Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1829-04-03

valuing our importance in the scale of nations & we
remember one of them to have remarked with much
TRIUMPH that notwithstanding this undue estimate
of ourselves, European affairs were settled their
balance adjusted, the Turkish question agitaed. aud
Greece liberated, without European politician
ever thinking of such power as America. 1t is
very true that we do not NEEDLE with what does
not concern US but while England is, or thinks
herself, swayng the affairs of the East, her
domestic concerns are more involved in our pros
perity than she chooses to confess. Her travellers
never fail to examine our dockyards her ship ow-
ners look with Jealousy to our commercial marine;
| her manufacturers are not uncoDcerned respecting
our tariff and her pseudo. politicians, in their des-
pair at seeing the progress of manufactures,
| can think of no better device for staying it, than
prohibiting the expectation of her machinery and
other manufacturing improvements.
| This is the proposition Of writer in Blackwoods
Magazine who says too, that Englands first great
blow should be struck at the ships of America, and
that the reciprocity treaty should be annulled at
once. The superiority, also, enjoyed by America
in the fisheries, ought to be taken from her, and
given to British North America, by the employ
ment of bounties and other means We refer This
writer to the effect of the bounty system on the
fisheries of Scotland half century SINCE as the best
reply 70 his proposition. Our cotton, which it is
reluctantly confessed they must have at present, is
TO be gradually turned out Of the market by encou-
raging its growth in their own possessions. Nay,
the very emigration TO this country ought, says our
writer to have another direction given TO it for at
present the Irish pour themselves into England
displace the English aborcrs, and TINS drive the lat.
! ter to America
All these proposed expedicnts, while they would,
we are convinced do nothing, or than nothing,
for England, show on what points we come in COL
lision with those principles OF wealth and strength
which enable her to nterpose with such effect an
those affairs of the East which, it seems, we have
not the honor TO have the least hand in. The re.
NEEDLES proposed for evils which lie more deep than
our English friends like to acknowledge, are on
level with the Judgement and knowledge Of a writer
who expresses his establishment and humiliation
" that America, ,.irhom church establishment.
should so far excel Britain, as she does, in her care
of morals !'--Bah. american.
Wr. Speaker HersnS0n.--A vote Of thanks was,
as usual, adopted by the House of Representatives
at the recent close OF its session, to he presiding
officer. The value Of that vote, however, may be
appreciated when it is stated, that the word impair
nat was studiously omitted in the qualifications
evinced by that officer in the discharge Of his duties.
Something we had heard, of such an omission /; bat
seeing the resolution published in the ordinary form
and containing the enviable word, we concluded
our information to be erroneous. In the National
lnteligencer, however, of Saturday, we find this
passage NJ Y. american
We give to-day sketch of the proceedings in the
House OF Representatives, the last day OF the late
Session of Congress, principally to introduce in ic
proper form the vote of thanks to the Speaker, which
was published inaccurately in all the three papers
of this city, as told, owing to an accidentai
mistake The Reporters, owing to the hustle of the
closing hours. probably, did not obtain copy of the
resolution conveying the thanks Sc. The omission
in their reports discovered in one of the Offices,
and the journal Of former session was resored tn
for copy of the resolution, it being supposed that
the resolution was in the usual form. The other
two papers unwttingy fell into the error by copy
ing from the first: and it thus happened that tie
Speaker was represented as being thanked for his
impartahity in the Chair which it now appears
was not intended. The error having been pointed
ont to as, feel bound to correct il even at this
late hour
In the sketch of the debate, we find this intell-
glble statement.
Previous to the question being taken, Mr.. Gull
pepper remarked, that as the word impartial" was
not contained in the resolutions as it had been here
tofore, he hoped it would pass without objection IL
was understood that it did pass.
.. CIRCULAR.
Treasury Department.
4th Auditors Office, March Gath, 1929. {
SiR-Not believing myself authorized to CHARGE