0tt1t......,.....aub:. .11.4:i0, - 0.1i.0n: ''..o--.4..07-.0„
ID. A. BI;EIILL'R; EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
POETRY.
From Me' Botanical Medical Recorder—by requev
Reflections In a Reeling House on
Tobacco. •
The ftraelitish camps were cleaii,
Such was their institution ;
And why should not a meeting house
Be guarded from pollution?
Religion is a cleanly thing,
And decency befits it ;
Spitting the floor a nascons thing,
And every one admits it.
. .
Yet this vile practice here prevails,
It pains me to relate it ;
And rational, reflecting men,
We hope will reprobate it.
The rules.of moral decency
Our mothers inculcated,
Are here profaned and trampled on—
Too bad to be related.
We are the weaker E ex—then, suro
You'll pardon our complaining,
While true affection urges us
To try for your reclaiming.
Pray lend a kind propitious ear,
And do not be offended,
iVhen we propose a remedy
To have this evil mended.
Letthose who will indulge at home—
There use it unmole4ted.
If those around Their `con submit
To be so much infested.
But when they come to worship God,
. Behave as is befitting; .
Oh. then refrain for conscience sake--
• This is no place for spitting.
But for inveterate cases, when
They cannot he obedient,,
And ?or accommodation's sake,
We have a grand expedient:
Let each procure a calabash ;
This from the neck suspended
Would answer well, and cleanliness
Would be thereby befriended !
MISCIqLANY.
READING THE Blin.E.—Of the /lon. Jno.
Cotton Smith, late Governor of Connecti
cut, itis stated that "during the last'eight
or ten years, he has read the bible through
annually, and had well nigh committed
the New Testament to memory at the time
.of his decease." At his funeral the Rev
. Mr. Andrews of Kent said :—"One of the
noblest of men of a former and better age
has been taken from us. But our joy and
boast this day, is not That he was a states
man of enlarged insight; not that be was
-a scholar of refined taste; not that he was
a gentleman in whose deportment dignity
and courtesy were so remarkably blended
—"the observed of all observers"—but
that he was a meek and humble disciple of
Christ, rejoicing in the consolations, rev
rencing the ordinances, and laboring for
the advancement of the Christian faith." I
A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT, WITH A BEAU-
ItEsroNsE.—A lady had written on
a card, and placed it in her garden-house,
on the top of an hour-glass, a beautiful sim
ple stanza from one of the fugitive pieces
of John Clare, the rural poet—it was at
the season of the year when the flowers
were in their highest beauty:
To think of summers yet to come,
That I am not to see.
To think a weed is yet to bloom,
From dust that I shall be !
The next morning she found . pencilled
on the back of the same card:
To think, when Heaven and earth are fled,
And times and seasons o'er.
When all that can die shall be dead,
That I must die no more!
Ab! where will then my portion lie?
How shall i spend Eteinity ?
THE 144 As MAN:—Serimping wretch!
see him at his gold ! How much of it has
been wrung from widow's hearts, none
can tell. lie would remain in a ditch all
night to save a groat, and yet, he knows
not holy to dispose of his income.
"And when from earth lie passes,
Satan to see his little soul
Would have to use his glasses."
BE KIND Asu CONSIDERATE.—ChiIdren
should never be unnecessarily thwarted
when in pursuit of an object. A child, for
example, before he can speak, is trotting
• after a ball, the nurse snatches him at the
moment to be washed, and the poor child
throws himself into a violent paSsion—
whereas, had she kindly . assisted him in
gaining his object, and .then taken him np,
this trial would have been spared, and ,his
temper been uninjured. Teasing and de
rision tend very much to embitter a good
disposition, even in grown persons.•
MORE TRUE IRAN POETICAL.--The cler
gyman in n certain town, as the custom is,
having, published the.bands of matrimony
between two persons, was followed by the
clerk's reading the hymn beginning with
thcsAvords, "Mistaken souls, who dream
of heaven !"
_ MILEAGE IN PitospEeT.-:— . The sailing
distance from New York. to tlio mouth of
the Coldnibia River, Oregon, is only fif
teen thertsainl miles. The mileitge of the,
..Oregon member" will be an item*--about
twelve thousaud dollars, and the: construe
lye pay for thefienators the.sam9 amount.
SINGULAR PitElcomalloti.-The water
in the Detroit risteris now ,nearly as low
as in 1822. In 1/32 : 1,itbegan to.rise,,and con
tinued to„do so Alown to 18i8, when it was
at its maximum." .. In ,1839 it began id fall
again, and 110 so:continued to the. present
time.
MR. WEI3STER'S SPEECH.
In Senate—April 6 & 5 7:
In reply to Charles .T. Ingersoll and Sen
, alor Dickinson.
011 - The extreme length of' Mr. WrnsTart's great
speech inydefen . ce of his course while acting as
Secretary of State, precludes its entire publication
in our columns. His remarks, upon the first day,
although important to a thorough understanding
of the history of the North-eastern Boundary !le
gotiations, were designed as a defence of the Trea
ty in which those negotiations terminated; and
being necessarily attended with numerous cita
tions from the documentary history of the period
through which the negotiations extended, they
would prove uninteristing to the general reader.
We therefore give, to the exclusion of other mat
ter, the concluding portion of his second day's
speech, in which he directed his attention more.
particularly to Messrs. Ingersoll and Dickinson,
as found in the Washington Union—preceded by
a sketch of his opening remarks by "Oliver Old
school," the correspondent of the U. - S. Gazette.
The speech of Mr. Webster is admitted, upon all
sides, to have been a most extraordinary effort.—
The Editor of the "Union" (loco) says it was the
"severest, the bitterest, most scathing nttacic ever
heard in the Senate." Oliver Oldschool-cmurnen
ces his sketch as follows :
I have listened nearly three hours and a half to
day to one of the most extraordinary and power
ful Imeeches, I will venture to say, that was:ever
heard in the Senate.. I allude to Mr.. Webster's in.
continuation of his speech yesterthiy. in vindica
tion of the Washington treaty of 1842. Such
fierce invective, such scathing irony, such stinging
sarcasm, and such excruciating ridicule, as he
poured out upon the devoted heads of C. J. Inger
soll and Mr. Dickinson of the Senate, never before
fell upon human being. It was molten lead—the
flowing lava from the - burning crater, which -bur
ied them as deep as. Mr. Hannegan represented his
treachery would bury him under a load of infamy.
It scarcely seemed possible that the - English - lan- -
gun° could be so combined as to express such
‘vithering scorn, such ineffable contempt, such a
picture of worthlessness, mendacity, moral ob
tuseness, and mental deformity, as was this day
exhibited to the audience—and I enter • upon the
attempt-to give an outline, of. Mr. W.'s remarks
with the same feeling of despair that one would
feel in attempting to convey an idea of one of
Haydn's or Mozart's Anthems or Oratorios, perfor
med by themselves on one of-the largest organs in
the World. Words can be written down by those
who write short hand ; but the tone of yoice, the
look, the emphasis, the curl of the lip, the energy
of action—these are portions of the scene and of
the eloquence, which the pen cannot catch nor
words describe.
Mr. Webster commenced his remarks by re
ferring to the declaration made by Lord Palmers
ton in hts despatch to Mr. Fox, mentioned yester
day, namely, that there could be no hope of bring
ing about an amicable settlement of the N. E.
boundary question while Mr.oVan Buren was in
office. He referred to that at this time merely
to prevent any inference being drawn that it was
owing to any peculiar rigidness in maintaining
our rights by Mr. Van Buren, and that the British
Government expected to make better terms with
the incoming administration. It was because the
negotiation had become so involved and intricate.
Mr. Van Buren had proposed ar. arbitration ; Eng
land had acceeded to the proposition, but during
the whole of Mr. Van Buren's adMinistration, the
whole correspondence turned upon projects and
counter projects, exceptions, and exceptions to ex-
ceptions in an almost endless number, until the lie
gotiation became as perplexed and intricate as a
a ravelled skein of yarn. Ile had referred to this
merely to bar an inference.
He again spoke of the objections that had been
made to this treaty—to the concessions which this
government had made. When those who made
these complaints of a treaty. which was negotiated
upon the principle of mutual concessions and mu
tual equivalents, he thought it but fair that both
sides should be taken into the account, and that
whnt we had obtained should not be entirely over
looked. He again referred to Rouse!s Point, and
dwelt upon its value in a military point of view,
and the estimation in which it was now held by
our government, not inferior to the Narrows,
of New York Harbor. He put it to the people of
this country, whether the complaints which have
been made and are being made of that treaty, do
not arise from an apprehension that too much cred
it should be given to those who had a hand in
forming it !
Mr. Webster now took up the subject of the
Caroline, and the other exciting subject growing
out of it, the M'Leod case. •He gave a suc
cinct history of the revolution, or attempted revolu
tion in Canada, and the part taken by some of our
citizens on the Canadian border. Certain persons
.had assembled on Navy Island. in the Niagara,
who were making war upon Canada, and cannon
-nading it from the Island. The steamboat was
alledged to be in the service of these persons, and
on that account was taken .and destroyed. Mr.
Fox, When called upon by Mr. Forsythe, avowed
the act to have been done under the authority of
the British Colonial Government. A correspon
dence took place on the subject between Mr. Ste
venson and Lord Palmerston, and there the mat
ter slept until waked up by the arrest of M'Leod.
On thnt occasion Mr. Fox demanded his release,
aghin declaring that the act was done under the
authority of the British Government which was
responsible for it—APLeod being a private soldier,
and obevinzoffteers by whom he was commanded.
Mr. W. refered to the correspondence between
Mr. Fox and Mr. Forsythe, and Mr, Stevenson and
Lord Palmerston, on the subject. The latter
wrote to Mr. Stevenson in August '4l, that no
Oaplanatioreii;ould be given in regard to that act
and no reparation made. Now, he had to remark,
that during all the time that intervened from the
destruction of the Caroline down to the close of
- - -
Mr.'Van Buren's ad mi nst ration, had any reparation
been demanded of the British Government, for the
violation of our territory and wounded honor
Had any thing been done ? Nothing. Even as a
• ri vote outrage, no steps bad been taken to procure
redress.
Mr. W.. went on to comment somewhat at
length upon this case, the injury dole us in that
act by the violation of our territory, the arrest of
IVl'Leod,&c. Such was the state of thinas when
Gen. Harrison came into. office; there was great
excitement here and in England. How did Gen.
H act As a. hinhminded tnzin'at the bead of the
Goremment should act. He said that the destruc-
. -
tion of the Caxoline was an invasion of our tern=
tory, and
.0n outrage Of -our soil. At the same
time, the proceedings in the McLeod case were al .
so wrong,
_lie said there was an apparent want
of courtesy in Mr. rcors letter demantling,his re
lease, hint it is proper.to consider - Mr . :Vox 013 ask-
GETTYSBURG, PA., FRIDA
Mg nothing but that McLeod should be released,
discharged by the due course of law. Mr. Fox
was informed that if this case were in. the IL S.
Court, the President would order a noll. pros. to
be entered ; but it being in the Court of the State
of New . York, the President had no power over it.
He would ask the Senator from New York, (Mr.
Dickinson) as he had notified him he should, for
his authority for saying that the Government of
the U. States were guilty of a direct and palpable
interference with ttie Courts of N. Y. They did
no such thing. They thought it beneath the dig
nity of the government to pursue an individual
for an act for which England declared herself re
sponsible : but they were guilty of no interference
with the Courts of N. Y. -It was thc.more man
ly course to•look to the Government of England ; '
would you leave the lion and fall upon the lamb? ,
Ear three years the government of the U. S. had
Oh idle, but when an individual comes over the
line, you go and seize him, and attempt to punish ;
him for the act of the government 1 Mr. Web- ;
ster put it to the Senators and the people to say
whether, if the case . sere our own, if one of our
soldiers were seized for an act done by the author
ity of the Goverment .- with the Arnericeif Eagle
waving over , his head, and attempted to be tried
for his life, if they would nol be indignant. He
put it to every man that sits within these walls, if
we would not declare war in'Six hours. Is there
an American base enough and mean enough, Mr.
IV. exclaimed with great emphasis, not to licel an
irrepressible indignation at such an act? Is there
a man worthy the name of an American who would
not call upon the Government to protect such a
man, and give it •all his aid? Don't gentlemen
remember that such was the excitement on the
frontier, that Gen. Scott was sent there to preserve
the peace of the country.
The offence, which England had committed,
or which had been committed under her authority,
was the invasion of our territory. Had she de
-stroyed the Caroline in Canada no one could have
complained. The persons who had her were com
mitting outrages Spinet the laws of the country,
and some suffered for it ; he wished they had all
suffered.
Mr. Allen here rose and asked Mr. 'Webster
what evidence be had that these men had commit
ted outrages against the laws?
Mr. V. replied abundance ! it was to be found
'every where. It was a matter perfectly notori
ous in -Bufialo, and in that- quarter, and the fact
had been proved in the trial of Vun Rensseker and
others ; it was a part of the res grata. • The boat
i Pretended to be running between Buffalo and
ISelosser, but what occasion was there for a boat
I to be running between these places in the dead of
winter, when the river -was MB of ice, and when
there was a railroad between the two places? Ile
would suggest that, to tile chairman of the com
mittee on loreign:relations. [a laugh]
• A man came to Washington - to seek compen
sation for the loss of the Caroline, but was told
that he had better shut his mouth, or he might
get into difficulty, and he was prudent enough to
forever after hold his peace.
Mr. W_ then spoke of Gen. Harrison's Cabinet
as being men of high character, and not likely to
submit to wrong or do wrong. He' did not of,
course name himself, but sp oke of Mr. Ewing,
Mr. Belli Mr. Badger, Mr. Crittenden, and Mr.
:Granger—all men of ability and honor. He also
n pnke of and paid a passing tribute to Gen. Har
itioon.
I'M then referred to the decision of the Supreme
Court in the McLeod case, expressed his respect
for that court generally, but declared , upon his
professional reputation that that opinion was not
a respectable one, neither in the result td which
it came or in the reasoning by which they arrived
at the result. The judiciary of the general gov
ernment, he said, must be co-extensive with the
legislative and Executive power. Wherever the
laws made by Congress extend, to that extent
must go the judicial power, so that questions ari
! sing out of them, and questions arising out of the
I Constitution, may be decided by the judiciary, of
; the general government.
Ile then alluded to Mr. Allen's speech, said that
'beingb engaged in the Supreme Court at the time,
he only heard parts of it, and had since been una
hie to find a report of it so as as to ascertain what
;precisely he had said in regard to the - treaty of
Washington.
Mr. Allen rose and said that if the Senator de
sired it, he would state what he said.
Mr. Webster thought on the whole that lie
would wait till the Senator published the speech,
so that he could see what Ire said and would then
reply to it.
[Mr. 'Webster here turned- his attention to Mr.
Ingersoll and Senator Dickinson. The annexed
report is taken from the Washington Union.]
An honorable member from New York
nearest the chair [Mr. Dicicnisori] made
a speech on this subject, I propose to •
take some notice of that speech. But first
I may remark that the honorable gentleman
did not seem to be satisfied with. his own
light; he borrowed somewhat extensively.
He borrowed and incorporated-into his,
speech, -by way of a note, what he entitles,
"Extracts from the speech of Mr. C. J.
Ingersoll, in the House of Representatives.
Speaking of the McLeod affair, Mr. In
gersoll said." , Well, then, my first busi
ness is, to examine a little this jewel which
the honorable Senator chooses to work in
to. his own diadem ; and I shall do it un-,
Moved in temper, I hope, and at the same
time, I do not mean to omit what I may
consider a proper notice of the whole of it
in all its parts. And here, sir, islhat ex
traordinary ebullition called by the hono
rable senator "the speech of Mr. C. J. In
gersoll in the House of Representatives."
Mr. President, I almost wish I could find
myself out of order in referring to it, as I
imagine I should be if it had not been that
the honcirable Senator has made it his own
antra part of his speech. I should be ve
ry glad to be-compelled not to take any
notice of it—to be told that I was not at lib
erty to know that such a speech was ever
made,.and, thank God, to know that such
an ebullition had never been made out of a
bar--
.
-room any where—antl that'a - a theatre I the reply was, "forthwith." And here we ,on this point." "Mistaken 1" No more
quite too high for it. Now, sir, a portion, I have . this--,Mr:. Ingersoll liitribelf prepa-; mistaken or false, than be was in any of
l
of this "speech" seems to be
.directed a- I ring speech for the .press, 'italicising, his ether , allegations. ."Mistaken!" No
gainst the .individual now addressing_ the.; the word forthwith, as if I had written.a-: man who mattes I
es such statements is entitled
Senate. I' wi ll lead its parts and - parcels, ; nether let4r.to the c,overnor of New York ; to . shelter himaellunder atty.:y(4km Okla- I
and take such notice of them as they de- ' "telling hirrt".4.hat . New York was to be ,- take. .His.deelaration in:this:partionlar is i
serve as Igo along. Hear what the sena- t laid in ashes .I*.orthwith.". What foUows?' no more false than is the deelaratiqn s that
.
, i
tor says : .
I Steam forcel. I never mentioned steam , the gOvernment:of. the United 13 tee aP
fa .. 1
• "Mr. DiennisON had understood ther e force nor any' (Abet. force. "But said . die pointed an attorney, nt . oharged .thoir Otor - 1
was a correspondence between the author- . governor, the power,of purdon is invested ~ne,y with .the defence of Ants:4i-, Thej i
i ties at' Washington and the Governor of, in me, and if he be convicted -he „ntay- he.; never interfered ii.thOdighteatlimce. , .. : :it ~
New York to that effect. ; buk le partieu-' pardoned." Hero is / another . letter—., n i is true..ther furnished to,Pir.'.Bpousor,.o.
larly alluded to a letter addressed. by fir: third letter from me: "Oh ! no, said . the _they . would kroo..._funiabzi....talanpltiwri
, ,
"FEARLESS AND 'FREE."
EVF.,WING, APRIL 17, 1846.
_ ..)tot
11 , '
Webster, secretary of State, to Mr. Crit- secretary"—why, here I am writing n counsel, the official correepso • denee i , to
tendon, Attorney General, at that time, di- 'fourth letter!—"if you even try him you prove that the government of 9reet Iftueirt r.
reeling him to proceed to New York, and will bring destructionupon yourselves. ; '— avowed the act of the deetraction r of :tits: l
take . charge of the trial of McLeod. He I This is stated by a man or a thing that has Caroline as their own. "Apemlicatiouswat i
had it not then before him, and did not rec- a scat in one of the houses of Congress.— afterwards made to the Chief Justipe,of the ,
ollect itsprecise language, but would • re- ! I promised to keep my temper, and Twill. - State of N. Y., for the release of IVII I COd..
fer to itbefore he should close. He would i The whole concern is infinitely contempti- The judge did not think proper to..graet . ;
endeavor to speak of the history of the past ' ble, and cannot disturb the temper of a rea- ' the application. The marshal .. was ab 640 0 .,
. .. -
truly, and pm perfect kindness, hut he wish - I sonable man. But I will expose it.- Such, let hith go, when he was - told that he.thest
cd to show"uhat lie had gained by negotia- I then, is the contents of the letters which do it at his peril :. and that if MeLeed went .:
lions with Great Britain, and who had' this person describes as ' , facts not general- 1 out of prison, he should go, 01:1 Ido not ,
- 1
made the concessions." I.ly known, but which would soon be made I know what the marshal . had to dp with the
Now, sir, either by giving interest to known, for they were in progress of pub-' case. • McLeod was InPrisoii
_under the
this narrative—or something else—the lication, and he had received them in_ con- I &utimority of the State of New Vogt& - .I iin,
the -gentleman from New York makes this fi dence from the best authority." Well I I not know how it was possible. hat the
a little more distinct. He says not only do not know where he got his "authority," marshal—an .officers of -the United . Statemi; - ,
that Mr. WEBSTER wrote this letter to the !unless, as suggested by a friend near me, —could interfere. But there' are sante,
government of New York, with his own i it was from some chapters of his own re- other ,matters in the speech Ao whiehl
hand, but that he sent it by express. I be- !cent work ! But let me state what did I must refer: "He would call thehono- .
'lieve the "express" matter was expressly occur, and so prepare the minds of the i rable member "from Massachusetts '(Mr.
by the gentleman from New York.
. 1 Senate for some degree of astonishment, ; Adams) to sustain him." 1 do net
.find::
Mr. DICKINSON.. Will VOli allow me t that any man in the world could tell such that the honorable. member . from Mattia-'
Mr. WEBSTER. Oh! yes,l will allow you. a story as that. When McLeod was ar- chusetta hasyet sustained hith in Oise -
Mr. DICKINSON. the gentleman from rested, there was a good deal of converse- statements,. and I rather think he never
New York is not at all responsible for the tion in Washington and elsewhere about will. He asserts that I wrote to the rCuin
statementin the note. Nor does the gen- what would happen. It was a subject of mittee on Foreign Affairs of the 'House on,
tleman from New York make the extracts very considerable conversation, and cer- the subject. It is. a filsehodds I 'slimier.
from Mr. Ingersoll's speech any part of i tainly of embarrassment to the government. did. "These are facts," he says, "which' '
his'; on the contrary, I stated expressly, It was hoped and expected by me, and . I. no one will dispute." I diSseite hem.. r
at the time that I alluded to it as a very believe by other gentlemen, that the Gov- say I have no recollection of them at all.--;-;,,
extraordinary statement. Having met ernor of New York would see that it was II do not believe Mr. Adathshatianfreeol-
with the emphatic comstradiction of the a ease inwhich, if he were invested_ with lection of any such 'note being.Writtenby.,
honorable senator from Massachusetts or authority, by the constitution and the . au- mne - . -- Jr 1. had written ;such note I think,
what implied contradiction, I. proposed to thority of the State, he would recommend I should havd remembered if. 'Well,"new,
read in justification the remarks of Mr. IN- the entering of a nolle pros. by the proses ANA persert.„next_procaeils to`. a '_-,f,:tpiO,Do,-
GERSOLL. ; The friends of' the -- Senator In ceting 'officer of the State:Of New-York.-. way
connected -with what he'' hattheetillis, 4 "-
his immediate vicinity objected to have it It was expected, that he would do that,, , cussing. 'Mere Mr. W. read an . extract
read. I did not read the extract, nor was and Gen. Harrison one day. said to me, from the speeCkOf Mr..lngersell,litirging
it in the report of my speech, which ism the that he had received a letter from a friend, him (Mr. W.) with offering to giVe,pre,.
usual way, found its way to the newspa- i in which he was informed that the gover- gon for freestratteivith England; ittarSpee*
pers. But, as I had repeated calls for what I nor of New York had sciatic up his mind made.,at . a public dinner in BaltithoresMaY
I had alluded to as spoken by Mr. Inger- to take that course, and that he was very 1843.] Here by nie,.sits a . Senator from -
soil, I did append in the pamphlet edition • glad of it, as it relieved the government. Maryland, (Mr.,Joheson,) Who 'wcti,,Fircs,-
of my speech those remarks. I gave them It was about the time that the Attorney eat at Ahat_dinner,_and,henrdthotspeach;---
as they were found in the newspaper, and General was to - proceed toNew York to and if I wanted a Witnesim - bevied my own
therefore the senator from New York 'lei- see how the matter was, because the infer- statement and speech, I could read
ther added to;_ nor diminished, these re- mation was not authentic, and the case was ily call upon him. ' In' that , ispeeehj did
marks, I wish to set the senator right as to to be tried immediately within ten days at not mention Oregon or alludele Oregon in
this single matter of fact. Lockport, in the western part of the State the. slightest degree. - It, is ‘att utter.fulses
Mk. WEIITER. I have only to state of New York. Having heard this,-how- hood. There eon_ be no miStake - plsot it,
the fact, that the additional falsehood in the ever, General Harrison_ directed, me to The author adds speech .(Mr., Ingersoll)
speech of Mr. INGERSOLL, as published by -write a note of thanks to the Governor of was not there. If_ he knewsany-thirtgAi :
the member from, New York, is not to be New York, stating that he had done exact- bout it, he , must have • affected,to - Eacquire
found in the published report.
.. ly what was proper, and by so doing - had it from the printed speech ; hut:lath* there
Mr. Dicamsox. In what paper? • relieved the government from some ,em-' was not . the . slightest referencesto , Qregen
. Mr. WEBSTER. In the National Intelli- barritssment, and the country from some —there is another statement jttst aa-false,s ! ss
. gencer, as corrected by Mr. Ingersollhim- danger of collision with a foreign power. Why - ; . sir, hydrostatie „pressure • has. no
self; and so it - would appear, that if not in- And that is every thing said in that letter, means of condensing falsebood,sanYthing
serted by tloa roember from New York, orany. other letter written by me- to' the —intasuch .anarrOw,cerOPOP '-' 8 .3 ;Abe: Mir
there is one falsehood in the case which gevernor of the State of New York. The thor of this speech 'condenseshoodss4
the original author was not so graceless as letter is here if any body wishes to see it: What does .he say , here ?!, Why, that my
to retain. But Igo on with this speech: Mr. CRITTENDEPi here suggested that speech atlialtimore ,coutoined,a throw re-•
"Out of this controversy arose the arrest the letter should be read. 4 commendation of a consthereislrtivgtY With
1
of Alexander McLeod. - What he intend- Mr. Wensree here read the letter. It is England.' Why, a cointherpialtresty With
ed to state now, consisted of facts not gen- as follows: England to - regnlate'ffmn aishjectg ; Non
enmity known, but which would soon be DEPARTMENT or STATE, which I was talki.ng,at Maltitnot*- r Ahe. du . -
made known, for they were in progress of Washington, March 11, 1841. - Ales between the two iePuthriemh ss was just
publication, and he had received them in My DEAR SIR: The President has learn- the thing that I ' didrnat reaotnm94 . anti
no confidence, from the best authority— ed, not directly, but by means of a letter which . l, there declared the treoly s thalting
When McLeod was arrested, Gen.: Harri- from a friend, that you had expressed a dii- power had no right to make--no authority
son had just died, and Mr. Tyler was not position to direct a nolle prosequi in the to make. He would represent Ipe a 54914-
yet at home as his successor, . Mr. Web- case of time indictment against McLeod, on ing out the itlea that the ,power : of laying
star—who was defaeto the administration being informed by this government that duties for revenue was a power ithat gonld
I —Mr. Webster wrote to the governor of the British government has officially avow-
,be freely exercised by the Ppen,tkeplf And
New York,• with his own hand, a letter, cd the attack on the Caroline, as an act the Senate as the treaty reeking powenits
and sent it by express, marked "private," done by its own authority. The President Why, I hope . that .I, kuPWsthpre;of.,ihe
in which the goiernor was told, - that he directs me to express his thanks for the Constitution th an than ~that„: „ T h,
~....),iiaiJ
must release McLeod, or see the magnifi- promptitude with which you appear ilia- took.wasjuat the !reyeree Athats 7 e4aetly
cent commercial emporium laid in ashes. posed to perform an act, which he supp . o- . the reverec, s Sir, my correspondence,
The brilliant description given by the gen- ses proper for the occasion, and which is. .public 4tprivate,,with gng4tld t g A pli_Arap
tleman from Virginia of the prospective calculated to relieve this government from to anticipate.befpre . long, •trotheAthrsti t in
destruction of that city, in the case of a embarrassments, and from some danger of the policy of England with respeet „toger
war, was, in a measure, anticipated on this collision with a foreign power. fain articles the prOduce Of:this.couniry
occasion. McLeod must be released, said You will have seen Mr.' 4 Crittenden, some, chaege with respect -*the peijeybf
time Secretary of the State, or New York whom I take this occasion to commend to .the corn laws. 404 suggested, nt_that
most be laid in ashes. The governor ask- your kindest regard. . 5,,,, speech how very important At„ urstUlCh.e . .' s if
ed when this would be done? The reply - I have the honor to be, yours truly, things would :So turn iput..es .Aut,thiat,stre
was forthwith. ,Do you not see coming DANIEL WEBSTER. duct of. Indian.ottr.s—tha . oress-ofs_otich
on the waves of time sea time Paixhan guns? his Excellency Wm. H. SEWARD, - we raiSed.five times as Much.eitifWhent;.--7
and if be not released, New Ycirk Governor of New York. . the productof.llui:llVestand tut will be destroyed. But, said time governor MR. MANGUM. Was that the only letter? especially of the Stateof Tenpesees t soishiph
the power of pardon is invested in me, and Mr. WEBSTER. Yes, the only • letter. raised annually I did nOtAnow,,lytwAt.ny
even if he be convicted, he may be pardon- Now, how am Ito treat such allegations ? millions—lSuggested,l4,yythereetgeed
ed. Oh, no, said the Secretary, if you e- It is time faiseheod, "with circumstance." fortune that svpuld,liapOn, if:sta,,ortwe
ven try him,•you will bring destrnction on A general statement might pass unregsmrd- ment eould be, m ade hy,.jvhieft„that i g
, - reat
yourselves." cd ; but here he quotes what he calls the article. of human feed voUld..heltelyyp-
Well, now, I say that a series of more highest authority. He states particulars. ported into England. : , klid:l,Said , -.that-in
distinct, unalloyed falsehoods—absolute— He 'gives all possible plausible marks of the spirit that preValled t and.W4io,lnew
unqualified, entire—never appeared in any credit to time falsehood, in all its prom, from prevailetl4 knew that* ippi r e'lltid finest
beginningpublication in Christendom. Every tile- to end. .Now, Ido not wish to discussed in the board a of trade in_4%l.atul
i ft
gation
he re made--every one would en- use epithets, nor to call names. But I' --iren arrangementcotildbOpadmi,Metitrse
tirely justify the use of that expressive hold up this picture, which I have painted proper manner to
.0.640 etke4,a , pammit,
monosyllable which some people are base faintly but truly—l hold it up to every it would be a piece tifgreajseptljortune.
enough, and low enough, to deserve to man in the Senate and in the, country, and But, then, did Inot ithmeffilktely l pineeed
have thrown in their teeth, but which a I ask hint to look at it, and
-then write at to say.that thot cePldupthedortelsysireaty?
gentleman does not often like to utter.— time bottom of it any thing which he thinks I used the word"arrarigerneitnaool-
Every one of, them, from beginning to it most resembles. The speech proceeds : ly usedit- s -4o avoid theeottqueles:ffiattt
end, is false. There is not a particle of "The next step taken by the administra- could be done by treaty.. ;I:WAretttLyAtttt
truth in thein—there is not the slightest lion was 'to appoint a district attorney, who I !mod said : „,, ,_, ..
foundation for any one of these asser-. Was to be charged with time defence of Al- "But with regard -to ,Ahe ,
~t Intr•
Lions. "Mr. Webster wrote a private exander M'Leod—the gentlemen who was course hetweey us and E . 4110,d t .greA tn
letter, &c." False, sin—allfaise. I have ` lately removed from of fi ce—and a fee of terest is excited,' many tyhdyk 'mprpssmed,
never said or written such a thing in my life five thousand dollars was put into his hands and strong opinions. entertinta tnAv . tw.of
to the governorof the State of New York.l
for this purpose." False, sir—false every an attempt to to settle duties- otietirOut i imis
"McLeod mutt be released." It is false. I way. The government otthe United States titles by treaty pr,arrthrthent. 7 ref, :
I never said any such a thing. "N. Y.orkhad no more to do with the emPloyment gentlemen, by - "arrangement,". ittg,ku . Se
must be laid in ashes. The governor ask- iof Mr. Spencer for the defence of M"Lcod that term by design.. - The tonstitutitth,of
ed when this was to be done 1" What i than had the government of France. Here the .United States,lea?* svitii,:qo:4o,B:ffie
does this mean? Why it "implies that the',—'[taking.up. the corrected report of Mr. great bnsineas of lettagduttes:_te ,Support
governor of New York ,wrote to me anoth-i L's speech .iu the Intelligences]—here he the Government., I thasitittde - ,iC:#o4tts
er letter in 'answer to mine, inquiring when says that, "enlightened by the gentleman .ty, of, the ,Itoutits.._ of: jititireleoltl4r# ! he
Near York was to_be "laid in ashes," and , from N. York, -he found he was mistaken - sapular branch.aflhe
R IV 0 D COLL ittii aft* ititiqlt:
WHOLE O.
,
.
pop. . ---, 4a g.° 4 Ye i plP T
7 , , At e
the lead 'on such a, je t ~„, „ t _
Eiden :some. fe*:,er.te, ki r iftjlt 4 ,411 1 Hir
14 1 .
have been e4t,ered,...jute, .41,4,,t,,,.. 11 0 Of
,to lidAit-t4a , dutiO;Aftlf ! , ' ' s 4le : W
---andittatiatlnfulltoS,, , , . ; ~,.., lipp
akecects .t. . . - - the
- 811 -190—r! 4,8 ,. A, t ,.,
, id%.oi.ittle‘E'Pßini 6 v - eli k v, '
•'il'ith - 1 41 i 6":89,V11 3 (a.•,..' ; • -,,'-''
dlitiej , ..tkac Wielt
tiO4lY.• hi.Pluta_ 0 6-
yeletiikilk,a,, , . , , 7
aordipg,
.1.
A.•
•H
'-_s -.
, , .
. \I