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From the Globe, of the 6ih inst.
, .Yesterday, the Diplomatic lepresentatives of
lhe different foreign governments, waited upon
the President to offer their congratulations on
his re-election, and to assure him of the friendly
disposition of their own countries towards the
United Slates. They were received and intro
duced to the President, hy the Secretary of State,
in the presence of lhe Heads of Departments, at
one O'clock, and Mr. Serritrier, Minister Pleni
potentiary of France, made the following address
on their behalf:
Mr. President: The Diplomatic Body
accredited to lhe Government of this lie
public, hastens to oiler to your Excellen
cy their respectful felicitations on your
second inauguration as President of the
United States. They fee! assured that
this new and flattering proof of the con
fidence of your fellow-citizens cannot but
greatly contribute to confirm those friend
ly relations which already exist between
this Republic and the Governments rep
resented at Washington relations which
your Excellency has so happily preserv
ed and extended during the four years of
your first Presidency.
1 esteem it, Mr.J.'rcsident, at once a
happiness and an honor to be, on an oc
casion so interesting, the interpreter of
the sentiments which.animate the Diplo
matic Body towards you, personally, and
to offer you, in their name, the sincere
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vioin,o uuiji uuc Ul IIIUIIJ II III V eil- .
tertains for the increasing prosperity of )y SP,r,T PP0S
thU l?nrmu;,. f,.r tU fi..., ,.r become the favorite a
on, and especially, Mr. President, for ev
ery thing that can contribute to your own
personal glory and happiness.
To this Address the President made the fol
lowing reply :
It gives me great pleasure, gentlemen,
to receive by the organ of the eldest and
highly respected member of the Diploma
tic Body, near the government of the U
nited States, the congratulations you are
pleased to offer on my re-election, and,
above all, the assurances for my country
of the friendly'disposition of those which
you represent.
It has been a principal object with me,
to cultivate that disposition by the sin
cerest desire to cherish kindly feelings,
extend the advantages of commerce, pro
mote the interchange of every discovery
in arts and science in peace, and lessen
by humane stipulations, the evils of war,
when, unfortunately, that scourge of the
human race becomes inevitable.
Repeat these assurances, gentlemen,
to the several governments you represent,
as the invariable rule of my conduct to
wards them; and, for yourselves, accept
the offer of the high respect and regard
for you individually, with which your
conduct during your residence here has
inspired me.
Mr. Van Karen. The following is the re
ply ot Mr. Van Huren, to an invitation to par-
laue ol a public dinner, tendered to him by a
Committee of the democratic citizens of Phila
delphia, as a testimonial of respect for his talents
2nd patriotism as a statesman and republican:
Philadelphia, Feb. 25, 1833.
Gentlemen My stay in Philadelphia
will be too short to enable me to comply
with your polite request. But I am not,
therefore, I assure you, the less sensible
ot your courtesy and kindness. There
is no portion of my fellow citizens whose
good opinion I value more highly than
that of those you represent, and I shall
ever cneristi, with the most grateful feel
ings, the flattering and affectionate ex
pression contained in the communication
with which you have honored me.
I concur freely in the views you ex
press in regard to the necessity and pro
pnety of moderate but firm measures to
meet the present crisis in our public af
fairs. The inflexible support which has
been given by the democracy of Pennsyl
vania to those principles and measures
which will best preserve the Union, as
well as the rights of the States, promote
the prosperity of the country, and ad
vance the cause of civil liberty, will be
attested by all who are in any degree con
versant with our public history. " It is by
this patriotic and honorable course of her
citizens, thai-Pennsylvania has acquired
so large a share of lhe respect and confi
dence of the nation.
The present condition of our country,
is, as you will justly observe, a peculiar
bne; yet I cannot but think that the dan
gers which menaced our institutions, are
already quietly lessened and bid fidr to
be speedily and happily removed: it is to
me most obvious that the difficulties at
tending a satisfactory adjustment of the
Tariff, are now reduced to questions of
time merely. The repeated and earnest
recommendations of the President -to
Congress in favor of a reduction of du
ties to the revenue standard, by means of
a law, which shall be certain in its ulti
mate eflcct, but yet so gradual in its ope
ration, as to give the greatest extent of
protection to existing establishments,
that shall bo found consistent with the
paramount obligation to relieve the peo
ple from all burthens which are not ne
cessary to the support of government
recommendations, on the propriety of
which he so distinctly placed himself be
fore the American people at the late Pre
sidential canvass, and in which he was so
triumphantly sustained by a vast majority
of them seem to be now unemharrnssi'd
ition, and to have
md universal senti
ment. I hese important points estab
lished, there can surely be nothing in the
residue of the subject, nor in the details
of a bill, by which they are to be carried
into elfect, that, if acted upon in a proper
spirit, may not be overcome without
threatening the public neace. or endan-
the stability of our Union. Any
measures which shall successfully accom
plish the objects proposed, and which
shall be of a character to recommend it
self to the moderate men on both sides
of the question (the only securities we
can have for its permanency) will, with
out doubt, receive the approbation of the
people, and restore the different sections
of the country to those relations of peace,
affection, and good fellowship which are
:?u indispensable to the prosperity and
happiness of each and all.' That these
Ureat objects shall not fail for the want
of such an arrangement, is so emphatic
ally demanded by public sentiment, as to
allay all apprehension: should the present
Congress, unfortunately, be unable to ef
fect it, We may count with confidence up
on the speedy and successful efforts of
the next. Until this desirable result shall
be attained, we have a safe guarantee a
gainst violence and discords in the dis
creet exercise of executive authority, the
pervading patriotism of our countrymen,
it i ' i i i i'
and that sacred inextinguisnaoie love ot
Union which is so predominantly tins
in an American bo-
whose capacity and patriotism, my confi
dence is unqualified.
Be pleased to make my sincere ac
knowledgments to those you represent,
for this mark of their respect, and to ac
cept for yourselves individually, the assu
rances of my sincere regard.
M. VAN BUREN.
To Messrs. R. Patterson, &c.
U.
S. Scnate...'Ye following i lhf Airot
master feeling
som.
You do me but justice in expecting a
sincere support, on my part, of the admi
nistration of our worthy and venerable
Chief Magistrate. I regard that as the
most useful and honorable portion of my
public life, which was spent under his im
mediate direction; and cannot fail to ap
preciate, as I ought, the honor of being
permitted to co-operate in the advance
ment of the public interest, with one in
of the Hon. Hush L. While, in reply to the reso
lution, which was unanimously adopted, present-,
ing to him the thanks of the Senate, for lhe dig
nity, ability and Impartiality, wilh which he dis
charged the duties of President pro tern, of the
Senate:
We met under circumstances calcula
ted to induce us to believe that matters of
hiijh excitement would arise during our
sojourn here. It was by lhe will of the
majority of this body that I was placed in
this Chair, to preside over your delibera
tions. I looked upon the high honor
thus conferred to be but temporary; . for
could I then have foreseen that 1 was to
act in this capacity till now, most certain
ly my. distrust of my experiences would
have induced me to shrink from underta
king j he task. The duties of the Chair
are at all times arduous, but the more
particularly so when topics, of high inte
rest and importance arc; under discus
sion. My experience, however, has con
vinced me that even under these circum
stances, the presiding officer may have a
pleasant task to perform, when every
member submits himself to be guided by
the rules of this body, instead of having
a law for himself.
I lake pleasure in stating that during
the whole course of the session, no act
has been done by any one member, and
no simile expression has reached my ear,
calculated to give pain to the presiding of
ficer. If, in the discharge of the duties
confided to me, 1 have had the misfor
tune to injure or to wound the feelings
of any individual, I trust he will do me
justice. to believe that it has happened
without any intention on my part. I have
endeavored to act impartially towards
every member of this body; and I would
have them to bear in mind, that, if, dur
ing the arduous duties 1 have had to per
form, and amidst all the excitements that
have existed, any thing like order has
been preserved, it must be attributed
more to the kindness and courtesy of Se
nators towards the presiding officer, than
to the capacity which he was able to bring
to tins duties assigned him. It is not
propable, in the course of human events,
that we can all ever assemble in this
Chamber again. I shall, after putting
the question, lake a farewell of all who
are here present; and 1 feel regret that 1
cannot exchange good wishes with those
who are absent; hoping that it may be our
ood fortune all to meet again.
Mr. Speaker Stevenson... .The following is the
reply of Mr. Stevenson to the resolution, which
was unanimously, adopted, presenting; to him the
thanks of the House of Representatives, for the
firmness, dignity, skill, and impartiality with
which he has discharged the duties of the Chair
during the 22d Congress:
Gentlemen: 1 pray you to rjecept my
grateful acknowledgments, for this renew
ed expression of confidence. and appro
bation, in the discharge of the official du
ties of this high office.
1 receive it in the same spirit of kind
ness, in which I flatter myself it has been
offered, and shall cherish it with feelings
of profound respect and the deepest gra
titude. For the last six years. it has been
your pleasure, that the arduous duties of
this Chair, should oe assigned to me.
This whole period of service, has as
you well know, Gentlemen, been distin
guished by events, well calculated to ren
der this station one of more than ordina
ry labor and responsibility.
I have zealously and faithfully endea
vored to meet this responsibility and 1
hope I shall not be deemed arrogant, when
I say, that I feel a proud cciiieiousness
that the duties of this high trust, have
been discharged by me, with a single eye
to the character and dignity of ''this
House, the interest of my country and
tuv own honor.
That 1 have erred, I most readily ad
mit; but they have been errors of rule and
principle, not caprice and passion; and if
there has been any apparent rigor or
harshness in the. Chair, you will do me
the justice to believe, that it was uninten
tional and indiscriminate.
If, Gentlemen, in moments of excite
ment and commotion, any tiling unkind
has occurred between myself and the in
dividual members of the House, let me
assure you it has long since passed from
my memory, and been forgiven and for
gotten. I have no injuries to complain of, and
no memory for them, if they existed, and
I shall part with you all, this night, in the
spirit of peace and good will.
Before we separate, Gentlemen, will
you pardon me for a moment, in offering
a single suggestion.
Our councils of late, have been greatly
divided, and their harmony and peace
disturbed.
Our country has been deeply and pain
fully excited, and the safety and security
of the Union itself threatened.
May we not all now hope that the cau
ses of excitement are hourly subsiding;
and passing off. That peace and har
mony and brotherly affection, will soon
shed their holy calm and blessed influen
ces around us, and that our beloved coun
try will again become united, peaceful
and happy.
In assuming this station, some years
ago, I took the liberty of then expressing
to the House a sentiment which 1 had long
cherished, and which I now seize this fit
occasion of repeating from this Chair. It
is this: that our confederated Republic
can only safely exist, under the influenca
of wise, equal, and just laws; by the ties
of common interests and brotherly affec
tion; a spirit of mutual forbearance and
moderation (collectively and individually)
and by cherishing a devotion to that Lib
erty and Union, secured to us by the
blood of our common fathers. These
are the stable foundations upon which
our liberties and free institutions can a-
lone rest; and God grant they may be
eternal. This, gentlemen, in all human
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probability, is the moment of separation,
with many, very many of us, forever. Is
there one individual present to whose bo
som a final separation from those with
whom he has been so long and intimnfe
ly associated, will not carry a painful and
bitter pang! If there be, I confess I en
vy not his feelings.
You will carry with you, gentlemen,
my cordial and best wishes for your indi
vidual prosperity and happiness, and I
pray you to receive this my most affec
tionate, and possibly, last farewell.
Gen. Hamilton's Sugar. We under
stand (says the Charleston Patriot of the
1st inst.) that Gen. Hamilton has decli
ned to give bonds to the Collector for the
Sugars imported in the Catharine, but
required that they should be stored for
the present. .
Banks. The State of Indiana has es
tablished a Slate Hank, with a capital of
SI ,600,000. One half of the stock is
subscribed for by the State, for which she
issues her scrip, bearing an interest of 5
per cent, redeemable in twenty years. It
is said that the scrip has been already
conditionally sold. Four branches only
are to be established.
. Richmond Enquirer.
Snow... A letter from Hnilowell, Maine,
dated the 17th ult. states that the enow
there was seven feet deep.
(Er'A warm friend is better than a
cold coosirw