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h'.J acorsi tr tlu* annual re port ot a benevolent so ciety m Heston, which hut kindly t'uriii <lM*d Inin with their rep irt fi>r the l.ist six or seven years. — It* he hid tile time, and it was in order, he would pro* sent facts relative to the subject, that would make us Mush for our free institutions in this res|H ct. Hut tore tarn to his proposition it was Coulined to this Distr.et The citizens ol the place had no leg..dative power. Con gress had the exclusive l< gi«l ilivc jurisdiction ot' the Dis trict, by a grant of power ip Hie Federal Constitution, and he wished the principle established early in the his tory of our country, that n> person should be imprin med for tb-bi within the ten miles square, lie had n > doubt. In* said, upon his own mind, that strongi r rens-nic e uld he given for abolishing imprisonment for debt witiiiu the District of Columbia, thuu any equal portiuu in the IJ. Slates, arising from the nature of the occupations of its inhabitants—the character of the population—the dis fnir.cliisenieiit of its citizens, and other obvious reasons and considerations; and a law to abi l.sh iinprisoiiment for debt, would give ull parties—the creditor and the debtor—a notice and a warning which would be benefi cial to all concerned. In conclusion lie would remark, that he had purposely excluded the States, and confined his proposition to tins District, from a conviction that Congress would not ahsu lately abolish imprisonment tor debt; and unless that was done, no law upon that subject could pass without injurv to his own State, by giving to the Federal Courts a sys tem of executions less liberal, less humane, and less just, than the system now governing State and Federal Courts within Kentucky; be tell bound, therefore, to attempt nothing that would prejudice the citizens of his oxvn State, while all the States were equally free to adopt her policy. The resolution was agreed to. Mr. McKinley submitted the following resolution : Resolra-d, *1 hat the Committee on 1'nbTic Lauds be in structed to bring in a bill to reduce the price of the public lands to seventy-five cents an acre, and all lands which have been tillered for sale and remain unsold, for more than five and less than ten years to filly cents an acre; and all lands which have been offered for sale and remain unsold, for more than ten and less Ilian litleen years, to twenty-five cents an acre; and all lands which have been otti red for sale and remain unsold for more than fifteen mid less than twenty yean?, to twelve and a half cents mi acre; and all lands which have lieen < fibr ed for sale and remain unsold more than twenty years and less than twenlv-live years, to six and one-lonrth cents an acre; and ali lands which have l«eon offered for sale and remain unsold for more than twenty-five years, Vo becoinc the property of the States in which they lie respectively; and all persons tvho reside on the public land, and shall have cultivated any portion thereof for one or more years, to have the right ol* pre-emption of* one quarter section, at tbe price above lived upon, the class to which it may" belong in tin* foregoing scale of graduation. :>ir. williams said. Hint mere was a bill pending before the House, which embraced the principles contained in the resolution. It was a subject of great importance. He saw no propriety in thusprenialurelv anticipating the action of the (louse on the bill; and believing that the discussion of the resolution, at this time, would he time misspent, he moved to lay it on the table, llut he with drew the motion at the request of Mr. McKinley, who remarked, that he had no objec tion to postpone the consideration of his resolution for the present, and have it printed. Tlie gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Williams,) was mistaken in sup posing that the substance of his motion was embraced in the bill referred to. He proposed to reduce the price of all public lands. The bill provided for the «radiiatioii of the price of certain lands. Tlie resolution would bring the subject before the House in all its aspects. It would test and settle the principles and policy of the Government on this important subject. There was no longer any necessity of considering this matter in refer ence to revenue. So far as any pledges had been made, in regard to the public debt and finances, they had been redeemed. The question now whs, what should he the future settled policy of the government in tin* <Jisp >si tion of the public lands—whether or uut <l»e poor uud indigent should Is* allowed to purchase (koxucs upon low' and reasonable terms. His constituents wopc interested to a considerable extent in this matter. He had uo de sire to interfere with the bill which had been alluded to, hut he trusted the House would have no objection to postpone the consideration of his motion to a giiwm time —say this day week. Mr. Williams had no wish to forestall any discussion of the subject, lie was in favor of a full and free in res tig ition of it. It must sooner of later, (and perhaps at the present session,) lie disposed of. His only olycct was to prevent a premature discussion. If u-e came to a decision on the resolution, we must again review Lbe subject, wht-n the bill shall come up. The gentleman from Alabama (Mr. McKinley) suppo s'd th«l inconsequence of the extinguishment of the pub lic d.-i*. some final disposition of the subject of the pwb-. lie binds should he made. If the gentleman could prove that we should not,in future, want any morerereitue. we iniglst act on the subject without tear or trembliug. The Treasury was said to be full, (although the gentle- 1 man from Georgia, Mr, Clayton, h id indicated a yt-ry ' different opiuhm.) but in case of wxr, be would ask if we would not be compelled to look to the public (lands as a necessary source of revenue? Upun v.dw t other fund could we so readily rely, as the proceed* «f the sale of the public domain? He was decidedly uid'.uvor of the present land system. With a view to bring up the whole subject, at the same time he moved to post pone the resolution to the first day of January, (the day fixed for tlie consideration of the bill in relation to .()*• public lands.) Mr. Clay thought it premature to entor into a disruis ®f tlie merits of the subject- He was in favor ’ of .the motion to print, and also that the resolution should .be postponed for one uwk. If. at tlie expiration of thitt time, gentlemen should desire a further postponement, the House, if it thought proper, could *.j order. Mr. .McKinley presumed that gentlemen would lie prepared to ac.t no the subject in the course of one week. If, however, that should not be the case, Is- would not object to a further postponement to any reasonable time. Mr. Williams had no objection to print the resolution, lie did not wish tube taken by surprise on this subject, (lie would not, however, charge the mover of the resolu tion with any such intention.) He thought the first of January would be the most proper time for the conside ration of the subject. Mr. Vinton inquired whether the hill in irnhrtion to tire public lands, was in the hands of the Laud Committee or upon the Sneaker's table? On being informed that it was in the House* and had been made the jmeoial order for the first day of Jan nary, he suggested to the gentle man from North Carolina, (Mr. Williams,) do .vary bis motion so as to refer the resolution to the same Commit tee of tlie Whole on the stale of the Union, to which the bill had I wen referred. Mr. Willhunssaid he heartily acqniesoed in the sur/ gestiou just made; and thus modified, iris motion was agreed to. Tlje Speaker lanJ before the I louse m .letter from lire Secretary of War, enclosing, in pursuance of a' recoin tion, a report and .devilments in relation to the expendi tures heretofore made for objects of internal improve ments; which, on motion of Mr. Jlriggs, was laid on the table. The Speaker laid before the House a report from the 1 Secretary of the Treasury, made pursuant to a resolu tion, specifying the aggregate amount of revenue col lected on imprrfod merchandise, tonnage, Ac.., in each State of the Union, fur the year IfSCl; winch was Lid ou the table. The Speaker adso Said before the House a comnwiuica tion from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to a resolution of the House, in relation to the effect, Oir., of the modification of the tnriff, in .certain particulars^ which, on motion of’Mr. l'olk, was referred to the 4'oin niittee of Ways and Means. On motion of Mr. Ward, the II >use then adjourned. rri/niy, ix c. I i. The Senate did nr/t nit to-day. i POU3K OF 11 Ill'llE&ENTA TJ V KH. Petitions .and memorial* were presented by Mrs«ra. Hull of Maine; Gorham and Phillip* of Massachnsctl*; - Allen of Vermont; White. Ward, Adama, Turrill, and Ward well of New York; Heath of Maryland; Patton, Chinn, Taylor, Loyal], Wilson, and Mason of Virginia; Gamble of Georgia; Johnson and Chilton of Kentucky; Lea of Tennessee; Garland of Louinaiiu; Lyon of .Mi chigan; and White of Florida. HORNING OF TIIK TRKASCR» ilTTI.I>fNO. The following message was received from the Prosu dent ofthe United States, by the hands of Mr. A. J. Donat ton, his private Secretary : Washington, (Doe. 12th, 1*<V1. To the ffount of Repi’tscnlatlrtn . In compliance with the res.dutiow of the House of Re presentatives ofthe 11 It Ji instant, calling for any informa tion which the President may possess roHjiecting the burviag cd 1he building occupied by the Treasury De partment, in the year Irfifl, I transmit herewith the pa per* containing the inquiry into the cause of that disas ter, which was directed xusd made soon after its occur rence. Accompanjng llua inquiry, I als<» Lr««maul a particular report from Mr. Me Lane, who was then Secretary of the Treasury, stating all the facts relating to On- subject which were within the knowledge of the officers of the Department, and such losses of records and pqprr* as were ascertained to have been sustained. ANDREWJACKRON On motion of Mr Polk, the message and document* were referred to the Committee on the Public JJuiUltng*, and ordered to be printed. Mr. II. M. Johnson, from the Committee mi Military Affairs, reported a bill to allow Author time for issuing and locating military land warrants; which was read twice, and ordered to hr* engrossed. Mr. Thompson, from the Committee on Military Af fairs, reproted a joint resolution lbr the location of a rail road at Harper's Ferry, through the public gr* unds; which was rend twice, and postponed to Monday next The resolution yesterday ottered by Mr. Jturges was taken HD, and. after the expression of a wish on the part of Mr. Fillmore, that it might lie extended and made ge neral, was postponed to Monday next. The resolution offered by Mr. MeKeaaan yesterday, on the sulyer-t of Ihe Cumberland Road, having been by him modified, was agreed to. Mr. Pearce of R. I. otTered tl*e following resolnfion, which, under the rule, lies on the table one day Iirn/lrrtl. TJ.ag tin.* SwrMxry of Wax U* JircflcJ t«» i roiumuuicftte to tins llnux.* tin* Report of C illeuder li- . vine, I Miiiui 'iji v (•1'iu'iul ol I'urduM’s, made in Oeto U r or November lr*:i>. upon tbe ctiimnf David C>nke, ' of Philadelphia, tor money tarnished by s.\nl Cooke, I >r powder furnished by the until rity of tlie United States. On motion id' Mr. Adams of New York. Hrsttlrnl, That the Committee on the JuJieiarv be in- ) struct**d to HU|uire mlo the expediency of extending in all oases, l » parties m suits, commenced in the Circuit i *uiri <>l tin- I nited Stales,sir in any District court liav- 1 iug jurisdiction of a Cireu.t «'oui t, where rights claimed uuJor patent* is rued under law of the United States i shall come in i^uestton, tin* right to a writ of error or ap peal. t)n motion of Mr. Cilhraith, liisolnd. I'll a t the t o.umiltcc on Connnerce lx* in* strueU'd to impiire ilit > the expediency of establishing u port ot entry at Otcan Point, on tlie Alleghany river, in tin* Stili? of New York On motion ot Mr. Mercer, llesulreil, I hut so much of the President's message at the opening ot the present session of CoBgrcsa as iclatcs \ to the subject ol Intern il Iiiipiovcniciila, be relerred to the Committee on It >uds and Canalj. On motion ot' Air. Hawes. Hrttolml, 1'lnt the Committee on Commerce lx* in- i s! rue ted to impure into the expediency of making Mar- ! guntown, on Creeu river, in tlu* county of Butler, and Stall* of Kentucky, a part of entry. On mnti *n of Air. Pinckney, Hr so! red, That the C.ninuittcc on tin* Judiciary lx* , instructed to impiire into Hie ex|K*dii*ney of purchasing the building, in tin* city of Charleston, recently occu- i pied as a Hanking House, by the Hunk of South Caroli- ) uu. 11 lx* used as a Federal Court-House; and that they also impure into the exjx*diency of increasing the com peujuUon of the United States Attorney for the District ol South Carotin i. Dn motion of Mr. Lyon, of Kentucky, Hrsolrril, | hat the Committee on Revolutionary Pen sic us be* iiislructi‘d to iii(|Uin.* into the expediency of es tablishing an agency tor paying peiisioux south of Crccii river, in the State of Kentucky. Du motion of Mr. Patterson, KrrWwi/, 'I'Jiat the petitions referred at the last session ol ( ongreas to tin* ( ommitlee on Komis and r 'au.ils, praying H»r the construe ion of a road from Lower San- ! dusky to tin* boundary hue est ihlished at the treaty of i Dr> enville, lx* again referred to the same committee, and di ll they lx* instructed to impiire into the expediency of making the name. Dii motion of Mr. Murphy, Huolrrd. That tin* Committee of Ways and Means lx* instructed to impure what farther appropriation may lx* necessary to complete the improvement of tin- 1 'linctaw I Pass, in lire harbor of Mobile. lUI5l.lt: LANDS. Mr. Lewis, of Alabama, olii-n-J (lie followin'.' resolu tion* : Hcso/rctl, I lint the Committee on Public Lind* lie in structed l«» inquire into the expediency of authorising any settler,on i>m<l * reserved by the Government, in obe dience t i. Indian treaties or otherwise, who settled such lands before such reservation was selected, and who. by reason of such reservation, was deprived of the benefits of the pre-emption law of 1834, to enter, with the pro | per officer in said land district, two quarter sections of! any public lands in such district, at the price of twenty- ' livy cents per acre. Itrsu'ml, That said committee further inquire into the expediency of authorising any person who has cultiva ted or improved public lands in the year 1834, to enter not exceeding two quarter sections of any public lands in his respective land district, bv paying to the pro|K-r offi cer fifty cents per acre for sucli land*, within twelve month* from the fourth of March next, provided sucli in dividual shall designate such land* before the register of the proper land office, by the first day of" June next. Uesolrcd. That said committee further inquire into the expediency of authorising any citizen of the United States, making oath that ft is his intention to settle any portion ol the public lauds, and who shall actually settle and cultivate the same for one year; at the end of such period to ruler not exceeding two quarter sections, by paying into the land office fitly cents per acre, if sucli hinds have been offered for public sale within five years, and slill remain unsold, and twenty-five cents per acre in case such lands have been offered for public sale, and have remained tins old for a longer period than five years. Mr. VV Illinois opposed the resolution, and moved that it be referred to the Committee of tile Whole on the stale of the Union. Mr. Mercer called for a division of tlie question. Mr. Clay opposed the* reference of the subject to a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. lie hoped it would hr permitted to take the usual course, and goto the Committee on Public Lauds. Mr. II. Kverett understood the resolutions to have throe objects; fust to reduce the price «ff Public Lands; second, to give u preference to actual settlers; and third, to give a pre-emption to those who might make ntlidavit tint they find an iiitcnlk.il to become settlers. The first -subject was already fully committed; the second was substantially referred to the Committee on Public Lands by resolution; and the third ought not to be entertained ut all. even for the purpose of inquiry. He moved to j lay the resolutions oil the table; but withdrew the motion ' at tile request of j Mr. Clay, who remarked that the proposition how be- j fore us was essentially different from the one considered yesterday, inasmuch a* this proposed merely an inquiry. I Mr. Lewis had, he said, carefully examined the sev'e j ral propositions on this subject, and he thought tiiis was did.-rent from any oilier, and, therefore, not out of order, ife did not object to any opposition to the measure, hut lie was not prepared for un opposition to an inquiry. 'Cilia was not the time to look into the merits of the ques tion-. lie asked now, was the usual courtesy of an in quiry. I low were we to get a propostion before the I louse it gentlemen refuse inquiry? The gentleman from Ver mont had remarked, that one of the resolution* ought not to be entertained at all. Wliy not? Was it of a ) ■character disrespectful to the I louse.' Was it a very' ex tra vagant prop.,.skim? He beli. ved it to be tlie best po licy of tlie Government fa sell the refuse lands on cheap terms to actual settlers. 'I hour were not new lauds; they i had all been picked and culled. If the proposition was extravigant, let the committee fix si higher price if they will, but do not stifle the inquiry. Mr. Heed said, there was a bill pending before the House, w Inch would lie taken up in January next, on the subject of the reduction and graduation oi- the price of the public lauds. I lie gentleman from Alabama says the proposition differs from his. Then let him, accord ing to (fie usage of the Hcuse, move Ins proposition as an amendment to tint bill. Mr. W hittlesey, of Ohio, felt constrained, he said, to aj-n ;t this debate, by calling for Hie Orders of the day; and the motion was agreed to. I lie Chair presented a communication from the Sec ri tary ol tin' '1 rtiihiiry, transmitting certain correspond eace with the Hunk of tlie United State*. <,01 motion «.f Mr. Hubbard, it was ordered to be print- { ed. On motion of Mr. Patton, the t ill for the relief of Su san Uecalur, and ethers, was postponed to Friday next. J kis being private lull day, the House went into Com mince of tile Whole, Mr. Ward in the Chair, and took i up the bills . 1 he lull for tin* relief of Isaac Hull gave ri*c to a long debate. The principal item in flic bill proposed to allow Commodore IInil six thousand and odd dollar* for tlie ■duties of Navy Agent at tlie Washington Navy Yard, ivliicJi be performed during three or four years, in addi tion to his proper duties a* Commandant of the Yard. 'flic bill was opposed by Mr. Parker, of N. J., on the ground .that all the services, remuneration for which he claims a* extra serviebs, were not strictly such, but required by Jaw when lie was appointed. It' this idaim should !<»• allowed, the heirs of Com. Tingey would have a claim ns good, tuid which could not consistently be re sisted. Mr. V cd New York, n\*o opposed (hr bill, a* establishing ti dangerous precedent. Mr. Heed, ot Mass , replied, and defended the bill. Jlc went mto a history of the circumstances connected j with the claim, insisting that, if Commodore Hull was required to jier/urm the duties of Navy Agent, in addition to those of Coiiimtindant of the Navy Yard of Washing ton, he had an equitable claim for additional compcn.su tion. Mr. Pearce, of It. t., opposed the claim of extra pay, as unreasonable U)d improper, and not demanded by the nature (ofthe services rendered. Mr. Heed replied—warmly advocating the bill, and arguing !*• shew that the services were entirely extra, ’ and ha*M> been performed iby a navy agent, some at a 1 handsome salary. Mr. Mann ot New York, opposed the bill, as amount ing to n claim for two salaries for the1 duties of one of fice. Mr. Hardin insisted that the government might at pleasure enlarge the duties of any officer; and if lie thought iIs-mi Mien too onerous let him resign. Coni. II. waa under uo compulsion to serve. Mr Pi a/e. i- moved to strike or it of the bill the clause making the allowance. Mr. Whitthsey advocated the hill iis reported, at con siderable length and with e*amiwU»eaa. lie insisted that tli<’ untie* were Mitfiriently onerous lor both a command- ' ant and navy agent; tiny had, in fact, occupied both; I and now the office of ngcaf loot hrrn abolished; yet its duties bad been is’rformwd, Ought they not to lie paid j for" The brave Commodore was ho accountant ; vet he ’ had had to disburse money to the amount of j*t?i>0 immi j The responsibility was heavy, and the claim lair. The question was then jnrl on Mr. Pearce s amend m< nt ami carried—ayes 7^, or*'* bii. The bill, thus amended, was agreed to he reported. 'I he bill for the relief of Hubert ( Jennings was post poned. The respective bills were llien reported to the House. YV here upon the House adjourned to Monday. pWiimiiT MOUTH CA HOI,IN A. Onr opprsitlon to the Test Oath has never been o mo ment doubtful We have but one hope since it has pass ed the forms of the Constitution, which is, that the ma jority may be induced by a legislative construction, to negative the sense in which the new oath of office is re garded by those with have oppos'd it. The word* of the amendment are certainly suscepti ble of sn innocent construction If the same f»cgi«da Inrf who it, -diottld g,ve their authority to that construction, we think the difficulty with the Union par ty would be at an end. V the majority are alive to any t>-clings Imt tie*** ot | 4f| , they are most strongly in voked to adopt this c--ui.« .— ( hur lesion I’atru.t. 1 he Joint t oiiimittec on Federal Kelutious, to which wax referred the mem, rials of sundry citizen* of the Dia tiiets of t'liarh-st-ni, St. I.tike's Parish, Orange Parish, Prin .o (ieorge Winy aw. St. tSeorge's Dorchester, Kdge li, Id, Crccuvillc, Ouiun, Abhcvdk*. Pendleton. Ker shaw. In muster, \ ,.rk and Spartanburg, and the Parish «-t Chrutt Chunk, remonstrating against the passage of the amendment of the 4th article of the Constitution of this State, bog leave to UK POUT: I hat they led that under a Coverument like ours not only every real grievance of the citizen should meet with prompt redress uu the part of the Legislature, but that even imaginary grievances, coining from a portion **t our fcllawcilizenx, should obtain its respect ul con sideration. Divested of extrinsic considerations, the memorial ixtx eoinplain that the oath provided for in the amendment ot tlu- lih article of the Constitution of this State, to be hereafter taken by every person holding office under its authority, is designed by a majority ot the people of S. I arolina, to ini|Mi.u- on the Memorialists obligations to the State inconsistent with those which they owe to tlu* Constitution of the United Slates. Tins opinion your Committee considers altogether groundless. They It ive no hesitation in affirming the beliefthat the said oath was passed upon, anil adopted by the People of S. Caro lina without the most remote intention of interfering with those obligations; a belief which is concurrent with the conviction of your Committee as to the true interpretation of the outii itself; for whilst the oath asserts and maintain* the sovereignty of South Carolina, it expressly provides for the support of the Constitution of the U. Slates, and con.-equelitly of all those obligations which the citizens of South Carolina owe to a compact which she solemnly made with her s.uter States. To suppose that the peo ple of South Carolina, in engrafting this oath on their constitution, intended to im|M>st* any obligations on her citizens incompatible with their duties under the federal Constitution, whilst in the same oath they require those who hold office under her authority, to a wear "to preserve, protect, ami defend the Constitution of the United States,” would be t » suppose that the State was capable of re quiring her citizens to incur the crime of perjury, by as suming contradictory obligations. We trust that the Memorialists would not expect us to repel such an im putation, il it were possible, self-respect on tlu* part of the Legislature, and u deep reverence for tire authority of the people, would prevent it. H appears, however, that the memorialists further com plain, ‘‘that it the oath is to be construed us \vc are in* “ structcd by very high judicial authority, it ought in “ g-ssl faith to be, in reference to the language of the Or “ d 1 nance ot iKtl, it clearly deprives ns of the right ot “ judging for ourselves upon the matters in dispute, be “ tween ourselves and our fellow-citizens.” Your Com mittee suppose the judicial authority here alluded to. must lie that of the judge of the Court of Appeals. who delivered a dissenting opinion, flow the memorialists can deduce any abridgement of tlieir right of judgment from the opinion in question, your Committee are at a loss to conceive, since it declares, in terms as explicit as can be used, that the Oath implies no compulsory confor mity of opinion, but provides alone for fidelity of con duct, on tin- part of an officer of the State, whilst he continues in office. With these views, and as it is believed by your com mittee, with an understanding between the citizens of deserved influence and estimation. Initli of the majority and minority of the Convention of the people of South Carolina, which assembled at this place on the 11th of March, ltl&l, the majority agreed to pretermit the imposi tion of an Oath of Allegiance by tlieir own authority, that it might go before the people us an original pniposi tion tor amending the Constitution in the ordinary mode ot the exercise ot this sovereign function, that the sense of the people might be taken with all possible gravity and deliberation on the high matters in dispute; and as some of those thus representing the minority, expressly pro posed such an appeal as u pacific arbitration of the controversy, justifying the confident expectation that their best offices will now Ik- exerted to obtain a general ' acquiescence in the decision which might thus be pro nounced, your Committee would hope, as this AWARD HAS 11KKN FINALLY RLNDKKKD. ami as the al legiance required by the oath of ollice in the proposed amendment of the Constitution is the Allegiance which every citizen owes to the State; consistently with the Constitution of the United States, that public tranquillity and fraternal concord may lie restored among the good people of our beloved State. J. HAMILTON, Chairman of the Committee on the part of the .Senate. D T Adopted in the Senate of S. Carolina, IMi to 4.— In the House of Representatives, IK) to 2M, which has led (says a correspondent) to a complete pacification of parlies in S. Carolina. Columbia, Dec. D. The Oath bill has been finally passed at its third read ing in the Senate, by a vole of.<2 against II, und in the House of Representatives, by 5)1 against 27. The Hill to define and punish treason, is made the spe cial order of to-day, at 12 o’c lock. Also, a bill to abolish the present Judiciary system, to divide the State into six circuits, and to elect six judges, to have jurisdiction over both law and equity, anil to meet twice a year, as a Court of Appeal*, at Columbia, and twice at Charleston; order ed for to day at I o’clock. On Saturday Mr. Calhoun was re-elected to the Se nate ol tin.- United Slates, without opposition.— Tunis. Columbia, Den. Jt). HIGHLY GRATIFYING INTLLLIGKNCK. T. S. Tuesday Evening.—We stop the press, to an nounce the welcome fact of the withdrawal, on llie port of our late adversaries of all opposition to the Hath of Al legiance. The two parties have at last met, on grounds ol partial concession on each side; hut honorable to both. Our friends held out, to-day, in the adoption of the Report of the ( ’oininittee on Federal Relations, a frank and kindly concession to the scruples of our opponents; which was accepted in the same honorable spirit in which it was of fered. W e refer our renders to the declarations, as to Allegiance in the report itself, which has accomplished a result every way so happy for the State. Upon its adoption, Col. John 1*. Richardson, in the Senate, and Mr. Philips (of Chesterfield) in the House of Representatives, ex pressed, for themselves and tlieir friends, the wurm and cordial feelings with which they met thin proceeding. Gen. Hamilton replied to the former gentleman in that tone of generous feelings which becomes him so well. ll'»th parties hail, we believe, with the aiucerest joy, this termination of our long and most unhappy discords. The most decided cordiality seemed, almost in an instant, to diffuse itself over tin- House: in proof of which, we need only to note the fact, that the. election of Cure mar rain i a if a a immediately after this event, Mr. McDuffie re ceived the almost unanimous vote of both parties.—Tele scope. Ra i. kio ii, December 12. NOR 1 11 CAROLINA. Tin: Instructions.— Dr. Potts' Resolutions for in structing the lion. Willie P. Maiignm, are still under discussion in the House of Commons. The friends of the Resolutions have at all times been ready to bring the debate to a close, although they have not desired to pre vent their opponents from being fully heard. The discussion was expected to have terminated on Wednesday evening, as it was thought hut common jus tice that the friends of the measure should have the con cluding s|K-ech; hut it seems to Ik- the purpose of the Op position to talk against time,—to procrastinate and put off the question, with a view of defeating this expression of the people's will. On them, therefore, will rest the r<-s|ionsibiiity of wasting away the session, and uselessly expending the people's money. We can assure our friends, however, that the Opposition have gained no thing by debate. Tlieir groundless assertions, and bold denunciations of our venerable Chief Magistrate, have been met ut every point, and repelled in a proper spirit; and tin- final vote will show a handsome majority in fa vor of the Resolutions.—Standard. GEORGIA. Mii.LKnor.vif.Lr., I)oc. 3. Anotmkr Citation.—The State has been served with a citation in the person of the Governor, calling on her to unswcr to a writ of error in the Supreme Court, in which, Pipe, a Cherokee, confined in the Penitentiary for horse-stealing, is plaintiff. This kind of affair has lost it* novelty; it now excites no strong feeling, and passe* oh quietly on ax nil every day transaction. Pipe is cheerfully employed in the Penitentiary, in learning tho blacksmith's trade, which will Is- useful to him, when ho shall Iw permitted to return to hin tribe; and this permis sion will not be granted to him, until lie hIiuII have bad ample time to learn his trade—until the expiration of his full term of six years.— federal L’nim. PENNSYLVANIA. The Er/rurifiitoin.— lly reference to our account of proceedings at Harrisburg, our readers will lie gratified to observe that resolutions have been brought forward by Vfr. Penrose of the Senate, mid Mr. M'Elwee of the House, instructing our Senators in Congress to use their liesfrefforts for effecting the erasure of the resolutions brought forward last winter by Mr. Clay, and adopted, censuring the President as a violator of the Constitution. They wifi no doubt be missed by large majorities, and the sooner the better, as New I lampshire, New Jersey and North Carolina have alrendy precedence of us. Penn sylvania feel*as indignantly ns they the insult offered to tin- man of hot choice, hy a factious Senate.—Ptnnmjl r an inn. OHIO. fJoi.usBi.s, (Ohio.) I»ec. 7th. 1834 The permanent elections for Speaker and Clerks of liot!» branches of our General Assembly took place yes terday. In the House, no change from the pro tnn. elec tions, In the Senate, peter Hitchcock, (Whig) in place of I). J. Disney, (Van Huren) elected Speaker on second ballot. 19 to 17. We ha ve therefore a majority in both branches. You may therefore look confidently for the reversal of the instruction.» given our Senators by the last legislature.—JVat. hit. Jvvar. I>» vai l„— We are authorized to say, that the paragraph in the Frederick Exnmincf which slates "that Judge Duvall has withdrawn the resignation, which he had tendered, of his seat oil the bench of the Supremo Court of the United States,’* is wholly destitute of foun dation.— -Baltimore Patriot icirlmioiMl, liivNilny, live. 141. m:.\ii.\1sLi-:.yct:s— v,». /. ^ ! THK RIGHT OF INSTRUCTION. U|K>n this cardinal point of Representative Govern ment. on which so many of the Delegates of the ix*o ple are at this time either hesitating, or prepared “ to slnxit madly from their spheres," we would refresh their memories. We lay Indore them the following memoran da, which were published in Virginia in HI 1-12, as the doctrines of the great Republican Party of that day. Men were not then in the habit of frittering away a «reat right of the people, by cavilling as to the manner 7>f its exercise. Now. we are prepared to prove that there is no way so good for ascertaining the sen.** of the majority of the ipiahtu d electors, ns by signed letters of instruction. Rut we take the broad abstract ground, that as it is the sovereign right of the People themselves, in which they do not ask the consent of their serrants, agents, re/irrsenlii tires, (call them what you will.) they have the right of saying in what manner they will exercise it—whether by meetings, signatures, or what not. All that is wanting is, that the representative should be informed of what is tile will of hi* people, and lie is then hound to obey the instruction, or resign his seat. Ut'OTATIOXH. “ If tin* mcinticrs of tin- llointe of ('ominous arc not ohli«cd to re jnr.l 11.0 instruction* of llu-ir constituents, llu* |>.-o|.lo of Kn^laii.l olio**..* u set of despot* every seven years, and are a* perfect .lav,. tt» till* Turks, excepting tl.e leu moot I., of n K*>.o-rnl election.” “Wl.cn «.• civet p r on* to r*'|>rc*cut u* in Pnilituucut, uu must not be supposed toiicnnrt from tl.e smallest riglst which wo have du posited will. them. \Vo i.iuke u lodyment, Hot a “ill; we entrust, Imt purl trtlA imtl.inj*. And, were it possible that they .luml.l uttenipt to de.troy that t ‘u.idilutim. w lit.-li wc l.ud a).pointed tl.o.ii to ...ai..t..i.i, they cun no more lx* lid.I it. tin* rank of representatives tlmn n f. elor turned pirate, cun continue to In* rnllo.l the factor of those met cl.auts whose (.mods lie had plundered, and whose conlidcuco lie liml betrayed. *1 lie men, whom us- thus depute to Pnrliuiuc.it, are not tbsbuie lil.cucs- or rellecliouof us iln-.r constituents; they uctuullv coutnii. on. power* ami pro ileges, uu.l are, os it were, the very |x'r*ni>* of III. |H-opl<- they represent. V\’e are tl.e |M.rli:.mei.t i.. tln-i.i; wc speak .induct by lh. m. Wc llitvc, therefore,u risl.l to know, what they are sayii.jt u.nl doinj. Ati.l si oul.1 they .■oi.tra.li. t our sense, or swerve from our interests, wc linvo a right to remoustrate in form, mi.I direct thou. Uy which means we lx come the regulators of our ownroi.duct and iuslitutors of our own luws, uu.l nothing material enu he done hut hy our authority and consent.”—Buruh'j fulUical IXrpiinlmr, i Ik- person chosen seems to he slrietly the delogato of those hy whom lie I* chosen, ami Ixiimd hy their ill. tractions whenever they think piojier to exercise the right. Tide principle bu been denied bv the Brituh writers on their own government, an.I a deference to the maxims of that government probably- prevented the decision of tho question, whi>n agitated in Congress in the form of an nrtirlo of n pro posed lull of rights; hut if the maxim he trite, that nil power is deri ved IViiiii^Iic p' oplo; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, nndul all times amenable to them for their conduct, it seems impossi ble to w itlihold unr assent from the piO|iosition, that in a |Hipu|ar gt> vernnionl tho repreaontativu is hound to speak the sense of his eon. Stltni'ilts ii|*oti every subject .irArrr- he is informed of it. The dillicul ty ol colluding the sense 01 the |ictiplu upon uny question, forms no argument against their tight to express that sense, when they shall think proper so to do. Otherwise, hy whatever donomina lion the government may bo called, it is a confined aristocracy, in which the people have nothing more to do than to choose their rulers, over whose proceedings, however despotic, and repugnant to the nature and principles of the fuuduiucntul laws of the Stuto, they have no control. It will he answered, llint the power of removing nnd punishing is not denied hy this doctrine. I answer, that tlm pow'erof preventing ollenees again.t the Commonwealth, is to be preferred to that of punishing offenders: and if tho government is virtually in tho people, it ought to he so organized, that whenever they cliooso to exercise tho right of governing, they may do it with out destroying it’s existence. Corruption and mal-ailniinistration, unchecked, may drive them to a resumption of nil the powers w Inch they have entrusted to the government, and bring on tumults and dis turbances which will vud only with it’s final dissolution; an event to he apprehended in nil governments, hut imrticulnrly in democracies, since dissatisfaction towards tho administration umv producendesire of change in the constitution itself; nml every change hy which the government is in the smallest degree removed from its republican na ture and principle,must he for the worst. Thisuunger is elf,'dually avoided hy the principle here contended for. The aggregate if man kind understand tht.r own interest and their awn happiness better than “"y individual.' they never can lie supposed to have resigned the right ol judging for themselves to any si t of men whatever; it is u right which can nevirbo voluntarily resigned, though it may lie wrested from their hands hy tyranny, or violated by the infidelity and perfidy if their servants."—Judge Tucker's Htackstone, Vat. I, p. Ilgl. “ To view tile subject iijhiu principle.—The right of tho constitu ent to instruct the representative body, sei ms to n suit, clearly, und Conclusively, from the very nuturn of the representative system,” ic. It cannot be protended, that a repressillative is to he the organ of his own uiilnlono; for then, ho would he ro fur despotic. He must he the organ of others—of w liom ! .Not of the nation, for tho nation deputes him not ; but of his constituents, who alone know, aiouo Jiai u trusted, and can alone displace him. And il'it ho his pro vince, ail I his duly, ill general, to express the will of his coustitu ents, to the best ot his knowledge, w it hunt being pnrliciilnrlv infnrm ed thereof; it seems impossible to contend, thin lie is not bound to do so, when lie is so especially informed and instrin led.” 4* ^.be right ot tho constituent to instruct the representative, there fore, i I an I Menial principle of th 1 representative system. It iniiv t«- r marked, that w herever representation lias h en introduced, how ever unfavorable the rircuinstaiiee under which it existed, however short its duration, however unimportant its functions, however dimly understood—tho right of instruction lias alw ays hoc 11 regarded as in separably inti Icntal to it,” «<.c. Sec. ‘‘If the right of instrui'tio.i he abandoned on this ground, the right of rejection should lie yielded also. In other words, llic principle that mankind is competent to self government, nhoullhn renounced. Tho truth is, that our institutions suppose, thut although the repre sentative ought to he, und generally will lie, selected for superior virtue and intelligence, yet a greater mnss of wisdom and virtue .till reside, ill the constituent holy, limn tin' utmost portion uiioted to any iiniii i.luul.”—Xr. Leigh's ltrport of Feb., ISliJ. "Hy Charlei K. Ma'lory—Tho Right of Instruction—The vital prin ciple of representative democracy : the frowns of an indignant and insulted people, nnd the oblivious shades of eternal retirement to those public agents who dare to disregard It.”—Toast drank on the 4th July, lull, ot the tingle Hotel, in Hia'unonit. bn the Satiety of fit Ft umts of the Hecstytluu. More anon! PUBLIC PMATCH. ‘‘Joy, Jov in laindon now”!—Soutmct. Wc are reluctant to bore our readers about tho election of Public Printer: though our worthy brethren of tin? Op position have attempted to boro ns. \VV have now before us a budget ol extracts front other papers, with which we do not intend to annoy them. Wo have been reviled, lampooned, laughed at, crowed over, in every variety of iVirm. at home and ahrriud—from the enormous Journals of tin- Cities, to the (i by !> inch sheets of the Village Press. One V irginia Editor has expressed joy at the fall of the “Dictator of Virginia”—another exults at “the hard ne cessity of the Legislature's turning out to graze, a septua genarian,’' when that same Editor (the tlrrenl Editor of tin* Charlottesville Advocate!) well knows that we are just on the wrong side of .r><i. The kindest thing which has been said ol us by the Opposition press, is by tlie Annapolis Republican, who oilers us bis “serious condolence”—but is far “ftom exulting personalty, al though he may politically, at the. loss” we have sustained. The reader would be surprised at the interest which this event seems to have excited elsewhere, and the joy it has ditlused, partly at our own defeat, and partly at tho indi cation it is suiiposed to have furnished of the ultimate tri umph of Mr. Leigh. At the same time it has given our friends the opportunity of saying some very agreeable and handsome things upon the occasion. Let these matters, however, pass. Wo do not mean to trouble the public with complaints or remonstrances. If it nlfords our opponents any cause for rejoicing, they arc welcome to it. We make no complaints—we suffer no repining*. We shrink from n 1 such blow—we cower under no such political stroke—for such it is—as our ene mies, who nre honest or indiscreet enough to tell tho truth, are free to confess it. For examples: “ The question sett'ei in Virginia.— Wc raw yesterday a letter from a AftlilIonian of (he highe it respectability in Virginia, to hi* fricml in tiii* eity, vvhieh contain* |ha result of a moveiuunl in the hcgislnturu ol that etnte, which lull* the political complexion of the Old Do minion heyonil further doubt—if doubt indeed existed. The tote* stood, for Mr.Pin plicrti, (the whig candidate.) Sfi— for Mr.Ritchie, 74. Thl» vote i* entirely conclusive as to tire relative strength of |inrtic* in the IjCgMlaturc, for the question was decided upon strict party grounds, l’he writer of the letter to which we itiludc, is confident tlm* it renders the election of Jwig'i to the Senate nf the U. States per feet y certain."—A*. Y. Courier amt Inquirer. “CJmsAT rBii'McH ov rnisctri.K'—A letter from Ktclmionil of the fth hut. x*y«:—“Onr legislation have this day turnril out, liy a nm jority of thirteen vote#, in joint tmllot, the Kditnr of the Ktnjniror, who hns nxcrrisrd the cilRro of |iiihlic printer those twenty years. He i* theorem of Jaeksonism in this Htato.” This new* will Ihll like n tub o| ice-water, upon “the party” in this quarter, niter their recent e xultations touching the choice of a Jackson Speaker. No one lin* boon a more elReient ai l in tho cause of Jnrksouism than the Knquirof—none n more uniform, though insidious apologist of the hero’s m-nsiires;—ami it is well that “the poisoned chalice” has at l. ngth h«cn “commended to his own lips.” How will the vonern bln Nestor of Virginia Jaeksonism like the experiment, thus brought home to his own ''Isrisrrr and bosom?” We quote Ins own universal maxim in reply—‘'Aims ferrous.”—Af. Y. Com. Jlilr. “ In reference to the election of speaker of the house, nod public printer, much Interest has been felt. In tho choice of the former, our renders ate already advised, there was no test of the rolntive strength of parties. Not so, however, in the election of printer, which re sult'll in favor of Hamiiel Hhepherd, by a majority of 12 over Tho mas Ritchie, This majority is, we believe,something less than tho actual joint nnti-Administration majority inhoth houses; «o that the re-election of II. VV. laugh in V. Hiatus Senator, whenever it routes on, may be regarded ns certain, purlin) instructions to the contrary notwithstanding. The Iticluiioiul Knquirer indeed, is understood to admit this fact m Its Into editorial remarks, not inaptly headed “re actio*,” hr.—//r»i«rg Omni* nf I.thf sty. (Jo on, gentlemen!—Wo congratulate you on tho “great tri tint pit of principle” yon have gained.— Make as much of it ns you can.—As for us, wo regard it, as the Alexandria Gazette advise* tin, ns “the fortune of war” —and as such, we bear it, with as grrod a grnce “as can l»e expected*' from one who brut been looking lor it for more than six months—who was thoroughly prepared for the blow-—and whom the distant threats of the In structed men could not intimidate Iroin standing by the rights of their Constituent*. On one circumstance, we hog leave to set our friends, the Baltimore Republican and Wilmington Watchman, right. “ Mr. Shepherd is the partner ol Mr Ritchie, and we don't see what the Opposition have gained by their success.” Not so—Mr. n. was our partner—hut is no longer so. Both of us scorned the " collusion” of which we were so kindly suspected last winter, by a De legate who was "nothing loth,” at one time, to take the otncp himself. No—It was perfectly understood between us, Imtli then Slid lately, that if Mr. S. were elected, the partnership xvotthl lie dissolved T. R i t rather too proud now, (as he has repeatedly declared.) to partake imli rrrlh/ from the bounty of the legislature, what they should rlireelhj and openly refuse him. A word more !-—-'The Opposition appear to treat the re jection of'I'. R. as the little pilot balloon of Mr. leigh's success. They are irustaM^n—The election of the Sena tor is not so sure. ffe cannot prevail, unless over the pro strate rights of (he people. If their Delegates choose t » I'untiMim llwir instructions, Mr. F may •ui'i'ml-. <*th ‘iwisr, he cannot. \\«» tv n tMUic our distant ii|>|m> ii ‘lit*, that tin* mgits begin to Ik* r-xcs-iwively squally.— Hut, iii'us ten on.*! THE C111 .&Al‘i AK E AN I) OHIO CANAL CON VENTION. Thin inti resting Convention assembled in Baltimore on Monday week, and anil adjourned on Wednesday. ,Ce >rjje C. Washington, Esq., was appointed President ol tin. Convention. 1 ifc- l‘r< sill nit.*—Elisha Whittlesey, of Olen; Elijah Boyd, ol'Virginia; William A. Bradley, of the District ol Columbia; tuid Win. Bob!n ton of Pirmsylvania. Secretin ie*— John 1'. Kennedy, and Joseph Sliriver. “District Committee* wi re appointed to memorialize Congress, and the State legislature* of Maryland, Penn sylvania, Virginia, and Ohio, and tin* Cor|Kirut.on* of ilalt.inorc and of the Distriet of Columbia, for aid in lur*. tliering the progress of the vitally important undertaking, the interest of \\ liieh they hail assembled to prouiote." We shall publish a more particular account of their Proceedings, in our next.— In the mean time, we are limited to a re-publication of the following Sketch from the Baltimore Intelligencer of Saturday last: *' I U L Ian Cos v r a null.—The Com out ion, co.o|H>scd of Delc yut.'s from tin* flutes ol Pennsylvania, Man Ian.I, Virginia, Ohio, nit.l the District ol Columbia, whirl) was roiuutlv ill session in this city, liu« uljoimied. During its silting were passes! various resolu tions, having lor their object llir immediate coutinuutiou of llie con struction of the Chi-supcuke uml Ohio ('soul. Come other mutters to.merest with the <nat subject of luternul Improvements, came under the cousi.h-ratiou of this large and respectable assembly. They pa*s.*d resolves during their session to tucmoriuliae Congress, the re spe. live E'-gislut.ircs of Pennsylvania, Maryla.nl uml Virginia, for uni to unable the President n*nl Directors of tho I" tin.I t 'orporul.o.i lo |iro-ei ute tho work ul mi early pcriml with vigor uml siicci “ Whether or not they will succeed in obtaining the assistance ilc sir.-.l amI so anxiously hoped, Is a problem of some comiidcraldo doubt; uml it will Im* to us, in common with the frienils of iiiterual improve ments throughout tho country, a cause of sml rogrut if this -real un ib itukius—a work so essenliul to tin* prosperity of uur roninierriul Interests, ami the agriculturist* of the \\ est—should languish in wautot that ctivouragoitii'iit so ready at lin* Coiniuuiid of Congo *.* uml the Slat** legislatures memorialise.!. “With all pro|M*r deference lo llio lielter judgment* of the mem bets of the Couveutio.i. wi* must U* permitted lo remark, w ithout wishing lo m inn It* in polities, t hut some doubts exist in our mind in re ference to the propriety of asking Congress lor uid ul the piesenl pe riod. For though we strongly desire that the assistance re.piin d shouM he obtained, yet from tin* piim iph s set forth ill the ri*c* nl an nual message of tho President, wo upprehenil that no beiii'lirial n*. suits will How f.on. tho applicatio.i. Sup|H>*c that Congress should irr.lut the uid prill Oil for—a very iiuproi«blt- hypothesis—is it not al most reduced tou murul certainty that the 1'iesidi lit w ill interpose tho negative power incident to the Executive? If so, no advantage whatever cau lestlll from that rour-u*. I >u tho other linud, £r< at ilis advantages might arise In the delay attending the uctioouf Conpris. —But fio.n Mate l egislatures, we lain would indulge better hopes, n.i.l trust they w ill res|Himl tu the spirit of the times, and ntii.rd ready means fur the prosecution of tliisgr. at liuk in the bright vluin el' in ternal improvements of the Union.'* We agree with the II. Intelligencer, that it is inexpe dient uud unwise to apply to Congress. The Federal Government has no such power. Conceded to it. It is a right reserved to the States and the People. If an ap propriation can be granted to such an object, that decision - will !h) roeor.lod for u pnionlcut, Anil many i.ii error liv tlie staim- cxamplo May ruali into tin- Mnte. It rannot Is-. Who shall say to the Federal Government, “Thus far and no farther.” If such an appropriation can be made, wh.it may not bo made? Ami if the unlimited power over Internal Improvement can thus bo assumed by the Federal Government, we may ulmosl sing a Requi em over the cause of State Rights. It is hoped, that Congress will pass no law upou it—and it is believed, that the President will veto the appropriation. So completely satisfied are we upon this subject, that we repeat, what we have before uttered in relation to such ex|M'iuliturcs, that the States ought to contribute no funds to any objects, which the Federal Government has un dertaken to assist. They ought not to mix their funds with those of tlie Federal authority.—They ought to sot their faces against such un encroachment—nor lend any sanction to any work which draws any of its funds from the Federal Exchequer. None are more anxious than we are, to promote the cause of Internal Improvement, by means of the State authority and the People’s contri butions.—We, for one, protest against the narrow spirit which prevails in the Governor's Message, on this sub ject. We are not deterred, by the panic of a public debt, from contracting tlie necessary Ismns, for the pro motion of a wise work, which is wisely conducted.— Hut when the effort is made to enlist the funds of the Union upon any sucli scheme, we disclaim the application.— We would say to the U. Stales, “ Hands on !" us we would say to the States, “ Hands on !" CrThe House of Delegates have acceded to the se cond amend m< nt of the Senate—and tlie election of a Senator of the United States is consequently post poned till tlie twenty-sect nth of January. So that the Legislature will now have an opportunity of receiving (the last) fresh adders from their constituents, as John Randolph said. The House have also agreed to the resolution for a recess of the Senate—who have aecordingly adjourned from Saturday last to the yitth instant. Man-worship—Modirn definition. Sacrificing yourself, your duties to your constituents artd out of the great Republican principles of Virginia— for Mr. Leigh ! The reader is advised to visit Thom's exquisite sculp ture of Burns' Turn O'Shan ter, now exhibiting at the Museum. The group consists of four figures, Tam and his cronic, the Sou ter, (Cobbler,) the Landlady, and her husband. It is a chef d’ ivurrc—and the more remarka ble, from being cut out of such coarse material—free stone ! The figures look like the petrifaction of once living bodies ! ttlj We are authorized to state that the contract for Carrying tlie Mail to Louisa, was given to the lowest bid- l der—the amount paid for this Route is —six hun dred dollars less than any other offer, as we believe and are informed, O’The Proceedings of the Citizens of Scott County will ap|>ear in our next. ALBEMARLE INSTRUCTIONS. Valuont, Dec. 4tll, IKhl. Gknti.km»:n—This morning, the •* Richmond Whig A Public Advertiser," (a newspaper I seldom sec.) was put into my hands for perusal. Itseditoria! column takes no- j i lice of certain proceedings of a portion of tin- people of ! Albemarle, which were hull at Porter's Precinct, (not at ; Albemarle November Court, ns the Editors suppose,) for the purpose of instructing Dr. Cocke. The meeting con sisted of about GO persons, nud the committee of siren.* Nevertheless, the Editors of that paper have thought proper to single out two members of the Committee, and to make them the objects of the following purtir- \ alar notice: “Of the Committee, Mr. Carter 11. Harrison is Chairman, and Mr. Tucker Coles a mem- j her. Choice democrats, they are, no doubt; u hear- | ty and tender sympathy they must be supposed to have with Toni, Dick and Harry, and u peculiar right to cast upon the Whig party of Virginia, containing such men as Tazewell, Robertson, Gordon, Gilmer, Ac. (permit me to add John Hampden Plea sants’) the opprobious epithets of aristocrats. The peo ple ol Albemarle, who know the men, and who know who the Whigs are too, will properly estimate such slang from such a quarter.” The passage in the address of the meeting, which seems to have excited their ire, is this : 41 This doctrine is maintained (opposition to secret in structions, say they,) by Whigs; let this inform you that them* Whigs are no other than old-fashioned Aristocrats." 1 lore, 1 take leave to supply mi omission of the Ed.tors: ! “ We l»eg pardon ; that Old School were more honest— , they were not ashamed of their name." Who Tom, : Dick, and Hairy are, with whom wo are supposed to J sympathise so tenderly, I do not know, unless they mean 1 thus to designate tlie people of the Senatorial district of ■ Albemarle, Amherst, and Nelson. If they do, they are ! right in presuming my sympathy with them; and 1 hope I every Republican will sympathise with those who cannot set about to instruct their Representative by j letter, (for that is the meaning of their secret in structions,) without the intermeddling of officious partizans and Editors, entertaining different political ! views. I do charge upon that party, the denial j of that right, as mi aristocratic principleand, 1 charge them further, with deception in assuming a name, which in England was intended to designate n particular sot of principles—bat in America, means, opposition to the present Executive of the United States, and a determination to prostrate it, if they can—come what will; a party, perfectly regardless of consequences, and willing to take their chance fora President who will introduce the principles of Nullification ; or one who will continue the existing system of a United States j Rank ; or another, who will restore the Tariff to an oppressive amount, together with its hand-maidens, Internal Improvement upon a large scale by Congress, ' and an expensive Government. Such was the Govern- ! ment of John Quincy Adams, the patron of the great royageur, John Hampden Pleasants. If he will go back to that era, and not step at the “portentous history of the j last two years," he will find a truer application of his definition of a Pony, than the one lie has made, viz. “one whose affections were centered in the Crown, and who Was ever ready to support power in its attempts to op press the law-s and the people, and enlarge its own boundaries." I hr Editors of the Whig have mercifully forborne to ‘ exercise Ilia* retaliation which the outrage upon the Whig party justifies," by denominating us Tariff, and I sustaining the charge by many phiusiblf arguments. I set up but little pretension to » knowledge of the politi cal history of our country—but I humbly conceive, that tlie terms Whig mid Tori/ ns correlative terms, never e.ould lie and were never applied to parties here. In my boyhood I learned In consider a Tory ns one disaffected to the Revolution—lovoig the maternal rod of Knglnnd, and with filial piety preferring its smart pi the blessings of free government. Nonesuch were allowed to remain here during the war. These Editor* must, indeed, have great confidence in their ••philological" skill, ns well as their logic, to moke good iho charge of Toryism here, if I have a correct idea of it —nt least against those who are endeavoring to carry out the principles of the IU- vo lution and the doctrines of Mr. Jefferson. Rut who were the Whig*?' Was there such a party or such a name here? Would not they have shared the proscrip tion against the Tories of the Revolution? An old ntiiii Ixjr of the “Examiner," a London paper, which I have chanced to stumble upon, thus speaks of them—“Since Whig ceased to be the correlative and opposite of Jacob ite, no person has been able to tell what Whiggery i*, or wliat a Whig believes. Whig principles simply meant feeling and acting with the men called Whigs, who were united, no doubt, by a common spirit and s general dis position to take nimilar views of most political qtisuticwi as they arose, but not by auy definite creed or prol'emtioii < t faith ’ Is there any simi/uriti/ of fmlilicui views, or of political faith, among our Whigs/ If there is, tln-v urr all advocates of the Hank, of the Tariff, Ac., Ac. If there is not, they agree only in one tiling, Ault-Jarksmi isui. Itut the Wings ol Kiiglaml, certainly profem'il hereditary monarchy; u hereditary House of Peers; a powerful Aristocracy of wealth, to hold the balance- Im tween the King and the |«eoph>. l)o *.ur Whig* agree with them? They will hardly answer in the affirmative. The cognomen of Whig, tlierefore, in this country, is ri-' diculous and unmeaning—nr it means what the sponsors in this new baptism ought to I*; ashamed of. “The people of Albemarle who know the men. (say tint Kditors.) and who know who the Whigs are t<*>, will Properly estimate such slang from such a quarter. ’ To that good people 1 am but little known—and lesi known to Unite: 1 am therefore chiclly indebted for wliat ever of public notice may be attached towards me by my agency in the proceedings referred to. to tlie con nexion of my name with that of the notorious John Hampden Pleasants. But the few who know- me. w ul know how to estimate any attack upon me coming from that quarter. I accord, gentlemen, to Kditors as to other iM-mons, the privilege of bringing public men before the oar ol public justice for their oilictul conduct, in a deco rous manner; ami the designation of my name ill the case under consideration may iiml precedent in the prac tice of Kditors. no doubt in the columns of the Whig— but 1 do not consider it us in accordance with the rules ot courtesy. But it the designation of the Chairman of a Committee is justifiable, that of a Senior Kditor i< equally so. To the Kditors of the “Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser," I have now to say, if they w ish to make me an object of personal attack in future, they had lietlrr do it in their own person, and nut through x paragraph of their paper, as in this cam* 1 shall probably never know it, and it I do, will take no notice of it. V'ery respectfully, Ac. C. 11. HARRISON. •The Aillire ti am! Letter of Instruction,! wire uiiuidii ou.lv u,io|>t eil. ( Frum the It hig.] "Hxcnir Imrti'CTioxi.—i\'rw lain m r«-|at ion to tin ncfbriou* “ •'“■m* *>y which aigiiutuo-* were obubn-tl to tlie instruction* “ aguiiot Sir. Leigh, me daily coining to light. In tliis count), “the iiuiue uf a known supporter and frieiid of Mr. D-igli was o:» " served among the signers, lie »n» naked Ins motives h»r m*n “ in;;, and wlmt reusuiis luni been urged hi induce him to sign. “ He declared that he And net slimed—tliut lie hud never seen a “ |ia|n-r ol'iiistruction, and that the only public paper he hnd signed, “ WUS n petition to the Legislature tor paUittg duxes grating prints “in James Hirer! Thus was he entrapped. Hundred* of eaiunples “ equally atrocious, no doubt exist, und we trust will lie brought “ to light and to exevration. There is no doubt thnt the naio. s “of hundreds of citizens are signed to these seeret ills I rue I ions, “ who are totally uiiruiisciour of the fact, anil who have been “ ..died into signing them liy lying pretence*.'’ Thin important “secret” wax published very oppor tunely for the use of Whig members of Lite Legislature, who,on the morning of iu “developonient,” moved logo into the election ol'Senator. ’flip member from Pittsyl vania, in the tone and nasal twang of Convcn tic lent, which he seems to have adopted at the present session, to give solemnity to his rant, made es|M cial use of this great “secret. ' It is so much of the character of the re volutionizing light, shed upon the people, hy the Opposi tion press, in the course of the bust winter and spring, that the Whigs imbibed from it an inspiration which ex alted them to “ discourse most eloquently," (especially the mellifluent Democrat from Berkeley,) on tlie “secret’* “instructions in the bushes and earners of frncos.” Un fortunately for those orators, their Whig editor, (who is no mechanical printer.) in the honest simplicity ot his na ture, ami in his entire exemption from party prejudices, was moat egregiously imposed upon. 'I’lte statement is not true. From tny knowledge of the I lenrico Commit tee of Instruction, I venture to affirm that no such tiling has occurred in this county. Who in this “known friend and supporter of Mr. Leigh,” that is such a fool us to sign instructions, and “ then declare that hr did nut sign)"' that tlie only public paper he signed, was u petition to the I legislature for /lotting datrn floating seines in James Hi rer!'—-Who is the man, and who lathe fraudulent wretch that “ entrapped ’ the silly fish? Whigs hate “secrets.” Then let them bring tliis tool and his knave to the light, that the one may be pitied, and the other execrated by Jackson mm. It is incumbent on the editors of the Whig to shew us on which side ure the “lying pretences.” As one concerned for his own honor, and that of those with whom ho is engaged, in the county of llenrico, in en deavoring to rescue their rights from threatened destruc tion, and their children train slavery, I demand the proof. Who is the dupe? Who is the knave? Well did the senior editor of the Whig say, in former days, i* afraid to trust the people. Since the discussion ol Tuesday lust, in our Legislature,on the motion to elect a Senator, well may tlie |ieople say, laugh and his Whigs are afraid to trust the 1‘koplk. Citizens of Virginia!—Yeomanry of the Country!— Be not deceived by the cant of this threc-stranncd and party-coloured Junto, about office-holders. Look at their own acts, from Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster, who form the nucleus around which they twine, .down to the hitter end of the striped yarn in the Virginia Legislature. Look at the acts of the lust legis lature. See the Clayitcs yield to Calhounites, u Gover nor and a Judge. See the Culhoimites. in return, yield to Clayitcs, a Senator ! The same partnership game is playing every where, by these Whigs, for dividing “the spoils, from the Presidency down to Public Printer for the Commonwealth ot Virginia. Those arc your Whigs prating about office-holders, and styling themselves “the friends of the Constitution and Laws!” These are your Whigs—admitting the Right of Instruction! O, yes, say they, it is “sacred' —very sacred ! They do not deny the Right of Instruction. O, no!—not they. Miserable ijtiibblers !—who admit tlie Right of Instruction—admit the sovereignty of the people—and then deny the right of the sovereign people to select their own time and means of exercising their rights! The people are, in deed, ns ignorant and stupid as these Whigs represent them to he, if they are to be thus deceived. 'Pin; mem ber front Pittsylvania lias as much as said to the people of the country, that they ought to be governed by the towns, 'lite people ot the towns, he said, have the Lest mean* of being correctly informed. Yield this, and your Government, und along witli it your Liberty, is gone forever! People of Virginia ! Look back once more to the pa nic movements of Senators, last Spring. See your own Senator, Leigh, personating the Blue-Book Witch, in the. frantic dance around the cauldron of Clay’s bubbling wrath. A hove ail things, guard vour Right of lnstru • lion. Hand it down to your children, us a sacred be quest. to be defended in. its fullest extent—and to be de fended unto death. What 1 have written, needs no upology. As on«; ot the peifjdo, I have been grossly und wantonly assailed. Submit who may. 1 will nut. 1 have no master—and should 1 ever have one, Heaven forbid he should be tilt' Editor of a newspajier, shaking his rod, in trrron in, over my head.— 1 claim for this ail insertion in tin; Enquirer. The appeal will not bo made in vain, to an independent and honest Press. A SECRET INSTRUCTOR. ... . you rim twain her. l.Nixl RITTIO.VH, See.—KLECTION OF yKNATOK, Ate. To the Members of the legislature, hut particularly to • those who are instructed hy a majority of the tptahjird voters of their counties. Gk.nti.f.mf.n: Being one of those whom you represent, 1 shall make no apology for Liking the liberty of address ing you a few lines. However, some of you limy flounce and turn a deaf ear to what may be said to you through the columns of a newspaper, 1 shall, nevertheless, pro ceed and call your attention to pregnant and important matters. You must admit, that all the wisdom und pa triotism of the State, are not concentered in your hono rable body, but that you have nl least lefl some, if not a greater proportion of it, among the people from whom you have been selected. Then, without any furtlu r flourish or preface, I will come to the point. You have seen the Opposition press in this city and elsewhere, zealously engaged in endeavoring to in fluence your course, or such of you as have received in struction* from your several counties, to vote against Mr. Leigh, as U. S. Senator. 'I hey have recommended a toLil disregard of such instructions, and to substitute your own will for those of the people. The sophistry, the flimsy and absurd reasoning which they have adopt ed, and urged on this oecnsion, ‘is beneath notice, und will not here be repeated. Nor would I insult you by supposing, for • moment, that there can lx; one among you who bus received such instructions, or in other words, such com mands of the People, who can be so infatuated, ns to lx* thus influenced—who can have the least idea, the most distant thought, of violating such instructions, by acting in obe dience to your own wishes mid inclination, instead of those who made you wliut you are, invested y oil with legislative habiliments, and appointed you their agents to transact their business. You will not suppose, 1 hope, that yon iiim. iM.in.i uit* mirrrHi* ni 3'our jirinripniM ih*iut tn:m they do themselves, and that you will undertake to do precisely that which you were instructed not to do. No: 1 rate your patriotism and your sense of duty too high to Ih* thus reached, and subject yourselves to the imputa tion of becoming the masters instead of the public ser vants of the people—which you would most assuredly do, were you to disobey the positive instructions of your constituent#. Our people are made of too stern stuff, too high-minded, you must know, to permit them selves to be trampled on and to become “hewers of wood and drawers of water.” You will, gentlemen, I d. ubt not, scorn the press—you will spurn such recommenda tions frown down such infamous attempts, come from whatever quarter it may, and will not commit this high treason against the people, by violating the moot vital principle of representative governments For, onci* admit that the right of the people to instruct, anti the du ty of the representative to obey, lie denied and disregard ed, there would certainly he an end to our free govern ment, anti we may then, at once, surrender our liberties —Ik- harnessed wilil chains, and humble ourselves liefnre our lords and masters. But, thanks to the redeeming spi rit of the people—thanks fo their firm and enlightened sense of their own rights, should it lie their lot to have representatives of such reckless character ss to violate their instructions under any pretence whatever, when they proceed from a majority of the qualified .voters, they would not tamely yield their rights and sutler them to bo thus prostrated. They would soon make such who would thus net, feel the weight of their displeasure anti indignation, and teach them what it was to sport with the rights of freemen. Hut it is quite unnecessary, I think, to undertake to dilate u|kui this viihject. We can oosaddy have no such men in our legislature, who would thus act. and consign themselves over to the stv-m and contempt of an injured people. We have