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MORTALITY ?Btr J K*ax
Oh I why should Ik* spirit of mortal be pr?ud?
Like a light-fleeting meteor, a fastAmu)* cloud,
A dub ol the lightning, a break of Ibe wave.
He paaaeth I root life to his real ia tbe (rare.
The leaves of the oak and tbe willow shall fade,
Be scattered around and together be laid;
And the jrouac aad (he old, and ibe low and the
high,
Shall moulder to dual, aad together shall lie.
The child whom a mother attended and tared;
The mother thai Islam's affection who proved;
The husband that Bother and infant whj West,
Each, all are awajr to their dwelling ol rest.
The maid on whoae brow, on whose cheek, in whoae
Shone beauty and pleasure, her triumphs are by;
And alike from tbe minds ol the living erased,
Are the inem'riea of mo/la Is who loved her and
praised.
The hand of the King that the sceptre huh borne;
Tbe brow of tbe Priest that the mure hath worn;
The eye of the sage and tbe beam of the brave,
Are hidden and lust in the depths of the grave.
The saint who enior'd the communion of Heaven;
The sianer wh > dared to remain unlorgiven ;
Tbe wise and the foolish, the guil.y and jiut,
Have quietly mingled their boaes in the du?t.
The peasant whose lot waa to now and to reap;
The herdsman that cliinb'd with hi* goats up the
sleep;
The be?gar who wander'd in search of his bread,
Have faded away like the grass that we tread.
So the multitude goes, like tbe flower ot the weed
That wither away to let others succeed;
So the multitude comes, even those we behold,
T.i,reap every tale that has often been told.
For we are the same that our lathers have been,
We've seen the same sifhu that our lathers hare
seen;
We drink the same stream, and we see tbe same
sun,
And we run the course that our fathers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking our lathers would
think,
From the death we are shrinking our fathers would
shrink,
To the life we are clinging they al-o would cling;
But it speeds fr.?m the earth like a bud ou tbe wing.
They loved, but their story we cannof nnf ,|J,
Thtfy scorned, but the heart of the bau . i* cold;
They grieved, but no wail Irom their ?.umber* will
coiDf;
They joyed, but the tongue of their gladness isdumb.
They died!?ah! they died! We things that are
now,
Who walk on the turf that lies over each brow,
That mike in their dwellings a transient atxxie,
Meet tbe things that they met on their pilgrimage
road. *
Yea, hope and despondency, pleasure and pain,
Are mingled together in sunshine and rain;
And the smile and the tear, and the song and the
dirge,
Still follow each other like surge upon surge.
'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,
From the blossom ol health to the paleness o'death,
From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud?
Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud t
THE BACHELOR'S THERMOMETER.
^cyatis 30. Looked back through a vis
ta of ten years. Remembered that, al twen
ty, I looked upon a man of thirty as a middle
aged man; wondered at my error, and "pro
tracted tbe middle age to forty. Said to my
self, ? Forty is the age of wisdom.' Reflect
ed g. nerally upon past life ! wished myielf
twenty again ; and exclaimed, 4 If I were but
twenty, what a scholar I would be by thirty!
but it's too late now.' Looked in the glass ;
still youthful, but getting rather fat. Young
says, ' a fool at forty is a fool indeed forty,
therefore, must be the age of wisdom.
31. Read in the Morning Chronicle that
a watch-maker in Paris, aged thirty-one, had
shot himself for love. More fool the watch
maker ! Agreed that nobody fell in love af
ter twenty. Quoted Sterne, ' The expression
fall in love, evidently .bowb Im
in Rosetta, and fell in love with her. Re
ceived her ultimatum : none but matrimonians
need apply. Was three months making up
my tnind, (a long time for making tip such a
little parcej,) when Kitty Crotch eloped with
Lord Buskin. Pretended to be very glad.?
Took three turns up and down library,* and
looked in glass. Getting rather fat and florid.
Met a friend in Gray's Inn, who said I was
evidently in rude health. Thought the com
pliment ruder than the health.
32. Passion for dancing rather on the de
cline, Voted sitting out play and farce one
of the impossibilities. Still in stage-box three
nights per week. Sympathised with the pub
lic in vexation, occasioned by non-attendance
the other three; can't please every body.?
Began to wonder at the pleasure of kicking
one's heels on a chalked floor till four in the
morning. Sold bay maro, who reared at three
carriages, and shook me out of the saddle.
Thought saddle-making rather worse than for
merly. Hair growing thin. Bought a boiile
of Iricosian fluid. Mem. ' a flattering unc
tion.' ?
33. Hair thinner. Serious thoughts of a
wig. Met Colonel Buckhorso, who wears
one. Devil in a bush. Serious thoughts of
letting it alone. Met a fellow Etonian in the
Oreen ( ark, who fold mo I tcore well: won
dered what he could mean. Gave up cricket
club on account of the bad air about Padding
ton could not run in it without being out of
breath.
31. Measured for a new coal. Tailor
proposed fresh measure, hinting something
about bulk. Old measure too short; parch
ment shrinks. Shortened my morning ride
to Hatnpstead and Highgute, and wondered
whai people could see at Hendon. Deter
mined not to marry ; means expensive, end
dubious. Counted eighteen bald heads in the
pi: at the Opera. So much the belter; the
morn the merrier.
35. Tried on an old great coat, and found
it an old little one: cloth shrinks as well as
parchment. Red face in putting on shoes.?
Bought a shoe-horn. Remember quizzing
my uncle George for using one: then yount'
and loolish. Brother Charles's wife lay-in of
her eighth child. Served him right lor mar
rying at twenty-one; age of discretion too!
Hunting-belts for gentlemen hung up in glo
ver s windows. Longed to buy one, but two
women in shop cheapening mittens. Three
gray hairs in left eye-brow.
36. Several gray hairs in whiskers : all
owing to the carelessness in manufactory of
?having-soap. Remember thinking my fa
ther an old man at thirty-six. Settled the
point! Men grew old sooner in former days.
I Laid blame upon flapped waistcoats and tie
wiga. Skaited on the Serpentine. Gout.?
Very foolish exercise, only fit for boys.
Gave skates to Charles's eldest son.
37. I- ell in love again. Rather pleased
to find myself not too old for the pa?sion.?
kmma only nineteen. What ihen ? women
require protectors ; day settled; devilishly
frightened ; too late to get off. Luckily jilt
ed. hmina married George Parker one day
before me. Again determined never to marry.
Turned off old tailor, and took to new one in
Bond itrNl. Soma of tboM f?IIo*? make I
nun look un yaara yoeeger. Not thai that
was the reason.
38. Stuck rmther more to dinner paitiB
Give ap country dancing. Moneymu?k cer
uii^f mom l^muic (ban formerly. W*
dlera pity it toP^uick. Qundriliee etenling
hither over the channel. Thought of adding to
uuuiber of gnv* gentlemen who learn to
dance. Dick Dapper dubbed me one of the
ovtr-% row us. Very impertinent and utterly
untrue.
39. Quadrilles ringing. Wondered sober
mistresses of families would allow ther car
pets to be beat after that f?ahit?n. Dinner
parties iucreaaing. Found myself gradually
r?niineiHg it toward top of table. Dreaded
Ultima TUuU of hostotues elbow. flood
places for cutting turkies; bad for cutting
jokes. Wondered why I was always desired
to walk up. Met two school-fellows at Pim
lico, both fat and red-faced. Uaed to say at
school that they were both of my age ; what
lica boys tell!
40. Look back ten years. Remember, at
thirty, thinking forty a middled-aged man.?
Must have meant fifty, fifty certainly the
age of wisdom. Determined to be wise in
ten years. Wished to learn music and Italian.
Tried Lugier. Twould not do. No delect
in capacity, but those things should be learn
ed iu childhood.
41. New furnished chambers. I^ooked
in new glass : one chin too much. Looked
in other new glass; chin still double. Art of
glass-making on the decline. Sold my horse,
and wondered how people could iind any
pleasure in being bumped. What were legs
made for ?
42. Gout again t that disease certainly at
tacks young people more thun formerly.?
Caught myself at u rubber of whist, and blush
ed. Tried my hand at original composition,
and found a hankering aftur epigram and sa
tire. Wondered I could ever write love-son
nets. Imitated Horace's odo ? Ne sit ancil
l?.' Did not mean any thing serious, though
Susan certainly civil and attentive.
43. Bought a hunting belt. Braced myself
up till ready to burst. Intestines not to be
trifled with: threw it uside. Young men, now
a-dav-s much too small in the waist. Read
iu Morning Post an advertisement 4 Pills to
| prevent corpulency bought a box. Never
the slimmer, though much the sicker.
44. MetFauny Stapleton, now Mrs. Mea
dows, at Bulluck's Museum. Twenty-five
years ago, wanted to marry her. What an
escape ! Women certainly age much soonet
than men. Charles's eldest boy begun to
think himself a man. Starched cravat and
cane. What presumption! At his age I
was a child.
45. A few wrinkles about the eyes, com
monly called crow's feet. Must have caught
cold. Began to talk politics and shirk the
drawing-room. Euolgized Garrick ; saw no
thing in Kcan. Talked of Lord North. Won
dered at the licentiousness of the modern
j days. Why can't people be civil, like Junius
and John Wilkes, in the good old times T
46. Rather on the decline, but still hand
some and interesting. Growing dial ike to the
company of young men ; all of thein talk too
much or too little. Began to call chamber
maids at Inns * My deur.' Listened to a howl
from Captain Querulous, about family ex
penses, price of bread and butcher's meat.?
Did not care u jot if bread was a shilling a
roll, and butcher's meat fifty pounds a calf.?
Hugged myself in 'single blessedness.
47. Top of head quite bald. Pleaded
Lord Grey in justification. Shook it, on re
flecting that 1 was but three years removed
from the 4Age of Wisdom.' Teeth sound,
but not so white as heretofore. Something
...uni.1 nuu his uemruice. ucguu ??
cautious in chronology. Bad thing to remem
ber too fur back. Had serious thoughts of
not remembering Miss Farren.
48. Quite settled not to remember Miss
Farren. Told Laura Willis that Palmer,who
died when I was nineteen, certainly did not
look forty-eight.
49. Resolved never to marry for any thing
but money or rank.
50. Age of wisdom. Married my cook !
Ghimm's Ghost.
DRESS NOT GENTILITY.
Would the recollection of the following re
mark, by Steele, do some of us any harm,
now-a-days ?
" When a person speaks coarsely, he has dressed
himself clean to no purpose. The clothing of our
minds is certainly lo be regarded before thai of our
b.Hlies. To betray in man ? talk a corrupt imagina
tion, is a much greater offence against the conver
sation of gentlemen, than any negligence of dress
imaginable."
There was scarcely eves a finer compli
ment paid to a lady than that which Dean
Swift addressed to a wife, who was always
praising her husband:
" You always are making a god o( your spouse,
But that neither reason or conscience allows;
Perhaps you think 'tis in gratitude due,
And you admire him because he adores you.
Your argument's weak, and so you will find,
For you, by this rule, must adore all mankind !"
NOTICE.?The managers of the New Orlenim Ln.tnd
Real Estate Lottery (Caldwell St Oakley) Mhre ap
[ pointed Richard Franee and J. I). Gorman, ol Washing
i ton city, agent* to dispose of Tickets in the above Lot
' ttry. dec 4-d&c2w
Richard Frances old established office, Wash
ington City, 1). C.
New Orleans Grand Real Estate Lotteries, Caldwell &
Oakley, Managers
The first of these splendid schemes will poaitively be
drawn on the 31st Dec. 1839? tickets, $10.
I capital prize, 8150,000, Camp street Theatre.
1 do 40,000 \
1 do 35,000
1 do 25,000 |
1 do 18,000 splendid improved property
1 do 14,000 | in New Orleans.
I do 12,000 j
1
2 do 10,000
I do 9,000
1 do 8,500 ,
1 do 7,500 I Property in New Orleana,
I do 8,500 ( and tickets in the two mil
do 0,200 lion Lottery.
I do 6.000)
13 Prizes from 85,500, down to 81000.
A large number 8750, $700, 8t>00, 8500, Aic. Prizes
amounting to $540,000.
75 number lottery, and twelve drawn ballota.
THE GRAND TWO MILLION LOTTERV
Is to lie drawn on the old plan.
10.000 prises?Tickets 820.
The first day's drawing, January 6, IC40.
1 Property in N. Oris.
Onecapiia! prize of $500,000 > which now r?nts for
\ $30,000 per annum.
1 do ?0,00U tS000'""
? d? n".ooo|"'"'*L,i5:0"0p"
These lotteries are authorized by the Legislature of
Louisiana, and wilt lie drawn in good faith; and the pro
perty c mreyed to the prise holders free of ail expense
anil incumbrance.
All orders from? distsnce for tickets will rceet with
prompt attention. Address
dec 4-<KVr2w R FRANCE, Washington City.
Large map of the statkof Louisiana,
on an improved and enlaried plan, embracing the
latest and most ar-curate information ; derived 'rom the
General Land Offices, Engineer Department, Navy De
partment. Ac. &c. by Cateshy Graham.
Just publiahed-rcontaining more than 31 square feet,
for sale by F TAYLOR. nov50
STATE RIGHTS.
We copy the following forcible view of the
question which obstructed so loof the orgaot
zation of the House of Representatives, from
the Norfotk(Ya.) Here Id :
The ttwaM now making s? Washington, lo prevent
the orgamsst.un of lbs NaUooal Lagi*laiure, ia fraught
wiill ?ucb mischievous consequence*. aa u? call forth (ha
general reprobation of the tciora in a transaction so ul
lerly aubvaratM ?/ goad order and all aelabliehed rulea.
ou ? aulijeci of aucb vital importance. It will not, I
am peraoeded, be contended by anv impartial mind, ibat
ihia attempt would have been made, or even thought of.
but for the nice balance of tbs pariiea in lbs bouse, and
tbe importance consequently attached to the election of
ite presiding officer. Tble consideration, of iiaelf, fur
niabea the strongest preaumpnou against lbs claim Mt
up by Ihoee, whs would at tbia nage nf the boaineea,
reject tbe certificate of eltclion authenticated in tbe
?node, which the Stats iteelf baa adopted to make its
choice of Rsprsssutslivss known. Let us, then, in
quire, whether the argomente uesd to aueuia this novel
claim, are aucb aa at all to weaken lb* presumption, or to
eatabliah a rule, which promiaea greater aecurity lo the
right* of tbe Statoa So long aa tbe power to abu.e a
trusl is an inaeparable incident of ita possession, no rule,
which the ingenuity of man can defies, can accurs
iboss wbo delegate power from the poaaibihty of mia
rule. It cannot avail them, therefore, wbo ais for dia
cerding long etlsbliahed precedents in tbia caas, to ahow,
that caasa may anas, (and that lbs caas under consider
ation is one in point,) in which the wishes of s Slats
may bs diarsgarded and iu confidence abuasd, unleae
they can, at tbs same time, make it sfipsar that the rule
they piopose ia leee exceptionable, and promiaea to give
more aaltafaciion to the Slstss, than tbe form tbey have
aeen fit to prescribe to suiksnucats thstr slsctiona.?
The lime, place and manner of making their electiona,
ha* been left to their aole diacretion, and th? authentica
tion of their acta, in tbsas particular*, have been pre
acribed by them aud commilisd lo the banda of agenla
immediately reaponaible to tbsm, for lbs use and ahoae
of the power with which ih?y have been inveaied Bet
ter aecuruy cannot bs deeired of attained, eo long aa
power muet. of necsaeny, bs committed to fallible man,
liable not only to errora in judgment, but to temptation,
wilfully, to abuae delegated authority That il ia fres
from all objection ia not pretended, but that any better
mode of aacertaining lbs will of tha people, for who.e
benefit il ia attempted to abrogate their l?wa, upon
thu aubject of election return*, ia mo*l confidently de
nied.
By tbe lon? established Dractice of Congreaa, certi
ficate* of election, duly authenticated by tha authority,
to which the lawa of the State aa*ign thi* duty, have
been taken aa tbe only evidence of election, which an
unorgauized houae can receive. They all meet upon a
footing ot entire equality, and one no authority to ques
t>on the election of another, bearing auch credential* aa
tha law* of hia Stats proecribs. A* soon aa we aban
don this plain and intelligible land mark, ? perfect *t?ie
of confunon inu?t necessarily enaue ; and instead of
submitting lbs rights of the State* to the deliberate ac
tion of an organized tribunal, appointed by the Consti
tution, to decide upon tbe qualification* of membera
elected to Congreaa, we remit them to the deciaion of a
tumultuous asaembly, having neither lbs time, power, or
capacity to deieriuino a matter of auch vital importance
aud dignity. And it ahould ever be borne in mind, that
the c<rcum*tancc?, under which thi* novel aasumption
on the pari of the membera elected to Congress, baa
been made, furnishes the strongest presumption against
their attempted usurpation, and the most convincing
evidence of their unfitness for the office they wish to
assume through the agency of an irresponsible Cleik,
and in defiance of the law* of tbe State*, placing the
aame in the band* of iheir own re*pon*ible agent*.
A I'mknd to Stats Kiohts
A VOICE FROM THE SOUTH.
THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
Tbe Northern Whig papers have run up the Har
rison flag, and a long, loud note of approval peals
from every quarter of the North and E:ist. Nut a
whisper ol disapprobation blends with the universal
shout of determination to stand by tbe nominee. All
is well In the region ol Old Bunker, of Trenton and
Saratoga, and glorious is the greeting which they
send to the soil made free by the blood which was
shed at Tippecanoe and the Thames. Well may
the despot of party tremble at the omens which couie
thick and fast upon him. But there is one of direr,
more certain import for him yet to hear?and in the
roar of applause which will break from-the West,
over the mountaii barriers, thundering and pealing
along the vallies of the Atlantic slope, swelling as it
advances to the coast, by the reiterattd victor cry of
the Ocean States, he will recognise the knell ol" his
desiiny.
In Virginia tbe rally cry is?"Stand by tiif, no
mination," and well will that cry, the testof principle,
be responded to. To depart fronj^^ppgjiQoji'^^i
made it their bo'atl t<> maintain, and lo prove them
selves worshippers of men and bond slaves of a favorite.
Aye, stand by the nomination ! Stand by it in the
name ot the Republicanism you would vindicate
from the assaults hourly and daringly made upon
its purity. Stand by it in the name of that Constitu
tion which has become the jest of the tyrant and his
bond followers. In the name of official honesty,
now become a mockcry, and flouted as a goblin laltr
of that freedom ol Elections which is now almost ex
tinct?ol that independence of thought and action,
which party despotism has almost annihilated?oi
that commercial prosperity, which has been brought
by vicious experimenters to the verge of ruin?of
that public virtue which, once too sensitive to brook
the semblance of injury, has almost learned to bear
tamely the worst, inosi aggravated and contumelious
injuries at the nands of public men?of that old Jef
fer.souian sternness and Republican simplicity, which
tolerated not the appearance of Executive intrusion
on the sanctity of elections?stand by the nomina
tion !
Anti-Tariff men and Anti-Bank men of Virginia,
you will be called on by the destroyed of American
Liberty, morals and prosperity, to repudiate the can
didate of the opposition. You will be reminded of
your hostility to the protective system and to a Na
tional Bank, and you will be assailed by every arti
fice, threat, and argument which Van Burenism can
concoct to draw you Irom tbe support of the opposi
tion candidate. But your inquiry will be, " whither,
oh, teachers, will you lead'usl" " To Van Buren
ism," will be their response.
And what isVati Burenism but a direct surrender
of that purse to the Executive which a National Bank
could put in his power only by indirection?blind
support of a man who has voted lor the w orst of All
ol the Protective Tariffs?aye, that bill of abomina
tions which kindled the tires of Colleton, till they
blazed out in the wild-fire of armed resistance arid
Nullification 1 The Cumberland toll-gate is the
standard of Van Buren orthodoxy ; and the exclu
sion ol Missouri and Florida froiwrthe Union the
pledge of Van Buren attachment to the South.
These things have never been forgotten by you,
and can never be forgotten. Not in the weakness
and decrepitude of the monster of usurpation?thun
der-seamed as he is by the bolts of Republican Jis
pleasure, will the Republicans of Virginia bind
themselves to his service and restore him to a condi
tion lo make war upon his country. They, like
their brethren of the East, the North and the West,
while the struggle lasts, will stand by the Nomina
tion. Let none despair of the event. I'he Virginian
by birth, the near relative of the most opulent of
Virginia slave-holders can beat the illustrious exile
Irom Kinderhook, and will beat him, il the Whigs
are true to iheir protessions.
from the Pennsylvania Inquirer.
GENERAL WILLIAM HARRISON.
Who is he? What hat he been? What will he be?
Harrison at nineteen years of age, received a com
mission from Washington. In July of that year,
(17112) he received the thanks of General Wayne, in
a battle with the Indians, and wasappointed his Aid
de-Cnmp!
In 1797, he was appointed Secretary of the North
Western Territory by Washington.
In his twenty fifth year he was elected to Con
gress.
He was Afterwards appointed Governorof Indiana
by Thomns Jefferson I
In 1811, he defeated the forces of Indians under
Teeumseh, and gained the victory of Tippecanoe I
In IHI'2, he was appointed Major General by the
patriotic Madison ! In the same year he defeated the
British in various encounters?and won the victory
of fort Meigs! In September he invaded Canada,
captured Maiden I overtook the British in their flight
?and on the memorable filth of October, defeated
them, and won the victory ol the Thames! After
the war, he was again elected to Congress as a Re
presentative.
In 1824, he was elected to the Senate of Ihe United
Slates
In 182ti, he wasappointed Minister to South Ame
rica.
After this, following the example of the illustrious
Washington, he retired lo his farm iu the valley of
ihe Ohio, and has since pursued ihe humble, but in-,
dependent, occnpalion oi a Faimer.
In 1835, he was nominated lo the first office in the
People's girt, and received the largest popular vote
ew mirtm under similar cireumttanee?.
In December, 1839, he was again nominated for
tbf mim office by urn- ul ihe larce->t and injm talent
ed CooVMiiook, that *rer assembled lo ibis country;
ft 1840, (be American Paoole will ukt tart #/
kimll r '
At the Whig Entertainment given last week in
Washington, to the Members of tbe Harriabur*
Convention.
Mr. CLAY said:
" Thai although ha accepted the invitation to par
ticipate in the festivities of Uie day; be eipected to
remaio a I mum a silent spectator. But he could not
remaio sileut. 1 am, aaid be, bare to render honor
to those who, after performing a moat arduous ser
vice in a National Convention, are about lo return to
their Constituents. You, gentiemm, said be, have
made a great and a patriotic sacrifice,?-you have
travelled at an inclement season of the year, and
some of you a thousand miles lo perform what may
be considered as a high and Importaut duly. 1 am
proud to honor those who have thns honored the
eouotry,?those who, at great sacrifices, have left
their homes for Ihe public good. Your body was
composed of mm of great weight of character and
talent, and you are here after having travelled ihe
length and breadth of the land in this public ser
vice. There cannot be a single doubt as to the
acquiescence of lha Whig Party of the Union
at the result of your deliberations. It was
your fortune to meet wiih various opinions; bat
?nesting and deliberating, as was desigued, you have
made a unanimous nomination. Surely, said Mr
Clay, it becomes no member now lo object to what
was done. If the friends or favorites ar? ,dtap
pointed, they are bound lo forget their disappoint
ment? thev are bound by every consideration of pa
triotism? by their hopes of changing and destroying
this corrupt Administration?by their desire to es
tablish a purer and belter Government to acquiesce
in the nomination which has been made.
"II,"?continued Mr. Clay, with great earnestness
lu!!!>*Dn?r,"7' have ?friends connected
with me by the tie* of blood, by my regard of com
mon friendship,?if I have any one who loves me
I assure tbem that thejr cannot do me a belter service
than lo follow my example, and vote heartily as I
a snail, lor the nomination which has been made "
mmense applause.) "Talk not ol sacrifice;" said
r. Clay. What isa public m.>n wonh to the coun
try.- m what does he show bis patriotism if he is
turf always ready to sacrifice himself for his coun
try. I here has been no sacrifice. We have not
teen contending for Henry Clay, for William Henry
vT*00' '"J Daniel Webster,or for Winiield Scott,
iNof we have b-en contending for principles.
Wol men, but principles, are our rules of action.
|>ook not then to H irri.-burg but to the White
Mouse?not to the nomination, but to ti.e mountain
ol corruption which it is designed to overthrow,?
not to the man who ba" bee0 nominated, but to the
O 4bs and Vandals at the Capitol. William Henry
tiarrisan and John Tvler are medicine which will
cure us of the sacrifice, if sacrifice there be, but
tnere is none. Go home then, gentlemen ol the
Convention, remembering what you have seen lure.
h, * ? 1 y?"r constituents of the nomination?of a
the Executive power
against which we are waging a war of extermina
iu>n-of Executive machinery and Executive favor
, 0,6 President nominating his succcasor, and
tha successor bis successor. Tell them to put forth
all the energies they possess to relieve the land ir.im
Whic<h res,sL UP?? " ? and ir 'hey can then
riots'T, ' om l'lal moment they cease to be pa
Mr. TYLER said
? d.eClarf' he.reference to the Con
",VL ?' ,n ! Prc,ience ol my Heavenly Judge,
ied1!p??n0! i?a".?n KiVen 10 me was Dei,her
.1 1 .weDt ,0 the Convention in honor
s?ri?nXC ,y'and ,n ,he de,Ml ?f lhe w'shes of
eel n? ""k ?f ,he"' make a ?"'*?* of
g mJ own name was associated
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Th-Tv hgeUn'Ue and l" U)e Capitol, yonder,
I have shewn my love of Whig principles. Again
land you are called upon to oppose those who op
ET.hir 1 am V"in^0 66 le^ain a* a victim ?
U P mni 1 sacr,fi.cJn&lhe ease and comforts of self,
wnn! iiriSaCr i#' principle. It is even plea
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and^lf,'C|,,L,nU* JMr-Ty,*r. ' bave known long
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f "? ,h! r, hjMnes. "D<1 a hundred well
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,fc? 6eid Of battle is he distinguished
~. ! m" " cMr,,,-M ; * fcas done honor to the land
v " '- '"K lls? ?f public ser
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ahnJ^H 'he laW!,'~,n the "atne of an insulted and
abused country?onward ! onward!"
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TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
FIMST SK *8lON.
l#i SENATE.
Tvubat, Dm. 17, 1839.
Tke CHAIR snnoenrsd that, in naming the com
mittees on yeelerday, he had accidentally omitted to
nam* the Committee on lh? public Building*, but bad
since directed the Secretary to put it ou th? Journal
ft cotiaiataof Mr Fuiloo, Chairman, Mr Merrick, and
Mr Smith, of Connecticut.
Mr WRIGHT?>? notice that bo would, aa aoon aa
Congress mat ready to proceed with legislative busi
oeee, bring forward " A b II more effectually to secure
the public money in the lianda of office la and agents of
the Government, and to puotah public defaulters " Alao,
eeveral private bulla.
Mr. LINN gave notice of hie intention, at the oaHieat
moment that legislative buatueea could be proceeded
witb, to introduce ? large number of bills, many of
which were of eoch long acquaintance that be waa
abeolutely tired of eeeiug (heir facee. The mod of
them, he aaid, had been repeatedly paaaed by one or
other branrh of the National legislature, but, for waul
of time, or some other cauae, they had noi been do
finitely acted on. Mr L. then read a long Itat ol these
aeveral bdls.
Notice waa alao given by Messrs NORVELL.
SEVIER, CLAY, of Alabama, PRENTISS, and
WALKER, of their intention of t ring tug to bills of a
private r.ature. ,i
On motion of Mr. BENTON, the Senate proceeded
to the consideration of Executive business, and then
adjourned. ,.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Ttiuotv, Dee. 17.
At noon to day, the Speaker of the Hou-e (the
Hon. R. M. .T Huntch,) took the chair and called
(he Hou^e to order; after which he rose and ad
dreiued the House as follow*:
UlNTl.KMIM OF THE HotISS OF Rr.FKEMNTATTVES I
The high and undeserved honor which you have
conferred upon me has been so unexpected, that
even now I can scarcely find terms in which to ex
press my grateful sense of your kindness. I trust,
however, to be uble to offer a better evidence of that
sentiment in the earnest efforts which I shfell make
to discharge my duties justly and impartially. Call
ed as I have been to this high station, not so much
from any merits of my own as from (he independence
of my position, I shall feel it as especially due from
me to you to preside as the Speaker, not of a party,
but of the House. Whilst I shall deem it my duly
on all proper occasions to sustain (he principles upon
which 1 stand pledged before the country, 1 shall
hold myself bound at the same time to afford every
facility within my power to the full and free expres
sion of the wishes and sentiments of every section
of this great Confederacy. You will doubtless.deem
it your duty, gentlemen, as the grand inquest of the
nation, to investigate all matters of which tht peo
ple ought to be informed; to retrench expenditures
which are unnecessary and unconstitutional; to
maintain the just relations between all of the great
interests of the country; and to preserve inviolate
the Constitution which you will be sworn tosupport;
whilst it will be mine to aid you in such labors with
all the means within my power. And although
deeply impressed with a painful sense of my inex
perience and of the difficulties of a new and untried
station, I am yet cheered by the hope that you will
sustain me in my efforts to preserve the order of
business and the decorum of debate# I am aware
that party fervor is occasionally impatient of the
restraint which it is the duty of the Chair to impose
upon the asperity of debate, but at the same time I
know the just ?f all parties will sustain the Speaker
who is honestly endeavoring to preserve the dignity
of the House, and the harmony of its members.
Permit me, in conclusion, gentlemen, to tender
you the homage of my heartfelt thanks for the honor
which you have conferred upon me, and to express
the hope that your councils may be so guided by wis
dom as to redound to your own reputation and the
welfare of our common country.
The Journal of yesterday having been read
Mr. DROMGOOLE, of Virginia, moved a reso
lution providing that the Standing Rules of Order
of the last House of Representatives be adopted to
govern the proceeding* of this body.
Mr. LbWIS WILLIAMS, of North Carolina,
moved to lay the resolution on the table until the
members ol the house should have been sworn in
ifc\fcHvOulri bepr^per firs'tio's'wear'the mem
bers before entertaining any other business.
Mr. DROMGOOLE thought it undoubtedly com
petent to the house now to adopt rules for its govern
ment.
Trie question being put from the Chair on laying
the resolution on the table?
The yeas and nays were demanded, and then tel
lers were called lor.
Mr. W. COST JOHNSON rose to order. He
said he held in bis hand the law of 1789, and wouid
ask for the reading of the first two sections of it
from which it woulij appear that the resolution ol
the honorable gentleman from Virginia was inad
missible at this time.
The first and second sections of the law were read
accordingly, at the Clerk's table, as follows :
Sec. I. Be U enacted <fc , That the oath or affirma
tion required by the sixth article of the Conatitution of
the United States Khali be administered in the form fol
lowing, to wit : " /, .,4. B . do solemnly swear or affirm
(as the case may be) that I will support the Constitu
tion of the United Stales." The said oath or affirma
tion shall be administered within three daya after the
passing of this act. by any one member of the Senate,
to the President of the Senate, and by bun to all the
members, and to the Secretary ; and by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, to all the members who
have not taken a similar oath, by virtue of a particular
reaolution of the aaid House, and to the Clerk : And in
case of the abaence of any member, from the aervice
of either House, at the time prescribed for taking the
said oath or affirmation, the same shall be admiuiatered
to such member when he shall appear to take hia aeat.
Sec. 2 And be it further enactcd. That, at the first
session of Congress after every geneial election of Re
presentatives, the oath or affirmation aforesaid ahall be
administered by any one member of the Houae of Re
presenlativea to the Speaker, and by him to all the
members preacnt, and to the Clerk, previous to entering
on any other business, and to the members who shall af
terwards appear, previoua to taking their seats, &c.
Mr. W. C. Johnsov went on to observe that, ever
since this law was enactcd, all officers, aa well-of the
National as of the State Governments, were bound to
take an oath before,entering upon their official duties.
No question could be raised aa to the constitutionality
of this law, for it waa the supreme law of the land,
binding on Congress as on all other persona concerned.
It could not bcreacinded by a mere resolution of either
or cf both Houses ; but only by the same authority
which had enacted it, viz by a law, passed in both
Houses, and signed by the President. But, lest aome
gentlemen might cherish a doubt, he would aak the
Clerk to read the opinion of Judge Story, of the Su
preme Court of the United Stalea, on the conatitution
alitv of the law, and ita binding validity now.
[The opinion was read accordingly J
Mr. DROMGOOLE said, as his Iriend from Mary
land had raised the point of order, and had been allow
ed to accompany it by aome remarks, he presumed he
should not be out of order in offering a few wordfin
reply He should not enter into an argument as to the
constitutionality of the law of 1789 ; but he might a?k,
where was this law of '89 when the firat House of Re
reaentativea adopted rules for ita proceedings 1 And
e might further aak, where had been the qaths of the
gentlemen here present for this fortnight paat, during
the whole of which time they had been sitting aa a
House of Reprceentativea, and had adopted rules to
govern their proceedings ! But if lite honorable gen
tleman from Maiylsnd would attend to the meaning of
the word " business," as uaed in the atatute read from,
he would discover that it referred to the ordinary busi
ness of the house, and not to the organization. The
adoption of rules conatituted a part of the organisation
of the house. Mr. D hsd not proposed that the houae
should go into any "businessand therefore the law of
'89 had nothing to do with the matter They were sit
ting as members of the houae; tbey bad fleeted their
presiding officer; and certainly they could adopt any
rulea of business they thought fit?the law of '89 not
withstanding When he otfcred the resolution which
was before the houae, be had done ao with candor and
sincerity, and with a view to avoid any difficulties
which might ariae Suppose, when tnembcra came up
to be aworn, any difficult questions should be raised,
where were the rulea by which tbey were to be de
cided 1 He had deemed it but en act of courtesy to a
young Speaker to give hnn at least rules for his guid
ance; with these he would be less embarrassed in die
charging the duties of a new situation ; and the mem
^ . 1 WWU".. ?i'" U f' much
difficulty ti?d delay Ituc |Mliltt,n Ilom Maryland
Mr. Mmoo. not having for will; mad. . ^1(? ?f 0 . '
but rather offered ? suggest*,,, u. the ct*i?, Mr D out
? is h.rn whether it would uoi be belie, t. ?
formal d.cisioi., sod let Um> eu|ge?t.oe, \
it sisrtr
Mr JOHNSON bad ?m> ?,.h u> go mi. , debtt#
and lie would yield with great pleasure iu ihe.ellfl,es.
twn of the sble gentleman from Virginia, could i,? do
ao wuh consieteitcy a..d CMecieiitiv.j.r.Css ?
gentleman muat eic?ae him Ha thought the ISpe,ker
would encounter no embarrassment: let ihe member,
be awoin aa the law required flist to bo done, and then
lt?e rery neat thing would nslu/sllv be U, adopt ,0|? of
order. But, accoidtag to the Words of the .uiuu .
mem .?r sppearmg cuuld mU be admitted to hn m'.l
order "" M* ?"*r UH?" bis pou.i ?f
The CHAIR suggested te the gentleman from Ma
rylsnd, that the readiest way of srrmng at . seulenit .
of bia point of order would be to auffer the quesiiou t<!
be taken oo laying the resolution of tbe g.,,U.m.u Irou,
Viigmia on the table.
JOHNSON aaid he had do objection
Mr. GRAVES and Mr CAVE JOHNSON row
tntiliaueoualy and demanded the yea. and na>., ?b.ch
were ordered. u
Mr. LEWIS WILLIAMS again reminded err
tlemco thai he had wade hi* motion merely ft?."
members enitfht firsi be sworn. y
r^r??^A^C>E^itkKL a call of the house
[ Uo, oo ! iio ! J
Mr. V, Oh, yea, yes! Put the question
J"- quwtton being put, a um wftbom a
?f yANDERPOEL called for ibe yeas and nay*.
J. Too lale, loo laie ! Question, question '"1
The question being now pui on Mr. Willums'.
na^Ue.0 n 'he UblC| lhe yvk* were 116, the
So there was a tie.
The SratiEi giving the c.isting vole in lie affirm
ative the r.oiton was carried, and th-- resoluti ???r
Mr. Dromgoole was la.d upon the table. U ?f
reiVatiouR:AI0, ?' Vifgi"ia' uffefrd u'e lowing
Resolved, That every member of ihe House S&.
preventatives of the United Slates ought beior tai
log hi* seal therein, to produce at the Clerk's i;.hi^
or to deposits in the Clerk's ott.ee, .he credential, by'
virtue of which he claims his seat; and, in all cases
of contested elections, no member lo be permitted i0
vole until the House, upon a report of the sardine
committee of elections, or by the vote oi the union,?
of the members nresent, being a quorum of the hou J
shall have decided which of the claiinauis is entiilr j
lo the contested seat.
Mr. WISE As there lies precisely the same ib
jectioo lo this resolution as to the last, and which
has just been sustained by the house, I, therefore m
accordance with the views expressed by the rentle
man from Maryland, (Mr. Johnson) move to lav
this resolution on the table. '
The motion was carried, and the resolution oj'Mr.
Craig *vas hlid on the table accordingly
The CHAIR now directed the Clerk lo call the
roll that the members elect might come up ami tak?
the oath prescribed by law. The roll was called and
Ihe members coming up, whcie the delegation'was
not numerous, by entire delegations, and where very
numerous, by squads, surrounded the Speaker who
stood in front ol ihe Clerk's table, and were duly qua
lified?some kissing the book, others (chiefly from
hand * 8land S'ales) swearing by the uplifud
When the State of New Jersey was reached, the
Llerk called the nnme of Joseph F. Randolph.
Cries of " pass on," and, in obedience Co an inti
mat ion oP the Speaker, the Clerk, for the present,
passed by that State, and proceeded to complete the
calling ol the roll. v
The roll having been gone through, and all the
members having been duly sworn,
The State of New Jersey was taken up, and the
name of Mr. Randolph having been Sgain called by
the Cleik, the other gentlemen from New Jersey
having commissions from the Governor, camc up
with him, and surrounding the Speaker, presented
themselves lo be sworn. Mr. Randolph having taken
ihe oath,
The SPEAKER desired the remaining gentlemen
to pause, as he had reserved the question respecting
their case to be decided by the House.
[While these gentlemen werearound the Speaker,
several members ol the House, already sworn, left
their seats, and coming into the area in front of ihe
Clerk's table, stood behind the New Jersey members,
but the cry of "Order!"" Take your seats 1" boni?'
heard from all sides, these gentlemen immediately
retired and resumed their seats J
The SPEAKER thereupon left hi* atation in front of
the Clerk'* table, and, having resumed the Chair, ob
served that a difficulty having ariacn in relation to the
..?l. -t .^....luiiig gcmttiinen from i\ew Jersey to
?eata in the house, the Chair deemed it hi* duty to sub
mit the question for th* decision of the house Five
gentlemen from New Jersey. ?,z. Messrs Aver,?.
Halsted, Maxwell, Strut on and Yorke, had appeared ms
Representatives from New Jersey, with the cerlificsie
of the Governor of that State, and had demanded lo be
sw orn. Had the question now arisen dt novo, tbe Chair
w?oW not have hesitated to administer to Ihem the oath
of office. But, aa cerUin proceedings had already
taken place in the hooat- upon the jubjeci, and a* a reso
lution had been passed, or rather a negative opinion had
been given in relation to their right of voting, he deem
ed it hu duty to submit the question to the bouse The
house had once ssid that those gentlemen ahould not
act as members. The Chair left the msttcr to the
bouae,
Mr WISE. I would respectfully inquire of the
Chair whether any gentleman has objected to these gen
tlemen being sworn! Will ,he Chair now inquire
wneiner any gentleman now objecta to it:
Mr DROMG001JE. If I rightly understand the
speaker, he said he left tbe queation to the house to de
cide. If so the Question arises of itself, whether these
gentlemen shsll take the oath.
Mr. WISE. I ask whether any objection hss been
msde by any gentleman heie present, whether sworn or
claiming to be sworn ? If there is no objection, I pre
sume the Chsir need put no question in the esse, but
receive these gentlemen at once, and let them be aworn.
Ihe SPEAKER ssid that he should hsve deemed
soch lo hsve been hi* duly but for the resolution which
stood recorded upon the minutes; but, such being tho
fact, he felt that it more became htm to submit this
question of franchise to the house. The gentleman
from Virgirtis, Mr Wise, seemed lo think that the Chair
ought to hsve wailed until some objection had been
msde, but ihe Chsir did not see how this could hava
made any mslerisl difference, since ihe que.stion must
st Isnl have come to the house, Shall these gentlemen
be sworn V
Mr. WISE ssid he hsd rsised the question simply be
csuses resolution, whethei sflirmative or negalive, pass
ed by this house while in its unorganixed slate, hadjio
force or obligation of l?w upon this house at present,
arid because he thought that possibly the houso might
in th*t way be telieved of all further difficulty in the
insiter. Ho would now move that these gentlemen
[nsming them] be not sworn. This would at once
rsiao the question, and the house must decide it.
[ The CHAIR required the motion to be reduced to
wriiing ]
Mr. Wise. I more it in this negative form be
cause a sovereign State of this Union was deprived
of its vote in the election of Speaker by the same
question having bren raised by a resolution in the
positive form, the resolution having been lost by ?
in ?olhi# lo a*?id the mere trickery of form. I
will reduce mv motion to wiiting
DROMGOOLE. I'know that I have not a
right to the floor, but, with my colleague's permis
sion, and while he is wriiing out bis motion, I will
otter a few remarks.
4Mr. WISE. Certainly.
Mr. GRAVES. I object.
After a brief conyersatlon, Mr. Dromoooi.k was
permitted to proceed.
It is [said he] nacesaarily an affirmative proposition,
and cannot come up in any other form ; and the Chair
iniimaied, if I understood him. thai he put the question
lo ihe House. The coursa pursued by the Chair is not
without precedent. A case occurred in the Senate,
when an amendment of the Constitution had been pro
posed; and on a question whether it reqoired a vote of '
two-thirds or of s mere msjority to decide, the presiding
officer submitted that ooesliou lo the body. Here,
there being come difficulty in relstion to the New Jer
sey members, the Chair submits ihe question to tho
House. ?? Shall they be sworn f" The Chair had a
right to put this question, snd to hsve it sipwered. be
fore my colleague could move his resolution The
House is in possession of the question, and I demand
its decision.
Mr MERCER I would suggest lo the Chsir that
the decision of ihe House, to which he slluded, wss not
that the five New Jersey membera, commissioned by
the Governor of their Sislc, are hot entitled to their
seats in ihts House ; the decision wss, that ihe creden
tials in their possession were not sufficient to sothonze
them to take their seats in the Houne at then enntit
tuled Suppose s gentleman present crcdeutisls, which
are pronounced insufficient, msy he not produce others
to-morrow which shall be admitted ! The sufficiency
of these gentlemen's credenusls, in this House, at pre<