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jr. ' ?1 5 i lit . j- -v.- . :4 T- , . xv v.r"tv V ! "' - " '- T - f ' ' ' "' ' ' ' 1 11 " ' ' " . i tar fnt niirre o :otitwtitkTki whSfe&nd machinery WUU be Iftrqvyri: tpoti emersourc v "FT ' ; iio crtingVft na forid rv ision. The lol- - C A. tuw Indian .Trctis, for ex(ingjih5J &&mm$&$" teleiea frt'rlod art ' 5lelhetand system must of course r . devotVeUDofi the Custom House revenue. ifhrClnoI ihd:reclly taxing the people (orUKeurj)6se of raising a fund ror'Td'is ributitta;Tlre reveone arising from du ties is iat least precanous ; it mayor ; maV not, prove adeqate to the support ot thf Uivtl ani Mimary auniiiHsirauuu " of the Govern menU ''XJnder , the com oromise of'the Tariff, the duties -are an- I lir iliminicttinir On tlin .ltit flf tlllC 11UAI 'J vt f lit 1 II -31 itt xi vnw w.v w ' month, there will be a reduction of 10 -yerientTa jnumher of articles, atnl 'i v?haVto assurance, that two. years ' ' frowWw'ttmeV' there will be a surplus I M?'of one cent. Itthas been alledged, that ihe fncrease of population would keep , "paeefthiins'oradual reduction. But I ' woulil suppose, that the increase of raa : "irfacturfs wou'ld be in the same propor Hiion.; Suppose then, Mr. Sneaker, that '(his' source of revenfie as distributed a 4ong the State?,' and that there should an actual deficiency, ;-how would it be r supplied ?4 know el but one source, viz: Ho raise the duties on imports. And here . is -the basii of the wholeplan, disguise ites ou may. - Who are the god-fathers - of this project ? The Committee of Ma nufactures in the4 Senate of the United States. It is befo-e this House in a some- '-'-what different form, modified in some Hneasure tb suit different tastes though ;c frr:lub3tanceit tsie same. Itis a Ta- -J. S riff scheme. Was. it ever' intended by -our forefathers, the watchful guardians of the rights of the States, that the pow er given -theirGeneral Goternment to raise -ffnoney ror us own suppon a power on- cuiattng in necessity snouici, ue so ex- ' 8pik4t!rpiiti:b indirectly to amoiintto raising : -1 fiiintl sustaining a tund for distribution ? ; .IjiilrJc not, ' ;I ubject to this Resolution, because it ' Is an argument to the States to corrupt 'HhemselveSjby aniddressto their meanest . i4)assins. When the time1 sliall have ar- ' 'rived that the States draw the means of upportijig their tJwn institutions irom a ne Treasury of the General Government, the sceptre will have departed from Ju- 4ian, ana tne rignts ot tne states win ex JSOnly th name. Cariy the pt incip.es rfif'ihls Resolution intn ni-artir.p. anil von 'it t" ,, - " . will, at one tell swoop, prostrate the States at tlte-feet of the General Govern ment. Every barrier thatiias been here- -Jt'ofore -erected for5 the maintenance - of State sovereignty, will have been thrown ilown, and the States wilj dwindle into mere stipendiaries and dependencies up nm the great central Power mere beggars for alms and petitioners for bounty. 1 " -ivottfd rather the old North 'State would -'.-be "poor for ever, than grow rich upon -isttch terms. Yes, sir, let her be poor, I y care not how long, o she loses not her jirtde. I object to this Resolution, because a more euectual consolidation could not be -devised, than, the principles it contains, vif carried out. The General Govern- nent would effect, through State agents, Avhat it would not be permitted to do for : responsibility of members of the Legisla ture to their constituents, would be di mmished. Alf pdwr wouTd be immedi ately -concentrated the General Goiv-J emment, Dy-means ot its control over oiH- State?iiMjtitutions. j The States-have little to fear from any . -sudden onset or in vasion of their reserv-;-ed rights. But, sir, there is much to fear irern the silent, insidious agency,by which '-;vi&y consolidation of the States would be ;ffecletriri pursuing the course of policy , prppose Gy this Resolution. I ; r ; . Much has been said about the rights of ' North-Cacoliaa and the immense territo - ;ry cededy her to the General Goverlrj ,y iiuetftTUpon this point, 1 have little to ; ; . ay ; anUadBOUhe claimsof our State - $4 bn- PrfceJ upon the great principleslof ;'. v' ' eternal justice," I would have remain ed entirely silent. 1 Would ask gentte ' men to show me where, and irrwhat in ,4 lstance, and how much the General Gov- eramefTt Has ever receivpd from land . sales arising from terntory ceded by N. , iCarolinaLf Has she ever received one t cnt ? Ivnlirely refer gentlemen to a reservation iiTthe cession act, and to the act of 18&3, and iet t)iem investigate for tthentselves. ? ' ! . It has been alleged i)y gentlemen, that : these Resol u t ions ,were not intended ! 'as iftslructuans, but barely and simply asan espresslonjof oniiiion on the part of ihis JuesialaXUrc J XMow, sir, 1 am one of those : whp believein the right of the Legisia i tusnuAfc , ami lu a .oenator1 in Congress, Jvho honestly believed in the ;nght, it would 4nake little difference, I ' Would; conceive, "whether thVre was an additional Resolution Jnstructfns him Snecifically to Voter Tor the nrinciidpclaft. vanceH in the Resolationst or out. TneXor i6us reason! as not aowtd to be uone? UPon the -Senator "Id. &ten wPeateoV Obligation -above all law, if he re eng. nisei the tight. Like that existing, be- tween man and his God, between parent and child, between brother and sister, it . 1,. 1. ' .,1- T. ; :' n a bjgh moral obligation. It ha,, it u true, nc legal sanction ence r-Dut,, sirj me v r- - -. - the same 'relation dience to the positive law does -o the hi$h obligattoris of morality.. If the will of jtheLegislature is known,' however expressed,he?Senator is asjmucli bound to ;ob'ey,as if he were formally instruct ed. The obligation is the same. I have thus , given .MrlvSpeaker, s succinctly. as possible the reasons, that wilj influence me in voting against the second Resolution of the gentleman from Surry, and thatik the House for its in dulgence, i 4 - THE "SPECIAL. MESSAGE. '4 ' ! " Ta the Sc7iate and i House ef . Representative Gestlemen : Tn mv ATpsssfre at the oneninff of your Session, I informed you that our Charge d' Aflairs at Paris had been instructed to ask for the final determination of the French Government, in relation to the payment of the indemnification secured by the treaty of the 4th of July, 183.1, and that, when advices of the result should be re ceived, it would b raade the subject of a special communication. In execution of this design, I now transmit te you the papers numbered from 1 to 13? inclusive, con taining, among other things, the correspondence on this subiect between our Charge 6? Affairs and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, from which it lill be seen that France requires, as a condition, precedent to the execution ot a treaty uncpnmtion ally ratified, and to the payment of a debt acknowl edged bv all the branches ot her Lrovernroent to be due, that certain explanations shall be made, of which she dictates the terms. These terms, are such as that Government has already been officially informed, cannot be complied with; and,;if persist ed in, they must be considered as. a deliberate refusal on the part of France to fulfil engagements binding by the laws of nations,.and held sacred by the whole civilized world. The nature of the act which France requires from this Government is clearly set forth in the letter of the French Minister, marked No. 4. We will pay the money, says he, when rt the Government of the United States is ready on " its part to declare to us, by addressing its claim to us officially in writing, that it regrets the misun " derstanding which has arisen between the two " countries ; that this misundetstanding is founded " on a mistake ; thatiit never entered into its inten " tion to call in question the good faith of the French 'Government, nor to take a menacing attitude " towards France ;" and he adds, " if the Govern- ment of the United States does not give this as " surance, we shall be obliged to think that this " misunderstanding is not the result of an error." In the letter marked No. 6, the French Minister also remarks, that " the Government of the United " States knows, that upon itself defends hencefor- ' ward the execution of the treaty of July 4, 1831. (Obliged, by the precise language thus used by the French Minister, to view it as a peremptory te fusal to execute the treaty, except on terms incom patible with the honor and independence of the U nitcd States, and persuaded that, on considering the correspondence now submitted to you, you can re gard it in no other light, it becomes my duty to call your attention to such measures as the exigency of the case demands, if the claim of interfering in the communications between the different branches of our Government shall be persisted in. This pre tention is rendered the more unreasonable by the fact, that the substance of the required explanation has been repeatedly and voluntarily given before it was insisted on as; a condition a condition the nore humiliating because it is demanded as the equivalent of a pecuniary consideration. Does France desire only a declaration that we had no in ten tii n to obtain our rights by an address to her fears rather than to her justice! She has already had it, frankly and explicitly given by our Minister accred ited to her Government, his act ratified by me, and my confirmation of it officially communicated by him, in his letter to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs of the 25th of April 1835, and repeated by rtjy published approval ef that letter alter the pass age of the bill of indemnification. Docs France want a degradingj- servile repetition of this act in terms which she shall dictate, and which will in volve an acknowledgment of her assumed right ts interfere in our domestic coancils'. She will never obtain it. The spirit of the American people, the dignity of the Legislature, and the firm resolve of their Executive Government, forbid it. As tne answer 01 tne x rencn Minister to out Charge d'AfFairesct Par s, -contains an allusion to a letter addressed by him to the Representative ot France at this place, it now becomes proper to lay before you the correspondence had between that functionary and tho Secretary of State relative to that letter, and to accompany the s:: me with sueh explanations as will enable you to understand the course of the Executive in regard to it. Recurring to tlie historical statement made at ihe commence ment of your session, of the origin andjsrpgress of our uimcuities witn r ranee, u win oe recollected that, on the return of our Minister to the United States, I caused my official approval of the explana tions he had given to the French Minister to be made public. As the French Government had no ticed the message without its being officially com municated, it was not doubted that, if they were disposed to pay the money due to us, they would notice any public explanation of the- Government of the United States in the same way. But, contrary to these ell-founded expectations, the French Ministry did not take this fair opportu nity to relieve themselves from their unfortunate po sition, and to do justice to the United States. Whilst, however, the Government of the U nited States was awaiting the movements of the French Government, in' perfect .confidence that the difficulty was at an endV? the Secretary of Sta' jeceived a call fwm the French Charge d'Affairs in Washington, who ilesired to read to him a letter he h:td received from the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. He wa9 asked whether he was instructed or directed to make any official communication, and replied, that he was n!y authorised to read the letter, and fur-i nish a copy if requested. The substance of its! contents, it is presumed, may be gathered from Nos. 4 and 6, herewith transmiitecl. It was an1 attempt to make known to the United Stales, j privately, in what manner it could m;ke expla nations, apparently voluntary, but really dicta ted by France, acceptable to her, and thus obtain payment of the iwentyfive millions of frarfes. No exception was taken to this mode of communication, which is often oed to prepare the wa for official intercourse 4 but the sugges tion made in it were Ln their substance wholly inadmissible. Not being in ti shape of an of ficial communication to this Government, it did not admit of reply or official notice, nor could it safely be made 'he ha sis ef any action by the Executive or theegislaiure : and the Secre tary of State did Wot think proper to ask acopy, becausehe could have no tie for It. Copies of papers marked Nos. 9, 10, ar.l 11, show an'attempt, on the prt of the French ,C barge Affaires, to place a copy of this letter amng xne wremves 01 mis suovernment, which. be authorised to make, in. the accustomed form, would receive a prompt and just cosideration. " The indlscret,),vof tbis ttemptwas made more "tAffVK yent;?wlof f rfnch Charge d'Affairs, that the object was to bnmr this fetter before Congress id the America Congress fnd the American Imi,.faertnrs 2Sra".?n,Xtor il Gornrtent .nin honor ofia, country, b, to each other, that, uDe" i- -ir.- u ;, hnnpd hotter an. do much, 'it raavbe hoped, to vindicate the faith iu iiiiuiix iV.wc"i r . . . .7 r-. , k; Wwuia nfruir pulxpiu). flie indene rule nee of our Die. thev nrrrliit ihp'ir own ricrhts and the respect due to others, than to attemptto use the Executive as the passive organ of their commanicalions. It is due, to the character of our institutions, tlijit thediplomatlcfintercourse of this - Govern ment should be conducted with the utmost di rectness and simplicity i and that, in all cases of importance, the communications receiyed or made by. the Eexculive should assume the ac- customed omcial torrc. It is only uy insisting on this form, tl at "Foreign Powers can he held to futl responsibility, that their communications c;m be officially replied to, cr that the advice er interference of the Legislature can with propri ety i?e invited by the president. This .course is also best calculated, on the one halid, to shield that officer from unjust suspicions, and on the other to subject this portion of his acts topub lic scrutiny, and if occasion shall require rt, to Constitutional animadversion. It was the more necessary to adhere to these principles m the instance in questioninasmuch as, in addition to other, important interests, it very intimately con cerned the national honor a matter, in my judgment, much too sacred to be made the subject of private arid unofficial negotintioru It will be perceived that this letter of the French Ministt r of Foreign Affairs was read to the Secretary of State-on the 11th of Septem ber last. This was th first authentic indication of the specific views of the French Government received bv the Government of the United States, after the passage of ihe bill of indemnW firxlnn. Inasmuch as the letter had been writ ten hffiiW the official notice of mv aDnroval of Mr. Livingston's last explanation and remon strance couJd have reached Fans, just ground of hope was left, as has been before-stated, that the French Government, on receiving that in formation in the same manner the alleged offen sive message had reached them, would desist from their extraordinary demand, and pay tne money at once. To give them an opportunity to do so, and at all events to t licit their final determination, and the ground they intended to occunvi the instructions were eiven to our Charge d'Affairs which were adverted to at the 'commencement of the present session of Con gress. The result, as you have seen, is a de mand of an official written expression of regrets, and a direct explanation addressed to France, with a distinct intimation that this is a sine qua non Mr. Burton having, in pursuance of his in structions, returned to the United States, and ihe Charge d Afuires of France having been re called, all diplomatic intercourse between the "two countries is suspended a stale of things orig'nating in ar unreasonable susceptibility on the part of the French Government, and render ed necessary on our part 'by their refusal to per. form engagements contained in a treaty, from the faithful performance of wf ich by us, they are to this d:y enjoying many Important com mercial advantages. It is time that this unequal position of affVirs should cease, and that legislative action should be brought to sustain Executive exertion in such measures as the case requires. While France persists in her refusal to comply with the terms of a treaty, the object of which was, by re moving all causes of mutual complaint, to re new ancient feelings of friendship, and to unite the two nations in the bonds of-amity and of a mutually beneficial commerce, she cannot just ly complain iF.we adopt such peaceful remedies as the Law of Nations and the circumstances of the case may authorize and demand. Of the nature of these remedies I have heretofore had occasion to speak, and, in reference to a parti cular contingency, to express my conviction that reprisals would be best adapted to the emergency then contemplated. Since that period, France, hy all the Depart ments of her Government, lias acknowledged the validity of our claim?, and the obligations ot the treaty, and has appropriated the moneys which are necessity to its execution; and though payment is withheld on grounds vitally impoituut to our existence as an independent Nation, it is not to be believed that she can have determined, permanently, to retain a po sition so utteily indefensible. In the altered state of the question in controversy, and un der .ail existing circumstances, it appears to me that, until &uch a determination shall have be come evident, it will "he proper and sufficient to retaliate her present refusal to comply with her engagements, by prohibiting the introduc- uon ot Jr rench prouuets anu tne entry 01 rencn vessels into our ports. .Between this and the interdiction of all commercial iivtercourse or o- ther remedies, you, as the representatives, of the People, must determine. I recommend the fd'mer, in the present posture of our afikirs, as being the least injurious to our commerce, and as attended with the least difficulty of re turning to the usual state of friendly intercourse, if the Government of France shall render us the justice that is due, and, also, as a proper preliminary step to stronger measures, should their adopt on be deemed necessary by subse quent events. The return of our Charge d' Affairs is at tended with public notices of naval prepara tions on the part of France destind for our seas. . Of the Cause and intent of these armament. I have no authentic inioi maiion, nor any other means of judging except such as are common to yourselves unci to the public ; but, whatever may be t heir object, we are not at liberty to regard them as unconnected, with the measures which hostile movements on the part of France may compel us to pursue. They at least de serve to be -met' by adequate preparation on our part j and I therefore strongly urge large and speedy appropriations for the increase of the navy and the completion of coast defences. If tins array of military force be really de signed to affect the action of the Government and People of tlie United States on the question now pending between the two nations, then, indeed, would it be dishonorable to pause a moment on the alternative which such a slate of things would present to us. Come what may, the explanation which France demands can never be accorded; and no armament, how ever powerful and imposing, at a distance or on our coasts, will, I trust, deter us from dischar ging the high duties which we owe to our con stituentg, our national character, and to the world. The House of Representatives, at the close of the lasl session of Congress, ' unanimously re solved that the treaty on the 4th of July, 1831, , should be maintained, and its execution insis- 1 ted on by the United States. 1 It is due to the ' welfare of the human race, not less than to our own interests ,and honor, that this resolution should, at all hazards, be adhered to. If, after, so goal an example as th at given by the Amer ican People during their long protracted diffi culties with France, of forbearance nder accu mulated wrongs, nnd of generous confidence in her ultimate ret-urn to justice, she shall now be permitted to withhold from os the tardy and im. perfect indemnification which, after ye"ars,of re monstrance and discussion, bad At length been solemnly agreed on by the treaty of 1831, andtrj set at naught the obligation it imposes, the U nied States will not be the only sufferers. The efforts oj humanjty and religion, to substitute the appeals of justice and the arbitrament of reason for the coercive remedies usually resor ted to by injured nations, will receive Utile en couraf ement from such an Jssue;! Bv the se lection and enforcement of scuh lafufand ex j pedient measures as may be necessary -.to pre- cm rciu.i. so injurious to ourselves ana so ta tal to the hopes' af 4be philajitbiepwt, we shall I f ' TfM - w - 1 of treaties, and to promote; the general1 inter ests of peace, civilization," and improvement. ANDREW JACKSON. Washiwqtox, Jaw. 15, 186. - ' ' GREAT DEBATE. A'debate of surpassing interest has just occur red at Washington, in the Senate, on Mr. Bxjttos's proposition to expend the Surplus Revemie in putting the country in a complete state of defence. IWe find in the Correspon dence of the Bultimore Patriot" the sub - joined faithful sketch of t; After tlte final passage of the bijl ,t relieve the New York sufferers by fire, -and the post ponement of the question whether the peti tion from Ohio, praying for.the abolition ofslav - ry in the District of Columbia, ought to be re- Cetveu, Jjir.gjad.iv1 1 1 a 1 iui iwus ichuic iu uis- posing of "the public revenue by putting the country tn a. complete state ofdefence, &c. came up for consideration. Mr. Ewing took the floor and spoke'for some time with mucli energy and warmth against the proposition and against Mr. Bentons speech, delivered on offering the Resolutions, in which the latter took occasion. to attack and unjustly accuse the Senate about the loss of the Fortifica tion bill at the last session. Air. Ewihg was quite severe upon the Missouri Senator. His arrows, though hot the smoothest in the world, were sent with strong arm and evidently did not faH to rankle where they hit. Mr. Goldsborough, of Maryland, one of the most kind, unassuming, unpretending, honorable men in the Senate, next took the floor, and made a very able and conclusive, argumentative speech in oposition to the resolution and in de fence of the Senate, from the attacks make upon it by Mr. Benton. At times he was very elo quent and impressive. He took up Benton's speech, piece by piece and tore it all to tatters, and left the Missouri Senator nothing but bare poles to scud under, amid the devouring storm which he had most presumptuously called down about him. Mr. Goldsborough was listened to not only by the Senate-snd.the immense crowds in the galleries, but by many of the Represen tatives who were presei.t, with the most pro found attention. I noticed as a fact worth no ticing, that dining the whole delivery of Mr. Goldsborongh's speech, Mr. Calhoun kept in his seat a thing very rematkable for him and caught every word as it fell, apparently with grtat surprise and approbation surprise in find ing so able and eloquent a Senator in the new member from Maryland, and approbat'on of the coirectness of what l,e said. Mr. Benton next took the floor. It was hard ly known what he intt nded to say. or do. He soon made that known however, lie shook his head and apparency gritted his teeth. He ei ther was or afiected to be, under deep excite ment. He said in a low, tone of voice, something about that he thought instinct would prompt any gentle-man (drawling out the gentle and strongly emphasizing the man, and then repea ting the same term more emphatic in another connection) to do, &.c. . He then raised his voice ynd said the Senator from Maryland had made a deliberate, personal attack upon him! that at the last session that Senator drew a picture which the Senate, and tlte thousands who heard it in the galleries, he doubted not, knew it to be drawn for him that he had heard that that Senator had rehearsed, yes, UEHKASED that part of live picture which related to him! that lie had now, after sleeping over the balance of the account which he tlien received, a whole year, commenced anew his attack. Here he clenched his fists together, drew himself up at full length, graied his teeth, and gave a jnost magnificent shiver all over, and left. his seat (Mr. King, of Alabama, being in the.Chair, and crying out order ! order! meantime)' and, went out of the Senate slamming the dooc after him with g et violence. Mr. Goldsborough rose to speak. Mr. King: Order! The Senator from Mary land will not be permitted to proceed- The Chair did not understand him, when up before, to make any personal allusions to the Senator from Missouri. If he had, the Senator would have been called to order at the time. Mr. Goldsborouirh : I am not permitted to re ply in order to that which has been asserted out of order ? Mr. King: No : the Chair cannot permit an other word on the subject from either of the gentlemen. Mr, Porter now rose. He siid he had a few remarks to offer, and he really wished the Sen ator from Missouri were in his seat. (Here the Sergeant-ut-Arms went after Mr. Benton, who shortly returned and took his seat.) He said he knew not what the honorable geut'eman ex pected. . He wished to know whether the Sen ate were expected to pocket the accusations a gainst them in silence, knowing them to be un true ? Whether they must bow to the footstool of power and say all was true that mi.ht be heaped upon them ? For one, he was not dis posed to bear the unjust imputations with im punity. If Senators from any cause or motive, would make uu just charges against that body whereby it might be prejudiced in the public mind, they must beexptcted to be replitjd to. Judge Porter made a ltnglhy and eloquent speech Mr. Webster followed. He first went into a minute history of the proceedings of the fa mous last night of the last Congress, in some parts of which he was uncommonly playful and sarcastic. He told a true but a most amusing story, consisting of the history of'the bill of ap propriations for " civil and diplomatic services' in all its stages At the most earnest solicita tions of gentlemen, -he said, the Committee of Finance, after having attached to the biH sever al items which had very little indeed. to do -with " civil and diplomatic" affairs, added -that of the Military Academy at West Point, under the head of " civil and diplomatic" appropriations. The bill went down to the other House, and when it came back there were, several other 1 civil and diplomatic'' items added to it. Among others, he reelected the salary" of the Presi dent's gardener, tie said he had not the nlea. ure of that useful hersonacre's acquaintance. But if ever he should happen to meet him, up on some pleasant mottling about; the pleasant lawns and groves ef the President's House, now ; that he has been raised to the diplomatic order at least so far as his salary is concerned, he cer tainly should expect to see a smaU diplomatic button attached to his coat. Mr. Webster's history of the whole proceed ing of the famous last night wm most interesting and conclusive. -He told of one important fact; not before publicly known. He said that after the Senate, on that night, had. been for some time in Executive session, and had rejected the nomination of a person to the bench ef the Supreme Court, they sent their Clerk to the President, in a roem in the Capitol, near by, to inform him of the fact, that the President re plied that he would receive no communication from the,. Senat e that night, a it wasfter 12 o' clock, and therefore there was no Congress. He thought that if the President would refuse to' receive any comrxunication from the Senate at that hour, for the reason assigned, he for the same reason, would hardly have been willing to receive Trom Congress the appropriation bill, and sign it, although it was said to be after 12 considerable, when he signed the Cumberland nni v Tti v.;ii vii lost m me otner i :nu w... - House, and., there might its bones ;oe ookm -rr : TW House knew ot the inanner-fn.Hi,&i the President left the Capitol, and. untKT circumstances : iittt h would not say tnai tnw formed any part of the reason, whylhe House refused to pass the hill arreerf upon. yye-Coil; Terence Committee of both Houses. V", ' He took up tlf President's Message and te,ad that partofit which referred to the loss -tirthe appropriation bill and charged the loss of-tt to the Senate. He repelled thii's charge with the most eloquent indigi ation. ; fie went at large into the subject of the duties of an pxecutive. He e aimed tne nonor or navinr morci ject the $3,000,000, which were -attempted to spring upon the Senate so late on the last night of its session and. when theL great exprtnjtng process should be introduced, he begged mat his name might not be blotted out or obliterated from where it now stands upon, the record, as the mover of the proposition to reject so'absurd ani uncalled lor an appropriation. He said he Weill hi move a rejection aeain, under similar circumstances. He would do it, though Ihe enemy were thundering at the doors of the Cap itol ! He toolc up the ConsUtution and asked if it was entirely forgot ten? There Mere prin ciples there, he said, which he would maintain ihrmirh tpn CanitoLs were to be smouldered in ruins. But there 1 cannot do him any sort of justice. I will therefore close my letter, by re- mat king that when you see Mr. Webster's speecn in print, you will agree with me that it is an able one aye, a very able one. INDIAN WAR. It will be seen from the following extracts, that the 'Indian disturbances in Florida hay e attained a: degree of consequence that justifies the prompt. , consideration of Congress : 1. : v We learn from the Fforidian, of the 9th inst. that the Seminole war still contin ues in Florida. Volunteers from Georgia and South Carolina were marching te the scene of action.. Gen. Thompson, the In dian agent, and Lt. Smith, of the TJ. S, Arm j, had been murdered ,near Camp King. The following particulars are from the same paper : On the 29th Dec.! the army, consisting of two hundred regulars, under Gen. Clinch, and five hundred vol unteers, under Gen. Call, set out from the Cantonement on an, Indian trail, for Withlacopchee. On the 3 1st, in crossing the river, after the regulars had effected a landing, and, a part of the volunteers, the Indians commenced a spirited, attack which continued for an hour, when they gave way in all directions. The Regulars suffered severely. Whole loss 4 killed, 59 wounded. Among the latter, were Capt. Graham, Lts. Graham and Ridgely, of the regulars, Col. John Warren, Col. Leigh Reid, Maj. Cooper and Lt none dangerouly wounded, except Maj. Cooper. Loss cf the Indians estimated to be 35 to 40 killed, and a much larger num ber -wounded. The troops behaved with great firmness. H orrM Massacre. From the Mobile Chronicle of Jan. 13. By the mail boat Mazeppa, Capt. Car son, arrived yesterday afternoon, from New Orleans, wc have received the pain ful and distressing intelligence of the surprize and massacre of two companies of United Stales Troops, undfcr the com mand of Major Dade, consisting of 1 12 men by the Seminole Indians. Major Dade had started with his Troops from Tampa Bay to Camp" King . to join Gen. Clinch, when on the morning of the 28th December at fjghr o'clobk, they were surrounded byai large body of In dian?, supposed to number from 800 to 1000, and were cut to pieces. Only three men of the 112 escaped, badly wounded, to recount the lamentable history of the butchery of their fellow Boldiers. Major Dade was shot off of his horse on the commencement of the attack. Captains Gardner and Fraser soon after fell mortally wounded, and their scalps were taken by the savages.. Lieutenants Bassinger, Henderson, Mudge and Kean, and Dr. Gatlin, Surgeon to the detach ment, were alt slain. . Lieutenant Bas singer was wounded on the onset, anu was discovered by a negro in the party of savages, crawling off to a place of con cealment and tomahawked. We do not remember the history of a butchery more horrid, and it stands without an example in the annals of Indian warfare. Our citisis, we are sure, will meet -together and send some relief to the suffering and defenceless inhabitants of Florida. Treaty with the Chcrokees. r From the Standard. We have been favored with the follow foiving communication addressed to His Excellency. Gov. Spaight, announcing (he fact that a treaty has been concluded Witlvthe Cherokee Indians,providing fur heir removal West of the . Misssissippt River, &c. 1 . To His M-rcelSiTicff, It. D. Spaicht, i Governor of North Carolina. 5 Sm :' It is with great pleasure that I announce to you, that I concluded a Treaty with the peo pie of the Cherokee Nation, in Gener d Council assembled, at New Ecota, Ga. Dec. 29th, 1835. 3'h Treaty pr'vides for the removal of the In- j Sians within two years, and secures to them the peaceable enjoyment of their possessions during this time. It also provides for the immediate survey of the land, and pre-emption rights to sueh heads of Cherokee families as desire te live in the States xf Alabama, Tennessee and Korth Carolina, and are quKed to becQme- useful members or Society. ihc other provis ions of thTreay are pot rnatemlly different from the propositions drawn up at 'Washington last winter, 'with which yeu are well acquainted. I I am, with great r respect, 4 - Your obd't Strvt. . T. SCHBRMERHORN. i l . ; - In the Supreme Court yesterday; Reso lutions in nonor of the memorvi of Chief Justice Marshall, adopted at k Bar meet : : t.rj:i' iug fiic picceuing uay, were picscuicu, by Mr. Clay, and, on Kis motion, entered jm tieinutes of thfe Court : to which the Copxtassented, with some appropriate re mksby its presiding Judge, r. Justice Story. Nat. Lit, -'vIN;? SENATE. Mrfdutrdnto ISpre into tC'I diehcr df fortivin:PacoV.i ,n. ePe- for the NewTork Sufferers, after in J'1 tual attempts to amend by Messrs rf9" nd Calhouwas report and oJ to be engrossed for a third readino- ! HOUSE t)F REPRESENTATIVES ' Mr Jari?'t Re80,utio offered some days ago, deciannsr thit :rnB.A e uuoii ui kaiaverYin th n;.( i Till npi si mria ijah.i t . . . menB T" .T'', the iMt. GlasCock.r a" ,'Vl8e. "Ml Mr. motlnn in It. . .V was decided in the nZ Z, ? n Najs 155. Afte r SOm(!irrnniii.t:. . . . oo XU Ptp.n,d and made the order of I T , esday nelt- 1" committee ,f was taken up ; m motiu it Mr. Cam' f r It "'"PPPfwtion of 8200,000 forjManne Barracks was stricken out.-! Mr. Lambreleng moved to amend the bUl by' striking out the sum ofc nine hundred' and fifty thousand dollars, as the sum be appropriated tor the launchino-, refit. ing, anu puutng in commission of ships of war, and inserting, two millions of dollars. ; On this a debate arose, and before a vote was takeo the House adjourned. IN SENATE. . Thursday, Jan. 14. The Mil for the relief of the sufferers by the fire in New York, vvas read a third time and passed. . After some othpriinimportarit business, the Senate proceeded with .the unfiuished business being the resolution offered by Mr. Benton. A debate took place on this subject, ia which Mr. (joldsborough, Mr. Porter, Mr. Benton and Mr. Webster took part. i jvir. vioiasoorougn remarked that the attack made by Mr. Benton, on the Sen ate, in referenceJ.o the loss of th Fartifi. cation Billfi&st session, was iudecorous y and disorderly. He went over a. history ? of the proceeding and was followed byfj Mr. Benton, who retorted veyt sharply on Mr; Goldsborough. Mc. Porter and Mr. Webster also went over the particulars of !g the causes of the fpss of tlie bill. jsV; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. After the reception of reports of privately, bills from the Standing Committees. jf The House took up for consideration the resolution offered by Mrr Hawes, of j Kentucky, on a former day, for the ap- b poinfment ofa select committee of nine ft members, to inVestigate the condition ana 0 management of the u. S. Military Acade- f my at West Point, aniL.report whether i ' new organization of the institution be ne- V cessary or not. . . - ' , - ;4 Mr. Ward well said, if the investigation I was necessary at all, it ought to be made S by the committee on Military affairs. The j report of the last year was on file, and was to be presumed to make raentioo, of all the abuses alledged against the institution. $ Thatcbutd be referred to the -committee on MiUtar affairs, who wouhtdouutless give the matter due consideration. . iur. omiin, oi 3iame? opposed the mo tion, as "djd Messrs, Hannegau,, Reynolds ' and Hamer, all of whom contended, that . " Khe institution was thorougliy corrupt, j was made the instrument of favoritism ami J niiea.au me omees .connecceu witn uie Engineer corps 'and army, with pets of ofiicers of ; t&e government, and ought, therefore, to he discontinued or reformed. Without taking the questionthe House, at one o'clock, took up the order of the dav. i J Tle bill from the ' Senate for the relief tif sufferers by fire in the city of New York was read twice, and, on fnotton of M Cambrelen";, committed to the Committee m of the Whole on the state of tlie.: Union. Friday, Jan. 15. , The Senate did not sit lo-day. 1; HOUSE 6F RK PRESENT ATI VES. $ . The Hduse resumed the consideration' of the resoltilions offered by Mr. Hawei, fi in relation to the Military Academy. The question being on the motion of fered by Mi k Ward well to amend the resolutionby substituting the Commit tee on Military Affairs for a select co.n-M? mittee - - m MrT Mann sppke, at some, length, W'm favor of a thorough investigation of the affairs of the Millsftarv Acatfemy, and - 1 went to some extent into- a statement of h the reasons which in his opinion rendered -it necessary!- to reorganized abolish .tuit 7 institution. t ! .V 4 J I Mr. Pierce, of New Hampshire spoke on the sameside of the auestion. andi n '' without c'oncludihggave war to a mo tion for the Orders f the0ay. ' Mr. oraftSjBf Maryland, fromtht select com mittee on the subject ofilv District banks, obtained the consent of the House (to report ' a bill to extend the charters of certain banks in the Jlistr.ietr T of Polumbia to the 1st day of Octolier j nexf. . The bill was twice read. It extend the Charters if1l the sulvent Banks of tire Dfs trie iof (unshuL to the 1st of October next. Their existing Ch ar ters ran only lo'the 4ih of March ne it ; and the iniervenins: time being obviously 6b short ta allow of a mature considera tion 1 of-what is rjroper to be done in rc itoiimihis partial extension' ol flieirChariecl torjeae time to the J0 Houses of CotigrelSr $J their commit4 and btnerwsetS act freely and under standihglj upon the subject, whether tne Banks are; or are not, to be re-cl)arttreu for ft further term of years. .