3Qth nlt., that notwithstanding the posiiivein- junctions contained iii a letter from the depart- ment dated tlte 23d June last. ofwbich a copy is herewith enclosed, tlte public moneys ltave been permitted to accumulate in your hands. in viola- lation of the law and ittstroction of tire depart- ment. since the 31st ttf May last. and that it attiouitied on tlte 30th ultimo to ilte stitn oi $10.- 676 39, I ant constraiiteti, by your continued neg- lect. to call your immediate attention to the sub ject. and again rcquirethat the whole ofthe pub- Iicmonevs iit yoitr possession, be (lepi)Slle(I forth- with Uttless yttu exhioit to tile de;;ariment satisfactory evidence of your having dotte so prior to the 1st day of December ttexi. accom- panied by a statement showing your receipts and disoursetttents, and the balance with which you are chargeable at the time of such desposite. it will be ttty painful duty *0 snltinit tlte case for the action of the Executive, and to ret-omtneiid the appointnteni of auotlier person as your suc- cessor. Iam. ‘c. ‘LEVI VVOODBURY, , y ‘ Sec‘y of the Treasury. ‘ Mr. WtLr.tArt LINN, ‘Receiver of Public Moneys. Vandalia. Illinois.‘ Now, sir. It.t't'ei't is cotttainetl. by ill" D-.-ttart- meiit itself. a .-pe.-iftc.-ttion against this oliicer. of ‘ violation oftltc law and id instrttciioit.’after warning. arttl otte would suppose tltat in case he rcftised to do his duty. he would ltave been re- moved. Let us see: ' ‘ 'I‘,ttr:Asutttr DI~ZPARTMl-2t\"I‘, Dec. 4. 1834. ‘ Sir: Allow tilt‘ to inquire why it is lllvll your letter of the IGtlt ultiitto is entirely silent. as to your neglect to comply with the positive direc- tions contain:-il in a letter from the I)e.partntent. dated the 23:! June last. am! that _yott still neg- lect to pay over the public zttoncy itt your ltattds. or to furnish the statentetit as rcqtiiretl by tny letter ofthe 23d itltitno. and a statement of your advances to Colonel O,t_vtiett. » ‘ I am, &c. LEVI \VOODBURY. ‘ Scc‘y of the Treasury. ‘ Wt1.t.tArtt LINN. Esq-, _ ‘Receiver ofPtthlie Money. Vantlalia. Ill.’ This proves cotttuntacy, as well asdt-falcation anti neglect. Let us see what again is dttne with this faithlcss servant. \Vonld you not suppose that the next time he would be removed? Sir. do notice what follows: ‘ TREASURY Dt)p.utTtttt-:N'r. Feb. 12. 1835. ‘ Sir--Although it has pleased the Prcsitlettt. under the explanations given. notwithsittutling your past tteglect in sortie cases to depostte the mottey as required _by law and the ittstrtictiotts ofthe Department. to re-nominate yott for the oliice of receiver of public money at Vandalia. attd your noirtittatiort ltus been coitfiriticil. yet it is riot in be inferred. from this evitlt-.ttce of his re gard. that any fttttire omission in this respect cart be overlooked. Ont.-e for all. then, I would in- fortn you that a strict observattce of the regula- tions of the Department. for the periodical depo- site of the public iuottey. and the trattsritission of your accounts and returtis. are parzttuouui du- ties, the neglect of which will be reported for the action of the Executive. I attt, dcc. LE VI \VOODBNRY. ‘Sec’y of the Treasury. XV.-it. LINN. ‘ Receiver ofPnblic Money, Vattdalia, Ill.’ A 're7zomimzlz'on to Qfiice.’ And the very rc- notnioatiott recites his 'ptzst rteglect‘—his viola- tiotts of law and instructions I This was an evi- deuce of tire Preside-rtt’s regai'tl, tool int he was not to infer from this evidence that lie was licensed iosinl Antl he is warned that if he does sin again he will be reported to the Execu- -tivhjl Now, sir, he had reason to be afraiil ol thai,_had he itot l Does not this prove a corrupt retention of a faitltless oliicer. frottt personal re- gard—favoritsm? But. sir, would yott ttot stip- pose that. afier this criminal indtilgt-ncc——ihis super-kindness—-this winking at past neglect, as well as threat of future ptltllsllltleul, the fellow wttuld. from gratitude as well as fcar, have done his duty afterward? One might think so. Let us see: ‘ TREASURY Dt:P.ut'rtttt:.\"r, July 25. 1835' ‘ Sir—I am in the receipt of your letter ofthe 30th ult. covering your account current for the month of June. with two certificates of tlepos- ite. one of which bears date on the 250th of said month. I wislt. therefore. to be iitforntetl why the entire amount ofmoiiey on ltaittl at the little the last deposite was made, was rtot include,-d in it; the balance appearing by your account, not deposited. atnouiiis ttt 315.1239 04. which I have to request may be forthwith placed in batik to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States. ‘I am, very respectfully. (Sac. -‘LE VI WOODBURY, ' Sec’y of the Treasury. "\Vtr.I.tAitr LINN. Esq.. ‘ Receiver of Public Money, Vantlalia, Illinois.’ Titus he does ‘likewise.’ Again. ‘ Treasury Department. Dec. 8, 1837. ‘Sir: Your lclter of the 28th ultitito, art- rtonncing the death of Mr. Prentiss. register. is received. Again it bet.-ontes ttty duty to call your attention to the 6UI)_lr’Cl of my limiter let- ters in reference l() the deposite of the public money. and to irtforrn yott that if. by return of mail. evidence is ttot received of your having complied with the requireinents ol my letters ol the 16th Angus: and 3d November. it will be my unpleasant dirty .to report your tteglt-ct to the President, and to l"CC().'t‘r,ll.JI:‘.!l'Il your removal frottt office. I am -" LE VI Vl’OODBUl.l.Y. ' Sec’y of the Treasury. ‘ \VtLLtA.\t LINN. ‘Receiver, Vandalia. Illinois.‘ This case needs no comment. Sir, it is but justice to this t)I'I'It2el', Litttt. to say that \Vnt. J. Brown. the exatttioer ofthe Vatttlalia Oflit-e. on the 12th day of June, 1835. made to the Secre- tary Woodttury. a very favttrattle report ofhitn, from which I extract the followittg: ‘ Of his fidelity tothe government I have nol doubt; though engaged iti Spfitfblttlltlg to it coit- sidetable extent. I have no evideiice that he uses the public funds. nor could I learn that such art 0plUlt)fl'pl’8.V§JllP.(I-ll) his ncigltboritootl.’ But, sir. he kept in rnintl that he failed always to perforrn that '.jta[lIQ.lt)UtJi.° ;.nd-' intli.-pt-usattle‘ duty to deposttethe ptiblic money. Perhaps lte did not speculate. Were ever deftilcation and ne.glect.so palpably approved by supt-ritttctttlettis? Ifthe tnttney had been Levi's 0Wt\'. would he have thus trusted and forgiven. forgivett and trusted, a defaulter? No, sir. A secretary who charged Government 15 cents a tttile per tlietti for attendance to testily lteforeatt ittvt-stigaiing comntitte-of this I_‘I.on.st:. as.-lie did. and over- charged his account at that. would have dis- charg.,d a trustee so faithless. at otice. He is it Levi, sir. but not a son of Alplteus. who would leave the receipt of customs ever: to obey the command of the Saviour. ‘ Fttlltttv rue.’ He would not leave his own tnttttey.Ii.)t‘,lLlS Godl- Lirtn is reported a defaulter. I will give you another case. ,[.'I‘2le[l follow the cases of.Harris antl;Boyd, which want of rootn oblges us to otnit. ¥Mr. Wise continues Why should not such a Secretary beimpeach- ed? Impeach him. and I will go before,.ibn: humble and disarined Senate. and conv,ict,~ltittt out of bisown mouth and the motttlts of htsrowo minions. I will call no other witness. I will dare the constitutional judges to acquit him— overawed as they are by an arrogant Executive, tttttgy might acquit him in the face of tl.ese facts. and in the face ofthe people. if they dare! To read the Swartyvont report. one would think \Noodburv was astonished, astounded by defal- cation; yet ltere are fifty cases of like character with those of Linn. Harris, and Boyd. Bttt. to proceed-I will give you the case of the ‘ Receiver at Fort Wayne.’ To save time and space. instead of reading all the letters anti documents. I will give you. sir. the synopsis 0! this case. as detailed by my ftientl B. Peyton. itt his testimony before the select committee oi wltich I waschairman. in 1837 I believe the Secretary ttf the Treasury has been guilty of a violation of ofiicial duty. in re- raining in office Colonel John Spencer. receiver of public moneys in the land oifice at Fort \Vayne. Indiana. Itt a letter of the secretary to said receiver. ltearing date May 23, 1836, he holds this lan- guage: . ‘ Since the date of my letter to yott of the 25th ultimo. your returns for the tnottth ofApri| have been received. from wlticlt I perceive that the public moneys in your ltantls on the 30:lt ultimo amounted to.the stint of 3247.251 64: Wltlcll ainottnt is the accttinulated receipts of your of- iicc since the first of January last. You canttot but be aware that the retention of public moneys itt your hands beyond one ntuttih. ttnless the re- ceipts ofsuclt money be less than 5,310,000. I8 8 violtttion ttf your ittstrnctious. ‘Tlte object ttf this letter is. let. To require that the whole balance on hand. at the tittte of the reccipt of this letter. shall be itttntediately deposited. and a ccriificateof such deposite trans- mitted to the D.=partment without dclay. ' 2d. To iriforitt you that the Department can- not overlook the omission to do so: OF your I!’ tore neglect to tlcpttsite tnoitthly. and tolrattsttttl yottr nioctltly retnrtts. accompanied by the evi- tlencettl your deposiic. in time to be received at this office within the tttonth next preceding that for which The returtt is rendered. '3d. That arty neglect or inaitention to these rcqnirentents, unless saiifactorily accounted for. will require of me. ftotn a sense. of official duty. that you be reported to the President. with a re- corttmendatlott that yott be removed frotn oflice. ‘ [Signed by the Secretary, and directed to the same.]' Secretary of the Treasury to Ethan A. Brown, Esq.. (,'omnz27ss2'onerq/'t/re GencralLa1td Ofiicc. ' Sir: It isdesirable tttatatt cxantittaiion should be made ofthe land office at Wayne. Indiana. And I request you to titttify Nathatitel \Vesi.Jr. of Indianapolis. that he has been selected forthat purpose; and forward to him the usual instruc- lions. and particularly to direct hisittqttiries into the causes of the delay on the part of the receiver itt forwar-.-irtg the returns required under the re- gulations oi the deparintent. and in making de- pttsitcs to the cretlit.ol'tlte Treasurer. That olii- cer has lately made a deposite toallarge tttttount. which has been accnitinlatiug for several months past. The exatttitter will ascertain. if possible. whether the receiver or register had been using the rrtottey receive-d tttt sales it) any manner. by loaning or otltertvise; attd wliai ztrethc reasons for the delays in tlcpositing the money and iii matting returns. by bolt the register and re- ceiver.” _ To which Mr. Brown replied. giving certain informatintt. by his letter oftlte Ist of July; to which M r. Wuodbury replied as follows: ‘JULY 1. I836. ‘ Sir—Your letter of this date. respecting the examittation oftlte laittl office at Fort Wayne, has been received. I see no excuse in the pa- pers prcseutetl with your letter. for the receiver not having deposited a dollar from March till June. ttor having sertt arty iitonthl_\ abstracts to mt» in that time, nor arrswcrcd my letters reman- stralmg against /zis rtcglccc. Tltese things I wish specially investigated. as well as the pre- sent state ofnioricy oit ltatid, &c.; and the points before iutlictited.’ This is the tone in which the Secretary speaks at the bare suspicion which attached to the re- ceiver. But see how changed. how softened his tone. ltttw ready to find excuses f"rllIlll. xx hen all the facts. and more than he seemed to have ap- prelieuded, were established by Mr. \Vest_, the t-!.'\'8tlllf.'t'f. Front 8 letter of the Secretary of the Treasu- ry in E. A. Brown. Esq. commissioner of the (ierieral Land Ofiice. dated July 8,1835. it ap- pears tltat— ‘ The returns of the receiver for the mottth of May have been received. and exhibit a balance of money itt his lt:.utls at the close ofthe rttonth, amounting to 8601.330 49. He has trattsttiittetl under date of the 27th ultimo. a certificate of deposiie in the branch batik oflndiana. made on the 27th of the same month. of 755540.433 0.9- lcaving a balance itt his hands of $60,497 40.— l have to request that yott will instruct M r. West. the examiner referred to itt my letter above sta- ted. to make special inquiry iniot,his matter. and to report to tltc department the result,‘ écc. M r. \Vt-st was appointed. and entered on his duties on the lltlt day of August. 1836. In his report lte says he shows a nalartce of 5518.795 03 then due front said receiver to the United States. He says, - Why his balance of $18,795 03 appears. has ntti been explzzittcd; and ifany explanation could be made. Mr. Spencer's absence precludes me from giving it. His tzlt,-rk thinks he ltasstill more money at Ricltmontl; but as he left for collection there, on the 1st of June. what they oti the 1st day of August finally passed to his credit. I have thought this not very probable.-- His clerk, though called up. gives no schedule of the ntoney he took with bitn to Richmond. }vt'ltt€fl he went to make his deposite on the 1st lday of June. l ‘ I think M r. Spencer could not with proprie- iiy tirge. when he went to make a tleposiit.-on the l 1.-t of June. as a good cause ofdelay in ttot hav- fling done so before. the state of the roads; as a lfree passage was open for him via Logauspori, land no diliicttlty irt his way.’ Ste his apology itt his letter ofthe 20th Jttite. 1836. He rci resents the hooks. papers. 650. in the office as being very rteuligently kept. ‘ Tlte clerk urges. as an excuse for the return not being regularly made during the months of January. February and March. that M r. Spen- certlitlitttt tltiitk it necessary, as the otlice was closed and no business doing. (This is a diller- ettt oxcuse frottt what Mr. Spencer tnatle.) His irregularity sitice. he (the clerk) states, is owing ‘to the great pressure of l:usir.ess;' and I ant convinced it has been very great. ‘In answer to my question. why the present large sums now with Mr. Spencer was allowed to accuntulate, they offer the letter of the presi- dent of the lttdianopolis Bank as an excuse. a copy of which is herewith enclosed. It does not appear when it was received, but probably about tlir- 222i July.’ From this it appears that the $100,599 32 sptgkt-n of by the receiver in his letter ofthe 22d of August. as having been retainetl so loitg on ,hand. was so retained by ltint witltont any such excuse as ibcrcitt set up. But what is stated heretofore by the examiner may perhaps=f,tll under the head of gross negli- gent-eon the part of the receiver, which should have been cotzsidered good cause of instant re- trtoval from office. Bttt what follows ust be placed under the head of positive offence against law, principle, attd morality. He says: ‘ Upott the subject of using the _money of the United States.I beg leave to state_t_hat l find it universally stated and believed, n.nd,,itis conced- ed to as at fact by the cletksin the receiver’s of- fics that both he and his relative. Dawson. have been much in thepractiee. of shaving money; that la, exchanging the money which could not be re- ceived for public lands; the rate of exchange or discount varying front 3 io.5 per cent. I find in the case of Isaiah VVells. of Marion county. Ohio. that. so recently as the 6th inst. he paid into the hands oftlte receiver. in his oflice, eight dollars for exchanging two hundred and forty vlollars of Ohio bank notes of five dollars each. To what extent this shaving business has been carried on itt the office, of course I do not know. but I am satisfied it has been to a very considera- ble extent; and that the Government money paid in by one person has been handed out by the receiver in exchange for uncurrent. or not land rtflice money-—-he receiving for ltisown_pri- vale use tltexliscount as agreed upon; anti that the same Government money is again passd into the land otiice, to be again used for the like pur pose, in pay for the public lands. That the re- ceiver has taken in bank notes of five dollars. contrary to orders, the schedule prepared at his oliicc. herewith enclosed. will prove; that he ret-eivetl a bonus fortakiog the same is, I think, almost beyond a doubt.’ The examiner adds: ° P. S. M r. Spencer hasjust come in, having been as far as Richmond. where, by obtaining a discotml on sotne drafts tltte in September. origi- nlly taken here for land. he was enabled to swell hisitlepositethere to $52,831 34; wltich. togeth- er with the money taken with him front here. and some OTHER money. enabled him to deposits to the credit of the Uuitetl States $455,906. His own amount will stand thus.’ Here he states the account. debtor and cre~lit- or, anti strikes a balance, bringing the said re- coivt-ritttlettted to the United States in the stttn of ‘I55 206 8-1. which was at first stated at $3,- 216 84. but corrected on the last page. After this report. of \Vest was made. William Hendricks wrote to the Secretarythe following: MADISON. August 31. I836. ‘ Sir; lam ittfrottted that 8t)tl‘.f’ tltings are stated recently. to the prejudice of Colonel John Spencer. receiver at Fort VVayne; and I am te- questctl to write you. ‘ Itt doing so. I canonly say that I have been gratified in learning that l1lS(lt‘p0SlleS_ have been made to your satisfaction, and. if so. I hope that tninor matters. if mere irregulsrities. will be overlooked. He is reputed to lte an honest antl honorable man. anti 1 do not believe that he has intentionally either done wrongor violated his in- strnctions. It. would. to some cqrlent. prodttce cxcilcmcnl if he were removed. for he has many warm and influential friends botlt at Fort Wayne and in Dcarborn county, from which he removed itt his present residence. Bl-1'1",I‘ER.;'_._ET 11‘ etc. W'ith ntttch respect. ‘ WILLIAM HENDRICKS. ‘ Hon. Lt-zvr W0()DBURY. Secretary of the Treasury. This was enough. ‘Better let it be!’ And itnniediaiely the Secrelary wrote to Spencer the follovting: "I‘ttt~:AsnttY Derttartitcwr. Sept. 2. 1S32. ‘ Sir: I have received the report of M r. \Vesi, ttpon the transactions of the lanil oliice under your charge. upon which I beg leave to remark. that the Department trusts your tlcposites will ltereafter be promptly tnade; antl that no ex- changes whatever. of money, will take place on any terms. as they open a door to improperprac- tices and unfounded imputrtlions. l attt /tappy to add. that the Department can readily see the tlfflinulties in resisting opportunities to exchange money. and to receive what is not pertnitted by regulation. It can also duly appreciate your ex- cuses for not making more prompt returns and more frequent depnsites; but itirusts that here- after, a more rigid cortformity to your instruc- tions will be practicable. and will rctnovo all cause cfattprehetisitttt and complaint. ‘ ‘I am. very respectfully. Yourobediettt servant. ‘LEVI WOODBURY. ‘ Col. Jon-.v SPENCER. ‘Receiver. Fort \Vayne.' Th-is is not only a great falling off from the tone of the other letters of the Secr_e,ta_ry. but scents to he an encttitra._t;artt,e.ttt to the receiver in writing the-following IPllPr-: ' hcceicer’s Oflicc. Fort I/Vugne, Oct. 27, 1827. ‘ Sir: This is to inform you that _I ltave for- warded to the tleposite batik one hundred antl four thousand dollars. in silver. there to remain until I arrive with the gold and _pape,r mc_t_tcy_. [\Vhy did he not go along with it? ' ' My de7n0c7‘aIit:fricnd8 think that 1 ottght not to leave until after we ltold our election. for President. on the seventh of I\'ovembt=.r, which I ltave concluded to await. atttlshall leave on that .cvcnt'7rg or the next morning, in tleposite. with all the funds or: hand up to that time. Islzall write you again before I leave. The sales are rapid; mostly paid in gold and silver. My ,qoarterly ;e_por.t will be forwarded by next mail. tor last quarter. which ought to have been done sooner. only for-the .wat:1_t of help iii the orfice.— Ht-rea‘fte.r,‘_I t-hittk I can get my reports ofl with- out much tie-l-av. after the close ofthe motttb and quarter. II am yours. respectfullv. JOHN SPENCER, Receiver‘ ‘ Hon. LEVI WOODBURY, Secretary ofilte Treasury.’ This boltl avowal ofscnding a large portion of -the public money by other bands. and awaiting ititnselfio unite with his dernocratic friends at the Presidential election, does rtot appear to have been the cause of cetnplaint on the part of the Secretary. And here, sir. is h_is answer to.G0_vernsr Hen- dricks; ‘ TREASURY Dt~:I’Art't*:tir-:t\'z‘. Sept. 7.1836. ‘ Sir: Your letter ofthe 31st ultimo is receiv- ed. and I ant happy to inform yott that Mr. Spen- cer s explanations have been such, that he will probably continue in office. ‘ I ant. very re.~.-pectfttlly. Your obi-die-nt servant. ‘LEVI VVUODBURY. Secretary ofthe Treasury. ‘ Hon. \VtI.Lt.ut HENDRICKS. Madison. Indiana.‘ Is this rtot wilfttl, base otiictal corrtipiioo ?— Sbaving with the public money was there ‘ir- regularity.’ and ‘ itnproper practices.'thrice prov- ed, admitted. reported, became ‘ unfounded im- putatirms‘ as soon as a political partizan “his- pered——' Better let it be ." Sir. these words ought to be inscribed over the doors of the Trea- sury Department. and to be brattded, like .Cain’s infamy, ttpott the forehead ofLevi Woodbnry— ‘ Better let it be!’ Sir, this eirtbraces all your principles and practices in respect to investiga- tion of fratttl, enibezzletnetit. corruption and of- ficial malversation for years. These words con- verted of a sudden the Secretary's frowns attd threats ittto the clearest perception of ‘diflit:ul- tics.’ antl the clearest proofs irtto ‘unfounded im- putations." After this, what should betltuught of this Secretary's denunciation of any charges as ‘ unfounded imputatiorts ?’ [To be continucd.] Jlfississippi has elected a Whig United States Senator, after all tlte rejoicing ofthe Loco press over the results of the recent Election.-. Mr. Henderson, the Whig candidate, has been cho- sen for the balance of the present tertn to fill the vacancy occasioned by resignation ofThont- as H. W.lti.-tins, Loco, by a majority of five itt Joint Ballot ofthe Legislature. Every trick and desperate expedient was resorted to by the cue- my to defeat_.this eleciiot_t,,bu.t without avail. I t~~t\“\'\«‘ it-‘ \. li‘\‘l©lf€.\MAlL.lK GAZETTE. "noN"r eivt-: UP 'rnt-: snip.” WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20. I839. COUNTY CONVEN'l‘ION'. T/tc IV/rigs of tire Courtty qf Fairjielrl will /wlrl at Com-enlion on the Gilt. day of ]IIa.rclt natal, at .Brirlgcp0rt, for the purpose of 77.07ni7l.(l.ll7I.g‘ as lllenzbpr of Congress, and a S/tcrif T/to Cmwention will consist of dele- gates from I/to sci.-eral towns. equal to double the rtuntbcr of their Re77resentat2'7:e.s' in the Genercbl Assembly/. and will assemble at Bar- num’s Ilotel. at one o’clock, P. III. SENATORIAL DISTRICT, N0. 11. Tile IV/tic Com.-cnlion for the rtomiztrztiort. of o Scntrtor to represent this District in the State Senate, will be held at the Hotel of G. C. Mec/rot‘, in Dcml2u'r_7/, on Mortdng, the 4th day of tllztrc/i. next, at I o’clock, P. M. SENATORIAL DISTRICT. NO. I2. T/re IV/rig Corieention for tire nomination cfa. Seltator to represent this District in the State Senate. will be held at Darierz, on IVed/tesclag/, the ‘2.7t/L Feb. at 2 o’clock, P. M. -VVHIG STATE CONVENTIONo The delegates to the VVhig State Convention frottt the several towns in the State. to the nttm- her of live or six ltnntlretl. (nearly all the towns bring reprt.-sented )assetttblt-din the Town Hall. ofthe city of Middletown. on Wednesday the 13th day of Feb. 1839. at 10 o’clock, A. M., when they were called to order by Just Foot, E-q. of Matlborttttgh. and tltereupor. BENJ A- t\llI‘_l ISAACS. Esq. of Norwalk. was appoint- et. President. pro (cm. and Alnjah Catlin, Clerk, A Committee of two front a County. was ap- pttiitted to nominate the officers of the Conven- tioii. The committee for the nomination of the Offi- cers of the Convention, reported for Pre.st'rlertl, TI-I()-WAS K BRACE. Hartford. Vice Presidents.-—Joel Foote, Hartford Co.; Selalt Strong, New Haven Co.; S. C. Seldcn. New Lonoott Co.; Ozias Holmes. Midtllesex Co.; Harvey Smith, Fairfield Co.; Thomas Curtis, Litchfield Co.; Solomott Payne, Wind- hum Co.; 0. H. King. Tolland Co. Secret:tries.—Henr_v Dutton. Henry G. Tain- tor. E. Cltantpiort Bacon. Harvey Bissell. Report accepted and nominations adopted. whereupon the persons named took their seats. ttport which the Convention was briefly and happily atldresserl by the President. Messrs. Trttmatt Smith. Melvin Copeland, and Jas. F. Babcock. were appuinzetl a Continit- tee to prepare resolutions for the consideration of the Cortvettiion. A ffotttmiiiee of one from a county was ap- pointed to prepare an Address to the Electors of the State. Adjourr_ted to 2 o’clock, P. M. A,t-"_rt~:nt§to_o_t*,t fitttssron. The Town Hall having bee . fountla‘.iogethe_r inadequate to the act-o,rrt_t.notiatio_n of the meni- hers who continued t_oarrive,du_r_ing the forenoon. and per_tttissiot_t l;a.'.'ittg been obtai_uetl.to occupy the 1st _Cong-eg_at,iot:al church. the Convention asst-tnblod there at 2 o’t.-lock. and soon filled al- most every part of the house. inclndittg some portions of the aisles. A cotttmittee of four from a County was ap- pointed to present to the Convention 21 nomina- tion of State Oliicers. Nate Central Canmtiltcq. Messrs. Jeremy Hoadley. D. F. Robinson. anti Mclvitt Copeland. were appointed the State Central Cotttmiitee for the year ensuing. Resohttiott passed. providing for the appoint,- meni of,Connty Cotn_tnittees.by the County De]- egaiious. County .Contmi,t(cc5. The following are the County Committees as reported aiitl at.-ccptt-ti by the Contention, viz: Haiti;/"ottd C'ottnty.-D. F. Robinson. New Haven Co.—Heur_v T. H tiggins. New London Co —E. R. \Varren. R. E. Sel- den. Jr. VV. A. Buckingham. Eairjietld Co.—Henry Dution,Reuben'Booth, T. T. M erwiu. Windham Co.—Daniel P. Tyler. Lilcltfigld (_"o.-—'I‘rninan Smith. Nathaniel Perry. Charles F. Sedgetvick. Jwiddlesez Co.—D. D. Parmelce. To/land C'o.—John H. Brockway, Ab Hendee. The committee on nomination of State Offi- cers_tn,ade the following report, which watt re- ceivcd by acclamation andngtanintottsly adopt en: 08! For Governor. IVILLIAJII W. EJLLSWORTH. For Lient. Governor, CHARLES HA PVLE Y. For Treasurer, HIRA.-II RIDER. For Secreta ry, ROYAL R. HINMAN. For Comptroller, HENRY KILBOURN. Adjourned to 6 o'clock. afterrtoon. Evr:is‘t~.\'o SESSION. ‘The Convention assembled at the.hc.ur agreed upon by vote of adjournment. James Dixon. Esq. front the committee on the Address..reporied one,which was read and unan- imously adopted. Truman Stnitlt. Esq. from the Committee on Resolutions, reported a series. which were read. and discussed by a number of tneinbers in the most able manner. and with the best efl'ect.—- Resolutions adopted by acclamation. [We subjoin the resolntions—tlte address we have not yet obtained] RI-:S01.U'I‘l0Ns. The following Resolutions were unnnintonsly adopted by the Convention: Resolved, That in the opinion ofthis Conven- tion the approaching Election is one of the ot- tttost importance, and that the ditty of sustaining the principles which so glttriottsly triumphed the last year. rests with increased force on the People of Connecticut Resolved. That we view with alarm the fright- ful increase of the expenditures of the General Government, from $l3.000.000 per annnm, un- der Mr. Adams. to $40,000,000. under M r. Van Bonn. and unless the administration can be, checked in its career of prodigality. and ¢’“’3"°' ttance, the nation will soon be bsnkrttpted. and the People ruined. , _ Resolved. That we hold the AdmIDi3I"|"°“ responsible for the stupenduous frauds, recently discovered in the revenue department. That it '‘ WW manifest. that corruption has become the order of the day. and pervadesout entire system. and that we are called upon as patriots and triends offree institutions. to make immediate and thorough efiitris to reform the government. and to restore it to its pristine purity. Resolved. That the impudent attempt to ob- trnde upon the Whig ranks every faithless pub- lic servant. is vain and futile; and we frankly confess. that if we are to be made answerable for all the misconduct of the powers that berwe can provide no cloak broad enough to cover such it multitude of sins. Resolved, That we repudiate that sort of De- mocracy which is in rrtor‘r:ssron—love for the People. and unlimited devotion to their inter- ests—but in PRACTICE. :1 general scramble for the contents of their pncksts. Resolved. Tltat the same reckless extrava- gance which predominates at Washington. char- acterized our opponents in administering the go- vernment of Connecticut. anti that we can see no jttst reason for creating a debt of $30,000, which the last Legislature was compelled to pay ottt of monies. that would otherwise have been distributed among the towns of the State. Resolved, That the members of the last Gen- eral Asscmbly. are entitled to our warmest thanks for detecting many flagrant abuses in the finances ofthe ,Sia,te—,parIicularly in thejndicial departtnent—.-and that we are nttt at all surpris- ed that those who have been concerned in plun- deringthe public. should heap unqualified abuse on the authors of the exposure. Resolved, Tltat the title to the public domain has been vested in the Government of the United States as a sacred trust. to be dispensed for the equal benefit of the entire Union, and that any violation of this trust would constitute an act of perfitly, alike disgraceful to our National char- acter, and destruction of the highest and best interest of the People. Resolved, That we are particularly admon- ished to adopt measures for the preservation of thisimmense estate. by the fact that ntttclt of it was acquired by the treasure and blood of our ancestors, profusely expended iii a deatbstrngglo for liberty. Resolved. That we view with alarm the insidi- ous efiitrts of unpriocipled men, to induce the Government to make partial. unequal. and uttjtist dispositions of these lands. and that all such schemes shall heresfterrcceive uucotnprotnitting opposition at nttr hands. Resolved, That we t-onsitler the Qrsdpatittn Bill which recently passed the Senate of the United States. as fraught with tttiscltief both in the old States and ttew-,-and that any essential reduction of the present moderate price of the public lands, will tie! only be a wanton sacrifice of property, but will also do injustice to purchas- ers at the existing rate; and will tend unduly to encourage emigration from the old States, and to depreciate the value of real estate all over the Union, and will serve only to administer to an inordinate appetite for gain in those whit would by improving these lands. speculate ttpon the wants of the present and future generations. Resolved. That a rigid adherence to the exist- ing system ltitberto so successful. is the only safe tenure by which we can hold our interests in the public domain. and that any measure the effect of which is to break down this system. will soon be followed by others still more pernicious. un- til spol,iat,iit_n becomes the order of the day, and the whole property is sacrificed ioilic unreasona- ble demands of the new States. Resolved. That oitr Senators in Congress. by voting irt favor ofthe Grttduation Bill now pend- ing before that honorable body. berrayedi their cottstituents-treated their known wishes with contempt. and did all in their power to alienate and throw away a birth-right of inest.in_ta,b,le val- ue: ,Resolved_. That our Representatives were e oally faiihless in favoring that incqttitable and impolitic tneasure, and that Coitnecii_cu_t t_nust station very .diffe_re,nt st-ntinels at Washington it she intendstbat her pnratnttnnt interests ttltttll be adequately guarded attd pt'.otecte<l- . Resolve.-d. That we will resist the p.l'(tj€Cl of using the public lands as capital to furehrr the aothit_iou,-; views certain intriguing politicians. though one rntiy be schnt'iti,ng “to ensure his re- election to t,he CI_l.l,e,f ntagisiracy. anti another grasping at the successorship. and ‘Jodi by art ap- peal to the sordid passions of the human heart, and we are greatly mistaken iftltc rights of the old Stat.es,can be sacrificed with impunity iopnr- chase the political support of the new. Resolved. That we deplore the failure by an act of despotism totally unexampled in ottr his- tory. of the libernl,Bill for a distribution of the availsof the public lands among the States for the pt-riodof five years. which the Hon. Henry Clay was principally instrumental in carry- ing through both houses of Congress in 1833, un- der the provisious of which Connecticttt would ltave received over 81200.000. and that we be- lieve ifthat measure ltatl been carried into effect. it would have been found so salutary in experi- ence ss to be perpetuated by the irresistable force of public sentiment. Resolved, That we acknowledge with the liveliest emotions ofgratiinde, the untiriitg seal. the ceaseless vigilance, the ttndauntod resolution and the signal ability with which this eminent statesman i-has deifentied. against immeasurable assaults. some open. and others disguised, our common right to this inestimable property. Resolved. That the citizens of this State are deeply interested in the adoption ofthe measure . of ttisi ribution as the settled policy ofthe govern- ment. as it will not only make it necessary for the federal authorities to practice a salutary economy, but will also create a fund of many millions of dollars, by which the resources of the State can be devcloped through the agettcy ofittternal improvernent—ihe people exonerated from every species of public burthen—tlte _b_les_s- ings of a good education. made co-extensive wjiit our borders, and be enabled to Uansmit to post- terity ottr invaluable instit,utjons greatly invigo- ratedand itrtproved. _Resolved. That _considering the immense in- terests _which the people of Connecticut have at stake in this subject, it be. and humbly is, earn- estly recommended to them. one and all. to go to the polls and vote for tnen to represent as in Congress who will consecrate their time and la- lents to the vindication of those interests. and who will use every exertion to convert an estate which ltath hitherto existed in expectancy, into one of actual fruition. Resolved, That the determination ofMr. Van Buren to force through Congress the sub-treasn- ry scheme, in opposition to the strongest mani- festaiiorts of public sentiment. evinces that he is actuated by an arbitrary, despotic. and anti-re- pnblican spirit, and that he is unworthy to be the ruler of a free people. Resolved. That we view with dismay. the no- constitutional, high-handed, anarchical and pro- fligate steps which have been thus for success- fitllv resorted to by the majority in the Senateof the State of New York to prevent the appoint- rnentintbe mode provided by the laws of that State ofa Senator to fill the vacancy that will be occasioned by the expiration of the tertp ef Se- nator Tallmadge, to whom the warmest thanks are due for the manly and patriotic stand which measures which were, set. on foot and attbmptedv to be carried by the administration party to w’ iclg, he belonged. ‘but from which he with s lsrgqn” __ bodyofhis fellow-citizens felt constrained as meg S ' of intelligence. independence and patriotism tot; .3 secede. ‘ \‘ Resolved. That the dintinntionlof Executive‘ ‘ patronage is essential to, the prcservationpf our. liberties. and therefore we cordially approve of the proposition to confer the appointment of Iliad’. Secretary of the Treasury and Postmaster Gene-, ’ - ral. upon Congress. ’ 1 Resolved. That we are alarmed at the smart} , which are making in Congress by the Atlmt"nio- " tratign party. to defeat the passage of the "law ‘ there proposed. to punish the interference ofgov. ernmeut officers in elcctia-tns—con,duct prohibited ” under severe penaltieg. even by the ntonarcbfof Great Britain-expressly disallowed by Mallet‘. l fcrson. during his Presidency—disconntennnull’ by every fortner virtuous Chief Magistrate of our country-andteodtng in the strongest degredrr to demoraltze the electors--and‘ prevent a free, andindependent exercise ofthe elective franchise ' Re‘-‘0IV8tI. That we consider our comtnotif schools as among our most valuable institution ' and we cordially approve the wise and pftlrio; eflitrts ofthe last Legislpitjfe to ;m,,,,m_e the . etiorts which we doubt not will be secoitdetl lg? In the euligh'ened citizens of Conneipiiictitpin gpi‘. ti ofthe opposition of artisans and derni.gogues \ Resolved. That i te warmest tltanks are dtio to the distinguished individualsfwltn compo" our State Qdmittistatioo. for the fidelitv with l S bf their which they have discharged the dntic respective oflices. aitd that we have no doubt i but that, in spite of petty malice, and I'8CI§I€§§ _ falscltood.the ltnnest—checring Salutation owe“ ’ done good and faithful sert:an(s" will rtisitttnd ftotn the ballot box. on the 1st Monday in April next. Rettolvcd. That we will prosecute the regenerating the government to a glorious cop,- su_m.ntation--thnt having purified our State'AcI- ministration. we now turn to Congress. and will not cease our efforts. till integrity, talents dii. interestedrtess. altti love ofcountry. I their proper place in our \ ‘ —I ‘t I W05}: of shall occupy-I National Councils, and ’\" political rrtalefactors are consigned ignominiously ,- to private life. , _ - . O; THOMAS K. BRACE. Pruidcnt. . /I’ Hit.-vttr DUTTON, ’ E. CHAMPION B.Itco.'t.' ; ’ Hxavrzr Russr:r.r.. I’IL'..‘ll’.Y G 'l‘.titt1'os. \ f Secretaries. I VV.\sntrm't‘ort's iitxrri DAY.-—ft will be spot; . by their aulvt-rtisement, itt antttltcr column. that, the Columbian Band propose to give a Citrtcrr; at the Town House. on Friday evening. H1922“ P inst. \Ve have three very good reason; r.,r.,,,. " ticipating is crowded house. The occasiott or; which the Concert is givsn—th‘e anttiverttmv of the birth-day of the Father of his Country: the countenance and encouragement which is this to ’ /. l. N" ‘(,8 - ax the very worthy anrlcnir-rprising young gt-nile. men who compose the Band. and the ltintlablq purpose in which the avails of the Ct)n(.‘Pl’l are to be applied. certainly present 8 tttrttng nppttug to the patriotism. the public-spirit and the to... ~ nevolence ofthe cornittitztiiy-—an appeal which we trust. will be most cordially and liberally re-I sponded to. I ll‘/zc G'cnllctnan‘s Jllagazine. for Febrttsry. is ‘I; I-‘ On Ourlablc. and is iii no way inferior. in poiitt of II’l.ICffl,I!,l 8;?-tl elegance, to any of its pTPLIf.‘(‘.f'B_' ‘ sors——or contentpor.-trin_-, ‘V- -~:~--: crowded state of Ol - ,cxt¢tt_de,t,l notice. 0? .\Ve are rel 2.-,._, _ .»:_~_.,-...ieu to post. A pone the publication ofthe doings of the Conso.r- vative Convention which incl at Fnirhtrltl on the ', Gilt inst. 'l'ltt~.ir nnrninatiotts. (which we pub.‘ 53. lit-lied last week.) of Mt-tuber of Congress. and , Shcrifi, some of the \Vhigs consider but little better than ;.lot.','nrigltt abduction; inasmuch as Messrs. Osborne and Ferry are two 0 .~:‘t. f our very.’ v best and most popular men; and. what is still worse, pcrhapstlte very men that the W7tig.r would have nontinttictl. had their Cottvrotiori been held first. For ourselves. we tnttstsay, that ifihe \Vliig Convention should happen to ~ ntakc the same nominations. we very much fray that there will itot he enonglt of Loco Foeci.tx:i,:" in this County left for seed! v Q?" “In have been obliged to abbreviate the account ofthe orgattization anl proceetlings of; the \Vltig State Convention. [which we liars- I. takcn front the Pallatlium.] in order inlay ii bs- \ 4, fort: our readers this week. The address we in ‘ shall publish next week. if received in season. IVilliam L. Slorrs. of Midtllciown. has been nominated by the \Vhigs ofthe 2d Congrcssinno -- al District. as candidate for Member of Con; /qi greats at the ensuing election. l “}IIo'm'(or" is received. and will be aiicndpq to as soort as the press of political matter will admit. I V J Mr. Clay‘: Speec/t.—We copy from the Ex- press the following remarks upontltis last cfibrt of that eminent statesman, who “ has again thrown himself into the breach to mediatein the great cause ofthe Union." VVe wish that it was in our power to spread this speech immediately , I’. before our readers. But we must defer its pub: A , lication until we have fi_n_islted tlt_at ofll_Ir. Wise; .- .-__'“I The el_o_quent exposition by Mr. Clay of his_ . ‘ views upon‘ the Abolition of ‘Slavery. has been‘ read by thousands iii the community, with. we ( , hope. universal satisfaction. Mr. Clay issboiit’ - T the only man of eminence from he Slavebold- » ing States. whose views upon this subject would- reach every reading man in the non-slavebold- ing states. and be impressed with a salutary vigor upon his memory. What he has said, with Mr. Joltn Quincy Adams npontlte subject,’ is calculated to arrest hasty conclusions. and to,-‘ temper public opinion in the North, East and West. The unwise disposal which Congress makes of Petitions on the subject ofslavery. Mr. Clay" acknowledges. What his abstract. views are- upon the subject of slavery. every body knows,- who knows any thing of the history ttf his life. They only then can disagree with hisgeneral'_ conclpsi_ons. who forget that this Government of ours is but a Government of limited Powers-—: that our Union is but a Union of C_onfed_era_ted \ States for specific pnrposes—a_nd‘ that in the’ J v t ) framing of the Constitution, the Fathers 'of on; 'r country recognized the existence nfslavery, and ‘t‘_' adopted it even as a part of our Representative -. form pf Federal Government. It is very true, ~ we can upset this Constitntiomand ravolntionige if it again_.if we think it worth the cost; but as long as we live under the Constitution and lam'.,, we niust be obedient to their bebests. If now after these expositions" we have bad he Itasialten against those ruinous and corrupt frotn I-lenry Clay sad J. Q.’ A'_cl'ums, . : -
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