Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-01-13
From, the ". Y. Courier and Enquir

W
Tur EXPLORING ExpEprrIox-Wc are happy
to have it in our power to give place to the fol-
lowing letter in relation to this expedition, from
Capt. Lawrence Kearney to the Editor Of the
American, from which paper Of yesterday
ne copv it, We have never doubted but Capt.
Kearncy is without superior IN all the essen
| tal qualifications of such . command, and even
| If we had, this letter would have removed any
doubts Of the kind. 1t is Just such letter as
those who know him best, would have expected
from him; and mover did any one more justly es-
innate the feelings Of the people IN relation to
this all important enterprise than he does wien
ne argues that it should be dispatched without de-
Law and without "curtailment."
Such most emphatcally arc the wishes OF the peo-
p!e without reference to party; and wo not only
believe that Congress will insist upon its sailing.
ORGANIZED rs it now is after every dollar IS neces-
sary for its departure has been ncurrod, but II
Congress should not make this imperative upon
the Secretary Of the Navy, we doubt whether
single officer can be found capable of taking the
command who will consent to receive 1t 1t cur
tailed one iota Of its present just and necessary
proportion. >.
turc necessary for the sailing Of the exploring
SQUADRON has already been incurred. All the Of
ficcrs and men have been in pay for months past;
the vessel. are completed; the crews on board
and ready to sail; and it only remains for the
Secretary to designate tho commander and give
the order. ana in a few hours the fleet may be
under wav Vet, Mr.. Secretary Dickinson, in
defiance Of the laws Of Congress and the will Of
tho people, most prcsumptuously refuses to let
it sail; and to crafty feeling OF personal hos
tiIity TO the Navy, is daily putting the nation At
most understandable expense by OBTAINING IT in
or waters when it should be far its way to the
South Seas. Will not Congress take some early
and decisive measures in relation to this highly
important project.
The Exploring Erpedition-Tbc annexed let
ter from Captuin Kcarncy was excluded ycster-
day by press OF other matter. THIS distinguish
ed officer has not received, as VIC were assured
and announced, the command Of the Exploring
Expedition. That enumeration, however, having
given rise to constant applications to HIM, he has
addressed the following letter to us for Pub'ica-
ton, as n means Of saving Inconvenience to 9TH
crs az well as himself.
To tie Editor of Esc Ncr York American.
The public prin > regard me as commander of
the Exploring Expedition, but ~ no such appoint
mcnt has been made, or ever rendered to me,
must decaim the possession Of the honor. Yet
il becomes me to thank you, and through your pa
per. rour contemporaries. for the f1attering encom
iums with which my name IS associated with this
encc should be in the hands Of science, to which |
lay no claim. and for which I have sought not,
more than became necessary for the common man
sgement Of vessels under my command For
this reason, and my situation in point OF seniori-
", the thought had never crossed my mind, until
! casual look into some Of our city papers, an
that had accepted the station.
In an appointment Of this kind, tho honored
whoever he may be, has NO easy task
70 perform.
Public expectation has besa long INDUCED, and
rope delayed. This would seem to reoderit not
,oiy task Of dificulty, but e delieaey, on the
,art Of the SUCCESSOR, in accepting The command.
When commercial interests arc involved I
an SEQ my way clear, and % far can count