Indemnity to Collectors. nessee, Rich, Ringgold, Roane, Sage, Sevier, Sharp, Smith of Virginia, Tannehill, Taylor, Udree, Williams, and Winter. Mr. STANFORD then moved to amend the resolution by adding thereto the following: "so far as respects the progress of the mail and the issuing of letters on the Sabbath; but that the issuing ' of newspapers under the proper restrictions may 'be prohibited;" which motion was negatived. The question on concurring in the resolution reported by the committee, was then decided by yeas and nays. For the report 81, against it 41, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Alston, Avery, Barbour, Barnett, Bines, Brown, Cannon, Cilley, Clendenin, Comstock, Conard, Crawford, Creighton, Crouch, Desha, Duvall, Eppes, Findley, Fisk of Vermont, Fisk of New York, Forney, Forsyth, Gholson, Goodwyn, Gourdin, Griffin, Hall, Harris, Hasbrouck, Hawes, Hopkins of Kentucky, Hubbard, Humphreys, Hungerford, Ingham, Jackson of Rhode Island, Jackson of Virginia, Johnson of Kentucky, Kennedy, Kent of Maryland, Kerr, Kershaw, Kilbourn, King of North Carolina, Lefferts, Lyle, Macon, McCoy, McKim, McLean, Montgomery, Moore, Murfree, Nelson, Newton, Ormsby, Pickens, Piper, Pleasants, Potter, Rea of Pennsylvania, Rhea of Tennessee, Rich, Ringgold, Roane, Sage, Sevier, Seybert, Sharp, Sherwood, Smith of New York, Smith of Tennessee, Smith of Virginia, Tannehill, Taylor, Telfair, Troup, Udree, Ward of New Jersey, Williams, and Yancey. NAYS-Messrs. Baylies of Massachusetts, Bigelow, Boyd, Bradbury, Brigham, Butler, Champion, Condict, Cooper, Cox, Culpeper, Davenport, Davis of Massachusetts, Davis of Pennsylvania, Ely, Farrow, Geddes, Hale, Henderson, Hulbert, King of Massachusetts, Law, Lewis, Lovett, Markell, Moseley, John Reed, Ruggles, Schureman, Shipherd, Slaymaker, Stanford, Stockton, Sturges, Taggart, Thompson, Vose, Ward of Massachusetts, Webster, Wharton, and Wilcox. So it was resolved that it is inexpedient to grant the prayer of the petitioners. SATURDAY, February 11. Mr. YANCEY, from the Committee of Claims, reported a bill for the relief of the Eastern Branch Bridge Company; which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole. Mr. EPPES, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred two resolutions of the House, instructing them to inquire into the expediency of changing certain collection districts, and a petition of sundry inhabitants of the county of Cumberland, in the State of Pennsylvania, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. JOHN REED, from the Committee of Accounts, to whom was recommitted the bill to compel the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in the Congress of the United States, to give security for the faithful application and disbursement of the contingent fund of the said House, reported the same with an amendment; which was read, and concurred in; and the bill was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time on Monday next. Mr. EASTON, from the committee appointed on February, 1815. the 7th instant, reported a bill concerning the lead mines in the county of Washington, in the Territory of Missouri; which was twice read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole. Ordered, That Mr. CALHOUN be appointed of the Committee on Foreign Relations, in the place of Mr. CLARK, who is absent on leave. On motion of Mr. WRIGHT, the Committee on Military Affairs were instructed to inquire whether any regulations in the Army are necessary to their better accommodation and comfort. The House resumed the consideration of Mr. JACKSON's bill providing for clothing the militia in the service of the United States; which was amended, and then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Treasury notes for the service of the year 1815, The engrossed bill to authorize the issuing of was read a third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole be discharged from the consideration of the bill from the Senate "giving further time to complete the surveys and obtain the patents for lands located under Virginia resolution warrants." A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed a bill "to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States of America," in which they ask the concurrence of this House. INDEMNITY TO COLLECTORS. Mr. EPPES, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to whom was referred the petition of Jeremiah Hill, made the following report: That the said Hill was indebted to the United States when he left the office of collector at Biddeford. He had officially obtained a judgment against certain persons, for breaches of the act of Congress laying an embargo, and claimed one moiety of the amount as collector. Before any money had been received on the judgment, he insisted on a right of set-off, and refused to pay the balance due from him into the Treasury. The Comptroller directed a suit to be instituted against him. It appears that the marshal had previously levied a part of the amount of the judgment claimed as an off-set by Hill; and that, pending the suit against him, lands were sold by the marshal to satisfy the residue. When the whole amount was received at the Treasury, Mr. Hill was allowed credit for his portion of the judgment, and the Comptroller directed a discontinuance of the suit against him, on the payment of costs. The petitioner claims 1. The costs incurred in prosecuting the suit against the persons who committed the breach of the embargo law. 2. Reimbursement in the costs of the suit against himself. attending to the two suits. 3. Compensation for his trouble and expenses in The defendants in the suit brought for the breach of the embargo law were liable for the legal costs of that suit; the petitioner was liable for the costs of the suit brought against himself, the United States not being bound to wait for the receipt of the amount of the judgment which he had obtained against others, before they instituted suit against him for money received as collector; and it appears to the committee that the personal service of the petitioners were amply The question, on concurring in this amendment, was decided by yeas and nays, and stood-for the amendment 62, against it 70, as follows: H. OF R. brought up, and the bill read a first and second time. Mr. GASTON moved to refer the bill to the Committee of Ways and Means, with a view to the amendment of its details, which he pronounced to be incorrect and in many respects impracticable. This motion was opposed by Mr. FORSYTH, and Mr. Fisk of New York, who argued in favor of the correctness of the details of the bill, and denied that any other object but delay would be answered by the proposed reference. The motion was negatived, yeas 59, nays 70. select committee, with the following instruc tions: count. YEAS-Messrs. Barnett, Baylies of Massachusetts, 1. To strike out all that part of the bill that allows Bigelow, Bradbury, Breckenridge, Brigham, Brown, fifteen millions of dollars of the capital of said Bank to Butler, Cannon, Cilley, Cooper, Crawford, Crouch, be paid in six per cent. stock of the United States Culpeper, Davenport, Davis of Massachusetts, Davis heretofore created and now in the hands of stockholdof Pennsylvania, Ely, Farrow, Forney, Franklin, Gas-ers; and then amend the bill so as to allow the Govton, Geddes, Goldsborough, Henderson, Hulbert, Jack-ernment to take the said fifteen millions on their acson of Rhode Island, Kennedy, Kent of New York, Kerr, King of Massachusetts, Law, Lefferts, Lovett, Markell, Moseley, Oakley, Pickering, Piper, Pitkin Potter, John Reed, William Reed, Ruggles, Schureman, Sherwood, Shipherd, Slaymaker, Stanford, Stockton, Strong, Stuart, Taggart, Taylor, Thompson, Vose, Ward of Massachusetts, Wheaton, Wilcox, Wilson of Massachusetts, and Yancey. 2. That all the Government subscriptions shall be paid at five per cent. interest. 3. That the Government shall have a number of Directors in the said Bank equal to the proportion it may have of the capital of the Bank; who shall be appointed by the President of the United States. quired to pay to the Bank a higher rate of interest on any loans to Government, either as permanent loans or in anticipation of taxes, than four per cent. 4. That so long as the Bank shall not be required NAYS-Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Anderson, Avery, to pay specie for its notes or bills, or after having comBarbour, Bard, Bayly of Virginia, Bowen, Calhoun, menced paying of specie, shall from any cause stop the Clendenin, Comstock, Condict, Conard, Cox, Creigh-payment of the same, the Government shall not be reton, Cuthbert, Desha, Duvall, Eppes, Findley, Fisk of New York, Gholson, Goodwyn, Gourdin, Griffin, Grosvenor, Hanson, Harris, Hasbrouck, Hawes, Hawkins, Hopkins of Kentucky, Hubbard, Hungerford, Jackson of Virginia, Johnson of Kentucky, Kent of Maryland, Kershaw, Kilbourn, Lewis, Lowndes, Lyle, McCoy, McKee, McKim, McLean, Montgomery, Moore, Murfree, Nelson, Ormsby, Pearson, Pickens, Pleasants, Rea of Pennsylvania, Rhea of Tennessee, Rich, Ringgold, Roane, Sage, Sevier, Seybert, Smith of Virginia, Telfair, Troup, Udree, White, Wilson of Pennsylvania, Winter, and Wright. So the amendment was rejected; and the bill was ordered to a third reading; and was then read a third time, and passed. MONDAY, February 13. A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill "making appropriations for the support of Government, for the year 1815," with amendments; in which they ask the concurrence of this House. Mr. INGERSOLL, from the Judiciary Committee, to whom was referred the inquiry into the expediency of increasing the salary of the District Judge of the State of Massachusetts, made a report unfavorable to an increase in this case, separate from the general class of such salaries; which was ordered to lie on the table. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. 5. That the Bank shall not be allowed to sell or transfer any part of the Government stock that it may acquire by permanent loans to Government, until the end of one year after the war. In support of this motion, Mr. S. made a speech of nearly an hour in length. Mr. FORSYTH replied to the principal points of this speech at considerable length. Mr. SHARP explained. Mr. OAKLEY expressed himself, in a speech of some length, as favorable to some of the objects of the motion of Mr. SHARP, and as preferring them generally to the present provisions of the bill. Mr. CALHOUN, in a pithy speech of moderate length, expressed himself in favor of commitment, though friendly only to two of the proposed instructions, viz: the reduction of the interest on loans to the Government, and striking out the old stock. He assigned the reasons also why the plan of a bank now before the House did not meet his approbation. Messrs. HAWKINS, WRIGHT, RHEA, and FORSYTH, further opposed the commitment, and Messrs. OAKLEY, BOWEN, and GASTON, advoca ted it. The question on Mr. SHARP's motion having been divided, the question on reference to a select committee was taken separately from the instructions proposed to be given to the commit A message from the Senate announcing the passage of a bill to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States of America, was I tee; and On the question of commitment, the vote stood, by yeas and nays, for commitment 75, against it 80, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Bard, Baylies of Massachusetts, Bayly of Virginia, Bigelow, Bowen, Boyd, Bradbury, Breckenridge, Brigham, Butler, Calhoun, Champion, Cilley, Cooper, Cox, Crawford, Culpeper, Cuthbert, Davenport, Davis of Massachusetts, Duvall, Ely, Farrow, Gaston, Geddes, Goldsborough, Grosvenor, Hale, Hanson, Hasbrouck, Henderson, Hulbert, Jackson of Rhode Island, Kent of New York, King of Mass., Law, Lewis, Lovett, Lowndes, Markell, McKee, Montgomery, Moseley, Oakley, Pearson, Pickering, Pitkin, Potter, John Reed, William Reed, Ruggles, Schureman, Seybert, Sharp, Sheffey, Sherwood, Shipherd, Slaymaker, Smith of New York, Stanford, Stockton, Stuart, Sturges, Taggart, Thompson, Vose, Ward of Massachusetts, Ward of New Jersey, Webster, Wheaton, White, Wilcox, Wilson of Massachusetts, Winter, and Yancey. NAYS-Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Anderson, Avery, Barbour, Bines, Brown, Caldwell, Cannon, Clendenin, Comstock, Condict, Conard, Creighton, Crouch, Davis of Pennsylvania, Desha, Earle, Eppes, Findley, Fisk of Vermont, Fisk of New York, Forney, Forsyth, Franklin, Gholson, Gourdin, Griffin, Harris, Hawes, Hawkins, Hopkins of Kentucky, Hubbard, Humphreys, Hungerford, Ingersoll, Ingham, Irwin, Jackson of Virginia, Johnson of Kentucky, Kennedy, Kent of Maryland, Kerr, Kershaw, Kilbourn, King of North Carolina, Lefferts, Lyle, Macon, McCoy, McKim, McLean, Moore, Murfree, Nelson, Newton, Ormsby, Parker, Pickens, Piper, Pleasants, Rhea of Tennessee, Rich, Ringgold, Roane, Sage, Sevier, Smith of Pennsylvania, Smith of Virginia, Strong, Tannehill, Taylor, Telfair, Troup, Udree, Williams, Wilson of Pennsylvania, and Wright. Mr. GASTON then moved to refer the bill to a Committee of the Whole; which motion was decided as follows: For the motion 70, against it 84. Mr. SHARP then moved to amend the bill by striking out so much as allows the subscription of stock heretofore created. This motion was supported by Mr. DUVALL, and opposed by Messrs. WRIGHT and HUMPHREYS; and was negatived by yeas and nays. For the motion 72, against it 82, as follows: FEBRUARY, 1815. of New York, Forney, Forsyth, Franklin, Gholson, Mr. SHARP further moved to amend the said bill by striking out of the 4th line of the 12th rule for the regulation of that institution, the word "six," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "four." being the maximum rate per centum per annum, at which the said institution may charge the Government upon loans. And the question being taken thereon, it was also determined in the negative-yeas 74, nays 77, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. Bard, Barnett, Baylies of Massachusetts, Bayly of Virginia, Bigelow, Bowen, Boyd, Bradbury, Breckenridge, Brigham, Butler, Calhoun, Champion, Cilley, Cooper, Cox, Crawford, Culpeper, Davenport, Davis of Pennsylvania, Ely, Farrow, Gaston, Geddes, Goldsborough, Grosvenor, Hale, Hanson, Henderson, Hulbert, Jackson of Rhode Island, Kennedy, Kent of New York, King of Massachusetts, Law, Lewis, Lovett, Macon, Markell, McKee, Moseley, Nelson, Oakley, Pearson, Pickering, Pitkin, Potter, John Reed, William Reed, Ruggles, Schureman, Seybert, Sharp, Sheffey, Sherwood, Shipherd, Slaymaker, Smith of New York, Stanford, Stockton, Stuart, Sturges, Taggart, Thompson, Vose, Ward of Massachusetts, Ward of New Jersey, Webster, Wheaton, White, Wilcox, Wilson of Massachusetts, Winter, and Yancey. NAYS-Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Anderson, Avery, Barbour, Bines, Brown, Caldwell, Calhoun, Clendenin, Comstock, Condict, Conard, Creighton, Cuthbert, Davis of Pennsylvania, Eppes, Findley, Fisk of Vermont, Fisk of New York, Forney, Forsyth, Franklin, Gholson, Gourdin, Griffin, Harris, Hasbrouck, Hawes, Hawkins, Hopkins of Kentucky, Hubbard, Humphreys, Hungerford, Ingersoll, Ingham, Irving, Jackson of Virginia, YEAS-Messrs. Bard, Barnett, Baylies of Massachu-shaw, Kilbourn, King of North Carolina, Lefferts, Johnson of Kentucky, Kent of Maryland, Kerr, Kersetts, Bayly, of Virginia, Bigelow, Bowen, Boyd, Brad- Lowndes, Lyle, McCoy, McKim, McLean, Moore, Murbury, Breckenridge, Brigham, Butler, Calhoun, Cham-free, Newton, Ormsby, Parker, Pickens, Piper, Pleaspion, Cilley, Cooper, Cox, Crawford, Culpeper, Cuthbert, Davenport, Davis of Massachusetts, Duvall, Ely, Farrow, Gaston, Geddes, Grosvenor, Hale, Hanson, Hasbrouck, Henderson, Hulbert, Jackson of Rhode Island, Kent of New York, King of Massachusetts, Law, Lovett, Lowndes, Markell, McKee, Moseley, Oakley, Pearson, Pickering, Pitkin, Potter, John Reed, William Reed, Ruggles, Schureman, Seybert, Sharp, Sheffey, Sherwood, Shipherd, Slaymaker, Smith of New York, Stanford, Stockton, Stuart, Sturges, Thompson, Vose, Ward of Massachusetts, Ward of New Jersey, Webster, Wheaton, White, Wilcox, Wilson of Massachusetts, Winter, and Yancey. ants, Rea of Pennsylvania, Rhea of Tennessee, Rich, Ringgold, Roane, Sage, Sevier, Smith of Pennsylvania, Smith of Virginia, Strong, Tannehill, Taylor, Telfair, Udrec, Williams, Wilson of Pennsylvania, Wood, and Wright. TUESDAY, February 14. Mr. NELSON, from the committee to whom was referred a report of the Secretary of War, on the petition of William Tatham, reported a bill to authorize the Secretary of the War Department to purchase, for the use of the United States, the topographical materials of William Tatham; which was read twice, and committed to a Com NAYS-Messrs. Alexander, Alston, Anderson, Avery, The House resumed the consideration of the bill from the Senate "to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States of America:" Whereupon, the bill was ordered to lie on the table. An engrossed bill requiring the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, in the Congress of the United States, to give security for the faithful application and disbursement of the contingent funds of the Senate and House of Representatives, was read the third time, and passed. a The bill making provision for clothing the militia of the United States when called into the actual service of the United States, was read third time and passed, by the following vote, by yeas and nays: For the bill 145, against it none. So the bill was unanimously passed, and sent to the Senate for concurrence. The amendments of the Senate to the civil list and miscellaneous appropriation bill, were read and agreed to. The bill for the relief of Uriah Coolidge and others, was passed through a Committee of the Whole, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. The House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole on the bill granting a donation of three hundred and twenty acres of land to Anthony Shane. The bill was reported without amendment, and ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow. A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed the bill for the relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New Madrid, in the Missouri Territory, who suffered by earthquakes," with amendments; in which they ask the concurrence of this House. WEDNESDAY, February 15. Mr. WRIGHT, of Maryland, rose to make a motion. Believing, he said, that the war was about to receive a termination, he felt it a duty to those brave patriots who, by their exertions, had placed the character of the country so high that we should never again be disturbed by any foreign Power, unless unhappily intestine division should afford an opportunity to an enemy, to move the following resolution, with a view to redeem the national pledge to those who had enlisted under the banners of their country to defend its soil and enforce its rights. He therefore moved "That a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of laying off as much of the public lands as shall be necessary to satisfy the claims of the Army of the United States, and of fixing the location thereof." Mr. W. said he should not press the consideration of this motion to-day, but call for it on some future day. Mr. NEWTON, of Virginia, offered for consideration the following resolution, which, he said, would speak for itself, and preclude the necessity of any elucidatory remarks: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this House such 13th CoN. 3d Sess.-37 H. OF R. information as he shall deem necessary to be communicated, touching the state of the relations existing between the United States and the Barbary Powers." The resolution was agreed to nem. con., and a committee appointed to lay it before the President. The report of the Committee of Ways and Means, favorable to the petition of Solomon Frazer and Mary Eccleston, was agreed to in Committee of the Whole, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means to report a bill. The bill for laying a direct tax on the District of Columbia, was agreed to in Committee of the Whole, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. Mr. YANCEY, from the Committee of Claims, reported a bill for the relief of Thomas Spriggs; which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole. Mr. YANCEY, from the same committee, reported a bill for the relief of James Savage and others; which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole. Mr. Law, from the committee appointed on the petition of Anthony B. Ross, reported a bill authorizing the release of Anthony B. Ross from imprisonment; which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole. The amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill "for the relief of the inhabitants of the late county of New Madrid, in the Missouri Territory," was read, and concurred in by the House. Ordered, That the engrossed bill granting a donation of three hundred and twenty acres of land to Anthony Shane, be committed to Messrs. PICKERING, MCKEE, and McKIM. An engrossed bill for the relief of Uriah Coolidge and James Burnham, was read the third time and passed. Ordered, That the bill from the Senate, "giving further time to complete the surveys and obtain the patents for lands located under Virginia resolution warrants" be read the third time tomorrow. Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole be discharged from the bill making further provision for filling the ranks of the regular Army by classifying the free male population of the United States, and that the said bill be postponed indefinitely. A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed a bill "for the relief of Bowie and Kurtz, and others;" in which they ask the concurrence of this House. A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed resolutions of the following titles: "Expressive of the high sense entertained by Congress of the patriotism and good conduct of the people of Louisiana and of New Orleans, during the late military operations before that city;" in which several resolutions they ask the concurrence of this House. The remainder of the day was spent in Committee of the Whole, on the bill to fix the compensations and increase the responsibility of the collectors of the direct tax and internal duties, and for other purposes connected with the collection thereof. The bill was reported to the House; and the House adjourned. TUESDAY, February 16. The bill from the Senate for the relief of Bowie and Kurtz, and others, late of the ship Allegheny, was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. The resolutions from the Senate expressive of the high sense of Congress of the gallantry and good conduct of Commodore D. T. Patterson and Major Carmick, and the officers and men under their command in the defence of New Orleans, were twice read, and ordered to a third reading. A resolution was received from the Senate for the appointment of a joint committee to inquire into the expediency of causing the Chambers, at present occupied by the two Houses of Congress or others in the same building, to be altered and fitted up for their better accommodation. DEFENCE OF NEW ORLEANS. The resolutions from the Senate expressive of the thanks of Congress to General Jackson and the troops under his command, for their gallantry in defence of New Orleans, were twice read and amended. On the question of ordering these and the subsequent resolves to a third reading FEBRUARY, 1815. of rendezvous-seeking, attacking, and beating the enemy in a pitched battle-repulsing three desperate assaults with great loss to him-killing, wounding, and capturing more than four thousand of his force-and finally compelling him to fly, precipitately, the country he had boldly invaded. The farmers of the country triumphantly victorious over the conquerors of the conquerors of Europe. "I came, I saw, I conquered," says the American husbandman, fresh from his plough. The proud veteran who triumphed in Spain, and carried terror into the warlike population of France, was humbled beneath the power of my arm. The God of Battles and of Righteousness took part with the defenders of their country, and the foe was scattered before us as chaff before the wind. It is, indeed, a fit subject for the genius of Homer, of Ossian, or Milton. That militia should be beaten by militia is of natural and ordinary occurrence; that regular troops should be beaten by militia is not without example; the examples are as numerous, or more numerous, in our own country, than in any other; but that regular troops, the best disciplined and most veteran of Europe, should be beaten by undisciplined militia with the disproportionate loss of a hundred to one, is, to use the language of the commanding General, almost incredible. The disparity of the loss, the equality of force, the difference in the character of the force, all combine to render the battle of the eighth of January at once the most brilliant and extraordinary of modern times. Nothing can account for it but the rare merits of the commanding General, and the rare patriotism and military ardor of the troops under his command. Glorious, sir, as are these events to the American arms, honorable as they are to the American character, they are not more glorious and honorable than are the immediate consequences full of Mr. TROUP, of Georgia, said, that he congratu- usefulness to the country. If the war had conlated the House on the return of peace; if the tinued, the men of the country would have been peace be honorable, he might be permitted to inspired with a noble ardor and a generous emucongratulate the House on the glorious termina-lation in defence of the country; they would have tion of the war. He might be permitted to congratulate them on the glorious termination of the most glorious war ever waged by any people. To the glory of it General Jackson and his gallant army have contributed not a little. I cannot, sir, perhaps language cannot, do justice to the merits of General Jackson, and the troops under his command, or to the sensibility of the House, I will therefore forbear to trouble the House with the usual prefatory remarks; it is a fit subject for the genius of Homer. But there was a spectacle connected with this subject upon which the human mind would delight to dwell-upon which the human mind could not fail to dwell with peculiar pride and exultation. It was the yeomen of the country marching to the defence of the city of Orleans, leaving their wives, and children, and firesides, at a moment's warning. On the one side, committing themselves to the bosom of the mother of rivers; on the other, taking the route of the trackless and savage wilderness for hundreds of miles. Meeting at the place struck terror into the invader, and given confidence to the invaded. Europe has seen that, to be formidable on the ocean, we need but will it. Europe will see that, to be invincible on land, it is only necessary that we judiciously employ the means which God and Nature have bountifully placed at our disposal. The men of Europe, bred in camps, trained to war, with all the science and all the experience of modern war, are not a match for the men of America taken from the closet, the bar, the court-house, and the plough. If, sir, it be pardonable at any time to indulge these sentiments and feelings, it may be deemed pardonable on the present occasion. I think the resolution of the Senate defective; it does not record the prominent fact which, more than any other, contributes to the brilliancy of General Jackson's triumph-the fact that the triumph was the triumph of militia over regular troops; on the contrary, it is so worded. that strangers or posterity, deriving their knowledge from the record itself, would be led to believe that |