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only with llu> Spoaki*-. but to avoid the recurrence ot over
drafts, tlio Bank, at tho request of tho Speaker, hud opened
•u account with each member. The Speaker would bo
pleased to statu whether thischangc had taken place.
The Speaker .«aid the remark was substantially correct.
The duty of paying the members had been imposed upon
the presiding olllccr of tho House. Tho money was
placed in Bank to the credit of the Speaker, nnd had been
drawn out by checks iu favor of the members entitled to
It. Formerly these checks wero very low, only one or
two in favor ot each member were drawn during the ses
sion. Of late, the multiplication of cheeks bad greatly in
creased (ho liability of mistake, and at bis request an ac
count was opened at the Bank with each member. The
number of miles travel and the commencement ot tho at
tendance ol each member being furnished, if an over
draft was made, by inadvertence, as bad been done in one
or two cases, the cheek was returned unpaid for rectilica- •
lion.
Mr. Patton said when this subject was first alluded to
he regarded It as of little or no Importance. It tvas obvious
to him that the paper did not state the truth; for a much
larger sum had been paid bint towards tho pay due him,
than appeared by tho paper. But on looking into the re
port, to which this report was appended, the strongest rea
son was to be lound for vindicating the members of the
liouso from a gross imputation cast both upon them and
the Bank. This transaction is there stated to bo of a ques
tionable character—and that it was improper lor the Bank
to make advances to the members. He requested that the
clerk might read a passngo from the report of Mr. Adams !
to that eiliect, which was done.
Mr. w tckliuc was sorry that, by drawing tlio attention
«f tho House ta this subject, lie ha<l given occasion to ho
much excitement. We hail fallen on evil time*. He had
received a letter from a friend in Ohio, Mating that a letter
And been received there from an officer of the government
in this city, in which it was stated that ho [Mr. W.J had
•deserted tho administration, and had been purchased up
hy the Baulc. This publication would be used as evidence
of this fin'iMucnt unless fully explained. Tho papers
which had been laid before the committee ought never to
have been brought before the House. The censure for
bringing them here belonged to tlio whole committee.
He could take those papers, and destroy the reputation of
some of the purest men in the government by a partial
publication. These papers would remain in the clerk’s
office, accessible to any editor, or any body else; and the
most Improper u«e might he made ot them' in tho recess
«t Congress, by the revelations of private affairs which
those papers contained. He hoped bis colleague would
amend this resolution so as to order all tlieso papers to be
burnt—no mischief would then be* done by them.
Mr. Felder rose to retract the imputation which bo had
made upon tlio gentleman Irnm Massachusetts (Mr. Adams)
when this subject was before the House the other day.
In looking into the papers, annexed to tlio report, the pub
lication of (hat single correspondence between Messrs.
Ingham ami Middle fully redeemed the propriety ol his
course, llo hoped that every document which had been
obtained hy tho Committee would he published at length.
Mr. Canihrclcng said the remarks of the gentlemen horn
Kentucky (.Mr. Wicklifle) had made it hisduty to state a
single fact. The Committee had adopted hii unanimous
resolution (hat no statement laid before them, should ho
published unless by the order of tho Committee and that
no person should bo employed in the investigation, excep
ting such as were pointed out by tho President of tlio
Ksrik. Their desire was to prevent the exposure of any
private) transactions, wlioro the oNjcctsoflhoir ciujuiry did
not require a statement of them to ho made in their re
port.
Mr. WicklilTo said his remarks did not alludo to any
document appended to any of the reports—hut to tho un
published papers presented hy tho Committee.
Mr. Cambreleng said the'Committee had not directed
those papers to he placed upon the public files, nitieli less
had he expected that any of them would bo published
without consulting the Committee. -
Mr. Arnold said this small matter had grown into an im
portant one. Tlio world ought to know what ho thought
•bout it. For what was the Committee sent to Philadel
phia? Was it for tho purpose of collecting information for
tho purpose of smothering it? No, sir! They were sent
to collect information for publication. He was anxious to
eoe. tlio whole of tlio documents spread out before the peo
ple. Here was a piece of information respecting ourselves,
which had been unanimously called for hy the Committee,
and gentlemen were ready to tear the gentleman Iroin Mas
sachusetts (Mr. Adams) to pieces because lie published it.
lie. agreed with the gentleman from South Carolina, (Mr.
Jehler) that the gentleman from Massachusetts was enti
tied to our thanks. The American People ought to know
ell about the matter. As to this accommodation from the
Hank he lelt it as a favor to himself. Why should gentle
Vnen, who arc opposed to the Bank, object to acknowledging
that favor? It will enable them to shew their indepen
xlenee by voting against those from whom they have re
ceived •favors, in the upwright honesty of their souls, and
Irom the purest love of country. They would lose nothing
by coming forward and confessing that they had received
<he money from the grace and favor of tho Bank. He
was willing to do this, because lie felt that to he the fact.
Mr. G. Kvans never was more surprised than that such
* matter should excite feeling. Here was a document hv
which it appears the members of the House had received
certain sums o( money. The money had been advanced
by the Bank, in anticipation of the appropriation. The
transaction was perfectly fair, and ho would defy any per
son to make it operate unfavorably to any member of the
Mouse in th« section of country where ho was best nc
spiainted. J >
IV Mr. Letcher again moved the previous question which
was sustained, and the resolution was adopted without a
division.
TICK TAIIIFF.
rr*.°V<i‘l ,,IC * louso go into Committee upon
the I and which was agreed to—Mr. Speight in the
Mr. J. Davis resumed his speerh, which he finished nf
ter speaking nearly three hours: he concluded by moving
an amendment to the bill from the Committee of Manu
factures, changing the minimum value of woollen cloths,
upon which an ml valorem duty of 5 percent, only was to
be charged, to :t:t 1-3 cents per square yard, and fixing the
duty on other woollen cloths at 50 per cent, ad valorem
to be charged upon the wholesale value at the place of
importation, as settled by the appraisers of the port.
Mr. I. R. Mitchell then addressed the House upon the
general question, about two hours— when
ricd,r ,,Cl1 ,,,ovc<1 ,,IC Committee rise, which was car.
Mr. Adams moved that tiic amendment, moved hv Mi
J '»• printed, which was agreed to.
the House then adjourned.
,, . . Washiwotow, June 9.
,1 S ’ yC9,e/'1i,J; Mr- Clay Panted a memo
1 » . Igncil by a number ni rili'/.nj ..i t."........... .
»i .l rrnn.i ' J l.r' presenterf a memo
» »«inthcr of citizens of Kentucky, protes
1 ,e P,,nof a birill submitted by the Secretary
ot the treasury, and praying for the preservation of the
protective \lf *. ^
I reasuryv...
‘Yl°lcnr,iv; y'vr- v,r- in~Pu™.anVc'7f,m,y«
Sjtbilnl f ,'. 01,V‘, r"1 i",'-‘,l,"<-cd a joint resolution,
providing for the transfer ol the duties imposed on the
•ct'fcMh, *f uerTrre.rUry.I,y ",R ar* ■upplementary to the
revohitllln 7Ucf ?,f lr *"r'ivl,,K °,r,C0M 1""1 “"Idi.-rs of the
revolution, from the I rcasury to the War Department.—
whicl/lYfV from.U,e Committee mi the Judiciary, tc
l7.1 K?r«r,T“e".,*‘<’rr®‘1 "’C ,nc,r'oiial of the membersol
ats fS:C;IKWa: Alabama, reported a bill dividing
State into three judicial districts which was read and
£ .Tly"■, Mr n„S S
bo Should, to-morrow, ask leave to bring in a bill
JTvc Vim IreT U'° ri,"Iin^’ ,,y vo,Hn«ary enlistment, ol
frowtWs^ fi^m T J* ,"P"’ for ,hn protection of (he
bill to eY ,C i1n^,,^!"0n,, °f ,hc Indians. The
rirehL. tr "?V ,;u"1 ofr,c«» the late Choctaw
Find chstrlC 1 ,0'",Rn,orc convenient organization of the
and hstricts in the State of Mississippi; the hill to con
n h nm? Ha'm" of ,he inhabitants or Terra aux Iheul
end the bill for (he relief of Hannah M. Kim, were sever
«Hy read a third time and passed. At on^ o’X* th,
c hided"b]!| 0ro 1W3 Lr°'''!°^ Mr* "»* living ’eon
eluded lus temarks on the preceding evening, coi.tiinim
his argument ..gains, the bank charter. He add re '
Kena,„ ,,, continuation. for two hours. Mr. Hill of Nell
on, 2,e:n rov‘’ a"'1 P«:oe.le.l to address the Sc
"S'/“PI*®*11,1»® 'I‘C bi«. After Mr. Hill had con
Hu.lcd Ins remarks, Mr. IJcnton addressed the Senate ir
ft^nohoTi °i5e lMl1, when he gave way U
lo'diyO" "<lj0,,rn* Mr‘ r°.,'*,,ues his speect
In the JToute of flrprr.irnlativri, the hill, fiom Mu
f.'"m!,,RC on * "reign AtTairs, to carry into eflTcrt Mu
on the's r,’a,y,',Va,|<il,’!’aU''1 'M rommitlee of the Whole
Z S,a,° 0 the Union, Mr. Wicklifle in the Chair, am
tbirit r °n i>rP< *y *'* ,0 he engrossed and read ?
heTr'°‘,"0TV- Thn c°nsideration of the Tariff D||
JTeVlSr S'rf T1! committee, Mr. .Speight in the Chair
t . ^ * nu. f ointncnrf.il tin <tri£iiiMf nt on tin
?*EI ™s,eP e*r0< ',"c,,ion» an<l ln opposition tothf
systm,, °, impmt duties. At lour o’clock am
If'miU* '’ommittcc.on the motion o
leave to lit alin V , ,*<e1ai*d reported, and ohtaine.l
tlnrZ \ V* A nntnhcr of bills from the Senatr
fof.r ovT" J ,ln ’IY H,*P°^d of in various ways. Ai
'ourodock^lhe House adjom^^ned— Telegraph. '
IVOriCK.-My virtue of a Deed of Trust executed I
^curing , som?f ,fantovcr r<"""y> f<” the purpose.
nul.lie n® money therein mentioned, will be sol.
(fl,r «" Monde
‘hvlherXn^uZT \n°r\h' (»ff"V next fa
tain resides tJ*raf nf which the said Hri
1-onisa eonri t"1' °° * *C rt>a'* *<s,M*InK from Rielimon.l I
Hwlmp and MueeT’, "*'!■ mi,M a,,0Vf< Chickahomin
gj-wT,tin
*.
1 I.KMINC DHOWN, Trustee.
June 12,
JO-31
Richmond, Va. Tuesday, June 18. |
8 K \ i : THE UN ION!
T ho most (1i'<tiii^iii«lie«l Citizens of New York are deep- '
ly interested by the Signs of the Times. Kditors of botli ]
parties uro coming forward with exhortations to savo the !
Union. Their language is thrilling.—Party spirit is now I
sacrificed to the love of country. In a feeling, but con- !
ciliatory manner, they invoke all the friends ol the coun- i
try, to come forwar<Q unite their etforts, compromise the |
question, anil save the Union from shipwreck.—The “N. \
\ tv. Post” states that “a heavy’ weight ol responsihiti- ,
ty” i< upon the representatives of N. York—and “ hopes
that those ol the delegation who are ultra in their friend-!
ship lor the protective'principle, will yet consider that it is
better to give up something of the Ta'rill than sacrifice the
Union. '—rho “N. Y. American” (Clay) “most solemn
ly believes, that tho opportunity which the present Con
gress have ol making some settlement of the Tariff*, il neg- i
lectcd, may never recur. It may be that these now United i
States will never again have the opportunity of considering '
it; and although as adverse as any one to acting under the I
imptil-e ol apprehension, it does strike us as n duty para
mount to any other, that all who love the Union—who de
sire to do justice to the great interests of the nation, and to
remove from the path ol our proxpciily an ever-recurring 1
obstacle—should put their shoulder to the wheel, and, by I
friendly counsel and co-operation, and encouragement, aid t
and excite the action of Congress.”—The “Standard” de
clares that “the question now before us, before the people, j
is whether wc shall preserve the Union on which, as all,
men admit, our prosperity and happiness as a nation de
pends. It can no longer bo denied lint it is necessary to
tlo something; the matter can no longer be neglected. The
Committee on Manufactures in Congress have introduced
a hill lor the modification of the tariff; which may he well
or ill-devised; it may however he easily amended and made !
equal to the object which has required it. Hut it is to be
u-.ircu uiai uicre h an iimueiicc perVinlm^ Congress which j
will impede, perhaps thwart its passage, and it is most deep
ly to he desired that this inilucitce may he counteracted.
Tho voice of the people, public opinion strongly and pro
pcrly expressed, can alone cllect this, and the remedy
should ho applied quickly, or the opportunity will have
passed away.’ —1 he “Journal of Commerce” lashes that
drivelling fanatic If. Niles, and declares to the friends
of the Turifl'that if they will not •• consent to the project 1
of the Secretary of the Treasury or to that of the Commit
tee ol Manufactures in the House; if they will not con
cedo so much,—if in short they will concede nothing—if
they will cling to tho ne plus of protection till the last
gasp,—and if in consequence of this our fair Itcpuhlic
should ho torn asunder,—posterity will build monuments
to their memory, hut they will ho monuments of iufamv.
iicorii nml dotextalion.*’ J
Other papers in N. York nrospaaklng tho same decisive,
language. Hut a still more remarkable indication of tho
public sentiment in that great city, is the following notice,
published in all the papers, ami signed by “Albert (ialla
tin, J ames Kent,” and 147 others of her most distinguish
ed citizens: *
“Dp" Puhlie Mtel'ng.—Tlio Citirens of New-York, without <tl»
,of ?r pursuits, who loci that an ari.i>iRcnitMit of tl..
I anil Uuostion during llie present susmoii of Con cross, on nrimi
P «» ot mutual concession, and embracing such mmlitications ns mnv
ntl.iy discontent, and restore liannony to llio different .oclions of tho
.•ountry, is absolutely noceasnry for tlio preservation of Peaco and
Union, arp requested to nUond a Public Me.-tin- nl tho Sessions
Room III tho \\ ost end of the Old Alinshouso in tin. rein of the City
Hall, on r nduy oromng next, at & o’clock precisely.9' 3
The American declares that “the high respectability of
the names affixed to the foregoing notice ns well as the
paramount importance of its object—tho preservation of
tiie Union—will claim for it the attention of every city
reader of this paper.”—The Standard calls upon “ the
citizens ot New York without distinction of party or pur
suits, &c. &c.,to attend the meeting. 1
The meeting is expected to lie the most respectable one
that ever assembled in New York. We shall look for its
proceedings with great anxiety. It was time for some such
movement to take place in New York—when hut tho
other day (the 1st inst.) an ultra Tariff Meeting was hold
in tiie city, at which, one frantic orator (Elijah Paine) de
clared, “ 1J there is no medium, is it not better that a se
paration oj the States should take place, than that our
dearest rights, our privileges, and our interests, should
be. destroyedt Another, ( Thomas Fessenden) expressed
his disbelief in the threatened dissolution.” Still if thru
would proceed to that extremity, be it so. It is better
for us that the Union should be dissolved, than yield
up those interests that give it its greatest value, and to
obtain which, was the principal inducement to form it
IUe have the arms, as well as the heads, to meet dangers
as our forefathers met them; and where is the csvecial
benefit of continuing a connexion with people who pre
fer thc interests oj n foreign country to our own 7”
" ,lat•madmen! And this language is hear.}, while the
city of New Y ork is yet linking with the eloquent ex
prcssions of W ashington Irving, on his return to his na
tive shores with tiie heartfelt encomiums of litis accom
plished genius upon tiie superior blessings of his “ own, his
native land.” Head (hem—and let any man who does not
lend Ins hand to settling the Tariff on liberal principles,
and saving tho Union, blush at his own degeneracy:
“ I come (said Irving) Irotn gloomier climates to one o(
brilliant sunshine and inspiring purity. I come Irom coun
tries lowering with doubt and danger—where the ricli
man trembles and the poor man frowns—where all repine
at the present and dread the future. I come from these,
to a country where all is life and animation; where 1
hear on every side tiie sound ot exultation; where every
one speaks ol the past with triumph, and the present with
delight, tiie future with growing, confident anticipation.”
And shall all these glories and all these blessings bedash
ed by the cupidity, the ambition, the recklessness, 0f a few
men? It is impossible!—Let others despond—** We will
never despair ol the Republic,” though Hannibal were at
the pates of Home. W e address ourselves to all the poo<l
and the true men of Congress. Save the Union—Settle
this vexed question on lair and liberal terms—or rue the
consequence**.
" c h »ve seen with deep regret t)io rash and uncompro
mising resolutions ol Pennsylvania, adopted hy l,otli her
I louses, at this moment. We forbear all further comment
tor the present.—The Phil. Inquirer thinks indeed that
“at this moment Pennsylvania should he nursed and ron
eilintcd rather than chafed and goaded.’* We feel no wish
to chafe so distinguished a State—hut every desire to con
ciliate and to respect her—hut how can we approve ofthc
unanimous resolutions ol her Legislature, who, instead ofi
conciliating the South, prefer all “prohibition of the in- 1
(induction’ to “any reduction" of duties upon the pro
tected articles? It she does not conciliate ns, how can
we conciliate herl
THE NEW VITAt K.
F lie attempt of the Opposition Papers to fasten upon the
1 resident ol the U. S. the design of “converting the U.
S. Hank into a parly machine”—is all stuff—'• The skil
fid analysis” in five columns which Mr. Walsh says has I
been made ol the Hank Documents by the N. Intelligen
cer, in the ease of the Portsmouth Hank, will, notwith
standing its skilliihiess and art, fail in its effect. Mr
Adams declared in his one-sided Hank report, that “an cl- j
fort, very thinly veiled, on the part of two of the Execu
tive departments of the Ocneral (government to exercise a
control, political and pecuniary, over Iho proceedings ol
the Hank and its branches—a control highly exceptionable
in principle, ami even contrary to law, appears to him to
be lully disclosed in these papers,”—The N. Intelligencer
follows up the blow, and hy skilful inuendocs attempts to
hung (he charge home to the President’s door.—Hut Mr.
Ingham lias met tho accusations directly—and in a letter ol
2 12 columns in the Philadelphia Sentinel of the 8th,
clears the President’s skirts of all agency in tho affair—
positively declares that “the Secretary of the Treasury
lor the time being is exclusively responsible for all the
sentiments contained in his correspondence"— and affirms,
that as to his own motives in conducting this correspon
dence, ho did not “suppose, that any person, however his
judgment might ho blinded hy prejiuliee or constitutional
opacity," could have denounced the proceeding as “an
effort to exercise a control, ftc. over tho proceedings of tho
Hank, &e. he.
Hut the N. Intelligencer and other prints are trying to
make even a more skilful use of this matter.—For,"the
IrifHligoncor n.iy*;
“Evory reader most recollect with what surprize It w*« di«cor»fod.
f,7?fif"1 -r 'he present Prc.ident of I he I'mind Hint,.*
. <1 *1’ rl! ' AdrniniMrufinn hvl *rn»irvl *ntir<*|y hr*tiln
nmJ'l 1 , "'V,.' *"<"*■ rbe . of ||,.r hMtflily ere
now del.•lopr.,1. I ho curtain I. r,„,n,|, hy which they wn,n conceal
Javf*h’d (o public view. A comparison of dates will
r p r :V J ! '*10'! ofrtotiM lllflt Iho tfnn groiinH of Iho ho«ttltt r
lancv1, ,11 *?"nr,fn»hd friend, to thellnnli, wa. it. want of
MX.)".(in this case of U,o .V. Hampshire
Now, what says Mr. Ingham, before he saw this skilful
insinuation in the Intelligencer; nay, before it was written
—l»r, the I. writes it on the 7th, and Mr. I. dates his let
er on the 5th June? i’he letter begins by declaring
that soon alter 1 entered upon the duties of the Trea.su
ry Department, I became sensible from the frequent de- |
Ha rations „| the President of (he United Slates, made in
Jiromiscio,'. ronversations with hjs guests, that hr had
riT.L Prefwlieet against the United Stales \
inJiiil.r ,r<l* opposed to the existence of that
-.1 »» “’-Vi ** * urwl«rifooil# on (rroiinrN of t*pi»<lieiicv I
.. . ,’,«»",ertlon then overthrows at onev, the skil
'®. ^nlelligencar about the “causos ol the
rre.atdent s hostility.’*
Let no man believe, that Mr. Ingham w„hr. to acreen
resident by writing this letter, so well calculated to I
acquit liiin of (h*tt. charges. Fes, it is obvious that tin
barbed weapon still rankles in bis wound. I/airetTateri
Uthuhs a run Jo.' For, in spoking of Mr. Adams, what
does be say of Gen. Jackson?
“Of Mr. Attaint, however unwarrantable Kit attack on me, it seems
nMMt tit that I thnuM «ajr at littlo at poatiblo. A jroat man hat laid
of him, “that >><• oouUi not «;o the truth;” it,it cate it a airikiii( ox
•n]Ph» of tho wisdom of that observation. I can scarcely ho provoked
tofrerimination. 'I'lio mott exalted tribunal in tho world hat |Nttti<d
ti|*oti hit public character; aiitl to anxious wat that tribunal to execute
lit tent,Mice, that it liaa, with lots consideration, I lour, »«t a much
•curse man in kit place."
Till: JAMKS HIVNEK A NO KANAWHA COMPANY".
The entbuiasin of the citizens of Richmond brightens
with the increasejof the subscriptions.—On Friday, 103d J
shares were taken—On Saturday 720—Yestcnlay 915— ;
Present amount of subscriptions in Richmond’ 8,030. i
—Add to these,—(wo hundred and forty shares at I
Scottsville—20 at Buckingham Court-house— and wc
have from these place alone 8,290 shares, ilut the
whole intermediate country besides are yet to act. We
are to hear from Staunton, and Charlottesville, and
Lynchburg—the citizens of Rockbridge, and Botetourt,
and Monroe, and Greenbrier. We are to hear of tho
Freemen of the Mountains We ore anxious to hear
from the Ueirne«, and Capcrtons, and Krskines, and the '■
other liberal spiritsof that enterprizing region of Virginia.
We wish to see them move with us into the action, shoul
der to shoulder, arm to arm. They will not leave tho two
extremes ol tho work to do every thing—and to run away
with all the credit of the achievement—We know them bet
ter—We shall yet see tho mountain torrent come rolling
downwards, with all its majesty, and bearing on tho Hood
to its high-water mark.
J\ orth Carolina!—The pulilir print* from our neigh
hour State give various account.' of the public sentiment
about the Vice Presidency. The Raleigh Star, the Oxford
Examiner, &r., are ol opinion, that Harbour will get the
vote ol tho State. 'I ho Kalcigh Constitutionalist, the
Milton Spectator, tho Newborn Spectator, &c. award the
palm to Van Huron. The U'arrcnton Gazette ol tho 7th
.«ay.«, “ They may prate who please,but N. Carolina will ne
ver waive her political influence by throwing away her vote
on Barbour or any other man. Let the day arrive and she
will rally around Jackson ami Van Hurkn.”
The IVinchrster Virginian suggests, that (he Char
lottesville Convention may not nominate a ticket ol their
own, but simply recommend it to the friends of Mr. Har
bour, to endorse their preference on tho Caucus ticket._
Hut is not this the same projet, which was tried last win
ter, and which every friend ol Mr. Clay in the II. ol L>.,
with but one exception, supported? Is it not calculated to
split and divide us—and to assist tho friends of Clay, if |
they can, to carry the election to the Senate ? That is’to
say, it tho Clay men aro pleased also to vote for Mr. Har
bour. Arc the Clayitcs waiting, for our divisions, before
they come out ? Hut it will not do. Tho friends of the
Administration in Virginia will be linn and united on the
Vice Presidential question.
Wo learn, that the Bank Him.—passed to a 3d read'
Ing in the Senate, on Saturday, by a vote of 2t» to 20. lts
fate is said to be doubtful in the II. of It.—but Hit squeeze*
through, it seems to be agreed on all hands that it will ro*
ccive its coup de grace from the President
Gen. Sumter, (a noble and a venerable name!) who haa
lately sunk to rest in nearly the 100th year of his ago, is
said in the Charleston Evening Post to have been a native
of Virginia—and that early in life ho removed to South
South Carolina.
Tho N. Intelligencer statos also tho death (on tho 27th
ult.) ol the venerable and respected John Rhea of Tctinea- !
in tho 80th your of hi* ngo.
II aahington Irving.—We turn away for ono moment,
from the I -trill and the Hank—from politics and turmoils—
to devote a large portion of this day’s paper to the noble
tribute which lias been paid in New York to the Repub
lic ol Literature—to genius, to worth, and to Washington
Irving. He has returned to the bosom of bis country—
and sbo has opened her arms to receive one of her most
favorite sons, and one of Iter brightest ornaments. The
proceedings ol New York are honorable exhibitions ol her
talents and her taste. We publish them with great plea
sure.
Mr. Irving Is now In Washington—where ho arrivod
yesterday week.
At a largo and respectable meeting of tho citizens of
Spottsvlvania, convened at tho Court House, on Monday
the 4th ot June, according to previous notice, to take into
consideration the propriety of sending delegates to the
Charlottesville Convention, tho following proceedings
were had;—Col. Rob. Crutchfield was called to tho Chair,
and Roht. 1). Powell appointed Secretary.
The object ol the meeting was then explained by John
L. Maryc, who advocated, at some length, tho propriety
of sending delegates to the proposed Convention, and con
cluded by moving that a Committee of live be appointed to
draft resolutions to bo submitted to the meeting. This
was opposed by Can it Minor, who avowed himself en
tirely hiendly to the election of Judge Harltottr, as Vico
President, hut contended there was no rcasonablo prospect
of bis success, amt that any effort in his behalf might re
sult in the division of the great Republican party, und
therefore moved an indefinite adjournment. Ho was fol
lowed by Geo. W. Hassett, John Z. Holladay, and John
L. Mnrye, in reply, who urged tho propriety ol send
ing delegates, and resisted the motion to adjourn._
The question was, taken on Mr. Minor’s motion and de
cided in the negative by an overwhelming majority. Mr.
Marye’s motion was then put and carried unanimously—
whereupon the tallowing gentlemen were appointed a
committee lor the purpose mentioned, Joint L. Maryc,!
Geo W. Hassett John Z. Holladay, Sanford Chancellor
and tiabriel Long—on motion the Secretary was added. '
The committee having retired for a short time, reported
the following resolutions, which were unanimously adupt
Resolved, That this meeting approves of the Conven
tion to he held in Charlottesville, havingd'or its object, the
election of Andrew Jackson as President, and P. P. Har
bour as Vice President, and that he, and they aro
hereby appointed delegates to represent us in said Con
vention.
Resolved, That we highly comment! tho sentiments ,
John M. Patton, our Representative in Congress, in It
letter to the chairman of the Madison meeting, declinin
his nomination to the Hallintore Convention.
Resolved, J hat a copy of these proceedings, signed b
the Chairman and Secretary, be forthwith furnished to tl
Richmond and Fredericksburg Editors for publication.
The blank in the 1st resolution was filled on motion, wit
the names of the following gentlemen: John L. Mary*
George W. Bassett, John Z. Hol iday, Hugh M. Pattoi
and Robf. I). Powell—and the meeting adjourned sine dii
ROBERT CRUTCHFIELD, Chairman.
llonrnT I). Powei.i,, Secretary.
,r „ . , , tjik Fjvqu/itEn.
Mr. CA1.110U.Y—and tho Ini>i7htry-1{koui,atinu
System.— No. 2.
Tlie doubt* expressed in my recent communication, ns
to tlie power of fuels even, to confound -Mr. Calhoun’* or
gans, have proved well-grounded. Scarcely had the Kn
quirer reached Washington, than it draws from the well
lurnishcd and cvcr-ready reservoir, a stream of sophistry,
subterfuge and misrepresentation,sufficient ol itscil to sink
an^ cause not already overwhelmed in disgrace.
The consciousness of its utter worthlessness is betrayed
at the verv first word. My /nets arc met by a miserable
attempt to falsify the issue in relation to which they were
adduced. Judging ol others by itself, and supposing them
equally adept in the trick of writing letters to themsetecs,
the 1 elegraph treats my communication as proceeding
from the Kditorial pen. The h.nquirer is represented as
having brought, as a grave accusation against Mr. Cnl
houn, a change of views in relation to the Tariff and this
charge being substituted for that roally brought, the Tele
graph enters into an argument to prove that change of opi
nion is consistent with honesty of purpose ! This was not
the charge. The otrence which excited my indignation was
untruth, not inconsistency. It was not a change of views;
it was the bold denial of a charge, when a change bad
taken place. Organs with whom Mr. C. is known to be
in daily and hourly communication and consultation, had
the effrontery to attempt to make us believe, that his coun
tenance had never been given to the principle of Protection.
On this point, I determined that the public mind should be
no longer abused. I joined issue with them, and brought
my proofs. I low have they been met? Ily tho wretch
ed subterfuge of changing the accusation into a charge ol
a change of opinion, and arguing upon this false issue.
As a further illustration of the candor or Mr. Calhoun,!
of *ome »* * few extracts will show:’
,'ho,!n’,t hn** been modified, and in v.mc ,e
sport* changed, «fi<*r his long experience, we csnm.l douht; sml that
, . * ""deftone some change of views ns to tho tariff itself, in th«
lnz hm win*- thn. he
over defended or supported n protective t«rifr, n, disVine’t from ataVif
r.nrc venue, there is hot thn slightest evidence, nnd we believe to t..
utterly false.
What truth-loving timidity ! The Telegraph, on this
point only ventures a "we believe.” I will be more
bold l will risk a round assertion. I am ready to swear
that Mr. Calhoun never "defended or supported a protec
tive tariff, as itislinrt from a tariff for Kcrenur:1 And
why? Because, upon no such measure was he ever called
on to vote. But, to the principle, he did give his "zealous
efforts. Here is another notable piece of legerdemain;
resulting in another change of the issue. The proof that
Mr. C. did advocate the principle of protection is met by
the modest "belief” of the Telegraph, that lie never ad
voealed such a measure, as it never (in Mr. C’s eongres
smnaI career, at least,) was presented for his support, or
that of any one else.
rlc'.ihI'!'!'* 'Jj" Ifilfi wftv malty a revenue tariff cannot ha
l„ ! 'ba Committee of Ways and Means; it areal
.i . existing amount of duties, and it fixed lha scale no
" fi, r th*" ‘be pntdie wants required with the exist!ng doht. f|„i
" . , wn* * revenue tariff, it nITnrdod an incidental protection to tho
manufacturers ef the country—an incidental protection at which at
mo,t every nnhlic man rejoiced—na it was almost universally f,.|t that
Ha .1T** v ,h* 'lus'-*'"” which tho restrictive measures
on the war had siren to the capital of the Ministry.”
Admitting the tariff ol ISIfi lo have been "really a re
venue tariff,” do«s it follow lhat Mr. Calhoun’s reason for
supporting the measure may not have been because of the
proteetion it afforded' A great deal of sophistry is hid un
der this expression, incidental proteetion. It has been
made u<« ol to cover a nett ol Calhoim-tcliool subterfuge*,
wliich it may not bo amiss to break up, without further de
lay.
F.very duty upon an article, the like of which isp ro
•luced among ourarlvn, yields ill some degree, protection
to the home manufacture. In this respect, the operation
ol a duty is precisely the same, whether it has been laid
with a view to revenue only, or to protection only. The
solo difference between the two cases consists in the mo- '
tire which determine* the legislature to iui|K»se the duty. |
1 he sole ground for the distinction between what is called
incidental protection, and what may be called direct pro- !
lection, consists in the end, with a view to which the duty
was voted for. One member may give his vote in favor of
a duty, solely because of the protection it will aflord; while
another may vote for the same duly, solely with a view to '
rovonuo. AV lien, therefore, a duty or a system of duties
has received the support of a particular individu.il, the
question whether he ha* supported a revenue tariff, or a
protective tariff depends altogether on the reason which
determined his vole. If his object was revenue, then is !
it, so tab as lie is concerned, a revenue tariff—the protec
tion, so tar as his vote gives it, is incidental—and he is al
together exempt from the charge of having supported the I
protective principle. On the other hand, it his object was
protection—particularly irlt was the encouragement of new
capital into any particular branch of industry—in such
case, tho tariff is, so lar eS ho is concerned, a protective
tarill—the protection, so far as Ids vote gives it, is not in
cidental; it is the prhnary, direct end of Ids vote.
And now, for the means of ascertaining the end, with a
view to which any particular tariff was adopted. This may
appear on the very face of the measure. The nature of the
dulies may suffice to answer the question. Still, so far
as any particular individual is concerntd, tins is not a
conclusive answer. A tariff framed solely with a view to
protection may have been votdfl for by him, solely on ac
count of the revenue it would yield; while a tariff, framed
wiui a view 10 revenue alone, may have received liis nun
port, solely because of tliu protection It pronrtsed. II a
member has assigned the rcasofi* of Ms vote) lliriAe rea
sons are the best evidence ot which the question admits.
Uc.Hortiiig, therefore, to Mr. l\'ilhoun%}< .•peeches in |N1(>#
wc *,n<1 .. •» !»c niost ‘‘zealous elfbrt.s” in favor of that
tarill, as a protective tariff. So bold is his zeal in behalt
ol the protective principle, so strong does he consider its
title to adoption, that he reject* all collateral aid. lie even
lake* (hit trouble lo put entirely out of view, any claims
which the manufacturer might have upon the country
lor the security ol those manufacture* which had already
crown up. Unset* the protective system on ilsowti na*
ked merits, as a means ttf providing employment for sur
plus capital, am/ a market for agricultural produce,_
Mis speech in opposition to Mr. Ksmlolph’s motion is a
darning picture ol the “great amount of capital” that had
accumulated on our shores—ol the necessity ol providing
employment for it—ot its natural tendency towards manu
factures—ami ol the national importance, in a polltico
cconomic.ll view, ol encouraging this tendency.
besides the necessity ol providing employment for this
great capital—considering it merely as capital for which em
ployment was to be provided—there were other urgent rea
sons lor encouraging it into that particul u investment. ‘Com
merce and agriculture,’ he allows, ‘both depend on foreign
markets.’ He drawsa picture of the evils attendant upon this
dependence, and traces Ilia operation ol his Panacea, ns a
euro I or those evil*: "tviicn our manufactures are grown to
a certain perfection, a* they soon will ho under the foster
iag core of govtrntnent, we will no longer experience
these evil*. The farmer trill Jiml a ready market for
his surjdxu produce;" [who would not suppose that these
are extracts from Mr. Clay's, not Mr. Calhoun's speech
es!] “and what is almost of equal consequence, a certain
and cheap supply of all his wants." “To this distressing
State ol things,” [that consequent upon the interruption ol
commerce by war,] “ there wore two retnoriie*, uml only
two: onoin our power immediately, tho other requirin''
much time and exertion; hut both constituting in his opi
IIIOIl, 1IIC I.S*1. .N'Tl A I. POLICY OP this country: lie
meant tho navy and domestic manufactures. Hy the
former we could open (he way lootir markets; hy the lat
ter we bring them from oeyond the ocean, and natura
lize them.
“But Mr. Ilitrhlc relies upon Mr. Calhoun’* (peer), m proving tlmt
he was in favor of a proto-tiug tariff. ]t i« true that Mr. Cnlhonn
pres sol himsc'll warmly In favor ot th« manufactures of the country
as ho now niHl ha. always felt toward, than.. He never has doubted
vinM^'tl-lL,‘* |l b’1' *b. objection bus boon to tho mom* of ad
vancing them to laying on, under the name of impost*, duties will,
out rolerenco to revenue, but solely for the object ot advancing the i„.
dntv Mr* r.'u ?'1 "• ,‘he oxpen»« of another; and wo
, l> Mr-.R*tchi° to point out a single sentiment in all that Mr. Cal
houn. M“"1 ,n fu'“r •’( manufacturing, which would give the least
countenance to the opinion that ho Iwlieved a protectits tarilf, as se
jMirate from one lor revenue, lo be constitutional or just. ||„ |ms „ot
attempted to point out any such; hut, on the contrary, l.as rested Ids
accusation .imply on tho ground of what Mr. Calhoun said of the
beneficial effect ofour manufactures.”
This i* fully worthy of tho cause. Mr. Calhoun’s
speech was shewn to be a zealous argument for the adop
tion ol the tariff principle in its purest and most umululte
ratcil essence a systtm, h iving confessedly lor its ends,
the distribution ot the capita! ol the country and the re
giilation of its industry. As for tho qualification, “as se
parate from one lor revenue,” they uni words put in for
the double purpose of confounding the reader, and cover
ing the contusion of the non-plused writer. We have ex
amined what the word protective means when applied to a
duty; and wo have seen that a duty is protective or for
revenue, according to the end for which it is supported—
I lie degree of protection may vary; hut the principle re*
mains the same. In this, the only sense of the word, the
tariff of 131(1, so far as Mr. C. is concerned, was emphati
cally and purely a protective tariff. Whatever may he
the committee Irom which it raine—whatever mav have
been th«> object of those who framed it—whatever, the ob
ject ol others til supporting it, Ain support was given toil,
a* a measure for organizing the industry of the country.
Hut a tariff as separate from one for revenue is a kind of
tiling, the nature ot which must be ascertained, before we
can say whether Mr. Calhoun, or Mr. Clay, or Mr. Any
body-else ever gave it hi* support. Dons it mean a tariff
which shall produce no revenue? This would he as hard
a thing to devise as one which should aflbrd no protection.
Does it mean a tariff, every supporter of which is inti
’ J • tvi Ul III
diced solely by its protective operation, without regard
revenue? I Ins, too, is a kind of thing of wl *
, _ ; .. ••• •■'■■■k »i wliirli it won
. rather dilViculc to find - specimen. Ihit it (he e.xpre
sion have reference to (lie motives of a particular set
supporters, or of a particular individual supporter, the
lie tarill o| 18lfi was, so far as Mr. Calhoun is eoncerne
a protective tariff, as separate from one for revenue.
I he sole ground on which he rested his support of it w
its protective—or more properly, its industry-organizin
operation. i\ot a syllable of hi* speech has reference
its revenue operation. It was reluctantly forced from hi
by a motion ol Mr. Itandolpli, which went to diminish
one particular the stimulating effect of the measure.
*° ,MrI B«tehfo\* logic, to r^omnimHl a measure on n
Mm. !i r; Ikct, assort, „„
i nVmTl .VT "'HU,’J' rl ”f legislation is constitution,,I, but lb
girinlion ” ' *° c""‘,,"",",r'nl, «* » direct object of I
rso iruii, im«, ot (lio logic which the Telegraph here
awkwardly alteinptx to deduce absurd conclusions from!
Hut when a member of Congress advocates the adoplion
of a fa riff, solely on the ground that the protection it al
lords will give employment to capital; raise up manufac
tures, lor the certain ami cheap supply of all the farmer’s
wants; and create a home market for agricultural pro
ducts the commonest regard for truth and for life public
weal forbids, that he should afterwards he permitted to ac
quire or to retain a pernicious influence over ids fallow
cilizons, by making them believe that he never counte
nanced the principle of protection. And, when detected in
the imposture, true logic will never permit him to escape l.y
a re-ort to the sophistical trick of insisting upon a distinction
which no one disputes. Between urging as an incidental
advantage, any consequence likely to attend a measure,
and making that consequence the direct end of the mea
-ure the difference is palpable. Unfortunately, however,
the distinction was drawn in 1H1« ; and Mr. C. happened
on the wiong sulc of it. Some extracts which I shall nre
sently give Imm the speech of Mr. Telfair, in reply, to
Mr. Calhoun, will add to the blaze of light already shed
upon the subject. This speech i« worthy of note, at this
day, on more accounts than one. It makes nP the issue
as clearly as it ever has been cr can he, between Tree’
Trade and the Protective System—bet ween unshackled
industry and regulated industry: Mr. T. being the advo
cate of the former, Mr. C. of the latter. It is very short,
and yvt It points out rlcarlx, ami fully the operation of a
protective duty—which operation is, 1st to tax the con
sumer, and 2dly to throw away a portion of the cost of
production—and in this respect it presents a fine contrast
to the interminable and oft-repcatcd rhapsody of Mr. Mc
Duffie on the aame subject.
Although heartily sick of the Telegraph, 1 must rum
man,I my patience, and bespeak that of the reader, for one
0 it r passage. It is still more rhararteristic than the
".'ll ” "cltoolin which tic receives hisdaily training:
ration HntJrH a* n ^ rovoniN*, fo nmfor erm
U »" »*" proposed lo l.r „ of an pe, rent.
, , reduen iIi’b a.,,"' ” member should mnvn nn amendment
reduce the duly on I,tides lo 10 ,„.r renl.. nod would sUDimrt l.is
rH^ion'nnd m'riT1 °r"T h'ch,v ^nr,f,ri"1 'dftrt of iho bibb- on ll.o
» u n l r Mr. Hitrlde- would not doubt,
Inovr^U « fn,r i "t»d yet, according lo his logic, Iho
1 .in„ " favor of iho constitutionality oi logis
* V , . n ,trl0n. ,,n'* mornh of • country, l»olh of which
nr I arly beyond the ron.tHuttonal power of Contfress. This is
!t.e " ,.’'7- fVh? "n,< though few eon Id doubt but thnt
and as thn most otttrient mode of reconciling
Z ”u del'11 • f '•I"**""1**' »w beneficial elferl, which the r„„„*
derive from the growth of manufactures, and the obligation
, r . <rM A f * , f| frr>™ th* pd»ptiliBr c»rcump?Hr>cc« of tho
rimiiitniln *hn protection incident to s revenue bill, «I,—
11 lw,w^r to do wlueh evon Mr. Kitrhin will not question."
I he ilhislration here introduced, and the statement here
made, are each liable to one objection. The former, in
stead of being nnnlagouf, has m.t a single point of analo
gy. it puts tht: *' member” in a position rlirrrllu thr re
errsc ot that which Mr. C. occupied. The latter, instead
ot being true, has nut a particle of truth in it: it is a Tele
graph (issue, trebly dyed in untruth.
-el us patch over the supposed case, so as lo imparl to
it some points of resemblance to the reality. In tbe first
place, ITottonn were the real article ; and, though they do
not afford the same facility as book* for introducing the
picture Of" the highly beneficial effect of the bible.” nor
the fluff that follows. Shout •• the constitutionality of le
gislating on the religion and the morals of the country**_
yet tliev ancwor every purpose oj illmhatton just as I
well. We will therelore pul cotton» in (lie place ol '
books. Suppose, then, a taiitr («* for revenue, if you j
please) to be under consideration. Suppose it to be pro
posed to lay a duty of 25 per cent, upon cottons ; and sup- 1
pose it to be further proposed to fix a certain rhinimum, |
(25 cents per square yard) as the lor)Cat price at which
cottons shall be entered, whatever may lie their actual !
cost. The operation ol such a minimum ?s plain: it would !
enhance the duty on all goods costing less than 25 cents._j
Suppose, now, that one member (a Mr. II) should move
to slriko out this provision establishing a minimum. And I
suppose that another member (a Mr. C) should vehement- !
ly oppose this motion.
“ 1 his ii analogous to the case of Mr. Calhoun." An«l,
now, tor the reasons of his opposition: those reasons which
the Telegraph pretends to state, We have already fully
examined them, tlis opposition was emphatically placed
on the ground, that there was a great amount of capital in
the country, lor which it was important to provide employ*
ment,—and that it was ol vital consequence lo tho nation
lo establish maiiutacturcs, as allbnlmg to “ the farmer'* “ a 1
ready market for his surplus produce,” and “ a certain (
and cheap supply of all his wains." These were the two I
great reasons for entering upon the system of "encouraging” |
capital into manufacture*. So lar Itoui Ids having rested ;
the cause "on the obligation wlucli the eouiitry was till- I
der, from the peculiar circumstances ol the north, of at* 1
fording them the protection incident to a revenue bill,” he I
took pains, as I have shewn by the extract from Ids I
speech on the direct tax, to introduce this reason, in older
to reject it, as altogether superfluous ; and, tliat there 1
might be no mistake about the tact.tli.it lie upheld the in- I
dustry-organizing system on its own naked merits.
The supposed case relates to the altitude of Mr. Cal
holtti in one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. Its |
introduction by the Telegraph has sugge-ted the idea ol .
pursuing the suppositions down to 1832^ This, however,
must be deferred for another communication—in which I
will exhibit the supposed case, in connexion with another |
extract from the great Tajill-svstem-establishing speech ot
AFKIKNl) TO TRUTH.
hxlrarts from tlic National Intelligencer's account of
Congressional proceedings.
Jlouse of Representatives, Thursday, .‘Ipril 4, 1S16.
THE TAM IKS'.
“The remaining amendments reported to the Hill by
the committee ot the whole, liaxing been successively con
curred in,
Mr. Randolph moved to strikeout so much of the pro
viso ol tiie 2nd section astixe* the minimum piice ot cot
ton goody, (except nankeens directly from China) at 25
rents per square yard.
Air. K. then entered into a pretty wide discussion of his
motion; avowing his willingness to encourage ns far as was
propci those manufacture* ol cloth* conducted in the fami
lies ol our citizens, and arguing against the propriety ol
promoting the maniilactiiiiiig r-i.iMi-hmcnts to tho extent
and in the manner proposed by the bill; and laying up Stmt)
tons of shipping now employed in the Ka*t India trade,
and levying an immense tax on one portion of the com
munity to pul money into the pockets of another.
Air. Calhoun followed in the expression of hi* views
on the broad and general policy of extending protection
to the manufactures of the cotintry, declaring hi* beliet
that a proper degree of encouragement was due to them
ny <i means of national independence, Sir.
House of Representatives, Tuesday, April 2, 1810.
TUB TAHtrr.
*‘Ou motion of Mr. Loteniles, the House proceeded to
consider the report of the Committee ot the Whole House,
oiMlie bill to regulate tho duties on imports.
Mr. Forsyth then moved to strike out the whole of the
amendment adopted by the committee to graduate the duty
on imported cottons, (by laying a duty of 80 per cent, for
two years from the 30tli ot June, ot 25 per cent, for two
years thereafter, and then of 20 per cent.) except the last
named sum—in other w ords, to reduce tho duly on cot
tons to twenty per cent, from June next.
I bis motion involving the general question of the de
gree ol protection proper to ho afforded to domestic manu
factures ;
Mr. twnston roso nnd delivered hi* opinions in opposi
tion to the policy ot burthaning the community by an ex
travagant duty on imports, for the purpose ol encourag
ing domestic manufactures. Mr. CJ. spoke about an hour.
Mr. Cuthbert followed on the same side of tho question,
in a.speech ol about tlio same length; when >
The question was decided in the negative, a* follows:”
1 ho \ eas were 6o; the Nays C9. Among the former,
Mr. Lowndes; among the latter, Mr. Calhoun.
Mr. Forsyth’s attempt to reduce tho contemplated pro
tection to 20 per cent, having thus failed, tho cflbrt to bring
it within less unreasonable limits wav renewed the next
day.
"Mr. Wright proposed to modify this amendment, by
making tho duty twenty-one per cent, which ho thought
was an ample protection, and with which tho manufac
turers might to lie satisfied.
Mr. Smith objected to this modification, because it va
ried iti so small a degree from the original motion, lie
had hoped that some gentleman would propom to return to
the 25 per cent reported by the committee of Ways and
Means, which ho would prefer ns a permanent protec
tion.
Mr. Hardin moved still further to amend the original
motion by making the duty 25 percent, for two yea'rs al
ter June, and twenty percent, thereafter; which Mr.
" right accepted as a modification ol his motion.
• • • « « •
Mr. Pickering nrgued a short liine against an oxtrava
gant duly, as unnecessary lor a reasonable protection, not
believing tliat the existing manufactures'required a duty of
25 percent, for two years; after whifclt
.1 *,c question on Mr. Hardin's motion was decided in the
affirmative, as follows:”
Tiie Yeas were 84, tho Nays (JO. Among the former,
w’ere Mr. Jmwndes, Mr. Pickering, Mr. ll'cbstcr.
Among tiie latter, Mr. Calhoun.
1 his point haying been carried by the joint votes of those
opposed to the industry-regulating system, imd those dis
posed to 11x it below the point ol "extravagant protection,”
new efforts were made by the ultra-protection parly.
"Mr. J\fuson then moved further to amend the amend
ment by striking out tiie minimum duty of 20 per cent,
and the limitation to the 25 per cent.pin elVcct.Tc'stdfc the
permanent duty of 25 per cent, as reported originally by
the committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. Hardirt opposed this motion, and wished ho could
ascertain what gentlemen really wanted, he.
I lie motion made by Mr. Mason, and Ibo question <>t
roiirmri"K or disagreeing with the Committee of the
" hole being (betaine, Mr. M. withdrew hf* nmemlnicnt,
anti the question recurred on agreeing with the Committee
ol the Whole llotiso in (lioir amendment, as amended hv
Mr. IIantin'* motion.
! On thin question there was much desultory debate; a
few only of the gcntleniun who participated, entering into
the general subject.
Mr. Crosri airr spoke, in favor of a graduated duty, &c.
Mr. Mason again advocated a high duty, anti moved to
strikeout the limitation ol (wo years to the 25 per cent,
and insert four years. This motion was negatived—Aves
«7, Noes 72.” 3
Whether Mr. Calhoun Was among the Ayes on this
question, | have no means of ascertaining, lint,
“Mr. Smith ol Maryland, then proposed to make the
limit ol the *2-» per cent, duty, three years instead of two.
This motion was carried—Ayes 7(>, Noes 71.” On this
motion Mr. Calhoun's name is among the Jhjes.
1 his was not all: Cottons being disposed of, Iron nest
carne tinder consideration.
Tile House then proceeded with the remaining amend
ments of the Committee rtf the Whole. Among these
amendments, was one reducing the duty on iron Irom 75
rents per cwt. (as originally proposed in thn lull,) to 25
This amendment was ronrttrrred In—Ayes 8f), Noes 51.
Among the -Vues, Mr, Calhoun.
This was part of one day’s work of Mr. Calhoun in
IS It!!
Kxtrarts from “Mr. Telfair's remarks on (he Tariff
| Mill.'’ (National Intelligencer May 7, ISIfl.)
“On the subject o( impost, I hold it a sound general
rule that no other or higher duties should lie fahl than aro
both necessary and proper for (lie purposes of revenue.”
"I will not deny hut that in the imposition of duties for
the purposes of revenue, it is wise so to select your objects,
•hat while the original intent is secured, the interest of (he
manufacturer may ho regarded as an iurideulo/considera
tion. Hut what is the character of the measure hr lore
you? Instead of contemplating the pro!relion and encou
ragement of manufactures' rfs secondary or rollatrral,
it refers to them as the primary and essential cause of
legislation—Instead of the benefits (lowing to them being
considered merely as some alleviation ot burdens made
necessary by the wants of the government, their encour
agement has. in «)■«• whole eotirse of the discussion been
placed in the foreground, and admitted to hr the prinri -
pal object lor which so enormous a lax is laid upon the
people of this country’, a tax, the proceeds of which, so far
•as it means protection, are never to enter the coffers ©t the
nation, hut by a species of magic transferred from the
hands of the consumer into those of the manufacturer_
paid by (tic people, indeed, hirf not for the purposes of go
vernment.”
"You ate about to abjure that principle U'hirh teas
peculiarly your own and the offspring of freedom, of
leaving industry to its own pursuit and regulation, and
to assume to yourself the eaparity and right of judging
and dir tat ini* Ibat labor whirh it wisest and best for the
people of this country The extent of territory, th exu
heranee of our soil, the genius of our people, the punci
pies of our political institutions, have in their combination
decreed, as by a law of nature, that for years to - ellic> ||,e
citizens of America shall obtain their subsistence by agii
1 culture and commerce. And we in our w isdom would lain
, issue a counter order, to withdraw industry from its
natural and accustomed channels, and by our laws fores
into a state of prematurity the manufacturing enterprise of
! thi i country.”
| “Hut wo aro told it would be idle, weak and vbsurd in
while *11 lli« poufri ol flit top* ii(> devitiut pniii* io^
the utcoui ii/fftiunt ot manufacture*, to let them sta
lur want of iulion.it aid. To this, I answer, that such are
tlie profit* and enjoyments flowing from labor ill tile oidi
nary pursuits ot tile witli us, that you c.innot draw oil the
citizen and tempt him to a new and less active pursuit,
without robbing from the national wealth a considerable po>
lion which is thrown in to make up his profits. Is not then
the productive labor of the country thereby diminished'
Has not a great portion of it bee it thrown away, unless
some great benefit is derived IT'bm this new diicciioti of
industry?”
“But my hieml from South Carolina(Mr. CVvi.itoris-.)
reproaches us with i disposition to relapse info a state <>|
• use—a generality ot expression not easily definable. Is
the doctrine v/hiyli leaves industry to those putvuit*, which
formed the heroes of New Orleans, braced tlieir Hiit*rles
and fifed their souls—which developed a power to contend
lor the trident ot the ocean—evincive ol a disposition'to
countenance a course pf ease? If ease, and nrcraioii to
too much RKot'LATiox on the part ol government,
"lean the same thing, I am disposed to sec it indulged lor
the benefit of this nation.” .
LATEST ITfTELLIOEM E BY EXPRESS FROM
THE SEAT OF W AR.
WAiifiNOTOM, June !».—Mr. Mills has just arrived at
tliH place liy Kx|)i vn fioin Galena, which pi ice he |»-tt
on tin* 21M day of May, and his accounts are of a very dis
tressing cliar.icfcr. in the* late skirmish U|><>n Sycainon*
(. reek, on llic Idtli nil. our loss, as reported officially, is 12
killed end 12 wounded. The killed were trcrled with Ifiu
usual Indian barbarities. Oil the sncceding day, a small
party of our spies were ntt-*ckfcd :i< file head of Buffalo
Grove, distant about -3 miles from the seen.- of tin* skii
mish spoken of, and 1 of their tiunilier killed. On the ltith,
the small settlement at the mouth of Plum River, only St*
miles from Galena, was attacked and retreated to a block
house, which they had • reeled. Altei an hour’s inrltcr
tual tiring, the Indians retired, and at the approach of
nb^ht, the inhabitants made their way to Valeri!! in a eando
I In* mails had been intercepted, and every reason existed
to confirm the opinion that a drove of cattle, intended for
the garrison at Prairie till t hien. had hecn taken by the
Indians. The inhabitants of the whole frontier liad'rclii
ed to the towns, or whore the settlements \vi re sufficiently
stronp, and had lorli(icd themselves in block-houses.
In short, that whole section of the country was pervaded
by a pener.il sentiment oi alarm. At Galena, civil process
had been suspended by n military order fioin the rom
mandinp officer of the militia in that district, and Stockades
and Block-houses were erecting tor the protection and do
fence of the town.—(ilobe.
[From the LouisrilU (Ky.) Advertiser.]
we were favored last evening with the following state
ment, in the shape of a hand-bill. II is without date, hut
we believe it was issued from one ot the St. l.ouis pres'e
WAR, WAR—WOMEN AND CIlihimn.N lU.’TCIlERFD: :
'livo young Ladies taken by the Savages.— Authentic
information has been received from the Illinois frontier,
informing ol the murder ol fifteen defenceless inhabitants
ol the Irotiticr, most inhumanly butchered, and the wo
men in a most shocking manner mangled and exposed.—
1 wo highly respectable young women, of 16 and *8 years
of age, are in the hands of the Indians, and ii noT alrea
dy murdered, are perhaps reserved lor n more cruel and
savage late. Wliolu families are driven fioin their homes,
actually starving, ami without ft day’s provision before
them. 1 he men of the country tiro, under arms. No
corn is planted, and ns if nature herself had leagued with
these ruthless murderers against them, the last inclement
season has destroyed the farmer’s seed grain.
I-et us, as has already been suggested, meet at 5 o'clock’
tins afternoon—form ouyselvcs, nil the spot, irt companies
of fifty mtn each—atid the St. Louis Corps will inarch to
the seat of war
POREItdfi
Four days later—importa>t
N mv 1 ork, June 7.—At 10 o clock last night, we re
ceived by express across the Isliih’il, from our news schoon
er Evening Edition,London papers to the evert!fig of May
; 7th, and Liverpool tothegTh fficlusive. obtained Trom the
sfiip I alla-Ho, Capt. Fisher.—Journal of Conwirr'e.
Parliament rc-commenccd its sessions on Mond.iv the
7th.: J
TlnS' cholera in London Was nearly extinct. On the fth
there were two new Cases, and no death. On the 5th ami
6th jointly, 7 new cases, 2 deaths, 6 recoveries, and 16 re
maining.
lii Dublin May-fth, 100 new caSe®, 3" deaths, 40 re
coveries, 400 remaining. Total cases 1515, deaths, 608.
Oh the 5th, in Paris,'Ml Ferdinand Berticr de Sauvlgny
had his trial for an alleged attempt upon the life ol the
King on the 14th ot I* eh. Ho was acquitted.
The Duke de Keichstadt, 'son of Niq>*deoh, was dan get
otisly sick at Vienna, and his recovery considered hope
'll.o Brazilian government have at length agreed to
’ satisfy the claims of KffglaiM for spoliations it|*>n herrom
i mcree.
, A'cnfresphndenl'of tho Globe insists that the number of
. deaths in Paris by Choirs up to April 25(li at iiddnight,
! was only IT,78a: On the Itli of May the number of
; deaths was 62.
There was a re'fPPt in London the 7th, that Casimir
Perrier,'Prime Mmiflerof France died on the 5th, but it
appears not to have been coYrcct.
Ctt*»piba'c7 at Huunswic p*.—The Cmin'fiss Wies
berg was arrested by tiifi magistrates of (Jlflioru, i f h6r
residence at V.'ahrerifiolz. Seditious papers of an important
chfiHcter werb found in' her possession; she had plotted to
overturn the government, but from their too great precipi
tancy, herself and accomplices were discovered and secured
I before the. nefarious design' cmild be matured.
: Ponn ciAi;.—-|)o*f Pedro was to sail from Sf. Michaels
I °n the 20th May, with a force of 15,000 men, to nial.t- a
j descent upon Lisbon. Ferdinand seems dctcrrtiitfcd in
favoring his ally Miguel, and England is about sending
several ships ot war to the scene of action to prevent the
| interference of any foreign power between the belligerent
I brothers.
FRANCE.
I lie ministry appear to t.e acting w*(|, something line
vigor. Strong measure against the Carlisis have been or
dered.—The report that thb Piiehcss of Herri intended
: to have landed on some point or other of the const appears
| now beyond all doubt; but certain discomfiture would, wo
are assured,-attend ah’y such attempt to create a civil war.
Nopriv'ate nocortn'ts had reached Pari* of the inauriortioii
at Marseilles, and the only addition since made respecting
it by the French government to the ofliciitl bulletin nut,
lislied ill the Morning Herald of Friday last, is e-» article
j ill Ihfe Mbiiitcur of Saturday, staling flint telegraphic dc
! "patches from Marseilles; dated the preceding day (Friday
i the ttli indt.) had been received by fhrVernilient whirii
I rc'prpseirtcd that city as enjoying ptermcl fin*irpiiility. J he
j state ofFranCe in general i< al-oder larcd to he satisfactory
j The rumour that Marshal Soult was to he the new
! Premier continued to gain ground; for we regret to find that
| the return ol M. Perior to public hie was deemed hopeless.
| Reports uni.ivorahle. to the existence o( the present govern
j incut were in circulation. It was even said that the King
i had consulted M. M. Odilon, Itarrot and Mmillion on Ih1>
| measures necessary for the lorinatioitof a combined ad
, kniiiistration; hut these rumors do not appear to have any
foundation beyond the liebef idhrady alluded to, that the ex
isting Mrftfotry would find it hnpoSsible Iniur to maintain
itself. ”
,TI«c cholera was, wc’aib happy {&observe, rapidly di
minshing in every respect. The deaths announced by it
on Saturday last were rift*y 68—namely, 22 in priv-le
houses, and »6 in tlie hospitals. The Due 1), razes was
I attacked by the disease oil Thursday last, hut wascon-i
deredout of danger.
Some fears were entertained on Saturday last, that dis
turbances #ould take place, it being Che anniversary of the
death ol the Kmjtteror; hut alll'.hugii se'.*critl persons threw
garlands of flowers, &r, at the ftiot of the pillar in the
Place Vendome, no disposition to riot Was observed among
I the populace.
II rReligious Mftlcw iimj he expected in the Episco
; pal Church in Williamsburg, on Thursday the Mill—to
continue until the Cve/fittR 6f Sunday the 17th. On that
j occasion arty /rimiil.s of Religion and the Church, who may
attend, will be gladly welcomed l’7 the inhabitants of tho
| place.
SKI,MON A C'LKfi \M».
fl’inno Forte .'if And ion.
ho offered at public sale, thin morning, at
half past it o'clock, A. M., a first rate 1*1 A NO
t OU Th. It stands on largo mahogany clawfcct pill ow.
• has extra additional keys, nrul plays with the harp stop, or
I variations. The 1‘ianri is of the richest mahogany, richly
i carved and inlaid with hi,irk ebony, the lone is the most bril
liant, ami is finished in the iie|i(‘sl and most co*lly manitei
j*»•' through, and will lie-warranted. As it will lie sold for
cash, a good bargain may he expected. S. ft C. A nets.
June IJ. HI—It
l.t.t.i,, " i oI Ir11st
executed to ino by Ooorge Claiborne, for rcrlain
I purposes therein mentioned,bearing date the 2tith March,
; Uj<12, and duly admitted to record in the county of King
, W illlam, I shall «vlf,it jitiblir auction, for Cash, on the :’Uih
of Ihe present month, if fdr, it not, the next fair day there -
i after, at ibo resideneo of the said f.eorgc Chtiborne, a few
I nnles lielow King William Court flmtir, ten or twelve
j likely Negroes, together with all the other property of
. every description (the lands r.vreptcd) now in the p<» <•«
; sion of Doetor Claiborne, and which was no! disposed of,.(
j n «nle made ort* the fid of May last. Alt persons lin ing
j claims against the said Oeorge Claiborne, are required by
i the said deeds to give notice theirnf to the tm tee iii
writing on or before the Zflth of July next, to entitle them
| to any portion of Ihc surplus that may he remaining after
, Ihc payment of such debts as are required by the said
deed to be first satisfied.
RO. n. fTAM.KR, Trustee.
King & Queen Court House, June 7lh. 10 • Ids
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npi'rnr in our next