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" en- . , congress has no power to restore and defend the rights of her citizens. hav t,.

ot truth abiding ln them. Confess has power to protect th nation against foreign invasion and internal broils, aud whenever that body passes au act to maintain riht with any power; or to - restore right to any portion of her citizens, it i3 tue svtr,s LAW OF THE T.AXn nnrt l,.,1 I i-

. . "" auuuiu a siaiy rWlUSCi

submission, that state is guilty of insurrec tion or ipbeliion, and the nresi,1Pn w .

mach right to repel it, as Washington had to march against theVhiskey boys of Pittsburgh' or General Jackson had to' send an armed force to suppress the rebellion in South Car

olina. - . -, ,-.;

io ciose, i would admonish lmfr

Jon let your "candor compel" vo'u - again to

me upon a subject, great as the salvation ol man, consequential as the life of a Savior.

oroaa as uie principles of eternal truth, and valuable as the jewels of eternity, to read in the 8th section and 1st. article of the Constitution of the United States, the first, fourteenth, and seventeenth 'SrWriflP." anil -n,t ornrr

"limiled powers' of the federal government, what can be done to protect the lives, property and rights of a virtuous people, when thf! administrators of the law, and law makers, are uoboughi by bribes, micon upted

by fear, and unrntaminatedbv f jnlin" al

liances even like Char's wife, notonlv unspotted but unsuspected1, and God, 'who cooled the heat ofNcbuchaduezzar's furnace, or shut the months of lions for the honor of a Daniel, will raise juur mind above the narrow notion, that the general government has no power -lo the sublime idea that congress with the presideut as executor, is as almTghlv in its -sphere, as Jehovah is in his.' .With gi eat respect, I have the honor to bo your obedient servant, - - JOSEPH SMITH. . non.(Mr)J.C.CLHor;x,Fortir.ll,S.C.

THE JOURNAL.

'NotCsciar'i wcnl, but that fnomc.'

'ftir-ADYERTisr.ns, yearly 'and al! otliera, are reifrred to ,.ur fust page fr.r i.yma, '&c, from which ii. licviaiioii will be made in anv case.

THURSDAY, : : : FEBRUARY 22, ISil

'.'- FOR. PRESIDENT, HENRY CLAY, OF KENTUCKY. V

STATIC ELECTORS.-: ; Henry S. Laue, of 'Montgomery; Joseph C Marshal:, jt JiiTtrsou. . DISTRICT ELECTORS. 1. John A. Brackeuridc, oi Warrick 2. James Collins, of , Floyd : .-. - 3. JoLu A. Matsou, of Fioiiklin; - , 4. Samuel W. l'urkcr, f Faycite;" ' 5. Hugh' 0A'cnlr of Marion; . 6. George C. Duiiu, of Lawrence; 7. u. W. Thompson, of Vigo;

0. Job a r. Biddle, of Cass: 10. Lewis S. Thompson, of Allen. (KrAX APPRENTICE wanted at this OJfice. A lad from 1-1 to 1G years of age trho ca,i come well recommended can obtain a desirable situation hy applying soon.

THE 22. CLAY "CLUB. This is tho day recommended for a gentiai meeting of tite Whigs in each county a day of all others the most appropriate. The Clay Club will meet at the Court House at 2 o'clock. P. M. Dent forget the hour.

CONGRESS.-rTho Bill to refund Gen. Jackson's fm, was taken up in the Senate on tho 1 itb,aid passed by a votaofUO to 1G. The House of llrptesentattves by a strict

pity Tu'.e, lave admitted tLe members .from the State of Georgia, New Hampshire, Miss-

'iM'ppi and Missouri to thwir seats. '(vf-The reader will find on the first page the addie;s of the committee appointed by the Whifc members of the Legislature for that purpose. We ask tho honest of bosh parties to give it a careful perusal. We also publish on the first page, a very

interesting correspondence between Gtn. Joseph Smith, the Mormon leader, and John C.CiiliOiin.. '"" fc-The last rumor from Washington is that President Tyler has determined to appoint Martin Van Buren to the vacant seat

on the Bench of the Supreme Court. If Tyler does such a thing we hope the Senate vvtil refuse to confirm it. We have the strongest desire in . tha world to see him laid on the shelf in a contest for the Presidency.

t I .! !

The "people owe nun a cent ' mey are anx-; io'ua topny off. DICK JOHNSON'S LETTER. As we published Mr. Calhoun's letter, we think it nothing but right that old Tecumseh should be heard also, the reader will therefore

Ilease look in an adjoining column ior uick s letter to the -democracy. It will be sceu , thnt the old gentleman is not at all particular ho will taLe the Tresidency or the Vice Prsidency, just as the dear people shall decide. What patriotism!

DEATH OF GOV. NOBLE. We neglected to notice last week the death of Governor -Noble ol our Stale, lie died- at Indianapolis on. the 2nd instant, and was intered amid the lamintations ot a sympathizing community, who honored him for his talents and loved bira for the noble qualities of his heart.

WABASH AND OHIO CANAL. We 'publish to-day the proceedings of a meeting held at W ashington, Daviess county, Indiana, on the subject of the Wabash and Ohio Canal, from which it will be per

ceived that our iriends in the interior are fully alive to the importance of the project,

nd have set forth iu their proper light, the true grounds upon which the grant of lands is asked for, and rightfully expected from Congress. --, -

ve have hitherto refrained from a discus- i made apparent

sion ol the relative merits of the two schemes for extending the Erie and Wabash Canal to a natigable point on the Western waters,

because we did not wish to embarrass the success of either measure, while there was a prospect of both receiving the aid of Congress. But as' it seem3 now decided that

one or the other must succumb,-it is hi"h

time for the friends of the Canal to speak

out in its behalf. We shall therefore proceed to state, as brio.My.as we can the reasons why the Canal should have preference.

In the first place, the certainty of its ac

complishing fully and entirely the great end

for which the thoroughfare was intended, viz: the opening of a direct inland communication between the lower Ohio and .Mississippi valleys and the Northern Atlantic cities by way of the Lakes, forms an argument iu favor of the Canal which the warmest triends of the River cannot impeach. Let the Canal once be ch..-f!, and the whole question be comes one of dollars and cents of ditch

ing, embanking, bridging until the work is done and finished effectually, permanently, certainly, as two and two make four. Now

can any unprejudiced man say the same of

Hie River? -Have not all the reports which have been made upon the subject, expressed doubts of the practicability of any plan for making the River permanently navigable? A reference to .Mr: Burr's Report, in 1S37, which is very properly alluded to by our hiends al Washington, will convince any disinterested reader that he at least had little hope of any great improvement ever being elTerted in the general course of the River. It is a fact, established, too, , by his report, that the friends of the River themsehes had so httle confidence in the possibility of improving the channel in the lower sections, that they had suggested a ship .canal' from the Grand Chain to .Mount Vernon? thus cutting off a portiou of the River entirely, aud had actually obtained a survey of the route, with the estimates of cost, &c, which arc given ia full in the .report. This being CUSP, can any one suppose for a moment mat ' Hit Int nds ol Hie ' iuver would have suggested the consiruciion of a ship canal,

estimated to cost over two and a half millions of dollars, if they had believed it possible to render the Wabash navigable at a cost of six hundred thousand dollars as itis

now asserted cau be done; or, indeed, that

they would ever have proposed such an improvement at all, unless from a strong conriclion of the utter impossibility of doing any thing with the River. This proposition to supercede the River by a ship canal the most cortly of all improvements furnishes as strong an argument against the improvement of the River as need bo required, since it is a direct abandonment of the question; but strong as it is, we are willing to overlook it altogether, and try the River by its real

nutits.

works, and probably the whole washed awa to support the claims of" the friends Competent engineers have declared tM 1ne Wabash- and Ohio Canal, in such would be the result, and wVknow thsP'1' aPPlicatT fr ,h? Unsold. !aad3t ,ia . , , e Vinceniies district, that our . interest be many gentlemen residing on the Wabash aiWaiei in his action n an m.lrTnendent and

deeply interested in its improvement, havolated measure, wholly disconnected with

admitted the correctness of these predicts ot a sniiilar character. lions. - ' ' ' Resolved, That it is the deliberate opin- . r .u tit . , . a of this meeting, that a very large majori- ' Compare he Wabash with anv of the ti e i V i i r 1 t - "UJ OI uie "of the citizens of this Congressional disversof the West where the slackvyater priuct, are decidedly in favour of the compleciple has beeir applied, and the unfitness o,uol'ie Wabash & Ohio caual to the Ohio the stream for such improvements is at onccer' as beiaS altogether of more public

liio Kentucky and Green ,

rivers in a neighboring State have been suc-Ecsohed, That our Representative in

cessfully improved by locks and dams. Botlinnr0:iS be instructed to lay the resolutions are narrow deep streams, with well definedopted by tuis.meetiaS before Cong'css,aud , . y . . . .... pmpily urge immediate action upon the unchanging banks, rising up boldly from theme ' surface of the water, and in many places ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 1844. tianked by continuous and towering walls of . Tr T ... r. . ,r ...r, 'pi . --n j- . , the Hon. J. V. Davis, Jl. C. roClf. 1 llf! r.lirrpnt la fiYPrl in ifo UaA -.. '

., , i-ii i- , , . Srjs: Being appointed a committee, by a t lie .flams, innnitott nr rrrL- nn.-l rko nn,l v- o ri J

, , . . , . . rge mass meeting of the citizens of Daviess rocky shores, defy the action of the most an- , . . ti

gry floods. 1 he same is true of the Licking. ... . 01- . r .i , , . . , - ashingtou, on the 3d inst., for the purpose and Monongahela rivers. In all, the chau-i . . . . , , , . ,' . i expressing its sentiments in relation to nels are unchanging, narrow and deep, the' T , , Bmi. . t A ft i i ti fi- , A e Wabash and Ohio Canal, to draft a combanks bluff and lined with stone. Nature i . . .... , . , unicatton to you, expressing their views in made them natural canals and art has onlvl , . f, . , , r ,r,, ,T 3 lation to this matter, as well as to lay belulfilled their destiny. Yet with these! , ,. , , , i ,

FIRST GUN .FROM MARYLAND. An elecliou for meiabers of Congress took place in Maryland on yesterday week. In the fourth Congressional district, comprising

the first seven wards of the city of Baltimore, the majority of Kenncdy,the whig candidate, is 583, in an aggregate vote of 11,183. In the third Congressional district, composed of the 12th, 13th, and 11th wards of the city of Baltimore, Baltimore and Carrol counties,

and Howard district iu Ann Arundel county,

partial returns give a decided majority for

Wethered, the whig candidate, and a great whig gain since the last October election. Mr. Kennedy's election is an important and gratifying triumph, for the combined lorces of the Locofocos and Tylerites made a desj perate effort to beat him.

destiny.

streams, the broad,1 shallow channel of the Wabash, winding its way through sands and alluvial flats and changing its current with each successive flood is compared, and because the shekwater principla has been successfully applied to them, it is declared sus

ceptible of similar melioration. "-

We shall in our. next present the claims

of the Canal for the consideration of our

Delegation in Congress and the people of Indiana generally. ; t Below will be found the proceeding of the meeting at Washington alluded to above. OHIO AND WAD ASH CANAL, GREAT MEETING OF THE PEOPLEPursuent to previous notice, a large and powerful meeting of the citizens of Daviess County assembled in; the . court bouse in

Washington, Feb. 1st, 1844, in order to make a more united effort to instruct , their Representative in Congress to use more vig

orous and energetic measures in support of

the claims of the friends of the Wabash and Ohio Canal to a grant of land from the General Government,to complete the same from Terre-Haute on the Wabash, to Evansville on the Ohio River, although the evening was disagreeable, a large number of respectable citizens attended from all parts of the county: On motion of AbnerDavies, P.M.

Brett was called to the chair; the President!

on taking the chair made some complitnen . ; . 1 . . I ' I. .1 V T

larv n-iiiMKS ininn mniMinit tnr - nr

re you the proceedings already had at

id meeting, we herewith transmit to you c same, and proceed further to carry into

feet the wishes of said meeting by address-

g you especially.

Sir: We are duly advised that you are the lairman of the committee to whom this im-

brtant matter is referred ;that you are in favor

Vivin? to the Wabash the lands in the Vin3nnes, Palestine and Shawneetown districts;

k so much' thereof at will accomplish the

mpletion of the improvement of the Wa-

"ish, as contemplated by that interest; that

iterthis is consumated, you are willing to go r fri-cm'? the balance to the Canal. To this

e obiect.

Idaim to the lands in the Vincennes District

'2nd. Because, in fact, we believe, that he Wabash is not susceptible of improve-

knent by slack-water navigation; its sanity

bottom, its alluviate soils, its low bank, its overflowing forbid it. If dams were constructed across this river sufficient to accom

plish slack-water navigation, the inundation would be increased, and more than probable

the river would be forced to seek new chan

nels, leaving the works thus constructed on

dryland; to prove the correctness of these

conlerreu or him

On motion of Col. G. " Roddick, Micheal Murphy was appointed secretary, assisted by Alfred Daviess, Esq., which prevailed. f Capt. Joseph Warner being called on,arose and explained the object of the meeting in a

few shoit and pertinent remarks, well timed, &, to the point, proving the fallacy of the ar

guments advanced in a meeting held in Vinccunes sometime previous, styled a voice from the Wabash, where the argument went on to show the propriety of improving the

Wabash in preference to the completion of

the canal, impressing on the minds of every individual who who had the good of Daviess county and the community generally at heart, to be up and a doing, for now is the time for action. On conclusion our senator,

! .. Davis, arose and made a powerful appeal

According to the Reports of Surveys, made I stating that our Representative in Congress

by the Engineers, aa-also the Report of the Si.ite Boaid of Internal Improvements, the Wabash River runs through an extensive valley of light alluvial formation, but little elevated above the bed of the river, and subject to constant inundations during ordinary periods ot high water. ?The general absence

of stoU'?,and the lightness of the soil composing the banks, render them liable to constant changes one side yielding to the force of the current, while the other is receiving deposits at some point immediately below.

1st. Because we are opposed to have our

Interest thus blended aud jeopardized with

hat interest, which claims for itself,the lands

!n the said three land districts, and which to

"The Fever is cp."- The Statesman ofi

last week says that twenty-one thousand copies of Mr. Owen's speech on tho Oregon

question were disposed of at the Globe of

fice within three days after its delivery.

"The fever is up," says the Statesman

pray it may not carry our member off, at least

any further removed from his duties to Ats

constituents than they at present find him

By the bye, we propose publishing this splended effort of the "Oregon member" in

i our next; The dear people ot tms district

may feel sonic anxiety to know what has become of the gentleman the y sent to Con

gress, and it is our duty to give them the in

formation. Mr. Owen does not expect a

favor of the kind from one "in the habit of

calliug him a locofoco," but what of that?

We know what we are about, as he will be likely to find out one of these days. If Mr. Owen will send us a copy of the eulogy on his sneech which he is nrenariusr for the

Statesman, we will publish that also. Who says we are not accommodating?

Questions havR arisen, however, and are likely to arise again, upon the extent ofiis powers, or upon the line which separated the functions of the. General .government from those of the State Governments; and these questions will require, wherever they may occur, not only firmness,bat much discretion, prudence and impartiality in the Head of the National Executive. Extreme counsels or extreme opinions on either side would be very likely, if followed or adopted, to break up the well adjusted balance of the whole. And ho who has the greatest confidence iu his own judgement, or the strongest reliance on his own good fortune,may yet be well diff dent of his ability to discharge the duties

of this trust in such a manner as shall pro-

mote the public prosperity, or " advance his

own reputation.

But, gentlemen the otnee ot president ia

quite too high to be sought by personal solicitation, or for prirate ends and objects, it is

not to be declined if protlered by the volun

tary desire of a free people. , ,

It is now more than thirty years since you

and your fellow citizens of New Hampshire,

assigned me a part in political aaairs. niy public conduct since that period is known. My opinions ou the ' great questions, bow most interesting to the country, are known.

The constitutional principles which I have

LETTER FROM MR. WEBSTER. The long expected letter from Daniel Webster will be found below. ' It is in an-

ay the most of it, is not tantamount to our swer to a letter from over a thousand citizens

port of Mr. Burr the principal Enginee r for

Ind.in 1837.

-3rd. Because, the amount already expended on the canal, the small amount, when

compared to what has already been expend

ed, it will take to complete the same, and

when completed, the great thoroughfare and

public highway, that will be opened, not on

ly to the people of the States generally but

for the troops, stores, ane property of the National Government, free of costs aud charges,

fully demonstrated, why our claim should be prefered to any other for these lauds ;and

further, the wasting condition of the work, beingsubject to decay, and perhaps totally destroyed, by thus being exposed in an unfinished condition, is another strong reason why speedy means should be adopted, and

of New Hampshire, requesting permission to

use his name as a candidate for the Presidcn-

Mr. Webster declines the intended hon

or, iu a manner alike manly, patriotic, and

honorable to himself. We take it from the

Boston Courier.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3, 1814.

Gentlemen: I hav received you letter

requesting "permission to present my name

to the People, as a Candidate lor the oince

of President of the United States, subject t6

the future wiso,deliberate action of the Whig .National Convention of ISil." - .

endeavored to maintain, are also known. -Jf

these principles and these opinions, now not likely to be materially changed, should recommend me to further marks of public regard and confidence, I should not -withhold myself from compliance w;lh the general will. But I have no pretensions of my own to bring forward, aud trust that no friends of mine would at any time use my name for the purpose of preventing harmony among thosa whose general political opinions concur, or for auy cause whatever, but a conscientious

regard lo the good ot me country. -It is obvious, gentlemen, that at tha present moment the tendency of opinion among . those to be represented in ,the Convention is generally and strongly set in another direction. I think it my duty, therefore, under existing circumstances, to request those

who may feel a preference for me, not to indulge in that preference, nor oppose any obstacle to the wishes of political friends, or to

united and cordial euorts for the accomplish

ment of those wishes. , . ' .

The election of the next autumu must in

volve, in general, the same principles and

the same questions, as belonged to tr.at ot ,

1840. The cause, l conceive, to be the true

cause of the country, its permanent pros-

Deritv.. and all its Great interests; ,tue

cause of its peace, and its honor; the

cause of good government, true, liberty, and the preservation and integrity of the constitution, and none should despair of its success. ' - V-'. : -

I am, gentlemen, " - with sentiments of sincere regard, . you obliged and obedient servant, :

To Messrs. John Have:, John P.LTMAN,&i tnhers. ' , 4

expression of the grateful feelings awakened by a letter, containing such a request, so very numerously signed, and coming from among those who have known me through life. No one can be insensible to the distinction of being regarded, by any respectanumber of his fellow citizens, as among those from whom a choice of President might be made, with honor and safety to the conuiry. The office of President is an office, the importance of which cannot bo too highly estimated. He who fills it, necessarily exercises a great influence, not only on all domestic interests of tho country, on its foreign relations, and the support of its honor aud character among the nations of tho tfarth,but on that, which is of the very highest import lo the happiness of the people, the maintenance of the Constitution itself, and the prosperous continuance of the Government under it. Our systemsare peculiar; and while capable, as experience has shown, of producing the most favorable ri suit , tinder wise and

Mr. Van Burcn is "determined to stand

"TJae-'TlicH-4

iairorTjox.-

mond Enquirer says it has seen a letter from Mr. Van Buren in which be alludes to the rumor of his intended declination, and pro-'

nouuees a an 'uue report.' we never centred that Mr. Van Buren would iake'.'tha. chances of an election, if fbr nothing ele,to keep Mr. Calhoun off the track. If the saga of Lindenwald must lose, he 13 determined .u i i ivT..n::. i,ii v..

to win. . , -j' j.,-' . -

By the constan; operation of this process, j bridge

would perform his duty, and he had every

confidence in his integrity, believing that he

would not oppose the interest of a majority

of his constituents. 11. A. Cleinonts, ex-

Representative, also made an address full of fire and good argument, iu support of the claims of the Wabash and Ohio canal. Ou motion of J. Warner, a committee of six was appointed to dralt resolutions expressive of the wishes of the meeting. viz: J. Warner, Abner Davis, R. A. Clements, John Van Trees, Alfred Davis, A. S. Trow-

the fostering hand of die Government solicit- cautious administration, they are nevertheed. And in fact sir, the great object had in j less, exposed to paniiiardangers. We Inve view, by Congress when it appropriated, so ,wenty States, ea,h pressing Ub- ' 3 - . 11 . I in use f ooweis o! foverniiicnt. limited or.lv

generously, lands to that portion of the canal j by he fjl.stitutiun ofi!.c United Statcs;and

which lies between lerre Haute and the Laker which was to open a perfect, safe, cer-

through a broad plain of alluvial land, the river has in many places changed its bed entirely, leaving inland lakes and bayous, often two or tferee miles distant from the river, where once the main channel existed. Such being the character of the stream and

we believe no unprejudiced man will dispute it the idea of attempting to improve it by artificial means seems almost preposterous. In its general characteristics it is more nearly assimilated to the Mississippi than any ri

ver of the West, and no one, we presume, would be willing to contend that it was practicable to establish any permanent works along the course of that river. We venture to say, too, that if the judgment of the residents along the Wabash who have for, a long series of years been familiar with the changes of the river could be had, it would be

conclusive against the possibility of making any permanent improvements. Admit that wing dams are made to change the current and to wash off bars, the particular spot is improved where the bar existed, but a new bar forms immediately below, . Construct

full dams with locks, and during the floods,

when the river spreads beyond its banks

new channels wille cut out around the

The meeting then adopted the following resolution, to-wit: ' Rcsohed, That the committee are instructed to draft a letter to our Representative in Congress instructing him to use his speedy aud energetic action in behalf ofthe friends of the Wabash and Ohio canahin their

application for the unsold lands iir the Vincennes district, and that they report the same to this meeting on Saturday the 3d inst. at 12 o'clock. ... Saturday 12 o'clock," the cominiUee ap

pointed to dralt resolutions presented the fol

lowing, which were adopted by acclamation, together with the subjoined letter. 1. Resolved, That the Wabash and Erie canal, in every sense ofthe term, "a national work,'''' and that the original intention of Congress in granting a donatiou of land to

construct a canal connecting the waters of

Lake Erie, with those ofthe Ohio at soma natigable point on the Wabash river, never

can be carried out short of a continuution of

that canal to the Ohio itself. That there is no navigable point on the Wabash river above its mouth, which fact is admitted by those who ask a donation of laud to make it so. Ar d that the Wabash never can be made navigable by slack-water is evident from the reports of all the engineers who have made the necessarv surveys.

Resolved, That our member of Congress from this district, be instruced by this meet-

tain and sure Canal navigation, from the waters ofthe north to those ofthe south, canrot be carried out and perfected, short of the completion of said Canal. We, therefore? in behalf of the citizens assembled at said meeting, without distinction of party, do insist that you bestow your undivided attention to the obtatning from Congress the unsold lands in the said Vincennes District to aid us in the completion of said Canal, and that our application for the same be not cloged or endangered, by blending it with other and less reasonable claims. Respectfully,

J. WARNER, R. A. CLEMENTS, J. VAN TREES, . A. S. TROWBRIDGE, ALFRED DAVIS, . ,. ABNER DAVIS. Committee. ' The preceedings wer signed by 527 citizens. P. M. BRETT, Piest. M. MURPHY, Sec ' A letter from Washington says : The nomi nation of Mr. ITise was suffered to pass al

most 'by default.' It is believed there is hardly a Senator to be found who would say that he conscientiously believed Mr. W. a fit person for the place,or that he deserved it at the hands of any party, except that of his own, 'the guard,' yet such was the desire to yield to certain importunities and to get him out of Congress, that opposition was measurably withdrawn."

, OCr'e are indebted lo the obliging clerk of tho Fawn for hie Louisville papers.

we have a general government lo which is confided high trusts, to be exercised for the benefit of the people of all the States. It is obvious, that this di vision of powers, itself the result ef novel and incst dslicate political operation, can be preserved only by the exercise of wisdom and true patriotism. The Constitution ofthe United States stands on the basis r i" the people's choice. It must remain on tt.at basis, so long as it remains at all. The veneration and love, which are en

tertained tor it, will be increased, by every instance of wise, prudent, impartial and parental administration.

On the other hands they will be diminish

ed by every administration,w!,ich shall cherish local divisionsjdevote itself lo local interests,

seek to bend the influence of the Govern

ment to personal or partizan purposes, or

which shall forget that all patriotism is false

and spurious, which does not look with an

equal eye to the interests ofthe whole coun

try, and all its parts, present and to come.

l hardly know waat an American statesman

should so much deprecate, on his own ac

count, as well on account of his country, as that the constitution of the United States, now the glory of our country and the admiration ofthe world, should become weakened in its foundations, perverted in its principles, or falltiu and sunk, in a nation's regard and a nation's hopes, by his own follies, er

rors, or mistakes.; . . . - ' The Constitution was made for the good ofthe country; this the people know. Its faithful administration promotes that good: this the people know. The people will themselves defend it against all foreign power, and all open force, and they will rightfully hold to a iust and solemn account, those,

to whose hands they commit it, and in whose !

hands it snail be found to be shorn ot a smgie beam of ijs honor or deprived of a particle of its capacity for useSilness. It was mado for an honest people, and they, expect it to be honestly administered. At the. present moment, it is an object of general respect, confidence and affection.

When David Hcnshaw was eppointed Collector of Buston, some gentlemen asked him to retain one or two clerks who had

been long in the orllce. . To which - he locon ically replied "Not a Whig shall taste x single crumb that falls from the Jackson

table.'" This he uttered witr a horrible,

fiendish grin, that was enough "to appal the

devil." He then went on and carried his

i -n, .1-1-, !

t meats into execution, uut now mis ponucai

monster finds, most justly, "the poisoned chalice commanded to his own lips," by an almost unanimous rejection by the Senate.! Notwithstanding this, like ahungry leech, he sticks to office ender the pretence that the

President desires it, and this too, when it is

notorious that tho chief clerk in every de-

parment, ?clsas Secretary when the -princi

pal is absent or defunct.

MR. WEBSTER. The reader will find in our columns to-day a letter from -Daniel Webster in answer to a letter addressed to' him by one thousand gentlemen of New Hampshire, requesting permission to use his name in connection with the Presidency. It is entirely satifactory as to the course he will persue in the coming contest. ' The Nalinnnl Intnlirrnn'or enro . .

"The letter of Mr. Webster, which appears in the preceding columns, will bo read-every

where with the interest which, in the -minds

of all men, however personally disposed towards the author of it, must attach his oplnon public affairs. For ourselves, we find Mr. Webster where we wished and . expected to find him, ready to sacrifice all lesser :.i .: r., I i: ,l . l.

cunsiuerauoiis ior mo puuntgouu, nuu io u a.

success ot the cause wtiicii ne oeueves to. oe identified with it. Such were his sentiments in the last great contest for the ascendency of correct principles; and such, we now know

trnm himcolr -hiM wo nr"pr flmihtpn. ivmI

be his course in the. contest which lic3 .be-" fore us." , -

A Sly Hit. A Whig County Conven-

.. .-....j j 0 .. w.v...,... Resolved, That we approve of Gen Jackson's declaration, contained in his veto message of 1S32, that a "National Bank is convenient to the government and useful to the people and might be so constituted as obviate constitutional obieciions."