The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-04-18
LETTERS FROM WASHINGTON.

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LETTERS FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHINGToS, April g..
We hear much in this city, and, pre-
sume it is question of no ordinary inter-
est in all our great commercial cities, of the
time when Congress will he likely TO adj
iourn. Not that the period of the adjourn
nentis of itself of Importance, hut rs the date. .
of i, may afford presumption for Judgment of
it's action upon the Tariff. That the B~nk |
question will receive the attention of the |
House Immediately upon the return of the !
Committee, no one doubts; and it is almost
equally certain that the rechartering hill, |
more OF less modified, will pass both branch |
es of the National Legislature. The final
decision of the Executive upon it no one of
course can predict, or even. | believe, con-
lecture with any degree of confidence. |
have heard from many who may be consid-
cred good authorities on such point, that
Congress will rise about the middle of June.
If such be the case, and there is little rea-
son to suppose it will sit longer, it is per-
fectly evident That no general and thorough
revision of the Tariff can be had. In fact,
since The report of the first trcstrictlve) bill
from the Committee on Manufactures, it
has fully appeared to most persons who
Ftake IN interest in tracing such affairs from
cause To- effect, that no efficient action with
respect 10 the protective system could pos
sibly be Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
WASHINGTON, April 9.
There is about to be change in the
Cabinet. The rumor is prevalent that this
| change is owing 10 some irremediahie
breaches on account of the course which
Gen. Jaskson has chalked out for himself,
under the dictation of his kitchen cabinet.
1t is probable, however, that the report may
have had its origin in the fact that Mr.. Liv-
ingston is about to change his seat in the
cabinet for the situation of Minister to
France, in the place of Mr.. Rives. Mr.
M'Lane, it is said, will I've appointed to the
State Department. and there are many ru-
mors as to the Treasury; but they are so
! uncertain that will not repeat them.
| Mr.. Andrew Stevenson will probably be
nominated as the successor of Mr.. Van Btu
rem. Letters from Europe state that the
latter gentleman has left London for The
Continent, and will rot return to the United
States before July. Whether Mr.. Steven
son will be confirmed or not, it is said abe
doubtful. The nomination maybe objected
%, on the ground that Great Britain having
no minister to the United States. it is I'M
necessary to appoint one to that Court, un-
I'll an English minister is appointed to the
United States. Mr.. Vaughan, it is true, is
still absent on leave, and perhaps no new
appointment will be made until he is other
wise provided for.-National Gazette
WAsHINeToN, April 10.
Nothing very important has occurred at
the Metropolis, since you left us. The
President is the same weak, incompetent,
inconsiderate, violent, miserable old man.
that he was when you last saw him. He
still takes most deeply to heart, the rcjec-
ton of Van Buren,. In a reply which he
made the other day to the remark of a high
y respectable member of Congress, in ref
erence to the rumor alluded to in late
number of the Inteligencer, on the subject
of tie nomination of Mr.. Stevenson, as
successor to Mr.. Van Buren,. he declared,
that he should ut present make no nomina-
49, . .La -.UvGnt interruption in the me-
EQUATIONS pending with Great Britain on
the SUBJECT of impressment, had brought us
70 the rerge Of ,cdr Uith that Government.
ana mat he should make no nomination to
that Court, until he asceriained the effect
'oh,ch The INSULT, lately giuen 10 that Cor
eminent BY the Senate Of the United States.
an Their rejection Of Fan Buren,, ,oould haze
upon that Country!!!
These are in substance, his very words
For the honor of the nation, / should be Glad
to disbelieve they were spoken. Unro,tn-
nately, however, they are perfectly charac-
teris'ic oil the man, and can be attested bv
several witnesses, who were present when
they were pronounced. With those who
know him, they cannot be doubted. Il is
certain they we're spoken. leave them 10
your reflection without comment.
Providence Journal.
II Washington correspondent of the Portland
49,, advertiser, ,crites as tollows:
what great noise, | often think, is made
from this Capitol Hill, at evening 80 lonely
ana duli, whose gloom is only interrup,ed
by semi-crcle Of lamps. How much dis.
turbance goeth forth and how much i'm.
portance also! Congress legislates above
stairs, and frames laws to which a nation
quietly submit. The Judiciary sit below
STAIRS IN room always thiny attended ex-
cept IN extraordinary cases, there executing
those laws,-awlng corporations and States.
anu making even soVereignties tremble.-I
ouch spectacle is imposing. The very
idea that the whole nation will submit 10
the DEGREES Of the wise men who bold tho
scale Ut justice in their hands, without re-
Pugnance, and often with satisfaction il
sublime. No military. no armed police M
weapon executes the DEGREES. The simple
moral force OF snch men, carry with them
90 a. Importance that sllences opposition, even
II eucn decision transfer millions of dollars.
or reouke two millions of human beings.
AS see the venerable Judge Marshall in
ms antique dress, pacing along in most
awkward gait, | often exclain to nvself
can " be possible THAT this great man has
SO much moral influence over mere brute
lofce! What is there in him that can SWAY
the mot' awe the disaffectcd, and silence
lne traitors And yet he does do il. His
cnd!dcter Is more powerful than n stond;nc
army. 80 long as he is at the head Of The
Court, am confident, that even nullifc.,;on
WIN yield to his DEGREES, SO deeply rooted
IN his reputation, as an honest. n sound .nd
aDie man. The very spontaneous tributc +
paid him by the free trade Conyention n,
Philadelphia by nulli6ers and all, when an
instantaneous rising took place at hi. an.
pfoacn, without any previous concert WINS
marx OF MS power over the hearts and
Judgments Of the American People.
Prosecutions. The power of ,eno;o, man,
and removal was regarded by our fathers AZ
power, OF which the grant 10 some branch Of
the Government was necessary and thev az.
lected the President to be its donos;,.,, ~