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,?,?latwn a. ,|? (With which ff 5-NH
Ution of c?n it l? that he w?uld not
Mb? rJ 'ion of such a pi incite a. be b?'
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suut-ifluous. the di.uiis.al unneccsary.
? th(t the Senate ha. no uower lo contract. It, y
^ i ,, which it minuted, we have failed lo elect
an"officer then the printing of the Senate W unJU"
.f neither subjected to contract, nor entrusted
10 Are?S?r?.ew. too terhoiad 1 Do they *avor too
much oflegal *ubllcty?of that profcsion who? robes
are believed to be of loo acant a pattern for the enlarge.)
dimension. and lofty Galore of a .t.tc....sii 1 Do.gen
lleinen contend that it doe. not become the Senate to
re.oil to lechniealitiea lo avoid the consequence. ol Ha
own actl I think so too. If the Senate ha* g"fen ?
pledge, though not by a contract which it could not
make, atill fide* servanda e*l. La parol* de *a M
jttlt bind* a monarch. I would not that we had a les.
aacred regard for our plighted faith. But who "
ed thee.- atrkt and atringent ietful W'nciple' wl
have been called into diacuaa.on T 1 he re?olu''on,m
the aimple form in which it wa? ?"**** ?! a t.u uWn
principle but the power of the Senate to
officer*. It did not even draw ...to queat.on thenghl
or the obligation lo elect under the o . (ifv
rl??u?.v hv an exercise of that Will. 1?I wa. submit
ted by the mover without debate. "I he Senator Iroin
Pennsylvania and hi. coadjutor, interposed the plea
of a contract. They urged the legal bar. I hey stood
upon their bond. We meet the legal queal.on.on le
tfal ground.; and now, when It l. obv.oua that on
theJe ground, judgment must be rendered for u., gen
tlemen lay aside their professional, to aMume their se
natorial robes. and tell u. that It doe. not become the
Senate to be entangled in the me.he* or the law.
Well be it ao. We are Senator., not mere common
lawyer., for the purpose, of thi. discussion. What,
then, doe. the renolutiou propose 1 Simplv to distill a
an officer ofthe Senate. I. the power to this denied ?
Ho. But we ought not to exercise it. 1 he resolu
tion of 1819 i. appealed to; uninterrupted uwge, and
the undoubted r.^ht of the Senate to elect. Neither
of theae i. touchcd by the re.olut.on. It affirm* mere
ly the riffht of the Senate to dismiss those who hold
office at it. will. I. there any thing in the circum
atance. under which thene incumbent, were elected,
t>. dissuade u. from the eierci.o of this power I In
decpite and in defiance ofthe remonstrance* of those
who were to con.titute the majority of the Senate in
the 27th Congress, by a mere act of power, openly
avowed lo be .uch, thev were forced U|>on u. by the
concurrence of those who now con.titute the minority
of this body. In exercising mere power, gentlemen
ahould have con.idered their capacity to give perma
nence to the act. An act t?f mere power .. .ubmittcd
to ju?t ao long a. It i. irresistible- You may pre#, a
man to the earth by .uperior jihyiical force?by mere
power?in total disregard of hi. right.. But ifyou de
termine upon thi. wanton display of mere power, lake
care to keep hiin there; do not relax your pressure,
for the inatinct of his nature will urge to in.tunt re
aiatance the moment it i. relaxed.
Third. The remaining idea which i. included in
the proposition that the Senate have the power to do
the act which thi. resolution propo.ee, is, that officers
of the Senate hold at will. It may be dwposed of very
briefly. It ha. been decided by the Supreme Cotfrtin
Htning'* caw?, that where there i. no constitutional
limitation, the tenure of office i. at will. In thi. case
wheie both the office and the officer are created by the
Senate, there can be no other limitation but the will
of the creating and appointing power. I do not un
derstand this to be seriously questioned. It seems to
be conceded that if thi. i* an office, it. tenure must be
at will. Gentlemen may complain?do complain of
the exercise of the power?but the an.wer to that
complaint belongs to the remaining head of thi. argu
ment, to which I proceed.
Second propotition. Theie is mfflcient came for
the exercise of this power. I might safely leave this
on the unanswerable argument ol the Senator from
North Carolina. But I will state my own view very
briefly, and I desire to do it plainly. A great change
has come over the country. Hitherto the public coun
sels have varied with the success oi discomfiture of
opposing political leader*. Such i. not our actual
condition. It i* the people who have ari*en in their
might to decree, faventt Deo, the change which has
* come upon u.. At the commencement of a new Ad
minislration?after a violent party conflict, a fierce
and desperate struggle between the people and their
ruler*?in a (till excited elate of party feeling?with
the public office* chiefly in the hands of the political
opponents of those who have been called by the people
to the management of their affair*?in an extremely
delicate state of our foreign relation*?and on the eye,
as I trust, of important change* in the domestic policy
of the country?at such a moment, the Senate of the
United States, partaking of the views and feelings of
that overwhelming majority of the American people
by whom the present Administration lias been en
trusted with power?just entering ujsin its own pecu
liar dulii-s, as connected with this Executive Govern
ment?finds one of its offices, the incumbent of which
is the accredited organ of communication between the
Senate and |ieople of the Unit'-d States, who has the
privilege of this Hall and of daily communication with
its offices, who is necessarily entrusted with the most
confidential communicalions of the Executive to this
body?at such a moment, the Senate finds such an
office in the hinds ofthe editors of the leading jioliti
cul paper of that parly which is now, by the blessing
of Providence on our exertions, and their own pre
determined, pre-announced, and persevering hostility
to the.iecent decisive expression of the people's will,
emphatically the Oppotition parly?it finds this office
in the hands ofthe editors ofn paper which, whatever
else may be said of it, all will agree is, in the largest
sense of the te.m, a political, party paper, which hail
just been divested of official character as the organ of
a retiring Administration, only lo assume an altitude
of hostility to that which was coming in ; as lead
ers of the Opposition press, to collect the scattered
fragment* of the party, to commence the work of re
organization, to announce their determined hostility
to the present Chief Magistrate before he had even en
tered upon the discharge of duties which the people
had entrusted to his care, anil already, in advance, un
heard, untried, nay, even while they ureyet unknown,
to fulminate their sentence ol conilen.nation on tin
forthcoming meoiures of his Administration. In this
?tale of things, excluding all retrospect for any pur
poses of crimination?passing by every suggi stion of
moral unlit new*?giving to these incumbents full ere
dit for sincerity and honesty of intention in the |silili
cal opinions which they entertain, and the means
which they have adopted to advance tliein?looking
merely lo our |Hi|i'ical relation with them?to our po
litical duties to the country and to ourselves?lo our
and to their views of the public interest, which ate
not merely discoidant, hut antagonist to each other?
looking to the manner in which that relation has been
forced upon us by a publicly avowed cxeicise of men
power, in disregard and defiance of remonstrance and
of protest?it is the very error ofthe moon lo suppose
thai thi* relation can lie permitted to stand. Such a
course would be suicidal. It would manifest an infa
tuation which would speedily consign us to the con
tempt of the American People, ay ; even of our |m?1ui
cal opponents, as the just rcwaid of our blindness and
of our folly. To my inind these views are so clear,
that I cannot repress the expression of my surprise at
the effort which has been made to force this connexion
upon us. '1 hat any man, sincerely entertaining the
political opinions, and actively participating in .he
party wa.fare of which the Glo'ie i* the index and the
champ on, should, for the sake of the emoluments of
this office, desiie, nay, that he should consent to be
placed in this relation to the Senate of the United
States as thi* body is now const.luted, in a situation
in which he would be constantly liable to suspicion,
and often tctU|ited lo do that which might justly ex
pose hiin lo il, doe. indeed excite my s|iecial wonder.
However thi* may be, I will not enter into these
bonds. The *ound, practical good sense of the Ame
rican People will demand that we should abjure .hem
I exclude every personal consideration, all rcininiscen
ce* ol past virulence and abuse, of which I know lit
tle, and do not desire to know more. 1 stand upon the
ground of our political relations and our political du
ties. Li>oking lo these, and to these only, I say this
union is unfit ; the parlies cannot harmonixe; llie pub
lic business will be impeded by their discord ; we must
be divorced, sir?txlempln et a vinculo.
Various suggestions are urged to deter us from the
perfonnance ul this impe.ious duly to the country, and
toourselve*. We are admonished to beware of awa
kening the sympathies ol the People, by a-i attack up
on the freedom of the press. Sir, the admonition is
kind, but whence come* it, and where was the feeling
which dictated it, when, in rapid succession, the public
printer* ofthe Union were dismissed bv tlx |a?t or pre
ceding Administration I Slill the argument I* grave
ly urged, and the constitutional guaranty of the tiee
Join ofthe press i* apfiealed to lor the protection ol
these incumlw-nis. In a recent discussion within this
Ilall, on a bill to prevent the interference of office
holders in elections, 1 heard with surprise the annun
r 1.11.m of * almllar dootrlna. It wii
cmpeient tu Cu?gr**s to r'Kul,ll?'ll,# l? !''I',i"i.
of tin* clss* of ciuaens ; but lh*n it was *a?d, *''dJ1.
,,?w m substance re|?-aUHl, you u.u.t take care ?"?
violate their constitutional light to freedom "? *1
milt .11 l!i<- pies*. Now, tome thia *eeu?s to .
solute isrvcrsion of terms, a solecism in the stru ' ?
sense ot*hr' term. The constitutional right " ?
lice ho'.iler, an such, to the frcedoi. of .peed. ' 1
the press, ia something of which I can '"rl"}!t
nun iknow of no constitutional rigM K
to all olhce holder a. an office holder. ,?v.
are derived Innuthe provision* ol Hie o ^ |)|t.
? elation to the office which be hulda :IW.|?.|,.,|
freed I lUl of speech and that of the pre.* V'' ""
These belong to hi... a. a c.t.i.ii, an.l in th?t^' l(
U r only art' i?uaranU?l to hm* l'*?! . 1 . i1Jf;4 ^
the ..Jessary and proper discharge ? Ins <
interfere wilt, the enjoyment ol li<? r ? ^ ^ |n
imrijl.t S tocoa.au> .. "Ill i I" ?"'b" 'i"'?
whateve. the law Ibrbida ill relation io theoff.ee whwh
he hold* Vour statute book ia full of such inhi
bitions, all conflicting with the right ol the office
holder aa an individual citizen, but at.ll binding upon
hi in aa an officer. lie submit* to the restraints
which they impoao in conaideration ot the benelii
which he deiivea from hia office. When these re
?truinta become burdenaome, and hia office doe* not
alford an equivalent, he caata them from him, by ieus
auming the aUtion, and with it the right* ol a private
citizen. The apprehension that the removal of theae oih
ceranf the Senate can by any force of ingenuity be made
to appear to be an attack upon the freedom ol the press,
doe* not, therefore, nmve me. I acknowledge and
reverence thia great countitulional privilege. It is an
agent of vast, almost unlimited power, whether its
enereiea l?e exerted for evil or for good. I leel and
deplore ita licentiouBiieaa. Who doea not! 1 know
that it ia perverted to the vilest purposes, but 1 feel too
that ita legitimate exercise ia essential to the prcserva
tion of civil liberty, and prefei to I war with ita licen
tiouaneaa rather than to incur the hazard of impairing
ita conservative enorgies. No, air; the freedom of the
nreiii muat continue to 1h<, what the Constitution haa
made it, " a chartered libeitine." But how do wc in
vade the freedom of the press by dissolving our con
nexion w.th theae incumbent* 1 We are not dealing
with the Editors of the Globe, but with the Printera
lo the Senate-with our own officera, whom wo have
the constitutions! right to elect and to dismiss ; and
we are ao dealing with them aa not to restrain, but to
enlarge their individual freedom of action. In the re
lation in which they atand to us, a* officera ol thia
House, all who agiee that ordinury decorum, and the
respect' which the Semite ia entitled to exact from ita
officera, will im|H?ac aume restraint U|>on tluae incum
bentaeven in the exercise of their editoriall unctions,
no far aa the Senate ia ull'ected by them. The rcsolu
tion propose* to release them 1 rum thia restraint, to
remit them to their rights aa citizens, and thus lo en
large, not to restrain, the freedom of their press. If it
should [miss, 1 doubt not that this effect of it will be
abundantly realized. But I will no longer trespass
upon the patience of the House. I have endeavored
to allow?
1. That the Senate has power to do the act which
this resolution proposes; and
2. That theie is abundant cause for the exercise ol
that power. . .
And having thus explained the reasons which in
fluence my judgment, I am ready lo record my vote in
affirmance of tlie resolution under consideration.
OUR NAVAL DEFENCES.
The Norfolk Beacon cites from a report of the
Board of Army Officers the following instances, show
ing the gieat advantage which guns on land, even
within slight entiencliments, have over guns afloat,
whether in shi|is of war or on floating batteiies.
Gibraltar in 17H"2 is cited as an eminent instance of
the inefficiency of floating batteries, comprehending
ships under this term; also, Algcsnas in Imil ; and it
is thus attempted lo be proved that guns on shore are
superior to guns afloul.
In the attack on Algesiras, although the disparity
was greatly in favor of the assaulting fleet, that a few
guns in battery on shore, well located, and well man
aged, repulsed the enemy's fleet, and caused it a total
failure.
The attack on Fort Moultrie, during our Revolu
tionary .war, is also cited, where thirty guns behind a
palmetto rampart defeated vessels carrying more than
two hundred and fifty guns.
Lord Nelson's famous attack on Copenhagan, which
has been quoted as lurnishing striking and conspicu
ous proof of the superiority of a fleet in operating
against a strongly fortified place, is reviewed, and it is
maintained that the contest up to the time when Lord
Nelson proposed the parley, was between vessels and
vessels, the stiuggle being altogether naval, and the
victory being over the floating force, and that the bat
tcriee were unabl? lo int^rl<rr? from iwuoioncw or re
lative position, the Dutch fleet being between the
moat Important of them and the enemy until almost
the laat hour of combat, and that it therefore furnishes
no argument either way.
Lord Exmouth's attack on Algiers is also reviewed.
The English and Dutch flirts mounted about one
thousand guns, and there was only a little upwards of
three hundred guns on shore, and the whole of them
could not be brought to ojierate in the action. 1 he
loss of killed ami wounded by the combined forces
amounted to neaily nine hundred ; and it is contended
that if the Algenne battery bail lieeii afloat, it wi.uld
have been silenced by the aMsailing flr* I with slight
loss and with very lilt'e effort on llieir pail ; and, as
evidence of ihe greater power of annoyance bv guns
on shore, the opinion is expressed by lhi? int. Iligei.t
board, that, had the guns on shore been skilfully, op
portunely, and perseveringly managed Lord Ex mouth
would have failed in dictating terms lo Ihe Dey of Al
giers.
The board cite, as further evidence of the greater
power of annoyance of guns on shore than in uuns
afloat, ihe account given by the British military
writers of the attack made by Sir Sidney Smith with
an eighty gun ship and two Ir gates, by firing Micces
si%e broadsides at a two gun battery on Cape Lieosa
until his ammunition was nearly expended ; and the
return fire being unabated and destructive, he had to
land with a party: and when the commanding officer
capitulated, it ap|ieared that one of Ins two gun* had
been dismounted for some time. Another case is cited,
when a single heavy gun, mounted on a martello low
er, beat off one or two British slips
hrntrth of Allien in ditfertnt ( ' luntrirs. There l
scarcely a greater variety in any tiling, than in tilts
kind of measure. Not only those of separate countries
differ, as the French from the English, but those /if
the same country vary, in the different provinces, and
all commonly from the standard. Thus the com non
English mile differ* from the statute mile ; and the
French have three sorts of leagues. Hero follow the
m.les of several countries compared wiih the English,
by Dr. 11 ally.
The English statute mile consist* of 5'2S0 feet, 1700
yards, or 8 furlongs.
The Russian vor?t is little more than three-fourths
Englixh.
The Tuikish, Italian, and old Roman lesser mile
is nearly one English.
The Arabian, ancient and modern, is about I and
one-fourth English
The Scotch and Irish miles is about 1 and one-half
English.
The Indian is al.no-t 3 English.
The Dutch, Spanish and Polish, is about 3 and one
half English.
The German is more than 4 English.
The kiwediah, Danish, and Hungarian, is from 5 to
0 English
The Fr?nch common league is near 3 English.
The English marine league i* 3 English miles.
Con g relation a lint.
Unanimity "F Skntiment. The N. Y. Stand
ard say-:
"It will bo a graifyinz sprctacle to the untorrifi
p'l and invincible Democracy of thin noble city to
witness to-day the entrance of Matliti V "??
ren within its limits."
To which a writer in the N. Y. American res
ponds as follows:
"So it will?if ever one did his best to briny
home this misused palrtot, the writer of this has;
and he means to s!*?re in the general joy; both
parties are pleased, and boili should have united
tn his reception For my part, I mean to rejoice;
lam right glad tohave Mr. Van Huron back; and
I now call unite, for the (ir st lime in twelve years,
with the other p.irty in rejoicing for the same
political re&ult."
Receding tij the Sea.?Tiie 1'hnrede /tuchrlle
states that the sea i? receding so rapidly from
the bay ol Botirj i\euf, that the remains of an
Knglish ship-of war, mounting 64 guns, which
was lost on a n oystev bank called llestraites des
CEuvers, wliil.t in | tir<tiii of a '"'rencli ship, in
I7fi2. is no'/v to I"' found in the midst of a culti
vated plaivi. In calculating the depth of the wa
ter whet .? this re? I *tru -k. "'i'1' its present lev
id, it will be found that the depth of the sea has
Jmunis'id at least fifteen feet.
LATEST FROM FLORIDA.
A NEW DiaCOVERY IN NATURAL UKruKV.
libitALD OFFICE, (
St. Augustine, March 32, 1841. {
From (be West we learn ibat 60 wore Indians have
positively come in at F?rt Fanning, and torn sent
down to Tampa; and alio t al Urn. Armistead has
actually made * shipment U> the West. This is very
encouraging, but we must wall a while before we can
exult much in our prospect*.
There ia an uncommon proportion of women and
children among those who have surrendered, and the
whole number i* but a tarring to what there are in the
woods. With all our boasting we have not yet found
out all their haunts, nor do we yet know what will lie
the effect of uioue and negotiation) upon the larger
parlies. In our ^<per of Friday, the condition ol
things is stated in the faiiesl light that the limes will
warrant.
In exploring the Everglades, Col. Harney tnade
some geographical discoveries, and lately he has added
something lo our stock of knowledge in Natural His
tory, by killing behind Key West twoof the animals
heretofore considered fabulous among us called ''Ml
ui-i'lte." From what I can lea in il is a sort of Sea
Cow, or something between a Porpuire and a Sesl,
about 15 feel long, with bead like a Cow and two
small flippers?neat weight about 4,500 pounds?can
not leave the wwter? feeds on the grass of the margin,
and propels itself forward by a broad tail.
Major Child* lias been out on an unsuccessful
scout so far as concerns captures, having merely taken
a child of three years old, which in the hurry of escsp
ing was left at one of the In.nan camps.
From the St. Augustine jVeic# 19th in*/.
The Florida Indians now remaining, which can be
estimated (we have no correct data) at 3,000, maybe
classed into Seminole*, Mickasukies, Taliahusaee*,
and Creeks, (oilier denominations being merged into
these) who are prevented from quarrelling among
iheuixelve* by their greater quarrel with the whites;
though it is quite probable that existing jealousies
have lor the three years past prevented any combined
o|ieraliona. A* the Seminoles reside in the Southern
part of the Peninsula, away from tb? settlements, the
depredations u|M>n them have of late been probably
committed by the other tribes.
THE OREGON MISSION.
Letters havo been received in thi* city, from some [
of ihe mission Mies who sailed in the ship Gloucester
for the Ore*o:: Territory in November last. Theship
arrived at mode Janeiro in fifty-one day* from Boston,
and with the exception of sea-sickness and debility at
tending it, the inissinna/ies were in comfortable health.
At Rio some of them were kindly and hospitsbly en
tertained by the Rev. Mr. Spalding, of the Metliodist
Mission, from this country, who is reptesenled as a
faithful laborer in a great held, where an assistant is
much needed. Capt. Long, of the U. 8. sloop-ol'-war
Boston, and Lieut. Moore, of the U. S. sloop-of war
Marion, having heard of the arrival of missionaries,
immediately called on thnn, and invited t hem lo preach
on board of their respective sloops, to their men ; arid
while they remained in port treated them with marked
attention. Such conduct on the part of our naval offi
cer* is honorable to them as men, anu an honor to our
Navy.
At Rio several gentlemen and ladies called to see
them, among whom was Col. Gardner, with his wile
and childien. Col. Gardner was once a British offi
cer, and on becoming pious he left the service, and de
voted himself to the service of the Redeemer. He tra
vels and labors at his own ex|iense, taking his family
with liiin wherever he goes. He is now on his way to
Valparaiso, and is ex peeling to spend some time among
[ the South American Indians.
The latest dale from the missionaries is the 18th Ju
auarv, and on that day they cxpcctcd to sail for the
Sandwich Islands, touching al Valparaiso.?N. V.
Observer.
IS'aturc of War.?In Wilkinson's Memoirs we find
the following passage, in which a striking and impres
sive purallel is drawn between the companions of mili- |
tary glory, and the attendants on pacific policy:
The attendants on pacijic [
The companion? of mili
tary glory, are
Warn,
Armies,
Immorality,
Vice,
Prodigality,
Battles,
Human slaughter,
Exactions,
Public debts,
Embargoes,
Penury,
Famine,
Pestilence,
W idows and Orphans
policy, are
Securityi
Agriculture,
Religion,
Virtue,
Economy,
Ease and content,
Domestic Security,
Taxes and luxury,
Overflowing treasury,
Commerce,
Riches,
Abnndance,
Health.
A smiling progeny..
This contrast i- ?<rained nor affected ; it is
? drawn trom nature, and does not exhibit an hun
dredth part of the heart-rending horrors of war, nor
' the Divine blessings and tranquil enjoyments of peace,
? Of these truths we have abondent proofs in our own
| limes, and in our conntrv. With the good and the ill
( before them, I inn lore Heaven so to direct the coun
? nls of the country, as long, very long, to save it from
j the scourge of nations."
Toasts. Governoi Cass, our Minister in France,
; lias given, in the Knickerbocker, an acrouril of a
dinner with the royal family, al St. Cloud, in which
] lie says:
"Thank Heaven, the days of 'healths' and 'toasts'
have gone bv' The fashion is dead, never lo lie re
siihCitalid Even in the palmy days of its existence, I
hid nn intuitive borrow of tliese vinous f-alutntions,
when it man could not touch his gla** without (Kipping
Ins head iri hi* neighbor's face, and often at Ihe ii.*k
| of having his n broken by some attentive friend,
whose thirsty propensities were manifested by the
I .ime sinking ceremony. I have often thought that
> the excessive absurdity of this custom might be lu
; dicrously exhibited, by converting tae salutation from
l lie glass lofhe plate, and, inMeud of drinking a health
I or a 'sentiment, as it is colled, gra?clv eating our good
I wishes, whenever we begun a new dish."
Ddkllino.?In the case of the State r?. Jo
' sep i Norra et uls, a Mietiuou* C'ffort wn- made
j by the Attorney Oenerul to hrint* ihe offenders
to juiiice. F.vidence, stroti<i a-, prool ol Holy
I Win, was adduced loprove the murder, and the
i guilty participation of the parlies accused. But,
i notwithstanding, the firatid Jury relused to find
I an indictment. So long a-> individuals are found
among u*, whom attachment to a barbarous and
! bloody custom blinds to Che duly of citizen*, it
cannot be expect! d that onr public officers, how
t ver zealou* and efficient, will he able to execute
| the laws.?N. ()? liiiltelinof the 18th.
rr At a meeting of Ihe Physicians of the-city of j
Wellington, held at the Medical College, on the '
97lh irml , Dr Mc Wili.uMs was ap|ioinled Chairman,
j and Dr liorroiM, Secretary. Dr Parker, from China,
being c.alled on. presented a veiy interesting statement
of the condition of Medical Science a .unrig the Chi
nese, and of the successful establishment by Euro|ienn
and American Surgeons of Hospitals at Canton and
Macao, nnd of the extensive benefit* which had thus
been conferred on thai fiopiilou* empire. \Vhcreii|ion '
on motion of Dr. Miller, seconded by Dr. Sewall, it
was unanimously
liisulccd, That this meeting is highly gratified at
the wry sue slul efforts which have b. en made by
the Medical Missionary Society in China, to diffuse
the light of conect medical science through that im
mense empire?llius opening u wav, more effectually
than in any other Mimic tor the diffusion of the bless- j
ii.ga of civilization and Chriatianily among ihat in- I
lorehling people.
ftisulrcd, That in view of the good already accom
plished, and the still greater prosjicclive benefits, which
may reasonably be anticipated from Ihe vigorous pro
sec.ition of this benevolent enterprixe, we c.irdinlly re
commend it a* in our opinion deserving the liberal
support of all Christian communities.
/tcaolrrd, Thit we take much pleasure in bespeak
ing for the Rev. Dr. Parkei, who has labored ao faith
fully and successfully in the cause, (he kind offices
and heaity co operations of the benevolent and Chris
tian public, and of ihe Medical Profession bolli in this
countiy and in Europe.
Ordered, That the proceedings of this meeting be
published in the paper* of the District.
(Signed) ALEXANDER McWILLIAMS,
Chairman.
Joritii Boiwnwa, Secretary.
Waslnngton, March l!7, iM I.
HjT NATIVE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
OF THE UNI TED STATES?A special meet
ing of the Association will be held This F.rening,
Ihe 3lHh insl. at the Perseverance Engine House, at
half past fi o'clock. Punctual attendance is requested
By order of the President.
JOS. ETTER, Secretary.
march 30-It
VMiNAU
VO* PUBLIIHINO THM PUPIIOMMN
DAILY.
EnMurigwl by the administration, by the numivt
uiruun of favor with which this journal "u receiv
ed during tlw liU PrMiilcaliil contest by ihe Profile,
by the gradually increasing support which baa since
acceded to it, and which haa given to it a circulation
aa large aa that of any |?ulilical journal in the
Union, it la now proposed to enlarge its sphere of
action, and thereby it is hoped ita held of uaefulneaa,
by publishing it duly, on or before the opening of the
Extra bession of Congreaa on the first day of June
next.
The design is to give to the administration of
President Harrison (whose confidence it will have)
a vigorous support, so far aa it is worthy of it, and
to maintain its cause with efficiency (gainst the com
mon enemy ?Loco-focoisui. To explain and dill use
the principles by which the administration will lie di
rected?to disaeminate truth?to defend the righta of
the States?the liberties of the people?the interests
and institutions, the honor and the faithof the country
?and to spread before ita reader* the earlieit local
news, and political and general intelligence.
One great revolution, viz a change of men, to some
extent, haa been accomplished. Another, and mote
important one, remain* to be consummated, vix Ihe re
storation of the government and the country to a sound
and healthful condition. To execute successfully the
great and patriotic tru*t? which the people buve as
signed to Gen. Hsrtieon, it i* essential that every de
partment of the government be invigorated, and that
those whose vote* decide all questions ?liould sustain
hunjustly, if not generously. Uememlieiing the patri
otic zeal which distinguished the great mass of the peo
ple during the memorable campaign of lw-10, we look to
the same quarter with confidence for a firm and stead
fast support of the administration they have chosen, so
long as it adhere* to the principles which called it into
power.
The Extra session of Congress to convene on the
31st of May, will doubtless lie one of great interest
and im|tortance. A corps of stenographers will be
engaged to re|>orl literally, as far as practicable, the
public debate*, and to spread before (he country the
results of the daily deliberation* of Congress.
The editorial column* will l>e strengthened by some
of the best talent in the country.
As, however, the publication will lie attended with
a very heavy ex|>ense, it will not be undertaken un
less the accession of subscriber* to the daily edition,
and the disposition of the citixens of Washington,
shall be such as to give an earnest of permanent sup
port. If the indications be unfavorable the piper will
only be published, as heretofore, every other day.
TKHMH Of THE PUBLICATION.
Daily paper, per annum, $H 00
Tri-weekly, do. ...... 000
Weekly, do. 53 00
The cash system will be adopted, and payment ex
pected semi-annually in advance. Those who are at
present tri-weekly subscribers, desiring to receive the
daily paper, will oblige u* bv sending in their name*
at un early (>eriod. Subscribers at a distance are au
thorized to traiiMiiit under the frank of a poslmast r, it
the order be written by the latter. New suhacribeis
in the cities where our several agents reside may
send in their names to the agents, who will wail uuon
them at some future period for the amount of their
subscription*. _
' THOMAS ALLEN.
Washingtin, March 19, 1841.
Wo trust we shall be pardoned if, at thi* particular
juncture, we avail our*elf of some of the voluntary
expressions of the press of the country, lo show in
what estimation the Madisonian was held during the
laic struggle.
From the New Orleant lice.
The Madisonian.?There is not in the South, a
more able, manly and independent presslhan the Ma
disonian. It i* conducted with signal ability and un
wearied industry. Its tact, talent and laborious inves
tigation of all topic* affecting the interests of the coun
try render it one ol the most valuable journals in the
United States. The Madisonian is edited bv Thou.
Ai.i.en, Esq., an original supporter of Gen. Jnckson,
and a thorough-going and genuine democrat from
principle: not an advocate **? r'tr
Loco-locoisin. but an .ij<i>?t '*?? uimocracy ot
Jetferson and Madison.
When the earlitst indications of Mr. > an Huron s
policy provtd that he contemplated an overshadowing
scheme of consolidation, and that he but assumed the
title of democrat, the better lo conceal hi* ultra-tede
ral designs, the Madisonian was established in Wash
ington, lor the purpose of counteracting and combat
ting the |iernicious doctrines of Loco-foeoisin. It has
ever since been the fearless champion of the people. It
ha* watched the progress ot power and ex|*?*<d itsevil
tendencies and interested views, Willi unshrinking
boldness am! consummate sagaiiiy. No journal has
been more devoted in the defence of sound principles,
and none lias tolled with more untiring xeal in their
dissemination. It has been the special object ot ihe
party's detestation, and the retainers ol the Executive
huve labored unceasingly to injure it* character and
destroy its proiqierily. Thus tar their efforts have
pioved unavailing.
During the present contest between the people and
the throne, the Madisonian h:<s been a most powerful
auxiliaiy. It supports in good failh and with conspi
cuous zeal Ihe cause ol rlarrison and Reform, lis
services are well appreciated by the opjiosition, who
have warmly recommended it lo the patronage of the
South. Il tliejKOple wish a political piper that adds
to the claims ol eminent talent, and unflagging indus
try, the mcril of being one of the cheapest prints in
the'United Stales, they would do well to encourage
ihe Madisonian. It is u most intrepid adv. cate iff |h?
pulai rights, a d a rankling iliorn in tile sale of the
bloated pn.asite of the Globe. It* column* are con
stantly enrichcd with mi|*?itanl information, and no
paper i* more assiduous in rejielling the theories ond
calumnies by which a hireling prtss seeks to blight
the reputation of the whig candidate for the presidency
From the Button (Man.) Whig Republican.
One of the best political |?ipers;n ihe country is the
Madi*onian, published in Washington. The way it
shows up the political sins of the present administra
tion is a caution lo evil-doers.
Fr.m the Albany (N. V.) Evening Journal.
The Madisonian.? i'lii* abie, leal let.* advocate of
the principles ol ihe illusliioii* statesman, wh. s,- name
it bears, is rendering good service to the People, in op
iHis>rig the corruption and resisting the misrule ot V ?n
Huron, Benton and Kendall i's circulation should
by all means be extendi d. I he friend* ot Harrison
and Tyler cannoi find a more firm and effective cham
pion.
From the Harritburg (Pj.) Chronicle.
The attempt of the minions of power at Washing
ton to break down the Madisonian will not succeed
The ;>?';>/? will uphold and protect it, and the more it
is persecuted the more efficient will bo their support
of it.
From the A"?ir York Time* ?f* Evening Star.
The Madisonian is conducted with distinguished
talent, anil maintains the principles of unchanged de
mocracy, jn the South, with great force and success.
Il m.iy justly l?e considered one of the must prominent
Harrison journal* in the country, indeed we do not
know of one to which it should lie held second.
From the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Timet.
Thf. Madihonian is one of the most vigorous Hsr
rison papers in the Union. It has battled in the late
conflict with the |>owcr of a giant. Let it bo liberally
sustained as the champion of Harrison's administra
tion.
From the Eranirilte (Indiana) Journal.
The Madisonian has " fough; the g'??l fight" with
a xeal and energy which left il no superior. It should,
and wo have no doubt will, therefore, receive an abun
dant support from the Whig party. Every good and
iruo Whig who is desirous of receving the latest and
most correct information of what is transpiring at head
quarters, and at the same time willing to reward a
faithful champion nf the good cause, w.ll effect both
objects by subsi tilling for tho Madisonian.
From the Maditon ( Wtikonian) Expren.
The Mam* >nian.?We cannot too strongly re
commend to the Iriends'of government reform and l?et
ter times, this valuable publication. Those who de
sire a paper printed at the seal of government during
the sessioo of Congress, cannot possibly spend theit
money to Iwtter advantage than by subscribing to the
Madisonian.
From the Peru (Ind.) Gazette.
The Madisonian, at Washington, is the liest or
among the best Harrison papers ; a thorn in the side
of ih? Administration It brinai to light u?d omJim
puUliu tb? vmj thing* lk?l robuers h?U the woiW to
?now-li touch** theui ap In ill tho itmlM ph?*
Thar* U no |ii|ki we take out of the poet uAoe with
wore real pleasure.
AVom the Indiana ( fa) Rtguttr.
We know of no other journal in the United Butee,
that liu done more in bringing about the glorious pu
li ic?l revolution that hae ju*t taken place in this re
public, than the one conducted by Mr. Thomas Allen,
aod it ahouki be well aupported.
from Ike KnostUl* ( Tenn.) 7\met,
This Madisonian.?We greet with pleasure the
return of thi* valuable journal to our (able. It cornea
to u* in a new and improved dreae, ami gives good aa
auiance that it will do battle a* manfully aa ever in the
cauae of a auffering unit upprruril country. The en
terpriaing proprietor, Tbouiaa Alien, Eh|., auflered
very considerably by the burning ot In* printing mate
rial*, and well deserve* rcnrwoliii.il increaaed patron
age from the public.
From the Toledo (O.) Blade.
We cannot too strongly recommend to the friend*
of Government reform and better timea, thi* valuable
publication.
from the Khjria (O.) AH<u.
Tuft Madisonian.?We congratulate the Wliiga
and the country on the re-a|Clearance of the Ma.liso
nian. It haa ri??*n from ita ashe* with renewed vigor.
from the H'estern (.V. y.) Slate Journal.
Tli>: Madisonian ia one of the moat apiriled, able
and efficient paper* opposed to the Federal Adininis
tration, in the Union The editor hold'* a vigoroua
and manly jien. Situated at the c ipitol, whi le the
numberless coriupt acta of the government pass under
hia conalant review, he ia enaliled to render good ser
vice to the great cauae of the People, anil he discharges
the duty tliua devolved u|ion him with a zeal, fidelity
and effect worthy of the biglieat piaiae.
We underhand that the circulation of the Madiso
nian has been greatly augmented. It certainly de
ne i ven a liberal suppoit.
from the Cincinnati Republican.
The Madisonian.?The publication ofthia apiriled
and valuable paper haa been resumed.
, from the A'tic Orleane True American.
The Madisonian come* to ti* once more full of
good ammunition for demoliahing the fort* of the peo
ple'a enemy.
from the Mobile(Ala.) Adtertiter.
Madisonian.?There ia no form in which correct
political information can be ao cheaply disseminated,
an by a free circulation of this excellent journal, and it
should lie the duty of every Whig in the State to aid
in hia own peraon in thia work.
from the Seneca (Ar. V ) County Courier, of March
17, 1841.
First in hand, if not first in point of merit, of all our
eichange papers i* the Madisonian, Thomas Allen,
editor, published in the city of Waahington. Thi* we
consider one of the ablest paper* in the Union. It
hua been an eloquent and efficient advocate of Demo
cratic Whig principle*, and receive* an extended pa
tronage from all part* of the Union. All its editorial
articles are written wilh ability, and throughout the
late canvass have been freely copied into the Whig
paper*. Having long nerved the people in adveraity,
it will lo?e none of its efficiency in the times of pros
perity.
WASHINGTON HOUSE, No. 233 Cheanut
HiiI'd, next door to the Masonic Hall, Philadel
phia. H. T. HAttTWELL, Proprietor. This new
and aplendid house is now open, and fitted up in tlie
moat fashionable style for the accommodation of gen
tlemen and families.
The location for health and convenience, to place*
of fashionable resort or business, ha* no superior j
while the parlors, dining-rooms, and chambers, will
hear coni|iarison with any similar establishment in the
Union.
The ladies will find in it ail the quiet and elegance
of a stalely private manaion, and the gentlemen every
luxury that may be expected from a hotel of the first
class in the city of Philadelphia.
The proprietor hopes, bv his exertions, to merit a
liberal patronage for the Wash nglon House, and to
give entire satisfaction t.o all who may honor it with
their company. . march 25-lf
SPLENDID LOTTERIES
D. S. GREGORY & CO. Manager*.
CAPITAL 30,000 Dollars!
AND 25 P.'iies of $2,000.
VIRGINIA WELLSBURG LOTTERY,
Class D, for IHII.
To be drawn at Alexandria, Va., on Saturday, 3d
April. 1?4L
POiVO CAPITALS.
$30,000 si0,000
f?,000 Dollars 3,.TO Dollars
5,500 Dollars 2,1!>5 Dollar*
3,000 Dollars
fV-') Prize* of 90fl0 Dollar*.
50 of $200?50 of 8150?88 of 8100, Ac. 4c.
75 Number Lottery?12 Drawn Ballots.
Tickets only $10?Halves 85?Quarters $2 50.
Certificates of packages of "25 Whole Tickets $130 00
De. do "25 Half do 05 00
Do. do 25 Quarter do 32 50
3a,295 Dollars!
VIRGINIA MONONGALIA LOTTERY,
Class D, for 1811.
To be Drawn at Alexandria, Vi'uinia, on Saturday,
the 10th Apiil, lh41.
GRAND SCHEME.
35,285 Dollars. 10,(MM) Dollars.
5,000 Dollars
4,000 Dollar*
3,233 1-3 Do.
25 of 5"0 Dollars
30 of 250 Dollar*
02 of 150 Dollars
1 of 3,1)00 Dollars
5 of 2,000 Dollar*
5 of 1,500 Dollars
30 of 3(10 Dollars
36 of 200 Dollars
02 of 125 Dollars
02 of $100, &c.
Tickets $10?Halves $5?Quarters $2 50.
Certificates of packages of 25 Whole Iicket*$l30 00
Do. do 2f> Half do tifi 0O
Do. do 25 (Quarter do 32 50
$25,000 $15,000
MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED LOTTERY,
Class No. 13 foi 1841.
To be drawn in the city of Baltimore, on Wedne*
day, 21st of April, 1811.
BIIILLIVNT SCHEME.
$25,01 )0 $ 15.0(H) SH >,000
i 00 Dollar*
4,000 Dollar*
3,0 K) Dollars
50 Prizes of 1,000 Dollars
2 528 3 4 Dollars
2,500 Dollars
28 of $250?200 of $200, Ac.
75 Nuinlter Lottery?13 Drawn Ballots.
Tickets $10?Halves $5?Quarters $2 50.
Certificates of packages of 25 whole Tickets, $130 00
Do. do. 25 half do 05 00
Do. do. 25 quarter do 32 50
$30,0(kT
100 Prizes of $ 1,000.
VIRGINIA LEESBURO LOTTERY.
Class F for lkll.
To be drawn at Alexandria, Vs. on Saturday, 21th
Ap.il, 1*41.
GRAND CAPI I'ALS.
30,000 Dollars 10,000 Dollars
5,000 Dollars I 2, (Ml Dollars
3,000 Dollars I 1,017 12 Dollar*.
100 prizes of 1.000 Dollars.
10 of $3000?20 of $250-84 of $200, &c.
75 Number Lottery?12 Drawn Ballots.
Tickets $10?Halve* $5? Quarter* $2 50
Certificate* of package* of 25 Whole Tnkets $130
Do. do 25 Half do 05
Do. do 25 Quirter do 32 501
For Ticket* and Shares or Certificate* of Packa
ge* in the above Splendid Lotteries,?addie**
I). S. GREGORY A CO. Manager*,
Washington, D. C.
Drawinc* sent immediately after they are over to !
all who order as nlw.ve. mar 2&d\< 2aw2w
ULWER'S NEW NOVEL, " Night and Morn
ng", this day rect tved for sale by
F. TAYLOR
B
WANTED TO HIRE, two or three convenient
and pleaaantly situated rooms in the house of a
private family in a tetired part of the city?wilh or I
without board ami lo lp ig. Application left at the
(Hice of the Madisonian, addressed to Z will lie at
tended lo. mar 16-41
Communtcatloitx
ro? TUB MiDUOIII'N'
REMOVALS.
Your remarks in tb? Madwoman of the iKJd turn
on rotation in office, are, in my opinion, peculiarly
ju?i and unobjectionable. The rH'oiui expected liy
the people, in elevating Gen. Harmon to the Chief
Magistracy of the natfon, can only lie effected by
purlin)! the government of the corruption and profli
gacy which have polluted it for the last twelve yearn,
and this cannot be done but by removing the agent*
employed by the two last administrations, in carrying
out their destructive projects, and bringing the nation
to bankruptcy, It is certainly not proscriptive to eject
men from office who have devoted the time for which
they were paid by Ihe government to the succesa of
parly, rather than the discharge of official duty, am!
who have been rewarded for propagating and circulat
ing falsehoods and attempting to corrupt and poison
the public mind. Among the numerous employe** of
the government there are but few who have not neg
lected their official duties to dabble in party politics, or
who have not contributed a portion of their pay to pro
fligate at.d sustain the pernicious doctrines of tin
party to which they were attached. Among these
few there are aome to whi m another principle, equally
ju?t and indisputable would apply ; 1 mean the one
which it was understood, Gen. Harrison publicly
avowed, during the Presidential canvass?that of res
toration, where the person removed desired it, and
retained the same qualifications he powieMed, when
thrown out ol office. This principle is as self evi_
dent as it is just, and cannot be objected tor It in bi t
in act of retributive justice .to reinstate the officer
who has been displaced by another in the office from
which he has lieen removed, without cause. It u al
ways presumed that the man who fills an office Las an
equitable right to retain it, while he faithfully and iffe
ciently discharges his duties?the person, therefore,
who takes his place, on mere patty grounds, has done
him a wrong which can only lie redressed by restoring
him to the office from which he has been wrongfully
ejected. This, so far fiorn lieing proscription, is a con
demnatioii of it, and a rebuke to him who originally
committed the act. In 1829, when this system wan
fiist introduced by President Jackson, the poor office
holder, who had |?rhaps prided himself on the purity
of his moral character and the fidelity and efficiency
with which he had performed his official duties, wo*
not only rudely and cruelly thrown out to starve, but
to justify this act of atrocity, his character was as>ail
ed and attempted to lie blasted by the official organ . i"
the government, and he was remorselessly told to
" root hog or die." Can it be, foi a moment pretended,
that to restore the man thus wronged and injured, by
removing his successor would Ik- an act of proscrip
lion, and not an act of absolute justice! In all such
eases the President and his cabinet should act without
a moment's hesitation, and this promptitude in doing
justice to the injured, would meet with the approba
tion of the whole community. To retain the original
wrong doer, when the man he has displaced is as coin,
petent and well qualified as he ever was, would be to
perpetuate the injustice, and to sanction a wrong that
can, in no other manner, be redressed.
FABRICIUS.
FOR THE MADI.ONUN.
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER TO AN OF
FICE SEEKER.
Mtt.Aui.eN: Being a poor impatient office-seeker
here at Washington, with bad prospects before me,
having tried all other expedients to get noticed, and
being in the state of a forlorn hope, I have thought 1
would try iny last touch on " Old Tip' by sending
you an eitract from the letter of a friend, just received
who sympathises in the following way:
" I suppose vou are all standing about the fountains
of office pretty much as the folk stood and lay
around Bethesda's pool, in old limes. All I can say,
it when the angel moves the waters, jump in. ? ?
'? ? Tell Tip and suite not to delay too long in
making appointments, for at the end of lour years
there is to lie another general ??P. 1'awV,u'
i:uv 10 lose. ;>ot to be misundsrsto<id, it the doctrine
of Daniel, (Mr. Webster,) that incumbents must not
be politicians, is carried out, it follows, as a necessary
consequence, that, at the end of every four years, them
must be a general change of officers. The politicians,
who are active in elections have hardly patriotism
enough to carry on the war for the good of the coun
try, and the office-holder*, they doing and contributing
nothing. In short, a general sweep at the end of tour
vears, is perhaps right in itself, and a stroke of |hi1u.v,
which (and which alone) can sustain the Whigs in
power &c I sav again, tell Tip to put your name
down, and bo done with it Don't think that my doc
trine is a symptom of the office fever in me. No such
thing. For between what I would take and what I
could get, there is a greater distance than irom here to
\V ashington.
"D.in and myself tho', stand on grounds perfectly
honorable to each other; I sent him my last sjieecli be
fore the Congress of the peop e, and he sent me hit
lasi speech (of any note.)"
I ori*.y wish this, Jack Downing were here to make
things go right, and I am sure I should have jusyce
done me. b? piomiBcs to come " after Court," if his
presence should necessary.
A Leper at the Pool.
FOR THK MADI.ONUN.
REV. R. R. G?kley.
To Rev. Wm. Hawley, Rev. Jas. D D , Phi
neas Brodley, ?>q., P R- Fendali ( Thomas
Sewall, E*q., and Gen . Walter Jon,
Gentlemen: I resd, with no little int.^^ jn the
\1adisonian of the ll'tn in?l ,a note idiliN>,| by you
to the Executive Committee of the Americ*n-*0]0nj.
zation Society, in relation to Rev. R. R. Gurley.
Passing over the former portion of your note, .
which you give a just tribute to his worth, as the friend
of Coloniiation, I would respectfully call your atten
tion to its latter portion, which relate#more particular
ly to his Inbours, during the past year, in Englam!
His friends in America aro anxious to have aome defi
nite information rci-|*cling them; and this anxiety la
| much enhanced by the repealed f.voiable notice, of
them in the English paper*.
What regard has the Committee had to your re
quest,, in his behalf, conveyed to them in the following
I words 1 " We would respectfully ask you to publish,
or to permit us to publish to the Americ an people, all
the letters or reports that he has transmitted from En
glund to the Colonization Society, or to any of its
friend, or member., which have reference to hi. Mi.
.ion to England, or such parts thereof as may be pro
per in your opinion, to communicate to the public.
Gentlemen If you can give me any light on thi.
aubject, yon will great y oblige your humble
March 29th I8H. ACI1ATE9.
STATE AltMOItY <fc TOWN HALL LOT
TERY?Claw 3, for 1841.
Draws at Baltimoie on Thursday, April 1st, at 3 1-2
o'clock, P. M.
Capital prize $15,000.
50 prize, of #1,000 ?re $50,000-1 prize of SlOil.
7t> prise, of jM'iO, Jr.c. Sc.
Whole tickets #5?Shares in proportion.
For tickets in the above |*>pular lottery, apply to,or
address JAMEg pfjALEN & Co., Managers,
mar 30 St. P*??> A*' ncur 4 12 "lrrit
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