The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1834-05-03

IL IS truly source 81 just pleasure and
pride 70 Americans abroad, as we'll as Al
home, that the Ang Of no nation is more
highly respected than ours. Il is gnen
like these who have given il this estjma-
|tion.'' We.agree with our cefreepo1d 1dent
IN his cohsidesatioe offks oGicefs Of the
Fedora. Navy "A 6pes body Of men, on
the whole cannot b.. found 81 tho face of
the earth. Long liye'the American Ma
WI Boston Transcript.
The following letter is from Mr. BUR-
ges, our Representative in Congress- a
few such gentle hints might teach Mr..
Speaker Stevenson better msnilers.
From the National Intelligencer.
WAsniNGroN, April 18th, ] 834.
Messrs. Gales & Ssafon:
GENTLEMEN AS do mot often call
on your attention, in the manner IN which
| now ask for it, you will, l hope, excuse
me. The report of the proceedings in
the House yesterday, made in the lntelll-
genccr of this morning, is entirely incor-
rect in that part of it relating to the me-
mortal presented by me. The report
says that Mr. Burgess presented memo
rial from 400 Of the inhabitants Of Provi-
dence. There is no part Of this correct,
only that ''Mr Burgess presented me-
mnria." In fact, the memorial was from
the merchants, manufacturers, mechanics,
and farmers of the county Of Providence.
1t was signed, not as the report says, by
400, but by 3,463 of these people. The
report says il was petition IN favor oil
the Bank This is graiuitous. The me-
mortal petitioned for the relief from the
"Experiment" now making on the cur
rency Of the nation and states freely, as
all honest men who dare to speak freely
now state, that the business Of the coun-
TRY cannot be done without a National
Bank. The people who signed this me-
mortal are satisfied with the present Bank;
but they, as all others do who look at the
true question before Congress, consider
the removal of the deposiies as the source
Of our great evil, and would regard res
Iteration of them as a restoration OF public
faith and private confidence and credit
All this | stated at large, and read parts
of the memorial, and also stated to tho
House the character of the memoriaists,
going as far into that part of the sub
iect, and also the nature of the evils, and
their cause, Of which they complain, to-
. gether with the remedy requested by
them, as l thought the Speaker, with hi;
: USUAL courtesy, would permit without Q
call to order.
Should the reporter pretend TO excuse
these Misrepresentation, by saying that
he expected to have heard the memorial
read, and, therefore, he omitted any al
tenton to my statement of the contents Of
it | can only say that he had no right to
expect It. 1t is true, all other memuri-
ais are read, as matter Of course, il
there be no motion to dispense with the
reading. 1t is also true that |, after read
ing myself some parts of this meiiorial
Ibid move that the whole be read
What then? Had made no such mo-
ltion, the memorial would have been read
of course, but when had made the mo-
ition, it was, as the reporter very well
tknows, almost as much matter oi
course for Mr. Speaker Stevenson net tc
put it to the House. Why else this me-
mortal, sent by almost 1000 people tc
Congress, should be singled out by the
Speaker, do not know. l have often
lelt myself fattered by the manner in
which have frequently, during this ses.
> sion, been distinguished by him, Had
/ thought he intended to insult the people
, of Rhode Island, by refusing the reading
of their memorial, | should not have lei
him in the quiet enjoyment of his little
ma!evolcnce; but when | consider the in
suit as intended for me alone, | could no
have the heart to reproach him for doing
/. what his political condition rendered in
dispensablc. Indeed, gentlemen, wh'
do you know of so little pretension to hav
! ing any thing to do, that he would, for ;
moment, employ himself in either finding
words or uttering words to rebukc one
who has no patriotism but party, no deity
but the leader ofthat party, and no heav
en- but the full assurance that he so tre
in the confidence of that leader that h'
believes no other man on earth would dc
: so much or such service for him.
To you will say, it would give m'
pleasure to have the remarks which MAJ
occasionally make in the House'reporte'
a, large, but at any rate do, in any wa,
you please, correct the error in the re
port of the memorial from the county O
Providence. 1t can be done IN no wa.
so well as by publishing this letter.
Very much and truly yours,
TRISTAN burgess.
UNITED STATES NAVY. The whole amour