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•ate situation, and that it he would liberate Inin, he would
peaceably leave the Nation, and no farther violate the law.
Using dispose ! to act with the utmost lenity, Mr. Austill
fi l l him discharged on his promise, and the tioops, togeth
er with himself, started lor Tuckahatchee. Alter travel
ling about ten miles, tint Indians agiin came to Mr. Aus
tin and informed him that since tie had lelt, Owen had fol
lowed them to their camp, and made a second alien pt to
seue their Chief, and begged that he would return I lit lilt* *
dutely to theii as-isUnco. Mr. Austill then returned in
advance ol the soldiers as l.,r »« Spain's and ih-re lomnl
Owen, w ho ioitud him going Indus place ot residence, or
to telling anything belonging to the premises. .Mr. Aus
• i earnestly entreated him to leave, lor (hat the fi oops had
returned to remove him. and that it would In* dene. Upon
h- uing this, Owen I •• 11 and went home. lieu tin- I loops j
ntUf I, three genii.'men hy the names ot Stone, Hindi, i
and 'tuiidi, accomp tnied them I'he w hole left Spain's
fjr O ven's where tln-v tumid him sitting in his home,
" ' » b was a double log eahin. lie asked Austill, Stone,
n Hell a n| >nv<tli to come in They accordingly alighted
f oin their l.o sea, and were in the act cl < nlering the gate,
a It w paces di-tan! horn the house, when Owen leticated
Into the real. At this moment ol “1111111(111 peril,” mii old
Indian wo nan exclaimed, " There is powder under the
home, o low you up : They rein ated a» Ur as pos-ibl*;
Slid ii,s whole building wa- blown up hy the ti.m, ho had
laid. Imt -f which fortunately the Ut-piry Marshal, »ml
t! o-o accompanying him, escaped. Owen thin dieap
psai sd.
Mi . Am* ill, disposed not to act ra-lily in the matter, and
»' a moment when few could li ne had any leason about I
tlisin, went to the house ol a Mr. Scoggins, hall n mile i
distant, tolrj tl lie could not pei-uade Mrs. Owen, who
tvs* them, to prevail upon her hnsliand to leave, according
t > promise. When lie had approached near the house, lie
discovered Ow*n on the opposite sulc, running Irom the
woods to the homo, lie immediately halted, and sent an
Inter pn Ter i0 the soldiers, lequesting them to , vine to him, '
that Owen was them, and also directed John Carr to go
around on the noitli side, and that ho would go on the i
south side, to prevent him Irom leaving until (lie troops
could arrive.— While passing round the pieinisc*. Owen
snipped at Mr. A-ustill through a crack ol the .-table. Mr.
Au-ull retreated dow n a hill, and while ascending another,
»iw Owon leaving in an oppposite direction. Mr. Austill
pursued him till lie got out ol view, and then returned to
Scoggins’, where he found Hie tio-ps. There he learned
that Mrs. Oiveu hid lelt ami gone to her residence. Vet
di*po»cd to lie just, Mr. Austill repaired to where she was,
nml informed her that Owen's conduct had been such that
11 lie came within reach ol the house, the soldiers would
t»ke him for the purpose of having him legally tried tor I
blowing up the building with a view to the destruction ol
human lile. Her reply was, he had better leave himself
— that Owen intended to kill him, the Lieutenant, and like
wise the Indians who had interfered in the business. I
Owen at this time, as afterward* appeared, was concealed j
but a slioit diilanco o/f, trying to effect his purpose ol
■lioo'iug, but was prevented lioin carrying his design into '
execution, by the number ul persons who had by that time
ease m bled.
Mr. Auntill then directed his furniture to be gathered !
together and put in a small building in the yard, under '
(lie can* of John Carr, and lor a third lime, lelt tile preini- |
•e«. He had not gone more than two nines be foie lie was ,
overtaken by the Indian*, and told that Owen had return- '
•d and run Carr, and the other persons tln-re, off again. I
Upon the reception ot this news, Mr. Austill dhecled the !
commanding ollicer to return foi th with, place >i strong!
guard round the held, and send a small portion ol the I
troops to tin* )ion<e to demand ol him a suiienderol hi-!
person. When they reached tlieliou.se, lie w as there, j
Miry ordered him to give hirnsell up. IIi* reply wn*,
that “he would not—to come on—he was ready for them. ’’
finding that tin would likely he overpowered, lie tied in
the rear ol the house, I or the ptupo-c of making hi* os- !
rape, until tic came in contact with one ol the guard, pre
viou-ly stationed to intercept him. Upon seeing the guaid
be drew a loaded pistol, and was in llie act o| tiling on
him, when another ol the guard, a lew paces distant, on
th* oppo-Ite snlu, shot hint through the lie id, which kiFed
him. A'-out ten minutes previous to hi* being killed he
hat! uumIc Altai.genu nls with a until hy (lie name of Maid
to move l.i- fmnly lor him; mid had told the said gemle
Itian, that before tie lelt lie intend, d to kill the Deputy
Msi-holl, Lieutenant, and the Indians who hid desired j
his removal.
1 lie foregoing are the laris of the r»«r, a* related to u«,
and are lioiu a source that can be depended on. Our rea
der* can draw their own conclusion, as to whether Ilie
killing ,f the unfortunate man tu. right or wrong. To
Bay the le.,»t ol i 1, it is a lamen'atde orcuirence, and well
calculated lo produce unkind feelings. In presenting the
foregoing remaika, we hare been actuated by no other
ino’ive ttian to do justice to all parties concerned, and in
•t.rli a light wc trust they will be viewed by w|,o
read them.
MURDER AND ROBBERY.
Chahloi vesvu.i.E, August 30.—Our viil.ge has
been lb,own into some commotion, and the leeling* olita
Citizens painfully excite,!, by if,,, shocking murder, which
* is perpetrated on Sunday last, upon (lie body of Poter
U "’<re, ol ibis place; than whom, there scaicely ever
lived a more woilliy and unoth ndiug man.
Mr. W ire lett ('harlotteavillu in the morning, ahout !
aeveu o’clock, with the intention ol visiting bis wife
a* bo w a« at hia father’s in Kluvaiu a. He was on f,,o»'
and took the road leading from this place to the Ruck
I-laod, (Mr .lobu R rampbell’.) Mills: Ihe horrid
deed was perpetrated about a half or three oiiarler* i
®f a mile tins si,I* of the Ruck Island htidge. Ahout
ten or eleven o’clock, a negio boy, who happened to
be passing, was alarmed by a sound issuing horn the >
Wo.uD, near the road side, which at the time he was un
able lo account lor. but was doubtless the groaning ol the
dying mint. (He says he thought it was a Bear growling
at him.) He made oil in great tenor, and having apprised
several individual* of tho circumstances, they returned to
the spot where the boy bad been alarmed, and commencing
a search, very soon discovered in the road evidences ol the
fatal deed. The ground was stained with blood, as was al
ao a rock whirl, lay near, and with which a I,low had evi
dently been inflicted. On a close examination, it was not
at *11 difficult to see, horn the appearance ol (be leaves on
tb* south -ide of tbo road, that something had been drag
ftd m that direction. Following this indication about
lorty yard* the shocking spectacle was presented, ol a
mangled and hh lets body, covered with dust and gore I
and s,-aic, I y yet cold: It was not known to he the body ol
Mr. Ware, until his hat and some papers which were found
rear the spot, ascertained the fact. His watch and pork
el book, were tl,e only article* of which lie was robbed.
Tlte latter, it is though!, may have contained as much as
five dollars in money When found, two or three dollars !
in silver were still in bis pocket: a circumstance which
aeems to indi atr that the wretches (if more (ban one) be
came alarmed. In-hit-- il.-lr __ ,
- | A . .J "'■•■J'lVICU. Wll
1 '* face tv ere three or four dei*p wound*, supposed to
luve been inflicted with one or two light icon,l knots
which were found bloody, near the body : ihe skull oil
the lop of the head was severely liaclured.
O.i Monday, nn inquest was held : ihe verdict of the
Jury, however, throws no light upon this dark deed. As
jit no trices ol the murderer or murderers have been dis
covered. We trust in God however, that they will not
long escape detection, and that punishment which so sure
ly awaits them. We learn, that our citizens have already
n ale up by subscrip'ion, horn a hundred ami fifty, i„ two
hundred dollars, to be offered as a reward tor their discove
ry and apprehension.
[Lf Since die above was type, two negro men have been
• nested, charged with the minder ol .Mi. Ware. One named
I’eler, belonging to Mr. Isaiah Stout—the oilier, named ,
Lee, (1.0 property we believe ol Mr. William Davis of ]
IVlilton. As their trial mu#t come on in * lew days, we
forbear to make any statement ol ihe gioumU ol their 1
ol their arrest—.htcocale.
JExh net fn/ni a Utter, dated
Lou is VI LI. e, 3M August, 1833. I
Deae Sin: — Among your more important pursuits,
SOU may perhaps like lo indulge a I. tie in a monel of
duelling intelligence, particularly where ink mill not blood
!• sited. Such h i« been the exhibition in ibis place dining
(lit I ill day or two. I he circumstances are these : Since
frotli i\ 1 aving Ihe ediloiial chair ol the Kentucky Oa
■ Hite, some wn ei in that paper iiad handled Prentice ol
the Focus, in (Ins city, icy severely, ... much so, that
he could not bear i'; and supposing TroMer lo be ihe au
ll.or ol llie articles alluded i„, be poured a square or two
<d timuixed abuse upon him, and in conclusion says that
lie shall nevrr take any farther nofire of him, unless it
nny he to answer his cell lor *afi*fiiciinn. '/ roller, asfon
, 'I Ht ,he “"ark, but gratified at the concluding hint
ol an opportunity t„ meet Prentice, ... came to
this city and challenged him, mfoiming him at the same
tune ol Ins defect ol vision, and intimating that he relied
op n such arrangement* being made as would he I dr un
der lha: stair of llu- case. Prendre rspli. s lo Troller's friend
V Say, that ho must wad lor il.e arrival ol Id, friend,'
Jnroo II II ,leman, from Frankfort, before he can pro
, ’ .1 'V?' • bieml answer*, Hut tloleman cannot he
recognize,I in the present esse, because (here wa« a per
Mob mIn h, ■T'S'" TrTr nnA -'-Ml.al
... ,, ■ " on " former orcadou rejecled liv
Irotter, ol which fan Prentice, was aware .Mhe iu e
Pimuce in-.s , „poo hi. Mend, „o other man w.ll Zc
» ' l /TV" "M"1 a' U*' r''P''«-*. that il'hongh
Hole.nan had a far.. ocr.,,j0n, affair n ill. Mnkl.fh .
given a f.I.e •.s ame.,I ol the iransardon, and that hi I
proles's sgd-ist his being permitted to art, yet Iron, Ihe
necessity of the c< e. he shall lie admitted ’ !
Iii/ie«* T riJ*r9at •'•>'>»V fire yards die
1,1 , C "".ol .cn a III ,u at a third ol tl.ai ,lt.|.,„l f. I
I ... IT" , '‘P1’''* f‘' <>• e-n paces, which are *rr,.|,(e,l •
iiiw’uv °'V Tr«"er military , ,cei
, 4Vo three'r, Moleman, in » pet, fries out no. I will
hsi les J ! ‘e r"rt' (,"lue "" ~
S« rl.h? ti d!! X', lf '' H* ,hen ,n9i9t‘ ,ha« *>>*11 bxve
u a T imer « ° "pon •••* S‘*n "'•*>» Trot.er w*. ,o
samianca of hi. d.f.“*.V7 fire'' * »,fU »• «n- 1
which he tool t I W. u* ,,al P roc tired • light rifle 1
.• ecu d handle, aa.1 conelujlng tbat b« might per
haps at a distauoe agissd ou, Mtoh a glimpse of hit adver
sary, was rasolvsd to meet him with these disadvantages.
But he would net consent that iloleman should piece in
hie hand a guu of such a weight as that he could not
use it witli my facility. His adversary insisted upou
every thing, ami so it has terminated. The hero of the
big tog, as lioleman lias been called, since he hid be
hind a big log to witness the duel with Wicklillv, which,
t,y the stipulations ol (lie parties lie was nut at liberty to
.Io, has at la.-t saved from the grip ol the “ blood-thirsty”
I'rottri, as they call him. the hero ol Ihe rail, all the w ay
tioin ( aii'erlniry. Ilbiuuahle men ol their own party ri
dicule the piet! Ms by which Prentice lia-e-eapsd a run
U*l ol Ins own seeking, and conies* that, alter having as
sumed tho lion’s hide, he has had it tom horn him by his
advcrsaiy.
In convening with a gentleman ol the Cay party upon
the subject to-day, lie said that Prentice’s life was the
dearest possession In had, and hr hail a right to take care
"J it- I told Iiiiii I thought he was pellictly right, and
that I admired Ihe skill with which he an I his bullies had
secured it, but that I should have given him inoic credit,
had he at once refused ihc challenge. Thus wc go._Globe.
I.or i»v 11. i.k, August 24. — A rencontre, with pistols,
>o..k place between Mr. Geo James Trotter and Geo. I).
Plenties, yesterday evening, in Maiki t sheet. The at
lair created an unusual dcgieeol excitement, though nci
tl r ol the parties were materially Injured. Various re
ports ol the rumba' were in circul ition, immediately alter
it occurred—and, uio»t ol them, mere lichens. It seems
to t>e the general opinion, that the ball of Mr. Tiotter's
pistol uia.le a slight contusion on the side ol Mr. Prentice,
and that the pistol ol the latter-napped—alter w hich they
threw their pistols at each other, and engaged in an ordi
nary sruflle. The occurrence was not wholly unexpect
ed, as tho recent publication-ol tile patties were consider
ed as calculated to produce such a result. Mr. Trotter is
now. we understand, in the custody ol the city marshal.
—Advertiser. ,
[F.oin tho Wualiinglu.i Wlolio.)
The following extract from the Bo,ion Courier, shows
that the Bank ot the United States is taking the name
rout sc, to create a scarcity ol money, at Boston, as at New
Vork. The Courier, although a partisan of the Bank,
states that whether the Ocpoiitcs To withdrawn or not, no
necessity exists to justify—or prnpiiety to excuse, such
movement of the Bank against its dealers. It puts an in
teriogatory, with regard to the effect of Ihe transfer of the
public funds to the local Institutions, which, coining fiom
such a quarter, should arrest attention. It proves, that
even the Bank paity look to the power, which the change
oi the Depositee will confer on the Slate Banks, to be
useful, as a resource against the wanton oppression en
forced by their own favorite monopoly The Courier say:
“A domestic bill ol exchange, drawn at 30 orfiO liais
on which, besides interest, a quarter ol one per cent, ex
change is demanded, is the only kind ol paper which tho
Branch in Huston w ill di.-coum; and oven ol this, but a
very small portion of what is offeied.
“ I'hvse causes combined, create a great scarcity ol mo
ney atm.ng merchants and traders at the rointneurement
ol an active and extrusive autumnal trade, which cannot
but seiiously affect ihe amount and profits ol ih.it busi
ness. Indeed, it can haidly be expected that a day will
pa-s lor the next two or three months, which will not wit
ness a‘tornado ill State-street,’ as destructive to live vigor
and whole-on,eness ol trade and comm. r. c as the torna
does of the ttepical regions aie io the products of ait and
agriculture which tall within their vortex.
“ 1 lie exports ol rlie country, this year, it l« suppo-ed,
consideiably exceed, in amount, the imports. II ihi- be'
a lact, theie will, consequently, be no balances to pay to
loreigu countries in specu ; nor is such an event to be an
ticipated, looking prospectivity to the lirst quarter ol the
next year. 1 lie Bank ol the United States might, theie
loie, with perfect safety to itself, and wiih more favorable
regard in public estimation, be liberal ol its present large
(we lud almost said incalculable) resources. There is not
chance in a hundred ihat the public deposites w ill |)e
withdrawn, and the Bank may -ah ly di-icgard this con
tingenry. Hut, suppose the Government should with•
dime the publicJunds, V'ould they not pass immediate
ly into oil,, , Hanks, and would not these. Banks discount
upon these dr posit,s, as the llank nj l/,e United Slates
has dour, Ii is the opinion ol men more sagacious in the
opera ions ol trade and currency than wc pretend lobe
dial if the depo-iies were withdrawn today, twenty davs
would not be required for the Bank of the United States
to place *'•■**• 11 in a condition io bid defiance to the utmost
malice ul the Govcinineiil.”
[Fiom th« N. York Slnr.flBKl, Auguil t?9.]
" c suit a lew day* since dial money wag about to very
scarce; it lias become so. There is a severe pressure on
die money-market, and deep apprehensions arc tell that it
will will be greatly increased. Why should this he so ? it
is no! the season wlien pressure is usually found;, iheic
u e no more payments to he made (linn is common at ibis
mite of die year. Specie is Mowing in from abroad, husi
ne.i' ol every kind lias been extremely prosperous, there
have been no faMllies, no speculations. \\ by then should
money lie so scarce now ? \\ |,y should it b« so difficult
s » tit a i ly impossible, to gel discounts on even the best i>*
per in the city ? Why do the Branch and the state banks,
al'ke throw out every note almost that is offered > \\ |,y
has every specie, of stock fallen so largely within three
days. Why should gloom and anxiety pervade Wall street
as it does now ? 1 lie an-wer is simple, and its truth is
certain the L niteil States Bank is pressing the State
Banks. It is “p'd ing on the screws,” as it- l.irnds said
it would. I he U. S Bank makes money scarce, and in
doing so, rout id cs the w hole commerce of the country.
I he Bi anch will not disrnunt, ami the Slate Banks dare not;
it they do, diti Hi anch sends liack their uo'es and demands
specie for them. 1 hey cannot iherelure alloril the wonted
lacilities to their customers, which custom lias made indis
pensable. I lie Blanch i- ordered lo cripple them, and the
'pint w i'h which the order is executed may he seen in the
tact, that it no long, r gives notice, as herendoie, that ai
such a time it will demand specie lor a balance, hut it
gathers $100,000 or $200,000 ..f the notes ol a State Bank,
and without w anting pi eseuts them ai die counter, requiring
the olheers to iirgbct their ordinary business, and count
out these immense sums from dieirviult at once. If it
continue die course so malignantly begun, lor tint a fort
night longer, New Vork wifi exhibit such a scene of din
aster ami distress as our country has never known before;
it will he utter desolation. The powerto work these teaifut
i-viU is derived solely from die possession of the public do
poshes; remove them, and the remorseless oppressor is
chained at once. Indignation atihe conduct o! the United
Mates Bank is becoming universal; a general onlcry is
arising, and all ej es are turned to the (•'overniuciil for re
liel. I.et its measures he am 1-rated, it it would protect
an oppressed community, and it it would e-cape the execra
tions ol those who know that it lias the power, andean use
it, to detend them.
FORElCtWf.
Nk.k.. I vmhrk. I m.x IN Cuba.—jCapi Doughty
ltie brig Brilltanf, mrivetl New York, from iM.iChii* |
r-7K*\ 22il ult , informs 111t .1 serious insurrection ol the ue- 1
groe-in tin* interiorot ('olio, li.nl recently occurred. New*
had, however,ju»l reached Matanzas, that the insuigents
tiad l.een overpowered hy tlie troop*, li was .aid that
upward* ol 500 negroes hail been •hot.
A curious and very spirited debate occurred in tlie Bri
llslr House of Commons on the 2.0.h of July, it seems
lb.il in consequence of certain violent aspersions upon the
character of the Reporters of Parliamentary proceeding.
'or »'« London daily papers uttered by Mr. O’Connell at
i tavern meeting, a letter was published, signed by eleven
reporters, who expressed their determination to report no
more of Mr. O Connell’s speeches, until lie tiad made a
retraction ol his abuse, or some suitable apology. On the
20th ol July, Mr. O,Connell complained to the House ol
Commons that the reporter* had entered into a conspiracy
not lo report his speeches, and moved that the prot.i ietor and
pi inter of the I lines should be brought to the harforpublish
ing Hie deflates of tbo house, in contempt of its orders and in
breach of its privileges. Some discussion look place upon Ibis
motion. Lord AItliorp objected toils being biought forward,
l ul 'bought it it were pressed upon the bouse they could not
do otherwise than entertain it. as an undoubted breach oi
[invilege had been committed by publishing reports of the
debates. Several other members spoke on the question,
most ol whom disputed the expediency ot bringing the
panics to the bar, though Hie system of suppressing any
member s speeches fiom leeling. ol persons! hostillt? w.»
generally reprobated. The motion was rat tied, however
ami (he parties were ordered to nlfend on the 29th. On
that day a long ami animated discussion took (dice on Ills
subject. I be following passage from the report of the de
bate may posses, some interest for our readers. The high
testimony borne by Sir Robert IVel in favor of the charac
ler ol I he London reporters generally, was fujly concurred
m by . n rrsneis Burden and other prominent tnembeis
ol Parliament.
Mr B inneririan would make a shot I statement from a
was lid*—H ha' b,*P" P“' i,,,° ,'i< h*n,'', T,'« statement
“ lllu reporter* of Ibe mo ning paper* respectfully re
quest you o state fo the House, ttiat they deny in the rnn*t
positive manner Ibe charge of w,||„| misrep,dentation
brought against them by v. r. O’Connell, and they ronli
lent y appeal lo its Members lor Ibe truth of that denial
I bey beg to add, iliat they are impressed with a lull
aer.se ol the inconvenience of the course which they have
been most reluctantly co.npelbd lo adopt.
" t hat com e (I,ey have adopted as lire only one by
which -hey could obtain the means of repelling in the
a* P» ;!<*y »« it was made, a ,„os» uni,,.,,, t,,| imp.,
w debTT» '* r r,;,r"r"*r 4’"1 bdegil'y.—an Imputation
wblrb.il left nncontra,lined, must utterly degrade them
tn 'he calif,is ion of eerlely ” *
I be Hon and Gallant Officer on the other side of the
fhe VrJ'* T.*®" °* ,h<> ptkw °f romp,^„n,
hre.k di i!'l>rn®d Mamber bad done Ids utmost te
**" l’1' n*cl* ol competition. He hat u„N(1,
unlss.'be wiT l°‘ m“ °f wMrh " ‘’oold not Ke,
u withdrew bis motion. It the Hon. and Learn- I
wool I ' 0,',y w''h',r,,w M* motion, he (Mr Hi
j Mr. O'Connell dmlid having had 01 having any inteu
' lion of having a morning paper.
Mr. Banuerman had seeu a letter of the Honorable aud
Learned Gentleman in the paper* soliciting subscription*
for the purpose.
Mr. O Connell.—Only as Chairman of a public meet
ing.
Sir R. Peel sanl that it would be well lor the House to
I consider belore it took the first step in ihi* matter to what
il would lead. He admitted that the privileges ol the House
had not been observed; that the lluu-c h«d been accus
tomed to connive at their violation,and that the tacit undei -
standing ol that connivance was, that impartiality should
be equally extended to all. The question, however, was
tilts—was the course now adopted by the Hon and Learn
ed Gentleman such as would enforce the impartiality and
justice lor which he contended l The Hon. and Learned
Gentleman had eudeavouted to deter those w ho look a pai t
on this question different from his own v ic w ol il by saying
that they were shrinking Irom the despotism ol the picss.
He knew not whether he (Sir R Peel) would he considered
as a man likely to shrink Irom that despotism. He knew ot
no baser fear than that which would lca.1 a luan to accommo
date hi* conduct to the feeling ol ihe press. (Jlear, hear.)
Still he was ol opinion, that the Icai ol I cing thought alruid ol
the press ought not to prevent a man ol spirit Irom doing
justice toil—(Hear, hear)—and, as an a« l ol justice to
it, he must sav, that during ihe twenty years he had lieeti
in I arliaiiieiit he had had no occasion to complain ot ihe
: reports ot his speeches which had been insetted in the
j press, and that lie had not had in that lime any rommuni
I cation with the reporters, save oin c or twice, when some
l ot them hail called upon him lor documents ie(erred to
tu Ins speech, lie thought, therefore, that without go
j iug further into particulars—looking at the necessity ex
fisting at present lor having the debates both in the
| House of Common* aud the llou-e ol l.onls an accurate
] account ol the transactions in Pailiamciil, he thought that
the repottsol the debate* ol the House ol Commons lor
- the la?t twenty years had been given with great efficien
cy and fidelity. (Ulrfis.) Dining fifteen ol those
tw enty years ha bad held office, and dining the w hole ol
that lime he had never received any solicitation lor any
favor or patronage Irom any reporter, and he believed
he might say that no application had been made to
any ol hi* colleague* while he was in office for any such
|>-itionagc or lavor, in consequence of any favor shown to
them tor having given tlicii speeches fully. (If ear, hear.)
11 lie could bear this testimony to the independence ol the
reporters, founded as it was on the experience of filieen
years III office, he thought ho might challenge those who
had succeeded him to say, whether they could not hoar the
same evidence. (Hear,hear, from Lord Althoip.) Itoc
currcil to him that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman,
when he said that he held a power in that House which
was not to be controlled, either by the King or the Lords,
or the courts of law, or the judge*—if occurred fo him (Sir
I R. I eel,) (fiat lie (Mr. O l-uimcll,) ought, as his povvei
was responsible, lo temper it* exerct«e with justice_
(cheers)—and il lie (Mr. O'Connell) said that the reports
in the morning newspapers were not only incorrect ami
ignoinn', hut aim ‘‘designedly false.”_
11 .„i.i i._ i_\
Mi. () Connell said dial lie had intended to confine him
* P,’f »®*V« repoit. in one paper only; [Oh, oh] lie meant
I he rimes.
| Sir If. I’fcel 1 hen, why commence his motion for
j bringing up the proprietors of the Morning Chronicle ?
(Loud cries of hear, hear.) Now, he understood, that
I with the four papers against which lie complained some
I 40 or 50 gentlemen were connected—some holding com
missions in the army and in the navy—several having
got Academical education—several of them members
of Ihe inns of courts—some of them practising barristers,
and all moving in the ranks of gentlemen, and they na
•"rally felt sore at the designation of their reports as de
liberate falsehoods. [Loud cries ol hear ] He did not
mean to say that any wrong which those gentlemen might
sustain could justify them iu (lie mutilation of the speeches
delivered in dial Hotiso. He considered that they contract
ed an implied engagement to the House ami the public,
that what they did give should be given correctly and im
partially. (Hear, hear ) He thought that was n duly
which they were hound todischarge to both,and they ought
not to make a piivato quarrel with any member i ground
j lor suppressing his public speeches. (Hear.)—Hut what
j was die nature of die Hon. Gentleman’* motion? It was
|,l,e printer of the Times newspaper should bo brought
j to the bar. Suppose that motion granted, what would take
I place? The charge against him would be intelligible enough
il it wore true dial the reports were not lair; but w hat was the
case now? The Speaker would have tosay, “You have vio
laled our piivilrges. We should have no complaint against
yoti.il you lud done it inipnr dally ; but we have cause of com
plaint against you, because you have violated them only par
tially.” What assurance, then, could die Speaker ask the
printer to give? Would lie have, him say, “l will promise
(hit in Iutnio all the debates -hall he tully and correctly
slated?” Hut in that case, lie would lie promising to rom
u tt a still greater violation ol the piivilegus of die House.
(Hear, hear.) Hut, if these orders of the House remain
| uniepealed, and die Speaker should he called upon to re
: mind die printer, ind the printer should say, “I will observe
i justice, but maintain my right to alnidge wlial speeches 1
like,” then Ihe Hon. and Learned Member would say, “I
have another power to which I will resort—l will clear
the galleiy ol sti angers.” Now, if the lion, and Learned
Member was determined to adopt that course, w hy not
adopt it manfully and openly at once? (Hear, hear.)_
Hut before he did this, he might call die editors to he
bar. Really, this discussion -bout the newspapers was
very strange. The Honorable Member said lie would
ask the editors whether the terorters wete tin ir rna-tcr*
or their servan s. If they replied that they were ilu-ii
servants, then Hie Him Table and Learned L'enileitian
Mould insist that they should get o her seivani* in tliiir
place, hut could the House pretend lo controiil the pto
pi it-tors ol newspapers iu that m-iitiei ? The Hon and
I.earned Member then srhl, that il die n porters were
masters he would have at the reporters them-tlvcs. And
what would he the icstil ? Were they lo have ll e same
motion repeated day alter day and year alter year? The
Him. ai d Learned Member -aid lie would peisi veie ui.t.l
his speeches were given, hut was this a rolli-sion in u hu h
d.e House ought to be engaged? \\ lay di.l not dm II n
Member do that w hich had been so often dene helote ?
He had only to notice dial strangers were in the gallery,
and he would ensure theirab-etice. II th« House entei
ed into the course which die Hon and Learned Member
proposed,it would lie pregnant Mill, die most disagreea
ble consequences It was a did. uliy which they ought
to lie anxious lo avoid.
■... *••*.14 II .III, tllHI
Mr. O Connell moved that John Joseph Lawson and
James W illiam Lawson he i ailed to the bar.
Mr. Methuen moved, as an amendment, that the said or
der he discharged.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House
divided, when tlieie appeared —
For Mr. O’Connell’s motion 48
Against it 153
Majority ,u5
Mr O’Connell, thus lotted in Id* motion, next addressed
tlie Speaker, calling his attention to the pressure ol
stranger* in the galleiy. The speaker ordered the gallery
to be cleared, and the House proceeded lor the remainder
"J the night with closed doors. It was understood that
after the gallery was cleared, one of the members gave
notice of a motion for the next day for dispensing with the
standing order, which excludes strangers. A motion (o
that end rouhl hardly lail to succeed, a* die efleri ol Mr.
O’Connell’s determination, if persevered in, would other
wise he todeprive the public ol all knowledge ol what was
passing in Parliament — JV*. Y. Evt. Post.
The reporters ol the Times, on die day after the deri
cision of the House, published another letter, in whirl)
they thanked that body for die signal and triumphant vindi
ealion afforded by their vote, ami the testimony borne by
the leading members of all sides, ol the Impartiality and
ability of their report*; and therefore, dint “out ol respecl
to the House of Commons, and to prevent inconvienre to
the public, they will for the lu-tire deal with Mr. O’Con
nell aa with other members of tbs House, no better and
no worse— though they cannot help feeling the bitterest
scorn ami contempt lor the malignant and malicious false
hood by which they were provoked, hut which, on reflec
tion, they almost think they degraded themselves by no
ticing.”—jV. Y. American.
WILLIAMSBURG l^adiet' Seminary—Missis
If a 1.1. A nt i n e.s respectfully inform their patrons
iIIhI thp public, (hat the (luiiefto! their Institution will |;k
resumed the 1st of November. The course of iustroc
lion comprises all the various branches of a complete
English Education: French, Drawing, Painting in Eng
strorn’sstyle, Japanning ami Music. Mi«re« B.’s return
thank* for the liberal encouragement already extended to
litem, and can assure their patrons that their ariltious du
ties are faithfully discharged. The discipline of the School
t* mild, yel firm, and every attention is paid to the morals
ul dieir pupils. The session comprises nine months, from
November 1st till July 31-st. Term* Tor the whole eou.se
English, 1*1 Class, . . . 18 00
. 2d Class, . . . 24 00
French, * • • 18 Of)
Drawing and Painting, • - . 27 00
Music, • • - 3fl 00
Use of Piano, • . . 4 00
Japanning, 3« oo
September fl. StS~6i
LEATHER, SHOES, IIA IS, he.—Hubbard
F'T fr Gardner, have received, and now offer for sale,
toon sides i0|e leather, embracing all the different quail,
tie*. —And they are, daily receiving their Fall stock of
s/iofs, mils, calf and kip skins, upper leather, writing, let
in and wrapping paper, he. he., which they offer on the
most liberal terms —They have also on hand, of their nu n
manufacture, 2,600 pair plantation shoe*, which are su
permn to any ever ottered lor sale by them.
Richmond, 13th Aug., 1833 . 28_8 if
j%T"l ICE \ memorial will be presented to the next
J Legislature, respecting the tolls on Mayo’s bridge.
Sept 3 f34-vi4wj A MAYO
IticlimoiMl, l inlay, Kept. 6.
ONWARD! ONWARD!
North Carolina is still moving onward. We hail
her spirit with res|»ect, ami would emulate her en
thusiasm. The Interim! Improvement Meeting took
\ place on the 25hh ult. at Pittshoro’in Chatlinm coun
ty. Covcrnor Swain took the Chair. Fayetteville
was fully represented. The Meeting came to the j
resolution, “ to take immediate steps towards the
improvement of the Cope Fear Riverabove Fayette
ville,” and to instruct their members in the Legis
lature, “to vote for n subscription by the State, of
| two-fifths of Stock in any incorporated Company for
the purpose of Internal Improvement, in which the
other three-tilths have been previously taken l>v in
dividuals.”—At this same Meeting of Pittsboro',
right gentleman, chiefly residents of New Hanover,
subscribed the ndditimnl sum of $15,000 to the
contemplated Rail-Road from Raleigh to Wilming
ton.
And why may we not also boast, that Virginia has
“her painters?” The movements of Ihickinghum,
ami Amherst, and Nelson, and Alhemarle, are most
cheering Signs of the Times. The hall must move
onwards. There will soon ho numerous hands to
strike it home. Hut, of till the generous enthusiasts
in the promotion of the good cause, who is not willing
to pay his tribute to the invincible 7.enl and gigantic
exertions of Joseph C. Cabell ? We beg him, in the
mime, and by the glory of, our common country, to
press onward! onward! to the goal. He has now the
j rHr °f (he public—the head to conceive, the tongue
to utter, the hand to exeeute ; and let him strike
homewards for the honor of thu Old Dominion.
It gives us pleasure to see the press enlisted in
this worthy undertaking. Mow can it better serve
the public ? How much better than tube lending
itself to the aspirations of ambition or to the designs
of faction ! Even in the Northwest, we have
gleams of bright encouragement. The press in
\\ ellslnirg and in Parkersburg generously spreads
our essays before the Public, and animates ns to ex
ertions. It is such a spirit, which will hint! the East
to the west, and preserve Virginia “one and indivi
sible,” in defiance of the agitors on both sides of the
“Mountain. ’— 1 lie “Mommgnlinu” of Morgantown
hinds us the right build of fellowship, and expresses
its confident hope—
.. sc is oi me Legislature at their
next session will be, to make |novision lor raising this sum,
ami securing ihe interval in the work to the State at large.
It is true tb.it this section ol the Slate will he, at best, but
remotely ami slightly benefited by the work; but this con
sideration docs not make us inditlercnt, much less averse,
to its *rromp!ishment. W e think it safer to trust the in
terests ol commerce to the management of the legislature,
over whom tile people exercise a direct influence, than
to a company; and certainly, eight hundred thousand dol
lata is but a tulle compared with the resources of the Com
monwealth. But il the business must be done by a cor
poration, why not open books in every part oi the Slate ?
1 oor as wo ol the west are, it is possible, were an opportu
nity allorded, seme part of the deficiency hi the stork might
be subscribed. We subjoin the proceedings ol the Rich
mond meeting.”
I lit? “J' incastlc Patriot” republishes thn appropri
ate address ol our (.'ouuuittec—anti “earnestly iti
! v*les the set ions attention of the people of this coun
ty, not only of those who live contiguous to the line,
bul of every man in the county.”—And then it trtdy
speaks as a Patriot should speak:
“It must be apparent to any one who will take the troti
ble to give the subject a moment's consideration, that no
comity through winch il is pioposed that the contempts
led impiovement shall pass, is more interested in its success
dian is the county ol Botetour ; lor, besides Ihe additional
value which its completion would give to our lands_Ihe
; facilities that would be thereby created for transporting
our produce to market, and receiving such foreign articles
lor our on u consumption as we may stand in need of at a
reduced pi ice—imL pendent of these, the completion ol the
James River Improvement would give encouragement to
the woiking ol the lit h iron mines with which our coun
ty abounds. I lie-e might to bold out considerations suf
ficient to make every man in (lie county who desires its
prosperity, to use every exertion in bis power to further
the views ol the committee. In several counties, meet
ings have alieady been held to deliberate on the subject,
ami as the prinrip d object ol the circular seems lobe, to
urge the people along die line of the proposed improve
ment to meet in the several counties, and appoint agents
to solicit subscriptions, we hope the people ol Botetourt
will no longer tie lay it. This appears to be a last ellorf, ,
and d we let it slip past n*, we may never again, have so
favorable an opportunity ol aiding in an elloit, die suc
eess ol which will he productive of so much beliclit to the
county at large.”
‘•\irginius,” in tlio Lexington “Union,” “lakes up
ili<i \\ ondrotjs tale” and thus addresses his fullow-ci
li/.cns:
“I lie * .'liners Dank having refused lo lake up (lie ba
lance ol the s'ock ol the James River and Kanawha
l-oinpany, it now becomes absolutely necessary lor ihe
people to do what they long since ought to have done : —
. to raise the aoioui.t required by the charter of the comp*
ny. IJ each county un the line had hut done half her
duly, the sum might have long since been raised, and the
work have been begun. But it is not yet loo late to act.
there IS still a hope of raising the sinking fortunes of
V irgiiua, and put into riiccessful operation, a work which
is lo be the life boat of this State. Surely the good citi- !
zensot ibis State will not suffer ibis work lo go duicn. 1
< an it be possible that nil who are aide to subscribe to thi«
sock, have done it? No-il cannot be so. There is
j wealthi enough to construct a work of twice the magni
tude ol ibis, immediately on the line.
Let Ihe fanner*, the chief stay of the country, take
the matter into set ions consideiation. I.et meetings be
held in the different counties, or conventions composed ol
; delegates Irotn several neighbouring counties be held, lo
adopt means to accomplish this great and much needed
work. Citizens of Rockbridge, Botetourt, Alleghany, and
Greenbrier, have you done jour duty ? Have you sub
i e<l >'0',r Pr«P'»"lon of the stock ? You have not —
| *r* no <*f»"niies in the Slate, whj.h will be mote
benefjlted Vy I'"* w"'k J’0" 5 a'"1 "ill you hold back
your hand . It should not he thus. Let me propose to
you then to appoint delegates to attend a convention, to be
held ,n Losing on, on the third Wednesday m October, <o
adopt measures lo promote Ihe great work.
VIHOINIUS.”
And lust, but not least, the “ Lewislnirg Allcghn
nu... puts forth its strength, uml republishes the Ad
tit ess of the R. Committee, recommends it to “enre
ful, attentive perusal, lioping that they nmy there see
some reasons why they should lend tln ir aid to a
work of such vital importance to the future welfare
of this Commonwealth, and in which none haven
deeper stake than the citizens of this county.”
r,i* ! ll,e Allcghaiiian,)”tl the money he
"TT"'0'" *° *"“» operation, 'hat it must
pass either through Ihe county of Monroe or Greenbtier;
• ml ,,, either case the citizens generally of the country
will be greatly benefilled. We wish parlirulady to draw
the attention of thore who are friends to the scheme to the
recommendation suggested in the address of the commit
lee, to call • meeting of all tire citizens of the count v. to
take the subject into serious consideration and to appoint a
committee to solicit subscriptions, ami adopt such measures
as may be necessary for the attainment ol the object —
Let us at least call a meeting ol the citizens; the lime
ha* arrived lor vigorous and prompt action. The counties
ol Greenbrier, Monroe and Kanawha have done well- but
they have not done all that they can do; we have many
whb! ol't’n '0‘e .T"!? *re etx,r?*,ve* ye' *'™<l “loot and
withhold their aid: efforts should be made to convince
them ol their error. They will not be able to resist the
united motives of patriotism, and self-interest which the
ocra.ton presents hut must yield to the suggestions of
the latter, even if Ihe former fails.”
We have received frornn friend in Alhemnrlc tl.e
following account of the prepnrnlioi.H tl.nt nre go
ing on in that rich county of the Red Clay Region?— 1
We rink our bends, thnt we slmll hnve n good report
from her enterprising citizens:
. , aii . ?0 Tfl& EDITORS OF THF. FJVQVIRF.n.
It A I„un i>I*U*1 *1?"”’ Ih,*re » meeting of
the blends of the James River Improvement, who noml- I
nated the follow,ng persons, 53 in number, t„ solicit ...b
•rrlplions for Ibis great enterprise, viz: John Tyler, Tbo
5jr jMuHns,0A m,n.’ F H I,y*r’ T,,rker Coles,
V.ni* lW' Appling, Jno. Morris, p Harrison, Joel
Vsncey, D,^ Harris, NsthM. Garland, II. T. Harris, Win,
Wn^ii IIaIS S”’R ' D,. Gault, Col William I
■ l»' o ( '-- Hender§onf Overton Moon,
Nelson nlrlJ'f £ G,,,"«p. Thor <«'ooeh. .las. Michie!;
K.nMlvint kna tv 5>h,pm,n Maupin, Col. Htirref, Col
f'""'!'?*- R N Burnley, I. II. Craven. Col.
Lemuel Csrr, Rev. Mr. Go.., Hr Page, Wm C Rives, I
H. Nalaou, Win. F. (Jordon, Capt. Jaa. Lindssy, Julm
John Campbell, John Cxitar, Dr. Ch. Drown,Thoa.
H. Brown, Ezekiel Brown, I. Jarman, Alexander Kivea,
Col. Bramham, I. K. Jones, David Audcrton, M. W. D.
Jones, and A. V. C. Hciakell.
No effort was then made to obtain subscription."; but, a
meeting was appointed to be held at Charlottesville, on Hie
lirat day ot the Circuit Court, when, it is Imped, every
true »oi» ol Aihematle, every lover ol Virginia, will lie
ready to do his duly, by subscribing one, two, five, ten.
01 more shares, according In his ability.
\ esteiday being Court day, and Mr. Cabell happening
to be at Charlottesville, runny gentlemen were anxious
that the meeting should then take place, and thal lie should
address the people; but, as many ol the warmest filends of
the improvement were absent, it was thought best not to
anticipate the time previously appointed.
It i« rather to bo regretted, that these circumstance*
should lisve prevmted tho example ol Albemarle Irotn
being added to those ol Nehon, Amherst and Bucking
ham. A lew more such eHbits, nnd the great cause will
gather such impetus ss to carry it through tho other coun
ties on the line with resistless force. Mr, Cabell i* very
sanguine of success—bis zeal w axes hotter and hotter as
he advances in his pntilotir labours.
We hove no itiforinnlion, since our Inst number,
from the counties Wert of the Blue Ridge. Tho
middle counties nre nobly doing their part. The
inider will see from tho above, that at the August
Court of Albemarle, it was agreed to take measures
at tho next term of tho Superior Court to open tho
subscription; and that county trill subscribe fire hun
dred shares in adilition to its former subscription.
From Lynchburg, wo hear verbally, that Bedford
and Cumphcll will probably contribute their propor
tion; and in this event, cidculnting that Rockbridge,
Botetourt, Monroe and Greenbrier, nnd tho counties
further west, will perforin their part, it is anticipated
that the subscription trill be filled before the meeting of
the Legislature.—We may then indeed exclaim, C'a
fra—C'a Ira—Blit, in the meantime,onward, nmcard!
Hands off to the U. S. !—but Hands on to the State ■'
Thunks to u “ Virginian," who has addressed tho
following card to the “ Boston Gn/.ette.” The arti
cle from the Boston Courier of the 28lh, to which ho
replies, is us follows:
"Internal Improvements.—The time is not far
distant when the State ol Virginia w ill be as Importunate
lor the aid ol tlie United States government to cany on a
system ol internal improvements, as she lias formeily been
clamorous against it. The indications ol such a change in
cannot be mistaken. In the stale
ol North Carolina, as is already known to our readers,
mere have recently been several meetings ol the people,
held expressly tor the purpose ot devising ineasuies to
promote intei nal improvement* in that Stale. One of llirir
conventions lias publi-hed a report, which is republished,
at lull lengih, in Hie Richmond Enquirer, with a hud-dory
comment, hum which ihe following is an extract.”
Wo tell the Courier, he in mistaken. Virginia will
not bend the knee to Congress for aid. She nsks
[ nothing nt the cxpeuce of our Constitution. No one
is more opposed to such nid, than the Editor whose
article the Courier litis done him the honor to copy
—yet no one is more sincerely devoted to tho cause
of Internal Improvement. We hove always been
against the asking or the receiving of a dollar from
the United States—and the more we see, the more
we nre satisfied, that we nre right. The United
Slates ought to confine themselves to their legitimate,
constitutional province. Ronds and emails were not
intended—nnd ought never to he assigned, to pass
under their jurisdiction. The States can do it bet
ter for themselves. Some of them have done it—
nnd we hope, nil will do it. The usurpation «>f Con
gress is staggering under the Muysvillo Veto ; and
the self-rising energies of nil the States will give it
■he death-blow. So little does the Courier know us
uiitl our wishes:
I rtutn inc notion uazcne.}
"M r«sRs l.m roKs—I notice in an article in the Corni
er ol yentenlay the following sentence:—“The time Is not
for ilistunt when the State ol Virginia will he as importu
nate lor tlie sii• I ol the L'nitt-.l States government to carry
on a system of Internal Improvements, as she Inis former
ly been clamorous against it.” W»J| you permit me to say
in your columns, that the Editor ol the Courier knows
little ol tlie people ol Virginia, if lie supposes that they
will ever a-k or receive assistance Irom the general go
vernment to “carry on a system of internal improvement*”
within their own territory. It is true that Viigii.ia is
awake to the subject ol internal improvements, as i« and
ought to be the whole South, hut she would scorn lo re
ceive assistance Irom tlie general government, in prose
cuting the important works in contemplation at this mo
ment in that quarter. Virginia will always refuse such
assistance, on constitutional grounds. As she cannot, and
will not bo bribed in ibis way, it will ever be her ambition,
ami her duty, to keep others straight—erect—free from
pollution. I attribute the remark ol (ho Editor of the Cou
rier lo ignorance, rather than willulnt ss, or a desire to mis
lead Ins readers. Hut he may depend upon it, lie lia» been
egregioualy deceived by false lights, and my brief re
m.iiks cannot fail to make him a wiser, il they do not make
him a better man. A VIRGINIAN.
iicmont House. Wednesday.
TIIE .YEXT PRESIDENT—[No. II.]
We conic forward to redeem our prom me. We
endeavored in our last No. to warn the people
against the pious efforts, that are making in one
quarter, to “ stive them from their worst enemies
themselves,” to take the election of President out of
the hands of the People, and throw it into the H. of
Representatives. One press at least is now nvow
edly electioneering on this very ground. It reminds
its readers of Mr. Randolph's prediction, “that Gen.
Jackson was the last President who would ever In:
elected hy the People”—adopts his vaticination as
sustained hy every probability—predicts tlint “eve
vy fidtirc election will, mJuhtrc, lie made by the II
of Representatives, in the last resort”—and declares!
that “if the South unites upon him (one of the candi
dates;) ns vote will carry him one of,the three before
the House, and there they are entitled to huve as
mmd. confidence in the result, ns nny other can
*e . **u Hubsequejilly calls upon the South to
unite upon him, and in this way his success will he
certain.
we acquit the Nominee of nil lot or part in the
lolly of his advocate. For, we are firmly persund
, that lie has kept aloof from the contest—and that
he would acorn to give any countenance to any such
speculation. We put aside, however, all the'indis
cretions of the Editor in question—and take the
matter up on much higher grounds. Let us say
that it was our intention to write the present article,
before we ever saw these suggestions at all—and the
only reference we saw in the public prints to the
mode ol the Election was to the scheme of a j\'a
honal Convention. (Many of the friends of another
of the Candidates are said to he in favor of this
course.)—We then pledged ourselves to offer our
own reflections upon the subject—and to bring for
wnrd a prior proposiion. We proceed to redeem
the pledge we have given.
Prior Proposition.
W e lay down, therefore this first Proposition, that
the Republican F arty ought not to permit the Elec
tion of the I resident to lie thrown into the House of
Representatives. The objections to such a scheme
are numerous and irresistible.
hi the 1 at place, every friend of our liberties and
our Constitution must admit, that the framers of tho
government intended to vest the election ofthc pre
sident, as far as was possible, in the People—and
their will is to he carried into execution in tho best
mode which the State Legislatures might please to
prescribe. 1 his method is consonant to republican
principles. 1
//1 the ‘hi place. Who does not perceive flic stromr
objections, winch exist to the election of the Chief
Executive Magistrate by one branch of the Legis
lature.*1 Does it not serve to remove that officer from
h.s mam responsibility and dependence on the IVo
c o , ‘ fH>f! !f 1,01 violate the cardinal principle
o {epuhhes, which inculcates the separation of the
different departments of the government—and their
independence of each other, as one of the greatest
guarantees of liberty ? Once establish it asa rule
that the If. of R. is tlio body, whirli is to cast over
its favorite candidate tin- mantle of Executive pow
er, and you immediately open the flood-gates of ror
ruption upon the Representatives of the People
>mi convert the House inton sort of Polish Deit
■n electioneering arena, for disposing of the neonh»’
perhaps to the highest bidder. What becomes of tho
unsullied and unsuspected integrity 0f your Re ore- I
simtntives? Many may escape the cont.igion-lmt
w.l all the distingiuslied lenders of the House? The
ambitious aspirant directs his efforts to win their fa
'°r’ " 1 " !' f'U jobs, and a hundred other allure
men s may he held out to purchase their votes
aru tow ong will it lie before our Constitution may
’°J«0r|r"Plf:' ,0tl"B vor>’ corf‘ ?—Wo throw away all
noilST’."'1 rearming, nil abstract hy
" 'V HIM^«I to the too familiar opera
Tn,l?LP c',""e"- 'Ve appeal to the history
<1 ther countries- and unfortunately we may ap
peal to our own American AnnnK Mines this r"n- 1
■tHuiiou was formed, ws have s««n two sxamples of
hii election of President by the H. of Representative*.
Need we refresh the memories of our readers upon
the matter? Need we unveil the agitating and in
glorious contest which subsisted in 1801, in the case
ol Jefferson and Hurr? or, must we refer to the still
more modern, and almost equally remarkable, elec
tion of John Quincy Adams ?—Wo shall not go
into all tho details of these puinful transactions.—
The People know them—and the People must
know how to profit by them. We refer to
them, to point out what a field is spread out
for “management, intrigue, (and we dare to say)
corruption”—and to show how easy it is for a
very few votes in the House to control the elec
tion of a President, in defiance of the wishes of
the People.—Mr. Burr is notoriously known not to
have received one single Electoral vote which was
intended to mnke him the President of the Repub
lic—and yet scarcely was thero ever made a moro
desperate or a more during struggle to foist any man
into office, over tho very heads of the People.—As
for Mr. Auuis, though "he had a minority of the
Electoral votes, yet it is notorious that it was in tho
power of a very few members to confer upon him
tho office, to which ho was promoted. We will not
pourtruy tho scenes which followed.—But they aro
sufficient to disgust till the nice ami jealous sensibili
ties of a free people. Are wo not then fully borne out
in our determined opposition to this mode of elec
tion ? Were wo not fully justified in declaring, thut
tho effort to smuggle tho election into the House,
uiitl take it out of the hands of the people, is an in
sult to their understandings? Does it not substan
tially amount to the declaration, that they arc un
worthy of confidence, and incapable of self-govern
ment ? 0
Buly in the Urtl place—There is another objection,
which appeals irresistibly to our best and strongest
interests. Each State has an equal voice in the Diet,
j 1 lie largest is upon a level with the smallest State—
and V irginia has no more influence in making n Pre
sident, than Delaware or Rhode Island. How fur
I 'Jtis is conformable to the great principle of Repub
lics, that the majority ought to govern, we will not
now discuss. The objections are sufficiently stated
in the several extracts, which we ure about to uttach
to these remarks. These ideas are not new to us.
j I hey are not coined for immediate circulation. Wo
have exhibited tho same view of the subject for 27
! years from tho year 180(i down to tho present timo.
.■Inti therefore tve take as our preliminary proposition
that we are against tiny election by tho H. of Rc
1 presentatives-—and will adopt every fair, honorablo
I and constitutional method for arresting such a mea
sure. But what method can be adopted ? This
brings us to our
Second Proposition.
\\ e propose—ami it is for tlie good sense of
j * Pe°pl« to judge ol our motives and our mea
sures to bring tlx; election still nearer to the
people. Ami how is this to he effected? Again,
we must go hack to our columns, and show what
the method was, which was advocated 10 years ago.
\\ ith this view we submit the amendment proposed
hy John Taylor of Caroline to the Senate of the U.
i States m 1823. We also lay before them, the hum
i hie support we then gave to this proposition. And
! lapeat that, in ease there be no election on tho
fust ballot ol the Electors, we hope to see the elec
tion sent hack to the p«;ople, for the selection
to be made out of the two highest candidates. Tho
amendment (ailed in 1823, partly perhaps because it
. was not pressed with sollirient zeal, and partly per
haps of the opposition it met with from the smaller
states. It has not been revived since, because the
two last contests have been narrowed down to two
candidates—Jackson und Adams—and Juckson and
('lay hut now, when we have shoals of candidates,
or nominees, likely to enter the arena; when we
have seen not less than five citizens from one State
entered for the oi)ice;aud how many Richmonds from
I [,ie oilier States to muster in the field, we know not; it
! becomes all men, who think ns we do, upon the ulti
mate election by the II. of Representatives, to be on
| the alert. We submit this proposition from a sin
cere sense of its importance—and we shall press it
, "ith all the zeal in our power. We call on every
friend of republican government to unite in itssup
! port. Now is the time to push it. If this winter
passes over in vain, it will be vain to attempt it for
I the ensuing election. Hence it is, that we now take
the liberty of recommending it. It js not premature
; to make tins arrangement for tho next election—as
it is to engage, in the discussion about the candidates
j themselves. So far from being premature, this is
; indeed the very lime to discuss it.
. Rut, as its adoption may again be defeated by tho
| combination among the smaller States, or by that
horror ol innovation to w hich Col. Taylor alludes in
i Ins speech, wo must go on to chalk out the course
we mean to pursue. It may he imposed upon us ns
at. inevitable alternative. Rut sooner than sec ano
iImt election hy the House of Representatives, we
sljnll unquestionably adopt it. This brings us to
T hk Titian Proposition.
If an election by the House be not superseded by
wilding back the polls to the people, the Republican
will he reduced to the necessity (incase more
than two candidates run,} of coming to some concert
among themselves, and to such previous nomina
| non as may ensure its success. Thus, they may
I, ih rl 11 choice by the first College of Electors which
meets to give the votes of the People. This concert
miiM be brought about by a Convention of the Re
publican I arty, organised as it should be, upon just,
; republican principles. Such a Convention we took
! v .1 !'n° 8,,gfcnSI,ng S°n'° year8 since>ns appears
by the follow mg Extracts. It was to take the place
of he method of Caneusses which had been practis
, ed by the Republican Party in the days of Madison
end Monroe—but which is liable to the most serious
objections. It is in fact nt ibis t!>••<> |u «i i„._ _
And must l»o superseded hy n more popular, inde
pendent, and hotter organized method of nominn
i,,on- '' e lny these reflections freely before our
■ country men—and are prepared to act them out.
W e disclaim, thou, for the present, a National
< (invention. \\ e go for an amendment upon some
principle like John Taylor’s amendment. We go
at all events, against an ultimate election hy the
II. ol It.—and if the Constitution he not aiueml
cd, 'vc do notsee how any other concert is to ho
adopted lor effecting an election at the first ballot,
than hy a (rank and open nomination of n fuir, free
and properly constituted Convention of the People
themselves. 1
• M°-« of,hwo ideas.™ confirmed and developed
in the following series of extracts from the Enqui
rer, which might he multiplied*indeed, almost ad in
finuum 1 hey show what we have thought upon
this great hltd complicated subject — what we think
o' 11 ‘his time—and “your orators” beg leave to
make these extracts “a part of their bill.”
extracts.
—(From Ihe Enquirer of October, 1806 )
llejdy to the Address of the Monroe Committee.
“ As lo Ihe consequences of inch a schism, you, gentle
men, ran "peak ol u with much more philosophic phlegm
than I ran. •• f his charge about a schism,” it seems, *ia «
mere delusion, a* it relates to the presidential election ’
•• It scums that " the oiyi.y effect o( the division may
hr to Know (he ele. Hoi.. Ihe hands ol the States in
t ongr, s, assembled.” Why, gentlemen, this is the com
pleicsl niockety that you couhl play „ir upon the umler
standings ol ihe people. At the very moment, when you
have ra.e.l you, favorite system to one of the most ghastly
ev II. « Inch couhl present itself to your imagination; when
the next thing we expert is, that you are preparing to
prov e thsl this “only effect" is re dly a very trifling evil,
and that it forms no serious objection to your favorite sys
trill or <hvision; you suddenly Hy offlo some other disqui
sition. vv by, gentlemen, did you shiiuk from the contem
plv'ion ol this effect,” which you modestly avow, ia
" l,,a O'dy rffecl” likely to accrue from your schisms and
secessions. W hy did you not pause upon the consequen
ce which you had Hum started, and depict it lo Ihe ryes
ol the people in all those dark hues and gloomy teirors, in
whirl, itI must have pie-ented itself to your own imagina
tion-? Permit me lo say, you dared not. You were con
scious, s,r., that if even this one, poor, solilsry effect had
bee,, dc.rubrd Will, the™ embellishments only, which
frttfh *n<l fTperirnre would have given to if, thin picture
nfcnc would iMve fftHferi ihe most •erimif objection* to
your system \ on would have been obliged to have shown
us, gentlemen, that a congressional election by States cn
Hrely prostrates dial favorite principle ol the trill of tbs
majority, of which you have spoken so much. You must
have shown us, 1Hie election is then made by a ma
jority of Slates, and not a majority of the People; that
“ ihe derision is made without the smallest reference to
numbers ,” that the comparative size and population ol the
large Stales are completely done away; and dial Ihe Stile
Of Virginia is sunk to the same level of importance with
the Sute Del* ware, \ on would have been le<l to have
pourtrayed the same scene of intrigue, Ihe same chaffer
fog end altercation, the fame f] if regard ot principle hvO