Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-09-04

than inslnuute q doubt OF my voracity.-
And as that e. ntleman's constituents may
be slow to believe that their representa-
tive is capable ofmaking mis-statemen'
Of facts, and after being apprized Of his
error, of returning to the charge, it is due
to myself, and 10 such of them as do not
know, that subterfuge has not boon im-
puted to me among my political sins to
endeavor to convince them, though | may
not silence him. This gentleman in the
corrected version ofhs speech, observes,
a" 1t will be recolected that they (the
Hartford Convention) adjourned 10 meet
again, or with an understanding that they
should be called together by their Presi-
dent whenever in his opinion circumstan-
ces would warrant or require another
meeting. They appointed delegates TO go
10 Washington and it vas expected that
much would depend on their negotiations:
victory OF Now Orleans and the news Of
peace reached the CITY," In my former
letter to you, remarked "that tho Hart
ford Convention was dissolved long
time before tho news Of peace was re-
coived in this country, and before tho
victory Of New Orleans had been achiev-
ed" Again, said that ono messenger
of any description was ever deputed by
the Hartford Convention" To this Mr..
Pearce replies, .Now / affirm, that Mr..
Otis in the due discharge Ofthe duties of
his appointment, conferred upon him by
the Hartford Convention, with MIR. Terry
and one or two others whose names are
not at this moment recollected, was at,
or on the wny to Washington, when the
news Of peace reached the capitol" I"
" MIR. Otis was delayed on his journey,
it is true, and it was longer than it 9TH
erwise would have been, had he not been
attacked on the road, not by our COM
mon enemy, but his old enemy the gout."
And further he says in note to tho
speech, Tin reply to my assertion that i'll
dividuals were sent by the several state
legislatures represented in the conven-
ton with the printed report in their hands,
and with public instructions to apply to-
Congress for permission TO defend the
country with their own militia at the ex-
pense Of the United States,) "This Isl
truly the first intimation Us ever had of
this surprising fact" sc. &c. lnow re-
iterate the assertion of my former letter,
the truth Of which is well known to you,
which might be known to every body,
and Of which member Of Congress, as
suming to instruct that assembly by n
narration of facts, ought not to be igno-
rant. Tho last vote passed by the Hart
ford Convention thus appears on the pub
lished journal Of the secret proceedings:
I" Thursday, January s, 1915, . o'clock
A M-The Convention met pursuant to
adjournment. After solemn prayer byl
tho Reverend DR.. Strong, Oh motion, vo-
ted that this Convention be adjourned
without dny." They did not therefore
adjourn to meet again--nor was there
among the members any understand
ing" that they were to be called togcth-
or again under any circumstances. In
deed such an understanding was impos-
sible in an assembly thus constituted, and
it argues less favorably to the under
standing Of the Honorable gentleman to
venture this gratutous avermcnt, than it
does to his boldness in defying the evi-
denco Of records, and to his facility in
swallowing "Tailors news" Thus were
The powers of the Hartford Convention
by their final act-and thus
were the delegates from the several
States, after reporting to their respective
legislatures, entirely functi ofIicio. The
confused notion entertained of the ad-
ournment to meet again, perhaps origi-
latod in what he may have heard of
very different procedure. One Of the
resolves Of the Convention is in these
words, "Resolved, that if the applica-
ion Of these States to the government of.
he United States, recommended in q
foregoing resolution should be unsuc-
cesslul, and peace should not be concu-
led, and the defence Of these States
should be neglected, as it has been since
he commencement Of the war, it will in
he opinion Of this convention, be expe-
lient for the legislatures of the several
States to appoint delegates to another
TO meet at Boston in the state of
Massac husetts, on the third Thursday IN
Iune merit, with such powers and instruc-
ions as the exigency Of crisis SO mo-
nentous may require" This is mani
cstly n recommendation simply to sue
eeding legislative bodies to call nsw
onrention in certain contingencies. The
tate legislatures then in existence would
n the course OF events have come to the
nd of their political existence before the
ate of the proposed application to Con-
rcss could be known, or if not, the up-
oc delegates to another Con-
ention would have been new measure,
nd the persons appointed mipht or might