The Wabash Courier, Volume 11, Number 2, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 17 September 1842 — Page 2

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Corrt*p»md*nm pf the JBaltitmr* Amerua*. V. WASOLNSTOW, Angn«t31,1842. ta tbe Ht»o« of Represent® ti*«. when

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being the character of tbe official communionlion in question. I confess I was wholly unprepared for the course which has been pursued in regard to it. In die exercise of the power to regulate its own proceedtacr, the House, for the first time, it is believed ifl the History of the Government, thought proper to refer a message to a select committee of its own body, for thepurpose (as my respect for the House would have compelled n»e to infer) of deliberately Weighing tbe objections urged against the bill by the Executive with a view to its own judgment upon the question of the final adoption or rejection ol the measure.

OF the temper and feelings in relation to myself of mine of thf members selected for the performance of this duty, I have nothing to say. That was a matter entirely within the discretion or the House of Representatives. But that committee, taking a different view of its duty from that which I should have supposed had led to its creation, instead of confining itself to the objections urged against the bill, availed itself of the occasion formally to arraign the motives of the President for others of his acts since his induction into office. In the absence of all proof, and, as I am bound to declare, against oil law or precedent in parliamentary proceedInto, and, at

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Constitution has intrusted to the House of Representsitives the solo power of impeach mem- Such impcschm«nt|is required to be tried before the most august tribunal known to onr institutions.

The Senate ol the United States, composed of the re* presentatives of the sovereignty of theSiatcfc, isconverted into a hall ol )t»ti*

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I never gav«t and because I execute what I believe to be the law, with usurping powers not conferred bv law and. above all, with using tbe powers conferred upon the President by the Constitution, from corrupt motives •nd for unwarrantable ends. And these charges are made without any particle of evidence to sustain them, and. as I solemnly affirm, without any foundation in truth.

Why is a proceeding of this sort adopted at this timet Is the occasion fur it found in the fact, that having been elected to the second office under the Constitution by the free and voluntary suffrages of the people, I have •succeeded to the first, according to the express provisions of the fundamental law of the same pcoplet It is «tra« that the succession of the Vies President to tbe Chief Magistracy has never occurred before, and that All prudent and patriotic minds have looked on this .new trial of the wisdom and stability of our institutions

a somewhat anxious concern. I have been made .to feel too sensibly the difficulties of my unpreoodeatcd -position, not to know all that is intended to be conveyed in the reproach cast upon a President without a par*ty. But 1 found myself placed in this roost responsible istatkm, by no usurpation or contrivance of my own. .: I was called to it, under Providenoe, by the supreme law of the land, and the deliberately-declared will ol the people. Ji is by these, the people, that I have been clothed with the high powers which they bave seen fit to confide to their Chief Executive, Snd been charged with the solemn responsibility under which thoespowers ire to be exercised. It is to thein I hold inyaeff anagent, for a free ami conscientious 1 discharge of the duties which they bave impoeod upon me. It is not as an individual mersly, that I an now upon to resist the encroachment 6f unconstitutional power. I represent tbe Executive authority of we people of the United States and it is in their name «(whose mere agwu and servant I aou. and whose will, declared in th*ir fundamental law, I dare not, even were I inclined, to disobey,) that I protest against «ve-

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attempt break down tbe undoubted constitution* this department, without a solemn amendmem oft hat hmdamemal liv.

I am detemiaed to uphold the Constitution in this, ja ^ber rywn, to tfa utmost of my ability, and in dsn*** «f sll personal consequence*, tffkat may bapindividual i» of liule importance bat the Constitution of thecoantry.orany of its great and dear pnn«pi«v sod provmoas, is too sacred tobs snmmdsrsd. under aay ctrcantsuaoea whatever, by those who Ms charged with its protection and defence. Least of all sfcoaid be be held gaiitlesa, who, placed at U»e head •f one of the great departments of the Governcaont, sbonki shrink from tbe exercise of its aaqoewMitable aathcrity on tbe sscat important oeaasionst and shesrtd mnssnt, sritbaat a atmppo, to iftai all thebarmraso •mull crsated by the people to control slid eucaoascribe th« poweta confided ta their variensagsat*

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cl(i«d r«tenlay emtine, the Protect ftefioiZby Pfemdeat fgier, ww uad* «n^fe«tkm 'fhi« t!*ir«mlinajry |«pw ™«w *ha»:

PftOTEffT OF THUS PE85iDP*T« \fo the rto*tt«f StprattdaiiMM

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retain if, with h» objections, to that Home in Chich it shall hare orunnated, who shall enter the ob jeeiions at large upon the joarttl, and proceed to re-

^IaiMKt compliance with ih^Mitire obligtiion tht» Imposed upon me by the Constitution, not having been obfe to bring myself to epprove a bill which originated in the House of Representatives, entitled *'An act to provide Vcvenue from imports, and to change and mod* ify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes," I returned the same to the House with my objections to its becoming a law. These objections, which had entirely satisfied my own mind of tint great impolicy, if not the unconstitutionality of tbe measure, were presented in the most respectful, and ev«n deferential terms. I would not have been so far forgetful of wfrit was due from one department of the tJovernnient to another, as to have intentionally employed in my offictn! intercourse with the House, nny iHiiZuage that could be, in the slightest degree, offennire to those to whom it was addressed. If, in assigning my objections to tbe bill, I had so far forgotten what was due to the House of Representative? as to »muunge its motives in passing the bill, I should owe, not only to that House, but to the country, my most profound apology. Such departure from propriety is howpver not complained of in nny proceeding which the House has adopted It has on the contrary expressly node a subject of remark, and almost ofcomplaint, that the language which my dissent was couched was studiously g'inrded and cautious.

same time, tn a manner which it

would be difficult to reconcile with the comity hitherto sacredly o!served in the intercourse between independent and co-ordinate departments W the Government, it has assailed mv whole official conduct, without a shadow of a pretext for such assault and, atop(ting short of imjjwtchment, has charged me, nevertheess. with offences Hec?ar€d to deserve impeachment.

Had the extraordinary report which the committee thus made to the House been permitted to remain without the sanction of the latter, I should not have uttered a regret, or comnlnint, upon the subject- But, unaccompanied as it is by any particle of testimony to support the charges it contains, without a deliberate exam* tnation, almost without any discussion, the House of Representatives has been pleased to adopt it as its own, and thereby to become mv accuser before the country, and before the world. The high charactcr oC such an hccuser, the gravity of the charges which have been made, and the judgment pronounced agninst me, by the adoption of the report upon a distinct and separate •vote of the House, leave me no alternative but to ertter my solemn protest against the proceeding, as unjust to "inyself, as mar., as an invasion ol my constitutional powers of Chief Magistrate of the American peopl^? Sand as a violation, in my person, of rights secured to nvery citizen by the laws and the Constitution. That

cittseiM to be condemned only

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SlAbsolution

and, in order to insure the

strictest observance of the rules of evidence, and ol lethe Chief Justice of the United Stat

functionary of ihe land, is requir

to preside over its deliberations. In the presence of each judicatory, the voice of faction is prasumeo to be silent, and the sentence of guilt or innocence is pronounced under the most solemn sanctions of religion, of honor, snd of law. To such a tribunal does the Constitution authorise tbe House of Representatives to carry up its accusations against any chief of the Executive department whom it may believe to be guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. Before that tribunal the iacctised is confronted with his accusers, and may demand tlie privilege, which the justice of tbe common law secures to the humblest citizen, of a full, patient, and impartial inquiry into the facts, upon the testimony of witnesses, rigidly examined, and deposing in the faoe of day. If such a proceeding had been adopted towards me, unjust as I should certainly have regarded 4jt. I should, I trust, have met with a becoming constancy a trial as painful as it would have been undeserved. would Imve manifested, by a profound submission to the laws of my country, my perfect faith in herjustice and, relying on the purity of my-motives, and the rectitude of my conduct, should have looked forward with confidence* to a triumphant refutation- in the presence of that country, and by the solemn judgment ol such a tribunal, notonlv of whatever charges might have been formally preferred against me, but of all the cnl|imnie« of which I have hitherto been the unresisting ^victim. As it is, I have been accused without evidence, a- fend condemned without a bearing. As farnssuch proceedings csn accomplish it, I am deprived of public confidence in ihe administration of tne Government, and denied even the boast of a good name—a name transmitted to me Iron a patriot father, prized as my proudest inheritance, and carefully preserved for those who are to come after me, as the most precious ol all earthly possessions. I am not only subjected to imputations affecting my character ns an individual, but am charged with offonces against the country, so grave and so heinous as to deserve public disgrace and disfrsnchisement. I am charged with violating pledgee which

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PIUV6CU|L«K KUMIIIJK IU IUQ uun UC9U uvt KM* V* L«W? and balances of tbe Constitution, and the accomodating in the hands of

majority of Congress, for the lime being, an uncontrolled and despotic power. And I rsapectfully ask that this, my protest, may be entered npm tbe journal of the House of Representatives, as a solemn and formal declaration, lor all time to corns, of the injustice and unconsuttttionolity of sucb a proceedTYLgR

WjiSHlWBTOS, August 30,1842. The proceeding* which followed are thus reported in tbe Intelligencers

The rinding of the message bating been concluded, Mr. Botjs obtained the floor, bat yielded itar ihe request of

Mr. Adams, who asked but far a minute or two He said there seemed to be an expectation on the part of some gentlemen that he should pfopoee to the House some treasure suitable to be adopted on the present occasion. Mr. A. knew of no reason for such an expectation but the fact that be had been the mover of the resolution for the appointment ef the committee which had made the report referred to in the message, had been sppointed by tbe Speaker chairman of the Committee. and that the report against which the President of the United States had sent to the House such a multitude of protests was written by him. So iar as it had becti so written, Mr. A. held himself responsible to the House, to the country, to the world, and to posterity and so far as he was the author of the report, he held himself responsible to the President also the President should hesr from him eleewhere than here on that«ubject. [Some laughter, and cries of "Hear that! will he fight him1MJ

Mr. A. went on to say that it was because tbe report had been adopted by the House, and not because it had been written by him, that the President liad sent such a bundle of protests, and therefore Mr. A. felt no necessity or obligation upon himself to propose what measures the House ought to adopt for the vindication of its own dignity and honor and perhaps, from considerations of delicacy, he was indeed the very last man in the House who should propose any measure under the circumstances-

Mr. Botts now resumed the floor. But for the remarks which had just fallen from the gentleman from Massachusetts, he should hold that he owed an apology to the House and to the country for being the first to move on this occn®ion* As the oldest member of the House, the most experienced, and the wisest, apart from the other circumstances of the case, the venerable gentleman from Massachusetts was certainly the most fit memher to point out the course which it became the House to pursue, in order to vindicate its honor thus assailed and Mr. B. wished to state that under this impression he had personally indicated to that gentleman the proprietv of such a movement on his part, but he had declined taact from motives of delicacy, to which he had himself just alluded.

As a member of the select committee which had made the report, as a member of the House, and as the Representative of a portion of the free People of this country he felt called upon to vindicate the honor and in-* dependence which belonged to the Representatives of the American People.

If he understood the message which had been at the clork's table, it declared^ that tbe action House was Now li •eenieu tnut, memory must have been in some degree treacherous. Another and a very memorable case of the like kind had occurred, and one in which the President had himself taken an important part and Mr. B. proposed to measure oat to him the very same measure which he had meted out to the then. President ol the United

ie clorK's tnoie, uwmrcu «.«i.»««» se

in adopting the report of the selcct commutee^^ jyjr^^romt

without precedent in our parliamentary history.—

had beon adopted according to which

Congress was to adjourn at two o'clock to-morrow afternoon, and there was, therefore, no time lelt for a protracted debate on this matter nor was there any need of it because he meant, by permission of the Chair, to introduce an authority on the right of that House to a

dopt the resolutions of the report, which the President, in all bis insolence to the People's Representative* DARK not question.

In 1834 the Senate bad adopted certain vesdlitttone, condemning the court* of President Jackson in the removal of i?e depositee from the Bank of the U. States to the 8tate banks. In consequence of this movement on the part of the Senate, President Jackson sent to that body a prole*/ against the right of the Senate to -T_ l:- MUMM AAHPSA nn express any opinion censuring his public course snd, what made the case then stronger than the present case, was, that the Senate constituted the jury by whom he was to be tried should nny impeachment be brought against him. The Senate, after a long, elaborate discussion of the whole matter, and the most eloquent artd overpowering torrent of debate that ever was listened to in this country, adopted the three foljowing resolutions: 1. Beiolved,

That while the Senate is and ever will

be ready to receive from the President all such messages and communications as the Constitution and laws and the usual course of business authorise him to transmit to it, yet it cannot recognise anv right in him to make a formal protest against votes and proceedings of the Senate, declaring such votes and proceedings to be illegal and unconstitutional, and requesting thu Senate to enter such protest on its Journal.

On this resolution the yeas and nays were taken, and it was adopted by a vote of 97 to 16 and among »je re-

it was adopted by a vote of 87 to 16 end among there- ett, tlimore, oramuiw,

corded votes in its favor stood the name of John Tyler.

now acting President of the United States, and Danisl

Wfbster, now his Prime Mi .m jg

The second resolution was as follows.

8 Jtnolved,

That the aforesaid protest is a breach

of the privileges ol the Senate, and that it be not enter-

*^The same vote, numerically, was given in favor

terly

this resolution and among tlie ywsstoodthenameof

Jirtolvrd, That tkt President qf tie United State* has no right to tend a prviMt to th* Senate against an* if in

And in sanctioi

Anv. i.. sanctum of this resolution also the record showed the names of the shme John Tyler and Daniel Webster.

bates, page 670 Here Mr. Botts read a part of Mr. Webster's speech referred to and then proceeded.

Such were the words then put forth by that dread intellectual giant on a case precisely analogous to this. I forbear (said Mr. i.) in verv shame to add a word of my own. am willing to adopt them as mine. And without further remark I move you the resolutions following. The three first of them are in the form, and the very words, adopted by the recorded votes of John Tyler, then a member of the United Stales Senate, when another daring President sent his protest to that body: "f. 1. Resolved,

S. Resohed, That the President of the United States has no right to send a protest to this House against any of its proceeds 4- Jfawfaerf, That the Clerk of this House be directed to return the message and protest to its author.

And were this the first occasion on which an opinion is lobe expressed against the pew of the President to seod a protest ta Congress against any of its official proceedings, mould stop here, and content myself with

»pon fsirand im- proposing the resolutions I have read

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conflict fatai to fhe peace, of the cottotQffend tbe im rityof the Constitution.' 1 protest against it in w*c name of (bat Constitution, which ts not only my owi» shield of protection and defence, but that of every American citizen. I protest against it. in the name of Ulfe people, by whose will I sutad where I do, and by whose authority I exercised the power which 1 am charged with having wmrped, and to whom am responsible for a firm and faithful discharge* according to my Own convictions of duty, of tbe high stewardship confided to me by them. I protest against it, in tbe name of at! regulated libertv, and all limited Government, regulated libertv, and all limited Government, as a __ J.I proceeding tending to the utter destruction of the checks an^

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the lioose of Representatives, or a bare

John Tvlcr. now acting President of the United btales- r» Ho lion. and of Daniel Webster, now his Prime Minister. The third resolution read as follows: 3.

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Mr. B. went on to say that tt was not often that he was driven to the necessity ol adopting the fcntiments of others instead ol giving expression to his own: he was in the habit of thinking, of speaking, and or acting for himself hut, on this occasion, he should adopt a few extracts of the speech of a gentleman whom, whatever opinion he might hold concerning certain parts of li is public course, he never had hesitated to admit to be the ablest of jurists and the soundest of constitutional lawyers. Never were words more applies

i»le to the very case now before the House. speech (of Mr. Websterl would be found ti\ the 10th volume of Gales and Beaton's Congressional De-

That while this Housie i« and

ever will be ready to receive from the President all such messages and commtintcations as the Constitution and the laws and the usual course of public business authorise him to transmit to it, yet it cannot recognite any right in him to make a formal protest against votes and proceedings of this House, declaring such votes and proceedings be illegal and unconstitutional, and requesting the House to enter such protests on its Journal. 2. Rssolved, That the aforesaid protest is a breach of the privileges of this Home, mod that it be not entered on the Journal.

but,

^LtT^^^ UW dSJS^«U tS John Tyler has himself furnished ns wilhan of tbe Howe, who m.ght mto J« oomityof intereoorw between the

Government, and defined, or i»ier, to laid to fu8e, I ndd another resolution: *^. [Hearty layghter.J Besolved, That the Cferk offtnsUoese

nathority which no man here can deny or re- bands of Jim Wilkins, the Presiden

be direci«l to retnra tbe messffe and Jrot«C him to its author. JA voice.

44Whois

its author? (A hogi^}

You ha*e just said you do n|t know. ^^The message is signed, and therefore has an ostensible author. As I have read only the recorded opinions of Mr. Tyler himse!

man ts responsible for Ills deub-

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erate solemn public acts, ihe last rwwlttCbn seems but a just consequence of those vlfteh precede it. kt •'•$** 1 demand the previiou« quedioii/ I [Cries qf 'No, no,' •Cruel,* 'Shameful,'3cc

After a brief conversation on a point oforder between Mr. Proffit and the Speaker--* Mr. Botts said he withdrew th« demand for tbe previotts question, simply fcr tlif purpose of making a remark in his own b*Uo!fBe was the last man in tHe House Who would undertake to raftke a speech, and then move the previous question. But in the present case he had only read the Journal of the proceedings of the Senate upon a similar proposition, on which be had undertaken to show what the course of Mr. Tyier had been., .He (Mr. B.) had read the speech of Mr. Welfcier on thnt occa^on, and had then moved tho previous question. And it Was because be (Mr. B.) did not desire at this lime to express his own opinions that he had mad** the

ma nd. He was too full indignation to express himself as he woul^*desire to do^ He demanded the previous question."^

Mr. Wise. I challenge |he gentleman to withdraw it. Mr. Botts. No cliuUenge, nor threat, nor bravado, on the part of that gentleman,, will induce me to withdraw it. When tbe question on the demand for the previous question was taken, and tho vote stood, ayes 66 noes 48—no quorum voting. [Several members sat in their seats, not passing between the Tellers.]

Mr. Andrews, of Ky, moved, a call of the House. ." Mr Holmes move** that the House adjourn.

Mr Linn asked ihe yeas aiu! nays thereon, which were ordered and, being4nken, were: Yeas 47, nays 93.

So khe house refused Jo adjourn, (a .quorum now

VOting.)

And the question Recurring on the demand for the previous question, there was a second. Mr. Proffit mov^d to lay the resolutions on the table.

The Speaker said the motion, if it prevail•ed, woold carry the message of the i¥e$Hilent -Wiibi^^^ •f"

And tho main question (tho yeas and nays, demanded by Mr. Cushing.having been Wfused) was ordered to be now taken.

Mr. W. W. .Irwin amoved that the House adjourn, which motion was A separate question was ordered on eitcli y»artliitinnT and the yeas and nays w*re

Resolveif, That white ttits Hfigae ever wjjl be ready to receive from th© Pijfestdeftt all such messagss and communications ns the Constitution and Laws and. the u^ial business anthoiriw him to course of public transmit to it, yet it cannot recognize any right in him to make a formal prot^t against votes and proceedings of this House, declaring such votes and proceedings to be illegal and unconstitutional, and requesting the House to enter such protest on its Journal,

The vote resulted a# follows: YE AS—Messrs. Adams, Landaff W. drews, Arnold, Babcock, Barnard, Birdseye, Blair, Boardman, Borden, Botts, Brockway, Jeremiah Brown, Calhoun, W. B« Campbell

Campbell,

Clark, Cowcn, G. Davis, J. Edwards, E*orett, Fillmore, Gamble, Gentry* Graham,

Howa„j

of Owsley, Pope, Powell, Bamsey, B. Rattdall.

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dered. And on the first resolution, which is mine f6IIowitlg words! .......

Rondall, Randolph, Rnyner, Ridgway,

Rodney, W. Russell, J» M. Russell, Salton stall, Shepperd, Simonton, Slade, T. Smith, Sprigg, Stanly, Stratton, Summers, Taliaferro, J7 B. Thompson, R. *W. Thompson, Tillinghast, Toland, Tomlinson, Triplett, Trumbull, Underwood, Van Rensselaer, Wallace, Warren," Washington, T. W. Williams, J. L. Williams, Yorke, A. Young—87.

NAYS—Messrs. Arriugton, Atherfon, Black, Boyd, A. V. Brown, Burke, W. O. Butler, P. C. Caldwell, Casey, Coles, Cwss, Cushing, R. D. Davis, Dawson, Gordon, Harris, Hastings, Hays, Hopkins, Hubbard, W. W. Irwin, C. Johusorf' J. W. Jones, A. McClellan, Mallory, Medil| Newhard, Oliver, Parmenter, Payne, Promt, Read, Redding, Reynolds, RiggV ^aw, fields, Steer*rod, J. Thompson, Van Buren, Weller, J. W. Williams, Wise, Wood—46.

So the first resolution was adopted. On the second resolution, ,whieh is iij the following words:

Resolved, That the aforesaid protest ts a breach of the privileges «this House, and that it be not entered on the Journal.

The vote was, YEAS-S6 NAYS—-48. So tbe second resolution was adopted. On the third resolution, which is in tbe following words:

jeremian pr««u, van-u-.., JSuren dynasty, namely: Baldwin, McLean, T.J.

Qranfler, Green, Habersham,%HnH, mislead, namely, Story and Thompson.

tjU(j80n, J. R. IngersoH, I. D. Jodes,

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Mason, Mathiot, |Vfn«ocks,

as ting, but he had great n^arf for the Clerk

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Russell, 10,

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it seemed that, on this occasion the President's WOUWfSarry With \U The question wag taken, and the motion to lay Ihe resolutions on the table was rejected.

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King, Linn, Mc Kenn»n« S.

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Resolved, That the President of the United States has no right to send a protest to this House against any of its proceedings.

The vote was, YEAS 86 NAYS- 53. So the third resolution was adopted. The question recurring on the fourth Iresolution, which is in the following words:

Besotted, That the Clerfcsgf this House directed to return the message to its atuibor. Mr. Botts said some of his friends had expressed a desire that be should withdraw this resolution. He did not Jtaow whether if was in his power to do so.

The Speaker said only by Mr. Wise objected. Mr. Botts, said very well. For hk own part, be pteforred this resolution to all the others. [Several voices.

Mr. Album asked to be excused from voting on considerations of persona! delicacy, both as respected the Prcsktent of the Uliited States aod himself.

Bat the House would net excuse him. Mr. Wise asked to he excused from voting not that he had any personal objection to TO-

w»'ll tek. cr. of

withdrew hie motion.:

*«equestion was Hien taken on the fourth resolution ,*nd the vote was YEAS, NAYS,69. a

So the fourth resolution was rejected. A motion to reconsider as to the three first resolutions was made by Mr. J. C. Clark.

Mr. Holmes moved to lay that motion on the table. Rejected* nd the vole was not reconsidered. .s

THE TARIFF VOTE.

On the passage of the last Tariff bift in the House, jAe vote stood ayes 105, noes 103. Inig. Loco. 2fcr.

Forthebiil, 's 83 Against the bill,v 35 65 t..- 3 Majority, 451 Whigs in favor of a Tariff, 45 Locos against a Tariff The guard spht. There were 33 members absent. Of the Ohio members, And rews, Cowen, Giddings, Goode, Hastings. Mason, Morris,

Ridgeway,

for the biil—all Wbigs but

Hastings. Messrs. Dean, Doan, Mathews, Mathiot, Medill,

Weller,

6, voted against 0e

bill—all Locos but Mathiot. Messrs. Pendleton and Stokely, Whigs, and Sweeney, Loco, absent. The Whigs voting against the bill were one from Massachusetts, three N. York, one Ohio, two Indiana, one Illinois, #vo Ken tucky, seven Tennessee, one Maryland, three Virginia, five North Carolina,- five Georgia. Of the Locofocos who voted for the

bill,

was from Massachusetts, eight from N. *or ten from Pennsylvania, one from Ohio, and two from'South Carolina. The absentees were one whig and three locos from Maine, one loco New Hampshire, four whigs and six locos New York, two whigs and two locos Pennsylvania, two whigs and one loco Ohio, one whig Indiana, one whig Maryland, one whig and one loco Virginia, one whig North Carolina, three locos South Carolina* one whig Georgia, three locos Alabama.—Cin. Gaz.

The effort of Mr. Tyler and his minute partjr is now if possible to gain admittance to the Democratichousehold- In the new pauper spirit they are knoewng at the dodrof Democracy and begging its shelter from the storm without. But Democratic austerity seeks no communion with such discredited wanderers, and US chief organ, the Globe,

one

"A surly porter, stands in guilty state To spurn implorij^fe famine from the gate." of^nie

As an illustration ofipneanness on one side and

scorn on the other, take the following editorial from

the Madisonian of vesterdav. How patiently it bears

theloshing of o^ —,„,i ii.„«

"A lew days more will settle this matter, and thea we shall see who is right, and how far the Globe has been justified in it illiberal attacks upon the President, who,In other respects, ol least, has endeared himself to a Isrge portion ol the the United States.

Democratic journals throughout

As to the Uttle matter of

jealouty

felt by tha Globe

towards the Madisonian. [for the increasing popularity of the President with the democratic party,] as made manifest in the unprovoked and discourteous application of the term "false" to itsstatement about the treaty, we have nothing to say in *nger

or ai her wise, as

the democratic party itself will oe abie to appreciate auch matters, ns well ss to do justice to the President MIUll 11 ics »icis^ wvm »v «v tor the Mfclfl performance of his constitutional datles.,,

A cotemDorary comments upon the fact that the most strenuous advocates of the veto power, are those who style themselves 'DemocraJs.' grange as this may appear, it is ipfttr iwwi»l »«»4 lf

a«.i.wJmicg-

oitli th#

teachings of history. Che 'largest liberty* folks in Rome were those who were loudest iu approval of the usurpations of Ccesar. And in Paris, the same class of people were found to be the most boteterous gjorifiers of the atrocittes of Robespierre. The re is a natural tendency in extremes to meet—and when the LARGEST LIBERTY is attained, the next step is to despotism.—Rich. Whig.

It Is not a little remarkable that out of the nine Judges of the Supreme Court or the United States, seven of them were appointed during tho twelve years of tbe Jackson and Van

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Jill of the above are Captainsof New York icket-ships, who at various times rescued ritish seamen and veiiels from peritous sitations.—N. Y. Tribune. T» .T DEEADFITL DEATH.—'t he IflsH papers record an awful occurrence which to$ (Waco on the 29th of May, near Johnstown, County of Kilkenny. George Hely, Esq., of Violet Hill, one of the richest commoners of that county, was found lifeless in his bed, and burned to death* The body, from the breast upwards, was like a roasted hare. Tbe bones of the skull whre actually calcined. What greatly adds to the horror of this tragical occurrence is the feet of the gentleman having been seen apparently in health in this place as a member of the board of guardians the previous day.—Mr. Hely was found nearly burnt to a cinder, lying in his bed, with his arms stretched upwards, the bed and bedclothes and" the greater part of tbe furniture in the room having been burnt in whole or- in part. But what was the most extraordinary feet of all, a barrel of gunpowder was found open within three yards of the corpse, being only partially covered with apiece of brown paper thrown over it! It was a source of astonishment to ail that it was not ignited by a spark or at least by the flames. There was another barrel of gunpowder in the adjoining coon*' icv.S:

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REWARDED.—Mr.Fox, tbe

British Minister resident »t Washington, transmitted to tho Hon. {kltlRL WEBSTBR, on the 18th instant, six gora medals, bearing the, portrait of Her Majesty the Qeen of England, which, he says in his letter accompanying them, the British Government desires to present to the following named commanders)of United States vessels, in acknowledgment of the services rendered by them in saving the lives of British seamen, subjects of her Majesty Captain Depeyster, Captain Jamds A. Wootton, Captain T. B. Cropper, Captain W. C. Thomson, Captain A!exander.S»riPaIiner, and Captain Stoddard. \.

^huoiji or COAL.—ft is remarked by Liebig, that, in early periods of the earths histo-

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OF H»Dm»4llBTIMBk

Since the passage of the Tariff Wfc4 better state of things has succeeded to the previous depression in almost ever? department of busincss. It is now considered that a ftn basis is established upon which opeimikms may be c6ndurted witii some assurance as to Iresuits. The general feeling inihftjconununity is more cheerful and lively than it |pts appeared 16 b^ at ^iy £yr

In other Atlantic cities the same renewed spirit of improvement is also visible. The New York Commercial of Saturday remarks:

It may aot perhaps be said that the amount "of business is evinced among all classes.— "Confidence in a better state of things is ibe"coming more general,and most business men "bean ie ftel that we have -seen the worst. "We cannot aniioipate a very lex^e business,

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if it were practicable, do we consider "that it would be desirable. The means of "tho community have been materially reduc"ed. The circulation of the banks is at a ve-

low point, and although they could safe-

expand, and would gladly do so, yet an "increase of discounts must tak( nlace with "the general restoration of confidence, and "founded upon the legitimate wantsof thecomit

A gradual return to the full Hood tide of enterprise and prosperity is to be desired in preference to any sudden movements. The country has pfdbably learned some useful lessons upon the necessity of prudence and caution in matters of business— that there is such a thing as over doing—and that industry and economy, while they constitute the surest means for the acquisition of

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A RESIGNATION

-r ^^'ViPosr Orrcs, Milo, Yates Co^^Y. August t4th, 1848, To the Hon. P. M. General: iS*V—On the 25th ult. I addressed you, but have no answer in return. IM-

I received the appointment of Pist Master at Milo from your worthy predecessor, the Hon* Francis Granger, who only required ol me bonds for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office. The post now appears to bo "coupled" with conditions

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finity to each other," but wholly incongruous in their character." For instance, I understand Post Masters have been removed for expressing their political opinions, on the plea

that they are reqnired not to interfere inpol-

itics while on the Other ha Ad most of us

j|ftve ^ceived a circular from New York,

I urging us to aid the views of the Administration General Committee." I am further advised, from high authority, that Post Masters are specially directed where and how to advertise their List of Letters."

Now, sir, wishing to retain the privilege I inherited as an American citizen, of expressing my views freeiy on all subjects, the Tariff and Mr. Tyler included, and being unable, were I disposed, to further the views of the

General Committee" before mentioned, for want of material, there being none in this county—and construing dictation in the advertising of a few letters, as galling, if not tyrannical: I dp again, for these reasons, together with the edict of the Madisonian, most rhwrfHlly a»hnil tQ you my, aasig— fina. -aoxi. pray the speedy appointment of a more complying Deputy." I am, 8ir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

WW ^EO..W. HAZARD. Hon. C!. A. Wiclcliffe.

HORRID TRAGEDY*

jA correspondent of the Savannah Republican, writing from Monroe, in Walton county, Georgia, under date of August 28, gives the following account of a tragedy of almost incredible atrocity:

Mr. Jordon Harris murdered his wife and mother-in-law, by cutting the throat of the former in a most shocking manner, and beating to death the latter with a large stick or pale. Mr. Alfred Whaley, the son of the old lady, and the sister of Mrs. Harris, living within a quarter or half a mile of the place, soon heart of the murder of his mother and sister, and went over to arrest Harris. He found him in the house, and his sister lying dead in the yard, with her throat cut from oar to ear, and his mother lying near, not quite dead. Harris was a rased with a rifle, and would not allow W ha toy to approach, nor go to the bodies of his dead sister and dying mother. Whttley being unarmed* went off and gathered some of the neighbors three or four in number, and went bach, armed with guns and pistols, to take Harris. Harris swore that he would not be taken, and was trying to get a chance to shoot those that had come to take him, when Whaley shot at but missed him. Harris then came out of the house with his gun cocked, when Whaley again shot and killed him on thespot, one of the balls passing through near the heart. The family, on both sides is very respectable, and possessed of considerable property."

In 1836 the annual interests required to bo paid by the State of Pennsylvania, was about $400,500. Now the annual interest will be about one million three hundred and fifty thousand dollars,

In 1896, the State debts of Pennsylvania, of all descriptions, over the fbhds on hand, amounted to the sum of 93,990,481 82. At the present time, tbe State debts over the fundi on band, amount to at least twentyfour and ft half millions of dollars.

FOREIGN NEWS.

16 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE, •ffrrit*tf #f CmUdmmUu The royal mail steamship Caledonia, Capt. Lott, arrived at Boston on Friday morning, at a quarter past 5 o'clock, having left Liverpool on ihe 19th ult., at 6, p. ni., arrived at Halifax 81st, left same

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thus making the passage, from Liverpool to Boston in 18 days asrf 11 hours. The Catatonia brought 80 passenger to Boston, having left Liverpool with 77 jaodiog 10 at Halifax, and taking 1* on board at that

and mining districts, the mmniiag

descriptions of ostuwi had advanced |L since ear own previous advioes,and there was a tendency 10 improvement in tbe prices of the other grades*

Tb© prospects of disburses* wo«o still most favorable. Tbe crtp would be an abundant one, and, from the fevwmhio stale of weather moat probably be floured ia exetUent ooodi-

The cutting and mcuring wem pro-

Medial attiielatest dates wifh nil e^edition^ and in the midland and northern counties a large portioa had been already reaped, and much of it eflectuslly saved in the best poeoiblecondition.

The most prominent intelligence by this arrfvai ssof serious and extensive riots in the manufacturing and minins districts of England and Scotland—caused immediately by a combined movement on the part of some large employers th and Hear Manchester for a farl ther reduction of wages* "ID

The Queen of Great Britttn nad appwited to visit Scotland. She was to leive Ports* mouth on the 29th,ii the Royal yacht George* wit^ Prince Albert and several ministers of State, particularly Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham. She was expected to arrive at Edinburgon the 81st.

The riots began with turnouts, or strikes,

among the miners in Staffordshire the example was quickly followed by the weavers and apinners, and the strike soon became general.

At Manchester, they were frequently disponed by the military, but re-assembled and succeoded in stopping alt the works of ManChester and Satford. Thence they extended their incursions to Stockport, Macclesfield, Glossop, Tint wist le, Hey wood, Middleton, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton, Chorley, Blackburn, Ciitheroe, Burnley, Preston, Wigan, and all the surrounding towns where tbe population was great or manufactories existed, causing one universal and widespread insurrection, while a similar courpe was pursued by the colliers in the Staflbroshire potteries»andat Glasgow.

Large bodies of Military were concentrated in Manchester and other largo towns—at the former upward of 2000 mbn. The Chartist I delegates were assembled in Manchester, whence they issued a circular to trades, recomending them lo cease labor until the charter should become the luw of the land. Placards were also stuck about the town, written in violent and stimulating language.

The printer of one of these placards had been arrested ind his typ«i seized. At Bolton several skirmishes took place be lween the soldiers and the rioters. At Black burn two men were shot two also at Pres ton. At Dudley the turn-out colliers mustered from eight to ten thousand.

At Stoke, Lane-end, Hanley, Burstem, and other places, in the potteries, the violence of the mob was extreme. Houses were ransacked and demolished—works were destroyed—workshops were burned, dtc.^ Three men were killed at Burslem, and six otHers wounded, tbe rioters being fired on by the troops.

At Huddersfield all the mills were stopped, the workmen being turned out by a mob of 5000 from Oldham. The riot act was read, but the efforts of the magistrates and others to resist the moh were fruitless. At Leeds also the mob carried all before them.

At Halifax there were frequent and fatal collisons between the troops and the rioters. Several of the former were desperately hurt, and many of the latter killed.

,1/ PARLIAMENT

Was prorogued on the 12th of August by' the Queen in person. The following washer Majesty's speech:

My Lords and Genttaman: The state of btRnflMV VMkllloV UNI to release you from farther atteudaaOo in Parliament* 1 cannot tak« leave of you without expressing my grateful sense of the omiimtf and zeal with which you bave applied yourselves to the discharge Of your public duties during the whole course Of a long and most laborious session.

I continue to receive from all Foreign Powers assurances of their friendly disposition towards this country.

Although I have deeply to foment the reVSTSSS which.have befallen a. division of the army to tbe westward of the Indus, yet itave the satisfaction of. reflecting that the gallant defence of the city of Jellalabad, crowned by a decisive victory in the-field, has eminently proved tbe courage aod discipline of tbe European and native, troops, and the skill and fortitude of their distinguished commander. •Gentlemen of the House of Commons: Tho liberality with which you bave granted tho supplies to mret the exigencies of the pubKc servicelflemands my warm acknowledgements.

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You liaVe had under your consideration measures of the greatest importance'connected with the financial and commercial interests of the country, caleulated to maintain the public credit* to improve the national resources, and, by extending trade and stimulating the demand for labor, to promote the generafand permanent Welfare of all classes of my subjects. 'f* ^llAlthough measures of this description have necessarily occupied much of your attention, you have at the same time effected great improvements in several branches of jurispru- -. dence, in tbe laws connected with the administration of domestic a flairs. a 1 return you my especial acknowledgements for the renewed proof which you afforded me of your loyalty and affectionate attachment by your ready and unanimous concurrence in acts for tbe increased security smd protection of my person,

My Lords and Gentlemen—You will coocor with me in the expression of humble gratitude to Almighty God for the fevorable sea- §. ami which His bounty Ins vouchsafed to us, and for the prospects of a harvest more abundant than those of recent years*

There are I trust, indications of gradual recovery from that depression winch mis sffected many branches of nwAofe^ttfiiig industry, and haaimposed lar^e cfosues or my v| people to privations and sufferingsi which have caused me the deepest concern.

You will, I am confident, be actuated on your return to your several counties by tbe same enlightened seal for the public interests which you have manifested during the die- ft chargs of your parliamentary duties, and will do your utmost to encourage, by your exampie and active exertions, that spirit of order and submission to tbe law which is essential to tho public happiness, and without which there can be ao enjoyment of the fftrits of peaoefel industry, and no advance in the careorof social improvement.

The London Chronicle has this paragraph, to reference to the prospects of the United

We understand that ICssare. Macalister and Robinson, the financial agents of tho United 8tates, to wlme mission we alluded to yesterday at aooe le^th have left town for the CBBtiseat. Wo believe they will find the eapitaliits of Phris and Anssterdam,

bkL lees^ dispooed than those of Loodeaio Mm toovartoies at present for an Ameyj. can lean.

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