.
PORTER, EDITOIt
HERALD & EXPOSITOR.
qr,Artone - .
WEVIIMAY, SEFTE3IPER is, Tsai
• lao:it "GOVERNOR, •
JOHN BANKS-,
BERA'S COUAVY,
Democratic lifittig• Ticket.
, , ..SENATE, - • - • .
.'Thomas G.. AleCulloh
31 — idl4e 1 ;C•
.• • • • ASSEMBLY. •
MAjor Sautuel
Christopher Au:.
COMMISSIONER,
James Moiler.
TREASURER,
Jacob Zug.
DIRECTOR OF THE !POOR,
COL - John - Wyatoop.
ArD/TOR: -
Thomas 8. - Bryson.
CORONER,
Villiam Culbertson.
LOCOFOCO TICKET.
• 'Senati- r Willtarn R..Goros, James X.
McLanahan. • .
Barr, Jos. Culver.
Commissioner—Major Jacob Rani..
Treasurer—W Montgomery Mnteer..
- .Directo.r--4Sa mn el ra h a in.
• - •.avrtitor—Peter Barnhart. . •
Coroner ---J ames Williainson,
Conferee / iM-efting.
hta meeting of. Cimferees fromihe couit
..
, • ties,of Cumberland, Fratiklie . ,...and Adams,
".:--,..4friendly-to-llikehictio - n- - ;4*the 'Bon. : JOHN
.-----.4:11A-NKS,Atelti-Nt-theAuttiee:uf-il9 r.' RUbert
IWailitiii.Aiiippqßiirgvirrilac - rfrit . tty
• •... of*Scep . telialidic...-1811,; the folh:W•ittg named
.. __
- ,.,.. ; vraleaiede,o . v . vearekvs-ccytlerees,•-viz.:• , - ,
:.::....' • I :Vainberiqull,Col,..Williaiii - -11 . . Wood
• -.
turn, Illijur 'William ALltetitterson, 'rod
- 1 --- t,iii
'iiirT lOjr . sfer. - - -_ " : — 7:
. -
_Fraralin—darnes.'Dff v_idson,.taszer . ..g.
T r 7. - Bratlyt; and Dr. Dailiql S. Ale,G-. won. ' -
.. - kiarns.--:Daniel M. Smyser; •Williaui.
`
•-, Morrison, and William Russel. . ____
• On motion, the ciinforees-prodectled th
L _ nominate, candidates to represeigthis•Sena
-
• tonal District in the Senate of Pennsylva
-. nia - ; when it appeared that - THOMAS •G.
'McCULLOEL Esq., of Franklin _ county,
t .141 d :Col, :MICHAEL C . ..._CIARKSON.,
• of Marne .courity, were unanimously nomi
mated, ...
. ------...- ThelollOwtitig res d i tutions werit , snlimiv
, ted and - ,unanimously adopted, vig:
-...- Resolved, That theSenaforiat ticket this
;flay nominated, is hereby recommentled•to
the undivided . support of the Democratic
Whig earty inAlris Senatorial District, as
• every way entitled to their. votes and ap
. proval. •
. .
• Resolved, That we heartily approve 9f
the amendment to the State Constitution,
proposed by the last Legislature, limiting
.
. the eligibility, of the Executive to 'a single
term, and as the subject is to be brought
before the people at the coming election,
me invoke for it the same support and re
__ *cognition which they gave it at the ever
:memorable election of 1840, when the .la
mented Harrison, watt •the embodiment of
.____., this salutary_and Ropular principle,_;-.____
. diPtstilved, That we approve of • the bill
. :* -- ,V4Kett - .brithelast . Legislature, providing
t;---.for theele6tion of the Cana :lommission
^ era by the people, which ha een pocketed
by the present Executive, ee having ye- .
toed -- a - previous - bill; -ei pre. sly 'upon - the --
ground that it did not sprovide for such
election. .
' Resolved, That we entertain the con&
&tit •assuranee that in the election of "ho.
meetionn .Baths," .as the next Governor
' , of this Uonimonwealth, pennsylv t ania will
be arrested in the downward.career of pro
iligality .which has, under thepresent ad
:ministration, involved her in almost irre
.trievable ruin.: -
. • Resolved, - That These •proceedings be
signed by the President and Secretary., and
published in - all the Detnocratie "Whig pa
pers in the district. •• - .
WM. H. WaODBURN, Pre't,
J. E. Brisivr,:Secretary..
advertising friends have been
.sending in their faviirs so liberally this
week,,lthat our readers and correspondents
must excuse us until we get more elbow
room.
Mn. J. C. WILLIAMS, Portrait and Mi
niature painter, has hid office at Beetent's
Hotel, where
‘ visitors may examine speci 7
meniof his °work. His prices are very
moderate, and Ado
.likenessei excellent.
- 4 . ccrn . ENT.'—fln Saturday afternoon laid,
as the-train of passenger cars was passing
through a deep cut, one mile east of Chain
lemburg, a man riding a colt suddenly dartli
ed toward the engine t from an excavation
on the pide of the railway;and was thrown
by the animal directly en the track. - The
engine 'passed over the upper part of his
head, tutting it ofF, ;rid causing instant
death. 'Both 'the •mar. .and colt were en-
tirely coneealed front the view of. the 'en
gineer,. untethe train WEIS stormily upon
them. Those who were - present , entirely
"exonerate the
, engineek from any censure.
Within,tge yards of the place where the
;jtitleriliadtraken shelter, ,there was a cross
nad!hy 'which he, might have got off the
_railway,. and thusAare • avoided all danger.
The Aleceased was named SAXuEL L1ND
;•43414. ISIP4IO :ginerally, knOwn
whose attic
%Tait . sinco'nias 'erroneously repo . rted.
Ire - resided' iii the SOuth Mountain,, near
Sliippeneburgr,t)n4wat3 rentarltablelor
'eccentric haGits and fondneas for litigation.
ich6.sum of $429 has been substribeti
by •thc m o tinbers of 'the hoose•ofeepresen 7
tatives, for the benefit of, the widow, and
children of the Rei..itir.'enciltlnan who
was losi.in the steam -ship.PreeNent. •
We urge upon our 'friends the propriety
of having themselves assessed as 'soon-as
i;ssible: • 'Mt be' 'done atleast TEN
DAYS befnie the Eleedop-i Those whci
negleat.le do ., sn• will 'nee their_voles:,
'l3y 'reference 'to the proceedings Of the
Vhig Conferees, our readers will find did
two candidates have been nominated to re
present this Senatorial; District in the next
•LegiSlattire. Our ticket is now complete,
and all we ask is that our frieridS.thay- . “toe
itte — inarli," - and secure -its els - otion by •a
'handsome -majority. The coming election
is not only important with regard- to the
.Governor••:antl the
.county ticket, but it is
doubly so with regard to the Senate: • -
:The - next sessio n
be a yeryimphrtant .one fo the citizens of
this commonwealth; 'and-as thelmmiplexion
Of the . sehateinay,4lepentl:ttpOn , the reSu/i
in this district,it is incumbent on the ivhigs
to Secure the election •of their candidates ! .
so as to maintain.their•ascendanCy in' that
body. Then, if the4 -- vorst Cowes, we shall
have an intluenee in, at :least,- one brahehi
of .the Legislative Power,. Wildcat to. eon
trot the villanv Sufte pluuder,.and hold
in ehdel& the .'etientic...B of .detnocratie princi
." - -Ev:Eirrtya 177 ns -
Ifemember, tht,it'Atte vote May i]e-_
that'
one
the' elintest.,ljtemeei' ! )er,...thnt the Se . , n-:
ate of Peimsylven,itthas beets in
ifieit . ildel .6f woe hetide,
;that-man w ho:byihis r negligepee,- su
to fall i9it; the hands .of the enettry.',
,Our readers will find, hi : this-I)4er, the
inessage.of the President,Netoing the bill
to. eStablish - a "-Fiscal Corpora Tied:" The
message is conciliatory in its tone,-and is
received in a much better .spirit by
~the
-Whigs than-was the veto of the former bill;
ut t e expectation - of theThiefifife'llas;e
- -
been so •stroagly excited jn:favorof--a-Na
tiOnal Bank, as a measure of relief, and
they hiive 'relied with so much confidence
on the action„of Congress on this question,
'that we doubtmat, deep regret will be felt,
when it is found that the extra session must
close without a realization of their hopes.
The President pays a -welt merited tri
bute to the industry of the two houses of
Congress; he adverts with pleAsure to the
fact that he 'Hs concurred with them in
the passage of many laws, which he be
lieves will proVe highly bent.oial to the
country„ and while he regrets that his view
of the'amstitution compels him to withhold
his approvill from this bill, he expresses a
hope thatavt the regular session,safter time
shall have - beenaffordeit him in deliberate
reflection, he may be able to unite. with
Congress in the adoption of some measure
of finance, " promotive of the good of our
conamon,,,cguntry.".
lICT'The Statesman, is tending so, rapid
ly towards 'ultra loedocoisrit that Sanderson
has become seriously alarmed. is afraid
dint Grabb will shuffle him off the course,
and become the organ of the Portwarty
hi msel f.
la" The editoi of Ahe, Pennsylv.ania
Statesman, speaks. - of the Herald, as a
"totering concern." We.desire to set Mr.
Crabb y right in this remark, no
,establish
.
mem can totter, which has for its baiis the
Whigs . of Cumberland couney. The reader,
by glancing at our
.adgertising columns,
will at once perceive the falsity of the as
sertion.
- Kr.An ,interesting controversy . 15 now
going.on between the Slalesmari ancFrol
unleer in regard to the." consistency" Of
their. respective editors.- -"The less. either
of Then; say. about consistency, the better. ,
They have both deeply sinned against their
(ohty—and we - see no good reason why.
Mr. CRAMS should not be forgiven and
,re
teived into the "bosom of .that party. as well,
as Mr., SANDERqON. the - Harris=
burg Keyetoste and Lancaster Intclligencer
,(both 'big-guns of the Locofocos,) speak in
terms of high croirtmendation of the States
man, and seem - lo think that it would be a
v aluable .auxiliary in. their cause: Maier,
-haps Mr. Sandereen is jealous of the St6tes
man,.•and is afiaidihat imay acquire such,
an iittfinence among the faithfelati may in-'
jure AlteprosPects and standing of bis,own
paper; as governed bY the "Principle
of coat vise Ana.-
once to call to a cotintyaonventiOn r,
and 'prevail ppdn'them to certify that the Vo
Junteet*the "only dentoeratie paper• in
the county 1?!. , We : think that . Would.rthi.:
yer
—?ews,
7ir•e You Assessed?
OUR WilitliiET.;
E V ETO.
• "Cononin. Some ofour.country ;friends
nre "sOrprised.• that should ..be again
.called ipOn ,to elect .a; Coroner, knOwing,
.es they do, - that la stYall . we elected one td
serve for, the term of three ijcars, and tliey
yot not what to Make of it. The reason of it
is simply this :—.-CHARLES BELL, 111;8(16:ire,
who ;boasts that he has moire, genuine de, ,
mocracy in hislittle finger - than'tliere, is in .
the.carcases; of a dozen•common lor:ofocos,
was last 'fall elected to . that honorable,
though not very hieratiye situation... In
cOtifse .of time' 'his. commission arrived,
which he refused to lift, alleging .that it .
would cost him some $l5 or $lB., This At;as'
certainly not very patriotic in 'the 'Squire,
and-was notcarryiog out - G.eneral4ackson"e
doctilne of neither. seeking =or declining
office. We'learn - that . be_ was this falyan
.appliCant to the county, conreillien fur the
roinieation.of Commissioner; but=thecon;
vention, doubtless "'for
.good and •stiilicierit
reasons, entirely oveilOolied..his—cjaitit3.—
In his thus seeking offiee,:ifie.'Squire•again
ran counter to the
. priv6iple laid down• by'
the "old hero," andbas shown that- he is
not theimniaculate democrathe has always
. .taken himself torbe.
COUNTY TILEASUREI2..---11l case ilie•
ple should AI...INIATEqR County
Trtia:surer, rnatry persons in this neigh . -
imrhOod would like to know ti;/sere hi in,
lends to keep thetreasury 7 --wh'ether'in this
bordugh or at his own-residence? and who
would be , the bona. jido'4,e*irpliirriself
, or,“iippist John Moore;' as thetVolunteer
was wont facetiously to call liini ?
Mateer is n young manvho ,has . 'already
evinced a r:considernble itching, for Office,
and as . it is notorious that he is the 'Mere;
instrument of - Monre; -(liy.7ho s se , influence
iiOinitiated; . to 111eexeitision .Of bet
ten.
tuntingemplif of funds::: We .4,J
not aSsett that actually be ; the;
e
bh* ; but , as: inaterr_lis- the pre arid olek
. ,
fricitd. of Moore, I.IIQ laiter:-Would eettainly
iiilluence,the,frirtner.
r&l'he'"Volunteei" asserts that some
of .thO.Fei leral4ts sneer at iNUjor RE!!juin
because he .is_a poor man! , The fulcra
lilts- who di) so, then,are confined to - your
own party, Mr. Veracity. We have heard'
many of them "sneer" at-.him, and-assert
that he - proctired
. the nomination through
the-united influence and management of
Ji)Sop -- 111461M - Cli,Jiitin iii; arfilyDr. - :JaCol -
Bailghnan, for the. purpose Of retaining .
.of worthies in oflice.: - . "Ire have
no ill-feeling toward Major Rehrar ; still,
we do think that from among the dozen
individualp,who were applicants for the
nominatiOtiVa better selection could have
been made. Dr. Foulke, for instance, who
is an in and .competent gentleman,
would 'have made an excellent - Commis- .
sioner. De was too independent, however,
has an tiglyfasirion 'of thinking and acting.
himsele, - and of course Would not Suit
purposes of the wire-workers. If Maj.
for
the
Rel
be
brar should happen to succeed, he will
admirably calculated to carry out the
wis has oLthe-petty littleique-by-wh i eh
he•will be surrounded. have .n word
to say - ,to the Major, and , that is=" Don7l.
you.ivisft you may get it?"
Tut LocoFoco TICRET.—From a pent
sal'cif the Volunteer, one, would naturally
suppoSe that the persons on - the.Lecofoco
ticket were the greatest Solomons in the
land, and . that they were celebrated for su
perior excellence.' This'would be an egre
.
gious mistake. Messrs. Barr a nd Rehear
are both clever enough men in the.Ameri-
Can acceptation of the word, yet their unit
ed talents will never set the world on fire.
The others_ are mere ciphers, some of
whom' have 'been seeking office time and
again. •
CONFIRMED.—The nomination of C. B.
'Penrose as Solicitor' of the Treasury,-has
been almost unanimously confirmed by-the
Senate.
,-We Congratulate the lonofocoei on
this event, the news will no doubt giveiltem
very great pleasure. •
Canal Commissioners'
•
The Governor has not yet -Signed the
bill, passed -at the recent session otthe
gislature, giving the 'election of the Canal
Commissioners to the People, and is our
.0p444)w-that he does not intend to do so.
Of course,_fraud,
, peculation and extrava
gance will continue to abound uriAtte great
detrinte • nt of the honest and laborious •tax
•,,,
; payers. The Governor "has naconfideme
in thepeople t " and_ isztitiwilling to leave
the fate of ,his favorites in their halids.-.
How these locofaco gentry love to hold.on
to power
SPUNK .!—The I.Oplocos of Lancaster
county, with the modest and unassuming
Jour; W. FonNvir at, their head,. actually
talk of nominating a ticket to be supported
hy them this, 61111 The gentlemen who
wslleonsent to mil upon it must be ble ssed
with an ,extraordinary degree of moral cou
rage, and touly ,deserve :a= better. fate than
that which inevitably awaits them. , Thest
locos area always making themselves ridi-
41[7''Irite ~ /ienteei; With its upuat tent e
',
doss - nes& and: disregard', for. titith,.,poirts
ithat.the , Whi - eanilidatesloV Asse/ 161 Y:are;
"Disiillere. 'lleie is no truth„.l 4l4 ate'Ver in
the,rissertid'' ''date's .are
distillers. cothpetent,
, 'they are
None
a o ll f ,i o i
c, ti i6 r,A t, n . (I
intelligent and sober
waytieseivingithe Win; and in' every
c ifidenee of their, fel
lo w citizens: '
KT , W e. are/ot. Anwar° that any .of the
-Lacyloco ca jvidates are distillers. Some
of them,...)6Tnelier, are capital feIIOU , S at
preventidg ; new whigkey from' becoming
art , ,•: -( llie' , temperance, men should seek
th f en out. .
ICPAV4y did not the : VoluiNer add the
world "`.Golition," •to.'the heading of the
usual fori.hat paper
to. do so on such oceasione:. The reason
is ohuious : ALere. is not, a single Abolition
ist' on our, ticltet;• whilst WILLIAM BAR%
who heads the locolciee•tinket, is a red-hot
AbolitioniSt. 'Did Sergeant Sanderson wish
toiteep-this . .fae.to'ntol_sight.t_ ,
11 Tlie Volunteer -snrslhat•The candi
dates of the.t ocdfocos are all . " working
men:" That's ail t Almon, True, we admit
that-some:,of,them:occasionallysondescend
to soil:tliiii.delicate liffgers by a little hard
work, biit the fact that thde is not a single
mechanic Upon their ticket, should:be_suf
(relent In damn it in•the estimation of those
Who toil_andliber_for their_daily,bread:
Ific*pie befbre the People!
That the eilitor, of the
. 11arrishorg:State.
Capitol Gazelle (the organ of the-Porter
Ailininihratibn;) after giving 'utterance to a
base falsehood in ref - aiia to..the Pay - Of the.
Carlisle Volunteers
. fOr their sen7ices iii
. 18pEli . ar4.efter:theY]aro
"Crilie"
attempted re-.'
fese afichigisd'OTadmit_ t h error..•
is y 'fair specimen aflpeofocio honesty
miillmaofoco-:justice,---;=:—• ••
- I
r_rThe'lllr. iNVirsu, who •ascentlet.Lina
balloon .from Harrisburg, a week or two ago,
h e :great Nine_ A . VnsE, member
of',Congres'a from Virginia, as sbme'follfs
have foolishly imagined.... 'Poor Wise is
just about as high in the world now-as' he
is 'destined to lie; and he: is. sin-king---evelry .
day._ We have no- malice in our compoSi,
tion, neyertheless,we do thinkuritiTNtlie
itnmortai.leader of the Abstractionists were
-fool enough yr goon-aothe aerial voyage,_
never again to 'return to our halls ,of legisla
tion, it would be a happy riddance for the
country,.
kcji-Kenry Morris is the Whig candi
date for Sheriff of Philadelphia county; and
.Tames H. Hutchinson is his Locofoco op
ponent; If we mistake not, this Hutchin
son is the same fellow whom Gov, Wolf
dismiSsed from : .the Philadelphia CustOrn
House on account of his . skill in pipe-lay
ing. The Locos are certainly very con
sistent fellows.
nipertantirom•WAshington.
Correspondence of the Herald & Expositor.
... . . .
WASJIINOTON, Sept. 11, 1841.
The Fiscal Corporation—AP Ueto thereon
—.ll Disgraceful Row in the Rouse of
I?epres!entatives—Disseilution,of the Ca
binet.
This has been a darof 'excitement, anxi
ety ancl,suspense, in. the city of Washing
ton., On the countenances of all—Whig 89:
well as man who runs may
see that something More than'ttsual has ta
ken place, or - is looked for:- -Most u if not
all, of the feeling, was the result .of 'ex
pected message from the President of the
United States in relation to his approving
of, or rejecting - the . bill -- passed a - few days
since by Congress, incorporating iFiscal
Corporation of the United' States. The
suspense on this - matter was brought to a
close' about 12 o'clock on Thursday, at
which time the private Secretary entered
the House of Representatives,.and informed
that body that he had'been instructed by
the President of the United States to refurn.
to the Elottse, with his objections,
the. 'bill
forto provide the colleetion; safekeeping,
and disbursement of the Public Revenue by
means of a CorpOratice. to be styled the
Fiscal Corporation of the United States.=
The. message was. then read, and, Friday
.at 12 o'clock, fixed upon for its Conside
ration. • •
As you will doubtless give the message
a prominent place' in your 'columns, it is
almost useless forme to make any remark
in,relation either to its tone, or the ground
taken by President 'Tyler for xhe exercise
of the veto, power a second time, in Ahe
course of a , fortnight. Your madam are
fully competent 'to read and onderStand for
the inset yes, and Avith them I leave it, mere
ly remarking that it has been received by
.four-fifths of +the Whig party in the metro
polis in a much better spirit than the loco
focus have desired. , Although many of our
friends are disappointed in not seeing the
bill become a . law, yet they are,rejoiced to
learn from 'the message that John Tyleris,
not disposed to throw himself into the arms
ofthose who, at the last election, abused
and villitied ant, only himself, but
,the la
mented • Harrisnn, in ;the strongest terms.
It gives satisfaction, because from; it , we
learn,,that although he cannot consistent.:
lv .agree worth• those of our•friends...whn
f-avora National Bank t yet he is not dis
piisedto be seduced by, the wily arts of hie
enemies, to make war upon' and desert his,
old companions in arms. It is satisfadtory,
because he tells WI that in all .other. Ines
sures hi 'has acted,. and Stilt intends to act „
with' party ,whose rallying cry, this
livrie,tivelve•ifionthe ago was ."Tippeounoe.
Frinrilyiertoci:"T-Itiirsatisfactery-becanse
he•tells us; that he has been gifid to co:)p
-erate with the. two. houses of Congress in
the enactmencerthoselaws which the pee-
pie. demanded, and which he thinkti will
prove highly beneficiallo the interests- of
the„country,.and gully *answer all : the ex
pectations formed by-the people in relation
1.0 'their deliberations. It is also satitifac
tory, .becauseit expresses the anxious hope'
that after : dine for mature deliberation and
reflection has• been: tExeCutive
and Congress May cordially unite, and. en- -
act - some measures4irfinancepromotiiie;of
the good of odr-common country. -
Those of.theloeofocosswho have, for the
last thirty days, been '"laying the flattering
unetion•to their
,sonle," that John - 'Tyler
would desert the-. Whig cause „and unite
with theM, present 'a 'wo-begone counte
nance, and instead of - witnessing anew the .
scenes of.rejoicing, which took place among
them, on the appearance- of the first veto,
we see nothing but " weeping.and wailing
and gnashinlof teeth.'!.
Whilst gives -me pleasure thus to write
of -our excellent and ,conscientitius•Pre.
-bavelo-in form
yon -of. a, most disgraceful scene enacted in
the:helle of Congress,.between two honor
able members, for one of whom; - at least, I
entertained the highest respeet, nut only for
his private *wortli,-but• for the - noble stand
:_he_has - laken atthii session Of Congress in
carrying-on the ltusiti s 'for which -Con
gress was convened:
Whilst the.bill, making appropriations for
the salariee andJOuttits Of - diplomatic agents
was tinder - cnnsideration in -.committee of
-the -whole,-and -just .as -Mr.- Stanley, of
Carolina, had .concluded a speech„ in' which
he replied. to . some remarks made by iMr..
Wise, the iatter• walked across the -hell to
the seat of the fernier, ger74.lre purpose, as
lie said, of- remoirstrating -with himkbut
I- think, to lecture Mr. S. in , emanner .pe
cAdiar to Mr. Wise.. Sharp words ensued;
and.before.the-lionorable members-of-the
Elouse piLo* per ,or even uk.gentlemen
with his :tinneit et' iiTas,re.
.turnea: with:inter6t; and n _general fight en
sUed=Some twenty ,or -thirty of the 'mem
befe crowiling*.areund,•dealing, bloiv - after
- .WOW- on- - -the.- heads--of
-two•original- parties7trythe--battle• were al
onist -"lost in the fog,'.' whilst their friends
were-carrying mi - the fi2hi, '-The Speaker
took the chair, and -in tones of thunder de
-mantled-nil-oer !:Ordsrl"-ber in
After several - black eyes' and blood -- y* , noses
had been
.won by -different gentlemen, the
Sergeant4it-Arms succeeded. in restoring,
order, when -a truly laughable sight :pre.
setae!! itself, in The shape ola large seved;. ,
ty-two potinder, surnamed Di is,
. thc-largest _being._ in _creatioti;_holding. _the.
two_grasS-li - opper combatants at arms length
from each. 111er;
avoid
as was the
seer - e,--I kt avoid laughing at seeing
Mr, Lewis, 'whose weight is about 350,
holding Messrs. Stanley and Wise, neither
of whom would weigh much more than a
fifty-six, at each. side of his huge. hotly,
there permitting them, - at a respectful* dis
trance, to pour out fire and smoke. After
the noise • had , somewhat subsided, Mr. I
Wise and .Mr, Stanley• in turn addressed
the House, exculpating . themselves, and
givinif,their different versions of the story.
The city is_ tilled with rumors of an ap
proaching diSsolutirin of the Cabinet, and
you need not be surprised to learn ere long
that- at least four of the Secretaries ,will
hand in their : resignations—two of which
I have no - doubt will be accepted by Presi
dent Tyler. Mr. Webster, and probably
Mr. -Granger, will remain.
's--a_sou&c , e of great pleasure to me to
be able to - info rm you, that the nomination
_of_yonrsespected townsman, the Ilonop
ble CHARLES B. PENROSE, as Solicitor of .
the Treasury. was confirmed to-day, by a
nearly unanimous vote. 'lt also affords me
plea Sure to state that Mr. - Penrose is held
in decidedly high estimation_ by all our ci
tizens, members of 'Congress and.others,
not only for his'personal Werth, but for the
ability with which he fills the office tender
ed him, by ow late President. Your citi
zens w i ill.feel the loss of his absence from
your ishyp, whilst we will be the gainers
by his residence amongst us. Plata.
--,lo:7°As'--the -news from Washington—is
the all-ahsarbing topic, we have,- to the ei-
Clesion of much other matter, : taken up a
large portion of our
_paper with it.
The following is an extract from a-letter
to the editor, dated
Washington, Sept. 1,2, 1840..
The predictions Contained" in my hit
letter in leference.to.a dissolution of the
Cabinet, have bgen"retilizil: Crittenden,
Ewing, Bell, and Badger have resigned,
and the following neinination's . have been
made by the President to the Sentte to fill
the vacancies: . , •
Walter Forward, of Pennsylvania„Sec
rotary of the Treasury; Hugh S. Legare,
of South Carolina e Attorney General; Abel
P. Upshur, of, Virginia, Secretary of the
Navy; and John McLean, of Ohio, Secre
tary of War.. The Senate adjourned with
out acting on ,these nominations, having
been engaged on the . nomination ,of Gov..
Everett, as . Minister to the Court of St.
James. 14 is also -understood that Mr.
Granger tendered his resignation. Chas.
A. Wickliffe, of Kentucky, it is thought.
tpall iske - his Place. • Mr. Webster will not
resign, he remains permanently in the Car
It is.rumored shat Isaac Roach, Esq. late
Mayor of Philadelphia, has been nominat ,
ed to fill the office of ,Treasurer ,of the .
Mint, as the nomination of Ex-Governor
Ritner has been laid on 'the table, it is said,
on, account ofreal or threatened blindness.
Wel ittave to-day . rumor .of war. is
thought by those high ; in 'authority - that
news may,possibly be.reeeived by the next
steam ship, (expeeted tomorrow) which
will, render it necessary for Congress to re
main. in session some time longer.
Granger resigns.to-morrow.
In .baste,
. .
xtract4of a letter to the Editor, dated
WASHINGTON,' .
rox, - .loth Sept. 1841. -
inL_the_Senizte,thO-Lltiii,e'hueJ-ifill—wits
.,
passed; on Tuesday the 7th •instant, by a
vote 0f , 33, t 0 .1 1 .. It was amended by tali,
ing•tea and coffee from the , articles„..pro . -
posed to be subjected to a duty. They
would have been .exempted in the House,
•
but for the trfek of llifford,a locofoco•
from 'Maine; whO, by laving salt and sugar
•added to the amen mem of Lawrence of
Pennsylvania (Whig.) killed the
. .
.Railroad Iron .vas subjected to a duty of
20. per cent, affording- .some protection to
this branch , of•our manufactures. "he Gill
was sent '46 the, house, and these mend
ments- were agreed to in that bod Y..• lost
of the time of the .Senate sineo Tuesday
has been passed to Executive session, dis
posing of . a largeNseof appointments on
their table. • ••
e' Hofoe of RepreseWatiOes was Ol
ga :'ed, wring one day in the early part 'of
this Wee < with the Florida contested elec
tion. A large 'number of the citizens of,
that territory petitioned
,Congress 'that the
seat of Mr. Levy, the delegate OleCt, should•
b -
e-declaredvaeantiT:on-the -ground- that
•Mr.-Levy was'not a , citizen df 'the
Slates. After a..good deal of discussion,
at his req'tJest,' the, matter was - postponed
.until next seSsiong althotigh many of the
Whigs'believed that this desire of a post-.,
ponement.artise front' the fact - that he would
be entitled to double mileage; Which, for a
delegate'froth Florida, amo s o a very
large sum.. The Whigs; o the honor of
their party, although Levy'' , folent
In
cofoco, not follow the example Of their
opponenti . in the Nev', Jersey' case, 'when
the first regularly certified Candidates were
rejected , on party grounds, by a party vote,
no :time allowed for the examination of tes
timony, 'and all "opportunity of enforcing
their claim 'by argument ent rAF by 'the
PreviousAuestion. ••
'. A disgracliful • fig,ht 'took place' in .the
House - yesterdify. between Wise, who is
.a.l4lteingnirj.:.ff,iO4,ini.sebief,antl _Stanley,:
0:4,N1Y Y4titiiitgic_;ZV
'titiOrirektitidits:. as di b re : are fo every
in d, -bu t f. , ;bite ra lOp i on:seeiits-to•-be,..
•Strengly 'against Wise.-;••,le•apPenrs." that'
ivhile some' debate Was' 'going: . on, W fse
went to the desk 01 . .the..inhor,. and.; as it' is .
said,_conimluieed by 3.i.ing . ..sottietieryhard .
Tlanguage -- to - SOnley,. to which - 'replied. -
and,one word bringing on atiother,•at length
',Stanley : called Wise* "a,
imme
diately struck himi-and 'a regular fist fight
COmmencedbeitveetydre - two. Ina fe'w mo
ments a large portion of the house .were
crowded round the combatants, pulling,
hauling, and in -sotne_instanees striking each
other.. • It was altogether the most disgrace
ful occurrence that has liiken . phiee'in n
gress for many years, Order - was soon e
stored, when Motions . were•made-for a, .om--
mince investigation Mid the expo -ion
of Mr. Wise. The latter was.withdrai
and the 'first, •for the appointment of r corw
mittee,•eiirried..
•
To-day the veto was tinder discussion,
but as twe:thirds.:•will be required to pass
the bill. of course it will be lost;
A reariltrtion passed to the Flivogo this
morning . .. 6 adjourn. on Monday next. 1 -
ave not heard what was done with it it
le Senate
pliEsthEß:r TYLER'S SECOND
VETO MESSAGE.
To the House of Representatives
•
of . the United States---
It is with extreme regret . that I feel my=
self constrained - by the 'duty faithfully to
execute the office of President of ;the U.
States, hnilto the best of my ability to pre
serVe, protect and defend the - Constitution
of-tile-United-Stites ; to return to lonse
in it originatedthe' hill "Ti) provide
for the better collection, safe keeping and
disbursment of the public Revenue. . by
means 'Of a corporation,lo be styled' the
Fiscal Corporation of the -United States,"
with my written objections.
In my Message sent to the Senate on the
.16th day of August last, returning the bill
"'Po ingOrporate :the subscribers 'to the
Fiscal 'Bank of the United StateS, I dis-
tinctly. declared. that my own opinion
_had
been . uniformly' . proclaimed to 'be against
the exercise "of the power or-Congress
to create a National, Bank toopera 'per se
over -the Union," and, entertaining that
opinion; my . main objection to that bill was
based upon the highest moral and:religions
, L obligation,of eonscienccand the Constitu 7
tton. I readily admit that whilst tbe.quali
fied veto with which the Chief Magistrate
is invested shotild regarded, and wits
intended, by the wise men who made it
part of the Constitution, as a great conser
vative Principle of our system, without the
exercise of which, on important occasions,
a mere representative majority might urge
the Government in its legislation' beyond
the limits fixed its fraMers, or might
exert its just powers, too hastily or oppres
sively ; yet, it is a pot*r which ought, to
be most- cautiously exerted, and perhaps
.never, except iif . a case eminently involving
the public interest, - er one in which the'oath
of the . Presiden't acting- under his coevic-
tions.both mental and -moral; imperiously
requirei its exercise. In such a case he
has no alternative. :He must -either eiert
the negative p9wer entrusted to him by the
Constitution chiefly for jte own preserve.
Lion,. protection, " and defense, or to commit
an act of Toni turpitude: Mere re
.gaid to the will; Of a majority.niust not, in
a constitutional Republic lihti ours, control
thii . .Saereti . ..ind solemn duty
officer ; `,' The COnatitiltiiiii:itself, I,- :regard
and 'cherish "as• the, embodied , and written
will.- of. the whole . ,. people of ythe .Znited
Statee. - .'. his their 'fixed and fundamental
laWi,which "the'y:'unanimOuslY prescribe, to
the fiddle hinctionaiies—their mere,trus-.
tees., and :aertiatits,• This, Their' itirill,latid
ple.law:.whiali.they have ',gitreli us as the
rule of our 'action, has no guard, no guar
antee of pregervation, proteetien and tie
fence, but the oaths Which it Preseribes - to
the public officers, the sanctity ; with which
ibey . Shill religiously • obierve
and the- patriotism. 'O . whit*, tittk people
PnzLo.
Ithall 'shield it by their•.own sovereign will;
*Welt has, made the Constitution tlupreme.
It must be exerted againstAlle_livilLofia,—
mere representative majority—Or not at all..
It is alone in pursuance of that will chat'
any measu're can Teach the President, and
to say that because a malerity.in Congress.-
have passed 'a bill,. he should therefore sane , .
lion it, is to abrogate .the power altogether,
and to render its 'insertion in the Conktitu.•
lion a:work of absdlute supererogation.
The duty is to guard the fundamental will
Of the people themselves fro M—in this ease •
I admit ishintentiong—change or infraction;
by a. majority 'in Congress.. And in that,,:
. light alone do I regard the Constitutional
,ditty ,which I now' most reluctantly disc •
charge. . .
Is this bill now p esented for my approt
val or disappr a , such a 41. as have
already declare could not receive mysane: •
Lien ? •Is 'its ch a bill as - callslor the e'er-
cise of the negative power under the Con= :
stittition 7 Doe Sit violate leCiisiitution . •
by.creating a National; ant toopeTateper se
over the Union ? 'lts title, in'theArst place;
: describes its general character: - Ills "Att
act to :pr vide for the better Collection, safe,
keeping ,-- and isbursment of the public •
revenue.," by means of a•corporation to be
Styled - the .escal - .Corpo,(ition . of the U.
Stales. style, then, ills plainly nation-:•
al' in its iaracter. Its powers, functions,
and ditties are those which pertain 'to the
. collecting; keeping,. uric, disbursing of - the
p
üblic' revenue.
The ineaps by which these'are tote ex
erted is a earporation to . be styled the Fiscal --
corporation of the United States. It is -a -
corporation created by the Congress of the -
United States,. in its character of a Nation
al Legislature, for the whole Union, to per , ,
form -die fiscal - purpose, meet the flied - —.
wants. and exigencies, supply the fiscal .
uses, and exert the fiscal agencies of the
Treasury of the United States._ : Such, is .
its own discription of itself. •
.
Do, its pro Visions contrediet its 'title
They do not. It is'true that by the first •
section it prOvides that:it shall be . establish-:
ed in the District of . :Coltiltibia,.but the
the And •
niar helqtlier . . -- ;:,,;
appointment of directori—and their: Plow=
ers : , and - ditties-40..fundamental. ariieles , --- •
' especially that to e . slablislLagencie . S.in.any.
_part of „the ,U0i0.11 2 - 7 -thc_corporve_poyers .
and biiiiness -of such agencies—the Fold- .
bitioo of- Congress to -establisi'any tither
corporation with similar-rioters fer twenty
..,
years, with express reservation in the same
:clause, - to modify 'or create ai.y Bank for
the,Dislrict of Columbia, so that the .ag
gregate `capital sball not exceed five mil- _
lions—xithout elm tiler ting other features
which are. equally disti (live and charac- - .
teristic, -clearly slip -ttatrt cannotbe..re- •
eared as-other. thiiii'a bank, of the' United-
States - with - powers seemingly ntore limited- -
than have heretofore been granted to • such : 7 - 7
an institution. •
It • open:nes per 'se over the Union by
virtue of the unaided, and in my view, as- .•
stimesktitiihority of Congress as a National
Legislature, as disynguishahle•from a hank
...
created by CongrcsSibrithe District Of Co,
lumbia as the local Legislature of the Dis
trict. Every. United States Bank hereto
fore created has had power to deal in hills
of Exchange as well as local discounti.— .
Both were trading privileges conferred, and
both were exercised by virtue of the afore
said power of Congress over: the whole '
Union. . The question of power remains
unchanged; without reference to the extent .
..
of privilege granted.... • • .
If this proposed corporation is . to•be re
garded as a local . Bank of the District of-
Coltimhia,iiivested by Congress with geii- -
eral .powers„ to operate over the Union, it is
ohnoxionS to still stronger objections. It
assumes that Congress may invest a local '
institution-with general- ornatiomil powers.
With the same, propriety that it may do
this in regard to a Bank of the District of
.Columbia,. •it..maysis. to'a
,Stete . Bank.— :
Yet who can indulge the idea that this
Government can rightfully,,by making a '
`State Bank-its Fiscal Agent, invest it with •
the absolute and unqualified powers confer.
red by this bill? 'When I comely) look at '
the details of the bill, they do - not recom- ,
mend it strongly, to my,adoption. A brief
notice of some of its provisions wiltsuffice. •
Ist. It.may justify substantially a .sys- •
tein of discounts of the mostobjectionablel
character. It is to deal in, Bills of.• Ex.•
change, drawn in one state and payable in ' .
another, without any
.restraint. The-bill.
of exchange may have an unlimited time to .' .
run, and iierenewability.is no Where - guar..
•ded ° against.
,It may in fact , assume the •
most objectionable formlif accommodation.
paper. It is not required- to - rest on any
actual, real or substantial exchange basis.
A drawer, in one place, becomes the ac- - .
ceptor in another, and so, in turn, the ac- .
ceptor may become the drawer.upon:a mu- „
tual understanding. ;It niay, at' the same
time, indulge in mere local discounts under
the name of Bills of Exchange. A- bill
drawn at Philadelphia on . ..Camden, New -
Jersey—rat New. York on a border town im
New Jersey at Pincinnati on Neivport . in ,
Kentucky, not 'to multiply other exaniples, -
might,. for any thing in this-•bill to rettriiin•
it become 4 were matter of local aCeommo-.
dation, • Cities, thtis 'relatively . `situated,
would possess advantages over cities other
wise situated, of ,so decided a character as `
most•justly to excite,dissatisfaction S.• • -
2d. There is no limit prescribed to •
• the', .
premium, in the purchase 'Of, Bills of . Ex l .
change ; iliere'by correcting none of the evils'
under' which 'the community, now - , , labor;.
and operating most injarietilytipeti.theag-i
rieultural States; in whiekthe'irregularities ' -
in the rates - of exchange: 'are . most,...se'verelY -
„felt. .- Nor are these, the'only,coUseqiienceti.
A resumption of- specie paym ents iby the; - I:'
()mike •of these: States would ,belial4e to - in= .
definite 'pestponeinenii . for as. tfie :operatioii , •
of the agencies, of - the interior,:mould.Oluief
ly coniistin.„ . liellirig- Bills of Exchange, and .
the - .iiiifeliiiies cenliliinly'be.iliadii in speeie
or the ' 'notes . ' of lianlcapaYieg• Specie; the
Stateb' a nks,r;Mi.td,...eitlier - ,..bave - ie'continue '
with thiir f leoferaleet4;or exist at the mer, '
Cy rajthie , tiatiamil.mono. poly of brokerage..
Nor . .caiii(pi3 I .,ae - Elad Oer'without:l64lok,
`the!' Whilst . the 'District or: oohinitia . ' ii
M