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V'liOM ENGLAND.
The Tvlilton at Now York, bring;’ iute"i'.en o
London to the 17th of April—two .lays later, hut it is no
later from Franco or Poland, and except the letter in
the London Times from Warsaw, contains little mtc
rc'-t. Thut letter—descriptive of Polish patriotism and
heroism, and of Itussian barbarity—will he read v. dh
mingled sensations.
n J' The author of the article that follows, was him
self a Jackson man—one of that major part of the na
tion, who ** in an unlucky tit of merriment and fool
hardiness, resolved to try the strength of our institutions,
and to ascertain with how much impunity* we might
plate at their head, men utterly unfit to exer i e the
functions of far moro ordinary offices." Vr. Jonhs has
the magnanimity to acknowledge his mi take, and do.
"votes his powerful pen to repair il as far as possible. 1 full
who were convinced would do likewise—wo mean among
he intelligent—if every intelligent man who is now sa
tisfied thut Gen. Jackson is inadequate to the office of
President, would have the candor to admit it, and the
firmness to withdraw from his ranks—how many, gen
tle reader, would be left behind? IV:it one, \ve verily
believe—not one intelligent man: not even Amos Ken
dall. Axe those who, being convinced of his incompe
?<>ucy, yet'Continue to support Gen. Jackson, therefore
dishonest? Fur from it. The pride of consistency, the
imaginary humiliation of confessing that you have been
mistaken, tho waywardness of human nature whh h of
ten defruda error with more pertinacity than truth, par
ty attachments and antipathies, these are causes which
vith thousands insensibly have moro influence than
conviction. Hut. as a curious experiment—as a specu
lation—wo should really like to know how many intelli
gent men tcuuld be loll in the ranks of the Greatest aud
Host, if every nnuir who is secretly convinced, would
draw off ? We invite our learned contemporary to ’tu
rfy the problem, and give a guess.
Hr Experiment.— li • Martin Yen I'crm find
: isiire to peruse one Ini’! the articles concerning?
himself, with which the presses of the country arc
tecnt.ng, he must imagine tiiere is sonic sort of
i 'otisctjucnce attached • «» his character and con
duct. • Ills accidental occupancy « fi the stool eftJio
Premier, however, is a//—.it.:., that renders him
Worth notice by the pubic journal-:. 'i’he p ice to
Winch ho was elevated, by a ti an who was chose , 1
as it were in jefo; by the Amoiionn people, fo -erve
them in the child magistracy, is l i> only hold upon
troy claim to such e.~fcn?ive animadversion. W. re
awaking from our infatuation, as from a dream
Wo are xajudly disetning the danger of 0 rexpoi:
<gout, ena areas rapicJy retracing eur su pc. The j
major part of cur count rynicn, in an unlucky fit rd j
reanmcrit and fool-hardincsrs, resolved to try the;
g!r.'«irfh of otir institutions. and to ascertain w ith how
inucii impunity we might piece nt their liead, men
’tlterly »sj: 1st 10 exercise the fund inis of tar morel
ordinary offices. YVo placed there the illiterate; ’he !
Ii'dolc&t, the s’upid, the stubborn; men crally with- j
‘6ut irgcmii'y and nml i'.ioua without tnugnanimity—I
and we stood aloof, confident in the inte.gr' y of our
rfiTis'.ituijoiial system, laughing at the awkward fi
gures which these new tligniiaiics displayed—these
raw performers of low life above stmrs. We can
trust them no longer. The voice of the press
throughout the loud speaks a language t ' indignant
wcrn.ug- The incumbents must depart, and return fo
their primitive insignificance. A storm of con tempt
is pouring upotugthe administration, from every pom
Cl’ the compTiss^T) which tlic dominant dynast}’ must
fnevunbly bow. With the lii.tl of dis-gu t there is
iri'iglcd the lire of dpserved vengeance: and the tem
pest will ewed , untd every object of its anger shall
be swept from ! be field JV Er. Jour
3l7* Messrs. Livingston and Woodbury, have entered
upon the discharge oftheir new duties a* Washington.
On dith — Wr loarsi, mim a source outvied toj
Credit, that Major Lewis lias succeeded in making ^
,."ii arrnrgrment with a certain Pbil.idcl.viia press. J
7*hne will disclose tint value «•! Ins pit • and its
Ifime.tc object.
(f madam rumor is tn he beiiovcil, those who have
ooi n lauding •!*.• patnei s.-rn of those members of the
■: leu* r. *‘v. ho volur: • . v resigns;! the honors an-;
<' mc lumcnts < f « flice.” will -(.on lie required fo set j
heir pip's to a ur,\v uise. «, 7 the panics arc not i
• "reed.
Mr. Ritchie says. ihut Mr Yr.n Thu -n will not In j
*> crddtdfite f >r 'ho Vice I’re.-idone.y, and M . R. |
'I'jyfif to be well informed
TiiO correspond-ut ol ti e u .ited Rial •••' fj r/.eite
“Ayr, that j.Tr. Van iJuren, Anms Kendall iSl Co
would prefer the diction of Mr Clav t> thn
•'■f Mr. Calhoun. W<• have heard that Major Lewi*
!.;js expressed ihn same preference.
The Uarrisburgli liepojspr rayn. tiiat Major Lew
-•and the Posttnnstcr Q/?n*>ral were ext>eo erl 'o ar
rive at that Borough on Saturday la * —Telegraph
fbc Treasury of Maine has been called on during the
'iM year, to pay tho statute bounty of 8 rents u crow,
on 10,000 crows—amounting to S:n,:?00!
UjfTIio Virginia Herald announces the melancholy ti
dings to sportsmen, that the severity of the last winter
r.'Niiiy exterminated tho partridge, in that vidnif.y. —
The d.estruction wan genera!. Sportsmen r>ui:-f relin
quish the gun this fall, to let the species multiply.#
Judge WaggstJuan. Judge Ik.rfer, ami Hi** late minis.
<cr to France, Mr. Krown, arc respectively nominated
in the New Orleans Journals, a* Mier/’ssor ■ of Mr. Li
vingston in the Senate of the V. States, '['hey are all
nlrn of talents, and oil friends of [lonr-''iay— X-« o
• Imt can Ire elected.
'rite New York Evening Journal of May :'.•••• h, flat*:1
• hat .Mr. Chilton h id died in Kentucky, about tc;i davs
i/TC\io«Kt. V»h: have seen no confirmation, an I hope it
• a niiptake. Mr. Chilton had been ill, l>et was sahl
several weeks ago, to have nearly recovered.
ILi* Wc ask pufdie alteoliou—wc would a: k fo-ncral
Jiickson’a also; if we were not sure that the minions
round him never will permit him t<> She i l-> f he caii
^1 id, and able address of one of the {Ttson — J* is from
an old and staunch republican.
ILV It w ill Ikj he seen, that a meeting of the people of j
liichmond, is at length railed, by a great number of eitj. j
fens. Me trust that tlm vigor of tiie future, will make j
sJurCYids for thr inactivity <»( the pis!, W'c ruggest. (o'
lilOSC \\ uit U.lVf IM'lil' till - i> l . I lot 1<* lllv » U.lll'lll, t bo c.\po- I
dieney of digesting t<>me plan <>f action Indore the day,
that when the people meet, that may :
done in a crowd and hurry, which re tut'
•deliberation.
D r* The C i!‘f ot’U cilia’'
litis the following .. i
that the I’rcsnlent, in this official eoi>^
insists that (inv. Branch resign'd. friends hero
foresaw, Judge White doelines. Messrs, Livingston
and Woodbury before all bo over, will wish they had
followed the \\ iso example. As Judgo White begs otV, it
is thought that flic TFero mav dircet his eyes hitherward
for an incumbent. *
APPOINTMENTS I!Y THE FRESimTNT. j
EiAvxkd Livinuston, of tin- Stall* of Louisiana, Sec- i
:>'t.irv of Stat*•, in the place of Mautin Van limcx,
resigned.
Lkvi Wooowky, of tin* State of New Hampshire,
Soorotary of the Navy, * in llic place of John Hrancii,
The office of tile Secretary of the Tresury, which
lms become vacant i*v tiio resignation of Samckt. D.
T oiiam, has been ottered to Loris M*L\nk, of the
State of Delaware, at present Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Lroat
1>iitaiii. Messrs. Livingston ami Wooiwpky have en
tered upon tiie duties of their respective Departments.
Mr. Ingham, wo understand, will remain in the Treas
ury Department until some unfinished business, upon
which li** is engaged, is completed, limit Lvwson
Wiiith, of Tennessee, who, on the 9th tilt., was offerod ]
lim appointniont of Secretary of War, in tho place ot
Jou.v !(. Eaton, resigned, has declined accepting it.
Wo understand that tin* vacancy in that Department;
will be forthwith supplied, and that in tho meantime its
duties will bo performed by Mr. Eaton.
XL ' la answer to llie enquiries nia»!e oi, and through
us, hv tin; In-ncbburg Virginian, wo state that slave
labor is employed i>y -Messrs. ( unniugham and An«*cr
son, in their extensive Cotton Manufactory at. t.iis
place. After lair experiment, they deeiJ'-dly prchi
s! ive labor, us eip.ially or more economical] arid re more
under their control, and they propose, vre understand,
to employ it »!tngrtbcr. It’the Virginian can direct
the fact to useful purposes, i* may rely on its authenti
city. We aaj nol surprised to hoar that it has been
denied b, those who, to keep alive prejudice against
tho Tari'V, th.il hobby upon which so many politicians
ride into noti"c and ollice, overlook the most striking
tacts, deny the best cstabli.-diod truths, and assert the
most incredible ahsurditie :—for example that the Peo
ple of the Southern States are the most oppressed, im
poverished, ami down trodden race upon the earth, and
that tho Sts to of S. Carolina pays more indirect tax |
through tho Tariff, than the whole circulating medium
of that State amounts to!
We shall lay other information o:i this subject before
; iii - Public; moamvhih* we invite attention to the eor
\ i-espoudenec between Messrs. Clay, and Darnell. Sliorh
! vV. (to. of Pittsburg.
To Andrew .Jackson, President of the Uni
ted Stains.
Sir: You arc the servant of the People; and have
been placed in the highest civil office in the world, not
ior your own benefit, hut to gratify the wishes and se
cure the happiness of a great and growing nation. 1 '
wish to speak to von, as the humblest citizen may speak
to ihe highest dignitary in the land. A stranger to 1hc
‘•impertinence of forius,” and unacquainted with the
language of courts, ! will approach you without cere
mony, and use the plain language to which I ha ve hern
accustomed—such as one free-man may use in conver
sing with another—the jh-.nl being one of the sovereign
people, the ht.it, a public servant and responsible agent, j
f>n such an occasion, you will dispense with the core-!
mony of an audienca, and excuse me for inviting your I
attention, without further preface, or apology to what j
follows.—-Come it ltd let ui : on son together.
You have announced yourself a candidate for the j
office of President of the U. States, for another term |
of four years. Your late determination (in opposition
to your own former •convictions, and solemnly declared
opinions,) to seek a re-election, is a subject in which
your country is interested as well as yourself; and
therefore, a fair subject lor public discussion. A large
portion of your follow citizens think tiiat. you have err’d
in coining to this determination. I am one of the nuin
; her, who think so; and will, with due respect and per
! feet frankness, lay before you the reasons which have
I produced conviction in my mind. They ar^rn ny and
1 cogent—too many to trouble j-ou with all of them.
Your attention will be asked only to such as have con
vinced almost every impartial and reflecting man—as
will, I hope, convince even yourself.
Your friends say, that your single object is the public \
•rood. If they give your charactor truly and justly, there :
is every reason to believe, that you will not obstinately j
persevere in error, against the decisions of your judg- i
ment, and the dictates of your conscience, hut will no-1
bly acknowledge an error, when convinced of it, and
retrace your steps, when they have led you from the t
path of duty.
l on nave yejjoaieosy expresseu a wish to retire irom
tho cures an«l burdens of public life. This declaration ,
has been so often made and repeated, that it would be |
unbind—perhaps unjust, to question your sincerity in ;
making1 it. Your friends, as well as enemies, know that
since yon have been President, you have not reposed on
a hod of roses. Ju your two years administration, you
have, encountered so many trials, troubles, disappoint
mnnts, mortifications, perplexities and failures; that
(even it’ your private and public character, did not t<• r
bid the suspicion,) no reflecting man could suspect,
that decent retirement, to private life, won! i not be
highly gratifying to your wishes, if you arc a good
man, your feelings must revolt, at the moral turpitude,
and the sufferings and wretchedness which your new
political in filiation, (both for re wards, and punishments)
| lias spread widely over this ouv happy land. If you an:
1 a Republican in heart, you must turn with loathing and
; abhorrence, from the many acta of injustice, cruelty,
' and oppression, which weak, or wicked advisers, have
I persuaded you were necessary to give character to your
administration, and to preserve your influence and
power. If you are a Patriot, your heart must sicken
at. the fight of the bleeding wounds, you have inflicted
on your country. If you have any, (I will not. say
sound discretion, but any) remnant of common pru
1 ileneo led. you <-lo hoarlity winh Irotllo ilir:
i quiet and obscurity of private life. I will perform the
j office of a real friend, and undertake to convince you,
j that the gratification of your wish, will not only not be
j incompatible with duty, but is enjoined on you by every
j eon-idcr.ition of prudcnco, policy, and patriotism,
I which can operate on » sound mind and good hoart.
J ho host <>i flatterer:-: and false friends,, who surround
I your per; on, have trot been able to conceal, even from
i yoursolf, the well known fart, that you are unfit for the
: office, which the mistaken kindness .and excessive grat
J itude and pern-resit}* of your countrymen have bestowed
! on you. AH men believe (not. evep excepting yourself)
: that you arc both imaldo to perform its duties, and iguo
( rant of them. How could it have been otherwise? In
{ what school were you instructed as v•Statesman7 At
I what period of your eventful life, was your mind stored
; ’’h knowleA;:—of tliat code of laws vvhieh regulates
fhe intercourse of foreign nations, in war and peace—
of the principles of constitutional law, politic?, and
! political economy—of the various and important for
eign relation: of the f:. Stater:, and of the complex,
I but well balanced governments of your own country.’
' our predecessors in ofli -e—Washington, the f'ro Ail.
ai i's, Jrfl'rrsnn, Mml iron, find Manna; all found if ne.
| ccssary to devote tlieir great minds to the pursuit of
i knowledge; and to f.t thenisclvos by preparatory discip. ;
j hue, for their arduous public duties. They prepared j
i 'hemselve:: hy more than the "viginti nnnonnn htcuhrn
Hom s," which an eminent. l-nglish Jurist thought indis
jKms-ndo to proficiency in knowledge, even of the mu
nicipal laws of II right nil. Vour flatterers have told
\o,i, and yon r apologists and /-.rated politicians have!
to d *be people, that you are one of wit arc'ft gr> at turn,
"m. ought not to be judged of by ordinary rules—that J
•p"1 I’11 rf> |’7rn n ^f'tcsman—a heaven-descended;
. hey, entotig theoi- who tio r?lhtKo
on tjuur omi aoUitmt, Ut nevertheless w**aud your
nlt'rtion, flattered tlioniMjlves and the public with the*
hypo, that vour knowledge of human character, and
strong and discriminating mind, would secure to jou,
u tie highest offices of tho government, the aid mul
'Upport ol' the best patriots; and the ablest men ot the
vVVe you not disappointed all men? Notan
tve you not disappointed an men; oui «u
,./ VBLj'vidual can bo found, who really think; ,
' iBToqual to your oflico. Mr. Jefferson had
information to «uid*—a mind to conceive and plan
patriotic heart to direct—and a bold hand to execute,
all tin- measures of his administration. \ oil protes . to
revere his memory, and to follow his exaraplo. But to
you, and to tho measures of your administration, we
look in vain for proofs of wisdom——ot patriotism oi
energy. Conscious ot your own weakness, you ha\c
thrown yourself into the hands of ambit ions and design
ing men; and sutFesed them to use you, as they tho t tit.
The highest officer of the best government on earth has
been t!n> slave of hi •• contulcr.uai auvtsers, ami ui
hist fall a victim to tlicir intrigues. l’ar from realising
the hopes urn? expectations of your triomls, you ha\o
convinced the world of your own im:oinpotency,and
shown a total want of judgment in the selection ot the
men whose aid you stood in need oi in the administra
tion of the government. They, like yourself, have
been tn the hold wee, and Jot: rid nuiut
The members of your (iabiuet (this is a word much
used, but. it ought to lie odious to Republicans) halo
all withdrawn from the public service, or been dismis
sed, at the same time. Such a general resignation, or
dismissal, of the highest oliicers of the government (ex
cept the Fresidont) at tho sump instant, has never before
been witnessed in our country. VV hat was the cuuec
of it? What does it porlcml.’ What does it prove'
These questions may he unsworod; but can he answered
only by those who have been initiated, and have taken
their degrees, in the mysteries of your most mysterious
administration. One ot them has been answered by a
burst of public indignation—by a voice from tho peo
ple, loud as the thunder of heaven, and almost as aw
ful to tyrants—proclaiming to you and tho world—
"(leneral Jackson and his Ministers hare been ircii'hcd
in the bolt:nee and foinid tHUnting.”
You have chosen other distinguished men, to supply
tho places of your rosigned, or discarded, ministers.
Whether this has been done for good, or for evil, timo
will shew. I am no prophet; ami could I soo into futu
rity, should not take pleasure in predicting failures, or
misfortune-.; to you, or to :ny country. 1 have, however,
bCt,;i a close observer of your public life, and have
watchrtd ri;>prc"rcfc-3 of your administration with grout
anxiety. T have .W* expressions of public opin
ion respecting your acts ana ^n<‘ am satistiml
that the belief is general that the Tiiition '"‘U
henefitk’d by tho change in your cabinet; atlfl tli«u
vessel if State will be i:i danger, as loug as you rcrnatil
at the nclm.
in l.o decline o! your popularity, and n:n:ust*lho
t roubles which have overtaken you in your old ago, you
may derive consolation from the reflection, that you
ire not the only distinguished military man, in ancient
or in modern limes, in the world or even in your own
country, who was unfit for the “dull pursuits of civil
life.” V m have furnished hut one among the thousands
of proofs, which history has recorded of the impor
tant truti, that the laureled brow of the “."Military
Chieftain” cannot wear the civil crown. Man is inca
pable of excelling in oil tilings. The most that he can do,
is to reach excellence in some one arf, in some one
science tr branch of science, in some one sphere or
pursuit cf life. Experience has, by this time, convin
ced you, that you ought to have been content with
your military rriioirii. If you leave heart to foil, or
undcrstaidinv; to perceive, you have been convinced.
Act, then, like an honest man;—obey the dictates of
your judgment, at. the sumo time that you gratify the
wishes <f your hoirt;—withdraw from the contest for
the Preiidcncy; and use all your efforts during the re
mainingtwo year.'! of your administration, to retrieve
the chanctor you have lost, and to make reparation for
the mischief vou have dor e.
i acre is another view o: tme subject, entitled to
your serous attention. When the characters of public
men baic reached a. certain point of elevation, they he
come the property of their country. In private life,
the reputation of honourable, upright, good and usSfui
mon, belong to their families and friends. They have
an-intoiest it, and the strongest claim upon it. The
public ffliccr, who lias greatly distinguished himself in
in war r in peace, in the held or in t.ljo cabinet; who has
shod a luster over tho character of his country; has no
right t'> trifle with his reputation, or tarnish his hono -k
They belong to his country—not to him. I’.y youv per- ,
sona.1 bravery and military skill, aidact by a fortunate :
concurrence of circumstances, you hnvc acquired mil- ,
itary glory—such as has seldom Fallen to the lot of man
—you have “filled tho measure of your country’s honor/’
But, now, I jescoch you, in me rev to that country,
pause and reflect on your doings. Already is your
fame fading away, and the brightness of your glory
partially obscured. Do not foolishly cast away what
remains of your good name, by clinging to political in
fluence and power, which you cannot wield; and vainly
striving to fill an office, for which nature and education i
have unfitted you. Retire to the, walks of private life / 1
Sir, another viow of this subject presents itself.— !
Your personal popularity, and military fame, (which, j
unquestionably, made you Prescient,) have produced au ;
almost total dissolution of tiic old Republican Party.— j
Tho Jackson and tho Republican Parlies are perfectly
distinct. The common use of the words ‘•the Jackson
Party." is evidence of the fact. Who ever heard, du
ring Mr. Jefferson's Administration, of tho Jefferson
Party.' Ho was supported by the Republican Parti/,
unanimously, and exclusively. There was no necessity
for calling his friends by any other name than Republic
cunti. In fact they were so called, and no man ever
heard, during his Administration, of a Jefferson Party.
There was, then, no tunn.worshipping, no politico’ idol
airy, no nicknaming of men and parties after tiwir lea
ders. Wonderful as it may appear to those who will
c-> no after us, it is nevertheless true, that it was reserved
for you, unknown as a statesman, without experience
and without ability m public affairs, io break the Repub
lican ranks, and almost annihilate the Republican Par
ty. A new nomenclature of parties has been found
necessary, and their names begin with almost every
letter in the alphabet. Your annunciation of a resolu
tion to roliro from office would probably he tho signal
for the rallying and re-union of Republicans. They
will join in support of souse man as your successor, in
whom the r«i;ys ot them will repose more confidence
than they can in you. They never can unite in your
support. Thd high-handed and odious measures of
your Administrotion have driven them from you, never
to return, and will drive them from you whilst you con
tinue to hold the reins of government. They cannot
approve and junction your wasteful expenditure of
pilhiic money—your parly discipline and espionage—
your rewards of favourites, and oorseention of po
litical and per. onal opponents—your abuse of patron
age and power—your subsidizing the Press—your con
tempt of the provisions of the <Constitution, and your
wholn oour.-c «>f Administration, which (to describe it
in few words) has been an abominable tissue of detesta
ble acts of tyranny. Whether your retirement from
public life will produce an union of republicans, or no,
is not a question to bn decided by yourself. That you
have divided them, and are dividing them, is certain_
you have done, ami aro doing, mischief, and you ought
to quit the station in which you are doing nothing but
mischief. Ret the People lake care of themselves._
Although you arc now their President, you are not
i Hioir gtiardion through all time to come. They can
, and will put some better man in your place. They can
j provide better than you arc able to provide for
; their own safety.
J' 1 u*’> sir* *p°K a Jit.U; farther into the subject which
j we are discussing. You wore elected in the. year 182ft,
under the belief that you would, not sense more than four
years, ft was objected to unur opponent, Mr. Adams,
that /,' fad been President four years. Your friend*
suid t hat one term of four years was enough,
and that yon, ii elected, would not consent to overgo
jtliaf time—you encouraged thorn in saying so—the
i people believed you ond them. You professed to bo a
I stern and inflexible Republican, an advocaJo of rotation
j in office, and to be in favour of a new Constitutional
\ ' '''-'ion r.f fiV.i’T Presidents to one term of s>rriee
; > on thought, O- affected to think, that in tlm absonre
i>; a (mmhfi/fioral r< th irtion, you were the only man.
u iio cored and would establish, for tho benefit of r.ur
rourd ry, a precede;,t, which would change the praotiee
ot the governin'nf—-that, you were the disinterested
patriot who would resign power at the end of four years,
and thus anno! the precedent established by Worthing,
ton, and sanctioned by Jeffi rton, Madison, and Monroe, i
all ot whom served two terms, or eight years. A« I
nave already said, the People believed you and your
friends. How aim you now about to act7 Deceive J
them' Ciro'lte •> ip -our friend:I rwfmdjef W I
owu uucluruiion.s uuu toricit your promises! Simctiwu
by your conduct, the very practice which you deneunceiLj
an anti.Republic.in! Put at defiance your Republican
friends! and hold on tho glittering diadem winch encir
cles your brow, with tho convulsive grasp of death! Is
this the part of a Patriot?—a Republican?—an honest
and consistent man? Be not deceived. You cannot;
now deceive tho people. They have a right to expect, '
and do expect, that you will perform your promise, and
act Up to your avowed principles.
There is yet another argument in favor of your with- !
drawing from tho contest; which I cannot believe will
bo addressed, even to yon, without effect. It is this—the
People will not re.rleet yon, a great change has taken
I place in public opinion, respecting your claims on tho
I nation, and your ability to servo it; and yet a. greater
| change is now going on, against you. Your most violent
I personal and political friends have ceased to cry out, as
they lately di:l—“(treat is Diana of the Dphesittms.”
i —The stormy irate of the multitude, on which you were
borne to the pinnaclo of power, is fast retiring; and
swelled by tho popular breeze (which has changed to the
opposite point of the compass,) is quickly carrying
: you down into tho gulph of oblivion. Henry Clay,
\ with you far a competitor, "must be elected.'* Ill putri
j otisin, tn talents, in usefulncs—in ull the noble and gen
J erous traits of character which fit an individual for tlnJ
i highest office in the gift of a free people, he is a sight
loss distance above you. Hut his political opinions are
j uot acceptable to a largo portion of tho Republican I’ar
; ty, and his election is not desired by them. They can
not vote for him. They cannot vote for you. In this
, state of things, what can you do for yourself and your
| country, better, than—retire to privato life, spend the
j evening of your days in quiet, and let some efficient
! man bo brought out in opposition to Hr. Clay.—Some
man, who will unite the Republiea.11 voters in his sup.
port? It the People of the Unit’d States are capable
; of self.government—if they deserve the freedom they
: enjoy—it is utterly impossible, you can bo rc-elcotod.
i Your sentence is written—“Put thine house in order;
for you shall die, and not live.”
i Tins letter is already longer, than I intented it should
I be; yet much remains to he said, which you ought to
h'-ar. May I indulge the hope, that you will calmly
’ read these lines? Should you deign to read them, do
i not let your angry passions rise. Do not consider me
: an enemy, giving utterance to matico against you. F
will not make useless aud unbecoming professions of
i tlnr purity of my motives in thus addressing you. Rut
i this much, T may say, with truth and propriety—I owe
you no ill-will—I wish you individually the enjoyment
of a quiet and happy life.
1 ou nave nocn so Ioii£ accustomed to the southings
ol pretended friendship, and tho blandishments of flat
b-ry, that candour is, probably, ofFbnsirc to you—truth,
jrt- *“iu to your cars—and rebuke shocking to your
fceliilgn, Jin'! perfectly insuflbrablc. A wise man will
t ike counsel even; from the muU.:c of his enemies; rath
er than be seduced frOJlt duty, by the lares and strata
gems of false friends.
If you were not known to bo so much occupied by
the cures, and borne down by the burdens of public du
ty, as not to have leisure for mature reflection on yolir
real condition, and that of the country—this address
would he regarded as impertinent. 1 have, however,
done nothing more than every citizen has a right to
do; it he. cun Jlml a free press to give publicity to his
thoughts, f have said to you no more than thousands
of your follow-citizens wish to say, and could have said
in a hotter manner.
Sir, this is the conclusion of the whole matter.
\ ou are uncqnl to your office—you know it.—your
best friends know it—and, worst of all, the people know
it—you havo oxpresed a wish to retire from public em
ployment, and no considerations of prudence, policy,
or duty, forbid the gratification of that wish. Duty ur
ges you to retire. Thus, & thus only-, can you reconcile
Republicans to one another and unite and s rength
cn the Republican Party. You will save your sinking
reputation, and demonstrate the sincerity of your decla
ration, that you wished to limit future Presidents to
one term of service, you will do all that under present
circumstance you can do, to preserve and perpetuate
our free governmeat. The path of duty is so plain be
fore you, that you cannot mistake it. “The fool can
not err therein,” your hands aro too feeble, to hold the
reins of government—give them up—if you do not,
of your own accord; the Soveteign People wiil take them
from you. Rely upon it, sir, I speak not my own opin
ion and wish only (which would be entitled to but little
consideration)—but tho opinions and wishes of tens
of thousands of freemen. Ovk or the Pr.on.t;.
re. n. 'rim Kdilurs or rne national Intelligence arc
respectfully requested to give tho above an insertion
i ia their Paper.
TWO DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND
Piie sh p M.l'on, nr. New York, sa lor! from Li
I verpool oi; tin' !tJtli April, and brings London paper*
! of ihrr 1‘3'tn The follo'vmg iimins are copied from
them into the New York Courier:
'Plie letter from Warsaw to the editor of the times,
dated April 2il, will be read with interest as gninnr
more of the deniL of the late battles between the
Prdes and the Russians.
The chunces >ii favor of the Reform Bill receiv
ing tins snclions of the present Parliament are sorne
wlr.r lessoned;
We extract the fallowing from the London Times
| of the I7lh.
j As the time for bringing the grind ion of
! reform to its consummation appro ichaa, tn e rumours
; of tricks and treacheri’s increase. It is now. we
i find, again asserted trial tiie King wiii not consent
j to the di&si lotion should the present i'urininent vic
| late its duty to the country by rejecting the bili.
: Are they the friends of the monarchy, we ask,—
j and they the friends <1 the King oersotially, who
! have raised and circulated livs report to his pre
j j"di >:■ We say to his prejud <■ '; for even thev
i who v.\>uhl rejoico in the deteat of tliQ bdl by^iny
j means, would ttili nor fnl of blaming the Sover
eign for having stiffen'd it to be carried thus far
: hy his own serwan s; whilst the rest of the eouniry
j who are Wrapped up. as it wore, in i.iic success <f
j ill*? measure, would vein all their indignation a
| gainst the author of the defeat. Tin- Ki ig’s jVftn
| i-l*rs have brought in the bill \vi i: Ins Consent
j and approbation—with h‘n countenance, and under
| h - aiispie s (fir iio could have discharged tliem at
janv titn* they have fought i-. through its first
is'agn.
r , ... LOiSDO.N, April JG.
Tho following insidious paragraphs from (»i r
man Papers received this morning, plainly indicate
tho desperate state to which the ilnsi-ians lire redu
eod l>y the chivalrous bravery of the Pole.*, and
the £.pprthpiiM'»i'P of Austria and Prussia loa.-i tho
contagion of iiberul principles extend to ad In: Po
lish provinces. To obviate thi * dreadful event these
dvHpoiic Powers endeavor to interpose their friend
ly ai<*- 0,1 pretence of stepping the f (fusion of blood,
and to prevent the dissolution ofn eoujitry (Poland)
winch under whatever form it inay br. mur.l remain
™V*fl ln Jtvx*ian Sctplrc."—But tins is not so clear,
I • nee Motlernich, os you tnay^mvo hoard r*re now
by the downfall and capture of tint military butch*
er Dieb tsch. By Monday next, we sincerely trust
'o be enabled to confirm tlic cntir- destruction ofiiio
j Rns-ian army in Poland. The spirit ot insurrection
j extends at tins moment over n populnd >n of tweu
j *y m Hion8 in the Polish provinces; and d.-es Nicli
l O’fts hope to coerce that niuitilndiiua movement bv
| barbarous and bloody manifestoes N'tver!_
Frontier* of Sifrv/, March .H. — Tt 13 very gone- i
•ally b- ip.-vd that 'hr great Power*. moved bv the!
j fff r.- of the Pules, hav- **eeii inspir.-d wn.l. j
ja desire to tike some step in their fiiv?t'r- and to ^
! induce the Bn*;-Cr>r oflWfij to slow ? ,m.i in- J
1 dttlgon.ee l«» a nation which has. indeed, c' iii;n»'tcd ’
; ^reat fiul!?, blit hi»? inenv oxeuses to tiVcpn f">r
•da illegal e.ndutt. Ii is believed that the JjJmpo
| ror will not he dirj-ijapcil -:i r, inotiulwn which must
correspond with his own Immune fur liny, nod saw
Irom deft-notion a nation and country belonging
t.-> him, whose preservation and prospr”ty are ns
■ much b>r the interest of Russia a-« of tiic I oles
h- nifelves. It is difficult to calculate what sacrifi
, coo must be made by both partu s if the contest
! should he prolonged: and it. ennnot he dissembled that
il tho honour of the Russian Crown reouiros that
it shou. I make itself oueyed and reappeted, ir is
ef]un]iy important for if to prevent the dissolution
o‘ a eonntry which, under whatever form it may
be, outs' remain subject to tho sceptre*
11 . in. tu«-«i i». ki the i‘lui|Kjr- r has m> lougor any
ion ot ii)cor)»T'timo i!if> kingdom t.f Poland
'.vil li the R 'isjiun Empire; be will have it placed
under a d s-inct government. with free ir.s'itutioos:
iM-.d «» he hud not yet f,ruia'!y ••xplauied himselfto
his elFec'; the reason is to b » Sought in the vicissi
tudes of the fortune of war, which have kept the
Poles from 1‘ppentiii:e : r ul submission which were
dcniatided at the very outtei. in too positive a manner.
Now that the Polish Diet has several time* shown
itself disposed to negotiations to which Count Dic
bitsch was not authorised to accede?, the mediation oi
lii -udly Powers, oil being assured of the more fa
vorable sentiments of the Emperor might be of the
nippiest effect in leading 10 an amicable arrange
ment. It is greut'y tu be wished, that the inter
vention ofthe powers niny lead to a happy nnfl spee
dy conclusion, is the Poles ure ready to light to the
•as', and rather to perish than survive the disgrace
, < f seeing i he name of their illustrious nation effaced
. trom the lis-t ot European slates. fl'bey receive pe
cuniary assistance from several quarters. Manv
j Polish otlkers of foreign service have 1.. i«> a.-f./t
' lieir distre-s*jd countrvuieti.
, l t' .-ma, Jlf,rii s».—’i'he report that nei;'»*kri* rvt
■ re r-n tool fi r the a mi cable arrangement of the ti
fairs of Poland gains ground. — It is said to-duy that,
ths Cabinets of Her!in and Viena have undertaken
the M 'diaMon, and v»'ill each send a negotiator to
Warsaw.
Those pact Ho reports, and the favorable ne\v3
from our army in the Papal Stales, have caused our
Bauk Siiares to ri-c io-d n to 9515.
PHIYATE COItltliSPONDENCE.
Warsaw. April 2.
i !io BnMvtin <_•! our General will have cornnmni
cat*jd t'► you our glorious success of the day before
yesterday. Our nmn fought hko hone, our General
lieu from pof-t from rank to rank, directing,
aninct'i:*ff nud encouraging. Tina is a glorious tri
umph! I Imve your book, and I treasure its lines.
Tn«> barbarian bus indeed foil
‘ rim might tlr.it slumbers in n peasant’s arm.”
O! could you have seen our heioee,—could you
hive«ecn the l; truing zeal with winch the recruit
burned on with the oi l soh.ier—and even tlie lialf
reeovcrcJ wounded of o ir great previous achieve*
m. u! —how lin y lu rried to the field, you would have
sad, this p*-'phr cam.ot die the death of slaves—
limy were not born i ,r ct< rnnl bondage.
\Vo arc l:rcd oi appealing to the Great Powers
who wore p-irt.cs to the Ueuty of Vienna. They
give us sympathy: well, our next treaty shall be in
s nbed iu letters of blood upon the field ot battlo-»
h • condition is our country’s freedom; wo shall
achieve i'. ourselves, and single handed if we can; if
nnl—-well, then—we know how to perish!
•t he pursuit is still hut, but we have not the
prompt f*.'in>p rt which gives wings to an army: men
can tun for a day and night,os ours have done, fight
ing ;:".d struggling. Lu physical exhaustion will in:—
p.iso f o-.ver; and v. c cannot, accomplsh every thing.
Our ci um i v has every where tisr.n, and Diubitsch
wiil find .vs&iiants in every village. Lithuania is
at iking her blow and tin. march through Poland is
nut liic passing ot the Balkan—he will not have quito
leisure enough tor the use of his rich Turkish pipo
and perfumed tobacco—ner even for his brandy
punch.
Our Generalissimo, Skr«ynecki, is like Na
poleon: wha a General he lias shown himself! With
n handful of men he has overthrown whole musco
vi e mas <CA>.000 Poles have beaten back 1 <>0,000
v.'lia congregated their masses under the
walls of War-aw; und now 21,800 men are chasing
and pros*rat ng twice iheir number at the point of
tho bayonet, from fortified positions deemed impreg
na !e without Ironvy artillery.
D*> not believe what the Beilin papers say of the
humanity of invaders—the barbarity of the Russians
cxt'tJU to to. tine. 1 declare ih you, upon my honor,
that i h ive icen.-on the skirts of fields of contest,
wounded Pole.', where eyes were torn out, merely
beenure they had resided like heroes. Women have
been, on the ifusCo/ite line of march, brutally viola
ted an.I ear i.’d If,—whole families have been dis
mtv-ed. M'd liuv:v borne into Russia under base pre
tences. They sow iiorr r and devastation wherev
er they show themselves. They have even taken
away a lady from Pul.iwy from die very apartment
1 of tec Princess Czartoryski.
Iloavons!—t-c li i!. is possible to got U9 arms, tlic
! campaign is oriTv begun—no fear now for a coup do
.lift, i upon V, arsmv We do not want men, or mo
; coy, or ud Iresses, or compliments. We delight, to
hear of ihe affection oi our friends in Paris and Len
der; but this is not the season tor indulging in af
i fee innate p^pEL.ul.1 h ri-collcctn ns We must delay
a i those until tranquil times, the assistance we want
is what I have mentioned. Can any thing be done
in this wav towards Cracowi We shall pay fully fer
nny thing of' this kind, and he who gives us a mus
ket fights with ns,—he is of our ranks. Let free
men, tln n, lend us thi? helping hand. Show this to
l ( fir l"end Hi** Gcneral.il he has not set out.
; I si.ail write again by the next post. A private
I band wi ! pass this on through Bfflaw—it is a indy’s,
j Our cause deserves the benediction of that sex. who
i ve ail g'-ncr ms sympathies. Don’t believe in the
I repo:is of new treaties, we shall make none. Pc
i lnr.il raisc.s her proud head now, or sinks it forever.
You shall hear from the ncxi post.
Campbell's Pleasure of hope.
London, April 1C. *
I Hr. HAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER.
) Mr. C. Grant tain that in making his motion re
: lanve to the Charter of the East India Company,
nn was only tallowing the precedent of former ca
!rcr- Ho bhonid move in pursuance of the provi
j sioas of the Act 63, Geo. Ill, c 15fi! that tho.
Speaker do give notice to the company that tiro
i public deb: due to them would be discharged This
j was a preliminary slept which left to the public
'lie privilege of revoking the Charter, and it would
i not pledge the House to any further courso of pre
| eroding.
j Tho mo!i_>r, was tie n put and ennied.
IRELAND.
I he state of Ireland, particularly in the western
j and south western districts, ^3 deplorable. Tho
| peasantry, driven to desperation by famine, and
the neglect and horrassing oppression of the lanfi
1 lords, have resorted to acts of the utmost feroctiy.
j AgiicuJtprnl propery while it is yet in earth, la
i devastated and turned to waste; barns are burned,
| entile houghed, and houses demolished. Every
| species of midnight violence is carried into fearful
J execution, not from motives of religious nn.-motutv
.or political rancour, hut because the people want
| food, because thousands of human beings, driven
' out Irorti their wretched homes, and pursued by
'lie famine cry of their miserable offspring, cannot
g i in'> the ditches and die like dogs; because thdy
hnv the hearts of men and fathers, annilruggle
for Id - and suslcnar ce even over the ashes of the
wrong-doer’s ii’-netjuired splendour
LONDON, (Evening) April IG.
Th/' Ftti fh—Cihj 12 o'clock.— Up to the present
time v/u nr quite tnrren of any Continental informs
lion. Consols, wi.i<!i lrIt ofi’ye?terday at 7U 1-0
r lor the Ace utils open, d ot the same price, end
went up ; > ?•.% buyers Smco which the market
lias been rather iidge'ty. t)tid Consols arc at. present
7fU<£-, with lit*ih i g, The success of the Re
form Fill, which at present is r:i?h»>r regarded by
tbo .'■'pr'ft:.ati.ri tu detibtful, in some device ope-,
•flics or. the rr.sjVt.
LONDON, April IT.
In ton tiott'-r; (, Commons last, night the slave
rp.*: tiun was in?reduced by Mr. Buxton in on nblo
and ;.n iums speed : .uui .lie chancellor of the Ex
chequcr larcw out some rational suggeslions, which
we trust will have Weight bulb with tho friends and
tho opponents of abolition.
RUSSIA.
Tim Emperor, by a nkase, has disbanded the
whole of fns Finnish forces- It if* supposed that
Sweden will avail herself of the present dist rrcfn;.^
i of RI’srm *o recover Finland