The New York herald., 1851-08-06

raats rsnssk With psn, thst ths Prsadsnt ana nsu.
they would not Be- nssisotfu d providing ios the oos
tion Of the military warrents which then might come In
oompstivcn With them. The fact - 70 many Of hold
forces the necessity the part Of government to
.' soon possible the charge q neglect
The speculations Of Mr.. Dayton in military land
warrants, while he was Speaker of the House of
Representatives, were conducted in New York by
the firm Of Lawrence, Dayton & Co., q house
formed for the purpose OF speculation In lands, 10
the spring Of l7Y6, and consisting CT Jonathan H.
Lawrence, Jonathan Dayton, and Francis Childs,
the latter at the time merchant, and We believe
democrat Sixteen letters from Mr.. Dayton,
written by him from Philadelphia, mostly to Mr..
Childs, dated between January and May, l796,
were produced in the Court Of Chancery, aud are,
even & this day, q curiosity, developing, as they
do, the enormous speculations which were then go
ing on in these military land warrants by members
Of Of Congress with Mt. Speaker Dayton At their
as Speaker Of the House, gave him opportunities
Of keeping his partners advised of the doings in
Congress with regard to Land bills, which. Of
he did not fail to do as appears BY the let
respecting such speculations was deemed necessary
by public men engaged in them at that time.
Among other prominent men mentioned in those
letters, is James Watson, of this city, leading
federaiist, and United States Senator from the
State Of New York in l79S He was large opera
tor in tho military land warrants, having been COM
The following letter will give an idea Of some Of
the transactions of the spectators
PHILADELPHIA, January q, 1926
DEAR sR IL have been very directly informed that
military land warrants have been, within few days.
sold New York. upon time ut venty five dollars per
hundred acres Win you employ some broker, WHO Is
them to the amount Of two hundred warrants 10000
acres and how much upon time, with or without the e
gal interest Do not mention my name to the broker
any other person. nor make known that 1t is my wish
TO teD such information might possibly have in
uenoe TO produce fall. The committee hare reported
bill for the sale Of lands in the Northwestern terri
tory have fixed the price 1t two dollars per acre and
have admitted military warrants In for all pur
it comes from the press viii transmit it to you The
same committee are preparing two other bills, the one
70, sale Of M anss In q the territory and the
ticn Of military warrants You will oblige by writing
on this subject by Mondays mail JONA DAYTON.
z. S.M Mitchell was one who gave seventy FIVE dol
lars.
7. CfuLps, ESQ.
Whom Jays treaty with England had been rat-
fed by the Senate, and the appropriations to carry
the same into effect wore under discussion in the
House, great alarm was felt among business men,
from the fear that the republican majority in the
House, led by Edward Livingston, would refuse
the appropriations. Mr. Speaker Dayton, there
fore, exerted himself to prevent catastrophe which
would seriously affect the money market and the
spirit Of speculation In the flowing letter to
OF his friends in New York, he shows the importance
of endea voring to influence the democratic mem
bers Of Congress from the State of New York, to
vote for the appropriations, and gives some curious
Information
DEAR SIR Il have received yours Of yesterday. The
alarm which you mention to prevail in the city Of New
York, viii be productive Of good rather than evil III
though far from believing that the present state of
things warrants it, The shock which private credit is
receiving and the fall Of produce well the stagn
ton Of commerce. even though 1t be temporary ser
evils Cannot the friends of Livingston, Havens,
Hathon Van Cortlantt and Bailey, be induced TO re-
monstrate seriously With them against their opposition
TO making the proper provision for carrying the treaty
into effect Request Mr.. Childs to make the atompt
lie his friends must know who have the greatest In
fuence with Il gentlemen and they will, am sure,
respect much the advice OF their friends and sup
porters Immediately addressed to them personally than
that petition directed the House Of Represcnta
tves. Bat do not discourage the latter mode
Of declaring your sentiments; but 1 recommend the
sending persons into the districts of the members
have mentioned in order to engage influential men to be
active There will be time to do this for the discussions
will probably be very engthy-or IL they arc not, the
first vote Will not be conclusive but that may
change, whenever few will como over from the first ma
joriiy. That majority Is dimnishing-three from Mary
land and the from jersey who voted for Lvingons
rest buttons, viii now vote Tor carrying the treaty into
effect; two New York members, ana two or three are
waveTins but are inclined to the Virginia side, II the
stir that is making does not shake their Tell Mr
Chids they must be active and appon. respectable
mittees to correspond in all droc )ns, excepting south
of the Potomac. Keep up, for time the spir that Is
now !ermenng, and all will yet be well My opinion is
that your arrangements and ment in New York
should 60 forward, for cannot persuade myself that
iry viii persist In their opposition, or that they
do The copssquencs iii b. so important as are appre-
hended This Is intended for 13a ~ ~ ~ ,i
~ l would not say ANYTHING which woula 80, " seisA
the sudnble which are about to be made The
purchase you hint at may, believe, be msde sdvanta
geously 4 you hit upon the price when 1t is ut its
lowest. Should you be very mucn pressed for money
can accommodate you here for q number Of days and
until you are more In cash, with the 100 dollars Yours
with esteem, JONA. DAYTON.
The great speech of Fisher Ames, in favor Of
the appropriations for the treaty, was made on
the 18th April, when the opposition, alarmed
Tor the effect 1t might produce, carried an
adjournment. The next day three more speeches,
one by Mr.. Speaker Dayton, were made, but
nobody attempted to answer Ames. The oppo-
sition had claimed majority Of ten. The vote,
when 1t came to be taken, stood ~ to ~, and
tee Of the Whole, voted with tho federalsts, in f-
vor Of the resolution. In the House il was carried
81 to ls, Railey, Of New York, democrat, voting in
the Affirmative The New Jersey members all
voted for it. The New York and Pennsylvania
members stood two to one in its favor; and from
Maryland there was but vote in the neg gitive
From the states south Of the Potomac thero were
only four votes In its favor, and but four Now Eng.
were the appropriations passed for carrying J iys
treaty into effect; and to Mr.. Dayton, doub; ;le5s
weie the federasts indebted for his tact and exer
tions to obtain majority in favor Of that impor-
tant measure.
In the United States Senate, Mr. Dayton took an
active part in debates and proceedings, and after
his sx years term Of service had expired he retired
to private life lie was among the persons ch nged
with being concerned in Burrs conspiracy, in 1906
and arrested therefor, but pro seedlings were
had against him and the other persons arrested OK
ceIt Burr and Blennerha sset.
The father Of Jonathan Dayton. General Elias \
Dayton, was an officer Of the revolution, and th ,ugh
in the enjoyment Of competency and domestic COM
tort, took an active part In the from the CON-
mencoment, and never Quilted the tented field /
until the Communication Of independence In Feb |
ruary, HIS, Congress appointed him a Colonel in |
the New Jersey line, and at the time Of his death,
lin July, leU1) he held the office of Major General /
was egtaa am ad far ia
generous, sincere, and upright character. lie was
seventy years of age at hts death.
AARON OeDEN was born at Elizabethtown, in /
l75s, Of which place his ancestors, who were OF
English origin were among the first settlers lie |
graduated az Princeton in 1173, and entered early
into public life. lie served officer during the |
whole OF the revolutionary war; after which he |
praciised law FOR many years with great reputation
In 1857, he was County Clerk Of Essex, and after
wards held various other Offices, always acting /
with the federal patty In 1901, being elected TO |