly,.notonly-to his constituents, this House: and thia is a part of the (heorynof ."litlTirr'vVirhiiii tT.w hTcB" should never be lost sight of. It is true that the idea, which has grown up oflat(othQ:'.tota)Jindepe..rJden(e.l'of the. PresUl.Mtt on - this House," has be come s i common, that 1 am tint cer tain if the bare stiziestion of the con atitutional duties and powers of this House win not 'excite surprise, and startle the more devoted friend of the PieaiJeat. r But it ia fit that we should not lose all recol lection of our powera ajjiLuiyilegeilIU- will , have some giMKl eilect to make continual claim to our constitutional powers, thqughwe may TDotTIutilt proper to exercise them, I will then take, leave, to repeat," that the f resident is. responsible to this House, in the only way that he could Ik; nude so, without depriving him of tiisj siiadow ot independence as the !, Idfa senarate department of the tJlVlI'li liicfif. !! I I. ' i '.r.it it ne t and that is by impeach- .y, h)i; me rrcsiueni may l... t.iipi'aciieu by thiJ louse. iu u.jti iidcn anu sacraJ dutv v t ) impeach him for adequate I da not mean to say thatthe t incumbent ough to be iin !, Ii it I would have this House ','.c in the knowledge of its The day. luay-comerin the- ' (' t!i's Governmentvvliefl a x : j ! e. m ill . hare ',M b&weu c o u n 1 1 - r o f . . t h e s jpi r i i; a nd. po we r IluuieV or th Executive. in- t !. i 1 becoming independent only of tw.v House, will actually overnu and t'ie People iaU tbebargala constitution did not mean flbecause the People, by their Voice, may ele vate a man to the Presidency, they do thereby sanction, in advance, - and en tra?8 to submit to. all that he- mar-do xicerr On tha contrary;: t;ojposef that a President, thus choien; may abuse his powers, and deserve to be removed from office, ant) . the duty of supervising his conduct is. given to this House, , Yes, sir, we are the con stitutional supervisors and overseers of the .onduct of the Executive. Having made these preliminary re marks, I proceed to the subject I am most desirous to bring to the notice or Congress and of the Country, ' I allude to the subject of Executive . and offi cial interference in elections, and the consequent abuse of Executive patron age. I regard thia as the subject of all others - demanding the greatest at tention and ? scrutiny at the present juncture. It ia too late to attempt any.: remedy by legal eaactments at the present session of Congress, but it is not too late to invoke , the atten tion of the country to the existence of the evil, and consequences which must grow out of the toleration f it We can prepare the public mind for future action upon this subject,, if we can do no more. .J-hall proceed-at-xmca to speak of .the course the higheifeffi ceria the Government in connexion with this subject of the President of him who holds the power of appoint ment of all other officers in his hands, and whoseduty it i, under; th con stitution, to supervise their condurt, and, as the. goardiaa of- the public libettr and of tie constitution to see thataey official dutirs, and iropriipetly intef- fere with the freedom of the elective fradise,if-hewho-dtltiriatd watch over and control the conduct of all subordinate officers in this respect, snail ntmseii set the example of inter ferencet it he shall lead the. way, and become the first in xeul and activity as he is first in authority and rank, in carrying the election of a favorite can didate lor the succession, it will be in vain that we discuss; it will be in vain tha? wilTre vTe optili lheconduct"or subordinate of ficers. If the Executive head of the Government may property interfere in elections, it is decisive of the whole question; and whatever we may do, whatever we may enact, will not be worth the parchment upon which our proceedings are recorded. I am aware that I am treadins- Upon ' delicate ground in venturing to speak at all of the President, in connexion with tins subject. I know that there are many in tin countrTAnd . for-aucht I know in JthifJ I ottf e who ri?garddi. -a ort (iJC lwl.j L'gi ouad 4Hat)oe''3Mth. I an abHit tread,Tid : thatheshoel should be put from. otT our feet before tltask- Godv i-ot ajparrsof' wt-'tnjftr ititibliI am aware, "ttt ifie same'trme, of-, thodifficultyof nty position in speakins as I shall have occasion to do of the present Chief Magistrate. It requires sbmepower of discrimina tion, not ordinarily possessed, to dir. trimiuate between.-the suppoft of a President and his administration, so far as i esrards measures properly of an admTnistrativeatOTersodTheTnea- sures and conduct .""if the same "atliiiits latratlott ui regard to. shhjectij ahtTob- jects nut in any manner connected With official uTy. . 1 have supported General JacksonV administration i.u most of its pt oinincnt and . leading iiieasure8taa J have demonstrated dur ing the present session, and I expect still to do so; but I 'have opposed, and I expect to continue to oppose, ja cer j tain scheme of , policy of ins, in . rela- tion to the succession to the prcsiden cy, in nowise, constituting a part oi his official duties.' But for this op position I have been' constantly assail ed in this House for having 1 chanted my party ahd my poVitksVand for the same reason the cry oPanti Jackson ism'' la raised against t-'me out f this House, by every unprincipled partisan and nartisan press" throahout the country. But while I am conscious of standing upon' tha - same eround, and that aniihTgay-sTjpptirtitig the same pnncrpica wnicn;Tvowea-anu;;at:teti upon from the first moment I had the honor ota.. seatin4hi House,-neither ignorance nor prejudice on - the one hand. nor. artiace- nor. lalsehood on the other, shall detef me from doing wiiat i conceive to oe my duty. , jL.t no one say,, then, that in what 1 am about to advance upon ' this subject I am attacking General Jackson, or that I mean to make an issue with - him, or that I seek to overthrow his "adtuinis tration. I am too well convinced of hi great popularity and influence to suppose that any such attempt would succeed,if l wera'dipii8ed to make it My attack, - (if what I shall say shall be held in the light of. an attack rail ) will be upon that parly and those party' leaderswbtr have pushed him far in advance upon this subject. and u poa very occasion- hen there walhe4e asfe vdatijf The bio ws wmcn t snau ueai win oeaimea and dealt upon them; and if he shall feel the force LOany ...of thrm, it will.be the .l ""i"ti i is t' a -a a.'. . ' . a necessary, resair or hi pusuiou, and not ot any purpose oi mine, hot one, sir, I do not mean to . relinquish my privilege, my right, and my duty t the country; In opposing the : election of any man it party to power,-because c!.5yl!.?d !tJhat every indignant re. buke of hi; or tiicirr principles and conduct must have- some .reference to tlie course of a great popular favorite. ' s nave saiu mat u me rresiueni may properly interfere in elections, it will be of no use to provide a remedy a gainst the - intefectnee of subordinate officers. I use the term properly ad visedly for the question' now is, not whether the President has interfered, but whether it ia .safe and proper that he should do so. j : , , . , VV- I need scarcel y tell this House, that the President has interfered in elec tions. It is well known; I presume, to every member of this House, that the interest felt by the President in the election of a particular Individual (Mr. Van Buren) to succeed hiut in the Executive chair, has, within the ast fifteen months, been made known to the country in a variety of ways. litis has been done with the decision and boldness characteristic of the man in all his great undertakings. " It is not so well or so generally known that the President has, in some or Ihe States at east," interfered in the election of members of both Houses of Congress. The most decisive and uneouivocal proofs exist ofuch interference. That I may tiof be misunderstood, I ' will state the nature of the interference to which I allude. Tho most common mode of interference adopted by the resident has been the distribution ofibad xlaimed,, ftieod an ibnusual and extraordinary numberlof the election of Judge White. It is of newspapers under bisfrank, c n. 'equally well known that th's st i ing the most virulent and inEairmato ry attacks i iipori the character and con duct of particular candidates! Another mode was. by writing letters under his own signature, tou various individuals, Un which candidates od nosed to the election of Mr. Van Buren were de nounced, and the moti ves of their con uuci impugned, lhes letters were, in general, indastriously circulated, . .1 : . t ..... . , . ,i t ,JR5.li WM JtQU.C4ttaAVAUIVeoV "oufcJUixMrxuig mcB8uro-oi tne rresiuenu in one case, auch a letter was written to an officer or asrnt in the service of the Government; and by hun ireely communicated. In another instance, such. a letter was actuallv and frequently read from the hustings by a candidate for Congress, to large assemblies of the people. 01 all thee facts' the proofs are now in my posses sion, or in the knowledge of members ot this House; and they wilt be pro duced, if any gentleman npon this floor shall-qtfestioBTn part" of my "slate- President" ItltM IttStiiriof i Succt'Ssor Bar4tt i wwstattces, rlirratrfso itriki ing and peculiar a nature as to demand r a aeunraio nonce. : i anuue- ro.ius ai- glslatures of t!ie States of Alabama and I eutiesscf. tl n the lacts Connect ed with the case of the'Tennesst e Le gislature, I can speak with confidence. It is due to the President to say that he practised uo diguise in his . inter- tcrsnce .JWtth-,tueleuueaeo Ijegiala- tore. letters stidressed to several in dividual tnetiibcrs left no jdoubt of his iiiTeuTTon ro'liyect;Some'ofUie Pre sident's friends in Tennessee supposed that the numerous franks of the Presi dent uno kind, were procured bysojitamaiTjuication. partisan of 4he-VirePresiIent without therivity of the President to the et; tent or character of the matter circu lated undenheirit but to dissipate all doubt u ponu thia - point, of the three hundretl . newgpnprritransiniltedlio Nashville last fail, addressed to the members of the Lrgislatare, umlrr the President's frank, the entire address or superscription of tne hundred was in the well known hand writ ingot the rresuient. luote newsnaneis con- taiiied matter having a direct bearing upon each question of importance, ex pected to come before the Legislature ol that 55 late, connected with national politics. I have thus given a ttain statement of fat tsr,vhtch a re u hTeniaTjle.- TwWi jt 'jjpi'ijnjgj.jQj tfiaiiireSa1 1 htae circumstances, with others of a siinilu nature,' hkh might bo referred to. amount to an interfereo-e in elections, I oiake ntKwUth charge against the Prj sidetit. But sir. if this be hot inter- ference, then there can be no suib thing as Executive interference. But, sir this is direct interference. ' It is open, and above disguise; and the question to be hereafter decided is. whether it is allowable and proper. I have met with some respec table per sons, (I mean respectable fur the Hon esty of their ojiiuions-who, without disputing the iac ts, contend that the President has not done any thing which he might not riehtfuily and Proper! v do; that he may and ought to interfere elections, whenever he shall think that tbe interest of the country will be promoteHr brhif ijiterfereccslf wa trom inuiviouais oniy inai the course of the President received any countenance. 1 he mass even of hit warmest personal ft tends at first snttnhs (o evadij the queiitni to deny or pal liate the facts.. But now, whole com munities have been brought to ac tiuicsce in, and even to applaud the course of the Executive in this respect. Such is the power and influence of a popular would have struck the whole conrunum- ry vvuir amazement, ana caused the most unscrupulous partisan to falter in us course, is now haded and defend ed by thousands. But, what is more to the point," this House, or a large mai niiy of it, lus given il sanction to these practices. 1 feci authorized to say this,' from Ihe circumstance- that the main facts establishing the direct nterference of the President tn the e ection of his successor have be.n no torious, and have passed uncontradict ed in every section of the Union fur tbe last fifteen months, and vet the ma jority of this House have ' manifested not a mereacquicsence onlr. but a de. cided, thorough, : and uneouivocal ieal, in sustaining the President in all the results and objects, direct and in direct, immediate and remote, of his ntcrference. Sir, I beg leave to re fer to one or two circumstances to show the open, avowed, and notorious char acter of the Prerideni's interference in the election of his successor. It will be remembered that , the letter of the President to Parson Gwin, of Nash ville, in which he was induced to give the sanction of tus great name to the humbug of the Baltimore Convention, and to denounce every man who dared to oppoge ihe nomination of that aaacm- bly as an enemy of the People, was defended upon the alleged ground that the editor of the Nashville llepublican mare pretext, and that 1ha editor of that paper had done no such thing.-. But, if that pretext had really existed, what will be said by those who think that a sufficient reason for the Presii dent's avowal of hi preference for Mr. Van Buren, to a paragraph which ap peared in the .New Hampshire Patriot the, staadard organ of the democracy t.f the East th'fore the Gwin letter , had. madents aearah Iir apeaking of tlie'brospecta of Judge White, the editor oi that baner affirm ed tliatsV f Judge White cannot re ' ceive the vote' of Tennessee; for even there he must contend, at odds, asraimt ; the influence of the PrniJentiMr. Grundy, Mr. Polk, and Mr Johnaon, ' and the genuine democracy of that tro It democratic State. " Here we find in one of the leading journals of the party, not only a clear sanction of the piaviiv. ui uucrierence, out an open avowal of actual interference.,! is preposterous tempt ingJ,to, 4r v . av interference, when lie-iefdelatVi raeference , i ' known to every freeman in the twenty friSik? .UJLoirii;hUtbenr-- m saying that a majority uf this House ecutive intcference? this new develop ment in the action of this Government? t is true that this aactiuii has not been " given in express terms. It is lor that reason that 1 am the more anxious tt press the subjert; for, if ever this limine, upon run view oi tne ques- . tion, and Upon due deliberation, shall gl.ei!4 .xpres sanction to this prc -tier, then, alt that remains" for the i friends of J.hejL'otisfitutioa aiid of the future liberties of the country to do. That the President. UDon full con- iideiatroii, befievei that he has a riant. and that it -ia hi 4luty to intefere. as he has done, I have no doubt I have as li'.te doubt that he has ai rived at thia conclusion . upunJree aud full advise-.-ment with his leading friends. He has taken liis ground too broadly, and too much in the face of day, to doubt his own opinion o his right in this respect The"8trorigest;andin.i)it effi-ctive ar-, gument which I have heard advanced " among the People, iu favor of the course p ursued by the President, is, that it is Ar, the honest en I sagacious statesman a well as warrior it is the general opinion of hi patriotic inten- itinns which prevails that gives all the " iuu, anu an iiie ct.unit nance to his direct, interference in that question, " which either receives with the Peo ple. It is the more unfortunate that ' it is soT It ia hot the present contest,' or the presrut day only, that is to be affected by this pracfice; it is futuic e lections, future times, and TSiT future destiny of the country, that we should look to. It ia the precedent that i most to be dreaded, and this tieri.ra a. " tenfold force and mischirf from th great and lauded name and character of him that makes it. . It is the more important that how, in' his own times, and in the pride nf hi influence and ptiwer, tliat those who see, or t in k they see, the future disaster! t tho uU0iUtttiqnapd.;.1jbetti.( of the ct;uo try which tin practice w.ll be l.kelv to eeoerate. should and d'o alf that dctprinincd iiieti can d " torprevent n gt Pei at acquiescence ti n- " dcr. it I feel myself called Ullllll 1 1 bring to bear upon this question itwtu- . name of the muni bdnved and m at- - ii 1. 1 rv vr CiErirT n h iUu ilrinuiinen cunneitrd with tha h a. tory of the country. But, first of all. i mut quote the President's twn o-' iiiui on. airainst him ml f. -s Tha t jfitkson was oi.ee s. .zealous - an. I m tie interference with elections as In u now, when m favur of the nrartir. I have no doubt" -. Without trenaK. ing upa;i the time ol the committee, by referring to a grt at deal more, I will content myseit, upon the pre.ent occa- awn, oj reaou g tuj sentiment deliver ed by the President upon the snhject in his first inaugural address, as evidence of what, his opiuioii then was. 1 hi addre? was supposed, and was doubt less intcnilf d to give some solemn as surance to Ihe. country of the fidelity of the new incumbent of the presiden tial chair to the main principles upon which he was brought into power. "The recent demonatration of public ten. timeiit inscribes on the fiat of Extcutivo dut es, in character too legible to be over, looked, ihe tak of iefurm, which will require, particularly, the collection of ,n,e abiiae. ihnt have brought the patronage of the Fed. eral Government into conHict with tn. v. Uom f election, and the counteraction of tnoae cause wliicli ,ve d.stuihed the rijrht fu! eourle ofgppointment, and have placed of continued poacr hi tuibiUifut or inci-iupctent Uand." , ,. . , N Alati-hir, for-the dilapiilatiu-not" only of matter bnt of ri iw ijius, Mds the lapse of a fevv years is able ta c. rtl Here, we haveavo.ved the very pi ia ciples, upon which the fate ot the lat administration turned reform, ar.JL, the limitation of Executive patronage to prevent undue Executive influence upou cU ctiona. So intense was the e?j eitement of the public mind bj on t:.". subject the last two years of the lat administration; ' at it r;y ?:!.::'' f f.'ivif ''--l ' i t
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 15, 1836, edition 1
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