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[Frau the Virginia Herald
October IJlsf, 1S2G.
1 hare received (lie Herald of the 28th instant,
enclosed to me by some gentlemen acting, as they
say, under the directions of the general committee
convened on the 24th instant, and in which Her
ald are the proceedings of that committee upon a
private letter of mine to Col. Thunas Minor, of
your county, by whom it had been submitted to
them. 1 h*J felt eome surprise that Col. Minor
had not answered mv letter, b.'t had not the most
remote conjectuie that 1 was to see my letter and
the answer in a newspaper, especially as it was mi
easy to have communicated wiih me upon the sub
ject, and to have answered the simple propositions
therein, without consultation with any one. It is
evident from the face of the letter, it was not in
tend'd for publication. If such had been my wish,
it would have been expressed in it; and at least a
po t ion of it would have been expressed in a dif
leretit form. .Amongst other changes, I should not
have inserted the names of Iiryce aad Minor wi.li
on the proper compellation before 'hem, for it
was not omitted from any disrespect to those gen
tlemen. I li *d too much dclicuci/ to have tnseri
el the name of Mr. Jo«r|>h Hernd"n in a newspa
per publication without hts consent, which I had
not —Whereas I saw no impropriety in naming
Irm in a private letter, whereby Col. Minor, it he
chc-e it, could communicate with h'tn upon the
subject of the reference to his name. I should
also have she,vn what was meant by enemies; it
was not intended to speak of the persons referred
to, as private enemies, ;.s the lleply seems to as
sume; though 1 consider them •«■* more than mere
opponents. It is true my letter states that Col.
Minor’s name, as Chairman, was attached to the
statement ol ihe proceedings of the people at
Spottsy!vania Courthouse —But did that constitute
it a public letter? Tint was necessary to identify
the publication to which my inquiry was directed,
anil shewed him, without expressing it, the rea
son of my writing to him and not to another, li
was his du'y, »“ presiding n.izen, to count the
numbers or '.n direct others to count them, arul re
port them to him; and then to announce the num
ber on each side, and not submil it to “ some res
*• portable gu .lie i,i n 0.i the Justices bench, and
•* whose elev a ted seat enabled them to be better
Judges’* to guess a It. \V„* not hi« scat on the
sime bench? Hence, it was more proper for
hihi to hive given me the answer to my inquiries,
if an answer was to be given, than for a commit
tee, w bicb had no existence as such, when the
fact I appened, and some of whom, I personally
know, woe not at the Com (house on that day,
a d tlieri fme cculd know no more of the event of
the meeting [li.m I d.J. A genii, mar., one of the
ineei.ng, tom me t.e endeavoured to count the
numbers, and though he would not say he was ac
cural, he would s y there was nothing like equal
ity. but that the majority weie against agreeing to
the re-olu 10:1s, Sic. dcri ied I deed the lie
ply 'ncMjr » mils ilie majotily to have been a
etated, lor it d't> n- t deny it, but refers lor the
truth of the statement, to the su emeni itself, by
which luetin (1 it could as tead.ly have proved the
truth of the Kora', ly leferring to the Koran it
self. I„ niy let cr, it is exprea-ly staled, that 1
had no persona] k o>« ledge of ti e result ot the
u.ee ing, bui derived my inlormaiir.n from otlieis:
CoI. Minor knew or ought -to have known ft, and
could very readiiy have given me wlnt he consi
dered the fact. Iraiw.o-, therefore, but consider
rnvselt as harshly treated in communicating my
lettrr, other than as a private one, to a self-created
c inn.ittee to make heir strictures upon it. I say
-elf-created, for if not so, 1 ask who created it?
f >r surely it will not be pretended, that it was act
i ig as the committee, which, recording to the pub
lished proceedings of .the treeing, was ibrec'ed to
•• be a«.p m t I to concirt with committees in o
iher coun'i - ■ I t!. d. li ', 11 * pioper means for
obtaining ihe oljeoi of ihe n.Citing, and to obtain
the-ignatuie- f the fnc'.oldei, > to an address
They would not cou-iiei tcomments a- fulfill
ing either of those duties; audit is scarcely pos
**" le, that gentlemen -o honor-stuck that the will
of the people should he palsied by the repre
sentative, would lake .pon them-elves, officially,
the exerei-e of a pn .v.r width their c. n-ii'u-vit
liail not willed them to txcrci.-e. I d« not see
how the coimnit.ee could decide that they had any j
tiling to do with my letter, except in the a'rong 1
d -nc of the wire.- of the comment to avoid a di
rect arsii r-r to my !#*• ter, and lo afford him an op
poriunity toin-ert his tut and pungeiit charge, a
he thought it. «.f my indelicacy in going io the
comtl * i»e on the day of the meeting.
It it was indelicate in cue to go to the ronrt
h use on a p nicul r court day,becau-e -ome person
h.ad announced in the Herald thst a meeting i f the
freeholders of the county vva- requested on that
dav at tii I place, to j mi lor. Judge Harbour to be
come a candidate lor t ongress at the next election,
may I not a - U, -.v l [ In *U t i'ajickisingilie i. quirv, vv a s
it not extremely indelica e towards n t, for such
! erson, audit is believed to be ihe writer of the !
iiepiy, to adopt a course which would tender it J
improper in tne 'o melt my constituent.-, the free- j
holdersVi tiie county,'at t;.e very place and tune,!
where and when, nccotdmg to ihe universal cus
tom of the Stat", it i- exp.cted li-- vo’ers and co:i
- itil* nts, *hst candidates and tn*-ir representative
si.obd meet them Th.ic wa-no imbdicacy in my
goi g. and i fling hack tlm inqiiit.Tion upon him
who makes it. When the ini eltng vva» about to b>‘|
or.a.ii/.rd, J diil not go even into the court yard,!
until urged by a most respectable freeholder, who
c.-fii- out of the courthouse etpies-ly lor ihe pur
| o-e and who sa.d, as heic was a person then ile-i
li wring an addre-*, it \.a- pr oper i should be pre
sent to ii:*te a t'-ply in c •»« any thing improper
sir uld tie - id of iii" I ; ieldtd and look my sta
tion oil the ou'er j i t of those who formed the
wee'ing, and should lure t ern (pine ( ut of the
cour'fsotiie hefoie the quevion lor agreeing to the
resolution*, &.r. w as put by the chairman, had not
n'<me one called for the reading again of them be
fore the question,'finch In dm id me to hall, tak
ing it for granted they would have been again read
as desired; b'lt the chairman pud no regard to
fhe request and ini ' edia ely put the question; and
I was both out of sight nod heating' before any de <
rision was made. The committee say, they do
pot recognize any right of interference on my part, j
— f act from my own views if propriety, not
theirs; and J recognize a clear right wherever I am
perstnally concerned, as far as 1 have interfered
in the present case. I made PO attempt of any
k>nd to prevent the meeting nor to influence its
dr.eimmatton. The remark, t.ia thu committee
well assured, however the v re at the meeting
in'gbt have been, that a large ri.sjoiity of the conn I
it would prefer Judge Jl.irlu.ur, anil that few, to |
v horn the letter had been shewn, h id refused to
• •n it, has no pungency to me. 1 h*Vo never he*i
t-teil, where the conversation properly lei I to ihel
subject, Irn.kly and voluntarily to -ay, I believed j
Ids popularity was tenfold tl.al oi mine Hu< w t:!
all well know how subscriptions are obtained— I
Aid hi- popularity is to reason \yhy fal.e lure-!
should be held ii’it io him; to make lum believe ti.ei
ii mo is r»stb-s for him to be • candid,tie, whilst!
to fart, and u r* known to the com tttee, them is
a great it d ir- rncy u|i'>n the stibj-r t except with
► »n e de.igntng men. flic edn>tr>i tec do not hold
.fudge I! rhuur in higher estimation than I do, ami |
if in :ts high, I lieli ve it a o i.rl not If verified I j
e reference m the polls al lhr.se el< c tons k |i<-rr he
h.M had art r.ppotiesf. KOifiH'i' TAVlaOll.
Mautoitvii i,k, Oct 21.
'i i-e sti vers are going on p. osp-jojsl v, for
aught v/n le-sr to he contrary. iMust oi the ‘Sur
veyor* htiv* T"i ri el, r.iul made then trpyiis.—
M*j. JVliu Lell, of < ’I.ult county, i« nr rv engager! rr
laying out the coun'ry West of the Chattaimot 1 .<
Info JbslricH lie was r rd-veri on that <1 rty a*
• iron as tl e Govermrr had received official inf r
n.ati ui of It e completion of tfie boundary line I tr
twc*n tiforglr and Alabama
Af'er ail the r-.forts that have been made to de.
feat the mea-ures of (Jovernot J roup, it is gr ttty. I
\r>f to hurl tint lli* people duly appreciate Ihfn. n
The iatu eb-ction* are a - lliutent proof of this, ~l
Ib'erv tbb.g, we tru*l, will now g.< on smoothly, f
t«d. fheiriy reltifiti (o fl;« Cr**k Nation with an/
si ' stion oio't tmttrucuooe, which five# him .rrj*I
discretionary powers, lie meets the Indians ou
the 2o:h instant, and little doubt is now entertained
tha* he will soon be able to get in motion with a
considerable body of them; more especially, as it is
believed, that the United States government,
(having its eyes opened at last to the true sources
of the difficulties which have arisen,) has deflated
to the Indians its de'ermination to-carry the law
into effect, and its disposition to consider as hostile
any attempt to prevent it.
We hare the best season for believing, that the
U. S. government does not at all wish to inteifere
with the oj orations of Gtorgia, in regard to the
ceded territory. (Journal.
Mr. Adams and his partisans would be extreme
ly glad to take Mr. Craw ford'k friends to their em
brace. Their advances are truly amusing, and we
hope will be altogether inctfectual. Mr. C'rawlord’s
| friends cannot so easily forget the manner in
which they weie treated during the discussion of
[the presidential question—ueitnei will they, we
hope, soon furgiv the indignities that were heap
ed upon them. The catalogue is a black otic, at
partially and feebly set forth in the following ex
tract from the Ifostou Statesman.
To the extract we subjoin an extract of a letter
froiu an intelligent gentleman of Poston, to hi*
triend in thi-State. It is important, as going to
show, what sotue of Mr. Adams’ neighbours ihink
of him ami Ins measures:
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of Boston
to his friend in Georgia.
“ I was gratified at the election of Gov. Trotip,
because I considered it a triumph over a party in
your Slate, who are willing to ally themselves to
• he corrupt politicians who at present wield the
destinies of the nation
The days of pro-peii'y are those most dangerous
ami most lntal to the purity of icpublican principles
f’hctc has rarely been a period when the funda
mental principles of our political compact have
been in such iminent danger as at the present period.
! rearhery to political associates — apostacy fiom
the orthodox finli —assassination of character are
promptly rew.trdej by the powers that be. The
plunder of the people’s money by officers under
government, if not encouraged, is winked at, and
corruptions, of the foulest kind, stalk abroad «t
noon-day, unmasked, yet unabhorred. Monarchi
cal princij les arc openly broached and munificent
ly encouraged. With rapid strides and with the
help of he men of’98, the Administratir-u are
working tu embrace the principles of John Adams*
time, it 1 eliovcs the remnant of the unccrrupted
democracy of this nation, to combine its efforts and
concentrate its forces to one object, aird that object
should be, at the next Presidential Election, by
one mighty effort to annihilate the incubus that
now paraliscs the spread and growth of Republican
principles.” [/&.
From Hal.in.ore, we hear that the General As
sembly of lire Manun.i-hion Societies was actually
iiel.l in that city last week, though the papers of
tint ci'y prudent tally have been wholly silent on
■he subject. W e do not learn that any proceed
ings took place calculated to give uneasiness to
those with who-e concerns Societies of this des
crip'ion interfere unwarrantably, where they in
teiiere at all. I in-re was a good deal of discus
sion, with open doors, which rather had a tenden
cy, as we learn to weaken the claims of the As
sembly to the ti le of “ Congress of Vissionaries,”
which we thought not inaptly apj lied to them,
when their convention was first announced. A
proposition to approve of the scheme of tire Afri
can Colonization Society was voted down. The
most decisive measure resulting from the meeting,
setms to have been a recommendation to petition
Congress to appropriate money for transporting a
bro.ul such slaves as may from ,jme t0 ti|nc ^
manumitted. This recommendation proposes no
lu g contrary to the Constitution, or hostile to the
interests of the Suuih; and we are glad to learn
that a majority of the General Assembly had no
worse projects in view.
From every thing ihat falls under mtr ob-erva.
non it i* obvious, w ha-ever slew fanatical per
-ons may propose to themselves, (hat no respec'a
portion of our fellow citizens of tlie Kast have
! ■*- •‘lightest intention to act upon, or in reference t
; 'o, his -object, in any manner contrary to the
ni.own views or wisiies of the States of the South.
1 his being the case, we hope we shall never hear
of another Convention of this sort: for, however
it may propose to limit its operations, the actual
Hb-ct of every such an assembly is, from misappre
hension ol the scope ol its aim, to alarm the pro
prietors, and to un-el'le the foundation of the pub
lic peace, :n a poriion of our country. In mere
trier,d-htp to the slave, in real humanity to their
te.iow man, these Associations, and the individu
al- composing them ought to forbevr: for it is a
propo-itron as demonstrable as any to be found in
ivrclid, that rigor of treatment and severity of
discipline must be increased by insecurity of tenure
and relaxation of subordination, winch are the ne
ce-sary consequences of the agitation produced by
these convocations. [.VaZ. Jut.
It now appears that .Mr. Sergeant is .bout to i
-ad for the Congress at Tacubaya, as Mr, Binns
calls the Panama project.
li inior -ays that a violent elfort liar been made
to prevail on Mr. Monroe to accompany him; wi'h
what success wc are yet to learn.
l*or our own part, we caiino’ conceive that Mr.
Monroe will consent to lend the sanctir n of his
name to the mission. We do nut believe that lie
can approve of it; and il he doe-*, it is a question i
well w orthy of his consideration, how far it would I
be prudent fur him to cuter again on the political 1
aiena in lavor oi his former enemies, and against his !
founer friends. J he public mind is belter informed 1
on this subject. The other allies have but one !
Deputy at this new Congress. Why should we j
have two? [ Wash. C. Tel.
St. Louis, Or(. 12.—We are informed by
General Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs,
ihrtt many of the tribes of Indians who have been J
assembled here, lor the adjustment of theu diflicul
lies, have ex,>res-ed a wish to exchange their lands,
tvnhin this State, for land beyond its limits. Their
object appears to be, to collect the scattered rem- 1
nant- oil heir once powerful Nations into one
family, far from the residence of the white man,
and turn their attention to Agriculture and the
lairing of stork. That they will he compelled to
resort to this course, before long, is evident, from
the scarcity of game; and it is hoped that the Go
vernment will encourage them in it. I
.Mail Hoarl to Philadelphia.—Gen. Bernard,
with captain Poussin of the engineer corps, ac
companied (at the request of the postmaster gen
eral) by Mews. William Meeteer, Thos. Hillen,
an I John W Glenn, of Baltimore, John Forworn!,
i'homas A. Uayse, and Howes Gold-borough, of'
llaitlord; James fsewtll, K. L. Havln, and Jacob 1
( owthr of (. M il, con,mencecd their examinations 1
of the above road'Ins day, under a tesnlutiou of 1
< nngi< s. Messrs. Gilpin, Cooch, and Torbet, of
Del'Wait:, wiil join in the examination thiO'lgh
that stale, [Halt. .‘liner. J\'oo. 1. |
V/c le rn from the Bo-Ion Courier, that the Go
vernment of Ki. re h.t« p 'stHvely refused the entry
■d « Oltoii in Ante. ir*n ves-els into France under
■he r«»v duty stip , .-J ,n the treaty, un|eM ,j„.y |
h»ve the eertificate of origin, legalized by th*
I1 tench con-til, tint the same is the produce of the
til del States. Ail ves-els clearing from the Unl
•«d bta es lot Krtglsnd and a market, are not con
sttleied !'y he I rencn Government ee coming under
the low rate of duties, a- stipulated in the treaty;
but v-s-els nui-t clear Irom tl.e United State, for
Fiance, and be furnished with the certificate of
origin, duly :-ga'„'-.l by the Kiench consul at the
port Iron, which ahe ssiied,
' AVAL—We learn that rapt. Alexander
< 'l*xI oil ha, been appointed to the c.'minaiui of the 1
U. S. -I x'p el tv-r Hornet, anti will sntl wi'h all :
possib.e de-patch witliotir Minister, Air. Seigeant,!'
to the t. ongre-x near Me* city of Mexico, who will !
there tie joined, it i» understood, by Air. Poinsett. *
Before in* drpailure from the city, capl. C. will 1
m s report to the government of th« strrvcy of 1
l.t* 1-1 •> bur, which, m e vie fieri to leatri, rvHl!£
be of • very uvor*bte character, lie baa been for a
considerable period of time upon the Haltimore
station, and by hi* social, gentlemanly deportment
anil integrity of character ha* conciliated the high
est esteem of our citizens.
We further learn, that cap'. Charles G. Ilidgley
is appointed to the command of our West India
Naval station, and mill take passage in the Hornet
for that post. [Balt. Bat. J\oo. 3.
In expressing our aurprise that one of the fri
gates built at New York for the Greeks should
have been purchased for onr Navy “ in the ab
sence of an act of Congress,” it had entirely es
caped our memory that an act was really passed
during the ses-tou of Congress, authorising the
purciiase, out of the appropriation for the gradual
increase of the navy. Such, however, ou refe
rence to our filet we find to be the fact; and while
it reflects but little credit on the discernment of
Congress in appropriating *o large a sutn for a ship
which the nation did not want, looks very like
aiding an extensive system of extortion and cu
pidity, of which the public have lately been made
acquainted. Doubtless our benevolent Congress
men were persuaded into a belief that this appro
priation of the public money, while it would pur
chase an equivalent, was to do no good to the
Greek cause : how will they stare when they find
that it has been granted to secure the exorbitant
and unreasonable demand of our own rapacious cit
izens ! [Norfolk Herald.
We understand that Mr. Surgkant, Minister
of the United States to the Congress of Panama,
will proceed on his mission as soon as the Sloop of
War Hornet, lying at Gosport, can he made ready
to receive him, which will probably be about the
1st of Decetnbtr. f/fr.
ANTIGUA PAPERS
To the 10th inti, are received at the Commercial
Reading Room by the John S. Spence. The
Weekly Register of the 10th, contains extracts
fiom several of the journals of the neighboring
island*-The Assembly of G.renada have, by a
very considerable majoiity, rejected the bills which
had been submitted to them by the Governor, in
obedience to the instructions of Earl Bathurst,
for accomplishing the object of the Government
regarding the slave population ; and in the Assem
bly of St, Vincent the consideration of the same
measures has been postponed sine die_“ God
only knows,” observes the respectable Editor of
the Barbadian, “ where all this is to end ; but
one crisis we are apt to believe, is fast approaching
— that is, the extinction of all the privileges of
Colonial Assemblies. The sign* of the times,
many think, do justify this apprehension_While
they have the opportunity, then, let them do all
that they can, consistently with every claim of
justice, to meet the benevolent feeling of the age
we live in.”
A packet had arrived at Barbados with despatch
es lor the Government of Jamaica, which being
something extraordinary, their importance wa
magnified accordingly, and intense anxiety appears
to have been felt both in Antigua and Barbados to
know the result, as they were believed by the quid
nuncs to portend “ either an immediate change
in the political condition of Jamaica, connected
with tlie slave system, or war with America.”
The Druid Frigate, Capt. Chambers, arrived
at Gienada on the 20ih September, five days from
La Guayra. Before she leit that place information
had been received of the arrival of the Liberator
Boeivar at iruxillo, which is within about two
days’ journey of Valencia, the seat of the late dis
turbances on the Maine. Immediately after the
receipt of this intelligence at La Guayra, the fol
lowing proclamation was issued by General Men
doza, the Intendant of the Department of Vene
zuela : —
” Chhistovae Mendoza, Intendant of the
Department of Venezuela,
1 o the people of his Administration.
Ci'izens—l have the satisfaction to announce
lo you the most agreeable news. Our Liberator,
uur Father Bolivar, is among us. The Factor of
lurinero, Signior Francisco Suraves, send* me of
ficial intelligence of his arrival at Truxillo, reter
ng to the Communication Irom the Commandant
it the Fourth Circle, in wl$ch he announces the
Jrder given by General Jose Antonia Paez, that
>e, Bolivar, may be received with all correspond
ng dignity.
Citizens— Your wishes are fulfilled, and the
i'-therof his Country proves to you, once more,
hat he is not forget.ul of your welfare uor inditfe
■ent to your interests. The Government hastens to
announce these happy tidings, leaving to your tree
:hoire the manifestation oi your patriotic semi
nents in the preparations you may nuke for receiv
ng him into your bosoms.
“ Peace and Tranquility !
*' Caracas, 101 h September, 1S26.”
Arrangements between Fi ance South Amer
ica.
The French Minister of marine and the Colo
nes, has sent to (he Chamber of Commerce of the
port of Havre, an order to carry into effect, solar
is he is concerned, the following directions Irom
Sits Majesty.
“ In his solicitude for every thing that may be
iJvantageou* to French Coinmeice, the King has
Jirected the Commander of his Naval Forces to
establish, in the several States of South America,
‘Uf erior agents, whose functions will be the same
those ot the agent now accredited at Mexico.
So soon as the official reports announce that these
Envoys have entered on their functions the ships
*f ihe governments who had recognized them as
Commercial Agents, will enjoy in thejiorts of the
tingdotn the privileges just granted to thine of
MeXiCo, and I shall take care at the proper lime, to
iransmit to you proper instructions.
*• You will be ploased loacknowledge the receipt
if the present despatch.
(Signed) •• Coinpte De CHARBOL.
“ To Ihe Commissary General of ihe Marine,
sar interim. ( A true copy.)
(Signed) ” DESGRANGES.”
We are informed that the Slonp of War, Hor
let, Captain WooJhouse, is expected here in a j
ew days, and that Mr. Sergeant will embark in
hat vessel, on hia mission to the Congress at Ta- j
rubaya, about the middle of November. We are'
inable to soy whether Mr. Sergeant will be ac
lornpanied by Judge Rochester, or whether, any |
Minister has been appointed in the place of the '
ate Mr. And-rson. [Phil. D. Prcst, Oct. 31.
[From Ihe Ifaiion'il Garrllej
COMMODORE PORTER.
We ha ve before us, in a letter dated Sept. 9ih,
luthcntic information concerning Commodore
Porter, in whose welfare mo<t true Americans
ake an imrrest, whatever diversity of opinion
n»y exist among them with regard to his conduct
it Foxardo, and his treatment at Washing
on. lie has reason to lie perfectly satisfied
vi'b the deportment and dispositions of the Mex
can government, and lias become a favorite withi
be officers and seamen of its Navy. With the'
nsrine corps he had some difficulty, in the sell Is-I
nent of which he displayed his characteristic en
"rgy and decision. He confined fen of the officers
in the Unfit of Ulloa, and sent the common ma
rines to the Island of Sacrijiciat, supplying iheir
places by well disciplined iroops Irom (he land ser
vice. The government in Mexico, and the aijtho
lilies and people in Vera Cruz, gave their warmest
approbation to the manner in which he ex
pressed the attempt to resist his authority. It /
teems that lint colonel of the marines was jealous >
of him a* a foreigner, and contrived to excite the j
:orps to a state of complete mutiny; but succeeded '<
with none other. He also was arrested. The na
ive* of the country imk* fine soldiers, while (he
officers, "ho aie generally descendants of the
■ipafiiards, wie not so praiseworthy. The officers
>1 the Navy are, for tne most part, of Ceflipearhe, I
inti without any mixture or Spanish blood. I'nese <
ire more tractable in every re-pect. | i
Commodore Porter was advancing rapidly m
nt arduous task of establish ng goo i disoipline in 1
he Mexi*»n vessels; and, on tne whole, a sensi
>le clung e for the Inner had taken place. By the i (
ideof ’h* Dutch brij-of-war, which was at Vers.*1
Cruz iu Uie first week oi September, the compari
son is said to have been greatly in favor of tbe
Mexican ships. The latter are to be kept as much
as possible at sea. One ot the main objects of the
government, and of Pcrler himself, is 10 create c
Navy entirely Mexican—to avoid, whenever it
may be prac'icable, the introduction of any foreign
material*. Theieisa Naval College, at which
all the midshipmen now aie. This is an unpoitanl
establishment, in reference to the end just tuen
tiored.
We are glad to find by the subjoined informa
tion from the Missouri Rupuhlic^n, of the 12th
uli. that the threatened hostilities among the nu
merous tribes of Western Indians, have been aveit
ed for the present. Humanity is much indeb'ed to
Gen. Clark, the Superintendent of Indians Affairs
In that quarter, fvir his successful efforts in pro
curing peace among those savage and ferocious
tribes,with whom war is so bloody and extermina
ting. We hope he may be able to prevent the
alleged cause of collision, and render their peace
permanent. [J\a(. hit.
Sr. Louis, Oct. 12.—Contrary to our antici
pations, a treaty of peace, atpity, and friendship,
was concluded iu this city on the 7th inst. be
tween the Delaware nation and their confederates,
the Shavvnees, Kickspoo*. Pianka*haw*, Weas,
Peorias, and Senecas, residing in this State and
the Territory ot Arkansas, and the several bands
of the Great and Little Usage nation. Considera
ble difficulty was manifested on the part of the
Delawares, who were not anxious to come to an
adjustment of their differences, and some of the
Chiefs even declared that they never would make
peace with ihe Osages. The tomahawk is, howe
ver, for the present, buried; but, although all par
ties appear satisfied, and say 4 they will keep the
peace,’ it it probable that, ere long, it will again be
raided. Situated as the Delawate •, &c. now are, in
a country without much game, they will continue
to encroach upon the hunting grounds of their
neigiibois, and t-hus produce new hostilities. It is
a singular fact, that nearly every nation ol Indi
ans between this and the Rocky Mountains, are
almo-l constantly at war, the Northern with the
Southern nation. The cau-e isobviois;it com
mences with our white hunters, settlers on the
fiontier who encroach upon the Indians neatest io
them, by killing (heir game; they, Irom a princi
ple of self-preservation, upon the next, and thus it
extends to the whole. Those more immediately
in the vicinity of the whites, beii g more skilled
and better provided for war, although frequently
inferior in number, succeed in driviug their neigh
bors to the North.
extract oj a letter written by Dr. J. D. J'isher,
who is now in Paris, to a Gentleman in Bos
ton under date of Au)*. 2'SiL
“ I'lie news of ihe decease of the venerable Ex
Presidents, Adams and Jefferson, reached this city
a few days since, and you can hardly conceive of
the effect which this intelligence produced in the
minds of our countrymen, and of the friends of
libeftl sentiments.
“ ihe good and generous Lafayette shed tears
when the news was read to him; and the Journals
of the day spoke of it in the language of grief. and
have teemed with eulogiums upon the virtues, tal
ents, and public services of these great apostles of
liberty and the rights of man. The circumstances
of their eventful lives, the immense benefits which
they have, by their talents, labours, and influence,
bestowed upon the world ; and the peculiar and
almost miraculous coincidence of their deaths, Hay
those papers, will serve as themes for the Homers
•nd Virgils of all future times.”
in the same letter the writer observes that ” ev
ery thing ot a political nature, which takes place
in our country, is read here with avidity, md the
state papers and public speeches of our statesmen
are sought after with great interest. The speeches
of our distinguished tellow citizens, Lloyd and
Webster, which they delivered in Congress the la-1
winter, have been translated into French, and pub
lished in a neat pamphlet ; the public journals and
reviews speak of them in kterms of unqualified
praise ” _,
French opinions of the United States. -The
Journal des IJebats for ihe lStti of Aug., in speak
ing o! the death of Adams and Jefferson on the 4th
of July last, breaks out into the following eulogium
of our country:
“ Fifiy years hud elapsed on the fourth of July
last since the day when the n.ost distinguished
citizens of the U- States, assembled insight of a
pbweiful enemy, drew up and signed the Declare,
torn of Independence, the fundamental act of the
great republic of the new world. Fifty years have
seen this plant, at first so weak, spring up and
grow till it has become one of the sturdier of tiees,
and now stretches ns shadow from tiie A I-mtic to
the r aciiic Ocean, over a territory more extensive
than the continent of Europe, and where, perhaps,
in a few centuries, the arts and sciences of our
quarter of the globe, will find their surest refuge.
New generations have here grown up under the
protection of wi-e and equal laws; they have
sprinkled the wilderness with cities, and covered
every sea with their sails. They have done yet
more; they have preserved purity of morals and
the empire of virtue. That nation is ever most
religious whose citizens are permitted to worship
God in the manner their consciences approve. ”
Ihe New York Gazette mentions, as instance*
of unexampled de*pat<'h, lhat oil Thursday morning
last the Bri’ish ship Alica, of more than 320 tom,
carpenteis’ rn-a-urement, was hauled upon the
railway of the Dry Dork Company at Curlier’s
Honk. As early as one o’clock, P. M. she «.i*
again afloat, a heavy gale of wind being no impe
diment, and her copper having undergone (he re
quired repairs. The brig Athenuvini immediately
took her place, and before night, carpenter.* were
at work upon tier; and last evening she left the
railway completely coppered.
The Commercial Advertiser, with reference to
ihe same subject «aya, that in ten hours the Dock
earned upwards of $160; and adds, that to haul
out the ship required four common draft horses
about ninety minutes. Her first officer had be
longed to a vessel '.hat was hauled out on Mor
ton’s slip, at I.ei'h, in Scotland, and acknowledged
the great superiority of Thomas’ Dock. 'We un
derstand that a model is ordered for the Navy De
partment.
Monroe, (Michigan T.) Oct. 7.-Messrs.
Graham and D. Wheat, United States’ Topogra
phical Engineers, have completed the survey of
1j<* Plaisance Bay Harbor, in pursuance of an act
of Congress. They were one week engaged in this
service. The streams emptying into the Lake are
at present unusually Jow, and yet ihe Engineer*
found an average depth of eight or ten feet water
in the Bar, which is sufficiently wide to admit any
vessels that navigate the Lake, and afford* an ex
cellent anchorage.
I Aft is, (Ken.) Ocl. 7.—The emigration of the
People through this pUce, Wes’ward, is great.—
Perhaps more have gone on than were kno wn to
pass at so early a period of the season. The road
to Missouri farther West, we are told, is thronged.
The march of adventurers is to Ihe West, and from
the increasing press and bustle that way, it will
not be long before the settlement will extend to
the Pacific Ocean.
The Hog Driver* are going Eastward, in order
to feed the People in the old Stales, and enable
them to send their progeny on to the Western
I* orests, A drove of 1,300 hogs passed this place
yesterday, for Virginia, and two droves a lew d-ys
previously.
Tkhnessee.—A special Session of the Legis
lature of thia State, commenced on the 18th ult.
:he principal object of which appears ro be to ap
[mitjon the reprearnta'ion In the Btate Legislature
iceording to the census recently taken umter the
tutfiority of Ihe State Government, conformably to
ts Constitution.
APPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT.
J .me* Lennox Kennedy, of New Yotk, to he
-onsnl of the United State* for the port of Marti
so, m Mexico
RIOHIHQ2JD, MOV. 7.
COMMLTJVICJI TED.
Messrs. Archer & Giles. —In endeavoring
to retrace the course of Mr. Giles’s argument, up
on the interesting subject of the habeas-corpus it
treason-bills, and the right of in-truction, according
to ray promise made in the first part of this sketch,
I find that ibe lapse of time since it was delivered
has effaced from my recollection, in a great mea
sure, the general arrangement of it, and many inci
dental historical remarks, w hich were entertaining,
but not necessary links m the chain of the argu
ment. I shall, therefore, not attempt to give a
sketch, which ought, properly, to bear a close re
semblance to the 0;iginal piece —but will, merely,
state the prominent points of his defence, under his
arraignment, as he tern^ed it, upon the charge al
Iedged against him, as nearly as I can, in the order
in which they were presented. The habeas corpus
bill was the first measure discussed, and the exist
ence of rebellion in the country was the ground
relied upon to justify it. Mr. G. said, that Ilurr’s
conspiracy had every where excited a ferment —
that the spirit of tcbellion pervaded a very large
extent of territory ; and, that the plans and opera
tions of the promoters of it had at last progressed
to such a length as to attract the attention of Gov
ernment-he cited Mr. Jetferson’s Message to
C.ongress, and the accompanying documents in
relation to this subject, as furnishing sufficient proof
Ui .lie existence oi rebellion to authorize ami
require the Senate to act immediately upon it. AIv
memory would not bear me out in an -ttempt to
give the extracts read by Air. Giles, bearing upon
the point—and not having thedocument before me,
I must refer to it —My impression at the time was,
that the evidence wan entirely of an inferential
character; that it was by no means positive, even
that Air. Jefferson thought rebellion coming up to
the spirit and meaning of the constitution, did
exist ; and ju Iging for myself, I thought it -led to
the conclusion, that there was then no actual e.ui-e
of alaim, and that the public'sofety never had
been endangered ; one striking 'fact is, that the
message was sent in obedience to a call lor infor
ma jon. Air. Giles relied, also, upon the prompt
itude with which the Senate acted on the
Message, to show what was their opinion of it -
said, that they immediately went into conclave,
made an order for appointing a committee of rele
rence, upon which committee he was placed —that
upon the report of that committee, another was
appointed to bring in a bill to suspend the privilege
of the w rit of habeas-corpus, in certain case^:
which bill he drafted —that it passej, I think,
unanimously —was sent to the lower house, and
there rejected, [with equal promptiiude and unan
imity. J Air. (iiles remarked upon the hardship of
his being saddled with all the blame of this nieasute,
in which Air. Jefferson and the whole Senate were
instrumental and concurring, laying particular em
phasis upon the name of Win. If. Crawford, amon*
the members —He said that Air. Archer’s attack was
not, in fact, upon him only, but upon the adminis
tration and all concerned.
The next point discussed was the treason-bill.
This be, also, justified by Mr. Jefferson’s -Message,
which went to show the existence and prevalence
of treasonable designs-he said that the country
had been in great danger ; that the want of legis
lative provisions upon the subject of treason, and
more energy in the enforcement ol penalnes, had
been demonstrated by the history ol the times -
he referred to the finding of the grand jury, on
Burr’s trial, lo prove that treason had been comnv'i
ted —** Indictments againsi Aaion Burr, for trea-on,
anti for misdemeanour -true bills : indictments
against Herman Blenurhasset for treason and mis
demeanour-true bills : and ten other indictments
against five other persons for same offences-'rue
bills. ” Mr. G. said, that an unlawful assemblage
ol men on Blenarbamet's island, had been proved
before a petit j .ry -he admitted their verJici was,
“ aot guilty’* — LutBiid It was owing to the judge’s
excluding part of the evidence, because an alibi
was proved -he read the finding of the jury viz •
“We of the jury say that Aaron Burr is not’piov
ed to be guihy un ler this indictmeut by any evi
dence submitted to us -we therefore find him r.ot
guilty. lie stated trom the history of the tital
Burr’s having objected to him as a juryman, and
tiie reason given lor it, viz : that he had been the
mover of the habeas corpus bill -and upon the
request of Air. Archer, to read on, it further
appeared, .hat Mr. Burr said, but for that circum
stance he should rank Air. Giles among his friends
Mr. Giles relied upon ihe finding of the grand jury
m this case, further to jusdfy the habeas corpus
bill, as proving the actual condition of the country
at that time. He acknowledged that he had moved
the reference of so much of Air. Jefferson’s mes
sage as related to the penal laws of the country
and that he drafted the treason bill -that the object
O! that bill was, to take the power of construction
out of the hands of the judiciary, and to reduce the
crime of treas >n to specific heads by law -he saiJ,
that what constituted treason was but little under
stood in this country, and required definition. Air.
Giles observed, that some incidents related by Mr, A.
on a former occasion, taken Irom British history*
to show the mischiefs res tiling from defining trea
son by la w, o dy proved that the judges were to
blame. Mr. Gibs referred again to his favourite
political maxim, viz: the protection of individual
- -tj.. ... c»Mun — ij“ gave
some account of the insurrection in I’eiisylvania_
staled that a great number of persons had been ar
rested by military power, and most ignominiouslv
treated that Fries was iried and condemned,
though innocent, in consequence of corruption of
the judge; and that Wurr was acquitted, though
guilty, by clipping the evidence. As I understood
him, he stated these abuses of power as affording
additional justification of the treason bill, which
would tend to prevent their recurrence by confin
ing treasonable acts within certain prescribed boun
daries, and reducing the military as well *» judicial
power, over the persons of our citizen*. The thi-d
and last charge, against which Mr. Giles defended
iiiiiisclt, was the charge of having denied the right
of the Virginia Legislature to instruct the Senators
elected by it, to the Senate of the United I
Status, and the obligation upon the Senators!
to obey instruction*. And in the f„si ,,jace |
he said, in broad and emphatic*! term#, that!
he had never denied either, and that he ac
knowledged both. He remarked that the Legisla
lure which had censured his conduct in relaiion to
the instruction given b> the preceding legislature
had acted upon improper evidence; that (here was
no evidence before them except the newspiper
repoit of his speech, and dial they had condemn
ed him unheard. [Here let me ask, en-ra*sant,
would Mr. G. require regular legal proce-s to be
served on the disobeying Senator, and »|j the
forms of a trial to be gone through in such cases’
II so, he opposes another obstacle to the exercise of
the right of instruction either l.y (he legislation or
people ) lie (hen proceeds I (oqualify his dental
ol (be charge, and to show in whit consisted the
right of (he legislature to instruct, and the obliga
tion upon (he senator to obey. He said the le
ftisialure possessed only the power of appointment;
:hal that power did not carry with it the right to
instruct,and could not, oon-isteii'lj with a prin
ciple laid down m ihe Virginia Convention, viz :
that the right of ins'ruclion belonged to the people
arid coo Id not be transferred. He said that the
Members of the Legislature, as a portion of the
lovereign people, might express their opinions to
Ihe Aer ators, and that they are boon I to pay high
re-pect to Opinions coming from such a source.
Mr. Giles said, be regarded the Senator as the re
[iresentative of the people of the lX 8. in their in
l.vrdual capacities generally, and cl the people of
1 e State of Vtrgima particularly, »rvj« »he rt~
i preventative of the Legislature of \ trginia m
corporate character—that by the constitution ot
the U. S., “ each Senator shall liatre one vote,’* K
loi the Lrgislatuie to assume a mandatory controul
over that vote, is a violation of the Constitution,
as thereby the slate would have two votes, instead
of each senator having one. He further remark*
ed, that a subsequent legislature, I think in 1820,
had virtually acknowledged that the censuring le- I
gislature had been guilty of an assumption of pow
er by simply communicating their opinions to the
Senators from Virginia, instead of addressing them
in the language of command— he admitted that the
senator was amenable to the people, ai d said they
alone lud the tight to command. He made refe
rence to his speech delivered in the Senate, in
which his sentiments upon this subject weie con
tained, and endeavoured, by a vaiiety of illustra
tions, to explain and enforce them. As my memo
ry does not furnish me with any other argument,
derived from the address, I most cheerfully avaii
inyself of the opportunity to refer to the speech
also; and in doing so, I do no injustice to Mr. Giles,
for the address fell very far short of the speech, in
subtlety and ingenuity of argument.
I he next division ot Mr. Giles's discourse, was
a dissertation upon the subjects of the tariff and in
ternal improvement: upon these themes his mind
seemed to dilate, & his aln.ost exhausted energies, to
rally around him once more; and if the day could
have been saved, they would have borne hhntrium
phantly off the field at last- but it was too late; he
was too much involved in his own toils, to be extri
cated by any human effort, & was fairly vanquished, I
without a blow being struek by his foe. Werel to
attempt a sketch of this part of his address, I should ]
copy from “Political Disquisitions” —it will, there
fore, be a saving of time to refer to chat work, pas
sim I will advert to one remark of Mr. Giles,
however, which made a particular impression upon
meat the time, and which, viewed in connection
with a passage of his speech in the Senate, which
1 have since met with, appears still more worthy
ot notice, l'he remark vvas to ihts effect: some
thing may yet be done to deteat these measures —
I .nc ouu iiern oiates migm lay a lax upon articles
j of Northern menufacture, equal to that imposed lA
I the government upon foreign goods. The p»»sig'«
j of his speech to which I alluded, was this —He had
j been arguing upon the instruction received from |
the V ir^inia Legislature; and said, “ that if this de
bilitating pi ocas was persevered in, it would, in
a few years, destroy the Geueral Government” —
, The next paragraph gives some examples of this de
j bilitating process, and goes on to say—“ ihe ju
! diciary claims a controlling power over the la\v»”
— ‘‘ legislatures over senators” — “commercial res
! 'fictions cannot be tolerated by the individual
| because they produce temporary privations,
and are not precisely equal in tneir operation, in
all parts of the United States”—that the effect
i wo“h* be, to leave the government “ a sheer
I politiael hulk”—“a mere shadow,” &c.— Now,
j *et ,,ie ask, are not these sentiments in di—
i reel opposition to the above idea of a State
j 'ax to counteract the measures of the General
Government, and to all Air. Giles’s boasted doc
trines in favour of state rights? Then, all his jea
lousies were roused against the Stale Legislatures,
and all his affections engaged on the side of the
General Government: Now, State Rights have so
completely engrossed his whole soul, that he would
have a state tax imposed, lo defeat the operation of
I commercial restrictions imposed by the Govern
ment of the United States; because they are not
“ Precisely equal in their operation in all p-irts of
the U. States.” This would be a debilitating
process indeed! /' ^
1 lie Orator -wound up with a discourse upon
fclectioneering, and gave us, I think, a rare speci
men ol, wlut may be most aptly termed, purluvcr
ing,* if I understand his use of that word. He
said, he never had practised the arts of electioneer
ing—when lie was first elected to Congress, he
, was selected by the Republicans, (then Federal
ists,) in preference to Col. Carrington, who had a
broken leg, (a powerful implement in electioneer
ing) but did not possess ihe gift of the gab, in
order lo turn out the incumbent — that he went
to the Courthouses and told ihe peop'e he
did not mean to electioneer. — He said, (hit he
wished the voteis to make a fair comparison be
tween the candidates and to lorin iheir own opin
ions-enjoining upon them not to decide hastily,
but to come to the polls unpledged and unpr*-j i
diced, and give their votes to the man of their
choice, Sec.
I rem.rk d in the first part of this sketch, that
Air. A. had barely time to take some notice of
that portion of .Mr. G’s address which was of a
personal character, and to call the atteation of
the people to one of the political points discuss*!:
it was the right of instruction. He said he se
lected this one because he considered it the most
important, and regretted that for want of time he
could not go into the discussion of the others, viz.
the habeas corpus and treason bills, upon both cf
which lie cor.s.dered his charges completely sus
tainable. lie reminded Lis hearers, that the speech
from which Mr. Giles had read extracts, was
prepared by him for the Legislature of Virginia
some time after it was delivered—that he had** an
opportunity of plaring his thoughts in the most
lavourable point of view, and that not withstand
ing, he, Mr. A. was willing it should be taken
as the true evidence; and wh.tdoes it prove?
That the right to instruct is nothing more than a
liberty to expre-s an opinion, and the obligation
to obey, founded upon very high respect for
such opinion. Mr. Archer then refeireJ to Mr.
G s letter to the Virginia Assembly, explaining
and vindicating his speech, written twelve months
afterwards.
1 he passage upon which he particularly com
niente.l was this— “ .The right to instruct accord
ing to my understanding of the term is founded in
and derived from the reason and nature of things;
and is only one modification of the right belonging
to all men and ail human institutions to commu
nicate theit opinions to others, whenever it is be
lieved that such communication will produce anv
beneficial result.’*- Thus, he said, Mr. G’s bold
denial that he ever had denied the right of the
Virginia LegisUiure to instruct the senators of
Virginia in the Senate of the U S.- with which
he sat out, has been whittled away, until it has
come to this- that it is the right belonging to all
tnen and all human institutions to communicate
tbeir opinions to others”- he. and according to
this exposition of the right he said, every legisla
ture in the Union, or any other human institution,
had an equal right with the Virginia Legislature
to instruct the Senators-and this is not all; it pla -
ces all men upon the same footing, said Mr
A. not only in Virginia and throughout tho Uni
on, but m Ungand or elsewhere, i„ regard to the
:*YT °f ,'sh,# r,»h'- wi,h ,bi- only qualification,
that the obligation open the Senator to obrv, shall
be in proportion to the weight he may think pro
per to give to any opinion from whatever quarter
it may come, or to the reaper- he may entertain,
for the man or body of men expressing it. Thus
the responsibility of the senator, not only to the
legislature as the organ of the people, but to the
people H.emsclves is totally gone. I, ,s much to
be regre,ted that Mr. Archer was not allowed time
0 go more fully into the discussion of this quee
tion, and to expose more completely the sophistry
01 Air. (»lie* s reasoning. *
[I will take the liberty, jn conclusion, to add a
rr\?f 7° b> ,h" course of discus
1,1 .if . ,G‘ral’"c"y of ••natoi professed
Well to b* the representative of the people of
the U. S. generally, and of the State of Vi- inia
particularly. Suppose it possible for the people in
ail tie stale, favourable to the tariff, to instruct
he Senators Irom Virginia to vole for • new bill
adding to the rates of tanfT, ,m| ,he peopIe „f
Virginia (o give a contrary instruction-which
would he obey? In order to show the mischief
which might .fault from a legislative instruction,
he suppose*the case of the *e„„e vvj.h clo^
sed doors, and asks if the legislature would be
authorized logo, or send a committee with instruc
tions in their hands to burst open the door of the
“ enate-cban.hrrr I*t me ask if the same difficulty
would not occur, were the P*o, |e disposed
to *lve "n ,n«rt*Cthn under similar circum.tar.
* In spelling this word, I supposed jt fc> be de
rived from the French