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vol sxvixi. iioo. , THOU I J. LCHAY, , EDITOK XV D PROPRltTOB. . TERMS. fr':- , So c ft r t' J 1 hT' '' !,,r$ r " B " m0"' hjlf'H Jv' SubserUMtrijittMer Store , annllu"' toriaiuiereriot.ef Uu , t r ,& pteven i eairirot without thia i. .. 'mho mar Jirtobaoroubfernir,l jantoflhe j-r'auiorlpiioiiin auvainc j ty-five cent t-je eaett continuance. Lktti to ill KU'Hor mut bs pnti paid .Bacon. U 13 Lump, - ,' IS." Loaf, 13 a 20; Salt, 60 a 90; Tobacco, leaf, 8 J a 4 j Cutton bsg'g. 10 a 25; Uiilo Eoiw, 10 a 12; Wheat, 51 60; Whiakey, 37 J a 40; Wao!, 4 25 a 80. OoffVe, """- 12 H Ctiton,(nw)124tfij Corn, 80 a 85 FlseeJ, -. 60 Flour, $319?. Iron, " SJnC Molame. 43 a 47;! Nails, cut, si Th a 8; Suear.browu, R.a 12 IVtcr!nrff Market Febiharg 8. . , CO rj'ON it.ithtr moro receiving, and bet ter demand, at 14 a 13 cent. " , -: ) TODACCO Old log ' f S a f 3 r 1 . . New LtiRa f3 a Si 60 , " Kewl.f.. 5 J0.. 60 " "WHEAT Goo J 3. ' 1'LOVR Weaixc. ' - """' " t" The debate hai2 closed, and the niii-4ii'n oemz about to he taKen, air. i W EBSTiiU" roe. wOiilMseTjTieT?" - Senate iIollwAL ' I "' 1 ' sir1 WgOTTOTTtfo ' iri!e f the oriaihal resu!utiafJtlict.oysnrjiarjMj,lf a power, Wiatend Tipnh jjt,.n;ttf tn pass that rcsolotion,' I hjjl . an onnoi t unify to express in v opinions f n HubsenUent period, wuen tne r-es- ident's protest was before us.. 'Those opinions remain altogether unchanged. And now, had ihe constitution se cured lh.' p'rUilege of entering ft Pro test i;vthe Jounul, I jhould not eay one word on this occasion: nlthoui, . ft what is-iw-f wiosad-jdiail Jieitc-. -twm pltidWMWa. Ula.n.OJLAYIMff!.l,y. ave-beefHhe-alite-wf -m fromim how wever formally f rarefully it might ve been inserted in t!ie body of. that hav instrument. liurasrthcra 1710 toclrconstitU' t'unal privilege, I t an only efi'ect my purpose by thus addressing the Senate; and I rise," therefore, to nuke- that PRO TKS T in this manner, in the face of the Senate, and iiV the fae of the country, which I cannot present in any other form. - I upealfid flTy own behalf, and in be half of my colleague; we both speak a Senators 'from te State of Massachu setts, and, a? such, we nolemidy pro test itgainst lliis whole proceeding. We deny that Senators irotn oJier State liave any, powefMir iauthoriij to expunge any Vote or , votes which we have iiHcn here, and whrch we have TfcnrdJd,"Tigreealdr the expfsspro- - visum of the constitution. 'WeTTiave aTigirpersonal' interest, k t!ie B'ate wiiosa i'ep eseniaiives we r7tji9 atsn a hiT interesriTi theren ;tire preservation of every part and par cet i.f the recrtl of our conduct, as members of the Se"ate' :"'?. 1 , ' Thi remind the constitution solemn- 4t declares shall be ebut the rei 4Inion before the Senate declares lhat this record shall be txpunseiL '-' .WJietheiBbleffujce-"1 nd,s it appears to us, the degrading mo kerv of drawing black uaes upon .the 'i'Mirnalc shall or shall. not Jeave our names and our yoCHjsidlien fhg TolaTIoToTthT'reconi nhall; have been completed, still. jthe terms 'no.Xi: putigV? and. the terms : koep," wJvea4ppliciLt'l..C!l exactly cotitrai hctorvt a much so as the terms ;to preset ve5 and tlie terms A record whi h is trpungecl, is not a record which is ktpt, any inpre than a r?cord 'whiclt M'ttttlfoyei can .be a reconl which is ")oreerrcif.'?"Tlie'"part expnnged is no longer part of the re- ' cocJ; it has 06 longef a "legal' esisti ence.' It cannot bo certified as a part of the proceeding of the Senate fur any , purpose of proof or evidence. ' . .The o'lject' of the provision in the "c5nst;turion7as" we thrnkT'WoSt'obvi ously is, thatitW, proceedings of the Senate shalt be" preserved; in writing; not for the present only, not until pub- liished only, because a copy of the J minted journal is not regular legal ev dence; but preserved indefiuitsly; pre .aerved, n other records are preserved, i'dl destroyed by time r accident. . " EerV one must see that matters of the highest importance depend on the peimanent preservation jf the journals of thetw- Hooses.-Whatbutthe journal show that bills have been reg. ujarly passed into laws, tli rough these- -vera! stages; what but the jaurnal shows who are members, nr who is Pre sident, or Speaker,' or Secretary, or clerk of the body? What but the jour- . nat contains the proof necessary for the justification of those who-act under our authority, and who, without the - powpr of produr'mg 1 such proof, must stand a trespassers? , , What but the journa'e show who is appointed, and who rejected, by us, on the President's nomination; or who ia arquitt d, or ; who ronMted, in trials on iinpeach - nient? . In short, is there, at any tin.e. any other regular and legal proof of a ny act dona by tha Senate' than the juurnal itielff -.- The idea, therefore, that the Senate it biund to nreserve its .ournal only oufil it is published." and then may aUquit the apher ajot. their ordinary ' du- ter, mutilate or destroy if at pteaiure, appears to us one of the most extraor dinar sentiments ever advanced. ; W are deeply grateful toioBoJmto nr'lHTve Tmwn,wiiiTili6 mutpiiu m-irked with so broad' an clearness, that all the Drecrdmita el on to justify or excuse this proceed- hi;, are cither, not to the purpose, or, from the times and circunWnnrea at aaXml.frwui no way entitled to respect in a fro go vcr. ine.it, existing tinder a written constitution. But, ft ourselves, we stand on the plain words of that coimii-' tution itself, A thousand precedents eUewihere made, whether' anctent or modern, can neither rescind, nor con trol, nor explain away thesa word. The words are, that ''each House shall keen "a j .ui nal of its proceed-; iiig..' f""Nui gtoss, n inRnuity,Tnu specious interpretation, and mucl loss can any rair ; or just '..'reasoning recon cile the process or expumnn with the pfain meahliV of" these word.-t, to the t8ractim,of'hpcowmwn.'etmatefffltje wTlTrMjolU'lt".; with" honest uo lerstandin?- of mankind. I whrst fcellnss I do not undertake to. say. ... . '1 r i- ' 1 . ID....... lU . milMtmii'i mil jmii, in nie jiiuriiHi. 01 a former session, "t "s1"" v- vm.. it uiy, Willi equallauthnritv. en'ie UzainsC the manner of ibis-proceeding animcr. pan or tne wnole It -mav ! w fa sessions. ; n a- anl wjtl) Jheliij;jncJLon of Jki; coustituljiin. it can iiKUvejno ji.uj!ji:eacJKiiaiii-iie compTeleness or iocompleleii'.-ss 'of the act of expunuini, or by what means done whether by erasure, ot)literatinn or, iletacemcnt it by JldCeiiKnt, a here prupdsed, whether one word or many W'iird3 are written on tU face ot the record whether little ink or murb jfshctl rjn the paper; -or. whether some part, or the w-hole, of the origin- ( jr be traced. , Jf the act ilone be an act t expunge, tj blot ouf, ti oblite rate, to erase the record, then the- re cor I is eipnngedj, blotted out, oblitera ted, "ind erased. . 'And mutilation and alteration violate the record as mm h as tbt iteration or emsnrr.- A record, subsequently altered, la not the origin al record. It no longer gives a just ac count of the proceedings of the Senate. It is no longr true. It is, in short, nn j mrwil of the read and actual; ro reedings of the Senate, such as the con stitution says each House shaM Jieep. ; ' The contitiition,,liereriTi"e, is, in our deliberate jaTgmetit, violated by t'lis.proceeding itt ihe most plaiu and open manner. , . , : , .The coiisti(utinn, moreyer, provides that the yeas and nays, on any .que lion fihallv at the rrquestLofjQi!e-fiflh jyJltlMCIDJxcjjJeaeuVJian-teMd-- the journal. This provision, moat ma nifestly gives a personal tight to tho'ae inembers who-may demand -itr-to-tbe- eotry and preservation of their votes on the record or the proceedings ot the body, not for one day or one year on ly, but for all time. There the yeas and nays are to stand forever a pcr mtnent and lasting proof of the man tier in which .members have voted 'ori. great and important - questions before them. ''";.'.;,.. 1 llut.it is insisted that the votes of members, taken by yta andnayx, and thus entered .onahe iournal, as titatter of right, niay still be exuungeM; so th aiLilMi'liluitEjtr four-fitlii' of the . Senators to prevent from being put on the journal, may, tTeTel e I, the next moment, or at any period a ficixilhy Jhel jonty; or, if tht be not admitted, then the abiurdity is adopted of maintain ing, that this prhvisiou of the Cons'i tutiou is fulfilled by merely prcservi?ig the yeas uninajft.mi the journal, after having expunged and obliterated, the very resolution, or the very question on which Uiey . were given, and. to which ' alone they refer: leaving the yras and notji. thus a mere list ,ot namrsrconncctcd with - no ubject,uo question, no vote. ? Ye put to the im partial judgment of mankind, if this proceeding ue not, in this respect also, directly and palpably inconsistent with the Constitution. ' rf ; -t , i We protest, - iii the . moat solemn manner, that other Senators have no authority to deprive us of our personal rights, secured to us by the Constitu tion, either by expunging, or obliterat ing, or mutilatmg, or delating, the re cord of our- vottt,jduly eatete4by ytan and or by expunging and obliterating' those votes where given and recorded. . , We have seen, with deep and sin cere pain, the Legislatures of respec table States instructing the Senators of those States to vote for and support this violation of the joarnal of the Se- nate, and this pain is infinitely increas ed by our full belief, ami eutire con viction, that most, it not all thear pro ceedings of States had their orig'tt im promptings from Washington ; that they have been urgently requ' Sted an! insisted on as beiny necessary to the accomjdishmetit of the intended pur pie; a-id that it" is nothing else but the influence and power of the Execu tive branch of this Government which has brought the Legislature of an ma nr of the free States of this Union, to ties for tha purpose of co-operating to aecnpltnlt a measure, io .y)ur judg. (irw'iit, ; unconstitutional, so deroga- relL-xSiivi uf,complia!jce with power. , ISat this resolution is to pass. We e spec t if -That cause, which has been powerful euouzii to influence so man v powerful enough, especially witli sucl aids, to secure the passage of the reso lution here. , r : . . . L We mike up our , minds to behuld the spectacle which is to i nsut. We collect ourselves to look on, in silence,' while a see no is exltibiteil which, if he did not regird it as futh lees violation, of a. sacred instcu'oent, woa4d ppea to Os.to be litjtle ele atet a'uivithd character of a contemptible farce. ..' 0 -.-? . '' .. f ' ' -, This scene we shall behold, and hun dreds of AmmusuisxiMJtim- ai mar crowd into these loouies ami r against its object, against it form and aio'stitS7ieftBrti We-tH-yow-tht you bsve no right to niar or mUUljRJt nirec'o'M broui' vote given here, and recorded according to the Coniitutioni the yc'i ami n.ti on any other que tiou. Dtre sol u tiau-r-!. U x uestioa and lesotusionR, as on this, we tell you that you have just as much right total si fy (he record, by so altering it as to mate us appear to have voted on-any question, aa we did not vote.: as you hav to erase: a record, and tnaka that !age a blank; ii which 'our votes, ai lhejrwere itctually given and recordeil, 1 now shim. tne one pniceeums, as n ap pear- H-Si ias wmcb a falsifiUu of t e records as the other.;' ' H iving made this . PROTEST, our tin' y is performed.. We rescue our uwn names,, character, and Jionor from all, p8rtictpat.ioiniiihi4"HTtPtxBT whatever the wayward character of the times the headlong and plunging spiTl it af party devotion, or the fer or the love of power, may hav been' able to bring about elsewhere, we desire b tfnnk Ood that they hav; not, a yet. nverreme the love of Liberty, -fidelity t true , republican.- priuUplv-and a stcred reganl for the Constitution,' in that State whose soil was drenrhed. to a mire, by the first anil bst blood "of the Revolution. Massachusetts, , as vet, has not been conquered; and while we have th. honor to hold; seats In ry ns her Senators, we shall never con sen'tJo a isciifiiC ofilher her righJSt r- 4iuwn-y -weithslt-fleve r-fafHp pose what we regard a a plain and o pn violation of the Constitution; of the Counryj and we should have thought ourselves wholly unworthy of her if we had not, with alh the solemnity an I earnestness in our power, pno TFsrrn against the adoption of the resolution now before the Senate. luvestlxn t i on of Vi c Kxccnt 1 ve .i Select Committee if the JJontc, tt inquire tntt the Executive, liebarmenl: Jan. 83, -The following resolutions," as ttiti'end ed, wera , adopted, and a copy of tin man to each of the head of the de partment t-itrwrhretf, That- the-bd-f the eveea Jenartnients be directed to fiirmsh tlim com- mittee r)U 'atetoent allowing the sum of moneyatftithtTIietareftain on llie firt of l)ecember last, by such department respectively, their apents, or deputtea, with 'it authority of taw, if anv, to printer or ed: tora of ne wspapemi specif) in(f the name and reatdeitce ef (itch printer and editor, and also the name and place ot publication oi the newspaper owned or published by themi and ahowinjc tlie aervice and . ce-iia'd'-riiljon fur which uch sum nave b-n paid, Rivitu each item i. stated in tha accouqt of ch printer or editor, and the reason for niak'n uch paynient. - ' ' ' ." "'3." 'Reiolved, "TTiarttie "T'iii'Je'htortlMP United State be requested, and the head o? the ereral Bsecotlve Pepartmen be direct ed. to furnioh this committee with a hit or lint of i the officer. r agent or deput ies, wh have been appointed or employed at paid.imce the 4th f Marco, 1K2V, tottie lastif Uecem- ber lt, if any, wrthout atrthority of 4av, or wlifwe names sre not coi tamej hi the lt printed Kejrioterof public officer, commonly called the Blue Hook, by the Pretideat or either of the said head , of department re pectiytly, and without nomiaatio'itu, or the advice and consent of, the United Mtatei Khnvfc t ,th,e.pamr of och officer,. Kftjs,, or deputie! the wmi paid io each, the er yice fnderid, end by ; what anthority p poiittf it and paid, and wbut reaa for such fpi"tmen. : '.:' i, i,. -, r: ,3, Kewolved, That the head ef the aevral deamrtme' be required to foenih thi enm m ttre with a ttement how'mjf tlie var'.oti anount i4 mvnet paid within the l tour ' year, nr(r on tli nrai w uecemner luw, ; foe B. tin-riM!ie. helher awoeoor ated or Its" lits.vjEwr.r-t w... t . r...r. w. nm by U,Jt nr! fur t-U, m.miitofiilertfrirrerulreieiid-iurt ai- ..,ihn,.il .r .Wr'pili uilm mar . . . ..: tnwancr, or iaym' i ry qeacriprinn vhatever, if any, m .e oy a.,! oep.e,.ems rrtectvely, aoico Ihe 4'h day til Marth, 1829, nr waeiHer any. ant wnat at arnpna- j m eery ueeipiion wnatever, nirert-.1 other rea.iiin et tne most aoieo n r.ar i.'wwlMive changed frr.aji ocifi f ny indirect' J fr.wnrted with them 'acter, I shall,' tm the ot) hsotj, en-) .jrtr. olfioally or ono adalevery faaUity, r.n,it,n, svitt, ...lui. .i,jkniik!ir, indriet p-rtaintn to the public , law and lttsti-e, to bo given to the in- to the lat of Decein er.18.,0 and w r hether rsklbv Tre.aury -warrant or draft, and interest, and that aid com- .the individuals compoS the me.--r otUera-Uo, whom and for what paid, jtpUtia, 10 ,1 Jnquiri, way nfer tor If, after jH you ..ajnor you vi lli and the authority and reasons for such cx peHUiiiirea. , . . . 4. , ..iiwrt meneatifarme ler. emi;MeUliatUtofaloinr,fc,iCnSor drptnica, who, mce the h diy of Mjrch, 1829, tn Via M of UrMmlwr taai, to ba received Marie. IW . f remi!. J mt f kind, wiibout beinif in UW cmiiiiaiofi iiav oreu iieiuTrtij wnv Hiei-i owier aunoiM or mjn "Hr,'l sute or red -rl, wneo recriTii'ir j ' :uKl in priviw employment ,K lut ml.iU reerimie ouv from. 'hI remter- infr no service to, tha GoTeriimeiit of the U- mtr.l State, with lti MMnei of auch oflicera, oc ayenta, or demHies, the wm w MiUriva paid lo each. and the times of i vice oteueti Lan-ctivtv - -- 3. IC aolved, That trie jrwiovf Xeculivs o.nccea, in r'jr t to t!o . lulKwiog reaniii. i5i , tereqtiesteV at the same time, to f., ;itM..mont TthoperM.t.t ahieh any HmnaiioMiMtaittHfceilbvls,lf"clle' t.hd the r oriffi.,, their eV.. aid the n- ceitv which haj rrnmied ihnrcoiiu.nn.nce. 6. Navy H iolved, Tht the Seo'etary of the f be ducted tojiir r' "r rlr!ir Willi the twin .-.-. r-; nihiHionrra .nnoioted by a.thr.ty of the Pi- 1 tu her rtistisea.aoanrctifil -tt.'iA-.SHa4j..'jV'H: tract, .'! other nvUterx i comjecjj; .ahIU SnfiiirtTie-iiy Ctinmivitnwrav-i-hichr coiri'ii'mtioncri aut during tlie year IK , , v A true copy Irom thejoiirna'. . - ' la rgLC.g&Jtrj.UJtoii tint its t.xecuuvt jji-puvimtiiii, cc. jun 23,, 1837. " ' ' '''v.' The ' following "resolution wrre a- lopted and the Clnininii directed to furnish the Presitfent f the United Stat"" with a copy of the name: ' ; Hi-solved, .That Ihe Prmidene of the V - ted Stulct be r-fpieted, and the head of the several Kxecutu l)nkrltni-nt be rtinetrd. ! toruli tin committee with a lit or lil of been apu'iiitied orTifip!oyed'i3"fiwoftW :he4th f March, I8J9, to the firt of Dmnw tier lait, if any, without arthority nflaw, or whine names are hot cootnoir.d in the la.t prititetLltririatet of pnhlic.offic r. eiwonnoly Called lite 'J1 tie Htnik,. bv thf l'reKide.it or ehher of the u d luad of li pa tirtent rt aprctiyely, : and ithrait noin.i atioit tn, :or the adtiCf andkoiiaent f the Senate of lh U- nitrd State; idiowiiig- the name of such o(H eera, agent, or de-uii. tli turn ut to euch: tlie at-rtice reodere.t, and by what au thority sppoi.it ed and paid, and what ra; oo fursnch appointment. -'. lUaotved, 1 tort fie lriii Klecutiv- nl- ficers i r-l).Mi tn 4h--forrrniiig reaohtt iiiit, be reqnt-irtpd at Hie same tune to turtiikh a Matt ment of the period at which aey jnnofa tn nut authorized y U If audi ex l, had their jfmT-lh r causes and the aeceasity liich o reqnred Ui ir ciNitintiahco t Altesti , ii V. HALLE TT, Uttk. 7Ve Prrtlitnl't letter It the CetamtHrt" -' ' Copy, WaoirratJiTr,Vui.28, (837. iSiaiJ'CeiSri the 24th inst. your letter, covering a copy of certain resolutions purporting to liave been- adopted by a comniittc oi tne iiouse oi ii.epreeiiiaiives, oi which you, are chairman, "and request that you will, lay before that coioniU- tee, this, my reply, which I hasten, to tnake. . ; :' , .j.,;.." : It appears, by the jiublished pro ceedings of the House f Reprcsruta tives, ; that the cuiiimjttee, of which yoq are chairman was appointed on your motion." The jrenolunon oC'ertd by you, and finally adopted ' by: the Hoa raised a direct issue" with (hat part of my annual message in which 1 tuliMit nrih I n Ml sti.ti-a. tu receive ami tei: "T iiiiiiusi:.i.-u utiwri, - iuiv.iv nu toochmir cero-in chaigr prvfi-rred by v.r.f purpos of. ascertaining their traits or il,..ce t yahin2tn araeoJ; ceriainl wa ordered to b rai.ed, and yoa wt lliiti' fal liming i laniagjtyJowtaiiiyd '-Itt' ihtrvartOTt'r-eyctcafTthyrttile if ? the 8enatryttilt: "t 'td'-y roncluding this paperI think it duelvourelf and. your-associate, you are read; a well k from the carnre of th, ; . "'.. . I' .... m x ' ' ..!. ' 1 .1 . -I . , . .1. . ' to the var ou Executive Dcpartmeatu, to hearJlestimoiiy ufthrie prusperous- co'iuiuon, aim to ine uiuiy ami jo- tegyilyjffithMch-tuetrMse been con-- ducted. Tt has been my aim t n- f rce in all ot them a vigilant and faithful disrharg- of the public buU; hess; and it. 1 gratifying to me to be - iieve that there ,i. do just cause ot complaint, from . any quarter, at the partientiir; and. if o what it is. If manner in which they have fulfilled thejyou are able to point to any casa y here object oi their creation. V our revi lution is in the following words: :'. tolctd, ' wl o . much of the Presi-dent'a-message a. relate to the 'con dition of the various Executive Depart ments, the ability aod integrity with which they have ben conducted, the vigilant and faithful discharge of the public business in all of them, and th cause of complaint from any quarter, at the manner in which they have fu' filled the object of their creation,' be referred to a telect committee, to con sist of nme. members,' with power to send Tor persons and pupei, and with; l"HuUi"ni.JOAnquireaiitA tipti ot the various Executive Depart- ;not expect mo s countenance your , ments, the ability and integrity with 1 prticemlinc, la rhe abort poriml whih which they have Wea cendured, into remain of my official duty, I hall en the msntter in which the public but, deavor, as I lava hertfor eni'.eavor-nei-s has been discharged in all of them, l, to fulf.l tha obligation ef that ojitb and tnto all raasea uf complaint, fram of oJSce, by w'Hich I engsgM t ttic anr quarter, at the manner in which ...f.l A . .L-r- . ... wr ( . f s ; 1 oibct. or any f thir micer or afntt interest, have f tlliile.1 or fail e I to ae- 1 .&. L '!.!. . I j- compunn. lie ouject w inetr creation, or r,nt viotsted , their dutie. or have ;n;,,-j ,j :.:r.J ,i, KUi,! .r. . . r...i ,t. -:.l such periods of time , as to them may seen, expedient and proper." " It also ippars. from t,ft published pmeed r'SHt' H. that this resolution was 6CCompauid and supported by a speech f ' conkiderjble leoih, in f CWSHe Imparl meiu. iJIJiS resclutiuus adopted br tli committee. wen as mat adopted by to lluuse itseii, ; mut Vf , UWen m .Cohuectioo ve. a characer to tha wUote pmeed- inj - Win i -thus regarded, it is oUviadS that, by th rcso!uton of the House, htl isu"e i iliadi Will the President o t!le Upitinl Sutefl a- te had alleged, , ,. . ,l t , his annual mesa, that tha la-ad n t cri;ipv ioj i uatmi u performed tuetr olUCial tlttties lll a bilitynd integrity. '.In four peecli V.u ' le,iet tins, you clirsed then ... . ,. "t, J " 1 v mtniiold cri gptions, and abuaes l trual, as V0l ,l al III former speeches; to whivh you referred an tl a commiure. Certai nd i y7 wrma?" VW,,S' ? " ,T7" .. ... .1. : . . c if j.. i were placed at its head, The- first W"yvrTin VI t,nv lUVVIt'tin va-jj WTrei-awnderjroodrTtfirroiVucti "by ; a Von. vall'm? on ihe President and tha of the Oepaettnenta-ritot to4 an vr to any specific change; not to ex plaia ant a leed. abuse not to gite information as to any particular trans-.. action; but. asm.ng that . they have ..t .-.i.... - ".I... w i 7 ml - m - - . . been guilty of the charge abeged, Call upon them to fut iii!i evidence a gainst themsel ve ! , : r .-' '.-.-?..' j . .. - . - . AfftfP.-: i1ii pili-alAt riArrra Tl!t ' ttsrl ViiadeTtr wanbi ve ed tha-you- would have been prepared that tha. com:uittee wdtild then proceed t;i investigate the matters alleged. H it instead of this, you resort tu gen - erViitle even rno'e :;vagttFlliir"v original actusattons, and in opt a ttiotr of the Constitution, and of that ib... 11... i.t: .1. .. i -i.i i .....i. well establish-! and wise wanm.j Wf' CaJ tun r ad one of the rule -that allm-n are presumed to be iiiii-;f t'y Senate, whirb required that all ? cent until proven guilty, actorii'g o P titit-ti, befrtfe rt ceptinn, should b , the established rule of. law," you re-, 'vod and aeconded by tliow who pre- ; queat ioy 'if and the beads of the d-:! them; ; He, tUeielWr objected , partment to Income fur iiwii arcusera, to the rerep'ioti but a pott a .cmnpli- aiid to furni-h the evidenct io convict ourselves; and thi call purport to b fountled on the authority ot that UwIj - in which alone, by the Constitation. the power of impeaching us is vrstt dl The headsof departmeU may ai.wer such requcst a they please, rrovid- ed they do not withdraw their own thur direction, from the public V. Pari WI "g'e- aiessr. twtn ot , aes. to the Injury thefeof.T thatP Vie. : M'n . Tipliin. ' andl wlbrra . , bugincs I shall directUhem to devote themselves, io preference to any ill- gil and unconstitutional calls f ir intoi mation, nq matter from what source it lucreaso toe excitement awm abolition may come, or however anxiou they in the free states, by. smiting (he do- 4 maybe to meet it. For myself, I shall rate of the right of pelitioa and the a ,a repel all such attempt at an iovaion b-iUliooists, on ground of e xpedieucy , r -of the principle of justice, a well a and CiutilbtiouaUty; therefore they - of lb Constitution ; aod I hU . teem it my tarred duty to the people of the United States to resist theuie I would tlt eilauliUnicn.l ot a pan--t wrnnau ma rtgnx to lurrt ineir p -Tslilnquiiiition. , , jtition on thi suljcct Congre .;; lt, t.fter all the jtevere accusation unwilling of your own accord to bripg .rflfnr 'ylirya tbgn'-J yquet -ymtf . committee to call4ynrscdf and your a4tciatetaad every othi mmlt-rj'f Congre who. has. made the general jchargo of corruption, to testify b; fore God and our country, whether you or they know of any specific corruption .or abuse ol trust in me executive ue there is the slightest reason to twpeet corruption or abuse or trust, no obsta cle which I can remove shall be inter posed to prevent ihe fullest scrutiny by all legal weans. The nTicr of all the departments will be -opened to you and every proper facility furnished for thi purpose. . - ,. .' j.' l hope, sir, w ahall at last have your clrarges, ar.d ; that yU will pro ceed to investigate them not like an inquisitor, but ia the accustomed mode. If you. either will not' make tpecific accasationa, or it, when made, you at tempt to establish them by ntkitis; you w.u lie t of my ability, to. preserve, pro tect, and flelend nia cimsututien oi the U'i,il Ststes;' a4 for ti ts, and vestigstton of specific, tangible chrr- I' 1 A. . L L.ll' 1 ' . - ies and on tne otnrr, snail rrpuouie all atte attempt to invade lh j-M right Ihe Executive Di-nartinents, and of ..r .h- P...r.,it n1.r,.rinr,ta and i.f !.i- : . .1.- i . . j a a make no speci&co harges, or bring no proof of such as shall be made, you and your associates mutt b regarded -.by thi g d people of flie U. Stat as ; tins autaors of uatiunded calumnies; ' St the public servants whom you h iva ,a4J.ila.lwiUy4th'estimatio!f -ofatl"- honorable men. stand luily ncqaitted. v ltttb.j a an time, I cannot Out x nrM my astonishment that mem'iers ofCanjresa should call for info-ma-ton as to tha lames of per tons to whom - contingent moneys are pud, and tha object of iho-a pytneats, when ther? are sis standing committevs under the seventy-seventh, rule wf tha lloiua of Ilfprcsentativev whose special Iu1ies tt tox tutiaaanatislly ittlo all the ! t iH of tli expenditures in each of' tha Ksecative Di-partments. TlitlL remark U applicable to soma winery Vair he of the iaf u taitiot sought by yo ampU details n respect to which ':, are ti ba found in the reports laid be' for Congress, aaj ntw ot your file, ' ailv .waicb I r.c-omud yoa t ' have reoars.Vi.'... r,. v,.--':: ..w' I jm.x.Mr' ttfull y, . 2lc (sisroa 1; ANUaiCW J VCStON. Tth lltt. IIarA,.W4s,e.-: ixVwki? j tmtlet mf tht nbuttt a eortpU$nt '. .th-tf$e4 aui.m the Ejttcu;ivt Dt ' partin!$. ' -.vVv- -':: --,' " '-' '; " I certify that this is a true conjy fi tfflliL. tha Ot'l'imiV sent. i;v-.'".;.;v'' jTeatr; 7A; IACKStON. jun. j; xt3XU4 ii :oai2Efs. H'-'i.sJitfrtitfy, February 6, 1837V. Jtbtliliiil f'clil i'M.Ti subject t' wl i.'r'daeea in ttM Seiute early m A f i . - i.i. .1 . . . ii. .. . ....... r . inn u,ij, wy iu preavniaiioii oi a pen v tiuo f.oin sundry ciiitns of Imlun, by !r. Tipton, one of the Senator j trjin tlmt aute. He eipreed hun- of tH petitirttiets ttd itrther'-declaror rT gross haa the rhe to interfere with . slavery, either iu the State or . tha , l)ktrict ot Columbia. He felt him nvweyerj bound to present thf pe- X viola-Uttioa, and moved it reference to tht i commute ort the District of Columbia. . "ttce wan tne rute. " in inta he was austained by the chair; and io order to mv time. Senator who held" petitiou 're Called op. o to prc.fnt ihm to-.- gethef. This was done, and tbey cam 4 1 iMioMrii)i." t ! Ihe question then arose a to that right of petition ou thi suhject. and , maintained, that tu refusal to receive til u encroacbed o the right of petl- f tiou, and at tb ams Uita tended to v' ur jed t,he reception and TferVbC of .the petition, i .l: , . , r Mr. Cflhoun denied' that any body ?" an i proyeu, iron, tua very language ot j 'i bjai t. and the chirjcter of he boJy,'. that tt btvl the fight reiect tha pttt-. ttot. He was followed by s , -, rM r. Byrd, a Senator worthy of hia 'own great, antiyar and irreproarh u- a oe, in au , argument at one clear and cnociusive,, that the refusal., to receive did, by no oieat a, conflict wita me ngnt oi petitton. -i he con titution had provided that Copgres, ,, should pas tio law to fprtM'it A . peopU from ptttetaM (iium,1! r fa. jrti-w 19 prjuum jar m rejrt$ tj grrv uuch.' Thia was 'all tlx constitution , , said . aptiu tha subject. Aod did mj nun proi'osu to pass such a law? , No. The people had a right to petition a-. rising not from the constitution, but -fro n ths very nattir of the govern- ment ; But it w f r Cure4 to say whether. it would receive, eiiterta.n 4 discus; frarrt or rij?ct the prayer ot ' these peti't'iiina.,Thi- did by bo iaan coo 3 let with the right of petition. II ' was anxious t ill Ur.icn on these datigerwH and exeitirg topica cat tittL.-1'u that.reasaa be uved to lay the Motion ta receive an th tabic. -1 AJtcT ome turthv observation, tb;a motion wasrricd- ayesJl nnet 13. Mr. Oavis, of . Maiaachusetts, who , was not in hi teat whin the petition . hsil been preseated, offered these in -, hi ieisaesa, which were disposed of , as, ihe other had been; and here wj , booed tha mattar would have stopped. Hut it wa otherw'so decreed. ., J4r. Morris, of Ohio, rose and offer ed aoorhor petition, which had ben . overlwked in the firt instance; rd upon this the whtds question came up., agsin, and wss disrusjed with grat arm'h, until 5 o'clot k P. M. M, ' Morris tonk the grounds, that Cyrgrcs was bound to rrcoivg the petition; and -waa iutail by . Ut-wr, Tj." - Sam- Ik