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BENTON'S HISTORY
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[ 1330 , 1832--ANDILIA JACKSON razuptirr.]
/tithe period ot the election or General Jackson
the presidency, four ger.demen stood prominent
intispolincal ranks, each indicated by his friends
lor the succession, ani each wilting to be the Gen- .
successor. They were Messrs Clay and
lr e bsfer. and Messrs. Calhoun and Van Buren: the
two loirmer classing politically against General -facti
on, the two latter with him But an event' so3n
warred to override all political distinction, and to
tong diaordant and rival elements to wet k togeth
er Inc a common object That event was the ap
porment al Mr. Van Buren to be secretary of slate,
;post then httArii •optm me a steppme eioneite the
premilency, and the impaled vied dectinn, probably
sell fnunded, ot General Jacksn for him. This
'r'e,enled him as an obstacle in the path of Memb
er three, ar i d which the interest of each requited to
be got oat tithe way fhe suite first. and soon,-
beiztan In the cabinet, where Mr Calhoun had se.
feral trends; and Mr Van Boren. Peeing , that Gen
Jackson's Rprunt-tralon was hkely to be embar
rassed on fft; account determined in reiiirtlit his post,
havoe: fro , eett the triumph of he HOW admirer-
trttion in the wore y of it .e tvrrh %Vr..t lnrl ra
trade.. Arid he ..no,-..5..111 to.. • I.Crttlegoi (.1
tit•rrltitreris• I. 'Heti 4, I••.I ;111 n • I
qpa trri, .note lipote
k-o fi- made known tos (1•
pie-kleiii. a xeth to te•tre lgorn he
ratwir,—thd Fn—received the appoihment of M in .
I..er to Gmdno, aryl immediately tell the Untied
a't" aid :he r.:bmel, having been from the be.
E , without hapriony sir cohesion, wai s clissolv.
ti!—tierne res gortig. the rest being dismissed.—
Mr Eaton. eteeretary.at-War, and Mr Barry, Posts
masiel Gereral. litliowed the example of Mr Van
Boren, and resigned, arid soon alter received ex
re rite appointrnerts Messrs Inahavn of the Trost.
my Branch, t.f the Navy, and Berrien, Aticrmey
liners!, await(' l , the course of things, and were
bmisFed. The 'resigning members were classed
is tondo of Mr. Van Bureo,the dismissed as friends
},llr Calhoun, and became, of course, alienated
hmGrt,eral Jarkson I was particularly grieved
.rte t.reach bet ween Mr. Blanch atid the Fret+
ant. baring known him from boyhood; beet?
‘ritnel•felintrs together. arid being well aequai Ted
to his invititilltle bonus and lend arid Willful at
General Jackson. It was the corn
irce extinc.ton of , he rahniei, anti a new vile was
kilned
Mr Van Boren had nothing to do w irh thi ilia
F.)c:,,n at stitch General Jackson has borne vol
warr and wititen testimony, to be used iu this
rhip'er : and also lett behind harm ewrinen ammo'
.I , llle true cause, now in my hands. and to be •114* ( 1
a iha fork at the proper place But the whole
marrophe was cilarged ;Ton him by his political
lonneots. and for the unworthy purpose of oustmg
tefirends ol Mr Calhoun, and procuring a new
eof members entirely devoted to his interest.--
impatalian was negatived by his immediate
krt.;ture from the country, setting out at once op.
Bli mtseton , without awaiting the action of the
Senve an tits nomination. This was the summer
o!lt.31 Early in the anitiftig 'eassior —at its very
commencement, in lact—his nomination was sent
e ands was quickly perceptible that there was to
Win asset upon•him—icombined one; the three
t4 l : gatemen acting in eortc4if, and etch backed
ty ail his friend.. No one onside of the combine.
Icmcmpett alone excepted, could believe it would
k tucces.lot. 1 saw they were masters of the no-
Luton from the first day, and would reject it
rten they were ready to exhibit a case of justifies
tira to the comity ; and so nib:rimed General Jack.
103 irom an early period in the session. The num
* were sufficient: the difficulty was to make 6P a
"eloratisty the peopre r and t h at was !need lobe
t 'eons beinesd. 1 -
Fity dayi were ransomed in these preliminaries
be preeme,eity.one ; and in addition two mambo
PrtTantion before'the Senate met. The prepare
'ou was long, but the snack aignroue and when
41Timenced the business war &trilled in twoday•
rtlere were about a dozen eel rpeeeheo against him,
from as many different speakers—abort doable the
lumber that Tinto against Warren Eta tings-..11111+
bat tear oft hard replies tot him ; , and it was 'irk
d,eut that the three chiefs had brneght up all their
% " (1410 the work. ft was en onpreeedinted at-
T/Y alna mes and talent asinine* . nneinditrioual:
and he "en , , Intl of •och'aeherthty of Mannera to
ovally to disarm political opposition Of alt ire vire•
leave. The cal or. of objection were eappneed to
be !nand in four different be4dit of aentintalion, "ch . '
of which war elaburairly urged'.
I The mrructiori+ hewn up ana signed by turn
S"I'lf) I Stara, under Tho direction of thePre-:
10 MI. Wiane foe bits g un) "
~,c e w endravoring to re-open the negotiations for
Wet 4 India bade
2 Making a breach of itienrithip between the
Is " and &emit! 4Eu-eft of the arrifernmen l— P t el li '
dent Jackson and Vier President Calhoon--for the
P i gPote of thwaiting the latter, and helping him.
kt.l to t he Presidency.
.3. Breaking op the -
eabiber - Sf - TriargiltifFrlfi:
Pte.
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t Introducing the wysteak of " proscription," - tre.
moral from Wine ( pnthe carne
, motion araeiniskt-br:iir.:llohnee* &
'lim, to takw I ftififtbilill*Alithipiwer to send
kl Pltions and iiapersoaiminithir: osithikrainiar
tern testimony and` rePoitit; iiritbittettortittnil l e4
opinion to the Senate4l4ll
this /. eo lll2cliliiie
:Ifetring an impeachment, as well as trying it,
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that the proceedute was dropped, and all reliance
was placed upon the numerous and elaborate
speeches to be delivered; all carefully prepared and
intended for publication, though delivered in secret
session. Rejection of the nomination wa nol
enough-t—a killing.off in the public mind was in„
tended; aid Therefore theelaborate preparation and
intended pUblieabon of the speeches. All the apes.
ken' went through an extusatory forMula,repeated
with egrial precision and gravity, abjuring all sin is.
motives.; declaring themselves to be wholly
governed by a sense of public duty; describing the
Pain they felt al arraigning a gentleman whose mari
ners and deportment were so urbane; and protest
ing That nothing but a sense of duly to the country
would force them to the performance of such a pain
ful task. The accomplished Forsyth complimented,
in a way to baperlectly understood, this excess of
patriotism, which could voluntarily• inflict so much
self-diet ess for the cake of me public good; and 1,
mint o F erinin g fv, haitaihi the missy, of one - of the
gentlemen to a sudden and Tabooing' conclusion
by a chance remark. It was Mr. Gabriel bloom,
of Alabama. who sat neat to me, and to whom I
said, when the vo'e was tieelared, " you have bro
ken a minister and elected a vice president' s He
asked how? and I told hum the people would , see
nothing aril toes it combination• of virialeeptimu-s
a competitor sod would poll them nil ditattOtipti 4
Pet him up " G.wel God I" said he.‘ "why didn't
you tell me That bet.oe I voted, and I would base
voted !he mbar way." It was only twenty min
utes benne ; for be ws, the very lasi apelike', that
bft hi , h til At It v_eted I 1111 l self thus, on thus very
of ere g vow! of public thry ag.intst private feel.
I••,!,
the eircurnAancea thaeave, RIM
wily I,d mg lir viewp winch have been pre
seined, ,o t l •nr intim; whet" of the SrMlle, I feel it a
dint inctrinnent o,e, not only in justification
Of Myself a , td the motives which govern me in the
vote which I.am shoot in give. but, also, in justice
to the free and independent people whim I have'
the honor in part to represent, that I should set fonh
the reasons which have reluctantly compelled me
to oppose the confirmation of the present nominee.
Sir. it Is proper that I should declare that the ell;
iterate adduced against the character and condaßt at.
t he lair Secretary of State, and the soctrces tic*
which this evidence emanates. have made an im-.
pression on my intrid that will require of me. in the
conscientious thoogh painful disc/tame of my duty,
to record my vote against his nominaticmP - •
The famous Madame Roland, when mounting
the scaffold, apostrophised the statue upon it with
this exclamation "Oh Liberty ! how many crimes
are committed in thy name!" After what 1 have
seen daring my thirty years of inside and outside
views, I feel qualified to paraphrase the apostro-
phe. and exclaim: "Oh Politics! how much bam
boozling is practiced in thy game!"
The speakersagainsi the nomination were Messrs
Clay, Webster, JohnAl Clayton, FRing; of Ohio,
John Holmes, Prelinzfinystm, Pciintleater, Cham
bers. or fittlylaint. Foote. of Conn , Governor Mil.
ler add Colonel 'Jayne of birth Caroline, tml Go.
ver2iyi? Moore, 01 Alabama—jive a dozen, and equal
to a full jury Mr Calhoun', as Vice Prestdent,pee
saints mitre Senate, could not speak ; bat was un
derstood to be personated by his trimuli, and twice
gave the casting vote, one intedoculdry, against the
nominee--a tie being et:omitted For diet purpose,
and the combined plan requiring him to be on the
record. Only font spoke on the side of the nceni.
nation: Gen. Smith, of Maryland, Mr. Poreyth,, , Nr
Bedford Brown, and Mr. Marcy. Wars. Clay,
Webster arid their friends, chiefly confine.' them
selves- to the
_,Mstruetions on, the 3V . sirk Atka trade ;
the friends of' llolr! Ciihroatc'Pacritioeatibmion, yo
the cabinet rupture, the separation of std i triethfp,
and the system of proswiption. Against the instruc
tions it was alleged; that -they begged- as a favor
what was dee as a right; that they tcdk the Side
of Great Britain against um own country and 'car.
vied oar Early contests, and the issue of oar party
elections, into diplomatic negotiations with foreign
countries; and the felicitating clause ftbm the in
structions to Mr. Anent araiiqtailed to sustain these
allegations:r I
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" In reviewing tini causer; *high haeewreceidid
and more or less contributed to a resolt so much re.
greited,--therst-' will Mond -three grounds upon
which we are must assailable : T. our molting
arid too tediously resigning the right of Giese Britain
to impose protecting drama in her colonies. 2..1n
not relieving her vessels fawn the reametion of 're.
turning duet from the Um ed Biateato the colonies
alter permission had been given by-Great lishantio
our vessels to olethvonta hour Mir, chlorites to arty
other their a British pone Arid. 3 In ornitittog io
accept the terms offered by the act. of Froirament
of July. 1825. after the subject had been b ght bet
tore Congress and tfelibettatety tae art wait by . our
goreinmetth ts, without itottbi. 'lithe combined
operation ol these (three, catt-est that we are to at
tribute lire brutish tuterd,e ;.yon will Merriere tee
the propriety' of possessing yoorself they at all the
'explanatinv std mitigating .cirrumwatices•eonnee.l
red with them, that you may be able to robe - title as
tar as pracneahlc'be thilivorable inepresainit which
the., _Wive prlaineeri
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Thie was
e aomi ,reiird oicrit th.sustant Ii«
allegation of putting:his °wive 11111 l ity in the wrote,
anti 'akin :Ott e O'4 M -eat Riitalo, and inieltibig
fn her'. hi 116;111 OS s .. t.#(le4 6.11 was line aea right,
ahtt mixing upor party. contests ,with ono foreign
neiltatioinna. The fallacy, of these allegationw was
well shown in 't 6' :i t;fillittti . 44-11teit senators. and ,
especially by Gfri.*rni!h, of Pri4teatt, enil has
been. huiltar l slonaru in ,the coma of this Work, itt
the chapter on the reensery of the British Weal .Ic
dist trade. . But there was a document at Mal time
in the Deparitneitt ol State,' unknown 1,6 the ftiehde
of Mr- iimulktfort - in* the Senates, whiCh.w4:4 l d , nof
only have exculpated hittfitiue turned dm anmdlis of
his etwailante,Agaitift th.e.iniwiwe l L:i Frif . I * ll l e r-61. ?
these : Mr. Gillatin t :whileiminioner: al Landali 4n
thetiaildellottlii&Midia, of: course sent home des
patches,. addteemitiloiltillikMM 4 ant rot; State (Mr.
Clahl'in Whieh biggest! Mt abtount otbispniste/s,
OM' liifitli i iirttif ObWitlii4l4 l l Oteieht44 )ll o
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-.faun= BY E._O'NEABLA GOODRItiI
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Theirete;;:isf:thesirdeep sostdasel
Septesectssr,7l,,,lo27.oo 1827.
The latter bad been' doiddinititidedlik:C4Ces in
full, and printed among the papers of the case; of
larsorm.ros or .oriorocurtOr ."
t he tanner only an extract hadtreerf communicated,
and that relating to mere'forrititt point - It so hap.
pened that,the Part of this tfeepalCh of SeptembUi,
1027, not communicated, contained Mr. Galletin's
report of the causes which• led to the refusal of the
British to treat—their refuearto 'permieus warmer
the taints of their am cil'il2s; slim theynarlimited
for acceptance had expired—and which led to the
order in council. 'cutting us off from trade: an. it so
happened that thin reportof thine nausea so made
by Mr. Gallatin, was the original from which Mr.
Van Boren copied his instructions to Mr.'l4l.ane,
and which were the subject of So mach censure in
the Senate. I have been permitted by Mr Everett,
Secretary of State under President Fillmore—(Mr.
Weboter would have given me the same perniir
sip!' if I had applied during his time, for he did It in
every case that I ever asked),-.,t0 examine thisilia.
patch in the Department of State, and to copy trom
it`ehatever'l'wanted; I accordingly copied the folk
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"On Ihree points we were perhaps vulnerable.
" 1 The delay of nmewfwns arentiaL4lll
- 2 The omission of having revoked the reside
min on the indirect intercourse when th 4 of Great
Britain Ow) ceased. .
"a Too-bona an adherence to the opposition to
her right of laying protecting duties. This might
have been given up. as soon as the act of 1825 pass.
ed. These are the causes assigned for the-late
mesenre adopted towards the United States on that
subject : and they have, undoubtedly, bad a deci
sive effect as far as relates to the orier in council
assisted as they were by the belief that our object
was to compel this country to regulatethe trade up
on onr own terms"
This was the unpublished part of that dispatch,
and it shows itself to be the tit iginal from which Mr.
Van Buren copied, substituting the milder term of
4 assailable" where Mr. &anatio had applied that
of vulnerable" to Mr. &yams' administration—
Daub less the Contents of That dispatch, in this par
fleeter were entirely forgotten by Mr. Clay at the
time he spoke against Mr. Van Buren, having been
written above tour years before that time. They
were probably as little known to the rest of the op.
position Senators as to oruselves; and the omission
to communicate and print them could not bate oc
curred from any design to suppress' what was ma•
serial to the debate in the Senate, as the coMmo
niCation and printing had taken place long be.
lore this occasion of using the document bad.oc.
cured.
The way I came to the knowledge of this omit.
ted paragraph we, this: When engaged upon the
chapter of his rejection, I wrote to Mr. Van Buren
for his view of the case, and be sent me back a
manuscript copy of a speech which he had drawn
op In L"ndon, to be delivered is New York at
some " public dinner," which his Mends could get
up for the occasion; but which he never delivered,
or published, from an indisposition to go into the
ne %%Tapers for character—from w real ferbeenthee
of temper—anti possibly from seetrii,., on his return
to the United States., that he was not at all hurt by
his fall. That manuscript speech contained this
emitted extract, and I trust that f here weed it fairly
and innoxiously.. It disposes of one point of attack ;
but the gentlemen were wrong in their whole broad
view of this British West India trade question
Jackson look the Washingtmt ground, ar.d they
were both right. - The enjoyment of enfonfal trade
ie. a privilege to berwiliciunl, and not a right to be
demanded ;-and the ternis.of the enjoyment are
questions• for the mother country. They -were
egsin'hi Making' the initrnetions a matter of
oleok upon Mr. Van plum, :they were riot c his
instrootions,
instinctions, but e c esident Jackson ' s,_. By the con
slimier' they were the •Onssident's; and• the sena.
fors derogated from iltat inetruntenr ih trEating 'his
Senretiry as their nOtlnkr, - Ttio President alone it
the conductor of our foreign relations, and the die
pinches signed try the Secreurriewol trate•only bare
force it coming from hi*, imiatte esoelfti Autben•
fictiletl by the lortgehr, "lam insfrui(eri hat Pre :
sident b say," Sus lit was a constitutional blunder,
then, in the senators to neat Mr. Van'Boren as the ,
author of these instructions; it was also an error in
point of fact. Geti. Jack Son hiniseft specially di'
meted them ; and so ainbotited gen:Saiiittto de.
elate in the Senate—which he did
Breaking up the cabinet, .and making_ dissension
between Gen. Jacbstitt and - Mr. Calhoun. was the
second of the allegations against . Mr. Van Buren
Repulsed es this accusenni has been by the char
acter of. Mr. Vim Buten, it bas yet to receive a An
ther and most seroorisative centradiction", from a
l ius t ect Whiter admits of no eaeil—drom Gen. Jack
son himself, 111,11 in/iUr1111;11 inelseration- Made after
tbat.eretif had parolee array, and when justice alone
remained the site (inject to be accomplished: k
was ralrearent ad 'tested ter" Marlin Van•Efuren,
President of the Vetted "St' ties; ll dated at the Her
loitautt., Jul) 31st, 1840 and ran in theve words:
• It was my nitention, as soon as l.heard that Mr.
Calhoun had espressied.his approbat ion of the lead.
iria measures. id .your administration, and had paid
y,.e visit, to , place to your possession the state
ment wrocii t shalt now, mane;- but
,bad health,
and itte.ptesmse of.oibm Wanness have constantly
led me sir pole pone a, What I have mlntemela,to LS
sea impuncion Minima been sumetunee thrown up.
on -you, that had en. agency in producing. the eon
troverey .I:which took place between Mr. Calhoun
and my/wit. nn consequence of Mr Crawford's die
closure of what occurrotrilithe cabinet of Mr. Mon
roe Wails - vivo my Military operation in FleridaAtt
ing his adininiiitration, Mr: Calhoun ii thief:algae
already sairstied that he did you.iniassioein holding
yoo in she .lightest degree responsible for the Connie
pursued en that oeraiicin ;btu as there may be
°there raid will still fie'tifitpuilitit Icithiyouininsticei
and who. may hereaftm 4 M4 die iinnanitansor fur
the purpose of impairiugs.both your character and '
his, tihi4sk u my dtity_.to,plece in your feissession
iris ludo Bing erhph tldddehratiotf, sd: Mali=
not at puffie' stryirit 'a
-word seise rt/dies
to - Mr. Calhantkidocilirthra termlaray.to create an ix
ign.Y.Pgion ulXiriegd/Y tektialtilfith Mot 4 -01 C4
lioo Fey not co#44 ll ed inonefaiie ~j the wr
died off ofitii t eattilief
Monroe;—and that, after this corrapowiestorbeanni
yub/ie. tin only eintionaajooreeer.-eityrerard to me
ykruP it souirtliat ofdAtir rsete Oa! 4shothiges.. o6-
rinTa. YOU' Rank!' to
W. Cirlioini t iinit innld wi t whir' rib bt = yea
l insydrothi peeper iorAhe pdrpeerrelleortsetinitrthe
erroneous impresarios,e which love prevuiledoa•lbth
subject."
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A testimony more honorable thin this in behalf
Oita poblia man, towirdektival, Was never deliv
ered, nor one more completely disproving a dis
honorable impoiation.and showing that praise was
doe whericensure bad been lavished. Mr. Van
Buren was not the clause of breaking op the cabi
net, or making dissension between old friends or
of raking up the buried event in Mr. Monroe's cab.
Met, or of injuring Mr. Calhoun in any way. Yet
this testimony, so honorable to him, was never
givetito the public , thou* Arriisheit for the pur
pose, and now appears (or the first time in print.
-here is another paper left by General Jackson,
sitwing the cause of all these events, which has
come to mytbands, and mad appear in its proper
place. ,
Equally erroneous was the assumption, taken for
granted throughout the debate, and so extensively
end deeply impressed upon the public mind, that
Mr. Calhoun was the uniform friend of General
Jackson, in the eletuton-,--his early supporter.in the
canvass, and steadfast adherent to the end. This
...piton has, been rebixted by — Mr. ViilhOrm
himself, who in his pamphlet against Gen. Jackson,
shows that he was for himself until withdrawn from
the contest by Mr. Dallas at a public meeting, in
Philadelphia, in the winter of 1833-'4, and after
that was perfectly neutral. Hill words are : When
my eatne was withdrawn from the list ofpresidential
candidates, I assumed a perfectly neutral position be
tween Gen. Jackson and Mr. Adams " This clears
Mr. Van Buren again, as he could not make a
breach of friendship where none existed, or aur.
plant a supporter where there was no support; and
there was none from Mr. Calhoun to General Jack.
son, is now authentically declared by Mr. Calhoun
himself. Yet this head of accusation with a very
bad motive assigned for it, was most perseveringly
urged by his friends, and in his presence through.
out the whole debate.
'lntroducing the " New York system of proscrip
tions" into the lederal government, was the last of
the accusations on which Mr. Van Buren was ar
ranged, and was just as unfounded as all the rest.—
Both his temper and his judgment, was against the
removal 01 faithlui officers became of difference of
political opinion, or even for political conduct
against himself—as the whole tenor of his con 'mg
very soon after, and when he became President of
the United States, atnmdantly showed. The depart
ment at Washington, and some part of every slate
in the Union gave proof of his forbearance in this
parrieMart.
1 have effetely told that f did not epee: in the
debate on the nomination of Mr, Van Buren; and
this artence on such an occasion may require ex•
planation from a man who does not desire the
character of neglecting afo lend in a pinch. I had
strong reasons for that abstinence, and they were
ot liged to bearing oprodratti it. 1 was oppos
ed to Mr. Van Baren'ii going to England as minister.
lie was intended as a candidate for the Presidency,
and I deemed such a mission to be prejudicial to
him, and the party', and apt to leave as with a can
didate weakened With the people by absence, and
a residence at foreign court. 1 was in this state of
mind when I saw the combination formed against
hita f and• felt that the success-of it would be his and
net serration. Rejection was a 'idle medicine, bet
there. was health at the end of It. Besides, I was
not the grading of Messrs., Clay, Webster, and
Calhoun, end wasrinite willing to see them hill in
to the pit Otter they viere Jigging for another. f
said nothing it the debate; bet as soon as the vote
was over I wrote Mr. Van Buren a very plain letter
only intended km himself, and of which I kept no
*copy i tutfluaviognpplied tar the original for use in
this history, he reamed it to , me, OR the condition
that I should telLif I used it,that in a letter alien.
Jackson,,he characterised it as" honest and east
hie." • i Haan, / knew it to behest we lime; sen•
believe the event has proved it in be ;.and
that there.was no mistake writiog such a Jetta
to Mr. Van. Buren, has been.proved..by oar slam
Brent inietcoone, It was dated January 213, 1832,
and I subjoined it in (nil, ws. contemporaneous tes
timony, and as an evidence of the independent
manner in which spoke. to my ,fiends—even
those I was endeavoring to make Piesident. hien
thus :
,4 Your faithful correspondence will have inform•
ed you of the eveut 01 . the 25th Nobody would
believe it . berierentil alter it happened, but the Pies
idein etin"bear me %Omuta that I prepared him' to
expeta it a month ago. The public will only antler
eland it ae e political movements must a rival ; it
IS right, however, that you should know that with
out an auzility cause the political movement against
you would not have succeeded: There were gen
tlemen voting against you who would not have
done so except for a reason which was strong and
clear in their molds, and winch (it would be no
proper to dissemble) has hurt you -in the estima.
tom of many candid and distinguished pets le
After saying this much I most also sAy, that I look
upon this head of objection as temporally dying out
of esell, and to be swallowed up a. the current and
accumulating topics of the day. You doubil-ss
know what is best for yourself, and it does not be.
come me to make suggestions; and for myself,
when., Sind myself on die bridge of Lodi, t neither
stop to parley, nor tent back to start .gam. For
ward is the word Some say make you goveinor
of New York; f say, rut have been governor be •
(Mk tMt ii tenting back , . Some say, come twee
kkinatelo place ofseme of your friends; I say, ibai
of itself wilt be only parleying with the enemy
while on the middle of the bridge, and receiving
the firs. The ificellresidency is the only thing,
and if a place in the Senate can be couple] with
the mid for that, then • place.in the Senate might
be desirable. The.. Baltimore Convention will meet
in the month of May, and I e
reitume it will be ni
the dilection of yogi. immediate' !lien& in Nair'
York, and yorilletadine friends here; to have 'you
nominated ; and itt all Mat oasis Wink, you ought
to be passive. 4. For Vice:Piessileni, "- on the Jack
son ticket, will indentity you,,wilti him ~a lew CV.
didaf pritififiliiii'Mlbe old detncieratie achnoF - Might
make' rot worth contending ?for !on yotil barn a&
coact. . Th e 'dynasty ot (ibeiederalaes) None,
Bank n(to! United Stilo ia.44;!Xel!;• and 'heck*
EA 4 1 e toiled 4' l B 4 '6las drawn into vortexandl
it/Idiot its pliatiant the whO l. l higlitatifi mil" SO
wow hnoimitsibit party: t Vow, foiloarie4
and to Weil= iatantotwhiohCati tisulttheitclutio,
ad element. of a nation, you wilLbrive . to rake 'Kai
itions visible, and represent principles• which are
Iffll
felt and endersteodiyou sOillhairefiriepanite *Mit.
self Irom the triny by pgirtitiori - lines - Which the
; .r.
people can see. The dynasty 1 . 4'98, (federalise))
the Bank of the; nited States, the high tariff party,
the federal internal improvement party, are against
you. Now if you ate not against them, the people,
and myself, as one of . the people, can lee nothing
between them and yin i worth contending tor,in it
national point of view. This is a very plain letter,
and if you don't like it, yoh will throw it in die fir';
consider it as not haying Went written.' For my
self, I mean to retire upon my profession, while I
have mind end body to pursue it 4 . but I wish tn see
the right principles prevail' ! and ' friends instead of
,
hies in power."
The prominent idea in this letter was, that the
people would see the rejection in the same,light as
I did—as a combination to pot down a rival-..and
that it would work oat the . . other way. The Pattie
idea prevailed in England. On the evening of the
day, on the morning of which all the London Dews•
papers heralded the rejection of the American
minister, there was a great party at Prince Talley.
rand's, then the representative at the British court,
of the new King of the French, Louis Phillipe
Mr. Vim Buren, at ways master of himself, and of
all the proprieties of his position, was there, as II
nothing hay happened, and receised distinguished
attention and complimentary allusions. Lord Auk
land, grandson to the Mr. Eden, who was one of
the Commissioners of Conciliation sent to us at the
beginning of the revolu'ionary troubles, said to him,
" it is on advantage to a public man to be die sub
ject of an outrage"—a remark wise in inbeit, and
prophetic tn its application to the person to whom
it was addressed. He came home, apparently gave
himself no trouble about it, was taken up by the
people—elected successively, Vice President and
President—while none 'of those combined apnea
him ever attained either Position. There was, at
the time, some doubt among 'heti frientls as to the
policy of the rejection ; but the three chiefs were
positive in their belief that a senatorial condemna
tion would be political death.
I heard Mr. Calhoun say to one of his doultcing
friends, " !twill kill hi
r i sir, kill him dead. He
will never kick, neve ick ;" and the alacrity
with which he gave the casting votes attested the
sincerity of his belief, and his readiness for the
work. How those tie-votes, for there were two,
came to happen twice, " hand running," and in' a
case so important, was a matter of marvel and
!peculation to the public culotte of. the locked een•
atonal door. It was no marvel to those on the in•
side, who saw how it was done. The comblnafion
had a superfluity of votes, and, as Mr. Van Buren's
friends were every one known, and would sit. fast,
it only required the superfluous votes on one side
to go out; and thus an equilibrium between the
two lines was established. When all was finished
the injunction of secrecy was taken off the proceed
ings, and the dozen set speeches delivered in se
emit session imMediately published--which shows
drat they were delivered fo , effect, not upon the
Senate, but upon the public mind. The whole pro
ceeding illustrated the impolicy, as well as peril to
themselves, of rival public men sitting in judgment
upon each other, and carries a warning which
should not be lost. - , .
As an event effecting the most emenint public
men of the day, and connecting itself with the set
tlement of one of our important foreign commer
cial I,uestions—as belonging to history already car
ried into it by the senatorial debates—l deem the
eeeonnl of the ezterrecur of Mr Van Buren a never.
satyr appendage tty the:setilement of the British
West India trade question, and an act of justice . to
General Jackson's administration, the • whole of
which wit,' Involved in the ceased . s then east upon
his Secretary of Sire.
Portmstron of Tna Gesve--ft iv' estimated
the average of the births per iecond, for the
last. eighteen hundred and filty.-three years, of
about 819. This wined make the whole number
of human beings vain twee - hoed since the birth of
Christ, about twenty-Iwo thoomind millions •
Wanting from this" ntintber the nine hundred
•
end sixty millions, who form the present popula
tion of the globe, and it leaves the number of thir
ty:one thowtand and forty millions that have gone
to the grave. - ; ‘'
Of "this number, the estimate is do tine thous
and millions died by the ward.
giabilbutrantf millinins by famine and pesti
lence
Five hi:m(lEO millions by martyittom.
Five bentheil and eighty millions by intoxicat
ing drinhp.
Thirteen thousand nsillious natrnat or other
Wise . •
By thin estimate it will be teen that war and
strong drink have vent one thind of the heman race
to' a premature grave.
Otr Brodder Amex, can you tell me de diff
erence twene dieing end dieting,"
" Why, ob coarse I eao, !Alma When you
diet you lib on noffin, and when you die, ou have
noon to lib on."
" Well, data different to what f ton it wee;
tort it vrairti race aigrette the doom inland mar
eashOn, to iee which. 'int Aril hint."
Qtr. Two loafers meiOpoti the wharf yeateiday
and passed the. CA compliment of the veatano."
"Jirri," r oairione, 4, bar n s lop nee Hatt, he is
looting jor konl'e• . .:• ' •
" Mal
Virl4,-.4le4,helioyopifixd.!!,,„,
" Pshattai"* responttailim t l•o l tha t fs' a poor; oft;
and yen iiiie . eangtit the if 't bidiet been
ban,6#l,night
John ‘wboriitaid the other.
‘‘DabaitohntororrotintaknllA., - - ; •
.
gor Oar! , dtairlfoothth bop!). is lotated arith
am hops timbals filo* krathiplalboo " female
Whitgleh Wit thodailitufri t ;showeri ,
In ", tie jani
oorr?be learned, the trade"
Md
Ma=
WZaLD=2
A r ,
- , l
Tut If xattaw froverretts-r-Tbere ie good reasons
why the ',following Practice should obtain in the
Christian world, or why every city should have an
inspector of meat. ' "
The Jew butchers do not prostrate the 'nitwit
with an:riito . ,,fidi fir d suspend and then cot the
'hunt. , This must be.peiforrned in ipeculiar man
ner. leis necessary to.' have a long knife, which
must be . free ham rest, nirtkor any imperfection of
cuttingedge, one cut only being allowed If more
is required or any formality is neglected, the ani
ta deemed nth Tor food for the Hebrews. Alf.
ter the animal is dead he is examined by the Jew
butcher. This I. done by caning into "die' preen/
and abdoninal cavities, running the hands In and
feeling the lunge and_liver. Should . these organ.
be fours adlieting to the sides or should any
laMps be - found , .thet, then the' butcher places a
leathern tag upon die awhilel inscribed: with the
Chaldaic word Ittiplia, signifying unproper or unfit.
Should those organs be found healthy and the riper
anion of killing be otherwise correctly performed.
the tag is stamped carther,.prepets or fit, is Own
placed upon the various portions of the animal.—
For the us 3 of the Hebrews it is only placed on the
fore-quarters. From the difficulty of removing the
blood vessels; as required by their laws, from the
hitfil quarter., this portion is rarely taken by the
flebrewe, bin the mark is placed upon them for
the benefit of many . Christiana, who prefer the
meat tints examined. The botcher is pant by the
society in which he worships, an annual salary, and
in addition he receives a small sum per animal
from the keeper of the slaughter-house for Me set
t ices.
Ir 1 Went He —lf f were a farmer, it appears to
I would devote my whole attention to the cultivs ,
lion of my farm, clothe and feed my servants welt,
take care of my atnek, mend the toles in my ieneep,
take alair price for my produce and never indulge
in idleness and dissipation.
If I were a lawyer f would not charge a poor man
$5 for a few wards of advice.
11l were a physician, I could not have the con-
science to charge as much u they do for feeling the
pulse, taking a little blood, or administering a dose
of calomel and j.ilap.
If I were a merchant, I would have an estab
lished price for my goods, smelt not undersell or
injure my neighbors, t would sell at a moderate
profit, and hive good measure, and deal av justly as
possible. ..
l' - were a mechanic, I would apply myself in.
dustriously to my business, take care of my family,
refrain from visiting taverns,grogehops and billiard
saloons, and when t promised a man to have his
work done by tt certain time, I would try and be
punctual.
If f were a young man 1 wonid not cat en many
ridiculous capers as some of them do do, playing
with their watch chains, flourishing their rattans,
strewing aid making a great noise with their high
heeled boots—probably not paid for—and making
remarks en plain worthy people. They render
the:metres contemptible in the eyes of the sensible
and unassuming. _
I far 6 ,,. I would not be seen spinning
street yarn every day, ogling at this young fellow,
nodding at anotlre!, and giving sweet smiles to
h int
It water a lover F , would be tree mere object deny
affections, treat her with tenderness, and never let
her tondoet towards another excite Oakm9 in my
breast, bet should abe ever speak of me in rerme of
dine/pep, or treat stet 'with coolness, then 1 would
be off, like strot from a 'hovel, suld ali her era
should never again entrap me.
It 11,Wera.Mi old bachelor, l would make eve•
ry exertion in my power to get marrie4 or bang
myself. - . „
, . . .
And Nrr. Printer, if - was'ol - your lidiforatle pro.
ession 4 would never refuse topablisti Timms like
his.
Colts VOA Dissarratty.—A correspondent of the
Philadelphia Register sap the following cure for
dysentery has never been known to fail: Take emir
pint of new milk (vrarni.from the cow► if paosible,)
and and to it, two,table.spocinfola, of fine ebarcriai,
and one of table salt Think as the patient is able,
and renew the Twilit? if needed. The diet should
be principally rice, or milk toast.
Annt•oa has felt on memd the foflowing
important sentence : Taro persons who have cho.
ten each other oot of all the species, with the design
to be each other's- mutual comfort end entertain.
meet, have in that very action bound themselves to
be good humored, affable, joyful, forgiving end pa.
tient, with respect to each other's fraities and Wt.
pet fections, to the end of their lives.
(g Have the courage to keep yolt - pmerirs' e,faiii
matter what it carte. Have ate Comagef
man knost that you will net lima him montii i inti .
not that you can't.. Have the courage to thrust
yonribeati into a bath of col 4 attest the fine thing /
in the Morning, -astir to revise the temptation
gin cocktail.
Amman', bavinr. —4orteard two--and bit yowl
pariqer in the bread baabet dos-e-dotorrs to MI
right and kick your partner on the shins; shammy
all—promenade to the taft, and accidentally knock
down two attention% tarrying retowitmett%
Thetleadaration of Independence was writ.
ten in the parlor, on the second 6or 01 the brick
house at the northeist eoirier of Mario and 7th
streets, Philadelrtria. Se *aye Mr. Jefferson, its
immortal author, irr a letter of his lovely published:
Irr A fellow who had been hooked by an un
reprlenr,ilimped in -his - gaii.c4. A. ;lady fanianiai
!flit he appeared to be intozieare& $4 Yee," said
her beau, " lie has bees taking 'a eoepteot home."
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