Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-12-04


by the Purest good will 10 the Patriots,
but with prudent regard, also, for The
interests of his own country--inierests
which II Is his sacred duty, TO hold para
mount TO all others. Happily, the:course
which best COMFORTS with the welfare OF his
own country, is sbicily compatible will, the
best disposition towards the patriots, aud
Is perhaps precisely that which will NEST
tend 10 accelerate The era of their COM
plete and general emancipation.
The recommendation respecting the In
dian tribes, is i'm harmony with the libe-
raj principles of our government. 1t is
somewhat doubtful whether the system.
first suggested by the present Secretary
of The Treasury, and now proposed by the
Executive, OF extending civil government
over the Indians, by amalgamalng them
with their While brethren, lac practicable.
IL II be, we hope 10 see il soon in opera
ton Ut II be not, we derive much pleasure
from the conviction inspired by The tone
OF this part of the Message, that, so far AS
depends on the Executive, the duties of
humanity, of that civilization we wish 10
extend among them, will be closely OBJ
served IN our intercourse with the Indian
tribes, aud tliatin the government thew
will find intelligence and power sufficient
10 protect them from prosecutions, and TO
preserve them from extinction.
Ii time allowed, we could extend our OBJ
servations on the Message 10 greater
length. The view which it presents The
consequences of the multiplication ofihe
states oil tile Union, III Strengthening the
STATE governments, rather than making
them less Important, is new 10 us, and we
have no doubt 1t is perfectly just OF a
consolidated government we have an i'll
stnctlve dread though We may not con-
meet the idea of il with some measures
which others have so strongly deprecated
as leading 10 it.
Ihis observation naturally reminds us
OF the question of internal Improvement.
and oiioiher topics, with it, not noticed
IN the Message, which indeed contains re-
markably few recommendations. This
circumstance we advert 10, for the pur-
pose of stating our impression that all the
subjects embraced in the message at the
commencement of the last session, having
been already presented 10 the view of the
present Congress, are considered as being
FULLY before 1T. Indeed, under the rule OF
ne House OF Representatives, which con-
tinues all business, unfinished al the close
OF the last session, over TO the present, we
do moi know but it might have been con-
sider,d indicate in the President TO
have again pressed them on lis conside-
ration. Ii is for thai reason, no doubt.
and not because they have lost any of
Their Importance i'll the eyes Of The Presi-
dent, iiiathe has not reiterated the recon-
mrndailons already made, but not vet
acted on. TNof III
From the statement OF General Harrison
III The House of Representatives, Yesterday. il
appears that the act of last session, granting
In on ID
Officers, had occasoned already a number OF
Applications greatly exceeding the largest
calculation of its advocates, which will be much
enerea.ed by those yet to be made Iii con.
alteration rather of melancholy than cousol.
Ing nature, that, when the expenditure has
| once attained its maximum, il will RAPIDLY
| diminish, az every day consigns some one OF
the Survivors TO that repose, where the wicked
| cease from troubling and tho weary ara ar
rest IH
| The SiaUe Trade continues TO flourish
on The Ocean, despite of stipulations 10
| relinquish, and alliances 10 put il down.
| Accounts received from Havana, of the
most recent date, announce the follow
| ing arrivals.
| October 49, Ship Jupiter from Africa. asT slaves.
nriF Brilliant do ssi
| SCH. Asirea co. Iis
November !. circassiana do I2O
| Upw ards of fifteen hundred in one day.
Most OF these poor wretches we fear will
ind their way to the Louisiana market
We wish that the Spanish character OF
the ships be not mere cover for Amcri-
can capital employed in this execrablc
| traffic. 1H
In The few observations made i'm the
House OF Representatives, on Wednes-
DAY, by Zen. Harrison, respecting the ne
cesslty OF appointing additional Clerks for
The Pension Office, he suggested, that ma
| ny OF those persons WHO had heretofore
held pensions under the United States.
or the several states, having given them
up on applying for the benefit of the law
| OF last session, were now III great distress
for the want of them. Lest wrong i'm
preston as TO the requisl,ions of Ibis law
should go forth from this expression. ii is
thought proper To correct lis inadvertrnt
mention of State pensions. The fact is,
| that the law of last session does not re-
| quire The REIMBURSEMENT of pensions
| granted by the state governments, the pro-
viSo on the subject of relinquishing pensi
ons being in the following terms :" Pro.
Uded, that no person shall be entitled to
the provisions of this act, until he shall
have relinquisiIed his claim TO every
pension heretofore allowed him by tie
NNS ~ "S ONftSu DtNteS. 10.
United States rs. Taylor
BALTIMORE, November rs The trial of
commodore Taylor progresses slowly Gene.
raj Winder, in reply to Mr.. Writ, occupied the
Court yesterday until the usual hour of adj
Journing. MIR. PinkDey is addressing. tho
court this morning.
Commodore Taylor is notin confinement du-
rnghis trial, but is daily as much at liberty as
any other citizen from the tine of az Iournment,
until the next meeting ct the court.
Nou 30-Mr. Pihkney on Saturdayoccupied
the Court for more than three hours with a., ar.
gumeDt which in reasoning aud elOdnence has
seldom been equaled aud perhaps never ex-