Norwalk Gazette, Wednesday, October 12, 1842 · page 2

-degree‘ of deliberation.

to public men.
"tinctly when the VVhigs will have more

--‘house of Congress.
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&c.; what is to become of them in this sep-
aration .7 Are they to be forced to resiau, or
will you givethem invitation and provocation
to resign? Our distinguished fellow citiz it
who does so high credit to himself and :0 his
€’o'untr'y'in' upholding the interest and honor
of his nation at the Court of London: is he
expected to come home and yield his place
to his predecessor or some one else? And
the _individual who addresses you: where do
his brother \Vhigs intend to place him.7
'G'ene'rally" when a divorce takes place the

..parents divide the children; I should be glad
to know -where I am to 20!

But I would not treat the matter lightly or
severely. I know that at such conventions
resolutions are never considered with any
Thoy are passed as
they are presented. Who the gentlemen
were who brought in these resolutions I do
-not know. Idare say they were respecta-

-, 'ble persons; but I doubt very much whether

they had any definite meaning in their reso-
lutions, or whether they very clearly per-
-ceived what little they had. They were
angry-—resentlul, desirous to make out a
string ofcliarges against the President, a sort

- ‘of bill ofindictment, as they concluded bv

pronouncing the penalty, a full and final
separation. ’

.Now._gentlemen,Ido not look on thisivitho ul
perceiving that they had a bearing,whether
inte'ntionul,or unintentional upon iuy proceed-
ings : & therefore I thought proper to take no-
tice of them. There are some topics on which
-it is my fortune to difier with my Whig
brethren; but Idare say they are right; and
I know that I am right in entertaining these
opinions, and in expressing them if I do en-
tertain them. They are disposed to [\O:l'
pone all attempt to do good to some future
and uncertain occasion. Now the Whigs
have-a -majority in each [louse of Congress,
-a strong majority, and, in my opinion, the

..—time to do good is now; that now should be

accomplished whatever remains to be done.
There are persons of more sanguine temper-
ament than I. ‘Confidence,’ says M r.Burlie,

---"is aplant of slow growth;” and it is true

when applied to public measures as well as
Some people can see dis-

power, and a better chance for serving their
country. Beyond the present, far on in the
future, these mcn see milder skies and hal-
cyon seas: the fogs and darkness which

"blind other men, dim not their vision in the

-leash
Now it was not an easy work to accoin-
plish what we have already attained. The

~ Whigs tried it long—they tried it in I840

and succeeded, but not without labor.—

. I do not believethey will find it easier now:

and I know that nothing but union can pre-
-vent the Whig cause from prostratiou. It
is not —and I say it in the presence of the
\vorld—it is not by premature and partial
and especially by proscriptiou and denuncia-
tory proceedings, that this great \Vliig family
.can be united. Do they know that they
-came into power asa party made up ofdiffer-
ing opinions .7 What did the country expect
from these complex opinions? Here were
extreme State rights notions, extreme Federal
notions, excessive Tariffand excessive Anti-
--Tarifi notions, what did the country expect?
.That-they should come together in a spirit
of harmony, of conciliation, of unity and
.sympathy—-and that they should seek to
agree and not to widen the breach. In this
lay the hope of saving the country from
the ruinous -measures which at that time
threatened its prosperity. The whole histo-
ry of the revolution of 1840 preaches concili-
ation and forbearance, and kindness and
friendship. and sympathy, and union.

Gentlemen, if I understand the matter,
therewere four or five objects for which that
revolution was undertalien. In the first
place, one great object was to attempt to es-
tablish a permanent peace between the Uni-
‘ted States and England: for though we had
no war, we‘ had perpetual agitation and dis-

-'-turbance. — What should we do? We needed

-men capable of knowing the future. and of
calculating with a degree of certainty the
chances foli a permineiit settlement. The
-accomplishment of this must be regarded as
one ofthe inost liiipnrtiint ubje.i'f.3; and I am
glad if it proves acceptable to the country.

The next question was concerning reve-
nue: the country was deficient in revenue.
It was a fact, a notorious fact, that the late
adininistration exceeded their receipts by
-their expenditures. thus running the country
in debt. and the government was found in
debt. Under the operation of the compro-
-mise act,the revenue was diminishing. Now
this revolution had for one object, therefore.
‘the supply of the revenue, and I hope and
believe that to a reasonable extent that object
has been answered.

And then the great interest of protection.
as incidental or consequent on Revenue, or
maintained by means of levying duties for
revenue. As to that much has been done:
audit will be found. I ‘think, that enough
has beendone.-and all the Whigs for its sup-

’-port deserve my thanks and your hearty

'-gratitude. But let us be just-—let us he just.
-The French rhetoricians have a maxim that
nothing can be beautiful that is not true: and

 I am afraid we shall see that much of our
juvenile orators will not stand the tcstof this
..criticism. - It is not true that a majority of

Whigs could be found in favor of it in either
We all know that—

'I‘ariff'—out and out after all it passed the

‘House by only one vote : and a good deal
-of eclat was supposed to attend it:

and no
‘little parade was made about some one Whig
who came forward to the rescue (as it was cal-
led)atcast that single vote. And now had not
every other gentleman that single vote of
your neighbor, the Representative from Mid-

—~ dlesex district,who voted for the tariff out and

out,’ just as steadily as did the distinguished
gentleman who represents this district, decide

ilbequestion? "He held the Tariff in his

hundsjust as absolutely as if he had the
‘Presidential Veto.

‘In the Senate it passed by a single vote
again. Could the friends of 3. Tariff have
"spared the two votes from Pennsylvania, the

“ohe from Mr.~Willia,ms of Maine. and that

'ofMr. Wright of New York .7 Let us ad-
mit the truth, and ,a lawyer will do that
when he helps his cause. ' The truth is far
-more favorable thansucb misrepresentations.
The truth is, a portion of the other party

came in to the help of the Tariff,and anim-
portant truth it is: for I ask you as composing
a part of the Intlll:l.l'Ilil)S, hardly men of New
England, as caring for your children and
their livelihood, if you would wish such .i
great object as the protection of yoiicindus

try made a n.ere party objr-ct-rising as
party rises. and going to its grave as the
party goes down. It is a national question
-—the utility of a Tarifl of protection,and lct
ill p'll‘lII‘S support it, because, thoughl hope
the ascendency of whig principles may be
perprtual, yet I desire to take for the. Tariff
a bond and security, more durable than ain-
my hopes of the perpetuity of the Whig
party.

Let us be true in another respect. This
Tariff has accomplished much. Ihonor the
-nembv-rs who passed it. But what has it
done .7 It has restored the country in regard
to protection to where it was before the ope-
ration of the compiomise actcoiniuenced, and
it has done no more. It has repaired the
consequences ofthat measure. I may speak
ofthe Compromise Act. My TURN to speak
of it has come at last. I can truly say that
no riieasiirc was ever passed which cost me
so mucb grief as that VVe heard the mo
tives-of that act presented. VVhy if by mo~
tives gentlemen mean the personal motives
of those principallyconcerned, we deem thcm
pure—as all public men are supposed to act
from pure motives. But if we look at the
professed or-it-cts of the law-—-if we look at
what is written on the whole transaction, if
we see what the law expresses on its face, if
these are its motives, they are, as motives.
still worse than the operation ofthe act itself.
It is explained in its action, every line is full
of it, every circumstance atteniliiig it is full
of it; the object was neither more nor less
than to impose for all time, a restriction up-
on the Li-gzislatiire in regard to levying.’ flu-
ties withcut any change of the Constitution,
It was in fact to insert a prohibitory clause
in the Constitution, that after 1842 no duty
should be laid which was not according to
an observed horizontalism, and excel ding
20 per cent. I say now, as I said thin, that
the principle is false and dangerous: it ad-
mits a new feature into the adinini.~tration of
theGovernment and the laws and the country,
only with n spasm and a three, can ever get
rid of it. II.-isn’t it done this! Yet thank
God it is got rid of. The present Tariff law
is sufficiently discriminating, holds to coin-
mon sense. and rejects the principle of the
Coinpromise act I hope for ever.

Another and original object under the
re\'0lulion of I840 was the restoration of the
currency of the country. Our troubles did
not begin with a want of money in the
Treasnrv; they did not begin with the ope
ration oftbe (.‘.oinproi‘nise ac'._ which coin-
uieiiceil in I833, and has been contracting
ever since. There were other causis of the
troubles, and while they remained, even if
the Treasury had been full. and the Tariff
and Prnto-cti\'e_ policy undistttrled, yet still
provision was made for it bl-ttei‘ Cll|‘l't'IlC‘.', of
universal validity throughout the land, the
great cause could not be removed.

I At the special session of Coiigress, the
Secretarv or the Treasury. Mr. Ewing sub-

mitted to Congress a plan for a national
bank, founded upon the idea of a large. capi-
mj m,,d,, up by private subscriptions and
havingthe pn\\'('r lo PXIPTIVI Ils‘ branches all
over the country. I need not avert to the
circumstances of its presentation to Congress

It had received the approbation ofthe. Pres-
ident and was concurred in by every mem-
ber of the Cabinet as the best that could be
done: for as we said, circuit.-stances had
placed in the first place the g(’nllt‘lI'l‘dll
whom we all thought good enough for the
second——nnd his opinions were different from
ours but fixed: and we deemed it a pait of
wisrlnm and prudence to see. how \\‘(! could
get along as well as mli_7lil_I)(1 llI'ltIt’l' the (‘II"_
cumstances. Mr. Ewing’s plan was sent to
Congress as it has been (li‘Scl‘ll)t‘(l—t’XCt-pt
the bank icutiltl not establish branches in the
State without the consent of the States. Now
Ihad no idea myself that there was any
necessity for such it provision——as it was at
most mere tllt-~or\'-—tlmttgll [never ivniild
agree in anv case with the doctrine that the
omission to exercise a power is a surrcnd.-r
of the power. I-Vhat was done .7 Doubts.
were expressed as to whether the institution
could go into operation; many were doubt-
ful as to obtaining subscriptions. What did
we do .7 We sent to the commercial cities,
the principal towns in the country and ask-
ed gentlemen of known skill and capital to
come and consult with us about it. They
expressed doubts, but hopes also, and pledged
themselves to do the best they cotilil; and
as the community was interested in it and
the adminstration was fresh and popular-

they were earnest to have the bill trir~d.——
hvhat, was the TPSIIII .7 It was sent. to the
Senate and rejected. Another bill was

brought in—divested of this theoreticdif’l‘"icul-
tv, it was discussed two months and then it
was found that it would not pass a Whig
Senate.

I will not pursue the unhappy narrative
ofthe Session of I8-ll. Men grew angry
and resentful. I saw the storm arising. and
endeavored, as far as I could. to bush it. I
expresscrl my opinion freely to the two Sen-
ators from M-issachus--tts, and advised them
ti give men time to cool-—to let a concilia-
{inn take place, and harmony be i't'Stnrrd if
possible. I am bound to suppose rnv advice
“-,,5 not good ; ii ct-rt,-ginly was not followed,
and the consequences I need not tell you.

;']‘he snhjpct came up again atthe last ses-
sion, and the President sent in to Congress
the plan of an Exchequer. The measuri-
received but little favor, and it is necessary-
fnr mp, lest the whole burden of displeasure
should fall on others, to say that it IIIFI with
my hearty. sincere and entire approbation.

Gentlemen. I hope I have not, during my
publiclife, had an overweening confidence
in my own judgement, or been unwilling to
defer to the betterjudgement of my friends.
Btit there are some subjects in which, Icon-
fess, I have some respect for my own feelings.
The subject ofthe Currency has been the
study of my life. Thirty years ago,‘ a little
beforeil entered the councils of Congress,
the question of the nature of a mixed curren-
cy and the relation of specie in a currency
became with me a matter of consideration.
And Idiscovered a debate upon a motion
introduced into Parliament by Mr. Vansitta rt,

during the_suspcrision oftlie Bank of Eng-

“_1:1

land, and while her notes were I5 per “pill

below par; it stated that the batik nlln. “gs
worth just as much as its face juuffpj-[pd /to
promise: that the bank note had riotijep.-tci-_
zitr-f.l, but that the bill lloti liacl rlsi nl L,_y(l_
Liv--rpool, Lord f7astli-reagh, Mr. Roi‘ an,’
other members of Parliament espoiised tr-ll
side of the question; and on the (itll‘l‘
side were ariayerl the strong lieasoui-II
powers andthe logic of Mr. EI0l'rlp_..r’ uni]
the practical good sense of Mr. A\I'axa”“-If
Baring, now Lord Ashburton, I Colh-tss ‘hat
the study ofthese papers made me it'gu[|j0n-
ist. I concludedrtiiat paper notes and _-if
culute safely only iihile they contintl.d to
be redeemed in gold and silver at the mun.
ter wlii-nce they were issued. ;
The next year, Congress at its _sessi)n,
found the fIl]IIIlCt‘S of the country in‘.\dt.p\o,-.
able condition. I beliive I had l't.‘il(iv(»v¢i|'y
valuable work on the stil-jeet on eithi~._ Sid.-
of the Atlantic, and had closely obscrild the.
laws of paper currency as exhibited ‘during
the different epochs in this coiintrr, non;
l8ll to the present time. I had vprissed
my opinions at various times in Cogress.
some of which had not bein fiIISlfil(.l)y5ub-
sequent events; ill (I I must be permiied to
entertain quite as much confidence oh. that
subject, in my own opinion,as in the fippnnt
paragraph of at debatei'.—-—At:d I lillfi the
r»-sponsibiliiy ofsaying, that the nll‘iT=ure
then submitted to Cong ress was the hes:-and
the only mes-sure for the adoption of Con-
gress and for trial by the people. I am
ready to stake my reputation-—nnd it iall I
have to stake--—upon it ; and that ifthclVhig
Congress will take the measure auggive
it it fair trial, within three years it iii he
admitted by the whole American poop‘; to
have proved the most bi-iieficial instition
-.-vet‘ est-ablislied, the constitutional l0iil§Ulll\'
excepted. Urirlerstand Hit‘, take it as i_is—a's
it came front the consideration of the Cabi-
net, not as it was after Cougrcss had hello to
work upon it. For wlicn they strucl out
the power of governing excliaiigcs, ii nus
not worlli a rusli--—not uoith the ["(1l'Cmenl
on which the law would have been eitioss
ed. The great desire. the urgent in-iisshv
of this country is a CUl‘l‘t‘I](Ty'-—ltl('llfy 6|
exchange. You work for the penplcpf Al.
2lI)'.l[IlEI-—Illt'y plant for you, and yuii; want
acoinniou medium, to equalize (It'll and
credit with the same velocity as .~lviiuitraus«
ports men and iiiachinery. You im. not
got it-—you can’t get it but by the attlomy
and permission of the Goveriiinent—3m-vei-,
never. You \\ ant a large and liberal‘. pro
vision for exchange, and wiiliout 1l)lS,lé\'ou
cannot reach the. goal at u bicli you ‘iiirn,
How will you do it? I need not say ly n
Batik ofthe United Stat» s, based upon pri.
vate subscription ; for that is out of tlic’~jues—
tion. The man who pursues that, fotows
an obsolete idea. Suppose it law should
rstablish a Bank, with :1 capital of fiity
millions; who will stihscribe to it‘-. what
will you give for sliares? It is eiitig-iy our
of the question. Take it, then, for puposes
of local discount-—s-ay in State sue. t; <1, you
want this unt-axed capital to inake ~\'0Ul":dj5.
counts. .-
Well, wbatshall we ever have? for It»
pcat it, many gentlemen propose to do noih

i”g—i-ml m lmslponu Way lllins “ll :2” ‘ll~“‘l‘l"lv. It is our duiv. so far as is in our

incoming of the Jews. Is not iiug to e m,,,_,. M . - . '. .
7 7 _ F J _, _ P -_ rouse public feeling—to m-tllll:itl'i

ullemllled ' “ be” me Exc lellmr ‘N5 “"‘l ilsslsi l‘° beneficial influence ofl-iw :.ii'id

presented to Congress it was assailed fron
all quarters.

soiue good might come of it. But it had n,;,_,h;_;;mj whm_,j,,.,n., A” mwmnmpm ig
Ill’-l“.\' ‘l'll“~“"“l Cl“5S*"" Ol °PI"””~‘“l5' S“"‘“ of the reptile and if lln Si. fee -_l‘. ti
said it would he a lifeless lllitClllll|.'.'*ll- \“°"l‘l their debts arid find no rel ti-ll irrilillrlj M
ll0l- "lo"? “l ‘llli Oll“-"3 Sald ll “'”ul‘l lmw ask how loner will it be lu-lifrrltli l \lliit'mml
l3)‘ lill" “'0 "ll*"5h lllei lli“'°"l‘l a"S‘""' ll” C1'overnmcnt‘will, lil'll't’lil1li'9il, Ii’!-ttillILll‘ill.tl‘l‘liltllIl‘
purpose of its creation——atid that \\‘2l.i to dyhls. \ ' ‘ ‘
l’l''‘' l"”“'l ll I do not say what the Consiitiitionnoihhr

increase. Executive powt-I‘.

King leg, and the other King St‘I‘jH'lil. Uiie
lllLll('.-tletl it as a iarrilic giant of enormous
iuagnitiide, striding over and crushing he
lll)t'l‘llt'S of the country; it \'\OlllLl, ll1e'l‘t'l)l‘L’o

break the Coiistittition and tlierefore they

would oppose it.

merits coiitradicted, if they did not

corisidered, One n as afraid to do one thing

lest he should break the Coiislitution, and
another \\ as afraid to do another list /14:
should break it;and so they did nothiiig——

One man would not vote for a batik \\ ticli

had not the power to establish branches, last

he should break the Coiistituaiuii; ind
another would not vote for one which lad,
lest t/tat should breik it. They acted :ii.'e
a boatman, who in the midst of rociis. SIICIIS,
and whirlpools, should refuse to pull one
stroke for his safety, lest he should brak
his oar. But they stood looking forwird
in the time when restored c;mfidi-nce Slltultl
enable the batik to go into operation. \V?t't'l
will this be? Who-n prosperity returns? to
the country. That is when the €iiit’Fgt’zCy
is over. Meantiine they iiiten-.l to do nth
ing to save the ship from sinking till .-he
cliaiices of wind and wave shall drive h:r
safely oi. ihe shore. That’s the policy. ‘
Ha‘ is more snnguirie than I aim, who on
see any time when the W lll_L'S oftfiecouiiry
will have more power to uork, to t’ITt't'l.ilt’
grand ol»jeet—— restoration of the currerv
— than now. This very moinent—:-t tic
approaching Session, tbi: country calls in
the loudest voice upon the patriot not to pt
off'—nut to postpone, but to uiake the bst
use oftbe means in his hands. Here is a
measiire to which the President is pledgd
and which his advisers approve. Why ot
try it. and ifit fails let the Administratin
bear it. If you will not try it, propse
soiut-thing else. -
In the events which have liappenedl
ought to say and will say. because since.I
have begun I will niakca free C0l'IlInllI'lll'l'
tion. as man to his fellow man, of my optr
ions, that no one of my age (I aui nutamojg
the youngest.) has written :‘-nil spnlrli‘
more against the InlllS(‘l'lmln=if.'-.' use of :hl
Veto power than I; and no man’s opitioii
on that subject is more unchanged than «me.
It is uuivetsally known. I S|lpjl0St:‘-—iJn' if
not it should and s/tall be—-I/tat I arlise.-1
a.,g'ainst t/ic Veto in roll and e2.-er_7/ arise in
iw/tic/1. it has been. ezerciscri-by t/re Pi'csté2zt.
[Repeated cheers ] ’
But while I have done this I am not
willing to give up this great object for lhe
sake of making up acaseagainst the P.i'si-

I believe that one geiitleiiiaii
did get courage to say in its favor that he
did not know but after all, by some possibility

These Up;-Uslflg ai-__iti-
it-lite,
each other and coiiviticed tire that the [ion
could not he adopted or oven tt'iiipel‘:il.-ly

\Vhigs who in full pO:‘Sl'S5IflIl of power for
i"«'I'lilln 0l=ji‘t‘lS. attempt nothing‘ and it ill
tlIt‘I|ljlI. tiotliitlg. until tl)*'_v Cillt ct-nstilutiiin

Ilv gvi fill of the Veto. It seems like
inoc.l4ery of the exp--cttttious of the Wliigs oi
the Country.

Th-re is no probability that the Veti

ll"“'el' “ill t-'\’('|' be stiiick out of the Christi

iution ttlmgetlier. There must be some such
restraint in this as in other cases The
l"'°Pl“- Of New Ytii‘lr have (lt'lr'I‘l]lln9(I that
certain acts shall not become laws \\ liiilioui
11 WU’ of two thirds, and have thus itnpo.-‘rd
upon l-hemselves a SIIILIII-II’ restric'ion. The
ules ofthe 1-loose can only be siispeuvhd
by a vote nft\\'0 thirds. The V- to then is
no greater restraint than they lay upon then»-

relves,
Aflpf an the great ()l)_iP(‘lI(i[‘,s to this course
rccotiim:-nded by my \Vhig bretherien is.
that it is utterly hopeless “ilifl (‘XDWYS lit
see the day when this restriction of the Veto
shall be brought about? Be-fore restoring
prosperity to the cc.utiti'_v they must wait, for
an amendment to the Con.=ti=ution I uill
not say that this is triflin_i_r—l til it is lI‘i’iiflll"
the interests ofthe country with far too little
regard.

Irepent that now is the time, and the
\Vl.ii_rs in Congress are the men to accom-
plish" the great obj-~rt._- for which the people,
the Whig people have striven for the last ten
years ; and Ill» this is done there can be no
restoration" ofour former prosperity; and I
sav that in my opinion, the plan pl‘t)p."S"ll
will 6-fl}-ct that result Ifa lnt‘Clli.IllL‘ makes
:1 tool-an axe a saw, a pl:iu---- and knou S
that its temper is good and the parts propi-i'ly
constructed, he knows it will answer the
ourpose for which it was made, and I ktiow
this will.

On the other ol=j~~ct— to which I will bare-
lv allude—but which is one of so much
importance that I cariuot pass it by; I mean
the rnoriifying state oftlic public credit of
this Cuiinivy. I cannot help thinking that
iftlie Statesmen of past ages were ar;r:iin to
come aiiioiig us. if \'Vii.<i:im_‘-l0l') \i‘i:i'e heir
nnd John ,-\rl:ims,:in:'l I-I.-imiltunaud ;\"la-lison.
they would be deeply cunvcrnerl at the sud
choiige. i.hat has come o- er our public credit

I am in a situation in which I am obliged
to read, generally with pleasiire, but not
.-iln-ays, cooimuiiications from our agents
abroad. It is distressing to hr-urthem spi--alt
oftbe pain they feel at what they see and
hi-aréitlil of Ami-t'it'an credit. IV:-. have a
stock loan, the pics:-tit rate. ofwhich is I25
to the Sll\'l‘I' dollar. Is there nobntly to make
a movement. in this inatti-r .7 Is there not a
man in our councils large enough. compre-
hensive enough, to pri-sent the case before
the American people and show them llH'
iuevitzible conseqiienci-s ofthis loss of public
credit——I may say ofoui‘ character for mor
:ils and lioiiesty?

Some are so iridiscrcet astoialk of repudi-
ation Rt-'pl)(ll3ll(.‘ a debt l DOES Reputlizr
lion pay a debt? does it discharge the debtor?
Is not the law just as permanent and infl--xi
ble and enduring until the debt is p.-id or
discharged .7 And is It debt allways binding
in law and in morals? Our people slioii'd
not deceive themselves Repudiatiun only

“‘““a disreputable t1{‘l\'fl0\\'lt'(l_$_Yt‘l'1lt‘nI to tho-

I _ . . .
”"'l"l5- “ml ll“-serve our faith and (‘t‘r(IlI.-—-

P“”l"l'-’ 5“.V'lll“l_he int--lligcnt people of Eii~
mill’ “ll-‘—’l:l l” lll_5l"Q'iiish l)t“I\\ cen the State
and the G--rierai Go-..mm,.m, And sni|.,.y.

izes C-nnQ‘t'i-ass lit iln—.—l)tit OIIIV that ‘ii, tl«.,..
principles iecoguiz.-iil by that body he Ian“.
and the public l-in-‘i fund be really the prop.

Il7lp0rf(l'Ill_frnI)?., Te;ms—-—New Oilcnts

papers of the":27th tilt , cuiifirm the iut’~-lli-

gt-iii-e that $:iu Ant-.-trio ll.':S been taken by

the Nlexirzins. The following from the Gal‘
vo-stun Times gives all the pa l'IItZUl.tf'S 0II.IIt'

event le (.‘r'It'r(l .'-—- ll

S~|l'l Antonio was completely supprisi d, on

the II tilt. by thirte n hun-lred t\-lcxicans,
under Ge-tieral Wall. Fifty lhrig-3 nfthe
Dl'lt'l(‘lpil CIIIZUIIS taken. The Pi'ocl;nuuiion

of the presidt ni. lIt.':Iflt't'.l ‘The Enemy .-.\gain,’
oi-«i‘ers the marching forthwith of the .\liliti.
of l3rnzoi‘lu, . Alistin, Port Bend; Colorado,
Victoria, Gonzales. J:-li‘KS()tl and {VI -tagorda
(‘O-Jnlli s to hold themselves in instant read-
iness.

\Vlien Sm Antonio was taken, the Circuit
Court was in session, and the Judge and
office-rs of Court were made prison: rs.

The storm at Galveston was terribly
ilestrttctive. The eqiiinoctial gile ofthc l8th.
which swept. along the coast, had filled the
bay to overflowing; and by a suddrn change
and the great violence of the wind the SII‘l't'lS
ofihe city were submer-_'ed. Many fainilii.-s
were compelled to fly front their hoint-s at the
dead of night--but no lives were lost. A
new large Episcopal Church was laid in
ruins and a ,gre.it nnml.er of private dwell-
ings were seriously injured. The loss is
estimated at $50,000.

ARRIVAL OF THE C()LU.\lBIA.
Sixteen rlu._7/s fatter/‘7r»77z Europe.

The S-It’1Iltit‘|‘ C(lllltflI)l i; Capt. Miller, ar-
rived at Boston, at half past 5 o’I'.lock on

'l‘ti--stlay morning 2-4th.

From Liverpool to Boston she had 60
passcngu-rs, 8 from Liverpool to I-lalifnx, 7
front Halifax to Bo.-‘ton.

Cotton was rather drooping at Liverpool,
owing partly to the tins» ltled rela ions be

tivern the master workmen as the ripe-r:illvt'S.
Qlll=0ll Victoria hail rcitiriied from Scotland.
Lirerponl. Sept. 201’).--—Tlie news froth
Aiiierica. l'i'lilllVt‘ to the ralificatioii of Lord
_;\shhnri.~.n’5 treaty with the United Suites by
the Senate and the st lllt’ll)i'IlI of the Aiiierl

can tririff, has be. u much ('til!llltt'l’iIt‘l.I upon
in it-ei'c:intile circles and by the press. By
sou e, io-.pot'taiit and iiiimedi .te b» nrfits to
trade on this sile the Atlantic are pr--dict--il
lrotu theoperation uftlie latter tiii-nsurcs;
\\'IlllSl. by others the cou luswn come to,
respecting its practical working is not at all
fovoralili-, and it is confideiitiully asserted
that it will lH'llllt‘l‘ answer‘ as a question of
rev».-nue nor as :i pro‘-.ectiou to Americ ii
m:inuf';ictiii*vs. Theailjiisiiiicnt ofthe pioiuts
ol diffeieiice upon wliich Lord Ashburton
nos t‘lIlp(l\\'t‘I’t'(l to iicgotiatc lias been vic\i'-
ed with prc tiy vein-r.il salisf-ctiou. The
effl-ct \\ lllt'll ulll be produced in France by
the conclusion of the treaty \\ iih America
has bi en a point of inn-rx st and curiosity, in
illSt‘USSlllgll)t' merits of the qmstion; and
more i-spwially as it relates to the articles in
the treaty piovirling for the reciprocal right
of search for tliesuppriissloti of the slavi-
trade on the coast of A fi ica.

The Syi ian question is settled. The Porie
te. has recomiuo-nd«-d that I4"li:1ll()n shrill be
divided into two distri--i.~, and that the Mar
unites shall be govt-the-tl by a Cliristisin
I’rincc ofthe Shiaak l.iii‘.lllv, and tliv Dl‘l)St'S
by one of thi ir own Sheilis to he (‘It-'Cl.t't.l by
thi l1iSt‘lV(’S. Both these governors to be
plur-e..l wider the Turl.'isli Pacha of Acre or
Dimasciis The gre..t Eiircpean powers
are expert» (l to iigrcetia this ilrl'2]l'l‘_"f‘ll.t’Ill.

T/ic Ci-crissiruis ——Auother Victory.—
Accoitling to the Cr--z» tte do Midi of the IS ll
inst the Iitrssi us had experieiiceil :lIl()lllPl‘
chvck in Cii‘ca.~si:i. The lllSt‘lgt‘lll$ surprfs

d at night and cut to pieces at hotly of about
lO,l.‘i00 men. “I'l(‘ilt!ip.“fl tinder the nulls oi
\larga, and ma«.l:- tlix-ms:-lvrs ma.-tr-rs‘of that
fortress, which th. y «tit»-red tugelhi-r ii iih the
fiigiiivi-S Ne-iitly the \\ll(ili- of the irooys
in lllt’ Cilnlp \\'«-ri- put to the suord. and a
number of officers iv--re iii:-de prisoiieis.

 

beginning for some measure of rei_rular any

save their credit and the creditof the Peo-
ple,

I have (lr-faineil you too long, In my
_i'iflLiPiiient there ri-uiain certain iiriportant
--lijects. fit to engagethe :-It:-ution of hotl-
public and private men. Lei ftl" l‘t'Hlll'-(I
_vou ofthe questions with I?.nglarul——th.
pi'us+-cuiiou of the claims of our citiz--ns on
foreign governmr-nts——the question of recip
i'0i'iil trr'alies—tlie. colonial ti'ade—ihi-
most absorbing siibject-ofthe currencv and
the great subject of the restoration of the
naiiiinal credit and cliara:-ter. To these-
obiects I am ready to devote my life, either
in public or private station. I do not expect
Srentleini-n, that much of publ.c service re-
m-«ins to be done by rue. But I shall be-
read'.'. for the. promotion rifthose nhj.-.-is, in
act with sober men of any party, and ALL
parties. There is danger that patriotism in
:1 ivarm party contest may be merged into
party feeling. Ibelii-ve that among sol.-er
men this conviction is growing se-ttl:-d—fast
9i‘owin_r_r settled. that the great interests of
the Country require far more moderate par-

t)’ f"i’llii:‘S. more freedom for public
consideration; more honest anrl generous
union of well meaning men‘ of all sides to

uphold the institutions and the character of
the country.
In the pursuit of these object. in public as
in -private, lam willing to perform the part
assigned to me and to give to them with
hearty good will and zeal. all that yet re-
iiiainsto rue ofstrength and of life.

Joseo/i Smit/t.— By a comm unicaiion from
the above named individual, published in the
Times and Seasons ofthe l5th inst‘. we per-
ceive that, in order to avoid the pursuit ofhis
eneriiies. ‘both of l\IIISSOIll'l and this State,’ he
has f.'OI'1t‘lllfl‘-TI‘ ‘to leave the place fora short
season. for his 0\\l'I safetv and the safety of
his people.’ He promises to return when
he shall learn that the storm is fully blown
over.——A/Ion Tel.

 

At the close ofa political meeting in Aqu
akaiinnk. N. J. last. Saturday "evening, Mr.
Andrew P.rrsous. \Vl'iig. late Vice I‘residi-iit
of the Legislative Council, was vvouiided in
the left side with a knife or some other sharp
instrument. Two men oflhe opposite partv
have been arrested on suspicion of having
pcrpetratetl the act. Happily the wound is

dent. I cannot sympathize with thse

1

I
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city of the States ofthe Union. here is a

Cntisliiiitionul aid ivherel-y the States may

I to the spa-alrer’s st .nd

GREAT DA Y I UN L,Ui\VENTION.

Coricsponc/ence oft/ze Tribune.

The \\ big fire is v« ry l.ot in Ohio, and
llivie are no fears but it will be kept up
iiiitil its fervent li- at does its share in iiiak-
ing a Cfrl_7/ Presideiit.

You will scarcely credit my account,
when Istulv that the gathering in St‘{llt'lIll.)"l'
I8-1U. at Dayton: i\a.~: lziirly oiitstript by the
Ul-i_v Cuiiveiitioii at the .-nine. place yesterday.

The people were there nitntlit-ii‘ banners
tiiiluilizd and their pi‘incii-lcs legibly written
there» n. ‘A Protective Ta«ifI"—‘A United
States Bank,’ and ‘A Land Bill,’ were prom-
inent a : orig their inottoes.

It were idle for me. to attempt a full de-
Scfll-ll0n of this great assemblage. Imposing
as was the spectacle, with the diff»-i‘i-nt aili-
sans and mechanics at work at their profes-
sions as they pass--rl along—-it was evi lent
ib-at display was not the motive which proiiip~
ted their atti-n.‘l.inr-e; but that they were
determined to right the wrongs ofthu--ir Coun-
try, ai.d exhibit in the world their esteem for
the men who have always been true to their
interests. They had met to we-lcoine with
one voice the patriot of Ashland, HI’-2l\'R\'
CLAY; and-.-:8 .1f0U<l ilay it must have been
for him. ,
Mr. Clay was met by the different delega-
tions some distance outioftown, on the L--b-
anun turnpike, when, accompanied by Gov.
Corwiu, he proceeded at the head of the
procession through the principal streets of
the city. Arriving at the corner of Jeffer-
son and Third streets. l c. Gov. ("-orwiii and
Hon. '1‘. Elvin’-.'. mounted a st--nd to review
the whole line as it passed. On his arrival
there a band ofjuvrnilc singers. under the
(lli‘(-‘Clint! of Slln rpe. grin-[ed hi”; \~_-jtl.
songs in their b--st style. The lnrilu body of
the pr(it‘.t‘S<l()ll having past, Mr C-lav was
escorted by the Milit.-ii'v to his qu =it--is_.
‘\I-lv‘l':)l'l ll'lIt*I‘\‘.ll iif iln hiiiir nr up“: r(j_c'
llUl'l=”_" part of which time Clll Stone Haiti-
riir-i‘.'(Gov. Met--alf) froui K-iruckv. a-‘ldress
ed the ('.i'n\\'(l in front of the .'\'atioi'fnl H0'el.)
part ofthe living in--ss wended i. heir wav
I-Ii-re, those. who
could endure the pressure of this immense
Cmwil, and could get near r nough, \Vr'l‘c-
entertained by several speakers before Mr
Clay arrivrd. Mr. Ewing‘ nnririiinced to
the Convention the n mes proposed for offi-
cers, having previously uvatle a It'\'I’ remarks.
expressing his gratification and astonishment
to see such an immense ‘sea of beads.’ Ex-

not ‘dangerous.

Gov. Marrow was selected president of the

t
at the burying ground. found that the grave-
had just been stolen and filled by another
fum‘-ral. so they had to set to, and do; an.-
other grave.

meeting. fIS.\‘lSIt‘(l liv Ex Gov. VENICE and
'l‘riu-hle. Hun S. l3uriu-it, J—..bu Johnson of
Piqua, and others not r+'i'0llr-ct:-Cf I-Inn. J. J.
Ciiiienili-ii.aiiil i\lr. Aiivlteiis, M C., fium
I{- iitucky, ( he saiixe \\ ho saved the late
Toiifl bill ) also ad.tr- ssi-d the assemblage’
previous to Mr Clay’s arrivalat the stand.
In the. course of Mr. CriiI.enden's rt-iiiaiks
he ct-all»-nged Ohio to beat K- niucky in
l844—plt-(lglng as good it B:itl.e(‘ue to
Ohio as ih s one that they won, if Ohio's ma-
jority for Clay exceeded that given him by
Kt-iitiicirv.
Mr. Clay at length made his appearance,
\\'l'ilC.lI ivusilinllctl ullli enthnsia.-tic cbieis
froiii the crowd, Mt‘ R. C. Scni-rick of
Dayton, now re.-ail resolutions, iii’iiuiii:sling'
I‘Il-JNRY CLAY for Presirtent, and Joiis DA-
vis ot .\l:issachuseits for Vice Pl‘rSlt.lI.'tlI of
lhi-Se United States, offering also as a guar-
antee that Ohio would voteifor them in ’-14..
the reelectii n of Thorns Curuin Governor in
October next. Mr. Clay responded at length
waiting his own timt-(ifl understood rightly)
to commit himsi-lfos a cani!idate—contrast-
ing eloquently the principles of the two
parties which have (I|'VIlIt‘d. and-still divide
the American people To myself, as it “as
to nearly all the ‘crowd, this first opporziiiiity
to see and llrfll‘ liim “as highly gratifying;
and there we stood jammed together on all
sides, the perspiration pouring ofl our brows
like rain, eager to catch every word. But
all could not be thus graiifit-tt—thou-.ihtheir
robust frames and It(‘IIll.l'llIlI ('oIi3titutlu!!$
would have pr rmitted it. No speaker, not
even Henry Clay, (and his lungs appear ‘yet
strong.) can make tiiiiis--ll‘ heard all over
sucli a t'ru\\d. Many despairing to get an
opportunity to ht-a r him, left the city for their
llOlllt‘S suoii after his arrival nith the proces-
sion. ‘
When he had concluded. Mr. Ciittrndvn
again hiic-fly addra 5S‘.'lI tl‘.t’ Convention, after
which Gov. Corwiii, in be half of the Whigs
of Uhio. 2it'Ct‘plt'(I the clialli ngc given by Mr.
tlritt» nd- n in his ft)l'll'it'r r ll:ill’l\'S.
The day was fine until about 4 o'clock.
VVH then llflfl ii gentle slioiii-r, \\ Illt‘l‘l soaked
our C/CL.’/S0tlI{‘\\'II1Il.*— but which was a great-
cr aclu-l than an Ill(‘0Il\'t-'IlItIl"'tf
I ha vc h--and no estimate of the numl-er
prisviit. All :igi'i'c. \'Vliig and loco, that it
far exceeds the nuii-her iii I840.
John Quincy Ailams has been unanimous
iy iioitiiiiiiled for iceleciioii to fluiigross .by
the “ililgs til Illl’ Niirfulld District, llr‘I:iSS.——-
The vote was 1.'f7:{L‘l?0I:c, and the flt(‘lS:Dn
;-‘Puniani-ieiis. We trust the l’airi.ii'cli of the
Pilgrim District will long be spared to aid
the Country l.y his counstls and his patriot-
ism.
\Vi.- understand that an attachment was
laid on the Pl aenix I3-.ink of Charlestown
yesterday afternoon in l~t’ll3lll of the Com-
monwealtlt of Massacliiisetts, on account of
monies tlvptislti-'(l by the toll gatherers on «he
Cliai'lc.- River Bridge. The ainourit thus
dc.-';‘.0Sltt'tl we learn isahout $9,700 —Bos. Ma.
Rea.-arr] Ofrrerl—Govei~nor Porter, has
issui d a pioclamation. offering a suita-
ble renard for the appra hi nsiun and Cr uric-
tion of the persons who set fire to the Bridg-
es of the Reading Rail Road Coiiipany. The
Coiiipziny offer $l0U0, reward for their up-
prehensiun and com istion.
Hon. John P. Kennedy mvt with a very
severe accident-near Baltimore on Saturday
last. He was Illf0\\'H from his horse, and
my unable to move for some time, until he
\\ as zicciilctiially diocoveietf and taken home

on it lllIt'l'. 'l‘hough he uill he cot-finid to
his room sortie time, his recovery is not
(luubli (I.

(.‘nmu/zt.—'l"lii- British Govt-rnmrnt has
refused its consent to change the legislative
capital 0 Cauaila from Kin_«_~ston to Toronto,
and Q, ii-bet‘, four years alteriiiiti-ly, as has
been ieipn-sted.——'l'lic ;;I't'al cxpiusts caused
this refusal.

M r Jonathan Maltby of this city, took
from his garden tr-is we»-Ir, a carrot which
w igli--if live and a quarter pounds with the
iop——was i-igl‘it«-i-ii inch. s in ciicuiufo-rr-rice
\\ ltliiii at If-'i(‘ll()ll and of pi‘0p0l'lloitalIJlc
li'll'_'l.ll —N. 11. Pa.//.

The ship Westchester, \\'I'lIt'Il went ashore
on Hnipsir-ad Beach some time since, has
been got off, and uas hrouglit up last evening
by the steamer i\'I'utual Sufi ty. She had
experienced a good deal of damage.

The body of Mr. Webb. who recently
disapcaietl from i\Iii.ldlr-town, Ct has bi en
found on the beach at Clinton, where it had
been thrown by the title. -

The honary degree ofLL.D. was confer-
red on Prince Albert. on the I5 of September
by the Senatus Acadeinicus of Edingburg
University.

The New Orleans Bulletin of the 26th,
says :-—We learn that an injunction has
l'W(’ll issued at the instance of the Attorney
General, forhiddiiig the Citizens’ Bank to
issue any more of their notes.’

'1'/tree Mu,r(lc7'ers at Large.-—Goveriaoir
Reynolds has offered a reward of 8600 for
ihc apprehension of O. I’. Rockwell the
Mormon assassin of Governor Boggs, andi
Joseph Smith charged as an accessory; or
$300 for each of them. Also a reward of
$l-'30 fur Jziiiies Brattori, charged with ille-
iiiiiriler of \\'illiam Claybrook, and $l5&
for John Taylor, charged with the murder
of L D Bowen. .

Francis 0 J. S'!illl’I. late a Conservative.
has been appointed Post Master at Portland,
viee Silli-iiati R Lytrltlfl. Iwlllg) l"'"l0""d-
F O J Smith is a shrewed strong man, and
we suspect his "poverty but not his will’ con-
sents to 'I‘ylerism for a season. Mr Lyman
had just stopped his Whig papers. iii.cl trans-
l-ru-il his post office advertismeuts from 8.
Whig to a loco loco one, but all would no!-
Hn\‘\\'(‘I-'.

Spon,,(iin;,r—T/ie Last.——A Philadelphia.
paper Ii-lls of p--ople who wish to visit Illa-IF“
cv ineteries and avoid paying cab hire. They
find nizt a tune-.r..l. and volunteer to ride in.
i"Hll'I2lI_H-S. The New York Tattler remarks
that it ni-VP! heard of but one case that went
beyond this. Diirliiflllii‘ Slcl-iii-ss in Michi-
gan in I838. ii rii=in iii Toledo was about.
0 be buried, when his fri-nils, on arriving

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