the western carolinian published every saturday morning-asidlbiatl 0s23viii ahid jjd333»m 17 mahup^tf-editors and proprietors ajyumbcr 37 of volume 10 : salisbury north-carolina february 13 1836 the \\ <■«.!. ni carolinian i this wus a poser i it was a thing he knew nothing about this mr miller has driven a pretty brisk business iu this small war lb some time past ; i hope now be will lie content lo reud newspapers or do something else than n.uku motions for a week to come ut leost lerday however and another to-day both of which seeing there is not iiiik ii else to write about i will give vou some account of ll was expected yesterday lhat mr adams re solution uboiu ihe ■•' lost bill would come up and mr kwiuin of n c would infict a speech u|ton lhe house it has nlso been rumored — from what cause i know n,,t — thnt be intended to be personal inwards mi wise this caused a largo number of persons tu make iheir way into the gallurius to bo spectators of lhe seen well tho time rume round and tbe resolution came up aud up also came mr jesse a bynum hn is a short slim cadaverous sickly looking gen i lemon | but is suid to have shot at his man as well as he fiery wise and to be a man of nerve and courage it has been moreover said thnt if il were so to fall out that he should get into a person al rencounter will lhe brave fearless and talent ud wise it would have iho effect to gain for him no mean portion of the grateful thanks of the powers thnt bo be this ns it may mr bynum began his speech by declaring that a sense of duty compelled him much against his will lo address the house he bad he said individual rights upon the floor be had political rights upon that floor he was not going to make a political speech no he said god forbid that any political speech should ever lie made in that body or any other body god forbid that any president should ever be made or unmade by that house these as near aa i can recollect were ihe pro cise words made use of by mr bynum for my own part i should not have been surprised had some of the members who were port and parcel of the baltimore convention colled him tn order for being auti-demncrnlic and unconstitutional for really if the gentleman would deprecate political speeches in any body whatsoever he would not id low even a " national convention to bo entcrlnj ned by ihem ; that is if in his opinion such a con vention would be a " u body j qnd na fiir ibe sup piiuuiion ngainst the house of representatives ma king and unmaking presidents i believe the con stitution in a certain contingency niiikus il thc du ty of the house o elect a president or rather lo " make a president ; and also in another contin gency the duty devolves upon thc house to im peach or " unmake a president mr bynum most probably however did nol say precisely what he meant he was thinking about mr wise he went on and pretty soon alluded to that part of wise's speech in which the latter bad said something in allusion to a remark former ly made by mr bynum and hoped that that gen tleman had thrown no stumbling block in the way of an investigation of the causes of the loss of the fortification bill dec in doing this he misunder stood the remarks of mr wise who instantly rose upon his feet and with a determined ni,d resolute tone put tbe gentleman right mr bynum pro ceeded in a minute or two he stated something else ns having been uttered by mr wise the latter set him right again well said mr bynum and he now raised his voice to its greatest tension doubled his fist rose upon his toes made a terrible face turned his body half round towaids wise nnd rolled out his eyes amazingly the gentleman char ged the president of tho united stales with plot ting with certain members of this house to defeat the fortification bill res ofthe llritish coeernment as a mediator be tween france and the united states rumors without number have been in circulation on ihe subject the irani band of lho administration ap pear to be at fault if they never fell thnt they were but mere automatons this case may serve ihem as demonstration the chieftains of ibe kitchen cabinet are well advised tbey ran say not only whether despatches have or have not boen received but if received wbal are their contents here is a case of great national importance ll probably decides the question of peoco or war on the evening of the tjoih the rrillsh minister resident here received his despatches their con tents so far as they related lo our foreign afli.irs were known mot night to mr van uuren and mr forsyth this remark is not mado on slight grounds during the subsequent days llie 27th 281b and udlh the echoes of the kitchen cabinet have remained silent tbey compare note in amnll coteries of what ihey have heard from their res|teeiive tile leaders but still they find them selves j.i doubt und unoarlninty tbey heliove lhe mediation has been qlfered because every body be lieves it they know nothing they ore kept in ignorance and they will be kebl until thu word of command is given — '• forward — march now i appeiil to each and every of these gentlemen who are under the discipline of the party and i ask whether ihey do not feel helf-morliticatinn if not self.ubaseii.en at the position in which tbey stand i.'i each unin answer for himself a few of the liuihf.il arc initiated into the mysteries nnd secrets of the party ll.rn.igh lho kitchen cabinet while the great ijody of them are ireulod as if ihey were dough-babies ; and ibis loo on an occasion where there should be nn secrecy ; an occasion where the people should he informed as to the question wheth er great britain bad or bad not ottered to mediate iiui tbo people are not to be trusted pavorilea must first have an opportunity lo make their ar rangements a portion of the van buren men contend ihal if the mediation has been offered it will nol lie ac cepted as tlicru is nothing to use the language of a certain secretary lo mediate about anoth er portion assert that mr kan buren's policy is peaceful and that his influence must and will pre vail the president has spoken in the most violent tnrms of all hose who were " seduced by the syren song of pcqrp on another occasion he has de clared thnt all our ililti.'ul.ics would be adjusted in si mouths thus much for conflicting opinions if nol duplicity nnd double deuling why has the globe preserved a sullen silence in relation to thc despatches recently received 1 why has it not hon estly slated that a tender has bepu tii£)dp of the me diation of great britain let me now give you vory briefly a history of tho cueo ns i understand it previous to lhe arri val of thu brig pantaloon thc administration were advised through mr rothchild if nol through an other channel that tho british government had determined to letider*their mediation i am in formed and i believe correctly lhat tbe proposi tion being made to tho king of prance he indicat ed bis disposition to accept tho offer but that ihe dul.e de broglie did nol agree in opinion with his majesty the result wrk it is said that general seljiistiari proceeded to england charged with a mission on lhe subject nnd that out of this mis sinn has arisen thu endnr of great britain as me diator it is sn posed that the duke de broglie will i hen-ion resign his ministerial functions it now only remains for n.e to add lhe pleasing intelligence that i am informed nnd i have mi doubt correclly thut the presieent of the united states has accepted the mediation of t rent britain that it bus been done in the most courteous terms — ilmt the disavowal to insult or menace france has been reiterated to ihe british minister ,- and that while the honor and dignity of the country is protected in the form in which the mediation is accepted yet that its tone is peaceful and such as seems to render certain an adjustment of nil those difficulties with france which have agitated and convulsed our country for the last twelve months this acceptance will bn transmitted to england forthwith by the british gun brig nt norfolk and by the packet of the first pebruary from thu city of now york the spy in washington by asiibel smith & joseph w hampton to the baltimore chronicle of the presentation of ono uf these petitions in the senate says : — " i move that the petition bo not received aaya the stern and vigilant patriot senator calhoun " mr president says senator wright " not to receive the petitions would be disrespectful lo iho petitioners only receivo thu petitions snd we will instantly vote to reject them wilh an consideration " that is precisely what i propuse says sena tor buchanan 1 the western carolinian is published every tis tuiiuvv nt two l mars per annum if paid in advance or two dollars ami fifty t.uuis if nut paid before lho expiration of three montlm 2 no paper will nn discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless ut tl discretion of the fylil-irs !.. subscriptions will not be received tbr a less time it i one year and a failure lo notify the editors uf a wish to discontinue at the end of a year will be consi dered iu a new engagement 4 any person who will pr,,cure six subscribers to the carolinian ml lake lhe troublo to collect and transmit thoir subscription-money to ihe editors shall bates pa per gratis lnriii their continuance tkitms of l'i iii hat on cu nibre'ung is getting a great deal too much in fluted or his ballast — so one of the knowing ones of the party iold me in lhe house to-day ; and so i myself have long thought he is noxious i'or tbe management f the whole house to rest upon his alias shoulders he not only wishes to superin tend the direction of his committee of ways and menu hut that also of mr john y mason's on i foreign relations manv of the purty say bo is delighted with the flaggcflutinn given him by mr w ise because it men-uses bis notoriety lis speech to.dny was merely a piece of inflated pomposity in it be alluded to the speech he had yet lo make in self justification upon mr adams resolution he promised thnt it should he a short speech — thnt he would not attack lhe house or the senate or any member of either but would defend simply his own conduct he however thought the appropriations ought now to be attended lo before looking after the lost i'.ill ofthe last session sou thorlund thought so ton nnd so argued in his speech now how is this i on friday and salurduy mr cnmbreleng was furious for blowing sky high a rerlnin senator and thu cn.ire senate even a spull soonis lo havo come over thc spirit of his dreams vanderpnol moved the previous question to-day to second it 1 im vanites every one of them i be lieve in ihe house sprung upon their feet what display ! mr philips of massachusetts at the time propo sal an inquiry of lhe speaker the loiter declar ed it was not in order ttt that stage of the procee dings lo make an inquiry of the chair mr vin ton of ohio appealed from the decision of the chair the speaker explained and took back his assertion mr vinton then withdrew his appeal tbe house passed tbe resolution of mr mason after this n bill wus reported and passed by the house appropriating 500,000 to defray the ex penses of the jovornment in suppressing the war in florida with ao amendment oflered by mr white of florida raisjng one thousand mounted men to proceed immediately to the scene of war to arms its further ravages mr white made a brief but very able speech upon tbe subject in which he set forth with great clearness the situation of af fairs in florida mr adam huntsman of ten no-scc and oencral ashley of missouri made some remarks upon the subject 1 have not time al this moment or i would give you a sketch of adam's remarks he's a " screamer " if nol to receive tbe petitions would be so dis respectful lo the petitioners and the constituents of those senators responded mr calhoun " would il be respectful to my constituents to tho people of the south lo receivo petitions containing foul and calumnious imputations upon their character and institutions 1 and what mighty diitcrenco is there islwccn not receiving and voting to reject without consideration ... j persons indebted to the f.tlitors may transmit to llt'm through t'n mail nt their risk — provided they get the acknowledgment of any respectable person to yrove that tuch remittance mat regularly made " mr president says senator king of alaba ma " we havo no constitutional right lo vole not to receive tho petitions the constitution is im perative tho vote not to receive would be a fla grant violation of the constitution and of the right to peli ion " that says mr calhoun " isan extraordinary dootline i do not propose to pass a law lo restrain the right to potjtiun which the constitution inhibits but i asssert the right and duty of tho senate to refusu pen i inns upon improper subjects or express ed in language improper or disrespectful suppose a petition should be presented here calling the ci tizens of alabama " dealers und butchers in human flesh nnd praying the abolition of slavery in al nbnma would the senator from alabama vote to receive if tkkms op aovrrtisino 1 advertisements will be conspicuously and correct ly inserted nt 511 cents per square for the first insertion snd i 1 , cents tor each continuance : hut where an ad vertisement is or lered tu go in only twice fill its will be charged tbr each insertion if ordered for una in sertion only u will in nil cases be charged i persons who uesirn lo engage hy the yenr will be accomm . lated by a reasonable deduction from the above charges fur transient custom 1 to insure prompt attention to letters addressed to the k liters the pnstai'o should in nil crises be paid rates op exchange at the m-rchnnt't bunk of s carolina at cheraw : checks on new york . 1 per cent prem do c hnrleg.on \ per cent prem scr.nlor king " by no means " then says mr calhoun " ihe sen to sur renders the whole ground he must see that it is no question of constitutional right but exclusively a question of propriety and expediency " and thus a few scintillations from the brilliant analytical mind of calhoun enabled the alabama senator to perceive hia position and compelled bim to abandon it in the two iiou-sea — lettbh writers thnt our readers mny have a more extended and ge neral view ol the proceedings and debates in the two houses of congress we hnve copied below from the washington correspondence of various public journals these letter writers though ihey often exaggerate are a kind of condensation of t tic most interesting scenes and able speeches made in congress sketched in a mure pleasing manner than that in which the proceed ings of the snme bodies are reported to the washing ton papers the style nf ibe correspondent of the bal timore patriot is peculiarly folic tons and his statements are generally born out by llie subsequent reports of the proceeding nnd debates " thc " spy in washington who writes for tho new york courier and enquirer is already favorably known throughout the union fur his faithful and accurate as well as for the prophet-like fulfillment of all his predic tions in regard to the cour-n of events at washington abolition debate during the debate in tbe house of representatives on the memorial for the abolition of slavery in the district of columbia presented by mr jems uf msine mr pickens of south carolina made a most powerlul speech in alluding to the cnuee of thu van buren party north and south on thia vital question and ths tricka and ahackles of that party ia general mr p concludes his remarks in the following sarcastic style l.rtior writers aay it produced a most powerftil effect ni the house mr pickens said : " look for in tance to the slate of new york as things now exist there we flnd sn artful prof-gate and daring party leagued together by moneyed corpo ral ions — by the distribution of office and the power snd terror of perfect organization fbr the open purpose of nt y ing the political destinies of the country sir i solemnly believe that for baseness of purpose snd in degrading mesne nn psrty has ever risen in any civil izi.il country to equal il sinoe the jacobinic clubs of france hold their midnight meetings ; when no man laro whisper tlie secrets of his hoarl even to the part ner nf ins hnanui without being arraigned under iheir terrible inauisilinn i appeal to he minority from that state on tins liner to know if they do not live under s system nf oolite 1 1 vasalagc in wh ch thc dominant n«r ly openly spread nut upon iheir oa.uiera '• booty — boo ty i " tho spoils of victory belong tn the conqusrers and under ibis vile standard call upon their mercenary bands to gather in the plunder uf a sacked camp sir they preach democracy and universal equality to us and practise political despotism at home thia ia the cant duplicity and profligacy of modern limes mr speaker : i owe perhaps nn apology to thia ilmw fbr aiien king so plain ; but air i have been taught from my father's board to disguise no sentiment i entertain i know 1 have uttered sentiments little calculated to ploa-e those interests lhat now hold the destinies of lha country in their hands 1 know that what 1 have aaid is ill calculated for popularity in thia country but i speak thc truth aa i believe it to exist and ask no fa vora of any man or set of men living save my own con stituents sir it mny be said that what i have uttered tends tn disunion 1 did not come here demagogue like to talk about the glories and thc blessings of this union these stand recorded in the history of iho country and need no feeble voice of mine to hold them up to ina ad miration of tho world ru lot me hear say lo gentle men from the alavohobling race beware .' beware i unless in your generous and patriotic attachment to una union you should find yourselves finai.y dragged down and kneeling in idolatrous worship before soma idol made by human ban is of the present day that union which spring from ambition and fanaticism an unnatural offspring be iilon in sin and iniquity foul and loathsome from ita icaprosy ; blood-»hotten and bloa ted from revelling in spoils plundered from o hers^-i scorn lo love raise not up thia monster god snd call upon me to bow down snd worship at its unholy snd unhallowed shrine i diadain to do it give me that uniun which springs from truth and virtue — fair snd comely in its form — in a bending altitude with an out stretched arm to raise the feeble snd protect the weak — dispensing equal political favors aud imposing equal burdens on all aections — give me the union under the constitution — give me the union lhat haa borne our stars and our stripes to the remotest quarters of the lis bitublo globe — give me the union thst our fathers gave us and 1 will pledge the last drop of blood in my veins lo vindicate snd defend il — but no other union m the tame correspondence of the baltimore patriot washington january 26 1830 in tho senate to-duy we had at firit under dis cussion the question ns to whether the senate should receive the petitions front the sovereign state of michigan which have been sent under some such title 1 heard borne remarks from governor davis mr n.les ami mr ewing others i be lieve spoke but i did not hear them the first and last gentleman i have named a id no objection to receiving thc petitions provided thoy did not pur port lo be from the state ol michigan to receive ihem in such would he tantamount to an acknow ledgement thnt the pctitiouurs had n right to all their territory or stale kc mr niles thought ihe petitions ought lo be received because ihey came from a whole people and prayed for political rights and they bad no representatives upon flint floor ho thought the title tbey assumod ought not to shut out their pen ions sic my friend mr niles i assure you grows better in my estimation he wears better than i e.ipoctnd thus far be has ap;i-ared as a plain still sensible man there is matter in him i do believe i nm much pleased wilh ihe personal nppoarnnco oftieinrnl ewing the new senator from illinois he may be a van uuren man possibly but rually i can see no van burenism in his looks after the michigan question was disposed of mr benton's resolutions came up again when mr s nil hard who did nol finish his speech yesterday took the floor nnd resumed and uoneuduil his as terly argument i got into the simile just before he closed ; and a more impressive and ufoquont pe roration i know not i hnve ever hoard samuel l southard is a powerful and eloquent as well s an honest man he is second oiily in clny ; web ster nnd calhoun in the house mr mason chairman of the com inii.ee on foreign relations offered a resolution to have the house devote an hour each day except friday and saturday in preference to all other bu 1 siness to tlie consideration of the subject of titling lip the navy fortifications 4_c upon ibis reso lution a long and very animated debate ensued in | vhich messrs mason bell southard pulton reed cambreleng howard thompson of south coroli ia hardin and i believe one or two others parti ripnicd the vanites were for going all lengths fi r aty amount of appropriations the others wen fur prudence but firmness none were for keep ing back any reasonable amount of appropriations when asked for through tbe legitimate und proper channels of communication the speech of old ben hardin of kentucky was the most interesting keen culling able now wandering and now directly to the point of any of them in the cis.rse of bis hits at lhe administra tion miller a milk-and-water ma of iho party from pennsvlvania — and i have been much puzzled to know what be was sent to congress for under took to call him to order •• old ben liked that game much he lost no time in scoring up the miller in kentucky style ho paid him a huge compliment for bis extensive learning and great judgment and though him admirably calculated to discern ihe nicest departure from order i the house was in a roar of laughter miller was re u-ed to reduce the point of order ie writing washington " i 29 1836.h thn senate have to-day pusst lie seminole aph propria i ion bill of 500,000 which was passed il lhe house yesterday mr webster adv.icatod it warmly as chairman of lhe committee of finance and it passed wilh great unanimity judge white has bunn speaking upon the resolu tion of mr benton appropriating the surplus re venue to national defences he has been vindi cating ibe senate and himself individually for the volo by which the three million appropriation was lost at the lust session judge white having finished mr buchanan took tbe floor for to-morrow and then the senate adjourned in lhe house mr cambreleng has been making in promised defence against the attacks of mr wise and that ' slat no.ninis um.iro that incognito ' senator whom he snid in his forthcoming remarks he should endeavor to reach but he abandoned thc senator in the outset saying thai he should confine himself to a justification of himself and bis course of conduct in relation to the bill from ihe grounds already assumed viz : that there was no quorum at the only time when he could have re ported the bill — and that that situation of the house arose from the fact that members had con scientious scruples against voting after 13 o'clock on the last night of the session the whole thing was weak vapid aud inflated it did not reach the point declared iu tbe orator's manifesto and was like ' a tale told by an idiot — full of sound and fury signifying nothing mr reed of massachusetts next addressed the house he is a venerable old gentleman of very high standing in his own slnte has had many year's expci ienco as a legislator and is always listened to will great respect he began with thc averment that the loss of thc much mooted bill was attribut able not to ihe senate nor to the hisise as such but to the president of the united states and a majority of the house acting under his influence nnd 1 1 rectum he paid particular attention lo what mr cambreleng had snid pnd destroyed the fairy frost work of his fanciful defence by a single touch of plain common sense as to lhe course taken by the mover of lhe resolution under discussion bis colleague j q adams he was pointed cutting and severe this is the first time tbey have ever been placed in hostile attitude upon any political question and the revengeful old partizan must have keenly fi-lt every word ihal fell upon ihis occasion from his colleague whoso defence of the senate and of mr wehslor particularly against his at tncks must have gone home to his feelings if he have any mr reed retorted finely on mr adams the fling at the tendency to man-worship manifest ed in certain quarters of the house by giving a very significant hint at self-worship which was felt perceptibly bv the object at whom it waa aimed after mr reed had concluded mr hardin took the floor for to-morrow and llie house on his mo tion adjourned more on this subject in my next wise . sir addressing the chair resolutely and w ith s great deal of meaning in his looks i made no such charge 1 bynum i nm glad to hear it but the gentle man did declare and here mr bynum made up another fncc of more meaning than beauty that the preside.it wanted the three millions appropria tion more for electioneering than for the objects specified here mr wise rose up again and returning sour look for sour look grin i'or grin and doubled fist fir doubled fist he declared with great empha sis 1 1 a what he said was that ihe executive made known privately ihal he wanted the 93,000,000 | tn he hen chairman of the committee of ways and means — to you sir pointing to tho speaker laud hat you secretly told it to certain members upon this floor ; and thai the fact has not been und cannot be denied no it has been proved 1 i hope the gentleman understands me now mr bynum said he hoped the gentleman would keep his temper he then went and pretty soon made a sally against wise for denouncing lhe ma jority of ihal house as a train band when he him self had not long ago been one of the number wise : once for all mr speaker let me beg the gentleman not to accuse me of having been one of that train band i never belonged to it mr bynum continued a few minutes lunger when nn motion of mr ashely thc house resum ed the orders of tho day 1 have nut taken down this short skirmish so correctly as i might have done had mr bynum's voice not been at one moment so very boisterous anil loud and at the next too low to be heard dis tinctly ten feet from him in point of ability be is not ihe man to lie pit ted against henry a wise ; and as il regi.nl nerve and courage certainly can giun nothing in comparison wilh mr wise there were many smiling faces however among the vanitcs at what took place they will he pleased if they think they can but worry ihe samp son who makes them shake in their shoes i my self heard s fat reverend gentleman of the party who had come into the lad.es gallery to " sec the fight declare wilh opparently a great deal nl pleasure that bynum bad been giving it to wise in good earnest or something to that effect from the alexandria laseltr congress is flooded with abolition memorials these petitions are we verily believe concocted in ihe worst possible spirit and sent on in the mere wantonness of evil pro|tensities before congress met il was confidently predicted and believed thai not one of these petitions would be presented as soon as the ice was broken however and one found its way wilhin the walls of the cnpitol the mis chief makers stnrled nt ihe game in good earnest and have kept it up we believe a great number of lho signal ires in these petitions are false and fn incus names it is known lhat many of them are signed exclusively by women ami children it is not than the pretended number of ihe petition ers so much as it is the perseverance and determi nation of those concerned in getting the petitions up ihnl ought to call forth lhe public press on the occasion had lhe houseof representatives prompt ly refused to receive these seditious and inflamma tory papers in lhe first instance there would hate been nn end of them as it is advantage is taken i if the doubt and delay to force in fresh supplies what do these people imagine can be effected by their impudent uflicimisneas ? do ihey suppose thut even those who would receivo their pelitions would grant iheir requests 1 what then is their present conduct tu be attributed lo 1 simply as we have said bfeore a spirit of mischief wc do not believe in their honesty and sincerity we see no reason to believe in ihem they are knaves for the most port let bolh houses of congress then al once come to the conclusion nol to lo re ceive iheir pelitions and pass resolutions declaring their endue fanatical and absurd a washington latter writer giving an account the washington correspondent of lhe baltimore chronicle in alluding lo lhe fatal course of mr ad ams in denouncing the senate snys his voice quivered wilh anger whieh he could ill disguise ; the hook from which ho occasionally read trembled l.kea irpf iu the tempest ns hr grasp ped it — ever and sunn he would scream like the ea gle as he hovers over his prey snd now he would lower his voice almost to a whisper — he was defend ing the house frnm lhe charge — he was upholding lhe purity of president jackson — it was the he brew selling his inheritance for a mess of pottage — tbe inheritance of his life of tod and of fame arrival of the french fleet in ihe west indies t — a letter from wilmington dated monday last states that a brig arrived yesterday from mar tinique reporta that the french fleet bad just ar i rived 1 6 t-i corrsspondenee of the a y courier and enquirer w ashingtok d c jan 30 l«;ifi i wrote you a few lines in lhe evening of th ufl.b expressing my opinion that des[siti-hos had jusl been received by ihe armed brig pantaloon which had arived at norfolk from falmouth — i that their purport waa " a lender ofthe kind ofi from the same of january 30 yesterday and to-day have been chiefly spent by lhe house of representatives in attending to pri vate bills there was a little flurry of dobate yea