New-York daily tribune., 1843-05-25

ddence, public as well as private, To which the
Constitution and Laws Of the United States 80
obviously contributed And you VIII have OBJ
served. with no less interest. new and decisive
proofs OF the increasing reputation and credit OF
the nation
The rapid subscriptions TO the Bank OF The
United States. which completed the sum allowed
TO be subscribed, IN a single day, IS among the
striking and pleasing evidences which present
themselves. moi only Of confidence in the govern
y7sr,t. hut OF resource IN the community
The President also informs Congress that & fur
tbor lo.n NJ two millions and half Of forms
had been completed IN Holland. with prospect
II another loan OF SIX millions Of forms. a dis
trict. 1of Columbial ten miles square had been
fixed and announced by proclamation for the per-
rpancnt seat OF the National Government and
CITY laid out, now Washington agreeably to
plan TO b placed before Congress. The conpie
ton Of the Census OF thc United States ior l19U
was also announced and other subjects OF inter
est and importance noticed. with the .ecommen-
dations Of various matters oi pubic interest, par
tcularly Mint. Weights ana Measures, and the
Post Office
The Senate elected the 1t. Rev. Bishop White,
of the Episcopal Church. Chaplain. and the House
elected the Rev. Mr.. Blair The Committees OF
the Senate were chosen b. ballot. Mr. Monroe.
0 Virginia. afterwards President made mo-
ton that the doors Of the Senate Chamber remain
open while the Senate was sitting IN their legs
latiyc capacity, winch was negauved : to =
The new Senator's this session were as follows =
George Cabot, of Massachusetts, IN place OF /
Dalton Aaron Burr, OF New-l ork, rice Philip
SCHUYLER; Roger Sherman, of Connecticut, r'cs
w :. Johnson; Philemon Dickinson. OF New
jersey, rice Win. Patterson John Rutherford, OF
New-JeFsev. rice Jonathan Elmer; James Mon
roe, OF Virginia, rice William Carson; some OF
these changes lad taken place during the first
Congress The two Senators first elected nom
Vermont were Stephen r. Bradley and Moses
Robinson. who tooh their seatsin the second Con
gress.
On the subject OF apport.oning the representa-
tivcs according to the first census. bill passed
both houses fixing the ratio at one member Tor
every thirty thousand and the whole federal
number IN the United States was divided by thus
sum, and the number produced by this division
was apportioncd among the States by this ratio
oiving 10 each State It's number and the residue
was apportoned among the States which had
large fractions. The President considered tins
mode OF apporlomnent as contrary to the Cons;l-
tuition and on the tenth day after ITS passage re-
turned the bill 10 Congress. with ms objections.
viz: First, that there was no one proportion or
division which applied to the respective numbers
of The States would weld the number of rePresen
fatives proposed by the bill Second, that the
bill had allotted to eight OF the States more than
one for every thirty thousand, the number limited
bv the Constitution. This the first instance
Of the exercise Of the Veto power, by the PrcSi-
dent. and Mr. Jefferson claimed the merit, with
- / {. Il, Il
President to take this course. Mr. J. says that
this exercise Of the Veto power gave pleasure to
the PEOPLE. Vol. ", p. 466.) The bill had
passed the Senate by and the House by twO
minority and on beng returned to the latter by
the President. it was rejected, ayes y. noes 33.
A bill was then passed by both Houses and
sirred bv the President, fixing tic ratio at
330G0. At this Session bill was passed de-
termining the time of choosing the Electors of
President and Vice President, &c. An adjourn
mont took place on the Sth of May, to the first
Mondlv in November.
On the 9Th November, l792, Congress mel
agan at Philadelphia The President, in his
Indian tribes on the frontiers, and an Increased
onoosition in some of the States to the law Law
mo duty on domestic spirits. He assures Cor
,,res. that measures had been taken for the prose
c,t;on of offenders. and that nothing should be
wanting on his part TO assert and maintain Tic
nv, authority OF the laws. Loans had been
effected ., Amsterdam and Antwerp, amounting
o nine millions o forms. rates of interest varv
mo- from four To four and half per cent; which
loans the President observes are a confirmation of
our HIGH credit abroad
1T was apparent that the two great partics org
iCrt,,rr th, t,r,p IF tho ,dop,;nn -.
Constitution, and which from various causes had
sincc increased began now TO be more distinct
" marked. Those originally opposed to the
new government, as was to be expected watched
with Jealous eye, every exercise of power under
1t. Nor was the opposition iIGitcd TO the uncon-
stitutonality of the acts of the general govern
ment-it extended to many OF the great and i'm
por,ant measures OF the administration. The
funding system generally, the assumption of the
state debts, the bank, and duties on domestic
spirits were objects of the most severe attack;
and the Secretary Of the Treasury, Hamilton,
who was considered as the author of them, had
become very unpopular IN some parts Of the IN
ioD.''-( (PIttia.j
The wear 1872 was a dme Of great controversy
on public men and measures, and although the
vcueration for Washington shielded HIM from
open attack. the Heads OF Departments were the
subject OF severe newspaper animadycrsions Mr.
Hamilton was considered not only as identified
with the leading measures of the administration
hui was charged with hostility TO republican prin-
ciplcs and Staterights. NJ. jefferson on heothcr
hand. was considered hostile to the Constitution,
and was accused Of being opposed to the admins
traton of which he was member. and of taking
measures TO reduce the powers OF the general gov
ernnlcnt within too narrow limits.
During this session an inquiry was Instituted
in the House Of Representatives into Tie official
conducl OF Hamilton the Secretary OF The Treas
nry Mr. William B. Giles Of virginia, one of