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, • Correspoudenceof the Herald & Nxpositor:
WAsunioroN, February .5, 4 . 642.
afloar-.Sir:—lf.l thought - an •editor,Nuld
keep
• secret, I would t Ate almosttonstrain
ed to relate to you an. occurrence .which, if
ltitown4o:the would !cause a ."great
tthrough the
. .'Lanka of=thuse who sang% during . the lac.
• - f
Vresidedtial election campaign, but voted
"'Tor Tippecanoe 'Tyler tour" as. well
as in the rear guard of the great "usedtip"
~.]Delatocratic party. , But, knowing,lia I
,iditara rare like th'e
ttelitlng the circumstance, Mitch pre-.
terrirk ihat.some other .".scribbler" may
live the honor of giving publicity to the
inatter in gnestirin.
•
in••-„,
my last 'conitnunicition.tei you,.if I
• . remember corre - ntiy, 1. stated that our city
Wait ankh excitetl:on t account of the Pro
,
Ceelings 7 thtp being had'introngress, in re-.
• lation to the prespotatiom, .by . Mr. Atlanta,
of .a.petitioh praying the'dissolution.of the .
. bniom: That excitement still exists, al
. Alitingb tiot to so great an extent as.a
VAingresi3 -Fa 'still engaged in . a dis-
.cussikt of .the resolutions offered by Mr.
'Gilmer, *and- the "substitute rproposed by
, 11 1 1 r. Mariliall t imd.fthin di a ppearances the
'debate - Will be .coutiimeti.tfor some . time,
Much. to the injury tit the .public.buSitiesi;
and especially to the heads of departments,
.atut the clerlta e iiithe differeat (dikes wh - o;
for want of an appropriation by Congress,
•11111 deprived of-tlieir:salario,. or at - best
, eomp . elle,d to be. "shaved" :at a round rate,
by.the - broliers of this city, of
.whiell.elass
,olbenefactors..we have not'a few amongst
. We, have a new' - . 'subjeet" , upbefure us,
wliich has added -:new-exeireinent' the
already burning, and to.pin.e-that
• fore all is over in''the ritrbjeet matter (of
which t shall • speak more7ftiliffaic7.Tl• .
Ansej •- sirare=one ()rim; "lionordble_gentler_
Inen"'in our city, will be branded with:the
'.epithet of •'creeping round the truth." t
.allude to a controversy between the Seere-
--tary-of-thaNavy-and-Jelm-Al.,l3otts.
- ‘Tha •buttinces, of,• or rather the talking
-
-in, Congress, was suspended on Monday
: itrid . Tmethlai, in consentibne . e.of the. death
I:4' Nathan F. Dixon, a. member of .the Sen
itte front the State of Rhode Island. ' Mr. )
D. was a .geatle.man .of much worth, and
eitaeiiied -by alf • s who itad •the ,pleasu re of an
; with 'hirrt.• Ike •was a man
nf great personal popularity, ae an,evidence .
IX which I.will merely mention that he was
ehostit, at thirty-four suoe:essive elecliOns,
• a member .of the tegidature of his State.
On, Nlonday his death. was announced in'
tha'respective' ho" Claes, and aomminees ap
pointed to make arrangerni.nis for the fu
neral, after ivltich, as is usual, an adjourn
ment was had. On Tuesday, both houses
attended the depositing of the remains at
the Rail_ Road Depot, where 'they were
conveyed by'the relatives of. the 'deceased
to Rhode Island: ••
On .Weduesday - the House resumed the
consideration of the resolutions relative to.
Mr. Adams. After an ineffectual effort to
lay the wholematter on the table, several
resolutions
,heretofore-offered-by T MA.,
'calling upon the President to furnish the.
'Houvt with .copies 'of certain correspoh
.denc,,which 'Mr. A.. said was essential to
—ltis--.defenca., - were adopted:by edecisive
majority. Mr. Summers, of Virginia,then
.got the floor, and offered as 'a substitute for
ihe • resolutions already, presented, one pro
4-itlinkfor the appointment of a select corn
tuitiect,,to• whom the whole matter should
he referreil,oaithAuitructions to report whe
ther any, and .if•noy, : what, further prot.
ceethngs should _ 'be . .;hall'hy the House in
the matter of the contempt and bieacit of
priv,ilege all et. ;tin rue. been .4.omi - flitted .
by `Mr. 'After•offerinolleaesolu,
tioni 44r-8. iemarked,•that, to put an end
..r. to the. useless clksctission which had ..been
going (mbar some days, he would tall the
.
Trevious:question;hinheing strongly Urged
tly. Mr: Gilmer, who had offered the origi-
natresolutioo, to withdraw the call for the
previous question, Mr. S. did so, telieteMr:
took.the floor sod occupied the balance
-..0f the. day, together with a portion of
'-Thursday, in
, a speech in lavorof his pro
* ion. Before-resuminghis remarks on
Mr. Gilmer declared thiVas , the
!....„':"Novjginal,px.pliosition which-had
tre a lle., he mile (ev Ming
• istits r Alto al I that 4.,
- . 1 -heen sail and done,
're154:4,4/Cig; provided Mr.
' Adams was' willing, t, to . with.,
draw the petition tad
•Adame rose and -replied, that on yell ,
"he .had deelered, with." a Solemn, ..eppealie
hie 'Glen, that, 'in presenting the Petitionl
he- had acted under ,a settee of duty from
which' he could not\dispense himself,
eincti:: when he had zot been do - Minced
of tfte - ithpropriety of the act.; He could
thereforoorithdrow. it " Mr, Gilmer,
."-:-of:Cra.,‘, then resumed. hie remarks,-and en
; .slestvOred to prove , thrti,`Nr. Ada►ne,,in
.pre=
; y, „eo>ttibg•,the'petitiof hild justly incurred. , the
EIMEM
;donsttie of tWI-onie. , ' l After' Mr. G - : NO
..,_ , . ...,_.
'concluded' his remarks, - Mr.' "Wilma "Obtain-
ed the floor, and occupied it up till the hour
'of adjournment,: in tt- -- generartlefence:.of
himself, and hi rejily . tO the. repeted at
tacks made upon . hiM.by one or two Meat
tiers fettm-'lTirginia;- - whiehr , Ststo. , he;:com,
5. ,.
pared as : she' wq. ;,, with what , she is-hei
statestren. As they iv e, with What they
are, and 'liY c tliiiiii'ii; . 6 - lietird'hitil; Vain .
_told le4aslied_W-ise : and his_man._Eriday .so_
effectually „that. they -will-hardty Tentura_to
attack him again:. fie - said that. it grieved'
him -tram the' Very soul to see ibetie prop&'
sitions (of censure) come .from. - Virgidia.'
If there was - a. 6tatO for- which he felt an
attachment greater' than"for'any other. ex
cept. ilia ntiliVe . ,State,.it was Virginia.' In
his early years it was „from Virginia that
he was introduced • into the sekiceofthis tia
tiort---first, by.GeOrge .Washington, whose
Warning voice . had. been repeated.heie 'to
OperSte againit, him; :and which'vaice had
been to him; froM tho.time it wasclSlivereil
down to . this.: moment; next .. to the . holy
scriptures, on his heart a n d mind. Mr. A, ,
went at great length into the hiatory of his
past life,:and his intercourse and friendship
with, and the confidence_ he had enjoyed' of
Washingtori,lefferson, Madison . and Mort-,
[roe. After speaking of all those days,-he
said it would bo . ,impossible. - for him to ex
tinguish the 'affection for that State which
helm(' held from a
. loy:----and tilitiip heail .
could lie possess if it were,.pbssiblefor Min
nokto feel,] he did, to its 'deepest and 4n
most .fibres i a 'feeling of gratitude 'towards
those' great men and affection 'for their
memory and the ;State whence they cadre.
- HS then !spoke of,the treatinept beiwas re-,
eeiving frotri.aportion of the children who
now ießresented . it,' and contrasted :their'
conduct With That of the illustrious dead.
Iflleary_A....Wise his any_feelingieft,,he
must have writhed tinder the_ perfect lash ,
Mg, 'which he received.. .Mr.. Adams 'con.
dotted hiSTeMarks up till a late 'hur, when
without_ eimcluding, he gave way for a : mo-.
Lion, to_ntlj Quin. : He Testi med,onyesterday
morning, and spoke the whole of the ses
;sion, commenced again this Morning, spoke
all . day, and has OM *floor for Monday
.._.
Morning. , I.ll:is,'hf-Pll-reSpectsi - dfc - rnost
remarkable man - -.living, 'and before: this
.question is dispOsed of, his enemies will
wish they - had kept hands off MM. . He is
of
in some of his notithis, but in this
'of the right of - petition, no man of Smeri
cah feelings, inmy.opinion, can join issue
with him. 'Twould have done your heart
good to have heartptim speak of those men
who lived and flourished in the days which
"tried men's.souts"—how they labored to
build up a government which would not
only be,free in name but, in deed, to all its
inhabitantsthat the 'right of . bPing heard
by petition for redress, of vievances, real
or imaginary, was one of_ the great princi
ples for which they ,contended, and That
if that Tight was taken from us, our boasted
liberty would be but as an empty sound.—
El? wantedto know if, for,preaenting a pe
tition, he was to be doomed to the indigna-'
tion of all mankind, when:he had declared
from the
: bottom °lids soul, at the timcrof
presenting it, that he disapproved of the
petition—that lic.couldnot vote for it, and
had on theH se, in the very first
p
net of - hia'receiving i , to express their•cong
'demnation of it. At first I was incensed .
at Congress taking up so 'much time in the
consideration of this Matter, but now I. am
pretty well, convinced that good will result.
from it. The right of petition will be . main !
tamed, else I am much mistaken,and ahho'
eyery lover'of his country may be shocked
at the fact' that there are some . among us
whO desire a dissolution of our glorious
Union, yet when they see the right al pe.
iitiorL maintained, they know ' that their
power to Change. their institutions is recog7
[died, and hence the people are now, as in
the purest days .of our republic, Considered
'able to .decitlejor themselves. what form of
Goyernment' . 64_ will haim!...• ': '
''T,his debatc_has not only caused, an .ex
eitement in ;elation to Mr. /Warne, but
from .wharhas'been saidin the course there
of
... •
by Mr. Betts, ,of Ira, in relation to, the
views and feelings , ofs.high functionary . of
_ ,•
the Government, the"Becretary.of the Navy,
w.e haye additional matter lii;:eonversatioo.
I 04. 'yOl/.. 6 b low an extract from thede..
bate in the nose in. Which Mr. Botts made
the charge alluded to, from which you.ivill
see that iti. is 'broad and :unqbalified.' : ' ~'_
"Mr. Botts. * • • • Talk about censur
ing' the gentleman . from Massachuietts ?
--Look at ..tle other end, of thiS avenue !
Therd they. found a man .standing at the
head of,4lle4ight arm of the defeitce of the
nation-4e..meaut thei',,Secretary - ef the
Navy.=. ,, who, the last time he had had a
co ersation with him on the ,au . bjecti' was
en, 'avowed, undisguised •advocate of
tf l e ejliate dissqlutiOn of the 'Union,
e.. "
I deny.it. ' " •
i; no What,..antbOrity have you ?
Do you
kee P ti 'nl tfid conversations.
.44 the SeerotOrr,o t 3 ?
Mr.
sWisfi •oltitt eolldiguti
would.not , a
4 1 teatt to offend hittl; 4t. ,
to. that'
Ir dig ,believe-any
from conversation . : - I?9vt
sottre‘' Oit -
siVingthuciliplntfient:.s4cietti:
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sNr.,tr~r!^:ptY:lc M:: `icy~. aH.lhe};
_. ~y.~ :...'::!•. .~t ter' ~ n
:.ict:+yt;•°
Wriravili anti urvoitiltitiv.
ry of th,e Navy ever werii , (or the un - qua*
fed ilia ohi'tiirn of-lhC'',Union; • if he'eVer .
advanced this idea-1)f 'dissolution, he (Mr:
W:) undertook to say
,now in his_ place,.
an l'woiiid risk 'it •on hk iiiitherity,' that; if
.he over ayowed,such a.doctrinc,..it was on
'fitiatificatibrii,'ConditiiiniandiriSons which
tbe, i:'Ore•tary,eoult.l tletine,,
. 'Mr. Botts said - helied • .b'een' it - 0604 fo'i'
same,-tinxe, to -regard colleague., as - the.
keeper of the conscience of the King, tint
uid'oottonsidered him the•heeper : of. the.
consciences iifall.,con m:Rd iv ith the Killir.
Nor did he recagniSe his right to say. What
was the: opinion expressed by one of the
Secretaries ; of.
.Mr. Tylees ' administratiun.
116(Mr.'13.) aSierted 'en his own re . sponsi,-
hility that he had expressed such an idea.
tie had - tallied. with him - for 'hours ;.= and
when -the:Secretary Of .the dyy denied
he' (Mr. B. would proVit his statement,—
You (said Mr: ll:.addressing , himselfto Mr;
Wise). have nci•:right 46 deny' it." •
The da3- fterMr. f3otts made this charge,
Ifr Henry A. 'Wise- addressed,a
Mr. pecr6fary. UpslitirS, requesting . to - ,be in
formed whether he .(Mr. U.) ever had such
a. conversation With : Mr.
: Botts; : to -Mr.
Upshot'. rep Ales,. and states . therein that .he
.
"has rio recollection of ever hevieg held
-any conversation with 'Mr: Botts, OM any'
subject whatever," and intlibates pretty
strongly. that Mit. Botts never . .associated
with the
_same class in Virginia '(I hnow
not 'whether -it was in the first or second)
with hitnself, and that if they had any in
... • .
tercourse,nothing:bul . the merest accident
Could ..have .brought Ilfem.together, • _Ali:
Up,shur, :in his note; continues : • • S .-
- "I will net pretend to say what bir. Botts
- Can - ”proverl - but - I - asserti - in - the-m - ost - dirCcf
andunq.ualified manner, that he 'cannot prove
-the : y . llth of his charge against' ine,•by any
wiiness wh6 is hithself a. man of Ytitli.
o odorkood , thot olio - i g e to be - that I am, or
have been, the "advocate of the diasoltilion
of the Union,P Without qualification or:con
dition. 1 have ;never, at any time of life,'
entertained - aily - ratieh opinion or feeling.—'
On 'the contrary, I have, on, : all occasions,,
advocated :nnion -up . on. the true priQi plea of
the-Constititticm,—and,have_sought.Ao_rec.,_.!
eomnxepd my own:: jwineiples . , upon the
„ground that they i weve .conservativp;o[theA
"I think it'alirmst certain; alilfougla can
not recall any particular occasion on which
it oceurred, that I have expressed a deci
ded preference for a dissolution of the
Union over the establishment of systems of
policywhich. regardeclas fatal_to all vile:
.lavey, the same_ opinion now: I
would sooner see the Union dissolved,-than
wipess - the success- Of-this very abolition
moYeinent;' I wimid . .eooner see the Uniciii
,dis.solyed, than %%illness the eetablishment of
a cansalidated GovernMent,witit all power
and all right in the hands of an uncontroll
ed and Irresponsbile majority; I would
sooner see it' desolved than witness the es-
tablishment. of any principles Auliich violate
its true character and .defeat its legitimate
objects. These opiiiions . lam very certain
that I 4ve often expressed, and I - shall of-
ten express thMit hereafter. But, that 1
am, or ever have been, a disunionist, in
any other sense .than is here expressed, is
utterly untrue."
The: Secretary winds up by intimating
that if he .ever did so remark to Mr. Botti
•in tonversation, be (Mr. 8..) was no .gen
tleman for vevealiug hie• conversation..
This correspondence appeared in the
.Madisonianof Tuesday;aut; on Wednos- .
41aNy morning Mr. Botts appears in.the in.
telligeocer_ with •a note, in which, in:the
first place, die requests the editors to repub
lish M. 'Upsliesletter,i and in the second
place he desires to bespeak the public . pa-
ence kir fa few days, until lie.can collect
together the testimony on •which he relies
to estahltsh the Charge madelty him in the
Liaise. Ile more .espOcially - desired ;the
publication of .Mr. Upshor's lettfir, 60 that
all poisibie_pnbiicity might be given to Mr.
U's.flat,. positive , anti unqualified denial
that "he ever had been the advocate ()lan
immediate dissolution of-the Union, with
oUt qualification or conditions."
• •
: Mr. Betts thin continues, and says, that
"it is precisely on this, point that I take issue
with the Hon'. Secretary, and Will under
take, to prove from his own pen, ab well as
bis',public conversations, that there is not
only a studied •and designed concealment
of truth, but h .wilful and deliberate
.prevar
ication in his denial. 1, take' nothing back
that I-have said; on.tlie contrary, I repeat
that he was an open, unqualified, undis!
guised, and boasOd advocate for an imme
diate dissolution' . of the - Union; and I will
now add, withen't qualifientien or limitation,
Since - be seeks.to circumscribe and Mystify
his position. He denies: it,' . and says I can
not prove"it by- - any man who is' himself a
man of truth. This • limitation would de
prive me of the benefit of the testimony of
the Hon. Secretary himself..
„Nevertheless,
4-. shall use it; I. sliall-make 'ltim a promi
=nent witness - 1n 'his owls case; - but I shall
•ookbe -oOUtent-to ihly upon his testimony
alone. : A . Auestion-of.veracity is, thus rail-
ed between-u 5 .... Tither he or I have totirti
falsehoed. All d ask is, that.the consequen
ces-may be visited -with the utmost severity
upon my, head if I do not:prove satisfacto,
rily Abet the:Mon. SeereterY is the guilty
"It will be perceived that Phave made .a
broad, fair, and well-defined issue with the
Secretaty 'of Navy—one' from which
there is no escape; and, if I should fail,
that I have. invited terrible consequences,to
Myself: seethe to me that there
should',..be ,, soine reciprocity, •in this; and I
should in , the interim,l?e end to be intent].
ed what .consequeuces,are to, be visited
upon fittn,jr . l. Shenld establish, fit:st, that
,he has been. ) oAvj ll,l4 'agala; a d' am l ia ar'
lot, ,Whencier . his interest may prompt it-4,
(ter I' do 'not inspect: MM of ".entertain. ,
iagaual-rvia7aWiilit„ ll *l o . in the ; iervice
9rmi„usioc' a t Outand
. .
dnllaria 3tear)i-'--and tb*lrcritt's hien after
.:_.erSi'kuileyinencelhat'shotilil We
arier drive him' from the
~high associations
of which he vauntingly boasts'. I want no
8- P'ecia l 4 l oaing . .analo. attetnpt to_ divert
the .questton front -one of fact to one of ai
ltbdiation:" . s, _ • :
GAL:n(4lo.o4es his ; note ! ) Y . ! l PY9g , .jii
: answer to the inumatim.l of Mr. Upshot',
.that lie neveispiOeiatiti with M r. B. that
n
he.eaonly- aisolle-kr.-U-, that : before this .
mittter ISJl.utto_with_L.,y,e__may.:„be,bin)ught
nearer_iogotlierand hti : 4lll.,;peyliaps to hie
regret, he niadti.bettet. acquainted with me.,
Re shall ut events, have, no ground hure
afier for intimating' that he doOS not kitow .
who I. am.", . . ,
.
I' haVeAltus, in as brief n'inartner as !pos..
Sible,•gii!enYou the gist of the piquant e
,pick's of these distinguishetl,gentleuterr.—
. And nowinethinkS, I hear you ask. - pow
will this 'matter- terminate ? Who, will
come out of the. contesvrictorious3 Who
will be vanquished,. and Which:pfihese
two very diSthiguishe'd gentlemen will have
his game tended. down Co - posterity as gnil
i.ty 'of'tergiversatioW? to tree a mild tent . ; I
•
1 answer thaL.Trom . what • I have seen • and
i lleardi pretty. well :convinced that Mr.
Botis — will :prove all yea more than he has
Charged, and our.- . Secretary of the Navy
will staittLcondetneed in a double light be
fore the:people..of tliis
. Union, I may be'
wrong, in mi belief; time alone can deter
mine'correctly but I have' beepteld,litatin
• a few•days Mr. BottsWill 'publish his . proef
-; _extensai .where in±severul „gentle:nen
_of
- known probity testify that Mr. Upshpr
has been for years, the open, undisguised
adurcate of a dissolution ofthe Union,:
I without? qualification or . condition—that
• he hes on all occasions birth in public and
in'private.ateeated dissolution &c.
iy hen thisynblication,,appearsludge : Bp 7 ,
!shut In ray opinion,, will be compelled". to
(resort
_to .Virginia 'it'bstractiona to .defend
himself, and I - am much mistaken, 4'4
(can-elearArimself-from-ilte'Rcharge;_by_ev_an.
/ Splitting a hair into nine hundred andrtine t.
- ty-nine parts*. But enough - Or 'this:. , until
docunient's are - -brought before the public.
Yeti ask me—is there any probability of
a re-union between art _and
Preaidentyy:lerT_lthink.nol, and although
the .President has not been as success
fill in "wooing thelair damsel" called lo
cofi)6oism;.as be had desired and expected,
yet . I think the breach betveen hiM and the
party.'wlich .elected him became so wide
before hLe 'discovered .h 4 mistake, t4at it
cannot be ilenled, and :that if it•conlil he is
toe much conscience'stricken to come back
to the fold preferring, like the confirmed
sinner to sin on until he is lost forever. •
It has been•denied that -President,Tyler
endeavored to secure the support; - of the
lOctifoco party, but a circumstance has late
ly come to light which fixes the proof upon .
him -"strong as holy writ," and I' 'think I
atn not betraying ciinfidence when I inform
you that I have seen a letter from 'a aredit 7
able source, in which all the particulars of
the "courtiog,'". 'joining . of the hands,"
and ' ; performance of the, marriage ceremo
ny" are fully laid . dowti:. The gentleman
who 'acted as - Ambassador on behalf of loco
focoism himself revealed the whole Matter
when °lva sick bed; and when he supposed
that he would shortly be called,hence y and
tile conscience would not permit him io
:rest; untilhe had Aisclosed all the circum
stances. '• To the 'fact of his exposure to
the weather at the time , afecting as Am
bassador he attributedbiWness, and it is
no marvel that when -a man'of his 'coned
. _
tution ventures out " on a tiark . and tem
pestuouS niittt,at half past eleven o'clock,"
an each an errand, be should be. arrested
by a spell of sickness. I might give you
names, d ates ,' figures, and articles' of agree
'
ment to bear me out in my assertions, but
I:forbear, and will close this ''pare of - my .
epistle by'remarking that nothing but_ the
ambition of certain • great men whom the
President thought he could bring in, pre
i.sented the bargain being carried out in all:
ite'ramifications. You will hear more of
this bargain 'Shortly, and I only throw this
•
out as. a - preludit'lto . the whole matter.
dolonel Benton, the "great hu mbugger.„"
has been making a great fool of himself for
the fiftieth-time This li'eek, and if time and
paper pii,initted, I would give you alength
coed account thereof, but must postpone
doing, so to a more convenient season, only
premising that he, in being paid_for, his
mileage and pay, refused to take a "Trea
sury Dtote, ll lot wrote on the hack thereof
"protested." The - odd.--specie,:: however,
which he received in campany with the
note 4 he did not forget to senior. Virginia
paper, geting a premium of °Ter cent !
Whit a patilot?
-, -
There is a Ovate rumor that the pre
sent Secretari of the Tieesury. Walter
Forward; is .verianxiouito receive the 21) 1
pointatent.af Judge ,af:#l SupiOtne Court
,of the' ..United ~States, , at Philedelphia. If
this be,true all likelihood, 'bee
F. from, eivatigSt us, I will
:witch regret, as hettedouhtedly, is:the ablest
Secretary WaheYe'hed'foryettis.
.Nothing:
can he said . against him. Yours,
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NV,lSHlNiii i iiNiTebiiiary 1 114424;,
In my last, I infarmed, you that Mh:
Adams still' had posSeSsion of the _ floor,
'When - the House adjourned, on :Saturday
fast ; ittecitilinuance of l - iis;clefenctitipOuthe
eharges.iireferred'against "hied for
.preseiitl
Petition ,praying_:a_thisof
Union. • On Monday Morning; shortly' after'
thwionrnal7 had''beeit,:vead;. arose,
and resumed his remarks by 're-iterating
-What lib liattiutiderrik forinerneCeSion. 'that
-- heTcouldiMt - nons - ent - *JTilielthrespowsible
. the :waste or time . to the country ;iir the
discussion. of
„this .subject , . which lied been
forced upon - "' hint
,by the cOnductiit,Siitfie
twe`orthree of hia . 'personalmieinies—that;
-although:he . - had, not:consumed • as _much
time as. he considered 'neethisary:_for a ;fell
'defence the : eharges Whitilt` hail”
'been urged against hint, • yet,'Uodsideriiir
'the Wants Of the cdtintrythe great, desire
he felt that - .Congrees :should attend ..mitre
particularly' to the 'interests of `their Consti
tuenis,' he Wished now to:say, that "if any
of his :mowers oil This occasion were now
willing that the . iv.liole.questiew: should be
laid the: table, Mr. 'A..was ready -to
assent twsiich a motion.' He• had a 'great
.deal still to - require if he shankd be
forced tn go on with his-defenee." Ho had
laid out . :the platform which' he proposed
ihat defence to' oceupy, , and .had 'informed
the 'House of all that. it. would be necessary
for - him to prove. Bet be . was willint , to
forego it all, and dismiss die - lithiciet forever
from the House, and, if possible, from . the
country, if , , that could by' possibility , be
done without a sacrifice of hinoWn. rights
and those ofbis constituents; and Ofthe just
defence of'his owiLcbaraeter. -"
He would say orie)thing 'further. The
gentleman from 'Kentueliy (Mr.' Marshall)
had offered hint his forgivenesslor_what he
considered as injurious:Act:himself "Mr:
A.'s remarks. Mr, A. could not accept
Of. that forgiveness in the present stage .of
this . proceeding ; but;' if the House, would
:agree tudiamies - the:subject without injury,
to Mr. A.'s •character and to- the rights" or
these petitioners, ho would say to the-geri--
tlenian froth, ICentnekyi (Mr. nareltallo trt
the gentleman from AccOmic;-(My; Wise,)
and to: the - gentleman - frotn - Alhemarle;'( Mr.
Oilmer,) , that . he Was. ready: to exchange
- fergiveness T fore_ver-hereafter-forLallilhat t
had :taken place. Ho wished :the: !louse,
,hnwever,Ao understand that he did not. say:
this from any wish to shrink from the fur ,
tiler pros.ecntion of the defence of his char
acterinr from the time and. labor , it might
impose upon-him. , Still, if the House was'
ready to lay the subject nit:the:table that-it
should never - be - taken up
..again,...he was
iwiliirig - to :acquiesce in such anarrange=
• .
ment.:, _ _ . . . •
~
Aftei Mr. Adams . hicl 'concluded, Mr.
Botts 'arose, and after stating that were- he
to consult=-his bun inclination; he- would
prefer a direct vote on the resolutions which
had been offered, but as he presumed that
every member had. made up his mind on
the subject, and the ilouse and the coutitrf
were exceedingly anxious' to get rid of it,
he would move that .the whole subject be .
laid An 'the table: Mr.. Barnard, of New
York, arose and desired Mr. Botts to, with,.
draw his motion, in "order 4o enable him to
offer some three or four propositions:hav
ing reference to the subject. Objections to
this course being' made by several gentle
men, Mr. Botts declined acceding to the
request. The vote was then taken, ,on the'
motion to lay the whole matter on the ta.
ble, and carried by a vote ,of 106 to 03—
•nearly every Ipeofoco,•with the aid of a
few Ay higs from the South,' voting against
the motion. • Your readers will:be 'able to
see from this which party is really anxious
for the advancement of the proceedings
proper of the Hofise. The vote was then
had on the question, Shall: the petition. be
.received? when it was decided' in the ne
gative by a vote of 166 to 40;,,,
As the,paper which Mr. BYrnard desired
to present so fully expresses my views on
this whole Matter, I herewith attach it,
knowing that every Northern . man will a
gree.with B. in his conclusions: -
"I. That the petition in this case is noth-
Ing more than the hasty and ill-considered
expression of opinion on-the. part 'of the
' signers' that the Union, as at present com
, posed, cannot be kept together; and that
measures ought; therefore, to be taken im
mediately for wmceable separation, instead
of waiting fox ilie -slay of 'violence and civil
war.
II: That the petitioners had a perfect
'constitutional right tp send such a petition
t o Congress; and any member of this House
had wperfeet Constitutional right to offer
that petition to, the House, and to advoCate
the views and statements of the petitioners
on this floor; if he should see fit to do so,
The House, in the mean time, had-a perfect
constitutional right' to receive -and:enter
tain the Petition,:, or to; refinie to .entertain
it.
111. That , in presenting . this' petition to
the House, the mover .hoe :done no more
than if, without any petition, he had offer-•
ed to the House a resolution of his own to'
the effect of'the instruction offered by him
on presenting the petition, vii.' That . a .se
lectpmmittee be appointed to draVeup and
report to the House; :and 'through the
House to state to the country, reasons why
Measures ought not to be. taken for the dis
eoluticitrOT 'the ;• this lie •had a pet.-
fed' right to do. " • •:• •
IV. That the attempt to eonstt this pe
tition; and the expression of opinions con
tained in it, into ',a heiPpaiticatOffefice,
and to :Make that oteneetriable before any
and - especially to make it. triable
before this body, sets.the" Constitution ,i t tf,
the efliuntry . 'and'every -knOwri' principlenf
lavi find 'liberty at utter 'defiance, -mid :Is
deeply
,offeneiv,e "to ~the; tinderstatidifig of
Hotiee: and the 'eeentry. ' 'more
over,, to:,set the'RepreSenta
five bioy'Apvethe'Constituent,bedy,:npd
make: the - fernnex';the,selt-Coltittittited.
sois:efithe; political efindtiet'.and
of the latter, .Witli,peutei. to punish, for such
conduct and OPinifiriWtit
That:the attempt tiiiinttrthinend Oen
,fifY W.Memherlcif otifie',''spresentinga
petition; with the:pUtiticilliersisnlad theiF:p6'
ME
mg his: most - ex,pliett disayowals,__ audio
hold pmeriable:to, the,reiributivejustice
and .power itiuse `on the" pretended
ground of contempt; high-hhnded and
daring,7ettpmpt = e . gross breach of the prim.-
ileges"hnd independence of that, member 7—
a deep:injuryandpffenee constituvuts
and, through him and them, a deep injury
and , offeneeioPveif member-of this body,
and to the country in its several sections
whose Representatives we . •
.
~It.maybse,prope.to. . rernarls that,altliongk
lYlessre. Gilmer - and'Maiiliall-iiked against
die
. propoition . to -lay 'on._.ilie..tableOhey
were very muck rejoiced at the result, be 7.
int '.licartity Aired '.- of `.the:'. 'severe „lashings
vidlich . they •hail
.been 'receiving from Mr._
Athiiils,Land. , which' - they__ still:—SetirCirlie
would tire •thgni. Mr.,A.,in' liis eheer--
•fulness, , in .seceding to the request of seve
satinnembers that such a •course should lve
"adopted,: although Ite,lnut not completed his
defence; evinced a ,landahle : doske .that .the
business of the country might'beattended
to. ~On. the whole, lam convinced that be-
Tore such :wither attack is on On
"idd non eloquent," The persons who. en
gage in-it will have to be hacked. by strong
er facts than. those Who have just been dis
tanced. . . .
"The next matter which :has engaged the
attention of "sus . gossipS", rile :Week, was
the evidence adduced by.the flOn: John M.
Botts-to:prove the charge preferred by him
against Mr.:Upshnr, Secretary of the Navy,
of having openly avowed himself as an ad
vocate of the' I'dissoktion of• the Union,"
Mr. Bone occupies several columns of the
Intelligencer and Independe s nt;•and brings
very strong evidence to bear.him nut in the
charge,. and I confess that Pcarthaid
ly see hovy:Ae,Secretary will be able to.
clear
The.' first—letter—given ; by---141r.:-Hotts„_l
written. by Philip Harrison, Esq., alend;
ing member of the bar of Virgiilia, and, I
am. told, "N man irk whom there is ntrgnile,"
and who would nor certify to , any thing un
less he knew the fact. - .
Harriton,• after. remarldng'that he
-bas not interfered nor been an actir in. the .
political world for ,a number of 3terst., hay
ing'had no spirit or 'Met for polities,. being
very anxious then : , as he still ts, for privacy andAeacir, - .states that' it, is with great -re
std.a'nee.4tltat he appears Jefore . :the_public
at -the present time, and wthild 7 not do so,
were it not due.to justice' and to truth, that
le should state what he Ithows on the sub
.
• He'then says that. he ."has a distinct re
collection of the conversation or discussion
between Judge UpshUr, Judge Barbour and
Mr. Botts,, add - ,of.ilie. opinions then ex
pressed KY Jiiiige Ul4liur urn) the subject
or.ific
StateS"-that lie had,,”on'niore Occasions
than one; before •lieard •Jtitige U.-express
the same opinions openly,. unreservedly,
'and with great boldness and freedom of
manner.!'
Mr. Botts has letters - from several other
gentlemen, but time Will not permit me to
make extracts therefrom to. as great an ex
tentai I should &Sire, and I shall content
mytielf with making one short quotation,
-Which is from a letter written by C. M.
Braxton, Esq.:, a member of tite Norfolk
bar. He states.. that the Judge frequently
boasted of -his dis-union principles; and
gives the following as an expression of the
Judges, in answer toa remark of Mr. B's:
"No, I have no file leader, and I claim the
credit of being the first Virginian who ran
up"the flag of disunion."
Since the publication of these documents,
by Mr.:Botts, , 'Seeretary trpshur has ap
peared in a card, in which he asks a sus
pension of the judgment of the people for
some ten days or two weeks, in which time
he will appear with proof to disprime all
that Mr. Botts alleges. • Till that time, of
course, we must refrain from passing judg
ment in the case, but I must he permitted
to remark, that the rebutting evidence must
be very strong, else a verdict of guilty .must
fie passed against'the judge.
• I see by the Herald jut received, that
my letter-of Saturday last.was only receiv
ed as you were going to press. This is
something I can't understand,, and should
like some of the locofoco travelling . agents
(for they are all locofocos, except one, a
nephew of the President, who, I presume,
is a "Tyler man,") to explain why it is
that letters should be three days and 'a half
going .from this to your towit, ' Whilst
talking about the mails, I may remark that
your'paper seldom 'reaches here until, the
irtl day after iti . piThlicatioti, So Mat you
may - receive this hastily written epistle in
time for - your paper, I write one day, earlier
in the - week, and hope that the news I- send
you, if worth.telling:at All, may rea' eh your
readers before it becomes flat and stale.
It gives.me pleasure to4nfoym you that the
Senate.this morning, rejeeted,the nomilia 7
tion of ' Tames N. Barker to be . first Comp!.
v
Comp
troller, Of the Treasur y, by a vote .of 23 to,
17.. Mr. B. you will-remember.. Avvas re
moved by Gen. - Harrisomirummhately after
.the 4th of Maroh, ..and the Mon. Waiter
orward appointed in
. his stead. ‘On the
breaking up of the Cabinet in Septem
ber, and the promotion of Mr. F. Presi
dent Tyler appointed Mr. Barker to the
post from which .he was removed by his
lamented predecessor. You will
doubtless remember the language made use
of by the Hon. , Henry •A. Wise, iii his ,
report relative to theSvvartwout defalcation,
in reference to this same Mr. Barker, who
att Comptroller; permitted Mr. ,Swartwout
to carry on his defalcations, .without report'
being,made thereof to the Secretary of the
Trersury, Hadd a,copy of that report at
hau,d, I would give you some e7chicts
slieTwingthe.opinion whichnenry A. Wise
'had . at that time, of his now bosom friend.
The Senate &memo : the thanks , of the
eountry for 'putting a stop, to President,
Tyler's abstractions,"
.. The Senate, confirmed several •nornina-
(ions to,-day, amongst which was that of
Blackford . , late ,edi tor ..of ,one
the'strongest Whig ,pepers ;Virginia, to
be Charge de, Afrairs , to ) the, itepublic, of
New Granada. President 'tyler deserves
the warmest thanks of,ffie ppress. for his
kind remombrance,cd the fraternity, ,and
not onlY, /WU .thit.inanY more Of :these
who'spent their ,all in ,they le,stresnipaign,
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fig,hting - foi•__thdir country,:have- been- left
unxeivarded.
. .
:The nomination of qdn.•Waddy.Thomp6
son, to be Minister to- Mexico, was also
confirmed, ao,Was also that of Wathington
Irving as Minister to. Spain... How this
latter gentleinait succeeded in procuring
this appointment, or what influence he
brought -to bear in his .favor, I - ani ' \ fpnable
to Say: He has .beeen heretofore latown,
as's violent and active locofoco, and_ vo
it is that 10-
foupi ableZ nit
(lit : anguished --peirris Cool`
.prehension... PerhaPs, like - ii - g - orithmany , ---
. of thoie lately appointed or continued - in'
office, he has promised to be a Tyler Men !
'and will use - his'iniluence- in. favor of..thet
-man-whose election to 'the office, of. Vice
President he,so violently Oppoied. In fact, •.
the'official Organ seems to think that some
excuse is necessary for this appointment,
and in an editorial of a column and a half
in length, which would put any ,dozen men
who 'would attempt to read_it, asleep in less
ilian no thine, endeavors to eulogize the
,President -for the excelleney of the .ap
pointment. _ Near the-close of thilarticle,.
ihoo
-eVer, it can he seen, that the object of
publication,ls hot so .
Much to
.. enirigize
the President for-making the 'aprmintment,
asto' defend hint therefor. Eulogy is so
!common in that ~paper,. that it is looked
Ifor .as a matter of course. The editor
says, that. he (Mr. Irving)-“is -to represent
the American Government, and he is ex
pected; when he leaves home, at leaeLto
to friendly- to the - Administration which
'-gives ,Itim his coin-mission,' Mr: living is
so." S t ) we have- l it—he is friendly now
to:Ms-Tyler, A great many as fit as Mr.:
Irving, were friendly - to Mr.-Tyler, &fought
for -him in last the campaign;. why--were
they overlooked,aedatiotherappointetl who
wit enC o p pos tio n- cony
The editor:of the Madisoniati, however, -
has not been quite So
.bold'about this mat
ter. as the correspondent of that neutral lo
cofoco paper, the Baltimore; Sun., -This
correspondent, who; .by the way, is a clerk
in . the Post - Office- and a red
but locoloco, at $l2OO a year, thha writes,
, to his locofoco brother of the Sun: "I - have - .
' the, pleasure to inform you that Washington
lrwiri n (pumacavr) is nominated to
the Semite tti'fill - tine - firist of Minister to.'
Spain." That is the way tiring's are "done
-110.W.7---I'rit i n---th e - WOrds - of-th rt - go
sprig; -- "Things ain't now as they used to,
was been." -
. .
• By the way,
,speaking of the Baltimore
Sun, reminds me of the fact that'"captain :.
'Pvler" - lately ordered- the 'Post Master at
Baltimore to discontinne his advertising in
the Baltimore American, a "Whig" paper,.
- andTivc - hisliatiOnace to the Sun, a "loco.
four neutral:" you Ui',nit of that?
---In---tlie-few.-weelcs-I-have--spent-at—W-ash
ington, I have seen arid heard a good many
things which might interest your:readers, •
and were it not that. my sheet is altitost_flll- .
etll Would relatesome_of these occrrences
for your end-their satisfactiOn., As it is,
am sorry that 'during my stay here; I did -'
not put pen to paper more - frequently than
I have done; but I can cOinfort myself with
the reflection that I did all I Dromised you
when we parted i. e. to write once a week.
I leave, this on Monday next, and have per
suaded an old "chum" of yours who is
stationed here, to drop you a line occasion- -
ally, giving you and your 'readers, whatev
er of interest may be transacted in Congress.
To him you may look hereailer, and it
these hastily written epistles. have proven
at alljmereeting, my object has been acCom
plished.- • Yours, as ever. L.
•
SENATE.-- On Friday, Mr. Senator , Ben
ton presented . a new case' to the Senate.—
He had celled at the Bank with, a eheck,
'for his . per' diem alloWance,
.and the teller
offered at the rate of .two dollars in paper.
and one in specie. Mr.. B. refused- this,'
and -protested the cheek, and in hieseat,
said that a Whig administration '.had made
the Government bankrupt. Whereupon
Mr. Mangum. thus replied: '
. Mr. Mangum said' he had - been'appealed
to in this or he would not now rise;
but he had ;$ word or - two to say. He had
mentioned yesterday his proposition to.pom
mence . the work of retrenchment with
members of Congreds, but he had met with
so little encouragement from 'the opposite
side. that he had now very little hope lie
would ever have an opportunity of bring
ing it forward. He protested again - at the
frequent assumption that the Whig majOri- ,
ty in Congress was responsible for the acts
ref the present Administration. The gen
tlemen lied seduced the President from
their service; and now .'that there was-no
co-operation between the Bxecutive and
the Whig majority, on lev.ery -occasion
they endeavored to hold his 1M.r..-#lsit
gum'S) friends responsible for the cendkt
of the Administration,- He on tho,part of.
his friends, revudiated this responsibility.
Although they had voted to lift the Govern
ment out 'Ohs difficulties, while the new. :
allies-'of the Executive folded their antis;
and, refused to giVe a helping hand; yet
.was •net because they 4pprove4 of 'the
mode of supply, but in consequence-of he- -
big-cutoff from the perfecting of the'Whig
systentof measures,. which,. , if fplly r carried
.mit, Would have rendered
,rio such -resort as,
'Treasury notes, necessary. -His iiientirm
had been : directed ,to the - New. -York com
mission.. Were he.. end his friends in
: the
Senate responsible . for that? Why shouldlhey s he continually taunted yqthiths
extravagance,' wickedness, andlolly of this
Administratiob,
,and held tespqnqible ;for
whet they could not, in -the ablen,r..eog. x-,
eeutive no-operatteni.controll
ready. to do all .the,y had' pronsis4Af.they -
-had an opportunity, The Whige.itill stood .
upon. the principlei ~which had - broUght
:them, into power, antl4hiekhe (*.assured
wonl4l-continue, them
„ik :power, InotWith
)staridingtheantieiliations of ilifirnpponents; --
.and the:tiew,,alty , they, had , seduced fro*
the' Whig ranks.. : .
,•. • :
The Little Rock Times of 'the 'ph hist.
states that , a Mr., Long of; Arkansas was
murciers4_,. a pherokee, yithout
,any.
provocation, IyhOtever, near:.t he m line. A
requisition
,Vms made:On; thelndiau outhori,
ties 14, • the „,dovern`or, qt, kan gas for (the
Murderer: *,40, was sPeedilY given PP by
the InAian authorities,