Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 72, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1847 — Page 2

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TIlI-WEEÄi-T rrrHVAL vi .11 o. t i tut price v MMtBTT. MVI I. JA. I, 11. ;ni- Terav. Tbc following will bereifter be the rwjinml terms of lite IV -i .' Indiana State Skniim Pkvments to be made always in advance. 3 . - mi j 1.. . . ... mi v Aar. ' " Three copisn, usw. yar, f'ivr copies, one year, Ten copses, one year, Tu mty e pie3,one year, directed toooc person, iflU.l U Bctl-Wcrfc I jr. (Published thr. c times a week dorn g the session.) 1 1 ,.. MM si! iitt ! Thrp eoDiea. si1'.' Din co;v during the WflVion, 1 '1 hree or more ropies, each im) ' i. BrfepantcMi f. S , Rune VimimoI' the -JcUi ull. wan r.-iv.l ea Ihr Ulli in-t. VVV rannol lurm-li l!ie Tri weekly a ki ate-in-, tin- Ui k MMAMI Iirin eli.iiel. Thr !r.-.in im also mat On ein, Pfcdü inform 11 what to Je- Uli the dollar, gSppaM M try the U'crkly SIX lliol'fll ' 11. S., 1 iiui. is Tl. .t i pjravpi? " tVw nut mi' 'tint ' twvh, tx iiiL' kmJv a ' rami prufi'e." Wr ilun'l kimw what will Iw Sam in !. pmuiw, bui will keep our eye ta you." Why tlon'l ou i kt- ilw jiaprw; " CenjastitmCioaaal Koformtt Although it s'.-cms to be decided, that n convention shall be called at present, to revise the constitution of this State, we yet feel disponed to call public attention t omc reforms, which we regard as desira jle. Oof views of the representative character of the Judiciary department, have been given in a previous article. That this representative character may be effectually maintained, and its responsibilities properly enforced, we conceive that priu :iple and sound policy alike dictate, that all judicial officer should DC elected by tiie people. This proposition, though it is not DOW entirely new, was at the first regarded, by many b und republicans, as a dangerous innovation upon former 11, w.- j.i.,1 .: ! .as he, m tt-rn tint l h" r i ii , , i . great miss of the people could not be supposed to , . 1 . . , ir have that perfect acquaintance Witb tue particular onahticatioaa ot imnviduaLs, whicb is regardinJ as i. ssarv to a wise selection. This ohiectiob would . . . . a . ' i :.u . t r . , . U iI V....II " . I J. I. J3 . VJ. II. IF Vl V. II U IT B - filled bv the ponsdar choice: and it is to bo observed, that the reason is constantly 1 sung its force, from the fiet, tliat the law is every day becoming more a pnp- - - ..1 w f.-. '.rwl thnr mm i.t.l ! i .ren,-,. . r..n 2.. nml becomes more U-ifiiseJ, the objection watt have less ii .. .ii .... m " '"it"s' ...v.. ..v. gi and tlinn even BOW. Hut ti.ere is a great funds mental principle, lying at the bottom of the propoei lion, which i IS'it t o n. ...'. ;ire t i. i.nre.' niii d nitari - of ail power, and to them bei ngs its exercioe, and to them al) public agents are dlrecUy responsible, f then, we desire in good milh to conform ... ... ... " in all respects, to the true principles of our govern- ' 1 whal ptesre Kercise ' aarnt. if we would carry into practical enct we proti ss, namely, the d ictrine that the peopl ajualified, b h by intelligence and virtue, to exercise all the powers res ideal in Ibens, We can lind no suqj l me powera reeioeisi in ineui, we can una no su...?nt waarant for making the iodiciary an exception ... ' the great pfiaciple oi universal saStage. cient The public mind has too long labored under an in-

definite notion), of the inviolability and independence war must necessarily end in the cession of territory seems to have been in advance of Mr. Madison himef iudtcial officers. This idea bad an honest origin, to the V. s. ; ami thai it was a fixed principle with self. In bia Lectures on Law, volume 1, page 17, he 1 i , .1 11 . . t-.iti.iii .

mi ler a different f,rm of iroveminent. fn theibivsot , , lhe star-chamber and comm;s3ions courts, it was the odious practice ol the km, to either procure the 1 t an 1 a ..l.aS.k V . kS i ,,i..,xk-. MB..1 . m ill mi Ii lull jirug iwuibiiu, fr the purpose of condemning those whom be found it convenient to rnin, or to place on the beach those so .! tools of tvrannv who had no consnonee 1 vie. late, and to whom oaths, constitutions ami laws, were , ,,. . i- ., - 1 , m.e tales, 1 ;.is was invading tue independence of . ;es, auu vtoiaung we sacrcuuess or jucciai insututions. It wonld have been but jus: justice, nr.v, it aras n land to place men ttl 1 i rl ii r r.rJ , ' rard!0 , a sol rate d.ity of the king's of II in jasjicial stati as, who had the a-euius of the csistinir eovernroeut. and to the " f constitutional principles which controlled itsad.niniiraiem. Tiie same is true in this countrv. exceotirer in the eirctirnstanc'Mhat here the sovereignty is in .1 k . , f ti n t. , t . ...1 i a.;- .. ;n i .1 the bands of the people, and their will 1 bjth sorer- ... . eign, and the highest law possible to human institutiossj. The reason ot the rule tor which we centend, becotnes ha tdtis view iasjperative. Leaving such anp tintnaents in the hands of the chief magistrate, is one of those badges of monarchy which have survived among us, in spite of the republican basis of mir I arm ataJ regulations in general. Tiie people now t ti in or magistrates, and in sosae States, lb we of the higher grade; and wherever the experiment baa been tned, it ha been found to be eminently sue rcssful. S ) w.il be every reform which sin 11 have f,r its bios the noble principle, that the people are in all respects capable of self-government. hite an exciting debate occurred in the Senate. i . , i. , v 1 1 1 1 . ' i.'.u u; oi 1. 1 u 1 1 ii i ii im' reua , , r. i.vat rnoon, ap n a resolnüoivoffirred by .Mr. , . , , m a ... J , , to go uato an election of Mate Printer to-day j y terd Count, r in tbe cours.' of which a trrin-rular set-to occurred o - j between -Messrs. Orth, Davis and Collin. Sundry !.., r.r. . i ff -'ii.-i . i, a, .. .1 .: .. is ' -'- " i.nu vim iiina, in reunion io ' the new Butler bill, were made hv e.neh m o,t the nth. rn' I......... . .. . , " ' mmmjwmAum iu w um iownueti. Mr. Orth sdvecated the resolattoa and charged Mr. Davis who opposed it, that be (Mr. Davis) had said a few days ago that the Batter bill should not Lsesa . until after the election of Slate Printer. Mr. Orth thought the sudden change in Mr. I h vis's course i tuinted mm h more strongly towards corruption than any thing else a hieb had be n elicited. .Mr. Davis d.d not deny thc charge, though he talked fäun ' it a good de.il. S .me remarks were made by others. wine.; we cid n t - jf hear. Loo-; ) i .-Tho --old c :,' is abut again, a wmm ue very happy to hear rrom hii fricodi arith rut a mar ji nit l call; ospecially soma of those who have notes due ahmt Christmas and . .. Vear1 few days will enable as x 14 catch up," and dep tnd ap n it, bi easy en mg are m ist ' te nt. must bs hin-i . We hive been milmfm ...... . ... ... i i. . . ' 9 r " -u' usl 1 1.1 il- thai will be suliiii ., . . .. ..i . . ... - .v .. . . r'i t .- . .1 1:. . v..., -a C... - 1T.... tr 1 ., -. tl; (Ind.) Courier, that on the mrninj of tbe '-ii;;, , ult., a Mr. Jaj.ni Shuman, living am2 eight or nine miles nr;h of that place, was in rat inhomanly.mur.1 .....1 1... 1 .'...i u .en 11. e i.: : uimin.v .1 iieu- ia ur n t.s.. 1 1 1 . 1. 1,1 . ii, I, ,. rasen from bis bed, dressed nirnself, and stepped out of hi , hOUSO for s nn I p irp0O9, when h ; ws attacked and i beiien and Inn !, th it he died in a i nit an hour p'terwaid.-. When lir-? dtscorered by bis family, he was m deav ring to mike b way into the bense, but u ts so fir foneas lobe anah. I . give any informaÜon of the murder. ew Pa rea. We eck . lio . "i , o tue leeee,! ir il,,Daily Madisonian, a very respectable sixed she, :. "l " coin m ii teeal It ostein 1 I d al N "!i i Ind.. by .AIess-r.s. To dm Ue n u'ral in politics. It should M ms, as therein depends Ti. proprietors have our and -ii xi i b... V- UUg It Lrent. I lor. ( lardiner, of N a o,k, were t worn into olhce on lhe 1 -t of January, tu tho i spit il, al Albany. Ix -Governor W riirht i5 was present, and eongratuluted Ins successor. The as of oicn v.cr" Immistestd by ;.;r. Ihmtun, Secretary of State.

Coi rcsj.ondvn' e mf the Journal Commerce. Y S!1!M. ion, Jan. 5, 1840. 7V laeui nasi" Generalship Repudiated ! Tbe House ropud i a t es the pleasures recominended by the Administration, jnst as fasi as Ihcy arc proseated. S. much unanimity on important pi est ions i- unusual in the Howe, It bodca go. al tu the conn-

in as I hone, ilumqrh the Administration may b .' 1 emltmrrassed, and some personal intcrea combinations bo crdaltcd by it. 'J'ln MiUterv Committee uf Hie this morning unfavorably upon that pa ilcilt'a Message which relates to 44 trie 1 :i (i rat oßia r to ta Uo comma ml of nil nur military he relieved from auv responsibility properly belonging to htm in relation to the conduct ot this war. The e fleet of the appointment of a LieutenantGeneral would have been, as it was considered here, to interpose that olficer, in the person of .lr. Beaton, between the President and Congress, and relieve the I'resid nt from a portion Uongrcss cannot de field in person bimse pect htm to rarry on of military or diplomat; la w I We have every hour additional evidence ol the unci .um ihm oiii iio.ii.iii iin.-i.i.i vu mi. uimi-i iw a di.tv ,,e : ..ei;.,. Avhat ..Inn for meet in rr the .. . .1 . . . . I . , . I - I or Tl.. II 1 . T . ft 1 I A fl . A A II A. I known deh. it in the means of the trc iurv for this and tii next fiscal year n ;!l be adopted cannot be - - - - - - - - - - - j ----- . foreseen. The loan win mil unless Longres? autbori.e one at seven per cent, and will allow even that t be Bcgutiated in in par, und this Conro w'M not do. Rev i nue adequate to the payment of the interest on the loans, and the ordinary expenditures also ot tbe Government, must be raised, and the question is, what new tax shall be imposed ! it seem- probable that the only mode that the Hon.-? will agree to will be an increase of the rate of dutV on the articles n W dutiable, up to the highest revenue standard, and tbe imposition of an excise on distilled spirits. The reduction and graduation bill , iav auu a minion ami m nan i o in.- icvent.e . um ii is vet uncertain whether it will become a law. In . 11 , ... , e . . ,. AT . Senate have made U tbe order ol lhe day for AJonda f I Tiic noxt mhject of importance is the exclusion of -t. ..... ,i. ..rr.t..n.. i.. !... n..;.! .... i & i IH'lil IIIU l' I lie'll .t im. Uli lllllll HWlll .111 ,- i .. - . I' ". ' .I IIII I l 1 1 I I I H, 1' ll II I ll U: I1C.MII.IIII ... t There are Bymptoms that this question will shake the Prf!,! Ioul,a luon ,,r imn?8 111 pocai parties. ; i...r... i i...,:,n u. lll 'lllllllHIII U mil llli.l ll'll'iwi.! auu II' II llil. .lir . ' . . I .... . .. I .. m , ' 1 1 st ra i r 'ti is ui a irariui iinnnriiv: ami me ones-: lion is gathering so much strength that it alone can y an adverse party.

J.rces m the mid, with a resolution that the same ppggcd for people to vote fbr or against a conven- ;- rbour (President) Jotjee, Uigl. ment, and has . i II" "u lhe laWe' i ii,., ,.,'. n..-n,l ,,t that vpm r if of ( In sterheld, lay lor of ( liesterfield, Giles, Brod- coiitroltut" power,

There w is a genera aliout of lauahter and aoorov-1 i.i.,.i tJ i,. fm hnhiinir noil fw naa, Dromgoole, Alexander, Uoode, Marshall, (-ir tutt ts power, are

al, and the report was concurred in nem. con. Ui.: .... ,.i., .....r then it im nhiriniM justice ray lor, Nichols,' lopton, Anders m, ( offman, Jt we now pass

IUI.-) Mil Ii. I , IUI Ulli IMIIWI e ll Vi"-) . ' , I So the House decides that the President shall not .u. Liii. JL tUur. M.il.l n.ivimi i Harrison, Williamson, J,ah!win, Jolmson. Mc oV, and manner by w

-ire that .1 r. Toll; shall take lhe ' ,i c . lUltlur X hich i'echir s That all now er is tazewen, uoyan, rrentiss, urigsny, uampocii oi and that governments snouio not uo ciranjrwi iw iim i i-.cwn- was uw wwnirrs ui uk icgu If, and it follows that they ex-! iHhirent in the neonle and' all free Povemraents are ,?eJford' Branch, Towncs, Martin, Pleasants. Gordon, and transient causes, he would opp as the bill. As latere were fully prepared to rote on the side f jus

the war or make a peace by aid r .... . .., on thl'r thorits and instituted tor their -AI:issl('' hates, Aeale, K-se, ( alter and Perrin. an individual, he desired to see associate judges j lice, wouiu leave it to the members ot tbe House 1 i

e officers now known to the (;ic0 ga,;.tv and banDiness. For the advancement StiU it may be urged ttiat all this is but the right ol abolished; biennial meetings only oi ibe legislature; loeiermme. ue wouiu, nowever, oeiore be aat eown,

On the hrst or second day of tbe session I referred ler or statesman of any celebrity, maintaining a conin ;i hrief ru nrn id. In tiii t!ite nt" i!,iti.t i.re.liet. !r;irv o't moll. If tliere were :ine he honed he Won'il

lnrr .1 ., ., . ,,,M ,(miiiiio a; narent. I hr iredjction waa jn B ,,.. prmtg h, be idle, ami it was asserted that, on the contrary, the democratic members of the House were united in support of the measures of the administration, Ücc. But what d I we seel The Administration is in a minority on every purely Adn iiistration osiestion. Thee ia an Polk partytto AUm in isi ration partv, properly speakiug. iVthi House. .i--i n iih. u mamg nwwn nP09'1?" ,:i ,;,(" Uver.v lM,io1n :-d l;ave thimorning to make a persona explanation. In retertu the article of the Union of last night, oa the ' Mr. Preston hing, by way of nmking known his , ,. . t of his bill, be explained, that the Mexican I mm ''' J'1S cwisiiioenis ami wan ail me uemocracy t lhe norm, that slavery should not be c. , . , .. 3 , hi.dtu into ai v territory thus acquired Railroao to OiiEcox. Almost da.lv we are t!lf. bit d reading something in the papers in favor in ol a Railroad to Oregon, to terminate somewhere mar the mouth of the I Olumhia river. . 1 1:111 ,umo wwaa etmm.umcauons m ,avor 01 the immediate prosecu 1 n ot that roafl beyond -st. Mcep J;;, rr,,.(1 )jrsi)Ils uho ctepm u, I J m I i . ' . . ml '. -- C s,,uxc Way or other to have some stealings from it WiU some one competent, please inform the public hat 3,000 miles of railway would be likely to cost, With its br;dgcs, w.ihT stations, machine shops, cars, 1 . .,, , itivesT&c. & ! II iw many men per inile are . " .J.' . . -V "JT . ueci.sarv 10 repair me roan ami waicu ine luraouis, cut and store fuel, in the machine shops, and around Ihe denote. 1 anorehend it would reouira the whole Ä'hitc Pmuli4ion wl liMlepeiideoce, Mo. to act as mere servants on the hue allowing it was now , , , , ' built and in operation; nun hi prevent the Indens ;im miotmH froa faltoying the road-would require an army of ten thousand soldiers, laborers besides. It will be time enough ff the government of the United States to make railroads beyond St. Louis, j when lhe people shall have completed roans from IN ..v Vork to St. Lonis, or lo the Mississippi river. ; I To- -real State of New Vork. With its dense ,,,.,. lation, and with the greatest possible inducements, thousands of passengers and thousands of tons of freight waiting to be daily carried from either end, can scarcely find the means to complete a road about a tenth of the distance towards Oregon. S3 Such a railroad will be. but not within forty vear and when the passenger for Canton has just taken a ;!,., r tr;n t s!,,r.:. be w.lt be r.ho..l eorht th,,,,-...,,,,! miles from Canton, and bv stopping at the Sandwich Wands (two thousand six hundred miles) to land pas- " "' ", i1'si.'i.rers -imiI nrornre enal and i velcimre r-ir.r,, X J r Pr; core cn.n ,d sehange cargo, cVc., he will have ailed -.ouie ten thousand miles or more bt.,,n. reaching auto;,. 1 1 .-. Cm ... L.h. t..U-;....r tk M;i. i Af ij i' ii h.'ou.j iMiii' luinuipUi uiu iiiiiiuiiu to Oregon ever consult a map.' In my humble opin-1 I.,,,, the r. 1.1 l u-Miibl ....t iV,..'.. s- I w.e,.t.-.e, .. , - - ........ . ..a, . i ',, 1 i i ..... mumms m .Miurs, ami iwu passengers per day h , wou Id not ex - j,,.,,,, . Let tbe Gove mama t of the United States (but not I -Mr. Whituev,) select a strip of country, defining it, "bd let rpU of good moral character of ol' nations ... . .......

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in v ilea to mrcupy ftie same, giving to each family ....".... ... ... r,.,v. ,i3 ,u , .- sixty acres of land of their own i -lection within the ,D8 ,h'Mr "lsl,t'," call e exercise of thai power limits, taking care that none but American schools hy what name you wiU which he would bow lay beand American principles shall exist aiuohg them. , ,(;ro the committee. Tli rough that district to ( Oregon, let the governmenl i Rawle, one of the ablest commentators oa our eonfirsl grade a national road with good bridges, &c, ( stitution, says . i. .1 ii ii i , . . 2 ' ....

ami ine railroad will follow on its heels as fast as reI ... .., bwi ism oi.uM.i ....V men nh in.n. 9 p.-r huw a. i pei wu. pci muHum, lor .so years, io laciniaie ine work, in mis manner a road may be i : i . . 'iii a at . i . a . iiiiiii in i, hi ii t u' uuu .m; iimi'su uuu Mill (I humbug got up for the purpose of finding fit jobs for cunning contractors and tat places for decayed poli-i .uu.. iui. aiii ie a neuem o) Uie nation uuu not a i r. ...i..... c. i. . f i uiii.iug i.il ons lor piatea ioi uecayeu poll-A'.-J. 1 I I tieians. v. v. Ei - ning Post. Poi.n il Nicknames.- The Union, a few weeka a? . declared its intention of enlloer the fed,.r;.i" ...... I ..i.... i r ?.i. .i "! a i.-i-. i inn 'd ta ie i ier .'i ro -e i ii nn i ie i en ve a rr:, - , ,r . i il , ',',"'.a,M, i, . i. 11 1 1 1 u , , ui -IKI 111" .1111 II or TOT Illllie enormity of nicknames. The Baltimore American aVOWfcd tliat a was the eomittOO resort of a defeated . - . .. . . All of Uns a losedusexceedingli I,,ll ill 1 1111 a III. ll'.l.llll.'TII T Hud nresses rtth 44loct)lucot always in uae, denounc aetng the term tederalist as a nickname, made us hi ugh heartily. We do not eon. I nicknames: thou irfl m 1 .... iknM . . ' J '" "'" wo se UK'in, not on those to whom thev are anolied ut fvderalists and (edoralism are mi i,.L ,,.' Thev exore-s certain doctrines ami th - nvhn iinKt.1.1 them; and modern wings, if true to their principles, ought tobt? proud of a lermouce borne and gloried in by such men as Hamilton, Jay, Pickering and others. We do not Use the term ourselves, because tin: party to whom it is anolied calls itself iviM.r i fr,'', courtesy we use the same name, ika one presumes for a moment that we intend ny spprova! of thai i, -in, vV'i. ,! , i,t ,,.!.. th..... ...it . . ......... .,' ....... tit .. iitiiii .Ii, i 1 1 1'',,, i I i 1 , in truth, from having bean borne by our forefathers in the revolution, it should ha.e bee,', . I...., i. i to be dragged into party contests - luv -Ii". H The deeds (rather misdeeds) of tbe whig party in its alliances with native Americanism, anti-reutiam, and abolitkmism. force im to bt.dieve that tle v nn. ti.n h. itiinate dusceodents uf tbe first whig. 4TIe firati whig, sir, was the DevH. Dr. Jokm&mn, ) And now, I iu conclusion, we admit that the vrord wbhr u a nick. : ' .-v. e uonid -all aiteution to the new imnroved I ... Stoves adverti-ed in this nnner 'IW h. I J ' ' ' for a few days at the J'almci J louse j , ie and at r racier s Uott

Sketch of lhe Dehtafe l'i House Representatives, whilst in CommiUet of the Whole, m the bill ta provide calling a Convention to chanaje t'i. Constitution. cr Mr. Sei best remarked tint the bill before the committee presented a highly important question, upon which he ftuitd himself compelled to differ from mo.-t of bis Dolitical friends. Under such circumstances

O I . . . . . i ! uirl I v (li t III! O' -i it ill li:m :i r i lit al alt Itmna nJ in fri u 1 1 1. III. :i re est:: hl Irflipri. I M '.til t ilO-i Illnt lefs. ill . win rfmilnt a tUa tir i.-r. it t lo vrin in ci ! , . 1

tnii.l nol.'ti ...1 he desired to give bis views, at some tengui, oiner- -v - - -4 . I "7, 7 7- i ... u i TV . V , 7 1 taamipuuucaj . ri, -lnn. whatever manner they pleased to u Iter or amend their riiilU ot iikIih:: ami acting are in those who payi lion, altliougb perhaps not before some poor men

yhv rgi ....int to wluch be wUhed to direct the constHOtion, ana Uierefore soch provision would be a and not those weo receive. nay many poor men, sh.il! have mat their land, toHouse reported . ' . ' ' ,t. ,.nii ft.. nullit v. The vote bv which it was reiected wnn 25 for .Wain: getber with ;.ll tliev have natd it arid whntevrr

. , t l) at U til UM! Ol l IM coin Hl I H ee, iii.u ihu mu mvn m , . J r. , , it J ' rt of the crest ! , , , (ir in it, OS against it. Amongst those oppostnir it are the "The laws which are enacted by governments, iinprovemeuts the? have made. Xow the scrip which

. r UVJI Vtrtailvll WvlilU ir-'i lion saasavaa uiaH . , o ft a 1 . , ippoinimeni oi , ' .j... ,:i .t... ,..,,,;,, most eminent statesmen ol Virsrinm. To show who control nun only as itidiviauais; Lut the lation. I was issued tur U.e comu et ion ot the anal taste.!

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i. .1... it... in ittrotni. venr noil should he they are he would ifid the vote.

step further on this subject. It became material, therefore, to inquire bow far it is obligatory. If the eighth arti.de, as is contended for by many, was intended to preclude the people from holding a p ill for a convention at any other time than every twelfth vear. he held it to be a null it v. It then con an nil. i new. i ue r or reform their cor think oroner." : i' "... .,;,., and indefeasible right to alter A ... .... 1 . . II.,. eminent in sucu manner as inev uitim i.'.onei. ii i itu A i- the fV.mer of tl onuit,.1 .1 rhu. ti.Mt the ri.rhtn. nln.r itV.ists at all times with v a a j nfifi a n. m m v - - - - - the peoplea right 4 unalienable and 44 indefeasib," that is. one which cannot be tranfferred for a moment. vt ;,ti,n ..;.ri.,i. o.i,. ...it o ..Uite u h ii It iiiv viuiii aiiiviv 17 nv uuuji n ,-M. iki. ,r,t c.r ,.ri.wi- ftweke J i ve v r. . It fi.rhilN tin. nnonln to niter or refurm their röveni- . v. . , r' - n ' r,,rni their e-mernmeut should be alienated, that fov eminent would cease to be republican. If so, it mat ters not for how long that right IS alienated. To lim n or liinuer its exercise is ::u alienation, loiaiiv in compatible with tlie terms used by the framers of our constitution in the second section referred to, and with tliat reouhlican form of government which is the birthright of every American citizen. He therefore ! Mitm! thU twitinn ih-.t tl.o unml. h, nn r,.,,c'if. W ' - ' I "weMII,., um KWI NIVMf ---i-i'.,-' '-"-.-t.i ;.... , ,...!.! k.i, iv... i.-..l.... r ... . l .. . i'i'tt.-l";., , 1 1 H . n r, . ii'Mii iiiiiu. ill "i n - . ... srnin. or inn! their nirht. to slter or atnt ml I heir constitution! thoritiM '-.,iv. '11... C -1.1 1. . 1 . . C threat weight on a question of thia kiudN En his in tuv um, aiiuuuun 01 nei-ni ive cit i raeiei , hus iü vestigations he had not found a single American uriDC reierreo to Iin'in. Chief Justice Marshall, in 4th Wheaton- Reports, 406, savs ' 44 It has been said that the people had already snrrendered all their now cr to the .Mate aoveremntie and had nothing more to give. But surely the oacstion whether they may resume and modify tbe powers granted to the gmernment, docs not remain to be setUed in this country." J he next authority, to which he would direct the ... , .v. nv . .1 attention of the committee, was that of Judge Wils a Judge ol the ckipreme Court 01 the i mted States, Bigner of the Declaration of Independence, a disti attention of the committee, was that of Judge Wils n, a tinguished professor of law, and who, from his work-, says. , .1 luv 'erm to mention one vital principle, I may well call it which diffuses animation and vie;or through all others. The principle I mean is this: that Ihe supreme or sovereign power ol society resides it the citizens ut large; and that, therefore, they always retain the ri'ht of abolishing, altering, or amending their constitution, in whatever manner they ahall deem expedient." In his works, vol. p. '."'i, he says: M Perhaps some politician, who has no considered with Sufficient accuracy our political Systems, would wer that, in our government, the supreme power tesUd tn the consMutum. This opinion approach- , s top nearer to the truth, (than the Bupposition ' I.slattires.; but doCi not reach it. The truth is. that, in nor novernmcnt. the m- , , ., 7. ' . !remc' "'to, mid uncontrollable power remains in th. VP- As our constitutions are superior to our legislatures, so tbe p ple are superior to our con stitutions; indeed, the superiority of this last instance is much greater; for the people- poesacss, over OUT constitutions, control in arl as well as right." Again he savs : 11 As to the people, bower, r. in whom tbe sovereign ? . re,ui-s. 1. 0m ine.r aoinoriu van consmuuon ongiuates; in their hands it is as claj in the bauds ol thc. Ptter ! lhc' havc lb rr,.'t .lot mouW ," preserve, . . ............. .....la,. . . . .1 . . ... 4 t ..1 -T-"4.. l" t lw us "J Peuw.-. 1 L' : a. 1 I I. 1.1 ..I I .1 I . 1 I 11 so, can 11 ue u Minim mat iin-v nave tue rrTm iik -wise to change it?1 Vol. I, p. 410. Another extract from the works of tiie same auth r: '4 The dread and redoubtable sovereign, when traced to hie Lltimate and genuine source, has been foundas l.e ought to have been found in the free and indeI (i' 1 nis irutii, so simple a uu iiaiurai, am: 1 . riM : .1 I , .11 -v'rt s. f1 ,or despised, may be appreciated as , , ua,"e,,l:i. p, ' !: p. , : . . ..l i . i .1 . L "J ff.ww.vhbo, ,, i i 1 government. Lectures 00 Law, V01. 1, - , ', wmJ uc oicj auiooi only, what no one will deny, the right ol IAIUICB UU 1.U, VUI, 1, U. tl, itit's declare f revolution '.ranted that it i- this rmbt to which thev refer, does . mm ' not ,,r,;ss:'r'.v wlow, that the people cannot be divested ol the right, and that it can be legitimately IVI exercised at u& times, to sinend or abolish existing constitutions, i'or if the people can divest themselves 1' i f- roriiinepeopeeanoivest oi i Bi an, inen li Wouitl DC aiieiiahie and unexpeccvlIs as U"!'T ,'" !irticl,s ut confederation, u"ulJ ,,avo tM e',,1,ir, 1 ontil the right again re v!'nvd 1,10 IM?l'!o Bt tliere are authorities againsl tl,.. I 1 1 1 i I I 1 1 .1 f.t llio r. .tl'.r at ll... IUUU.I. n a. , .Ha.. Yaitel iu.-tlv observes, that the perfection of a EHtu, um in iwiiwic w itiiw im eiM pvopom.ii t,v society, uepenu upon ita cmi-i i iui ion. ine iirsi duty to ltselr is to form tlie best constitution possible, . -.I. . . a . and one most suited to us circumstances : ami thus illltliill' IM'iL-llll'.. I.U lin Iii' uillä'iill it lavs the foundation of its safety, ,e hanoiness. But the best constitutic . i ... i I.. : c .. . ...... 1 ,i la vs me louiiuaiion oi ie- sa ici , pet ma neilCC, ami ft 11 A Al 1 . a. ' . I 1 happmes-. nut ino oesi const i union tnai can be rormeu witn tae roosi anxioos oeiiucrauon inn can j be bestowed upon it, may, in pracuce, oe round ire- J pe"eci ana lnauoquiio w uie true iuurnawoi aocieiy. Alterations and amendments then become desirable. 7 Vie nem tie. retain the tteovle Cannot. verhaBS. din st tftemsefres of th vower to make such alterations. A .... g . i l ' i . V , naoral power equal to, and ol the same nature with ,,,at Ina( ade, alone can destroy. The laws of may be repealed by another legislature, one legislature an' l""r,'r ' 1'' P'" t'lim 3aÄ0i he Withheld hy th, power that enacted them. 00 ine people may, on tke stii: principle, ai any um voter or arnuusn uu: const ltution they have formed. Ibis has keen frequently . .1 1 i .1 .1 .-..... . arm peaceaoiy aw j - vtia. w .-.Hie- since 1T70. If a particular moefe of enVctinf; such alterations has b-'tm agreed upon, il is most Convenient to adhere ta it, but tx is biot BXCLUaivaLy kim'iv,." lr,u',; 00 ',e const iiut;on, p. 17. 1 " ti,e S!llMß loi"1 Jl",r,' "ilson thus speaks ; " The consequence m, that the pecple may change the constitution, iciWncasr and however they please. T,,ls ls u n,lt which no positive institution enn ,lri,riV'' tbeaa." Wilson's v oiks, vol. :j. p. 893. r. Kenton IS distlllL'Ul-lied llUlong lite en. ment teemea ,),ir Ume, ror his erudition and patient ami laborious in vestma I ion. Whatever may be his . . . .. . . , ,1 sentiments on lite political meaaure vi me uay, and a. .'a' I ...1... I however widely we may differ from him, yet bis opin- j wö on aacb a question aa is now before us, is entitled ,() the greatest weight. This Senator, m Ins apeecli m mate of the United States, upon the admisM0a Michigan, reamrked : m Crmvenfionj Here original acts a fa people. m. ii .. .1 . ..... 1 ....... 1. 1.. :.i. I They acpeaded upon inherent and inalienable rights. i lhe people ol any State may at any tune, meet m . ...ft . . i . i . . , ccvenl0,l wiinout a law oiineir legislature, and WlWOUl anv provision, or against any provision m i ' 11 ' J ' ' ,' at . I 1 ll llil lllfll ft Iter or lihiihsh the iil,..l.. ..... v... ...,u .,,u, ...iwm; j frame of government an they please. The sovereor,, I newer to govern thcnrclvcs was in the majority, am) I - - . , v. i

of his just responsibility. nicte,i u"lt, the second section of the first article of ot WPf .Vtt (.ree, 'are not iu horded to make a ran ror s convention , u;an as nniniiesi injustice.

- . . . .'' ..... i. ii revnimion. unten no one ffenies hnl tna it is no 1 he n.initv semmarv v.e,- (.in c irim'et : tie leTisiauire hmii.iiii in- na.-e oi auo'.ner oou r .'son w nv iiiose

oi ine.-e eon-, uu v nave, u

,0.. mmiii k its rkju.m ; ,wi t ie, t i ,t i ovo. i t wa s not those wlto made it, hut George 111. who the excitement caused by the expenses ol the conven-

r .'.mi, ' ;itl,. i- 'u ...... r ,i1(.m ... . .caused those hostilities, which we distinguish by t he lion, especially under the embarassed condition of bad.

I I o 11 ui IUI ''III. 10 WMVII I VWII MIVll m 1 1 p - , ja , j 1 .,e.v." or Kueh ri.rh,'" W.,A nhiS or -in.l. L,,sii:, "' Bte ol ar of the Wlution." But tew the State, would prevent for a long period, the proper J .Mr. Dole a

1 1 ...c f 1 i.n- .t.,.n r..-i areater changes in the principles of government amendments. As a Question ot expediency alone, he importance 1

i. Ulli JII.1IH.U .'UM ?iiiiii J i' iiiiuiii mi'.i nun 1111 11111 1 ' .,, , . , , , . . ... r..r I.., u. ik.i if k- i.;.,!. r u t i could be made than we made m adopt in 5 the present could not, then, vote tor the bill. suppose, it it i

Ibcy could not be divested of it." Gales and Sctto&'a debates, vol. IJ, art 1, p. 1036. On this punt be would iutroduce but one mote itidboriiy. nthe revision of tbe constitution of Virginia a propoaition was introduced belbre tbe conventioa pre scribing th mode by which the cans! it it lion s.'ioud i .-: natd. it was rejected on tbe ground that a ma-

..lucre, Beirnc, Mason of Southampton, Trezvant. Chiborne, Urgehart, Randolph, Leigh of Halifax, Lojran, Venable, Madison (ex-president,) Stainrd, Holliday, Henderson, Osborne, Cooke, firings, Tendleton, George, Byan, Roane, Taylor of Carolina, Morris. Clovo, Chapman. Mntthewa. Oirlesbv. Dun- . . . ,. , . this right which a people exercise in amending their j constitution. He would ask, then, if it is not this riffht, whit right is it? He maintained ibat it is the . . . ... right, what right is it? He maintained that it is the exercise of that same sovereign power of the people, f V" T b"dl9,,nRUihed rt,siraP1 Ul, uir ,nr nl t,f l r;u,IS uavü endeavors to control tiie pcoph asserting it, by wag- . , . . , , "iT deadly warfare against them, in I H6, the declaration ot independence waa, io ittf pmcofot, and . . . .i . i , i . a it. ...i. constitution of the United Slates, yet was that revolulion peaceful and mild and but the completion of the exercise of that ribt of revolution which was coini meneed in 177i. Hence it i- that Judge Wilson thus i V;, ;,', . r , inw impmww uuu .re mr iru. r... . I "P"' we" 1!,IS " . 1 . , 1 ' II ' "11 ' I Jte under tneir mmee ateano w nign innuem e, the operation ol these truths, we are to as ri j'o the - 1 - - 1 i - I 4 Beetle, hitherto unparalleled, which America v.aw f)... . , , ,, . ,. , I .vl.il. ti tl.r. irm- , i nrr n 1 1 a ne-i .- 1 1 1 1 ri v.ilutlt tarv, and a deliberate transition from one const itut i 11 of government to another, (from the c mfedcration to lhe constitution of the United Mates.) In other gov rn . t . .. . . D'trts III I! 10 World, I '!(.' Iitt if III t't tOIUlVOi t! 1 . , ; is, nv n mourniui ami n,uis..im.ie bssucmiiuii, . . , i s j: :.. .: connected with the idea of wars, und all th tics attendant n war. I imiMil nappy experience icaencs us 10 su v. rat.n It- . ,, . , . . . 1 ippy exper in a very different lighl to consider them :x Progressive steps m improvmg the kn vv edge I :;oy, mment and H.c.v.i-..nii the bappuus s-enty A.?.-in 1 ' P kn iwledge i f Ami 82 lin : , f ;V " ,r'" mJ" ,7. V 'outd te, taught s a principle of the cons itution ol ,alcs' .and " evry State in the I m n Tht.yevüalwn rnnaF c--lhntt the aovercugn poer 1 rcrii'tdion prmaiik certainly 1-, ami ccrtafnly residing in the people, they may change their consti tution and government whenever they please, is not a , is not ti princiVilsoU8 is ii jH'inctLectures, vol. I, p. "Jl. Authority of this kink might well settle lhe question, whether the rigid of revolution is not a peaceful as w 11 as a warlike remedy ", but he would fur- ' ther tsohw it, by a brief examinati' n into the nature . , , of the riirht Jn Europe Uie divine right of Kings to rule had bei 11 asserted, and by military power had been maintaind. When Payne attacked tins ns-er.ion, and declared tliat the natural rigid lo govern themselves existed in the people, Burke, in reply, insisted that government derived its power from heaven. Great and large as was tins statesman's mind, ho was forced to assume this untenable, and what appears to us, ridiculous position, to avoid, on the one band, the truths of Payne, and on the other, the odious doctrine of the inn divino rii-ht of Kings. Burke assumed Cj the position be d.d, because Lütiroj. had not then exhibited the spectacle of a majority of tiie people 1 1 I 1 !t 1 ' miyno quieuy reforming evus in ineirgovern

I . I . I .a . 1' a '1. speaka of Ihe right of revolution, as exercised le a. , .- ... he refers to an ex. reise of sovereign power by fnl means; as exercised in Europeby violent n Jle refers to an exercise of power here by tl. jority ; there by tlie minority. The right of revolution, Ihen, obtains for tin rection of all evils in government; its exercise i.-.t ....... ... .i. : :.. i . ...o.. . ... ., " H,BJW,,J " ' ' V " Clst f 1 T'Y '. Bt"fe and Vlol:'nco uiml tu lts ex,'ro;xc tU miuorny. Entertaining those views of the right of the per,hi io mi i in ;i Mr ii ,, i it- iiiui ion .ii au .ii. u a o , J .!.:. i ..ii limes, and believing the eighth article of our const i- . . a. ...... ., . . 1 1- a . I uuu, ii a nwiuiiiua ua tii.ii i iui, a uutini , ur ijuw tioa then occurs, by what authority can this Legislalure call a convention 1 And litis brought him to Thc second point, to which he asked the attention I of the committee. thai been seen that with us. and under existing circumstances, the right to amend our constitution ia I a peaceful right, which can be exi rcised by the majority alone. All admit that the people are severeign; and that tbeir wishes are spoken through Ihe majority only. Mr. Benton, as we have seen, de- j dares that "the sovereign power l govern themselves was in the majority, and they could not be divested of it." Judge Wilson says, "of the right of a majority of the ttrWt peopb to change their government at will, there is no doubt." Mow, this majority cannot act by a mere plurality, because a plu rality is not known except t id r Constitution. In a many States even thc constitutions would not permit it to decide the most trivt! ....d temporär nrnttere. m a tgatea aiiinoriiy ll is sometimes allowed, but in sovereign, never. .Are we authorized, then, by the . maiontv ot he neon e. to c a a eonv eni h,v, ... I 1 a . 1 . . . . .-a -. -... . .i Uie la.st . uifllsL election there Were ca-1 I gi .-! i. I , .. . a. vole, and but ol them tor a convention, that is, but a uttm more man one-fourth ol the people, We were not, then, authorized by them to pass tins diu. Hut it is contended bore that, as the rcpresi Dtatives nt the im mile, we hau, in nor leu i-Jutive Mniiiit . I I T .... ...... ..... a " . . " v.rw.. I the ri-rht to call for a convention n ,v even in frun.. i " ........ a new constitution and present it to the people? for the only exercise of their sovereign power i.s in voting tu receive or reject Ibe new constitution. To such 1 doctrine he con d not subscribe; lor the people then, would have no voice in aeiecttng agents todc clare their w.-... s as io unai pr. vi-ions ihe ens;, sir tion should contain. They may use the legislature .... . ... .1 1 .... . , . as a convenieni meuium inrmujn wun-u io express their wishes, but the people, and tlie neonle only, have the right to determine at what lim and in what BW7?nr, their constitutions are to be revised. There ma) be evils which they may wish to con t. but the time to do so may be unpropitioue. The public mind may be too much agitated on Other questions t. acl with that calm del,!, ration essential lo a useful change of the government. Again: The pun!, mind may not be entirely aatisfied of the exfieUicnc) ,,t snme c haie'es nroii. i.-ei . one. 1 lier, lore, li c. urn s material; and it is no! for us, but for the people to determine that. " f- i I - . . 1 a .. ,, ., I . . . . . lint eiicnucni oi nn this, he denned lo Know, v. I.etber our powers were no! limited by lhe constitution ! By il the people speak through us; bui now.it is asked, that we should speakor tliem. How lias it C4me to pass, thai we, a deparlment of Ibe governmciit, I have the power of sovereignty 1 'As our coustltutions," aajs Judge Wilson, "are superior to our i i . i . , . . i legislatures, so the people- are superior to our constitutions. Instead ot the neonle being -.-- ; thr .a... . . . constitutions second; arsl the legislatures third, we are lor reversing tbe order. What right have we to .1 . il, at mi. .iii.-i . .Mr. hiyne, in hit) Essay on thc RiffhtS of .Man, has .. " . . . . - answered the queatietl. Whatever objection the re.

mem, out oniy ine aucinpis ui a tew, vainiy airog-1 themselves ot all local prejudices, and should nave gting ta assert (heir rights against the armed power regard to sustaining the creilit of both classes of of oppression. The sovereignty of lhe people Burke , scrip, instead of depreciating the one that the market could not therefore comprehend. Her:-, however, the : value of the other should be i nhaneed. assertion of the right is not with a minority again s! j Tliat .t was evident that there was bui one grant a majority, and therefore, followed by bloodshed; bat ;;,-a the memorialists supp sed Lafai cite would be a peaceful remedy in the hands of the majority to the head of navigation on the Wabash river, and as remove evils, which experience has pointed out in soon as it was discovered that the rivi r u u , navitheir aovernment. When, therefore, an American rrable to that nlace. it was chamred. and Terre Ilaute

liirintis world may bate lo tlio religious opinions of th.s writer, his political prineiplea have always brcn approved in this country. He says: ' Gorernmeat baa no right lo make itself a parly lin any debate respecting the principles or modes of forming or eka gi ; coastitutioiis. It j-. not fbr the beutfit i f those v. ho exercise the powers of government that constitutions, and the governmenta isaoing

through the constitution., controla ibe whole governlatural ability BO to do. Ihe final therefore, and the originA constione and the same power. M this bill, we determine the time iiieJi amendments to our constitution are to be made. In so doing we make ourselves a "naHy" "to control the whole Bvemment.' It belongs to those who made the constitution and the legislature to do this with them, thru let us leave the whole subject. Believinir that this is not tlie proper time : tltat we . . " " .-ii i restricted as to borrowing money tor banking and internal improvement purposes ; andotheralterati ns. Bü whatever Iiis individual opinions might be, they , i . . .i hut whatever his individual opinions might be, they could not confer upon bin a convi nti 'ii. N one, from vole of l ist August, could mistake the feelingfl of the people on tins question. If a . , i convention were now called, lhe result, m all proba bihty, would be a rejection of the constitution; and .1 . . . . . it , .i . lie owed an apology to the committee for having, j contrary to his custom , so long detained it; but he hoped, in the importance ol the subn et, it would find some excuse for bun. V;tl;i h :iiil Erie CDniinl Scrip Mr. Casaatt, from lbs iehjet cominittec lo whom was referred the joint resolution oa the wbject of the Wabash and Erie anal acrip, made a report on that lubject, of i . i c ii a - i . . which ins loiiowma is a ry ore l aosiract. sir. Casaatt, on the subject of the vYabaab and t.ne , Mniil s.tiii i . , rn ir I . . 1 1 tli it tlii'V li ul iiinienil mln lln (ill. i gin of lbs bans a pea which the different kitnia w scrip have been iuattcd, ami the committee believed ilia! there was but one grant ol" lands mads by Congr fin the completion tf raid canal from the lakes lo Terrs Haute. Thai lbs grant was made br the express purpose of con- ' tirtaj lhe lake with ;hc navigable water of the W abash, leaving that point to be selected by lite State ; and tinder ' this act hinds were selected to construct lhe canal to La on- .11 1 1, ums weie sen i n n 10 coi.-naci tue cana . , , ... . . - Ia 1 t ! u 1 1 the I in 1 1 ri s 1 1 111 Ilia' I lie alia-lt r v er W .1 s ua igable lo that point baa litis impreaaion was found to he erroneoua, a aelection was made 10 continue the anal to Terra Haute as the navigable point on the abaah river. This prant was investigated by Congress, an I confirmed to the State, not as a aeisgrant, but as lauds the Stats had a right to ander the original pr int made lo connect Ihe waters of the lakes with the navigable waters of the Wabash j and consequently that any act of the Legislature to divert those fund a from lhe ohjeel contemplated by Congreas, is a breach of the trust confided in lbs State by Conan sa. j Thai lhe Stale in accepting those lands pledged her I faith fbr the final completion of aaid canal ; also, that it should be completed within twenty years, (which period ezj irea the present year) bat thai lhe canal would have been completed within the specibed true; out tor tiie Legislamre of 1842 diverting a portion of the grant from its legitimate pur pi se That the interests of the State w as prejudiced by .1 dmtincti in made b lhe canal east and the canal west uf Lafa ve lie. That the law should be abolished, and that the fund be applied in the most judicious manner to secure a speedy anl expeditious consumation of ibe work. 1 In M pt'it cone 1 11 (1 I'd liy answering aiguimnts ngn:.-t tin adoption of this policy. A bill on the suhjei t ol the Wabash and lin-j canal scrip wai Bubstituted instead el lhe j u.t resolution, and it- passage neeonsmended h the committee. Mr. Seck est sr.id the question was mt whether one portion of the country was more favored than another it was m t t ue of sectional imp rlance, but one in which the whole State was interested. The question was whether the legislature would obstruct the progress of thia canal, and forever cripple the enemies of its friends. That members should divest I. a ....a a ... . a ... i .' ..'S' as substituted ami mole lands granted, not 10 eonLrucl a new work, but io carry 00 the canal in acr dance witb lhe design had in making the tir : Mr. Wilson said be was rather taken by suritrise at the report coming from the select committee of which he was a member, at this lime, as well as at ., ... 1 .i 1 t .!, u,c c , r Vi ? - , 'r'T8.0' ,,mi,,:i; 'V'' Mr. W. had made strict inquiry of one ol Lhc -Wuibers of that committee, the gentleman from uass, Mr. t'aimer.j at what ume me committee would met!, and was informed by him .Mr. rainier) .. . i ,1.., ... mi . .. . .. r I : ii nn nin nor nv. i i r ' r .; r"i Waba i. f .Mr Cassattl was chairman.' Immcdiatelv . .. . . a . . . uu u.e aujouriiineui oi me iruise, ai noon, m; ..ir. SV.l went t the gentleman from Wabash, and inquired of bun when he would call the committee together to investigate thai subject. The reply which he rect ived was. that he I Mr. C.l would call tho committce toe-ether as soon ns the Hou-e s!,ouhl adjourn in the afternoon. He j Mr. W.) h ard no more on the subject until a lew minutes ago, when be was called from his seat into the lobby by a member of the committee. There he waa met by the gentleman fmra Wabash, iMr. Cassatt, who said be was ready to report lie l .Mr. . j insisted upon a delay until he could have time to investigate the matter. The gentleman from Wabash Mr. Csssatt then went to bis s :.t,aml in a few minotcs made iti-report. It was due, Mr. NV thought, to himself as well as to other members of the committee, it' it were only on ij,e score of eourtc-ev, to have been allowed an onportunity to inform himself of the matters contained in th rci" t or.d to in ni, the . uh-e.-t Kit if torily. lie thoughl that he ou-ht to have had tho orivilene of conferrimr freely with the cor mir treely witn Uie commilli e on .!....., i.. .f.. a..................... ....i. . report Wl aui now, saui mv. ., ior a snori lusiorv reiaat s ma tu i' i tive to the matter of thia canal nerio. The fon-ress of thc United Slates donated certain lands to tlie . . . . .. - . - State of Indiana for the purpose of completing a canal from tiie Ohio line east, to Lafayette, tliat being represented as a navigable point on the Wabash river. These lands consisted of alternate sections, ...1 ... ... ,.s...i .1 ,1 1 c ,1 ,1 t;, ..!,,, ,, M.4 , A , , . ,u(.-(i m ium w ine line o. 'in v .1 1 ..i .1 . v; iiuiv. mi each side of it. The Legislature autltorized the classifying of Ute lands; they were' accordingly divi-1 ! ,1 into three ctesses, the first class m be sold," if liS memory served him ri'jbt, ;.t three dollars per acre; the second clasa at two dollura per acre; mid the third class at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. Scrip was issued, for the payment of which this laud was made the security. The lands were rt brought into market in the yeai 1 H 1. The -crip depreciated in value from forty to fifty per cent., but the purchasers failed to avail themselves of the opportunity of paying for their land while thc scrip was cheap. I ongrcsa afterwards granted other lauds to this State, for the purpose of enabling the State l dim the State t.fj o Terra Haute hree classes : the extend the canal from layette to This bud grant was divided into ti first class was rallied at live dollars pet acre, the -ecoud at Ihree dollars and a half, and the third at two dollars. Scrip was to be issued to the full amount of the binds, as valued, and to be redeemable I. ... m the -aid hmh ahhnn.rl. it u-.i well knou.ii tho lands being apj , ised st more than their cash value, that the scrip musl depreciate. But the fnenda of the measure rerauaded themselves thai the noor. the laboring classes, could be hired t do the work of digging the canal at ten dollars a month, and take this scrip at its face in pay ment, which they did ".. .. . J . 'J'us scrip took the name of Blue l1". On the third of I),:., her 1 i a nart of the-e lands wis bi..i,i ' r mto market that ia to aay, one third of them, but t email part of those lands would sell, owing to the , . 1:1 .1 i i i ... i rtii iujjii price at vvnicii wie) nan ueen vaiueo. i am rr - lull ana that the serin called Bine Dual ltll in value , . ... to forty cents on tho dollar. The lauds then began

1 to sell ; and many poor mm. as soon :is they could I raic enotttl to make t!ie firt p-iyrornt of principal I and interest, boebl bad. fttinjref tbfse men now I owe for tbe land thus bougJtt, and will have prent J difficulty io making op the instalments yet unpaid, I al the price which ihe l.tnd ikw bears. S'w ifdM aa two foods were united, the result would be to raise tSie price of Ihe 1 Uio g for a while; but tl e lunda

j the mouth of the Tippecanoe river, ans redeemable tor the lands appropriated t'nr that purpose has risen j in value. It i now worth ninety cents oa the dollar i whilst the scrip issued for the completion of the canal west of the mouth f the Tippecanoe river, land redeemable by the lands appropnah 1 for that purpose, is worth do more than fifty cent on the dllnr. Now wbal docs this bill propose! Neither j more nor less than that the buyers of the Blue 1 1 lauds shall help the buyers of the While Dog lands I to pay fa their farms, whidi cannot be looked upon in any other light, by any man in tiu legislature, I I tones snou i ;w( miles on . funds should be Kept apart. It was. that the White ituate a!"ng ihe line of canst, five .i i i .. miles on cither aide, consisting ol a selected, and all, or nearly all, s -Id ; aiii e I er portion of tin lilue I .r lands lav at a d. from a by far tl , greater part 1 whieu ...1.: ..1. .. 1.1 .... . .. 1 inferior quality. These hinds wi re taken rn masse wit-. out any aelection, let them turn out to be good or III' II V. 'U Ml IK 'I ' I I ue aid, tiii is a question of much more the State than many men. hers mav ri r a question of the relative value i ot the two kinds ol scrip which are already issued, .then it would be ss tbe gentleman from ble seems ' to suppose it to be a local question confined to the persons holding this scrip, and to the porch canal lands, in which Ibe State would have I ('ii-sii, in, ami one ni lii u e :itizen has and ought to fc 1 an j jj,,n ;9 wlietber the State will anplv the lands d ti it. d Yaaud fem rai tin pasecuiioii 'd accruii r. of her orl; v I'.it ut an Slate, or any c eitiz from Tipp canoe bui this is 1 tn OQUS I Matt QVery a ,JC wh0jc j 1 m'clares t . lsC with tlSl IT. lug tint State ol I q locate . Bn( ,1C, j it on the W .i;.::-u 10 be sc ma. Qnder Ulis set the St canal to the mouth 1 f Tipj granted were selected, to c it u or that point. ; Indiana bclii ' point on the tin r w 11 where t:.is caual lhute. tin- Coma doubting the subjet before O on ol lands was the General 1 hiconfirm tlie gran rod thc subject, it make a new ide under the giant, but to con iiin 1 original grant : eonseq c inclusion than thai ti to Terre Haute is one action of the Slate lo sCj not only injurious t- the a breach of the com acl the General Govern mei the Legislature of the n a om the I.ake and that an) or the fund is lOC'l i ii uucstion. co thc id lower Wabash country. These rnims were anted in the legislative enactments improper in the Legislature to cont tion. Tbe duty as w 11 as the : i to apply all the funds granted by the the speedy completion of this work. urse been pursued heretofore, the canal wonld now have been c mpJet d t - Terre Haute, and a propet application of these funds will Vet complete this work to that d i point within two years. As to the p:es:. n (,f redacing the value of one of the-'C M dog-, and advancing the other, it is a question With which tho Slate has nothing to dot thc State issue- thia scrip ;u par funds, and redeems it as such, and all the legislation upon the subject sin uid be with a rn a to its par value. Mr. Ik hoped this question would be well understood before it was acted upon, and with a view Of giving members an opportunity of examining the subject, be would mow to la ii upon the table. Mr. Casaatt said, be regretted extremely that be was dragged into this debate. That be had not intended saying one word upon the subject, as be baa given his reasons at 1 ngth ia Iba r ort be had mst submitted, and he would now content himself Sfitb replying to the gratuitons remarks of the gentleman from Noble. That gentleman, said Mr. '., complains bitterly that there was not more ettiquettc obi rved in catling together the select committee that he urns neithei ticketed or publicly notified to be and appear in tbe House of Representatives at a certain hour to sit in conclave on this grave Question of attmlgamafjngaog. Now 1 feel all due penitence for tins gn at en r. bur in extenuation of my crime, I must plead that the ap pearance of my old friend from Nome mialed me. 1 did not suppose that an boaest-fsced, liard-nsted old ih rnocrat, inch as liei;; m tired to be, wonld be so disturbed about an infraction of the rule- of ctti.pielte. 1 d,d not suppose that he was in the hab.t of receiving in his county gill paper billets inviting aim to i"g rollings, A,-., and reasonably supposed that the old gentleman would adhere to his hosse customs, and receive a friendly invitation in Ihe 1 buy lo consult upon the late of our d gs. Hut such was my mistake. The gt iilleinan net only manifested an unforgiving spirit. but in the matrn tmle of his wrath he mo.-lamis that J i . .... ... I havc smuggled into this House, without the consent of the membersof tbe committee, lhe report and bill mt suhmitud. In answer to this charge, 1 shall on I) say, that 1 hold myself ready to prove thai that report and biil was submitted t i very member of the com mittee except the gentleman from ("as-, who wrs not present that a ma jority directed me to report the bill. and that Iber- an ! membi r of lhe cot was ii attempt by me or any other nmittee to prevent tnveatigatioa or mppress truth. Air. said further, thai he believed the true reasons for the geothsarana aVsaunciat ion was not because he had no opportunity to examine the report and bill, hut because he could not delay act. on on it. lie tins ho-lile to the measure from its introduction into the LionSe, and because he was foiled in this attempt delay the mea-ure, be chose to denounce me. The next time the old gl DtlemSfl makes anjotfcei sneh attempt, I hope bis charges may savour more of truth " j "iUi he I i IT of WAR. Departure ot tJcn. Scott Fnited States stearaahin AUbama, Captaii Windle, left la-t ni"hl for lha.. s Santiago, and il is believed she will immcdiatelv proceed from thence i Tam pico. Gen. Scott and staff were pas-eugers on board. Company A, U. S. mounted riflemen, Captain Loving and Lien tenants Uttorria aud Palmer ; Cassaaa ay B, Captain Sanderson and Lient. Görden ; Cosaaany 1, Cant. Pops and Lieuts. Claiborne and Hawkins; Company ELCapi. Cnttendea ami Ueajt May: and ... .. i mm a Company G, Capt. Siaaooaon and L Gibes, als. left in the Alabama, Tamp o the whole under the e ! ., ,i . it, i ..I, .iJ i..:.... Company is, apt. esasonson mm i.ien.s. kusm-ii ami and destined for 'otninnnd uf Maior Sumner, .Major Uui hiu.ee being euipelled to remain I here m cou-eipn nee ol illness. Limls. .Newton, i - . l " l ' i . I upton, lay wr, uimmj, ana cweii, wita a ueuea"i.ni oi nun. u o n,..,,, nere su,,,c oays, in oruevsa I ...i.,.r i n ! end I he Mi . nlllellt of t he horse, heb iinr i mit I.. x,'v . . I -he companies, which will Ik despatched nt lhe ear beat jHis-iblc tpyiuent. .Y O. Picayune )