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which running and corrupt men have used for the pun rxwe of concealing their treacherous and sinister de fiWfhs. It has always been the language of depots, when the law ha interposed a barrier to their ambi tious projects. Tyrants have always contended that their object was the good of the People, when viola ting those very laws that the People themselves may i tKmr own preservation. It was the lan- are of CrOmwell, when, under the garb of sanctity, , lie clutched at unlimited power.; It was the language of Robespierre, when, from ia pretended hatred to ty he delutred France in the best blood of her sons. Tt is the language of fanaticism in our own day, when whetting the knifefor out throats, and kindling -the torch for the destruction of our homes. It is the kui- na(T(i 0f the gentleman from New York, in framing a ntiiful excuse for trampling on the laws and Constitu tion of his country. Why, sir, I again ask, what are the forms and technicalities of the Constitution and the la-7s which the gentleman from New York ' has so i h-deiidcd? It is th'eyjwhose unseen power is al waysin operation, and which '-"keeps the wheels of Government in motion not only whilst we are sitting ' i Kt -cpViiUt we are rerxwiriH' in our beds. It is i ' thev whose ningic power brought us lall here together j Dn a given day which protect us in the exercise of r oUr duties here, and which invests with a sort of sanc i trtv in the public eye, all our procecdingsf It is they which, arm yout Sergeant-afc-Arms with a power as , 4 tcrrjble as an army with banners" which reconcile 'tis to out labors and detention here, under the assurance i that our homes and our firc-ides are protected against. -? the assaults of rapine and violence. It is they whose "still small voice," to use the language of my eloquent friend frcm Georgia, (Mr, Nisbet,) speaks in a lan guage as terrible as the thunders of heaven." It is the technical operation of the Constitution and the law which give us our existence as a representative body, "and which will strip ns of our power at the appointed time. It is to (hem that the gentleman from New York himself owes the privilege of a scat on this floor, for without the: forms of law, his constituents could not have sent him here and the opportunity which he has had of sneeringat, deriding, and contemning the f cry power which clothes him with his representative but it will enable them to prevent the organization of this House altogether. Suppose, for factious purposes, a majority of the seats on this floor sbjould be contested on th.3 assembling of the members. jWhat sort of a spectacle do you then exhibit. According to the rule insisted on here, all those whose seats are contested must stand aside. And there you are ; the minority cannot organize, according; to the Constitution, for they would not constitute la quorum; and thus the Government' ia suspended, ahd the future existence of this body dependent on the ! whims and caprices of a meager minority here? What could be done in such a case T A minority could not constitutionally electa Speaker j they would be equally impotent to pass j udg ment upon any of the contested seats. And you have already decided that those whose scats are contested should riot vote in what you are pleased to call their own case, although the rights and f interests of their constituents, and the sovereignty of the States they represent might be involved in the issue. So you see, that as soon as yOu depart from the Constitution and the laws as soon as you depart from the established usage of parliamentary proceeding-4-you become lost in a labyrinth of difficulties, from wiich the ingenuity of an Ariadne can afford you no Hew of escape. And, as has already been proved in? the course of our proceedings, the further you proceed the more you be come involved ; till finaUyrfor the purpose of extrica ting1 yourselves, you are compelled; to overleap " all law, all precedent, all right." ; But, say gentlemen on the other:sidc, the fraud in this case is so palpable ar.d evident-that we must go behind the return. Well, if there be a fraud in this case and, by the bye, I deny the facj, until it be proven wc cannot now remedy the evil; we cannot now do justice to the injured, or punish the offender ; because wc are not competent) try the case until the House is fully organized, until the subjectihas undergone in vestigation before a committee and fall the farfts report ed, and until we re a jury regularly empanelled to sit upon the trial of the case. If wrong has been done, let New Jersey herself inflict the punishment where it belongs, and let it come from the! source) whence it ought. These gentlemen who present credentials here, come here as the representatives of the people of New Jersey. The people of that State have entrusted to their Governor the power to declare in his official char acter who may have, received a majority of the popular vote; he is responsible to them, and if he has acted fraudulently and in bad faith, let them visit their ven gcancc upon, mm. t-haracter. But, sir, wc arc not only bound by the Constitution and the law of Parliament to admit the members hav ing the legal returns, but reason and common sense must suggest that we cannot depart from that course without becoming involved in inextricable "difficulties. J gcancc uponjhim. Let it be recollected that it is the Before organization we can do nothing except what people of New Jersey, and not a mere faction in that ia incidental to organization ; it is only by the act of State, whose rights are involved in the decision of this organization that we become in vested with a reprbsen- case; they have prescribed the manner in which their tative power, able and capable of enforcing our decrees, choice is to be expressed; they haye prescribed the evi T it not evident, then, that, upon assembling- together, dence which is to inform you of "that choice ; and if reason and convenience both require, that no obstacle gentlemenTiere set themselves up as the guardians and should be presented which is calculated to embarrass protectors of the rights of the people of New Jersey, us in ,the act of organizing 1 I think the position has they are bound to respect the evidence which their laws lieen properly, taken and forcibly illustrated here, that, 1 declare to be conclusive as to their choice. It you are before we are organized, we can exercise no power ex- the friends of New Jersey, do no disfranchise her on cent what 5 necessary to organization ; the reason of this floor, but prove the sincerity of your professions by which is perfectly plain,. since the Constitution requires 1 your conduct; respect her institutions and her laws, that we should exercise no power, eitfier legislative or which declare to you the credentials by which her re judicial, except under the sacred responsibility of an preventatives are to be known. But it is said there was oath. And 'We disregard the Constitution altogether, fraud Tjractised upon the people by the Governor and if, before we are organized or even afterwards we j Council. If there was, and you as private individu- prcjudge the case without hearing the evidence on both als, had satisfactory proof of the fact, you certainly can sides, in either case we constitute; ourselves mio a. - revolutionary tribunal for the purpose of disfranchising men who come here armed with the same power and clothed with the same authority thatwrevdo. The con fusion and inconvenience resulting from the adoption of any other course man that of allowing the members having the lawful certificates to take their seat", was urged upon us at the very commencement of this dif- ficulty ; it was predicted by the distinguished gentle man from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Seroiast,) who, in the "forcible language of" eloquent truth, foretold the very difficulties which have since taken place ; and whose clear and logicaljnind, on yesterday, placed this matter in so clear a point of view that " be who ran might read." His argument has not been answered, and never will be answered. It will, stand as an en during monument, not7 only of his patriotism and his intellect, but of his devotion to the rights ot the States, Yes, strange as it may seem, that honorable gentle. man who, as he told us, has never been over. zealous in his advocacy of State rights has on this occasion stood forth as their champion; while others, from" whom he had a Tight to expect it, have deserted the post of duty The course insisted on by the other party will, at any tune, place it in the power of factious and turbn lent minority to control the action of a majority ; in fact, it will place the destinies of this Government at j the mercy of unprincipled and partisan agitators.- . j suppose, for instance, that parties are pretty nearly balanced in this House at any time hereafter what an i easy matter will it be for a few factious partisans of ; the minority party to get up a pretended contest against : just enough members of the majority, who, being set J - i "II. l .a a i asiae, win tnrow me maiomy toe otner way.; Ana think jou it will not be frequently done if the prece dent is now set ?, And, in times of high party excite ; merit, to what length will not this disorganizing spirit , be indulged 1 Suppose,; for instance, at some time hereafter in the history of this country, a corrupt and profligate Administration shall by fraud and bribery have fortified themselves in the strongholds of power ; suppose that the People of this country, after j having . long suffered all the evils of tyranny and misrule,shall have aroused themselves, and, by a mighty cjffort at the ballot-box, shall have returned to this Houfe a ma jority opposed to the reigning dynasty; suppose, too, not now, when sitting in your representative character, recognise as proper evidence that information which you may have received, and by which you may bave suffered your opinions to be influenced, as private men. But what evidence have you that there was traud ! Do you arrive at that ; conclusion from the ex parte statements of scurrilous and pensioned newspapersi Will you sit in judgment upon the case, before you have heard the evidence and the.counter statements on the other side If you suffer yourselves to be preju diced by one-sided statements, how can you approach this subject hereafter with the calmness and discretion which its importance requires 7 I warn gentlemen now, that, by prejudging this case, they will be incapaciated from sitting in trial upon it hereafter. After pursuing this course, will they be able to say that they are ready to try the case upon its merits, free from all prejudice and hias of opinion! Certainly they cannot; and I call upon the House, and upon the country, to bear witness that if gentlemen pass judgment uporr-this matter now, without hearing and comparing jthe evidence on both sides, that they will be stopped, as well by a sense of delicacy as of justice, from sitting upon the case when it comes up for final action. For, in that case, they will be a packed jury; they will have prejudged the case: they will have formed and expressed an opinion; that opinion will be a matter of record; for the sake of con sistency they will not recede; and when pride and pre judice arc both aroused, what chance will feeble justice jtandl None, none whatever. ; L But there is another objection to excluding these members from New Jersey, who come here with the legal certificates an objection "which, with me, is para mount to all others. It is trampling upon the rights and setting at defiance the! laws and institutions of a sovereign State. In regard to this matter, I am well aware of the delicacy of my position; and it is in a mea sure owing to that, that I have been induced to trouble the House on the present occasion. I belong to that small number in the South who claim, par excellence, to be State rights men, and who were for a long time placed under the ban of proscription by both the great leading parties in this country. And; I am, moreover, one of those who stood firm and steadfast by their prin ciples and the Constitution, when our great leader and captain went over to the enemy. Apd, according to raj view ot estate rignts, l snouia prove recreant 10 an this shall happen at a session previous to the Presi- the principles of that school, if I could stand quietly uential election ; suppose the party in power shall have by, and see the laws of a sovereign State, passed in A Income alarmed at the prospect of a system of investi gation which is to drag to light their miserable cor ruption and hypocrisy, and expose to an indignant People the system of speculation and plunder by which the very life-blood of their prosperity has been exhaus ted ; ay, sir, suppose that a Speaker is to be elected, -and that in the election of that Speaker are involved consequences of awful import to the party in power ; we will go a little further, and suppose that a partisan Clerk is to be rewarded for Ids compliant disposition does it require the spirit of prophecy to- foretell what is to take place, if the precedent is now set, that the contesting a member's seat is sufficient cause for ex cluding him from all share in the organization of the House 1 Who does not see that in such a case no member of the party opposed to that in power, could be sure of his seat without a contest The fmly ques tion would be, who should be sacrificed to appease the demon of party 1 Establish this precedent, and where w it to end It places the maioritv in the power of a factious ,an3. corrupt minority It is a bribe and a lure held out to hypocrisy and corruption ; for, whilst one party might refrain from these pretended contests from a sense of propriety, all the advantage wpuld enure to those who would not be restrained by any such correc t .motive. Establish the precedent that the mere contes ting his seat, is sufficient ground for setting aside, any memljer, and; depriving him of all share in the election of Speaker and in the organization of this House, and ;I fear the time is not far distant when no one who is supposed to the tenant of the White House at the other tfnd of this city,. will ever be allowed to take his seat quietly in this Hall. Establish the principle that he is to be upce'remoniously deprived of his right upon the mere complaint of some pretender, and you will soon 'have to provide some extraordinary power to en force your deerees. For, I assure you, that whenever this system is attempted to be carried fully out, you will find that there are some stubborn and unbending , spirits in this country, who will defend their rights at uozaru oi meir lives; ana wno wiu oniy buhtciiuui them with their heart's best blood. Establish the pre cedent, that party malice is to be gratified, and .party vengeance satiated by this vexations and tyrannical process, and you may as well at!once organize a corps of bandits to enforce your savage and despotic orders. Yes, sir, I fear the time is fast approaching when every friend of the Constitution and the laws, who presents himself for admittance here, xvill be compelled to march up to that table with his commission in one hand, and his dagger in the other. I say riot thisin idle bravado; it fs forced Upon me by the scene I witnessed on Fri day last. When the Constitution and the laws are dethroned! violence and faction must usurp their places; and in that case there is no other alternative left the oppressed but tame and quiet submission, or a resort to physical force. , ' The precedent proposed to be set will not only em power a minority to overrule -and control a majority, pursuance of a right reserved in the Constitution, dis regarded and set at naught. Why, Sir, what is State rights, as expounded by the fathers c-f our faith It is, that all those rights and privileges reserved to the States in the Constitution are sacred land inviolable; that all laws passed in pursuance thereof are as imperative and binding as the decrees of Federal power, when backed by an army of mercenaries to enforce them; and, to car ry the principles fully out, that the States " not only have the right, but that they are in duty bound, to in terpose for arresting the progress of the evil," when ever those rights are wantonly violated. If 1 Under stand it, this is State rights; this is the great conserva tive principle of our system, which is equally well cal culated for arresting the headlong career of that rabid democracy which is sweeping over the land, as jpr checking the slow and cautious progress of Federal usurpation. Well, how stands the application of this principle to the case now before usl The Constitution guaranties to New Jersey, in jcommon with the other States, the regulation of her jown elections ; and the Legislature of that State, in pursuance of such right, did pass a law, which I have jread, declaring what sort of commissions should be evidence of election on this floor. An election has been he Id according to the regu lations of that law, the members who present themselves produce commissions which are made out according to all the requirements of the law, and bow do you treat them? Instead of treating them with proper respect, instead of recognising them as equals which you are bound to do, if you respect the reserved rights of New Jersey, and the laws enacted in pursuance of those rights you tell them to stand aside; you attempt to drive .them contumeliously, from this Hall ; and some here have gone so far as to insult Jthem, by calling them the Governors representatives. i ow, it tnis is otate ngnts, then I must confers I have studied the subject to but little purpose j Really, Sir, after hearing this discussion, if it were possible to endue an. abstract principle with the power of speech, well might State Eights exclaim, "Save me from my friends, and I will take care of my enemies." Tor strange as it may seem, he rights of the States, during this debate baye found advocates where they had no right to expect them ; while those who were bound by every consideration to defend them, have been aiming' a deadly blw at their very existence. But, says the honorable gentleman from South Caro lina, (Mrj Pickens,) sovereignty resides in the People, and not in the Governor and Council. I presume that gentleman is notflikely to gain any additional credit for sajracilty by this discovery; he will hnd no one to mOot that point with him;:every one will admit that sovereignty resides in the People no one will insist that it is in the Uovemor ana LOuncu. uui, n is an attribute of sovereignty to define the manner in which that sovereignty is to be exercised. The people of New Jersey have said that it is through the Governor and Council that their will is to, be made known on this floor,. Arid if the people of New Jersey are sovereign, as admitted by the gentleman from South Carolina, their regulations in regard to their elections, when constitu tionally made, are also sovereign. The Governor is the agent whom the people of New Jersey have selected to infofm this House of the choice; he is their lawfully con stituted attorney; his power -of attorney is registered in the statute law of their State; and that maxim of the common law, that "what one doesl through another he does of himself," is as old as English liberty itself. -Sir, I must confess I felt mortified and disappointed at the course pursued by the honorable gentleman from South Carolina. In fact, when I think of the gallant, stand which' that gentleman and his compeers bave heretofore made in uefence of the rights of the States when I think of the time when the chivalry of South Carolina stood up here, almost unaided and alone, bat tling against the. legions of despotism, and now behold her sons leagued with the very men who were then urging a tyrant to put them to death I say, when I see this, I am ready to inquire, "Is it fancy, or is it fact!" But if evidence is lacking to remove all dodbtgo to the record, and there behold the names of thatt gentleman and his colleagues, with one saving exception, associa ted? with the very men, a contact with whom, a short tinle since, he wouldj have avoided as a pestilence. A comparison of the events of a few bygone years, with those of the present time, are sufficient to convince the most sanguine of the fading nature of human glory, and the instability of the human mind. Compare South Carolina now with what she was a short time since. When I reflect that but a few years ago that gallant State seemed to be the only place in this Union where freedom, had a resting place that in her temples alone the sacred fire of liberty seemed to be kept burning when I think of the sublime moral spectacle she pre sented to the world, when, having planted her banner cn the ramparts of the Constitution, she bid defiance to a world in arms I say, when 1 think of that time, and nqw behold her united with the very men. who were then thirsting for her blood and that, too, for the pur pose of trampling upon the rights of a sovereign1 State I am ready to exclaim, in the language which Shaks peare has put in the mouth of Cassius, when lamenting the degeneracy of his country: - ; ' "Age, thou art siiamcd: , Carolina, "thou liastlost the breed of noble bloods." I mean no disrespect to South Carolina, or those who now control her destinies. I have a right, if any one has, to allude to her position, and to speak out fully and freely upon this subject; for the time once was, when "clouds and darkness" hung upon her borders, that the sound of the first gun would: have been the signal for my departure, and the first drop of blood would have cemented my destiny to her's for weal or for wo; with her I would have marched on to victory arid to glory, or else I would have bleached her hills with my bones. Why, sir, the time has been when, if this attempt had been made to trample upon the rights oi a sove reign State, the honorable gentleman from South Ca rolina (Mr. P.) could not have been kept chained to his seat. He would have sprung to bis feet like a ti ger from his jungle, and the tones of his eloquent iiv dignation would not yet have been done ringing in this Hall, nor the minions of power yet been done quaking beneath their thrilling influence. But ' a change has come over the spirit of his dream ;" and. he. who once bore ahfi in this Hall the tattered ban ner of the Constitution, undismayed by power.and unscdiiced by the glitter of place, is now found doing "good service" in the ranks of the very men who were then for hanging him on a gallows as high as Ha inan's. I presume it is too late, or I would even now, unknown nnd obscure as I am here, nvike one last ap peal to that gentleman. I would appeal to him by the recollection of those scenes that once bound to gether .every true friend of State lights in the 8 uti 'witlvhooks of steel," I would appeal to him by the ntnmon odium which we incurred by the chivalry (this own nature by the fame which he has acquir ed!, and by the gbry which once encircled his Sta'.e fey all these I would appeal to him, tjo return once Phore to the defence of the Constitution and the laws, ilnd to give us once more, in the struggle we are ma king, the aid of his powerful arm. I beseech him to urn his back upon his new political associates, who M ill seduce him not ouly to the destruction of his own lair fame, but to the destruction of the free institutions bf our common country. 1 beseech liim to quit the worship of those fake idols, by which he has been seduced from the pure faith of his fathers, and return fence more to worship in the temple of that faith, whose gipel is the Constitution, and whose com mentary" the law. If this deed is consummated, then, in the sincerity of my soul, do I believe that State rights wilt have received a wound from which they will never recover, till the States shall have arisen in the majesty of their ipower, and remodelled the Government upon the ori Iginnl bdsis planned and designed by the fathers of the Republic. What little vitality was left in them by the proclamation and force bill will then have been extinguished forever. A precedent will have leen set, which will be appealed to in after times as justi fying any outrage, no matter how flagrant srever it 1 1 . . 1 I II finay ne. Anu wnat is me most rneiancnoiy reuecnon ialiending this whole transaction is, that the very men who "a short time since were threatened as victims' to appease the wrath of a tyrant, who sought to grati fy his vengeance by the overihrow of all the barriers which the Constitution had. erected around the rights of the States, are now about to officiate as the priests of the sacrifice. Carry out your contemplated object, consummate this outrage upon the privileges of the representatives of freemen, and ibis violation of the rights of a sovereign Stale and the degradation of your country will be complete. You will then have committed an act, equalled only in depravity and par ty malignity by a scene which look place but a few t REGISTER. "Our's are theplans of fair, deVgfoful peace, ' Unwarp'd by parti rage, to live like brothers FRIDAY, JAXUiRV IO, IS40. FOR GOVERNOR, JOIItf M. RIOREBIEAP, of Guilford. FOH PEESIPIXT, WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. One Presidential Term-the int.'grify of Public Servants the safety of the -Public Money, and the general good of the PEOPLE. FOTl VJCE-PRKSTriEVT, JOHN TYLER. His efforts to make Indiana a slave State j were prose cuted for years while he was Governor of that territory. . "In 1819, Feb. 16 Gen. Harrison voted a a member of the House of Representatives, again&t a clause pro hibiting the further introduction of Slavery in Missouri; and against a clause for the further emancipation (at 25) jpf Slaves born within that State; Two days after wards, he voted against a clause prohibiting the future introduction of slavery into Arkansas, and agaimt the future emancipation of slaves borri in Arkansas. "So basely did he bo'vv to slavery, that even Ohio was shocked. He was indignantly rejected at the next Congressional Election in 1522. The National Intel ligencer of October 20, lS22,says: "It is confirmed to us, that Mr. Gazely is elected in opposition to General Harrison. A friend informs us, which we are sorry to learn, that he was opposed particularly on account of his adherence to that principle of the Constitution which secures io the people of the South their pre-e x isting rights." It seems then, that General Harrison claimed for the South the right to fasten slavery upon any soil which the nation might have or purchase. "He has had but little opportunity to act in a public capacity upon the subject of Slavery since that time; but an address from his political friends in Virginia in 1838, says, "he is sound to the core on the subject of Slavery." - THE ACCEPTANCE. The " Fayetteville O. server,',' received at a late, hour yesterday evening, contains the Letters from General Hahtmso and Gov. Ttleu, accepting the nomina tions tendered by the Harrisburg Convention. They are addressed to Gov. Owex, Chairman of the Com mittee. We will publish them on Tuesday. The Northern mail bringing Washington papers of the 7th, is in, but as nothing of importance was done in either House of Congress on Mqnday, we omit one letter for want of space. It is said that the President will confer the o.Tice'bf Attorney General, rice Mr. Grundy, on a chizen of this State. Two Packet Ships from England, with intelligence to the Sth of December, have arrived at New York. They state that Cotton has declined a farthing, anl that the French forces have met with a defeat in Africa, "Neither thk States wiieiif. Slavery nor.s XOT EXIST, NOR THE GaVEEXME.VT OF THE TjXITEn (States, c ax, wtthottt assumption or power, axd h THB roDLATIOX OF A R0LE5IX CO-jll'ACT, DO AXT T1U58 TO EESrOVE IT, WITriOUT THE CONSENT OF THOSE WHO ARE IMMEDI ATELY I TEIlESTErt." Gen. Hdr- rison's Speech at Vincennes. ' CONGRESS. RALEIGH, January 10. Bacon 11 a 12 ; Beeswax 17 a 0 ; Hale Rope 8 a 10 ; CoiTee 13 a 1$; Cotton 8 a 9 ; Cotcon Yarn 13 a 28 ; Cotton Bagging 15 a 20 ; Corn 50 ; Meal 50; Flour 5 a $6 ; Flax Ssad $1; Brown Sugar 10 a 12 ; Loaf do. IS a 20 ; Pork $34 a 6 ; Salt (sack) $3 85 ; Tallow 10 jWhiskcy 40 q 45. NE H - YORK, January 5.' Flour remains very heavy, with an evident tenden cy downward. It was sold yesterday at $5 62. Cot ton is also quiet. Domestic Exchanges better. Bills on England droop the quotation now is 7 to 7. VAN BUREN CONVENTION. This body assembled in this City, on Wednesday last, pmsuant to notice, and adjourned last evening. We understand there were upwards of an hundred Delegates in attendance, but we do not know the num ber of counties represented. Gen.Loris D. Wilsox, of Edgecomb was chosen President ; Messrs. Fitts, of Warren, and Holmes, of New Hanover, Vice Presidents; and Messrs. Thompsox, of Lincoln, and Dobbix, of Cumberland, Secretaries. RnxuLrs M. SirsDEns, at present a Judge on the Superior Court bench, received the nomination for Governor a-lar-mination of the labors of the Convention,' which, for some weeks, has been generally anticipated. Judge Sauxdbrb signified to the Convention, before its ad journment," his acceptance of the nomination. V QCVVilh a view to the insertion of much interest ing Congressional matter, before its freshness dies away, we are neccssarjly compelled, to-day, to impose a'check on our own contributions. The reader, however, will not complain, when he sees how their place is sup plied. - ' EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY. Negro Nelsox, who was to have been hung this day for the killing of a fellow-slave, has been pardoned by Gov. DcDiir, on condition of his immediate trans portation out Jif the country. PORK. This article is still very scarce in our Market, and a large quantity might be disposed of at the price quoted in our Table. BANK OF THE STATE. One- of the By-Laws, for the government of the Bank of the State, requires that, at the General meeting of the Stockholders, a Report shall be made setting forth the amount of indebtedness, as well of Directors, as of Stockholders who are not Directors. At the recent meeting of Stockholders, such a ReDort was made, and it appeared that out of a debt due the Principal Bank of $714,000,'only S23,000 are owing by Stockholders, of which 57,000 arc due from Directors, and $16,000 from Stockholders, not Directors. A parallel to this can be found, we imagine, but in few Eanking Institutions. Washixotox, JaxC AST 4. The first business laid before the House of Repre sentatives this morning, was A bill making appropria Hons, in part, for the support of the Government for 1S40 : and Mr. Evans, the mover, having stated that the funds for the payment of the contingent expenses of the House were exhausted, the bill passed through all its forms in half an hour. Mr. Ramsay, of Pa., presented a petition from citi zens of the 3d Congressional district of that State, a gainst the election of Mr. Naylor, the sitting member, and in favor of Mr. Ingersoll. The presentation was deemed out of order at the time, and the House refus ed to suspend the rules to receive it, though Mr. N. wished it might be admitted. - . The question next in order, was Mr. Thompson'?, of S. C. motion to reconsider the vote of Tuesday last, or dering the printing of 5,000 copies "of a Map of the Seat of War in Florida. Mr. T. insisted that to carry this order into effect would be a wasteful expenditure, and that it was intended as a job to serve the Editor of the Democratic Review, a favorite Work of the Admin istration, and who knew no more of Map printing than he did of Engraving; but was allowed the profits which he Svould obtain by making a contract with another artist. In the course of his remarks, Mr. T. very for cibly contrasted the professions of the Administration Party in relation to Economy, with their practice, and took a comparative view of the expenses of the two great Political Parties as to Printing, showing that his Party was less chargeable with extravagance than that Of the Administration. The motion for reconsideration was carrieJ, and the motion for printing the Maps laid on the table. Mr. Jamieson, of Missouri, announced the death of his colleague, Mr. Albert Gallatin Harrison (which happened at home.) The customary Resolutions were entered into, on the occasion, and the House immedi ately adjourned. 4LFJGH ACADEMr.-The Submcril. her would inform the citizens of Raleigh and vicinity that the Fi.m alk Depart m ext will heopen fr the reception of Scholars, on Mimxlay, I ho 2d of March under the instruction of Mr. and Mwi Cox, from the North, where the usual branches will bo taught. First Clars $19 Per Sesciorr. Classics, Mumc and Nced'.e Work; Second CI us $12 Per Scrsiort. Geography- English Grammar, an. I History. Tfird Class $8 Per-Session. Spoiling. Rending Writing' nnd Arithmetic. Scholars will lie received at any lime and charged accordingly. As' the Academy is under my charge, I shall not trouble the P,uMic with a long list of refer ences, but shall leave it lo the better judgment of Pa rents and GuarJians thai contribute to the Institution.' There will be an examination ai the end of the session, Particular attention wili be piid to the moruU of the pupils who attend ihU institution. Scholars fiorrr . the country can .board with Mr. ar:d Mrs. Cm, if agreeable to theih. at the: Academy Particular at tention will be paid in the selection of competent Teachers- All j.-tlers (ii.ist paid)' directed to me wilt be attended to immediately W. G. CATLfN, Principal. January 10. 4 tAl DliPARTMaIVTi Owing to resren causes, Ihe Male Department w not opened on the 6th instant, but it will be opened on the 13ih instant. Tehms, First Cla?t,$lG CO. Ancient Language. Second Class, 10 00. Geography, Cnglish Gram mar, and History, Third Class ' 00. Spelling, Reading.' Wri-. ting. Arithmetic. T.ieMale Department will be under my special care, and my Assistants. There will be an examination and exhibition at the lyjy. u i. fore end of the Session, given. . January 10. of which particular notice will be XV. G. CATLIN, Principal. 4 It MESSRS. CLAY & CALHOUN. The interesting passage at arms lictween these two Senators will attract the attention of the Country. The fact stated by Mr. Clay, and not denied by Mr. Calhoun, isr new to us, viz: that the latter advise J.ljis friends to go' for Mr. Adams instead of Gen. Jackswn, an me election -ot President bv the House. short years since iln the other end of this building, when a subservient Senate, crouching like"hounds be neath the lash of their master defiled, nay, destroyed, the very record which they had sworn before their God and their country to ' keep" sacred and inviolate. There is a striking similarity between the two cases. In that case, the records of the country were expung ed to cratify the malice of a tyrant ; in this case, it is proposed to expunge the representation of a sovereign- State merely to effect a temporary party triumph. In this case, as in that, eloquence and argument have pleadrd.and pleaded in "vain. But the oracles of par ty have spoken, the mandate hath gone forth, and the sarifi(termist now be made, even though it require the immolation of the Constitution itself. Do the deed, and the expungers will again raise their shame- (stricken heads; they may then stalk jn triumph thro' this Hall, and taunt us by saying, -You are how no better than we." I, for one, wash my hands of this business. And, as the representative in part of one of the sovereign- States of this Union, I now enter my solemn protest against it. I protest against it in the name of our common country, whose honor and dig nity will be compromised by such an unparalleled act of party madness. I protest against it in the name of the Constitution, which is not only the bulwark of our national freedom, but the only guaranty of our civil rights. I protect against it in the name of those es tablished usages which come down to us sanctified by the test of time, and the example of a glorious ances try. I protest against it in the name of New Jersey, and of my own Slate, which may, peaps, full the next victim to this insatiate appetite of party voracity. And, in conclusion, I appeal to this House to reflect upon the act they arc about to commit. I appeal to them in the name of our common country,' which has such .claims upon our ; devotion ; in the name of that Constitution which was purchased by the blood and treasure of Ihe Revolution ; in the name of those time honored usages which we received from the hands of our fathers ; in the name of New Jersey her achieve ment in science and in arms, the glory which rests around the names of ber son, the blood which the shed at Monmouth, at Princeton, and at Trenton ; and, finally, in the name of that God who will not look unangered upon injustice and fraud ; by all those I appeal to you to pause, and do not stain the escutch eon of your country with a blot which time will nev er expunge, SLEIGH RIDE EXTRA. A gentlemhn in thi3 City, in attendance on the ..Su preme Courtj came the whole distance from Surry County, 130i miles, in a Sleigh.; He took the precau tion to bring his saddle with him, or he would have been puzzled to have got hack. MASSACHUSETTS. The latest report is, that Osmtx Baker (Whig) is elected to Congress from the Sixth District, by a ma jority of two votes. - ' POOR, BUT HQNEST. This is emphatically true of Gen. Harhisox. He has, perhaps, filled mare public offices, and handled t more of the public money, than any other man now living, and ae is yet poor! Do Office-holders, now-a-days, quit public stations pooror no richer than when they entered into public employ ? No, no ! They go outof office, with their pockets full, crammed, stuf fed out with public money, obtained per fasautnefas. Is not this so 7 TO CORRESPONDENTS." East Wahd' 'A Farmer," on Tuesday. and In this County, Mr. Geo. C. Smith, of Rolesville,to Miss Laura W;, daughter of Capt. Benj. Dunn. At London, on the 30th ult., at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, Gen. J. P. Henderson, Minister from Texas, te-Pranccs, daugher of John Cox, Esrj. of Phila. GEN. HARRISON. "The Register has called our attention to an Address of Gen. Harrison, in which he disclaims any participa tion in abolition sentiments. We do not know whether Gen. H. is an abolitionist or not but we do know that he has politic d -sins enough to sink a navy without that heresy. lie may or may. not be an abolitionist time will show. The Emancipator considers the nomi nation of Gen. Harrison as a triumph for the abolition istsr, because he is not a slaveholder; but we believe that papier neither claims nor disclaims him as of their par ty." Standard, of Jan. 8. We are glad to see from the above, that the "Stan dard" even expresses doubts about Gen. Hahrisox's opinions on the subject of Slavery. It may be taken as prima cie&aence at least, of the old Hero's sound nes, Sncl shows that his Vincennes Speech is too much to.'the point tp be got round. With regard to the last sentence, in the above extract, the following, from a late number of the "Emancipator," will show whether or not the Abolitionists disclaim him: "Gen. Harrison's princ'p les are already well known by his deeds, of which we find the following summary in the Rochester Freeman: " In December, 1802, while Governor of Indiana Territory, he was President of a Convention, held at Vinscennes, and transmitted to Congress a memorial of the Convention, praying that the sixth article of the ''Ordinance of '87' which prohibited Slavery there, might be suspended. (See Am. State Papers, 1803.) Fon the Register. -" Mr Gales : Believing that your rrmnrks in a late Register, concerning our Municipal Election, were made without a full understanding of the subject, I wish to state through your pper one or two facts. It is not so much the object of those, who are opposed to the removal of the Market, to undo what the pre sent Commissioners have'dom, as to preyent them from undoing what has already been done by the citizens. In the first place, our Market was not located in its present situation by the City Commissioners, but by the citizens themselves. It must be familiar to most of the citizens of Raleigh that, some few years past, when our old Market House was biyned : down, together with most of the buildings on the adjoining squares, the subject of removal of the M.irket was then fully discussed, and decided by a very latge ma jorily that it should be rebuilt on the old site. Con sequently, a new fire-proof building has since been erected at a cost to the Town of from $800 to $90,0. Believing the location of the Market to be perma nently settled, most of the owners of the vacant lots have rebuilt, with substantial fire-proof Buildings, not only on Market street, but on Fayetteville street, some of the finest buildings in Raleigh, and whrfch are an ornament to ourCily; and" which would not have been built had not this question been considered as perma nently settled. No doubt, those persons whose prop. erty is to be thus sacrificed, would cheerfully submit, did, the public good nnd ihe voice the citizens of Raleieh renuire ii : but this is not believed lo be the casip. It is not believed, that a mnjori'y of the citizens of Raleigh are willing that a small majority of every new set .of Commissioners shall pull down anew Market House, which has coist t!.e Town over $800, lo rebuild another at their own doors. Further. When it was suspected, last Summer, that some of the present Commissioners intended the removal of the Market, and a large meeting of the citizens was called, it was then stated to the citizens by the Commissioners, that they had no intention of moving the Market. One of them went so far as to say, that the subject had never been mentioned in the Board of Commissioners, and that nothing would be done until after another election. Has this , pledge been kept 7 If so, there? will l e nothing for the new ly elected Commissioner to undo. ..Have the pre sent Commissioners violated tbi pledge made in the presence of about one handred citizens If so, tlicy are unfit for the station they hold, and ought not to be re-elected. i A Citizkx or Ralfirh. CARD. MRS. HARDIE, grateful for the share of patronage she has always received, would' take this method of informing her friends and the pub lic generally, fa.it she has mnde ample preparation for supplying Families with ICE luring the ensuing summer, on as good terms as it possibly can be obtained. Those who have applied for teveral years back, but could i ol be supplied on account of the limited siza of her Ice House, need not fear a like disappointment. She would be glad to have as early application ruadrf as possible, as she is anxious to secure a wffic-isrrt number of good Subscriber for the season through. January 50, .1840. 4 2m "UTOT I C ES4LE of LA ADS 4" NE GR OES. JJ Pursuant to the terms of a Deed of Trust, US me executed by the late Burwcll Perry, of the County of Wake for ihe purposes therein mentioned, I shall offer foi sale on Monday the lOih day of February next, on the premises, that valuable PLANTATION, belong ing to said Perry, lying in the County of Wake mi Neuse River, coiitiiii.ing about 000 Acres, on which is an excellent Saw and Grist Mill; also, Twenty-nine valuable'NEGfiOES; or so much of said property as may be sufficient to discharge ihe debt secured by said Deed5. Notes, with approved security, at six nnd twelve months, negotiable and payable at the Bank of tl e State of North Carolina, will be received in payment. The title lo said Properly is unqiicetionnbio. W ESLE Y JONES, Trustee. Raleigh, Jan. 9, IM0. w a m.i w- ww k1 tp Ty f - CIVIL ENGINEER, ; Inventor of the improved construction of Rail-way? Address, Baltimore, Maryland. OR.I5IRE.on excellent COOK and WASH ER WOMAN. Enquiie of illc Editor. , January 10, 1840. f AXI ASD SEGROES AT PUBLIC H A SAIjK. Will be sold to ibehijihext bidder.at Moun; Pmspcct.Edgecomb County, the late residence ot txum Lewis, dee'd-, on Wednesday the 29lli of January isist., from 20 to 25 NEGROES Meji, Women and Children. Also, about 150 or 200 BARRELS OF CORN and Five Shares of Stock in ihe Wilmington and ILi Irigh Rail Road. Six months credit will be allowed, by giving bond and Rectiihy. and a deduction of the in'crest, if Cash payments be preferred by the pur- ' chaser. Also, at the sume tim and place, if not previously: disposed of at private sale, will lie sold, THE TRACT OF LAND, i lying on the South si!e of Swift Crer k, containing about 120.) acres. Funlter parlicii'ars ai:d terms mad known. on the day of sale. JNO. W. LEWIS. T110S. ;. HUNTER, Executors. Mount Prospect, January 10, 1840. 4 u JTTtf lOflf BV-iisuiti Acadcaiiy, Dan- J Villi. Va. The next Session of ijio Union Fcmalj Academy will commence on the I5ih of Jan- . uary, and terminate (with a Public Eiaiuioalion) on' the 15th of June, 184D. The School is under the superintcnd.'ncn of Miss ; Axx Benedict, in the Literary, am; Miss E. Smith, in the Musical Department. The Rev B. M.Smith will give such aMeuiion as may - he required, to the higher classes of the Institution. Terms per Session of five mojiths. Tuition in the ordinary English studies, from $7 50to$ISn0' Music on the Piano, 20 00 " " Guitar, 20 00 " French, Latin or Greek, each, 5 00 Board with the Preceptress, or in Private Families in 'I own, including fuel, wash ing, &c, per mouth, ' 10 00 Tin? Institution has been in successful operation under its present principal Instructress, for the last ten years, and has received the patronage and confidence ' of the public in such" measure, as demands the ac knowledgments of .the Teacher and Trustees, and encourages them to hope that il u ill yet prove a bless ing to hundreds, by training them ill the. way of Vir- ' lue and knowledge. Located a the Union Female Arademy is, in a village remarkable for its healthiuesa and for the excellence of its society, with every desi rable means of mental and moral culture, it offers to Parents ill the lower country, a afe retreat frnai ffisj less ea'ubrious clima'.e of that region, where their daughters may enjoy all Ihe ad vantages of god socie ety, while they will be carefully preserved firenf alt at tentions from ihe other sex. Most of the Trustees sro ' Parents, and they pledge themselves lo the public, that young Ladies sent to this Institution shall be re carded with ink-rest, not only by the Teachers, but by ihe members of the Board. Dak vi lie is a Vil'.ase pleasantly situated at the Great Falls f the Dan RSei. 45 miles north of Hills, boro', 12 miles west of Mdton, and 65 miles ootth east of Greensboro'. . For the character and competency of the principal Instructress, the public are referred to the following; gentlemen: - . - Judge 1'oTTr.n, Fayetteville, N. C. ; - Biunrn, Raleigh, . Rev'd.WM McPhef.teiis, D.D. linear Lact, " Thomas R. Owkjt, Washington, N. C. Nkhkmiah Hahdivo. Milton, N. ' ' . Alst. Wil. D D. Greensboro J?. C. Mr. Aoolphus L. Ehwht, Morganton, Burke, Rev'd. Dr. Plum en, Richmond, Va. ' JAMES D.PATTON. Prcs't. Board if Trustees, Wm. D. TnKnwii, Sec'y. Danville, Va. Jan. 1, IS40. 44w