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From (he Charleston Cili/ Gazette of March 31
“ A v.w.Uama TIo.N.— It is (*0111 ill only limited that*
much caucus-sing, in small knots, is now going on
in our city, for Clay and Calhoun, respectively and
jointly.—The friends of the two, havo put out
their several feelers, and, it is shrewdly hinted,
that they have grappled in the chirk. They
have, it is said, recognized, ns a good speech, that
of Dulf (• rcen, when lie said, that the friends of
( atuoun and day might meet on neutral ground
without any compromise ol their respective prin
ciples—such as they are. The hint was too broad
not to have been understood; and once understood,
les ext re mites tosechenu. The poles are made to
embrace with a strange fraternity, putting the loves
even of Jacobinism out of countenance. We do
not pretend to vouch for the authenticity of this
c/i dit. It is a theme of the corners—and, in this
w ay has met our cars; but it is by no means unex
pected, and, certainly, not of such extremo wonder
ment as to occason an extravagant degreeof sur
prise. I lie parties have made strange summer.setts
before; and, for a longtime past, the billings and
cooings of thvir respective organs, have been
absolutely excruciating. They have forborne ull
attack upon one another, and each appears to con
aider iiis old opposer, as really-, a somewhat cleverer
personage than it was bis wont, of old, to consid
er him. He- finds him now a “marvellous proper
man," and, his loves, like those of (jueen Anne,
have removed the hump from the hack, and the
crook from the leg, and made the deadly foe, the
bosom mate. Well—what next? Nous rerrons.”
And why- not? When the Tariff question shall
ha\e been adjusted as we devoutly wish and firmly
believe will shortly lie the ease, what is there of
principle in conflict between the friends of Mr.
( lay and Mr. ( alhoun to prevent their joining in
displacing the present, corrupt party- in power?—
W ith us names are of little weight; nullification in
embryo as an abstract opinion—without the pro
bability of any question arising to call it into ac
tion, becomes a harmless theory, and may amuse
an idle hour of our professors of rhetoric, instead
of being as now the spirit stirring tlismo of the
active spirits of the age and country. It would he
puerile in the extreme to keepupthe distinctions
ot party- for an abstraction. It must necessarily,
in spill! of all attempts to keep it alive anil active,
sink into oblivion, while other subjects connected
w itIi tlie business of lile will take its place and
become the watch-words of party. Nor aro wc
more governed by the names of persons. Wc have
supported no man lor the sake ol the man or op
posed any from mere personal hostility'. We op.
posed the election of General Jackson ’tis true from
a firm conviction of his utter disqualification for
the office of President of the United States, but wc
wero still more opposed to him because of the
principle involved in the precedent of making a
mere military leader the chief civil magistrate of a
Republic, whose institutions are based upon max
ims ot right reason, and not on violence and ag
gression. Could we have believed it possible that
the vote received by General Jackson in 1821 was
an evidence of the confidence of the people in his
integrity and ability to perform the duties of the
office, and not founded in that servile and vulgar
admiration of military glory which had so often
lc.l to the destruction of other governments, much
of the bitterness of our opposition had been spared
—instead of viewing his election as the first step to
wards a military despotism, wc should have looked
upon it as the ordinary case of a mistake on the
part of the people of the talents of a public agent,
and which would he corrected before any vital
evil could be inflicted, as soon as the error was
discovered by his subsequent misconduct. As it
is, so wide-spread—so blinded—so grovelling—so
deaf and senseless to the misdeeds of the idol—is
this man-worship, that nothing short of the coali
tion—aj'e coalition—of all, who have the good of
country at heart, can prostrate the Dagon.
In comparison with this, our preference for men
we hold as light as the down upon the feather be
fore us:—to effect this, wo would cheerfully sacri
fice the political hopes of the dearest friend we
have on earth.
The citizens of Portsmouth have authorised the
Trustees of that town to subscribe £>50,000 to the
Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail-road.
The Now York Courier and Enquirer says:—
“On the subject of Minister to Kngland, wc
learn, that Mr. Stevenson will brobahly be no.
initiated to succeed Mr. Van Ruren.but not until
about the close of the session.”
The commencement of the University of Penn,
sylvania took place on the 24th of last month. The
degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred on
13(i young gentlemen. Our state furnished her
usual quota of graduates—nearly one third of the
whole number. The following is a list of the grad,
uates from Virginia.
John Cyrus Mercer, Joshua Monton, Moses A.
Levy, George Cobh, James F. Young, Daniel S.
Gecn, William S. Jefferies, William I). Chris
tian, James M. Austin, Joseph V. Hobson, Richard
Scott Blackburn, George K. Birchett, Robert W,
Lindsay, Francis T. Grady, George N. Kenno,.
Win. llenrv Howard. David Pattcson, William II,
Twytnnn, Francis II. Deane, Iverson L. Twvman.
Daynlinm Baylor, Clifford Cabell, Nathan Flctchl
cr, W illiarm, Baird, V\ illiuni F. Alexander, Samue
<*. Ilenkel, Orlando S. Jones, Leonard Henley,
William Mills, Jr.. Philip Turpin, Thomas II. Vc.
n.i'nle, Albert (J. Wortham, Samuel Taylor, Tho.
mas M. Jackson, Thomas J,. Hunter, Julius C
J,ranch, Peter I ield Gay, George .Mason, W illiam
L. Gatewood, Joseph t owan, W illitim R. Savage,
V aleiitinn \ . ( on way, Henry G. Jackson, John L
Dixon, James II. Brander—15.
Extract of a letter dated
Green Bay, Feb. 7, 1832.
I nut sorry to inform you of a distressing occur
rence which took place at Fort Howard this morn
ing. A soldier named Doyle, of F Company, 5tl
Jnlantrv, was found to he intoxicated, and was sent
to the guard house by Lieutenant A. B. Foster; un
on Doyles arrival at Lieutenant Foster’s quarters
lie ran across the Parade to the guard room, then
seized a loaded musket—returned to L*. Ps quar
tors, rushed by one of tho guard who had been pre
vioiisly placed over him, ascended the stairs, open
ed the door, presented his musket and fired. Tin
ball passed through the body of Lieut. Fostrr am
broke his left arm, and in about three minutes In
expired from his u minds, lie will he interred to
jtorrow. 1 Inis has a fine and promising youn;
officer in the flower of his age been cut down !>y i
hardened abandoned v.liain.
I lie murderer is mi close confinement in tfr
guard house, but expresses neither repentance no
contrition.
Lieut. Foster is much regretted by all who knev
him.
OFFICIAL.
Department op State, )
5th April, 1832. \
The rat Tier, lion of the Treaties of Commerr
and Navigation, and of Limits, between the Uoii
rd States and the Republic of Mexico have tin
day been exchanged l.y the Secretary of State an
tho Charge dc Affairs of the Mexican United Statci
An English paper states that orders for upwards r
18,000 tons of iron rails arc now executing by th
iron masters in Monmouthshire, to be exported t
America.
SutfmJaij fircnhiffi . Fpril 7.
'I he (’(•Itunhia Telescope, (S. C.,) insists that
nothing short of tho entire am! absolute abandon
ment of the principle of protection, even iuciden
tally, will satisfy it, ami the ultra party for and
with which it uotsand speaks. Wo would advise
the Telescope, and its brother, the Mercury of
Charleston, to use up all tho thunder and lightning
on hand as soon as possible, as they may shortly
become useless articles of merchandize.
The following remarks of the U. S. Telegraph,
upon the proposed Baltimore Convention, are no
less just than forcible. Such is truly the party,
and such arc its objects :
“It is essential to a caucus or convention, to give
it a character for honor, honesty, or patriotism,
that it should consist« f those who ate united in
the same principles and policy; the object being
when it is lair, to concentrate the will of a major,
ity who arc thus united, and who intend, by such
concentration, to advance tho principle and policy
for which they are contending, and on the success
of which, they believe, the interests of the country
depend. Without such laudable common object—
without such union of sentiment, as it regards the
principle and policy of tho government, it is impos
sible not to see that the object of a caucus must
be indefensible. Let us test the Baltimore Conven
tion by this plain and just principle. Wo would
ask its advocates to point out a single measure of
public policy, or a siuglo principle of the govern,
ment, in which these whom it is proposed to con
vene there, are unitpd? Wo defy them to point
out a singlo one. There will be convened
in that assembly those who are strongly in
favor, and those who are bitterly opposed, to
tho tariff-—these who arc for, ami those who are
against, the renewal of tho hank charter—those
who are tor, and those who arc against, internal
improvement—those who are for, and those who
are against economy or profusion, in the public
expenditure—those who are for, and those who
arc against, a rigid or a limited construction of the
constitution—and, finally, those who arc for, and
those who are against, consolidation. Every descrip
tion of political complexion, white, black, blue,
and grey—every description of political tenets, or
thodox and heterodox, liberal and illiberal, feder
al and republican, will all bo found commingled
in Ibis assemblage, which lias been called together
professedly to concentrate the opinion of the party.
It may be asked, bow it is possiblo for elements
so various, conflicting and repugnant to unite?
As contradictory as it may seem, there is one com
mon point of union, and but one, without which it
would be utterly impossible that there coulri he any
cohesion in so heterogeneous a mass. They all
agree, setting principle and policy aside, in uniting
to perpetuate power in tho hands of those who
now possess it—to maintain their control over the
offices and honors of the country—to retain the
power of bestowing jobs, contracts, and emolu
ments, on their political partizans. This,
and this only, is tho element of their
union. It is an organized hand, whose
sole object is the “spoils of victory,” and which
can wheel to the right, or to the left; can take up,
or lay down, political principles, just as it may suit
their calculations of interest. It is trained to dis
cipline, according to the most approved mode of
New York tactics.”
A schism has recently taken place in the Repub
lican party of Now York, and is daily growing
mere rancorous.—The Albany Argus and Now
York Courier &. Enquirer are telling very unplea
sant truths of each other.
“ How pleasant ’tis to soo
• Kind-"*1 a id fr:-5*?ds ngreo.”
A portion of the missing money taken some
months ago from the New V<>rk City Maiik, has
at length been brought to light. The New York
Commercial of Wednesday afternoon saj's:—
“The gratifying intelligence was received this
morning, that a large amount of the residue of
the money stolen from the City Bank l ist summer,
was found yesterday on the banks of the Schuyl
kill, deeply buried in the ground, in an earthen ves
sel. It was brought in the condition in which it
was taken up, to the City Bank. The whole a
mount of the hills is !$2ii,8l7, of which §$22,203
belong to the Bank, §$11)11 to the Messrs. Allen.
The persevering zeal and extraordinary ingenuity
of the officers of our police office, Messrs. Jacob
Hays &• Son in particular, cannot he too highly I
commended. They have been deluded very often
and led round and round Philadelphia on false
scents, by the accounts given by the parties to
this daring villainy; hut they persisted in their
purpose and have had the satisfaction of accom
plishing it.”
It may ho mentioned as one of the circumstan
ces not he fora generally known, that the kn3’s with
which the Bank locks were fraudulently opened
were made in Smith’s shop, and were thrown into
one of the docks as soon as they had effected the
object for which they had been prepared. The
thieves did not leave the hank the morning on
which the robbery was committed until after the
watchmen had left their posts at the usual hour.
From the Norfolk fjcacon of Wednesday.
Loss of tiik Ship Mkriihan, of New York.—Ro
bert Dickey, Joseph Hopkins, Win. Robinson, Sa
muel Drummond, Jack Green, and Rob-, who
represent themselves as part of the crew of the Ship
.Meridian, of New York, arrived here from Eliza
beth City, N. (*. on Monday evening last, having
left three others of the crew on board of a Canal
Boat, bound to this place, who were too much fa
tigued to pursue their way on foot. Robert Dick
ey, stales that flic Ship Meridian, Capt. Curtis, of
Now York, sailed from Charleston S. C. hound to
Trieste, laden with Cotton and Rice, on Sunday
the 18!h ult. On the second night out she sprung
aleak, which increased so rapidly, not withstanding
every clTort made to free her by keeping the pumps
constantly going, that she had 7 feet water in her
hold on the 20d. Hopes had, until this time, been
entertained that they snould he aide to reach Cape
Henry, but the leak continuing to increase it was
deemed necessary for the safety of the lives of all
on board, to run the ship ashore, which was ac
cordingly done after sunset on the ult. on the
Sand Beach, about 13 miles to the northward of
Cape llattcras Light House. She grounded about
100 yards fror- the Beach. When she s! ruck, tin
longboat was hoisted out, and immediately swamp
ed—the small noat could not live in the surf.—
Some of the crew who were expert swimmers, then
swam to the beach with u line, by which those on
board reached tlie si:ore in safety. During the
night a heavy blow came on from N. V*’. umi the
Ship went entirely to pieces. The formas!, which
had been cut away just before the Ship struck,
with i||,. sails and rigging, and about 60(1 bales of
( niton drifted ashore, and were saved. Cnpl. Cur
tis, with the mate remained on the beach, near the
property when the erew left there, on Saturday
morning last. They reached Elizabeth City about
1 J o clock same night—and left there on Sunday
' morning for this place.
I he ( harb-ston papers of the Ifllli ult. report
; the sailing of the Mi ridian from that port, bound
i to Trieste, on Sunday 18lli.
’ Mki.wciini.v Catastrofhk.—The Ship Sarah,
r Capt. 11. Columbine, was proceeding on i.< r vov
<-go from Hombay for London, when in lat 33 4$
' N. Itn 3 17 W., on the lfitli of January, a strange
sail w a« discovered on the larboard bow. SSc ap.
peart d to be in distress, having lost her fore-top
mast, and her fore-topsail yard suspended by lifts,
dangling in the wind, lee fore.rigging and her sail?
much torn. As we neared her it proved a brigan.
Ene of 1 .»<) tons, and appeared as deserted by her
^ crew. C pt. Columbine ordered a boat to be g,.i
j ready, amt, accompanied by (be carpenter and fom
seamen, repaired to the wreck. Soon alter they
bad boarded her, with the exception of one mar
who remained in charge of the boat, we saw them
f exploring the decks of the deserted wreck, ant
from it throwing into the t>oat articles of variou:
J kinds. The captain lb«n gave instructions foi
the boat to rciurn to tho Sarah, with certain orderi
••»r his officer*, whilst himself ami the carpenter
remained upon the wreck. As the boat was pro.
..liegtcwaids the Sarah, wc saw from our poop
the wreck roll several times very heavily; and she
wus evidently going down, and oil a sudden no.
lliiior more could he seen than her iiiaintopmast,
" *'*^ "as tossed about ns the sea was rushing
over her. Wo then made immediate signal for the
boat to return to the brigantine, to rescue those
she had h*il upon the wreck. The boat reached
the destined spot, and there remained some time,
in hopes ot saving those who were the victims to
a raging element. Wo watched with fearful eager
ness and anxiety to sec if any more were to he
scon in the returning boat than the four seamen
w ho were its crew, but discovered that these were
all it contained. Another boat was sent with an
officer, and the cutter again returned to the wreck
to sec it any tiling more could lie seen of tfro un
fortunate suflerers, lint nothing could lie found ex.
eept the captain’s lint, which iie had probably left
upon the deck. Poor Captain Coltimluno was belo
ved by all on h inrd, and even the rough seamen
shed tears for his late. To his passengers he had
endeared himself by hi* very gentIcinuniy manners
and kind and liberal treatment; and by his crew
lie was regarded as a skilful seaman, and a just,
kind, ami considerate commander. lie met his
fate at the early ago of thirty.two. This truly un.
fortunate vessel turned out to he a brigantine, the
Invincible, apparently hound from Spain for Amer
ica. She was more than half full of water, and
the crow hail either made their escape from her in
a boat, or had been taken oil' by sonic other ves
sol.— U’Mlmi Luminary.
The Invincible belonged to Alexandria.
Disaster.—Extract from the log hook of tliu brig
Treaty, arr. at N. Orleans from Philadelphia:—
“March 2d, 3 men came alongside in a small boat,
being part of the crew of the brig Eliza, of I.ivcr
pool, Capt. John Brown, bound to Havana, which
vessel they said foundered on Monday night, 20lh
Eel). The Captain and part of the crew left her
in the long boat, with which they parted company
the same night; their names they said were Janies
Aldson, John Busmcr, and John Douglass.
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS.
Monday, March 20th, 1S32.
The Mutual Assurance Society vs. Itred's
udm'x ct. al.— Upon an appeal from a decree
pronounced by tiie Superior Court of Chancery
held in Williamsburg.—Judge Brooke presiding,
delivered the opinion of the Court in this cause,
reversing the decree with costs, and remanding
the cause hack for further procedings.
Ucvcragc vs. Simpson's adm'r, «J-e.—Upon an
appeal from a decree pronounced by the Superior
Court of Chancery held in Winchester.—Judge
Brooke delivered the opinion of the Court in this
cause, affirming the decree with costs.
Gilliam ( lay, <f-c.—Upon an appeal from a
decree pronounced by the Superior Court ot
Chancery held in Lynchburg.—Judge Brooke de
livered the opinion of the court in this cause, af
firming the decree with costs.
Adjourned till to-morrow, 12 o’clock.
Tuesday, March 27tli, 1832.
I he orders o( yesterday were read and signed.
Adjourned till to-morrow, 11 o’clock.
Wednesday, March 2Rth, 1832.
Anderson vs. Woolfolk, ij-c—Upon an appeal
from a decree pronounced l»y the Superior Court
ol Chancery held in Richmond.—Judge Brooke
delivered the opinion of the court in this cause,
reversing the decree with costs dissolving the
injunction, and dismissing the hill as- to the appel
lant and the trustees.
Golladatj's adm'rs vs. Teifftus' adiu'rs.—Upon an
appeal from a judgment of the .Superior Court of
I.uw o.t Augusta ( oiinty.—Judge Biooko delivered
tl'.e opinion ol the court in this cause, utiirining
the judgment with damages and costs.
Adjourned tili to-morrow, 11 o’clock.
Tiiuksdav, March 29th, 1832.
Taylor's adin'or rt. al vs. 'Thompson.—Upon an
appeal from a decree, pronounced by the Superior
Court of Chancery held in Winchester.—Judge
Brooke delivered the opinion of the Court in this
cause, allirming the decree with damages and costs
Ilrockriihroiii'h, *|rc. vs. Illy!he, ft. al.—Upon
an appeal from a decree pronounced by the Supe
rior Court of Chancery held in Staunton.—The
President delixcred the opinion of the court in
this cause, reversing the decree with costs, and re
manding the cause back lor further proceedings to
be had therein.
Adjourned till to-morrow, 11 o’clock.
Friday, March 30th, 1832.
’Taylor, ft. al. vs. Choioning.—Upon an appeal
from a decree pronounced by the Superior Court
of Chancery held in Fredericksburg.—Judge
Brooke delivered tho opinion of the court in this
cause, reversing the decree with costs, and remand
ing the cause back for further proceedings to be
bail therein.
Watkins, vs. Crouch <f- Co.—Upon an ap
peal from a judgment of the Superior Court of
Laxv of Conchhind County.— Rule discharged.
Adjourned till to-morroxv, 12 o'clock.
Saturday, March 31st, 1832.
Mason vs. 'Tomlinson's adin'or.—Upon an appeal
from a decree pronounced by the Superior Court
of Chancery, held in Richmond.— Dismissed by
consent of the parties.
’Thomas, «jc. vs. The Commonwealth.—Appli
cation for a supersedeas—rejected.
Clarke vs. Johnston, ft. al.— Upon an appeal
from a decree pronounced by the Superior Court
of Chancery, held in Lychburg.—The President!
delivered the opinion of the Court in this cause,
reversing the decree with costs, and remanding
the cause back, with directions.
'Turbercille's adin'or vs. llrrnard.—Upon an ap
peal Irom a decree pronounced by the Superior
Court of Chancery held in Fredericksburg.—The
arguments in this cause were this day concluded—
C. Johnson ami IJ. W. Leigh, Ksqrs., for the ap
pellant, and R. Slanard and W. Jones, Ksqrs., for
the appellee.
llryan vs. Lojftus' adin'or.—Upon an appeal
from a decree pronounced by the Superior Court
of Chancery, held in Staunton—Rule against the
appellant to show cause on the first day of .May
next against a dismissal of this cause.
Adjourned till the first day of May next.
CONGRESSIONAL ANALYSIS.
In 1 lie Senate, on Wednesday, the hill making
appropriations to carry into effect certain Indian
treaties, was reported, read thrice, and passed. At
half past twelve, tho Senate went, on motion of
Mr. Tazewell, into the consideration of Executive
business, in which nearly three hours were spent.
In the Mouse of Representatives, tho motion
made by Mr. Slade, oil Tuesday, to rc-eonsidcr the
I vote rejecting the resolution ollered by Mr. Arnold,
directing the Committee on Internal Improvements
to enquire into the expediency of constructing a
National Road from Iiutfalo, in the State of Now
York, 'o New Orleans, was, after a desultory dis.
mission upon a point of order, ta! on u>». Mr. \r
nold addressed the Mouse in a long and discursive
speech, in favor of the reeoiisiilerai ion of the form
er vote, and (lie adoption of his resolution. Alter
a few remarks from Messrs, ('arson, Mcreer, and
Rlair of Tennessee, the motion to ro-consider was
lost—Yeas 74, Nays 91. The bill making appro.
; priatious for tho In li in Department, for the year
IS32, was passed. The hill providing for tlic vac
cination of the Indians as a prevent alive of small
pox, was considered in Committee, reported
wit ii amendments, and postponed not11 to-morrow.
The pension hill was n. xt taken up in Committc,
— Mr. Davis of .South Carolina, addressed the
CoiiiuiiKee in opposition to 1 lie general prineipht
of the Id!!, until the usual hour of adjournment,
'vhen he gave way to a motion Ihaf the Commit
toe ri.-e, which was carried, and the Mouse ad ourn
ed.
In theSonrif", on Tliursd ty, the bill supplement,
ary to the act for the relief of the surviving otli
cersand soldi rs of the Revolution, was taken up
Kad, on motion of Mr. Pool., amciub'd, so as to in
elude seamen, otlieers and marines of*i he N -v v. M r
W ilkins moved an nmeridnient, extending the pro
visions of the bill in ‘Indian Spies.” Mr. M irci
i moved to amend the amendment, by adding “boat.
■ men, wagoners, arid express riders;” which motici
p was, after some discussion, rejected, and tho bil
was laid on tl.o table. Mr. Webster, from tbo Sr.
< c miitnitteo on the apportionment of Kepr<*.
sj ol ives, under the Filth Census, made a report
then on. accompanied by a bill. The general Ap.
propn ttion Hdl was taken up: the ipicstion being
on fh:> amendment, allowing jgM,.VI() for the ex’
pins' . ol I be re' ii rn ol’our Ministers from France
an. ' hi.I, Mr. Sprague resumed and eonclud.
<• speech upon the British Colonial Trad-.. Ar.
r**,,t’ which iris incidentally become a mi!i.
•*J| 1 "•cushion. Previous to the adjournment,
notice that ho should, to-morrow,
call up the Pension Ihll.
lo Hie House of Representatives, tho l.i'l pro.
\.u mg lor ,jl0 |,.)S«[)((!ieme|,t of cortain tri lls in.
to \ uit» titles t«> bind in the territory of Arkansas,
was .ui,ended, and ordered to he engrossed f< r a
t hi. re.ioing, in.) hill pro\ i. ling for tlio vaccina
tion ol the Indians as a preventive of tho small
po.v, w is amende.! and ordered to bo engrossed for
a t nr. reading. I ho House resumed, in Commit.
t< e. bie consideration <>t the general pension bill.
r. D ivis, of S.i"t!i Carolina, concluded his ro.
mark* again. • the bill, when, on motion of Mr.
hoate, the Committee rose, and tho House ad
journed.
POLITIC A JL.
.From t/>r Cincinnati dinette.]
“SPOILS OF VICTORY.”
Mr. Senator Murcy’s avowal, in the Senate of
t.ie United States, U . t, in the political contests of
our country, the public ofliocs were the legitimate
“s/wi/a” of the victorious party, has not called
forih the reprobation that such a sentiment de
serves. Tins there are too much reason to fear,
proceeds (rum the fact, that its application has be.
come not only familiar, but acceptable, to a large
portion of our politicians. A more diabolical and
desolating doctrine, cannot become prevalent in a
free country.
In cmp..tying tlio term “SPOILS,” Mr. Marry
expressed bis notions upon the subject, most .I s.
linclly and forcibly, lake \\ ebster’s detiuit ions.
“1. That which is taken from others hy violence:
pirliciilaly in war, tho plunder liken Iron m one.
my: pillage: booty.
That which is gained bv strength or cf.
fort.
That which is taken from another without
license.
“•1. The act or practico of plundering, robbery,
waste.
“5. Corruption: causes of corruption.
“li. The slough, or cast skill of a serpent or
other animal.”
1 he doctrine assumes, that different parties, in
matters of government, are public enemies: it fur
ther assumes, that the distribution and possession
‘■f the public offices, and not the public good, is
the object fur which all parties alike contend! Is
this true/ If it is, is not Marcy the first public
man that durst avow it / lie is an adept iii the
Van Htircn school of politics: the avowal was made
iu defence of the great chief and leader of that
school; it is assorted ns a leading tenet, as one
upon which they mean still to aet. Before the
people sanction this doctrine, hy bestowing their
confidence upon its rminilgators, ought they not
to examine well its foundation and its tendency:
its moral fitness, its hearings upon our public insti
tutions, and our social relations? I ask attention to
a brief notice of these -natters.
it is said, mill party divisions are unavoidable,
and oven desirable in a free government.. Perhaps
both these positions are correct, mid why? The
first results from freedom of npini on, and the na
tural diversity of men’s minds, and modes ofihink
ing: the second supposes, that party contests tend
to keep men on the alert, in public a 11 airs, to stimu
late to laudable ambition, and to prevent public
abuses, by a constant and watchful scrutiny of the !
public conduct of those in official employment.—
These assumptions, neither of them, up o
the proposition, that cither of the parlies aro to be
esteemed public enemies, to bo treated as such,
ill cases ot party defeat.—They are elevated far
above a doctrine so base and grovelling.
In the parly contests of our Union, no party
ever hoisted a standard, and emblazoned upon it,
“booty nml beauty” or the "spoils of victory.'' An
attempt, in plain terms, to rally associates and ob
tain assistance, with a single view to the public
offices, would he received with general indignation
by all parties. Yet according to Mr. Maroy, in
New \ ork, this is understood to he the great ob
ject ot all. It this be the tri^-h, then tIso avowed
ground of political diiTereucc, is a deceptive sys
tem of false pretences.
The parly contests, from 1705 to 1800, with re
spect to the administration of the National Go
vernment, were based upon different notions of the
administration of that government. Tiie .success
till parly, upon obtaining possession of tha Govern
ment, ascertained, that, substantially, it must he
administered as they found it. They did not con
sider the offices as the "Spoils of Victory.** They
did not regard those who were in office as traitors
to the country, to tic punished by confiscation.—
True, they did not bestow public employ upon those
" iio opposed and condemned them: and in the pro
gress ot twenty years party contests disapnmircd,
thus evincing that the government was administer
ed upon right principles, because ith.nl promoted
unity in public sentiment, harmony in puldic'cuuu
cils. and prosperity in public ntfairs.
When Mr. Adams became President, 1825, his
administration did not consider ami treat tiie pub
lic offices as the “Spoils of Victory '* lie and his
cabinet did not hold that those who labored to drive
them from public employ, ought for that exercise of
the privilege of freemen, to he punished as crimi
nals by depriving them of public employ, where en
gaged in it. The oppos.vs of Mr. Adams anil his
cabinet did not avow that their object was to ob
tain the public offices, and invite the people to aid
them in that object. The alleged grounds of op
position were ail of a nuh'ie. character.
I.et vlie subject be fairly presented. Suppose it
had been distinctly made known and proclaimed to
the people of Ohio, that the great object of the
contest was to make “A SPOIL” of the public otli
cos within that Stale. For instance, to make John
\V. Campbell, District Judge; John Patterson, Mar
shal; Samuel Herrick District Attorney; V.’m. Ly
tle, Surveyor General: John Mcllvuitio, Indian
Agent; Allan Latham, Surveyor of tho Virginia
Military Lands; John Hamm and Lilian Allen
Brown, Charges; Liijali Hayward, C-ominissionor
of the Gem r"l Lind Offices: to give land Offices
to Lirwoil, Gardiner, Dawson and Skinner, ami
to give Post Offices toeertain gcn'lemcn who have
obtained them, would the people have engaged in
the contest? With such an object avowed, could
Gen. Jackson have obtained th • vole of Ohio?—
No man in his senses can suppose so. Apply the
same enquiry to New Hampshire, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Kentucky Indiana, Illinois,
Missouri, and I doubt not the answer would he tlm
same. Public sentimeiit would reprobate Mr. M.ir
cy’s doctrine, if distinctly expressed; hot eloak ii
with professions of public go >d. ami good men arc
cheated to sustain it, they know not w hy.
iua coni-st Ibr principle tho most honor ibl •
ami high-minded men engage. If they believe an
administration lias been formed, upon a b.u is lli.it
tends to introduce a dangerous precedent, they ex
ert t iiems'd ves to prostrate it, upon that distinct
ground, that its fall may admonish others to tivoi !
the errrors o! it.- fir.; cion. This elfeeted, t'oei
direct their efVorts to the promotion of the g( m:r. I
welfare, by healing divisions, and correcting abu
ses. 'Pin; idea of personal reward, never enteis
their mind. They would resent, as an imuit, a
suggestion lb.it they had been operated upon la
private views. Tlmy would frown indignantly
Iroin their presence, any one who was so poor in
spoil as to intimate that what lie had done, avow.
Icdly from public motives, looked in reality to a
mercenary recompense, lie, who should approach
them wiMi a claim for reward, and an intimation
that a faithful j ;b!i • > ; v nt should be dr*/ oriel
of office, that the “fSPOIL” might be confcrro
upon him, would be scouted, as one proposing pi’
la/c, plun-'rr, and rubbery, to coll, ct '•liooly ’ l« i
himself. Not so with those, who consider tin
contests of party, as the war fire of foes to be at
tended by confiscations for “SI’OI L,” nmiinst 1 hose
who are defeated. Actuated by mercenary am
selfish motives, tlicy know nothing of public spirit
or of generous feeling: but become cruel, fierce
i and reckless of every interest but their own. The
I is tho direct tendency of tho docinne, and ecu H
(r.ii, in progress of time, to embitter eur siiei.il u
bilious, uml destroy the government, if once adopt
j ud as of general application?
I Of the vast body yf active and ambitious nspi.
rants for public office aiol public distinetioii, in •
count, v like tlie I'iiited Stales, a comparative f*u
only, e in obt tin thorn.—The Ol'TS of this el i
•mist always greatly outnumber tho INS. Yin
objects of ambit ion with one ivm best he obtained
by dispossessing those of the other, in the enjoy*
nient (•! them. Or, in other words, lot the re.e e t.
ion til Pre.,dent j icksoii he prevented, *iml tire ,,t
liees ol all who support him are to he in do the
**.s/ioH," to reward his victorious opponents. \\ , '
the contest he of the same character that it won!
were the ip.iost ion one of general principles, as for
i..stance, tariff and anti-taritf? fan those in otliec,
who tjol tlieir bread staked on the issue, act from
public principles ’ t’an the mercenary, whose eye
is fixed soh ly on the ‘'snails of rictiiiconduct
the rout rover v in a spirit o»hcr than one rosem.
tiling too much the prowler for jirey? It", in this
city, wo should h ive some dozen, more or less,
who, in case of Jackson’s defeat, liavo set apart
Pur theniie lves tlm Post Otlico, tho Hand offices,
the Surveyor (huicral’s Otlico, the t’ollcetor’s Of
fice, can Till) V feel otherwise towards tho incum
bents, than as victims to lie sacrificed for I 111)1(1
aggrandizement.’ and feeling so, can Till •IN’ me«-t '
aiid ass «eiate with them is trior'll-, \ it*--- .-om |
ot the sensations, which disturb even the assassin,
in the presence of one lie lias marked for dost rue. I
lion’ It the incumbents are conscious that the
defeat of Jackson sets a mark upon them, and de.
!iv\s thoir occupation and means of obtaining
bread a “fc>POII/’ to some neighbor of tho mieeess.
lul party, can they mingle in the society of their
opponents, untouched by tho loathings that rise in
men's minds, when in the society of those they
believe to he plotting their destruction? Can they
fail to suspect tiiat almost every opponent of as.
piring talent, stand*, to them, m tho relation ol* a
rival, and a secret enemy? It seems to me that it 1
is thus that the incumbents and the real and sup.
posed candidates must feel: and dues nut this infuse
a destructive poison into the very source of our so.
cial relations?
It. is well known, that, in periods and circum
stances of great extremity, tho selfish principle in
mail becomes all predominant ami rentiers him ku
vagi* and fierce to desperation. It scorns to me.
that most men in public employ, when they look
upon dependent families, and arc sensible tli it tlieir
bread is to ho taken trom them as “spoil” for the
victors, in an election lor the President, must feel j
somewhat of this savage an t fierce spirit rise in !
tlieir minds. They may ipicll it, or in ihc effort !
to do so, 11 icy may wear out tlieir lives, as did Tif. !
tin and Itailey, and the fact in either case, mav be !
forgotten by the in.my. Vet i; sinks d.’op into
me in-arts ot Hie sullerers, to lie awakened to von
gonnoe at a future day, when an opportunity is ol.
teri-d. Jl a man seduce his neighbor's son, ser
vanl, or apprcn'ioe, from liis employ, the law gives
him an notion, and awards him eompens ition. It
one slander another in liis trade or profession, he
has a like redress; hut it' upon a change of politi.
cal parties, one neighbor despoil mini her ol" the
public employment by which his wife and chil l
rensubsisted, the is lawful! Nay, more, ii
may hanarabltj he demanded, hanorab! 1/ award,
cd, honuntbl’f seized,—and the dmpailed victim lias
not even a claim upon public sympathy! I never
can believe that if is sound or safe doctrine. Tiic
code ot modern warfare amongst civilized nations,
no longer ; Hows the victor to make a " .spoil" of the
private property’ of individual enemies. In days
ol barbarism, this was allowable; now it is scouted
and abhorred. And can i; he, that this reprobated,
exploded practice ol barbaric days and savage na
tions, mnv he properly introduced into the party
conflicts lor political power, in a free and er.light.
eiu-d, anil a Christian country? I cannot think so.
Hn the cnntiiiry. I would lain rouse public indig.
nation against it, wherever, whensoever or hv
whoinsoever it is avowed or practised.
Front tJt- National Intelligencer,
Infamous ( ai.umnv.—The following article is
copied from a late No. of tho New Hampshire
Patriot:
“Previous to thn decision of the Supreme Court
upon the Indian Question, was there not a cum.
ciih Composed of Jndssen Marshall, Thompson,
and Story, and Messrs, ('lav, Sergeant. Webster,
Everett, and some few others?
Did not .Messrs Clay, \c. urge iiji^ii the Judars
the necessity of their sustaining them on the Indi
an question, sololy upon pal ticalgrounds'!
Did they not avow that nothing would revive
their party hut a decision against (Jeorgia?
Dul not Mr. Clay and his friends urge, that, the
question must be decided solely in reference to
politics?”
Wo have seen many calumnies propagated by
the abandoned presses of our country, to subserve
1 he vile purposes of party; but the above exceed.
in atrocity and mischievousness .any tlint has lor
along time fallen under our nolire. The inter
rogatories are founded on information received from
W'n ■hiaaton. W ho could have invented nlleg-i.
lions so atrocious and unfounded? We do not
hesitate to say that if over an offender against
linth and decency merited punishment, the fahri.
cater of this wholesale slander deserves to have
liis ears nailed to the pillory. Really it is impos
sible to read such statements wit It patience or
temper. ’Phe progress of f.dse-ha©! is appalling.
It is enough to destroy, and ccr^kly must impair,'
the moral sense of the coir.imiiiitA^unless men of
all parties shall unite to frown down the use of
such weapons, in political warfare. Wo observe
it sated in a letter from this city, published in a
New York paper, that the above vile article etna,
tinted from a certain Senator. We cannot, we
will not, believe it. No man filling that high and
honorable station could stoop to an act of such ag
gravated baseness.
Tito veteran Mathew Carey, of I'hihidclph a,
has just published a series of letters addressed to
the lion. vVm. Drayton, and lion. II. Middleton,
of South Carolina, on the subject of tho excite
merit. in relation to tho Tariff now exi ting ui
that. State. lie prop-iscs that none of tho duties
at or 1 ulow 2f> per cent, he touched, and that
those above it lie reduced 10 per rent, annually
until they rna< h that rate. The whole eoiisurnp
lion of articles paying ilutv, in 1S31, i~ csl imuti-d
nt XGlt. I 'J |, ,30, and the duties on them at
GI7,«1D.
“[.••I the worst come to the worst,” sivs the
Kiehinoi.il Mnijuircr, “let both Houses of Congress
he even so infatuated as to adopt .Mr. Clay’s M ill
of ahouiinat ions,* we put our trust inf lie President
of t lie United Slates. He will, we hope, have the
moral courage to save the people from oppression,
t!u: Constitution from abuse, t lie I nion itseit from]
I he commotion which thr -;t:-n< it.”
This oracular paragr.inh ettrutel our upline
wl- m it t«rst appear'd in t!ie Kioha on l I mpiirer
a week or t:.*u days ago. \\ e euuM i.mke nothing j
of it then; ami it is not a v. o' t.'ie pi’iner to us ;
now, alter seeing it copied, vvi'li uppirent appro
hat ion, into a number m the \-!..n ii>! r..t ion ini
tials. If it means any tiling, it mean* that, the
I'/Mijuirer ih sires the President to exercise that
power whichhe possesses, iii o\‘ I ’liie eases , to put
hi« i 17« on hills v. ili( ll have pos'd < Ollgrtjs:-. |l
seems to he the fas!.ion of the day to endeavor to
concentrate all the powers of tho government in
I lie hands of the h'.xee.it ivo. 1 I’d \v !ia! is it that
he is to put his veto upon’ “Mr. ( lay s hill,”
\\ liat will l*o the object ol Mr. t lay lull, or anv
lull on the subject of the Tariff, which may pass
• lie t wo Houses of Congress at the present session’]
It will he a hill to reduce the duties on imported
articles, so as more nearly In approximate the re
votin'’ to tho wants of tic’ ''" 'ii’ry. ll the Ihi.
ntiirer is fipposrfl to * m il a mil. and conceives it to
he “a bill of abominations,’’ what lias t hat .Journal
been clamoring about all this wlii! .’ After ma.
king such an outcry against the Tariff, and be.
coining a half-nnliitior on account of it. why '! s
i'ne Fdilor of the Kiiquirer turn t und and <l<
nounee in anticipation tl-.e proposed r’ducti<>n < ■
it ’ How arc “the People:” to he oppreaw! by t
king off five or six millions of duties, on articles
imported from abroad ’ How is the Coes’ itm i
to be films, ,t l.y this operation ’ flow is the Cuiic
to he i-ndangt n«/ by it' Ao /s crri ows.— Sat. In'
i. n ■ ■■■ ‘"rill HI -111 I Ml—1|
i - <•» *■» -v •* r •
<• 144 Mi I. 4 •
| In a li !'«*r u| 4). I*, i I’s, which wo find in tliu
'•I'.i'ui ii ... |.|> refers tn tin form* r prcdu tiunit
"j hi-, respei-ling t| ,< f,ij- tgn mil icy of’ tltu I’cricr
' i.>t ry, and p. .nr s t In' a* tcir i-. u of! s rmlnrs ti
ii"t..t;o is t.i< i . ;il v. riftc;:’,-fit; i.f t!|..iu. S<» fur was
I from In!, v.i s, . the ..if.hrs of Italy
''1 re s* 11 led, lli.it I >■ r• ictidl'.. • ii* r Per.or WOlllii
i , rather than not bava
: .ee .i• .id | ric.'s; ..ml I pi• >nHim.'((I t.< |i% aii enip
■ \ !....isi t .o de. ! .: a: mu |.| .( V.i.. tori .I Journal,
I lit l lie e lit i Ml e el A i>: r lilt 11. into tin; Papal
Nl 'ti » Would ee II ’.glial el" >\ .;r. Till: i litraIICO has
n niai.e, and there i , tieverthetevs, no war.
lie adds, t: ,;t fie said also that tin; Perier udiuitiis
i rat inn w e.ild net resist, should Am tria, Kuvsia Hint
Prussia insist on the re establishment oi the King,
(loni of tin* .Netherlands, and on the re appoint,
meid of Ivnig W .Ihaiii «>r ol tin- Pi i.. :e < t Orange to
I": King of Rcigium. lie assert.* that the ministry
is prepared to make this sacrifice of the dignity
of It am-”, on their princi|4e of |ieaco at all prices.
In another letter he declares that, though M.
1 errier has continued to hold hi:, place IV r nearly a
ve ir, it does not follow that France will submit to
ihis systematic compromise of Iter dignity and of
'he principles of her Revolution. “The present
lreh of the present (Government is nothing • hint
o! loathed, and s|dt upon, and al.ho.ied, aim exe
crated by tin- people.”
“If M Perier s h '1! succeed in obtaining peace by
the humiliation of Franco, then, • s sure as tiiat
t!ic editors ol tliu (ilofc ara men of souse and pa.
iiiutisni, tint people will i iso, will overthrow the
(■ovcriiuicnt, will makcwir, will carry on tlio Ro.
\olutioti, will unite il.'lgium'o France, will aid tlio
cause of Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland and tlcr
iniiny; " ill treat .M. Perier and bis halberts with
as much contempt as they displaced to the Swiss
am! iw.yal (litards, w hen in July Itilll) they at
tempted to oppose the progress ol freedom, and to
cut down the people in the streels of Paris.
“I’in.illy, as s ire as there is a Lind in Heaven
who creates, rules, and controls, so sure is it that
there will licit social revolution in France, if tho
hopes, widics, and jiist rights of 1 .enelimen shall
lie much longer r» lu.a'd—ami i. n 1 c :s something be
speedily, cliccluaily, and largely and liberally uc.
uiiii plishcd Ibr flic starving, the naked, the perish,
mg. houseless, hcdlcss, miserahle working classes.
No pitching or co' ling, no putting oil* and pro.
roguing will eventually succeed. The pimple know
heir situation—know the remedy for existing and
ivrrpiiwcring evils; audit would he a less diilicult
ask to arrest the tails of the Niagan with a tea.
Iier. than to arrest the solemn, regular, and now
■upidly advancing march of public opinion.”
I his is a distinct and emphatic prediction, and
>v tin’ issue of events i:i Frnneu we shall lie ahlo
o test the correctness of a writer whose means
>: information apparently are not lo he despised,
my more titan his maimer of giving them tongue.
Frrnch Army <m I Xun/.—A Faria paper of lTio
-Olli February lias tin: follow ing stall incuts re! 1
•ive tn tin- present condition and cost of tho Army
ami Navy i>l' FY me.*:
According t«i the most recent official ac^oums
ilic effective force of the FYeiich army to the 1st
Jan. 1832, consisted of:
Infantry 276,010
Cavalry 51,000
Artillery 31,000
Engineers 8,000
Wagon Train 4,500
Veterans ] J 000
Geudannorin 16,000
Gener.ti Slatf 4,020
Total 410.000
With ilie fractions 4 12,171
The t-\ i-r-y 1.1 iliis force is set down in the Rod
get at 210,1"j.OOOf. wiiieii gives tlie annual cx
pense per. 607f73e; o! these 112,009 men, on.
Iv 278,000 receive rations of provisions. Every ra
lion of Oread lor these soldiers lO.Je, or very near.
!y that in the inteiior. In t!ie Army of Africa tl:o
price of the ra'ion i.- IGJ.c; a d.lii-n .. e nearly im.
pereepiihle. Inihe army of the .Murea it is 20c.
T ie rat ii .1 <.•' rice j>« r soldier in A ricu costs 3Jc
and in the .vtoiea per soldier ljjc.
The ration ol meat costs, in the Morea 20c. in
Africa only lie. The ration of wine lie in both
countries. Tho troops 111 tin: interior consume in
the whole, wine to the amouirt of 311,000 francs,
brandy to the amount of 78,000 francs, and river
water, tor certain gar/isons, to (lie amount of
60,1100 francs, making altogether *178,1)00 francs
of Inpiids, for the serv.ee of the inteiior.
The cavalry of the French, of which the actual
efleetive force is 4-1,000, mounted and dismount
ed ; not including tho gendarmerie' ecrisumes an
nually 501!) horses, which are purchased at the rafo
nl -*!MI to 525 francs each. The artillery consumes
aboii 1 3000 draft horses, at 450 fr u.cs, n i* hoi. t reck
oning 571 saddle horses al 150 francs; 720 draft
horses at the price of from 170 to 180 francs, nro
also necessary for tho remounting tho military and
engineer wagon trains.
Total 9328 horses, costing 1,311.000 francs.
O ir Navy Consists al present of 120 armed ves
sels; t he annual maintenance of the material of
which costs 4,372,000 francs; eight shins are dis
posable in humour, which cost 617,700 franc:;
sixteen ar«* in commission, and cost 596,300 ’runes;
tastily, 135 ships in ordinary, cost 1,960,000
francs.
Total of maintenance for the material of 279
ships, 7,486,000f.
Tho number of individuals on board the fleet in
active service or disposal is 13,00!) seamen, and
1 132 officers. Their pay and ui.iiuienunce cost
9,215,0001'.
Two ships, 12 frigates, 8 corvettes, and 19 hrigs
of Irani 20 to 16 goim, mid (I corvettes avsrs of
18 guns, ure the most import mt of our armed ves
sels.
British Aar//.—The United Service Journal of
February, thus gives the stations of the ships of
t^c Ur ti.-li Niivy :
.* the Nore— I sail*, 171 guns,
1 I'Uiont li St :it ion — li suit, -150 guns,
Plymouth Station— I I sail, • ■];! guns.
S’.nth Aincrcan Station —13 sail, 110 gun*.
West India and North Auiciiean Station—25
sail, I (51 guns.
Mast India Station—11 sail, 3*G gun a,
<’;i|.e of Hood Hope and African Station—25
s ill,3 11> gnii.-’.
Med iterranein Station—1G bail, 35-1 guns.
Strain Vessels at the different Stations—10
Sail, IS gulls.
P icket Serviec-8 sail, 7G guns.
Milling for Service—3 sail, 7 I gnus.
'I ol .1—133 sail, 3513 guns.
'flic above dacs not include Yacht*, StenmPack.
rt., tendes, or v< sslcs employed on the Kcvenuo
Service.
The nnmnt.1 voted by parliament for the sup.
I” rt ol the Navy for the year I’J.JI, wa*
-L'5,'7 1,551 I r. sd., or £$20,065,218 t3.
rr r»«e- m* ~ r , n. a-— -«• -_s—. z.r a?--* -•*& ■■ ■—I > m ■— a. i j . /rw. m MMHrrarraa
V.2U*»Z:iV:i L»E2 5KS-: OPHCE.”
J I * I»r i • more Capital* sold by I’KibFiK, inona
I .ol terv !
li Tl' i’ \WfNC of the Virginia Petersburg f.otto
2 ? rv. No. 3:
f> 4 15(1 37 13 30 58 10 23 56.
Whole t leant 23, 33. 56 P.j/iof £1,0''0
I» ». 13, 37. fin, do. 300
Half do. 13. 23, 51, do. 200
*-r* ’. -a - . — . . ,
Tin *v«nn tt”Mi Who, is oM'ib-'j’’ ! twice a week,
(Timirt.iys an t Kiotay*. at ill'll dollars per annum,
]/;««. an!.’ in a i vane.’.
For .•rtvciti ■ 75 cent, a s/pir.ie (,.f le .) for the fcrlt
insert ton. Hii.t5Uri iit.li.fe.u a riniluiiiaiirc Tl-.f limn.
I>**f ol insert;f*t . iiu'.t tie i>.,».•.f />,, t},,. MS otherwise
the a Iveriiseuieii's w lithe • -oiMuiuc i .n i chaired accord
in*lv.
Previous to a l>«r ontirtu tore of iln- paj or, *0 a near
acet iiiu-t lie pa d no. Atul the e v. t o .imv wish to ill#*
continue, will , tdv ti e l !., lint effect at least
t v*on’\ <i i • s tie I'ne i s |H a. i e-j. r « In. V iili’B limy
Ulllisr n'.rd
N >'e. of r‘- »»•••. t • peen pat hi; l a. 5t* of any of the
''la'.- tj I ,- ,,’e, . .. | in | . .. > >,,| tneriptlOli In
T ie W ■ ’■ • ' : r j r 1 S’ or if < !< "m.Ii”. wold.I
he p • r»’- .. t .e. Mi; mi . ..a e n. I’te Itirough lint
Pr.s Oli. . i •
•\!i «’it n i • ■ • . i;. j :: l, cr th.ey H’ill
rr.eive no at'C.iil.u).