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er depositories. The Secretary did not concur in that opinion, and declined giving the necessary order and direction. So glaring were the abuses and corruptions of the Bjnk, so evident its fixed purpose to persevere in them, and so palpable its design, by its money and power, to control the Government and change its character, that I deemed

it the imperative duly of the Executive authority, by the exertion of every power confided to it by tho constitution and laws, to check its career, and lessen its abilty to do mischief, even in the painful alternative of dismissing the Head of one of the Departments. At the time the removal was made, othercauses sufficient to justify it existed; but if they had not, the Secretary would have been dismissed for this cause only. His place I supplied by one whose opinions were well known to me, and whoso frank expression of iwiuitii HJ iiiu, aiiu .-.- 1 them in ano'her situation, and whose generous j sacrifices of interest and feeling, when uncxpeel edly called to the station he now occupies, ought forever to have shielded bis motives from suspicion, and his character from reproach. In accordance with the opinions long before expressed by him, he proceeded, with my sanction, to mako arrangements for depositing the moneys of the Uuited Stales in other safe institutions. The resolution of the Senate,'as originally framed, and as passed if it refers to these acts, presupposes a right in that body to interfere with this exercise of Executive power. If the principle be once admitted, it is not difficult to perceive where it may end. If, by a mere denunciation like this resolution, the President should ever be induced to act, in a matter of official duty, contrary to the honest convictions of his own mind, in compliance with the wishes of tho Senate, the constitutional independence of the Executive Department would be as effectually destroyed, and its power f.s afTc-clu-ally transferred to the Senate, as if that end hid been accomplished by an amendment of the constitution. But if the Senate have a right to interfere with the Executive powers, they have also the right to make the interference effective; and if the assertion of the power implied in the resolution be silently acquiesced in, wo may reasonably apprehend that it will be followed, at some future day, by an attempt at actual enforcement. The Senate may refuse, except on the condition that he will surrender his opinions to theirs and obey their will, to perform their own constitutional functions; to pass the necessary taws; to sanction appropriations proposed by the House of Representatives, and to confirm proper nominations made by the President. It has already been maintained (;ind it is not conceivable that the resolution of the Senate can be based on any other principle) that the Secretary of the Treasury is the officer of Congress, and independent of the President; that the President ins no right to control him, and consequently none to remove him. With the same propriety, and on simihrgrounds, may the Secretary of State, the Secretaries of war, and the Navy, and the Postmaster General, each in succession, be declared independent of the President, the subordinates of Congress, and removable only with the concur rence of the Senatc. Followed to its consequen ces, this principle will be found cuectually to de slroy oue co-ordinate Department of the Govern ment, to concentrate in the hands of the Senate the whole Executive power, and to leave tho President es powerless as ho would be useless the shadow of authority cf:cr i!i3 sqbstan.ee ha(J p3rted. The time and occasion which had called forth the resolution of tho Senate, seem lo impose upon mean additional obligation not to pass it over in silence. Nearly forty-five years had the President exercised, without a question as to his rightful authority, those powers for the recent assumption of which he is now denounced. The vicissitudes of peace and war had attended our Government; violent parties, watchful to lake advantage of any seeming usurpation on the part of the Executive, had distracted our councils; frequent removals, or forced resignations, in every sense tantamount to removals, had been made of the Secretary and other officers of tho Treasury; and yet, in no one instance is it known, that any man, whether patriot or partisan, had raised his voice against it as a violation of the Constitution. Tho expediency and justice of such changes, in reference to public officers of nil grades, have frequently been tho topics of discussion; but the constitutional right of the Piesident to appoint, control, and remove the Head of the Treasury, as well as all oilier D pertinents, seeir.s to have uen universally conceded. And w hat is the occasion upon which other principles have been first officially asserted? The Bank of the United Slates, a great moneyed monopoly, had attempted lo obtain a renewal of its charter, by controlling the elections of the People and the action of the Government. The use of its corporate funds and power in that attempt, was fully disclosed; and it was made known to tho President that the corporation wr.s putting in train the same course of measures with the view of innking another vigorous effort, through an interference in the elections of tho People, to control public . opinion and force tho government to yield toils demands. This, with its corruption of tho press, its violation of its charter, its exclusion of the Government Directors from its proceedings, its neglect of duty, and arrogant pretensions, made it, in the opinion of ihe President, ir.ccmpatilie with the public interest and the safety of our institutions, that it should be longer employed as the fiscal agent of the Treasury. A Secretary of ihe Treasury, appointed in the recess of the Senate, w ho had not been confirmed by that body, and whom the President might or might not at his pleasure in the Executive Department considered th7n , - r, . y-Parneni consmcicu the moat v..uu.u lu uicui, reiuscu to cto what Ins superior impurauveoi ms dutics.&nd hpnmn in T-t l,A,vm.or --vvMiuviu .........-. u.9 .iivjovLb, me protector ol the Uank. And on this occasion it is dismim,! n..1.-. .1. , ----.....,.. mo111 Ol imit., uiai most who irameu the constitution misunderstood it; lhat tho first congress and all its successors have been under a delusion; that the practice of near forty-five years, is but a continued usurpation; that the Secretary of the Treasury is not responsible to the President; and that to remove him i-s a violation of the constitution and laws, for which the President deserves to stand forever dishonored on the journals of the Senate. There are also some other circumstances connected with lho discussion and passage of the resolution, to which I feci it to be, not only my right, but my duty, to refer. It appears by the journal of ine senate, that among the twenty-six Senators I wnovoteuior the resolution on its final passage, and who had supported it irt debate, in its original form, were one of the Senators from the State of Maine, the two Senators from New Jersey, and one of the Senators from Ohio, halso appears by the same journal, and by the files of the Senate, that the Leg.slaturcs of these States had severally expressed their opinions in respect to tho Executive proceedings drawn in question before the Senatc The two branches of the Legislature of the State

of Maine, on the 25th of January, 1S34, passed a prearnple, and series of resolutions in the following words: "Whereas, at an early period after the election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency, in accordance with the sentiments which he had uniformly expressed, the attention of Congress was called to the constitutionality and expediency of the renewal of

the charter ot tne united Mates uanii; na whereas, the Bank has transcended its chartered limits in thj management of its business transactions, and has abandoned the object of its creation, ..1 Y T . r . " I l by engaging in political controversies, by wield mg . power ana innuence to emoairas u, auimn-, l - n . i . I J. istrciionol the Ueneral Uovernmen t, ana oy unng - r tng insolvency and distress upon the commercial 1 community: And whereas, the publicsecurity irom ; such an institution consists less in us present pecuniary capacity to discharge its liabilities, than in j I j 3 .! the fidelity with which tho trusts reposed in it i hnvft hniMi pypciii.x And wborons. t he abuse and i misapplication of the powers conferred have destrojed the confidence ot the- pub ,c m Uv othctr j of the Lank, and demonstrated that such powers ; enuanger me staouuy o: lepuoncan insiiiuuons . , 1 heretore, Resolved, 1 hat in the removal ot the puuuo ueposuca irom mo uhik ui uiu uimcu States, as well as in tho manner of their removal, we j Li- i c t. i. r.i. ' recognise in the administration an adherence to , constitutional rights, and the performance of a public duty' t K.r ,A;.,n,

Legislatures of this State, that the Hank of the Unit- ed states, or any other corporation, body of men, or , m ike my teeble powers inruincntal to ench a re.u.t, ; A tj ,aj r jn jl0r!S(? ih si, ,() ,,(, xxrstward, rulvered states ought not to be re-chartered." individuals, if a Secretary shall be found to accord ( I. shall anticipate with pleasure, the pkreo to be a- i : ; j f ,r(l t,nM,rsr.s r.'roimiifiid "Resolved, That the Senators of this State in the with them in opinion, or can induced in practice signed in in the history ol my country, and he eon- j Un.omv aihein" imcMiuniiU'! iu noliCongress of the United States be instructed, and the to promote their views, to centre , through him, the ; tented with the behet, that I lave contributed in i J1 jVli of ru.il ficaRepresentatives requested, to oppose the restoration i whole action of the Government, (so tar as it is exer- some small degree, to increase the valtia and prolong ; . JJ t-ihbc-ri.ij b.ow ucatu.c.U ol (4uai,lica

01 me uenosiies, anu we renewal 01 uiu cnuriur oi ; the United States Bank." !

On the 11th of January, 1834, the House of As- j them, sembly and Council composing the Legislature of the ' But the evil tendency of the particular doctrine adState of New Jersey, passed a preamble and a series ! verted to, thengh sufficiently scrums, would boas of resolutions iu the following words: ; nothing in comparison with the 'pernicious conse"Wiieueas, The present crisis in our public affairs j quences which would inevitably Mow from the npprocalls for a decided exoression of the voice of the ! bationand allowance by the people, and the practice

people of this State: and whereas, we consider it ! the undoubted right ot the Legislature ot the several states to instruct those who represent their interests in the councils of the nation, in all matters which intimately concern the public weal, and may affect the happiness or well-being of the people.- Therefore, "1. Re it resolved hv the Coimcil and General AsscmLly of this State, That while we acknowledge j witn feelings of devout gratitude, our obligations to the groat Uuler of nations for his mercies to us as a people, that wo have been preserved alike from foreign war, from the evils of internal commotions, and the machinations of designing and ambitious men who would prostrate the fair fabric of our Union; that we ought, nevertheless, to humble ourselves in His presence, and implore His aid for the perpetuation of our republican institutions, and for a continuance of that unexampled prosperity which our country has hitherto enjoyed." "2. Resolved, That we have undiminished confidence in the integrity and firmness of the venerable patriot who now holds the distinguished postof Chief Magistrate of this nation, and whose purity of purpose and elevated motives, have so olten received the unqualified approbation of a large majority of his fellow citizens.,, "2. ' Resolved, That we view with agitation and alarm, the existence of a great moneyed incorpora tion, which threatens to embarrass the operations of tho Government, and by means of its unbounded in I fiuence upon the currency of the country, to scatter distress and ruin throughout the community; and, that we, therefore, solemnly believe that the present Bank of the United States ought not to be rechartered." "4. Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our members of the House of Representatives be requested to sustain, by their votes and influence, the course adopted by the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Taney, in relation to the Bank of the United States, and the deposites of the Government moneys; believing as we do, the course of the Secretary to have been constitutional, and that the public good required its adoption." "5. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the above resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives from this State in the On the 21st day of February last, the Legislature of the same State, reiterated the opinions and in States, the Uank of the United State? , and the course of Mr. Taney in removing tho Government deposites." "Resolved, That the Legislature of New Jersey have not seen any reason to depart from such resolutions since the passage thereof; and it is their wish that they should receive from our Senators and Representatives of this State in the Congress of the Fnitpd Sf.itot?. thnt nttnntirm nnd ohpilionnp whir-li are due to the opinion of a sovereign State, openly expressed in its Legislative capacity. . . " ... " On the 2d of January, ISM, th Senate and House ot Kcpresentatives composing the Legislature of Ohio, passed a preamble and resolutions in the fol - lowing words: "WiimtFAS, There is reason to believe that the liank of the United States will attempt to obtain a renewal of its charter at the present session of Con - gress: And whereas, it is abundantly evident that saia janii nas exerciseu powers cerogatory to the spirit ot our tree institutions, liberties of tl;esc United States is just reason to oouut the congress to grant acts of inco

structions before given, by joint resolutions, in the confederated Union, instead of attending to their ap- perty or treasure, unless he be rn officer whosu upfollowing words: propriate duties, and leaving those who may offend, j nointmcnt under the Consiirupo-i ai"' law' i 1 "Resolved by the Council and General Assembly to be reclaimed or punished in the manner pointed i n i ' ,i r i i ' ' . ' . of the Stafe of jXtw-Jerse y, That they do adhere to out in the constitution would fall to mutual crimina-! , , Ui 1 ief jL nl 'fu "r '!' injunction the resolutions passed by them on the 11th day of tion and recrimination, and give to the people, con- i w!j" 1 . J1110' aiU.. !r uli0'SC cu:iJ,lcl conJanuary last, relative to the President of the United i fusion and anarchy, instead of order and taw: until nt i sttlutionally responsible.

"7, "'ic 101 u) 3:,vnawI.ereas,wc;attack cn lho Kxecutivc Department, without at! belies the proper disposal of the public lands to be , lca6t soine oiTort to prcserve protect, and defend" theseUn.ted them. With this viow Rnd for tho , j , ; states, and that honor anu good faith require their! Wo u ctto.i t .1 Au.. ;

eq m abb diatribe ition: lherefore, r n, - 5 t T mlwmo"- "ie A ? e oJ Ohio, 1 hat we consider the removal of the public ,ln,;t, r. 1 C TTu.1 ' . uivj'LOii-.o l.uiu im.. iaiii u iul liitcu t L cl ICS Utt I tjquired by the best interests ot our country, and that a proper sense of public duty imperiously demanded that that institution should be no longer used as a depository of tho public funds. " "Resolved, That we view, with decided disapprobation, the renewed attempts in Congress to secure tho passage of the bill providing lor the disposal of the public domain upon the principles proposed by Mr. Clay, inasmuch as we believe that such a law would be unequal in its operations, and unjust in its results." ; y r , ia Pu1'; IJJwt ?rt 111 the lat Vet messae uPa . Jl r U1JU ..... "il-v. U ( J U . ojved also, That our Senators in Congress be j tu, anu our Uepresentatives requested, to; instructe t iV Z - ;r?nt.th re.charter.ng of, the : . .411l.tu oiaicsjio sustain tne auimn"RlSoIvfd. Tint thfl Cn,-n. 1 . , . transmit. rnnionftbnforn; lw , "'-niui ut- rpniiniTnn tr, - v H'uiuiana resolu tions to each ot our Senators and IiVnrpSnro.; It is thus seen that four Senators have declared by their votes that the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the revenue, had been guilty of the impeachable offence of assuming up-

iMrauou m us removal ot the public deposites; and . lue, to oppose the passage of a land bill containing the

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on himself authority and power not conferred by the constitution and laws, but in derogation of both," whilst the Legislatures of their respective States had deliberately approved those very proceedings, as consistent with the constitution, and demanded by the public good. If these four votes had been given iu accordance with the sentiments of the Legislatures, as above expressed, there would have been but twen-tv-two votes out of the fortv-six for censuring the

President, and the unprecedented record of his con viction, could not have been placed upon the journals J of the Senate. i In thus referring to the resolutions and instruc- ! tions of thR Statn TrrUlatures. I disclaim and reou- ! diate all authority ordesign to interfere with the re- ! , mernbcrs of the Senatc t0 their ; - consctences, their constituents, and their coun- ! 1 The facU nQW stated beion to the tory of tj1C Q k s and are important to the iust de-1 velooement of the principles and interests involved in them, as well as to the proper vindication of the ' , i Executive Department; and with that view, and that , view only, are tney acre maue me topic ci remarK. The dangerous tendency ot the doctrine which de- . removing the Secretin-of the Treasury, ! 1;,'nianor witf tht tllor i.vwil,;v, nffi(.-rfi . ! , , . tnnifl,st in nr,rtir-o. wrn tlip doet t be established. The President is the direct ! representative ot the American people, but the f?ec- ! retarics are not. If the Secretary of t'ae Treasury . . . . . . . be independent of the President in the execution of; the laws, then is there no direct responsibility to the ; neonle in that imnortnnt branr!i rf this (Jovernnient. ; to which is committed the care of the national finan- i i l l r res. And it is in tho nower of tho Hank of t.h I'nit- ! ces. v-,-,-u "-i'""-""-4"-; . . ...v. , -Magistrate, elected by the people, and responsible to by the Senate, of the unconstitutional power of arraijrnin and censuring the official conduct of the Executive, in the manner recently pursued. Slich proceedings are eminently calculated to unsettle tho foundations of the Government; to disturb the harmoof its diilerent Departments; and to regard to matters in which both are obliged to par- " . iv .i tif!in:ito. art; si.ilheient v oniharr.'issin'r. Itr.t it t nr i course recently adopted by the Senate, shall hereaf- i

break down the checks an;J balances bv which thai i-iuieu .ti-iu, v. us coiiimuniniudio mu aenaw i-y ;. r,....n. wisdom of its frainers sought to insure "its stabilitv i his private Secretary, on the yia ult. m.i...l.s rcippoimmi rn

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ter bo frequently pursued, it is not only obviotis that j ,u.v l,ut-nuu" lu ut "-v ,!l l."L saiu uic the harmony of tho relations between the President j power and riglit of the Legislative Doptittmnt to and the Senate, will be destroyed, but that otherand j provide by luv for the custody, safe keeping, and greater effects will ultimately ensue. If the cen- j disposition of the public money and pit pcrty of sures of the Senate be submitted to by the President, j ihe United States. the confidence of the people in his ability and virtue, : Although I am well satisfied tint such a ccnand the character and usefulness of his administra- slruc,iOM j3 nol warranted bv any thin" contained ion will soon be at an end, and the real power of j ja that MesSi1gP yet awar Vrom experii nce, that the Government will fall into the hinds of a body, ! , . , , J r . holdinir their offices for Ion? terms, not elortftd bv tho I detached passages of an argumentative document,

people, and not to them directly responsible. If, on the other hand, the illegal censures of the Senate C3 O " - ' -

should be resisted by the President, collisions and an- the particular positions they were intended to regry controversies might ensue, discreditable in their : futc or to establish, may be made to bear a conprogress, and in the end compelling tho people to struction varying altogether from the sentiments adopt the conclusion, either that their Chief Magis- really entertained and intended to bo expressed; trate was unworthy ot their respect, or that the Sen- j and deeply solicitous that mv views on th point ate was chargeable with calumny and injustice Ei-! sil0Uu not either now or hereafter, be uiisi irc. ther otiuese deemed it due lo tho mvi v of in the perfection of the system, ana lead to serious ,i , ' . 4, ... fc,n,,v Ul alterations of its frame work, or to the practical 1 10 l',l,Jccl' lo lho ,f C3t involves, and to abandonment of some of its pmvisions. j lho Senate, as well as to myself, to embrace the Theinrinonocofsuch proceedings on the other De-' earliest opportunity to make this communication, partmcnts of the Covernment, and more especially I I admit, without reserve, as I have before done, on the States, could not fail to be extensively perni"- j the constitutional power of the Legislature to precious. When the judges in the last resort of official j vide by law tho place or places in which ihe public misconduct, themselves overleap the bounds of their money or other property is to be deposited; and to authority.- as prescribed by the Constitution, what ,naue suc, regulations concerning its custody, regeneral disregard of its provisions might not their moval or disposition, as they may think propVr to example be expected to produce1 And who does not ' . v i i i ' r-."' 1 1 . perceive that such contempt of the Federal Constitu-! CIWf L iW d. 1 ch,,1n ur t-xcculivo any right tion, by one of its most important Departments, to the P0S3ess' r disposition ot the public pro-

would hold out the strongest temptation to resistance j on the part of State sovereignties, whenever they pposu inuir just rignis to nave Lcen mThus all the independent Departments of ernment, ana the Mates which compose our length some form of aristocratic power would be estabfishe -1 on the ruins of the constitution, or the States I e broken into separate communities. 1-ar be it lrom me to charge, or to insinuate, that 4.1. 1.CJ i. .f il. .11 1 fr. , . .

me pn-s:eiiL .-onuio oi uiei nueu states intend, in j even through misconstruction, which are not conthe most distant way, to encourage such a result. tained in it; and more particuiaily am 1 solicitous It is not of their motives or designs, but on y of the ! ,l t r , i i . . ''"u i r.i . Ai . i . i that 1 may nol be supposed to claim lor mvsell or tendency ol their acts, that it is mv dutv tn siwvik 3 luiuim un uiimii, ur

I 7 is il" , J . . . ----- j J . . . J v.... : ble of tho danger which lurks under the nreeedent t I set in their resolution; and at any rate to perform mv i duty, as the responsible Head of one of the coequal j Departments ot t tic Government, that I have been ! compelled to point out the consequences to which tho discussion and passage of the resolution mav lead, if the tendency of the measure be not checked j in its inception. ! Tt ;s (ue to tho hi"h trust with which 1 have been j charged; to those who may be called to succeed me I against the aforementioned proceedings of the Sen- ' ate, as unauthorized by tho constitution; contrary to : c,,; J ! 11 . ' . ' " ,',L:, Ai"1 provisions cnhtaarcico r f that distribution of tho powers of fov ernment which it has ordained and established; destructive of the checks and ' safe-guards by which those powers were intended, on tho one hand, to be controlled, and on the other to bo protected; and calculated by their immediate and collateral effects, by their character and tendency, to concentrate in the lianas ot a bo.lv not directly auien-abl on,1.1-. t ,v 1-. a degree of influence and power iw 1!K-i-firo o-wl (',(! 1, :...: .vi - , . xiuv. 1 unvi lauai 111 ui'J L-nik-lilUUllIl Ul HieiT CllOlCO. The resolution of the Senatc contains an imputa tion upon my private as well i"k i C U'oll ti- ..,.1.1! .1 ; nctcr, and as it must stand forever on their iounal I I cannot close this substitute for that defence whieh' I have not. boon nl nivo, t, nni n tt.r. -.l: forni, without remarking, tiiat I have lived in vain if it n,vpSS-)r,r rt ontnr ; c. i ..:..j ... ' of my character and purposes from such an imputation. In vain do I bear uoon mv nerson. rm'iirinrnorials of that'eontest in whieh American liberty i purcnasedin vain have I since periled proper - J l "J vi.UMtlil" . ll i? 1 . .'i . i . ii .ii.. 1 1 t . . ' i n--: " nit- r: l: u is anu nrivi"S" -'V -'u-H.wu.cUiuuWlUlOUta i 1 1.. i- i , , F,tuliai a-nauuu, ui ,nM. ui umivuiuai nuvan tage, encountering responsibilities and dangers, from which, by mere inactivity in relation to a sin,rie point, I might have been exempt if any serious doubts can bo entertained as to the purity of my purposes and motives. If I had been ambitious, I should have sought au alliance with that powerful in-

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Etitution, which even now apires to no divided empire. If I had been venal, 1 thould have sold myself to its designs had I preferred personal comfort and official ease to the performance of my arduous dutv, I should have ceased to molest it. In the liis-

tory of conquerors and usurpers, never, in the fire of youth, nor in the vigor ot manhood, could 1 mid an attraction to lure nie from the path of my dutv: and now 1 -shall scarcely una an I inducement to commence their career of ambition, when gray hairs and a decaying frame, instead of inviting to toil and battle, call me to tue contemplation of other worlds, where conquerors cease to be honored, and usurpers expiate their crimes. The only ambition I can feel, is to acquit myself to Him to whom I must soon render an account of my Blewardship, to serve my fellow-men, and live respected and honored m the Ins torv ot mv country. No the ambition which leads me on, is an anxious desire and a nxeu ueicrminaiion, to return to the people, unimpaired, the sacred trust they have eonhded to i . 1 1 .1 l i my charge to heal the wounds ot the constitution jtt ... .umm u'i,ui.n, m -tuuuu , my counir men, so lar as i may uut it is n, in a j nopolics and urUtocratical establishments, that they will find happiness, or their liberty's !rotection. but iin aplain system, void ot pomp proteetinr nil. and : granting tavor.s to none dispensing its blessings like ! . .. i ? i i. , , inotcws'oi neaven, unseen ana umeu, ave in me freshness and beauty they contribute to produce. It is such a uoverninent taut t.e geiuus ol our people requires such an one only unuer which our Mates may remain for aires to come, united. pro: erous. w and tree. If the Almighty Iiein who has hitherto sustained and protected me. Will but Vouchsafe to ---- r . To the end that the resolution of tho Senate may not hereafter be'drawn intoprecodent, with the authoritv of sdent acquiescence in th; part of t! Kxecu- ! five Department; and to the end, al.o, that my mo-! Stives and views in the Uxecutive prococuin-rs donounced in that resolution, may be known to my fel- j low-citizens, to the world, and 'to all posterity, 1 res- j peetfiuly request that U:s Message and Pmut may I be entered at length en tho Journals of the Semite, A.NDiiU.W JACKSON. April 13th, 131. . .i . i-.i , . i to tho b vn ite on the 1 s tu instant, inav be inisuu . ...... .' "'J derslooi., 1 think it proper to state that it was not when disconnected from their context, and consid- i cred without reference lo orevious limitations, and i . . ' : t,yrv ur treasure, or any auinorny lo inleilere with j same, except when such possession, dlsposi ui uuun.rny, is given 10 nun oy law; nor uu I claim the right in any manner to supervise c.r inj terfere with tho person entrusted with such tiroAs lno -uessigo und i'rotcst referred to may apI l,Gar im the Journal of tho Senate and rein iin among the recorded documents i I the nation. I am ; unwilling that opinions should bo imnutrd lo me . . "'I i I . ... my successors, any power or authority not cleailv gran!c"i "V Oie Constitution and laws, to the Pres,,ul-", 1 nive, uiereiore, respecttully to n ijuest '.ii a i i .... i . r - . ! ,Mlt tms communication may bo coiidercd a part or mat .iess age and that it may be entered therewith on the Journah of th(? Senate. April2, 1S31. ANDllCW JACKSON. Gcorttorrn, Ohio, April Ih Datructirc Fire Mr. Janus Dunkinsun, a peaceable and industrious farmer of ibis county, mmseii una lamuy iogoinr?r with somo ncMiih'.ois rushed to the rescue. Dut in vain. It was iatpos - sihlo to arrest t!;e np'd progress of ih ilevouring element. In two hours (ys our inbiiinant,) after the tire w.;s discovered, the Dim together, with all its contents, with th exception of one co,l iy a bed of ruin. In it was consumed, :is nearns can be rstimatc-d, seventy-five bushels of wheat, fully ol oats, ten tons ol hay, and three brad of horses. .Mr. Duukinson hims-df, iu trying to save was consider hl v burned. and after all h wis unable to rescue but (.no horse, which was in ' . . --'iii ash-d adjacent to the barn, and a coir, which was '.r ........ I.. C. - imiiuiinu r l uour uuuuuu .o.-, as escape ni iau"iiyi.iuui ii.jniv ui im.-mv.-. i jit; u un ig ho has sustained is estimated at anout eight bund red (bd! irs, or the real value of th- pin;.,ny lost,

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is thought was w-orih this sum. The fire origina- j t W. I4.vwuExi-i:,0iileai,'of It.'uilliin C. ' Ftrted, tn the part of ihe barn where tho horses were, ! phtuck, thils all. A slbdu i..'i:d... n.dv

agency. There was no prssiido chan':e for it to have caught accidentally. Some heart ste .led with the most atrocious btseness, protnpted beyond n dnnbt. thU horrible dor-d. nod nmn fill imj li.n.t ! applied tho fatal to ! A yet been made rch. iSio discovery howwt r. tit, tin-. !I.i,ioi!..i .vt il., . il ia t v. i .-. in '"" m'v hi. iv. iivjii Ml uivj IIIll f 1 .1 .1 1 . i- 1 i. . ' wno coiiiiiiiiiLu iuis ueou or uarivuess. Democrat, Illinois. This state has a fund of 2,000,000 : wn cn is 10 ue exciU3:eiy applied to the purposes ( oi? P'bc education. The sum is now bearing iuMerest ; and tho difiiculty now is in the adoption of a system best calculated lo dilVuse useful knowlodga among every class of the community. which is to bo exclusively applied to the purnos

O in n i ti m-C a t h c v u m . Two gcnlh men riding on liorsehack from St. Andrews to Cornwall, U. C, were thrown from their hordes by a sudden flish cf lightning, und rendered insensible for some time; tho horses did not attempt to stir, being almost petrified with foar. One of tho gentlemen continued nnublj to utter a, word for soma time.

Balloon Ascension. Mr. Mills made a beautiful ascension at Baltimore, with h;s cotton balloon, which, it is stated, is 1 lrger than Mr. lhiranl'd. Ho went in a south-east direction, was in sight mora than half an hour, and it was supposed he would land on tho eastern shore. i. 1 . (az. Tho Legislature of New York his before it a bill to prohibit the is-uingof bank notes of a small denomination. After six month;!, none for less than two dollars aro to be issut d after one year none for less than three utter two year none lor less j f D'lsraeli traces the de.ivnlion of tho wordJo, u 1 TO!) nn.l ..! It vv ih naino of u Cann1..jJ.ilf l .....b.n. u.l. l.itr vor uib rcaro bo ilPilllilt crt f,,,,,;,.,, r.,nn!rii lw a camu ! freighted with lies. w...... , The Rose IM1 Factory in Lanc-sJer county, Pj. has been destroyed bv fire, iiiher with all its machinery, and pwds to the amount i i K thousand dollars, on whiv.li there ws no ijisuruuc. .m, rn.il.. t... UAv di. d. thrhrrd . i i i- r.t .i" i , i ..... t v ,.w. !', !"f L,V,u'f ,l,ril ,u !':ul U"4 U M,"M T . w Caihs hri-aui-i ho wu u:.o ot Ioum, who 'authentic ated l!i birih of t,u i!b -itiunte ohslJ id the Duciiess ol berri. Communication with fAf trr.T The rail rotd .. t, , lir)lH:, ;- mv :, r,,;,m i V . .Y . , . . . ' 7 ' so lhai Deiwei n nsil.uieipiu i ami rnuuurrii uiero is no obstruction iu iho tmtspoilutiou id'nodj. M. jor Katou 1ms ba n nominated by tho dclli!ou as President cf ihu Cliwi ipcak and t)hio Cdnul Company. Uurd thirx in J'oston. A box liekrt to cnn bio the bidder to witne.. .Mis-s Ivcml le'.s if I ppj. formance iu the Boston Theatre on Fiiday lust, sidd at auction for $51), and several ulhtra u't from $15 to 'JO. AY.." York, April 11. A hip burnt The fiuo picket thip Newark, owned by Messrs. Scott vV. Laidlow, with a full cargo of dry goods bound to New Oilcan-, uhenco she w;is to havo saileil ibis morning, was, at 11 oYlock last night entirely destroyed by fuw. Tliu value of tho ship und cargo is estimated Ht over $100,000. Com. Adc. Stocks rising. Sinco tho flection f Covnclitu V. Lawrence, stocks hive risen rapidly. Sotno are 5 others 10 per cent, liigher than before lho election. The hucccsj of t!m party which suatains lho rights of the people, ii the signal of lho restoration of confidence. A. ). Port. lirror in Courtesy. A countiynran, wishing U sympithi.so wilh his neighbor for tho loss of hi wife, said UI am sorry your poor wuunii is (:ono to heaven." "Thank you," replied the other, "may it be long before you gel there !M Tho Danhnelh ii are guarded by t b-vi-n foils, mounting 7 KJ cannon. And thfao have been passed by llv: ikitish ll.'ct, wilh little comparaliv injury. A tierman pliysician has published ri medical tract, iu which he maintains lhat ludii a td' weak uerrs s-hould not be permitteil to tdoepuloru'. It is said ibid book is in gicat demand. A school bni boon est. iblisheil in the ill-.g-i of Minderhook for tho purp s. of qud fvii.g )oung men lo hecoino common school teacheis. The Mobil;; ll'g;stcr states tint not fi than j laini lainilus lo-io tin; luttid Stales, J.uv? gono j the nei;'hboriioj Mexican piovim e of ' xns, during the late winter, witn tho intention cf set 1 A AKB. lling there. Ualtimorc American. llcary Pains. Tho Tal ihar-re Florid! an stale, that during, the recent rains, a barrel siambng in tho open air, was filled with rainwab r in Is liours. This occurred in three ditfiruit pLccs, unity miles rtpait from each other. A fishiornl lo 1 idy i.-.siu'd a shoil time s;nco oxtensivo cards I'.r a grand route, on each id'which wen; t!io initials, H. S. V. P. which proved quito a puzzle. Ono gentleman said it meant llo:ikt Sausigr:i and Veal Vjo. At list, n wag t.bsrived it was Rain or Shine Yont Postpone, lit fie?, it was lo saj, Rapondt z, t il rioui plait. In oilier words, 'the faor of ;ai answer is leipn sttd." selling in the Philuiclphin cenis per pound, and other proportion. The pressure xtciuied to tho firuo rsin thai vicinity. The Philadelphia maiket is. oid'.na. ; rjj.. ona ol jj.j tJiCu., .i!Unies. Kt cn ibis ial; ,f the AILPfitnshania ptpcr. "An vl! m:in" complains ih a lho boyscomoi see his ilaitirs, but s y nothing about inarryiii,r them tiiis h.- does not like Ik sis, 4,"i..y must got husbands while they me young, if ever ihey get thvin'aml therefute, "diose ftlkrs who have

,ve h's horses! llonolio" of 1't'ing married had no business to take up hisxetioIK,l,,f'',v, ,i,nc Iwr nulhisig, and thereby keep better

00ird away. I The New York Star stni,. ib .i t . ., : miii - ; vrv g.rcn for crulnuck to thrt him. but a largo nuniix r wi re iTp cteil lejccttMi in rons'Minencu of a mis - . t peilinu ol li:s iiiiiii'" 'I' m ...ct nf i!,: i..L. u i thai the mis-snellino i ,;;M4,I ,,!, f'( l,Vn.! Uoiton Statesman. I ne lSl 'turo of Xew Voik U dicuss!ng a hill I to P.rcvct wlt is called 'botanic praciicu 1 o. ' tUCOiCin?. The bill to rrrato state stock to tho amount of six millions of dollars, Ins pafscd tho Now Yoik Assembly by a vote of IKS lo P,1. Lieutenant Levy, of lho Cnittd Slates Navy, L',1 I . -i - I M,;iili.lln Kf;it nf r t..lV.. ' ' fcon Tho cities of Montreal and Quebec aro much inftsted with rabid dogi. Number of persona have been attacked.