Staunton Spectator, And General Advertiser

From the Richmond Compiler.

THE REJECTED NOMINATIONS.

The Globe contains the following report of the proceedings in the Senate with regard to the two rejected nominations. We think the rejection of Mr. Wise a wise act of the Senate; believing him by disposition, independent of other considerations, unfitted for the post to which he was nominated. Of the rejection of Mr. Cushing, there is not the same broad ground for the expression of opinion-it was more strictly confined to questions connected with his course as a partizan of Mr. Tyler's administration. In his speech on the Exchequer scheme, which was a formal defence of Mr. Tyler's course, he made a representation of the position and power of the President, and the advantages that might accrue in the action of Congress, from yielding to his constitutional scruples, but the representation was so peculiar and unique, that the inference was drawn that Mr. C. was endeavoring to impress upon parties the importance of propitiating the Administration with reference to the next Presidency. Mr. C. it will be remembered, was styled the auctioneer of the Administration, crying it for bids in the market, and gibes and sarcasms fell upon him thick and fast, from all quarters. The Globe attributes his rejection to his remarkable speech above referred to. It says:

"Mr. Cushing we have no doubt, was put under the Senate's ban for the open auctioneering which he made of the influence and power of the Administration in the House of Representatives, as bearing upon the next Presidency."

Without presuming to say that this was the true cause, we state the allegation as part of the remarkable history.

We perceive that Mr. Rives did not vote upon Wise's nominations.

To the Senate of the U. States :

I nominate to the Senate Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the U. States to the Court of his Majesty the King of the French, in the place of Lewis Cass, resigned.

JOHN TYLER.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 1843.

YEAS--Messrs. Archer, Buchanan, Calhoun, Choate, Cuthbert, Evans, Fulton, King, McDuffie, Sturgeon, Tallmadge and Walker--12.

NOES--Messrs. Bagby, Barrow, Benton, Berrien, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts, Crittenden, Dayton, Graham, Henderson, Huntington, Kerr, Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Phelps, Porter, Simmons, Smith of Indiana, Sprague, Tappan, White and Woodbridge--24.

To the Senate of the U. States:

In submitting the name of Henry A. Wise to the Senate for the mission to France, I was led to do so by considerations of his high talent, his exalted character, and great moral worth. The country, I feel assured, would be represented at Paris in the person of Mr. Wise, by one wholly unsurpassed in exalted patriotism, and well fitted to be the representative of this country abroad.-- His rejection by the Senate has caused me to reconsider his qualifications; and I see no cause to doubt that he is eminently qualified for the station. I feel it, therefore, to be my duty to re-nominate him.

I nominate Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the court of his Majesty the King of the French, in place of Lewis Cass, resigned.

JOHN TYLER.

March 3d, 1843.

Yeas--Messrs. Calhoun, Cuthbert, Fulton, King, McDuffie, Sevier, Sturgeon and Walker 8.

Nays--Messrs. Archer, Bagby, Barrow, Bayard, Benton, Berrien, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts, Crittenden, Evans, Graham, Henderson, Huntington, Linn, Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Moorehead, Porter, Simmons, Smith, of Indiana, Sprague, Tappan, White and Woodbridge--26.

Another brief message again nominated Mr. Wise, and the following vote shows the result :

YEAS--Messrs. Cuthbert and Walker--2.

NAYS--Messrs. Allen, Archer, Bagby, Barrow, Bayard, Benton, Berrien, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts, Crittenden, Dayton, Graham, Henderson, Huntington, Linn, Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Moorehead, Phelps, Porter, Sevier, Simmons, Smith of Indiana, Sprague, Tappan, White and Woodbridge--29.

To the Senate of the U. States:

I nominate Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of the Treasury in place of Walter Forward, resigned.

JOHN TYLER.

Washington, March 2, 1843.

Yeas--Messrs. Bates, Buchanan, Calhoun, Choate, Cuthbert, Evans, Fulton, King, McDuffie, McRoberts, Rives, Sevier, Sturgeon, Tallmadge, Walker, Wilcox, Williams, Woodbury, and White--19.

Nays--Messrs. Allen, Archer, Bagby, Barrow, Bayard, Benton, Berrien, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts, Crittenden, Graham, Henderson, Huntington, Kerr, Linn, Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Moorehead, Phelps, Porter, Simmons, Smith, of Indiana, Sprague, Tappan, and White--27.

To the Senate of the U. States:

In submitting to you the name of Caleb Cushing as Secretary of the Treasury, I did so in full view of his consummate abilities, his unquestioned patriotism, and full capacity to discharge, with honor to himself and advantage to the country, the high and important duties appertaining to that department of the Government. "The respect which I have for the wisdom of the Senate has caused me again, since his rejection, to reconsider his merits and his qualifications. This review has satisfied me that I could not have a more able adviser in the administration of public affairs, or the country a more faithful officer.

I feel it, therefore, to be my duty to re-nominate him.

I nominate Caleb Cushing to be Secretary of the Treasury, in the place of Walter Forward, resigned.

JOHN TYLER.

March 3, 1843.

Yeas--Messrs. Bates, Calhoun, Cuthbert, Fulton, King, McDuffie, Rives, Sevier, Sturgeon and Walker--10.

Nays--Messrs. Allen, Archer, Bagby, Barrow, Bayard, Benton, Berrien, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts, Crittenden, Graham, Henderson, Huntington, Kerr, Linn, Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Moorehead, Porter, Simmons, Smith of Indiana, Sprague, Tappan, White and Woodbridge--27.

To the Senate of the U. States:

I nominate Caleb Cushing as Secretary of the Treasury in the place of Walter Forward, resigned.

JOHN TYLER.

March 3, 1843.

Yeas--Messrs. Cuthbert and Walker--2.

Nays--Messrs. Allen, Archer, Bagby, Barrow, Bayard, Benton, Berrien, Clayton, Conrad, Crafts, Crittenden, Dayton, Graham, Henderson, Huntington, Kerr, Linn, Mangum, Merrick, Miller, Moorehead, Phelps, Porter, Sevier, Simmons, Smith of Indiana, Sprague, Tappan, White and Woodbridge--29.