f ' ' ' I ' " ' ' ...
RALEIGH, N. C. THUXlSDAY, FinmUAXHT 0, IC37
; - tiiotias j. iciwAi, 4r
I EDITOR AN BJ-rOPBIETOS;
-'. ; ' TKttMS. -V ";.f ;
Bi3ctirt4f. tro llr per annnm-o.e
.. n-.- . SnbaenberainetAer Staff
.....alb allowed toremaialnarreartlonrer
lKiiMr"t( raonieaidenlHbrttliia
s. uo mm dealreto becom aubaenberi.
wilt beatrietti required to pay the whole a
flhSJr'',,,,,v,P',0,,,a d,"te-
,irte.ltlireelinietf'r one dollar, andtwen-
t-St tenia Iw aaell eontinnanee. ' . ,j
rt,si mi f tk-n K ilimr numb? p" PM
aeji - :
..sjakue: seeds, i :
J? W t'i'e iWertF Shntert,d4
U'Sl C. Ii't etliu J'hiluJelJihi. , "
0n SAt II;.-
TM exereiaea at tin a watitution
V
ill w SPEECH OF MB. PICKETS,
racnte h JOth hiitant, nnder Ihe direction Qn t!,t renlutienprvf ttirtfxin inquiry mf thr
Ma. KWhard N. BriMj.M6iMfciKMf fe-- cmMuh oA Executive Department, tie-
tyinmciktieti ati ee n---"
urtieixtr writ ! 11 1
hU-liwrtlanmr, 3, I837. Vv.
ff m rLiii. for ii the branch?i nenali inntht ,, Mr. PIC K.EN S observed, that it had
The price, tor Intir
n bbKiiu chooi, mo ir ijhu n """- ntbeen originally hia intention when
'Tide Academy ia mated in theeonnty n firau- the HouSe by IIIS friend from ) lfgima
L; 'r"?'i!s W.8e)to hate taken anr.part in
pwpared .16 worship t the Ihrine i T a
n j image which hit roaster mi jht hold
up as the jMipuhr idol f Ihe'daj.v i:
"..Sir (said Mr. P.") it U the first time
it tuy life, that I ever heard that the
'ftghfW demand" tnesti2atitii,witfwtt tlftu fnercenary foUowers, who
assigning specific charges. V hate Bpon Ail tout.- , .
the right to infestigate all the ofIi.-e Eerjr people, from their history ant
and papers, (except perhaps those that edecoatiurt, have a peculiar criterion
cannut saietjr tnaue puuuc, reiaunj uj wmcn io jane i uuenj. in tn- -
papers, recoru anu uacumenis ui pu- to loreign diplomacj, and arcnivct oi giauu ihi or Knave may sway
lie offices, aid vt the oflkers, were t the government, and of alt its agents the sceptre of empire by-the law ofle
be viewed as private property, belong. n every department undihis richt is sitimacy, and the fluines'ef I titled
ing to -firivate individuals und,' as j essewUl to inaititain the purity'of nuroli,lity may wave over star And gar
such, tube exempted from enflttiryndfEnerhmeht1and-'oT bur ihstitutions. Iters," and "yet the .Enftlishmatt mat
eo.mtrt i err Umlioii ilt be lit-the lUJB u"1 .. i iiivcsuiiaiiun, oum uuvtnmr ire v-imij - u'i,-r Baj"welXlTporn,r 7ru'j T,aln v. "c. imwuij uu
motnl depointiteM oi in (iuucnit;iiii ui I roi. m ine course ui tutpiriani u.vvis
trt n-tt wr thcmicirct uml gencrw MUriietioi, g;,in nlfany, and he must Saf
.wis M tj
- :ranviUa en. Jan. 23, 1837.
leiseu. wa new to hunt it is a doctrine mmiHtration,- Mwhv raise a select cain,intr Lktause-these tl.inps are sus-
directlr at ' war with Albert n it U a . mitte?- Whr incur tUin etrwrise? ' 1 taineil br Ihe" fundamental ninciDlei
S -I'ty-J mnnatrona .tloctripet'wBtch.' he .' had Ll.yfrtna:talftilagd'tii tead tn-thn- mnsl'' insn-tr, U not fettf fr. t!?. jij. the British Constitution as a part
v Turner IIiistH, Dook-Selleri,
Warranted frch iid gcwii'iict crop of 1836
eMretn KuW or Co
.5A?.lv3.R! : t :- . adininiHtration. be ;.had-. been led fo
nwiitv. b tho br. r !wd. .s brrU chanse his onctnal Inter tion, & would
J excellent Family Flour. Peion dMirod of now, therefore, offer a few obswvatuins
ttVite Ooin .
ni - ta "" ;
VrU? fo er- London
. Letk- 1
Karl- bhl trlj llccl
Krfy French tiipM.l'
V'rty Uiit);v UM-it !
haliul or.SantCiir !)
lA)r W-, -!
Long Mangel Wurlicl
tjms VVltitft Scarcity dt
ISrai lottlciTOt, TJ fine
llu-lr lint
(iuruaev I'amiip.
. JUrly eluiUir (jueMmbv!
Fati-a Loug , . ;
lug lirctii i do
Krlj Frmiie " d0
Karly SbiWt fircea
I'rieklr Cihaibiu drf f
S n einr A trm.-ti
f.iirly A"l'l,'',l ,', '
ljufe M ikkifieW ;v!ril"r
t-'ilio Nuliurx Mr I. II
' (.urge Cuu iiie ilo
tiieeH Chraa do s
fnmrKntimte do' v ?
Y.ct Mrlo.i (Ivvutiful)
Hutu UrtH'k ou . ito
wa Kate . ' -Garly
DuUli or Sjirirj
. M I mtii . ,
Kmly Gaiitrn Stone
I nmur '-re-
Norfolk. Klal Tamio
v hue H it u
pUMibaa'ias'wiU iIcm, aJJress Die at llilUbo. on tliis iSUbirct.!, v , :y ti , '
rsu3h.,.tV ;t . v- ' ;VrmnP 4 ,0 ?PPUon to the resolution wliicU
t ; r ' it " is " " w "Us for a wlect committee with pow-
er to mike a thorousli investiiration in
CfClMOarVIIXS3 AA.n, fo tie conduct of the departments, we
TbTmtuke thu melt.--have !e?n t"M that there are. already
'i 1 1:'.
0l ui intormig tlieaptiU.e tl '
lite excrcitre of litis tnitiiution
trn itiuimd the !i l t.f lliii
liiMjnf. . It -it -fiiil tuiiirr the
dit irclMin of Mr. V. V. Iliireli
B .lkJUT. Klfiirti ire ennln4ly
1. a ' f '', . j ' u:.kitf lo render it more drt!ty. tf iMHrtwinge.
tmSStohhWten- "a'tt jph ram uIeK'. t aaym no
Hulaliapii r vr 11 .j
linxoi cti ihna liPf Irnt.
C!aru3iin!!, Ra'Wfctn Car N. J. -
Hru.r.n I'ftni'os
STit lMt.ri:irt al UiaXJlllea ill itui fttcrnta. j
)ikh v , , tlo 7
("iiii e r.ES riant-. i
UMrlvd Ciu or Pep- rr: o Stale, ont.l Moti'tur Uie 13: li da ! el-
jirrg-atl . .- 'ruiuy nt-xl fr frinHng ihe Jminmlt ol tli-e-.
t'firin l.'rrtt " - '" .''' and; ;Jlme Tf ;iHi!m o-ti) (Jene-al
. Aenillr uf NonU UannrnM, tur Ihe ?ein
VMcr da , .
l.irrte TeDiato
ra:ii no
VrtiUbl OrMrit '
bile S. tiH C'rlny
summer aarory
j which tt jis( cndt'ilt the. Act n I ijitluiitin
- tiweC by tltensme.' and litt-' l,fi(fiinff a hich
; liall be mj iiifd by .lit L- jlilnlure during in
arat hrioou , . :
I' The rnptult mitt U (cparaia end r!it itict:
Urf Curled rartley That , it nmrt be dulmeily micd on bt
'Turled " do terra , fieri brinteU trttn-t Fgri tbc bidder of-
Vrw Zi'ilind Spionre,' leri tq pi bit Ihe Jonail on "lt tenliaNihe
(ior fireeoi) Acta ami ftp ilu'iim, rntd, oil what trriu the
fftxe-'hmilrrt Jn Onlr t.f the-Lejfirtittnrpr-T be-nimbrr-w
Hniu.it " dn enpirl rcnuircd In be iri-itifl nf the Joiliiil, it
r;iB)rnw1irmcTn1iiWn' soim inwHiier ii tTipfenf TbeAttirtiter1r
(:im'kiecU.tt'jM-N rfljr (irten) lmit.3.5J0v aiut lit miioUrr 4f rath It. ort,
iliiHiiI Lveu - no mil xnu ntuiuiion, oniereu uy ine i.rjuwiurc,
Wl.uo Muciard, .for U2i0co.ie. , '. :- -
B-irr4tvx tlo - carer the whole eott t.f ii', t'lMinp;, inteliing.
Iin Wbite OcKra". r ." tei,"'paklH?1!i'e"n$ phprteU""lw'iacB
. enunl)'. ami ii-eeun or Mi-siiiigiiie i,wi mi
Jmiruitia to ihe pricotii entii)d to reeeiva mem
Maramnlh l"
t; ciaiut of Purler l
A eelr-lr''frBa',,
-Mam wmh turn ukm nsr
i v..n.." Ij -"
Cbreie ' dti ' ' ; Ihboi-t tirten Ho
. tiopcriat Siijnr Luaf i;inf Apragu
v, ueUitce : N'lui1ium '
f..irly White II 'd ' tu Uonjietle (lor Salad)
tjirge tirten do 'ebMJorit Salwl 1 da . .
Ie . do .' ' do f luiled CbeiTil do
Ire Coat . ibKgliib 5orr"l do-
While Com '. - - do Lsige Scotch Leek -!gnnnill.inum
Cot do Saffron
Jtmal Cabliaje Head (b-Swcel Miennhrtt i
llisto tnilcn ... iioawra .iiaijuraio
')wect Hume
Ime While Nantet U- Se
s - diih'" v jv ' (Swett l.iTeuHtr
Sew Wl Short Top
Purple ehort' 1 op
lkiKr Kalntnn . :
l.otiz Scai bit : Ui
Scarlet or Cherry Tur
i nip do . ; . .;
AVbil Katl Spanith irti
lUerk " , . di
Karly Sugar Iaf Cyb-
:tgTT .
F.iirly fJorr .. d
Karly Dutch . 4.
Karly ,Vork ' d"
Larue' " ur llarrrit il'
Earlr llallerwa . dn
, - llullmrk'i Heart d
f (tery fine) ";,r
Ijirre Ilerre;!; .lb
jkta Diiimhead d
Late Dutch v "
Plat Diittn.eerr f ne.
Clreen Saoy " . , !
Sioux
doUwttt Baiil
!ii;l,roiOB llalm
dolEaity tiolJon
Corn
Karly Tuicarora. Corn .
Karly Sugar '00 ,
Karlr aihinfton or
-Juno Peai ;
h Charlton Peaa
No allowance w.'.l be maile lir any extra aervi-
' eeaj but when lb work if deliccrpd, according
, to eoiitract and jiprod, the Printer will
reeeiv hi piy. . " "' '' -"-'---- --
I The work ittn bt fiuhh:l within nihrly day
fr m thecloteof ibeSetlMi, anJ the coirti ni-
or or eolttrariori mutt bind In the aunt of
' one thniiiao.l dullari. nn ecb enntraot, (or the
faithful perlormanac of liiaor fl.eir duliet.
f - , - WILLIAM HI LI
Tlleigb, Jan Co 8 2w
a.
Tellow " do White Kldnev do do
tireen CLttd "t' do VailrpMed Ci aaberry
KeO IJurqh ' J' I'uU do
PIANOS
SELBCTKDbT'.lievery brat Musician in the
United Su:ei, Charlet F.. Horn, Ktijuire' ol
KearToikr r
The iiibacribtr hai jut received Tara Pl
NOJ, ot eery i)(-rtur tone and finivli. l'by
bi been examined br Gie or lix Mutii-iana,
3iTt Bi JibpaPifite pronoutica tbcn fii al rate Sceeinl olhe-i
- Peaa ' ' ' ' obleal and inual ex(ierincl Cabinet tnakera in'
While Marronihl Peaa . I"" , " ne car.u..j cn....cu u.e
Dwarf Proline "da " exterior, uiibesiiailnijly declare, lliem far ahead
D.arl Ulu Imneru.1 do "f tn7 " k,'"'' V. " w ," "
Karly Cbi U art rexera.r;. r.r ... qi.a.ny u. ru
lteuna v - men,t I refer -H Cliarlea E. Horn, Kmj, Ne
Karlv Mohan k 'Datr OT'cr oetor Thoroat" Hobinion,' Petcrrimrg ;
Peat i ' : doctor Kobeit Kmuiet Bobinaon, do Wm. M.
Kaity Sixveck Dcarf ll'iuinton, Km ,Kichmond Cbarlcl Ueij, En,
VI UI Mlie new 'i"-V'
t - . Enir.iun p. a-j.va r
i. .i-'l1';";- , tffDookaeiler;
Pclariboru, Jlujrtjaf 23 I'. 39oaian
tleani
jtcfiigce or 1000 to I M
iT6
(tilevor
Larte Purple Cp Dro
eoil .. , '
Whita .';' '
P.arlr Caaliflower .
Half llanly da ' .
tjte Lhiicb do
llutch Cata Kuifc Pole
do
Pa ycttcvUIe Market JVortiary
Bwoor 1 1 a 1 3i
Coffee. . l!iaH
Cotton, tnew) I2ja'l5
80 a P5
It-aiRe Lima Pole do
(Small Lima do do
' ll)ulth White Unnnerdo Corn.
- il?,rirt H"" Jo 'j 4 FlaxaeeJ,
1 1 lover Sttdt. attorted
A ml . .;.!ii'.1..l.:j.J l-".l.!. li.. " IW, -
B' n -J wn IIISIUUCU set -
CC?" If any t.f the aee4 old by a ahould tail m 0iMiei,
lo cotne iipibr big been foirlj tried) the pur- '. "
.baaer ahaU U wftHa'?rJ.. i.f , t-U"-
. .'zt-u TUftA'Eft U UTIGHES.. - cugar, brown,
.Italeich, Jan. , I 7 o-in J Wtera.lnri fllarkefVy .,
. . :.j ... "lO'l'ICK '"" ' -'-!' f tJOT'i'ON Jlalher mora receiving, and bot-
' I alia!! offer at publ.c aale.'on MonciayrtKo ie 14 '? cent v: , "
20th February next, on credit till the 25th - 1 OBACLO-Oia luga. 8,a 3
I)ec. next, with hiterestfro
1 60
84 a 9i
6 a 6
J a 47.1
.-7 a 8
.8 a 151
Lumpr i l&t
Loat -: . " ; 18 a 20;
Salt, I . r 60 a 00;
Tobacco, leaf, 3 a 4
Cotton bjg'g. 6 a 26;
Bala RojMy f 10 13;
Wheats $t BOj
Wbiky,5i 37f a 40;
Wolt: SO a 80.
no am iue4u4ialeJirH.Urecnfjrroe wi.- H i:
ne man a gaud farmer, .bewersnd aatrvetT-i VJIEATborf
ticuiaiTy deRcribtn the Diace to.be
arxhid2.ndJlieerfon or thing to be
seized." jfow, sir, fsatililr. PV) InCe
tiie timi!' wherif Algcrnoii, Sidney lud
(li piivalf papers in his private apart
....... . .......U..I !.....'
, NOTICE. - - - t,t't cora ir ud.iiin.ire... ims sutu?n poe I ui .contain treason against a son-
Tho Sabaerihw. wit u employ yonnj '"Parlure MIC" General was picisaml arbitrary government, such
ecniieman, nba en bring itai,W reointbc- 1' e more, unci pccel here a it -had an idea as is now attempted to be ex-
nil two "women, both rood coolcat the Bur. h
i baaer Jfiviue bond with approved eeem-ity.
JAMES ALLK.V. .
J Jan. 30, 133. . 6 3p
FLOVB Hcaree.
We learn that General Santa A
ka icu tne city ycKteruav niorniur ,iri
standing committers in existence con
stituted by this House, with lull pnw.
er to make ali the investigations which
are nronoseu by this resolution. . lm
an getl4f aa said Mrd?,) read ibel
ulcs and the duties assigned to those
c6TmttfecTTirti
i .i i .i.ii... ...i nt..t
rittf uni a knaiiun .aiui hhiiit iir.-nf
bronjVif T(irwril"with tnedesigi of tKi-
liafl?wvowoo-4t4aowtrtbTua,flie
aaiaMuCuie appointment ot the select
committee .called or oy me original
re'wirv:
, The duties of the standing commit
tees of tlie4l4ttflr toiv8tigate acV
count.' to innuiri? into the various ex
pen!ilure of the diiforent departments,
of the disbursement -madi.'-nd the
vouchers of our public officers, ,&e.
They were never intended to embrace
ueh tthjtctrns arexontemplated irrthr
resoluti'io of the gentleman trom rir
slnia, (Mr. Wisa.i These staniTin
committees never supposed -it, to be
.i . t- .r .!-.. .?
zEfAsain, sirj the, amendment 4o this
ti I . j. I l l .. . '..;.iL.
tin -Jhrrafl
s t!ie 4ran of the "go.;
wijli
gie tiie transaettons -ot ytru
:Vtth the atil speculatitrns ;of the coon-
try, or that stupendous tis&ae ol fraud,
peculation and villany, connected with
your Indian agencies, Indian reserva-Jig responsible to the Ameri carr people.
tmn. their .locat ing- and trahsfcrs,
whicV if ever fully revealed, will de
vclope a system of legalized crime &
pluiwler utterly .iligracctui to any civi
lized government. ! Besides, all, those
transactions connected with the depos
ite bank and their agents, so full of
suspit ion, come peculiarly under the
cognizant e of a select committee, with
the power to send for persons and pa
persrwhich power t tint-given to the
stanilinu committees of the House.
' BuT, sir, said Mr, P.) amongst the
variou ffttrtsatrd- preteit-rngeflH9-
ly rantedto smother the" innuiry now
called for, there .was one argument, if
it can bi called such, that fell from the
gentleman from New York. ait.
Mann, .which excited in him the pro-
loundcst astonishment nd surprise
That gentleman intfrnated that, the dc
mand far a select committee (o innuin
inthede''rtntonTii,. to" send for per
sons anil papers, and to probe into the
dark deeds of unfaithful public agents,
is unconstitutional! He (Mr. MabnJ
Uays that ihia proceeding is te be view-4
en in me ugni.in a general searcn war
rant! and therefore argues that it is
contrary to the constitution!! , J r,
M r. iVthenLj-eadlhe claase..;ift th
amendments to the ronstitution on that
point, as follows: ,,,The right of the
secure in their person.
houses, pipers and effccUragauist un
reasonable searches and seizures, Khali
tint be violated; and no warrant shall
isue, but upon pmbable cnse, sup-
illlia. and il aualiSed to teach the Knvlnh
Iwrnaje, aa a private teacher to hit ehil.lren. -
Ay penon' ilcairona of ohlainlnr this ailnation
can enrrecpoad with the eubacriber by dirreiiiif
iheir letleii to him at Blard' Brnlre P. O
Chowan oooty,N. U. ' - ...'
, -rt-CHASv B:jQrfSO -
, rVo.Qfl, mg .s 0 3y , . ,
DUAFT MISCAIIIIICD. 7
' My llratten Meaara'A. k IL llarria, 3Tor.
folk, VirgiHia, dated tli t, tor three ltim,wn.
nva hundred dollart, payable at lix monlbt, iu
tar ol Warren Harrlt , was nailed at ihii .Uea
'nth I0;h iott , and directed to Will. Peck,
' a!EO -N,C,- tuct, a -not rcee Ivtrfi all
' notified not to receive laid dralL" aa
4idlnkapid. -.. , . -
Ifaldae. K n. Sn.M. K37 4, .
' ; sua rue
hi " laat araaan In Tirtinia.
Y?",'JtV n Mecklenburr, Va. nrr
u.rf... 1. uV.? ""moke, Bv mile aoutb f
aw aanaam ...
ihe llu:. " - -'"""a ,M reed
-awi am, . ,
a ii . w . .a
oeen generally unuerstoou mar ne w s
engagvd to dine yesterday at the- pres
ident's irv company with a large o!Ti
ciul and diplomatio party. - e . pre
sunte, however, thatlieJias noLdepar
ted without previous . knowledge of the
President of tha United States. It is
rumored, indeed, but We know not oii
what authorilyVthat General Santa An
na i to - be conveyed to Mexico in a
public vessel.- Af htf. ' ,.
dera of
nk:; nlVZZ, w
I 4
- .f Preaditr of the Gesptl Murder-ed.-r-yc
learn by V gentleman from
the neighborhood "in whieh the horrid
deed was perpetrated, that" the Rev.
hniuh thmin, a minister of the Meth
odist Epircopal Church, was waylaid
and murtlrred on the 23d ult. in Surry
coupty nfar Cabin Point. " lie had
be.tn ? neighbor three or four
miles fretn his residence, ahd' was re
turning in his gig; and when in abnot
three or ,tiur. hundred yards of his
house, het Avas shot ; through the bead
by some i:e behind, the gig. The
perpetrator iof the horrible tuurder had
not been tfi irovered. . '. v;
" R'i$mbn& Rell'lou Ttlegfaph--:
lt7 The United State Arsenal at
Watertown Mass. was on WednVsday
entirely dest Wed by fire, with 70,000
"ana ol jrmsf Loss one
Urs. , '
If
torted from this clause in the constittt
tion, he Would venture to say, had nev
er entered into the mind of any man.
So, then, according to this perverted
and strange interpretation, that great
principle, incorporated into he system
of English liberty, ant trarrsfei red to
our cons itution, which kwas intended
to raise a shield over the riglits of pri
vate citizens against the lawless search
of an usurping and despotic covertly
nienf, is"now to" be unerstwid a? in
tended and designed to protect and
screen a bad government and its evil
agents in, deeds of. fraud, corruption,
and malversation. 4 Ves, sir. (said Mr.
P.Vthis efaiie in your conntitution. ae-
cordiug to Jearned commentators of
these prolligate times, is not intended
to protect the; people against encroach
ments of a harassing government, but
t. cover government from ihe scrtifini-
z.mg enquiries oi a jree ptoplel It is
a clanseintended to shield the offices
of a corrupt dynasty in their abandon
ed career of fraud and peculations but L
not itesnrneu to nraiect nrivnre ntiinr..
1
monstrous and fatal results. And i. cur this expense, than that they sliouIdT melru iawfuUGovern--
Uiis is to be the doctrine practised Cp-it under the suspu'wn of rorruntcon-j uient. But whetvCmniwell raisetl hit .
pi by the coming administration, it is -duct? II the investigation shmild Ikm', Ctjwrrtiiwtjt over ihe ruins ot theUrit-full-tirae
that deceived1 country nothing to light, will if notthefi haveria Constilulion.aiid-agninst the fun -
bfeit bettpr tat the govf rnment, baviieit4i. la ws A the empire, although
ving had thir opportunity of ahwinghhdded to thgl0rjr antl the pouer A
iU nuritv and establishing its charac: of the IlritUh nain, yet lie "was a die- "
terr Ytll 1tot look bettar to sulKtrjte.'of, ai.d ihe Yeotde were" slave so
t!ii investigation fa take place," than Viang they artjniescfd tn tfie fisorpa- .
to- let sunptcion sprent!,"' by sufftiriiition. ' SSo it isla-re. Wciive ta land
ot ciiniuuiiotiai law, every principle
of vbih kusiain the-freedum of ih,
should know it.-' No, sir, all the pa
pert stid diicumeats, all the offices of
this government, are not private- they
belong not to private gentlemen they
arc not sheltered by the constitution
from investigation; they are the prtj
ertjr of the confederacy, and the right
over. them, the right' of search, the
tight of thorough investigation, belongs
to this House I. belongs totis; Ihe repre
sentatives' of a free peopJe;.We stand
here as guardians of popular rights; as
aiordaeraiidTiadepeiLil
or
weaken our rights,.
if we abandon
swoVn to defend.
charges of such serioos character, ta
pas by unmet and tmrepelled? '.-',
;.Miv P. said he vvas not one of those
dcmgoges whoso mouths are ever
p;mring forth declarattonS'Of their at
tachinent to the neonlei but I confess 1
ju democrat
traitors to OTtrountrrirHvvTliminishjxroKhm
that 1 am for the power and the rights
us under the constitution we have Ulna, government. while those who are fence in elTecL aa to the people inter- . "
aj wa y si declaim uig.- foreclose 2 r lguta
seem to come here but tosmotlier and
suppress them. rfTbey proless.to bo the
,.vt nut
ose p'ia-
out
niMt ration;
resolution, which has been proposed by J
the-gentleman from Uhotler I slatnlrj ad vtrcittrsof "the opwavTatfu?r;i
Mr. U. J. Pearce,)' has not excited j they are all found arrayed in close
less surprise and astonishment in my.Unx on the side of power, pourings
miod, than the doctrine I have just ad'eulogiea 'upon the" adinin'wtrati
verted to. v Mr. Piokenssaid he conld .screening its officers, justifying acts ol
view that amendment as nothing morefroud and corruption, and opposuigtbe
fliaW a' preleHlo people in Iheir demand for hin,niry add
tors of fraud against all inquiry and ; invcstigationii-!I'bough-.the-partyJo
discovery by the people. , J?, aiti :.Mrthdikh.J Jia'el.tiia).- honor of belonging
P., I was not mistaken in-what tlwVijiaa beeti atigm
erlinient aie"
that they are responsible alone to the
executive; and that he, the executive.
and may ue impeached Deloro the Sen
ate by the vote of this House. Such,
in substance, was the argument of the
gentleman. According to this doctrine,
the people, by their . representatives
nave no control wnaiever over me twi
cers of ihe government; they are inde
pendent of the people; 1 distinct from
the people; and removed Out of our
reach, and out of our power.. But I
would .hav' "that gentleman fd know,
that we, as well as the officers of the
have their rights and proudly mninnin
ci-nmCTtj wefthereprBaentattves
government, constitute a-part of the
the people, create by statutes these of-
ttcrs, and uehoe the duties ol the olli
cers; we fix and pay their salaries; thefj
are officers of this House as well as of
theexecutive himself, created Jy ur
authority, and amenable to us for M
their conduct. I know that, for tlje
doctrine has been inculcated and en
forced; this House has tmly. been con
sidered as a part of -the eif entire.
the accsmulat ion of- executive power,
UttU ir,J.CalLApoavery gentlenian
who feels himself to-be a freeman, 4he
representative of a free people not to
abandon their proud prerogative, but to
claim the high character anil privilege
of this House to know their power, &
ported by oath or affirmation, and paM to have the in
V es. ir, I invoke the spirit or tha en
tombetLrtinstttution to. preside -over,
und giisnl the ptiwer and the privileges
oi mis iiouse. i am utterly opposed
to this mi'dfi n doctrine,: which wake
us the mere agents of the executive, a
secondary . branch of the government
"ilia enemy of popular rightav l prufss. li 410 pronto thi Urfer
. . a"
,rf y.Jln,?t to them. :i avow,
undying devofton to the liberties tl
my country, and I hnpa yet 1 live ,to
ee the day w.herif the rights of the pvo
ple.the rights and power of this House-,
shall 110 longer bo trampled under foot
by base subserviency to executive pow
er by those who bow the knee to its
mandates, and crowd in eager anxiety
to brg the crumbs that fail from the ta
ble of a roval master. ,;fti.i - . :'L
-Yes; sir! conttnncd Mr. P. I hops to
live to see the day when' the doctrine
we have heard asserted on this floor
Vvill be lost and forgotten amid theglo
rv of purer:"and bi ighter r days 1 lie
the representatives of the people Wiall
whose only duty. was to record the e
diets ofTOyartyror gite'sanftiotrto Its
wilies.j There can be no more certain
evidence of tho decay of this republic,
than for. this House to step upon its
privileges, and quU-tly acquiesce under jthe electioneering catitptiigh fliade by
when pilgrims and votaries of liber-.
ty Irom every quarter of the oppressed
earth shall gather together-here, and
bow in! reverence before thatmonu-
Hient which free pwiple -nhattrae,
whose nahie ahalt shall pierce (lie very
heavens, reflecting back, from t it's
brond-and ffttnnt turf acrrtheligtlt "tit
everlasting truth and tho beam ol tini
versal freedom -' vs ? ' r
- Mr. P. -Continued, v Mr; Speaker!
t cannot refrain from dec!a.rtngr llie
pbTouiiii antonis!iment with-which J
listened to the extraordinary facts rrla
ted on this floor bv the gentleman from
rcnncsfec(Mr. Peyton) in relation tt;
elective franchise,- from -the highest to
the lo'wesf. If , this great principle of
Amcricuii liberty be violated aud de l -
ficd by Ktecutivedictittien, o matter
wjlaiJiaractec ta faiacd up as the sue -' --" --t.--"
we are stavfrand dastards "if we tame-" :
lyacquiesce-iA far practical lib
ested.J'between- theUover nment of
him who comer in. trampling "over the- j
freedom uF-elcctioit throogh dictation,
oribtriryrnd-,to htnalni-tomerr
info power wuvti'g o- er (he tlejotated
ueiua 11.1 iii ciiuniiy uii uiooaj snoru -
of a conqueror and usuritei1. ?Al to
all prai tical effects, they aie the same,
-r-itheravfoy ma4 Utia House who-
iloes not knfiwlhat the President elect
could not bi'Jieert c4whe bet by-tho ir -direc
iounence and. interference of . -
Zhn .PkauIciU?- lv t-fto ioo-s ay t her
-
the President last summer throngh the
western-cetttttryiT-We hareiicard thai
h,Ja..be4mjtealojyngajd inLllit:
work: ol securing a sucres.or to hi
power and authority, v We heard td
his iiiterfererire i in Iims" "mat'tt ;V,-tif h
i
dependent of the rLvc !-( ted- ty tuy -friend
fiutn Tennessee (Mr. Pvj ok,)
and tlie publkhed"lletters,'( toasts. Jfcc,
of the. Ptefidvnt ihimself, I will tiow
ca!) the attention -.of. .this, House, and
of this country,. In; some facts; upon i
which I would defy any sworn Jury, of ,
frermen on earth to briJirr .it a. Verdict
of "not guilty''!.!' will inttiiduee a.
witness fagninst whom .hireling- :hav -
poured out th ir malignly nl ralurai ,
ny.baf whose veinchy. and ptivate in-.
legrily tio irtan jlare. Impeach.: I will L " r
give the. language of Jlie ditittguiltl . f
Senator from TenneeeJui1g-AYhite,f '
as it is "ptitfishcd ,inr hl$ speech at
KiioxviHe ,4et .uimerr Wheij me -v
PiUiidf nt was on a visit to Tfiinessee,
iw thinfurmncr efflSSrafid -after the
rise of tlw 8ates convetilion, many
members wit-lied .te' nohiinate me for '
the Piesideney,1 but abandnnctl the at-
.temnt .after i thej" understood that it"t
would incur ;th Presi dent's S;7ca "
utre. On hit juttrnty t9m fVtmki)gion?-l
Ihe President conversed freely , Villi vl
ioiiic rvt, my filends. Slid remonstratetl -against
any :a:(mph lo noniicste m Vi
said there must be a national ron'ven4
Ijon, Sud-Mr. A'au Ruren 'ought to be ' .
nominated fcr the Pindtncy ,. it4 ;
ftir JhcVice Prrsideucy. iid, when
Maf ijht. ycara, viereexpli-td, , that I
was JOU1145 enough then-to be taken en
as Pj-eiideo .o 1$ .v: 4-After J ' '
gas niy cnen f he IVple to run, - . '
and behi'e the ireeiit'g of the Balti.-
tintoteCon 'r fTuiir"I' as T"rr pea t edl y
Hi!pvjmeejihnt I. vtirht .rntet itjeij
(name Mas not withdrawn,'? ac.1' W -
ucji are xiiol unvaiuMied tacts -cr ;--
tliecse, , And who is jlirre bold t-
labors and undignified, fpeeches 1 in Jnoujli ioJletyiJtijitJhc Paitlet ha
only! If we are indeed thus Diosli to
ted, hist and humbled; if we have ceas
ed to be what the constitution intend
ed, it is time that we shoold know it.
If we are used merely to play the pat t
of the Rump Paiiiament, yielding up
evtry fhing riuielly to the will of the
executive, bhielding him end his agents
in every act, subserving his ambition,
and aidiiig him and his. officers to
trample down the consecrated barriers
of freedom, and to pursue unchecked
1.... I - ' . .
world should know the infamjr, that
has fallen upon us! ;;...$?;"' ; i
The amendment of the gentleman
from Rhode Island, fMr. Pcarce is
merely a pretext, made for the purpose
of evading a direct , vote upon the ori
ginal resolution; that amendment pro-,
vides that, if4, in the course of events,
any cause for a specific charge should
exist, then 'the rightrof sending for
persons and papers Khali; be given.
We do not atand in the situation of t
private citizen at issue with a private
citizen; we are not bound, to make an
affidavit in order to obtain a search
warrant; we are' not bound to make
no!lihcr Fftni'irimi. niil nniu.MMHi.l.l.L' . I . ' t , ...
-5,.-.. ulu u.i..o.minaiiiB'nei:iiig tnnrra in orncr to onrain per-
scarcti into their private dwel'ings and mission for inves.turat"ion-t Each mem
private papers! Surely auch on idea ber acts upon this fltior .-ttt hie official
as tins could never enter the mind of capacityand is responsible before the
contemptHde wnrit X inisi ft x TiiTo "iio w
. i ,- , . . i . .
er ne wno uvea oy lawntng upon nia
hand. Mortirving and ilisguaiing 1
these facts arc, not leasastoni.liing did
ij appear to me, when in answer to thein
we heard the gentletnal front Georgia,
(Mr, ; ftljecocki' and the- gentlemkb
from Louisiana (Mr.- Ripley) rise ii
their teat, and, instead of tiffering a
pology or, denial, exert themselves to
jtiitity and.vindkaUs the interference.
Sir! I well remember the "Gwiqn l.-t-ter,"
- which - indirectty .'erdertd;-the
Ruckerized Convention at Baliimoie
to da the bidding of a tnastefV I knew
well that tiie successor had . been ap
pointed, but I did not know. I did not
believe, that I should seethe day when
a representative ot a free but betrayed
people, would rise in his place in this
Houstv. anLj indicate suc!i-appoiat-
- We are tjdd, in apology for an in:
terfcrence as unconstitutional aa it has
been undisguised and shameless, that
the President has a right to speak his
own opinions, " 'that he fs a free man
as well as any other citizen, 'that he
is a man who was never known to hes
itate in the frank assertion of his np'tn-
inion." tc The . private; opinion nf
(he President is one thing, the public
declaration of his wishes is another.
Whenever .his opinion, whatever it
may be, biit private or be it public, is
sustained with all the power and influ
ence of office, is enforced from cabi
net ministers down to all the petty
holders of office, is proclaimed and
preached by menial sycophants and a
subsidized press, notoriously - under
;n! lJr 1 Yin3rt!n:ln, eccpt ?ne who hatl bowed feountry. We are the representatives the dictation. Vof power. then;.siri..tlie
..adliwr
the throne of power, that hir heart was Jchief depositorj of power, we hi
have the jence-become a law to a hundred thou-
iDterlrredr teirl Ihe facts are Lerorid.
the piibilHr;bf ;denial, that Jie hae
opejify ir.tci fered, and used his power'
anil aathiirily to m. minute hi tucces
or, and to do it "hy bargain end er.
rhgemvh.:5 Every MUifey-intriiraa
aiid profligate proptisitiort have been
used ami cmjd yed to efHcf this pur-
posti. The t hief tiffircs of , the Re
public" have tcerv bartered away, arid :
the President, through the tremendous
ower and patronage of his position,'''
as called up a betrayed country tore- '
reive t'Hulei from the hand "of a "
master,"1:": 'y- "
To set' thc foi ce and bearing of these
proporltitms w hit h the President made, '
ailtl to khoW that he futlv Utideratnrul '
hit position f and their, projhgatt teu"
detiry, I will now rtfer to a scene in
18i25, wl( ItU ptdeceaior was chosen
by this House. . Jn two letters written
by GenV Jackson, the one dated June
5, 187, and .the other dated July 16, .
we have the' fo!Ioving "extraordinary
development I"6 .'. ''v- U. " ' -
Early In January, 1825, a n-,r mber ;
ot Congress of high respeCtabilitjr vis-'
itrd me Geti. JacktsonJ one morning,
and observed that he had a communi. '"
ration he was desirous to make to me; ;;
that he was informed there was a great
intrigue going on, and that it vvas right '
I should be informed of it; rhotattfy
kind! that he came aa r friend and
let me receive the f oinmuViealion -as'I !
might, the friendly rnofives1 thmuglk
which it was made,1 he hoped, yield
prevent any change of frieT.dshipef
feeling with regard to him. f Te' whicti
I replied, from hi high standing "as" 'a,
ge nt ten a t 4tn4 member- of Con grci. "
and from his uniform friendly and ten- . :
tlemanly conduct towards myself, -';yy
': Alyryyy-