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lIY 31119. CIIAWFODP.
WHEN with the'silent spheres,
I sit in sweet communion,
While menery pictures years
Of love's unbroken union;
I think when earth has shed
iff last bright sunshine o'er me,
II my sweet with thee to trend
Thst starry veil' before me!
Though earth has been ns heaven,
With such to live as thee,
It well may be forgiven;
To dream of what must be;
And in that drenm of sorrow,
Of parting hard to brave,
Faith's golden lump to borrow,
Tu light the sunless grave !
Oh! yen, there is above us,
A hrighter home than thin,
'here those who purely love us
Shall join our souls in bliss!
1 havepan inward feeling,
A 'hob" whisp'rimi: sweet,
O'er heart and spirit stealing,
That tells me we shall vied!
12N T. COLJWCf•COMVo
SQUIRE HARBOTTLE.
Squint; Hnnnoi rr.t of tho Lodge, was ono of tho
strangest humorists in tho county. Having St riot.
ly circumscribed his desires to .country, lifo and
:oral pursuits, it is not wonderful that Ito dorivoil
all his idons from thence; consisting of a smell
stock of fooliugs and opinions, which as they worn
of the exclusive kind, and admitted of no innova.
Lion, wore probably tho very sanie that..bad em
ployed thu intellectual faculties alibi grandfather
and been used us hereditary property from time
immemorial.
Among these crude doctrines wos ono upon
which the squire insisted with a vehemence quite
apoplectic, and in whoso belmofand maintenance
ho had oft.times destroyed the table,and
his own knuckles into the bargain. It was this:
that unless a men were well acquainted and pro
perly conversant with the sports of the field; un
less he, delighted in gymnastic exercises of all de
scriptions, and devoted himself with all tho fervor
of an idolater to tho mantling bowl and the circu
lation of the bottle, he could not fairly be esteemed
human being. Upon these points he had not
only pinned his faith, hut sowed it with the needle
oGtrong belief; and it would have been as safe to
doubt the legitimacy of the Hanover succession,
or the justice of the corn laws, as to argue with
the minim upon the soundness of his promises in
the promulgation of the above doctrine.
It was, uccordingly,n matter of much perplexity
and concern to Mrs. ilarbuttle and her daughter
Emily, well knowing these obstinate and irrevo
cable convictions, how the addresses of Mr. Mor
ton, who was a young West Indian, of largo for
lorn!, who during the last Londoo,senson,hud
,boon
introduced to Emily, had succeeded in creating
what is usually termed "a reciprocal passion," amid
had, in consequence, been invited by Mrs. Earbot
tlo to spend a tow weeks at the Lodge. That lady
justly conceived that there could not possibly be
diseovered a bolter nialch in the whole circuit of
the Vcst End,or in the vast regions of probability;
but in the ardour of her projected negociation,had
altogether fbrgotten o r 9vorlooked the fulminations
of tho,squire, which threatened utter destruction
and disgrace to her scheme. From that oracular
authority, in the mean wiiile,no farther consolation
was to be obtained than such as could be extracted
from sayings and intimations of this nature: "Ile
would see what was In ho made of the young fel.
low".-:-"Tenfo oho he was a milltsop;" and invid
ious reflections of the like character.
Merton'arrived, at length, at the Lodge,and
was received by the squire with an anticipatory
paternal grasp of the dexter hand,which he verily
believed had paralysed his whole frame. But, in
spite of ao cordial a greeting, Mr. Ilarbottle en.
couraged mental reservations of his own, by no
means flattering or propitious to his now visitor.
"Nut at all like my young friend Burley of the
Grange," thought he: "the lad does'nt weigh more
than ton stono, and Burley is sixteen at least; and
then he's so thin! slender, egad, as the stipend of
u pinched annuitant, or the expectations ofa sixth
son under the law of primogeniture. Ho won't
do for a son•in.law--thaVs certain."
Morton was, in truth, a young gentleman of the
finest taste and the most elegant accomplishments,
but by no means likely to conciliate the squire by
a forward or presuming exhibition of proficiency
in the peculiar practices or feats, with which the
old gentlemen had been prone to invest his imagi.
nary idols. But recently arrived from the West
Indies, lie had not yet divested himself of those
habits of luxurious indolence and enjoymeot corn.
man to rho natives of those islands; and he could
310 more reconcile it to his inclination to assume
the gloves with a pugilistic veteran, or to dive in:
to the mysteries of the third bottle,than to encoun.
for a triumvirate of Titans,or to see Silent's him :
selfunder tho table. It may readily bo conceived,
then, that the two gentlemen nem, at first sight,
litr from feeling that perfect cordiality and good.
will towards each other, so little expect,d, but so
anxiously hoped fin by the ladies.
As they set over their wino, hOwever, after the
retirement of Mrs. Ilarbottle and her daughter,the
squire conceived it to' be a fir/el - able opportuAi
ofsounding the West Indian touching those hulis.
[tensible acquirements, which he preceded by an
obliterate and critical survey of his victim. "Why,
you don't drink, my good sir," said he, thrusting
the decanter towards him; "no evading the bottle,
liar play, you know," and ho tipped a wink ()I'
meaning. "No sir." replied Morton, "I am but a
poor drinker at all times."
"Ali! poor drinker-1 thought so," growlv the
Squire, with a glance tif pity, "bul it's the fashion,
1 hour, to drink nothing now-a•days, and you, of
courso, follow the fashion." "No, indeed," said
the We, , t. Zu l u,, "fiAion is but u--" "I
interrupted Hart/tittle, 'Von never ?ut on the
gloves, eh?" "Put on the—l wear gloves cortain•
ly," answered the other, with an inquiring stink,
"Wear gloves!—pshaw!" shouted the old gentle.
man testily: "Put on the gloves, I say; exercise
yourself in the old English diversion of sparring
—in the manly and athletic course ofself•defence!'
"My dear sir, I never. do puf on the gloves, I us•
me you," said Nte r ton, gravely, with a voice that
would have graced a confessional. "You don't
hunt, I presume," asked the squire, drumming
his fingers upon the table, as he elevated one eye
brow and directed an oblique look at his compan
ion, which seemed us though his voice proceeded
from his eye: "You don't hunt 7" "I have never
been used to bunting, I confess." "Ah! very
well: I see how it is:" and a bitterly sardonic grin
deformed the features of the squire.
"Look yo, sir," said the squire, after a long
pause, "I have n daughter—Emily is a fine girl."
"Mikis Emily Ilarbottle," said Merton, With a
rapturous emphasis, "is indeed a young lady, not
only or thci . greatest beauty, but of the most de
gent taste, and the most exemplary principles.—
Might I but hope?—" "No, no, you must not
hope, Sir, by any means," quoth the squire dog.
godly; "unless you are prepared to make yourself
master of those requisite accomplishments with
out which tlio king himselfshould sue in vain (or
her hand." "What, Sir," cried the youtb,dispatch
ing a bumper down his throat, and falling hack in
his chair; "what, Sir, would you have mo grovel
ling under your table nightly? Would you have
me saturate myself with wino, till my visage put
on the imperial purple during the unhappy reign
of my existence? Would you have inn drown my.
self, like Clarence; in a butt of Malmsey, before
you could deem me worthy of your daughter?"—
and he swallowed the second glass. The squire
nodded assent. "Would you delight to sco me,"
he continued, "rushing madly over your acres,lihe
the wild huntsman of Bohemia, or the hero of Mr.
IVordsworill's "Hartleap Well," or coursing thro'
the sir, like him of ''Tim Wondrous Horse of
Brass?'" "Why, yes; I should like to see it very
much," said the squire, complacently. "Would
you qualify me for marriage," proceeded the
novice, "by breaking every bone in my body? by
pounding mo more ruthlessly than physical pain
was meted out to lion Quixote, under the tender
batons of the woohstaplors? or by educing pastime
from my person, whereto the tortures of Maoris,
in his Brazen Bull, wore but soft and exquisite
delights?" "Nothing less, I assure you," roared
the squire in a transport, raising himself in his
chair, and rubbing his bands with delight; "These
are the conditions, my dear boy, and so you may
make your choice instantly." Whereupon, the
old gentleman betook himself to his evening slum•
tier, and the unhappy Morton again had recourse
to tho decanter, till, south to say,it refused to yield
a drop more.
Having . at length mode his Aviv into the draw.
ing.room, and seated himself by the silo of Mrs.
Llarbottle, the youth fetched a deep sigh, and bo.
grin to speak volumes, of which tho following is
but a brief abstract; "Madam, that I feel the most
pure and uncomporable atFection fur your dough.
tor, is altogethor undoniubie; but her worthy frith
or now under tho benign influonco of Morphous,
in the parlour below, has ( jocularly I cannot but
hope) been pleased to murk out for me a courso
of studies which will, I feel, ho impraCticable."—
"Alit your father has been insisting on those ridic.
ulous conditions, my dear," said Mrs. Harbottle,
addressing her daughter. feared as much."
An imploring glance from the temurn too plainly
intimated that Miss Emily , partook of her moth.
or's chagrin. "Welcbut, madam," said Morton,
fervently, "is thero no way of evading these pre
posterous articles of treaty?" 41 1 fear not,indood,"
was the reply, and the hoods of both ladies were
shaken despondingly. "I shall certainly commit
suicide," murmured the young man musingly;
"involuntary suicide, with the double.barrellod
gun which the squire has recommended to my
use; or be cast carelessly from the mare which he
has tondored to my accoptanco; or be oflbred up
at the.abrine of Bacchus with a livor complaint,as
yellow as
—"Auto:non! loaves that strew the brooks
Of Vallorobrosa."
"Well, wall; it cannot be helped." And then,
who knows hut that the squire himself may break
his neck in the meanwhile? or ho taken on by a
timely apoplexy? That's an encouraging hope, at
all events." And hero the young gentleman foil
into a profound reverie.
At early daybreak the next morning, Morton
was aroused by a vociferous hallooing, and the
wild blast of a horn beneath hie window; in the
midst of which, the superhuman voice of the
squire broke upon his oar, summoning him, with
out dolay, to tho chase. With a heavy heart, ha
proceeded to obey; and crawling down stairs, was
at once conducted to a furious quadruped, whoso
locomotive propensities, oven before ho was well
in the saddle, seemed to foretell disastrous down.
fall and disgrace; and intimated by anticipation,
that compound fractures and dislocations of dm
neck were by no means unfrequent to those adven
turous cavaliers,who should malto up their minds,
or rather thoir bodies, to mount her. But Morton,
"albeit, unused to the hunting mood," was by no
means disposed, ut that moment, to dissolvo the
partnership then subsisting between himsolf and
tho four-logged post which was capriciously gam.
baling over the country; and, accordingly, Eontriv
ed to attach himself as closely to the animal us an
expoctant heir to an expiring curmudgeon, or if
bereaved bankrupt to p sudden windfall; and made
himself, as it were, a part and portion of the boast
with all the certain security of a Centaur, to the
infinite delight of the squire, whose rapturous on.
comiums at the conclusion of the day, upon the
!intoner in which he had acquitted himself"," - drow
tears of delight into the eyes of Emily, and caused
the old lady's fuco to manila with satisfaction.
And now more than a month had elapsed, and
the West Indian had been regularly introduced
into.the vestibule of the various arts, to which It
was deemed expedient that ho should
.devoto his
attention; and, in spite of the athletic strength
and robust constitution otitis squire, he had more
thun once contrived to bear away the palm of
"I won NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER Or MY LIVING 'ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRIIPTION."-SHAK3
am - in - exam/32a. PcL atur\Palaise,, awaziar aa, aoact.
merit from his competitor. In truth, the sevorr
exercises, in which ho was now for the first time
a participator, had not only recruited his frame,
but had given an impetus, before unfelt, to his
constitution; and it was with rather a degree of
satisfaction than otherwise, that ho obeyed tho
znatutinal mnndatos oldie squire. It is true,there
were several particular bye amusements not alto.
gether recognised by the votaries of fashion,which
(and ho hugged himself in the conviction) were
perfectly unknown to his aristocratical friends—
and if ho did occasionally hoar corks drawn at in
credibly short intervals, and cheerfully assist in
the absorption of the fluid at such times liberated,
who was the wiser? Not ho, certainly.
But it was deemed high time, by tho ladies,that
theso.dolights should have an end. They tho't,
and with reason, that the too implicit adherence
to the squiro's whims and phantusios would not
only furnish forth a bad precedent, but suporin.
duce a fatal habit in the young man himself.—
The elder lady know full well that,
"If vice by custom grow not into nature,"
it is an unsightly graft, nevertheless: and Miss
Emily raid, half upbraidingly„ that "floury was
grown strangely partial to papa;" and begun to
believe, quite seriously,that ho was likely togrow
strangely inattentive to herself. But the old gen
tleman would hear of no terms ofaccommodatiom
He averred, that ho had not half done with the
boy yet. Ho protested that his marriage would
be his ruin, and declared that he would not hear
a word about it, under penalty of breaking °litho
match altogether. "What is to be dim?" urged
the youth, expostulating at a privnto'conforenco;
I solemnly aver that I have done everything in
my power to conciliato Mr. Darbottle's esteem,
and to deserve his friendship. I have broken the
knees of his !torsos; I havemora than once,during
our gymnastic exercises, caused him to adopt an
involuntary horizontal position; and I have seen
him descend under the horizon of the table in all
tho glowing glory of a setting sun. Can I do
more? I will, if you wish it, dislocate tho necks
of his limiters; I will at one blow destroy the
squire; I will at one sitting swallow the vast con
tents of Its collerage. What can be more reason.
able and complying?"
Thoso terms, it must he confessed, appeared
reasonable and conciliatory enough; at least so
far as they afforded evidence of our lover's un-
changing affection; and ouch party was ruin to
wait patiently for a few wooks longer, till some
more auspicious opportunity of compelling the
squire to the spirit and latter of his agreoniont
should occur.
But the squire grow moro inflexible daily. lie
had becomo attached to his young friend, and
foresaw plainly that his union would cause an in•
stant and final cessation of the agreeable course
of amusements and cotnpanionship,w ithout which,
ho verily believed, ho should nut bo able to. exist.
Ile sought, therefore. to put otY the evil day to nn
indofinito poriod,and was impracticably impatient
of any allusion to the subject.
It was at length become too evident to Morton,
that steps must be taken forthwith, to check the
overweening self. willednoss of the squire; and that
such remonstrances should bo mado, as would of
factually conduce to tho and ho had originally
proposed to himself in his visit to the Lodge.
Preparatory, however, to tho discussion of the
matter,ho took tho opportunity one morning,when
they wore exorcising themselves in tho elegant
diversion of sparring,to deliver such a blow at the
old gentleman's ribs as could by no ingenuity be
likened to anything more nearly than to tho effort,
of a giant furnished with a slodgo.hammor; and
having enjoyed for a few moments a bird's-eye
view ofhis prostrate antagonist,our gratified gym.
nest betook himself* !mutely to tho breakfast
table.
Immediately after the conclusion of that meal,
a propitious silence having presented itself, the
youth lifted up his heart and voice, and with much
gravity delivered himself as followin—"Squire
Harbottle, I bog you to boi . ar in mind the purpose
for which I came hither." "What do you moan,
my dear fellow, what aro you aiming at?" said
Harbottle, in surprise. "My moaning, squire,
ought to be instantaneously obvious—your dough.
ter, Sir„"—"Nay, nay, my good lad, not a word
about it, I insist; a lad of your spirit—l am sur
prised:" "Mr. Harbottle," said Merton, solemnly,
"the institution of marriage needs no defence from
me; all civilized nations have consented that such
an institution is indispensable; I ant a candidate
fur admission into that honorable community."—
"Pshaw: stuff! vile cant!" shouted the squire, "it
mum% be—l tell you I won't permit it." "Let
me refresh your memory by a recital ofyour own
conditions," resumed Merton, in a gradually en
larging voice; '"stleath. Sir, I must not bo trifled
with. Ana I not a Milo in strength?" "You are,
indeed," groaned the squire, embracing his ribs
with much tenderness. "Am I not a perfect Nim
rod in hunting?—was there over such a dare-devil
in the county as myself?" "Never, I admit it."
"Was not Bacchus a young gentleman of regular
habits,compared with me?" "Ho was, ho was."
"Well, Sir,then what do you mean?" "Why,' ,
said the squite,coaxingly, mean that you won't
ho foolish enough to marry my girl yet; there's
plenty of time—she's young—" "And I am
young," cried Morton,in a phronzy, "which you
shall discover to your cost. Hark'ee,Sir,you have
raised a demon you will vainly endeavor to quell.
It is now my turn to triumph. I shall stop horo
for life. You have warmed mo at your fire, and I
shall sting you to death by way of quittance. You
thought mo a worm—l'm a boa constrictor. I
shall exterminate your stud; I shall make an and
ot you, no vineyard shall supply my convivial do.
mands; I shall burst your double.barrelled gun in
an attempt to blow into an infinite variety ot
atoms, the butler; I shall—" "Hold, hold!" cried
Harbottle,in alarm; "the man's mad! what do you
want?" "Your daughter," raved Merton. "Take
her," said the squire, promptly; "where is the
girl; why,iftho jado has not been laughing behind
the window all the time; step in,you wicked toad.
Wh;it do you say? will you have this furious fel
,
low?" "If you wish it, papa, I cannitniake any
objections," said Emily. "And so nowUn aro all
satisfied, I suppose," said the squire, wilt the air
of a man who, has acted conscientiously. "And
now, Mr„ ilarbottio," concluded his wife,entoring
the room, "you have done a sensible thing for
once in your life." The squire thrust his tongue
into his cheek significantly.
About a week alter, there was an unusual stir
at the Lodge, and a bridal party proceeded to the
church with becoming solemnity, whore a reve
rend gentleman in a rod limo wile calmly waiting
to officiate; and there was the usual rejoicing and
merritnont in the neighborhood upon the occasion.
V A It I ET Y.
PROM TM: RICHMOND COMPILER.
Beauties of Chemistry.
In the last number of the second volume of Mi.
ton's "History and Topography of the United
'States," there is a most. interesting and valuable
article under the hand of "METEOROLOGY." The
object of the writer is stated to be "to point out
the agency of caloric in , the phenomena of rain,
thunder and lightning, dew, fog, Indian summer,
winds, hurricanes, tornadoes, and hailstorms,
together with the aurora borealis;" and to "prove
die identity of Caloric and Electricity." Ile in
troduces n number of striking facts and illustra
tions, and concludes with the following beautiful
reflections:
"Thus we perceive that Om whole earth is sur
rounded by an ocean of unseen hut living fire. It
is that which gives beauty and lustre to the blue
empyrean dome—which dissolves and suspend"
tho walrus of tho moan on-high—and-which lots
then) fall in "fruitful showers to cheer the plains
below." It is the tt'etive spirit of the storm and
tempest 7 —w lido it clothes the. fields seitL 7 rving
'green, runt causes all naturo tosajoice.
"Whnever unfolds aright the grandeur and har
mony of these manifestations of Infinite Wisdom,
may he said, in the language of the eloquent Ga
len, "to chant a solemn hymn of lolly adoration
to the great Author of the Universe."
"If the Ilicts and principles which we have thus
endeavored to unfold, be founded in truth, we can
po~ceive no limits to their application. They are
intimately connected with all tho phonon - lona o
living and dead matter, and therefore with every
department of human knowledge. The philoso
phy of chemicul affinity is still in its infancy, and
presents a far more extensive field for discovery
than has ever yet been explored. lie who enters
upon it with enlarged views, and cultivates it with
unwearied application, will greatly extend the
boundaries of science, and will derive from his
labors more imperishable renown than that of the
conqueror, who wades to a diadem through the
blood and tears of sullbring humanity. To con
trol the operations of nature, and render her ele
ments subservient to the happiness of millions, is
the most noble prerogative of enlightened and
philanthropic man, and raises him to communion
tilt.lth the over Illossod E-riarr OF ETERNAL TRILVtI47
INDIAN SitittriermEss.---Thero is strong argu
ment and good sense in the answer of an Indian
Chiof in the following paragraph, which is going
the rounds of the papers:—
"I am glad," said the Rev. Dr. W---r 7, to the
Chiorof tho Little Ottawas, "that you do not drink
Whiskey; but it grieves mo to find that your peo
ple use sci much of it." "Ali yes:" the
chief, and he fixed an impressive eye upon the
Doctor, which communicated the reproof before lie
uttered it, "we Indians use a groat deal of whis
key, but wo do not make it."
Some passaga against Slavery having Limn dis.
covered in a chapter of "Tales of the Woods and
Fields," a foreign work of fiction recently're.pub
lished by the Harpers, the Charleston booksellers
refuse to soil, and the papers to advertise it.—
There aro soma other dangerous works which
contain Como incendiary paragraphs that need
looking to; such as an old work called the Bible,
the Declaration of Indopendenco, &c.—Newark
Daily Advertiser.
The Sacred Itllters.
Ono prophet speaks to us like an orator, anoth
or like a logician. Ono endeavours by his elo.
guano° to charm us, and another by his clear
reasoning to convince our minds. One threatens,
and another promises. Here wo havo presented
to our oyes a sceptre of divine love, and Moro our
ears aro arrested by the shrill voice Of tho war•
ning trumpet. Wo now hear 'a voice from Ebal,
and now a voice from Gorlzirn. One herald of
salvation points us to the smoke of torment thrt
ascondeth up for over, and over, and another,
with the tender accents of a Savour's love,- cries
out, "Turn ye, turn ye; why will yo die?"
THE Tcxt.iti Ft.owCa.—lt is said that a young
lady of Now Orleans, presented Gen. Houston
with a hyacinth, in allusion to tho battlo of San
Jacinto, (Jacinto is the Spanish of Hyacinth.)
Extract of a letter from the Receiver of public
moneys at Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the postmaster
at Lawrtincebnigh:
"I am receiving from $20,000 to $9.5,000 per
day, and have boon for the last thirty days, in my
office as Receiver of public moneys. lam worn
out attending to it. $500,000 has been received
since the 7th of March last, and it is said that the
Eastern folks have pnly begun to come. I believe
that this office will take $1,500,009 during the
HARD TIMES.—An old lady was complaining a
few days ago in the market of the excessive high
prim' of provisions. "It is not only meat that is
so enormously dear," said she, "but L cannot
üb
tam Hour for a pudding for loss than double the
usual price, and they do not make the eggs halt
so largo as they were used to be!"
THUNDEI2.—The Greenlanders suppose. that
thunder is caused by two old women flapping seal
skins in the moon; and the aurora borealis, owing
to the spirits of their fathers frisking at football.
A farmor having hired a man to reap two or
three acres of barley, wont out into tho fold, and
found him reclining under the shade of a trun.
"What is the matter,' inquired ho. "Oh," said
tho man, "I fool amazing drop.: ickle."'
HARRISON'S PUBLIC OPINIONS
Lefever front Gen
ffffenry Efarrimm.
NORTH BEND, May 1, 18:36.
Stu: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 7th ultimo, in
which you request me to anser the following
questions :
First. "Will you (if elected President of the United
States)sign and approve a bill distributing the Surplus
Revenue of the United States to each State,according
to the federal population of each,for Internal Improve
ment,Education, and to such other objects as the Le
gislatures of the several states may see fit to apply
the same?"
Second. "Will you sign and approve a bill distri
buting the Proceeds of the sales of the Public Lando o
each State,nccordmg to the federal population of each,
for the purposes above specified?"
Third. "Will you sign and approve bills malting
appropriations to improve navigable streams above
ports of entry?"
Fourth. "Will you sign and approvc(if it becomes
necessary to secure and save from depreciation the
Revenue of the Natioa,and to afford an uniform sound
currency to the People of the IL States,) a bill, with
proper modifications and restrictions, Chartering a
Bank of the United States?"
Fifth. "What is yuur opinion as to the Constitution
al power of the Senate or House of Representatives of
the Coottress of the U. Slabs, to Expunge m Oblite
rate from the Journals the Records and Proceedings
of a previous session?"
From the manner in which the tour first
questions are stated, tt appears that you do
not ask my opinion as to the policy or pro-,
priety of the measures to which they res
pectively refer; hut what would be my course,
if they were presented to me (being in the
Presidential chair (litho United - Stitteq
the shape of bills, that had been duly prissed
by the Senate and house of Itepresenta-
From the opinions which I have formed
of the intention of the Constitution, as to the
cases in which the veto power should be ex
ercised by the Presidem, 1 would have con
tented myself with giving an affirmative
answer to the f►ur first questions, but, from
the deep interest which has been, and indeed
is now, felt in relation to all these subjects,
I think it proper to express my views upon
each one separately.
I.answer, then, Ist.• That the immedi•
ate return of all the surplus money which
is, or ought to be in the Treasury of the Uni
ted States, to the possession of the People:
from whom it was taken,is called for by every
principle of policy, and, indeed, of safety to
our institutions, and 1 know of no mode of
doing it better than recommended by the
present Chief Magistrate, in his first annual
message to Congress,in the following words:
"To avoid these evils, It appears to me that
the most safe, just, and federal disposition
which could be made of the surplus revenue,
would be its apportionment anion! , the seve
ral States, according to the ratio of repre
sentation." . #
This proposition has reference to a state
of things which now actually exists, with
the exception of the amount of money thus
to be disposed—for it could not have been
anticipated by the President that the surplus
above the real wants or convenient expendi
tures of the Government would become so
large, as that retainii.g it in the. Treasury
would so much diminish the circulating nie•
ilium as greatly to embarrass the business of
the country.
What other disposition can be made of it
with a view to get it into immediate circu
lation but to place it in the hands of the State
authorities? So great is the amount, and so
rapidly is it increasing, that it could not be
expended for a very considerable time on the
comparative few objects to which it could
be appropriated by the General Government;
but the desired distribution amongst the
People could be immediately effected by the
States, from the infinite variety of ways in
which it might be employed by them. By
them it might be loaned to their own bank
ing institutions, or even to individuals—a
mode ofdistribution by the General Govern
ment which I sincerely hope is in the con-,
templation of no friend to his country.
2d. Whilst I have always broadly admit.
ted that the public lands were the common
property of all the States, I have been the
advocate of that mode of disposing of theril
which would create the greatest number of
freeholders, and I conceive that in this way
the interests ofall would be as well secured
as by any other disposition; but since, by
the small size of the tracts in which the lands
are now laid out, and the reduction of the
price, this desirable situation is usually at- ,
tamable by any person of tolerable industry,'
I am perfectly reconciled to the distribution
of the proceeds of the sales as provided for
by the bill introduced into the Senate by Mr.
Clay; the interest of all seem to be well pro
vided for by this bill; and as from the oppo
sition which has hitherto been made to the
disposition ofthe lands hitherto contemplated
by the. Representatives of the new States,
there is no probability of its being adopted,
I think it ought no longer to be insisted on.
3d. As I believe that no money should be
taken from the Treasury of the U. States to
be expended on internal improvements, but
for those which are strictly national, the an•
swer th this question would be easy, but for
the difficulty of determining which of those
that are from time proposed would be of this
description. The circumstance, the excite.
ment which has already been produced by
appropriations of this kind, and the jeal
ousies which it will no doubt continue to
produce ilpersisted ui , gtve additional claims
to the mode of appropriating all the surplus
revenue of the United States in the manner
above suggested. Each State will then
have the means of accomplishing its own
schemes ofinternal improvement. Still there
will be particular cases when a contemplat
ed improvement will be of greater advantage
to the Union generally, and some particular
Siate.4, than to that in which it is to be made.
iii such cases, as well as those in the iiew
States, where the value oldie public domain
will be greatly enhanced by au improve
went in the means or communication, the
[VOL.
general government should certainty largely
contribute. To nppropriationd of the letter
character shore has been no-very Vvitrtn:ol) ,
position. Upon the whole,- he
of the public revenue litneng'st:the ..Sttttes
seems likely to remove, most, innit-itit,;olo
causes of dissensipn of which the. internal
improvement Brown has - been the.-friiitfyl
source: There is nothing; in my Opinion,
more sacredly incumbent
. upon those Wile ..-
are concerned in the administration 'of otir
Government than that of preserving liarnip•
ny between the States. - Frem the construe-
Lion of our system thorn has been, and
ever will be, more'or l'es4 jealcaley
tween tho General and State, GoVernmetits;
but there IQ nothing in the • Constitution
nothine in the character of .thse relations
which the State:* bear toeach othetwlti - Olt
can create oily unfriendly feeling; .if 'the
common guardian administers - its flivOrsWith V'
an even and impartial hand. That thiiTreity ',-
be the case, all those to when* 'any
of this delicate.power is int ruSteit,""ishentk.::'
altvays act upon the principles of
once and conciliation; even More.readY'o
sacrifice the interest of their immediate
stituerits, rather than violate the tights, of ","
the other members of the family.,,'Thoie.
who pursue a different courSe, - . whese'rulals.
never to stop of the attainment of elf which
they May consider their due,'Will. Often her
found to have trespassed upon the tionedary.-',
they had themselves established. - Tito . . tib;
r vn t ions . wit h -which-l-shall—con*de;46l6-:
letter on the subject of the veto ta4er. by
the President will 'apply to this
your other quesiioni3. ; • -
4th. I. have before me a newSpripar,' In, , - ,i
which I am designated by its - distingiiiihed
editor, 'The Bank and Fedcral '
I think it would puzzle the writet-toridduee
any. act of my life - wiiich warrants hiM in
indemnifying me with the interests of the
first,or the pelitie4 of the latter. Having - 00.
means of ascertaining the sentiments of the
directors and stockholders of .tlio 'Brink - Of
the U. States, (Which is the one, I preettnie,
with which it was intended telisSociate WO .
1 cannot say what their course is likely. to be .
in relation to the ensuing election tor
dent. Should they, however,- give me their
support, it .will be evidence at leasttkiaetfie..
opposition which I gave - to theirinStitutitin
in my capacity of Representativefroin 0- '
hio,in Congress; proceecied,in their opiniotr i
from a sense of duty which 1 could net'diii-
regard.
The jountals of the second session of the
thirtepoth,and those of the fburleenth,
show that my vote 3 are recorded against ,
them upon every question in _which tkielein- ",
tevest was involved. I did,indeed,eiort 'nay. ,
self in the Senate of Ohio to procure are- .
Peal of the law which had imposed an eruir,'
mous tax upon the branches which had been
located in its houndaries'atthe request of its
citizens. Tim ground Of these exertions wiui
not the interest of the Bank; but to save
what I considered the honer:of therBtatie,
and to prevent a controversy betVireeii - the,
Slate Officers and those of the U..S.ltt'ies'.'l`
In the spring of 1634 I had alsolhe . hoiter
o preside at a meeting of the
,
fiamilten county, called for the purpose Of
expressing their sentiments in
the removal of the public money . from 'the
custody of the Bank by the sole authority'of -
the Executive. As President of the meeting •
f explained at some length the object for,
which it was convened ; but Tadvariced ;no
opinion in relation to the re•chartering of
the Bank.
A most respectful memorial to the t. -
dent in relation to the removal of the' depo- •
sttes,was adopted,as were also resolutions din
favor of rechartering the Bank; hut, as I
ha.ve already snid, this was not the purpose '
for which the'rnecting was called, and
4 ot
ono upon which, as presiding +officer,' I,
called upon to give an opinion,'but the'.e.
vent of an equal division of the votes. ' •*
As a private citizen, no man can be more
entirely dear Of any motive, either for "re.
chartering the old institution, or creating
new one,under the authority of the . 11. tats.
I never had a single share in the former,nor
indeed in any hank, with one, single excep.
Lion; and that many years ago failed, with
the loss of the entire stock. 1‘ have no in.
clination again to venture in that way; even
if rshould possess the means. With the ex:
ception above mentioned, of stock in a . bank
long since broken, I never put out a doltnr
at interest in my.life. My interest being
entirely identified with the cultivation of
the soil, I am immediately and personally ..
connected %vial none other.
I have mitdo this statement to shMv you
hat I am not committed to any course inio-
ation to tho chartering of a 13ank of the U.
States: and that 1 might,if so disposed, join
in the popular cry of denunciation'agrthist ,
the old itistitution.and upon its inisconduets
predict an opposition to the chartering of.
nuother.
I shall not, however, take this course so.
opposite to to that which I have followed'thro' •
life, but will give my sentiments clearly and'.
fully, not only with regard to the future con..
duct of the Government on the subject of a
national bank, but in relation to the opera
tions of that which. is now defuect: _
I was not in Congress where:, tho late
Bank was chartered, but Was a member of
the 13th Congrem,after its first setnoonotdifn
the conduct of the Bank, in its incipient x}
measures, was examined into; and biitioyipg
from the result of the investigation, t110,h0:••
charter, had been violated, I voted' for ; AO :1;
,itidieial Investigation, with a VIOW
ing its charter. The resolution fir
purpose, however failed; und, shortti
the tnanagoment of Its aflitirs was gemnit 1 71 :74;
to the talent and integrity or-. Mr. the:
From that period to its final dintiPlif
though I must confes.s I um not 4 igm t t;*.:.
petent judge of such matters,) t tta4ndoassi ,
that au institution could have be