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01d Cider Brandy.
- THE Subscriber has just re-
ceived a new supply of Old Cider
- ~*~,-;* Brandy, which is (Md, and of
' - - — a very superior quality. Persons
whishiug to get a supply, will do well to call and
examine ii, for such an article is rarely to be
found. Likewise a new supply of Cogniaie
Brmiidy, J zimacia and St. Croix
Rum, Holland Gin, &c. &e.
Joiiiv BUREALL.
Norwalk, April 19. 1844.
IGHT I-Ionse Lanterns, by lhe
doz or singe, for sale by L CLARK.
. . . ‘V L. 62- J. R. Peck has ° ist rec-ivol '1 I'll‘
Casual advertisements sent to this Ofiice,iiius'r izi: ‘ -ll ( ’( ' ‘ fie
Carpets ! Carpets I
0 assortinent of Carpeting, and will be
sold at prices that will pay those who are in
want of the above, to cail and examine quali-
ty nud price for tlicmselves.
Also. a liantlsoiiie lot of Puigs, which will be
sold unusually low by '1‘ 1.6.: J R Pl-ZCK.
South Norwalk, May 1. 1844.
of the
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MR, CLAY’S SPEECH, S
Delz'7Je7'ed in the City of Raleigh,
’ (N. C.) on the 13:7. 0fAp7'z'l1844.
Friends and Fellow Citizens. Ladies and
Gentlemen ofNortlt Carolina :
A long cherished ol'-ject of my heart is ac-
complished. lam at your capitol and in
the midst of you. I have looked forward to
this, my first visit to North Carolina, with
anxious wishes, and with high expecfatioizs
of great gratification, and I am happy to say
that my fond:-stonticipntions have‘. been more
than rt-alized. Wherever I have stopped at
the depots of railroads, in,country, ‘town or
Village, it has been my good fortune to re-
ceive the warmest demonstrations of respect
and kinda»-ss from all parties from both sex-
'os. and from every age; but no where, have
Imet, no where have I expected such in dis-
tinguished reception, and such enthusiastic
gr:-.». tings as those with which my arrival
here has been attended. I am rejoiced to be
with you this tioy, to stand surrounded by
you in the shade of this magnificent Capitol,
a noble monument of your public liberal ty
and taste; and while my greatful heart has
been W.l!mt3(l by the thrilling grasp -ofeuch
outstrt-tclied hand, and my eye cheered by
Published‘Every.\Vednesday Morning, by JAMES. REED, at Two Dollars Per Annum in_.-_1dvan_ce.~0ft‘.ie’e
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RWALK, CT. WEDNEs’p7AY‘, JULY 31, 1844. I
ltheir-sinister d_esig*ns. Political parties, ac-
cording to my hiimble opinion of their legit-
imate sphere of action. ought to be regarded
as nothing moreԤthan instruments or means,
in cflccting the great purposes ofa wise ad-
ministration of government; highly useful
when not factions, and controlled by public
virtue and p.tll‘l(tllSm; but, when country is
lost sight of, and the interests of the party
become parimount to the int.-rests of the
country, when the government is seized by
a pirty anil is not adiiiiniste-red for the bene-
fit of the people, and the whole people, but to
advancethe piirposesanrl selfish aims of it-
self. or rather, of its lenders, then is such a
party, whatever maybe the popular name it
may assume, highly detrimental and injuri-
ous. ’*
I am a Whig, warmly attached to the par-
ty which benrs that resprctcd name, from a
thorough persuasion that its pl'IIlCl[IltS -and
policy are bv st calculated to’ secure the hop-
piness and prosperity of otir common coun-
try; but if I believed othcrwis-*, if I, were
convincvd that it soughtthe party or individ-
ual agraudizemcnt, and not the public good,
[would instantly and forever abandon it,
wh atever u.ight'be the coos- qucnce to my-
self, or whatever the regrets u hich I might
feel in separating from veteran frit-uds. My
opinions upon great and leading measures of
» .
Senators.’ With that reasonable, equal. and
just act of Congress, every "Whig State,
whose Legislaiturejasse-mblcd in time after its
passage, strictly complied, and“laid off their
respective States .into districts accordingly.
‘But the four States. with Dr-mocratic Legis-
latures, of Georgia, Mississigpi, Missouri,
und New Hampshire. refused to conform to
the law, and treated it with contemptuous ne-
glect, and suffered the election of members
ofthe House ofRe-presentativcs toproceed,
in total disregard of its provisions. This
was a new species of nullification, not less
reprehensible than that which was attempted
formerly in another State. though admitting
of n more easy and peaceful remedy. The
remedy was to refuse to allow the members
rcturned from the four States, to take thcir
seats in the House of Re-pres:-ntatives, which
they had no constitutional or legal right to
rcvupy. That question the present House
of Ilrprt-st-nt:itives had to decide.
Bot it',u-as prrtlicled long before they as
semblrd, confidt-"ntly ‘predicted, that the mem-
bers from the four refractory States, would be
allowed to tailte their seats,thc constitution and
the law to t‘ e r-ontr.ry rsottvithstanding Why
was it so pl'r'(llt‘lt.‘(l .7 Was it not because it
was known, from the general character and
conduct ofthe dominant party, in the House
that it would not hrsiiate to trauiple under
1
on Hioy,t’s Dock,‘ West Side of the Bridge.
/\/\/\t\.4\,./.
. VOLUME 27-NUMBER 31.
States residing in the territory. Michigan
without the sanction of ii" previous act of
ty, to form a Constitution. and demanded ad;
mission ioto the Union. In appointing mem-
bers to that convention, ii great number o_f
aliens, as well as citizens of the United
States, were allowed to vote against the ear-
nest remonstrances of many resident citizens
Uunder these circumstances, she, applied to
Congress to be admitted into the union. No
one questioned or doubted that she ‘was enti-
tled to be received, whenever she presented
herself, regularly and according to low.-—
But it was objt-ctcd against her admission,
that she had assumed to at-tagainst all usage
without the authority of Congress, and that
contraryto the Constitution and laws of the
United States, she had permitted aliens to
partake of the elective franchise. The dari-
ger was pointed out, of allowing aliens un-
oaturalizcd and without renouucing their al-
legience to foreign sovereigns and pctentates
to share in that great and inestimable privi-
lt-ge. But all objections were unavailing;
the dominant party under the hope of
strengthening their interests, in spite of all
irregularity and in contravention of law, ad-
mittcd Michigan as a State into the Union.
THE DORRITE INSURRECTION.
In intimate connection with this case the
Congress, undertook upon her sole authori-.
the smiles and beauty of the fair daugliters of
North Carolina, who have honored this oc-
casion by theirjpresonce, I cannot but rt-joicc,
and I do rcjuice, that I am an Amcricaii cit-
izen; and feel though far removed from my
foot both low and constitution, if necessary
to the ziccomplslinient of a party obj: ct ?—-
Accordingly, the question recently came up
in tho House, and the members from thefonr
States we're admitted to their seats. And
subject of Dorrism may be noticed. _ Rhode
Island had an existing government of long
duration, under which her population fiad
lived happily and prosperous. It had cur-
public policy have become seitlt-d convictions
and [am a Whiggbvcause that party seeks
the establishment of those measures. In de-
tc-rmiiiing with which of the two great par-
LrhTES'E‘ NE
iniinediote home and friends, yet I trend ht-re
the soil of my own country, and am in the
midst of my friends and countrymen. and
ties of the country I ought to be connected, I
have been governed by a hill consideration
and fair comparison, of the tcndency oftheir
\\'l)-it fellow citizens, do you supposezwasthe
proccss of reasoning by which this most ex-
ricd her triumphantly through the war. of
the revolution, and borne her into the Union
as one of the original thirteen independent
iruorrllhnry result was brought about .7 Con-
gross. you have seen is invested with unlim-
itvd power to make regulations as to the
times, places and mnnncr of holding elections
or rt-prisi-ntativcs, or roller those which
might have been previously made by the
State L-'gisl:itures. There is nothing in the
sovereign States. Under the operation of it,
the pebple of no State in the Union. in pro-
portion to her population, had displayed
more valor, more patriotism and enterprise.
Dorr did not find his ambitious aspirations
suflicic-ntly gratified under this venerable
government. and he undertook to subvert ii.
respective principles, measures, conduct and
views. _ There is one prominent and charac-
teristic tliffere-nce between the two parties,
which eminently distingnisht--_s them, and-
which, if there were no other, would besuf-
fici.-ut to decide my judgment. And that is
can excluim in the language of the Scottish
hard that ‘this is in lt"9d my own, my native
kind.’ I own that I have been truly and
greatly, but agreeably surprised. I had ex-
pected to find some hundreds, perhaps a Icw
thonsmds. assembled here to meet and greet
Grace fiiore on Hm: ti.
DRYG-GOD S.
, _ . - - Ir - me. I did not expect to witness such an out the respect and deft-reuce u,n.ift-rmly display- , . . _ , _
J. GRUMAN cant be beat in selling cheap and Good Goods. ‘For piroq. of this the pourina ldid not expect to see the who“ ed by the cm and the disregard 6‘ contempt ,_,,.,,,,, Ofvme ,.,0“.,,,. whmh e,,,0,,,s upon Com Assemng me p,,,nc,p,e ma, every people
o public have only to call and exrtmine the very extensive cheap an e egant assort- 5. 5 grass to exercise (he whole of it, or none.—- have a right to alter, modify and change
exhibited by the other, to the constitution, to
the laws and to ' public authority. In a
country where a freejand self government is
established, it shgnld be the pleasure. as it is
the bunndrn duty. ofévery citiz n to stand
by and uphold the constitution and l-'|\\'S,ZlIl(l
support the public aoihniity; be-cause thvy
are /I-l:.‘_i‘ const":tution——/u's laws. and the public
authoiiity eminatt-s froui his will. I-living
concurred, by the exercise of his privileges,
State congrcgotetl together ; but here it isl
From the mountains and from the seaboard
—-from the cxtrernitics and from the center.
I see around me the sons and daughters of
the good old North Slatvl A State which
has earned this estimable title by the purity,
simplicity. and efficiency of its institutions-
by its uniform patriotism and inflexible vir-
tue; by its quiet, unobtrusive, and unnmbi
tious demeanor, and by its steady and firm
Consitlerations of obvious convenience con-
cur in leaving to the several States them-
solves, the fixation of thetimes and places of
holding these elections. In that, each State
may be governed by its sense ofits own con-
venience. without injuriously affecting other
States. But it is rliflcri-at with the manner
of holding elections, that is whether it be by
general ticket. or by the district system.—-
Il some Statcs elect by a general ticket, it
merit of Spring and Summer Dry Goods now oflieriug
at C. 3. ~G W AN S
West End the Bridge, N07‘-zval/5, Ct,
Merchants and all others who wish to obtain the greatest bargains ever ofibretl in this.Statc.
are requested to give me a call. My store has been doubled in size, as well as my stock of goods
in quantity and cheapness. Iain receiving Goods direct from the Auction Roomsin New
York, and will sell good goods much less than they can be purchased in this town. and enough
less than they can be bought in any oiher store, to pay my cuslanjers for the trouble of coming 50
their government whenever they think prop-
ei'—an abstract principle which, with cau-
tious limitations may be trne—without con-
sulting the rstablished government and the
public authorities, he undertook to beat up
recruits, to hold irregular clections,at which,
persons qualified, dead and living, were pl'C-
trndcd to have voted, and thus securing ii
heterogeneous majority, he procecdcd to
form a new Constitution and to set up it new
miles to trade with me as many do.
nothing for examining my Goods,nor urged to buy.
Silks for Dresses.
10 ns Chameleon striped Silks, very rich
For proof ofihis.give me a call. for you will be charged
The following are but few ofmy new Goods.
12 ps Plain, Black. from 56 ms to $1
uttachmentto the Union, of which it is one
of thejsurest props and p'lll2ll'S—-It noble title,
of which, a’thou«__'h it is not proud. because it
in the adoption of the constitution. and in the
passage of the laws, any outrage or violation
attem pt-.-d of either ought to be r("gi1rkll’d as
is not its nature to be proud, its sister States
may well envy and emulate her. Forthese
an ofic-ncc against the uiajvsty of-the peopl»-.
In an arbitniry and absolute gevcrnriient. the
'-lives to them an undue advantage overihose
StateS.\\'hit‘l‘i elect by the district system.-
Thc manner therefore of holding elections
was a fit sulject and the only fit sol-j-ct con
government. In the meantime, the legiti-
mate and regular government proceeded in
operation and prepared to sustain itself and
put down the insurrectionary proceeding.——
Dorr flew to arms and collected a military
force as irregular and heterogeneous as his
civil majority had been. But on the first
approach of military force, on the part of the
legitimate and regular government, Dorr
took to his heels and igncininiously fled,
leaving his motley confedcrates to fare as
they might. Now, It.‘ll()W citizcns, what
has been the conduct of the two parties in
mined in the grant ofpowrr, for Congress-
ional legislation. If Congress had Legisla-
tcd beyond that. it would have overreached
the convenience and necessity of the case.-
but the dominant party. in the present House
of Re=prcsent:itives, have strangely assumed
that Congress could not extreme a part of-
the granted power without the whole. Ac-
cording to their logic the mrvjor does not in-
heurty inunifesiuiions of your respect and cs-, subject may have some excuse for evading
teem, I thank you all. I t‘- ank my fair'th_e e~ll'J‘.5 and uknses olibe uionarch.bccnuso
countrywomen for gracing this nieeting"‘by th--y are not only promulgate-d without con
their countenance and presence. I thank suiting his will. but some-times against_the
you worthy Chief Magistrate for the gt-nelV -wishes and the interests of the people. In
ous maoncr in which he has represented that species of government, the power of the
your hospitality, [thank the various com- bayonet enforces a reluctant obedience to the
mittecs for the kindness and-iittcntion which law. with 11 free people, the fact that the
I _have‘receivrd atthi-ir hands, and paiticu laws are their laws, ought to supply in a
10 “ Plain Colored and Figured “ J5 “ Blue, Blk,figured and plain
6 “ Plaid Chameleon “ “ 10 “ plain gro de naps for 375 cts.
A Splendid Assortmeiut. of Hot Silks.
An elegant assortment of Neapolitan. Amaz II}, Toscan.Rulland,Leghoru and Straw Bonnets;
Ladies’ Dress goods of all kinds. qualities and prices; Shawls Ora” lllmlsl Mi|line'y G"0‘l5
in the richest profusion-—very cheap; the very cheapest. assortment of Broad Cloths ever offered
in this State, Summer slutls for .\Icn"s and Boys wearofall kinds.
clude the minor.
‘ Pilot Bread
Ingrmin Ca«ry1et'i1tzg'.
The host and cheapest assortment in this country.
Prints, bleached and unbleached Muslims by the case. bale, piece or yard.
\«Ve have here ,1_’lZlllCCll at a few of the more prominent articles, but our assortment comprises
Everything that can be called for in our lire.
Our thank are due to our friends and CtlSlt)inSl'SIQr their liberal favors for the past year.
the facilities which we have now of meeting the wants of the public. in a much increased stock
Stud a variety never before equaled in richness and beauty. we irust'they will find it [0 their inter-
est and agreeableto their inclination, to keep up their past business relationship.
Go
N e WE stablishmeiit
AT SOUTH N_ORWALK.
H E subscriber having opened a Gl'0Cel‘y
Flour and Feed Store, at the
Steamboat Landing. intends selling those
articles. wholesale and retail, at very low prices
for cash. Having many advantages for sell
ing low, which few oiliers enjoy, he is confident
that those who buy of him will be satisfied with
the price and quality of his goods. lfihey are
not. they have only to return them,antl have
their money refunded. His stock consists in
part, of the following articles, viz‘.
New Orleans. Porto‘ Rico. St Croix and
Havanna Sugars, in Hhds and Bbls.
Lump. Powdered and Crushed Sugars.
New Orleans, New Iberia 8: other Molasses.
Coffee.
Old St Domingo
Burnt
African
Old Java
“ Laguira '
“ Rio
Teas.
Prepared Coco Hyson Slain
Hyson Gunpowder
Young Hysnn Cliocolale
oils, Candles and Soap.
Souchong
Pouchong
Winter straiuedOil Mould do
Fall do do Bar Soap
Summer do do Castile do
Sperm Candles Fancy do
Spices.
Ground Ginger Cinnamon Cayen'3Pepper
Cloves Nuimegs Black do
Nutmegs Allspice Mustard
Ess. Pep’inint
Ammunition.
Precussion Caps English Powder
Flints Shot‘. -
Sundries.
Table Salt Dried Apples Sal Eratis
Sack Salt Wafers Letter paper
‘Rock Salt Segars Tobacco
Snuff Rice Starch
Sallad Oil Raisins Matches
Lamp Wick Bay Water Brooms
Blocking Qoills.
Provisions.
Bntter Eggs Mess.Pork
Cheese Lard Pork Hams
Beef Hams
Fish.‘
Shad Mackeral Codfish
Herring
Flour of various Qualities.-
Buuer Oat &. Corn do
Navy Bread ’ Soda Biscuit Cornnelle
Bost. Crackers Cornmeal Fine Feed
Ship Stuff.
Wood and Coal,
_N-_ B. All goods delivered free of expense
Wllltln three miles. . 24
From,
Farris For Sale !
_ One oftho first farms in Fairfield
County. in proportion to its size. is
_ , now ()l'Il;‘l'€‘Ll for sale. It is s'tuaIcd
in the town of New Canaan. about
one mile from the village. and consists of sixty
acres of first rate land, with a large new Dwel
ling House, and ofher buitlings Iher-eon. Said
fuiin is well watered. and has upon it a fine
young orchard of grafted ll'e€S..€lUd is replete
with every convenience, and well worth ilie
attention ofthose who are desirous of purchas-
ing. The title is indisputable. For terms. «Sac.
apply to Chas. A. Hanford, Ritlgelield; Chas.
lsaacs, Norwalk. or of Ilie subscriber. in New
Canaan. WM. Diiuiiiniotvn.
New Canaan. March 7. I844. II
For Sale.
A Farm containing between 90‘
and I00 acres, lying in Wilton
(Belden’s Hill) 4:} miles from Nor-
walk Bridge. belonging to the estate
ofHemy M. Holmes. assigned for the l)eD(‘I'll
of his creditors. Said farm is well pronorIioned_
into meadow, plow, pasture land and orchard,
and is under gocd improvement. On the prem-
ises are aconiinodious Dwelling House, two
large barns. &c. GILES GREGORY Trustee.
\V,ilton. April 27. 1344.
A fine Store to Let.
I To Let——-a fine Store in No.4,
Burrall’s buildings. It is very suit-
“: able for Dry Goods. or any other
. respectable mercantile bnsiness.—-
Possession can be given immediately ifrequired.
Rent reasonable. Enquire of John Burrall on
the premises. Norwalk, Feb. 13. 1844.
For {Sale
AT A BARGAIN.
A very convenient Dwelling House and lot
situated a short distance east of the Epis-
copal Cliurch, on the main road. and now oc-
cupied by Maliby Elwood. Said house was
built about 4 years since, and is two stories high
and in modern style. There is onthe-place,
a very good garden, with a large number of
thrifty fruittrecs of different varieties. Said
place will be soltl at a bargain. For further
particulars call on the subscribers.
HUBBELL &. Co.
Norwalk, Feb. 1. 1844.
SUPERIOR London Mustard. for sale by
‘ J A WEED.
UGLEs, B eads. &e.—A small lot of
Bugles, also Black Beads, Gilt and Steel
Beads, Hair Pius, Black Dress Pins. Patent
and Common Large Pins, at Disnitow‘s.-
fairly the committee who did me the honor to
meet uieon the borders of your State, and es-
cort me to this city. ‘
I am here fellow citizens in compliance
with your own summons. VVarni and re-
peated invitatioris to visit this State, and my
own ardent d-sire to see it. to form the ac-
q'l€tlIll:ll')t.'C and to sharethe hospitalities of
its citizens, have brought me into your pres-
ence. I have come with ol;iects E‘-‘iclusively
social and friendly. I have coniefon no po-
litical errand. I hire not come as a propa-
gundist/. I seek to change no man's opinion
to shake no man’s allegiance to his party.
Satisfied and content with the opinions which
I have formed upon publtc afiairs, after thor-
ough investigation and full deliberation.Iam
willing to leave every other man in the un-
disturbed possession of his opinions. It is
one of our great pnivileges. in a free coun-
try, to form our own opinions upon all; inat-
ters of public concern. Claiming the exer-
cise of it for myself, I am ever ready to ac-
cord to others equal freedom in exercising it
for themselves. But inasmuch as the man
ner in which we may exercise the rights,
appertaining to us, may exert reciprocally.
an influence upon each other, for good or for
evil, we owe the mutual duty of considering
fairly. hilly and disinterostt-d|y,all measures
of public policy which may be proposed for
adopfion.
Although fellow citizens. I have truly said
that I have not come to your State with any
political aims or purposes. I am aware ofthe
general expectation, entertained here, that I
should embrace the occasion to make some
exposition of my sentiments and views in re-
spcet to public affairs. I do not feel at lib-
erty to disappoint this expectation. And yet
must declare, with pcrfect truth. that I have
not and never had any taste for these public
addresses. I have always found them irk-
some and unpleasanit. Ihave not disliked
public speaking but it has been public speak-
ing. in which there was a precise and well
defined object to be pursued, by a train of
thought and argument, adapted to its attain-
merit.
POLITICAL PARTIES.
Without presuming to prescribe to any
body else the course he ought to pursue in
forming his judgment upon political parties,
public measures, and the principles which
ought to guide us, I will state my own. In
respectto political parties. of which I have
seen many, in this country during a life
which is now considerably protracted. I be-
lieve in the main, most of them think, or
have persuaded themselves to believe. that
they are aiming at the happiness of their
country. Their duties and their interests
well understood, must necessarily urgethem
to promote its welfare. They are it is true,
often deceived, deceived by their own pas
sions and prejudices, and still more by inter-
prompt and voluntary rally to the support of
the public au'.horiiy,a force more pe-aceful,
more powerful, and more reasonable th..n
any derivable from a mercenary soldicry.
It is far from my intention or desire to do
the least injustice to the party to which Iain
opposed; but I think that in asserting llle
characteristic difference between the two par-
tlFS which I have done, I am fully borne
out by facts. to some of which only. on this
occasion. can I refer, and these shall be of a
recent naturc.
THE DISTRICT AND GI-3l\‘l-IRAL TICKET
SYS'I‘H.\I.
The first to which I shall call your atten-
tion. has occurred during the present session
of Congress. The variety in the mode of
electing members to the House of Represen-
tatives of the United States. souie being cho-
sen by whole States, and others by separate
districts was long a siibjeét of de--p and gen-
eral complaint. It gave to the Sl:|lt’S unc-
qual power in the councils of the nation.-
Mississippi or New Hampshire for example.
by a general ticket securing the election of
its members to the House of R»-prescntatives
all of one political party, might acquire
more power in that house than the State of?
New York, which electing its members byl
districts. might return an rqual or neatly an
equal number of members of both the parties
According to the general ticket system, it is
impossible that the elective franchise can be,
exercised with the saine discretion andjudg-'
merit as under the district system. The c-
lectoi‘ cannot possess the sauie opportunity,
under the one system as under the other, of
becoming acquainted with and ascertaining
the capacity and fidelity of the candidate for
his suffrage. An elector residing in one ex-
treme of the State,-cannot be presumed to
know a candidate living at a distance from
him, perhaps at the other extreme. By the
general ticket. the minority in a S:ate is com-
pletely smothered. From these and other
views of the subject. it has been long a pat-
riotic wish entertained that there should be
some uniform mode of electing members to
the House ofRepresentativcs and of choosing
electors of Presidentand Vice President. I
recollect well some twenty years ago when
public opinion appeared to be unanimous
upon this subject. Well, the last Whig
Congress in order to prevent the abuses,,and
to correct the inequality arising out of the
diverse modes of electing members of t-
House of Representatives, passed an:_gc
quiring that it should be uniform fa: .
districts. This act was in conformity with
an express grant of power contained in the
constitution ofthe United States, which de-
clares that the ‘times, places and manner of
holding elections for Senators and Represen-
tatives sh Ill be prescribed in each State by
the Legislature thereof; but Congress may.
at any time. by law. make or alter such reg-
ested demtigogues, who cloak and conceal
itlations, except as to the place of choosing j
In their view a govern
merit cannot PXt'(‘lIl.e a part of a power with
which it is entrusted wi'.hotit it executes the
whole power vested in it. If the principle
be true when applied to :1 part of the Con-
stitution, it would be equally true in its ap-
plication to the whole Constitution; btit there
are many parts oftho Constitution that nr-vcr
have been and probably never will be oxe-
cuted. And iftbe doctrine of the dominant
party. in the House of Representatives, be
sound, all the laws enacted by Congress since
the coiiiineiicemcn: of the government are
noll and void. be-cause Congress has not ex-
ecuted all the powers of Government with
which it is enturusted. The doctrine applied
to the enjoyment of private property, would
restrain a man from using any part of his
property, unless he used the whole ofit.
-run CASE or new Jl-ZRSI-‘.Y-
The case ofthe New Jersey election is
familiar with every body. There the Vllhig
members who presented themselves at Wash-
ington. to take theirscats, bore with them
the highest credentials, under the great seal
ofthcir State, demonstrating their right to
occupy them. They had been regularly de-
clared and returned elected members ofthe
House of Representatives, by the regular
authoritics,.and according to law of the State
of New Jersey. Agrceably to the uniform
usage, which had prevailed in that House
from the commencement of the Government
and according to the usage which prevails in
every representative body, they had a right
to demand to be admitted to their seats and
to hold and occupy them. until any objection
which might exist against them should be
subsequently investigated. In the case of
the four States already noticed, it was impor-
tant to the dominant party in order to swell
their majority. that the members returned
should be allowed to take their seats altho'
elected contrary to law. In the New Jersey
case, it was important to the democratic par-
ty to enable it to retain its majority to ex-
clude the Wbig members. although returned
accordingto law. The decision in both ca-
ses was adopted to the exigency of party in-‘
terest. in utter contempt. both of constitution
and law; and it was worthy of observation
that, in the decision against the VVhig mem-
bers of New Jersey—members who boasts of
being emphatically the patroons and defen-
ders of State Rights, concurred in trampling
under foot the laws and authorities of that
State.
In connection with the subject on which
I am now addressing yoii, the manner of ad-
mission of Michigan into the Union is wor-
thy of notice. According to the usage which
had uniformly prevailed. prior to the admis-
sion of the States of Michigan and Arkansas
:1 previous act of Congress was passed, an-
thorizing the sense of the people of the ter-
ritory to be taken, in convention and regula-
ting the election of members to that ‘body,
limiting their choice to citizens oftlie United
respect to this insurrection which atone time
seemed to be so threatening. The Whigs,
every where, I believe. to a man, have dis-
approved and condemned the movement of
Dorr. It has been far otherwise with our
opponents. Without meaning to assrrt that
the whole of them countenanccd and sup-
ported Dorr. everybody knows that all the
sympathy, and encouragement he has re-
ccivi-d have been among them. And they
have introduced the subject into the present
House of Representatives. We shall see
what they will do with it. You can readily
comprehend and feel what would be the
effccts and consequences of Dorrism_here at
the South, if Dorrism were predominant.-»
Any nnprincipled adventurer would have
nothing to do but to collrcl around him a
mosaic party. black and white,-aliens and
citizens, young and old, male and female’,
overturn existing governments, and set up
new ones, at his pleasure or caprice. What
earthly security for life, liberty or property.
would remain, if proceedings so fraught with
conlusion,disorder and insubordination, were
tolerated and sanctioned.
REPUDIATION.
Then there is Repudiation——the dark'a'nd
foul spot upon the name and character—hotv
came it there? The stain has been put there
by the Democratic majority of thcLcgislotu:'e
of Mississippi. Under special pleas, and
colored pretexts, which any private man of
honor and probability would scorn to employ
,Illt‘y have refused to pay the debts of the
‘State——debts contracte.-cl by the receipts of an
equivalent expended within the State. The
Whigs of tha:State,who are the principal tax
paying portion of the population, with re-
markable unanimity, are in favor of preserv-
ing its honor and good faith, by a re-im-
bursement Ofllle debt; but Elbe Democratic
majority persists in refusing to provide for
it._ I am far from charging the whole of the
Democratic party with this shameful public
fraud, perpetrated by their brethren in the
State of Mississippi. Without the State, to
their honor be it said, most of them disap-
prove it; and within the State there are
many honorable exceptions among the
Democrats. _
Other examples might be cited to rove
the destructive and disovganizing ten ency
of-the character and principles of the Demo-
cratic party. but these will suffice for this
occasion. If the systems and measures of
public policy of the two parties are contrast-
ed and compared, the result will be not less
favorable to the Whig party. With the
Whig party there prevails entire concurrence
as to the principles and measures of public
policy which it espouses. In the other par-
ty, we behold nothingbut div-isioti and dis-
t_raction—t.heir principles varying at diflerent
‘times and in different latitudes. In respect
‘to the tarifl, whilst in some places, they are
proclaiming the free trade is the true Dem-
ocratic doctrine, and the encouragement of
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