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The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-03-20
From the Precedence r. ~ Journal.
THE INAUGURAL.

The Inaugural address Of Gen. Harrison has
given decided satisfaction, and challenges even
the appreciation of his opponents. Mild, mode
rate and conciliatory, yet firm and decided it is
precisely the document suited to the present state
of the country, and calculated to restore true
American feeling, in place ofthe agitated and ex-
asperated state of parties, which for the past
year has unhappily, but perhaps necessarily, ex-
isted. The views of the President upon the
powers and restrictions ofthe Executive, and par
icuarly upon the exercise ofthe veto will CRAFTY
every friend of the liberties of the peopea the
independence of Congress. His declaration of a
determination to keep thepatronage of the Gov
eminent separate from all interference with or in
huence over the freedom Of elections, is what
was expected from the character ofthe man. The
first step in this reform, we presume, will be the
removal Of the men who have been guilty of such
interference and influence.
His views of the peculiar relation of the gene
raj to the state governments, of the relation be-
tween the executive and the departments, and be-
tween the Executive and Congress, are the true
doctrines of republicanism, the doctrines which
were held by the men who framed the Consttu-
ton, and those who first administered the govern
ment under it.
The part of the address which relates to the
credit Of the States and to the embarrassments
under which some of them are laboring, is Just
and proper The remarks upon the currency,
upon the folly of combining it purely to the pre-
cious metals, and upon the vaunted divorce of
the treasury from the banks, are equally accepta-
bic, The general scope Of the Address may
safely challenge the severest scrutiny Of our OPP
ponents, and will inspire the friends Of General
Harrison's administration with increased conf
dence in the maa whom they have selected for
so exalted station. After twelve years Of mis-
rule and of continual encroachment by the Exc
cutive upon the other branches Of the Govern
ment, it is cheering to hear such principles avow-
| ed by the head of the nation.
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ELECTIONS
any other.

New Hampshire This State il still welded to her
idols The Loco focos, succeeded on Tuesday last
in electing their Governor and Representatives by
about the usual majority The aggregate vote is less
CONNECTICUT. The late highly respected delega-
ton in Congress from this State have been all re-nom
mated for reelection. The election takes place in
April
Our friends have brought out their candidates, but
with some few divisions, in Kentucky, Alabama, In
DIANA Virginia, &c.
Virginia. Mr.. Speaker Hunter, in Virginia. has
withdrawn from the canvass, but declared himself ia
vorable to the administration. Mr. J. Hill, is opposed
by Col Hubbard WHO'S electioneeng on the corner
ing system. The Inaugural is well received in John
RandolPh's old District. From present appearances
there will be opposition to Mr.. James Garland in
the Albemarle District
Gov. Davis and 1t. Gov. Hull have been unani-
mously nominated for reelection in Massachusetts
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pIAcE-HI1NTING.

1t was our opinion, while Mr.. Van Buren, was
in power that, Office was duty, not privilege.
Such was intended to be the nature of office in
this Republic. Our opinion is unchanged. In
monarchical governments, where power heredi-
tary, and permanently placed in the hands of
few, posts of ho1or are generally posts of pecu-
MARY profit, and the occupancy Of such places
becomes a matter of general ambition. In
popular governments, based on the democratic
principle Of equal rights and equal justice, places
of great power or of great emolument must ne
cessarily be limited, .and the whole plan by
which the government is conducted is intended
to correspond as nearly as practicable with that
equality Of condition which it is the business OF
our forms and laws 10 secure. When, therefore,
period arrives which brings with it general
press for office from every class in the commu-
nifty, it is natural to suspect that something must
be wrong. For such state of things was never
anticipated nor ever ought it to be allowed to
enter into the intentions Of the founders of a
popular government.
In the early days of the Republic, Gen.
Washington, and some of his compatriots, dis
charged the duties of public Office, which were
thrust upon them, not sought, without charge.
They felt, while they served their country, that,
just in proportion to the general prosperity and
happiness they were instrumental in producing,
they secured that of themselves and families
They served at once their country and them
selves, and found their reward in their con-
sciences and homes, and in the happiness of
their fellow-citzens
Happiness is the primary object we all have
in view. Government is means Of obtaining
it. 1t is a necessary rule of action. 1t is not
the exclusive business of people. 1t is not the
rod which swallows up all other avenues to hap
piness. 1t is rule set up by the people, who
select few agents from among their number to
direct it, while the mass pursue in safety their
more profitable avocatons. II all the people
were to be officers then, in truth, the Rev. John
Cotton would have some ground for his enigma (:
eff the people be governors, who shall be the
governed7" But although the people control,
yet it is necessary for them to delegate their
authority, and the number of ministers they Sc
lect to execute their trusts must be limited. AS
it's post of honor to hold such trust, it would
have been well ifthey had not superadded more
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FnRTIEIcArInN RI11.

The Fertilization Bill recently passedby Congress
makes the following appropriations, which, it is obv
GUS contemplate the continuance of profound peace
For repairs of Fort independence and sea-wall Cas-
tie Island, $4,000. .....
For Fort Warren $45, 600.
For Fort Adams, SS35 900
For Notifications at New London harbor, $l5 900.
For Fort Schuyler 100000
For permanent wharves for Fort Columbus, Cas-
tie Williams, and South Battery, Governors Islnd :,
$4,000.
For repairs on Fort Gibson, New York harbor,
S. 000
For repairs of Fort Washington, $4,000
For Fort Monroe, $4,000
For Fort Calhoun, $4,000.
Foi repairs of Fort Macon $4,000.
For repairs of sea-wall of Castle Williams, and
other parts of Governors Island, $4,000.
For Fort Sumter, $60000.
For repairs of Castle Pinckney, 81, 900.
For Fort Pulaski, $4,000.
For Fort Pickens, $4,000.
For Fort Barancas, $4,000.
For Fort Livingston, $4,000. .
For contingencies of Notifications, SIS, 900.
For incidental expenses attending repairs of fortif
cations, $4,000.
For repairs of seawal on Deer Island, Boston hor-
Dor, 81 800
For repairs of sea-wall on Ransford Island, Boston
Harbor, 81 900.
For continuing sea-wa at ST. Augustine, SIS, 900.
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NOMINATION OF JOHN BANKS.

As will be seen by the proceedings of the
State Convention, the Hon. JOHN BANKS, of
Reading has been UNANIMOUSLY nomina-
ted as the Democratic Candidate for Governor
at the approaching contest. And we have,
therefore, placed his name at the head of our
paper. This is, indeed, most suspicious con-
summation of the labors of the Convention
The simultaneous expression of public opinion
in favor Of this distinguished Individual man
whose name six months ago was not spoken Of
for this high and honorable ofiice-without the
slightest concert Of action, without any effort, is
one of the most hattering testimonials of merit
that we have ever witnessed. Never was there
a candidate for that Office before, who had held
no other than local office, who had nothing to
commend him to the people but his own private
worth and splendid talents and who was unsup-
ported by any power or patronage, that could
unite upon himself at the first ballot, ONE HUN
DRIED AND TwENTY-EIGHT out of one hundred
and thirty -three delegates. 1t is compliment
that was never before paid to one man in this
State, and it must be as gratifying to himself as
it is to his numerous friends. Well may Judge
BANKS now be called the peoples candidate
The people took him up, the people nominated
HIM, and the people will ELECT him. Mark this
prediction Harrisburg Chronicle.
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The Columbus( Ohio) State Journal intmaies that
copy of the Inaugural Address printed at this Office
for the Baltimore Sun, "found its way into tie mail
bags which left Washington some six or twelve hours
before the address was delivered" The COPY appears
to have been received by the Statesman, Loco Foco
paper, and the Journal asks us ofthrow some light
upon the mystery" The copies pIinted for the Bati
more Sum- and several other papIrs left this city by
the Express which started at one o'clock on the 4th
for Baltimore Those which werd sent west from this
city did not leave until the next 1t is impossible
that single copy could have left before the express
The Baltimore Sun Extra must haSe gone in advance
ofthe regular Washington papers westward 10 to is
hours but not solitary copy left his city, from this
ofice until after the address was delivered. copy
could not even have been stolen for that purpose
any other.
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Ngm ForA Correspondence.
Nru YonK. March -, 81.

New YoRK, March Is, lo4l'
The navigation of the Hudson will probably
re open within three days Yesterday afternoon
we had wet snow-storm, with little ram at
the close, and furious gale toward morning
The wind blew strong from the South I'll
O'Clock, which was very favorable TO the break
ingup Of the firm ice still remaining. TINS
morning the steamboat Utica, Capt Schultz, lett
our city fully determined to force her way through
to Albany if possible. Ii is an even chance that
she gets through tomorrow. Among her pas
sengers were Gov. SEWARD, Messrs. FILLMORE,
MARVIN, and MORGAN of Congress, and Mr..
LORD, President Of the New York and Erie
Railroad Company So severe was the gale
that presume the Eastern boats did notventure
out from either Stonington or Norwich last
night so we have no mail from Boston.
The Wings of CONNECTICUT have re-nomina
ted all their present Members of Congress in
the several Districts. So emphatic an express
sion Of appreciation is seldom afforded, but this
case il was richly deserved.
The Loco-Foco majority in New HAMPsHRE
is about as usual The vote is much lower than
that Of last fall. The Wings made no earnest
effort
The panic in relation to Redback Money, or
the notes of our General Local Banks, has not
yet subsidized. The great mass of those not spe-
cially discredited il located North and West Of
Albany, are either bought by the Brokers at
5 per cent discount, or refused altogether. The
following are considered decidedly under the
weather, viz Binghamplon, Farmers, Seneca
Co.; Millers' Clyde; Farmers and Mechanics,
Batavia; Manhatten Exchange; North Ameri-
can North: u S. Trading and Banking and
tenth Ward, New York Staten Island, Port
Richmond; Union, Buffalo and Western New
York, Rochester. All these are sold at 80 to 80
per cent discount except tenth Ward, which is
held at 10 per cent. As many as twenty others
are not bought by the Brokers, but no failure or
misconductis alleged against them. The Wool
growers of this City and Willoughby of Brook
lyn have been discontinued, but their notes are
| redeemed at par.
Some damage was done to the shipping in our
port by the gale last night, but nothing serious
It's reported, however, that large ship is ashore
on Sandy Hook. We shall hear of further dis
asters.
Money is still tight, but Exchanges are deci-
dedly improving. On Boston, par; Philadelphia,
1-2 "a; Baltimore 3 l-2 Richmond 5;
Charleston IL; Savannah A 1-2; Augusta
IA Is; Mobile 10 1-2 II New Orleans 7 1-2
a 8; Nashville Is; Louisville and Cincinnati 9.
Bills on England, 7a71-2.
Stocks are higher to day. U. S. Bank H.
The Revenue collected at our Port in 1889
amounted to $13,964,O31 in 1910 to but ST.
557,441. brilliant prospect ahead
The Markets are without change, but there is
a better feeling, and strong, steady demand for
cotton to go abroad
Yours, HAROLD.
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THE MADISONlAN.

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
BY and rOill the adpiee and consent Of the Senate
WILLIAM R. WATSON, Collector, Providence,
Rhode Island.
AUSTIN BALDWIN, Collector, Middletown,
Connecticut
NATHAN CUMMINs, Collector, Portland and
Falmouth, Maine.
DANIEL REmcH, Collector, Kennebunk,
Maine
TRIsrRAM SToRER, Collector and Inspector,
Saco, Maine
GORDON FORBES, Surveyor and Inspector,
Yeocomico, Virginia.
GEORGE Rowland, Surveyor and Inspector,
Tiverton, Rhode Island.
JEDEDrAH w. KNIGHT, Surveyor and Inspector,
Pawcatuck, Rhode Island
WILLIAM PNcKNEY, Surveyor and Inspector,
Baltimore, Maryland.
OGDEN HOFFMAN,, District Attorney, South
ern District of New York, in place of Benz F.
Butler, resigned
ALLEN A. HALL, of Tennessee, Charge DAT
flares at Venezuela.
hO4hhS lAAlbo, lNufy TSCntS
LORENZO DRAPER, Consul, Paris, France.
HENRY G. BosLER U. S. Marshal for the
Western District of Pennsylvania.
DANIEL HUGUNIN, U. S. Marshal for the Dis
trct of Wisconsin.
CLARK ROBINSON, U. S. Marshal for the Nor
thern District of New York.
WILLIAM M. MEREDITH Attorney U. S. for
3 the Eastern District Of Pennsylvania
WALTER FORWARD, Attorney U. 8. for the
Western District of Pennsylvania.
HENDERSON TAYLOR, Attorney U. S. Western
Districa Of Louisiana.
ISAAC N. SToDDARD, Collector and Inspector,
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
MYLEs ELLIOTT, Surveyor and Inspector,
Hereford, North Carolina.
Lieut. w. K HANSON, to be Captain by bre-
vet
WILLIAM A. SPENCER, to be Captain in the
Navy.
ABRAHAM BIeELow, to be a Commander in the
Navy.
WILLIAM L. MAuRY, to be a Lieutenant in the
Navy.
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MR.. CuTHBERT.

Our Senator, Mr.. Cuthbert, who has only
shown himself in his place in the Senate at the
heel of the session, and who has not so far as
we have been informed, even attempted to ac-
count or to apologize for this glaring default of
his duty, has at least signaliZed his arrival by
very ridicnlnns assslzir en- 1sar w ststery afsA.
that gentleman had left his seat, and resigned
his place in that body. Mr.. Cuthbert seems to
have studied to make his fanfaronade ridicu-
lous affair; for he put the whole of it, by way of
interrogatory! Interrogations TO an absent man !!
who could not hear them, and who, if he did
hear them, could not respond, because his right
to answer in the Senate had ceased, by his pre-
vious act of resignation! This act of attacking
a man behind his back, is not suited to the taste
of Georgia, as Mr.. Cuthbert ought to have
known; and after the public and solemn decla-
rations of Webster in Virginia, as well as in
Massachusetts on the subject to which Mr.
Cuthbert referred In his intenogatories, he must
have felt them to have been as superhuous an6
unnecessary, as they were inappropriate and
ungenerous. But we would not treat the matter
with an unnecessary seriousness; such ebulli
tons are not Of a kind to make much impress
sion on the sober good sense of the people Of
Georgia. The North American of Philadelphia
in the following article, treats the matter in a
manner much more appropriate
at is said the seven sleepers when they awoke
began taking up matters just where they left them
when they dropped asleep. Mr.. Cuthbert it is true
has not slept quite long, but would suppose he
had slept quite seundly. He appears to have had
no knowledge ofthe election of Gen. Harrison, much
less of the appointment of Mr.. Webster Secretary
of State and is taken all aback by his resignation He
wishes to PROFOUND some questions to him about
something that he said forty years since, in Bos-
ton. Go to sleep again, Mr.. Cuthbert, and when you
awake next time may it be in better humor, and may
be the world in the time will have vastly inn
proved "-l1iLedgepiHe Ca Recorder
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" Sage, grave meR,-
Mr.. CLAY AND MIR. KING.

The personal controversy which has been the sub
ject of conversation for days past having arr
between these two distinguished Senator'S we are
happy to announce was yesterday most amicably and
honorably arranged in the presence of the Senate.
Those who reverence the njunctions of Deity, re-
gard the harmony public deliberations, the welfare
ofthe two Senators, and the dignity of the Senate
will rejoice at this termination Of the affair The SEN
timents which fell from Mr.. Preston and from both
the Senators mentioned were worthy of high minded
and honorable Senator's and we do not wonder thai
the audience were incapable of suppressing the ex
preston of their appreciation Of the manly and mag
unanimous conductof Mr.. Clay, and their pleasure t.
see the two Senators again shake hands in friendly
manner.
The substance Of the remarks made by the tw
Senators on Friday, together with the explanation
made yesterday will be found among our reports.
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Promise and Performance.

1t was impossible that these two ideas should
be suggested by the President elect on such an
occasion, in view of the past, without inviting
attention, first, to the mputations of his own re-
fusal to avow his principles, and next, to the
manner in which the principles avowed by his
predecessors had been fulfilled. The historical
allusion to the remark of the virtuous Roman is
as just as It'll severe; nor would the application
which every mind must at once make justify
the charge of discourtesy, 1t involves princi
pie OF too great importance to be overlooked on
such an occasion. The pinching of the shoe
was no reason why it should not be tried on.
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WHOLE nd le5.
COTTON TRADE TO THE ApaATIc

COTTON TRADE TO THE ADHATIC
Official Custom House returns shot that the
average annual amount Of Cotton expoted from
New Orleans to Trieste from the yeadls3O 10
1889, inclusive, was 1861, Ola lbs.
But for the year 1910, the exports d Cotton
from New Orleans to the same city and nted to
7,422, 934 lbs.
Inns remarkable increase in the dir9 trade
between New Orleans and the AdriaticI lis evil
IDENTITY the consequence of the favorable change
recently effected in the quarantine regulations in
Austrian ports, in regard to arrivals fro this
country
The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-03-20

,rryamsH DraRe, Esq, Of Cincinnati has impress
new work entitled Lire Of Tecumseh, and Of his
brother the Prophet, with historical sketch Of the
shawanoe tribe of Indians" twill form volume of
300 pages, and we may expect to it in April. Mr.
Drake is favoraby known in the literature Of the
west
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ANALYSIS OF THE INAUGURAL.
We proceed to redeem our promise of a more
particular notice Of General Harrison's lnaugu-
raj Address.
The erordium.

This is simple and dignifed salutaton to
the people, recognizing the two objects of the
occasion, first, to take the oath of office, and
next to avow his principles according to Gus
tom
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THE RIGHT COURSE

Mr.. Penrose was yesterday called for by the
multitude, and presented himself, but intimated
that as he was now an officer under the General
Government, he held tito be improper for him or
any other gentleman to interfere in any manner
more than to give his vote. This is proper and
is the doctrine preached by our party when out OF
power,-we are glad to see il practised when in.--
Harrisburg Chronicle.
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DIED.

In this city, Saturday morning last, NEWTON, only
son Of GEoReE G. and ELIZABETH BINGHAM, of Mis-
sour, aged about four years
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w ALKER's RHYMING DICTIONARY
w new edition very much enlarged and i'm
proved, with much additional matter connected with
the subject Of Poetry and Rhyme A few copies Jus.
imported from Eondon, for sale by F. TAYLOR,
feb Is
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One Presidential Warm.

M. DE TooeUEvILLE, who has acquired the
credit, in this country, as well as in Europe, of
one of the most sagacious and most accurate OBJ
servers of American society, says, in view OF
the operation ofthe principle of the reeigibility
of the Chief Magistrate of this country, that Il
must prone fatal IN The end" The principle is
this; A President that is a candidate for Sc
cond term, thinks Of himself and works for him
self, and not for the public. So long as man is
man, it will be So We are delighted, therefore,
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MR.. VAN buren, IN THE FIELD.

Mr.. Van Buren,, we understand left the city
on Saturday last for the north. In letter, in
answer to resolutions from Missouri published
in the Globe Of Saturday evening, he intimates
that he will not decline to be candidate for re-
election, if his friends wish it. He would "be
not merely as well, but better, satisfied at SEEING
the great object accomplished under the auspi-
ces of some other name to be found in the ranks
of "the Democracy" But he would say like
Gloster; -.
Sage, grave meH,-
Since you will buckle fortune on my back,
To hear her burden, whe'r will or no,
must have patience to endure the load"
He thinks, however, cit will be time enough
hereafter for the Democracy to designate its
candidate" But he exhorts his friends to pre-
pare for the next presidential contest. I%To
our knowledge the din of preparation is already
beginning, and Loco-focos now in Office, and
who will try to be retained, are engaging in the
work
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