Wabash Herald, Volume 1, Number 48, Rockville, Parke County, 17 March 1832 — Page 2

Debate in the Senate, On the nomination of Mr Van Buren. REMARKS OF MR. CLAY. Mr Clay said, after the most deliberate consideration, I regret that I find nivself unable to reconcile with the duty I owe to my country a vote in favor of this nomination. I regret it, because in all the past strife of party, the relations of ordinary civility and courtesy were never interrupted between the gentleman whose name is before us and myself. Rut I regard my obligations to the people of the U. States, and to the honor and character of their government, as a paramount to every private consideration. There was no necessity known to us for the departure of this geutleman from the U. S. prior to the submission of his name to the Senate. Great Britain was represented here by a diplomatic agent, having no higher rank than that of Charge des Affairs. We were reprocmtoJ in Pnrrlanrl hv one of eaual

rank; one who has shed lustre upon his hih literary character; one whom it may be justly said that in no respects was he inferior to the gentleman before us. Although I shall not contro vert the right of the President, in an-ex-traordinary case, to send abroad a public minister, without the advice and consent of the Senate, I do not admit that it eveT oirght to be done without the existence of some special cause to ' be communicated to the Senate. We riave received no communication of the existence of any such special cause. This view of the' mattei might not have been sufficient alone to justify a rejection of this nomination; but is sufficient to authorize us to examine the subject with as perfect freedom as we could have done if the minister had remained in the U. S., and awaited the decision of the Senate. I consider myself therefor", not committed by the separate and unaided act of the President in displacing Mr. Van Buren, in the vacation of the Senate, and not a very long time before it was to assemble. My main objection to the confirmation of his oppointment, arises out of his instructions to the late minister of the U.S. at the Court of Great Britain. The attention of the Senate has been alreadv called to parts of those in structions; but there are other parts of 1 them, in my opinion, nigniy reprecensible. Speaking of the colonial question, he says: "In reviewing the events which have preceded, and more or less contribute to a result so much to be regietted, there will be found three grounds on which we are not assailable. First, in our too long and too tenartoaty resisting the right of Great Britain to impose protecting - duties in her eolnies;" "and, thirdly, in omitting to accept the terms offered by the act of Parliament of July, 1825, after the subject had been brought before Congress, and deliberately acted upon by our government. ' You will therefore see the propriety of possessing yourself fully of all the explanatory and mitigating circumstances connected with them that you may be able to obviate, as far as practicable, the unfavorable impression which they have produced' And after reproaching the late Administration with setting up claims for the first time, which they explicitly abandoned, he sa s, in conelusion, "I will add nothing as to the impropriety of suffering any feelings that find their origin in the past pretensions of this government to have adTerse influence upon the present conduct of Great Britain." On our side, according to Mr. Van Burei.,all was wrong; on the British Bide, all was right. We brought forward nothiug but claims arid preten. sions the British government asserted on the other had a clear and incontestible right. We erred in too tenaciously and too long insisting upon our pretensions and not yielding at once to the force of their;u.t demands. And Mr M' Lane was commanded to avail himself of all the circumstances in his power to mitigate our offence and to dissuade the British government from allowing their feeling justly iccurred by thp oast conduct of the oartv driven r . i j from power, to have an adverse influence tawards the American party now n nnwpf. Sir. was this becoming language for one indepeudant nation to another! Was it proper in the mouth of an American Minister? Was M in conformity with the high, unsul lied, and dignified character of our previous diplomacy? Was it not, on the contrary, the language of an hum hie vassal to a nrud and haughty lord Was it not prostrating and degrading the American t-agie oeiore me untisn Linn Let us examine a little these preten dWt which the American Government eo unjustly put forward and pertinaciously maintained. The American government contended that the produce ol me ougui io dc aumucu the Br itish Weit Indies, on the

same terms as similar produce of the British American continental possessions that without this equality our produce could not maintain in the British West Indies a fair competition with the produce of Canada; and that British preference given to Canadian produce in. the West Indies, would draw from the western part of New York ar.d the northern part of Ohio", American produce into Canada, aggrandizing Montreal and Quebec, and giving employment to British shipping to the prejudice of the canals of New York, the port of New York and Amcrican shipping. This was tho offence of the American government; and we are at this moment realizing the evils which it foresaw. Our produce is passing into Canada, enriching her capitals, and nourishing British navigation. Our own wheat is transported from the western part of New York into Canada, there manufactured, and thence

transported in British ships in the form of Canadian flour. e are thus deprived of the privilege even of manufacturing our own grain. And when the produce of the U. S. shipped from the Atlantic ports, arrives at the British West Indies, it is unable in consequence of the heavy duties with whicli most of it is burthened to sustain a competition with British or colonial produce, freely admitted. The general rule may be admitted that every nation has a right to favor its own productions, by protecting duties or other regulations; but like all general rules, it must have its exceptions. And the relation in which G. Britain stands to her Continental and West India colonies, from which she is separated by a vast sea, and the relations in which the United States stand to those colonies, some of which are in juxtaposition with them, constitute a fit case for such an exception. It is true thatthe late Administration did authorize Mr Gallatin to treat with Great Britain upon "the basis of the rule which has been stated, but it was with the express understanding that some competent provision should be made in the treaty to guard against the British monopoly of the transportation of our own pioduce passing through Canada. Mr Gallatin was informed, "that the United States conM sent to waive the demand which " they have heretofore made of the ad- " mition of their productions into Brit- " ish Colonies at the same, and no 44 higher rate of duty, as similar pro- " ductions are chargeable with when " imported from one into another Britw ish Colony, with the exception of our produce decending the St. Lawrence and the Sorrel." There was no abandonment of our right, no condemnation of the previous conduct of onr Government, no hnmiliating admission that he had put forth, and too tenaciously clung to, unattainable pretensions, and that Great Britain had Ml along been in the right. We only forebore for the present to assert a rtght, leaving ourselves at liberty-, subsequently to resume it. What Mr Gallatin was authorized to do, was to make atemporary concession, and it was proposed with this preliminary annunciation: "But notwithstanding, on w full consideration of the whole sub- " ject the President, anxious to 'give a"strongproof to Great Britain of the desire of the Government of the " United States to arrange this long u contested matter of the Colonial inter- " course in a manner mutually satisfac- " tory, authorize you," &C, And Mr. Gallatin was required "to eudeavor " to make a lively impi ession on the " British Government, of the concil- " alory spirit of that of the United "States, which has indicated the preseht" liberal offer: and of their cx- " pcclation to meet, in the progress of " your negotiations, wun a corresnon- " ding friendly disposition." Now, sir, keeping 6ight of the ob ject which the late Secretary of State had m view, the opening ot the trade with the British Colonies, which was the best mode to accomplish it? To send our Minister, to prostrate himself, as a snpnlicant, before the British King. We have offended your majesty; the late Amencan Administration brought forward pretensions which we cannot sustain, and they too long and too tenacious! y adhered to them. 1 our Majesty was always in the right. But we hope that your maiestr will he graciously pleased to recollect, that it was not wc,who are now in possession of the American powcrjnut those who have .been expelled from it, that wronged your majesty, and that we, when out of power, were on the side of )our Majesty. And we do humbly pray that our Majesty, taking mitigating circumstances into consideration, will graciously condescend to extend to us the privileges of the British act of Parliament of l82o,and to grant us the boon ofn trade with your Majesty's West India Colonies? Or, to have presented himself before the British

Monarch in the manly and dignified attitude of a Minister of this Republic,

and, abstaining from all condemnation oi animadversion apon the past conduct of his.own Govormcnt, to have placed the with drawal of cur former demaud upon.the ground of concession, in spirit of amity and compromise. Concluded next week. SATURDAY MARCH 17, 1832. THE FLOOD. The damage done by the laic un paralleled swell of the Ohio river is immensely great. At Cincinnati, the water rose 624 above low watermark. Columbia street was navigable fer steam boats! The injury done is timatcd at a million of dollars. esAt Pittsburgh, the damage sustained by the rise -of the Aleghany and Monon gahela 30 feet above low water mark, is estimated at 200,000. Many towns on the Ohio, of less magnitude, were completely inundated and suffered material injury. It is thought that 3,000,000 dollars would scarcely be adequate to a reparation of the loss cs on the Ohio river, caused by the freshet. i-o:i:::!::o FIRE. On Friday the 9th inst. the store of S.P. Cammack, in Terrc-Haute wa? entirely consumed by fire. ' We under stand the property was insured. o::::::::o SILVESTER'S REPORTER. This paper has lately been enlarged and is now printed on a large imperial) sheet, containing much .reading matter highly interesting, together with greatly augmented lists of Bank notes, and their value Counterfeits; and broken Banks. The Renortei is a valuable paper to those who deal ex tensively in moneyed matters. o::::::::o A joint resolution passed both bran ches of Congress, authorizing the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives toi make application to J. A. Washington, proprietor ol Mount Vernon, for the remains of Georgb Washington, to he removed and deposited in the Capital at Washington. Mr. Washington refused to comply with the request made by Congress. -o: :t'i:l :6 APPORTIONMENT BILL It will be seen by the following letter from our representatives in Congress, Col. Boon, that the ratio of representatives has been fixed at 17,700, in the House. From the Vinecnncs Sun. Washington Feb, 15, 1832. . Mr. E. Stout: The bill from the Hos?c of Repre sentatives to establish the ratio of representation in Congress, among the several States, has, after a very pro tracted debate, been ordered to be en grossed for a third readiiig to-morrow. The ratio, as agreed upon by the House, is 47,700, which will give to Indiana seven representatives in the Congress of the United Stafcs, and nine electoral votes at the next presidential election. Yours,'trulv, " R.BOON. m::::::::o Mr. BOON, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill, which was icad a second time and committed to a Committee of the Whole. A BILL To graduate and reduce the pi ice of the ruonc ianus. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Uni ted Slates ol America, in congress assembled. That from and after the first day of July next, all the public lands of the United States whicli have been or may hereafter be offered at public li to the highest bidder, and shall re main unsold for a period of five years, shall be subject to sale by private entry nt seventy -five cents per acre. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the public lands of the United States which have been, or may hereafter be offered at public sale to the highest bidder, and shall remain

unsold for a period of' tencars, shall be subject to sale at private entry, at

hay cents per acre. o::::::::o The Wabash id in fine order for Steam Boat navigation and rising. CAPACITY OF BLACKS. A number ol instances arc cilcd in the Liberia Herald, of celebrated black men who have distinguished themselves notwithstanding every dis advantage. Among them arc, Hani bal, an African, who rose to Ih j rank of Lieutenant General, under Peter the great of Russia. His son, a mulatto, was also a lieutenant-general in the Russian corns cf Artillery. Francis Williams, a black, born in Jamaica wa3 educated in the University of Cam bridge. After his return to Jamaica, he taught Latin and Mathematics. Anthony Williams Amo. born at Guin ea, fook the degree of Doctor of Phi losophy in the University of Wittcmburgh and distinguished himself in metaphysics, he was also skilled in the learned languages. Job Ben Solomon son of the Mahometan king of Banda, was taken in 1730 and sold in Maryland. He found his way to England, and became acquailed with Sir Hanse Sloanc, for whom he translated Arabic manuscript. James Elisa John Capitein, an African, was carried as a slave to Holland, where he acquired several learned languages, and look degreesin theology at the University of Lcydcn. He was sent out as a Calvinistic minister to Guinea. Ignatius Sancho distinguished himselfas a literary character in England, died in 1780 Thomas Fuller, an African, who, unable to read or . write, performed difficult arithmetical calculations with amazing facility. Balinda a slave for forty years in after being Massachusetts, addressed an eloquent appeal to the legislature ol that state in I 2, for the freedom of herself and daughter. The petition has been preserved in one of the volumes of the American Museum. Othello published, in 1784, at Baltimore, an eloquent essay against the slavery of Africans. Cesar, a black, of North Carolina, wrote several, popular pieces of, poclry. CHARACTER. In -society,character is the first, second and the ultimate quality. A man is never ruined who has not lost his char acter, while he who has lost his char acter, what ever be his position ii .ruined as to moral and useful purposes Envy and calumny will follow a man s success like his shadow: but they will be powerless, if he is true to himself, and relics on his native energies to heat or live them down. Virtues maybe misrepresented, but they are virtuous still; and in vain will an inuustrious man be called an idler; a sensible man a fool; a prudent mana spendthrift a persevering man a chanelging, or an honest man a knave. TLhe qualities reinherent, & cannot be removed by words, except by a man's own consent. At the same time all caluminaters thrice detected, ought to be banished as criminals, unworthy of tbc benefits of the society, of which however, powerless, they endeavor to be the pest and bane. Law ron Bachelors. At Sparta, a man was liable to an action for notj marrying at all, for marrying too late, and for marrying improperly. I'lutarcb. i Cross Examination. A witness lately examined in one of our Courts (Illinois,) upon a trial concerning a horse trade, was asked by the counsel for the defendant how the plaintiff gen erally rode? Witness. He generally rides a-strad-dle sir. Counsel How does he ride in com pany? Witness. If he has a good horse he always keeps up. Counsel. How does he ride when he is alone. Witness. Realy, sir I cannot say for I never was in company with him, when he rode by himself Counsel, ion may stand aside sir. II i MENU A L. MARRID. On Thursday the 8th instant Mr. William Patterson to Miss. Mary Gabriel all of Fountain County. The following deaths haVe occurred in this Countyduring the past week: Mm. White, consort of Mr. John White. Mrs. Smith, consort of Simeon Smith Sr. Mr. George Cramer. All of whom were well stricken in yeart.

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A tavern near the London Fish Market, sells upwards of 4.000 glasses of gin, between the hours of-i andG in the morning. Many of the fish women and porters consume 10 or 12 glasses each before breakfast! The Partssian gaming house pay a license to the govermcnt, in the aggregate, 4,500,000 francs. No individual is allowed to marry, in Austria whocaunot rcad,write,and cipher. This is the mdsteficicnt measure for the promotion of education which could be imagined. On the first of October last there were 11,187 on the Rolls as pensiocrs. We see it slated that the Arkansas river was closed with ice above Little Rock, and sufficiently sti ong for person? to pass in safety. It is stated that snags were never more abundant in the Missisippi, than at the present; and it is much to be regrafted that their increase it attributed to the efforts made by-Mr. Shrecve toremove them.-Rools, says the Mechanics' Advocate,havc frequently bcencut offand permitted to float down, which, catching in the sand bars, have provedto be daingcrous snags. During the past year, one thousand and twenty nine ships arrived at theport of Quebec, whole amount of tonage 262, 343; the number of emigrant - was torty nine thousand seven hnDdred and sixty-two. The whole population of the city oT New York, amounts to 202,937. The Paper Mill of Mr. Whitc,near Columbia, S. C. (the only one in the State) has been destroyed by fire. The American Peace Soc4ty, some time since offers a liberal reward of 500 dollars for the best essay on the ex pediency of a congress ol nations, for the preservation of peace. 'Tamil? jars." No less than twentythree couple were divorced by the act of the Legislature of Georgia, at the last session. the Cincinnati Advertiser of the fifth instant states as a first instance of the kind, that a waggon loaded with men chandize arrived at that place the day prCVlOUS IN THIRTY DAYS FROM BALTIMORE. The Secretary of the Navy has announced that a Bord for the examination of Midshipmen will be convened at Baltimore on the third Monday o March next. The Boston Gazette states that the number of prosecutions in the Police Court of that city were 300 less in 1823 than Fn 1830; the civil suits in the Justices' Court which has jurisdiction over $20 debts, 400 less. The Bachalors of Nashville garc a famous ball at that place the nightafter Christmas. When Lord Erskinc made his debut at1 the bar hif agitation almost overcame him, and he was just going to sit down At that moment "said he, I thou't I fct my little children tugging at my gown, and the idea roused me to an ex ertion of which I did not think mv-sch" capable. Legal Observer. A young fellow was going to be mar ried but shortly before the wedding he became frightened cried bitterly. 'Why you fool,' says his father "what are you afraid of Nothing will hurt you. Am I not married ?" Ycs, but that is a different thing, says the bright, youth, you married mother, but I have to marry a strange, person." Letters have been received in Fredericks, Md, from John Nelson, Esq. announcing his arrival in London aftera tedious passage; and that he was about to proceed from thence on his mission to Naples, via Paris. Sat Couf. Three hundred Cars forthc transportation of goods wares, merchandize &c: arc now engaged on the Baltimore and Ohio .ail rood, between Baltimore city and Frederick and the intermediate points: At the opening of Spring trad the number will be much increased. Ib. KENUAWA SALT. 5DD VMs For sale bv H. F. FEENY. Montezuma March the 14th 1S3S t KEN HAW A SALT. SdDCD Mis Just received and for sale three Hundred Barrels ofKenhawa salt inspected No 1 please call and examine. S. HILL. jMarch, lsn 13 J.