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From thk N. Y America*.
TUB BAKU’S LAST SO.\ti.
"My task is d »ne—my song Ins c-nsed.”— Byion.
I feel no more tile glow of thought
**> i'll in my Vo hi >m rise ;
The inspirni on — ilmt ad caught
Iti lustre from the skii s:
Tin- harp that I !.;nl loved is hushed—
Its song lias dieil no ay ;
1 h«* chords this withered hand has brushed
Are slumbering in decay.
And I, that woke upon its strings
The deathless voice of song—
I, to whose feel there da- kly clings
The iron giasp of wiotig,—
And doomed to feel the mists of death
Steal o’er my throbbing brain,
Without the power to wake one breath
Of. its accustom’d strain.
An icy chain is on my soul—
My spirit, bowed to emtli,
Hath not the power to control
I lie thoughts it shadow < forth ;
For on my vision there doth press
The dark and starless gloom,
1 he cold, tlie biller loneliness
Tli d gathers round the tomb.
•
God ! can it be that Ihrre must sleep
The energy—the fire—
The fond aspirings, strong and deep—
The eagle-winged desire ?
The bright and quenchless thought that burned
To sour from earth away —
The high immortal mind that spurned
The shackles of its clay i
Shall not the spirit, when the bars
Ol this cold earth «.re burs',
Find (hat bright home among the shirs
Its purest dreams have nursed '
Shall not the high sou! wake again,
Within a brighter clime;
And live a life, and sing a strain,
Kternal and sublime.
Rest, then, inyhnrp! where thou art bung,
Upon the cypress tree :
Sleep, then, its chords, that of haverueg
With sweetest mrlody ;
\\ lint though this hand shall wake iio inure
The glory of thy sung;
The sih-nt sleep slrnll soon be o’er—
Thou shall not slumber long.
J. XV. B.
place ns usual on tho 4 It inst. <) i no similar
occasion lias the College presented a more in
teresting and imposing display. Tli •. number
of the graduates, ihe attrncive nature of their
addresses, and ihe agreealilo eh.ctiliou with
which they were deliver* d, rendered tlie ceie
monies of the day highly gratifying to the friends
of'the Coll, g ■ and 10 tile miiireroii.s and In ilhant
aiidienco that ntieiid. d. Fur the gratification
of tl obh Who feel an interest iu the institution,
on inis oeca
atrs, together
with the oidor ol the- rx'-rcisee as contained in
the pnuteil handbills of the day. From thin it
xvill appear ilia* ill re were twelve graduates,
of whom sev. n reeeived the d gree of llacllolor
of Arts, mid the other live marked thus*, that ol j
Bachelor of Law, the *1.Ii on the list t ec. ivin«-;
hotli Diplomas, Compared with (he annual |j>7!
of other institutions, this i umlier will appeal
small. But is not this a result of ihe high do- ■
gree of pr« ficu-uey in s i m e exp.-etr d of limse j
whooirer lor deg.ecs. ..ad «,f the protracted and
minute cxantim.tium towhicii the candidate. i
for this honor r.* • xp c ed to su iuut. S.un. |
idea may le* formed of the n qn-sitiuns oi'the In
stitution iu t i- respect, when it is nu.in.utoo.i l
that the rei-ci.i exainiiiuio:. !m
the hettor part ol a \\< > k, amt occ„ .. .
hours iu the morning, sum in tin. cvciuag «»t each
dav.
I1 rom t (* ti nil c* of o <: rieo.uteH and gram*
mar scholars dim g the pa t year, from the ge
neral good or.i. r, • 'lirli, u itii lew cxcep'iuns
reigned thronglioo; tlio r liege, uml from the j
incrriitd. g desire mamfegeted l.y t e students to
aecure the in.no s of the I isimiti >u. tnc most
animating prospect, III y hr i dened. 'i'iie col
lego is now . vldetil!\ ,u a pr* sperciis com j
tioo. 'I he ext ot of clus.-eg i., as great as the
average I'Omlur during the popular Presidency
of the vcneraltl Hislmp .M idi on. [’.xcinpi from
nil sectarian influence and iru-- to the exalted
nod liberal puliiic.-l prim-iplcr by w ,.,c , \’
has ever been distinguished, this ami m nurse
of tlie patriots and statesmen of our I uul pro
cents the strongest claims to our patronage and
assistance. The institution in w iden our Jt- IFer
sons, otir Monroes, our Marshalls and onr Wytlies
imbibed the invaluable lessons by which their
future characters were farmed, and forn which
in moro recent times have emanated neatly a.I
the political nr.ti legal officers of the State, is
surely deserving of the continued fostering and
protection of our citizens. At prea« ut the range
of scientific instruction embraced in the studies
of the college will challenge a comparison in
point of utility, variety ami extent, with tliescrfpe
of any similar ins ituiiou i t our'count rv. Wil
liam and Mary is einpha ically a Virginiao In
stitution, and wiP always be held in peculiar!
veneration throughout that portion of the State!
in which the characteristic trait- of V.rginia fe* |- !
mg still continue to exist. Dependent chiefly!
on the lower sections of the State f>r the annual
replenishment of its halls, this institution is not
likely to interfere with the prosperity of the no
Ido estabhshmeu for educa ion which has been
instituted under the patronage of our Hiute Lo
gis mure. On the contrary, it may bo antn ipa-!
ted ihai to both institutions invaluable benefits
will flow from I Do generous emulation which
•they will mutually inspire, let then Lower
Virginia annually gr.-et Her ancient Alma Mater
with sti.l hrigh er smiles of encouragement, and
IhrongiDg the classic halls ol oar venerable insti
tution, with the young and ardent votaries of
knowledge, subserve iho best interests of the
rising generation, and perpetuate tins glorious
associations with which the riiatory ol the college
is entwined.
Order of the Collegiate Exercises on the Alh of
July.
I.VTRODUCTOU V PRAYER.
ORATIONS.
1. Oration on Hie Diy, by Ho. II. Somervell,
Warranton, N. Carolina.
2. " On the Present Prospects of our Country,
•by Ho K. Irving. Buckingham Co.
3. On P>e Kfleet# nt* enterprise upon the con
iTition of Society, hy Samuel //. Early, Franklin
Co.
4. On the Glory of Ancient Greece, by Wm.
Marlin, June# C iy.
5 .»I. the N .tore and Value of IL.ppifHIM, by
John J). Murda igh. Wil'.ianiaburg.
« K d.igy on Petri. k Ibnry. |,y John S
Stul.bs (Jin renter ' o.
7*0 -ini. on Liberty, hy H n J. Motlin
(i i • . l If’ ( r».
8-* O.i lb'*- iuflne ire ofWm an, I Maty Col- !
!• g‘ . on the L terary arid Political History ol
*’tir Country. by Lemuel J. Bowden, Widinrns
bnrg.
lb On t’e Ruins of Time and the Mutability
of Lrrvirc*, by 7nomas IPallorr, jr. Petersliing.
10. <>u tlm Benevolence of the Doi'v .m <li«- .
plnxcil in 111o wo. ks el Creation, by ll'illium //. i
II >ight, \\ ilniingiott, (N. C )
11 * On iIio Love of Couutrv, by Ho. II. /4r~
mislead. F.li/.u'ietli City/
12.* |o the niinve List mp should ncltl llo. (J I
Jones, et ii| .ueesler, \vl:o ilul not |»uri.ci|><tU> m |
(lie urntoiiciil ex> r. is»-s.
A IK I ISM) OF EDUCATION. j
roi.iTerA Ij.
( otrcspiuidencc of the Jefftt ■ ottitin «J- Time*.
\V.\miinorov, July Mill, |»e{o
' Dkar Siii : I hasten to give you the intelligence
i that the Senate last evening receded from its amend- '
[ munis to the Tariff Hill, and that it now wants imth
| inglnit the President s signature to become the law i
l ot the land. That he will veto this judicious Taritf. j
cannot, for a moment be supposed. At live o'clock i
, tlm Senate met alter a recess of two hours, when Mr.
, Wilkins from the Committee of Conference on the
. part ot the Senate, reported that llio Committee had
come to the conclusion to recommend to the Senate to
] recede from its amendments disagreed to by the
! House and to concur in the amendments made by the
| House to theirs. The Committee, Mr. Wilkins said,
i bad come to this conclusion alter tin* most mature do- ■
i liberation, and alter being perfectly satisfied from
i what passed in the conlereiice, that there would he
an utter impossibility of getting tins bill throimli at
this session on any other terms. A very interesting
and animated debate then ensued, partaking rather
i uioic of excitement than is usual in that dignified bo
ldy,and at times savouring somewhat of pugnacity.
Messrs. Clay and Webster took tlie unfortunate
Chairman of the Conlereiice Committee severely to
task for surrendering, without a struggle, every point'
in dispute ; and Mr. Hell of New Hampshire went so
far as to move nil indefinite postponement of the bill.
The best interests of the country, said these gentle
men, were prostrated ; ruin was about to seize on the
most important branches of domestic industry; and the
Attorney to whom they had confided their interests,
had yielded them up almost heft re he was asked, and
without any warrant from the circumstances under
" Inch lie acted.. Mr. lazewell, the President pro
tempore, was obliquely censured by Messrs. Clay and
Webster, for his appointment of the Committee,
(Messrs. Wilkins, Dickerson, and Hayue,) and cen
sured outright by Mr. Holmes for the same reason,
and Mr. Dickerson the Chairman ot the Committee
on Manufactures, and a true blue Protectionist, was
commiserated for being found in had company. In
the course of the evening, Mr. Holmes was peremp
torily called to order by the Chair and compelled to
take liis seat; and on a question of order raised by
Mr. Mangiun, Mr. Clay's remarks were pronounced
to have been irregular and disorderly, and only excus
ed bv the fact, ili.it the IMiairmuu ot the Conference
v umimii.-u ii.iu, HI reply 10 questions propounded,
disclosed the proceedings ol that Committee on which
Mr. Clay commented. And what tliink you was the
cause of all this excitement? Why, that the Com
mittee of Conference had surrendered a protection of
7 per cent out of f>7 per cent on cov.ise Woollens, and
a. protection of a l-ti cent each on cotton bagciii'r and
brown sugar. These. I believe, were the only1 im
portant matter< in dispute, unless indeed, the sail
duck and Pennsylvania slates were so considered ; but
as little was said with respect m the latter, I take it
they were not of much imiiorlance. Some amusement
was created by General I lay lie's course in the Com
mittee. lie of course, was against the whole scheme,
and on every question of difference moved to recede.
Sometimes ho had Mr. Dickerson with him. and some
times Mr. Wilkins ; and bv this means lie carried ev
ery question. I his, Mr. Webster very absurdly call
ed tact and management, and talked'about dividing
and conquering, and beating the friends of protection i
in detail. Absurd ; for Mr. li;iyn<* bad but one straight
forward course, to move and vote lor a recension in ev
ery instance.
After a very protracted debate, and at n late hour,
(half past 10 o’clock,) flic questions were t^kp.u on
Hie various amendments in dispute, and tin* Senate
determined, liy large majorities, to recede in every
instance. Before tlie question was put, on t!ic last
amendment, Mr. Ilnvne, in fulfilment of tlie pledge
civen when he assigned hi. reasons for voting against
el i. Bells motion for an indefinite postponement,
moved Jo re-commit tlie hill and amendments, with
instructions to bring in a bill providing for a system ol
ad valorem duties sufficient for the expenditures of the
Government after paying oil* the debt; and ibis mo
tion having been decided to be out of ordei.Mr.
Poindexter moved the inch finite postponement of
il e bill, assigning, as his reasons for the motion, that
it recognized ti.c print-.!, lu of protection, ami estab
11-liect it as the settled policy of I lie country—carried
nut that principle, in many instances, farther tlmn (he
1 anir ol and was partial and unequal to a much
greater extent, because il relieved the duty, entirely,
on article., principally consumed by those chief]v be
lli fitted by the system, and afforded no relief to those
oppressed by it. I„ fine, Mr. Poindexter said, be
c..ilc! not bring himself to vote for Ibis bill, without
committing himself hereafter to the support of the
Diolerlive policy. Messrs. Havoc and Maiigtun. as
signed pretty much the same, reas ms for voting 1
lor the indefinite postponement, end Mr. King, I
ol Alabama, justified Ins vote against thy motion, by j
expressing tiie belief, that the hill was a lesser evil I
than the I urilT of while, lie condemed tlie system
throughout, and pledged his watchful and undying
lio-tility to it. The motion to postpone was lost, |
V as lo —Nays 110. Messrs Brown, I"11 i-, Porsylh,
Grimily, King, Jolmston, and White, were llio Sou
thern gentlemen who voted against tin- motion. Your
two Smalms, with the Senators from .South Caroli
na, Mr. ,Moore, ol Alabama, Poindexter, Waggnman,
one Ol the Senators from North Carolina. Mr. .Man
gum, voted for it.
1 lie whole of the morning was o Mistimed bv liip de
bate on (be Preside., t’s veto. Mess.s. Webster and
Clay handled il w illiout mittens, ns lliu saying is, and
Mr. Benton, in reply, was pretty severe on both these
gentlemen. The debalu will lie continued to-day,
and I presume the final question wiil also be taken.
A sharp delta to took place in the Senate o"
Wednesday last, whiUl the Tariff* bill was under
discussion —
Mr. IIay.nk said, it was a question with him
whether their legislation was not influenced hy
certain lobby members. When any proposed re- !
durtion was offered, here was n party always !
ready to cry out “it will he the min of the conn j
tr\, " Re "ill he ruined!" I’lic agriculturists
were not thus represented by agents— they re
framed trom thus influencing our legislation.
In the progress of this men-ute, it could he
shown that many items ha.I been introduced
that, otherwise, would have found no place in
the hill, hy the special influence of the inaniifac
t ires, and those who acted as their ag-uts wtiliin
those walls.
Mr \\ nusTF.R said, there was a time when
tlmr fellow citizens could not cmiio within the
walls tIf Congress without having reflections
made on their characters. Happily, those d.,vs
lunl gone hy.^ lie hail thought that the Senator
from Soiilli Carolina would have been the last
to renew the system. It was averred hy him,
that many enactmeirs in th- lull would not have
been passed hud it not been f .r the influence of
lobby members. He (Mr. W.) would under
stand the allusion, for it was made to ho under
stood. It was true, ho must have been peeo
speaking to a gentleman at his back without the
bar; (nil tliitu tbnt gentleman, no one bore a
higher or moro honorable eiiurue.ier — bis reputa
tion was high nod unsullied; lie had conic here
«t his (Mr.VV’e) request, to give him informa
tion on some suhjecis with which ho was more
familiar.
And yet fur llii«, a reflection had boon thrown
out that would strike many ns uncalled for, and
might l»e designated hy language whieh ho would
refrain from using. Hut were not the citizens of
this country to pay attention to their interests,
whenever measures were about 1o be legislated
oil of vital importance to fheii several interests?
It was a miracle that more of ibem wero not to
be seen io attendance; and sure be was, that if
they bad feared that some of the (impositions
recommended hy (he gentleman from W. C. had
been likely to be adopted, not individuals, but
crowds from the oerth, would have come lu re
in procession, to protest against the destruction
of ilieir rights- not to intimidate, but to look af
ter their general interests. He would ask if a
Philadelphia hlack.-mith, or the manufacturers
of iron, whether of old scraps or now,when in
attendance here were to he denounced as lobby
members ? Hut even (he gentleman who had
11rnwo op the blacksmiths’ memorial so olten re
lerrcd to, hurl given Ins opinion in a similar case.
' lobby members,” said lie ; let me see the mao
who will tell tlie citizen of the Unirod States, |
when they proceed to look after tfio vital and i
important public intercuts of the ctmntry. that i
ii*•>r°t *°.*,*>y ♦’•embers. And this person was I
Mt. Call niii. lie would tell the honorable gen
tlemnn that when his (Mr. W’>) friends ctttuo
here, they were not to he sneered at and don
minced as using nn improper influence.
Mr. IIh\up snid, tlio gentleman from Massa
elmsotts had determined to understand his words
'■> his own wav. Ho might reply to the gentle
man, “r/ui at pit tile facitllut injus'iee had
hecu dune Him if it were thought that ho was n
gainst the light of every citizen to watch over
his interests; hut lie had, for sumo time witnes
sed, as so must others, such palpable breaches ol
all courtesy, by a person leaning over the bar,
speaking, not to one person, hut to several, nml
interfering in the business pending, from the mo
input his motion was mud", tlisr. if it were ag iiii
to ho repealed, lie ( Mr. II.) would fed huu-ell
hound to move Ins ovpul-iou from the privileged
seats. lie had uo objection to remarks ol
Mr. Collaiiu being ipioted, hut u qualification
had broil made by Mr. <•' which had been n
initted, and iluu was, |i.o person was nut at end
ing his private interest. Mr. II. alluded to the
aspersions that had been thrown nut from the
gentleman on i lie other side,in which Mr.Sarchet,
of 1’hiladtIpliin, had beeii denounepd, and do
feuded him as an upright and honorable man._
lie believed that uo man, from tho system of de
nunciation that had been pursued against every
uue who had advocated free trade, as h< iug uu
der itritish pay and influence, would hereafter
have nerve sufficient to put his character aud
standing to such a trial.
M r. Clay said, he would speak his mind with
out lour of recrimination. lie and every other
member hud a right to all the information they
could acquire ; and this right he would ever ex
ercise. If he was not lar mistaken, a small
m.tn, with red hair, might for *01110 time past
have hecu seen Hying about betwoen the House
ol Representatives and tho Treasury Depart
ment, using his exertions to cut down the pro
tective system. Why was not his interference
also denounced / No: there was no danger
that this person, and lie would name him—Mo
ses My«••*, the Jew — would he so held up. A*
regarded Mr Sarchitt, ho would let the records of
the country speak for themselves.
t INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
hose who linvo hitherto lm<| some slight
■a that the President would interpose and
arrest the progress of the system of interonl
itnp-ovements by the General Government,'
must now see how completely they have been
deceived ns to the real intentions of tho Presi
dent. lie has given up the whole principle,
and that so evidently, so palpnbly, that even the
editor of the Enquirer, blind "Ss wo all know
him to bo, when lie does not choose to see, is
compelled to acknowledge ita incompatibility
with the veto on the Mnysville roa,| bill. The
Enquirer lately called on the President not to
strain at a gnat (the Mnysville toad bill) and
swallow a camel,” (the internal improvement
bill,) “although it might jeopard his election.”
Alas he has swall nvod the “camel,” and if re
port says true, he is prepared to swallow a
” mammoth,” (which will soon he presented to
him.) rather than “jeopard his election.”
The editor of the Enquirer placed the conae
quonce very fairly before tho public. Signing
the bill would “jeopard his election.” hut his
(peat confidence in the MORAL OOIJRaGE of
the President, convinced him that the bill would
ho rejected ! “ What becomes,” says be to him,
“ of tho Mnysville veto, if you sign this harbour
!,ill ?” “ No straining ri gnats nnd swallowiug
camels.” All, however, would not do. ‘Moral
courage,” “ energy and public spirit,” «■ Mays
ville veto,” consistency, “ Virginia principles,’
are all sacrificed, whistled down tho wind, ra
ther than “jeopard his election.”
I ke laihudiutuians arc rejoicing at the mea
sure and sneering at the Executive They all
consider it as a complete nullification of the ve
to message ; and they also know that it proceeds
from a fear, on the part of the President, o!
“jeopardizing bis election.”—U S. Telegraph.*)
MR, CALHOUN AND GEN. JACKSON.
We often receive news from Washington
through distant journals, and, accordingly, we
find an interesting article in the New York Ad
vocate and Journal. Tnc Washington corres
pondent of that paper says:
“You will shortly have ibe details of another
“blow up." I believe you are acquainted with
my old and valued correspondents in Pennsyl
vania. Prom one of them | have roceived an
interesting letter lie say's :
You have doubtless heard, at Washington, ol
the new scrape into which tho kitchen cabutei
have drawn the President. You know Judgt
D-.of our Siate, ( Pennsylvania,) you know
his selfishness, his hypocrisy, and iti- propensity
for potty intrigues, lie has hoen busily eogag
ed in an effort to gull General A L_k. lit
(Mr. I!-) has played the. part in the second
act of tUr Juice, which of right belonged to Jus
A. Hamilton ; and having arranged every thing
as lie supposed, vatisfactorify, ho started for
Washington, nnd there held a caucus, to which
lie tinhii rl honed himself, ft was determined that
lie shoo'd communicate the result of his discove
ries to iho President. These discoveries relate
to Mr. Calhoun's infidelity towards General
Jackson, as a friend, during the late wnr. li
was further determi: ed, that certain interroga
tories, which were drawn up, should ho pro
pounded to L.-by the President should he
notifi'-d ol' ihe fact. This w ns accordingly done,
and Mr. Calhoun ha.> replied, rather tartly, to
the General. X. Y, ami Z, can give you de
tails, if they please, as they were at the cau
cus.”
* * "in much lor my friend* letter.. I linve
sonn X. Y- hiiiI Vi. and although they are vio
lently opposed to the Vice President, they have
said enough to convince mo that Mr. Calhoun,
in his .second war, which has been mado upon
him hy tho President, has nullified General,
Jackson, Mr. If-. and all tho* divan. The
correspondence, interrogatories, and answers,
will probably ho published- Tlie movement
whs commenced for that purpose. Hut il
tho story is correctly sta*e«l to me, and I
have no reason to doubt the fact,these d eumoirts
will never see tfio light of the day, by or with
the consent of tho President or any of his adhe
rents.'’
We rccollert'tlint the Globe had the unhlijsh
ing impiiden. e to apologize for Mr. Uichie's
former opposition to Goncral Jackson, by sav
ing, that he had been imposed upon hy Mr.
Calhoun. A charge more false or mure prodi
gal- whs never made! Will tho Globe inform
ns whether there he any truth in the statement
of the correspondent of tho New York paper/
and if true, when are we to expect the corres
pondence to he published?—U. S. Til.
The “fraud case” (as it is termed) in which Houston
ct al. are implicated, notwithstanding the rejw»rt of
the majority of the Committee, wears a very suspici
ous appearance. The evidence in the ease is <jis
soctod in the Telegraph, and, to our minds, the
conclusions arrived «t in that print are correct.
Wo have not room to devote to-this matter, or wo
think wc could satisfy others that tho views wc
have taken are sustained hy the facts.
Since writing this paragraph, we liavo seen a
compendium of the whole business, given by the
Washington correspondent of the New York
American, which is ns follows:—Alex. Haz.
1 he reports in the Houston fraud have come
out. The majority acquit tho President, the .Se
cretary at War, and Mr. Houston, of any imputa
tion «f fraud. Mr. Stonbery and Mr. Hales of
Mass, report directly the reverse. Perhaps, there
fore, the truth will be best ascertained from the re
port presented on the same subject hy Mr.
J. I». Kerr, who takes more impartial ground,
and building principally on the evidence of Mr.
Van foesen of New York, the agent, as avowed
hy himself, of Mr. Houston, with the full know
ledge boll, of the President and Secretary at War,
gives it as his opinion that there ^as an improper
preference contemplated to lie given to Mr. Van
J'ossen ns such agent: the ovidcnce of that person
going conclusively to show, “that in a conversation
which he had with the Secretary at War, to whom
he mentioned that he was partner and agent for
11 ousTon, he submitted to linn, the Secretary, j
whether it might not l*e advisable to reduce the bid
jmt in by him; that thereupon tho Secretary said,
in substance, ‘that the Government did not wish
to give n contract by which the patties might lose,’
•Ac. and lie recommended, from puro and disinte
rested motives! (Crtdat Judaus, nun ego,) und as
doubtless, supposing himself bound by his otliciul
oath, so to do, to go to the Commissary General,
und first ascertain what was the correct prices at
which such contracts had boon usually made, be
fore Van Fosscii should put mi any reduced propo
sal ! ! ! This is tho evidence drawn lrom the camp
of the enemy, and such as it is, it is conclusive in
other respects, as to the President’s full knowledge
of the whole transaction, and indeed it is shown
that tho President acted with moro discretion
throughout than the Secretary at War, for ho did
; not, in lawyer’s phrase, commit himself no far as to
I louvo himself open (in Mr. Kerr’s opinion) to tho
i direct charge of having a fraudulent, guilty know.
I lodge, although there could be no doubt of his ha.
; ving used an improper interference, to say the least
! of it, to give the preference to Houston; mid thus,
' through him, that tho Secretary if it had been so
arranged, might partake in tho benefits of the eon
| tract. Tho report on the Chickasaw reservation,
' has been equally conclusive us to a peculating pro
I ponsity, in favor of Mr. W. 11 Lewis, tho head
! und tail of the present kitchen Cabinet. In this
! caso, however, the parties were successful; they
i have their ten thousand acres of valuable land, Suit
Spring, cj-r. secured, and to which as it goo* for
their bcuotit, there will not be, I presume, any of
the constitutional scruples of tho day for retaining.
[t'JNCLUIlOX OK PROOKKDINOS OK TI1K SENATE OK
THURSDAY I.AKT.l
FINAL PASSAGE OF THE TARIFF.
Mr. Wilkins, from tho Committee of Conference,
on the disagreeing votes of tho two Houses in re
lation to tho Senate’s amendments to tho Tariff Bill,
reported that the committee had agreed to recoin
mcndjTiat tho Senate recede from their several
amendments, and concur in the amendments of
tho IIouso.
Before any ipiostion was taken on this report, Mr.
Boll moved an indefinite postponWxent of the wholo
subject.
Mr. Haync said, that tie considered this motion
as premature, and he should, therefore, at this time,
vote against it. He thought the proper course was
to lake up tho amendments and dispose of them.—
Lot us at least ascertain the sense of tho Senate
upon theso amendments. After the principal a.
iiiondmcnts shall be gone through with, he should
make a motion to recommit tho bill with instruct
ions so to amend it as to provide for a general sys
tem of ad valorem duties, arranged on just and
equitable principles. It would he time enough
when all these questions shall bo disposed of, and
the bill shall bo put into the shape which a majority
of the Senate shall think proper to give it, to make
a decision for or against it. For his part, however,
he had no hesitation in saying now, that neither
in the shape which it hud assumed in tho Senate,
nor in that which it canto from the other House,
could he give it his support. 11c bolieved that, in
cither form, it was a worse bill than that of 1828.
and when tho final question cumc to be taken upon
it, if Tic could not got it recommitted, and eventu
ally considered, he should then vote for its indefi
nite postponement. N
After a few remarks from one or two other
gentlemen, the vote was taken on Mr. Bell’s mo.
lion, which was lost—yeas 10, nays 38.
The Senate then proceeded to consider the amend
ments, cn the several items of which a long ami
desultory dobate ensued, which resulted in the So
nate’s receding from their several amendments, ant
concurring in tlioso of the House. After the losi
of Mr. Bell’s motion as abovementioned, Mr
Clay rose, and congratulated the friends* of tbt
American system on the triumph of tho prorectinj:
policy, which was about to ho consummated by
the passage of the bill. The Southern Senators,
by voting against tho indefinite postponement,
must be considered as fixing their approbation to
the principle of protection which was embra
ced in it; ho excepted of course, the Se
alors from S. Carolina, who hud disclaimed it.
—The bill was based on the principle of giving ade
quate protection to every branch of domestic in
dnstry, and if there was any one of them in rela
tion to which the measure of protection was not
full, this defect would bo supplied hereafter. The
protocting principle being adopted after tho pay.
ment of the debt, would leave to Congress hercaf.
tor, no other duty hut 'to carry it out and fortifv
it Mr. Clay also relied on the discrimination re
oognised in the hill, between tho protected umi
unprotected articles, in which respect tho bill
conformed to his resolution which had been sc
strongly roprobatod at the beginning of the ses.
sion, but in which gontlcmen were willing now tc
acquiesce. Mr. Clay complained of the conducl
of the Committee of Conference in giving up all
tho amendments of the Senate, but contoudod
that though woollens and cotton bagging had noi
been taken as good care of as iron, yet, as lie con
sidered much was gained by the sanction wliicl
would he given to tho system, by the passage o
the bill, he hoped the bill would pass, and that it:
defects might be corrected at the next session.
Mr. Dickerson vindicated the course of tin
Committee, and said ho had yielded the amend
inents of tho Senate, because he knew that to in
; sist upon them would he to lose the Bill. "That hi
I considered it a good bill for tho manufacturers
! and if further protection should be found ncccssa
ry on woollens, or any other articles, Congress couh
give it hereafter.
Mr. Wilkins explained his course in the Com
miltee of Conference. He believed tire bill as i
came from "the other House, to be ns beneficial tt
the manufacturers as tho act of 1828, and perhaps
more so; and as this hill would tend to settle tin
question, and establish the system, he could no'
I consent to risk tho loss of it for seven per cent
1 upon woollens. Mr. W. declared himself a firn
friend of the protecting policy, and in voting loi
tho bill as it came from the other House, he con
sidered himself as maintaining that system in full
vigor and acting in strict conformity with tho in.
structions of the Pennsylvania Legislature to dc
so.
| Mr. Webster complained of the course of the
| Committee. • They had given up the woollens with
out a struggle; still he was not himself disposed tc
abandon the bill on that account. Further protect
ion might be extended hereafter.
Mr. Hayno explained his own course in the
Committee. Being opposed to the whole system,
he had voted to recede in every case, and ho woulc
do the other gentlemen, (Messrs. Wilkins and
Dickerson,) tho justice, to say, that they had not
yipldcd an inch, while there was any hope of car
rying their point. When it became certain, thal
by striking out seven per cent, on woollens, and
half a cent, on cotton bagging and sugar, they
might loso the whole bill, which thoy justly con
sidered as eminently beneficial to tho inanufactut
rors, they very naturally gave up an insignificanl
part, to secure the rest, lie would do tho justice
to the Senator from Now Jersoy, to say, that noi
ther on this occasion, nor any other, had he inani
| fested the slightest disposition to yield one iota ol
' the protecting system, and in supporting such a
bill as this, he had given up nothing to the South
Mr. H. stated that he had seen a letter in the
Committee from one of the strongest friends of the
American system in this country, asserting that
this lull was hotter for the protected intorcstsrthan
the hill of 18*28, and urging its friends on no ac
count to suffer it to l>c lost. After all, however,
Mr. If. said that theso amendments presented the
i smallest of all small questions that ho had evei
hoard gravely discussed in a legislative body,
whether woollens should have a protection of 50 ni
57 per cent, and the duty on sugar and cotton
bagging, ho reduced three or four por cent., still
leaving the duties on all of tho protected articles at
much higher ad valorum rates than they were in
1«‘28. He concluded by saying, Hint ho should
certainly not vote for the bill citiier in its amended
form, or in the shape it carne from the other
Houte. There was very little difference between
| them, and in cither, shape, in his view of the mat
• ter. it made the system worse than it now is.
The amendments having been gone through,
Mr. Huyne moved to recommit the hill within,
str iclions so to amend it, as to provide for a sys.
I torn of ad valorem duties, so arranged as to reduce
the revenuo toilic wants of the country.
The President decided that such a motion could
not be received, as the Senate must now be confined
to its action, on the disagreeing votes of the two’
Houses.
Mr. I ’oindexter thereupon moved to postpone the
hill indefinitely, saying, that this was now the only
way of distinctly expressing the sense of those who
were opposed to the bill, as tho receding from the
next amendment would make it a law. He ex
plained his objections to the bill, which be consi
dered as a recognition of the protecting policy and
the final establishment of the American .System, to
which he, always had been and should be op
posed.
Mr M.mgum followed in an expression of his views,
and declared, that, if ho could give Ins sanction di.
rectly lo thin bill, lie should consider himself us fal.
sifyiiig all the principles on which lie had acted
through lii'e.
Mr. Forsyth explained why ho should vote
against the indefinite postponement of the bill. Ho
considered ii, in some respects, butler than the
tariff of 1828. But even after this hill should be
come a law, ho should still continue lo strive to
avort the evils of the system, mid should struggle
against it to the last.
Mr. King look similar ground—declared his
unalterable hostility to the system. But tho ques
tion was, shall wc have this hill ortho taritf of
1828? and he rather preferred the present, und
should vote accordingly.
Mr. Hayuc said, he had but one moro word to
| say before the final question was taken. From the
beginning of the session up to the present moment
I he had, with the must perfect good faith, voted for
j every proposition and used liis utmost ctforts lo ef
fect such a modification of the tariff as should re
move existing difficulties and do equal juslico to ull
parts of the country. The bill had been put into
tho form which the tariff majority in both Houses
hail thought proper to give it, and it now only re
mained for him, at this last stage of its progress, to
i record liis sentiments in relation to it. Ho hnd’ox
; aniined its provisions carefully. Ho was perfectly
s Hisfied Jiat it did not proposo to effect n reduction
j in the revenue, of more than from three to four
j millions of dollars, und of tliity nearly the whole n
i mount was on ujijnotecied article*. So fur, it ug
, grave ted the injustice and inequality, of which tho
south had so loudly compl lined. This bill rccog
7.08 tho protecting system—it Iuir been arranged
i throughout, on the single principle of taking care
of the interests of the manufacturers, and was now
openly supported by the tariff party, on tho ground
that this protection was adequate to the object,
and it had been openly avowed, that, if it
should, in any case, prove otherwise, fur
thor protection was to he hereafter extended.
1 lie duties retained by this bill, were most unrea
sonable and exhnrlutnnt—57 per cent, upon wool
lens, upwards of 100 per cent, upon cottons and
iron, and still higher upon salt and sugar, while ar
ticles of luxury, only because they did not come in
to competition with domestic manufactures, were
to be admitted duty free. Ho regarded this- bill as
fixing the system upon tho country forever, beyond
hope of future relief. lie should, therefore, vote
for its indefinite postponement, and if the bill was
to pass, lie would leave the responsibility of a mea
sure fraught with such fatal consequences to
others.
iiiu vine was men taken on the motion forindo.
finite postponement, and lost.
^ KA8~^CSKr8- Noll, Bibb, Hayno, Holmes, Man
gum, Miller, Moore, Naudoin, Poindexter, Rob
bins, Rugglcs, TazowcH, Troup, Tyler aud Wag™.
inun—15. b
Nays—Messrs. Benton, Brown, Chambers, Clay,
Dallas, Dickerson, Dudly, Ellis, Ewing, Foot
Forsyth, Frclinghuyi.cn, Grundy, Hendricks, Hill’
Johnston, Kane, King, Knight, Marcy, Robinson,
Seymour, Silsbcc, Smith, Sprague, Tipton, Tom
linson, Webster, White and Wilkins—30.
Tho remaining amendment was then concurred
in, so that the bill now only awaits tho signature of
the President to becomo a law.
Friday, Jui.y 13.
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
Die Sedate resumed the consideration of the
Message of tho President of tho United States, re.
turning to the Senate “the bill to modify and con.
tinue the net to incorporate the subscribers to the
I auk of the United Stales,” with his objections to
the fiame.
, .,7 1,0 Chair stated tho question lo be, “Shall this
bill pass?”
Mr. Benton then resumod his observations, charg
ing the Bank with having applied its means for the
purpose of operating on public opinion, and influ
encing the votes ol the people against Gen. Jack
son; and reiterating the arguments against the Bank
winch ho had used during the progress of the bill.
Ho denied that the disasters of the lato war were
justly attributable to the want of a Bank, such as
that of the present institution; and asserted that
the State Banks had impoverished themselves by
their efforts to please the army. He expressed his
hopes that the friends of General Jackson who had
supported the Bank would be convinced, by its con
duct previous to the next November, that it was
merely a political engine, employed for the purpose
of destroying tho election of General Jackson.—
He invited members to read th’o Pamphlet of Sir
Henry Parnell, against tho Bank of England, and
recommending its subdivision. He assorted that
the United States Hank had uniformly refused to
establish a branch in Missouri, although repeated
ly solicited by the merchants, until he had unmask
ed lus opposition to the Bank. He then went on
to quote the language of Sir WilliJm Pullcncy,
against the Bank of England, in order to
justify by lus example, the use off the word
“monopoly” by the President. Tho poliay of
permitting, foreigners to hold stock in the Uni
> ted States Bank, he asserted to be distinct from
I that of obtaining loans from foreigners for inter
i nal improvement; and declared it to he extremely
dangerous for foreigners to be the hankers of the
United Statos.
Kt - r*i i i
, y./. J observations in reply. He
asked if tl,o Senator could not find somo motive in
i the l resident, for introducing tho operation of the
, Bank in tho Wostorn country, as well as in those
who had commented on that part of the Message.
I lie tlion commented with much soverity on Mr.
Benton’s fray witjj General Jackson, and on his
letter giving an account of that fray. Also on the
prophecy of Mr. Benton, that whenever General
, Jackson should bo elected, it would he necessary
i lor Senators to como here with swords and pistols,
Mr Benton admitted that he published the letter,
nnd that it stated facts;' but he stated that no man
had ever been found to say that's ich language had
e ?f"S°d v fll,n 'n *ny 8lu,nP speech in the State
ot Missouri, as wns charged against him.
Air. Clay stated that out of the State, the Sena
tor from Alissonri had admitted the fact to him.
Tho question was then taken, by Yeas and Nays
nnd determined in the negative as follows: ’
Yeas—Messrs. Buckner, Chambers, Clay, Clay,
ton, Dallas, I-'oot, Frelinghuyscn, Hendricks,
Holmes, Johnston, Poindexter, Prentiss, Robbins,
Robinson Rugglcs, Seymour, Silshee, Sprague,
lipton, rmnlinson, Webster, Wilkins_22.
Benton, Bibb, Brown, Dudley,
LI fur, I'orsyth, Grundy, Ifayno, Hill, Kano, King,
. angum, Marcy. Alillor, Aioore, Tazewell, Troup,
lyler. White—19.
The Chair said, the bill is not passed,—two.
thirds of the Senators not having voted in the aftir.
matsvo.
I he Senato then proceeded to act on a groat va.
; ricty of House hills, of which duo notice will be
; given.
J THE HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES.
Hero occupied both on Thursday and Friday, in
maturing and passing a large numbor of bills, most,
y a I,rivate nature. Among the subjects nct
! , °®» ^a* l^e resolution recommending a day of
j , ,r",1,atM>n, fasting and prayer, which was reported
Dy the select Committee on Thursday, and order
I'd to a third reading; nnd the hill to buy out, re
construct, and make free, tho Potomac bridge,
which was also ordered to a third reading on tho
same day.
A message was received on Friday from the Prc
sidcnl of the United Stales communicating copies
ot the instructions given to Commodore Downes
which had been called for by the resolution adopt.
«(I in the morning. The President submitted to
the House tho propriety of not publishing the let.
Ters of Commodore Downes, until further inform
I al,"n should he received from him.
A desultory conversation nrose, aa to the ncces
| "»y of publishing tho President’s letter nnd the in
j strnetions.
Phe whole were, however, on motion of Mr.
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•Monday Evening. July 16.
POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE VETO.
I lieso are becoming already apparent. The
loonsylvania Inquirer, (Jackson Vun Buren,) tho
most talented and influential of its class, in Penn
sylvania, has hauled down the Jackson colors. Our
venerable Contemporary said on Friday, “ho knew
what ho said," when lie said, the Veto would not
injure Jackson in Pennsylvania. What 1 whon her
population is next to unanimous ! when the Bank
is considered there, not only a groat national, but
most particularly and emphatically, a great Penn
sylvania interest ! whon her Legislature was una
nimous for it! What opinion can thoso who thus
speak, entertain of tho intellect of tho people of
Pennsylvania! Arc they fools, who prefer tlur
fancied charm which resides in tho name of Gon.
Jackson, to the great, substantia!, and enduring in
terests of life? Nous vtrrons, nous vtrrons! Penn
sylvania has been called ihe Becotia of America_
the region which nature has cursed with intellect
ual stupidity. Wo shall now have tho proof of
tho truth or falsity, of the reflection.
Undoubtedly however, Mr. Ritchie had his in
formation from tho Palace itself! We knew, that
a strong effort was making to satisfy the Hero that
the Veto would not injure him in Pennsylvania*—
that no drafts which ho could draw on tho allegi
ance of her People would be dishonored ! bo bound,
less and unqualified was her subserviency !
rhe U. S. Gazette says—
- our ncignnor ot the National Gazette denomi
nates the veto message a “pestilent production”
Never, wo bolievc, was a document moro happily
designated. It is calculated—(we desire to have the
word used with reference to intention, as well as
necessary effect)—it is calculated to pour a b'ight
and mill.dow upon tho mercantile operations of
this state, to give a morbid affection to the hoalthy
tono of business, and prostrate the best faculties
of dur merchants. Nothing now but a belief
that this last blow from tho executive will
rouse the people, could prevent some ap
pouroiico of the approaching evil. But, thanks to
Him who is over all, there in a redeeming spirit
abroad that will infuse itself into every heart_that
will startle tiie people from their blind attachment
to a man, and direct them to principles. Let every
man now-, who sees the errors of the present ad
ministration, bo found activo in the ranks of the
opposition.”
‘ Our readers will probably bear in mind that the
veto message says, if Congress had applied to tho
Executive, ho would have furnished them with &
bill for chartering a United State Bunk. If such a
proposition, from such a source, does not excite
| exclusive feelings of contempt or laughter, perhaps
soino one may bo induced to recollect that Oliver
Cromwell, when he had got possession of power,
vetood the proceedings of Parliament, and offered
to furnish all laws that might bo necessary to tho
support of Government and the convenience of tho
pooplc.”
The National Gazette says of the Message that
compound of gross fallacies, delusive plau
sibilities, misrepresentations of fact and danger
ous doctrines, 1 Ac.; and that its general tendencies
arc—
“Anarchy between the stales and the general
government—the totul independence of the Execu
tive on, or his superiority over Congress and the
Judiciary an immense increase of Exccutivo povv
er by the ultimate creation of a Treasury bank—
tiie worst disorders in the currency, and the with
drawal of all imposts and bounties for the protect
ion of domestic manufactures. Congress and tho
Supreme Court are disparaged as much as possi
ble.”
The United States’ Gazette, a paper opposed to
tnc Administration, remu.ks with pregnant brovi
“If the people of Pennsylvania do not give ‘veto
tor veto,’ we mistake their metal.”
Tho following notice, from tiie Philadelphia pa
pers of I liursday morning, show the sensation pro
duced by tho President’s Veto upon the renewal
and modification of tho Bank Charter:
. A GENERAL MEETING
Of tho citizens of the city and county of Philadel
phia, friendly to RE-CHARTERtNG the BANK
of the UNI 1 ED STATES, and who will oppose
the re-election of Andrew Jackson—as well for
his Veto on the act passed by a largo majority of
both Houses of Congress for re-chattering tho
Bank, as for his many other Anti-Republican and
Anti-American measures—will bo held on
MONDAY, the 16th instant,
At Four o'clock in the Afternoon, in the State House
t Yard.
Pennsylvanians! The sources of your wealth are
about to be dried up—the means of your existence
cut oft—Thk Bank is to be put down—The Tariff
roduced—through the influence of President Jack
son.
",u 1,10 v/iu*o«io ui i imncicipnia support him
wlio opposed their dcapesl and dearest interests?
FARMERS and MECHANICS! MERCII
ANS and MILLERS! MANUFACTURERS
and LAND OWNERS! WORKING MEN! and
! mcn every state and condition in life, are invi
ted. to manifest their deep sense of resentment
which they feel for the injuries which President
Jackson labors to inflict upon Pennsylvania.
The accomplished editor of the New York Ame
rican thus characterises tho precious veto message:
“It is indeed und verily beneath contempt. It
is an nppcnl of ignorance to ignorance—of preju
dice to prejudice—of the most unblushing partisan
hostility to the obsequiousness of partisan servili
ty. No man in tho Cubinet proper will he willing
to share tho ignominy of preparing or approving
such a paper.”
I he Norfolk Beacon says—“Whatever tho par
tisans of the President majr consider was due to
consistency of conduct in the Chief Executive
office, it is certain that a measure more prolific of
evil consequences to tho community at large, could
I n.°( w°ll 1*« conceived. It has produced groat ex-*
citement in our community, and is the all engross
ing subject of conversation.
From the NorfolJ: Herald of July 13.
After spending the Fourth of July in tho exami
j nation of the Bnnk Bill, and taking six days bo
sides to deliberate on it, the President lias finally
returned it to the Senate, in which House it origi
nated, with a long Message stating Ins reasons for
refusing to sign it. These reasons aic “plenty as
blackberries,” and of about the same value. A sy
nopsis of thorn will he found below, from which it
will be difficult to draw any other conclusion than
that this act of the President was the result of an
unconquerable personal hostility to tho existing
Bank, or of a dilemma, the least dangerous horn
of which, in the calculation of political chances,
was the veto. He docs not contend that Congress
lias not the constitutional power to charter a Na
tional Bank; on tho contrary, although ho asserts
tho unconstitutionally of the existing charter, and
of that contemplated by the bill, ho admits that
Congress has the power to charter such a Bank as
ho might project! 1 his is going quite far enough
we should think, to convicc tho sober minded poo
pie of this country, that (Jen. Jackson considers
himself fully competent to.provido for their wol
fare without the assistance of Congress.
I he I resident is entitled to no credit for his veto
from those who maintain the Constitutional object
mn, he js ready, and no doubt anxious, to charter
a National Bank, provided he is permitted to dic
,p_*crms* Besides, where is his consistency
n 2 ,^10 J*n,itarian doctrine in vetoing the
ank, and practises the fatitudinarian doctrine in
sanctioning the appropriation of millions to In
ternal Improvement? Consistency! Does it not
rather look like a huckstering for popularity,—
saying to tho South, “There—I havo given tho
Bank its quietus to pleas© you;” and to Ponnsylva
nia—“Coma, come, don’t pout; if 1 have nullified
the Cans, I have made you amends by signing the