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ed true, that they do proceed upon that idea; anil the .
constitutionality of such laws ha* hever, co far as we
are informed, been denied. I>ut thfy do 11 . imply an
acknowledgment that a State may rightfully regulate
commerce with foreign natinns, or among the States .
for thev do not imply that such laws are an exer-1
cise of that power, or enacted with a view to it.? 1
On the contrary, they are treated as quarantine
and health laws, are s? denominated in the acts of Con
gress and are considered as flowing trom the acknow
ledged power of a State to provide for the health ol its
citizens." .
If the States tnav detain a ve??el in entering ier j
ports, to protect her citizens fs??m disesHt* ??<< pesti > n .s., ,
surely she may inspect tn-r be lore she 'departs, o see
that the property of the cit zrn is not illega y a .t
aNBiit the Inspection laws, the constitutionality of;
which is not questioned, are "till more in point. hey |
are very numerous, and I will not detain the House b; |
referring to them in detail. In ourl obacco Inspection |
law werequ-re every master of a vessel coming into |
our waters with the view of shipping tobacco, to ta-ie an
oath, tbat he will not carry any uninspected tobacco out
of the State. Have we not the same power to require
a bond as an oath? The one is a religious obligation,
the other a pecuniary one. Hive we not as much right
to require him t<? give a bond tiiat he wiil not take our ,
slaves out of the Stale without authority ot law, as we j
have to require him to swear thath" w ill not ship unin- j
spected tobacco? We have gone farther than this. In |
our law for the inspection ol lumber, wc ac, on the cot*
lector and officers of the customs. The collector, or
other proper uliiccr ol the customs is thereby charged ,
and directed not to suiter any \cssel to ciear trorn his j
otlice, unless the master shall produce inspection nOvCs ?
or certificates, and make an oath that he has no lumber |
on board but what is entered in his manifest. I must i
forbear, however, Mr. Speaker, from go-ng into further ;
detail upon this subject. 1 designed to analyze these I
laws minutely, and trace out the strict analogy which ?
thev bear to the measure before the House; but I ami
too much exhausted to do so, and perhaps it i* unneces
sary. I will make no further remark in relation to
them than to refer to what is said in the report of the
committee:
"Your committee, however, will not be betrayed into
further argument ?>u this point. The constitutionality
of similar laws involving the same principles, have
been so universally admitted, that it would be super
iluous. The quarantine laws w hich have been passed
by nearly all the maritime States, the laws passed j
prior to I f i'?, prohibiting the importation of slaves, the ]
State laws prohibiting the circulation of incendiary j
publications by mail, the pilot laws, the inspection ;
Jaws of the States, A.c., ?Vc., ail involve the same j
principle. New York herself has her pilot laws; she j
lias her health laws, by winch all vessels coming Irotn ;
any port south of Cape llenlopen, are quarantined and j
compelled to pay fees. In her act for the inspection
of pot or pearl ashes, the inspector is authorized to en- j
ter on board any ship, Ac., to search for pot or pearl
ashes improperly shipped for exportation, and it such
be found, he is required to seize them and sell thein for
the benefit of the State Treasury. Before IsOS, New
York passed a law prohibiting the importation or ex
jjurtuhon of slaves. Virginia has enacted similar laws,
and so have most of the States. Their right to pass i
them ha? not been questioned; anil the right to enforce ;
them is incident to their right to pass them."
1 had also designed to refer minutely to several in
stances in which Congress has recognized the power ol
the States to pass similar laws; particularly to the laws
prohibiting the transmission of incendiary publications
by mail, and the law, passed at the instance of the peo
ple of Wilmington, N. C., prohibiting the introduction
of free negroes from the West Indies.
The first case is a very strong one. The power over
the mail is expressly granted to the Federal Govern
ment. Nevertheless, Congress recognized the right of
the Slates, by their legislation, to prohibit the circula
tion through it of such papers as they should regard as
of a dangerous character.
Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that the gentleman from
Fauquier has not duly weighed the consequences ol":
the positions which he takes. It the States cannot ;
pass such a law us the one now under discussion, be
cause the power to do it is exclusively vested in the |
General Government, then Congress may enact it. li
Congress can enact this law, prohibiting masters ofj
vessels from carrying slaves l<> New ^ <>rk, il could
pass one prohibiting them from carrying them to New
Orleans. In a word. Congress may prohibit the slave
trade between the States. The fact that the Stales may
permit their being carried to the one place and not to
the other, could make no difference The legislation
of the States cannot confer power upon the General 1
Government. This is the legitimate consequence ot
the gentleman's argument; yet 1 believe that but few,
even of the most Jatitudinoiis construers of the fede
ral compact claim this power for Congress.
In replvinj? on yesterday to the declamation of the
gentleman from Fauquier, Mr. Scott,) about a dissolu- J
linn of the I'nion, I omitted to make some remarks
which 1 designed to ortVr.
1 hold it to be the duty cf every friend of the I'nion
to resist every infraction of the Constitution. Nothing
can so much tend to dissolutior. as the habitual viola- i
lion of that instrument. He who -*-ou!d preserve the j
Union must protect the Constitution from invasion.? i
It is admitted that New York has trampled in the dust
nome of its most vital provisions. The Constitution,
now, practically, is not the Constitution which our j
lathers framed. It is to all practical purposes, as far1
as New York is such a Constitution ns the
Southern States never would have agreed to. She
has nullified two provisions of the Constitution,
which are of such a vital character to us, that n?-l one
Southern State would have adopted it without them.
Shall we consent to New York's changing that instru
ment in a most important feature, not only without our
consent but in despite of our remonstrane< ? The cha
racter of the two provisions which New \ ork has an
nulled, is too decided to doubt. But to put the matter
past all question, I will quote what Judge Story, the
most federal of authorities, says in relation to them.
At tiatre (.>?(.?, vol. ?>, of liis Commentaries upon the Con
stitution, he says :
"This clause, (the one providing for the recapture \
of fugitive slaves) was introduced into the Constitution j
solely for the benefit of the slaveholdiug States, to en- 1
able them to reclaim their fugitive slaves who should j
have escaped into other Stales where slavery was not j
tolerated. The want of such a provision under the I
confederation was felt as a grievous inconvenience by i
the alaveholding States, since in many States no aid ;
whatever would be allowed to the owners; and some- i
times indeed they met with open resistance. It is ob- j
vious, that these provisions for the arrest and removal j
of fugitive* of both classes, contemplate summary mi
nisterial proceeding?, and not the ordinary course ot'j
judicial investigations, to ascertain whether the com- j
plaint be well founded, rr the claim of ownership be j
established beyond all legal controversy. In cases of]
suspected crimes, the guilt or innocence of the party
is to be made out at his trial, and not upon the preli-!
mi nary enquiry, whether he shall be delivered up. All i
that would seem in such cases to be necessary is, that i
there should be prima facie evidence before the execu- J
tive authority to satisfy its judgment, that there is pro- ]
bable cause to believe the party guilty, such as upon an j
ordinary warrant, would justify his commitment for j
trial.
"And in the cases of fugitive slaves, there would
seetu to he the same necessity of requiring only prima !
fade proofs of ownership, without putting the party to!
a forma! assertion of his rights by a suit at the common
law. Congress appear to have acted upon this opinion: j
and, accordingly, in the statute upon this subject, have '
anthor;7ed summary proceedings before a magistrate,
upon which he may grant a warrant for removal."
This is the Constitution as we adopted it. N. York
has annulled it. Without these provisions we never
would have agreed to it. New York has nullified them
against our remonstrance. We seek to restore the Con
stitution to what it was; and we are told, do not at
tempt it, lest you dissolve the I'oion! The Union is
now dissolved, and 1 desire to Uo what 1 can to re
store it.
The acts of New York would be bad enough under
any circumstances; but when they are done in obe
dience to the mandate of our worst enemies, and the
w rst enemies of our country, they assume an atrocity
which defies description. We have arrived at a point,
v ht-n to recede farther from the abolitionists will be dis
honorable and fatal. We have receded too far already.
We have never met the aggressions of these people
with sufficient firmness. What Ins been the conse
quence: They have been multiplied upon us, and we
have become comparatively ca!l"iis. We submit with
patience to acts now which would have made our blond
boil in the beginning. In 1S>(? we passed solemn reso
lutions, requiring New York to suppress the Abolition
societies within her borders, we had clearly the riglit
to make the demand, but it was contemned and despis
ed. We gave way. These aggressions have continued
to advance upon us, as we have receded, until we have
urrived at a point, where the very existence of the
Constitution requires that we shall make a stand. \ et
it is proposed that we shall still farther recede. When
will gentlemen be prepared to make a stand, if not now?
Will they sit here in cold debate and lull themselves
into a fancied and fatal security, until the most horrible
of scourges?servile war, rages through this peaceful
land The Abolitionists are active, spurred on by a
frenzied zeal, which disregards every duty; they de
clare that il we do not ultimately submit to their mad
schemes, that insurrection will be the consequence.?
I<et that dread catastrophe come when it may, and
scenes of horror will be enacted which will make the
stoutest hearts sicken. \Y hat would be its termination
no one doubts. The negro race of the Southern
States would be exterminated. But before that would
be done, this fair land, upon which peace and prosperi
ty now smile, would be laid waste from the hanks of
the Potomac to the Gulph of Mexico, and present one
boundless scene of blight and desolation. 1 desire to
save my country from this tragic end.
McLeod Case.?The Attorney-Geneial has return
ed to Washington, and was expected to make a report
to the President, on the case of McLeod to-da\*. He
is clear in the opinion that McLeod will be able to,
prove an alibi. The trial will take place some time in
the summer or fall. The Supreme Court meets here in
May, and will then determine upon the rcnue. Mtan
! time the whole remains m Statu quo, with the best un
derstanding between the organs' ol the two C?owTn
mentsat Washington.?.V. \ Herald.
FOBEIC.'N.
ARRIVAL OF I'llE BRITISH Ql'EEN.
.?l.\ l?AVtf I.ATKK I'ltOM KMil.A.VH.
Warlike A/'/>earanre of Mutters in (trial Britain?.ir
rirat out of Mr. I'ickens s lirporl on the ( aroline
.?Itf'uir?Angry Feeling <" England?.irrirnl of the
Ocerland Mai! from India iri'h the lute Chinese
.Yeics? llcturn of Admiral J'.ilioll to England?Tem
pestuous passu^t of the <Jut cri ? Slatt of the English
Money Market, 6,-e.
N?.w York, April 4, 8 o'clock, A. M.?The steam
ship British Queen arrived here this morning, about :i
(?'chirk after n most tempestuous passage of '-MA days
Ail the floats of her larbcard paddle whet'l, and all the
sails were carried away in one storm. She comes out
under the command of Lieutenant Franklin, II N.
Mr. Cirnes, one of the passengers in the British
Queen, who has been accustomed to the sea for thirty
years, ai:d who has crossed the Atlantic ten times with
in the last two and a half years, informs us he never
knew more tremendous weather, and that nothing but
the skill of Capt. Franklin, and the remarkable strength
of the ship, prevented hor from foundering.
The Queen brings sixtv-one adult passengers besides
several children and servants. At one time, the pas
senders wished Lieut Franklin to rim into Fayal; but
he determined to run for Halifax. They have address
ed a highly complimentary letter to him. The storm
that struck her lasted inconsecutive days.
The Que? n put into Halifax last Wednesday, re
pa.red her wheels, took us some coal and left on Thurs
day.
The news she brings is of a n>f>st interesting and
highly important character There is a terrible com
motion in England occasioned jointly by tin- failure of
the Chinese Expedition. ami the MeLeod affair. The
packet ship W. stchester arrived out on the sth with
Mr. Pickens' Report from the Committee on Foreign
Relations, and this occasioned a greater excitement
than the news of the failure of the U. S> Bank.
The "Londr.n Times'" printed the whole of the report,
with most abusive comments.
The >ie\vs had an important effect on stocks of all
kinds.
A letter from Paris states that a great fall took place
n French funds in consequence of the late news from
America.
The news from China is of the most gloomy charac- j
ter possible, and very perplexing to England. And the J
news from Egypt is scarcely less so. The Eastern lines
tion has been opened in a new form. Admiral Elliott
lias left China for England, in consequence of a palpi
tation of the heart.
There is a rumor that Lord Falmerston is to be called j
to the House of Lords.
l)r Ron ring brought over that bottle of water from
the River Jurtian with which \ ictoria ? baby was bap-1
tized.
The Bishops have made a great noise because there ]
have been two masquerades given at Druryiane The
atre.
AH the markets were affected by the news from Ame
rica; and on the 6th of March, a report was circulated
that a fleet of 10 sail of the line is ordered to assemble
at (Jibraltar, in consequence of the trial of Mr. M Leod.
It is also stated that Lord Palmerstori has sent out
orders to the Ambassador at Washington to demand the
immediate release of M'Leod.
The Qceen, iiek Cot i:t, &c.?All connected with
these parties are well and happy, for aught that appears
to the contrary. Mr. Pickens's Report has not injured
the digestion of little Victoria or disturbed the slumbers
of the Royal Baby. The Queen with Albert, the Ba
by, the Baroness, the parrot and the monkeys were all
going to spend the Eastern Holidays together at Clare
mont instead of Windsor. The Baby and the parrot
desired a change of air beside change m other respccts.
[('orrt'fpondeuce el'die ll?r:i!d.]
Lo:.ijox, March lUth.
The last two arrivals from your side bring intelli
gence which has caused great excitement in every part
of England, and instead of talking t" you of war with
France, it is now mv duty to tell you that England
is turning her attention to a war with the L". S. of Ame
rica. The imprisonment of McLeod is regarded with
the utmost indignation, an.l unless he is promptly re
leased, there is little doubt but that immediate war will
be the consequence.
Pakmam? > r\nv I\tf.i.i.ic.ksi r.?There was nothing
occurred of much interest in the House on the t'lh of
March. On the 8th, the following took place in the
House of Lords:?
IHSPl'TE WITH AMERICA.
The Earl of Mountcashell said, he rose to j?*i t a ques
tion to the noble Viscount opposite respecting1 some i:i- ?
formation \rltich had, it appeared, been just received
from America, and which was of great importance to
this country. That intelligence, he understood, had
created a great sensation in the city, and had canted a
fal! in the price of the public funds. He alluded to a
report from the committee of foreign relations, made
on the 13th of last month, to Congress, and he wished '
to know whether any confirmation as t-> the d >cum**nt
in question being official had been received by Her
Majesty's Ministers." It was not his intention, on the
present occasion, to submit to their lordships any mil
lion on the subject, as ho was most desirious not to
cause a <Teater division between the two Governments
than that which unfortunately now existed. But when
a repnrt, such as that to which he had referred wjis
promulgated, it was proper that they should receive in
formation as t" its authenticity. For his <>wn part, he
thought it could not be genuine. He believed that it
must be an invention, and there were many persons
who would be glad to propagate such a report fur stock
jobbing objects. He felt very groat doubts as to the au
thenticity of th:s report, and why ;?because aware of
the go"d understanding of the inhabitants of the U. S.,
he could not think that they would maintain such doc
trines.
He was convinced that if the inhabitants of the 1
S. would but consider?if they would look around to
the situation of their own finances?if they would re- j
collect that there were 3,0011,000 negro slaves in their ?
country, and a great body of Indians in the bank set
tlements, who might be induced, in consequence of the :
wrongs they complained of, to take a part in the Con
test?if they cast tlieir eyes towards Canada, where
there was as loyal a set of men as any in the empire, I
and asked, "Had they not the power of getting into ?
their hands individuals belonging to the I nited States.'
?and, also, if they recollected the very large body of
regular troops that we had in Canada, and the efficient:
nuval force which was now at our disposal, in conse
quenre of the Eastern question being settled?they
would, if they considered these points, anxiously ab
stain from hostilities. They were a calculating people,1
and they would sec that they must sustain an immense
loss by sucli an event. For these reasons he was <?i
opinion that the document was not a true one. llej
therefore asked the noble Viscount whether Her Ma
jesty's Ministers hod received anv official information
respecting this report. Under all the circumstances, I
lie fell that he was perfectly justified in putting this
question. The report had appeared in the public pa
pers, and it was necessary that some information should
be afforded respecting it. At the present moment lie 1
did not thmk it right to make anv observations on the
subject; but if tliey were given to understand that the
report was to be considered as official, lie should feel it
to be his duly, at a proper time, to bnn^ the matter be
fore the House, lor a document more insulting to this
nation could not possibly be conceived.
Viscount Melbourne said, he was unable to <?ive any
other answer to the question of the noble Karl, than by
stat ng, that he was not aware whether any communi
cation had been received that morning from Her Ma
jesty's Minister in the I.*. S. relative to the subject re
ferred to. But he apprehended, from I he form in which
the document appeared, that there could be no doubt of
its authenticity.
Hoc si. ok Common's, March ?Mr. Hume moved
for "a return under different heads, l<ir the manner in
which the several sums voted for the insurrection in
Canada, viz. in ISte, ?.".00,000: in 1539, 17,000; and
in 1-10, JU."?3,000, amounting in the three years toj^l,
71)0,000, were expended." "A return of the number of
j muskets and other fire arms, of swords, and the quanti
fy and kind of military stores, sent to ana landed in
I Svtm, since July, I-10." Also lor 44 a return of the
1 number of English, Scotch, and Irish non commissioned
j officers uud privates hi the whole of the British army in
I each of the years on the first of January, I ?30 and 1 ?-IO,
distinguishing the household troops, the cavalry, the
artillery, and sappers and miners from regiments of
the line"?Ordered.
In the House of Commons, on the same day, there
was no allusion to the affair of M'Leod, or Mr. 1'ickens
Report; neither was there on the followingdav.
Hoes*: ok Commons, March ")th.?The I. States.?
On the question that the House go into a Committee
of Supply, to which the army estimates were to be re
i ferred,
Mr. S. O'Brien, took tiie opportunity of adverting
to the state of the relations between Great Britain,
and the U. S. Two circumstances were stated in the
newspapers t'? have occurred recently, which, if true,
deserved the immediate notice of the House of Com
mons. The first was that a true bill had been found in
the U. S. against Col. McLeod for murder and arson,
on the allegation that he ha'i been present at a transac
tioii ordered by the colonial authorities of Canada,
and the second was, that the legislature of Maine had
recently passed these two resolutions:?
"That the Governor be authorized to take immediate
measures to remove the troops of the Queen of Great
Britain now quartered on the territory called/disputed',
by the Bru sh Government; that the resources of this
State bo, and they are hereby placed at the disposal ol
the Governor, and the specific sum of $400,000 be, and
the same hereby is, appropriated out of any money in
the Treasury, for the purpose of carrying the said reso
lutions into effect." He did not know what authority
there was for believing these resolutions to be genuine;
but, if they were authentic, they amounted to nothing
less than a declaration of war against Great Britain.?
(Hear, hear.) He was more adverse to war than any
individual in that House. He looked upon a war with
the U. S. as one more to be deprecated than any other,
, inasmuch as it must be ofa fratricidal character. (Hear,
hear.) He likewise saw that the vast commercial inte
rests of this country must be exposed to disaster by its
continuance.
Still, if war did take place cn the present occasion,
it would not lie a war of our seeking. Besides, we
should lo?e our h'gh character as a nation, if we did not
defend our colonies w hen attacked: neither could we
claim liirir allegiance if we did give thein protection
when they were acting under our authority. (Hear,
hear.) lie had seen a great exercise of our vigor un
der the auspices of the noble Secretary for Foreign Re
lations in another part of the globe, where it was of a
more ambiguous character than it would be on the pre
sent occasion: and that he trusted that the noble Lord
would, on this emergency, display the same vigor
which he had displayed elsewhere. His movements,
however, were so secret?and he did not blame the no
ble Lord for it?that the House had no opportunity of
forming an opinion upon the efficiency of his directions.
(Hear.) It was, however, his duty, as n member of
Parliament, to say that our interests would lie better
secured than tiiey were at present in case we had a
strong lleet in front of the harbors of the United
States and a strong army on the frontiers of British
America. He left it to the government to say whether
the naval and military estimates were on a sufficiently
large scale to meet every contingency that might ari*e
in that quarter of the globe. (Hear, hear.) If they
were not, ministers would be wanting in their duty if
they did not come down to Parliament and ask for such
sums as would enable them to meet every contingency.
(Hear, hear.) He was sure that the House would wil
lingly comply with any demand which would enable
them to secure the honor and interests of the country.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Kwart did not see the necessity for anticipating
dill'erences between the two countries. He believed
that the great body of Americans were inclined to
peace with this country; they knew their own interest
too well, he believed, io wish for war. lie trusted that
!he unhappy d:scord which it appeared existed at pre
sent might pass oil' without evil results; and he was j
confident that, if it did, not only the interests, but the
wishes, of both nation* would be satisfied.
Mr. Hume hoped that the noble lord would be able j
to satisfy the House and the country by some statement
on this subject, (cries of oh!) and remove any prejudice
which might be occasioned by silence. He (.Mr. Hume)
was of opinion that there was no ground for immedi
ate interference. He thought that nothing had taken
place in America, but what had been done under the
civil law. It was manifestly too soon to appeal to war
when thev were not informed that any thing had taken |
place which was not in accordance with the laws of
those countries in which they had taken place.
The House then went into committee.
Tut: M'I-eoi> Ai t *i? is E>g!..\m>.?The "London 1
Times" holds the following language in relation to this
matter:
What is the news received since our last publication
We left Mr. McLeod remanded to prison, with a bill of j
indictment found against him for murder by the grand
jury of Lockport. A peremptory demand for his libe
ration was transmitted, as is said, some days ago by
Lord Palmerston to .Mr. Fox, with orders for the latter
gentleman, in case of a refusal, to demand his passports,
and retire from Washington. Were we right, once
more we ask in reprobating the Queen's ministers for not
having had a timely armament on the coast or land fron
tier if the republic r
Se?* what the New York packet of yesterday an
nounced to us It is not now an affair with Maine
about'he North-Western Boundary, or even with New
York r.nly on the outrage against Mr. M'Leod. '1 he
quarrel has assumed a higher as well as more stubborn
character, and many members of Congress have been
parties t> it. But in what a spirit' In one worthy of the
Van Bur'n Government, which had, at least, passively
connived at and encouraged the late wholesale land
p.rate war against Britain, and the partisans of which
have beer, the m<"?t active instruments in framing and
carrying a report presented by the Chairman of the
Committee on "Foreign Relations" to the House of
Representatives?a document which we do not scruple
to describe as the most virulent, unprincipled, and re
volting fiat has ever disgraced the records of any peo
ple, however immersed in the rudest or most corrupt
vice.
Think only of the regard for truth which describes in
an official document the Caroline as a harmless trading
vessel, her owners as having intended her for a peace
able ferry boat '?her employment, at worst, being
merely tha of having afforded accommodation to one
out of two parties of the ijiictn of England's subjects en
gaged in c11i 1 waragainst each other?and her convey
ance of artil'erv being confined to one small six-pound
er, "the property" or plaything of a passenger! Such
are the impudent allegations of this legislative body.
Whv, the sole business ol ilns culprit schooner was fe
lony against the laws of England, and against the laws
of nations?her .raflic was murder?her passengers were
assassins, leagued together by a deliberate engagement
to slaughter the mbjccts of our English Queen?her
freight was implements of destruction. The owner of
the "tov six pounhr" was himself a pirate, and her
partisanship was no., as foullv asserted, in the choice of
one faction of Britisi- subjects carrying on civil war
against another, but it. the service rendered by her to a
band of U. S. citizens, robbers and ruffians, who had
sei/."d for their own use an islmd within the dominion
of our Sovereign, and lir -d upon ev ry British ship and
subject that passed within range of their batteries. To
the felons who thus occupied Navy Island, the schooner
Caroline conveyed whatever aid in men, arms, provi
sions and ammunition ? whatever contraband of war
thev required, had that war been an open contest car
ried on between civilized nations.
Yet the "Committee of Foreign Relations" have not
blushed in the i'.ice of Congress to defend the cause
of that sanguinary marauder, and to talk <>f her cap
ture as being an attack upon the d gnity of the Repub
lie !
We shall not (junto from this undignified and offen
sive tirade, but wo earnestly invoke our readers to fct ti
dy it in o ten so for themselves, and then judge what
cinnee exists of fair or just treatment for gnat Britain
from those authorities with whicii such a catalogue of
in.-ults could have originated.
We see with pleasure that Messrs. Adams, Granger,
and one or two more members of Congress, bestowed up
on the report and its movers the condemnation which it
so richly deserved, and it is known that they are friends
of the Harrison Ministry (or new Cabinet,) who will
therefore almost certainly not act on the policy therein
recommended. The report, however, was printed, with
all its sin.' and falsehoods on its head?printed and cir
culated throughout the whole Republic, by a majority
of 1(13 to G5? who thus have done their utmost to poi
son and envenom the mind of the American Democracy
against England; while a motion for printing the whole
diplomatic correspondence between the British and
American Ministers, which would have enabled every
man in the community to judge for himself how much
truth Ii?i-re was in the report, would have brought it to
the test, was, by a iarce majority rejected.
Suffice th:s as a sample of the spirit predominating
amongst the Republicans. If the Harrison Govern
ment be, as we believe it will be, against the report, is
there not ground to fear that they may be too feeble to
resist the war faction?
That Providence may yet, by some unforeseen and
blessed interposition, deign to save this realm from the
calamitities which threaten to force themselves .ipon
her, who is there tint must not fervently pray? That
without the especial interference of the Almighty, any
human means of averting war are apparent to our an
ticipation, we should be hypocrites to boast. But may
heaven prosper the cause of truth and justice.
If, again, we gave up Mr. M'Leod to be assassinated
under color of a mock judicial process in New \ork,
what British subject anywhere could rely on protection
bv Ins own government against foreigners' W hat
British subjcct, in the remotest spot of the world, would
accept a commission from his sovereign, or undertake
any military duty at her command, if this gentleman,
for executing the orders of her officers, should be led
out to execution by a foreign tribunal?
However, our business is with Lord Melbourne's ca
binet. Will they, late as it is, arm effectually, or will
they not?
j Most Important Istfu.terser. !?.7 Squadron or
dered to.imrrica!?The Times and other papers state
as a positive fact that some part of the squadron, be
lieved to consist often sail of the line, which had been
engaged on the coast of Syria, had been suddenly or
dered off the coast of America, to support the remon
strance of the British Minister, Mr. Fox, against the
"judicial murder of .Vel.eod.'"
I.vumki i on H\mi a\'?The Times also states
that "three battalions had been jiut suddenly under or
I derg for llulijiu," and adds, "Cod knows how the
j home service of the realm could be furnished after their |
departure."
The Alias says?"War with America mast and will
las sure follow upon the murder of MoLeod as the
j light of morning follows the darkness of ni^ht: but
, then this war will be a war without any definite ob
jject, exccpt revenge for an injury which cannot be
? atoned."
We cannot occupy any more space with this exciting
' subject at this time, but we promise to refer to it again
| hereafter.
The news from the Continent we find of very little
j interest.
j In France every thing is as quiet as at our former
I dates.
J The Unitep States Bank.?The fall of the United
j States Bank naturally draws attention to the loans con
1 traded last year in Europe by that institution, as they
j show the very great extent of liability recently entered
, into. To meet its pressing engagements, then, at the
' period referred to, the bank has received the following
, loans. Two in London; the first for ?*00,000, of which
; half will fall due in April, 1-41, and the remainder in
j April, lr-12: and the second for ?900,000, payable in
I equal sums in October, 1*41, and October, also
the Dutch loan for ?700,000, redeemable in "> years.
1 These engagements amount to ?2,400,000, to which
is to be added the ?1,000,000 of credits on the agen
, cy established in Philadelphia; all entered into with
! in the space of about two years, and nearly the
j whole unfortunately derived from English capital,
employed too, be it remembered, to save a part of
the loss which otherwise must have fallen upon
the Americans themselves. It was a current re
mark in New York when the large credits in Lon
don in favor of the I'. S. Bank were made known,
that they had served to realize for New York an equal
amount of " suspended debt " and to throw the whole
weight on England. Such a wreck of a great banking
(conctrn 11.-43 probably never before occurred. The 1001
! dollar shares* w hich used to bt at ?2." to ?20, previous
i the first suspension of specif piymcnts, are now quoted
at J?l 10s.. an<J that is almost a nominal quotation.
It seems t > he the nearly universal opinion that no
1 thin?r is now left but a liquidation, and that the longer ;
j it is delayed the worse it will be lor the creditors.
[ Times.
FRAXCF.
Pai:ts, March 8th.?The papers here are much occu
pied with the circular of Marshal Soult to the otlicers
uftiie army, in which they say he lias expressed opini
ons at variance in every way with the "Charte Con
stitutionelle."
The fir.st public intimation of the hopes of the 1 hiers
party fro mi the possible occurrence ol a war between^
Holland and the I ? States, is given in the Steele ol
j Monday, March which holds that "the Eastern ques
tion cannot yet be considered as settled, inasmuch as it
is nut certain that Mehemet All will comply with the
conditions contained in the firman I'orwarded from
Constantinople 011 the 1 1th. I.e Steele contends that
France ought more than ever to be cautious in signing
any treaty, as it was evident, from the late debate in
the Mouse of Commons on the Army Estimates, that
the friendly language lately used in the British House
of Commons towards France was induced by the appre
hension of a war between (treat Britain and America.
There are twenty sail of the line, 5 frigates, 0 war
steamers, an eU gun ship, and other war craft in the
liarbor of Toulon, waiting for orders, and all ready for
1 active service.
EGVPT.
Alexandria, Feb. 2-1.?The great Liverpool sfeatner
I leaves this por! for England this day. Three days since,
: Ned 1 ib Said Efi'endi, envoy extraordinary from the
I'orte, arrived, bearing three firmans for Mehemet Aii,
one containing his pardon and restoration to the go
vernment tn hercdite of Egypt: another declaring the
hatti scheritFof Gulhane to be the law of Kgypt: and aj
third appointing him l'aslia of Senaar, tntil prohibiting
the jiructiee vj sluie hunts, or making eunuchs. Tfie
envoy also announced certain other conditions which j
he would be required to adhere to?viz-, to build no
more ships without the Sultan's permission, and to sub
mit to the surveillance of commissioners in the milita
ry, naval, financial, and commercial departments of'
his administration. It is said tn be the intention of (lie
Divan to limit his army to 20,000 men, and to prevent i
his nominating officers to ranks above that of a Lieute- j
nant without the Sultan's approbation. He was to
pay up his three years'debt of tribute of ?170,000, j
under the inspection of the Commissioner of Fi
nance, who is to appropriate a large per centage of
the revenues of Egypt to the regular discharge of
future payments. The treaty of commerce with Eng
land and the abolition of his monopolies are also
to be carried out immediately under proper superin
tendence. A partial disarming of his fleet will he in
sisted on, and the Sultan is to have the right of nomi
nating Ins successor from amongst his descendants j
The l'aslia strongly objected to the last stipulation, as j
well as to the proposed interference with his armv and !
finances, lie was willing to concede the other points, I
but expressed his belief that England would not be aj
party to compelling bun to submit to a demand which
was intended for the ruin of Ins family. He had ap- j
penled to Commodore Napier, who appeared to think ]
that the Pasha was hardly dealt with. Me was prepa
j r 1 hit t?> depart for Marmorice to join the fleet, and only '
I waited t" hear the I'asha's final reply to the Envoy,
j The Commodore still remains 111 hopes of adjustin" the .
j disagreement.
Ibrahim l'aslia had proceeded to Damietta. All the
1 Egyptian and Syrian troops had left Gaza, and Lieut,
j Luring had returned to Alexandria. Serious complaints
| are uttered against General Jochmus for impeding the
i retreat of Ibrahim's army, lnj tehich 12,000 jnen hnrr
j dial, besides multitudes of teamen and children who ar
i com pan if d the army. The plague was at Acre and
j Jaffa, and was increasing at Alexandria, where the
j small pox was also becoming destructive. The Alba
j nian troops had quarrelled with the mountaineers of
I Lebanon, who set the Sultan's authority at defiance. j
j The Russian consuls in Syria had received official in-;
I structions to "protect" all the Greeks who might de-l
! inand their assistance against local oppressions. At I
Damascus a circular letter had been addressed to the'
? resident consuls by the archbishops and bishops of all
the Christian sects and churches of that country
j against the persecutions practised on the Jews. After'
| receiving the Sultan's envoys and firmans on the 20th 1
I ult , Mehemet All visited and inspected the great Li-j
| verpool steamer.
Mehemet Aii was very busy in raising money, and I
: had demanded a loan of ;jililti,0O0, without interest, for)
1 a year, from each of seven of the principal houses in !
Alexandria! It was expected that he would obtain it I
too, notwithstanding the singularity of the demand, J
and the precariousness of his position !
1 IIIN \ AND THE EAST.
j The dates from this part of the world are, from Clui
I san, November 24, Macao, December I-*, Calcutta,
January 2*2, Bombay, February 1, and Alexandria, Feb
j ruary 24.
The great object of interest in the intelligence re
! ccived by this express is the state of the British rela
tions with the Chinese Government. The negotiations
up to the 1-th of December, which is the dale of the 1
i latest news from Macao, appear to have produced 110- j
thing, but the Chinese seem desirous ot siiuffiing and j
delay. A recapitulation of the leading events subse- I
ipienl to the end of October may be useful.
Washington, April -I.?immediately after the de
cease of the President, Mr. Webster, Jr., Chief Clerk
in the Department ofState, accompanied by Mr. Reall,
an officer of the Senate, sat out for the residence of the
Vice President, in Virginia, bearing to him the follow
ing letter:
"Washington, April ?!, 1?1I.
"To John Tvi.er,
" I ice President of the I nihil States.
S:r: It has become our most painful duty to inform
you that William Henry Harrison, late President ol
the United State#, has departed this life.
"This distressing event took place tins day, at the
President's Mansion in this city, at thirty minutes bp
fore one in the morning.
"We lose no time in despatching the Chief Clerk in
the State Department as a special messenger to bei.r
you these melancholy tidings.
"We have the honor to be, with the highest regard,
vour obedient servants,
DANIEL WEBSTER,
Secretary of Shite.
THOMAS EWING,
Secretaru oj the Treasury.
JOHN BELL,
Srerrtnru of H'ar.
J.J. CRITTKNDEN,
.lltornt //? General.
FRANCIS GKANGER,
J'ostmuster- tJinrrul.
nr.rouT'ir 'i hi: piiysh i \\s.
Washington, April 1.1 * II.
Dear Sir. In compliance with the request made to
us by yourself and the other gentlemen of the Cabinet,
the attending and consulting Physicians have drawn up
the abstract of a report on the President's case, which j
1 herewitW transmit to you.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
TJIO. MILLER, j
To the Hon. 1) Webster, .?ittimling Physician.
Secretary of State.
On Saturday, March 'J7, I ~ II, President Harrison,,
after several days previous indisposition, was sei/.ed
with n chill and other symptoms of lever. The next
day Pneumonia, and congestion of the liver and de
rangement of the stomach and bowels, was ascertained
to exist. The age and dtbility of the patient, w ith tin*
immediate prostration, forbade a resort to general blood
letting. Topical depletion, blistering, and appropriate
internal remedies, subdued, in a great measure, the
disease of the lungs and liver, but the stomach and in
testines did not regain a healthy condition. Finally, on
the I5d of April at i o'clock 1'. M, profuse diarrixea
came on, under w hich he sank, at thirty minutes to 1
0 'clock, on the morning of the fourth.
The last words uttered by the President, as heard
by Dr. W'orthington, were these : " Sir, 1 wish you
to understand the true principles of the Government.
1 wish them carried nut. I ask nothing more."
THO. MILLKR, M !>.,
Attending Physician.
FRF.D. MAY. M. I).,'
N. \V. WO RT111N GTON, M. D.,
J.C MALL, M. D ,
ASH TON ALEXANDER, M. I),
Consulting Physicians. j
MILITIA OF THE DISTRICT Of O>1.1'MHI A.
The foregoing notice from the Heads of the Execu- j
live Depratinents oftlie Government informs you what
a signal calamity has befallen us, in the death of the
President of the I'nited States, and the prominent ptrt
assigned you in those funeral honors which may be
speak a Nation's respect to the memory of a departed |
patriot and statesman, whose virtue and talents, as a
citizen and soldier, had achieved illustrious services,!
and whose sudden death has disappointed the espec-j
tation of still more important benefits to his country.
With a view to carry into effect the views of liwje
high officers of Government in a manner befitting :he i
occasion, and honorable to the militia corps of this I 'is- 1
trict, 1 request the General and Field Officers, the Ge- j
neral Staff, and the Commandants of Companies, to
assemble at my house to-morrow, (Tuesday, April G,)
precisely at 10 o clock, to report the strength and equip
ment oftlie several corps of the nulitia, and to receive
final instructions for parade and arrangement in the
military part of the funeral procession. I
The commandants of such militia corps from the
neighboring States as des ire to unite in the the proces
sion are respectfully invited to report to me as soon as
j practicable their intention, with a view to arrange them
j in due and uniform order, as a part of the general milita
[ ry escort.
The detail of these arrangements, to which all the
j military accessaries, both of the regulars and militia, are
1 expected to conform, will be published in due time for
I the information of all.
For the present, it is deemed sufficient to say that
j the whole military part of the procession, including
! the regular troops of every arm and denomination, and
i all the militia corps, whether of this District or of the
j States, w ill be consolidated iu one column of escort,
ttitereof Major-General Macomb, commander of tbe
Armv of the I'mted States, will take the general com
mand, ami Brigadier-General Rodger Jones, Adjutant
General of the Army of (he I uiled Stales, will act as
Adjutant-General and "Hirer of the day.
\VAI.TKR JONKS, Mnjor-denr.ral,
Commanding the .Uilitiu of the District of Columbia.
Gt.v Harrison's Family.?The connections of Gen.
Harrison present in the Executive Mansion,at the tune
of the decease of their beloved relative, were the fol
lowing :
Sirs. \V.%r. Harrison, (son's widow.)
Mrs. Taylor, of Richmond, (niece.)
Mr. D. O. Coitt-lanf), (nephew.)
IIk.mh Harrison, of Va., (grand nephew.)
Fini?la> Harrison, ol Olm>, (grandson.)
'I lie number of strangers in the citv yesterday was very
large. The corpse lay in state in the entry of the Pre
sident's House during the day and thousands went with
melancholy steps for the last time to view tiie mortal
remains of the departed hero.
RICHMOND. Vu., FRIDAY, APRIL i>, 1841.
.jccesrion of Mr. Lijltr.
We lay before our readers an interesting articlc from
the Globe. 11 is i" good taste am! in good te'mper. ^
We subjoin also extracts from two letters which have j
just been received from Washington. The fact is,
Mr. John Tyler is, at this moment, "the observed of all
observers." What will he do What course will he
pursue ? Will lie throw himself into the arms of the
Whigs : Will he retain the present Federal Cabinet?
take counsel from the Federal Webster and Hadger r
Will he support a Hank of the United States, which he
himself once pronounced lo be contrary to the Con
stitution Will he violate tiie oath which he has pro
b.iiilv taken before he acts n* President of (lie United
States r Will he muntenanco a Distribution of the
Proceeds of the Public Lands, when there is no sur
plus to divide, and when every cent that is taken from I
tlii* public lands will be added tu the Tariff Or w ill lie I
rally around his ancient fa.tli and uphold the strict con
struction of the Constitution, and the State Right's
principles of Virginia I li< se are questions which!
are constantly agitated in our social circles ; and they |
constitute the great problems t r solution in the cote- i
ries of Washington. We will not undertake, at this
time, lo solve the question. It is the street tall; of the
Whigs, that Mr Tyler is a Hank man ; and the Rich
mond V\ ln_r appears certain that lie will be swept
along with the current of Webster A Co. Hut this we
know?that no man now enjoys a more illustrious op
portunity of distinguishing himself than John Tyler,
the acting President of the I'mted States. V\'e could I
ahnostrenvy him the pow<-r which he possesses. What i
a spectacle wmild be presented, if some proud and prin- j
eipled V irginian, fixed in Ins faith, stern in his principles, i
iron in 1?> nerves, like GcBrge Mason of old, or like|
S|>encer Roane, or like his own high-minded, and de-1
ti'rmined father, iJohn Tyk r. Senior;) if such a n.nn, j
deeply dyed in the wool of Democratic, State Rights' I
doctrines, were in this momentous era cf his country * I
history to be placed at the head of affairs. How could '
such a spirit stamp itself upon the age in which he i
lives; by guarding the Constitution from profanation, ?
by preserving the Union by limiting the Federal power !
witiiin ila allotted and legitimate restrictions?and by ?
saving the people from the usurpation of a monied j
monster. Such a man would rise superior to all the |
Websters and Clays and ambitious leaders and their'
supple partizan of the day, by bearing aloft the banner j
of his own Virginia principles ?such as he in his con-!
science believes to be the true construction of the Con-!
atitution.
We know too another thing, that if John Tyler were j
to support the principles, which he ori'je professed, he
would take this enviable course. No man was once
more decided against a National Hank. N<> statesman \
was ever more opposed than he was, to this alarming ;
heresy of shifting constitutionality?this allrged due-,
trine of necessity, '-the tyrant's plea '?of a measure
being a usurpation at out- tune and constitutional at1
another?of this sacri'd charter being a sort of nose ofj
wax, changing with the caprice "I the day, or with the i
discretion of eircumstances. There was once a time, I
when John Tiler's avowed principle! never would!
have permitted such abuses?and when the strict con
struction of the Constitution appeared to be Ins polar
star. Such were the doctrine* he proclaimed in i)e-.
ember, l-'-J'i, in h.s M? ???_??? to the General Assem
bly, as the G >vern< r of the State,?but a few days be
fore lie was elector! Senator of the I S. January I!!,
1?27.1 The fallowing is a memorable extract from that
Message:
-^''Vani ami idle, indeed, was this resolution, (about In
ternal Improvements by the Federal Government,) if
that same Government has a per:Vet right to enter upon
the soil (fa Slate, whensoever and wheresoever it may
please to take possession of the same, convert it to it*
own uses and purposes, and render subject not only
the property, but the persons of the people to the ju
risdiction of its Courts: for, it would seem to follow, that
the ri<rlit to create imposed the obligation to preserve,
and this duty would call for the imposition of regula
tions, the violation or disregard of which, ought of
consequence to render amenable to punishment the of
fending individual. One usurpation always begets
another anil another, until at J a-t the original form of
Government i< lost, and liberty e.xistsonlv in the records
of the past. Virginia hasev r been found exerting her
influence against the exercise of this alarming power.
Her n.olives can:i"t be misunderstood by her sister
States. Her wants are as gre.it as their's can well be.
Possessing a surface of territory l.irger than almost anv
other State in the Union, the moiety of which is dis
tinguished by its irregularity, she would find many
inducements in accepting, in tiie form of interns! Im
provements, the larg? sses of the General Government.
But she will not surrender voluntarily her constitu
ti' iial rights. She believes that liberty can only be pre
served hv upholding the federative principle: and she
regards Consolidation as the greatest ot evils."
I!ut will John Tyler carry out these principles nnir?
\ irgin i (I sd.i ns /i"tr, as slie <ii i 1:1 .7, the <'ar^r.-si s
of the General Government. She will not "surrender
her ci>t^l.lutio:;;ti rights." Sh-' now "regards Consol
idation as the greatest of evils'?;ust as she did in
','T. Hut irfnit srtijs Jii/iii Tylrr ' We await the solu
tion of the problem. The Whigs are beginning to
count upon* irs most active co-operation. We have
an evidence of tins in the Alexandria Gazette of Wed
nesday la.-t. which says:
"JO" Tlic Vice IV Mik nr. John Tj It r. arrived in Wa*binstnn,
v. .lerit i>". ami imifr? ?!i.?t< ly ei:t> r? oil tin- di-eliarjjc ot' tilt iliilu c
'appcrtainim; to Ilie oflict u| |'r.? uleiil if tin- I". State*. Ills nn
derstood tli.it the Cabinet i'( Ceii. Ilarri-t>n will remain in oi'ice,
W illi the full confidence i.t' (lie Vire I'rt-siilt lit. Outers* to Ilia
.\diiiini-t ration'.
'?John 'I'u'rr perform*, from this day the duties of President ol
the I". Stales. He will firry out, I'uliv auil ci>inplt tely, the |iriri
rijite- ami views of (Jen. Harrison, liavins sive 11 all (lie measure*
of the departed I'alriiit, from Ins inaugural \ddre?t dow n to the
la-t art ot' tiis public life, Ins unqualified approval and approba
lion."
If the present cabinet possesion the full confidence
of Mr- Tyler, then indeed is the door closed?his ad
ministration will become Federal?and the principles,
with which he commenced his political carcer, will be
entirely abandoned.
The "Evening Signal" of New York makes this pre
diction: ''The succession of Mr. Tyler must make a;
Ureal revolution in the state of atl'airs at Washington.
It chocks at once the ascendancy of tiie Webster dy-j
nasty. Mr. Tyler is a devoted personal and political ]
friend of Mr. Clay. It is very doubtful whether the
nominations made through Mr. Webster's iniluencc
will now be sent into the Senate."?The Signal is com
pletely m its calculations. If Mr. Tyler be the
'?devoted political friend of Mr. Clay," thm Hoes it not
follow that he will check the ascendancy of Webster.
Does not the Signal believe that there i> a perfect un
derstanding between Messr.-. Clay and Webster ?Clay
11 take the success on?and Webst> r to follow hinr ?
Are not their interests the same, instead of checking
and counteracting each ntner ? Mr. Tyler will soon
feel lh;s to be the case, in the call that will be immedi
ately made upon him, to pledge himself to serve no
mere tban the present term."
One word im-re ! ? We repeat, in the presence of
the People of Virginia, that they should, at all times,
and especially, in the present state of our country,
trust to themselves and to their own illustrious prin
ciples, and not to men and to leaders?Watch vour
agents?Confide implicitly in no man ? Eternal vigi
Ience is the only safeguard of your liberties. If John
Tyler stands by your principles, as a proud and fear
less Virginian ought to do, then stand by him. But if
he deserts you, you will abandon him to the arms of
your enemieS?\ ote lor men whom you know to be
worthy of your confidence, on account of their prin
ciples? men who will truly represent you in the Federal
? -I unh. "itatingly declare ;t a- my firm ronvirtinn, Ihi! U'm.
Ilriirv Ilarri-oii is qualified to guard and promote the libertwand
happiness of his country, because here several reason* follow ?
'?Bei au-e in lej election, an 1 by hi? ex uuple, n ill !>.?, stablisled
and secured that greait >t of all reform?, w ithout which the ell'c.rt
at reformation i? In peless. \ir.: the limiting f.>r all future time, thr
| Presidential term of service to a single term of four years," &c.
| Mr. Tyler's answer toceitain citizens of Henrico co., Va., Oct. i'th
I last. In the same letter we also oiert with the following memora
j hie declaration?"Because he retard* the public offices of the
i country as created f-?r the benefit and advantage of the People,
j anil n< t f .r '.lie political advantage of the President, and in that
spirit utterly drnie* the right. on the part of the President, to re
' mere from afire me 'trht, ?.? honest, my.br ami faUhfut tu tie Cfiuti
i tu'tpn.' U> mike Vlzv f?r another ichose ehirf reeommeiulatiea is In be
\ t'lwnd in his being a nmsv and iljmarous d'mazogue and partisan.1'?
! tVe shall soon see whether Mr. Tyler recollects and acknowledges
! the force of tiu dec anition.
! F.ztrart from Mr. Tcler'j Sfftrh, in the !!o::?e of Kepresenta
! ttves of the I*. S. in I -IS; A>r. Si r, mamvek us I belirre the eren
I tion of !Ai< (crfwration Bank I.". >. L'XCONSTITI.'TIONAL, I
I cannot, initio*! a rmiction of ,-n;, o<:'A. i.?--1;:,l?- to re;-tir the breach
thii" madi' in tlir C"ii'!iiiition. <ty VV IIKV AN' OPPoRTCXt'l V
PUKJKXT^ ITr-KLF 1 >F D<il\?J ."Hll without violating the pub
lic faith," &c.? But Mr. T., in his letter of <irtober, 1:40. though
he refer-" to rii> V v<t i;i the ;>re\: i? part i f the -aine pari
1 graph of the letter, usea lc?s dceided, vtore cptitecal, and less
lAtcrmg language.
a fid hi your State coanciU,(--Ca.ry this next ejection
upon these great principles, you will) check .m i
counteract every attempt which '"If he made to sir
at ihe CoPHtitution ? .Never no, Hfcrf r w is it c, ....
important for you to carry out your Wmeiple* than j;
the approaching election :
"/Iashington, .ipri! 4. ? What are to be' '''p cor.~r
quences of Tyler's elevation? Can it he p. %ssible, ? ? > .
it probable, that he will lend himself to Clav ?nd U.
ster3 Will not his ancient principles dictate to him ? ,H
polic}' of cutting loose from them; or Ins he . " ,?
shape committed himself in favor of tli^ir measur. ?
At all events, is it not probable, that the cruel pr< >. '
tions which have been so remorselessly and rapuJIv . ,?
ried on by the Cabinet will now cease? Was not J ,
Tyler once a Democrat, and will he permit men to ??..
sacrificed for holding the same faith which he on<*e
[ fessed 3 These, however, are subordinate conven
tion*, in comparison with the more weighty m:. r.-t. ?
the whole country. Better even were every li.-mc
in ollicc turned out to die on the commons,
that the pipe-layers should succeed in fastening
us a Bank of the United States! Is there no w , , ,
i inducing Mr. Tyler to countermand the Ilvtra S-3
I sioti' 1 forbear to pain you by narrating t;.e <-a?t <
j of utter and hopeless misery that have been cau.-.j
J lu re by the heartless proscriptions of th p>- wi.
| professed to proscribe proscription. Suffice
i that men nave been tinned adrift for no earthly c: i.ie
but their political opinions?who have large families?
j who are past the meridian of life, and who are utt. r.'y
[ incapable of making a living in any other way limn L,
the business they have followed for so many years
"Washing rov, April .*>
"The death of the President has tilled some of our
leading Whigs with consternation. Some tear, they
will not get the promised or expected office* i.tin r',
that thev will fail in their favorite measures. In
they fear that .Mr. Tyler will change the whole eurrei.:
of events. And will he not- ill he reta.u \Vt
or Granger3 Will he approve the sweeping r.-i 1 :
contemplated and in pr-j^r, Will he go for a !!.?.
For an increased TariiF* For assuming ti.e State 1)
For I distribution' We h'-ne not?.Never did
tike office with mere in irs power, lias he j.r
and iir.-nr.es* enough to euctain him in assuming an ?
dependent stand3 If he his, lie may commain! a,.!
he pleases. The great body of the Democracy i
little what man is at the head, so that true pr
prevail. If Mr. Tyler can and will fix his feet u^m.
vably on Virginia principles, they will rally ar :r. ;
hun."
f P. -..f-.V- ft'.-tr .J
l<KMl?K or I'RCsiiu:\t ii\(i,t
VI?1K ritKJ?IJ>K.NT T\ I.KK.
"We despatched an extra In' yesterday mcrr
mails, announcing the death of the President, ar.d u
copy below the official notices ol' the event fr m .
National Intelligencer of this morning. To them ?
add nothing, save a general impression as to tin ? _
of the disorder w hich terminated so rapidly in c >.
tinn The correspondent of the Journal ot Corm...
alluded to it, in the f.rst moment of the cttack
'?The I'li-nt. nt if unwell. .Many have jirtiiirfe.i ih.n ?
would be a t'Ual reaction ill hi* ?vrtum alter tlir lair t \< u.
anil i haii^e <>t' lieMt- that he lia* undergone.''
??1'reeident Harrison had recently been involve ; i
continual whirl ot agitation. His participation in t;
various triumphal processions, t> tes, balls. A . ?
which he was every where greeted, and wliuh u.-r.
continued until closed by those which followed the u.
auguration?the eager and constant press made n;
him since, bv tlie multitude who have pursued l.n . : .r
office, and the excitement growing out of the ir:
meiit 'it' discordant claims?was more than ? ne, t . .
represented by his physicians as suffering under
and debility, could long bear The bodily labor he i:
dured, apart from the weight upon his u.md, was :.. ?.
than he lutd strength to support. Kofi tune, sustnu,. u
bv the exhilaration ot' the animating events he
through, h:s constitution bore up beyond exjieciat i i.
But restlessness, anxiety, and fever fallowed, and "
seems, from the report of his physicians, inrtamin.it i.
and derangement was found to have affected all his v.-..
organs
"From casual information which we have had fr>;
time to time, it esems that too little consideration v. .5
felt bv tiis political friends for his condition. We 1 :
derstand that before he could reach the breakfast t.i
in the morning, he was frequently waylaid in the 1. .
and persecuted for office?that his rooms were gem : v
thronged by the time he rose from the table, am.
?n some occasions, when under the necessity ot' iV
ing communication with Ins Secretaries, he \\ as 1 I o
to make his escape the back way.
"It is just to (Jen. Harrison to say, that. notv.
standing this press upon him by men who c!a line i 1
have given him power, he resisted the rutt.le** pr -
scriptton which has been carried on in his name
veral we know he saved w ho had been marked : r .?.
orifice. Others were removed to w hom he had p
assurances they should be spared, and who w< re ?
wards informed by him that lie did not know thev vut.
dismissed. And can any hold hun responsible tor ti.v
long list of worthy men and excellent officers who vvt-rc
struck from the roll during the week in which he hun
self lay upon the bed of death2 During that week 1 1
ny elerks were dismissed from the Departments. . \
pressly told tint it was exclusively on political
Among them was Mr. Gouge of the Treas'"), t
einincJit author of the work on banking, ?li" w.i
reconimendcd to his station by his extensive ir.t :nu
t on and high character as a man, not as a pir -a
for he never was one. This hecatomb of victim^ v.
were struck down during General Harrison s i:.i ?
many of whose families) are now turm <1 out in a -
of ?rph?inage on the v.orld, must have been made .
spirit of heathen tune, when sacrifices of unfortuii
prisoners by custom attended the fall of an iii' -tr
chief. A decent regard for appeaiance^, ou^lit t>
suspended tins distressing process ot rejnox als w hi
Chief Magistrate, who alone could authorize it,
tr>o ill to attend to any of his dutit ?. Thv suecc*v
I'resident Harrison, a man in the prune ot' lift*, i<<
pable of looking into the condition oj things tor i
self?one who must feel the responsibility "i ho j.
and who may entertain a desire to maintain tlx ;
tion acquired by accident, through the approval
the people?will probably set some hounds to si.,
scription, wiiicli we understand was intended t'i i~r
nrd fen until every Democrat wan swept from > i'
One of the Secretaries has distinctly avowed ti.a*
Democrats should all be removed, bcc^u?e they w.
have no spies in the Deportments Will l'it-"
'J'yler sanction the doctrine tiiat secrecy is to be
law of the Government, and that no man is to rem;
in employment who cannot be relied on to conceal
abuses which his superiors are unwilling te ripnw
"As it regards the general policy cf the Gc vermis
the new presiding officer comes in under fortunate
cuinstances for Ins lame, if he has coura-jw and u
pendence equal to the occasion, lie w?s nctii f ':
not as concurrng in principle witli the N< rthern p tr
who controlled in the selection of the Presidential
didate of the Whigs, but to conciliate the uth, tan
for Vice President one re| resenting its princip ? ?
Tyler was known to be opposed to a Natii i.a! i'"
both unconstitutional and inexpedient. IJcw.cki"
to be opposed to a National Debt?1< a I'rotectiv :
?to National Interna! improvements?in a w< .'
he w as a Southern man with Southern priticipb-?
\ irginia school. ] f he now resolves to assert ? h? m- ; r
ciples as the guides of his administration, he cann?
for the support of Messrs. Clay mid Webster, at..:
politicians whose hopes hang upon them?be i > '
l"ok for support from Abolitionists arid Ant i.. ?
nor the party of the National Bank. Hut if be li'
himself upon the country in the maintenance <:
doctrines of the Virginia school, lie can comn.-nd ?
fectua! support, w ithout deferring to the politic
any party. The whole South muU suppf r'. him r
score ef principle, and for local considerations i!
Democracy of the North has invaribMv r.ii ?
man ngainst Feiieral.sm, no matter what I.
raised the standard of resistance.
"Mr. Tyler has no alternative but to ??t up '
self ?n his avowed principles, or to surrend. r
absolutely and become the pliant inp'rnnient
men's ambiticn. lie must acquiesce in a!! Mr <
schemes?give his assent to all the nii&clnevui.s
consolidating measures necessary to elfect their,
must make up his mind to quarrel with him
Clay's resolve is to be 'Of>ur or nothing
The I'tnnsij'ritnui Han/; cf thr I v
Tins bubble is bursting like tiie South Se t S
ami those politicians r.ho were for so latelv ei:;
the I , S tiank as the agent ?>f the Governi:;1
loiied in their speculations. What a "kettle of
has proved ! The general meeting of Stock
took place at Philadelphia on Monday last?
following is the account of their proceeding*
copy it Iroin tlie "Public Ledger < ! Tu< >
their own showing the stocks are worth little
thing. They estimate it at nearly 47?bat in
they value sloths deposited in Lurope $1J,-}"11.
par!
Other stocks?over sir millionor?at par
ileal estate nearly -1 millions?worth perhaps
Balances due by State Banks nearly 0 in ??
worth probably three !
A majority of the stocks can now be bouj'i'
cents in the dollar, no doubt.
The fact is, the Bjnk is found totally ins i.ven
can never pay the stockholders one cent: n r t:
holders, more than ??") or ?0 cents in the d '
J terestep broker* and others buy th? t-*ick
i suins to get clear oj turner amounts. >:oehs. re
a ml drill.* due islate Btitihs, amounting t? t i.
pilot?.{?> millions, to sav nothing <>f tiie.r 1.s'
i The administration of the institution by f
own officer*, has been shameful. The Ph;ia'.'
quirer (a Whig press, and hitherto a friend ? ! ' ?'
; gives an analysis of the Report of the Commit:
J vestigation?from winch we extract tht* ? ?
; startling development:
j "They found it difficult and e'iibarra?5;n.j '?
( probable losses on stocks?and a!?o to repcrt
j value of mortgajji s. Pajsinrr OTer the ma^s ?
| of active and suspended debt, the Committee
I that but a small proportion were regular i-'
! transactions; and the Report stated that under
I 43 individuals and firms owed upward- eJ
i each ; 1"? upwards of OCO each: and '' U|,A
?100,000 each. In another part it w as said '
j dividtials had loans of more than each. -
j four others had loan, amounting to V"
| totals of the amount of 'Jlst of December ?
j named?and, as we understood, lei\ a resu.t ot