Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 25, Number 33, Vincennes, Knox County, 6 September 1834 — Page 1

r

VOL. ZXV. vmossrES, aa.) s atuhsay, sbptbmber 6, i83s. ETO. 33. I1Y ELIHU STOUT Main Street Price TWO DOLLARS per year, payable in advance; TWO DOLLARS FIFTY CENTS if not paid until the expiration of the year.

V

ID Y AUTHORITY. i wn nv tun tMTr.n staths r.vssF.T) ATI tut. nusr session ov run twemy third coxchlss. Pinuc. No. S3. AN ACT to relinquish the reversionary interest of the United States in a certain Indian reservation lying between the livers Mississippi and Dcsmoins. E it enacted by the Senate and House cj 1 9 Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title and interest which might accrue or revert to the United States to the reservation of lands lying between the rivers Dcsmoins and Mississippi, which was reserved for the use ot the half breeds belonging to the Sacs and Fox nations, now used by them, or some of them, under a treaty made and concluded between the United States and the Sacs and Fcx tribes or nations of Indians, at Washington, on the fourth day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, be and the same are hereby relinquished and vested in the said half breeds of Sacs and Fox tribes or nations of Indians, who, at the passage of this act, are, under the reservation in the said treaty, entitled, by the Indian title, to the same; with full power and authority to trausfer their portions thereof, by sale, devise or decent, according to the laws of the State of Missouri. JNO. BELL, Sf leaker of the House of Representatives ' 1T -' A "VT HI Til K V Vice President of the United State and Present of the - Senate. nn'KOVLU vxniiJiW J CKSON. 1 ft T ,-rwl, IQOI i IPUBLIC. No. 84 AN ACT authorizincr the the Governors of the icvcral States to transmit, by mail, 1 certain books and documents. BE it cnactea by the Senate and House of Itcircscntatives of the United States'of America in Congress assembled. That it shall be lawful for the Governors of the several States to transmit by mail, free of postage, all laws and reports whether bound or unbound, and all records and documents of their respective States, which may be directed by the Legislature of the several Str.tcs to be transmkted to the Executive ef other States; and the Governor of the State transmitting the same shall, in uldition to his frank, endorse j hook or document enclosed, and direct the same tj the Covcrnor of the State to which the same may be sent. Approved, 30th June, 1S34. 'Public. No. S5. AN ACT authorizing the payment of bounty on certain fishing vessels lost at IV E it enacted bq the Senate and House cf lit f'rcscntath'cs of the United States

cf America in Congress aisemoiea, i nai the collector of the port of Boston and Charlestow n be, and he hereby is. authoriV V ed to pav to the late owners and crew of 3 rtarjTwo Brothers, to be distributed ac- . Vcording to law, the same sum of money that said essel would have been entitled to receive as a bounty or drawback, if she had in her last vovage, in which she waslost, complied with all the requirements of law necessary to secure such bounty; the said vessel being"of the burden of one hundred and thirteen and twenty-nine ninety-fifths tons. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That the collector of the port of Frenchman's bay be, and he hereby is, authorized to pay to Daniel Kill", the l ite owner, and to the crew o f the fihimr boat Juno, to be distribu ted according to law, the same sum said ves

sel would h ive been entitleel to, as a bounty crdrawback.if she had not perished by the penis ef the sea in lier lastp age ami had arrived m port, having complied with all the iequ.re.ueiu i , &lnm l W . - -uchbountv or drawback; the said boat be ing of the burden cf fourteen and seventy- . I" 1 - A ... - nine ninetv-nnns urns. Skc And it furlucr er.ctea. Hint the collectors ot tire customs ror iiieuisinci of Barr.stable. State ci Massachusetts, is hereby authorized to pay to the heirs at law, cf the owners and crew cf the schooner Lmeline, which was lost at sea, together with the whole crew, before she had accomplished the time required by law to entitle her to the bounty or drawback she would luve been entitled to have received, had she s ifely arrived in port, after having accomplished the f ill ti.ue required by law. Appuovkd, June 3uth, 1331. Pen Lie. No. AN ACT concerning tonnage duty on Span -ish vessel. . . l . . I I it er V, it enacted by the Senate and 11 use cf Jk9 licf.rtscn'a!ivcs cfthe Ui.iud S i its That

tv . r f-;rrira i i Cj'iltcsv asserdded

i TVr .,.t of.n- tl.r I'rst tt.iv li March nt-xt.

N- i- :.. .-..'., ti. .,f

Spaniel xesscl coming from the Island cf Cuba, or Pcrto Uico, either directly or after touchinsat any port or place shall pay ia the ports cf the United States such further tonnage duty "m addition to the tonnage duty which mar be payable under any other law us shall bo cquivaint to the amount cf ilisiiminatin.; duty tl would have been imposed cn tho cargoes impoited in the said essels, repectitly; if rhe same had been xpertcd from the port cf Ilaanna in Ameiican bottomsShe. 2. And be it further enacted. That before any such veel shall be permittid to clear out or depart from a port of the Cnitt il States with a careo which shall be dii .-rth- i r indirectly destined to either cf the . ;t .'.1 t!n vii.l vtvvl vh:ill li.iv mif tarthcr tonnage duty as shall be equivalent mail v ' - 1.' . .....

o the amount t disci lumiatini; duty that j extinguished as atoresaiJ, and tuc b.nnce would be payable for the time bcin;: upon ; ktill in circulation. thccaroif imported into the port ct Ha-j Sic. 1. A:d be i' farther e:;:ted. That, ana, in an American bottom. ' oa failure cf either or ;dl ci' the corporaShe. 3. And be it further enacted, Thut t10VjS ujul -t5 ad to co.nj.ly with t'.io retpi'ueno Spanish ve.scl hhall be allowed to clear j ,mnts cf xiC second .se'eti..n cf this act, it

cnt or t'kpatt horn a port ct tlic l-iutee.'

Siae, mth any eds, wares, or merch m

i1 uajJiiuN

I discs, except upon a destination to some port or place, in the Island of Cuba or Porto Uico, without giving bond with approved security in double the value of the vessel and cargo, that the said cargo or anv part thereof shall not be landed in cither" cf the said I islands which bond shall be cancelled cn producing cf certificate from an American consul that the said cargo has been landed j to reship it for a pert in cue of the said blSkc. 4. And be it further c'iacTtf That the Secretary of the Treasury be, Jpd he is hereby authorized from time to tiestimatc the said additional tonnage duty, and to give directions to the officers of the customs of the United States for the collection of such duties so as to conform the same to any variation which may take place in the discriminating duties levied on the cargoes ot American vessels m the said pert ct Ha vana Sf.c. 5. And be it further enae whenever th-i President of the States, shall be satisfied, that th nating duties in favor of Spanish bottoms levied upon the cargoes of American vessels in the ports of Cuba and Porto Uico have been abolished, or whenever in his opinion a satisfactory arrangement upon the subject ot the said duties shall have the President is hereby authorized ..ci uv-iHttiiiuv uiwiai plaits liVtU oDaui eci to tie- ! clare the same by proclamation, and there upon this act shall cease to have any further force or effect " Approved, June 30th, 1S34. f Public. No. 87 1 AN ACT to authorize the President of the United State; to direct transfers of appropriations in the naval service, under certain circumstances, f 1 E it enacted by (he Senate and House of If Ncfire&entatwcs of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, upon the application'cf the Secretary cf the Navy, the President of the United States, shall have authority, whenever, in hisopin ion lhe continScncies of the public service o q ln lnew naval appropriation bills, to direct that (apart of the money appropriated for if parw.wow iHV. , UllVi U1L I'UJaJLL m.' 1 f . i . . 4L-iicui-ar urancn or me naval service tiiClormcryear to.be applied to another branclof the saidscrvic; in which case'a special account of the monies thus transferred, and of their application, shall be laid before Congress previous to its adjournment. Approved, June 30th, 1S34. Public. No. 8. AN ACT to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to grant a right of way, in a certain case, in the city of New York. BE it enacted by the Senate and House cf lie ire sent atives cf tho United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is cCnt, Directors and Company of the Bank ot the United States, and their successors and assigns, a right of way and passage, over anel upon the lands and premises, pur chased by the United States for the site of a custom-house, in the port of New York, and upon such terms anel conditions and with such reserv ations and restrictions as in his judgment the public interest may require for the purpose of carrying into ef fect the act entitled "An act making priations lor a custom-house, in the citv -house, in the citv if her purposes" passed July in the vcar cue New oi k, and tor olh the thirteenth day of thousand, eight hundred and thirty-two. Approved, SOth June, 1834 Pldi.ic. No. t9. AN ACT for changing the term of the District Court for the Western District cf Louisiana. BE it enacted by the Senate and House cf Jiefresintativcs tf the United States tf America in Congress assembled, That the term of the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana, shall hereafter commence and be holden on the third Mi inlay cf March in each aad every year, instead if the time heretofore appointed bv law, and the court ! shall then be holdeu under the powers, duVclbViaw - 1 2 f f , aU pleading, motions, suits and hu- . ' J siness, heretofore beirun. nendnur. and un determined, shall stand continued, valid adjourned over to the said next term f s.iid , court, to be holden on the said third Moni day in March next, th.cn to be proceeded in, as it regularly returnable to, i d, or; set. lor that term. Appuovkd, COth Jure, lS.M Pculic. No. vo i AN ACT to prohibit the co lions ef Washington, (leoreetow n. xandi'n, in the District ef Columbia. fcom issuin promissory notes or bills of any dj-nomnmti.-.n I; ss than ten dollars fur the period therein mentioned, and for the i gradual w itadraw.-.l f;m circulation c f all such notes er bill 7V enacted by the Senate u-. l ILuie cr le.rc.senta:r.-i s 'cf the U.-uteJ Statts of Amtfiea i'i C-ngras assembled, That it ;.hall not be lawful for the corporations cf Washington, (ioor-etown. cr Alexandria,! m tne 13". strict cf Colombia, or tither i tnem, ....er ine nrsi ua ci j huu..red and tmrty-nme, to i I them, afier the first dav vi March, e jhtcen nissoi v note or bill cf a less i;ono loai in.it at it shVl tlian ten dollars. 1'rce. not'be lawful for cither cf :'..V.. th the Corporation afores nd to make cr issue any new prom is- j sorv ncte cr bill, after the passaee f this act, of a less denomination than te Skc. 2. A:dleii fiirtltr each and all the corporations ; dollars. vied. Phati reHid shall annually withdraw fi cm ciivulatii n a; i l.t'striw nromissorv notes cr o.i re spvctivcly issued bv eiltier ct tticm el a less nation than ten dollars, ro as to elLct V dactioa cf tme-i.fth per annum cf theaO mount which e.ioh coi-por.itiu may have in circulation of tho said notes cr bi!l; and U i ft HitiT .-.iTi'illl.t at t'.irll SCSMOIl to Conj . ... . ...... ... grcss, bhoM:i the amount wuhura'A n ar.u shall not thereafter be lawf-.d for the ccrpo- - 1 rathu ( r corporatiens iu fa;!i', to i;sue any

iime

promissory note or bill of a less denomination than ten dollars. Apfhoved, SOth June, 1SC-1.

CIRCULAR. To my fdlore-eilizcns of Knox, Daviess,

' f-uiiM, uan, i ui- iwhat I hope rny readers will remember, nam, Clay, I igo and Sullivan, counties , namely, his sanction of money to creeks, Indiana. ; ami rivers, and harbors, of small comparaConsiderations of interest to you, have, tivc importance, and the auxiliary use and

u.-i-.. i , .. . i

causca me to remain in this city to asccr-; benefit to the whole Union, which our riv- meet this deficiency, the Postmaster Gentam certain lucts, review the business of ;cr and canal are destined to afford. The cral, without the authority of law, or any the recent laborious and eventful session, j land obtained for the canal before the days other authority, save General Jackson's and attend to individual claims of constit- 'of "reform,1 iti now clear, would have will, has borrowed large sums of money uents at the several departments consc-'been w ithhold lv thi President, (even from various tanks thus, on one hand

fluently to delay the performance of this incumbent GUtV Of tliC representative, to . ay before his constituents a rccapitulatlOn Ol the transactions O. Con-TrCSS. ' misnomer,) he saw lit to suspend. 1 have

I ' I iirrnvrp I li !i 1 1 nn 'in inns .1... : . I l i" i . : i : . l.'ll .?jf. i . - ,t n . .

, i. UII.UW1S lajni; in preuei essur, ui general iiiiuiy. j win un-i uio, icuuuuc iawt is uorroiring larv sums u.uu uvueiuj uju cnccis prouuecu, anj

ted. That i !-;ir"? 11 possii'ie, the 1 resident s linal do- ( ly add, by way of correlative, '-lor want of money, and paying interest. Hut this i likely to be produced, upon the Treasury,

United ' teni.inaUuu upon t!ie Wabash appropna- ot a nail the t-hoe was lost, for want cf a is only a part of the actim?: Postmaster : by the changes in the fiscal systcm.it u

e dscrimi-! lim, which, in his irisdoill. fnardon tl'C Ishne ll-n mrt n ln;t fur want nf a I Ger.nral MI.r..in. lpftsnmp hundreds of, said "I cannof. lhpr('.f.irn rproimnoih) i.

now accompusncu nil mat tunc will al-j retained over ten days, all minor objec hmnd to be all used and the mail tacili!ow, and shall proceed, w ithout embel-! tions will be cast aside next session, and ties in every .State, have been recently

Iihment, to give ycu a plain detail ot my recollections cf the leading measures of ; i: ...i .! . ! i . t-r10'" m 414 'nikii, niiiiu sujiu in - our micrcsi anu nanjuness, 111 cunncc-! tion with sister stales, I lme huuillv par ticipated. Representing a people, whose patriotic claims and services are not excelled; and a section of country that invites the labor and enterprise of thousands, without a snfiicicnt outlet tor its products, my earnest i solicitude on the "re it national improvemcnt of the U'abash, I need not express ! it has been long manifested. Cf all the j appropriations made by Congre-s, during me pieeiu session, in wnien lieu a uecp concern, the provision cf si 5'),i0() to the Cumberland road in our state, ands"cl),(H0 .... ' 7 .1.., - . . - i iri t the Wabash river, arc the most mterestg to you, and to the slate. The much desired appropriation to provide material: iorahridgc at ierre-llautc, 1 could not induce the committee to report. To this item there was a declared opposition in our own delegation, and if reported, ditliculty ! was apprehended with the bill. When the bill was in the house, I was urged to abstain this year, otherwise its passage would be obstructed; and, after failing in committee, I thought it best, on full advisement, not to offer the amendment. The grant made to the road is to be expended under the control of an officer of the U. States engineers: but the disbursement of the river appropriation has been arrested, and from all lean learn, will be defeated by the partial quasi constitutional scruples of the President. Iu relation to the action of the House on the Cumberland Road bill, (at my instance,) it is l rc allowable to correct false surmises, propa gated in a debased newspaper at Indian apolis, calculated by repetition, to do me j willul wrong and lest a letter ot the Hon. T. M.T. McKenxox, correcting the false surmises alluded to, may have mis carried, or ma not reach the eye of those , i it T t -n . " . i lur w,,,oin labor 1 l:u;11 h)' lJ at 'iu course pursued by nie mens j

connecting tue consideration oi tins mca-ilorlh

sure from l!io general appropriation bill, allorded the only chance to advance it ahead; and did not, nor under the well known circumstances of the case, could not, tend to delay action upon it even for a moment. I will only add, that I hold in

my possession the most irrefragable proof j tcrmine thousands of appointments, and petuate the boundary line between Iudifronr other representatives interested in i even tho course of legislation as far as ana and Illinois; and I made an attempt

the completion of this great work, that my "coursc was essentially beneficial, and commendable."1 Phc progress ot busi - ncss in the house, and the amount of mo - ncy appropriated to the object, all readers will have observed: and compared w nli former sessions, will have draw n their own mierenccs. upon tho malice 1 shall not now remark nd ignorance of the print alluded to or its w ell know n disposition

to circulate foul reproaches against me in measures, not words or names, should Lc Treasury of the country is a Terra Inanv event; therefore, in a matter so vital- j made the criterion. eognita, and of course the condition of the

ly important, I took special care as is my i custom mi p.citiier inactivity, inuiuerence, or error should be charged without ctual correction. In relation the .... . ..

Ualash appropriation I conless m sell j creating additional expense, Irom being uio current cxpenuuures oi rue vjocrnir.urtitied and surprised, to find no relaxa- sanctions! bv law durin-' this session. A n?nt under this administration, will opc-

lion of hostility is vet manifested bv the PiosiJent, tow'ards'thi great nati oua'l ob - ject. You all know it has leeu Id bv his friends, heretuhbre, that disconnected from unimportant streams, he would ehcera pit rove t any apjiropriatiou made to this river nevertheless after a successi ll endeavor to present it to him, in a ehsunct and se;arate bill he has so far de - toated it. Iu contemplating his instant -pnrovai os l.'.rer sums i: ran ted to the 1 1 nisou and Cumbei land i ivers, I am con - ...... T . . 1 . . io impugn au.i ipie.-tioii I. is course it is evidently fjunded upon reasons not vali-.i. and pri-fes?i jus not v.orihv ef ere - donee. We all know the Wuhashis a re-! s server national hi-'h-way; and he cannot ; overlook tht present, and prospective ex- i t mt ot eommerec jiiul products interested ; 1 and t!:at i's improve neut i-s an essential ! contineation of the WaL:h and Lrie caual. It remains for the iulers of party i i wj-i.-Miii id.- m-.-iu.n ui ins lneonsis-. t .-nclnn 1 I I r.--1 . 1 r . . i.. 1 " tent course and for ou to '!,! If you i . .w.. I ..... ........ .. . 1 ' w?"u" l V'iitative, wtio , ra"ia our lu,JC neci 10 utlier states. : atiu e'ttier oojeets, vet i.seats, or anetsens with reluctance, a small pittance to i . ' te value to your industry and propert ; surelv Mil Nl!l not allow I if I .! ,-irU. age cl a hireling party pr's, umler tl tie irecuon ii oinee-Siohlers, to evert a lust j H anient. Tl 10 I resident signed, withbill to su;id tho rant of out scrup.e, a hmd 10 our c:ii, il will, . to that w Inch wa, inmrr.M. rlv sold under j his proclamatio!) ; -indeed ho c-juld not

I destroy that grant; and he knows the jprovemcnt ol the Wabash to be acontinua-

juuiiui tat fe.uue; ui i iiccc5ar 10 gi c n i ' value and that ''custom houses1 can be approached through our river in all dircc'tions. Ihit it srom! to suit him to forget J . .. v - 7 ;thc vested ri 'lit has been infringed,) as is nvidnnrnd hv ln firt tli:it ntinmnrin. I tion, if vetoed, will be the second he has rufilSPil tn rrnder (Im Innd .rnnt r,C his 1 horse the rider was lost."1 If the bill be the ultimate benefit of the important measure (to the extinction of unjust and ... .... . , J. , . u;& ma 1 rit k j win . 1 iiiiPi uu uuiuiiicu i i two - thirds ot Congress. I earnestly sought without success, an appropriation to defray tho cost, and nn engineer to accomplish the indispensable survey and estimate, preparatory to an appropriation to the ea;t and w est forks of I lute river, and alter the executive decision on the Wabash, you can all ludjie of the prospect. Yet millions after millions of dollars, arc jiiven w ithout scruple, to improve harbors, and erect fortifications on the seaboard. Is it that the people on the seaboard are to be conciliated w ith otfiees, and money, and tho people of the Westaficr giving the "old herov a ?pontancous and disinterested support, arc to boused, and impoverished and kept in irullinir suspense, to huzza for the olficeholders? J3e lhe cause what it may, it merits the indignation of the people of Indiana: and they should seriously show by their votes that they think so. A 2 i 1 i making an appropriation for im-

proving the great mail route from Louis- ate; and the President's annunciations, villc to St. Louis, via Paoli, Mount Plea- and the exhibits founded thereon, are now sant, Washington, and Yincenncs, was re- shown to have been delusive. Tho exported in the House of Representatives, arnination of this Department is not conand could not be reached; it remains a- eluded the duties of the Senate's commo rig a huge Lull; of unfinished business, mittee arc extended, and a similar comI regret to say, that the general interests mittee on the part of the House has been arc not suficiontly recognised, to hope appointed to act during the recess. The with confidence, of this important improve- result of the investigation, will no doubt, mcnt, (with the consent of the president) produce a reorganization of the Departuutil the ballot boxes throughout our state ment, to attach responsibility where it shall speak emphatically, for salutary ought to be, and w here it will be felt. In measures, in contempt of all party and his last message, the President advised personal considerations. Even at this that the Post Ollice Department must reearly day, encompassed as this city is.bv ly on its own resources, and tho debts

political aspirants ot every shade, it is not very difficult to penetrate and see, that the I moving cause ot mauy sums expended, r ,tl and many olliccs bestowed, originates iu ambitious schemes for the presidency in succession, so that instead cf the policy, i kept patronagc ot the government being aiooi irom elections, 1.13 was neiu al one time.) they arc brought directly to Lear upon the matter; thus instead of electing only a chief magistrate, to recommend laws for the promotion of the . jrencral irood, sec them laithtullv executed. and confer office upon the honest and (capable, that election will Le made to doI party bias can operate. The public welj fare now calls upon patriotism, honor and 1 independence to correct such a course. : If it 1 c not subdued, it cannot fail to subvert the happiness ot the people, the unorovement ot the country, and the iunda J mental princi A w ise man has said, "the master piece ol J knowledge is to know, but what is coon, 1 from what is "nod. in sioir'' conduct and The mal l-adminiatration, and consequent .mbarrassmcnts of the Post OfJ existing ci j lice Department, has operated to prevent anv new nost routes, and mail facilities J . ' . . ' .. I bill was rrnnrted embracinir many of the ! desired routes iu my district, at a'late penod ot the session, but until mat an nr.portant establishment shall be purified and ' redeemed, little is to be expected. In 1S2S, ! when "n-ihrm." nnd "retrenehmcnt-, were r,f ti,:. ,.;.;.in !tii until that n I irr.. promised, w ho could have expected to w itncss the existing state of things? Only ' reJlect upon the promises, and lhe pledges, and then compare the following statement, , -which will show the expeaditure. ot eacn 1 ear, from lb '22, to 1 SIM, inclusive: - : , Year ! MONROE. 1822 1S-25 lNJd lol 1S33 A-l5,S72,r,13 11 ) 7S1 151 f.M 10 330,1 11 51 ADAMS. 11,P.XJ,100 Ol JACKSON lt2,G50,s'-0 53 DJ.VJ 33 II. 777.1V 1 Upwards of l,0OO OtRI 00 trJ 07. U,;j (KM Ti..,. sop that t hi hrst vear ot us udmiui?tration, eot .sl'J,U'.,X'U .i.l;anJ .!. 7 i.t oroiviMfi'il in )75 053 Ot) This picture cannot be gainsaid; and iu5i - i j . - 1 . .1 . I .- I A imii.1i lu'l l.I I 111' ll. il.lC li(.L uvivatiu and destroed, under the false plea of ccon .viy.nv. v. . - , 1 u i',..,, th,. impartial and cnlipliteu d I'ost .Master Jcnural .Mr. McLean, sur rend red ti es Vice to t!i? present incum

im-bcnt, he reported that the nttt revenuo ofttrol the money in the treasury, or in&kes that year was 370,000, and that it was - extraordinary appointments toofiice in tho

xupiui increasing, uuu if cwu u jiu .- reach half a million of dollars annually. ' How is it now ? Why, during the last venr.thrrn nrmed tobr" a ihfirirnru in that department ot a very large amount, near ly $100,000, by tho Postmaster General's own showing; and according to others, several hundred thousand dollars. To - . ' the Secretary of the Treasury is loaning nut milium. nf thr j.7i7iV mnnnt rlr.ir nf interest, to certain favorite banks; while nn t hp nfhrr Ti.nJ . Vsrfrnrrrtrr flsnrml thousands cf surplus on hand, which is curtailed, and are now bcimr curtailed to an alarming extent. The people arc not .- r .i ia 1 1 1 v uu viuu ui iuu iiruizccuiiiiia vi uiw Department, for a portion of the new spa-' per press in every r?tatc, is ia various, ways, connected w ith it. l)jcumcnts, however, can be referred to. The President in his message to Congress, in l-'J, said, the abuses of the Post Ollice Dcpartmcnt have been reformed and its revenue improved. Iu 130, the message to Con "ress said tliat the new contracts in the fc-.uilh, with improvements provided for, had secured on annual savins of S'7-WU. t In lSU,the mcssigc represented the op-h erations ot the Department as perlcctly satiluctory. In ls'J"2, the message pic lured the department as extending its use lulness without impairing its resources. In iN'Jtt, the President seems to have just discovered that "the Post Cilice accounts had not been kept in such a way agio ex hibit its expenses but this message points to no "relorm. Intact the abuses con tinucd, and multiplied, until they have been exposed by a committee of the Sen and dedications soon found to exist, des troyed every effort to get now facilities proviucu ior. mere win be an increase flM Ml I ot revenue by the adoption of the new routes wanted in my district; and they are not only required, but must be adontJed. 4 t 7 - The people can never desire to see me- i osi umce ueparuncrn a source ot general revenue on tho contrary, its use lulness should be provided for from other sources but no one can desire to sec its means exhausted upon party favorites, in j its facilities and safety, arc lessened An appropriation has been made to perto extend our boundary line so as to ichibrace the mouth of St. Joseph, on Mic! gan, w hich may be revived at the. next session, or when Michigan shall Lc allowed to become a fetate. Bills for relief of sundry individuals in my district have been adopted, and among the number arc acts tor the relict ot John K. Jackson and John Allen Lnder existing circumstances, the public finances cannot Lc duly estimated The public debt is now discharged, witl the exception of about four or live millions. and that provided for; but the increase of I.i . i . r rate with other causes to preclude the possibility of a corresponding surplus in the! treasury, the moUilication oi tne lariii ireasuiy. me inwiiiuiwh v. by the Compromise Law?1 of the last session, and the woful tlfects of the -Kxperimcul" upon the property and currency of the country, destroying all confidence hud creair, na e oiiiiini9t-u recciotsof the treasury and increased tli2 public expenses necessarily incident to such radical changes. I would not, how-j ever, be understood as expressing any dis-i sent from the wiso n.visions ot the bill modifying the TaritVof 1n3'2; but my dis like of the rash currency "experiment,' is confirmed by its destructive effects.

It may be observe that whenever uicjrcaauv account ior my inability to render

President promulgates his views, how ever

l J..rJ,.f H subversive oi, or obnoxious ioaow eu prinlt55,0'J3 05 ciples, the great body of uxecutive olfice13,',".e,011 15 holders compromise or construe all their.

previous convictions into pertect accor-; dance, and the evident tendency of thi subserviency in its practical operation, is ! 50 to control public sentimen, and concentratc jower in the hands oi the President torcDUor me uotcniuiciu mma unit, uy reason oi nairoiuge uiuiirr uio eio power: ami inus u parite, u noi ucsiroy me legislative and luUiciai branctiei ot our i c . . , - ... . , . well balanced constitutional system, i nat I ,I.Mii,iiitr,itiMf Alli-iu- 11. - lwr. Ia . . ... ....ww - - ....v. - oiler a few tacts in bnet, to exemplify - imnortaiit othces 111 tho jiittot Iho hxecu - tie, arc dealt out only to vehement pati- - ' zans : cv: whea the President claims to coa-

itv.wj ui wiv cuudicvi u.ci itscs uu ETt power partially, (approving some appro-

priations, and condemning others of a similar character,) such ofiiccrs will lalodivert the people, by arousing the feclinof party, and by the force of this discipline, two-thirds (the constitutional number in such cases) of Congress, will not be found to disregard the Executive, and caflrce the law. But the course attempted in relation to the Tariff compromise of last session, furnishes an instanco so deceptive, that I must not omit to record it. In the Presi dent1 message at the opening of tho pecnt session cf Congress, uftr allu ding to tho condition of tho you any alteration in the present tariff t f duties. The rates as now fixed by law ox the various articles, was adopted at the last session of Congress as a matter ot' com promise ttith unusual unanimity, aid unass n iuiu iu irruuui t- uiurc i 'tan I'jr necessities of the government call for thire icouta seem to be no reason at t:as t:tr.e to iuA7M a changed In the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury to tho prercnt Session ( Congress, after a scries of remarks, tl.c object of which was to show, that "a reduction of the revenue cannot at this time be made, without injury to the public service," the country were informed by that officer of the government, that ulf the revenue is not to be reduced more than the existing laws provide for, there sceins to bono sullicicnt reason to open at this time the vexed question of the taritf. TLo manner in which duties are now apportioned on different articles, would be Iublo to insuperable objections, if it were to Lc considered as a settled and pennaricnt system. But the law is temporary on tho face of it, and was intended as a compromise between confiding interests. And unless the revenue to arise under it sliuld hereafter be more prodactive than is anticipated, it will be necessary in two years from this time to impose duties on articles that arc now free, in order to meet the current expenses of the government. There would seem, therefore, to be no advantage, in agitating tho question at tho preset moment.'1 The object of tho compromise was ta reconcile all sections of the Union, wi:hout endangering our homo manufactures, by providing for a gradual reduction of duties through a scries of years. 7owf the foregoing declarations of tho President, and his Secretary, compared with the ruinous construction soon afterwards published in an order of tho comptroller of the Treasury, (an under officer) in the face of these declarations, and contrary tu the intont of tho act alluded to, shows tho unstableuess of opinion, upon which " - y fatal "experiments urc made. The ef fect of tho comptroller's order, if it had not been resisted, would have destroyed the whole "protective system," and annihilated our maculacturcs at a Llow. He no doubt acted under power responsible, or irresponsible, and without legislation, or difference of votes, he would have plunged thousands in ruin, and proved the Government to Le a "a unit," in reality! Tho principle- of the compromise will still Lc adhered to, unless the fully of party sue cced in destroying its provisions. Without meaning to impugn motives I would remark, that an attempt was mads at the late session to virtually destroy the Taritf compromise by a bill reported: Lut it commanded no action of the House. J hough I doubt that the existing law will rcmaiu untouched during the whole of the period contemplated ; yet I trust it will not be mcterially disturbed until the momentous questions which now distract the union, shall have been finally adjusted. In a report of the Senate, by the committee of Finance, made March CJlii, lb30, it is said "The government receives its reven-e from 813 Custom Houses, 42 Land Office. feiOO Post Offices, 131 Receivers of Internal Rcveaue, 37 Marshals, 33 Clerks of Courts. These, together with their increased numbers since 1S30, anJ almost as many disbursing officers, scattered all over tlitf United States, liv ing at the public expen-c, and under the discipline mentioned, influencing public opinion, constitute a party phalanx, that will labor to enforce executivc measures or opinions; and the invstery of the principles of the new theory of Finance adopted by the President, may you a more set is factory statement cf tho present funds of the government. liofore I dismiss this topic, I will advert to measures and propositions submitted during this session, in relation to the public Irnds, and the currency, which are yet unsettled, and are of vital inlercs. n ou and to the country at large. The revenue received in the treasury from the sale of public lands during the past year, amounts to nearly five millions uwwisju. aiuwuii me pinui vhwi oi mo present measure oi me aumimsira- . - ...... i - lion, may noi reiaru emigrauoa iuis seaint of rfvrnMa hill lid I u dir I friim thkS tfOUrCU lllirinir .1. , ; ... . . & ; ' tho present year, yet toe current ex- - enses ol the goTcrnnwni must necewily absorb it, in consequence of the dimi nished receipt irom cner source, and

1