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HBaagi SPKKCII 1)F Mlti C'LAYTOX, j [CONCLVIDKD.] Lei us now, I>.r, briefly, in conclusion, while we I commemorate the day which inducted our chief tnag isTatu to oltioo, review his administration of tho past war, apply it t > the teat of those principles, and <: ilin- [ iv inquire "whether any < onstitutiniii’l interposition i 'iftho smite lie requisite to cheek the al>ises of pow- | rr. This anniversary recalls the pledges i f the In- : augural a-blros.*?, to keep steadily in view tlieiintitn-j tffins as well as tie* extent of tho Kxecuf ive authori- j tv, to respect and preserve the rights ”{ the sov-i •»reign members of our union, to manage by certain searching operations of tin; public revenue, to observe a strict and faithful economy, to counteract that ten deney to private and public profligacy wliicli a pro fuse expenditure of money by tho government is but. . too apt to engender, to depend for 1I10 advancement of tho public service morn on tho integrity and xenl of the public oliicera than on their mimbo s, and particularly to correct those abuses which, it was then charged, had brought the patronage of the Fed eral government info conflict with tin.* freedom rd o ctionr. and counteract rtie.se causes which had pln • e I or continued now or in unfaithful or incompetent Mantis. Til** lateness of the hour warns me, that I ought nut to trespass on your attention, by inquiring bow tar tiH these pledges have been redeemed; and t lm examination of ail the topics presented by such a general inquiry might load me beyond the ‘ext gin* lino’ within wli cli l am adinonishcil tint an Ameri can Senator should coniine himself, when speaking «-f an American President, lint it. is true, and ought t;r be observed on this day, that our public officers arc increased in number, and not diminished in sala ry; that the promised retrenchment 1ms terminated in a recommendation to establish additional bureaus. •'»«**■* jui’.ti« nyou'.s, and increased demands on tno Treasury, to swell to an nhrin.l boundless extent tiie influence of'tho Executive by a general extension eft he law which limits appointments to four years, and by the establishment of a government bank; and that .a general system of proscription for a manly ex cruise of the right of opinion, under the pretence of rotation in office, l.as brought the patron-age of tho Ivvecutivo ui'o full conflict with the freedom of elec tions. Turning from the investigation of minor sub jects which might by possibility be considered us mere topics for partisan effect, and with a nobler pur pose than to subserve the potty interests of any .vet or any party, our nttentb ti is forcibly nrrcstsd bv nine instances iti which these pledges !*.avn 1 eon so vie! j ted, that t!: i tendon-y, tf not immediately, at 1-MSt con :.-eque;:fi:illy, a ml by i!;.j fore? of example, i ■! subversive i f ti e dearest u.*: rests of our rvorde and ol tne rnoFt snored institutions or onr r-pu'dic. When wo look to tin* manner in which the rr* to ohscive a strict ami fai11»r.i! economy has been re deemed. we find (lie expenses of the government in crease, through the instrumentality of these rewards nnd punishments for political opinion. Outfits, sala ries, and all the incidental expenses nttfiidmg the recall of nearly the whole of our <i ploinafic corps, and the appointment ofotliers to sunpty tl eir plat es. have caused large drafts upon the Treasury, and laid the foundation for increasing demanis upon it. Hot w.thout dwelling to estimate how many 10s, or 5 00ds of thousands of dollars have been expended in pun ishing opponents, or inquiring how profusely the pub lic bounty has been lavished upon favorites,’u c have some: liing more important to consider. We know that if funds for such purposes have been taken from the strong box without appropriations, the Prc-iJenl must have dipped his hands into the nation’s treasure in opposition to ti.e Constitution, which it is cur du ty to support. Money cannot Ire drawn from the i ronsnry except in consequence of appropriations mode by law, and the radical act. of the first of Mar, I"20,afier limiting the powers of the President, in relation to trSnsfers of appropriations in the nrmv nil(l navy, provides, in the iitili section, ’that no trans fers of appropriation from or to other branches of ex penditure shall thereafter he made.’ May we not inquire now, front wbal fund the money lias been drawn to defray the great ly increased expenses of Aur foreign missions? These expenses were not provided for during the last session of Congress bv any law, for they were not foreseen or anticipated.— If, then, the diplomatic fund was insufficient for these purposes, either the nation 1ms been brought into debt to accomplish them, or the constitution °and tho law have been violated by unauthorized drafis on the Treasury. It is certain that we are now called upon to appropriate largely, cither to pay a debt incurrod, or to supply a deficiency in some other fund not ap propriated for these expenses. If the Executive can Tecall onr foreign agents, for party purposes, or to promote friends, even where no legislative appropri ation has been made for these objects, Congress has virtually no control over our foreign intercourse,and mi»y iicrca/icr expect that our Alin inters abroad will t o withdrawn on the accession of every new in cumbent of tlie I’residency; that new men will I»rs Kent to supply their places,’and that the whole rela tions of tho country wi ll foreign powers will be changed or thrown into confusion at the end of cvoiv four years. Admit ilie power ot the Executive without appropriation to recall & to appoint Ministers, and by the operation to biing the nation in debt, for the put tic goo./—yet show us how the public good required tins increased .expense. Take a cast" tor example and let eonvj ingenious advocate of tho Administra tion assign a reason why our late Minister near the Court ot Sr. James was recalled. Mr Barbour had' acquitted liimeclf faithfully in every public? trust'* which had ever before bcon confided to hint, and was at the timo of his recall discharging with honor to 1 himself and lus country, the high dulcs of his ink-' sioii. In what respect was he thought to be either' incompetent or unfaithful? Was any new policy to! be adopted m our relations with England, which he I would not espouse? Take another case, and inform1 us why the gallant Ilnrrison, the hero of Eoit Mem* ' ■ilc VIc!or ol Tippncanoe and the Thames, a veteran ! in council as well as in the field, distinguished tor his' virtues in all the relations of the citizen, the soldier' and the statesman—why, I ask, was lie proscribed as ! unlit to represent his country abroad and withdrawn 1 I rom Lolombia to make room for Thomas p. Moore* I V® lirnl scarcely arrived at Bogota—the ink was still! Ircsli on the Executive recoid, which informed ‘the ' . resident that it was the advice of th0 Senate that ho i should represent us there when tlic order of his I removal was announced. This could net have! been done for any official misconduct. There had: been no lime to inquire into that. Was his fidelity! (listlusted the-? or how did the public good rcriuiro his i disnus-a? rJ'liink you it will tell well in the annuls of history, that he who liad so ofton periled life and limb ! in the vigor of manhood to secure the blessings of' liberty to others, was punished for the exercise of t he • elective franchise in his old age? .Sir, it was an net, • disguise it as wo may, which, by holding out the idea ! that be bad lost the confidence of his country, mkht' lend to bring down his grey hairs with sorrow to The j grave. But the glory ho acquired bv the campaign ! on the \\ abash, nud by those hard onrmd victories ', t’ T which lie received the wannest acknowledgements ! of merit from the Legislature of Kentucky,'and the 1 ful. measure of a nation’s thanks in the resolution of! Congress, can never be eRaced; and any effort to dr--1 1 gride Uieir honored object will recoil on those who : jni'Ue it, until other men, in better days, shall oroprr-l * Jy estimate his worth, and again chccr bia d'eliniiwl1 years with proofs of his country’s confidence and ! gratitude. I, irrI,LthiCn’,t!:r7 a,clR’ nr”1 Plhcr'' of n similar chorac-1' !e,rard km ev ’? fp,rit of ",r cnn*H'"ion, can we : regard the expenditure of public money they have " r9 ? Pr!Cp,''r **""!"**» of tlLo pledges 1 unrcb o.n tins day last year, «« nmol, delighted us, « • <» rtnsPTVC a strict and fsithfuj economy", nn I Vo •’ 1 fit n, s.oa^i y in view the /i,nitrtli,.n , 0, | < i‘.ttent, of tlic Executive power?"’ ' !< 'j be pirtdge to preserve th» rights of the sovereign!1 irn mbera of o„r union, as wcU as the defence of the! ' ndfiiiiHsrrnfion made by tne gentleman from Tonne 0.:e>mj e? to »be n ffocrion that mere members of1 r Collin «3 who wore liiehdlytu the election »»i the | prerent Chief Magistrate, have been appointed to j ,.ftice by him within tbo compass of a single yt*ar,| than have Leon appointed by any oilier I'rcsidcitt i during tii»* whole course of an nihiimistraiion of eight \ ye- r<- ’I'ho consequencesef tilts wore foreseen and] deprecated by the Kmuders of cur government: but) tin* provision which they inserted in the constitution i in prevent them, lias proved inadequate to its object- j Such was tin! opinion of a favorite consti'utiou&l.; lawyer, who, in an address to the ’Tonne-see Jjegisla- j tore on the 7th of Oot. t<"2>, explained t iiis*teubject so fully, that I shall he pardoned fur producin'; a largo extract from that valuable sta’e paper—especially after I lie gentleman front Tenuostcc lias adverted to it. and made an argument upon it.. ‘With a view,’ says he, ‘to sustain more ofi'eetimlly to practice the axiom which divides the three great classes of power into independent cen-titiUionul checks, 1 would im pose a provision rendering «?*»/ member >f Congress ineligible to oflice under the tlenernl. (iovermnent during tlic term tor which lie was elected, and two years thereafter, except in cases of Judicial oflice. rile effect oi such a constitutional provision is obvi | ous. By it Congress, its a considerable degree, would ! be free from that connexion with the Executive De partment which, at present. gives strong ground of , apprehension and jealousy on the pint of the people, j Members instead of being liable to lie withdrawn i from legislating on the great ir.teri*s;:; of the nation I through prospect J’of executive patronage, would he ! ntoic liberally confided in by t ii-.ir constituents, wink j their vigilance would be less interrupted by parly feelings and >ra*y cxc temcnis. Calculation; | from intrigue or management would fail; nor would i their deliberation, or their investigation of subjects | COtistiinc so much time. The moiais of the country j would be improved, and virtue uniting with the l i J hors, cf the Represuntolives, and with the ofljeia : ministers of the law. would tend to pvrpetiiaf.e Ht j honor and glory of the (lovornrncnt. Bdt if thif ! change ill the Constitution should not be obtained ! and important appointments continue to devolve on I the ropresc tatives in Congress, it. requires no d«p»h . of thought to perceive, that corruption w:ll become ! the order of the day: and that, under the garb of con scientious sacrifices to establish precedents for the ■ public good, evils cf serious import mice to the tee i dom arid prosperity of the republic may arise, h is ; through this channel that the people may « xpect to j he attacked in their constitutional sovereigntv, and | where tyranny may well be apprehended to .*p;‘ing op ;n s: tee favorable emergency- Against sw< li inroads j every guard oiig.’il In 4<: iiilcr/mxrtJ, mid none bettor j occurs than that of closhig the suspected avemte j with sc*live i;cco.-snry eonsiirutior.rj’ restriction. i a s iiit.crr ♦ irrr rximnin how f ir rh!> n<nrr.n:?s f r'if ion Ins actually practiced 0*1 those maxims. Why, ; within the very first year six members of the Sonntif* being ono eighth of flic wliolc body a-* it was compo sed linrinc t!ic Jwtli (Jongre.-a. have been appointed !i> ?o:nf of tiics most important. otli cs with n the gift. <»i l iin Executive. Anti y<‘t the message of this session reiterates the principles of tlie Tennessre letter, with a Eight reservation by way of cover ng ihe case: as it now exists. Ivy that loti or judges alone might be •*|, o’cd from the members of Congress. By the late message we are informed that ‘the necessity of sent ri»” in the iiihinrl and in diplomatic ala lions cf ih‘ hiarhrtt. rank, the best talents and political experience, snouli) per hop-, ^rcu here wo have a cjnoro) except ; those from the exclusion.’ If it be. ‘perhaps’ neco's ! sary to change ilw Constitution to save us from de.iny | wrong, why not do right without the change? The ! n:.w reservation is a Hat departure from the maxima of loss and tt ll even tlmt does not cover the nets of the Executive, for we have not only diplomatists ami cabinet ministers, (‘importart officer*’) chosen ! iretn the mrmh-rs cf Congress 'within the 'term foi i which they were elected and two years theres«Her, i ',l!, important appointments of a vary different char i actor even in the Bust O.Tice and the Customs, con tinue to devolve on them, convincing those who have ! become proselytes to the Tennessee doctrine, with out any great depth of thought, thnt corruption mav ; become the order of the day, Hr.d thnt under the gar! | of conscientious sacrifices for the public good, evils ; of serious importance to the freedom and prosperity ; nftlin republic may arise. But the gentleman Crow i Tennessee, who called our attention to the loiter, ; and without whose notice of it I should hardly have j adverted to it, says— ; [Hero Mr. Grundy explainer!. He staled that hr hurl alluded to the loiter, in reply to the Senator f:on • Indiana, (Gen. Noble.'!] i Mr. Clayton continued. Sir, the bon gentleman's ! reply wits thnt tiic people ought to have changed the I constitution, but that without some constitutiona! re j straint the President was under no obligation to prac tise what lie formerly preached. Ilowovcr valid thot defence may appear, it is not the nuiniun of my constitutional lawyer, for m tiiut same letter lie gays, •:t is due to myself to practise upon the maxima re commended to others ’ These and similar pledn-os obtained for him thousands of votes during tho can vass of 1028, and ought lo have been redeemed. ‘‘When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul “Benda the tonouio vows.” i moreover, it will require much ‘depth of thcuo-h?.’ \( convince ns, that a President cannot do what lu j tmiiks right without sumo constitutional restrictior to prevent him doing what lie knows is wronc; ot tliiit a man of soiiikJ mind and good disposition enn not avoid the destruction of his own family, unlc.ss 3’ou treat him Jike a madman by tying his arms and depriving him of the means of doing n:Ttir< . i Jioro was, however, no pledge in the iuarwural so striking or so important ns the recognition of t hat obligation, then said to be inscribed oiTliio list of Mx ccutivo duties by the recent demonstration of public sentiment, to counteract those causes which brought ♦ ho patronage of the General Government into con flict with the freedom of elections. Sir, your Post master General, wielding the patronage of bis de partment over clerks, deputies, contractors and agents, in numbers amonnting to nearly eight thou ^and men, has, tor political effect, removed from pub lic employment in pursuance ot n pcnoral systom, so vast a proportion of the old and faithful public ser vants connected with that, immense establishment, that its resources and its energies are impaired, pub he confidence is diminished, and suspicion darkenin'* this great avenue to light as she spreads her dusky puuon over it, whispers that some of its recesses have been converted, for political pnrpo:-cs, into posts rf espial on the private intercourse of your citizens. i he public press too, by the instrumentality of which nlone this republic might be prostrated, by the influence of which a President might be swelled into a Monarch, has been—not slinckM by n law no, Sir, but subsidized by sums approximat iug~to the interest of a million of dollars, granted in the' wav of salaries, jobs and pensions, to partisan editors, prin ters, proprietors, and nil the host directly and indi'oct !y connected with and controlling it. The nppo rr ment of editors to office is notcnsual, but svs’emat ic. They were appointed because they were- editor*. In Me flays of the French revolution, when the pre--s was bought up with the public funds, the country wus flooded with envenomed effusions from the Jaco >in prints, i he post ot profit, whs then erected in ho kennel where a venal puck bayed like blood hounds 'or murder. Marat was distinguished ns the editor ■f a revolutionary journal for violence and vMupera inn: and having published his demand of two bundled md sixty thousand heads as n sacrifice to liberty, was oon elevated to one of the highest offices of' ihc re mblic, where, as a member of the infernal triumvirate vhicii deinged France in tears and blood, he combined he cunning maiice of flobespierro with ‘lie native ferocity of Danton. lie was a compound of the vi |es of both his coadjutors—of nil that on earth was lagitions, mean, inhuman, and inexorable; for ho ame from tf.e schools of a faction which trained its isciples to cry havoc without mercy when bounty ired them up the path to Mood and death. The e.v * Mr. Van Bursn. Secretary of Stale; Mr Branch, Secretary f tlio Navy; Mr Berrien, Attorney General; Mr KaOni Sc fpf-iry fr *» nr'Vf, pf f’nft’rTrvf, * uUipiOJ oi l Suit day ti'.u ii u.s how va^ is tins irm sUmn i frujn iho hireling 1 boiler to the brutal murderer, ami ! tout lie whoso habits luivo long accustomed* Imn to’ live upon the ruins of private reputation, would shed , the blood of his victim with pieasitro, if paid to do the deed el death. An independent, aide, high minded editor is an honor to his country and the age in which he lives. Ile is t!*«• guurdiim of the public welfare, the sentinel ol liberty, the conservator of morals, and every attempt io allure or to cnejrco ii in to deser tion from ius duty, should be regarded ns an insult ami injury to th; nation whose interests he is bound to defend. Jt m loss manly in no assailant, and not less indicative of hostility to bribe *iio sentry on the walls ot your Citadel, than to gag him and iiurl him from its battlements. It fa* more dangerous to cor rupltlio press by tire prospect of office, than absolute | ly to silence it hv sedition law-; because, all bough by ; the latter course it may t:e destroyed, yet by the ; former it may he made the engine or’ tyranny, i The charge of an undisguised effort to subdile ! its energies in tlie days of the elder Adauis, brought j down upon the heads of nit who wero friendly to the ! sedition act, the full measure of public condemnation; \ and it yet remains »• be seen what will ho the effect ! produced by an attempt to bay and prostitute it. Wo i have a pack in full cry upon he trail of every man ! whose integrity of purpose will not suffer him to bend .before power; nnd his friends and character and hwp 'piucssare torn from him by them, with as little m i morse as wa3 felt by t lie' blood hounds of the olil French litter. Cun all these things be justified by I the examples of the illustrious Jefferson? Sir, Ins real friend'* will nf. a 1 times sjuirn tlie imputation ' which the ve y rpiestion conveys. They will remind , you that the first prominent art of his Administration was to disembarrass and imtrarmncl t lie press—*o dis Iengage that ‘chartered libertine from the shackles of at’.liintiiy, and leave him free an mountain air. They will tell you that the great, maxim he adhered to. till the 1" csf period of his I no. was. that “error of i pin ion should always be tob-rated while reason was ieft free to combat it;" that fie had rewarded the oihce hunting libelier wh » had slandered his predecessors ; with n view to gain by his election, with !iis uneon— j coaled and unmitigated ‘corn nnd contcinut; that, tie slughf no man s services with gold, adopted no svs ! t"in ot pensioning press'v; w.tli office. otV'red no lures to libellers.employed nooinnoi’i h-arncter. 'l ii.ee : years ago. wlier. (he great Weste rn Statesman who h’tf'i tor h’s independence hern Inutted like a wild feast, fil l'd with honor t. > Ius country the ollici' <d' Secretary of State, he became an oh iiii f\ u npernu jn, mi: I: ! I rr : fomo half a dozen p. hirers from Usd petty job’of I publishing the law*, and although the whole extent l->; ;Ihs exorcise of pTlmmye, at? it was then called, ! 'I' ! }'■* amount to more than a low hundred dollars, ; vet i* was considered as an exertion of power vitally j dangerous to the country, ns lending to establish a | "ovvninen? press. Such a press was said to he more : alnrm.ior to the liberties «.f iii•» people than a p.tJaef . jjuard of six Ihou.-and mm. ami the acts of 'he ^c j cioiary wore denounced as being Calculated to ean I tj’' ‘‘.viffor- do?ratio the indeptuiucncc, and enf-cblo jtlioviR'larce of tho ^utiaeis on the watch-tower of j 1,0 "nose beacon lights should blaze with pure j ami •nnlymjj lustre.” But now, when so many of nos'' very sentinels lnvo been subsidized by office and the new stipendiaries have formed m battalio’ i a')0Ut throne, presenting their pik«‘s in close ar ! ray and fbrty deep, fur its defence, the lofty eloquence j these patriot wnniors is heard no more within our j wall?; their harp? liaiy on tlur willows, and instead of ! ringing an alarm through the land, they are hushed ! lU,n the deepest : fence am! must tranquil repose, j _ Mr. President, in tins brief and haslv review of ! tie- prominent characteristics of the first'year of this ^ administration, we have observed those acts which in ; the opinion of the honorable member from Tenn. s sco wi!i have no more effort upon the American pub j ;ic loan “an attempt to ng’ta’c the ocean bv tlirow | ing pebble? on its surface.” We find, however, that ; ,ho removals to which he referred have not amount ed only io the dismissal of a ‘few subordinate ofii j err-, but to a thorough revolution among the most important and most faithful functionaries of the rm vernment; mid it ought to ho remembered tint even the subordinate ofurore alluded to were i-jikhmeiv._ f may know less of this world tha?i the able and ex j penenccd member from Tnnnrsrpe, hut I still thirik j this nation will look to nn net of tyranny which tram i ■r,lo:! n ,a't,'f‘l1 servant under foot, or tte-ns him out ! with scoffs and con'einpt, however humble his condi i ;;on U1n-V ™»vo b®*n> wilh f-eliogs very different from t.iosc manifested by the advocates of power. They | may not carc for the little salaries—hut they will look . to the principle of Executive action—to the motive ; 'v‘*icn makes that action dangerous. Does t!io hon | gentleman recollect the reason for which John Hnmp j den refuse) to pnv the ship money? The sum for which he contended amounted only to » few pence yet the claim of n British monarch to it. was resisted j to the utmost; and t.hc feelings of an English public J wore agitated like the ocean in a storm, not on ac i count ot the sums to be paid under that illeo-al exae I linn, but because it was nn cncrcachment“on their : rigids, and an abuse of power. Every genuine A ! inor!Can Republican carries the spirit of'John Ilarr.p ■ den ra hia bosom. Surely the Jionorable member s I (?v/n h,krh estimate of national character will not suf ter him Co entertain the degrading idea that rui En | glisn pub.ic, under an English monarch, cherished a loftier sense of liberty, or a more determined spirit of resistance to too abuses of authority, than bis own countrymen. lias he forgotten the mason whirl, induced ot.r ancestors to resit .he ‘ca d.uu., and the stamp tax? Was it only the sum t" be levied w.uclt set this continent in a flame, or was it the on. presstvo principle upon winch those claims were founded? If the mat administration of Executive power has been such as even " lhe conerj.tion^ ot that great patriot whose opinions t?r ’ ’ rev8rIfnc« «' >"*l,ly, why is it that the honorable mem berviewsi with such contempt the sum of the salaries awarded S. Um .|,arhUSanS’ a",‘ a11 ,he di ,rcss a"H uugi.ish inflicted on too suffcrew by proscription, while, he overlooks die princi pies which have been violated, and the constitution which has hare arraigned vout Administration; and altitou-h its friend* may laug.. "S victnns t° scorn, yet they should recoll-ct that what ,s theirs to day may shortly be in the power of another - 1 Oll'J 1 hf*v nmv rnne rluv (Ui. __ * - < mwi.ii r. Though they now consider this'a merego^meVfloatTgin'tTe 5S « ri2S?"- *"^'*1*™'**'” " isa which wi,.. The-p^;:^^';s"s ,,at ll,,*('oa,bpr ls ,or" fr°n» »i>e plumage of the American En g.tt and that tite transgression which they now regard as so ve nMl may be a precedent to sanction the usurpation r.f power for rhe destruction of lhe liberties of the people ** nav,,.g,,io.rd my remarks it, reply r» honorable crnjlemen suffer me now to say sir, that it has her,, no part of mv oh eci to embitter the feelings of my associates by personal alluXis een Ic.'r.n f ""'t 1 h!,V° inKMU,c:'' 'Ton thv challenge of'the frec-v ’ !fr0"' 1 ‘‘nnessec, to speak out as ‘boldly, frankly, a„d fiec.y a* he. mtgni reasonably desire. Hut, if any luckless nr ' V. V 1( weh-oinn to s.-nd n back with I,is bn.-t force P*. ii.-dim roes not poison its point. My nhiret* I truM* however, have bee,, a!,U sod, warfare, i bavc entR avored .vm'.rrr«r",|,",'pa"rP,! ",R r'Si>'s of the tribunal established of thase rom'r^ ** tflct0I,I>’ ro'nl,,n" umpire for lh> deo.sion SSS «»• die best regulated j u al himilie., and to show ti.it without the aid of such a | '| cihpr n'V.° n,Us' si"!i dack into that ai.atrhy w hich, atnorg J •’ Brna,|0ns, and in all former ages, has hern the sure har KWsffirr. J 1,avt;i,:,"rr,"° «••«*" whaVTZZVe a-ainst tlie". 1 an< < “ r'f.,!'c Senate—to interpose a barrier ... ttw improper exrrr.i«c <>r ExMative power which now cm.trnis, either directly or indirect!?, nearlv ev, ry statioiT pi,p °|b r’0r.rr within the Rift of twelve mill ton. of ccntlrmeii nf’.i' ,l,c :«ntimcuts which have 1-cen avowed by fhe Au e ie» on ,l,is noor> d'oolrl t,c supported bv or.re 1 " lhcir eia,lt P'”'y, which has already a "r'K’'* greater than the gates of r-'V piUr of ®ove,,,,row Imth three objects, wrench the v e sba fi , government from thc.r founrtations. Then ! trine/ f h !v .t!,cn(|lul are the consequences of such doc 1 S„S,S.. or Ex^,v,v,p„„"c.,Si i . , ! 11 temper anti ability which have «o rdim the 7rr sid»nr t '°.n*1118 a*’(1 chiefs of other republics, obtain ^ -'t'ch a man as Napoleon meant to rlescribe °f ">C *?”'*" ‘with a heard on bis chin'-ex .r"} hmy, in the spirit of oriental despotism perlert SSKSSfi* r «» JS’ZZStS' will fare ijL ,h' dnve!,c1r may f«r"cc that onr liberties j cm tin. ? rC ,r part ridge in the falcon's clutch ’ The verv Mlti stlwr frceilotn will be bribed by him with cur own , aloft* the strips'I VT.°f ’ ,OW W,’° 1,!,ve w'Jr,,,rophantly borer cor t X, . o rtar,ra'ni(,s« «hc thunders of little/ss-,n be hare placed in^tlicir'tT' or to turn the steel which we . * J!. r.,; 7 l!C_,f ^ahnst our own Ixwwnf. He will ?n y *’*" flrrr^ r>f rorarfon« I I miicrs whom we nave su.ii blooding c; cr the spuds of victory after a political contest—like to many vulture* aftor a battle, pe.cited on cvt-iy dead bough about tlie field, snuffling tbc tueis», noil meaner for then prey, that even the cries of the widow noil the orphans cannot drive them from’lie roost. It has been said, a.el I believe Duly, that we cun never full with out a struggle: bm against such a man, thus furnished by our selves with‘all appliances and means to boot’ against ti«, \vc must fatally sink in the contest, for a time, our valleys will echo with the roar of artilleiy, ami our mountains will tint; with the leportt of the rifle. The storm of civil war will howl fearfully through the land, front the Atlantic borders to the wildest rero-ses of the West, covering with desolation every field which has been crowned with verdure l>y the culture of lrecmen, and now resounding with the echos of our happiness and iudnstiy Hut the tempest must subside, and lie succeeded I by the deep calm and the sullen gloom of despot i*nr; after which, ; tire voice of a freeman shall never a^nni be heattl within | our borders, unless in the fearful and suppressed whispers of I the travellers from sn.no distant land, who shill visit tire scene i of our destruction to gaze in soirow on the melancholy min. I Note by tlie lvliinr to the following passage, published on 'I bur-lay, of ti-c foregoing speech. “The Postmaster (Icrctal. who, harmonising with this Ad | ministration, has removed, within the last year, bis thousand i deputies, agents and clerks, though vested by law with the ex j pre.-s right of appointing them, can point you to no statute coti i let ring upon him the rigid to remove one of them.” Smue Mr Clayton’s speech was delivered, the following rc Ij ort has been made to the House of Representatives by°the I Postmaster Crneral. Post OrrtCK DkfartmkM1, f March 24, 13U0 ] To the. Hon. John C. Calhoun, Sir: In obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the United State*, passed March 22d, directing me “ to inform the Senate of the number of Deputy Postmasters who have been removed since the fourth day of March last, designating the number in each Slate and Territory,” 1 have the honor to re pot!, that the wilt.le number of Deputy Postmasters lomoved, between the -Itliduy of March. 1029, and the 22ddny of March, IBJ9, inclusive, is lour hundred and ninety one; and that the number thereof in each State and Territory is as follow's:_In Maine fifteen, New I lamp-lure fifty five, Vermont twenty two, Massachusetts twenty eight, Rhode Island three, Connecticut twenty, New York one hundred and thirty one, New Jersey fourteen, I’cnn-ylvnuia thirty-five, Delaware sixteen. Maryland fuuiieen. District of Columbia ono, Virginia eight. North Caro l:na four, (Georgia two, Alabama two. Mississippi live, Lnuisi ana four, Tennessee twelve, Kentucky sixteen, Ohio fifty-ouc, Indiana nineteen. Illinois iluce, Missouri seven, Florida one Arkansas two, and .Michigan o;ie. I bate the honor to be, with great rcrnect, votir obedient s"v:»n*, , W. T. 15 A HR V. I lie number designated in the foregoing report, of removal; in the Post Ofhho Depattmepi. between March 4, 1JI29, ami .March 22, 1830, includes, it wiil be observed. Deputy Postmas ters only. If the elm kg. messengers and other agents of that Department, nbo have been removed within the aforesaid peri od. were included, it would probably swell the aggregate n| Po-t Office removals considerably above a tbousacd, The number stated by Mr Clayton. AY APRIL 13,~1830. _ w ESSRsI CHILTON .& WICKUPPeT J ho shrewd exposure of the impostures of the i present Administration on the article of “Reform’’ by Mr. Chilton, has called out the Chairman of the j Retrenchment Committee, Air. Wick'ilTe, in proper j person. In a letter to the Telegraph dated April 4th, : combats Mr. Chilton'3 statements and inferences. I anu insists that to make tire comparion of the expen Ises of 1828 and ’2.0 fair, the year 1829 ought iq be ; charged from the 4th March, when General Jackson : came into office, and not from 1st January, which I would include two mouths of Mr. Adams’ term. • We should think with Mr. Wickliffe, but for the ! very high “Reform and Retrenchment’1 authority, j which meets ti3 plumb in the teeth. We allude to | our Minister to France—Hon. Wm. C. Rives. Pre cisely this very question was debated between Air. j Lives, and Air. Harriott of N. Hampshire, at the time the “Retrenchment” Committee was called into existence, two or three years (two we believe) ago. At that time, it will be well remembered in Virginia, -Mr. Rives on the 11 »or of Congress, and in a speech ^ which was applauded without measure by the “Re [ formers’’—charged ali the appointments made at the j session ot 24-25—when Air. Monroe was President j to Adams’ Administration, though the latter ; did not conic into office until March 1825, and had in j fact, no more to do with making the appropriations than any other individual. Mr. Bartlett eloquently and conclusively repelled this injustice, but in vain*. Mr. Rives persisted, and Air. Wickliffe and the whole pack, if they did not join in the chorus, affected to think him right, and not one of them had the mngnn nimity to express what it is now evident, must always havr been their real opinion of the facts. nlon who feel the intrinsic truth and justice of their cause, can afford to be candid. General Jack Bon s Administration could not be fairly charged with the expenditures which occurred between the first of January and 4th March 1C29, but for one reason— andjhat is, that since the 1st Monday in December, K.:/, when the 20th Congress met. the Jackson par ty have had a majority in both IIomso3 of Congress, i his being the fact, it follows thru they must have sanctioned those very expenditures between Januarv and March 1029, which Mr. Chilton ims charged to the Jackson Administration, but which Mr. Wick Jiffesays should he charged to Mr. Adams. Common sense decides the matter.- This was not tho state of things in regard to Mr. Adams. IJo did not have a majority in the last Congress under Mr. Monroe, and therefore his Adm:^;0L;^tion could not bo fairly ohar ged with their appropriations. With this commentary, we lay .Mr. WickliflTe'f .dter before our readers. We ar«. not afraid to trust t.icm with information. Is this the ease with othci superintendents of the Press in Virginia? Why Jin; the whole Jackson Press in this State, avoided pub h'hmg tho Jotters of Mr. Chilton, while Mr. H*ick l'ffe’s has hern token at the first hop? Is it fair to publish one side and not the other? Are they afraid °! 11,0 ""Passion which Mr. Chilton's statements t rawn horn Public Documents, will make? Wil1 they allow their readers to see that only, which may be safely seen, Without prejudice to tho Hero? ,r Wasitinotojc, April 4th, Iflno. I* n(n7\^re S,nte* Telegraph. J^ir. In n publication which recentIv i ri<!n -t • m She mint* ,n Crr°r’nr‘,! ca,cnl»‘c«» “> mislead'the Phe expenditures of If,2G were «tated to 67- "ft- n Tlir oxpsnilitnrn of I:;:;. wcre sl„C(, • ‘•’-“‘".-I* lo 1,0 WHMMi Making the expenditure of ir,29 t.ian the expenditures of f t*?r. greater ‘1979,2.90 1 * ! Aly s iluution, h> <i Member of the cpminitteo whose July it 1ms been made, by the order of the House of kopreirentalive*, to m.juiro into t|lc amount of the pubhc expenditures, as well as the objects upon wlncli they have been made, enables mo ' to lurni«ii a correct statement of the same for both years. ;iWo of tCSS amounted to $25;48S,313 90 1 hose of 1 SCO to 25,070,917 59 Difference in favor of 1329 $1M,39g 31 T!iis statement is taken from the public documents in my possession,- exhibiting the amount expended in each year, ending on the 1st cC January; of course ail thr? expenditures made between the 1st of Janu ary nml t he 1st of March. 1329, under the adininis tta’innol Mr Adams, is included in the arroTrtratc $25,070,917 59. Tiie expenditures of^Januarv and February. 1320, was $2,498,903 87. If a comparison between the expenditures of tho .ate and |>rosent administration be desirable, hi order to test the economy of each, that comparison, to bo fair ami just, should be made betwcon the first 12 months after the commencement, of Gen. Jackson’s administration, commencing on the 1st March, 1829 and ending on the 1st March, 1830; and the twelve’ months preceding of the administration of Mr Adam* commencing on the 1st of March, 1828, and cudin" on tne 1st March, 1829. It is not corroct to eliar^vs the $2,498,903 87, expended by the late administra tion, m January and February, 1329, to the present administration. 1 J'rom an official document now before me. it m pnars that from the 1st of March, 1828, to the 1st of March, 1829, ,hc let yea, the Me AJmin'jlra! lion, the aggregate amount of the public expenditures 'Vm|man r , . „ , $26,5*13,708 13 ibose from 1st March, 1329, to 1st March, 1830, .i:c first year ot General Jackson’s administration, amounted to $24,520,480 04 rom tins statement. taken from the books of the I reasury, ,t appoars that the amount expended in the first \ear or Gen. Jackson’s administration, is less, by $1,992,199 09, than the expenditures for the preceding year of Mr. Adams’ administration. I stale the facts, nnd leave the public to draw their own inferences. I am, respectfully, yours, C. A. WICKLIFFE. " c tlie reader’s attention to Mr. Chilton’s roioy to the foregoing. He has “cornered” Mr. ,v iekltfFe, and reduced him to the dilemma of admit ting, that his, (Mr. Chilton’s) esl imate of the expen ses of 1«29, was the true estimate, corroborated by Mr. Inghkm’s (the Secretary of the Treasury’s) Repost or that the said Mr. Ingham, hud made a mistake in that repon, of one million of dollars. In other words, Mr. Wickliffo must perforce, confess., the superior extravagance of the “Jackson and Re form” Administration, over that of the nbusod “Coa-' lit ion,” or he must convict the Secretary of the .Treasury, of the egregious blunder mentioned. Let hmi choose Ins dose—ckhcr will have the desired effect. Mr. Chilton is equally successful oir other points: equally successful in detecting the disingenuousness of his colleague, and the futile pretentions of this blundering, head-over-heels, Administration. The reader will find lus letter worthy of attentive perusal. A LETTER FROM MR. CIIILTON. „ Washington City, April 7, IC30. „ f*A, KS & »BATOf,: Those who have read the ‘official government journal” of yesterday, will readily perceive why I again trouble you with a pub lication on the subject of the expenses of tho present administration. My colleague, Mr. Wicki.ikfb, hna placed his imposing name at the foot of a half column for the purpose of exposing the blunders of the Sec retary of the Treasury, and developing the wonder ful sagacity of the chairman of the Retrenchment Committee, in discovering that I erred, in sayincr the irsi year cl General Jackson’s administration0 was istrat onPenS1Ve 3"y ycar of Mr- An.uia' ndmin Mr. Inottam, the Secretary of the Treasury, on the loth of December last, transmitted to Congress his annual report on the state of the finances, which was read, “referred to the committee of-wgy* and means, non ten thousand copies ordered to he printed ” In tins report, Urns solemnly made to Congrqes- as iho basis of its legislation, Mr. Ingham gives a “statement or the expenditures ofihe United States,“from the 1st day of January, to the 30th of December, 1329 ” in wife!) each item of expense is named, (see thercport .r m page 35 to page 41,) amounting, as ascertained, for three quarters of the year'to ihe sum of o .. 3- ’glS,919,111 05 A>• p^ge 3, the expenditures for the fourth quarter, includino £3,089,542 93 on account of the publ-s debt, arejestimated at 37,245,481, 05 Making the whole expenses g2G, 164,595 10 I i«In°r m tn,’th of t,,c/oregoing, I refer every render | to the official report of tho Secretary, ten thousand 'Copies of wlnc.i, Mr. Wickliffe voted should be printed, and which have been sent out to tho peo ple; a copy of which can probably be found in everv neighborhood. * i In, lUA PlCn,°r tbese sl»tement9 of the officer at the head of the Treasury, Mr. Wickmefe asserts “from piK-hc documents in my [his] possession, exhibiting the amount expended in each year ending on the first oi January, that the expenditures of tho year were but the sum of #5,070,917 53. The “public docu .nems then, in Mr. \\ icxi.iffk’s pocket, prove that ic expenses have been upwards of a million of dol ww.thon the “public documents” in the archives Oi the Secretary oF the Trcosury. So anxious is Mr. Wickmfke'io make it appear flint the present adrnini-'tration has not spent the money wlich the Secretary says they have expended and to convict me of error, that ho falsifies Mr. Inu .tAjn s statement through and through. He could not make a more fatal stab at the reputation of a publ'c officer. What! lias our new Secretary of tno treasury, to whom is entrusted the mount o/' the people, blundered to the amount of a million of hard cash, m this, his first report? Has Mr Wicic "ot SOInc back-door information from one of the hangers on of the Treasury, to shew that the .Secretary cannot keep his accounts? Or arc we to be.ie\c Mr. \\ ickeiffr's pocket statement, rather tnan he official one of the head of the Treasury? If hn has obramod his information from the Secreta ry, which statement are wo to believe of this function ary—whc," speaks officially to Congress to aid l‘,al b°dy in legislation—or ulien he furnishes a se cret statement to the chairman of the retrenchment committee, to make n newspaper article upon if? Jf the official report was wrong, how do.wc know flv* llns bark ilovr information is right? Pcrhans it wiil he said, that the fmrtli quarter was estimated, not hung ascertained—and that the actual expenses of !hat q tarter are found not to be so high as was esti mate'’ But this will not mend the matter. The re. port wn" ,nfl!,7 Deeember, but a few days only icforc the end of the last quarter. The dociftnmN •ip to that time, were all in, and all that was necessary ° Ju ihnl°nT\ iT nn C3,i™ato *or sixteen days, to . ‘ i11"’ ye;,r- N,) ln !" fit to be at tho „ of the . reastiry could miscalculate a million of lollars in eiitunating for sixteen days. I cannot be ,f,i ° ./*• or of any other man whoever a\v no imude ofa Department. IF my colleague bc it, I ought fo stand justified, in his eyes nt east, for saying I had lost confidence in some of hose who now rule this nation. Even if Mr. WickhfF; is right and Mr. Ingham vrortg, I do not see that much is gained in the way of clrenchment. For taking the statement of Mr Wick* mo as our guide, it will, after all, appear, (hat, deduct. rig from'Ifltflland l«2n,thc payments on account of he nubfir debt, and those made bv »|,c Br?f?«f: under